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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-01-03
HITcHED HIM UP HERSELF
Woman Had Made Only a Few Unin.
portant Mistakes In Harness
ing the Horse.

Three men ran out and grasped the
bride of the excited horse. The horse,
1t might be said, was more scandal
ized and amazed than frightened.
ooh, what's the matter with him."
walled the lady in the buggy. One Of
the men walked a0out the horse and
inspected him.
Il guess he said, dryly, that if we
turned the bride around so the blind
ers wouldn't clap him under the chin.
and took this trace from under his
hind leg, and UNFINISHED the breeching,
he'd feel little more comfortable"
The lady glared at him.
Il hitched that horse up myself"
she said; sit was just exactly the way
they showed me-" The man said moth
ing, but busted himself in straighten-
ing out the harness.
Il guess" he said, I'D best take
him out of the shafts. The breast col
lars on backward, and the saddle
ought to be pulled up a foot forward. >
The lady withered the good Samaritan
with glance.
rs anything on right?" she inquir-
ed. The man considered.
Why, yes" he said; the backing
straps are all right. They were fast
ened to the shafts and you snap EN-
on
Il knew it was all right" the lady
said, Just some little unimportant
things wrong. Thank you. Come up!"
And the old horse trotted placidly
away the lady sitting very erect.
''Now-what-do- Ou-think-of-
that?" inquired the helpful man,
standing in the street and shading
his eyes to look after the driver.
THE wonder u.s." said one Of the
less helpful, that more people don't
get killed. I've seen some fools get
into an automobile and try to run 1t
first pop. Often you see people who
can't row get into boat and sit back
ward in it to push on the oars"
But the worst of ell. third man
said. us the fellow who tries to sail
a boat before he knows one sail from
another, or what they're used for"
The helpful man sighed
'Life's full of chances" he said
Maybe that lady will get home all
right"
Sure. she will" another assured
him. "a special providence watches
over women who hitch up their own
horses. '-Galveston News
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-01-03
Boxinq an Ancient sport.

Although boxing and pugilism, occc
plying much attention at the present
time, were popular in classic Greeca
they seemed to have died out in ths.
Middle Ages, and it was not until the
end of the seventeenth century that
we find references to boxing as a reg
ular English sport. Boxing, as dis
tinguished from pugilism, may be said
to date from 1866, when the Amateur
Athletic club was formed and the
Queensberry rules drawn up. The
boxing glove, however, has been in
vented about century before by
Broughton, the father of English
pugilism," who used them in his prac-
tice bouts. But you will remember
that the boxing glove, as described by
Virgil, was a terrible instrument Of
offense.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-01-03
FOUR sLAYERs GET RETRIEVE
Gov. Deneen Grants Stay to Murderers
of Chicago Truck Farmer.

Chicago. = Following the hear
ing of arguments and ppleas for
clemency made before the state board
of pardons in Springfield, Governor
Deneen granted reprieve until
February 16 to the four men con-
demned to death for the murder OF
Fred Guelzow on October 20. last.
The prisoners, who were sentenced
to be hanged Friday, are Ewald and
Frank Shiblawski, Philip Sommerling
and Thomas Schultz, the latter only
nineteen years of age
Guelzow, young truck gardener,
was driving to the city with a wagon
load of produce. when he was attacked
and murdered He pleaded with the
men to take his valuables, but to
spare his life, on account of his young
wife and two-months-old baby.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-01-03
WILL SPEND YEAR IN
PRISON FOR .S15,O0O,O00
Four New Workers, After "Cleanine
Up" on Stock Swindle. Enter
Pleas of Guilty.

New York.-Four men agreed to
spend a year each on Blackwell's
island for a consideration of S15,-
100000. The men. who were pro-
moters of the firm of Burr Bros, In
corporated, are: Shelton C. Burr, pres
ident of the corporation; Eugene II.
Burr, ecretary-treasurer; Charles IL
Tobey, e-president: Edwin Wesley
Preston
Their Offices here were ra1jed No
vember 20, 1910, by the postal author,
ties. the men being charged with using
the mails in a scheme TO defraud in
vestors
Each of the defendants was sen
fenced to serve one year in the peni-
tertiary on Blackwell's island. They
were taken to the island and began
their sentences.
Between $4O,0O0,0O0 and $50.000.000
was obtained by Burr Bros through
its sales OF worthless mining and oil
stock, netting profit to the defend
ants of S13,000,00 to $15,000.000, ac-
cording to announcement made by the
postal inspectors who raided the es-
Enlistment
Leavenworth. Kan, Dec. 23.-Shei-
ton C. Burr and Eugene II. Burr, sons
of Henry Burr, pioneer resident OF
this city, were borf and reared here.
The elder Burr made fortune in the
manufacture of shoes. After he died
his sons closed the factory and went
to New York.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-01-03
CANNOT sen Wood hv Load.

Madison.-A new law becomes eff
fective January /, relating to the
selling of wood for fuel, and it will
not, after that date, be permissible
to sell by the load Every lot of
wood sold or delivered must contain
a certain number of cubic feet. 1t
will also be necessary to give a dupli-
cate ticket with every load Of coal,
charcoal or coke, and to make nc
sale Whatever except by the weight
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-01-03
MOB LYNcHEs NEGRO SLAYER.

Prisoner in Jail Near Baltimore Is
Dragged Out and Body Hacked.
Baltimore, Milking Davis, a ne
gro, aged thirty-eight years, who shot
and killed Frederick A. Schwab, a
white man, at Fairfield, Anne Arundel
county, was taken from the lookup at
Brooklyn, a suburb of Baltimore, and
lynched. His body was badly hacked
with hatchets in the hands of the mob
Nothing was known of the lynching
by the authorities of Brooklyn until
the chief of police was notified by a
newspaper carrier of what had hap
pened. The mutilated body of the ne
gro was found in the rear of the town
jail
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-01-03
VOTE SELLERS GET INVITE
If They Confess Virginia Judge VIII
Impose Minimum Fine.

Knoxville, Tenn. Judge Skeen
of Lee county, Virginia, issued
proclamation in which he invited all
who sold their votes in recent cleo
ton in that county to appear before
the court. confess and accept the mini
mum fine. Otherwise, it is asserted,
indictments will be returned. The
court will allow one year for payment
OF the fines. The Virginia law auto.
matically DISTINGUISHES voter for life
upon confession of fraud In an cleo
ton. In spite of this. it is said, hun
dreds will confess.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-01-03
NINE. LAN6EVIN is FREED
Court Grants Wife Separation In Case
Involving Nine. Curie.

Paris Nine. Langeyin was
granted a separation from her hus
band. M. Paul Langevin, whose name
was associated with that of Nine. Curie
in a series of recently published love
letters. The text o the Judges de-
cision does not mention the name of
Nine. Curie. but states that the peti,
ton of Nine Langevin for separa-
ton is granted because Professor
Langevin had abandoned the conjugal
don1icile under conditions injurious
for his wife," and also because it ap-
peared from the documents submitted
to the court that Professor Langevin
had been guilty of grave injuries
toward his wife
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-01-03
The Occasion.

They had been having q little tiff.
"Oh, of course" he said, wrathfully,
II am always in the wrong"
Not always" said she, calmly.
Last week you admitted that you
were in the wrong"
Well, what's that got to do with
ftp" he demanded.
Nothing, except that you were pee
fectly right when you admitted it,"
she replied.-Harper' Weekly.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-01-03
FREED CONVICT is TAKEN.

Man Released at jackson, Mich, Is
Escaped Federal Prisoner.
Sioux Falls, S. D.-After ten years
in the Michigan penitentiary at
Jackson, and on the day he was
liberated, l.. F. Luverne was arrested
by officials from this city as an es-
capped convict from the federal peni-
tertiary.
He is being taken to the federal
prison at Leavenworth, Kan, where he
will be compelled to complete his
four-year term for the robbery of the
post office at Clark, S. D.
The escape occurred in 1899.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-01-03
SHOOTS MOTHER WITH GUN.
Also Sister With Weapon Given az a
Christmas Present.

Sioux City, Ia.-Santa Claus brought
Charles Martin, aged fifteen, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Martin, a
handsome double-barreled shotgun.
He came into the kitchen where his
mother and sister Rose were prepar-
20 see If the gun worked all right. a
deafening explosion proved that it did.
AS result Miss Rose received fifty
wounds and is in dangerous condi-
ton. Mrs. Martin was hurt, though
not seriously, by glapcing shot. A
younger brother had loaded the
weapon
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-01-03
LOGAN TUCKER DROPS DEAD

Grandson of Gen. John A. Logan Sue
cumbs at Supper.
Philadelphia. = Capt. Logan Tuck
err. grandson of Gen. John A Lo-
gan, dropped dead last night while eat
ing supper at an inn here.
Captain Tucker was a son of Col.
William F. TuckeE U. S. A., retired.
and grandson of Mrs. John A. Logan
of Washington. His grandfather, Gen.
John A. Logan, was United States SEN
ator from Illinois after the war and in
1884 was running mate of James G..
Blaine on the Republican presidential
ticket.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-01-03
Killed Accidentally

Flint, Mich.-While Frank Metz was
showing companions how an unload
ed gun was operated, the weapon was
discharged and Cyjmunt Puezka was
shot dead
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-01-03
FLIES FAR IN HYDRoPLANE
Harry M. Atwood Makes Trip of 100
Miles in East.

Providence, R. l. = Harry N. At
wood, the Boston aviator, estab,
iished new aerial record when he
flew 1870 miles from Point of Pines.
Mass, to the waters of Narragansett
bay in hydroaeroplane He flew
over Boston harbor and Bingham to
the Massachusetts south shore ard
skirting along the side of Cape Cod
bay, passed over the new Cape Cod
canal and crossed Buzzard's bay into
RHODE Island.
Atwood says his fight exceeds by
Is miles the longest previous hydro
aeroplane trip
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-01-03
CACTUS WILL PROVIDE PAINT
Burbank Says Plant Also Produces
Substitute for Rubber.

Santa Rosa, Cal. Luther Bur
bank, the world famous horticuI
turist, startled the California fruit
growers convention by announcing a
wonderful discovery in the further use
of his spineless cactus, which bids
fair to revolutionize the paint, white
wash and automobile tire industries
Mr. Burbank said he is now negotiat-
ing with one of the largest paint
houses in the world to supply it with
cactus leaves for paint purposes
One leaf" said he, will make ten
gallons of paint
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-01-03
Happy Thought.

\Mr. Newcash-Son says in this let.
tcA that he's workin' on some wash
drawis's at the art school.
Mrs. Newcash-Now, that's real SEN
sible. When they get dirty we can
send 'em to the laundry with the rest
of our wash goods, instead of havin'
'em cleaned by an expert like we did
our hand paintin's.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-01-03
cAMoRRIsT TRIAL is ENDED
Jury Go on Strike When Threatened
With Long Arguments.

Rome. - The cause of the col
lapse of the Camorrist trial at VI
terbo was the threat of the jurors to
strike. They notified the president OF
the court that they needed no addi-
tional evidence, and this, with the re-
fusal of witnesses to attend, brought
about farcical crisis In what had
been regarded as farcicaI proceed
ing. The prosecution indicated that
the closing argum snts would require
two weeks and the jury became furi-
Gus.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-01-03
To Lock Out 1so. ooo ~,

Manchester, England commit.
tee of the Lancashire Cotton Spinnera
and Manufacturers association at a
meeting here decided to lock out al,
the workers in the mills belonging to
members of the federation. No fewer
tnan 10000 operatives are in
volved.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-01-03
Must Rellcense Stations

Madison.-The licenses of 1900
stations owned in Wisconsin expire
January 1, according to law, and
their owners will be forced to renew
them or retire their horses from use.
The licenses must be renewed every
other year.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-01-03
New Attache to United States.

Berlin.-The kaiser has appointed
Bernard Won Buelow, nephew of
Prince Buelow, ex-chancellor of the
German empire, to the junior attache
ship of the embassy at Washington.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-01-03
President Of Ecuador n..d

Guayaquil, Ecuaeor-President Emf.
Ito Estrada of Ecuador died suddenly
here. He had been in office less thar
a year.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-01-03
Doctor Mayo Slowly Gains.

New York-Dr. Charles II. Mayo.
the celebrated surgeon of Rochester.
Mimi. slowly improving from the
second operation performed on him at
the Presbyterian hospital.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-01-03
BANKER MORSE HEARTBRokEN.
Refusal of President to Pardon Him
Was Crushing Blow.

Atlanta, Ga.-Charles w. Morse
was heartbroken by the news
that his pardon had been refused.
Those familiar with the physicians
report are astounded. as 1t is positive
ly known that the three experts were
unanimous in reporting Morse suffer
ing from three distinct incurabie dis
eases and cannot live long in confine-
ment.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-01-03
Indefatiuable

Does he seem to have any definite
purpose in life?'
Internationally; he has an aim In
life to which he devotes most of his
time and attention"
What is it?"
The extension Of his credit"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-01-03
BLAMED FOR DAM DISASTER
Two Rayless Company Officials Are
indicted for MansIauqhter.

Coudersport, Pa. The Potter
county grand jury returned indict.
ments against George C. Bayless. pres
ident, and Fred NJ Hamlin, superin-
tendent of the Bayless Pulp and Pa
per company of Austin, Pa, charging
Involuntary mansiaughter because of
the Austin dam disaster on Septem-
Der Sc last
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-01-03

"-fhe Marvellous Griffith" Found Dead
Springfield, Mass.-Arthur F. Crit
fifth of Milford, Ind, known profession
ally as the marvellous Griffith" the
lightning calculator, was found dead in
bed in hotel here. The coroner gives
! apoplexy as the cause of the
death
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-01-03

Farmers Elevator Company Fails.
Sturgeon Bay.-The Door County
Equity Elevator company has been
declared bankrupt The liabilities
are $4,000 and assets SIC, 900. Be
tween 400 and 500 farmers of this
section are the stockholders
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-01-03
Mcvey Gets Decision over Lanqford

Hcvey Gets Decision Over Langford.
+ Sydney, N. S. W.-Sam McVey. the
negro heavyweight. was given the de-
cision over Sam Langford, the Boston
ter baby" here on points. The fight.
which bristled with hard hitting anf
clever sparring. went the lirait-2t
rounds.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-01-03
MUST NOT USE TAFT PICTURE

photographer Told to Discontinue I'm.
proper Use of Portrait.
Washington.-Pre Taft .ha,
been asked to authorize the use
of a photograph of himself in
taking" pictures of visitors to Wash
ington in conversation with the chief
executive, President Roosevelt be-
came angered at representation of
himself in conversation with negro
laborer and ordered the practice
stopped. 1t was resumed when Taft
became president and now the district
attorney has ordered John Leonard a
photographer, to abandon the practice
Leonard has appealed to Mr.. Taft
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-01-03
Live WireokilIs Eireman.

MISUNDERSTANDING at small
blaze which destroyed telegraph
pole, Fireman Fred Glauder acct
dentally touched live electric wire
and was instantly killed.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-01-03
Nav Home Economics RuiIdino.

Madison, Wis.-To provide adequate
quarters for the rapidly increasing
number of young women in the home
economics course at the university
ground has been purchased and build
lngs planned that are &c cost
s115.000
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-01-03
Business Connection

Messenger Boy-Who's the swell
guy We was talkin' to Jimmy?
Ne"sooy-Aw. him and mes work
eo toseooer fer years. Hes the edif
or one o my papers.--Idfa
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-01-03
Soon Follows Husband in Death.

Manitowoc.-M Mrs. Geo. Kutfl of
Branch failed to survive the shock of
her husbands death on Thanksgiving
md died Christmas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-29

! have in mind Young couple who
purchased an electric automobile. Every
spare moment they had they We're spin
ming around town or cut in the country.
Finally, one day the car stopped and. no
matter what they did or tried TO do, il re-
fused to carry them farther. 1t looked
lust the same as il had done every day
every part was intact-but its vital force
was gone Gradually the truth dawned
upon Its owners that its storage batteries
had become depleted.
The power that had turned the wheels
and sent the vehicle spinning over the
roads had been utilized L; was that
power that made their pleasure of mo-
toring possible. Neither one had ever
seen the power and yet it had been
real. and ii had been governed by natural
law. AS soon as the batteries We're re-
charged. the living Something was put
back into the motor and the car was
able to proceed. Every time the wheels
made a revolution small portion of
that power was used.
IL is that way with the human body
only. instead of recharging our batteries
AT long intervals. We must rccharg,. them
every moment we live. When the human
battery has given up its final power II
is beyond recharging. Many business
and professional men neglect this re-
charging of their batteries for months or
years. Then there is "A breakdown and
the vital current Is interfercd with. They
are Obliged to take a long rest at some
sanatorium or secluded resort They have
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-29

80 feet, while the whole iron structure
is 21S feet high from the old Capitors roof
to the base of Freedom on the apex. The
cast iron covering this surface is made in
thin sheets. offering good conductor for
the heat. which swels even the bolts and
beams of the inside before the sun has
made its circuit.
The southern side of the dome suffers
most from the heat, being exposed longer
to the sun. which passes south of the
zenith while on its journey from the east
to the west. If the metal We're exposed
to a constant heating the result of the
continuation of such expansion as that
received on very hot days might prove
disastrous but as IL is little, if any,
permanent injury is done. since the iron
returns regularly to its normal position
as the cool night comes on.
But what seems more remarkable is the
fact that marble is also changed in
volume SO perceptiby by the sunlight that
the mammoth shaft Of the Washington
Monument sways back and forth i'm the
sun on a hot day. The outer surface be-
ing of hard marble. the expansion is much
greater than 1t would be had granite in
stead of marble been used On a hot sum-
mer day the sharp aluminium apex that
crowns the obeIisk points to position at
least four inches north of normal, but
always returns to its proper position in
the cool Of the night.
From the extreme top of the monument
inside a long pipe line runs perpendicu-
larry to the bottom. leading to a small
closet behind the elevator. This con-
tains a long pendulum. whose bob hangs
in vessel of mercury, which prevents its
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-29
P0e's Mother.
\ tbe Richmond Times-Dispa tch

From the Richmond Times-Dspatch.
There is something profoundly pathetic
in the news that the grave of Edgar AL
Ian Poe's mother has been discovered in
old ST. Johns churchyard, in Richmond.
Her grave seems indeed a place for a
monument. but a monument to defeated
hopes, a dark and somber relic Of the re-
Elected brilliancy of her sons career.
From whatsoever high and quiet place
She looks down upon the world what
thoughts of the tragedy-man-amuse
her eternal hours?
She was a gay and beautiful woman, an
actress. and she bore as son that deli
cate and mysterious incarnation of wild
reativeness. Edgar Poe. How much of
her own gayety and beauty and mystery
helped to mold the fragile prophet of
weird poetry who once nestled to her
breast? Does she remember with glow
ing pride that he was a great artist and
a fiery burning soul. or does she shudder
at the thought of her little son befud-
died in his cups and shaming all her one
time hopes for him? Is she reconciled to
his failings for the sake of his gifts?
1t is hard to understand the sadness
that her picture brings to the heart. Per-
haps it is because OF the quick forgetful-
ness that swiftly covers human life. She
has melted into time like a painted No
vember leaf drifting down upon the dark
surface of the tarn of Auber. We re-
member her for her sons sake. but not
even in his haunting lines Is there aught
to tell of her life. She was Poe's mother.
We erect i'm the thirty feet where she
Yet we do not even know the color Of her
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-29
HEAT OF THE SUN.
Effects of Its Rays Upon the Wash.
ington Monument.
From Harper's Weekly.


Not many people have any idea as to
the enormous amount of heat that the
sun sends off into space. The earth gets
only very small portion of it. The
head of pin placed twenty feet away
from an electric light gets in proportion
to the light on the surrounding walls of a
room about what the earth gets of the
suns light and heat radiated into space.
Yet that portion the earth does get is
great enough to cause great structures to
move.
In fact, all stone or metal buildings are
constantly changing their positions under
the hot rays of the sun. The great dome
of the Capitol building at Washington is
the largest surface of east iron in the
world, and the effect of the continuous
heat of a hot summer day can best he
appreciated when it is known that this
mammoth mass really sways back and
forth under the scorching rays until the
top feather in the cap Of the statue of
Freedom describes an ellipse. the diameter
of which on a hot day varies from four
to eight inches.
The giant plinth base of the dome, rest
ing on the roof Of the old sandstone build
ing, measures 1875 feet on a side. The
greatest diameter Ct the round dome is