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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-01-29
OLD CONFEDERATE VETERAN
PASSES AWAY.
MANY YEARS IN CONGRESS-
Served For 20 Years With Exceptions
of One Term and Retired to Take
Part in the War With Spain
Gradue OF West Point Before the
Civil War.

New York. Jan 26.-General Joseph
Wheeler, the famous confederate cay
airy leader and a brigadier general OF,
the United States army since the WAY
with Spain, died at $3.50 yesterday al
ternoon at the home Of his sister, MIS-
Sterling Smith, in Brooklyn, aged 6S-
1t has not yet been decided where the
body VIII be inferred, but probably
in Arlington national cemetery near
Washington.
General Wheeler was taken sick SIX
days ago. He contracted severe
cold which developed into pleurisy anG
pneumonia. From the first his age
told against him. The family did not
give up hope until Wednesday Might
when the disease was found to have
affected both lungs The generals.
immediate relatives were all with him.
AT midnight Wednesday night the
general was conscious and his MIND
apparently active. He seemed so
know that death was approaching ana
though too weak to speak, he succeed
ed in giving signs of recognition and
encouragement to his children. LaGeE
the general sank into peaceful sluIn=
Der, and at the request of the doctors
tne family then at the bedside quietly
withdrew from the sick mans bedside
The general was never again more
than semi-cOnscious. He fingered une-
til last evening and passed away
quietly
General Wheeler retired from the.
army of the United States on his sixty
fourth birthday, Sept. 10, 1900 He,
graduated from West Point in 1888,
When the war broke out he went into,
the confederate service, and at the
battle OF Shiloh, where he commanded
a brigade at the age of 26,. he led the
charge which resulted in the Capture
of General Prentiss' division al thh-
federal army. During that battle, he
mad three horses shot under him, aEz,g
won his nickname of Fighting Joe
In July Of the same year he was given
command of the cavalry division Of
the army of the Mississippi. and ia
that capacity he took part in some or
the most desperate battles of the war.
During the war General Wheeler WIS.
under fire in 800 skirmishes ana mo-.
less than 200 battles. After the SUR
render OF Lee, General Wheeler
opened a law office at Wheeling, Ala
ne served in congress from 1882 until
the breaking out of the war with
Spain, with the exception of 1872.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-01-29
|VQMEN CHOOSE TO STICK
TO The DOOMED VALENCIA
lake Chances With Ship Rather Than Go
on Life Rats
Laptain Refuses to Save Himself While
Passengers Are in Danger
Sa Still too Violent to Permit Rescuers to
Reach Submerged Vessel

them as signals to attract passing
vessels, but all in vain.
Wrecked Ship Submerqed
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-28

miss the discounting OF his overcharge, is a
thief in spirit and a robber of his fellow
worker whose expense bill is legitimate and
figured to cents
Manifestly the employe who works his
overtime, causing him to miss a meal that
he has paid for while he buys another. has
paid double price for dinner: one ofthesa
prices should be restored to him-the en-
ployer for whom he works would not pass
the occasion We're 1t developed in his OWE
business; the employee can never more lily
afford to do so.
strict business policy and a strictly
square deal " for himselfas he goes along
must be one of the principles of the salaried
worker, of all others. The paying teller In a,
window of the richest bank In the world ac-
counts to the cent every night for his hand
ling of the banks funds The man who
takes the pay which is rendered and pays
the prices that IRE demanded OF him is
marked for bankruptcy II he attempts a
different policy.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-28
BY Hugh S. Fullerton.

was valuable lost sleep. and either roasted
or froze tho family. My little girl had colds
nll winter, my wife had sore throat twice.
and the Doctors bill was something fright
full.
I burned s147.Bo worth OF coal (seventeen
tons OF hard and two Of soft. besides burning
out the crate.
The next winter hired q janitor at SO q
month to run the furnace. slept until break
fast time. kept the house fairly comfortable.
and burned only s12O worth OF coal. paid
the janitor S42 in all, but he washed windows,
put on the storm windows. and kept the walks
free from SNOW. Besides. the doctors bills
were less than half and the baby got fat.
But was like others. It was hard for
mo to learn that others can do things better.
My wife hasn't learned the lesson yet. She
has an idea Of doing her own work every
once in q while generally let her try It
for few weeks. then hire corps OF women
to clean the house. put things in shape, and
get a girl again while the wife is GONZALES
cling. Then she argues that II she wasn't
sick so much she could do the work and we
could save a lot OF money.
It's no use to argue with women about
these things-they simply won't understand.
Wife says I'm a great help around the house.
One day-or rather ono typical day-she per-
suaded mo to stay home and help her. I'm
always glad to do that and did that day.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-28

dered to her better mathematical Judgment.
1 bought package Of prepared calcimine
for IS cents. and a brush for SO. mixed that
calcimine with water. and tho shade didn-ee
suit wife, SO / went for more. We decided
we could use the other for the room In the
basement. The second. shade was NEARLY
right. but not quite. I bought package OF
white to tighten 1t. Total cost of calcimine,
S1.o5.
We got too much water mat first, and after
washing off the. old calcimIne and starting
tic york We discovered this and had to let T.
stand for day to get the right consistency.
The next day we daubed the walls They
dried on in streaks. The woodwork was
ruined by being sneared with the stun. and
when we tried TO wash it off the wood wc
washed big white spaces along It on the walls.
did better with the basement room
Wife figures that we saved So on the Job.
/ don't say anything. as she is satisfied. but
the decorators told me privately that they
would have done the room for $3.50, SO
really we were out S3.05 on paints ana!
brushes probably SO in damages. and GER
tainly So In time.
Wife will say I am writing this Just to
have an excuse not to do a thing around tha
house and that am inherently lazy. These
charges are untrue. am writing 1T to keep
Others from attempting to do their own odd
Jobs. Don't do them. Sit ON the front porch
and smoke. or in an easy chair by the fire.
and save money.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-28

although had a chance to pick up $40 by
Some outside work. It was my day of from
the office and I concluded I'd pass up the
chance and help my wife. I took care of
the babies in the morning and ran a few
errands. Then I bathed the little baby and
put him to bed for his nap. While he slept
rinsed out some diapers and read the paper.
Then I washed my wifes hair and helped
get lunch Il forgot to say 1t was the girls
day ouD. After lunch took care Of the
children while my wife took n nap because
she was worn out. and then washed the lunch
dishes. Later dressed the little girl and
let her go out for visit to q neighbor.
Then ran over to the grocery and stopped
to see when that man was coming to beat
rugs. Then took the baby out for an air.
Ing. got supper, and put the children to bed.
Wife said I was a Jewel and thanked mo
for helping her. / turned in. a physical
wreck. She does not realize to this day
that we could have hired a woman for $3.50
to do better than did. and that we would
have been $3.50 ahead II had gone down
town
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-28
By John A. Rowland.

may be questioning Is that prices have gone
up. you know" This may be the price of
meat, bread. clothing and the news of tho
change Is brought to the ear OF the customer
with the least possible chance OF his con-
testing the arbitrary statement.
Where the customer himself Is in business
he has the opportunity to say to himself,
:" Well. shall have to mark up some of my
own prices Even the producing farmer
in many lines may say to himself: /" shall
not sell at the ma rket figures. I'll hold for a
rise in my own products
But the salared man or the wage Garner
makes his profits for his employer and pays
everybody else a profit, even to the savings
banker who handles the few dollars which the
wage Garner may have managed to save, and
IN his heart as he works and pays. he may
be excused II at times he wishes somehow
that "times were not so awfully good as
they are.
Should Form Economic Principles.
It 10 In this position that the man as
wage Garner must feel the impelling neces-
sity for being honest first with himself. No
man more than he needs to map out for him,
self a rule OF life in business on moro eco
romic principles. The average young man Is
too slow to regard the facts OF business life,
He Is too old when they strike home to him
forclbly. Tho manufacturer OF certain
article which he controls and to which he
attaches an arbitrary price will not rest salts
fed at fixing the price of the finished prod
uct II by any means he may gain control Of
the raw material and fix the price OF that.
He may build his own electric plant in order
TO save profits which supply company would
take. He builds machinery to cut down the
u ,nR AL 49, Ia
ploye whose salary Is cut at both ends, In
striking contrast to these methods, may BIO
paying aSproflt to a bootblack TO shine his
shoes and to q barber for shaving his downy
pretense for q beard.
"Lettlng Accounts Go" Is Wrong.
Not long ago overheard a young man In
the office Of a SIS ,OOO, 900 corporation say to
fellow worker that on a bit OF special bust
ness for the concern he had spent about 60
cents In carfnres.
You put into an expense account. didn't
you?" queried the other.
"O.fno,' was the answer; "it's only a few
cents--if spent money that way regularly
I'D have to do 1t. but-O. we'll. what's the
use?
Yet that young man did not earn more
than 81 a day at the most, and as he stated
the proposition he had done a good deal Of
extra work for the company on that day for
just 60 cents less than he would have got
for his ordinary routine Frankly. II had
been his employer. his point OF view would
have made me suspicious OF him.
AS a business proposition to his firm were
the firm OF 81, 100000 capital the spender Of
this 60 cents, II could be counted upon that
this entry would have found place all down
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-28
Sad Experience with the Furnace
Conceit Real Cause Of Industry.

was measured by his employer. SO his pur-
veyors measure the Individual tax which
they shall levy.
Between his arbitrary income and his arbi-
trary expenditures. the salaried man has
no means Of recouping unless by other effort
outside his salaried occupation he gets
more money. subjected to just the same form
Of discount. Out of this physical condition
Z as wage Garner and consumer. the salaried
person at any time finds 1t to his advantage
to discover that economic conditions in the
country are Just bad enough to leave his sal
airy undsturbed, while in the main the pro-
Queer and the middleman in every field OF
endeavor are proflting the least that their
business will bear!
"Prices Up''-Wage Garner Pays.
One of the commonest OF comments today
brought to the ear OF the consumer who
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-28
Politeness Wins Big Pay for Bell Boy.

ness of foot, softness of voice. amiability.
and Willingness. AS rule he knows his city
as we'll as he knows the palm of his hand
This knowledge he coins into money when
strangers want to know things about the
city. He knows that smile gets more
money than crouch and on duty the first
class bellboy never has any visible troubles.
Dishonesty among them has gone out of
fashion
The hotels have way of Furnishing the
boy who slips from honest paths. They sim
ply agree never to employ him again. Other
hotels join In tho blacklist and the bellboy
finds that honesty is not only cardinal
virtue. but that 1t is indeed the best policy.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-28

rrSHERE are few first class hotels In big
cities that do not number among their
belboys enterprlsng youths that wear
. diamonds. A bellboy that does not
wear good clothes off duty is looked
down upon by those that do. They crave the
latest fashions. live well. and many Of them
spend much money. while others save It.
A bellboy's lot in big hotel Is about as
happy an existence as any young fellow can
ordinarily get upon an income that seldom
exceeds $50 month. Answer-pol!teness.
When bellboy wants to go to work he
has. In nineteen cases out of twenty. to pay
bonus to the bell captain or man who en-
cages the boys. directs their work. and dis
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-28
BY Levi MoSher

charges them. During the Worlds fair In
st. Louis 500 was no unusual price for boy
to pay for position. There are several boys
working in Chicago hotels who have paid $50
for their places. In some instances the bell
captain exacts a weekly fee from the boys
tips and the boys have to pay in most cases
for their own clothes.
Yet in the face of all these demands that
are made upon his resources 1t is slow
footed and slow witted bellboy who in
first class hotel cannot make 500 a week. In
most cases the average Is higher.
The good bellboy is the eptome Of fleet
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-28

the written records, of the FIRMS business
until co cents as expenses could be subtracted
from the gross profits OF the institution. Yet
this young man on S12 week had not
thought the charge worth whilel AS a husl-
ness proposition will anybody say that he
could afford It? And In not entering the
charge to expenses was he not making 1t
Just that much harder for some other en-
ploye Of better business methods and more
honest with himself and those depending
upon him.
Morality in Petty Expenses.
In this matter OF petty expenses, or large,
there arc thousands of young men who are
not honest with themselves. On the one side
Is the young man of the careless methods who
does not enter his expenditures: on the other
is the man who, not honest In another way,
charges moro than he should, In this way
the employe who is dishonest brings the
whole catalogue of expenses into disrepute.
The one who charges too much and who sub
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-28
BY A. G.. Hunter,

Mentlng and study. Doubtless It's develop
ment has been augmented in recent years by
the fact that competition has frightened 50
materially In nearly every line of nanufac-
ture that managers have been forced to use
practical methods In order to keep afloat.
Until recently manufacturers have been
doing business on tho theory Of average
costs. Proper classification OF the shop was
considered OF minor Importance. To get
out the goods " had been their chief AIM with
little or no thought as to the detailed ex-
pense, They did not consider that 1t was
not so expensive to maintain the work Of a
boy at 10 cents day in some remote corner
of the factory pasting labels on tin cans as
that Of a highly paid molder In a brass or
iron foundry where fuel and power ara ex-
tenslyely used. The value of materials and
wages only had. been taken into consideration
in determining costs, the other expenses att
tending the two classes Of work being lost
sight OF entirely.
But as sale prices had to be reduced In or
der to keep pace with competitors, the cost
Of manufacture had likewise to be cut to the
lowest possible. scale In order to maintain
profit Unnecessary expenses had to bc
sought out and eliminated. and the little
leaks which had been consuming so much
OF the profits had to be, stopped, Average
costs gave way to specific and actual, and the
work Of classifying the shop output was
begun. And It is safe to.say that at the
present time, In every up TO date factory,
some system Is maintained which tells the
manufacturer what he can safely do with
every article he puts upon the market
fih
Scores of Cost Systems.
There are any number Of cost systems In
operation IN the various factories Of Chicago,
and each Is adequate In Its own sphere, But
the system which would be satisfactorySfor
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-28

biueItiDly less. Tie VIII De IN the natural
attitude OF wishing to spend moro money
than he will be able to spend.
Salaried Man Taxed Everywhere.
Against this condition of wishing for more
than he can get. he puts his first pay en-
velope into his pocket. II he has been a
capable honest worker. he has received con-
siderably less than he has earned for his
employer.
With these proceeds in his pocket the
young man goes out to pay his debts and
to purchase for his pleasure and his needs.
Everywhere he turns he is front to front
with the person who he knows Is taking q
profit off his already profit skinned wages.
He cannot get back home without giving a
transportation company the profits from
his carfare. Food light. heat. clothing.
pleasures-ali exact OF him not only the re-
payment of full cost but that additional
profit OF which for the most part he has
not the least to say. Just as his wage profit
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-28

an electrical firm would bo far too complex
for clothespin factory.
In system now In operation in one large
plant the real secret Of success lies In we'll
orga nized shop order scheme. At this fac
tory the Instructions to the various shop
departments to do work emanate from one
center-the shop order department. Tor
every distinct lot Of apparatus to be made
this department issues an order on the shop.
Every foreman whose department will be
called upon to assist In the completion Of this
work is given a copy OF the order, which COM
prlses his instructions to proceed with the
job.
From this stage until the Job is completed
each foreman is held responsible for proper
records Of all time spent and all materials
used in construction. as we'll as the class Of
machines used In his department. for each
individual order. And SO carefully are these
records made in each case that by use of
then, the cost department is able to tell with
In small fraction the exact cost OF every
bit OF work which the factory turns out. 1t
matters not whether the shop order is Issued
to fill a customers order, to make apparatus
for stock to furnish tools for shop use, or to
do building repairs. the records are Just as
complete and the cost departmental able to
report In detail on'any or all Of them.
VI
Keep Each Order Separate.
Ability torun each order through the shop
independent of all others. Is tho underlying
principle Of the effectiveness of this cost
system. 1t is possible the shop to give out
It's information In definite and concise form,
and that there Is little danger OF confusing the
information Is proved by the fact that, no
matter what the stage Of. completion. tho
value Of any Job In process can at any time
be ascertained.
AS a reliable reference bureau to which all
departments may 60 for valunbl information
nothing can replace the shop COST d partment
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-28
Tries to Do the calclmining.

It was the same way with the calclmining.
We had a little room that needed redecorat-
Ing, and abe thought 1t was shame to pay
a man to come to do 1t. protested mild
ly. but she figured where she could save the
price OF new pair of shoes on that room, so
after carefully thinking It over I surren-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-28
Be Honest with Yourself; It Will Help TO Success

~ HOW me q. man who is ahsolutely hon
est with himself In all of the most
material things OF every day. and L
shall expect to see man who is pretty
fairly honest with his fellow man.
Why7 Simply for the reason that the aver
age man who Is not scrupulously honest
with himself every day cannot afford to be
honest with everybody else.
To begin with tho great majority OF the
worlds workers are laboring for wage or
other form of compensation which is fixed
for the individual by some condition or cir
cumstance in which he has little or no voice.
For the type of salaried person at large, hs
gets certain salary for the reason that his
predecessor got only.so much. Simply the
Job pays so much" The applicant takes the
place at the money OF 1t goes to some ono
else.
Today there are few positions open IN the
world In which the successful applicant gets
more money than he had expected to get.
In the great majority Of places he gets con-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-28

let 1t be tested for the presence of silver
Other interesting cases where two or more
elements are usually associated are noted,
y Gold. for example. is frequently found along,
with copper. In New South Wales the Great
Cobar mine furnishes copper containing four
ounces of gold to the ton. The atomic weight
OF gold being 1877 and that of copper SO, we
must suppose that gold degenerates into
copper Hence the amount OF native gold
In the earth must be diminishing while In
the far past the rich copper deposits of Lake
Superior. for example, probably were pure
gold.
Platinum Nay Produce Gold,
Again. traces OF platinum are found in al
most all native gold This in the light Of
the above suggestion, must be looked upon
as the beginning OF degeneration. for the
atomic Weight of platinum IS 19t,o (Men-
deleeff). while gold Is 1917. And platinum Is
invariably associated with other rare metals.
osmium. Iridium. palladium. etc. OF lower
atomic weights. These latter, then. must
also be looked upon as disintegration prod
ucts OF platinum.
The process of the breaking up OF the atom.
through which the element OF greater atomic
weight gives rise to the one wit h less, is spon-
famous, and takes place With extreme slow
ness. But II such disntegration really oc-
ours there are probably chemical or physical
means hywhch 1t could1he initiated, or has
tened. And such meana can be discovered,
then the old dreams of the alehemists Of
transmitting the baser metals into the nobleF'
may be realized In at least one case--lead may
be changed into silver, 3 Nj