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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-01-02
ONE WAY TO GET AUTOGRAPHED

An autograph collector said: q rosie
II have inherited from my uncle
his magnificent collection of auto
way. Being parsimonious, he did not
cost the old gentleman a cent YET
they are worth hundreds and hunS
dreds of dollars. t}a% A@ugN
when the autograph fever seized
my uncle, he. set to work in a. shrewd,
way. Being parsimonius, he did not
want to buy his autographs. Being
clever, he perceived that simple sig
natures, such as you get if You write
and ask an autograph of a person OF
distinction, would have no real value.
$50 do you know what he did? To
every distinguished person he applied
to, he said he was sea captain and
he asked permission to name anew
ship he was building after the great
man.
cit was subtle fattery that, en-
All my uncle's great folks were, With
out exception, delighted to think of a
stately ship, named after them, sailing
here and there over the deep sea-
Thomas Carlyle said: a8s go,
Il am pleased that you should
like my work enough to name Your
ship after me, and i hope she will
come to anchor in happier haven
than 4 shall ever reach stAsss @sfA
"The poet Tennyson wrote my uncle.
a four-page letter. He said that in
every storm thereafter he would
think of the Alfred Tennyson' and
put up a prayer for her safety. au0V
"Thackeray was so pleased that he
sent my uncle comic drawing to
hang in his cabin.
Robert Browning thanked my
uncle for the compliment of naming
the new ship after him., and hoped
the r. B. would be stauncher than
her namesake.
"Uncle's collection numbers nearly
a thousand autographs and each let
ter is about this imaginary new ship.
The letters read awfully funny when
you consider that no such ship ever
existed"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-01-02

Stephenson's Rocket" Hackworth's
Sans Pareil" and Foster and Rast-
rick's "Angenoria" of 1929. The lat
ter was constructed from the same
drawings as the "Stourbridge Lion,
which was shipped by sailing syessela
to the United States and was the first
locomotive seen in this country Fhe
North Eastern Railway of England
has the No. of theStoelton and
Darlington, and, in Paris institution,
is the original "Cugnot"" of 1861 the
first to move by head of steam. Be
yond these examples there sislittle to
point to the beginning of steam loco
motion.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-01-02
Fatteninu TURKEYS.

turkeys are easily 1atton0d an0
IKE on flesh and fat more quickly
ian do other fowls, but one must go
. it in the right way. If the turkeys
ave lad free range all summer, you
lnnot faten them with any degree of
lccess after shutting them up sud-
My in small inclosures& They soon
ct off all the fat they gained on the
nge in trying to get out, and leave
G food untasted in the feeding
oughs. Feed them we'll when they
come up they will then have no
casion to range so far. Keep feed
them every time you catch sight
them close to home; it will not be
lg until their range will be cut
ort, and they will be coming up
EN- for the feed, says the New York
ibune Farmer. Some turkey keep,
) do no more than this, while
lers, when they have got. them thus
ne, turn them into a grassy in,
)sure that allows them some walk.
:, but not too much.
It isn't well to fatten turkeys-or
+ tom corn alone. A heavy diet
new corn often results in a cholera
e sickness with turkeys as it does
tn hogs. "A mixed grain diet is
tier; wheat, oats and corn. 1t is
aimed that turkeys fattened on the
nge suit the tastes of the epicure,
5 the flesh is Of richer color, almost
)lden, more tender, and of better
avor than tina of turkeys fattened in
Csc quarters. But turkeys that
)am far out. and roost in out-of-the-
ay places often get into trouble on
count of the damp nature of the
sound they travel over or squat
pom, and come up quite lame, when
ley do come up, scarcely able to
ak; and the owner, with consider
bic growing, declares, that some
ody's dogs have been after them
1ough he can find no marks on the
mping turkeys. The trouble in these
asses is not dogs, but rheumatism,
} which young turkeys are particular
ouoOCpC4OlS' Nv uCn you QSCSIluIu6
lat it is rheumatism, try to have the
Irkeys stay home and roost off the
round, then feed them cornbread
lade decidedly yellow with soda
here is nothing in the line of medi-
Inc for rheumatism that. equals good
oses of sado three times a day.
Corn is still high, and promises to
g higher, but it takes much of it to
eep a good-sized flock of hens; but
aen hens are high and eggs were
ever so1high all over the country at
ais time OF year as they are now,
nd farmers are holding on to all the
ems and pullets for the sake Of the
Ugh profit in eggs, and are bound to
old them all winter. If you have
ullets that are Matched out very
Matched pullets, they
all this kind-put them. if possible.
/ runs and warm houses by them.
elves; then feed to stimulate them to
arly laying. There is such a thing
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-01-02
Notes.

The trustees of the Mas sachusetts
society for promoting agriculture are
contemplating offering large cash
prizes for the four best practical work
ing farms in Massachusetts, to be
owned and worked by farmer as
his only business and means of sup
port. Only those farmers doing gen
eraI or mixed farming will be allowed
to compete. The contest will last
from April /, 1905 to April /, 1906.
1t is hoped that general interest will
be taken in this plan, the details of
which are now, in the printers hands
and will be circulated widely through
out the state.
The majority of investigations con-
corning the Improvement of the
quality of milk seems to indicate that
a dairyman must look to the improve,
ment Of breed rather than to the
selection of feed. Within the breed
he must select animals which show a
high percentage of fat in the milk, as
we'll as animals that will produce a
large quantity.
A nursery of Walla Walla, Wash.
has received through the Chinese
consul at San Francisco an order to
ship several hundred fruit trees to
China The trees include apples,
pears, cherries and peaches and is
the first order Of the kind known to
have been placed by the Chinese in
the Pacific northwest. So
Bran may be feed with good results
to breeding stock and to limited
extent to fattening swine, the amount
in the latter case. being restricted, lest
the.volume of the feed be too much
increased
Hens will lay we'll in winter if they
are properly cared for. They must
get plenty of exercise, and the best
way to make them take it is to scatter
a part of their food and make them
scratch for it. ksaa aBluS
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-01-02
Care of Comb Honey.

AS soon as comb honey is sealed,
remove it from the hive, scrape all
sections clean of propolis, then put it
directly into shipping cases and close
tight. Keep it in warm room till
time to sell, never allowing it to
freeze, as freezing it cracks the comb,
says the Farmer, and when warmed
again it begins to leak out, making. a
nasty, dauby mess. Be sure your
shipping case is tight, so that ants,
m1llers or flies cannot get in. Do
not put honey in a cellar as the damp
ness bursts the cappings, the honey
grows thin, loses it's flavor and leaks
out, while if stored in dry room, 1t
will improve and thicken.@ Never
pack two colors of honey together or
mix it in the shipping cases. Keep
the white honey by itself for better
price. Be very careful not to pack
any section of honey having single
cell IF pollen in it, for it surely will
have an egg from a moth miller in it,
which will hatch out.a big ugly worm
to spoil the honey. If you + haven't
shipping cases ready to pack the
honey in as soon as taken off the
hives, then store it in the supers in a
dry, warm room, tiering them up as
high as you can reach. After two
weeks fumigate with sulphur to kin
any moth worms that may be hatch
ing. Also repeat the fumigation once
in two weeks till cold weather. Ship
all comb honey to market before
freezing weather, if possible. sg
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-01-02
HER SONG.

She maketh care to tighten, -
She maleth hope to brighten, VI
She maketh faith to deepen, 7aTa9
She maketh life to sweeten, 81 i
With the magic with the music of .her
song;
BY the melody and beauty of her song.
u rM aCgg z
She maketh old ties dearer, =,
She maketh new friends nearer,
She maketh gray skies bluer,9 {
She maketh lovers Jruer, a@AA
Through the tenderness and sweet
ness of her song, s1aGf7 &
By the power and the dover Of her
song.
Marie S. Burnham in Sunset
Magazine. f&5t TQA
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-01-02
Keen Tool Chest -shipshane.

Nothing that a boy has comes handi-
er than tool chest. 1t begins with
his fun as boy and keeps it's useful
ness when he is a man. He should
construct a, cabinet to hang against
the wall Two doors are better than
one. Cabinet hooks and pegs may be
arranged against the back for saws,
SQUARES and other fist tools. On one
side of the floor of the cabinet make
boxes for nails and screws. Always
nut away your tools and neither Dor
row nor lend.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-01-02
x 9ricdltdr a lore
~ |t #6S4 .aelss ets4enosf ~

as breeding up to a strain of winter
layers in any kind of flock that ia
hardy and feathers. closely. The pull
lets Matched in winter are likely to
produce daughters that incline to DO
their best laying in winter.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-01-02

Aunt Hannah-Have you told any
one of your engagement to Mr.. Sweet
ster?
Edith-No, haven't told a soul, ex
cept Bessie Miller, who thought hi
was going to ask her.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-01-02
NEVER WAS A WILD ANIMAL.
The Sheep Has Always Been Closet,
f Associated With Man. Gser

OF all domesticated animals tn
sheep has from time immemorial bee,
most closely associated with mankind.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-01-02
THE MARAUDERING SPIDER

He threatened death to all who ran,
Or Hoped, or walked, or rode; @A
And lastly made his residence so g
Close by the kings abode. 8a5 }sC
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1905-10-27
THE CATTLE MARKET.
Big Receipts OF Cattle and Lowering
OF Prices.

Big Receipts OF Cattle and Lowering
OF Prices.
KANSAS CITY, No, Oct 24.-The
heavy cattle receipts last week were
met by a very good demand for all
kinds. but on Friday. the market be-
gan TO weaken, and yesterday prices
were around 10 TO IS cents under the
previous Monday. Run is heavy this
week, but the market today is about
steady. Most OF the stuff coming this
week and last is from the range cOun-
try, and the quality is not very good,
running more to tail ends, the clean
ups Of the ranches. Cold and freez-
ing weather has prevailed over the
range country last week or ten days,
and shippers are sending in their cat
tie as fast as the railroads can handle
them. This heavy movement is ex-
pected to drop OF suddenly within a
week or two, although fairly liberal
receipts from portions Of Colorado
and the Panhandle viii continue for
a month yet
Some Of the cattle that went out for
a short feed this fall are coming in
now They were not very well re-
ceived last week, nor yesterday, but
corn fed stuff that is good IS selling
strong today. Top price since the
paid on different days last week The
Dest steers range from $5.25 to S5.T5,
corn and grass steers and short fed
cattle S4.25 to $5.15, grass natives
$3.50 to S4.25, westerns S2.75 to 1915,
fed westerns up to $3.50 Cow mar
ket was strong middle Of last week,
but eased OF at the end, steady this
week, at $2.35 to S2.S5, a few good
COWS, and those that have had corn,
at $500 to $3.50, bulls $500 TO $2.75,
veaIs strong at $3.50 to $3.50. About
$50 cars Of stOckers and feeders go to
the country every day, prices on the
good ones steady with a week ago,
others 10 to 20 lower, bulk at $500
TO $3.75. good westerns at $3.25 to
1855, choice natives $3-T5 to S4-25,
medium TO common cattle $500
downwards-
Hog market remained steady last
week till Saturday when prices drop
i ped cents. Market opened weak
both yesterday and today, but closed
strong each day. top at $500, bulk Of
/ sales $50 to $5.15. all weights aDove
| pigs bringing about same prlces when
quality IS alike, pigs 25 to 40 cents
4 lower than last week, at $4.75 II
| $500. Receipts are heavy, $4,000 last
/ week, 5000 today, but demand IS
| also larger, and absoros them al read
/ ily
/ T. JCiPts Of range snps1 a. l5lmi-s
an. small, and not mlry natives C n
1 lng, prices Is to 25 cents above Z
week ago. Lambs sell at 500 &c
/ $50 for best, yearljngs sold yester-
I day al $3.50 to IS 90, weth=ls $5.25
/ ewes S4-75- Feeding =tUd s -ssrang- al
\ $3.50 to S4-65 for ewes, ws.illel.s GIi5
/ yearIings, S5.75 TO S5-Z5 fslr lambs.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1905-10-27
ACCIDENT IN A RUNAWAY
w. E. SMITH THROWN OUT AND
LEG BROKEN.
Team Frightened by Train at Elcva-
tor at RuletOn-BrOught to
GOodIand for Treatment.

". (. Smith. son OF County Treas
urer J. W. Smith Of Grant township.
was mixed up in a serious runaway at
RuIeton Saturday at 4 o'clock. Smith
was thrown violently from the wagon
TO the ground and sustained a frac-
ture Of the upper part Of his right
femur. Passenger train No. ~, which
pulled into that station soon after,
was tagged, and 6Ir. Smith was
brought to GOodland and the fracture
was reduced by Dr.. Carmichael. He
is being cared for at the home Of his
father in this city.
Ruleton is a place where consider
able grain is being hauled in from
the country and shipped out on the
railroad. Every Saturday since
threshing began the Little station has
been the place where many teams
with wagon loads Of grain have con-
gested to market Mr.. Smith had
brought a load of barley TO the ele-
vatOr there, and everything was going
smoothly until a freight train backed
in on a siding by the elevator, when
Smiths team started for parts un-
known. with smith vigorously oppOs-
ing such a course by yanking on the
reins- They got the better Of him and
he was shot out from the spring seat
to the ground.
1t was a rather bad break Of the
leg. and the doctor had TO put on a
tratiOn to overcome the contraction Of
muscles.
Not long ago, Mr. Smith received a
heavy fall in his granaTy and broke
a rib He has suffered too much bad
luck already, and we object TO any
more breaking Of our good citizen and
correspondent from Grant township.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1905-10-27
NEW COAL cHUrEs.
Rock Island 20 Build Larger One at
GoOd1and.

The ground has been staked out
and some OF the material is on the
spot for a new and larger coal chute
TO be built in the Rock Island yards
here It will be located north and
east Of the chute now in use and the
garbage viii be changed and enlarged
to accommodate the new structure.
A standpipe and a large new coal
chute on a much improved plan is
heing completed at Phinipsburg; and
~ en- the work is finished there the
construction force viii come here to
put up the chute, which viii be
duplicate OF the one at the east end
OF the division 1t wiz be longer and
very much higher than the old one,
with twenty bins on each side and all
under cover. The coal cars viii all
be self-dumping into a huge RECEIPT
able under the track, and from which
the bins lower down will be filled
through chutes-
Machinery viii largely replace hand
labor in cOal.ng Of engines A 20
horse power gasoline engine viii do
all the work Of hauling cars up the
45-degree incline to an elevation OF
about 40 feet TWO watering cranes
will be installed to water engines, and
two cinder PITS arranged for both out
going and incoming engines viii be
provided, with a longer Jrackage for
cinder cars between them
These changes viii be a great i'm
provement in the yard conyeniences
here, and VIII call for more trackage
and sidings for engines. Some Of the
park trees may have 10 be moved 20
make room for the new coal chute.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1905-10-27

upon that corner where the structure
stands today. moved his family from
Osceola, and started with more deter
mination than money to build up a
business and 20 make a home. How
well, with the help OF his family. he
has succeeded everyone knows It IS
a story OF the rise from almost pow
erty to prosperity and means; from a
hardwOrking life to the joy that
money helps TO bring.
Loved Home and Country.
Mr.. Auer always showed the tena-
city OF the German characteristic Of
love Of home. He believed that
ITO make the fireside cline 70 weans
and wife;
That's the true pathos and sublime
OF human life"
HIS attachment for the place he
builded was stronger than the charm
for the new His family would oc-
casiOnally talk for building a new
and better home, but he always voted
no; and IL they voted TO sell out his
decision in the negative never
changed. he would tell them that
after he was gone, his children could
build better and for themselves, but
he wanted TO live and die in the old
home
born. he loved great and free Ameri-
ca This is a country where every
man can shake hands with the high
-sSt ruler or president" he was wont
70 say. In no other country do the
highest and the lowest meet like this.
On, it's q great democracy where ey-
cry man gets a square deal and an
equal chance" He was always on
the republican side OF the fence, and
when he lived in Nebraska H Il Auer
was a force in directing the voting
strength OF his section Of country.
Years ago. when Mickey. the present
governor OF Nebraska, was starting
on his political career IN that state.
he and our deceased townsman were
intimate friends and worked together
in the same political camp. While
Mr.. Auer was not & born politician
and didn't like the uncertain fortune
depending upon such a life, he could
always make his influence tell
The verdict Of public opinion with
reference 70 the character Of this man
would be, He lived honestly, hurt
nobody, and rendered 70 every man
his due" As a person said the other
day: The world isn't any worse be
cause Dad Auer lived in it. He
wasn't one OF these polished fellows
and Of fine manners. He was true,
positive, and OF the spirit that draws
men"
The deceased is survived by his wife.
two daughters, Mrs Pauline Hart
man, and Mrs. r D. Wolfe; two sons.
Otto and Richard; a niece, Nellie
Hartman. He has a brother living in
Prague, Austria, and two sisters in
New York city.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1905-10-27
TO VISIT GOODLAHD SOOE
WHEAT AND CORN SPECIAL
HERE NOVEMBER II.
From $3.50 a NJ to 300 A. NJ, But
You Can't Afford to Miss the
Lectures, Sir. Farmer.

Through the courtesy OF the Rock
Island officials the work Of the Kan
sas state agricultural college and ex-
pertinent station in wheat and corn
Improvement is TO be brought before
all the people living along their lines.
This train is to cover the entire lines
Of the Rock Island system in Kansas,
stopping thirty minutes at each sta
toin- There VIII be two coaches ar
ranged for audience rooms. in one Of
which viii be given q talk on wheat
raising and in the other, corn. We
request everybody interested in rails
.ng more and better wheat and corn
to be prompt at the hour named in
the following schedules. No farmer
acn afford TO miss this opportunity It
viii not take long to drive to the rail-
road station. listen TO a thirty-minute
lecture and return home Remem-
Der the SPECIAL train viii run regard
less OF weather.
This is the first visit OF the lecturers
Of the Kansas agricultural college
TO Sherman county. The train viii
arrive here at s:30 o'clock in the
morning and stay long enough so that
the speakers can talk upon wheat and
corn culture for thirty minutes. The
schedule Of the trip which viii be OF
interest TO the farmers OF this county
", is as follows;
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1905-10-27
FORECAST OF THE MESSAGE
THE PRESIDENTS ST. AUGUSTINE
SPEECH so INTERPRETED.
Deals With the Question OF the Sen
ate and the san Domingo Treaty
and VenezueIa.

WASHINGTON. Oct 22.-President
RooseveIt's reference in his St Au-
gustine speech to the duty OF the Unit
ed States as to the policing Of the
Caribbean sea were intended for the
senate with special relation to san
Domingo and TO Venezuela
international trouble Of the kind
referred to by the president exists
only at these places. Il is more acute
at Venezuela than at san Domingo,
although the official utterances here
are to the effect that the Venezuelan
case may be met automatically.
The point which the president, how
ever, made is based on the infOrma-
ton from the state department itself
The president tells the senators in
Just so many words that II they do not
rat.fy his san Domingo treaty they
must tolerate the settlement OF the
affairs OF the Dominican republic by
Germany, France, England and Italy.
70 the exclusion Of the United States
AS to Venezuela he tells the senate
that il IL does not back up his policy
there, France must have a free hand,
and France Is now sending a squad
ron in the direction OF Venezuela 1t
is absolutely certain that France com
municated 10 this government her in
tentions 70 display her warshlps in
Venezuelan waters, and this govern
ment did not and could not object in
view Of the unsettled condition OF az
fairs as between the president and the
senate.
The St Augustine speech is inter
preted here as a fair sample OF the
presidents coming message on the
subject Of foreign relations.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1905-10-27
LEGS UNDER CAR WHEELS
WARD RUNNELLs. 1R YEARS Old.
FATALLY INJURED.
Accident Happened Saturday. and
Amputstion Made Sunday-Died
Under the Shock.

The young boys OF Goodlsnd that
have been frequenting the railroad at
train time and who jump on the
coaches for a ride on an outgoing
train. will not play with danger for
a while, since they have been shocked
with the terrible sight OF six heavy
car wheels running over the legs OF
one Of their comrades. Ward Run
nells.
Earl Goodrich. George King. Scotty
Mcguire, George Thompson and Ward
Runnells were at the Rock Island
depot Saturday when No Al pulled in
from the east, between 4 and
o'clock As boys will, they waited
their chance to jump on the steps for
a ride in the yards when the train
pulled out Ward Runnells got on
the rear steps Of the coach next to
the last, and was attempting 70 swing
OF at the coal Chutes when his feet
slipped from under him and he was
thrown under the wheels, two three
wheel trucks passing over his legs q
little below the knees. The step also
struck him in the head and inflicted
a severe wound.
The cries Of the helpless boy fright
ened his companions and they ran
home as fast as they could 20. AnsiI
picked up the boy and carried him TO
the depot where he was taken home
n a conveyance
The bone and flesh where the
wheels ran over him was crushed to
a Jelly. He could not live IN that
condition, and the physicians who
performed the Rmputetion, Drs. Smith
and Carmichael, told his parents be-
fore operating upon the boy, that he
had only one chance in g thousand to
recover. The chance was taken and
Ward Runnells died from the result
Of the shock at 5:35 p. m. Sunday. He
was IL years old.
To accommodate the school chill
dren who wanted to attend the fun
| eral, the services were held at the
opera house at 10 o'clock a. m. Tues
/ day The GoOdland city school chill
| dren attended in a body, and besides
these. many people Of the city were
! there. The scripture reading and
| prayer were offered by Rev. Eldridge
I and Rev. Stevens made the talk.
/ Burial was made in the GoodIand
| cemetery.