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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-07-10
Beauty Developer EIectrocuteS
Vain PittSburg Chef.
Remarkable Fads of Man Who Sought
to Resemble Women-All the
FoibIes of Fair Sex Both as to
Dress and Toilette.

Pittsburg, Pa-Artif1cial methods
Htilized by him to improve his face
and figure were responsible for the
death of Charles Beab, French chef
at the Union Depot restaurant of the
Pennsylvania railroad, here, with an
electric needle in his breast, the vic
tim of a beauty craze having been
electrocuted
The unusual death of the man is the
everybody, including the deputy cor
oners who investigated the DEATH is
puzzled as to whether the man took
this unusual method of ending his
life to secure notoriety, or his going
out was accidental.
The mans body, when examined,
was found to be nodded on the lines
of woman. He wore long pair Of
white corsets, attached to and under
the skirt of which were heavy pads.
The chef wore long silk stockings,
which were connected with the corsets
with the regulation hose supporters.
At a social function recently Beab
was one of the gayest, and did not re-
turn home until about one o'clock.
He almost Immediately began prepar-
ing to retire, and began his regular
nightly beauty development stunt.
After his face had been massaged
with cold cream Beab began using an
electric needle for his bust develop
ment
He had attached the wire to an cleo
trolier in the center of his room, and
standing before a mirror began work
ing the needle in his breast. He had
frequently used the needle before, and
just what caused the accident may
aever be known.
Occupants of other apartments
heard fall, and fastening to the
room found Beab dead. A physician
was summoned, and after examining
the body stated that death was due to
electrocution Friends we're shocked
when they learned of the details and
conditions surrounding the death.
Although he was known as one of
the most fastidious, they never sus-
pected that he was such slave to
fashions DEGREES or beauty quest.
When the victim began his manipula-
tons he had removed his shirt and
thin vest, such as women wear, and
brew a fine silk shawl over his Shout
ders. The trousers which he wore
were of some light striped material,
woven for womens wea-.
When the coroner was summoned
and removed the body to the morgue
pending an investigation a search was
made of the apartments. In the bath
.oom attached to the apartment was
,ound an extensive line Of beauty To-
ions, while in the victims trunks and
wardrobe were found numerous arti-
lies, supposed to be for the exclusive
use of women.
There were also found many photo
graphs of members of the fair sex.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-07-10
DiqqTno to Music,

1t would seem that the old principle,
which has said to have been so often
applied in war and in peace and
which has deep psychological basis,
that tiresome muscular labor is more
easily and regularly performed and in
a sense guided by the rhythm of ma.
steal sounds, has been successfully ap.
piled among the laborers on the
Panama canal. One Of the bosses"
of work gangs has gained distinction
by understanding all his rivals in the
amount of work done on account OF
his cleverness in developing and lead.
ing songs that inspire his men with
energy and cause them to forget
fatigue. Singing at work has become
general all along the line, it is re
ported.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-07-10
Hearing and Smell of Fishes.

Fishes smell we'll and hear acutely
The senses of smell and hearing de
pend mainly on internal nerve ant
brain structure, the external apparatu,
in different animals being helpful ant
contributory but not essential. This
fact that fishes have no external nos
and ear formations does not proven
their internal mechanism from operat
ing. In some fishes the swim bladdeI
performs a part in the communica
ton of sound, and certain f1bers il
the front part of the head perform an
other part Their smelling apparatus
also is well adjusted for practical use
A fish has no external organ of smell
but it will turn up it's nose at an Of
fensive bait.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-07-10

Illinois were farming people and the
rich food plains of the Illinois needed
little tilling. Tracts of land were
granted to a score of Frenchmen. The
river provided fish; in the swamps
downstream were water fowl; the
prairies were dotted with buffalo.
The population lessened or increas-
ed from season to season. La Sale
died, murdered in far off Texas. The
mission was removed to the Missis-
sippi river in 100. Despite the ex-
hortations of Father Gravier, the in
habitants of Kaskaskia fed to this
new sanctuary from the Iroquois
Hence the new Kaskaskia on the
Mississippi, which became the first cap
ital of Illinois. The rock was left
deserted except by the garrison and
the traders. In 1902 the garrison was
withdrawn and twenty years later
Charlevoix, passing down the river,
saw only the rotting palisades. OF the
10000 Indians none remained. But the
story runs that Tonty, white haired
and feeble. was carried back to his
rock to die among few wondering
red men and be buried in the swift
water below.
The old fort still served as a strong.
hold for the Peorias. In 1922 these
Indians were besieged on the rock by
the Foxes and their allies, but the
siege was raised In 1869 at Cahokia
came the murder of Pontiac, leader
of the Pottawatomies and Ottawas, by
a Kaskaskia Indian, and the revenge
of the Pottawatomie nation The Kas.
kaskias and the other Illinois tribes
were massacred. A few Peorias were
trapped on the rock and there, starv.
ing, defended the single approach. One
dark night those remaining made a
sortie and about a dozen-accounts
differ as to the number-escaped down
the river in stolen canoes, the last OF
their people. Nothing remains to re
call them except bits of bone, pottery
and flint that are plowed up on the
site of the ancient city, and the silent
rock standing unchanged through the
centuries and breasting the flow OF
the river
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-07-10
YOUNG Girls Narrow Escape.

A young blind girl had an excit
ing adventure with an unruly COW il
her home at Mosley street, Burton-on
Trent, England, recently. The animal
having escaped from the drivers con
troll. entered the house by the bacl
door, and the young woman, imaginin.
called out: "Who is it?" Then, real
izing that something was wrong, sh,
walked past the animal and got safe
ly outside, the COW, meanwhile, rush
ing round the rooms, breaking the fur
niture and smashing crockery to frag
ments.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-07-10
Monkeys Elude Pursuers

of the infant member of the quartet.
The others descended on Ludwig's
hair a large part of which they sue
ceeded in removing. Ludwig gave up
the fight
Marty Johansen set up the drinks
for the monkeys. Three of them re-
fused to touch the liquor on the
ground before them, but the fourth, a
big male called "Joe," drank every.
thing in sight without any effect.
Fox traps with teeth protected by
cloth are being set in a final attempt
to capture the monkeys.
A scheme is now on foot to get a
few monkeys from some menagerie to
use as decoys. as it is believed that If
one of the escaped monkeys can be
induced to return the others will fol-
low
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-07-10
HAVE FUN WITH DYNAMITE
Boys Try to Eat Explosive and Feed
1t to the Family Cat-DisiIIusion-
ment Stopped by Rescuers.

Orange, N. ]. Three youngsters.
all under ten years old, learned that
dynamite Is not good to shine shoes
with, to eat or to feed to a cat. The
young experimenters with stolen dE
Mantle are Patsy Zullo and Edward
Kelly, SO Sherman street, and Johnny
Martin, 81 Sherman street.
Sixteen sticks of dynamite were
stolen from case in an open box car.
When they found it was not good for
boys to eat they tried to force some
into the mouth of the Zullo family cat,
much to the outraging of that crea-
ture. Then they attempted to shine
their shoes with the greasy sticks.
The boys experiments were discov-
cred in time to stop their disillusion-
ment and dismemberment
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-07-10
microsoope in the Home.

Miss Frances Stern of the Massa-
chusetts Institute of Technology is an
advocate of the use of the microscope
in the home as a means of assisting
in the proper preparation of meals.
The use of the microscope, according
to Miss Stern, would help the house
wife to do her work more intelligent
ly. The bread maker, for instance,
could learn why her bread was not a
success by using the microscope. The
housekeeper would also be able to tell
the difference between wool, cotton
and silk fibre, avoiding all possible de-
ceptionS.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-07-10
HzaHE9T CONGRATULATIONS

I and the present city of Utica Mar
quette raised an altar and displayed
four pictures of the Virgin before 500
chiefs and old men, 1900 young war
riors and perhaps 1000 women and
children, large audience to be gath
cred there nowadays. Soon after Eas-
ter he and his two companions made
their way back to Lake Michigan by
the Kankakee and St Joseph rivers.
On the bank of the lake Marquette
died.
Allouez was Marquette's successor
at the mission of the Immaculate Con
ception. He found at Kaskaskia 351
lodges Before the coming of La Sale
in 1879 he left the place and La Sale
found deserted city. The inhabitants
had gone hunting farther west. He
went on to Peoria lake, built Fort
Crevecoeur there and returned. leav-
ing his lieutenant, Tonty, at the fort
It was not until this return voyage
that the great white rock caught his
eye. 1t must have impressed itself on
his mind as he sat in the deserted vii
lage across the river, resting on the
journey northward. Here was a fort
that was no Crevecoeur, a lofty rock.
inaccessible except at one point, and
there only by a narrow and difficult
path, out of arrow range from the
other rocks and the bluff a quarter of
a mile away. So he sent word to the
Tonty to examine the rock and to re-
moth thithe1 from Peoria lake If he
thought it well to do so.
But this establishment was not to
be easily made. There were troubles
with the Indians and the French as
sistants, and it was three years later
that La Sale and Tonty began the
fortification of the rock. The only
approach to the half-acre area of the
summit was protected with earth
works and palisade, and within the
palisade were built cabins after some
of the forest growth had been re-
moved. Civilization took It's stand in
the midst of the wilderness.
At the foot of the rock, on the level
! bank of the river, bowling alley was
laid out for the Frenchmen. Around
this were other shelters, of French
and of Indians. The fort had become
a suburb of Kaskaskia, or, as the
French called 1t, LaVantum, across
the river This town of the Kaskaskia
Indians was added to by arrivals of
other tribes, especially those of the
Illinois nation. The original settle
ment was west of where the Utica
bridge now crosses the river, but the
additions spread to the east along the
low bank of the stream. Including
the Indians gathered about the foot OF
the rock, La Sale estimated the popu-
lation at one time to be 10000 persons,
1000 of whom were warriors.
Grain Abounded In Broad Fields.
To supply this city, the largest com
munity of Indians that has been re-
corded in the Illinois country, there
were broad fields of grain. for the
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-07-10
KILLED IN ODD WAY
RIOT GREETS NEW WARDEN
James A. johnson, New Incumbent, Is
Received With Curses and
Cheers.

amento.-Hundreds Of convicts
yelling at the tops of their voices,
mingling curses with cheers for the
outgoing and incoming wardens for
three hours, was the first nights ex-
perience Of James A. Johnston as war
den of Folsom state prison. From 8
o'clock, when the lights were turned
out, until midnight the prison was
likened unto a madhouse, the hard
ened criminals putting Warden John
ston to one of the most severe tests
submitted to any official.
While many of the convicts cheered
former Warden w. H Reilly, who
turned over the Office to his success
sors, others condemned him.
whats the matter with Reilly?"
would be sung out from one part of
the prison and roar of voices would
respond, some with curses, others with
praise
whats the matter with the new
warden?" another voice would sing out,
and again bedlam would follow. For
three hours the prisoners raved and
cursed and sang their uncanny greet
ing to the new warden. A shot fired
over the heads of one particularly
noisy group was the only means of
stopping the uproar.
Warden Reilly left Folsom. A num-
Der of guards and employees whose
Jobs were in danger resigned. They
were D. l. Wood, steward and brother
in-law of Reilly; Frank Ramirez, as
sistant turnkey; A Yorbi, outside
guard, and W. McFadden and j. Nc
knight, guards.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-07-10
NEW WAY TO COLLECT DEBT
Alleged Creditor at HazIeton, Pa, Con
fiscates Slot Machines and
Obtains $14.

Hazleton, Pa.-John Brill, Hazle
ton policeman, took novel means to
collect a bill which he says William
F. Cantner, proprietor of the Freeland
Central hotel, has owed him for TWEEN
ty-four years. Brill was in the cigar
business at the time and Cantner con.
Quoted a restaurant here. CantneI
then moved away and later located at
Freeland, where Brill says he played
two slot machines in Cantners hotel
Swearing out a warrant for the ar
rest of Cantner on the charge Of main
tanning gambling devices, Brill went to
Freeland and confiscated the machines,
which he and Constable Henry ZiegleI
brought to town, where Brill emptied
the slots and obtained $14.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-07-10

M N purchasing Starved Rock and
its surrounding acres for a pub
lie park the state of Illinois has
done more than preserve the
scene of an Indian tradition. 1t has
made permanent monument of the
earliest recorded history of the upper
Mississippi valley. The park includes
he site of the oldest fort and perma-
aent European settlement in the val
icy and part of the site of a great COM
nunity that even now would rank with
The largest cities of the state. The
Did and all but forgotten Kaskaskia
and its suburbs were larger than the
present city of Alton, larger than
Freeport, twice as large as the nearby
city of Ottawa.
When it is recalled that only CEN
fury ago the stockaded Fort Dearborn
hat had been Chicago was a scene Of
1esolation it is difficult to turn the
mind back still another century and
more to the beginning Of Fort St
Louis, on the Illinois river Perhaps
hat is why the Indian legend of
later date has become known, while
The recorded history Of the place has
been forgotten and Fort ST Louis has
become Starved Rock.
It was in the summer of 1873 that
Toilet and Father Marquette entered
the Illinois river at its mouth after a
trip down the Mississippi from tho
Wisconsin. They were on their way
back to eastern Wisconsin by way OF
Chicago and stopped only three days
at the Indian village of Kaskaskia,
which stood on the food plain of the
Illinois, across the river and a short
distance west from a great white rock,
forest capped, that rose sheer from
the water at a height of 125 feet. The
village then contained "A lodges and
nearly ten times that number of fam
lies. The lodges were permanent
structures, not the tepees of the west
ern nations. The Indians were Kas-
kaskias, a tribe of the Illinois nation.
whose village was larger than that of
The Peorias, another Illinois nation.
who lived near where the city Of Pc
oria now stands.
The great rock above the village
did not attract special attention. 1t
was one of many rocks and, moreover,
It was the Indians that interested
Marquette, whose report contains the
only first hand account of the voyage,
since that of Joliet was lost in the ST.
Lawrence river. To these Indians
Marquette endeavored to return late
In 1874. Winter and sickness caught
him on his way. He and his compan-
ions built cabin on the bank of the
Chicago river at what is now Robey
street and remained there until the
spring. when they descended the Des-
PLANES and Illinois to Kaskaskia and
there established the mission of the
Immaculate Conception of the Blessed
Virgin.
On the meadow between the river
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-07-10
CHANGED His Mind.

Green was paying his first visit to /;
racecourse. He had heard tales o
welshers and ticket-snatchers ant
lurid stories concerning the pugilisti,
henchmen of bookmakers, but still
such things did not prevent him hav
ing a bet on a big race. He backed
an outsider, and it won. With {
seraphic smile on his face he wen
up to draw his winnings.
well, what dye want?" asked tn,
bookmaker, sticking out a notified IN
derjaw, while the square-faced clerl
scowled ferociously.
"Er-nothing, stammered Green
'Tve just brought your visiting-car
back to you"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-07-10
Four, at Large in Town, Keep Mayor
ConstabuIary, Linemen and Vol
unteers Busy.

San Rafael, Cal-Four monkeys
which escaped from Boyd Memorial
Park and have since mimicked des-
peradoes in very realistic fashion are
still at large, jumping from tree top to
tree top.
After the monkeys had routed Mayor
Richard Kinsella, the police, force and
the Chinese cooks at the Parkside no.
tel, the Park Commission decided that
stronger inducements for the capture
of their Darwinian ancestors were ne
cessary. Accordingly, DR.. S. M. Au-
gustine of the commission offered $40
reward for the capture Of the mon
keys.
Constable George Agnew appeared
on the scene with cakes on which
opium had been placed, covered with
a thick coating Of honey. This bait
he placed in a convenient location.
The monkeys descended from the
trees, smelled the cakes, rubbed the
honey and opium off against the trees
and then proceeded to eat the pastry
with evident relish.
Hopeful of obtaining the reward,
nearly fifty linemen of the telephone
and electric light companies climbed
the trees. The monkeys gracefully
swung from the topmost branches in
to adjoining trees. The linemen de-
scended
Andrew Ludwig managed to get hold
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-07-10
The Parasitic Female.

The parasitic female is found
among the rich. the poor and the mid
die class. She contributes nothing to
her race, her home or the worlds
work She impoverishes her race be-
cause she bears no children. She
means nothing in her home because
all its duties are performed by others
And she contributes absolutely moth
ing to the world of art, science and
industry. She lives off Of others, and
ike all parasites. animal or vegetable,
she weakens the vitality of those on
whom she fastens herself-McCall'
Magazine.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-07-10
A Family Jar,

A man and wife were having Lii
tie family discussion. You know tn
kind.
81 didn't get much of man when
married you," snarled the wife.
We'll, you wouldn't expect a higl
class man to pick you out, woul
your" was the gentleman's comeback
And then the furniture began to f.
EXCHANGE
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-07-10
Turned Out After Starvation Test

DISCONTINUED from the Carnegie
nutrition laboratory" after going
through a 31-day starvation test, Prof
Agostino Levanzin staggered into a
newspaper office and begged for food
and shelter. He was to have been paid
$500 for the experiment, but was
turned oEt penniless.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-07-10
The Best Way Out.

I've tried for ten years to please
my wife" said the married man, land
I've never yet succeeded"
"Impossible!" calculated his friend.
mo, / don't think it is" said the
married man. I'm going to shoot
myself. Satire.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-07-10
1000 Burn NEGRO in Texas,

Tyler, Tex.-Two thousand persons
participated in the lynching of Dan
Davis, negro, who was burned to
death at a stake in street this week
after he had confessed to an attack
on Miss Carrie Johnson a week ago.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-07-10
Man worships Something.

Man always worships something;
always he sees the Infinite shadowe6
forth in something finite; and indeed.
can and must so see it in any finite
thing, once tempt him well to fix his
eyes thereon.-Carlyle
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-07-10
Hun+s Ducks With Boomerang.

st. Joseph, Mo.-Vernon Tantlinger,
4 ninrod, uses boomerang instead of
a shotgun when he hunts ducks He
recently bagged eight birds with
twelve throws,
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-07-10
Daily THOUGHT.

One ought never to speak Of the
faults of ones friends; it mutilates
them. They can never be the same
afterward-William Dean Howef1s.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-07-10
Both Ways.

at is a good idea. is it not, to invest
in real estate?"
Yes, and that idea is gaining
ground"
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1912-05-16

play The A. c. team at Fargo to
attempt to checkmate the score
Of tw ssseks ago.
Ats& practice game on our
home AKrounds the Wahpeton
Goyefnment school team beat
our team. Our buys were cx.
pecting things too easy and the
Indian pitcher dealt them a
surprise. Better practice the
first team men next time, boys,
The base for the Ibsen Monu.
ment was put in last week and
the granite pedestal was
brought up Tuesday. We are
expecting a good program and
a day full of good patriotic
spirit next Friday. and hope
our friends will be on hand tc
join In honor the great poet
whose monument we dedicate.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1912-05-16
news NOTES FROM THE STATE
SCHOOL Of SCIENCE

Hans Breden, on. of our last
years students, was a visitor at
the school ,his week. He has
just completed q successful
term of school in Grant town.
ship. :
The class in food analysis is
now working on canned goods,
and will report their findings
in few days.
Several of our students tried
the county examination fol-
teachers certificates last Thurs.
day and Friday.
President Smith was out to
Ashley last Thursday for an
address in the evening.
Our baseball team were up
to Valley City last Saturday,
and they won out with q score
of IL to 6. Next Saturday they
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1912-05-16
Grade sol,ooI Notes

Douglas Wright he'd the mie.
fortune to break his shoulder
this week.
Miss Cecil Ward and Miss
Eva Rasmussen visited school
this week.
More shrubs and trees are be.
ing planted in the yard.
Helen Meckstroth went to
: the cities Friday afternoon 90
was excused at three o'clock.
She says she had a grand time.
The Club Girls of the Eighth
A Grade gave a picnic at the
Island Park last Saturday.
Some of the Seventh grade
girls were invited and my! how
we wish they would have an.
Nher soon.
The game scheduled to come
off between Fifth grades of the
Catholic and Grade School did
not come off az the catcher for
the Grade School broke his
shoulder.