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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-12-14
FLED LOVE AT FIRST TOUCH
SightIess Teache: and Pupils Ro,
nance to Resus in Wedding
Character Attracted

New York. The same hands that
guided his OWE. over raised letters in
Brooklyn library will soon be the
hand of William Gooshaws wife, it
was said thu other day apropos of the
romance Of two sightless lovers.
Miss Beeyl Clarke, with zig brown
eyes tha don't in the least betray
blindness. admits the truth of the
statement and that it was love frlrm
the first meeting MISS Clarke is 10
charge of the school for the bl1qd az
the Pacific branch of the Broc klyn
circulating library, and she will we'd
William N Gooshaw Thanksgiving
day
While the pupil pored over books
with raised letters the teacher sat az
his elbow. and Dan Cupid succeeded
in clasping the hands of the two. e
was attracted to Mr. Gooshaw. she
said. by his personality. his charcter
and intellect. These are far more inn
portant' than looks
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-12-14

The girl protested Indignantly. The
too-gallant intruder was well dressed
in a frock coat, gray trousers, top hat,
patent leather boots and wore smart
gray suede gloves. But he was a
hideous little person.
The girls began making fun Of Elm,
when suddenly he caught hold OF one
and put his face close to hers. She
boxed his ears, and he dropped GA all
fours and bit her leg.
There was a panic. The girls 'ush-
ed off shrieking, and two policemen
arrested the aggressor. The creature
was a chimpanzee-the pet of an ex-
plorer living near at hand. He was
captured after a struggle. and carried
off by his masters cook, who weat to
fetch him at the police station, where
he had spent the night.
An amusing item Oh the sto!y is
that the police magistrate got very
angry with the-monkey when he was
first brought in because he refused
to answer any questions and turned
his back on the official table.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-12-14
CITY TO CLEANSE CHILDREN
Another Duty is Assumed by London
County Counci-To Wash Pr
Pills Dirty Faces.

London.-The London county coun-
ell is preparing to increase the multi
tude of motherly duties already as
sumed. To this end it is making ar
rangements for the municipal wash
ing of all children who go to school
with dirty faces and necks. AS 1t cam
not undertake all this launderir g proc
ess itself. its members are arranging
terms with most of the London bor-
ough councils to clean the Childrem
and send them back to school purified,
and, in case of such necessity, in
clothes that have been baked or boil,
ed.
The borough of Kensington. as a re-
suit, is preparing to spend several
thousands of pounds on more public
baths In Chamberwell k<-Tever, the
new idea has been in prat tise for
some time and the council of that bor-
ough has just sent in a bin to the
London county council for laundering
and brushing up 1906 little Chamber,
wellians.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-12-14
He Made Mcclellan Governor

then living in Orange. True, he was
engaged in an important piece of en-
cheering work for the City of New
York, but his legal residence was in
the State of New Jersey. I knew
that among the Democrats of the
state Mcclellan had retained the great
popularity he had gained in the days
of the war, and l decided then and
there that his name, if any could
stampede the convention into nomi-
mating fit candidate for governor.
My friends agreeing with me, a
handful of us decided to make the at
tempt to stampede the convention
away from the organization to McClel-
Ian. Now, / won't tell you what was
done in a preliminary way to effect
this, but I will describe to you what
was done in the convention. At the
proper moment, and at a time when
everything was very quiet, somebody
in the gallery jumped to his feet and
called for three cheers for Little Mac
1t seemed to be a spontaneous call,
and in a twinkling of an eye, almost,
somebody on the floor of the conven-
ton echoed the call: Three cheers
for Little Mac!' Still another mo-
ment, and two or three men sitting
in the gallery opposite the one where
the first call had come jumped up
Little Mac! Little Macr they scream
ed at the top of their voices.
Here and there on the floor dele
gate after delegate was rising to his
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-12-14
Miss Moses, Nurse, Has Every IN
ternal Organ on Side Opposite
to Usual Location.

Philadelphia.-Tn mixed anatomy
of Alexander Jordan, whose heart
spleen, liver and stomach are reversed,
according to the standard set In the
construction, is paralleled in the case
of Miss Anna A. Moses, trained
nurse of Osterburg, Bedford county
Pa. Miss Moses not only possesses
all of the transpositions boosted by
Jordan, but was treated for appendl-
citis six years ago by applications on
the left side of her abdomen
She presents a complete case OF
"situs inversus," every organ Of her
body being on the side opposite to
where it is usually found.
Miss Moses writes with her right
hand, but says in learning to do SO in
childhood, before her mixed anatomy
was known she seemed to be conquer
ing a protesting tendency to lefthand-
edness which would be the effect of an
inherited righthandednes from both
of her parents.
She discovered that her heart was
on the right side, or rather the wrong
side, while studying to be trained
nurse. in 1898, but did not suspect
that the reversal was complete, and,
az she suffered not even the slightest
Illness, was not examined by a ply
stefan until 1904
Then she began to feel pains In the
lower part of her abdomen on the lett
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-12-14
How Three OId-Time Boston Mer-
chants Made Million over Night
on Bell Stock owing to Or.
Hubbard's Ability.

Many stories have been told of for
tunes made out of the telephone by
men who bought stock in the original
company when most of the world was
doubtful of the practicability of the
invention. Here is a new one, part
of which l saw acted in the early
spring of 1877, when l was staying at
the United States hotel, in Boston, for
a few days.
After breakfast, on the second
morning of my arrival at the hotel. l
went to the mems parlor to look over
the morning papers. Presently there
entered two elderly men, who seemed
to be warm friends In appearance
they were typical of the dignified. cul-
tivated, quiet-mannered merchant of
Boston. Anyone seeing them would
have said at once that they were own
ers of vessels plying between Boston
and China or the West Indies. One Of
them iingled some coins in a pocket;
the other tossed a ring Of small tools
back and forth in his hands. They
took their stand near where / was
seated.
Il wouldn't give a sixpence for the
whole capital stock" l could not help
hearing one of them say. Il wouldn't
have gone into 1t if So-and-So had not
asked me to do it as a sort of favor to
him."
But I hear that DR.. Hubbard has
at last worked out plan for market
ing the stock, and he is pretty clear
headed business man." spoke up the
other.
Before the first speaker could reply
a third man, whose appearance and
manner also indicated the successful
merchant engaged in the China trade,
came into the parlor, walked with as
rapid step as his dignity would per-
NIT up TO the two men, and extended
both hands first to one of them. then
to The other.
"This is yery surprising" he ex-
claimed. radiantly. ut has all hap
pened over night. What do you think
our stock is quoted at todayf
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-12-14
BY MUSIC

In one experiment, nineteen pa
tients we're brought into one ward
suffering from all kinds of diseases.
Several were under the effects of
morphine or other anaesthetics. A
soloist sang, 81 Know That My Re-
deemer L4veth" The effect on the
patients was soothing and pleasant,
although no special note was made
of the effect on the heart action.
Those patients under the influence of
morphine began to awaken, without
fear or wandering of the mind
One patient. a dyspeptic unable to
take food, was found to be SO far in
fuenced by the playing of The Old
Oaken Bucket" that she was able to
eat.
Another, partly insane, became
calm and reasonable while the organ
played Dixie"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-12-14

feet and shouting Little Mac! The
galleries speedily were upon their
feet. en- masse, so to speak, and in
less than a minute after the first cry
for Little Mac had been made most
of the delegates were shouting for
Mcclellan as though their life de-
pended upon It,
eff you have ever heard political
convention giving demonstration for
a popular candidate, then you can
imagine what happened at this con-
vention The organization managers
tried to suppress the demonstration.
The chairman broke his gavel pound
ing with it. But nobody paid the
slightest attention to him. Little
Mac and nobody but Little Mac was
thought of and shouted for by the con-
vention. 1t was as perfect STAN
pede as ever took place, and almost
before the convention knew it George
B. Mcclellan had been nominated by
it for governor of New Jersey by &C.
cIamation. And / have always thought
that the most surprised man in the
state over the result was Mcclellan
himself, who, on the morning OF con-
vention day, had no more idea of be-
ing nominated for governor of New
Jersey than he had of being elected
president three years hence.
But the best result Of the STAN
pede was that, thirteen years after he
had unsuccessfully led the Democratic
bosfc of tha nation as their DreSiden.
tial standard bearer, we triumphantly
placed Mcclellan in the gubernatorial
chair"
Copyright, 1910. by e. ]. Edwards. All
Rights Reserved)
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-12-14
Gladstone and Disarmament

was a guest at dinner in London at
which were assembled some of the
leading men in British public life, one
or two governors of the Bank of Eng
land, and two or three of the great
financiers of Europe. Mr.. Gladstone
was there as the guest of honor
Before the dinner had gone far
began to learn at first hand of the
manner in which Gladstone collected
that fund of detailed information
which made him the wonder of ev-
eryone in Europe who knew him. He
turned to one of the fnanciers.
How much gold do you expect
from Australia this year,? he asked.
When he was told the amount
have forgotten what it was, several
millions turned to another finan-
cier.
How much gold is India going to
send us?' he asked Are they pro.
ducing any gold in the Lahore dis
trict? How do they transport the
gold from the mines at Lahore to the
seaport?' .
"The answers called for received,
Mr.. Gladstone's next question was put
to me, and when l had answered as
best | could regarding this country's
production Of gold, similar questions
were directed to others at the table
Then, for a moment, the Grand Old
Man was silent. 'Ah,' he said, break
ing his silerce. the world is produc-
ing about an hundred millions Of new
gold a year and England ought to get
at least half Of it. He had in his
mind for future reference and use.
"The conversation was changed and
some one spoke about the question Of
disbanding the armies Of Europe and
curtailing the building Of navies.
How large a standing army has
Germany? asked Mr. Gladstone of one
of the gentlemen near by, and receiv-
ing the answer he asked successfully
of as many men how large were the
standing armies of France, Italy and
Russia. Then he turned to me. Mr..
Depew,' he said, you have no stand
ing army in the United States worthy
of the name. You have only your
militia l told him that his informa-
ton on the subject was correct.
Gladstone was again silent for
moment or two, evidently making
mental computations At last he
looked up, and as he did SO began to
speak in that wonderfully deep and
perfectly modulated voice of his.
Well. gentlemen he said, the
standing armies of Europe number
one million men. I speak in round
numbers; the figures are approximate
ly correct. Therefore. in view Of
that fact, tell you that in my opin-
ion the talk of disarmament is abb
surd. because it is impossible The
day is many generations distant. and
the nature of individuals. as well as
of nations, must be greatly changed
before disarmament will ever be
fact or anything else than a vague
hypothetical condition. We may
have peace, but it will be peace based
upon strength. fear and power"
Copyright, 1910. by e. J. Edwards. Ar
Rights Reserved)
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-12-14
Atom MAY Be EIectrl.itx.

Philadelphia Speaking at a Ineet-
ing Of the American Philosophical So
ciety, Prof. Earnest Fox Nicholas.
president of Dartmouth college, took
for his subject Modern Physics"
He advanced the theory that be-
cause matter has never been freed
from electricity, the atom may be an
electrical structure and nothing more.
In other words, matter and electric
ity in the last analysis may be the
same.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-12-14
Universal Peace, the Grand Old Man
Declared, If 1t EVe- Came Would
Be Based Upon Strength, Fear
and Power.

II never read of the proceedings of
peace conventions or associations
without wondering what would have
been the result had Gladstone taken
part in the proceedings. For it was my
good fortune to learn from his own
lips what he thought of disarmament
and universal peace" said Senator
Chauncey M. Depew at time when
universal peace proposals were assail-
ing the ears of the nations.
1T happened upon an occasion
shortly after Gladstone had resigned
the Office of premier in June, 1885.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-12-14
MONKEY MADE LOVE TO GIRL
She Boxes His Ears When He Tries
to Kiss Her-Simian Elites Her
and lands in Jail.

Paris.-As 20 work girls cana out
of a dressmaker's ship in the Rue
Boileau at midday an arm encircled
the waist of one Of them.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-12-14
False.

He has a great deal of false pride"
81 guess you would call it false: he
is proud of his looks and if it were
not for his false teeth he wouldn't
have any"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-12-14
ANATOMY OF WOMAN A WRY

sida, and visited Dr. Mervyn R. Tay-
Tor, st 1905 Race street. Miss Moses
laughe7 gayly when the physician be-
came perplexed in sounding her heart
with his stethoscop6 An examina-
ton convinced De, Taylor that all of
her organs were rev 9rsed
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-12-14

What makes him think his VIII,
has run away?"
She left her hobble SKIRT behind
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-28
CLAWS WILL Be
ON STAND AGAIN
Chief Accuser of Ballinger to
Continue Recital of His
Charges
Investigation by Congress May
Be in Progress for Many
Months

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27.-The Bal
ltnger-P -Pinchot inquiry will be resumed
at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning, with
Louis r. CLAWS again on the stand.
Claws. has been offered as the first
witness by accusers of the secretary
of the. interior to lay the foundation
of their, case. At the initial session
of the committee he made little more
than a start on his testimony
In beginning, however, CLAWS made
the additional charge against Secre-
tary Ballinger that before entering the
government service he had acted as
counsel in the Wilson coal company
cases in the state of Washington by
drawing up an escrow agreement and
deeds for alleged fraudulent claimants.
CLAWS laid emphasis on the fact that
Balhnger's name had been omitted
from all records in the case, and that
the claimants appeared only "by at
torney."
From the manner in which the COM
mittee proceeded yesterday it is evil
dent that each member, when he wants
a particular point Illuminated, will not
wait for an opportunity to cross ex-
anime, but will interrupt the witness
to bring out additional evidence or to
call attention to discrepancies
No one is willing to hazard a guess
as to the length of time that will
be consumed by the committee Wit
nesses will probably be brought from
Seattle and o;Aer points in the west.
and office records may have to be OBJ
tanned from Juneau, Alaska
One committeeman declared todav
that at the rate of progress set at
the first session it will take 10 wears
to complete the inquiry.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-28
ROUTS EVIL WITH
HARD RIGHT SWING
Carrie Nation Holds Her Own in
Battle With Dance Hall
PrOprietress
Has Face Scratched and Loses
Bonnet, but Is Still in the
Ring

BUTTE, Mont, Jan. 27.-Carrie Ma
tion and May MaIoy, keeper of a dance
hail in Butte's tenderloin. had a setto
during Mrs. Nations crusade through
the red light district last night. in
which honors were even, but which
furnished plenty of excitement TO a
crowd of thousand that was follow
ing Mrs Nation in her campaign.
Harang uing the habitues of the dis
trict and urging them to lead better
lives. Mrs. Nation came to May Maloy's
dance hall.
Angered at Mrs. Nations talk and
fearing for the safety of a number of
oil paintings which the Kansas temper
ance advocate had denounced, the Ma
10y woman sailed in. She tore Mrs.
Nations bonnet and pulled her hair.
while her finger nails were busy with
Mrs. Nations face.
But Mrs. Nation. in spite of her age,
wah not idle She swung her right
with precision and force to the Maloy
jaw. Then the crowd which had been
following interfered and put an end
to the fracas
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-28
GRAND JURY GRILLS
FOUR SUPERVISORS
San Mateo InquisitOriaI Body
Demands Explanation for
Irregularities
Especial Dispatch 10 The Call

REDWOOD CITY, Jan 27.-Four
members of the San Mateo county board
of supervisors appeared before the
grand jury at the resumption of its ses-
sion today. Chairman P. H. McEvoy,
the fifth member, was summoned, but
was unable TO attend on account of ILL
ness.
The supervisors who were examined
were James T. Casey, John H. Coleman.
Joseph NJ Francis and d. E. Blackburn.
They were asked to explain why the
meeting of January II, from which
Casey made a rapid exit to prevent a
vote being taken on prize fight
license, had never been properly ad-
journed, and were ordered to hold an
other meeting before the date of the
next regular meeting on February T.
The anxiety of the grand jury to
have an early meeting of the board is
due to its desire to take up the case
of Maud E. Earl. implicated with
Michael Millett on a charge of selling
liquor without a license and conducting
a disorderly resort. The supervisors
met promptly after leaving the grand
jury room and called a special meeting
for next Tuesday. The grand jury also
adjourned until that time, when the
Earl matter will DE brought up for
action.
During their examination before the
grand jury the supervisors also were
asked regarding the delay in the build
ing of the new courthouse and the al
legged unfitness of the vault being in
stalled. Questions Of the same charac-
ter were also put TO J. J. O'Brien, the
len, the architect, and to Donald Nc
Kenzie the superintendent of construc-
tion of the courthouse The witnesses
declared that the work was being
pushed as rapidly as possible and that
the vault would be absolutely sound
when completed.
Prior to its adjournment the grand
jury filed an accusation against Justice
of the Peace Walter G.. Loveland,
fee. This charge, growing out of al
legged mishandling of cases in his court,
was filed with District Attorney Bull
lock
At the meeting held by the supervis-
ors after leaving the grand jury room
Attorney Ross, representing the First
national bank of San Mateo county and
Treasurer P. P. Chamberlain and Dis
trict Attorney Joseph ]. Bullock ap-
peared before the board They asked
that a resolution be adopted instruct
ing the district attorney to confer with
Attorney General L. S. Webb and decide
upon the advisability of commencing
suit against Chamberlain for the per
cent interest on county funds.
Several members of the board de-
clared that as the grand jury has al
ready taken up the matter in decisive
manner they thought they could take
no action The matter was continued.
however. until Tuesday. when the board
viii hold another meeting.
The application of Sid Hester of the
Mission athletic club for a fight permit
was also continued to Tuesdays meet
ing. as was the Maud E. Earl liquor
matter brought up by the grand jury.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-28
OH MY! WHAT WAS
IT BECKER SAID?
Sausalito Witnesses Can't Re-
member What the Banker
Called the Plumber
Society Women Testify to Quar-
rel, but the Details Are
Lacking
Especial Dispatch TO The CALI

SAUSALITO, Jan. 27.-"What did C.
H Becker call w H Collfns?'
This is the question that has local
society folk in a fever of curiosity to-
day. and it bids fair to stand as unan-
swerable as the historical query con-
corning the age of Ann.
Several society women were given
the opportunity nay, were com
manded-to answer the question last
night, but none of them did it. They
were all present when C. H. Becker
called w. H. Collins something, but
what it was is a mystery. The women
couldn't remember.
A collection of limiting adjectives
with smattering of descriptive nouns
is generally understood to have caused
the prevalent loss of memory. At least,
Collins version of what Becker called
shaling of nouns and adjectives, but
the women failed to corroborate his
testimony. They couldn't remember
BLIGHT ON MEMORY
The blight on memory took place
last night at hearing before Town
Recorder P. A. Vincillione of a charge
of disturbing the peace brought
against C. H. Becker, a well known
banker, by w. H. Collins, plumber.
The two had engaged in dispute dur
ing the afternoon in a Sausalito dry
goods store, in the presence and hear
ing of the women who were called in
the evening as witnesses.
Mrs. D. f. Tillinghast, Mrs. e. Shoo-
bert and Mrs. j. Groom were the three
called to substantiate Collins narra-
tive of the encounter. They all re-
membered very distinctly that Becker
had called Collins something, but that
something was very vaguely alluded to.
Mrs. j. A. Bishop, Mrs. III. Clay Miller
when the quarrel took place but when
questioned they professed the same for
getfulness
what did Becker call Collins?'
SAME SYMPTOMS SHOWN
AS the question was asked each wit
ness the same symptoms of loss OF
memory appeared. The women gasped;
they became evasive: they spoke in
general terms, and then they said they
couldn't remember. And so, for lack OF
testimony as to the exact. terms in
which Collins had been addressed, the
case ended in a disagreement.
The quarrel between Collins and
Becker grew out of q charge made by
lHe 1oilieT Iidh the idlteI Hdd lHSli-
gated a recent grand jury investigation
Of a plumbing contract let by the town
trustees. Becker responded in Ian
guage said to have been more forcible
than absolutely necessary to convey his
meaning. In fact, he is alleged to have
called Collins something. What 1t was
nobody that knows can remember.
The hearing of the case last night
drew a crowd of society folk that
packed the courtroom to overflowing.
The jury stayed out until after mid
night and disagreed. Another hearing
will be had next Thursday