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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-04-07

nous song, Jim Grow, made hi
popular at once.
Wheel about, l turn about;
| do jess so.
And every time | wheel about
l jump Jim Grow.
was sung and whistled over all t.
world. Joe Jefferson, as a boy
1888, made his first appearance on
stage with Rice in Washington. +
tering with bag on his back, Ri
would sing:
Ladies and gemman,
I'll hab you for to know
I'VE got a little darkey here
To jump Jim Grow.
And would dump Jefferson, made
as a counterpart of Rice. from the b
Jefferson, it is said, made hit. R
performed in sketches of his own
The Mummy, Bone Squash and Dan
Jim of Caroline. He was clever
or, dancer and singer.
Luke Schoolcraft, the "watermil
man." who made a most original
key, appeared as early as 1861 i
New Orleans company. But of all
MINISTRIES Billy Manning was
quaintest and best darkey comeC
ever seen upon the American st;
He was remarkable for his sponti
Gus fun and original mannerisms
Of the singers the greatest was
famous tenor, John l., Garner
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-04-07
A NAVAL "SWEAT-BoX."
Old Sailors Rejoiced When Line
Abolished an Instrument of Tortu

Old Sailors Rejoiced When Line
Abolished an Instrument of Tortu
The hardship endured by sailors e
now are sufficient. were they Ii
generally known, to deter adyentu
boys from running away to sea,
the cruelties to which the MOT
sailor is subjected are as nothing
those which we're the common 10
his predecessor. The story of the
appearance of one such crueltyis w
telling.
On one of Mr. Lincoln's excurs
to Fortress Monroe on the stea
Hartford, in 1868, his attention
directed to a. narrow door, bound
iron, the use Of which he was anx
to learn
What is this?" he asked.
"Oh, that is the ssweat-box, +"
the reply. ct is used for refrac
and insubordinate seamen. A ma
there is subjected to steam heat,
has very little ventilation. 1t gene1
brings him to terms very quickly "
President Lincoln's curiosity
aroused. This, he said to him
lis treatment to which thousands
American seamen are probably
jected every year. Let me try it
myself and see what it really is"
Taking off his hat-for he was
eral inches over six feet in height
entered the ENCLOSURES. which he fC
to be little more than three feet
length or width. He gave orders
at a signal from himself the doc
Immediately opened. 1t was
closed and the steam turned on.
He had been inside hardly t
minutes before the signal was 81
President Lincoln had experie
enough of what was then regarde
necessary punishment for Amer
seamen. There was very little yer
ton, and the short exposure to the
and humid air had almost suffOc
him.
Turning to Secretary Welles OF
navy department, the president orc
that no such enclosure as the s.
box should ever be allowed on
vessel flying the American flag.
1t was not an hour after this
had been given before every sail
every ship in Hampton roads
heard of it. The effect was mos
markable on the older sailors, ma
whom had themselves experience
punishment of the sweat-box. SO
them wept from joy.
But the good results of this
President Lincoln were not cOnfi1
the American navy. Great B
France, Germany and other Eur
countries heard that the sweat-b'
been abolished in America as inh
One and all Of these nations i
fell in line, and to-day the swe
is not to be found on any vessel
the flag Of civilized nation IL
out the world.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-04-07

A ChiId's Receipt for Doll Drop
Here is the receipt for the
cakes-but please remember tt
cups belonging to Hazel's dolls
rounded tablespoonful: her dol
spoons hold about saltspoonfl
yolk of one egg, one dolls Gu
butter, three dolls cupfuls of
che dolls cupful of milk, fom
cupfuls of -four, three dolls te
ful of vanilla, one dolls cm
chopper nuts or raisins. Beat
ter and sugar to a cream; add
well beaten, then the milk. Il
flour, in which the baking pow
been sifted; last, the favorir
chopped fruit. It is best to h
cupful of butter not quite full,
cupfuls of flour heaping, /
small spoonfuls in a we'll
pan, and bake till brown
Home Journal.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-04-07
A FLOWERS GREAT MESS

Ii Tells the Scientist of Time
this Country of ours was Wa
The trailing arbutus has onl
very near relative, and it lives
pan. This tells to the botal
strange story When North A
was warmer the parent of both
over Northern America and
With the descent of the ice c
the glacial period, the flowers
forced downward, one on tn,
coast of Asia and one on the
coast of America. They have
separated just long enough and
surroundings just different emo
have made little difference o.
appearance and habit, and yet
common origin is still easily
able.-Ladies' Home Journal.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-04-07
Famous Actors in BIackface.

Some of the most famous men of
the American stage appeared with
blackened faces as negro characters.
In 1923 Edwin Forrest, the tragedian,
appeared as a negro in the farce The
Tailor in Distress, in the Globe thea
ter, Cincinnati Edwin Booth and J.
Sleeper Clarke were giving minstrel
performances in 1850. They were
billed for date in Belair, Md, but the
negro bill poster pasted all the bills
upside down and the two men were
compelled to walk home.
Thomas ID. Rice, better known as
Daddy Rice, and sometimes called
the father of minstrelsy," was IA
nous as a singer of negro songs. Rice,
however, was not recognized by the
MINISTRIES as one of them. He gave in
diyidual performances and was not
connected with any company His ia
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-04-07
Scores of Troupes Organized.

When the four, who called them
selves the Virginia minstrels,' re-
turned from England they found scores
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1902-12-15

referred will, in the near future,
advance in value from SIS to $40
per acre. We therefore, urge
that all who r engaged exclu-
sively in the sale of real estate
snail investigate thoroughly the
lands on and tributary to this
Company's lines, in the states of
Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississ-
ippi and Louisiana. We want
you interested with us in the
development of this country, and
will be glad to correspond with
you in reference to the same; and
if mutually agreeable, to make
the usual advertising contracts
with all agents who will devote
their time and energy to the sale
of Southern farm lands.
For a copy of the Southern
Home seekers Guide" Folder
for Home-seekers and Land In
vestors,' and other nfor nation
concerning the South, address
the undersigned at Dubuqe,
Iowa.
Very respectfully
]. F. MLRRY'
Asst Gen1 Pass'r Agent.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1902-12-15

acres near here. l have never
seen better asparagus, tomatoes,
egg plants, cantaloupes, or water
melons, every things considered,
grown any where than we raised
here this year on land just taken
in from the woods.
Being far enough south and
near enough the Gulf coast to
have practically the climate of
New Orleans we may expect to
reach the markets ahead of other
competing points in the state and
get the cream of the prices.
There has been a truck growers
association organized here which
meets monthly and we expect to
cooperate IN growing and ship
ping vegetables and thus to ship
by the carload and get advantage
of a much lower rate. In a few
more months we hope to have an
object lesson in the Station farm
to teach the people the POSSIBLE
tiles of this soil and shall wei.
come all visitors to inspect the
work in progress.
Yours truly,
E.. 3. FERRIS.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1902-12-15
Southern Farm Lands.

Never in the history of the
United States has there been
such an active demand for farm
lands throughout the entire
Northwest, nor such a phenomi-
nal advance in prices as during
the past three years. In Illinois
the advance has been from $40 to
$50 per acre; in Iowa from $35
to SIS and even higher;i in Mime
sofa from SIS to $50, and in South
Dakota from $3.50 to $50. Real
estate prophets and others have
each year predicted the top had
been reached, and that prices
must decline. Such, however,
has not been the case. On the
contrary, not only practical
farmers, but bankers, mechanics,
merchants and manufacturers,
having idle money, have shown
their confidence in the future of
cultivable lands by making liber-
al land investments, and the
prices have continued to go
higher and higher.
The question now agitatlng the
minds of all real estate agents
Ohrough whom 90 per cent. of
all the farm lands are sold) IS
where can we find low priced
real estate, and where will be
the next great advance in lands?
The object of this circular is to
advise all real estate agents and
others who handle farm lands,
that every indication now points
to the South as the center of the
next great boom, and our reasons
for thinking this are based upon
the following facts:
LIST. Southern farm lands are
too low, as compared with the
mar ket value of Southern farm
products. To illustrate: in Iowa
lands selling in the market Tor
500 to SIS per acre, are rented
for only $500 per acre. In Miss
issipp!, and especially in the great
cotton belt, the Mississippi Val
ley, improved plantations can
be bought at from $50 to $35 per
acre, and readily rented for six
and even sever dollars per acre,
cash, or, what is better at the
present high price of cotton, for
100 pounds of lint cotton per
acre; and upon which the taxes
are not more than half what thew
are in Iowa or Illinois.
I'd. All indications point to an
increased demand and increased
local market for all kinds of
Southern farm products. The
development of Southern oil
fields furnishing cheap fuel is
attracting the attention of man.
ufacturers everywhere, and new
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1902-12-15
Christmas and New Year
Holiday Rates.

Account of the above, tickets
will be sold to the general public
teachers and students, from all
Agency stations of the Mobile &
Ohio r. r., at rate of one and
,one-third fare for the round trip.
Apply to Agents for rates, dates
of sale, limits, etc.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1902-12-15
JERSEY RD--"F0R A S0NGr'

ana important industries are
springing up at many points
along the line of the Illinois Gen.
trail and the Yazoo & Mississippi
Valley railroads. Already these
industries are creating a demand
for all kinds of lumber used in
the manufacture of furniture,
caskets, vehicles and farm i'm
PIGMENTS, Cotton and all its by
products, the raw material of the
South that for years has gone
begging, is now in demand at
greatly advanced prices, and
with this comes a natural de-
mand, at higher prices, for
everything grown upon the farm
Sd. The cities of the South
are, with the introduction of new
industries, increasing in popula-
ton at a rapid rate. Every
branch of business is prosperous,
hence there is an increased de.
maud for every kind of garden
truck and fruits grown upon the
farm. Under such conditions
there a be but one result.
Southern farm lands must, and
will advance.
4th. The construction of an
interoceanic canal, whether at
Panama or Nicaragua, will make
New Orleans the gateway to i'm
portaut new markets that use
largely the mining, manufactu
ring and agricultural products o:
the south. 1t will be the means
of calling the attention of thous.
ands Of tourists and capitalists
to the fertile lands of the Mississ.
ippi Valley. 1t will result in
large investments of Northern
capital, which is invariably fol-
lowed by immigration and a
rapid advance in the price OF
farm lands.
5th. Unimproved hardwood
timber lands of the very bes,
quality are yet on the market at
points in Mississippi between
Memphis and V~icksburg, at
from 81 to $40 per acre. The
cost of clearing and fencing thesv
lands is not to exceed ten dollars
per acre, and, when cleared,
they will grow bale of cotton
worth from forty to fifty dollars
per bale, or 90 bushels of corn
worth from 90 cents to a dollar
per bushel, to the acre. Every
real estate agent who has studied
the agricultural conditions O!
this country understands how,
with the rapid increase in popu-
lation, making a constantly in
creased demand tor everything
eatable, it is utterly impossible
for fertile lands to remain at
present. values in any section OF
our country either North Or
South.
The new industrial and COM
mercial conditions at New Or
leans-the recognized metropolis
of the South-are a source of
wonder and surprise to those who
remember the Crescent City as
it has been for a half century
prior to 1900. Throughout the
city is now heard the hum of
new industries, and New Or
leans instead of being a sleepy
and quaint old southern city, is
fast coming to the front as a
city of commercial activity, with
prospects for the future not ex-
celled by any city in the United
States; and the growth and de-
velopment of this city, and her
local and export market facilities,
must necessarily increase the
price of all farm lands tributary
thereto.
The passenger department of
the Illinois Central Railroad Co.,
is interested in the development
of all the cities on, and the coun-
try tributary to. its lines. 1t is
interested in having the real
estate agents on it's line success
full, and would urge that they at
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1902-12-15

~nHE-To introduce Modern Remedies. we will
send q 26c package Of our Modern Liver
Tablets on Esssies 2, lGs Il 1slSRs ne e pay P0saSs r m
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1902-12-15

was then cleared of stumps and
planted without any additional
fertilizer to sweet potatoes, from
which we have just gathered at
the rate of $50 bushels per acre.
Thirty fertilizer tests have been
conducted each with corn a cot
ton and we gathered all the way
from $40 POUNDS of seed cotton
per acre with no fertilizer to
1868 pounds where liberal
amounts of acid phosphate and
cottonseed meal were used, a
drought of several weeks in June
and July almost ruined our corn
and seriously injured the cotton.
Besides the fertilizer tests with
corr aud cotton we planted twelve
different varieties of each, tested
four different ways of fertilizing
sugar cane, IS varieties of straw
berries, three of chufas and
planted as much as thirty acres
in corn, peanuts, sorghum, sweet
potatoes and cowpeas. By the
tenth of July we had IS acres
cleared of stumps and planted to
the various crops above mention
ed. Since that time we have
cleared several additional acres
have built one four room cottage
for a foreman. three two room
houses for laborers, one large
and commodious barn and pack
ing room and have com pleted the
station residence. This fall we
have begun experimenting with
fall cabbage, winter oats, wheat,
and about fifty varieties of grass
es and clovers. Have begun
feeding 80 head of steers on cot
ton seed products principally to
get the manure for fertilizing the
land. Have just planted over 100
varieties of Strawberries and a
commercial patch of about ~
acres, SO varieties of apples, SO
of peaches, II of plums, II of
pears. II of grapes, 6 of figs and
6 of mulberries are being set out
and a commerce al orchard of
about 2 acres will be planted in
peaches before Christmas, also
twenty or thirty pecan trees.
We are fencing 100 additional
acres of land about thirty acres
of whice will be used for field
crops the balance for pasture.
To divide this into the numerous
paddocks or fields required for
experimental purposes will
necCeSSlrate about three miles OF
fencing. We have our posts set
and hope to finish the work be-
fore the first of January. The
New Orleans and North Eastern
X. r. has been quite liberal with
the station both IN subscribing
money to its location on their
line and in giving reduced rates
on freight>and other favors since
its establishment. The officials
of this road have just been by to
inspect our work and expressed
themselves as much pleased with
what had been accomplished.
The soils of this section are
naturally poor but susceptible of
the highest development with
proper treatment and fertiliza-
ton. They are admirably suit
ed to growing fruits, especially
peaches and plums, and almost
every kind of vegetables. As
much as sixty bushels of corn
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-10-31
PORTLAND MARKETS.

Wheat-WallaWalla, 67@68c; blue
stem 7s@74c; valley, &c.
Barley-Feed, $21.00 per ton; brew
ing, $1,000.
Flour-Best grade, S.2O@S.5O; grab.
am, 81 sO@3.2O.
Millstrffs-Bran, $1,000 per ton;
middlings, $3.50; shorts, $3.50;
chop, SIT.
oats-No. 1 white, s1.o5@1.o7k;
gray, $1.O2k@1.O5 per GENITAL.
Hay - Timothy, $10@11; clover,
$3.50; cheat, So per ton.
Potatoes-Best Burbanks, 60@70c
per sack; ordinary, 5O@55c per GENITAL,
growers prices; Merced sweets, s1.75@
2 per GENITAL.
Poultry-Chickens, mixed, $4,000
4.25; per pourd, 10c; hens, $4@4.50 per
dozen; per pound, lie; springs, $500
$3.50 per dozen; fryers, $2.50@s.o0;
broilers, $2.00@2.50; ducks, $4.5O@
6. 90 per dozen; turkeys, young, 121s
@1sc; geese, s6.OO@6.5O per dozen.
Cheese - Full cream, twins, 141s@
1518c; Young America, Is @ II;
factory prices, 1@11c less.
Butter-Fancy creamery, 27k@30c
per pound; extras, Soc; dairy, IS
@20c; store, 12R@15.
Eggs-25@30c per dozen.
Hops-New crop, 22@25c per pound.
Wool-Valley, 12k@15c; Eastern
Oregon, s@141ac; mohair, 26@2sc.
Beef-Gross, cows, 3@3hc per
pound; steers, &c; dressed, 6@7c.
Veal-7k@SHc.
Mutton - Gross, Sc per pound ;
dressed, &c.
Lambs - Gross, 34c per pound /;
dressed. 616c.
Hoz-Gross, 6L@6Kc per pound ;
dressed, 7@7Hc.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-10-31
BOLD BANDIT TAKEN.
Man Who Is Believed to Have Held Up the
Train In Montana Is Captured.

Missoula, Mont, Oct. 2S.-Deputy
Sheriff w. w. Mccormick arrested
near Bonita today man believed to be
the individual who, single handed, held
up the North Coast Limited passenger
train and murdered Engineer O'Neill
near Bearmouth. The mans size and
general description answer to that of
the robber. He gives the name of
Alfred Vanhazendoct, and at times tries
to talk with German accent and again
uses plain English. He is of medium
statue, has heavy shoulders and is in,
clined to stoop, and wore when arrested
a gray suit of clothes and peculiar lit
tie cap of blue color, and had two 45-
caliber Colts revolvers strapped to his
body.
He acknowledges he was at Gold
Creek the night previous to the hold
up, and says he is tie maker looking
for employment and that he was en-
route to Missoula when he passed
through Gold Creek. He explains his
slowness in getting over the ground and
his not being seen all day yesterday
along the road from Gold Greek to
Missoula by stating that he missed his
road shortly after leaving Gold Greek
and had to retrace his steps. The
officers discredit the mans story.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-10-31
TITLE IS VALID.
Report Of Attorney General Knox Says
Panama Canal May be Sold.

Report Of Attorney General Knox Says
Panama Canal May be Sold.
Washington. Oct. 2S.-"The title to
the Panama canal is Valid" is the gist
of the report to President Roosevelt by
Attorney General Knox on his investi-
cation of the offer of the Panama COM
pany. The next step, on the part of
the United States, will be to negotiate
and ratify a treaty giving to it the
rights demanded under the canal legis-
lation of last session. Pres ident Roose-
velt will do everything in his power to
secure the completion of such treaty
in time for presentation to congress at
the coming short session, as he believes
ample time intervenes for accomplish.
ing this object. Should the Colombian
government delay or decline to accede
to the conditions laid down by congress,
thereby causing postponement until
the first session of the Fifty-eigth con-
gress. there is possibility that the
president will again take under consid-
Grafton the construction of the canal
over the Nicaraguan route. The opin-
ion prevails here, however, that
treaty of satisfactory character will be
negotiated, and that the first steps
looking to the construction of a canal
will be undertaken early next year.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-10-31
FOUND RUSSIAN SURVEYS.
Old Monuments Located as Indicated by
Anglo-Russian Treaty.


Anglo-Russian Treaty.
Seattle, Oct. 3O.-Advices were re-
ceived frcm juneau on the steamer Dol
phin, which arrived today, that the
missing Russian boundary monuments,
which have been SO energetically
searched for by Lieutenant Emmons for
the past two seasons, have been discov-
cred by prospector of the Porcupine
district named James H. de Blondeau.
He is a native of Marseilles, France,
but he has been interested in the Por-
cupine district and the modus vivendi
strip for several years. Through his
friendship with the Chilkat Indians he
gained information which gave him a
clew to the position of the first monu-
ment. From this start he followed
along and discovered several more of
the old landmarks put up years ago by
the czar's followers. The line marked
by these monuments is about five min
utes inland from Pleasant camp, which
is II miles from Klukwon. The latter
is five miles from tidewater, on the
Chilkat river. This makes the Russian
survey line approximately 27 miles in
land to the Summit-less than 10 ma
rine leagues, and just where it would
be expected to be from the language
used in the Anglo-Russian treaty of
1925. The Rainy Hollow district is
within American territory.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-10-31
CHICAGO SWITCHMEN AGAIN.
Demand an Advance of Cents an Hour
or a Strike VIII be Ordered.

Chicago, Oct. 20. - Grand Master
Morrissey, of the Brotherhood of Rail-
way Trainmen, and Vice Grand Master
W. G. Lee, have arrived at Chicago to
look after the interests of the 7 900
yardmen employed in the Chicago dis
trict, who have presented demand to
the railroads for an increase OF cents
an hour. The railroads have been not
ified that an answer is expected Dy next
Friday.
The action taken by the Chicago
yardmen is said to be the first step in
the movement which started in Kansas
City last June, when the chairmen on
the scale committe of all systems, rep
resenting both the Brotherhood of
Railway Trainmen and the Order of
Railroad Conductors, met in joint ses-
sion and decided to demand a general
increase in wages for all members of
both organizations. The question was
submitted to referendum vote of the
membership of both organizations, and
this vote is not all in yet. About
hree-fourths cf the entire vote is now
in the hands of the executive officers of
both organizations, and the remainder
is expected before November 1. The
Chicago district of the switchmen is,
however, separate, and the vote was
almost unanimous in favor of demand
ing the increase.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-10-31
JAPANESE BARRED.
Washington Court Decides They Cannot
Become American Citizens.

Become American Citizens.
Olympia, Oct. 20. - The supreme
court, in decision handed down today,
decides that Japanese cannot become
citizen of the United States. The
point came up directly in the matter of
the admission of a young Japanese
lawyer to the bar of this state. Takuji
Yamashita, of Seattle, passed very
creditable examination for admission to
the bar in the examinations last May,
but the law making citizenship a quail
ifcation for admission to the bar of
this state is very plain and is undis-
puted. The main point in the case
which was presented to the supreme
court in the form of briefs was whether
native of Japan could become a citi-
zen of the United States, and whether
the superior court of Pierce county act
ed within its jurisdiction in granting
naturalization papers to Yamashta.
The decision on this point covers a
matter on which it is said there is no
recent decision by any court, and it
therefore becomes a matter of wide in
terest.