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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-06-08
"JoHN BROWNS BODY"
How the War Song Was Evolved BY
Massachusetts Volunteers.

Chicago Tribune.-Efforts by the
veterans of the great civil war TO dis
cover the authors of John Browns
Body from the ash-heap of time have
brought to light the history Of the stir
ring song. A man in Oshkosh is able
to tell the story, for he was one OF the
men who made the memorable escape
from the tunnel at Libby prison, he is
James Howard jenkins, president OF
the German national bank OF Oshkosh.
This is how Mr.. jenkins tells or the
birth of the song: In the early spring
OF 1861 the Boston light infantry, a
battalion of three companies, under
command of Maj. Rogers of the Bos-
ton Journal. was sent to Fort Warren.
in Bostin harbOr, for drill and garrison
duty. This battalion was made up
largely of the better class of city boys
and was to Boston what the 18th regi-
ment was TO New York. When the de-
mand for troops became pressing the
battalion offered its services. which.
however, could not he accepted, save
as it could be Incorporated in one of
the regiments then forming Accord
ingly the battalion disbanded and a
rush was made by its members to en-
list in the 18th and 18th regiments.
The 18th was completed first and was
sent to Fort Warren for organization
and drill.
Among its members were many ex-
Ill
quartets was composed of four SER
geants-Jenkins, Brown, Edgerley. and
Eldredge-who were continually on
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-06-08

for foreign affairs. The ruin OF
British prosperity is predicted. and
the breaking up of the empire if it is
. enforced.
Ruperto Rois. the self-styled pope
of Luzon" and leader of a Filipino in
surgent band, was sentenced to hang
! Twenty-seven of his followers were
given long prison terms. Town
authorities surrendered him with pre-
, tending to shelter.
Russians at ST. Petersburg are in
dignant over the Jewish massacres.
/ The governor Of Kisheneff and
officials are blamed by the minister of
the interior. The latter declares all
rioters were Christians. Thirteen hun
dred Jewish houses were looted.
In st. Louis DR.. Francis Tumblety,
aged 50, died in st. Johns hospital and
his will revealed that he had left an
estate of 100000. He made many
requests, among them legacies of
$4,000 each to Cardinal Gibbons and
Archbishop Ireland for charitable pur-
poses.
A disastrous heaC-On colnSiOn on the
Southern railway near Bryan, Ala,
resulted in the death of three en-
gineers. four fremen and one brake
man; the destruction by fire of twelve
loaded freight cars and eight empty
cars and great damage to the colliding
engines.
The social democratic party has de-
cided TO start an eight-nour movement
! throughout Germany. A test is now
being made at Bremen, where the tin
smiths are striking for an eight-hOur
day. If they are successful all
branches of the trade will join the
movement.
Regarding the announcement from
Professor Percival Lowell of the Low
ell observatory at Flagstaff, Ariz., that
brilliant projection has been dis
covered on the planet Mars, the gen.
eral belief in Cambridge is that Profes-
sor Lowell very likely saw a cloud. If
this is so it would indicate an atmos-
phere. and this in turn would make 1t
possible for Mars TO be inhabited
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-06-08
LATER.

Mrs. Richard ]. Oglesby, wife of the
former Illinois governor, is believed
TO be dying
Prof. Henry Wade Rogers was elect
ed dean of Yale law school to succeed
Prof. Francis Wayland. resigned
Myron T. Herrick's nomination by
Ohio republicans for governor is con-
ceded by the delegates now arriving at
Columbus.
Charges that former Supt. A. W.
Machen received a percentage from
postodlce supply contracts will be sub
mitted to the grand jury
Celestine CARING. "a years old, CON-
mitted suicide at New York after writ
ing that a promise to kill herself was
given TO her husband If he died first.
Prof. John F. Hicks, botanist at the
state agricultural station. was shot TO
death before the home of his sweet
heart, Miss Mary Gill. at Wooster, o.
Kansas City (Mo) is without gas,
electric lights. or water service; rail-
roads are blocked and food famine is
threatened The death list probably
fifty.
The body OF Supt. z. F. Egan of the
Great Northern railroad, who was lost
in Montana mountains Nov. 4 while
hunting. was discovered by searchers
near Bolton.
Barnum & Bailey circus was unable
to exhibit at Kingston. n. Y, because
of labor union being formed by it's
employees and its inability to get
sufficient substitutes.
Whitaker Wright, the British fnan-
cial operator under arrest at New York
for alleged fraud, was refused habeas
corpus by the supreme court and his
offense is held extraditable.
One hundred persons were killed
and 80 injured at GAINESVILLE (Ga) by
a cyclone Eighty were crushed to
death in a collapsing cotton mill. All
but six of the dead are whites.
The Milwaukee-Chicago wireless
telegraph service was opened by a
message from the former city and an
exchange of congratulations between
Mayor Harrison and Mayor Rose.
An exhibition of wild horse racing
and steer roping was given at Chey-
enne in President Roosevelt's honor.
A sorrel gelding was given him by
citizens with a complete riding outfit
DR.. Maurice d. Stepp of Cleveland,
was summoned to attend Stephen Mil
Ter. the burglar whom he had shot
several hours earlier. A confession
was made by the victim before his
death.
Ninety thousand textile workers
struck at Philadelphia, closing $50
mills. Thirty-seven steamers are tied
up at Norfolk. Va. by an engineers
strike. Milwaukee and Pittsburg boiler
makers quit work.
Gen. George w. Davis was ordered
by Secretary Root to investigate Fill
pino girls charges that Lieut.. S. S.
Burbank. now at Fort Leavenworth. is
married to her, although engaged to
wed an American.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-06-08

milk pitchers, it is equally busy in
studying and supplying the good"
/ bacteria that are absolutely necessary
to perfect our butter and produce our
after-dinner cheeses. Although butter
can be made from cream without
bacterial assistance, cheese would be
an impossibility; and the butter that
is not partly made by their action is
very much like cream in taste and
not at all like butter to the average
palate.
Anybody who has had any ac-
quaintance witA a butter churn knows
that cream. in order to produce the
best tasting butter, must be "ripened"
in other words, long before bacteria
had been discovered, the butter maker
used to set his cream aside and allow
his unsupported helpers to produce
certain chemical changes in the cream
before it was churned. These
changes if carried too far spoil the
cream but il stopped at the right hour
vastly improve it for butter making.
Scientific examination of this phe-
nomenon discovered that it was
bacterial action that produced these
changes and discovered also a reason
for the perplexing fact that the
changes were not uniform. There are
bacteria and bacteria and by a further
examination of them the bacteri-
ologists have found the best bacteria
for the butter maker, have found
means to cultivate these particular
dairyman's assistants in what are
called pure cultures" and these
''pure cultures" are now used in butter
making in much the same fashion as
prepared yeast, which is another re-
suit of bacterial assistance, is used
in the bakery. Their use has de-
veloped during the last six years to
such an extent that June butter, for
merly obtained only in spring and
early summer, is now produced by
many dairymen straight through the
season. The June butter of a decade
ago. that is, was due TO the presence
of particular bacteria, not present
earlier in the year, which have been
captured and are now widely cultt-
waited by expert psychologists.
What has been accomplished in the
way of furnishing the proper bacteria
for butter making points naturally to
the hope that the same thing may be
accomplished in the processes of
cheese manufacture. SO far, however,
although some advance has been made
in the right direction this ideal con-
dition has not been established, al
thought the fact has been proven that
the cheese makers bacterial allies are
of even greater Importance than those
that assist the butter makers. Just
as different kinds of bacteria are the
important factors in producing butter
of various degrees Of excellence, so
are different bacteria undoubtedly re-
sponsible for the wide variety OF
cheeses. If IL were possible to select
and cultivate these different bacteria,
it would follow that the production
of each kind of cheese could be re-
duced to an almost mathematician
science.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-06-08
Late News Epitomized
FLOOD DISASTERS.

The death list from the flood at
North Topeka. Eas., placed at between
40 and 200. besides FIRE victims and
200 reported as missing. Only FIVE
bodies were recovered.
A food famine is threatened at Des
AIoiues. The meat supply is nearly
exhausted and train service stopped.
The total known fatalities are seven.
The Ottumwa situation was worse.
Twelve square miles OF the two Kan
sas City's was submerged. The water
works and street cars were shut
down and railroad. trains are unable
10 enter. and fifteen persons are known
90 have drowned. The property loss
totals millions.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-06-08

While the aged mother of Richard
Brothers of Gresham, was making soap
her clothing accidentally caught fire
and she was fatally burned.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-09-01
WHAT is LIFE?

In the last analysis nobody knows,
but we do know that it is under strict
law. Abuse that law even slightly,
pain results. Irregular living means
arrangement of the organs, resulting
IN Constipation, Headache or Liver
trouble. DIR. Kings New Life Pills
quickly readjusts this. It's gentle,
yet thorough. Only 25c. at all drug
stores.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-09-01

It's rIgnC cQanu0l. NOW 10 CnO OAAN
for the manhood of the State to
stand out clear and distinct, refus-
ing to be bled by the monopoly.
II, as is claimed by some, the
American Tobacco Company has
enough tobacco on hand and does
not want to buy more at present,
the farmers should not endeavor to
force their tobacco on them, but en-
courage independent buyers, if such
a be found, to come into our midst
and pay living prices for their prod
ucts. True, the American Tobacco
Company has acquired and crushed
| other factories until they seem to
have a monopoly in the bright tobac-
CO markets, but that should not deter
our people in their resolution not to
sell at a sacrifice. IF the American
Tobacco Company does not need the
tobacco now it will need it later.
Let the farmers refuse to put their
tobacco on the market, and refuse
to sell at a price that is not remun-
erative. This will require nerve and
backbone, but with grim determine
ton the farmers can hold on and be-
come masters of the situation if they
will organize and cooperate with
one another.
While the present low prices di-
rectIy affects only the tobacco grow
er, it indirectly affects all farmers
IF the tobacco grower is forced tc
abandon or materially curtail the to.
bacco crop, it will Of course enter in.
to growing cotton or some other croI
in competition with the farmers who
are now growing those crops, anc
without organization and unity Of
action, the fate of those farmers
may soon be the same as that nov
threatening the tobacco farmer
hence the necessity of all farmers
standing together in solid phalan1
whether they grow tobacco or not.
This article has been written hur
riedly to meet the pressing demands
of the hour; hence much has neces
sarily been left unsaid that could
with propriety, have been included
Details as to the best thing to DE-
and how best to manage can be work
ed out later. The thing to do now i
to organize; to come together as
band of brethren determined tx
stand together and to give to ont
another such support and encourage
ment as will come through co-opera
ton. I would not advise a hasty O:
unjustifable step; but it seems to m,
the time for action is now upon u
and further delay is dangerous.
shall esteem it a favor if you vii
give me a list of your neighbors ant
their postofice address who will ioi1
with you in this movement. Ais
the names and address of any per
son of influence in your county t.
whom [ can send a copy of this let
ter, who would likely take hold of tn,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-09-01
An Appeal to the Farmers of North
Carolina.
Office Secretary,
@. Farmers Alliance,

and others interested in the tobacco
situation, at Rocky Mount the 21st,
and / was so impressed with the
spirit of organization that prevailed
among all the people at that meeting
that I feel constrained to send this
appeal to the intelligent farmers of
the State urging them to take action
at once in ~efecting a strong organ
ization among themselves.
The meeting at Rocky Mount was
addressed by strong men represent
ing different professions, calings and
vacations, yet there was but one
opinion expressed by them, and that
was the necessity of organization
mong the farmers of the State.
Lawyers, doctors, editors, mer-
chants and warehouse men We'd with
n another in advising organization
and cooperation among the farmers
of the country for their mutual ben
eft and protection.
Hon. B. II. Bum, of Nash Coun-
ty, a former Congressman from that
district, said: Reorganization is nee
essary to success. If you unite you
can succeed" He was very emphat-
ic in what he said along these lines.
Hon. r. A. P. Cooley, of Nash, de-
clared he was in thorough sympathy
with the movement. He said: eff
you can't be organized you are not
men of your word. When men have
been driven to it they will do what
they say" The local editors of the
News and Observer, and the Morning
Post of Raleigh, and the editor of the
Nashville Graphic spoke and advised
organization, as did every speaker
who addressed that large gathering
of farmers. The farmers appreciate
the spirit of help and cooperation
that was there manifested. Several
prominent farmers at that meeting
told me Alliances could be reorgan-
lied in Edgecombe, Wilson and Nash
Counties now. This same feeling
prevades other counties. The time
for active work seems to be at hand.
This appeal is sent to you for the
purpose of soliciting your active CO.
operation in our efforts to reorganize
the Alliance and make it a strong
factor in u~nifying the farmers and
bringing them in closer touch and re-
lationship one with another. I am
sending copies of this to other gen
tlemen of influence in your county
with an abiding faith in your and
their good judgment and desire to see
the farmers of your county and the
whole State come together in a
strong organization, controlled by in
telligent men, with only a desire to
better the condition of the farmers
of the State mentally, morally, social
~ and financially, placing them on
the highest planes of citizenship
where they will command the conf
dence and respect of all well intended
people.
The State Alliance, at it's meeting
nnor H1I1obo-o -ooo-41- 4ooL i
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-09-01

one or more lecturers to engage IN
active work during the year. The
meeting was harmonious and every
one present predicted a bright flu
ture for the Alliance.
Many of the editors of the State
have published encouraging editorial
notices of that meeting and advise
immediate reorganization of the Al
lance. I should be glad to quote
many of the encouraging things said
about the Alliance by these editors,
but have space for only one article.
The following is taken from the
Morning Post:
"Our friends of the Farmers Al
lance had a splendid session at their
annual meeting Wednesday, with eV-
cry evidence of growing influence
and opportunity for good. There
never was so good an opportunity for
real uplifting work on part of those
who till the soil as is now presented,
and only through thorough organiza-
ton can the best results be obtained.
Another healthful and most promis-
ing feature of the present Organlza-
ton is the fact that intelligent and
| successful farmers dominate it's man
agement and direct it's councils. A
glance over the names of those pres
ent and conspicuous in the control
of affairs will satisfy all that there
is not a politician among them, that
class who would farm the farmers
rather than counsel and aid in de-
veloping the farms of the State.
This is well and encouraging"
Brethren, can it be possible that
these people who are not directly con-
nected with farming are more inter
ested in our own welfare than the
farmers themselves are? IF it is true
that they are more interested than we
are, or if they see more clearly the
necessity of organization among our
selves than we do, then indeed we
are in a bad state and should awake
ourselves from the lethargy that has
come over us, and look squarely at
the situation that confronts us.
The lawyer, the doctor, the mer-
chant, the manufacturer, may all be
willing and anxious to help us, but
unless we are willing to help our
selves, their help can avail us but
little. The farmers themselves are
the source of their own strength,
and from their own exertion deliver
ance must come.
Other people can encourage us and
give us their moral support
they may be willing to hold up
our hands in the fight; but unless the
farmers stand firm and perform their
part well the battle will be lost, and
no man can forsee just what the re-
suits would be.
The present low price for tobacco
may be the signal for a battle royal
between manhood and mammon; be-
tween right and might; between just
ness and greed; therefore it should
be known clearly on which side every
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-09-01
FINE ANGUS CATTLE
FOR SALE LOW !

All ages of Registered and High Grade An.
gus Cattle. Male and Female.
One Splendid Family Milk Cow, 4 years
old; in calf by Our Registered Bull. Price,
$4,000; worth 5000
One First-cIass Black mare Mule, 7 years
old, weight 1000 pounds; very active and
quick. Price, $3.50; would be cheap at $4,000
Two Fine DOrset's & Shropshire Rams.
Low price $500 each; fine fellows; worth
double price named.
COTTAGE VALLEY STOCK FARM,
RANDOLPH, VA.
The Washington times., 1903-08-24
ALFRED LYLEs' BODY FOUND.

ALEXANDRIA. Va. Aug. 24.-The body
Of Alfred Lyles, son of "A. ID. Lyles, a
shoemaker. OF this city. was found
floating in the dock OF the Alexandria
Fertilizer and Chemical Company this
morning about Z o'clock. by some negro
women who were fishing on the wharf.
Coroner Purvis viewed the remains and
then had them sent to Demaine's
undertaking establishment. in King
Street.
Lyles had been living in Washington
for some time. II has not been deter
mined yet whether an inquest Will be
held or not. When taken from the water
it was found that the body had slight
cut over the let eye.
Edgar Lyles does not believe the
drowned man to be his son. He says
his boy had two tattoo marks on his
arm, but the body taken from the river
has no such marks. In every other par
ticular the dead man answers the de-
scription of Lyles. Both were about
forty years old. FIVE feet i've inches. tall,
with brown hair and sandy mustache.
The Washington times., 1903-08-24
mo MAN EVER BORN
ATHEIST" DIR. POWER
Pastor of Christian Church Dis
cuSseS 1.-The Idea of God.

The Idea OF God" was the subject
chosen by the Rev DR.. Power. of the
Vermont Avenue Christian Church in his
sermon yesterday. Beginning with the
assertion that the idea OF God is uni
versaI and that no man was ever born
an atheist, Dr. Power traced the concep-
ton of God by man through the different
stages up to that of the Christian
He showed how. even today, there lin
gers a trace of animism. the lowest con-
ception of God among civilized men. The
man who takes a brick from Mount Yer
non or a nail on which John Brown hung
his coat practices animism in mild
form
The next step was polytheism, the be-
lief of the Greeks and the Romans. But
even in poIytheism there was always the
idea of a supreme being. and from this
stage we rise to TIE pantheistic eoncep-
tion OF God. Atheism says Nothing Is
Cod" pantheism says Everything Is
God"
IF partheism be true" said Dr.
Power. ALI things & God, bad as well
as good, and there is NJ distinction be-
B.
latent truth in the PAL theistic idea OF
deity The New Testar ent teaches GOO
is not only above ell, but through all
and in all
THE highest idea of God is Christian
theism The popularity of Christianity
is that II combines all conceptions OF one
supreme, an-perfect being. maker and
ruler of all things, with the concep-
tion of a holy lawgiver.
DR.. Power said there was danger that
we. as a nation and as individual per-
sons. should forget God and go after
| false gods. He bade men beware or the
"can OF the wild" which he says means
| In man reversion to a type which re-
veals the savage. This 'can of the Wild
is seen in mob violence. which results
! in the burning of men and the gathering
| OF 10 900 men in San Francisco 20 see
brutal prize fight.
The Washington times., 1903-08-24
CHILDREN HAVE CLAIM
UPON THE COMMUNITY
DR.. Van Schaick'S Practical Sermon
on Subject of Race Murder.

The Rev. John Van Sehaiek, jr,
preached at the Church OF Our Father,
Thirteenth and L Streets northwest,
yesterday, on the subject, Race Mu=-
der versus Summer work for Children IN
Washington" The sermon was entirely
practical, and was an interesting con
tribution to the discussion now raging
about the excessive infant mortality in
large cities.
He referred to the deaths resulting
from the failure OF mothers to provide
the child with its natural food, and also
to the deaths OF infants who are born
with never a chance for living because
OF the Gins of the fathers. Confirming
he said:
There ~ sin for which neither ia
Their or mO>ners. as such, are to blame.
but where the responsibility rests upon
the community. An inalie- = lie right
of every child is pure air, water, food,
and light. In Gods sight there is no
status for the pollution OF these things.
Where We let greedy landlords build
little alley tenements; where we fail to
compel provision for ventilation and
sunlight; where we permit men to sell
poison for food and deadly poison for
drink, as community we are to blame.
With purer food. better water, and hy-
gienic dwellings, infant mortality would
decrease. I want to take occasion In
this connection to say that the work Of
the Sanitary Improvement Company, I'M
dertaken from the highest motive. by
mo of hn CT m
munity, has done two notable things. 1t
has provided comfortable homes for
families of limited income, and it has
demonstrated TO the business world that
a reasonable percentage can be made
upon Investments OF this kind
THE enormous profits from tenement
| investments I'm the past have been blood
money pure and simple,
/ I'VE have been speaking of the dark
side. On the other hand. however, how
many forces are at work in the com
munity to answer the cry of the children
| for help The health officer Is doing a
work OF education. The Commissioners
are taking up with Congress the subject
OF alley houses. They are prosecuting
work on sewage disposal and filtration
Of water. They are attempting to make
this better city Ia which to live The
Associated Charities is arousing public
sentiment concerning the spread of dis
ease fighting unsanitary tenements, Civ
ing summer outings, making 1t possible
| for poor children TO so TO the woods and
the open country, opening Fairgrounds
and training friendly visitors who go &c
their unfortunate brothers and sisters
with Christian sympathy and help.