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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-07-29
RAILROAD NOTES.
Northern wisconsin Development.

Northern WISCONSIN Development.
That rapidly developing terri
tory which occupies the northern
half of Wisconsin is not new
enough to cause the .hardships
and vicissitudes of frontier life,
and not old enough to keep
away the intending SETTLER on &C
count of e39rbitant land prices.
It is in that stage of partial de-
ve1opment which gives greater
opportunity TO bring. it to the
highest point of perfection and
prosperity. schoolssgood roads
and other improvements are go
ing in. I'll that is needed, is
a small capital. Drawn and
brain, supplemented by push and
energy will do the rest. The
iron ore, mari, kaolin and clay
beds, the timber and the rich soil
give equal opportunity to the
settler and the manufactures.
Land is cheap and can be pur-
chased on easy terms.
THE WISCONSIN GBNTRA9H5> R'Y.
offers facilities for the quick and
cheap transportation of its pro.
ducts and as the line penetrates
| the very center of this vastnort
er1 territory, choice of location
IS not conhned to any one par
Gcular locality.
Interesting pamphlets ane
maps fully describing j iillag this beau
tiful and rich country can be OBJ
tanned by addressing,
". H. KILLEN, Land anc
industrial Commissioner.
Burton johnson, 6. F. A.
Jas. c. Pond, 6. P. A.
! Colby & Abbot Pr Building, Nil
! waukee, Wis.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-07-29
Low Rates to Buffalo Exposition

VIC the Nickel lis Plate road, Also spec
ial reduced rates Chicago to New
York and return. Three through
daily trains with yestibuled sleeping
cars and excellent dining car service,
meals being served on the American
Club meals plan, ranging in price
from 35 cents to $1.O0. Chicago de
pot, Van Buren, street & Pacific Ave-,
on the Elevated Loop.
Write john Z. CALLAHAN. General
Agent, III AdaIppss street, Chicago, ffol
full,information and beautifully ilAps-
E|stsEEsated descriptive folder of the FIX
position Buildings and GgE9unds.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-07-29
Low Rates to the South.

Excursion tickets at reduced rates
are now being sold by the Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway to the
prominent resorts in the South in
Guiding Jacksonville, Fla, Mobile
Ala, New Orleans, La, Savannah
Ga, Ell Paso, Tex, which are gooo
for return passage at any time4prio1
to June ,1st, ,a901. Information re-
regarding rates, routes, times etc.
can be obtained on application 80 any
coupon ticket agent q the Chicago
milwaukee, &St. Paul Railway.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-07-29
Cheap Roagd Trip Homeseekers' Rates
Via,Northern Pacific Railway.

On the+frst and THIRD Tuesdays OF
each month, up to ard including Sep
TENDER, the Northern4 Pacific Railway
company will sell to points on its
lines west of Little Falls, Mimi, round
trip tickets at the rate of one fare plus
50, 90. For full particulars, address
G. G, Trott, D P. A., N. P. R'y, mack
Block, milwaukee, Wis., or Chas. s.
Fee, G. P. and I. A., ST. Paul, MINI.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-07-29
Indian Relics Wanted.

sSDgm I will pay good prices for
MEsNs all relics Of Stone and COP
Dlg PER, such as Axes, Chisels,
Spears, Arrows, Knives, Pipes and all
stones with holes drilled through, etc.
Almost any farmer can find some of
these. Let me know what you have
and send me an outline, State if relics
are copper or stone. Address
H. z. HAMILTON, Two Rivers, Wis.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-07-29
First publication July 10Th, 19O1.)
CONTEST NOTICE.
tjIx ~ * ~
DEPARTMENT Ofthe Interior.
JN1rED STATES LAND OFFICE.
oI7l k-Wadsau Wis. July 26th. 10

CtH Nv a0Sau Wis., July Goth, 1901.
A sufficient contest affidavit having been
aled in this Office by o. E. Bowen, of Eagle
River, Wis.,, contestant, against Homestead
entry No. 724O made June s. 1894, for E "a E
II Sec. 81 township 40 NJ. Range 10 E., by
August Hoppe} ConseStee. in which it is al
legged that said August Hoppe has never eStab-
ished residence upon said land, nor Guilt
waited the same as required by law: and has
wholly abandoned the said land for more than
one year last past and that said alleged alb
sence is not due to his etnployme mt in the army
navy or marine corps Of the United States in
time of war.
Said parties are hereby notified to appear
and offer evidence touching said allegation at
10 o clock A. M. on September 24th 1901, before
the Clerk of the Circuit. Court for Villas county
Wis, at Eagle River, Wis, and that final hear
ing viii be held at 10 O'Clock A. M. on Septem-
Der %. 1901, before the Register and Receiver
at the United States Land ONCE. in WauSau
Wis.
The said contestant having in proper af1da-
Wit, fled July 26th. H01t set forth facts
which show that after due diligence personal
service of this notice can not be made, it is
hereby ordered and directed that such notice
pe given by due and proper publication
b. JOHN ". MILLER, Register.
HENRY G. MCCRoSSEN, Receiver.
New-York tribune., 1901-07-07

us on the road to kindiier. because more COM
passionate. feeling toward the man it is that one
in which Mr. Sichel gives brief but iilumi-
mating glimpse of his earlier days:
We may be permitted to imagine the boy
BOlingbroke headstrong and mercurial. home
for his holidays from Eton. He sits chafinS In
the roOmlike pew of old BatterSea Church while
Patrick discourSes of sin and judgment.
Through the jeweed window steals the au-
tumn light, gliding the painting of his royal
ancestress. by his side the stern grand
parents, the pale. pietist mother. the careless
lbertine father. who seldom troubles the house
hold except by his mature eScapadeS and who
SquanderS time and fortune in chocolate houses
or taverns- All around is the hum of cheerful
nature. What quick dreams of hope and fear
fit through the little fellows mind The past
of his race is a phantasmagOria of knights and
paladinS. of SOur-faCed Puritans and Nell
Gwynn defenders of the faith" At home his
grandmother. with her doses little and often"
does the same with her minimS of saving
grace and reproductions of BeIiaI. The mother
siShS and awaits the scapegrace fathers return
The frOwning grandfather points the bad
ample. and busies himself with his townsfok
his charities and his hayfields. Everywhere
overdiscipne and underdiscpne a training
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rigorous but not vigorous: and through it all a
proud sense OF high birthright: while as per
chance that crushed deserted mother kisses
him. the we'll of warped affection springs un-
tainted in his eyes. and he vows devotion
obedience and amendment. While Lord Jersey
Il knsman of his mother. was Ambassador at
fafls. the young genius was sent. between it;!lS
and lh'fl 10 graduate in the dangerous schools
of the Continent.
The upShot Of this modifying though doubt
less practical" preparation for a public, career
III an age which showed no proflsion of tb,
ethereal spirit" was Il cynical strain both in
public and private life To which We NAV h.,
sure. his opponents did full Justice and of which
Mr- Sifhel himself is Obliged to take some ac-
count. He gives. however. Il picture of Holino
broke's home life a married man. in which
he manages to preserve much agreeable lirbt
The man was capable of a deplorahIe Ieyitv h..
admits, but at any rate. he was more ,,ar
about ii than were most members of his class.
the genteWomen OF that day Were schoolrj
both by Church and society To be patient un,Iar
The NiNacltIeS Of their husbands: and the his
toflah derives some crumbs OF comfort an
par"AtiN. from tho fact that the diaries of IN.
time. with their chr :Iique scandaleuse' never
tattle about the e, Johns" This defence of
boiingbrokes private morality. if defence il
may be called is, after all, of small moment
II leaves the viscount. we fear Just about whore
ii found him. In the examination of his Duhri.
record. on the other hand MIR. SicheI writes To
really serious purpose and puts great matters
before us-lke Guiscards attempt upon Har-
leys life and the curious relation of the episode
To Bolinsbroke's own fortunes. like the latter's
contribution toward the Peace of Utrecht and
like the delicate situation in which the dea I'm
of Anne placed her Jealous servant-with a per
suasiveness which we must in fairness attribute
not only To his possession of unfamiliar ma
teral. but to penetrating insight into his
hero's character.
Easing his conclusions not only on Boiling
brokes official acts but Il careful study of
his political writings MIR. Schel lays great stress
on the constructive mind which be possessed
New-York tribune., 1901-07-07

exhibiting him as a statesman of extraordinarily
clear grasp-until the fatal decision TO escape
to France from the persecution that the ne"
King and his encourage held over his head Mr-
Siche notes his fitness through intellect II Rot
through moral sympathy, to cooperate Win the
formulating impulse which Anne strove 10 put
into legislation for her people. He pauses with
appreciation on Bolingbroke's foresight where
Gibraltar was concerned making its retention
by the British an important feature of his policy
during the Utrecht negotiations HE alone
seems to have deserted that foreign affairs are
British interests abroad" ON the genius i'I
practical statecraft in which much OF the Ell
Ier stuff in this biography would Incline US u
believe a rather misunderstanding commentary Is
provided by those closing pages to which We
have already alluded dealing with the causes OF
the flight 10 France. But Bolingbrohe Is always
placating posterity when he leaves the sphere
of action for the sphere of thought ana NH
Sichel is not discouraged. Though he observes
with chagrin the downfall of his hero in mid
career he looks forward the writing OF MS
second volume wherein he will portray him on
the frmer ground of his philosophy There VIII
be adventure to commemorate; there VIII DC IN
teresting people To- display in that circle OF
which BoIingbroke was the centre He Will nave
to show us 1.-The great Pitt, rehearsing as a
youth the greater part which was to rouse Eng
land hereafter to some OF B3hhSoFoheS > iie0iA0'
and-an important matter for this historian
1--WE shall find how largely Burke. who repudi-
ated the fountainhead has drawn from Boilng-
broke especially in his Appeal from the New TO
the Old Wings: how much Gibbon borrows IN
his History" The indebtedness of others besides
those just mentioned has impressed Mt Sichei-
He has Pope and Voltaire in his mlnds eye
We hope he VIII not fall between two Stools
that in his absorbed analysis of EoinSbrokes
IDEAS and their influence he Will not uhduIE
neglect the personal traits. the purely human
aspect. which, in all good faith, he also means
to treat lie is not as careful OF these IN the
volume before US as he might have been I;ut
this book though faulty. Is interesting, ani OF
value The two taken together will doubtless
help one another and. in any case. Mr. Sichel
will have deserved we'll of his public for exeeut-
ing with industry and knowledge. if not with
Trrf-,t skill needed task
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consecutive manner In the mean time he
leaves the first half Of his work too discursivc
and too complicated for altogether contented
pcrusaL We are a long time in getting In St
Johns carly days-in fact. more than 10 pages
taken up with Introductory chapters
Queen Anne and her flvorites and on the social
atmosphere Of their day; and all through the
hook the reader is obliged To grope with some
effort after what the author is trying to tell him
lie claims to be impartial, aud in essentials
his claim is justified. but Sir. ScheI would be
more than human if a natural liking for his sub
ject (whusc enemies themselves had to admit
was a very Iikabe NAM, joined to Il righteous
indignation at the biassed opinions of Whiggsh
historians like MaCauay, did not him to
paint BolinShroke in especially alluring coors.
His answer, if we charge him with erTing on the
side of praise. would be that he has painted his
portrait from original sources. and e. pecialIy
with the aid Of fresh materials recently to
hand" BE. it said that the appalling charm
ing, haunting st. John of Bulwer LyttonS
lines who stirred that age Byron thrilled
our own" might have disclosed some darker
traits than the darkest attributed to him by
unSympa hetic writers, and still remain if only
in contrast to his surroundings. charming"
Mr. Sicho goes to the root of the matter when
he says that 1T was practical epoch that
understood its own profit. and brushed away all
it unable or averse To understand" He
quotes IiongbrOke's Cwn candid declaration
that there no profuson of the ethereal
spirit amOCg US" But BCI.ngbroke though pos
sessed of the ethereal spirit himself only in such
degree and quality that he could still confess
to entering public life with other plan
but party advantage" was, at all events a man
of genius and flashed through the reign of Anne
with a sane forcefulness of conduct and a Ger
tain gallantry of demeanor to which we cannot
deny our need of admiration. provided of
course. that We have. like Mr.. Schel. at least a
Willingness to regard Tory principles as within
the pale of human decency) If there Is one
page more than another in this book which puts
New-York tribune., 1901-07-07
BOLINGBROkE.
THE FIRST HALF OF A NEW LIFE OF
THE STATESMAN.

BOLINGBROKE AND HIS TIMES. BY Walter
Sichel. Late Exhibtioner of Balliol College. OK
ford. With Portraits. Octave, PIP. X, $50. Long
mans. Green d Co.
Mr. Sichel has an interesting story to tell.
for it embraces not only the career of re-
markabe parsonage, but of the most
striking phases of the chaotic age of Queen
Anne He does not spoil it in the telling, yet
he makes it harder reading than seems quite
necessary Perhaps in the second volume which
he promises us he may get the lines Of his mar
rative we'll in hand. and set forth the events
in his hero's life-following the death of Anne,
the accession of George l and Boiling gbroke's
flight to France. which communicates a thrill
Of excitement to the last pages OF the present
vOlume-With clearer touch and in a more
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the Rev. Arthur Wentworth Eaton limo. PIP
- NJ r. Mansfield * 20
The experiences Of those who remained loyal
tn Great Britain in the Revolutionary War and
the excitement that preceded ii have never Re-
ceived much attention The reproach implied
in tine term Tory has been great as to put
those to whom il was applied beyond the coz
sideration of the winning side Yet there Is an
interesting chapter of revolutionary history
waiting here to be unfoIded To that chapter
this little book contributes something. though.
indeed. not So much as might be wished. IL
comprises the reCollectiCns, written down in
1>;6. of Mrs. William Martin Johnston. wife of
young Georgian of distinguished family who
threw in his lot with the Iioyalist and
served with the British army To these are
added number of letters exchanged between
them during the hostities and before They
tell of life of unusual Vicissituie. and reveal
character strong in most of the domestic vir-
tues; but their contribution To the picture of
life on the Tory side during the war is not
striking
Mrs. Johnston girl of twelve when the
Revolutionary War commenced in Boston and
began to spread TO the southwark She was
living in savannah. where the people We're rails
ing "A ragged corps" and all were made t.
declare whether they were on the Kings side
or for the people. IF Tory refused To Join
the peoole. he was imprisoned and tarred AMI
feathered." Her father escaped from the
''rehels'' and embarked with her future husband
the British man-Of-vNa Scarborough: but
she was left in possession of the property hy
the commissioners appointed to cOniiscate the
belongings of the loyalists, Young Mr. John
-ston Joined the New-York Volunteers a IovaIist
corps; was sent south again and was stationed
at savannah which captured. but was soon
put under a protracted Siege by the combined
American and French forces, outnumbering the
British occupants by five To one. Here he met
the young. unSOphisticated girl who was STAYING
with her aunt. and though he had lately been
among the dashing faShiorabIes of New-York
then remarkable tduring Sir I'll. CInton's rule,
TOR its elegance and dissipation he promptly
feu IN love with her. Before the bombarinent
his father. DIR. Johnston and all The. females
of his family We're sent To a neiShborins isia.,,
MIS- Johnston had two sons in the British forces
ana two younger ones with her. ten and fifteen
Years old respectively. AS the shot was vhiS
ting about their ears in their hight she turned
To her two boys. whom she had previously for
hidden To join their brothers. and said MY
sons. was about to disgrace you: go Join your
BROTHERS, The siege and assault on savannah
nave not received much space in the discussions
OF American historians. except for the. death ,f
Count Pulaski, who was killed in the attack in
New-York tribune., 1901-07-07
HER ANSWER.

BY ALFRED PERCEvAL GRAVES.
The earth's green the fairies rings,
Ghe air one futter and flash of wings
fThe heath and clover abuZz with bees,
And white. white the hawthorn trees;
While up high up on his sunbeam stair.
The lark goes dancing, my joy to share;
Tor Oh, by his song he surely knows
The answer I've won from my little dark Rose
New-York tribune., 1901-07-07
Gbe Aesn'a)orls gribno1e.
ILLUSTRATED SUPPLEMENT.
SUNDAY, JULY I, 1901.

Mr.. Andrew Lang thinks that novel with
Hamilton promptly undertakes to set him
right forwarding To the editor of The London
Morning Post" cpiStle the subject
purpoSefuI and portcnt0uS, As any tract that
WIS ever "diSguiSed novel" In these
days" he dccarcs-but it is too much of Il
Strain 10 quote Mr. Hamilton at length. Let
Us be content with Il nugget or two. Now, no
man. after hard days work or pleasure. con
Scnts to further tax himself in this strenuous
time by closely following finely reasoned
argument. 1t would he interesting tn know
low Mr.. Hamilton found this out. However.
we hasten on Ia another nugget. 1T is only by
Disgusting the dose that substantial mcat-cX-
literature. or are We talking Of new school
ot pathological research: Thinking" con
lnUes MI Hamilton. with his hand on the
PULSE of his patient, is a form Of pain to many
and iulucsS to all" And that is why. out
sid" of scotland. hooks that are not novels have
lit!c chance of passing through the circulating
library to the hearth" Does the gentle reader
wish 10 test this business for himself: Here
i, u pretty Ettle game To play your old col
lcEr friend" SAYS Mr.. Hamilton. in triumph.
Give him, suddenly. the hypothesis of the
Fons Asinorum, and ask him Ia demonstrate
on the instant" But know a game worth
TWO of that. Give the .'od college friend" Il
novel with purlose" Only don't repeat his
answer to Mr. Hamilton.
New-York tribune., 1901-07-07

\ lover of hiS kind. ont of the quite miracu-
lous goodness Of his heart. has lately been in
sprcd To quote the tribute paid by Mr. Walter
Rlakc. himself printer. to that admirable.
person. the printers reader. and furthermore,
10 elaborate Il little tribute of his own With
candor that almost diSarmS criticism he re-
pcatS some of the famous errors laid al the
door OF that admirable person Since they
give delight we suppose ought to be CRATE
full 1t is always joy to return To that state.
ment about the locomotive that ran into
cow and literally cut il into calves" We can
not b" angry with TIA" prOofrcadcr wl,, let the
freshly blown roses" of Mnore's ode to
Spring get turned into freshly blown noses
and never turned "A hair The man who PASSED
the statement that Sir Robert Peel and Il
party OF friends we're shooting peasants in
Ireland laid his fellows under a heavy debt
Yet we cannot help wondering if the author of
the tribute to which we have referred has
ever himself been the victim OF one of those
brilliant flashes of dabolism which give the
outsider much joy.
New-York tribune., 1901-07-07
on TIE LOSING SIDE.
\ SOUVENIR OF \ I.OYALIST FAMILY IN
OUR REVOLUTION

RECOIIECTIONS OF \ GEORGIA LOYAI.IST
Nv Elizabeth IichtenStein Johnston. Edited by
the Rev. Arthur Wentworth Eaton limo. PIP
- NJ. F. Mansfield * Co.
New-York tribune., 1901-07-07

The effort Of ii sincere and Intelligent writer
To put the right track those of his con
tcmporIrcS who joyou>ly skip up and down
the wrong one is naturally calculated to eX-
cite warm sympathy. Itut it must he admitted
that that desire sometimes leads the well mean
ing teacher into the advuoacy of practices that
are, to say the least. dubious. Here is Mr.
Herbert Paul critic Il lMrably equipped and
usually np"ccablc in his dcliyrranccS. allow
ing his longing for good essays than The
CsSayists of the day can give him. 10 lure him
toward the most specIous of propositions
namely. that moe authors should attempt the
writing of essays He thinks ii would be good
discipline which is not unlikely. but he leaves
Us To infer that when we have written our little
papers in emulation of Lamb or Matthew
Arnold we should also publish them. There we
disagree with NJ. Paul ABSOLUTELY The fact
that. AS he remarks. Lave To put up with
second rate fiction ana poetry, is no reason why
we should he asked 10 endure second rate cS-
says. We get all we want of them now. Why
increase the mass: Mr.. Paurs suggestion
seems especially i'll advised in the light of that
an ESSAY" almost anything i'll the shape of
prose which is comparatively brief and not in
the nature of fiction Hence we have volumes
fabricated out Of book reviews previously con
tributed to the daily press. Sometimes as in
the OF Mr.. iicnlryS amusing collection of
scraps. the scheme is permissible. But as Il
rule such reprints are unnecessary. This. how
ever, is only one illustration of what Il craze
for the publication of ESSAYS might bring
upon us. When the right man arrives let him
print his work. Speaking generally the essay
ist who is content with the discipline and lets
publication go, is the man for our money.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-08-05


AZ ~ ,S COMPANY baggage will be transferred
vi pafnp ground by }. w. Harlow.
VI. before leaving their respective sta
tions on Saturday, commandin~ officera
OF companies will telegraph the exact
cnt for duty. -" ei''is'eu ine" p'~
VII. The Maine Central Railroad Com
pany VIII furnish a separate car for each
company. ana a.tach a freight car for the
transportation Of horses and baggage to
the special trains '
by Order OF the comma nder-iu-chef
JOHN r. RICHARDS,
Adjutant General.
y a""cial board of examination. Of
which A liutant General Richards is chair
man and Brigadier General F. l.. Hoyt
of Lewiston. and Col. Eluott C. Dill of
Augusta, are members, will convene at
the State House. Monday. to enquire into
the qualifications Of Col. I.ucius H. Ken
dali, who has been reelected to the COM
mand of the LIST. Infantry.
An omnipresent person at the camp
ground and one always in demand is
Capt. Thomas +. Dodge. who has charge
OF the work about the camp Capt Dodge
has been very busy making prepara-
tons to receive the soldier boys and has,
with his usual energy, got things in
pretty good shape. Capt. Dodge is q val
liable adjunct 20 every annual encamp-
ment