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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-06-05

its control, in obedience to the sub
poena of any court or officer author
lied to issue subpoenas in any civil
action, now or hereafter pending,
brought by the state against it to re-
cover license fees, taxes, penalties, Or
forfeitures, or to enforce forfeitures,
on the ground that such testimony or
evidence may subject it to a penalty
or forfeiture. 1t provides further that
no officer, agent, employee, or Servant
Of any ouch street railway or railroad
corporation, in any such action, shall
be excused from testifying upon the
ground that the evidence required Of
him may tend to criminate him, or
subject him to penalty Or forfeiture,
and then protects the witness giving
such testimony from individual prose
cution upon such evidence other than
for perjury in swearing falsely.
Principle Just and Equitable.
mo more just Or equitable principle
was ever embodied in bill. Taxa
ton should be equal according to the
ability Of each property owner to pay.
Under the license fee law passed SO
years ago and maintained upon the
statutes through the powerful int1u-
erce of the railroads, they have virtu-
ally assessed themselves Year after
year. They have evaded their taxes.
Their books, vouchers, and papers
show this fact. These railway cOrpor-
ations are the creatures of the state.
They ought not to be permitted to say
to the state, You cannot look at our
books and vouchers and papers, be-
cause they contain entries which show
that we have wronged and defrauded
you, and we would consequently have
to pay the penalty or forfeiture which
the law imposes
Under the peculiar circumstances
of these cases, in which the state has
been compelled to resort to the courts,
the companies, and their officers anil
agents, are the only ones from whom
facts can be elected pertaining to the
wrongs which the companies have
perpetrated upon the state in the eva
sion of the statute. If they are to be
permitted to dodge behind personal
privilege, the cause of the state must
fail. While it may be by no means
certain that they can avail them
selves of this privilege and escape tes-
tifying under existing law, no one can
say that the matter is not involved in
grave doubt. That doubt should not
be permitted to embarraSs these
cases. The enactment of this bill into
law will remove it. / submit that
each of us entrusted by the state to
protect it's interests are under obliga-
lions to aid in writing this law upon
the statute books to the end that
these companies shall not evade the
payment of all money justly due UNI
der the law.
81 am aware that this session has
been a protracted one. I well under
members from their homes and bust
ness is keenly felt as a great incon-
venience and a serious personal loss.
But there are many important bills
still pending, the passage of which
the public interest demands. The loss
of these measures in the hurry of the
closing days of the session will i'm
pose the necessity of a much greater
epense upon the state than would be
involved in deferring the adjournment
sufficiently to carefully and deliber-
ately investigate the merits Of every
| pending bill"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-06-05

tered 10y the eminent medical experts
attending him. The physicians say
the end may be expected at any mo-
ment. He was stricken with paraly-
sis, the disorder being diagnosed as a
clot on the brain.
A r. Hall is one of the foremost
men of Wisconsin. He was the orig
inal proponent of several of the lead
ing political reform measures pressed
to success by Governor La Toilette,
including the ad valorem railroad tax
alton system and the railroad rate
commission. bill
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-06-05
Almost a Give Away.

"a New York man advocates the
drowning of all idiots"
why, the cruel brute! l shall raise
my voice in protest! I-er-O, we'll, it
doesn't matter to me"-Houston Post.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-06-05

PROMINENT FORMER ASSEMBLY,
MAN MAY PASS AWAY AT
ANY MOMENT.

Knapp, Wis, June "A. r. Hall 8
dying. He suffered sinking spell
yesterday. His heart does not re-
spond to heroic treatment admins
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-06-05
GOVERNOR URGES
PASSAGE OF BILL
DEMONSTRATES AGAINST AID
VERSE COMMITTEE REPORT.
RAILROAD BOOKS NEEDED

States Chance to Recover Unpaid
Taxes and Penalties May Be De-
stroyed Unless Measure to Require
Production of Books and Accounts
Be Enacted During This Session.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-25

knocked a spoke out of a hind wheel,
but am not sure. At any rate, the
boys hair was standing Up as we
passed. and ne has received something
of a shock. Are you enjoying your
self?"
III am trying to. but-but-''
you see, the sensation is new to
you, and it viii take a few minutes to
get accustomed to It. Il seems to you
that we are about to run into every
thing we run across, but can assure
you that it is an optical delusion. We
are much safer than If on a steamer
in nidAtlantie. What's the matter 2,
Mr.. Bowser had crouched down and
uttered a shout.
II thought we were going right over
that street carl" he whispered.
ooh, that was all right. I saw that
could clear the front of the car with
half an inch to spare. and so 1 went
ahead. Now, there is a lame man cross
ing the street two hundred feet away.
1t probably seems to you that we are
headed right for him, and that in ten
seconds more we shall pick him up
and toss him slzy-high, but you'll OBJ
serve that I just shave his coat-tails
and give him a bit of jump. There's
no need of your hanging on to the
seat in the way you do"
Are We headed toward home ?"
''Why, of course not. This is only
the beginning of a ten or fifteen mile
spin. You see that peanut cart on the
COrnerI w ell. us owner Is always TAX
ing up more of the street than belongs
to him, and I am going to give him a
bit Of a lesson.
ssRut ~
you are all right, Mr.. Bowser,
though I wish you'd had your eyes
open when we struck the cart. It
went ten feet high, and the look on the
Italians face was something to re-
member. Peanut carts are good things
to practice on. This is exhilarating,
isn't it?''
s.Y-yes, but I'd like to get home ear
", you know. I think Mrs. Bowser
wants to play cards tonight
sShe said that I was to take you
from fifteen to twenty miles, so that
you could thoroughly post yourself on
the running of a machine. The first
thing to get used to is the sensation of
speed. We are now going at the rate
of ten miles an hour. but it seems twice
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-25
Patterson Broke the Pitcher.

Soon after John H. Patterson, presi-
dent of the National Cash Register Co.,
returned to Dayton, o. after his trip
around the world he addressed his en-
ployes on the subject of promotions. It
was soon after lunch and some of those
present appeared to lose interest in his
talk.
Mr.. Patterson asked for a glass of
water It was brought and placed on
a table in front of him. He did not
drink it, but continued to talk. He
again turned and asked for some wa
ter An attendant brought a pitcher of
water and placed it on the table. Mr..
Patterson continued to talk on pro-
motions.
AS he made a telling point he
pushed against the table and down
went pitcher, glass and all. The crash
startled everyone in the room, many
jumping up out of their seats, think
ing that Mr.. Patterson had met with
an accident. He had the attention of
everyone in he room. With smile,
he resumed:
Il wanted to do something unusual.
You will remember that breaking the
pitcher of all the things did today.
You would have forgotten all about our
having a meeting today, and OF our
talk on promotions, and therefore you
would not have got any good out Of it.
I want you to tell your wife this;
why, what do you think Mr.. Patterson
did at our meeting today! you viii say
at home this evening. Why, he stood
up there and just knocked over a ia
HE with a pitcher of water and a glass
on it. I saw him. and was going to
warn him, but I was too late. The
water was all over the table and all
over the floor. I saw It going over, out
did not veil because it was all done so
quickly What was he talking aboutE
He was telling US how We could win
promotions, how we could all make
more money. Some Of US were a little
hit sleepy after a hearty dinner ana
he wanted to wake US up and make
us remember the part about promo
tons. He said that the pitcher cost
only rs cents, and the reason he broke
it was to do some of the men SD worth
of good Sample Case
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-25
BoWsER's RIDE
a Friend Takes Him Out for a Trip in
an Auto.

I am one of Mr.. Bowser's friends.
We have Offices adjoining, and I have
known the particulars of many of his
published s'scrapes'' before they were
put in print.
On various occasions during the last
three months have invited Mr.. Bow
ser to make a short trip with me in
my auto, and while he has made sew
eral dates, he has always failed me at
the last moment. have a suspicion
that on each and every occasion Mrs.
Bowser has found way to discourage
him.
Three days ago, however, he inform
ed me that he had found a great bar
gain in a machine, and was thinking of
buying it for use next spring. He was
very enthusiastic over the matter, and
asked me to call at his house that
evening and give him a little trip, that
he might see how the old thing worked.
was there at the minute named, and
while Mr.. Bowser was busy with a
stranger Mrs. Bowser entertained me.
We reached an understanding in the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-25

course of six or seven minutes. Mrs
BOWser is a woman prepared to meet
any emergency. She had not opposed
the purchase of the machine. but had
made Mr.. Bowser agree to take a ride
in one before closing any bargain. Our
BRIT conversation was interesting from
several points of view, but mostly as
to what was to happen to Mr.. BOWSer
in the next hour.
''Well, Blank, here you are" he said
as he finished his business with the
stranger, and I want you, before start
ing out. to assure Mrs. BoWser that
riding in an auto is just as safe as sit
ting at home in a rocking chair
Il have done that" I replied.
Yes" replied Mrs. Bowser, 'he has
satisfied me that all these cases of &C
cident reported day after day are fixed
up by the penny-a-line reporters, and
have not one worth of truth in them.
did fear to have him go out, but
now I think it perfectly safe. In fact, I
presume he viii enjoy himself
And if I do you won't object to my
buying an auto" he asked.
mo. I will not
Mr.. BoWser was as bland and com
placent as a June bug when he took
his seat beside me in the machine, but
as I shaved the edge of a brick pile in
turning around in getting away he
braced his feet and got better hold
with his hands. When we turned the
first corner I tickled the wheel of a
moving van and MADE w mite wings
jump for the sidewalk, and Mr.. Bow
ser said:
''You-you are sure you know all
about this thing2"
my dear sir, haven't I been running
it for months? Any child can run an
auto. You are not a nervous man, are
you ?"
"Of course not; but I thought you
were shaving things pretty close"
mot at all. You see that grocer's
wagon down there? Well, that red
headed boy who drives it is known to
me. He is getting too fresh, and needs
taking down a peg or two. I shan't
run into the vehicle, but shave it rather
close"
But let me out first"
81 couldn't possibly stop here in this
crowd, you see. Nothing whatever to
be afraid of. We skip right along here
edge in bit-make the red-headed
boy thing we are going to climb over
the dsshboard=and here we are, a
hundred feet past him. think I
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-25
1t Costs
Nothing

To find out for a certainty
whether or not your heart is
affected. One person in four
has a weak heart; it may be
YOU. If so, you should know
It now, and save serious con-
sequences. If you have short
breath, fiuttering, palpitation,
hungry spells, hot Pushes; if
you cannot lie on left side; If
you have fainting or smother
ing spells, pain around heart,
in side and arms, your heart is
weak, and perhaps diseased.
DR.. Miles Heart Cure will re-
heve you. Try a bottle, and
see how quickly your condition
will improve.
About a year ago I wrote to the
Miles Medical Co, asking advice, as /
vas suffering with heart trouble, and
e % 2es f- Ior Two years: 7 had pain
hao not been able to draw a deep
9tesl4n TOT two years. Any little exer-
Ion FoulQ cause paIpitation, and
co1lo not lie on my left side without
s9ILering. They advised me to try Or.
9-iiss AearE Cure ana Narvine, which
3 oid with the result that I am IN
peter health than I ever was before
having gained Il pounds since I com
Ilenced taking 1t. I took about thir-
teen bottles Of the two medicines. and
haven't been bothered with my hearf
since. MRS. LILLE THOMAS.
Upper SandusIky. Ohio.
Or. Miles Heart Cure Is sold BY
your druggist who Will guarantee that
sile arss bottle viii beneflt. lf lt fails
he viii refund your money.
Niles Medical Co, E1khart, Ind
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-25

reaches his home again, where a royal
welcome awaits him, and the young
reader with regrets lays down the book
as finished. The illustrations and
frontispiece in color by L. J. Bridgman
add to the volume.
Charles H. Cafin, whose new book
on How to Study Pictures viii be
published this fail by The Century
Co.. is of English birth and parentage,
and graduate of oxford. Mr.. CAT
nm came to this country in 1892, and
was associated with the decoration de-
partment of the Worlds Columbian
exposition. Since 1897 his work as an
art critic lecturer and writer has been
in New York City. Mr.. Cafin is also
American editor of The Studio.
A neat and handsome souvenir pub
LEGATION by the H. McCaIdweH com
pany is Loves Garland, being a COM
pilation Of poems on love, bound in
unique form.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-25

One car ran me down within an inch,
but I escaped the other two by more
than foot and for two minutes I am
sure that Mr.. BoWser didn't breathe.
When had the time to glance at him
he was as pale as dead man and his
eyes hard shut.
Now we are out of town and a
good road before US and I can show
you some speed I said.
Say, Blank" he whispered in reply,
st am sure that Mrs. BoWser wants
me and will be mad if don't come
home"
Wen head for home after our lit
tie SPIN
take, cash down, to head for home 20
why, Mr.. Bowser, I thought you
wanted to be an autoist."
TT do, but, you see, if Mrs. Bow
ser wants to go to the theater to-
night
ran the machine into a shallow
ditch and let it brush against the
bushes, and Mr.. Bowser went still
whittier. I then ran over a stick of
cordwood dropped from some farm
er's wagon, and the poor man groaned
like an OK in his last agony. Then
increased the speed to twenty-five miles
an hour. and he slid off the seat and
chung to my leg. Having carried out
my promises to the letter, I ran the
auto off the road and stopped it and
said:
mr.. Bowser. shall we put in an
other ten miles2"
FOR Heavens sake, MOP he re-
Piled, as he came to life.
Mice moonlight evening, you know,
and am willing to stay out until mid
I got out to oil up a little and he
followed. The next thing I knew he
had slipped away into the bushes
called to him again and again. bat he
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-25

did not answer. 1 went up the road
for a mile but no one had seen such
a man as described. I made many
INQUIRIES on my return, and kept my
ewes open for the man I wanted, but
in vain. When I reported to Mrs
Bowser she smiled and said;
You have my warmest thanks. 1t
may take him two or three days, but
he will get home at last. He may turn
10 fire escapes. burglar alarms, hair
dyes and the dew cure, but I don't
think he will buy an auto
And neither do I.
BOWSER'S FRIEND BLANK.
-(Copyright, 1905, by Mcclure, Phil
Inns & Coz
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-25

Charles Majors new book is filled
with the fragrance of romance ike
'fWhen KnighthOOd Was in Flower.
1t is published by the Macmillan COM
pany. The title is "Yolanda."
The hero of Mr.. Majors entertain
1ng romance is Count Macmillan, on
~ son and heir of Frederick, Duke OF
Syria, head of the house Of Hapsburg.
At this time Louis Xl. ruled over
France, and Charles the Bold, though
only a Duke in name. reigned as a
despotic king over the fair and rich
land of Burgundy. Charles had no
son, and he was in the habit of offer
4ug the hand of his daughter Mary to
every princely Tom, Dick, and Harry,
without a thought Of really carrying
out the bargain.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-25

So one day the castle Of the Haps-
burgs was thrown into great excite
ment by the arrival of an offer from
Charles to marry Mary to Macmillan.
The offer was accepted. and the two
young people got quite interested in
each other without ever meeting. But
Charles did not even have the deceney
to answer the acceptance, and after
year Of waiting the Hapsburgs gave it
I'D as a bad job.
This and other things Disguised
young Max with life at the lonely castle
Of his forefathers, and. under the guild
ance Of his tutor an italian noble, who
tells the story. he went out into the
world to seek his fortune, travelling as
Sir Maximilian du Guelph. Instinc-
lively their steps turned toward Bur
Bundy. They had little money, and
we soon find the hero and his cOn1pan-
ion as hired protectors of a wealthy
merchant bound for Burgundy with
silks.
This merchant lives at Peronne. and
IS hOnored by Duke Charles. with
him is his daughter and a fascinating
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-25
that to you. I suppose 2"
1T seems a thousand =

that to you, I supposed"
1t seems a thousand"
But you'll get used to it. Now
we are coming to a crossing of street
car tracks. and just in time to meet
four different street cars. If you were
out in your machine, what would you
do2"
stop it and yell for the poIice!'
grOaned Mr.. Bowser.
ooh, no, you wouldn't. You'd do
just as I am doing. Let those four
motormen look out for themselves and
drive right ahead. If they are not a
mind to stop. then
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-25

pat, for a woman of her figure, your
wife has remarkable poise.
'sYfs. sor. They're tn Dist OF iver tast-
ed ''-CsleveIand Leader
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-25

A wise person like you cannot
be satisfied with any but the best
transfer service-that is just the
reason why you should give lis
your business.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-25

W. A. Fraser, author of 1.-THE Thor
oughbred" and other goods things. has
given to the world new animal book
through Charles Scribner's Sons.
The heat of the city had caused the
animals in Sa'-Zada's care in the big
zoo to grow fretful and quarrelsOme,
and to distract them and give them
diversion he arranged a series of
nightly meetings in front of the cages
of the beasts of the Blood-kind, the
tigers and leOpards and panthers. There
the animals told their experiences, big
HATH, the one-tusked elephant, and
Magh, the ourang-outang, and Moos-
wa, the moose and Safed Chita, the
white leopard, and GARD Cita, the yell
low leopard; Bagh, the tiger and the
others The tales were usually inter
rupted by the critical comments of the
hearers, and it sometimes required the
gentle influence of a'-Zada and the
threat of Hathis rebuking trunk to
preserve order. The creatures told of
their modes of life in the jungle and
forest and on the plain, of how they
were captured, and how they looked on
life through bars or from behind cor
rails. Sa'-Zada wound up the series by
telling how he was once a hunter of
big game, but became persuaded of
his error and was transformed into a,
lover of all animal kind.
There is much interesting instruc-
ton in these tales, and all are highly
entertaining, with a quality Of deep
sincerity.
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young damseI who is introduced as Yo-
landa. his niece. Max promptly falls
in love with Yolanda. and Yolanda as
promptly with Max. But Max is
real nice young man and has also
strong idea of what is due his station.
Consequently he knows that he cannot
marry d burgher maid, and he also
knows that under the circumstances
he must not make love to the girl.
Long before the party arrives at
Peronne the shrewd old tutor has sur
missed that Yolanda is not the simple
maid that she seems. The girl has
also guessed the identity of Max. But
Max suspects nothing. Arrived at Pc
rome the mystery about YOlanda
deepens and Max has dangerous adj
ventures, and the young couple are
more in love with each other than ever.
The girl gives Max every opportunity
to make love to her, and even encour-
ages him, but Max is loyal to his better
self. But he swears that if he cannot
have Yolanda he will marry no one,
and fOrsakeS his former purpose of
trying to win the Dukes daughter.
About this time Charles makes up
his mind to really give his daughter to
the Dauphin of France, and sets to
work to hasten proceedings in order to
have Louis on his side when he at
lacks the Swiss, against whom he has
declared war. Then, of course. there
are doings of great interest, as the
reader with an imagination can easily
guess. How it all comes out is worth
reading in the book, though one can
get the result by consulting history.
'sYolanda" is an entertaining story
from beginning to end. The heroine is
charming, the hero is brave and good,
and a mighty fighter, Duke Charles is
a brutal despot. and the mystery that
puzzles even the shrewd old tutor is
one that will interest the reader. The
story is one that the reader viii not
willingly lay down until it is finished.
($1.5O.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-25

''Yoppey. the Autobiography Of a
Monkey" by Mollie Lee Clifford. has
been published by III. M. Caldwell
Co. Of Boston and New York
IN their Animal AutobiOFraphical
Series. The organ-Rrindsr' monkey
Is a jolly little fellow, full Of
fun and frolio as he dances around
begging for pennies,-at least so he
seems to the children as they watch
him in his gay red coat and hat: but
monkeys life is not all sunshine and
Climord's entertaining story. Poor
Yoppy is stolen from a comfortable
home. where his many pranks brought
discomfort to his master and mistress
but laughter to the readers, and for
months he Is the slave Of the organ
grinder who stole him. E7nalIy he
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-25

We PUBLISH a FINE LINE OF BOOKS FeR
SUPPLEMEHTAL AND TEACHERS USE
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-25

Moffatt Yard & Co, Of New York,
have clothed Tom Mason s new book,
a Corner in Women" in one Of the
handsomest of dresses. The illustra-
lions are by Charles Dana Gibson, John
Cecil Clay, E. W. Kemble, A. D.
Blashheld. C. Allan Gilbert, F. W.
Read "and others to quote the title
page Mr.. Mason is one of those for
tunate men who can tell a sharp truth
without spelling the temper OF the vic
tim The well-known essay on "How
to Live Beyond Your Income-Perma-
nently," may be found here; also the
dictionary Of biography, from RoOse-
welt to Lawson.