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The Detroit times., 1910-05-05
The body of q mnn who died Ia -.
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Poplawski. 80 years old. No. 40 War
ren-nVc. east. no was struck by ~
AUTOMOBILE" several weeks ago anu
was taken 10 Grace hospital lie
escaped from there and was later
found unconscious at leib AMI Con.
gress SITS he leaves widow ana
three children In Russia
The Detroit times., 1910-05-05

Francesca treatore, the youthful Itai-
inn bnndmnster, who WIS arrested.
"dnesdaN, on charge of derraud-
ing BAY city hotel out az $lti. was
released Wednesday night. after ell
iecting compromise with the COM
planning parties
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-11-09
Prof. J. n. seeiye of Amherst Was
Elected by independent Republic
ans, His Expenses Being
One Stamp.

Some time ago a newspaper dispatch
from Franklin, Pa, told that former
congressman, Joseph G. Sibley, had
spent over $4,000 to win the Repub-
lican nomination for congress in mis-
district, or something less than four
dollars for every vote he received II
the primary. The Lero of to-day's
anecdote is a man who spent not one
red cent to secure a congressional
nomination and only two cents during
the entire campaign that resulted in
his being sent to congress. The anec-
dote was told to me in 1884 by the
late George D. Robinson, who that
year came prominently before the
country as the victor over Benjamin
F. Butler in the Massachusetts guber-
Material campaign of that year
"In the summer of 1874 the indie
pendent feeling became so strongly
developed among the Republicans in
the congressit nal district adjoining
my own" said Mr.. Robinson, that the
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-11-09
Rove James D. Laying Came to De
wise the Circuit Breaker for
Uniting Ends of Cut Teie-
graph Wire.

Nice-president of the Big -Four sys-
tenn, second vice-president of the West
Shore, and at various stages of his
career in important positions with
the Pennsylvania lines and the Chi
cago & Northwestern. the late James
ID. Laying. who died in 1908, was one
Of the great railway managers OF the
last century. He began his railway
career in 1S49 and for upwards of half
a century was intimately associated
with the development of American
railways
When | called upon him one sum
mer day in 1885, l found him twirling
in the fingers of one hand little APP
paratus that resembled somewhat a
double ended clothespin. My curiosity
was aroused and ! asked him about it.
That, Mr.. Laying replied, after look
ing steadily at the little instrument
for moment, represents lost for
unexpectedly several millions-any-
way, a great deal of money. 1t Is
what is called a circuit breaker and
it is a reproduction of my first inven-
tive work as a railway manager
You know, in the early days of rail
reading, after the telegraph had been
adopted for communicating intelli-
gence and orders, almost all of the
railroad lines west of Pittsburg, and,
in fact, many of the lines east of that
point, were equipped with a single
wire of telegraph. Now, If an acct
dent happened to a train that made
it necessary to communicate with the
train dispatchers or the general Offices,
the telegraph wire would be cut and
little Morse instrument, which was
commonly carried on trains, would be
attached to the wire and communica-
ton established. Then, the telegraph
ing over, the instrument would be- Ia
ken off and the wire would be out
of working order until a lineman
could be sent to repair it. Sometimes
that took day.
Well, / was on my way from Co
lumbus, o., to Pittsburg, one day
VIXEN. through some delay to our
train. it became necessary to cut the
wire and get in touch with Pittsblrg
OF course, when we went on we
left behind us a wire completely out
of commission.
Sitting in front of me was a wom-
an who had placed bag on the aisle
floor beside her seat CHANGING at it
for the sixth or eighth time. | dimly
noticed that she had attached a
bundle to the bag with an old-fash-
Toned clothespin. Suddenly there
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-11-09
Home of Most Picturesque Head
gear Ever Worn.
Remarkable Collection of Oriental
Covering Brought to This Coun-
try by New Yorker-Some
Old Specimens,

New York.-In a recent trip around
the world Colonel Edward M. Knox
of this city collected some rare speci-
mems worn by the people of many ma
tons at different periods in their civ
ilization and is now exhibiting to his
friends what he 1ocularly calls the
trophies of his long journey.
Although Colonel Knox discovered
many fertile fields in which to gather
material for his collection, he found
his most prolific territory was Japan.
whose people probably have worn at
one time or another perhaps the most
picturesque headgear ever worn out
side of the American tribes of In
dams
There is not only picturesqueness
but classification in the headwear OF
the Japanese. according to Colonel
Knox, so that the specimens of hats
he gathered in the land of the chrys-
anthemum are not only representa-
tive of certain periods in the long
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-11-09
Clothesuin Led to Invention

popped into my head this idea: il a
clothespin can be used in that fash:
ion, why can't something on the or.
der of clothespin be used to reunite
a telegraph line after it has been cut
and thus place it in working order
in few seconds at most?
The next morning, when / reached
my Office in Pittsburg. | summoned a
draughtsman. explained to him the
idea ! had in mind and ended by ma
king a rough drawing for him of this
little instrument l have here. You
see, it is in outward form a cylinder
with clip at either end, something
like the clip of the patent clothespin.
1T so happened that few days
later was on a train which came to
sudden stop through the breaking
down of its locomotive We were
about fifteen miles west of Canton. o.
knew my time tables perfectly and
recalled that . locomotive was due at
Canton in about fifteen minutes. and
that after the passengers of its train
had been discharged it would be sent
to the roundhouse for the night
Il had in my pocket the model of
my first invention. / ordered the wire
cut, had the Morse instrument at
tached and personally sent instruc-
lions to Canton to send on that en-
CINE added: In ten minutes test
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-11-09
ODD HATS In JAPAN

lifetime of the country. but of the
various ranks Of all times as well.
Some of the hats obtained are mar
wells in design and construction, and
some of them are extremely rare
specimens In some cases Colonel
Knox had to buy his specimens out
of museum collections and they cost
great deal when obtained in that
way. He had set out to make as com
plete collection as was obtainable,
however, and where a hat was needed
to fill in a gap in time or to repre-
sent progression in the art of making
hats. he did not stop to consider the
price
Another difficulty he had to over
come was the territory covered in OBJ
tanning the hats, for certain sections
of the country had their distinctive
styles. and he found it necessary oc-
casionally to send a special agent to
some point to get the coveted speci-
men
Most of the hats in the collection
have finish of lacquer, some in solid
and some in varsegated colors. and
many of them bear the crests of
royalty. the crest being feature of
the headwear OF men of high social
and political rank and R men who
wor recognition from the government
in time of war for bravery or at other
times for high diplomatic service.
One specimen. bearing design of
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-11-09
SAND CURE FOR DYSPEPSIA
Wealthy Boston Man Says Spoonful
of SterIiized Product Three Times
Day Is Sure Remedy.

Boston, Mass.-"Common sand, ster-
ilized properly, is a better remedy for
dyspepsia and indigestion troubles
than any medicine 1t is the means
of digestion of many animals, SO why
not man also?" says William A
Graustein, a wealthy milk dealer of
Boston.
Many years ago I used to sit at
my desk. incapable of work. dopy and
dull. A physician suggested that
swallow a spoonful of sand three
times day until my attacks passed
away / tried the experiment, and it
worked. Within two months l was
cured Today, within ten minutes
after eating a spoonful. am capable
of any work, and ! think I work
harder than any man in the United
States.
II have passed on the suggestion
to any number OF friends and the rem
edy has been infallible. II you suffer
from inability to digest food. sterilize
a handful of building sand. take a
teaspoonful three times daily. and
within two weeks you will be a new
man"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-11-09
Double Who Fooled Garfield

Well said the postmaster, you
needn't feel so Inundated A dozen
times a day j am greeted as Rastus
S. Ransom, General Arthur's law part
ner, and Ransom tells me that he is
often taken for me-
Some years later, when the post
master of New York had become
postmaster general in President Gar
fields cabinet, he took Mr.. Ransom to
the White House. AS they entered
the private secretary's room, that
gentIeman's jaw dropped A moment
later Mr.. Ransom, carrying the post
master generals portfolio, had been
showed by Thomas L. James, its
rightful owner, through the door lead
ing to the presidents private room.
The president looked up from his
desk.
Good morning. Mr. Postmaster
General, he said cordially, whereup-
ON Mr.. James stepped through the
door and took his stand beside Mr..
Ransom
Almost agape with establishment
President Garfield looked heIpieSSiy
from one man to the other. Finally.
Mr.. James took step forward. Mr.
President" he said, Il am very glad
to have this opportunity of intro
ducing to you Mr.. Rastus S. Ransom,
the law partner of Vice-President Ar
thur"
For a moment or so il seemed as
though the president was not clear
in his mind that the speaker was
really his cabinet Fcer, and all
through the pleasant chat that fol,
lowed he marveled at the close resem
blance between the two men. And
his last words to Mr.vRansom We're:
..Mr. Ransom. if you We're to come
alone through that door tomorrow.
CARRYING the portfolio of the post
master general. / should undoubtedly
receive you as cabinet officer and
begin consulting with You regarding
your official duties"
1910 by f. J. Edwards. Al
Rights Reservedl
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-11-09

waves in the lacquer, dates back "a
1714 1t was worn by the Daiti Usah
lord of the provinces in that year
Another, made in 1921. bears the crest
of the Lord OF Daimayo, the crest be
ing worked out in infinite detail and
with much elaboration of color.
Another specimen is representative
of the Lord of Kumamoto, who raised
an army against the Shotgun in 1869
Lord Okrudaira is represented in the
collection by lacquered hat whies'
bears a crest dating back many hum
dred years.
Perhaps the specimen cherished
most by Colonel Knox, both for It's
association and workmanship. is thar
of Lord Hikone. He is considered to-
have made one of the greatest moves
in the advancement of the nation In
it's history, single acts considered. for
it was he who first opened up th@
country to the peoples of Europe apdl
thus led the way in the first step to-
REORGANIZATION and Interchange
of trade,
This hat bears the design OF =
dragon in black lacquer, with waves
OF gold lacquer over the black III
was conferred on Lord Hikone when
he signed the peace treaty with the
United States in 1860. before which
he was hailed by all of the Japanese
nation as it's foremost worker for
civilization.
Colonel Knox will keep the collee
ton intact for time, after which il
is possible that he will give 1t to one
of the New York city museums.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-11-09
UNHEARD OF RACE.

But of more scientific interest is the
amazing countenance .coniured by the
skulls as found by the scientist. The
brow is almost totally lacking, rising
from the line of the eyebrows but
three-quarters OF an inch, and the top
Of the head being almost fat. Strang4
er still, the nose, instead of descend
ing in a graceful Roman or Grecian
line at an angle to the forehead, pro-
1ects horizontally. hornlike, and with
no resemblance to the human nose
A spirit level laid from the top of the
head to the tip of the nose would show
but slight inclination
These queer tribesmen had bullying
heads in the rear and unusually heavy
jaw bones. due probably to their diet
of clans and other shell fish, the
shells of which they crushed between
their teeth. In the mound of boJes
were discovered signs that, although
they subsisted mainly on sea food.
they were also hunters, the bones OF
deer and bear being found IN the vi
cinity.
Professor PenGlet0n declares that
the tribe, the site of whose village I'M
the mouth of the Topango canon he
has unearthed, was probably descend
ed from Asiatics who had crossed the
Bering straits and drifted to the south
ern coast. He believes they were ex-
tremely primitive In type, the utensils
found in the mound being of the crud.
est sort
One indication that The tribes Of
Topango were allied with the Indians
who inhabited the channels islands
was found in the large stones cpt mi
the form of spinning tops.s which ba-
fore this have been unearthed on san
Clements and Santa Catalina islands
1t is believed these tops were spun
and cast into the sea to charm the ftsh
to their doom for the tribesmen's
laTaer
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-11-09
Remarkable Resemblance Between
Rsstus S. Ransom, Law Partner of
Arthur, and Postmaster Gep-
eral Thomas L. James.


There have been many amusing
ard some embarrassing complications
arising from the resemblance of one
distinguished man to another One of
tho most embarrassing cases OF the
kind was furni he'd by the Testimony
given in good faith by a witness that
he saw James Gordon Bennett on
F1fIh avenue, New York, whereas it
was true that Mr. Bennett was in
Eusope at the time, and the viii ess
hsJ mistaken a well-known double of
Mt. Bennett for him
Probably the most remarkable OF
mistakes due to perfect facial and
physical resemblance between Two
meh was one in which President siar-
field was involved, and greatly IL his
amusement Yet the presidents snis-
take was a most natural one as the
experience of an adept at REMEMBER
ing faces proves. This was the late
Fred Lansing. for many years the
proprietor of the cid Astor HOUSE. in
New York city, man who was never
known TO mistake name and a face
hut once
Passing through the rotunda OF his
hotel, he saw a gentleman sitting on
q stool before the lunch counter and,
going up to him, patted him familiar
ly on the shoulder, saying: How are
you today. Mr. Postmaster"
The man on the stool looked oEer
his shoulders. You've made mis-
take" he said However much I'D
like to be the postmaster of New
ork. | am not that official"
Completely upset. Mr.. Lansing
crossed the street to the postoiice
and hunted up the postmaster. "have
YOU been to lunch yet?'' he demanded
No." was the reply. And then. more
n,ystified than ever, MIR Lansing re-
lated his experience.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-11-09
Two Cents to Go to Congress

voters affected thereby even thought
at one time of nominating for con-
gress George William Curtis, a
sterling Independent, or Mugwump.
because his summer home was in the
district. Finally, however 1t was de-
cided that it would hardly do to maze
a New Yorker. the candidate and after
much casting about julius H. Seelye,
at that time professor of mental and
moral philosophy in Amherst and now
that colleges president. was picked
out. Then the leaders of the i2de-
pendent movement called on me at my
home in Chicopee to tell me about it.
Whatn l exclaimed Professor
Seelye, former preacher? Whatever
put that idea into your heaur?'
well, was the reply, he is col
lege professor of much reputation be-
yond Amherst; he is ! puhlic-spirited
citizen: he is not in accord with
party, and if we can elect him he
will be sure to be conspicuous figure
in congress-
q admitted that Professor Seelye
would make an ideal man in congress.
but, / added that he should be sent
there as regular Republican.
''Never!' cried my callers, and OF
they went to ask the professor to let
them name him for congressional
honors
That good man. who all along had
been in serene and complete ignor-
ance of the move to nominate him.
was all but bowled over by astonish-
ment when the idea was put before
him. MOI he told his callers briefly.
but with emphasis, time after time.
but at last, when he was exhorted to
tell why he was so decidedly opposed
to being nominated, he replied that
both on moral and personal grounds
he was opposed to taking political
which involved the ex-
uenditure of money. He couldn't afford
to spend any money to make q race,
he said, even if he could he wouldn't
do such thing; he didn't believe that
the expenditure of money in an cleo
ton was ever right. Thereupon, the
unanimously and solemnly
assured Professor Seelye that he
would not be asked to spend a cent of
money, and. to make long story
short. after he had become convinced
on this point he was unwillingly
persuaded to accept the nomination in
the belief that he would thereby en-
courage independent thought and ac-
ton in politics
We'll, Professor SeeIye was elected
to congress and there became conspic-
uous. as his friends believed he would.
by resolutely opposing the establish
ment of the electoral commission to
decide the presidential contest be-
tween Hayes and Tilden. But to .e
the most remarkable incident in his
entire career as candidate and con
gresham occurred a day or two fol-
lowing his election. Then it was that
he sat down and wrote a letter which
was subsequently published. in which
he declared that he had been elected
TO the lower house of congress with
out any other expenditure of money
than two cents for postage stamp
and that stamp. he went on to say,
naiveIy, he had affixed to the letter
which he sent accepting the independ.
ent nomination"
Copyright. 1910. By 4. j. Edwards All
Rights Reserved.l
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-11-09
Horned Men Once Lived on Pa
cific Coast.
Topaneo Canon Yields Remains Show
ing Existence of Ancient Weird
Tribe-Scientists inter
ested in Find.

San Francisco.-Th horned men of
Topango have been discovered-that
is, they were almost horned and of a
Dhysiognomy so strange that the
scientists who anearthed them are al
most persuaded that the existence in
the long ago of hitherto undreamed-
Of race of aborigines has been demon
strated.
Prof. j. r. Pendleton OF the geology
department of Stanford university is
the explorer who has found this new
field of anthropological conjecture.
With party of Stanford students ie
has just returned from two months
stay in the mountains whose slopes
rise from the ocean shore near Santa
Monica, in Southern California.
In Topango canon, which is in the
heart of district long known to have
been the home of Indian tribes now
extinct, the excavators found one
mound containing the bones of 81 abb
origines. Although the bones were
disintegrated and broken by the cen
turtles of erosion and geologic change
that have taken place since the In
dams inhabited the spot. the scientists
were able to piece together something
of the story of their past
From flint arrowheads found imbed-
ded in the skulls and from the crush
ed skull bones that bore every evil
dence of having been beaten in by
war clubs, Professor Pendleton says
it is plain that the sncients died in
BATH
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-11-09

this wire and see if you can call up
Columbus, even though you know this
wire has been cut Then, removing
the telegraph instrument, | snapped
my little invention on either end OF
the telegraph wire and attached the
wire inside of the cylinder to the ends
of the larger one.
Half an hour later the locomotive
from Canton arrived and pulled us
into that town | went to the dis
patcher's room and asked if he had
got Columbus ten minutes after / had
quit talking with him. Yes, was the
reply. but ! don't understand it.
Then / told him, and ordered a line
man to go out and make permanent
repairs to the line.
THAT, sir" concluded Mr.. Laying,
was the origin of what came to be
known as the circuit-breaker. A little
while later it was in use upon every
railroad in the United States. Ana Il
represents a lost fortune to me- I
didn't patent it because IL was nv
firm conviction that ! owed to the
railroad company which had employed
me my best services, my best counsel
and everything that might occur to
me for the improvement of the serv-
ice. That I regarded as my duty. and
was very glad to give this little APP
paratus not only to my railroad com
pany, but to the world, as well"
copyright, 1910, by e. j Edwards. AL
Rights Reserved.)
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-11-09
x.Rays Find Old Bullet.

Frederick, Del.-Carrying bullet
In his head for thirteen years. Cap
tain D. L. Seacord of this town has
Just had it located and will have it
removed. Thirteen years ago, while
cunning, Captain Seacord was acct
dentally shot by friend The sur
geons probed for the bit of lead. but.
not finding it, supposed it had slipped
out. Since then the captain has suf-
fered with recurring pains in the head.
and never suspected the cause until
he went to a Baltimore hospital. where
X-rays were used and the bullet To-
Gated.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1910-09-01
SWAB STARTS
HIS CAMPAIGN
HEADQUARTERS IN BRISTOL
Looks Now Like Only Two Candi-
dates VIII Qoa1ify for Long
Term, Closes September IS

Bristol, August Ex-senator Daniel
Cooper Swab, of Claiborne county,
avowed candidate for the republican
nomination for congress to succeed the
late Congressman w. p Brownlow in
the First congressional district of Ten
nessee, arrived in Bristol yesterday and
will spend day or two here in the in
terest of his candidacy.
Senator Swab stated to your cores
pondent that his campaign headquar-
tiers would be in Bristol. Grant Jarvis,
of Hawkins county, who is In the gov
eminent service at Washington, and
who has been mentioned as possible
candidate for congress, is here and will
be in charge of Senator Swab's head
quarters in this city,
The primary will be held on October
8, and between now and that time
Senator Swab expects to meet thous-
ands of the voters of the First congress
sional district. He met and shook
hands with many Bristol people during
his stay here, aud was given cordial
welcome to the city, which may be his
adopted home for few weeks.
The time for candidates to qualify
expires September Is, and it now looks
as though there will be but two candi-
dates for the new, or long term
Senator Swab and Senator Sells-while
there will be others for the unexpired
term of the late Congressman Brown
low. The person elected to fill out the
term from December to
March, will receive the pay of Con-
gresham w. p. Brownlow from the
time of his death in July to next March
which, with allowances for clerk hire,
etc., will be about S., 600.