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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-02-15

Father Johnson is widely
known to the people of this vii
lage. Eagle River is in his par
ish and for FIVE years he had
charge of the mission here, the
first Episcopal representation at
this place Through his untiring
efforts he has built up a church
which was recently erected-the
new Episcopal church on Second
street. This edi6ce owes much
to Father johnson, standing as
a mark OF his perseverance.
He is a man of great person
atty, who forms strong friend
ships wherever his work leads
him. BY his personal influence
he has accomplished much for
his people and the wide circle of
FRIENDSHIP has il Eagle River can
not speak too highly O. his work.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-02-15

Bishop Weller will be in Eagle
River Feb. 23rd to perform the
confirmation ceremonies for the
large class which Father Sam
we'll has been instructing in the
church duties.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-02-15

Here is the manner in which a
Georgia newspaper put up an
obituary for a man: Poor Jim
Jones sluug his earthly garments
on a limb and swan the river
yesterday. He did not stand
back because the water was cold
but plunged right in and struck
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-02-15
Death of Mother.

Vim. Knox has received word
of the death of his mother, Mrs
Ambrose Knox. which occurred
Feb. 18th at Memphis, Mich.
Mr.. Knox was unable to attend
the funeral.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-02-15
CELEBRATE FIFTH YEAR
Rev. j. NJ. johnson of Rhine
lander to Hold Special Ser
vices---Widely Known in
Eagle River.

On February 25th occurs the
fifth anniversary of the coming
to Rhinelander of the Rev. M
Johnson. rector of ST. Angus
tines church, and at that time
there will be special services and
social features in commemora-
ton of the event Rev. Weller,
bishop co-adiutor OF this diocese,
will be at Rhinelander and assist
on Saturday, remaining also
over Sunday when he will con-
firm the large class which the
rector of the church has prepar-
ed for this sacrement.
Father Johnson has much
more than doubled the church
membership and that of the Sun
day school since he came and
has in other ways done great
work, besides having been a con-
sistent and persistent supporter
of all good movements in and for
the city, where he has made SO
MANY warm friends. Not among
the least in the work effected, has
Father Johnson's strong hold on
the boys whom he has now or
ganized into several patrols of
the Boy Scouts of America
Rhinelander News.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-06

and the sight of her did not lessen his
interest Tall and fair, with a coronet
of golden brown hair, beneath which
snone steady, dark blue eyes; a face
exqu1sltely beautiful in form and deli
cate in coloring, in this girl he had en-
countered so strangely Paul Enslow
met his fate.
She held out a slim, white hand.
Mabel is inside" she whispered
AS Paul entered the cool, quiet room
a slender, white-gowned form arose
from deep choir and faced him. He
stared aghast at the tearfully pretty
countenance of an utter stranger
beg your pardon" he said, but
understood Miss Maynard to say that
my sister was here
'Indeed?" said the girl. coldly. "I
VIII send Miss Maynard here-perhaps
she can explain" And she left the
room.
Presently Margaret Maynard stood
before him, flushed and perturbed,
holding his card in her hand. I'm
afraid there is some mistake. Mr.. En-
slow" she said do sit down and let
US clear up the matter. 1 thought I
was talking to Mr.. Saul Enslow. but on
looking at your card I see that you are
Mr. Paul Enslow-1et US unravel the
matter!"
Paul was only too willing. and after
they had compared notes and made
many amusing blunders, which served
only to ripen their acquaintance, they
disclosed very pretty game of cross
purposes.
1t seemed that Paul Enslow had a
cousin with the embarrassing rhyth-
mical appellation of Saul Enslow.
He lived in Chicago and was engaged
to be married to a girl in the Windy
City, whose name proved to be Mabel
Blake. Miss Blake had quarreled with
her lover and had departed for New
York. Saul had followed Immediately,
and had stopped in his cousins office
in the Skytop building, and finding him
out had telephoned to his sweetheart,
in the course of reconciliation had
quarreled more, this time Mr. Enslow
feeling aggrieved. After his departure
from the office the repentant Mabel
had called up that number and asked
that he telephone her when he re-
turned-there being for her but one
Mr.. Enslow in the world. The faith
full Miss Clark had made the proper
memorandum, which Paul EnsloW had
found, and thereafter had followed the
puzzling conversations.
When the matter had reached this
stage of explanations a servant an
nounced that Mr.. Saul Enslow desired
to see Miss Blake. and so Margaret
still in the role of peacemaker. gave
her hand once more into Pauls warm
clasp and smiled at him until his head
went dizzy, and took leave of him As
he ran down the steps to the waiting
cab, he vowed to relieve himself from
the stigma of bachelorhood at the
earliest opportunity. Copyright
1911, by the Associated Literary
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-06

Guiding those who are associated with
the management of the state fair.
Most of the members of the city
commission are starting out on their
political careers. They have ambitions
to continue in their offices for anoth-
er term or so, and possibly seek high
er political preferment. Any double
dealing on the part of any of them
in respect to the smallpox situation
would be found out before it was a
dozen hours old. It would sound the
political death-knen of the city Off
cials who might be a party to it.
For these personal considerations
and the public considerations already
noted it can be set down as fact that
the action of the city commissioners in
lifting the quarantine is an honest and
legitimate move that has been taken
because the conditions warrant it. If
the erstwhile smallpox infected dis
trict on the East Side was not now
free from contagion. the quarantine
against it would never have been
raised.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-06
AYHAWKER JOTS

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Kidd of Medi-
cine Lodge have a little one, born re-
Gently.
A truth shot home by Mac Gretchen:
AS a rule the less you use your friends,
the more of them you will have.
The world goes around, admits Verd
Napier, but he insists that it would not
go around if divided among all those
who want it.
The season has arrived when it keeps
the Bucklin Banner guessing when to
order the ice man to quit and the coal
man to begin.
When a woman is in love with d
gray haired man she says she just
dotes on gray hair, notes Deacon
Walker in his Osborne Farmer and
then he inquiries to know: What excuse
can she offer when she is in love witd
a bald headed man?
A physiological note in the Medicine
Lodge Cresset: a man died in An
thony last week because his liver was
fifteen times bigger than it ought to
be- There are several people afflicted
with the same enlargement of the gau
but they seem to carry it all right.
Here's a chance to win prize from
the CimarrOn Jacksonian. Who ever
bought new piano without getting it
at a great reductiOn?' asks the jack
sonian and it continues: Any one who
ever heard of a person who did Will get
a prize of a, jewsharp for his trouble.
It doesn't pay to be intoxicated and
disorderly at Syracuse. The Hamilton
County Republican reports that the
two Syracuse business men who were
intoxicated and disorderly one day last
week were tried in the police court,
fined one hundred dollars each and
placed under $1,000 bonds to keep the
peace for three years.
"Marguerite,' the Bodarc correspond
ent of the Douglass Tribune, says the
following is an editorial by a friend:
TT is said that a certain young lady
in this town kneeds bread with gloves
on Now there is nothing strange
about that. The editor needs bread
with his shoes on, he needs bread with
his pants and shirt on, and If some of
the delinquent subscribers do not come
across he will need bread without any
thing on"
Something fashioned in the way
of a social stunt as described by Tom
Thompson in his Howard Courant:
Once a long time ago I attended
church entertainment in which they
played a game called progressive ham
mocks. They had hammOcks swung all
over the yard with a girl in each Lam
mock. The men paid a fee and chose a
hammock. At the tap of the bell the
men all had to get up and move to an
other hammock At the close of the
evening they voted on the most pleas
ing and interesting conversationalist,
the girl so elected to get a prize. Then
they examined the mems coat collars
for powder and long hairs and if any
were found the lucky men were soaked
with a heavy fine.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-06
THE QUARANTINE LIFTED

All the evidence needed that small
pox is a thing of the past in Topeka,
practically speaking, is to be found in
the action of the city commissioners
in officially lifting the quarantine
against the district on the East side
where an epidemic Of smallpox was
threatened a couple Of months ago.
There is only one house in the entire
city of Topeka now that has a small
pox sign on it. And the patient in
that house is convalescent. OF the
six cases in the detention hospital,
two are to be released this week.
While the figures are not at hand, it
is more than likely that there are as
many if not more cases of smallpox
in other cities in Kansas right now as
there are in Topeka. And the few
in Topeka are under absolute control.
Does any one in the whole state
actually believe that Topeka's city
commissioners would have revoked
the quarantine order if anything re-
motely resembling a smallpox epidem-
ic was raging in this city? Of far
more concern to the people of Topeka
| is the preservation of the public
health and protection against the raw
ages Of diseases than is the state fair,
regardless of the fact that a hig and
successful one will be of advantage to
the city and all it's people. If small
pox was raging in any single section
of the city, the last thing the public
officials here would do would be to
revoke the quarantine against it for
the mere purpose of creating the i'm
preston out of town that there was
no smallpox in the city and thereby
help the attendance at the state fair.
Such an action would be condemned
by every decent person in Topeka, in
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-06
GLOBE SIGHTS.
[From the Atchison Globe.1

IF'rom the Atchison Globe.1
An old man can't prove how young
he is by riding a bicycle.
It is hard for a boy to understand
that anyone can get tired of riding.
An Atchison man is good at remem-
bering names and nothing else.
Making it a state emblem didn't keep
the sunflower from being a weed.
Everyone wants sufficient vocabulary
to say mean things in a nice way.
Some men never know how hard they
can hit till they begin slamming their
kin.
A good card player has about as val
liable an accomplishment as a good
rabbit dog.
So many jokes are invented that it
is a wonder that there are only a few
good ones.
A brogue may be musical and other
wise charming but it is easier to un-
derstand English.
Aside from the way he rides a horse.
an Englishman's joke doesn't usually
amount to much.
About the meanest thing a woman
can say to her husband is that his
hair is becoming thin.
One of the lessons of the years is
that it doesn't matter much what town
one comes from.
Another question for the Lancaster
Literary society: What is the idea for
making stogies so long?
What is needed is an arbitration
court which can handle family rows
without getting whipped.
There may be an excuse for catch
ing cold but no one should talk
enough to cause hoarseness-
A good horseman has little use for
a whip. And it might be possible to
handle children as humanely.
AS we understand it, to make a good
landing a balloon must come down on
the installment plan.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-06
A Sailor Bold was He.

A red-haired boy of 5 years stroll
led into the detective bureau and told
Lieut.. Diefenthaler that he wanted to
get home. He was John Dudley Hall,
of Pineora, Ga, and since June he
has been wandering about the north
Atlantic and the North sea as a sea-
man in search of adventure. He ar
rived here as a waiter on the Kron-
prinzessin Cecilie, and now he is I'M
able to work his passage on any of the
ships running to Savannah.
John had a small seaman's chest,
which he carried on his shoulder. and
mass of documents, papers of dis
charge from ships and letters from
American consuls to attest his story.
His stepfather is William L. Gig
nilliet, a lawyer. When high school
closed this spring he obtained his
fathers consent to ship as a seaman
on a steamer from Savannah to Ham
burg, Germany, and see some of the
world. He is tall for his age, muscu-
lar, and could pass for a boy of Is or
10.
He showed a letter of recommended
ton from Daniel Iveson, assistant sup
erintendent of the Savannah Port So
ciety, saying that John had the consent
of his parents to sail the seven seas,
and with this and a copy of the Bible
he started out. His first ship took him
from Savannah to Hamburg.
From there he went on the steamer
Weimer to Leith, Scotland. He worked
as an assistant steward on the steamer
Corsica from Leith to Dundee, and re-
turned to Leith on her. He shipped
assistant steward in the Coblenz to
Hamburg and took train to Bremen.
There the American consul gave him a
letter to the captain of the Rutland,
but the ship company was complete
and he wasn't needed.
About this time John thought it
would be well to start for home if he
was to get back in time for the school
opening and he shipped as a waiter on
the Cecilie. When he landed here he
tried to get On a boat going to Sa-
vannah but was turned down.
He went into a Western Union tele-
graph office on West street and asked
to send a message home for money.
but the telegraph clerk wouldn't send
it collect That night he slept in the
park, and the next, and finally went up
to police headquarters with his chest
on his shoulder to ask help from Lieut..
Diefenthaler-
And because he was under 16 the
lieutenant sent the young seaman to
the children's society until money
comes to pay his way home.-New
York Sun.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-06
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
IFrom the Chicago News. ]

LFrom the Chicago News.1
And some people do not look as
foolish as they are.
Free speech has enabled many a
man to give himself away.
Some peoples idea of a helping hand
is one that is lined with silver.
Anyway, the grass widow seldom
lets the grass grow under her feet.
The less some people are able to
annoy you the less they like it.
If wishes We're horses a lot of them
would be exchanged for pork and
beans
How we enjoy meeting a man who
talks only when he has something to
say.
Our idea of a modest man is one
who keeps his opinions of himself un-
der cover.
No, Cordelia. hospitality isn't neces-
sarily dispensed in the free ward Of
hospital.
It is much easier to forget what you
ought to know than it is to know what
you ought to forget
When a young widow makes up her
mind to marry a struggling young man
his struggles are usually in vain.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-06
QUAKER MEDTTATIONs.
[From the PhIladelphla Record. ]

IFrom the Philadelphia Record
Truth and tact are distant relations
A womans long suit-a dress en-
train.
The thermometer gets a call down
from the weather man.
The matchmaking mamma isn't al
ways to be made light Of.
Even when we greet misfortune
with a smile IL gives US the laugh.
1t is better to burn your bridges be-
hind you than In front OF you.
Marriage may be a failure without
going through bankruptcy proceed
ings.
The average man is willing to ad-
nit that ne has more brains than
money.
No. Maude. dear: the floating popu-
lation isn't composed OF those who are
in the swim.
The fellow who makes a fool Of
himself over a girl Is always surprised
that she takes it as a matter Of course
Little did my mother know when
was a child that she was nursing an
adder at her breast" unused the expert
accountant.
Mrs. Guzzler-"Oh, Henry. see what
Mrs. Dashaway sent you-a Jar 81
branded peaches" Mr.. Guzziar-
We'll don't care much for preserves
but certainly appreciate the spirit h,
which they were sent" -
Now that ] have given Won son,.
thing to eat" said the benevolenf of5
lady. will you not saw some WOOD 90
me2" Il regret to say, Madam .
pLed the weary wayfarer, that 1 can
not saw wood without removing -,
coat. and trust I am too much -
my shirt sleeves" 3"
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-06
WINDOWS.

The windows of the place wherein I
dwell
will make beautiful. No garish light
Shall enter cruoely; but with colors
bright
And warm and throbbing viii weave a
spell
OF rainbow tracery the theme to tell
OF seer and simple saint and noble
knight,
Beggar and king who fought the val
liant fight.
They snail transfigure even my poor cell.
And when the shadows of the night be-
gin,
And sifted sunbeams fall no more on
me,
May I have learned to light my lamp
within,
So that the passing world may look and
see
Still the fair message. though in paIer
hue,
OF the sweet lives who help men to live
true!
-Abbie Farwell Brown, in the Outlook.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-06

Hackenschmidt's crafty manager.
Jack Curley, filed the most enviable
role in what was scheduled to be the
greatest wrestling match of the CEN
tury, but which wasn't. Through
clever maneuverings in the prelimin-
aries he obtained a share of the re-
ceipts that amounted to s29, 1897, twice
as much and then some as his charge
received for getting defeated. But
Hack got all that was coming to him
for the showing he made. and a little
bit more
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-06

Several Kansas cities viii send their
choicest damsels to Topeka for the
Semi Centennial celebration, and as
money doesn't grow on trees. any sug-
gestion tending to reduce expenses
should be appreciated by said kan
sas cities. our suggestion is that
the committees in charge refrain
from purchasing round-trip tickets
for the fair ones; there are number
OF perfectly good eligible male per-
sons in Topeka who are liable to nab
a Kansas peach upon the slightest
provocation. The danger OF contract
ing to return Kansas peaches to the
family tree may be illustrated by re-
peatinS the sad experience of Hon.
Boyd, Of Republic county. At the
time of the Centennial celebration in
Philadelphia, Hon. Boyd got together
crate of Kansas peaches, put them
in Zouave uniforms and took them to
the big show, where they made a Big
Hit But the Philadelphia bloods, who
We're peach fanciers, began to cop out
the "zu-zu" girls at an alarming rate.
BY cutting short his engagement and
fleeing the town on a dark night, Boyd
got back with about half a dozen girls
and SO or 60 return tickets.
Rather than take a chance at being
too stingy with the spelling reform
which Justifies "Karnival Knights"
we move that IL be extended to cover
"karnival Kween."
And. as a further extension of this
forced ALTERATION fad. we would call
your attention to the latest thing on
the Shawnee county menu. "Kanned
Koning."
That dear kid" testimony in the
Beattie case is considered Highly Ex-
citing by some readers but If the pro.
tecttng bark were suddenly stripped
from the lives of number OF Topeka
gents the Beattie case would be re-
duced 70 three paragraphs on the
back page.
Ruth Cameron says in part: II
have often heard it said that house
work is hard on women of brains"
O1 course, preceding and following
sentences qualify this statement. but
many women, who feel that they are
afflicted with brains. will cut out that
one sentence and file II away in laven-
der where their husbands will be sure
to find It after the brainy ones are
Dead.
The average cur dog is amenabIe to
good treatment and argument but
there are many humans who can be
convinced only with a club.
A girl is not satisfied to be born with
silver spoon in her mouth; she wants
someone to keep it filled with choco-
late nut sundae.
It seems that Graham White. after
many narrow escapes, has encountered
the matrimonial cross-current.
C-A-A-A---LL FOR DOC. osLERl
Unclejoe Cannon has taken to golfi
Echo from chicago:-ouchovich!
Helpski! Get Off my neckskonii
Hop
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-06
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Jumping at conclusions is also an ex-
cellent way to create misunderstood
ings.
Truth is better In every way than
falsehoods, except that it can't travel
so fast.
It's easy enough to get ahead of al
most any game but the rub comes in
staying ahead.
y
There's never anything like a crop
shortage in faults. There's always
plenty of them so that every human
can have his share.
X y
Modern plumbing has almost done
away with the old-fashioned lead pipes
with their famous wiped" joints.
Maybe that explains the many leaks
these days in plumbing systems.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-06
HUNOR OF THE DAY

We don't hear much about Omar
'khayyam any more" No Let's see
what team was he with?"-Chicago Rec
ord-Herald.
Miss Budd-what do you think Of the
coming man? Miss Spinster-I think he
must have met with an accident.-Har-
Kate-Maude is married and she doesn't
know the first thing about housekeeping.
get husband to keep house for.-Stray
Stories.
Ashley-Every time buy new auto
mobile I deposit 5000 in the bank. sew
mour-Why do you do that? Ashley-So
as to have a fund I can draw on to pay
for repairs.-Chicago News.
You. there. in the overallsi" shouted
the examining lawyer. how much
are you paid for telling untruths?" Il T,ess
than you are" retorted the witness. s'or
you'd be in overalls. oo."-Housekeeper.
so you don't care much for life in a
large city, mo" replied Farmer Corn
tossel THE population of "A large city is
composed too largely OF folks that went
there with money an had to stay there
Star.
Went UP Twenty Points.-During the
recent hot spell broker was complaining
to a friend OF the duh trading. "Busi-
ness" he said. What can one do in the
way Of business with the mercury stand
Great Scott. man; it's the chance OF a
lifetime to sell mercury
Life isn't worth living" sighed the
you" said the solemn looking stranger
All, then. you. too, are pessimist," said
the Sad-featured man. mo. I'm an un-
dertaker." replied ne Of the soInen Wis
age.-Chicago Tribune.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-06
FROM OTHER PENS
PIT-RROW WOMEN.

The recent visit of a delegation of
pit-broW women to the house of COM
mons has created deep impression in
England. The pit-brow women work
at the mouths of English coal mines,
in sheds open to the weather at the
sides. The work which they perform
has to do with the sorting of the coal
according to size and quality and the
freeing of it from stones. There is
some lifting to be done and some push
ing. There is some risk, but not a
great deal. Women have been hurt
by the catching of their clothing in the
betting and machinery, but of late there
has been more care than formerly in
covering the parts of the machinery
which proved dangerous. At the pres
ent time accidents are rare and con-
fined for the most part to the crushing
of fingers. There is dust constantly
arising and this makes the work un-
tidy. Women working in coal get
black faces as well as men, but they
wear cloths on their heads which
keeps the dust out of their hair, and
the fact that they are in the open air,
together with the constant muscular
exertion required, is on the whole ben
eficia1 to their health. Many of the
girls are fine figures and all have good
color. They prefer the occupation to
domestic labor or employment in fac
tories. The wages they earn range
from one shilling to two and three
pence a day In the various colliery
towns there are upward of five thous-
and women thus employed Milwau-
kee Wisconsin.