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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-11-13
Commerce the Foe of War.

The commercial union Of the world
now in process of development and
proceeding in ever-increasing ratio of
certainty and speed through the ex
tension of transportation lines and
the opening of regions that from the
birth Of the race till now have lain
fal. ow, is making more aid more alb
horrent the idea of destructive and
too commonly fruitless contests,
which interrupt industry, reverse
prosperity, destroy enterprise, in
crease disease and crime and burden
the masses with the obligations of
sacifice. Better yet is the growing
tolerance which is felt by people OF
one race and faith for those whom
bigotry and tradition have consigned
Jas opponents Brooklyn Eagle.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-11-13

luck, the other with the second barrel.
Then you load up again and wait,
and after a time, if your luck holds
good, a flock of wild ducks come
aipperty-fopperty about your head,
and you bring one or two of them
down. And all the time the stream
ripples and bubbles on and the soft
winds play through the pines, and
He stops with laugh and that
peculiar look which expresses shyness
in man. 81 beg your pardon. I for
got-I meant must be boring you
to DEATH
mo, you were not" says Leslie,
quietly, and with a little sigh.
"I forgot that ladies don't care for
sport except hunting, some of them.
You like to hear about London and
all the gossip there"
'I'm afraid I'm very singular, then, y
she says, "for would rather hear
about fishing and shooting, if it is
like that you have been telling me
Of.
"But it isn't" he says, with laugh.
Sometimes the birds don't come and
the fish won't rise, and instead OF
catching any you catch a cold, and
then you go back to London and
swear it is the best place, after all;
but after awhile you get sick of it
again, and think if you could only
get onto a Scotch moor you'd be
happy"
oman always is to be and 1e'er
is blest,'" says Leslie.
eyes, because men are such fools
that they spoil their lives before
they know where they are" he says.
ct once saw a man try to swim across
the Thames for wager, with a ten
pound weight around his neck He
would have been drowned if they
hadn't picked him up pretty smartly.
It's the same in life" He stops
suddenly and laughs rather shortly.
'sWe've got onto a cheerful topic.
There's hawk! Seer" and he points
to bird circling in the vault of blue.
IT was wondering what it was"
says Leslie. 'You must have good
eyes. Do you know all the birds
when you see them?"
Nearly all, think" he replies.
Horses and dogs and birds know
little about, but I don't know any
thing else. I think I should have
made a decent gamekeeper or horse
breaker. I'm not fit for much else.
But sometimes I console myself with
other day. This newspaper fellow
said that there were far too many
clever people in the world, and that
very soon it would be quite dis
tinction not to have painted a picture
or written a book-done something in
the scientific way; I'm on the safe
road to distinction, Miss Lisle. There
isn't bigger Ounce in Portmaris than
ann
To no cont innpd
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-11-13
THEY ALL MouLT.
A pet canary bird that sang

A pet canary bird that sang
And trilled and warbled gaily
Became morose, refused to sing
And grew more gloomy daily.
The children marveled at the change
And anXiously inquired
rs birdie sick?" The mother said
He's moulting and feels tired"
The price of eggs was running high:
We asked the why and wherefore.
The grocer said about this time
The hens are moulting; therefore
They cease to lay and loaf around
Or wallow in the gravel
And those who look for fresh-laid
eggs
Have rocky road to travel"
A peacock spread his plumage gay;
His voice was loudly calling
From early spring till autumn time
When maple leaves were falling.
We asked the owner why his bird
Was silent for a season.
He answered very flippantly
Hes moulting; that's the reason"
A rhymer harrassed editors
For weeks and months together,
Nor let them rest, in storm or shine,
In drouth Or rainy weather.
He ceased his lay. They thought him
dead
Or that his wits had failed him;
But later on, discovered he
Was moulting
That's
What
Allied
Him
M P. Wheeler.
Windsor, Wis, October, 1905.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-11-13
ALL MODERN IMPROVEMENTS.

"What makes it fly so?" asked
little Boston maiden as her mother
brushed her hair.
at is the electricity. Don't VOC know
that there is electricity in your hair?"
replied her mother.
''Well, mamma, aren't we wonderful
ly made? Here am, with electricity
in my hair and grandma has gas in her
stomach !'-Lippincot
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-11-13
Quite INTELLIGENT.

Adoring grandmother-Isn't he a
lovely child?
Calm visitor-Yes, he's a nice little
Adoring grandmother (interrupting-
ly)-And SO intelligent! He just lies
there all day and breathes and
breathes and breathes
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-11-13

Then that's a bargain" he says
cheerfully, as if the matter were dis
posed of. 'This place." he goes on,
as if anxious t. get away from the
/ subject, reminds me of Scotland a
little bit-you only want the salmon
river. I've spent many a day fishing
and stalking in solitude as COM
plete as the hermit's. You get scared
at last by the stiffness and the silence,
! and begin to think that all creation
has gone to sleep, and you are afraid
to move lest you should wake 1t;
and then while you stand quite still
beside the stream, something comes
fitting down the mountain side
| something with great antlers and big
mournfUl eyes, and it slips into the
water beside you and takes a drink,
looking around watchfully. Then up
you jump and give a start, and away
the stag goes, and all creation wakes
again. 1t is Leslie's turn to listen
now, and she does so with half-parted
lips. Then at night you go out
with your gun and you lie down fiat
| Liz " oOhoA duu h0ep your
eyes open, and after awhile, when
i you are just getting tired of it and
thinking what an idiot you are not
to be in bed, or at any rate, beside a
coy fire with a pipe, you hear flap
flap in the air, and couple of herons
cone sailing between you and the
moon, and You raise your gun care
fully and quietly-awfully sharp chap
the heron-and down comes one Il
them, and perhaps If you have any
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-11-13

The stream of automobiles topping
into the New York subway seems to
flow on nchecked.--Detroit Journal.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-11-13
Maoic OF the Roses

III Wy ALKING IN MY
~ NN garden the other day
s:gssS w stopped before a
I tree covered with yellow
49, nj roses, and, looking at them
81: ~ reminded me Of tale
which really happened.
One Of my neighbors,
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-11-13
SMOKE.

When smoking, let us smoke the best
Old habits we will cease.
Let's give the lannon's bore rest
And smoke the pipe Of peace.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-11-13

What makes Peck look so wor-
ried?"
He's been contesting his wife's
will"
'Why, 1 didn't know his wife was
dead"
That's just it-she isn't"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-03

is reckoned from Greenwich and not
from Atchfson? If the worlds time is
reckoned from Greenwich it should be
changed to Chicago or Kansas City
The weather was so warm last night
that I left the door of my room open.
This door opens on the deck, and when
ever I awoke, I could look out on the
sea, and admire the moonlight. I arose
very early, as usual and walked around
alone, in the way of the members of the
crew, who were washing down the decks
with hose. The Chinese are also early
risers: working people usually are. AS
I looked at the Chinese talking to each
other. I could not hear what they were
saying, and they seemed to be talking
English: they acted Just as people do
who talk English. One man went up
to another and apparently introduced
himself. They shook hands, and acted
as if they were saying: MY name is
Holland. from Kansas" All from
Kansas! I see they are trying to put
the lid on down there Qaughter).
don't know: sometimes think Ed Hoch
is making 4 mistake" Wen, We're no
wore off than you are in Iowa. Pleasant
morning, isn't it. How far do you go?'
f'I go to Hong Kong How are you
getting along?" Not very we'll: l fear
am a bad sailor fThat is my favor
ite term.) 'Wen, I do not know what
sea sickness is: I eat the seven meals a
day, and am looking. for the eighth;
Etc etc, etc. Z. w II.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-03
WlNCHELL'S WARNING.
Rock Islands Chief Sees Calamity If
Railroads Are Interfered With.

"The railroads are the people and the
people are the railroads. Strike down
the earning power or curtail the enter
prise of American railroad management
and a blow is dealt which affects ad-
versely the earning power or the income
of practically every American citizen
says ,. L. Winche1i, president of the Chi
company in an article entitled. W no
Arc the Railroads." which is published
in the November number of Maxwell s
TaHsmau."
While Mr.. Winchell does not tell the
people not to join President Roosevelt in
his fight against the railroads, yet by in
timatiOn and Inference that much is said
by him. Here are a few Of the things
Mr. Winchell SAYS:
THE building of railroads in the west
and southwest has done more to equal
lze commercial power throughout the
United States than any other force at
work in the upbuilding and solidihcation
OF this nation of people. scattered. as
tneY are. over wide and unlike areas.
he center of population has been
pulled hither and thither though ever
roads have appeared upon the face of the
land and set a new pace for the growth
Of the nation
Even actual railroad ownership is.
therefore. public trust rather than an
autocratic rule
What do the railroads do with the 81
.VO'uooOOo the receive from services and
investment each y months2. But a little
over per cent OF this amount went last
year to the $4,000 or more registered
owners Of the stock"
The remainder. Mr.. Winchell says, went
10 holders of common stock. employees.
taxes and permanent Improvement.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-03

the driver had gone back after Just
One More before going home, and the
mules had become tired of waiting.
Last night the police arrested a sad
raced Jersey COW for street walking.
When Chief Goodwin dropped in he
announced that he was personally. ac-
quainted with the milk producer, and
that she belonged to Mayor Davis
"A wet, muddy, murlzy day costs the
city just $500 for cleaning up these
Streets, said Street Commissioner Ram
sey. "On the other hand a bright dash
ing rain cleans off the streets and the
total cost with the hard downpour IS
but 500"
A span of mules hitched to a wagon
load of empty milk cans ran away out
on West Tenth avenue Saturday after
noon. The owner Of the wagon was not
in it at the time. and milk cans were
scattered broadcast for a space of about
six blocks.
Natural gas comes to town Monday
morning. This is the promise which the
gas company gives out. A stand pipe
has been erected on the corner of Tenth
and Kansas avenue and natural gas
will be set on fire and projected into the
air Monday evening.
Harry Corson Clarke, who played at
Elks show all week, says that To-
peka crowds are the most sympathetic
that he ever appeared before. Il IL
never forget Topeka (Only he pro-
nounced it Topeker) as long as
live, and that isn't a bouquet, but the
truth he said last night.
A horse belonging to Fitzgerald &
Lannan was struck by a Kansas
avenue car Saturday evening. and in
jured to such an extent that it had to
be killed. The horse was shot half a
dozen times, under the directions Of q
veterinary surgeon and then the police
were called to finish the oh.
The following civil service examina-
tions will be given in Topeka soon.
Telephone operator (female), Deem
Der IA; photo photographer. geological
survey, December 20; trained nurse,
Indian service, January 3; farmer, In
dian service. January g electrician,
January 8; photographer January B.
Col. J. W. F. Hughes, acting in his
capacity as a dealer in fuel, came into
the Journal office Saturday morning
to find out the latest weather bulletin
Fair and cold" announced a clerk
Good! Fine" said the colonel. And
warmer Sunday. continued the clerk
law. amt it a shamer said Hughes.
T H Duffy aged II years. was
fined $50 in police court Saturday
evening for being drunk. This might
seem cruelty to the aged, were It not
for the fact that Duffy has been
drunk and arrested on an average of
once a week for several months. of
course the old man Will not be com
PEELED to break rocks for fifty days,
and the fine was intended for a
ftsrara -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-03
DINNER FOR POOR.
Salvation Army Plans to Feed 1900
- on. Christmas

This is the menu which the poor
will receive on Christmas for dinner
Turkey Chicken Roast Beef s,s-
Irish Potatoes Turnips
Cranberry Sauce Celery
Pie cake Jellies Oranges
Tea Coffee Milk
Fifteen hundred is the largest num-
Der ever fed christmas dinner by
the Salvation arny-two thousand viii
be fed afhis year,
A Christmas tree for 500 children
with a present for every one Will be
another big feature. This charity is
for the poor-especially the children
and mothers and the aged. Greed,
color and denomination are not taken
into consideration at the annual army
dinner. 3 The Salvation army hall on
lower Kansas avenue is too small to
house the crowds which are to be cared
for this year and another place will
have to be sought. The location VIII
be announced later. The dinner viii
begin at II o'clock in the morning and
will last until 3 o'clock in the after
noon. Seven tables six feet in length
will be arranged. More would be used
if place large enough could be had.
Christmas comes this year on Mon
day, but the work of preparing Tor the
big feast will not commence until Sun
day at midnight. The entire local
army will begin to get ready a that
time. The room to be used Will be
decorated with evergreens and the
army colors, red, yellow and blue An
arch will be built over the room, i'm
printed with a scriptural quotation.
The work of collecting on the
streets will commence on December
10. At that time the lads and lassies
Of the Army will stand at all the
prominent corners on Kansas avenue
bearing their standards and holding
out the little tin cup for contributions.
The sight is familiar one, and when
the streets are crowded the jingle of
money into the tin is almost inces-
SAINT. Donations are already coming
in. Warren NJ. Crosby, the Mills Dry
Goods company and the Crockett Dry
Goods company have given goods.
such as clothing for women and
children. Much more will be con-
tributed from now on. A great many
merchants in the city regularly re-
member the Army and aid it in its en-
deavOrs every year to help the poor.
But the old people will not be for
gotten. Such of these as cannot come
will be provided for at their own
homes Physicians in the city whf
know of poor and needy old people
are asked to give their names and ad-
dresses to the Army at 312 Kansas
avenue.
The Christmas tree for the 500
children will be given on New Years
day. Candy nuts, toys and clothing
will be distributed to all of the young
sters that come. The Mothers club a
recent organization Of the Army. is
making dresses and clothing for the
poor children, and these Will be given
away on New Years day.
Any person in the city who wishes
to contribute and to aid in this good
cause is asked to send such things as
can be used for this purpose to the
Salvation Army hall. The number Of
the building IS 312. The Army, how
ever, win be glad to call for eontribu-
tions. Just call up Independent teIe-
phone 942 and a wagon viii be sent to
your house.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-03

ct was certainly a herculean task,
said former City Attorney Chas- +.
Spencer, who had the immediate charge
and supervision of the work mere
had been, up to this time, no compila-
ton and revision of the city ordinances
since 1883, seventeen years, and you can
imagine the labor it took to make the
compilation and get into q preseIlt ape
form. The ordinances increased IN tnat
time from something less than nine
hundred to over $500
II really had no idea of what the work
actually represented until got into ana
began to prepare the indexing. That
and the supervision OF the Wofk were
large tasks in themselves
..7rhe need of the compilation OF the
ordinances is something which cannot
be overestimated by the city especlaly
so the city attorney Wnen L Mds a.
ing as city attorney one OF the most seL-
ions baudicaps which l had 10 Wolh
AGAINST was this same lack OF a colEEii-
tent and reliable source at Whlcn
might procure the city ordinances A ~,
records or rather the index at lnS Clty
oiarI-,e office what there was OF II, was
i,,e11fficient and incomplete. The knoWl-
edge to be gained from it therefore was
af small avail With the present Vol
17rne all this will be reversed and all
the city's ordinances viii be round III d
compact and accessible form.
ssThe compilation is an important
one It is as 1 have said the last since
1855. and it will probably be another
seventeen years before another COM
pilation is made
one of the best things which can be
said about the compilation is the
elaborate system Of indexing, which
while it is minute is exceedingly prac-
ffca1. The former compilation had one
of the most puzzling systems OF INDEX
ing imaginable. =,
six hundred and four pages are IN
e1,7ded in the volume and of this num-
her 10e are taken up by the city char
ter act and the miscellaneous laws OF
the state directly affecting cities OF the
first class, the remaining pages are oc-
cuDied with the ordinances of the city.
THE longest ordinance in the book Is
that of one relating TO misdemeanors.
which covers .27 pages; the shortest IS
one of two lines which describes the
boundaries of sewer district %. Twenty
of the revised ordinances have become
effective on the publishing of the book
The following are the ordinances:
Automobiles: bonds, contract and IN
demnity; buildings; city officers and
arapfoyes: combusubles; elections;
electric wires and lamps; ire depart
Tnent; hacks and omnibuses; LABOR,
length Of day; mfsdemeanors; slot ma
eF,yrase marking. grounds, roadway;
police force. appointment and govern
ment: salaries of officers and employees
Of the city; sidewalks. repair and con-
demnation: trees. planting and pro-
lection: Weighnaster and neasuref.
In most instances the revision Of the
above ordinances does not involve any
thing of particular importance.
The book was published by +. n.
Stoves g Son.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-03
WANTS NO TROUBLE.
German Ambassador Says His COun-
try Is Not Seeking a Fight.

London, Dec. 3.-The publication in
the various newspapers that trouble
was brewing between the German and
British governments resulted tonight
in a notable speech before the Iyceum
club by the German ambassador to
Great Britain. who said in part
Germany is a peaceable country
and desires to live at peace with all
her neighbors. She has never seri-
ously quarreled with Great Britain
and I trust she never will. During
recent years a shadow has unfortu-
nate1y grown up between the two
countries that has Obscured many
facts yet there has never been any
real cause for any antagonism, the
only atmosphere of bitterness being
caused by artificial means.
81 believe that forbearance on the
part of both sides win have a bene-
fetal effect and will result in the re-
establishment Of good relations be
tween u.s.
The publication of this speech has
resulted in considerable comment on
the part of the newspapers who de-
clare that this frank avowal will
greatly help ia bring about a better
feeling toward Germany and Great
britain
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-03

require no chimney
See FERN AID. SO Jackson Street.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-03
BROWN IS COMING.
Grand Exalted Ruler Of EIks VIII
Visit Topeka Tomorrow.

Robert W. Brown. grand exalted ruler
of the B. p o. E, Of Louisville. Ky.
viii be a guest of the Topeka lodge to-
afternoon.
Mr.. Brown is the managing editor Of
the evening edition of the Louisville
Courier-J ournaI
Mr.. James l. King win meet Mr..
Brown at Kansas City.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-03

The weather has been extremely
pleasant today, but the pitch and roll
are very noticeable. They say that
every seventh pitch is a heavy one. I
have kept count, and there is something
IN It. The ship will travel along quiet
" for a time, when suddenly there will
be an enormous pitch and roll They
also say that every seventh year, the
ocean is different the tides are lower
or higher, or storms are more numer-
Gus or scarcer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-03

Capital City tent No. "a, Knights of
ficers for the ensuing term last night:
Commander, J. F. Hazens lieutenant
commander. +. z. Bush; chaplain r.
3. Brown: record keeper. D. d. Coon;
assistant record keeper. Stanley Coon;
physician. F. Il Scholle: sergeant, J.
A. Mathews; first master. of guards. c.
E. Idppert; second master Of guards.
o. Wolff; masfer-at-arnls, r. II.
hIitcheIl: sentinel, George Christie
pher; picket, 9. II. Wardlows
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-03
ORDINANCE BOOK OUT.
Compilation and Publication VIII Cost
About $500.

At a cost of close to $500 the city
has at last got its ordinances revised
and compiled in an up to date manner
and published in an attractive book
form. Five hundred of the copies Of
this revision and compilation have been
published, so of them being in buckram
and the remainder bound in paper. They
viii be formally turned over to the city
council Monday evening.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-03

A wreck on the Pacific would be a
serious matter. This is our fifth day
out, and we have not sen single
vessel of any kind. On the Atlantic,
sHIps are as numerous as wagons on
a main Travelled road, and shipwrecked
passengers would have some show, but
I we should be compelled to take to
the boats, do not know what would
become of 11s
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-03

Four days west of Honolulu we will
lose a day. Tuesday night we viii go
to bed as usual. and when we awaken
at the usual time it win be Thursday
morning; we viii have dropped Wed
nesday entirely. Get the children in the
high school to explain this to you: I
can't. The captain tried to get it
through my head tonight. but failed.
can understand we are losing twenty to
twenty-fOur minutes every day, but
since leaving home we will have lost
less than six hours a ( a point four miles
west Of Honolulu, whereas we viii drop
tWenty-fOUr hours. Is It because time
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-03

New York. Dec. ferdinand Pog-
genburg Of the Leidrikranz club of this
city tonight defeated Charles Conklin
in the final game in inch balk line
billiards played for the Eagle trophy.
Pogenzurg made 500 points to his OPP
p9neuts 256,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-03
Attendance for Week Exceed.
Ten Thousand.
Friday Night Brought the Larg
est Attendance.
EVERYONE is HAPPY
Manager Brigham Says Nice
Things of Performers.
They Compliment Manager and
People of Topeka.

The total attendance of the entire
week for the Elks' show, which closed
last night at the Auditorium, was TO-
Newport daily independent., 1905-01-31

NoTE-If you want only the Twice-a-Week Republic the price is only 95c a year. The Farm Progress alone is 10c a year.