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World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1911-11-30
Home Circle
Column.
THANKSGIVING REVERlES

{ IIlhNhoOlNlNG EEV EiliES.
The autumn of 1921 waned on,
"a prosperous community. Ply
mouth, Mass, was both healthy
and wealthy. Sickness, though
it had destroyed onehalf the com
pany of pilgrims, has leased,
and the crops, as a whole, bad
sbeen good, the peas alone failing
An the holises;in tie get, lemont
lad baenSput into condition and
a goodly stock of furs and pre-
pared lumber had been made
ready fore Xport to England by
the next ship. The wat IS swar-
med Nth fish ard sea fowl we're
abundant The call of the wild
turkey was heard in the wool
and the patter OF the flpetin O
deer was nothing strange, The
summer was past. the harvest
endei The pilgrims decided IN
on L period Of recreation, Tle
governor senGout four huntsmen
VINO in one day secured game &c
last the colony a Fl )>pitality was
extended to Massasoit of the nei
ghboring settlement who brou.
ght Linety people with him The
guests remained thirty days,
The company engaged in rounds
OF amuscmcnts in which mil,
tary drills and religious services
formed Il part, Thus lea, ii V
and loyalty, was inaugurate d the
great New England festival Of
Thanksgiving For two c.n,urics
1t has continued to b. observed
at first M silly lin the eastern
states, but it has row cecome
national, its annual return find
ing a welcome from b"undry t.
boundry, bot and top and o.,
tom and either extremity of the
nation,
World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1911-11-30

We are having disagreeable'
weather at present.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-09-20
Rubber Made a War Governor

rs it waterproof" Mr.. Buckingham
asked
you have got a pump here, haven't
your" Hayward asked. IN put it
under the pump"
He did so, and the water rolled OFF
the piece OF rubber as though the
polish were oil.
won't it wear out?" asked Mr.. Buck
ingham.
Not until the rubber wears out, :"
was the reply. And l want to tell you,
Mr.. Buckingham" Hayward continued,
when people put on rubber shoes
with such a polish on them, they will
be as vain as though they had dancing
pumps on
Mr.. Buckingham thought for few
minutes. Well" he said, finally, Il
think there will be no difficulty about
organizing your company, and 1 will
help you"
So 1t came about that Mr.. Bucking-
ham in due course branched out as
manufacturer of rubber shoes which
carried a high polish. His name speed
lily became prominent all over the
state as promoter Of new and great
industry, and when, in 1858, the politi-
clans picked him out to head the gu
bernatorial ticket of that year because
his had become familiar name, Mr..
Buckingham accepted the nomination,
feeling that his wealth, gained in rub
Der shoes, would permit him to give a
portion of his life to service to the
state.
Copyright, 1911, by E. J. Edwards. All
Rights Reserved)
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-09-20
w. A. Buckingham of Connecticut
Gained Riches and Fame by Max
Ing the Overshoes Which Car
ried High Polish.

One of the great war governors 3O
years ago was William A. Buckingham
of Connecticut. He exerted himself
continually to raise troops in support
of the Union; he was so earnest IN
his efforts to uphold the hands OF Lin
coin that he became widely known as
one of the very ablest and most ener-
getic of all the war governors, either
north or south In September, 1862, he
wrote to President Lincoln: This lit
file state has already sent into the
army. and has now at the rendezvous,
more than one-half of her able-bodled
men between the ages Of IL ana 20
years, and has more to offer II want
ed" William A. Buckingham was IN
deed and in truth, great war gov
ernor: and yet, in all probability, he
would never have had this fame but
for rubber.
When Charles Goodyer, who discov-
cred the secret Of vulcanizing rub
Der, thereby giving it its present com
mercial importance, was wrestling
with the problem of overcoming the IA
ural state, which is brittle IN colo
weather and sticky in warm weather,
ha came in touch with rival expert
mapter one Nathaniel Hayward by
name who had kept livery stable III
Boston. BY means of mixture Whlch
HAYWARD sold to Goodyear, the latter
vas able through further experiment.
alton. to discover the vulcanlZlng
process and open the way for the com
mercial use of rubber.
Not long after this Hayward, upon
a visit to Norwich, Conn, met VII
liam Buckingham, then dry gooos
merchant and manufacturer OF the
town. Said Hayward to Buckingham:
sT know how to make rubber shoes
so that they will not melt in hot wealth
ar or crack in cold weather; Goodyear
and 7 have an arrangement which VIII
hermit me to exercise the exclusive
right of making rubber shoes under
the vulcanizing process. But nave
cot something else that Goodyear
doesn't know anything about (Here
HAYWARD took from pocket strip OF
rubber which carried polish equal TO
that of patent leather.) THAT pollsh on
this rubber is my secret, and it Is
secra. which will belong to the COM
pany that l intend to organize for the
manufacture of rubber shoes. II you
win help me organize the company,
and can secure a good location for the
factory. 1 can assure you OF great
profits
DO you mean to tell me- said Mr..
buckingham, that you can varnlsh
rubber Ike that?"
THAT isn't varnish; that's polish.
Hayward replied.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-09-20
Thurlow Weeds Story of Most Rev
John Hughes, the First Head of
the Catholic Diocese of
New York.

Thurlow Weed, the Wing president
maker; John Hughes, first archbishop
OF New York, 'and Charles P. Nell
Va1ne, Protestant Episcopal bishop of
Ohlo-these were the three men de-
spatched by President Lincoln as a
special embassy to Europe on the out
break of the Civil war to protect and
work for the Union cause In England
and on the continent.
AS a special ambassador Arch
bishop Hughes revealed himself as
consummate diplomatist, extending
MS influence not only through France,
Where he was especially sent. but
also to Ireland and Italy" said Thur
low Weed to me in the days of his
old age But long before this he had
revealed himself to me as a man who
understood thoroughly the political
game as we play it in America; and
more than one victory of my party
was made possible through the secret
but friendly assistance that | receiv-
ed in a perfectly proper~>way from
John Hughes. Let me give you an in
stance.
In the mid-fifties-I should say
about 1854-there was in the senate
OF New York state a man whose iden-
uty will hide behind the name of
Smith. He was a merchant who had
gained wealth, and in his business re-
lations he stood deservedly high. But
he was one of those men who beIiev-
ed in one standard for business and
personal life and in another standard
for political activity. Smith made us
a great deal of trouble, but he was
very valuable senator for the opposi-
ton party, representing as he did one
of the strongest Democratic districts
in New York City.
well, the archbishop and his
friends were very much interested in
a proposed piece of legislation that
related to the public schools and
would, as 1 remember, have permit
ted the establishment of parochial
schools under the authority but with
out expense to the state. This legis-
lation had been referred to the COM
mittee of which Smith was chairman,
and one day the archbishop called
upon me and said that he had been
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-09-20
Archbishop and Politician

trying to find out what the commit
tee was going to do with that bill.
He had asked Martin MacMahon, a
very prominent Democratic politician
of that time, and father of the widely
known Gen. Martin T. MacMahon, to
find out from Senator Smith whether
the committee was going to repurt
the bill. But MacMahon had been
unable to get that information.
Il told the archbishop that I would
try to find out the committees atti
tude towards the bill, and I did make
the effort, but l was compelled 10 tell
the archbishop the next day that it
was impossible to get the slightest
hint from Senator Smith what the
disposition of the bill would be. /
could not find out whether 1t would
be buried in committee, or whether it
would be reported favorably or un-
favorably.
You should have seen the fire in
the archbishop's eye when | told him
this. His indignation was superb.
Mr.. Weed he said, there are
only two things which I cannot for
give in a public man One is lying,
and the other is cowardice. This man
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-09-20

Smith is in my opinion coward. He
is afraid that If his committee reports
the bill one way, then some of his
constituents will get angry, and that
if he reports 1t another way, others
will get angry. And he does not dare
let me know whether the bill will be
reported at all or not. That Is cow
ardice.'
Then the archbishop sat down be-
side me and spoke In a low voice:
Mr. Weed, l think I can promise that
you will not be troubled with this
senator another year. You mustn't
ask any questions, but when you see
the result of the vote upon election
day you may recall what 1 am now
saying to you
Il kept my own counsel. I never
limited to anyone what the archbishop
had said to me. But when, at the
next election, the returns showed
that the senator in question had been
completely annihilated, politically,
and that the work had been done so
secretly that he never dreamt he was
in danger Of defeat, then I said to my
self: Archbishop Hughes Is great
politician And that opinion Is
strengthened when we were upon our
secret diplomatic mission to England
and France some years later"
Copyright, 1911, by e. J. Edwards. All
Rights Reserved)
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-09-20
Spiders That Aid Astronomy.

Cultivation for scientific uses of GER
tain species of spiders, solely for the
fine threads they weave, has an impor-
tant bearing upon astronomy. No sub
stitute for the spiders thread has yet
been found for bisecting the screw of
the micrometer used for determining
the positions and motions of the stars
Not only because of the remarkable
fineness of the threads are they valu-
able but because of their durable quail
tiles.
The threads of certain spiders raised
for astronomical purposes withstand
changes in temperature, SO that often
in measuring sun spots they are unin-
jured when the heat is SO great that
the lenses of the micrometer eye
pieces are cracked.
These spider lines are only one-f1fth
to one-seventh of thousandth OF an
inch in diameter. compared with which
the threads of the silkworm are large
and clumsy.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-09-20
A LADY LECTURER
Feeds Nerves and Brains ScientIhesily'

A LADY, lecturer writes from Philadel-
phia concerning the use OF right Ioou
and how she is enabled to Withstand
The strain and wear and tear OF her
arduous occupation. She says:
Through improper food, Imperfect
~ digested, my health was compete
" wrecked, and l attribute my recoV.
cry entirely to the regular use u
Grape-Nuts food. 1t has, l assure you'
proven an inestimable boon to me.
Almost Immediately after beginning
the use of Grape-Nuts found grau-
flying change in my condition. me ter
rible weakness that formerly pros
trated me after few hours Oh "oIA'
was perceptibly lessened and Is ho"
only a memory-it never returns.
Ten days after beginning on Grape
Nuts I experienced wonderful III,
crease in mental vigor and pnSslc@i
energy and continued use has enute-
Iv freed me from the miserable IN
somnia and nervousness from "ii0A
used to suffer so much.
81 find Grape-Nuts very palaIaoio
and would not be without the crisp
delicious food for even a day on any
Consideration. Indeed, always ca
it with me on my lecture tours .
Read the little book, 1.-The Road 10
Wellville," in pkgs. There S a reSSoA'
Ever read the above letter. Tbey
e ePe a apPSiPs frue, and fun of human
interest
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-09-20
General Zachary Taylor Ordered a
Thousand of the New Weapons
From Colonel Colt for Use In
Mexican War.

Though Samuel Colt is known as
the inventor of the revolver, it was
Gen. Zachary Taylor who made the
revolver a commercial success, and l
once had from Samuel Colt himself
this confession"
The speaker was Marshall Jewell,
twice governor of Connecticut, minis
ter to Russia, postmaster general in
Grants cabinet, and in 1880 chairman
of the Republican national committee.
Colonel Colt, you know" continued
Governor Jewell, secured patents for
a revolver pistol in 1885 and the same
year formed company for the manu-
facture of his invention, but seven
years later his company was insolvent;
neither the army nor the public had
taken kindly to the new weapon. So
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-09-20
Twice Convicted.

Another lawyers story arrives. We
are told that a man was charged with
picking a pocket the other day and
mat when arraigned he pleaded
guilty" The case went to the jury,
however, and the verdict was mot
guilty" And the court spake as fol-
lows:
You don't leave this court without
a stain on your character. By your
own confession you are a thief. By
the verdict of the jury, you are q
liar."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-09-20
Social Distinction.

In some parts of the south the
darkies are still addicted to the old
style country dance in big hall, with
the fddlers, banjoists and other mu-
sicians on the platform at one end.
At one such dance held not long
ago in an Alabama town, when the
folders had duly resined their bows
and taken their places on the plat
form the floor manager rose.
Git yo' partners TO de mex dance!
he yelled. "All you ladies an gennul-
mems dat wears shoes an stockln s.
take yo' places in de middle OF de
room. All you ladies an gennulmens
dat wears shoes an no stockin's, take
you place immejitly benin dem. AN
yo' barefooted crowd, you jes' jig II
round in de corners. "-Lippincotts
Magazine.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-09-20
Made the Revolver a Success

Colt put aside all idea of making hiE
fortune out of the invention, wooden
model of which he had made while
crossing the ocean as youth aboard a
cattle vessel, and turned his attention
to other means of earning a liveTf
hood
"a few years late: came the war
with Mexico, and in the second year
of the war Colt was surprised to re-
ceive communication from Gen. Zach
airy Taylor, in which old Rough and
Ready stated that he had heard that
the revolver had been used In the
Seminole war and that it had done
more to brighten the Indians than any
other weapon employed by the whites;
the Indians could not understand how
pistol could be fred six times with
| out reloading; they thought there was
magic in it.. So General Taylor had
say in his letter, that the revolver
might prove of good service in the war
then being fought with Mexico, and he
would like to have a thousand Of them
as soon as possible, and was willing to
pay any price within reason that Mr..
Colt might ask for them.
Let me state again that when Mr.
Colt received this letter he had long
since dropped all thought Of making
the revolver commercially a success.
But with General Taylors communica-
ton before him he was shrewd enough
to realize that If old Rough and
! Ready could use with good effect the
revolver in the Mexican war, that
would be sure to make widespread
demand for the weapon. So Colonel
Colt set about to I'LL the order,
but when he began to seek for a
revolver from which to prepare mod
ell he was actually unable to find
one anywhere in the whole United
States He even didn't have one him
volver idea from him.
There was only one of two things
ne could do. Either he must decline
Taylor's offer to buy thousand re-.
volvers, or he must pwt himself TO
work ON new model. He decided to
make new model; and 1t was most
fortunate thing, Colonel Colt told me,
that he was compelled to do this, for
in making this model various i'm
provements occurred to him and when
the model was completed he saw at
once that he had the perfected
weapon.
LAS speedily as possible after the
completion of the model Colonel Colt
made at little factory in New Eng.
land the revolvers that Old Rough
and Ready wanted, and it is my recol.
lection that the inventor received $780,.
900 for them. Sure that the use Of the
revolver by General Taylor would
bring the revolver into permanent pop
ularity and use, with this capital Colo
ufacture of his first invention, and
within ten years thereafter he was the
richest man in Connecticut and one
Of the richest in New England A
great future was before him when, in
1862, he died in his prime. l remem-
Der that a short time before his death
he confded to me that he had in mind
an improved musket or rifle which, he
thought, could be so manufactured as
to fire five or six shots without re,
loading. I am certain that, had he
lived, such a rife he would have per
fected, and so have become known as
the inventor of the modern repeating
rife as well as the inventor of the re-
volver."
Copyright, 1911, by f. ]. Edwards. All
Rights ReserYed)
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-09-20
plSTEMPER

In all it's forms among all ages of
horses, as well as dogs. cured and others
in the same stable prevented from having
the disease with SPOHN'S DISTEMPER
CURE. Every bottle guaranteed. Over
10000 bottles sold last year. Best remedy
for chicken cholera. so cents and $1.00
bottle, IS and $40 the dozen. Any good
druggist, or send to manufacturers. Write
for free book. Spohn Medical Co., Spec.
Contagious Diseases, Goshen, Ind, U.S.A.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-09-20
Lime 10 Move.

81 guess we'd better change hotels, /"
said Mrs. Wombat.
why should we change hotels?
demanded Mr.. Wombat.
Everybody at this hotel has seen
my gowns and heard your monologue. +"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-09-20

A cold on the chest weakens your lungs.
Tubercular Germs attack the weak spots.
Keep your lungs strong bys curing colds
quickly with Hamlins Wizard Oil and you
will not get Consumption.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-09-20
His Ardor.

Miss Gladys Guggles (coyly) Does
yo' rully love me, Cla'ence?
Clarence Snuckles (passionately)-
Love yo'? Why, l analyses yo' so dat
I'd RAIDER heah yo' chew gum dan to
listen to minstrel band! OATS how
loves yo!-Puck.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-09-20

a nd SO nervous /
could not do any
thing. The doctors
treated me for diff
ferent things but
did me no good. /
got SO bad that I
could not sleep dav
or night. While in
this condition l read
of Lydia E. Pink
hams V e get a BILE
G mpo und, and
hpCan iFa ,1co o1I
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-09-20
Coachman Had to Earn Request.

OoaChman Had 70 EARN bequeSt.
quaint paragraph appears in the
will of Mrs. Julie Hall, of Brighton,
England. At the reading of the will
the other day it was found that she
had bequeathed 9100 to her coach
man, provided he is in her service at
her death, and 'if do not die
through or from the effects of car
rage accident when he is the driver"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-09-20

wrote to MIS-. P1nkham for advice. In
q short time had gained my average
weight and am now strong and weli.''
Mrs. SALLIE STEVENS, r. F. D., No.
5, Box 81, Waurika, Okla.
Another Grateful Woman.
Huntington, Mass.-"I was in a ner.
vous, run down condition and for three
years could find no help.
Il owe my present good health to
Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound and Blood Purifier which I be-
ieve saved my life.
MY doctor knows what helped me
and does not say one word against it,
Mrs. MARI JANETTE BATES. Box
1874, Huntington, Mass.
Because your case is difficult one.
doctors having done you no good, do
not continue to suffer without giving
Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable COM
pound trial. 1t surely has cured
many cases of female ills, such as in
fammatiOn, liberation, displacements.
fbrOid tumors, irregularities, periodic
pains, backache, that bearinp-doWn
feeling, and nervous prostration.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-09-20
Rut Think They Have.

Young Doctor-Which kind OF pa
tients do you find it hardest to cure?
Old Doctor-Those who have moth
ing tb- mettAr with them
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-09-20

Mrs. Winslowss Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums. reduces infiamma-
ton, allayS pain. cures wind collie. 25c bottle.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-09-20

81 haven't place to lay my head"
I'm sorry, but we're all out of
head rests
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-09-20

And many man makes a strenuous
effort to recognize his duty so that he
will be in a position to dodge it.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-09-20
Following the Smile.

Life" said John w Gates, valiant
lover of conflict, lis gamble
And death? Why, death is the haz-
ard of the die
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-09-20

He who knows most grieves for
wasted time.-Dante.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-09-20
AFTER
I YEARS
SUFFERING
| Was Cured by Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound

Waurika, Okla.-'T had female trou-
bIes for seven years, was all run down
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-05
Answer to Men Who Doubted.

There were doubters in those days. just
as there are today. Fifty students of
theology-whO of all men should have
known better-were not satisfied with the
account Of Elijah's departure. It couldn't
be! They asked Elishas leave to search
for Elijah's body amid the rocks, on the
hills and in the valleys, lest the spirit
of Jehovah hath taken him up and cast
him upon some mountain or into some
valley But Elisha said, you shall not
send And when they urged him till
he was ashamed. he said, Send They
sent, therefore. fifty men: and they
sought three days, but found him not.
And they came back to him. while he tar
ried at Jericho, and he said unto them,
Did L not say unto You. Go not?''
There is a lesson about life as well
as about death in the story of Eiijah's
departure from earth. Elisha the friend
who was with him at the last. was urged
to leave him. But Elisha would not con-
sent. He knew that he had serious work
ahead of him. If he were to do his work
he must have all possible preparation.
He admired Elijah. and he longed for
his power. He was unwilling to yield a
single instant Of the companionship OF
one who had already been of great help
and inspiration to him. So in spite OF
all discouragements, he persisted in fol-
lowing Elijah to the last. He had his
reward. The blessing he sought came to
him. Because Of his presence with Elijah
at the last he was fitted for his life work
DIS he could not have been otherwise.