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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-09-01
WOMAN DIES AT AGE OF ia
Mrs. Mary McGrath, Believed to Be
Oldest Woman in State. Passes
Away at Milwaukee,

Milwaukee, Mrs. Mary McGrath,
MilWaukee's oldest woman, and prob
ably the oldest woman in the state,
died in the home of the Little Sisters
of the Poor, with whom she had lived
since she came here from Brandon,
aged LA years.
Mrs. McGrath came to America
from Ireland with her husband in
1845, making her home in New York
state. The year following they moved
to Wisconsin, settling in Fond du
Lac county. 1t was not until 1907
that Mrs. McGrath came to Milwau-
kee and in the meanwhile her hus-
band died, as did three of her chill
dren. Her only living relative is a
stepson, James McGrath, aged "a
years, Appleton, Wis.
Since her girlhood Mrs. McGrath
had been an incessant smoker.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-09-01
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BY DRJS.kIRJLH = WY
SEEING THINGS BY DAY

Seeing things at night is tame
compared with the way boy sees
things with his eyes wide open. things
afat are not SO, at that. From the time
he is four or five years old that power
to see the unseen, to make images OF
Invisible things, is perfectly riotous.
Two facts about him seem to contra
dict each other. One is that his acute
senses make very accurate obserya-
lions of real things; the other that
his active imagination knows no
bounds.
1t is not hard work, either; 1t does
itself. In that case we call it passive
imagination. There is something in
him like wings and they insist on fly
ing: He does not yet care where they
take him. So they fit from point to
point, as they will, without restraint
or direction from reason or will After
awhile he will be able to hold that
sight on an object as long as he
wishes and his Imagination will enter
on a new phase. At first the things
ne remembers attract him most and,
for that reason, some have called it
mere memory; yet it is something
more. But when he begins to take
charge of it. we say it is active imagi-
nation. And perhaps here is where
we can appreciate Binet's remark that
it is 'the faculty of creating groups
of images which do not correspond to
any external reality" This day dream
ing is not wrong either He has to do
it, whether right or wrong, though he
may do it in right or wrong way.
After he is seven or eight, he sees
things more in groups and connec-
tions: and still later, in his teens, his
reason and purpose take charge of the
aerial thing. Sometimes they succeed
in killing it and, in that case, he IS
dead, from that time on. The reason
the Wrights and Curtiss and Hamilton
and the other flyers can navigate the
air is that they have been doing it. in
imagination, for long time. So it is
the magical power that begins. when
he is very young, and stays with him.
till he dies, or till his heart dies. It
IS his Aladdins lamp whose rays dis
close all he wishes and changes
stones into crystals; "Fortunatus'
purse that holds the treasures of the
universe
It is the mother of his mirth, the
spring of his smiles. 1t is closely and
causally related to a saving sense of
humor. That is why boy in Kansas
City rose from his seat in crowded
street car when a fat woman entered,
and said: Gentlemen, I will be one
of three to get up and give this lady
seat" Even his unconscious humor
flows from this source, as when the
teacher said: Tommy, why do you
think scold too much?'' Cause you
git kinder fretful teaching school, l
s'pose," was his honest reply.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-09-01
AY SETTLE LINE DISPUTE
pundarY Commissions from Wis.,
consin and Minnesota Take
Trip on Lake Pepin.

Madison. special committees
the Wisconsin and Minnesota leg
atures appointed to recommend a
Element of the boundary line dis
he between the two states have met
Red Wing, Mimi, and proceeded
|wn the river to view the territory
dispute at Lake Pepin and later
to Duluth and look over the ter
|Dry in controversy at st. Louis
fer The prospects are that the
hmittees of the two states will
ach an amicable agreement. If an
6eement is reached, the boundary
II now pending in the United States
preme court at Washington will
dropped Wisconsin claims that
i boundary runs to the middle of
main channel of Lake Pepin and
1.-THE middle of the stream in st.
RliS river. Minnesota claims to the
idle of Lake Pepin and to the
ndle Of the main channel in the
Louis river, as it was before be-
diverted by river improvements.
Sherry rights are the principal mat
Is involved in the Lake Pepin sit
zion. Revenues from taxation of
Dperty are involved in the dispute
|the St Louis river.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-09-01
tACHEY TO SOAR AT FAIR
ling of the Air" Will Attempt to
Break Altitude Record in MIwau-
kee-GIrIs Ask for Air Trip.

milwaukee. - Lincoln Beachey,
lknowledged by all hfs competitors
10 took part in the recent Chicago
BET 10 be the greatest living avn
pr, will do some sensational work
/ his Curtiss aeroplane at the state
u. He topped his remarkable rec
p for the ten days flying at Chi
go by snatching the worlds alti
be record from Europe's greatest
ers and placing it where it prob
Ey will be safe for a long time to
lne. unless he succeeds in break
+ his own record when he tries
+ new worlds altitude record
Pc on Thursday, September IA.
applications have been received
pm three Milwaukee girls, asking
p they be allowed to take an air
p with Beachey, and their requests
p he granted
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-09-01

Two of his indispensable powers are
Imagination and imitation. They
awake early and stay on the job till
he is dead With him imitation is
not limitation; it is life and enlarge
ment. He is like the chameleon that
takes its hues from it's environment.
At the start, it is blind impulse, au-
tomato at that, as he bobs up and
down and sways around on his
springs; grasps at everything in sight,
from his mother to the moon; and
makes a specially of foraging for re-
freshments
Soon he gets to initiating and never
stops. Nature was wise in ordaining
it so. That is the way he grows, for
imitation is appropriation. He an
swers your smile with smile, your
frown with similar frown. your love
with love, your hatred with hatred.
He does this at first without know
Ing it, then he does it purposely, and,
by this time he has the habit.
1t is not contented that he has only
imitation. He has initiative; also
referendum. He is original. 1t was
a boy who saw the steam lift the lid
off his mothers tea kettle and got up
an imitation that has lifted the life
of mankind. If we could trace the
history of aeronautics, we would find
that some boy started the scheme by
making a descent from the barn loft
with his fathers umbrella for para
chute, or some man has done it, with
the gift of imitation cultivated so
carefully in boyhood. He learns to
apply the most reconcile knowledge to
the most common conditions. After
giving a definition of the word ran
son." and using the case of Miss Ellen
Stone, as an illustration, the tea>'her
told the pupils TO compose sentence,
having the word in it. Little Jack
Walker would never have shown the
"pome" he wrote, had not his nearest
neighbor told of it. And 1t read:
Away out west in the town of Racine
D Tom Cat sat on sewing machine.
The wheels began to buzz and the
cat began to wall; for it took nine
stitches in the end of his tail; and
the cat ran some.
There are some things boy natu-
rally initiates with more or less ease
simply because he is boy; then there
are some things he initiates at one
stage, and others at another. There
may be an unspoiled, but not an I'M
soiled, simplicity Of boyhood. The
dainty little girl will keep her white
dress and pink ribbons up to the stand
ard of the angels whom she initiates;
while the dirty little boy energies
rom the puddle where he has had
rood time with his friends, the pigs,
Rhom he initiates. when he can.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-09-01

That is one reason why he enjoys
the present so much and anticipates
the future so eagerly-he sees so much
in them. And, it may be added, that
is reason he can endure the present,
when older people treat him SO unjust
ly on the ground that he is only q
boy, and it makes no difference how
he is treated. In one respect, he is
like Moses, who endured, because he
saw the invisible.
There is no other way to explain
how he can do so much-he sees it be-
forehand Mr. Ferris was told that
by the laws of mechanics no such
wheel was possible, but, after long
study. he suddenly saw that wheel,
with his minds eye, as he sat in res
taurant in Chicago; and then building
it was the easiest part of it all. Won
Moltke was in bed when the word
came that France had declared war,
and he quietly told the messenger to
look in a certain pigeon hole for sew
eral kilograms and said Send them
Then he went to bed. He had fore
seen it all and had every plan made.
Imagination gives wings to his hope,
feet to his reason, force to his decis.
ions and vividness to his memory. 1t
furnishes him invincible arnor and
victorious arms for his battle against
the false and vicious and vulgar; for
he can picture to himself the ideal.
true and virtuous and good and then
make them real. 1t enables him to Sc
cure control of himself at the time
when he is becoming acquainted with
his own volatile and mysterious pow
ers; for he can be made to see the
vast benefits to come from such self
control.
Personal care of the body gets aid
from the imagination, as the latter
helps him fashion an ideal for his
true self, which always works towards
health and symmetry and artistic ex-
cellence. A good imagination is good
hygiene. Experience and imagination
join in teaching him to anticipate the
results of a given action so vividly as
to restrain from the wrong and con-
strain to the right. Gluskap, hero Of
the Micmacs, asked the animals, just
before the appearance of man: What
would you do if you met a MANI" The
boy looks ahead He will need it in
his business, if he is bootblack or
a merchant or a lawyer or a-well,
anything But peril must be faced.
If his imagination is not disciplined
and if he is very fond Of success, he
will become liar of the worst kind
He will need assistance with the
splendid thing. Some one must help
him use it for his true pleasure and
his profit; attach it to his reason and,
most of all, to his conscience; employ
it in practical life; make it service
able to his fellow men.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-09-01
STEELE RISK COMPANY HEAD
Employers Liability Body Elects Off
GERS and Establishes Permanent
Headquarters at Wausau.

Wausau. At an organization
meeting of the stockholders of the
Employers Mutual Liability Insur-
ance company of Wisconsin, recently
incorporated, it was decided to To-
cate the home office here.
officers elected are:
President, G. F. Steele; vice-pres-
idents, c. c. Yawkey, Nathan Paine,
H. w. Bolens, E. O. Brown and
William A. Fricke; secretary and
treasurer, B. F. Wilson; general
counsel, Neal Brown; medical direc-
tor, A B. Rosenberg, NJ. D.; gen
eral adjuster and inspector, f. Sill
verman; general manager, William
A. Fricke.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-09-01
BROTHERS. SLAYER PAROLED
Walter Mosher Released After Serv-
ing Twenty-one Years-Case Was
Notable for Speed of Justice.

Walter Mosher, SEN
fenced to Waupun for life in 1890,
has been paroled by the state board
of pardons. He was sentenced for
the killing of his brother, shot in
Langlade county. The case attracted
widespread attention from the fact
that Mosher was enroute to Waupun
less than fifty hours after his al
legged crime There is said always
to have been some doubt that Mosh-
er committed the crime, despite his
plea of guilty.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-09-01
Successor to "old Abe. .

Madison. Game Warden
Shots has successor in "Old Abe, .
of civil war fame in the form of a
big, young eagle presented to him by
an Ashland friend. The bird, which
is said to resemble cold Abe" in re-
markable degree, has been presented
to the state by Mr.. Sholts and SUI
perintendent of Public property Ess-
man is constructing a house in Cap.
ital park for Young Abe
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-09-01
Must Be Tested Again.

Madison.-Three hundred persons
in the state who hold certificates is
sued by the Wisconsin live stock san
itary board, authorizing them to adj
minister the tuberculin test to cat
tie, must get new permits if they
want to continue the work. This is
the substance of an opinion given
by Attorney General Bancroft to DR..
A. H. Hartwig, state" veterinarian,
who asked whether the new law
passed by the recent legislature re-
lating to the testing of cattle for tu-
berculosis affected permits issued
under the old law.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-09-01
jefferson County Roads Praised.

Madison. county has
several unusually good strips of
roads, said A. R. Hirst, state high
way engineer, in telling of the COM
missions trip through that country.
Bituminous macadam applied to
country roads was an innovation that
has proved its worth, Mr.. Hirst de-
clared, and he praised the county for
a five-mile strip from Fort Atkinson
to Lake Koshkonong, built partly
with limestone which is treated with
asphaltic oil.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-09-01
State erocers Elect Officers.

Watertown.-The Wisconsin Retail
Grocers and General Merchants asso-
citation at it's convention here chose
Fond du Lac for the 1912 meeting
and elected these officers: President.
A. D. Hermes OF Racine; vice-peesi
dents, S. NJ. Fish of Appleton, and L.
A. Mueller of Watertown; secretary.
NJ. Slattery, Milwaukee; treasurer, J.
P. Davern, Milwaukee.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-09-01
News Notes of Wisconsin

Ferryville-Her mind affected two
years ago when her mother and Sis
ter were burned to death in the
Sherman house fire at Richland Cen
ter, Mrs. Tosten Larson, aged rs,
has become violently insane. AL
though she has eaten nothing for
week, the strength of six men is re-
quired to hold her. Her illness dates
back to the time her mother and sis
ter went to see their dying son and
brother, an inmate of the R1chland
Center insane asylum. That night
the hotel was destroyed by fire and
the bodies of the two were found in
the ruins the following day
Waupaca.-The potato crop of
Wisconsin bids fair from the present
outlook to reach the 20,0O0,0O0
mark, according to local buyer who
has just made trip about the state.
The yield of potatoes in this county
will be about 100000 bushels.
The acreage in the state and county
is about the same as last year, but
the growing conditions all through
the summer have been most propi-
tious for a good crop.
Waupun - According to Acting
Warden Woodward, not single pun
ishment of the prisoners followed the
demand for concealed weapons, which
resulted in the surprising discoveries
recently. Hereafter all tools used
by ccnvicts employed in the knitting
works will be carefully checked and
other precautions taken to prevent
weapons getting into the prison.
Madison.-The Wisconsin insur-
ance department has refused license
to the Commercial Fire Insurance
company of Washington, D. c., on the
ground that the stock is held by
holding corporation, contrary to the
regulations of this state governing
foreign insurance companies
Madison. COMMISSIONS of Bank
ing A. B. Kuolt has approved arti-
cles of incorporation on the Bank
of Ettrick, Trempealeau county, with
capital of $4,000. The incorpor-
ators are H. f. Claussen, O. e. Run
nestrac, John Raiehle and others.
Kenosha. Twelve hours after
Walter B. Crumpton, former SOL
der in the United States army, had
been arrested on charges of assault
he was on his way to Waupun to
serve two years in state prison.
anesville-James Furey, aged AZ
years. living alone in this city. was
found dead by his brother-in-law,
having died evidently several days
previously of hemorrhage of the
stomach.
Eau Claire. -Allensol Drake, en-
ployed at the power house at Eau
Claire. met instant reath when his
clothes caught in a shaft. His Z
year-old daughter was the only wit
ness.
Clinton. NJ. Treat, aged "a,
former legislator, and Mrs. Phebe
Curtiss Treat, aged 81, celebrated
the SEVENTEEN anniversary of their
marriage on August %. Mr.. and
Mrs. Treat, who have lived here for
forty-three years, are the Oldest set
tiers in this district. Mr.. Treat re-
sided at GAINESVILLE when he was
elected to the state legislature in
1862.
Richland Center While fishing,
oryilIe Eckeberry, aged 35, had a,
fainting fit, fell into the river and
drowned.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-09-01
Two Killed on Hand Car.

Black River Falls.-Ole Rude of
Elkmound and j. A. Smalley OF
Camp Douglas, section men, were in
stantly killed when a gravel train
on the Milwaukee road crashed into
a handcar loaded with men west OF
here.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-09-01
Dairy Cows Increase.

dadison.-Dairy cows increased in
sconsin 47.4 per cent during the
decade. There was an increase
every county except Milwaukee
MY. These figures are brought
and discussed in a recent bulletin
Prof. c. E. Lee and Prof. H. c.
FLOR Of the Wisconsin agricultural
lnrn
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-09-01
\ NHURST SWEPT
| BY 100000 FIRE
.nci ABE COUNTY VILLAGE is
MOST COMPLETELY DE-
STROYED BY FLAMES.
bur BUILDINGS STANDING
ark From Threshing Engine Starts
ConAagration Near Large Lumber
Ward and SawmlI-Antigo Fire.
men and Train Crew Fight Blaze.

IAntigO.-Fire started at the home
/ George Wunderlich at Elmhurst,
small village six miles south of
Ire. from a spark of the threshing
Rchine engine. In less than an
bnr the entire village, including the
Eunderlich mill and lumber yard,
Is wiped out. The loss is estimated
between $4,000 and 100000.
this amount Wunderlich' loss is
I45.00O, which includes his entire
|mber yard, residence and barns.
be sawmill was practically ruined.
buildings on the opposite side of
|e track caught fire and ten or
Eelve residences and store build
rs were destroyed. Practically all
the village saved was a saloon,
church. a small hotel and the
hicago and Northwestern depot.
1.-THE Amigo fire department and
l. Chicago and Northwestern fire
biting apparatus assisted in fight
the flames, which were gotten
ader control after a hard fight.
lThis is the second fire in Elm
] rst within two years by which the
hunderlich lumber yard was de-
rOVpd
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-09-01
Priest Drops Dead.

Milwaukee. The Rev. M. }.
Taugher. who resigned as pastor OF
CT Ioseph's Roman Catholic church,
Fond du Lac, on Aug. 10, dropped
dead of dilation of the heart on the
porch of the home of brother, DR..
P. J. Taugher.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-09-01
Attempt 10 XIII kenosha Couple.

Kenosha. attempt was made
upon the lives of Mr.. and Mrs. Jo-
seuh Straszewski, the couple being
found in pool of blood at their
home. Both had been beaten with
rock
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-09-01
Fights Sunday Closing Law.

uarinette.-Joseph Dana, a Criv-
merchant, arrested recently
Urged with having violated the
lday closing law. has secured
insel and will carry the case to
supreme court. if necessary.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-09-01
Order Fish Returned to River.

La Crosse. -Orders received by
'ernment officials here direct that
tlsh rescued in land locked waters
returned to the Mississippi river.
Is Will undoubtedly end the recent
le!y dispute.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-09-01
Teachers Set Minimum Wage.

Fond du Lac.-The Fond du Lac
Teachers association passed a res
olution that all members refuse TO
teach after the presers year for less
than $40 a month-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-09-01
Milwaukee, August 80, 1911

Milwaukee, August 80, 1911.
Observation-Disclosures, 26c;
prints, &c: firsts, 23@24c; seconds,
20 q 21c; process, 21@22c; dairy
fancy, &c.
Cheese - American, full cream,
Twins, 121sc; daisies, new, 800
Is 7ac; Young Americas, 12h @13c;
longhorns, lac; limburger, new, 10h
q lie; brick, lie; Swiss, 14@17c.
Eggs-Current receipts fresh, as
to quality, Ice; recandled, extras,
20 q 21c; seconds, 1O@12c.
Live Poultry-Fowls, 13c; roost-
ers, &c; springers, 4hc
Potatoes - Wisconsin. new, on
track, 1.15@125.
Hay-Choice timothy, 21.50; clo-
yer, 1900; No. 1 prairie, 1850.
Wheat-No. 1, northern, 1000
LOO; No. 2, northern, 108@1O9:
No. /, durum. 99@1.O0; No. /, vel
vet, 1.00@1.01.
Corn-No, 8, yellow, 64hc
Oats-No. 5, white, AS stand
ard, 43c
Wisconsin, 1.19; No. 2,
1.22; medium, liz.
Cattle-Butchers' steers, 5000
CTS; heifers, 3.25G $50; cows, $50
a 500; feeders, 3.80@4.25; calves,
7.75@S.5O.
Hogs-Good heavy butchers, 7.45
07.65; fair to best, light, 7.40@
7.75; pigs, 6.50@7.20.
Sheep-Lambs, 100000: ewes,
2.7503.25.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-09-01
Sleeping Fisherman Killed.

SIeePlng Fisherman KIIIeu'
FCN Lake.-Falling asleep while
'hlng from railroad trestle near
re. Lawrence Dumovic, farm
mi. was struck and killed by a
sht train.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-09-01
GAINESVILLE Asks Rexa,uatinn-

Madison. Application for a reas-
sessment of the city of GAINESVILLE has
been made to the state tax commits
sion.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-09-01

Minneapolis, August 30, 1911.
Wheat-No. /, hard, LOT; No
/, northern, 1861; No. 2, northern,
1.041a. Corn-No. 3, yellow, Gle.
Oats-No. s, white, 1Ac. Rye
No. 2, SO1ac.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-09-01

Chicago, August 80, 1911.
Cattle-Beeves, 500 500; stock
ers and feeders, 3.15 $50; cows
and heifers, SIS @ $50; calves, 600
@S.75.
Hogs-Light, 7.25@7S0; heavy,
6.90@7.65; rough, 6.9O@7.1O; pigs,
4.S5 100.
Sheep-Native, 2.15@3.70; year
lings, 2.50@5.10; lambs, native,
40006.60.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-02-09
SENT TO SANITARIUM.
lebanon Smith Cuyler Put in Hos
pital Temporarily.

Atlanta, Ca, Feb. 2.-Telamon
Smith Cuyler, the Atlanta broker
who led his friends a lively chase
through the Carolina mountains af-
ter he jumped off a Southern railway
train last Sunday, only to be recap
tured at Toecane, n. c., on the Ten
nessee line, was brought to Atlanta
this morning and placed temporarily
in sanatarium.
Cuyler's dementia is believed by
his friends to be due to worry over
financial matters and this belief was
strengthened to-day when it was
learned that he probably must face
an investigation of recent cotton
deal in which the Canadian Cottons,
limited, of Montreal, is reported to
have paid about $4,000 for cotton,
the real value of which is given as
$10,50O. A representative of the
Canadian company has been in At
lanta several days seeking an adjust
ment of the matter without Gtiga-
ton.
The cotton involved in the alleged
transaction is said to be 900 bales of
"inters'' sold for 3h cents per
pound to a man giving the name of
F. G. Bottum, who shipped it to
points in Canada.
A stenographer in Cuyler's office
to-day said that Bottum had been re-
ceiving his mail at that Office but that
she did not know him. The sellers
did not know Cuyler in the transac-
ton and could not say if he was in
terested.
Seven Atlanta banks have been
served with garnishment papers pre-
venting their paying to Cuyler any
sums held to his account, this action
being taken by w. V. Boyd, agent OF
the Canadian company.