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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-09-06
of such an altitude as to necessirale
a pair of steps to mount them.
Tricks PLAYED on the Traveller

VI SuCu AQ dll1IuQS DIS 10 UNDERESTIMATE
a pair of steps to mount them.
Tricks Played on the Traveller.
Sometimes IN European hotels the
tourist is taken solemnly to one side
and told that by paying few francs
or lire more he can have the royal
bedchamber. A certain hotel in Sor-.
rento, where dozen or more royal
heads have lain in one season, is even
more generous, for if the rooms are
empty they make no extra charge.
And the traveller lives to recount when
he is back on his native heath how his
cheek pressed the same pillow that
had been used by the little queen of
Holland or the king of Saxony. But
that is not purely European custom,
for to this day in a certain Boston no
tel the sacred chamber occupied by
Prince Henry of Prussia is listed at
about $40 a day more than any other
room in the house.
Most American travellers on their
first trips abroad are astounded when
upon the day of their departure from
a hotel they are presented with their
bill by the head waiter instead of by
the landlord or by his chief clerk. But
it is the custom and this important in
dividual is thus assured of his tip.
The traveller thinks it a little
strange that coffee is always extra at
luncheon and dinner, but when he or
ders coffee, at an average of or 6
cents extra, the cup, it is freshly made
expressly for him and is not the cot
fee that has stood for hours in the
pot Another thing that strikes him
as funny is the fact that there are ele-
vators to go up, but that he cannot
use them to go down. One European
sign in small hotel reads: mo one
is allowed to descend in the elevator
but invalids and the aged" In the
larger hotels the lifts are used as
they are in America, but so leisurely
are they that one usually prefers to
run downstairs on shank's mare.
Economy in lights is another trait,
and where, as usual. there are two
electric lights in the room, one over
the bed to read by and another in
the ceiling, one cannot he turned on
without turning the other off. But
young American engineer solved the
difficulty by unscrewing the porcelain
cap of the switch and sticking in
hairpin to make the connection. He
had two lights, and no one was ever
the wiser. And his conscience? 1t
never troubled him at all; it was one
of those elastic ones you read about.
It does not take long to remember,
after you once know. that if you
want to buy salt in Italy you must go
to a tobacco shop to get it; for both
salt and tobacco are government mo-
nopolies. And it is pleasure to learn
that in France you can buy stamps
and postcards at tobacco shops, which
are under government jurisdiction
there as well. Also that in both coun-
tries you can send kilograms at as low
rate as IA cents for ten words, and
that special delivery letters will go
for cents in Paris if you remember
to write across your envelope "Pneu-
matique," which means that the letter
will be shunted through a pneumatic
tube in no time at all, and delivered
almost as soon as telegram.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-09-06
WouIdn't Leave Her Key.
Power From Tides and Winds.

At the recent meeting Of the British
association the question of economical
production of power from tides and
winds was again under discussion, and
it has been taken up widely by scien-
tific journals in Europe. La Revue
Scientifique calls attention to a sys-
TEN of utilizing the power Of sea
waves to actuate dynamo which has
been employed during the last six
months at the mouth of the River
Gironde. An air chamber is connect
ed with a we'll, which communicates
with the sea at a depth below the
level of the lowest tides. By the adj
vance and recession of the waves
changes of pressure are produced in
the air chamber, and a system of
valves enables the resulting air cur
rents to be applied to rotating kind
turbine. 1t is said that the apparatus
works equally well in calm and in
stormy weather.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-09-06

A woman went into a hardware
store in Atchison. the Globe says. and
asked to be shown a Harmless revol-
yer" as a protection against burglars
She had asked her husband what kind
of a revolver to buy. anu he had recon-
mended a ''hammerIess."
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-09-06

- VERY summer thousands of
Americans make their initial
& trips across the Atlantic to tour
Europe. All bad sailors know
the moment when it is best to seek
a chair and keep still, if the stu
alton is to be saved. The man in the
picture has reached this stage. All
would probably be well had not the
woman with the baby dropped the
feeding bottle Her maid, in the back
ground. is past hope. The mans duty
is clear. But, then if he moves?
One of the most interesting features
of an Americans first European tour
is the comparison of transatlantic Gus
toms in hotel and railway with those
of the land of the brave and the home
of the free. Many things that to the,
seasoned traveller have become COM
monplace long ago strike the tourist
on his initial trip as highly amusing.
Col. Brotherton of Kentucky, for in
stance, had been recommended to
quiet Italian hotel. Returning late
from San Carlo, where almost every
tourist goes on his first night in Ma
pies, he was amazed in passing along
the corridor to see outside nearly ev-
cry door in addition to the boots on
the floor sundry dress skirts and trou-
sers hung upon large branching brass
hooks. A garcon who was sitting in
the corridor tried in broken English
to explain it was the custom for trav-
elers to leave the clothing they had
worn during the day outside their
doors to be brushed. But the colonel
was incredulous. Never saw any
thing like it in America he said.
Likely as not it's some sort of skin
game. and all those fools will wake
up in the morning and find their
clothes stolen. Not 1! I'll brush my
own"
Wouldn't Leave Her Key.
Miss Clarissa Blythe of Vermont
was perfectly astounded at having her
chambermaid rush after her as she
carefully deposited the key of her
room in her beaded reticule, and ex-
claimed:
But, madam! Please leave your
key beside the door. l must have it
to go in and do your room"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-09-06
His Reason.

Rogers-My love. | fear you must
take to banting.
Mrs Rogers-Why?
Rogers have already reduced all
my otner expenses.-Harper's Bazaar.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-09-06

"One thing about Jinx; lie never
comes into ones Office without knock
ing" Another thing about Jinx is
that he never goes anywhere without
knocking. Houston Post.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-09-06

Frankfort, Ky-Miss Mamie Dun
can. a school teacher, was kicked in
the head by horse the other day,
bu. her life Hae saved by her rat.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-09-06
me Point Of Difference

'Tmitatin' dc busy bee is all right"
said Uncle Eben. ''if man is satisfied
to lay up honey fob hissef an not go
round tryin' to sting somebody"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-09-06
a Plain INQUIRY.

Warden, what are most of these
men doing here?" Principally doing
time, madam"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-11-11

they officers or soldiers, who appear
before the court.
Whence came the famous army sal
utation, How. which in the inter
change of club courtesies precede the
consumption of strong waters, is as
much a mooted question in the army
as the origin of the salute. Three
or four explanations are given. To
the Indians of the western plains to
whom How stood for the salutation
of their pale faced friends the most
of the officers ascribe the derivation.
The suggestion is made that How
is an abbreviation Of Here's how-de-
do" Others ascribe it to a corruption
of the Seminole expression 'Hough,
greeting.
The latest explanation volunteered
by the officers of the Army and Navy
Club in Washington is that How
owes its origin to the chemical eX
preston Of the components of the
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-11-11

Crusaders acknowledged of the
cross Of Christ and the latter-day sol
der mans salute to the flag or to his
commander.
According to a rule Of the service,
never put into the regulations, an
officer summoned to appear as the
accused before a court-martial must
always appear in the uniform of his
rank, but without his sword, lie may
leave it at home or not as he will
The officer accused is technically un.
der arrest; as the accused he is sup
posed to have delivered his sword
to the officer who placed him in that
status. The judge-adyocate, the pros
ecutor of the court, appears in like
plight, swordless, and so also does
the counsel for the accused if he be a
brother officer. On the other hand,
the members of the court are most
punctilious about wearing their side
arms, and so must all witnesses, be
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-11-11

favorite army beverage. H2-O sig
nifes water, according to chemical
code. HO therefore is taken to mean
half-water. w stands for whisky,
therefore HOW expresses haIf-water
and half-whisky.
Many of the most beautiful of the
customs Of the service are those
which surround the funerals of dead
comrades. An officers funeral is al
ways impressive. That of a general
officer is as filled with Journalism as
the burial of an archbishop. Among
the invariable consultants of a sol
diers funeral is the flag draped upon
the casket If the dead hero be an
officer of the mounted service his
horse is always led after the caisson
which does duty as a hearse. At
tached to the saddle of the officers
charger will always be found his
boots. These are laced across the
saddle and swung spurs to the front
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-11-11

in reversed stirrup housings. The
position of the boots signifies that the
officers last march is ended
After the body has been committed
to the earth it is the custom for a
file of infantrymen to fire three vol
leys over the open grave This is he
oldest custom of our army or of any
other, 1t dates from the days OF an
cient Rome, and typides the dropping
of, the three clods of earth into the
grave and the thricerepcated Vale!
Vale! Valer'-farewell 10y
the friends of the deceased as they
marched away from the tomb.
Taps the bugle call for lights
ont, is always blown by the trump
eter after the firing of the volley.
/ This custom is a modern one. It is
also characteristic of the American
army. 1t was the custom Of some
regiments during the Mexican war.
Continued of page fourteen)
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-11-11
Army Common Law

Point cadet becomes acquainted. The
salute is credited with three different
origins. All of them date back into
bygone centuries. The commonly
accepted origin of the salute which is
used by the soldier in greeting his
superior is from the days of the BOr-
gias When in the centuries of in
trigue and assassination an inferior
entered the presence of his superior
hit was the custom for him to dp
proach with his hand raised as high
as his head and the palm turned out
ward BY this means the peaceable
intention of the soldier toward his
officer was not only signitied, but
proved. The open palm showed TO
the superior that no poinard was
held by the inferior.
Another derivation CT the salute IS
said to be the survival of the custom
( of uncovering in the presence of ones
! superior officer. In the days of broad
! hats and sweeping plumes the re-
moval of the hat in saluting was an
4 easy matter. Then came the great
bearskins and shakos and other be-
strapped and beplumed headgear Of
/ the latter eighteenth and early nine
teenth centuries The removal of the
headgear was matter OF exceeding
awkwardness, therefore the soldier
made a motion with the right hand,
resting ii to the side of his hat as
though to doff it, Instantly the officer
acknowledged the courtesy with a
simple wave of the hand. The act Of
obeisance was recognized as com
pleted.
The third suggestion as to the or
igin of the salute credits it with hav-
ing begun in the days Of chivalry and
to be the suggestion of shading the
eye Of the soldier man from the da2-
zling beauty of the queen of the
jousts,
The salute performed by an officer
, when on parade in which the sword
is used dates from the days of the
, Crusaders. Today the officer brings
his right hand, holding the weapon
| blade uppermost, to the level of his
chin. Then the point is DETECTED with
broad sweep and the salute is per
+ formed. In Crusader days the
| swords were in the form of crosses
. The straight blade was crossed by
the hilt at right angles. The eleyd
i ton of the sword, hilt uppermost, fur
5 nished the Crusader with a practica
h crucifx which he was accustomed Il
I kiss. There is little difference in the
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-11-11
BY GEORGE L. EDMoNDs.

THE Common Law of the Army"
is the term applied to the myriad GUS
toms of the service that, through
usage dating back to the organization
of Uncle Sans fighting force and
then back further into the distant
centuries, in some instances to the
days of the Crusaders, have become
as much a part of the life of the sol
der as though they had been writ
ten into the statutes of the United
States or ordained, signed, sealed and
countersigned by every official of gov
eminent from President Taft down to
the youngest adjutant that ever
donned a sword and aiguillette.
"The Customs of the Service gov
ern where law and regulations are
silent" says Captain James A. Moss,
Twenty-fourth United States Infan-
try, the army's authority on matters
of etiquette and custom and author
of the Officers Manual, now going TO
press for its third edition. This code
! of custom can only be modified by
/ the most drastic action or through
/ the slower process of changing senti-
ment. SO powerful is custom that it
receives legal recognition in the
eighth article of war, the oath admin,
istered to members of a court-mar-
tial."
Forty pages of Captain Moss's man,
ual is devoted to the explanation OF the
service. In them he treats at length
of the social and Official etiquette pre-
vailing in army circles and in the
intercourse between officers of the
army and their brothers in arms OF
the other services, the navy and The
marine corps. Many of the points
of etiquette seem strained. There
are little rules of calling, Of leaving
cards, of acknowledging courtesies
which would put to shame for com
pleXity of usGge the ancient etiquette
of the days of Louis XIV. Then are
catalogued the many curious army
usages that are of interest to the
world at large and which, until Cap
tain Moss prepared his brochure, ha'
never been satisfactorily explained
the picturesque customs of the arm,
in peace and the army in war tina
have an attraction for the eye an,
have aroused the curiosity Of the IN
itiated from time immemOrial.
The salute between officer and of
, Ger and between officer and soldier
the first bit of army etiquette wit
which the rookie" or the new Yves
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-11-11
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The morning news. (Estancia, N.M.) 1911-1912, 1911-11-07
WHO IS THE;
THXPA PAYER?

In comparing the candidates
on the tickets to be voted to-
day, an interesting compari-
son has been made between
the candidates for the office of
treasurer and collector. An
gus McGillivray, who has been
q resident of the county or tho
portion of the territory now
embraced within the county
for the past quarter of a CEN
tury, has always been a heavy
taxpayer. He has his receipt
for his 1910 taxes, having paid
$426.l4 on a valuation of &c.
$4,000 besides the 5000 eXemp
tion allowed by law. DR.. Am
bic, the republican candidate,
who has been held up as a
heavy taxpayer in the county,
returned his assessment in
1910, the same year at $3.50,
from which the exemption is
deducted leaving $500 on
which to pay. His taxes for
1910 are $l3.23, and the col
lector's books show that only
one half of this sum has been
paid, Mr.. Voter, whom do
you want to look after the
county money, the man who
pays his taxes promptly or the
man who puts it off until com
PEELED to pay? A heavy tax
payer or one who pays only a
few dollars: Its up to you.
The morning news. (Estancia, N.M.) 1911-1912, 1911-11-07
VOTE MAY
Be: SWORN IN

Ii any person is refused reg
istrati0n by the Judges of reg
issration, be may make @0a
present to the ia Ige>, biz aft
dayit in writ 9, ~ettiug firth
that the afiant is a citIz-a o.
the Uui.ea States, tha. he h@a
resided in the Territory If
New Mexico for the six
months next preceding, that
he has resided in the county
for three months next preced-
ing, aud in the precinct in
which h offers to register, for
thirty days next preceding,
ana that be is not disqualified
for any reason from being reg
iStered as a voter and from
voting at the next ensuing
election; such affidavit may be
sWorn TO before any justice of
the peace or other officer quail
ltied to administer oaths And
The morning news. (Estancia, N.M.) 1911-1912, 1911-11-07

A card from /. F. Decker to
the News tells of his arrival at
Port Washington, Ohio. Mrs.
Decker is i'll with typhoid fever,
contracted while at Heavener,
Oklahoma. Frank is adXious to
get the News, not wanting to
miss copy.
The morning news. (Estancia, N.M.) 1911-1912, 1911-11-07

at par, assume all expenses in
preparing and floating the bonds,
and also advance the necessary
funds as soon as the bonds were
issued. In the face Of this the
board passed the following reso-
luton:
Be it further resolved, that, for
and in consideration of the ser
vices rendered, and to be here
after rendered, and the expenses
incurred and to be incurred by
the said Tro nQuilino Labadie in
the sale and negotiation Of said
h0nds, or any other services that
may be required Of him in rela-
tion thereto, this board hereby
covenants and agrees to and
with the said Tranquilino Laba-
bic, to allow and pay him COM
mission Of 5 per cent of the face
value of said bonds, which COM
mission the said Tranquilino La
badie is hereby authorized to de-
duct from the gross proceeds
Of said bonds as a full compensa-
zion for these particular services.
This act gives to Mr.. Labadie
5 per cent Of $4,000 or $500 for
doing what the clerk Of the board
should do. Will the taxpayers
stand for such o waste Of county
funds? Is this q graft or not'
Needless to say the commits
sioners revoked the action at
their next meeting.
There are several things the
Herald omitted to say about Mr..
Labadie, which might help the
voters in deciding how to vote.
1t omitted to say that he is a
s0n-in-IaW oE Don Eugenio Ro-
mere, and . vote for him will
help to place Torrance county
under the rule Of Don Eugenio,
similar to the way San Miguel
county is at present,
It omitted to state that at the
election in 1904, Mr.. Labadie was
a candidate for commissioner
from the second district on the
Democratic ticket, but that he
lost out with his father-in law on
account Of this and had to return
into the Republican fold to enjoy
the crumbs which Tell from the
masters table
Is 0mltt9G 90 state that MIR.
Labadie has been q resident of
Torrance county but a few
months, just long enough to be a
voter here, and virtually belongs
in the class Of "carpetbaggers.
Yes, indeed, You should be
proud to cast your vote for Mr..
La0adie knowing that he has
rendered you valuable service in
the past and will continue to do
so if elected, We do not doubt
for one minute he VIII continue
10 do so if elected and for that
very reason we are against his
election. Rendering valuoble @
services at $500 per, comes rath-
er aigh for the taxpayers. But
then as it is all in the family, ma
turally the Herald must support
him. But will the voters be
duped?
The morning news. (Estancia, N.M.) 1911-1912, 1911-11-07
1T $500 PE:,R

of our readers to the fact that
M, Labadia has rendered valu.
able services to Torrance county
/ Re past. In the year 1905, al
h o~n expense, he went to tt (
Territorial legislature and .c.
maja7d tbc.e fHr ore month, and
during tina. tlme he secured for
the county Of Torrance, through
the influence he had with the
powers that be, frs, a redoc-
tion of the county Indebtedness
to the amount Of $40 600; second
he secured an extension to the
county boundaries whole tier
of townships running from north
to south and extending six miles
into Valencia county. He also
secured the delivery Of not less
than $3.50 of school money
which the original act which es-
tabIished Torrance county had
not provided for. Furthermore,
he secured a provision in that law
authorizing the county commits
sioners Of Torrance county to
: employ an agent Of their own
choosing to make a transcript Of
the county records from the
county Of Valencia.
The above is part Of an article
published in the last issue Of the
Estancia Herald, and proves one
Of two things; Either the writer
is wholly ignoraat Qf the facts in
the case, or is deliberately lying
TO deceive the voters. The trip
Of Mr.. Labadie to Santa Fe and
his alleged lobbying there IN the
interest Of Torrance county may
have been at his oWn expense
but the taxpayers Of Torrance
county footed the bill to the tune
| of $500.
AS regards the securing Of a
provision in the law authorizing
the transcription Of the county
records, the general statutes pro
vide that in such cases the pro-
bate clerk is to do the TRANSCRIPT
ling, but this did not suit Don
TranQuilino, es he wanted to do
the work. He secured the ap-
pointment at a special meeting
and did the work, the taxpayers
paying therefor S666.56,
At the meeting of the commits
sioners on Feb, I8, 1905, Mr.. La
badie attempted to work the
commissioners to pay him anoth-
er five hundred, but through the
exposing Of the scheme by the
News the matter fell flat. The
News of Friday, February "a.
1905, says;
From the actions in the com
missioners court this week it
seems that graft has struck Tor
rance county and struck it hard.
One Of the principal things to
come before the board at this
meeting was the floating Of bonds
for current expenses and Jail pur-
poses, as provided for by the act
creating the county Of Torrance.
The people as a whole were, and
are, in favor of keeping the bond
ed Indebtedness Of the new coun
ty alta minimum. A bond broker
OF Chicago has correspondeu With
the board in regard t3 floating
any bonds which the board might
issue, proposing to buy the bonds
The morning news. (Estancia, N.M.) 1911-1912, 1911-11-07

Frank w Clancy and Geo.
pricbard were uorthbouud
! sssengers Sunday, en- route to
iuta I- after having cam
igaa4 through the southern
.lG.U OF the stale.
The morning news. (Estancia, N.M.) 1911-1912, 1911-11-07
IS He Still
Running?

We wonder if the editress of
the Herald will know by to-
night that Fred L. Hill has
been kicked off the Republi-
can ticket and H. B. Hawkins
substituted in his stead? Al
thoogh the kicking was done
a week ago, the Herald is ap-
parently ignorant of the fact,
and continued publishing
Hills name as a candidate
both on the ticket in her paper
and the Election Procla ma
ton.
The morning news. (Estancia, N.M.) 1911-1912, 1911-11-07

Marcos Castillo, who has
been working in Torrance
county during the campaign
returned to Santa Fe Sunday
The morning news. (Estancia, N.M.) 1911-1912, 1911-11-07
Volume [
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H. B. FERGUSON
PAZ VALVERDE
Para Representatives. al Congreso
w. C. MCDONALD
Para Gobernador
E. G. DEBACA
Para Teniente GobernadOr
ANTONIO LUCERO
Para Secretario de Estado
0, N. MARION
Para Tes0rero
w. r. McGILL
Para Procura00r General
FRANCISCO DELGADO
Para Auditor
AVIAN N. WHITE