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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-09-20
Scamp Poses as Son of Peer and
HoaxeS DunshaughIln.
People of Quiet Little Town Rise to
Occasion OF Entertaining Sprig
of Aristocracy-Wish
They Hadn't.

Dublin.-It isn't every day that the
people of Dunshaughlin, a quiet little
town near Dublin. have the chance to
entertain a young sprig of the arts
tocracy but when the chance does
come they rise to the occasion. They
rose to it couple of days ago. but
now they wish they hadn't
He was an uncommonly aristocratic
looking young man and when he walk
ed up to the Dunshaughlin workhouse
he was dressed in the most approved
motoring outfit and was smoking
big and expressive looking cigar He
introduced himself to the master of
the workhouse as 1.-The Hon DR.
Moore" and said he was on his way
to take holiday duty for DR.. O'Reilly
of Trim. He explained that his mo-
tor had broken down just outside the
town and that he had walked in to
see II he could borrow the car belong
ing to DR.. O'Reilly Of Dunshaughlin,
which he seemed to know was kept
at the workhouse
Now, in Ireland. when a man has
that he is the son of peer, and
this young man looked the part
The master was extremely sorry
DR.. Reilly's motor car was not in at
the time, and he offered to lend DIR.
Moore his own bicycle, which offer
was accepted. "Dr. Moore" rode off
and sold the bicycle in the village
and then went to the inn and had a
substantial dinner, and left, saying he
would come back and stay for a day
or two. He didn't pay for the din.
ner
He was next heard of at Lord Dun
sany's house, where he introduced
himself as Lord Clifford" Unfor-
tunately, Lord Dunsany was away
from home, but his servants exerted
themselves to make his aristocratic
friend comfortable. He stayed for
lunch and. in fact, stayed so long that
he had to borrow Lord Dunsanys mo-
tor car to take him to Dublin. He also
discovered just before his departure
that he was ridiculously short of
money, so he allowed Lord Dunsanys
see him through until the banks open
ed in the morning.
When he got to Phoenix park he
dismissed Lord Dunsany's chauffeur,
saying he would walk across the park
to the Kildare Street club After that
he dropped out Of sight. OF course.
there isn't any Hon. DR.. Moore" or
Lord Clifford" and the workhouse
master and the innkeeper and Lord
Dunsany's steward are all anxiously
waiting for the police to find the pleas
ant young man.
The Dublin corporation is not al
ways an admirable body. but 1t did
an admirable thing the other day
when 1t conferred on Prof. Kuno
Meyer and Rev. Canon O'Leary the
honorary freedom of the city of Dub
lin These two men have been re-
sponsible for the restoration of the
Irish language to its proper place
among the tongues of the earth more
than any others.
A movement has been started to in
vite Lord Iveagh to become lord mayor
of Dublin this year. Lord Iveagh is
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-09-20
Air Line Is Coming Soon, AS
sertS Aviator MoiSant.
Altman Points Out a Novel and VaIu.
able Field for the Flying Ma
chimes In the Near
Future,

Chicago.-That aeroplanes will be
carrying some of Uncle Sans mails
within short time was the prediction
made today by Alfred Moisant, head
of the Moisant Aviation company, dur
ing a conversation with regard to the
lessons of the Chicago air meet.
There is not the slightest doubt in
my mind" he declared, that share
of the registered and special delivery
mail will be transported over aerial
route at no very distant date. With
aeroplane service in the postal depart
ment, important mail which now is
compelled to wait on the train SEIZED
uIes could be carried speedily to its
destination. provided, of course, the
points ware not too far distant to be
reached during daylight hours.
This is only one of the possibili
ties for the aeroplane dem onstrated
by the Chicago meet. which served
to teach lessons not only to the flyer
and manufacturer Of aeroplanes, but
also to the promoter of AVIATION meets
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-09-20
MAIL BY AEROPLANE

The builder had the best opportu-
nifty ever offered of comparing the
relative merits of the various types,
of the direct and chain driven, of warn
against aileron and many other points
which could not be gained by the
study of any one machine.
And, in spite of the two very de-
plorable fatalities, l believe it was
demonstrated that the aeroplane is
not the dangerous vehicle it common
ly has been considered. One Of those
accidents could have been averted by
the exercise of greater care.
Mr.. Badgers machine broke under
strain fifty times greater than any
aeroplane should be called upon to
Withstand. The accident to tombstone
was due to some personal equation
and not to any fault of the machine
His foot may have slipped, or some
other thing may have happened. which
caused him to lose control
I'VE have had railroad trains for
eighty years, but accidents continue
Automobile accidents are a daily oc-
currence and even the drivers Of
horse-drawn vehicles are not immune
from accidents. The aeropIane is only
little more than two years old hut
1T is developing fast, and within a few
years 1t will be safer and better
means OF transportation than either
automobiles. trains or steamships"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-09-20

and in New York the thermometer
ranged for seven days from 95 to SO
degrees. In one week 214 persons
died of sunstroke in the metropolis.
The year 1854 was hot and dry and
the heat seemed to concentrate in the
southwest In Missouri from June II
to the following year not a drop of
rain fell. In 1872 New York expert
enced a torrid visitation of fearful
intensity. On July 4, 155 cases of
sunstroke occurred and of these 72
proved fatal. The principal thorough
fares were like fields of battle. Men
fell by the score and ambulances were
in constant requisition. Dumb beasts
lay down by the wayside and painted
their lives away. Sleep for two or
three of the hottest nights was we'll
nigh impossible, and in the tenement
districts women and children were
found dead on the roofs, to which they
had clambered in the hope of getting
a breath of cool air. The scenes in
the morgue were appalling. Dozens of
bodies were on the stone slabs, under
the splashing water, awaiting the rec
ognition of friends or relatives. Here
a stalwart man who had been sudden
ly stricken; there comely woman,
with her face turned toward the light;
yonder the official photographer doing
his CHASTITY yet necessary work in pre-
serving the pictures of the dead;
eager-eyed relatives hunted among
the corpses for some missing loved
one; a horrible stencil, mingled with
the oppressive heat and lamentations,
filed the air. Over 200 deaths were
recorded in three or four days.
The next serious visitation took
place in 1877, and about July began
to make its power felt throughout the
middle and southern states, as we'll as
New York. In Washington the heat
was particularly oppressive. The car
rails became so expanded by the ac-
ton of the sun as to rise up in curved
lines, drawing the bolts. In one in
stance the rails burst away from the
bolts and left the rack entirely. The
thermometer marked 104 degrees.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-09-20
Battle Giant Sturgeon.

New York.-Hundreds Of baseball
enthusiasts on their way from the
Polo grounds fingered for half an hour
on a bridge spanning the Harlem
river to watch two men in a motor
boat battle with a giant sturgeon The
crowd grew as the fight continued and
for twenty minutes all traffic was tied
up Henry Essig and Tom Bible, the
men in the boat, sank their boat
hooks into the fish and finally drew
their prize to land. The fish was 8
feet inches long and weighed 400
pounds. 1t is the largest ever
caught within the city limits.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-09-20

to balance themselves, l saw them
often sitting erect and snufing the
air About the same time they were
observed busily to wash their faces
with their fore paws. Some tried to
do it and fell over, unable to balance
themselves. No experience was re-
CURED for them to practice the art OF
washing.
| tried to feed the rabbits with com
mon vegetable poison. BY giving them
a very small handful of grass with
several sprigs of nightshade inter
mixed, was able to note their pref
erences. This experience was often
repeated In no case did see them
eat any nightshade. Evidently they
possessed protective instincts which
guarded them without a mothers
teaching Life in America.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-09-20

~ He hot wave of the past sum-
mer which caused much suffer
ing and many deaths all over
the country has had many sim
ilar and it would seem even
more disastrous predecessors, and in
delving into the records of the past
the somewhat surprising fact is dis
closed that the old world has suffered
much more than the new.
In the years 1904 the Rhine, Loire
and Seine rivers went dry. The heat
in several of the French provinces in
1705 was equal to that of a glass fur
mace. Meat could be prepared for the
table by merely exposing it to the
sun. No person dared to venture out
of his house between the hour of noon
and 4 p. m.
In the year IT'S many shops had to
close all over Europe. Not a drop of
rain fell for four months. In 1878 the
thermometer rose to 118 degrees. In
1778 the heat IN Bologna was so in
tense that scores Of people were
stified.
In July, 1898, the heat again became
fntolerable. Vegetables were burned
up and fruit dried on the trees. The
furniture and woodwork in dwelling
houses cracked and split and meat be-
came tainted in an hour. The French
revolution was then at the height of
its bloody carnival, and many super
stitious persons thought that the wave
Of heat following this mighty upheaval
was the curse of God.
In 1900 Spain was visited by swell
tering temperature. Madrid and other
cities we're deserted and the streets
became silent
Another disastrous hot wave swept
over Europe in 1851. In the Champs
de Mars, Paris, during a military re-
view, soldiers by the score fell vic
tins to sunstroke, and at Aldershot,
England, men dropped dead while at
drill. compelling the officers to sus-
pend the exercises.
The summer of 1853 was exception
ally hot in many parts of this country
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-09-20
is HAPPY WITH SO A WEEK
Little SuffIces Where Love Abounds,
Declares Buffalo Man, Arrested
for Keeping Dog.

Buffalo, N. WHILE paying fine
of $40 in the city court here for
keeping an unmuzzled dog, Paul Gerth
vouchsafed the information that his
weekly wage was SO. which provided
for a family of eight.
rs that enough to care for them all
properly" asked the court, and Gerth
replied that he would not exchange
places with Rockefeller or Carnegie.
Not all the money in the world
would make me any happier, Judge, !"
he replied. I'VE have everything we
want and little something over. We
don't claim to have solved the prob
lem of existence, but where there is
real love young couple can get along
on little"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-09-20
Can You Beat ThIs7

An English writer Ga LADY, thus
embodies her virgin emotions in the
words of timed confessional !.
The first time she was kissed she
felt like vase of roses swimming in
honey and eau de cologne. She also
felt as If something was running
through her nerves on feet Of dia-
monds, escorted by several little Gu
pids in chariots draw by angels.
shaded by honeysuckles. and the
whole spread with melted rainbows.'
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-09-20
His Mnther,s Visit

The other day, on an electric car, a
friend said softly: Il want you to no
tice the man two seats in front; he
evidently has his mother down to the
city on a little trip and is showing
her the sights. His care of her is
something beautiful" It was a sight
to make US wish that every mother
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-09-20
FAKIR FOOLS IRISH
the head of the great Guinness brew
ing firm and has made many princely
gifts to Irish charities.
Dentist Job on Bass.

Winsted, Gonna big-mouthed bass
in Highland Lake wears or carries a set
of false teeth belonging to James Tur-
ley of New York, who is soiourning
at that resort Turley went out bass
fishing with Dennis Coffey. The city
man, his eyes and mouth wide open,
was looking over the side of the boat
into the deep, clear water when a
swell from d passing motor boat rock
ed the craft and his false teeth fell
into the lake. AS he peered downward
he saw the teeth disappear in the
mouth of a large bass, which swan
away with them
If any piscatorial artist should catch
bass having in his possession the
missing teeth, he will confer a favor
on the owner by leaving them with
Dennis Coffey
is HAPPY WITH SO q MEEK
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-09-20

might be blessed with just such son,
or with a KIND, loving daughter, who.
when skies are blue and are soft and
balmy, would see that the dear par
ents are taken into the midst of new
scenes, that a welcome invigorating
change might be enjoyed, and little
of the care and thoughtfulness of past
years be given back in direction
where it Is so richly deserved.-St
Louis Star.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-09-20
Has Been Done.

soul may get rich writing popular
songs.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-12-28
FOR AN AFTERNOON AT PLAY
Mrs. oldway Made Up Both as to
Mind and Costume to Enjoy
Little Diversion.

1t was on one of those rare occa-
sions when Mrs. Oldway tore herself
away from her domestic duties to
seek amusement in the neighboring
town, and, dressed in her best, she
stood on the roadside, waiting for a
trolley car to take her to the moving
picture show.
Are you going alone, Mrs. Old
way?" some one asked.
u presume /. am she replied with
the additional elegance and condo
scension Of manner which she always
put on with her best gown. my
daughter Eleanor has the supper
dishes to wash, and it is hardly i'm
possible that she can complete her
task in time to take the car with
me. But l never repine at loneliness,
and these moving picture shows get
ones mind so excited that one can't
hardly help thinking OF anything else.
Last time / attended one there was
quite a crowd, for 1t was bargain day
at Rockville, and the country people
had come to town to advantage them
selves Of the opportunity to purchase
cheaply. I had to stand through the
entire performance. But never mind.
ed. ! find these little diversions
greatly relieve the monopoly"
Here the trolley car arrived and
whisked Mrs. Oldway off to her Git
tie Diversion"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-12-28
DICKENS OWN PEN PICTURE
Great English Novelist Wrote Humor-
ously Of the Details Of His
Daily Life.

For fourteen years Dickens made
Broadstairs his principal summer
home in England. London alone held
a superior place in his affections. He
felt his powers at their amplest when
he was at the little channel coast town
Dickens has given the best picture of
himself at his summer routine in
Broadstairs: I'm a bay window in a
one-pair sits, from 8 o'clock to /. a
gentleman with rather long hair and
no ~neckcloth. who writes and grins,
as If he thought he were very funny
indeed. At 1 he disappears. presently
energies from a bathing machine.
and may be seen. a kind Of salmon
colored porpoise. splashing about in
the ocean.
After that he may be viewed in
another bay window on the ground
floor, eating a strong lunch; and after
that, walking a dozen miles or so, or
lying on his back in the sand reading
a book. Nobody bothers him unless
they know he is disposed to be talked
to; and 1 am told he is very comfort
able, indeed. He's as brown as a ber-
ny, and they do say is a small for
tune to the innkeeper who sells beer
and cold punch. But this is mere ru-
NOR.
Sometimes he goes up to London
eighty miles or so away, and then,
I'm told, there is a sound in Lincoln's
Inn Fields at night as of men laugh
ing, together with a clinking of knives
and forks and wine glasses"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-12-28
NOT ALTOGETHER A SUCCESS
Mr.. Cohen Got His Meal and Escaped
the Rain but Departed
Unsatisfied.

A long way from home, and the rain
pouring down, with no umbrella. Isaac
Cohen was In a terrible way But
suddenly 1t struck him that he might
get shelter and a cheap meal, too,
from an old friend, n Kressler. a
German, who lived in the neighbor.
hood.
So, after a little searching, he found
his friends house, and gave the door
bell a manful pull.
Presently he was face to face with
Kressler himself, who evidently was
non too pleased to see him. Being
conducted into the dining room. where
eight little Kresslers were seated
around the table. he was babe to take
a seat and have a little dinner.
Isaac rubbed his hands and quietly
smiled. He was in lucki
After an enjoyable meal, and the
rain had stopped. he rose from his
seat, and turning to friend Kressler
said:
"Ah. my dear friend Kressler, | Wish
to tank you for your
Don't mention 1t, mine friendt." in.
terrupted Kressler slyly; "shust give
the kids a quarter eachi"
VOL W nf"H. w
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-12-28
E3S0R READ THE SIGNS
Companion Had Doubts About
Character Of Boy. Despite Ex-
pert Opinion.

The professor who reads character
II physiognomy pointed to the boy
opposite. Fe belonged to the criminal
tSFc, said the professor. Look at his
q es, his ears, his cheek bones, his
rclth-criminal, every one Of them.
The boy sat very still. All about
him were other boys swinging ball
bats, and cutting each others ears, but
that, the professor said, was only the
natural overflow Of animal spirits; the
quiet boy was too thoroughly stepped
in criminality to have any animal
spirits. Just as the professors COM
radion was beginning TO wonder If it
Was safe to ride in the same car with
tie youthful degenerate the boy
reached down into his pocket and
brought forth a white flower, 1t was
a common field flower, a cluster Of
tiny white blossoms topping a slender
stalk. The boy seemed very fond OF
it. He twirled the stalk, he stroked
the leaves and petals, and every touch
was soft and tender. But the professor
had nc eyes for those gentle fingers,
he was intent on the unmistakable
signs of inherited d~epravity.
"A bad one, he is, all right" said
the professor with a solemn shake OF
the head.
But the other person looked at the
flower again. A bad one, was he?
Maybe; but the other person had
doubts.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-12-28
B. H. PAYNE,
Gen. P. & T. Ag't st. Louis.

just a few words to those desir-
ing mason work done Of any kind.
The bottom has fallen out Of the
prices you used to pay. You can
now have your houses plastered
for 8 cents per yard, two coats,
and your sidewalks, the old style
with cheap John bottoms and q
top one-half sand and one-half
cement for Z cents per square foot
or the better one for 10 cents a
foot. That is, made all alike from
the top to the bottom, and no top
to scale of. Get a good one once
and you won't have to build again.
Cellars concreted very reasonable
land other kinds of mason work,
lsuch as stone, brick or concrete
foundations, bungalows, chimneys
and ~cisterns, SO any one can have
a good one and anybody wanting
a square deal call on X. S. Honey.
we'll. I will tell you what it is
worth to doyour work whether /
! do the job or not.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-12-28

The Sponge Rubber Pad Truss
is the best in the world. Never
slips and is the most comfortable
to wear. All sizes and kinds to
select from at the Manufacturers
Supply House, Bismarck, Mo.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-12-28
DIR. w. J. SMITH,
American School of Osteopathy, Kirksville, Mo
CONSULTATION FREE. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. Board,

Room and Treatment, $40 to $5 per week. Special Rates to parties de-
string Board Without Treatment
This Institution is designed and constructed for the comfort and accommodation O
patients who seek relief and reupeadon and the recovery of lost health. Its location il
admirable for this purpose. Iii N the Iron Mountain Railway, So nile south IT, St
Louis, and $40 feet above that city. Nestled at the footo Of Shepherd Mountain, embow.
cred among maesic trees just off the main street, and free from its nos and dust, ac
alongside the famed Emerson ark,known far and near, with its shady walks and drive
ways, Sylvan Lake and Grant Spdngan IN their attractive surroundings, n moreb eaudu
found in sllAmerir.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-06-03
He IS STILL ALIVE
Although This Tramp Really
Worked Once.

Your occupation" INTERCEPTED
Chief Gormon, as he examined Isaac
Sullivan. 80 years old, of Cincinnati,
alleged bum.
Err, I'm in the tankin' business"
answered Sullivan. Il helped to build
water tank l worked-once"
Sullivan was arrested last night on
suspicion and held for examination.
He said he came from the lumber
camps of Virginia, where he had
worked a little" The man believes
his aversion to work was probably
caused by excessive drinking. He
was released and given an hour to
leave town.
The next hobo examined was Fred
Immenhart, 10 years old, also claim
ing Cincinnati as his home. The boy
was arrested by Patrolman Vogelsong
on Randolph street, this morning. He
was begging two cent stamp to
write a letter to his "aged mother"
The letter, the police found, was ask
ing his mother for money. The two
cent game is a good one, the police
say Frank Hart, crook according
to the police, worked it in Richmond
several years ago. He was arrested
and fined here. Immenhart was given
a severe cross-examination and will be
held until tomorrow morning. The
police suspect that he is wanted for
some crime.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-06-03
Sunday school 1890 a. m. Ofncerss
residence 245 South Third street.
First Enolish Lutheran-C0rner I'M

Sunday school 1890 a. m. Omcers'
residence 245 South Third street.
First English Lutheran-Corner 18th
and South A streets. E. G. Howard.
pastor Morning worship 1890 q. m.
Sermon by the pastor. Vespers at
4:30 p. m. Special music by chorus
choir, Sunday school at a. m. DR..
A. L. Bramkamp. superintendent A
cordial welcome to all
First Christian church-Corner 10th
and South A streets, Samuel w.
Traum. pastor. Bible school sos q.
m. Christian Endeavor $50 p. m. In
the morning at 1890 there will be a
special service which the Modern
Woodmen will attend in body.
There will be no service in the even
ing, owing to the union service In
East Main Street Friends church, Col.
Balm being the speaker.
United Rrethren-Eleventh and N.
streets. II. s, James. pastor. Bible
school at $50 a. m. At 1880 a. M
Bishop G. NJ. Mathews. d, d. of Chi
cago. will preach, All are cordially
invited to hear this able and elo-
quent divine. No evening service ac-
count of union meeting to be address,
ed by Col, Balm at East Main Street
Friends church.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-06-03
SHERMAN WHITE Is
NOT THE CHAMPION

As was the case when Curly" Mil
Ter broke the endurance roller skating
record on his first attempt, or at least
thought he did. until week or two
later. when he discovered that some
one else was possessor of the so-called
record. Sherman White who recently
played for more than thirty-seven
hours on a piano, has since learned
that an Italian at Baltimore has even
a better record-fifty hours. The two
are now planning contest for the
championship Of the world, which
probably will be played In the east