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any pants, because what pants the Arabs
didn't tear were worn off on the stones,
so when he showed up in front Of the
spinks he was a sight, and he bought a
turban Of a guide and unwound it and
wound it around him in place of pants.
| was ashamed of dad myself, and 1t is
pretty hard to make me ashamed
|. We went back to Cairo on the cars, and
what do you think, that dead camel that
the Arabs made dad pay for was with
the caravan going back to town, cause
we saw him out of the car window with
the hair wore off where dad kicked him
in the side. The tourists say the Arabs
have that camel trained to die every day
when they get to the pyramids, and they
make some tenderfoot pay for him at the
end OF each journey. Dad is going to try
to get his money back from the Egyp-
tian government, but guess he will
never realize on his claim.
Well, sir, after dad had doctOred all
night 10 get the camel rheumatism and
spinal meningitis out of his system, we
took trip by boat on the Nile, and saw
the banks where the people grow crops
by irrigation, and where an English
syndicate has built a big dam, so the
whole valley can be irrigated, and tell
you 1t will not be long before Egypt will
raise everything used in the world on
that desert, and every other country
that raises food to sell will be busted up
in business, but it is disgusting to take
a trip on the Nile, cause all the natives
are dirty and sick with Contagious dis
eases, and they are lazy and crippled,
and beg for living, and if you don't give
them something they steal all you got.
You are in luck if you get away without
having leprOsy, or the plague, or chol-
era, or fleaS.
So we went back to Cairo. and there
was the worst COmmotiOn you ever saw,
about my fireworks in the tomb. The
papers said that an American dynamiter
had attempted to blow up the great pyr-
amid and take possession Of the country
and place it under the American flag.
and that the conspirators were spotted
and would be arrested and put in irons
as soon as they got back from a trip on
the Nile.
Well, sir, dad found his career would
close right here, and that he would prob
ably spend the balance of his life in an
Egyptian prison if we didn't get out, so
we made a sneak and got into our hotel
and bought DISCUSSES and are going to
get out Of here tonight, and try to get
TO Gibraltar, or somewhere in sight Of
home. Dad is disguised as a shiek. with
whiSkers and white robe, like a bath
robe, and | am going to travel with him
as an Egyptian girl till we get through
the SueZ canal.
Gee, but | wouldn't be a niger girl
only to save dad, Your innocent
HENNERY.
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nave these children to becom.,
ana useful citizens?
Professor Poellmann. of r.,
sity OF Bonn, investigated ths ~.
terS OF the descendants Of =
VINO was a confirmed drnnt..s
traced her descendants for sly .. ,
atoms through a posteritv rrr.t
o54 persons, and obtained a rao',s
'09 OF them. lie found that "a,
OF lIIegltimate birth. lGa waro
honses fSI a.o,. W inmates Of shl
convicted of gorjors or,n Dau Iepat |
convicted Of murder hno,, "ad sen
tician-tbe Rev q uoC,,T r'lef Sag
the histories of IN o,., ,O.H--uas
manners who roro ,..S -',''ldS I
criminal who lfrod - u'u loa
1890. and he ascerfafnod ,ha.
these descendants aoar,,' "i'' s1A
were criminals IoI wa,o a. u Wig
bad rnDutn IN troo;,o CO, "VulVa
antc of tu., si,,a,,,l Vof aeSsa
the Rev Dr C,ocr,on ~ T.eu ID is]
thar &c Of tbom h,I Co.., Inn 0a
in prison IGl won. u,o,,,o ~ ,'U sa1
mite 10G wero ;uo.,;.,,- .,H VI uda \
II were dnoopora,o. ,,a 'niloia
Ct manners ''SsalS y
'hree 'enets Of Crime
Dr.. G. Frank LydstOn, professor
criminal authropology of the Cbie,,
Kent College of Law, says there !,
three tenetS Of crime:
Il. The criminal and vice clsss,
are the product of certain ipTue,,.
OF hefeulty, cOngeIital and acauS,
disease, and unfavorable surrouDdir.
involving perniciOus teaching and .
ample, physical necessities and o,Ns
social maladies.
"2. The influences result in a el,,
of persons of low grade Of deyel,
ment, physically and mentally. VII
a defective understanding Of ths
true relations to the social system i
which they live. SaCh persons han
no true conception of that yarsS
thing called morality, and, in the ca;
of the criminal, no respect whatep
for the rights of others, save in 50 Z
as it may be compelled by fear
punishment. Some become crimiDs,
some pauperS, inebriates or insane
g. These subjects are chasdg
anomalies of davoIonmoDt Tho, oo.,.
tute the so-called Stigmata, or mari
OF degeneracy In them, vice, GRIN
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footed and SHE'D all at the same time,
and when one hump was not jamming
him in the back the other hump was
kicking him in the stomach, and If he
had gun he would shoot the camel, and
the Arabs. and bust up the show.
BY the time dad got so he could stand
up without leaning against pyramid
the Arabs came up and they all talked
at once, and drew knives, and it seemed
as though they were blaming dad for
something. We found an interpreter
among the tourists, and he talked with
the Arabs, and pointing to the camel dad
had ridden, which was stretched out on
the sand like he was dead, he told dad
the Arabs wanted him to pay for the
camel he had ridden to death, and foun-
dered by letting it drink wagon load of
water, and then entered in race across
the desert, and the interpreter said dad
better pay, or they would kill him.
Dad settled for the camel for hun
dred dollars, and a promise of the skin
OF the camel, which he was going to take
home and have stuffed. Their a man
who pretended to be a justice of the
peace had dad arrested for driving off
OF walk, and he was fined $40 and costs
for that, and then all the Arabs struck
MIN for money for one thing and an
other, and when he had settled all
around and paid extra for not riding
back to Cairo on the camel, we got
ready to climb up the pyramid. Dad
said he wouldn't ride that camel back
to Cairo for million dollars, for he was
split up so his legs began where his arms
left of, and he was lame from Genesis
to Revelations.
But never saw such lot of people to
pray as these pirates are. Just before
they rob man they get down on their
knees on rug, and humble something
to some god, and after they have got YOU
robbed good and plenty. they get down
and pray, while they are concealing the
money they took from you. Gee, but
when / get home | am going to steer
the train robbers and burglars onto the
idea Of always being on praying
grounds.
Well, l told dad he hadn't better try to
climb UP the pyramid, that would 60
up, cause | could climb like a goat, and
when I got up to the top would fire a
salute, so everybody would know that a
star spangled American was on deck. but
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dies that the guides carried, and up and
down stairs, until finally we got into a
big room that SmelIed like morgue,
with bats and evil looking Things all
around, and felt creepy.
The guides got down on their knees to
pray, and | thought 1t was time TO be
robbed again. DO not know what made
me think OF making sensation right
there IN the bowels OF mat pyramid,
where there were corpses thousands OF
years old, of Egypts rulers. | never
felt that way at home, when visited a
cemetery, but thought | would shoot
my last roman candle and 1lre my last
giant firecracker right there in that mos
eleum, and take the chances that we
would get out allVe. so when the tour
lists were lined up beside tomb OF some
Rameses or other, and the guides were
praying for strength and endurance,
probably, to get away with all the mon
ey we had, picked out place up toward
the roof that seemed full OF bats and
birds Of i'll omen, and | sneaked my
roman candle out from under my shirt,
and touched the fuse to candle on the
turban OF guide who was on his knees,
and just as the first fire ball was ready
to come out yelled: "WhoOp-la-much-
a wano, pluribus unum," and the fire
balls lighted up the gloom and knocked
the bats gally west.
Holy jumping cats, but you ought to
have seen the guides, yelling Allah!
Allah! and groVellng on the floor, and
the bats were lying around In the faces
OF the tourists, and everybody was sim
ply scared out OF their boots. | thought
| might as well wind the thing up glo-
rious, so | touched the tail of my last
giant firecracker to the sparks that were
oozing out of my empty roman candle.
and threw it into the middle of the great
room, and when it went off you would
think cannon had exploded, and every
body rushed for the door, and we fell
over each other getting out through the
passage towards the door.
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The Bad Boy and His Dad Climb the
Pyramids-The Bad Boy Lights
Cannon Cracker in Rameses' Tomb
They Flee from Egypt in Dis
guise.

BY HON. GEORGE w. PECK.
of Wisconsin. Former Ed
tor of "Peck's Sun" Author Of Peck s
Bad Boy EtC)
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It is not difficult to trace the causes
Of crime. They may be expressed in
a few general words: Pauperism, en-
vironment, physical disease, insanity,
with all it sociologic relations; politi-
cal corruption, anarchy and false eco
nomic and industrial conditions. AS
an elementary course in the synthesis
of crimes one needs but to take a
glance almost any morning at the
faces in the lineup" of criminals at
New York police headquarters. There
you will see the young criminal just
starting out on his career of crime.
and there you will see the old and
scared thief and murderer and all
around lawbreaker, with intermediate
specimens between the first and the
worst stages. In the faces of nearly
all the habitual criminals the pur.
suits of the men and tile women can
be read like an open book. In the
/ faces OF the younger offenders the
reader is often stopped with a query.
There is a mixture of good and evil.
General Criminal Types.
New York criminal types may be
taken as general types throughout the
world. The extent 20 which this class
prevails in the United States was
shown by the complete census of 1890,
when there were 215,000 criminals. in.
saIe persons and paupers in aims.
houses, in addition to 100000 paupers
at large in the United States. Since
then these numbers have been greatly
augmented. This nation expends
something like $20O,0O0,OOO year to
protect the good from the bad. In
other words every honest man is COM
PEELED to pay from S. to S. annually
in order to receive protection from the
criminal classes and II frequently hap
pens that even then he is not protect.
ed. The evolution of the criminal is
the natural result of the present sys-
tenn in regard to the care-or rather
the lack Of care-of the children Of
the poor. The boy of honest poor per-
sons is allowed to play in the street
with the boy of the criminal and the
degenerate. With these vicious asso.
Citations the result is criminal or a
drunkard. If boy like this becomes
man and has children what chance
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structions. This morning we had A
well known thieves in line The morn
! ing after election we had more than
! 100"
"And what happens to those thieves
after their arrest?"
That is where the law falls down.
We arrest the criminals-understa
me, men and women who are known
to be criminals, whose pictures are in
the rogues' gallery, and who have
/ served terms in prisons-and the next
morning the magistrates let them 90.
The magistrates claim that they can
not hold these criminals unless they
are arrested on some specific charge
that the vagrancy law is not strong
enough in this state. The result is
that the criminals from such states as
Massachusetts and New Jersey, where
they have strong vagrancy laws. flock
to New York, where they find haven
of refuge under our easy going sys.
tenn of justice. But IN the meantime,
let me tell you, I am having every
crook arrested on sight. The police
will do their duty. If the magistrates
set the crooks free, that is another
affair. We know when we arrest a
crook that he Is safe for that night.
and that he cannot commit a crime
when he Is In cell. But | am in
hopes OF seeing a change in the law.
A bill that we attempted to get
through before will be again intro
duced in Albany. If that be passed
criminals can be sent to the work
house when they cannot show that
they are making an honest livelihood,
and by continually arresting them and
sending them up We can force them to
go to work or get ont of the city"
Has No High.Flown Theories.
"But how about other cities and
other states?' l queried.
Then 1t was that the trait of the old
thief catcher came to view. He smiled
! cynically as he said:
Il am interested in driving the
| thieves out of New York city. Let
the other cities take similar methods.
II they would all do that the criminals
would have to go to work. would
have them earn their livelihoods as
honest men do or put them all behind
| the bars"
Then you do not believe in the in
determinate sentence as advocated by
the Prison association"
He shook his head.
"Nor probation?"
"See here" he said suddenly, and
he set his jaw firmly. Not one habit
ual criminal out of a hundred ever
reforms. Once crook, always a
crook, is an old saying that l have
found to hold perfectly good. Some
years ago we'll known thief came to
me and said he wanted to reform and
earn an honest livelihood, and
helped him. He secured a place in
the house Of a wealthy woman. Not
long after that he stole the woman's
diamonds. When he was brought be-
fore me he said: I couldn't help steal
ing those diamonds. l meant to be
honest, but when l saw them in the
drawer I couldn't resist the tempta-
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Very Likely.

I'VE thought" said the reporter
chat you might care to say something
about these charges against you"
NO" replied the crooked public Of
fetal, 81 believe that silence Is
golden"
Well" replied the reporter. per
haps the public might believe #
merely gilt in this case. th?os
Standard and Times.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-02-19
MANY REFORMS
IN PENNSYLV WANNA

Harrisburg, Pa, Feb. 16.-The
Pennsylvania legislature yesterday
completed the business for which it
was called in extra session and adj
joulned finally All reforms named
by the governor in his official call
were enacted with the exception of
civil service for the state Offices.
Three bills have already been signed
and the remainder will be acted upon
within the next 80 days.
Among the important bills passed
are the following: Consolidating the
cities of Pittsburg and Allegheny
City into Greater Pittsburg; personal
registration for cities; abolisning the
fees Of the secretary of the common
wealth; abolishing the fees of the in
surance commissioner and designat-
ing the number and salaries of the
employees Of the insurance depart
ISL has issued a statement to the eff
feet that he is not g candidate f0Y
the office of associate justice Of the
supreme court.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-02-19
MORE MONEY FOR
EXPERIMENTS
HOUSE PASSES BILL TO IN
CREASE APPROPRIATIONS.
ADJOURN FOR WEDDING
Both Houses Pay Indirect Compliment
to Congressman Longworth by De-
Gliding Not to Hold Sessions on His
Day of Fate-Senate Debates Joint
Statehood.

Washington, Feb 16.-The morn
ing hour" prevailed in the house yes
terday until after 3 o'clock. The net
result was the passage of the bill to
increase to 100000 a year the federal
appropriation to each state and terri
tory for the support of agriculture eX-
pertinent stations; and the bill repeal
ing the present law granting American
register to foreign ships wrecked and
rtpaired on the American coast, in the
discretion of the secretary of the de-
partment of commerce and labor, and
requiring a special act of congress t.
grant such register.
A feature of the day was an attempt
of Mr.. Payne, chairman Of the ways
and means committee, to get up his
bill for consolidation of customs col
lection districts. Furious opposition
developed and by roll call large ma
jority voted against considering the
bill. Again, when the experiment sta
ton bill came up, the debate reverted
to the Payne bill and it was with diff
Guilty that it could be brought to an
end. An indirect compliment was
paid Mr.. Longworth by vote to adj
journ until Monday although nothing
will appear in the recGSd of this pur-
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-02-19
BANK GOES BUST;
JUGGLERY CHARGED
NEW CHICAGO CONCERN IN BANK
RUPTcY COURT.
BARROW TO The RESCUE
Declares He Will Buy the Books cE
Savings Depositors as They Are
Presented - Officials Drew 0Ur.
Funds and Deceived Auditor Re~
garding Stock Payments.

Chicago, Feb. 1.-THE Bank OF
America, recently organized in this
city, has failed. In papers applyiUgs
for a receivership last night charges
were made involving amounts aggre-
eating several hundred thousand dos
lars. Former Judge Abner Smith Is
president of the bank
The Bank of America was 1ncorpu1-
ated last December with capital stack
of $250OOO. The bill asking for a re
ceivership alleges that in the few
weeks since the opening of the bank
President Smith so manipulated secuz-
tiles, mortgages, notes and bank stock,
that he has obtained amounts aegre-
eating $146,OOO The officials who IN
connection with Smith are held re
spOnsible for the alleged insolvency
Of the bank are G. F. Sorrow, vice
president; Jerome V. Pierce, cashier.
F. E. Creelman, stockholder and di-
rector; all of whom it is alleged hatl
absolute control OF the bank and It's
funds and have done as they pleased
with the funds. The operations OF
Smith and the other officials men
toned are said to have been begun
before the bank opened for business.
Smith is said then to have borrowed
money and placed it in the treasury
to deceive the state auditor into be
lieving the stock had been paiQ vm
Smith was one of the prime movers 5a
the formation of the bank. having doy
scribed for $4,000 of stock
Besides allegations charging S-2.ta
with borrowing money to max q
showing of capital stock and taxa.
money out of the banks funds. +
charged that Immediately after tas
examination by the state agcGi ii.
Smith and others withdrew the naoGe
they had deposited in payment }ag
their stock; that Smith made a coYt-
tract with F. E. Creelman, a stock
holder, that Creelman could Withdraw
$3.50, 600 from the bank at any time
that Creelman has taken 100000
from the bank, he giving in exchange
drafts, many of which it is asserted
were sent back unpaid, until Creelmau
now owes the bank $4,000.
The bank has about 100000 depos-
its, Of which $4,000 was in savings
accounts of working people. Repre-
sentatives of the bank declare there
is 40 per cent of the cash on hand and
a large amount of paper, the value Of
which is unknown. On this paper de
ponds the chance of the bank l1qut-
dating in full. Attorney Clarence Oar
row, who is a stakeholder, paid up,
10 the extent Of $1,000, personally
has come to the rescue Of the savings
depositors. and declares his intention
to buy their books as they are pre-
sented at the bank.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-02-19
COLE WILL PLEAD GUILTY.
Marinette Clerk, Captured in Chicago,
Ready to Take Punishment.

Marinette, Wis, Feb. 16.-Arthur
Cole, wanted since last September for
the alleged embezzlement of $4,000 and
who was captured in Chicago, viii
plead guilty. When he left Marinette
it was charged that he had taken
$4,000 from the county, having acted
as clerk of the courts, and $4,000
which had been entrusted to him by
the Woodmen. The day he left homo
one of his seven children died Since
then his wife has secured a divorce.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-02-19
SALOONKEEPER MURDERED
BY BAND OF MASKED ROBBERS

Cincinnati, Feb. 16.-Henry
Raische, a saloonkeeper, was shot
dead by one of three masked robbers
who entered his place last night for
the purpose of robbing him. When
the robbers entered the seven men at
the bar were ordered to hold up their
hands All obeyed except Raische
who made a movement toward the
bar Quick as a fash one of the
robbers shot him in the head. The
robbers then rushed from the place
without securing any booty
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-02-19
SUICIDE HOLDS HIS OWN
HEAD UNDER WATER

East st. Louis. III, Feb. 16.-F. r.
Avery, treasurer of the Avery Manu-
featuring company Of Peoria, commit
ted suicide at Centerville yesterday
afternoon by drowning. He left q
note of farewell addressed to his wife.
Stepping from a train he walked a
short distance to a small lake. He
was not noticed. 1t is presumed he
awaited an opportunity when he would
not attract attention. and then lay
down on the edge of the lake and held
his head under water. drowning him
self. 1t is said thai he was insane.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-02-19
WOULD FAVOR AMERICA.

German Government Proposes TariFT
Concessions for United States.
Berlin, Feb. 1.-THE governments
will go before the reichstag within
three or four days with a proposal to
give the United States the same treat
ment under the new tariff. which he
comes operative March /, as thai
given countries with whom Germany
has arranged reciprocal trade treaties.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-02-19
Statehood in the Senate.

The senate passed to the considera-
ton of the joint statehood bill and for
an hour and a half listened to spec
by Senator Dick supporting the bill
as reported from the committee on ter
ritorfes. The Ohio senator's speech
received careful attention from the
senators present. but the attendance
was at no time large.
Among the visitors in the galleries
were a number of Indians in native
costume. Senator Dick did not con-
cIude his speech and as he was not
prepared to resume today. the senate
decided not to sit again until Monday