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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-08-14
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they sell trinkets to them at the station
too few sightseers visit the town to
win themselves to affability. The
bucks, who squat along the changing
river banks in their straw hats and
jeans, idle the year round, are, in fact,
positively discourteous to the stranger.
After one has left ones belongings
at the hotel and started to explore,
Yuma is found to be interesting for
what it lacks in modernity. There is
practically but one long street. This
is lined with low one and TWO story
cottages, built of frame, and housing,
almost without exception, saloons and
shops, in addition to the homes of the
householders.
There is a fair public school build
ing and a Catholic church. The latter
Is interesting for It's Indian communi-
cants, who come there as did the red
men to the missions in the Pre-Mexi-
can days in California.
At the time of day that you are out
Yuma is still half in it's slumbers.
Aside from a flight Of crows on the
main highway, the quiet of dawn reigns
supreme. You can walk over the en-
tire place in an hour, and you do 30
while you may, unobserved. There
are lemons growing in one garden, the
first you encounter. Today it is cold
until the sun has risen, but then, and
In summer, Yuma is, next to Death
valley, the hottest place in the world,
so that you may look for tropical foil
age.
You wonder at the foolish custom of
the milkmen of Yuma, who knock at
each door until told by the tenants
to leave the milk outside, a custom
whose origin lies shrouded in mys-
terry. Two women, seemingly intoxi-
Gated, attract your attention. They
are following man. expostulating as
only Mexicans can.
1t is to the Jail that the women are
directing their footsteps. One is weep
ing. the other seems angry. Both be-
gin pleading with the jailer. Last night
the husband Of the weeping woman
came home furiously drunk and began
using a knife upon her. So the police
were called and now he is here. She,
however, had no idea it was so vile a
place, and now she has come to Deg
his release. Finally she becomes con-
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-08-14
Queen WilheImina.

Quite a Walter Raleigh and Queen
Elizabeth incident occurred at mill
tary camp lately with Wilhelmina as
Elizabeth The queen was visiting
the camp to see a review in her hon
or. Despite the rain her majesty
walked to one of the batteries to watch
the loading and firing of gun. She
was about to return when the artil-
lerymen, noting the wet and muddy
ground. FASTENED to fetch boards,
which they placed on the ground to
form a pathway for the queen. As
there were not enough for complete
path. the men picked up the boards
behind her as she advanced, and set
them again in front. At the end OF
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-08-14
Returned Evil for Good

nold's watch and dollars worth of
stamps. When on the night of his
last visit l found the screen tempered
with l knew that Camerson was back
again, and made up my mind to catch
him"
Mr.. Arnold notified the police of
his suspicious and asked that his
house be watched. That night the
couple, who are well past middle life,
looked over their house before going
to bed, but somehow missed the spare
bedroom. Cameron was there hiding.
He heard them check up some &C,
counts of the Arnold home and speak
Of SIS that the minister had with
him
After the couple had gone to bed
Camerson entered their room, and
Mrs Arnold awoke to find a revolver
pointed at her. She screamed, and
Mr. Arnold bounded out of bed and
fought the intruder. The minister
forced up the revolver and held it up
while Camerson fired two shots. Mrs.
Arnold finally got hold of a gold
headed cane belonging to her hus.
band, and with this beat all the fight
out of the man. Neighbors had heard
the shots, and they and the police
came after Camerson had been Sc
cured. The fellow was taken to jail,
and is awaiting trial on several &C.
counts that would keep him in cell
for life if he should get the full peg
alties.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-08-14
Tramp Cared for by Clergyman for
Three Years Robs His Benefac-
tors Now in Jail.

Detroit.-Rev. G. L. Arnold, head OF
the Arnold home, q charitable institu-
ton, is seeking the Imprisonment for
a long term Of Claude Camerson. The
clergyman and his wife had befriend-
ed Camerson and given him chance
to lead an honest life only to be sub
jected to robbery several times and
finally assault when Camerson tried
to shoot them.
81 first met the fellow three years
ago." said Mr. Arnold, when he came
to the Arnold home looking like a
tramp after having beaten his way
from Toledo. He asked for something
to eat and 1 gave him his dinner and
a bath, afterward getting him a job.
HE stayed at the home and shortly
after I got him the job he took the
key to my house, which l kept at
the home, went there and stole $50
He then calmly went back to the
home, put back the key and left
He returned later and l decided to
forget the theft and give him another
trial..
Il got him another job as night
watchman for the Pere Marquette
railroad, and for awhile he behaved
himself. After three months, how.
ever, he broke into my house again
and stole $45.
About three months afterward he
sat in the alley beside my house one
night while people were passing along
the nearby avenue, and removed a
pane of glass without breaking t. All
he got for his trouble was Mrs. Ar
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-08-14
old M.n Must Not FIIrt.

Chicago-Judge Goodnow has de-
cided TO give Frank Hughes, 81 years
old, another chance. In the court OF
domestic relations Mrs. Hughes testi'
fed her husband took girls out riding
in his automobile, one named "Tootsie"
being a frequent occupant of the car.
While the Judge remarked that There
is no fool like an old fool" he did not
feel like sending Hughes to the Bride
Well and let him go, with an admoni'
ton to cease flirting
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-08-14
Gives Life to save sos.

Fishkill Landing, N. Y-Mrs An
drew Reilly. So years osd, was burned
to death in her home bear here. She
was alone. When her house took
fire she escaped. Remembering she
had left $65 in it, she went back. The
woman, with her husband, came here
three weeks ago from New York. The
husband was employed as a black
smith on the New York Central rail-
road.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-08-14
Malice Ill-TImed.

The late Thomas P Anshutz, the
noted artist, was once describing, dur
ing a lesson at the Academy Of the
Fine Arts in Philadelphia, the mali
cious wit of a brother artist
"Dawb, poor unsuccessful DAVID, "
Mr.. Anshutz said, "once told this mali
cious genius that he had just lost his
baby.
"I4ost your baby, eh?' the genius
said. adjusting his monocle nervously.
Poor old DAVID! Another of your
works skied, eh?"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-08-14
Music to Drown Cries.

South Norwalk, Conn.-Niss Sarah
Davenport, wealthy resident of this
city, has hired man to play the
monograph on her front porch every
night from ten to three to drown the
cries of a neighbours baby.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-08-14

ooh, yes, they cant" replied a lame
little shoemaker, who had no repute
as a traveller. 81 heard it once when
l wasn't on a ship, and realized the
horror of it more than any one else.
"You couldn't" said the great trav-
eler scornfully. And the assembled
company sided with him to a man.
"But could" persisted the cobbler.
''You see, was the man who fell over
board!"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-08-14
na snoks With Authority.

They were talking about that ter
rible cry, Man overboard!"
only those who have been reused
from midnight slumber on board ship
can comprehend its meaning" said a
seasoned traveller. "The sudden alaTm,
the fear and horror
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-08-14

the walk, her majesty held out her
hand to the man who had placed the
last board, whereupon having remov-
ed his cap, he bent down and kissed
the royal hand.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-08-14
Woman Refuses to Bun.

Pasadena, Cal.-Maintainin that her
first duty was to her children Mrs. A
L. Hamilton has refused to run for thu
assembly on the Prohibition ticket.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-08-14

Increasing Sales Of Red Cross Seals.
Last year over 100000 Red Cross
Seals were sold; in 1910, over $1,000
BOO; in 1909, about 23,OO0,OOO, and in
1908. the first year of the sale, only
1880, 900. In all, the sale in the four
years has realized nearly 100000
TOP the anti-tuberculosis campaign,
since all of the money from this move
ment goes for the prevention of con-
sumption. New York state sold the
most seals In 1911, disposing of 1885,
s6S; Ohio came next, with S,50O,4SO;
wisconsin third, with 2,91S,144, and
Illinois fourth, with 2,1O1,6 32. Texas
showed the greatest percentage of
gain, having increased its sale from
100 600 in 1910 to over 1,25O,OOO in
1911. Indiana showed the second
greatest gain, with an increase from
$50, 756 in 1910 to 1,S45,545.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-08-14

~ UyyN in Yuma, on the border
between the new state Of Ari-
iona and the older one of Cali
fornia, they revel in the dis
tinction Of possessing the hct-
lest place under the stars and stripes.
When the rest of the republic has been
gripped by winter, thermometers in
Yuma register 100 degrees. Just how
high they go in the summer no man
has as yet vouchsafed.
That Yuma is inhabited by human
saIamanders goes without saying.
Only people who like such heat would
come there from choice, and would
try to get away after they do get
there
There are several things at Yuma
that excite the attention Of the stran-
ger. It seems just the sort Of place
you pictured it before you came. Most
Interesting are the Indians. Here,
alone, Of all places under the flag,
Uncle Sam allows polygamy, and the
Yuma buck is permitted to maintain
as many wives as he can induce to live
with him In the wigwam. The pris-
On at Yuma Is different from any pris-
On west of Gibraltar, and the only
counterpart Of the village jail, which
ls a sort Of stepping stone to the pris-
On, is in the heart of Turkey. The
people of Yuma are otherwise so typi-
eally Mexican that one wonders almost
Il ones under the rule of the stars and
stripes.
How to Get to Yuma.
To get to Yuma you leave Tucson,
Ariz., at $40 at night. At 6:15 In the
morning you're at Yuma. On the map
The journey seems nothing, but in the
west distances are startling in their
magnitude.
The hotel is what Dickens might
have described as a depot restaurant,
built over the station itself, and with
It's porches looking down into the tur-
gid Colorado river. There is bridge,
with the Indian women trundling past
constantly. A boat landing is near by,
while on the opposite bank is the gov
eminent Indian school. Everywhere
there are the Yuma Indians. The gay
garments and blankets they wear are
genuine. and not put on simply to at
tract the tourist. AS a matter of fact,
The Yumas hate the whites, and while
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-03-21
A Solemn Dance,

They have a singular kind of dance
conducted on the green's Of country vii
lagos in Russia. The dancers stand
apart, knot Of young men here, q
knot of maidens there. each sex by it,
self and silent as crowd Of mutes. A
piper breaks into a tune; youth pulls
off his cap and challenges his girl with
a wave and bow. If the girl Is willing
she waves her handkerchief in token OF
assent. The youth advances, takes a
corner of the handkerchief In his hand
and leads his lassie round and round.
No word is spoken and no laugh Is
heard. Stiff with cords and rich with
braids, the girl moves heavily by her
self, going round and round and never
allowing her partner to touch her hand.
The pipe goes droning on for hours in
the same sad key and measure, and
the prize of merit In this "circling," as
the dance is called, is given, by specta-
tors to the lassie who in all that sum-
mer revelry has never spoken and new
er smiled.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-03-21
Seeinu Distances.

About 200 miles in every direction Is
the distance man can see when stand
ing on clear day on the peak of the
highest mountain-say at height Of
26.66S feet, or little over five miles
above the level of the sea. An OBJ
server must be at height Of 6,667
feet above sea level to see objects at q
distance of a hundred miles The dis
lance In miles at which an object upon
the surface Of the earth is visible is
equal to the square root Of one and
one-half times the height of the OBJ
server In feet above sea level. Some
allowance has to be made for the ef'
feet of atmospheric refraction, but as
the refraction varies at different heights
and Is affected by the various states OF
the weather no precisely accurate fig
ures for general purposes can be given
Probably from one-fourteenth to one
tenth Of the distance given by the
formula would have to be deducted
owing to the refraction Of the atinos
phere.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-03-21
Rock Sal. Discovered by Accident.

The great rock salt deposits of Louis
lana were discovered by accident In
May, 1862. Salt was very scarce ut
that time. and the proprietor Of the
Islands salt works, John Marsh Avery
determined to profit by It With thisl
end in view he commenced TO deepenl
his wells. One negro workman. afterI
going down sixteen feet, came to Mr..
Avery with the news that he hadI
struck a sunken log. and could pro
coed no further. Mr.. Avery investigate
ed and found, not log. but the great
rock salt deposit that has made Louis |
lana famous throughout the country.
The discovery did not come altogether
as q surprise. as Thomassy had pre-
dicted that q great rock salt deposit
would one day be discovered In each of
the five Gulf islands. and perhaps In
other portions of the state. Since thel
close Of the war. rock salt has teenl
an important contributing factor in the
mineral wealth Of the state.-Natiopal
Maonzine.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-03-21
alonu Live the kina.n

The expression 1.-THE king is dead
long live the king" indicates the auto
matte succession of ruling sovereigns-
that the moment king dies his sue
cessor becomes king without any fur.
Their formality. 1t Is believed to have
had its origin at the death Of Louis
XIV. of France. In Pardoe's Life of
Louis XIV" is the following account
of the announcement of the death OF
that monarch:
"The death of Louis XIV. was an.
nounced by the captain of the body
guard from a window Of the state
apartment. Raising his truncheon
above his head. he broke 1t In the cen
ter and, throwing the pieces among
the crowd, exclaimed in loud voice
lie roi est mortr (the king is dead.
Then, Selling another staff, he flour
ished It In the air as he shouted, 'Vive
lie roir Nong live the king)."-New
York Times.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-03-21

clever as a singer and his "AleXan.
der's Rag Time Band" was especially
enjoyed.
Kitty Francis, as Mrs. O'Malley
could not be called dream" but was
decidedly a Scream" and kept the
audience screaming every moment she
was on the stage. AS an Irish society
lady and queen of the reception, she
was irresistably funny.
Miss Leola Lucey, the leading lady
and vocalist, is far above the average,
and fulfilled every expectation. She
not only has sweet voice, but face
as we'll, and is charming in personal
ity and stage bearing,
The other young ladies of the cast
are all worthy of special mention, if
space would permit. They are pretty,
graceful and all have good voices.
The Yalto duo, interpretive Russian
dancers, were as good as ever seen
on Bryan stage.
The show is good, far above the
average, and will no doubt be greeted
with crowded houses during the re-
mainder of the engagement.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-03-21
Primitive Screws.

Screws are still made in India just
as they were made originally. by wind
ing two soft wires together around a
mandrel The wires are then carefully
separated, and one Of them is soldered
into a tube or nut, while the other Is
soldered to short rod. All the silver
smiths make their screws in this way,
and they are all left handed, for they
are wound over and over by the right
hand. Screw bolts and screw presses
were introduced by Europeans, and
for many years all the cotton export
ed from India was compressed by a
massive screw Of wood, turned round
by cattle yoked to a long lever. This
screw may still be found in remote dis
tricts. 1t Is cut entirely by hand and
Is set out by winding two ropes around
the hand dressed beam to give the
pitch.-Eastern Engineering.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-03-21
Blue Balloons.

In case you ever feel tempted to buy
a balloon don't buy a blue one. Red
ones are the best. There is scientific
reason why. According to the re-
searches Of NJ. Reynaud. caoutchouc Is
strongly attracted by the ultra violet
rays from the mercury vapor lamp
with q quartz tube. which is n power
full source of such rays. This fact has
q practical bearing In connection with
balloon envelopes, which are treated
with caoutchouc. Aeronauts are IA
miliar with the discovery that the en-
velopes suffer during ascensions, and
this is explained by the greater effect
Of ultra violet rays at high attitudes.
Experiment had already led to using
yellow coloring matter on the envel-
opes. and red balloons are sometimes
seen, but never blue or violet. NJ.
Reynaud considers that red Is the best
color to use. as it not only absorbs the
ultra violet rays. but also the blue
rays, and these last are likely to share
in the bad action of the suns rays upon
balloons.-New York World
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-03-21
Princess Theatre.

Through the kindness of the man.
agement of the Princess Theatre we
were especially invited in last night to
see the evening program, which con-
tanned a great religious drama, en-
titled "The Christian Martyrs" This
picture contained some beautiful seen.
cry and was very entertaining, carry.
ing anu nusual amount of moral. The
other pictures were good and enter
tanning. Upon expressing our delight
at the program, we were told that the
usual good program was shown there
each day, all of which we can endorse
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-03-21
A Surprise.

Rector ION his way to church. meet
ing a neutrality-suspicious., my good
fellow, how is 1t I never see you at
church, Gamekeeper-Well, sir, don't
wish to make your congregation small
er. Rector (puzzled)-I don't see how
you could Gamekeeper-Well. sir, You
see If I came to church the rest Of the
parish would go poaching.-London
TelppraDh
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-03-21
Anlusenents
"a Royal Reception"-Rube WEIGH and
Kitty Francis with Supporting
Company at Colonial Last Night.

Company at Colonial Last Night.
"A Royal Reception" by the Hugo
WEIGH Incorporation, big musical re-
rue company, headed by RUDE Welch
and Kitty Francis, was the attraction
II the Colonial Theatre last night. The
attraction had been extensively adver-
Used as mixture of mirth, music and
,lerriment, and there was no disap-
5ointment. 1t was all that had been
claimed for it, and then some.
/ To go with, the company is COM
bosed OF about thirty people-clean,
kleyer people, wearing fine costumes,
Ind better looking galaxy of girls
was never seen on Bryan stage be-
lore. There was nothing indecent,
olothing vulgar about the show; just
d bunch Of jolly, light-hearted, happy
people using their best efforts to make
others laugh, thereby dispelling all
sares and worries, and smoothing out
The wrinkles and rough places of this
,um-drum, everyday life. How we'll
,hey succeeded was amply attested by
he screams of laughter and applause
( the audience from the rising of the
urtain to the closing line.
b RUDE WEIGH and Kitty Francis were
The leading comedians, and as pure
Wnd unauthorized fun-makers they
lave few equals and no superiors. Mr..
,,yelch, in his droll, Indifferent manner,
voon had the audience going and held
mem till the show was over. He is
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-03-21
A Matter Of Change.

"What change woman can make
in mans lifer sighed the very young
man.
Fright you are, my boy" sighed the
scanty haired man who had been up
against the matrimonial game for
many years, "and what lot Of change
she requires while doing it,
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-03-21

Mathews and Charles Kemble. But a
face ache kept him at home, and soon
after he "made great splash" as a
newspaper reporter. Thereafter he re-
produced character and oddly" on pa
per instead of the stage.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-03-21
Dickens and a Face Ache.

Dickens wanted to be an actor before
he was an author. He would have
been but for face ache. When he
was lad and lawyers clerk he had
attained a trial of his power Of repro
ducing character and oddly" before
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BROKEN UP BY ROWDYISM
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La Belle SC cigar, the best unioAnad<
So cigar in the United States.
ENGLISH MINERS VOTE STRIKE.

London-There is now no doubt as to
the result of the ballot taken by the coal
miners. Over two-thirds of the member
ship have signified their acquiescence in
a national strike, but that fact does not
necessarily mean that the strike will oc-
cur, as it is not intended that definite
action shall be taken until the latter
part of February, and the present pros
poets of an amicable agreement being
reached are said to be favorable. The
public, however, appears to be alarmed,
and large orders are being given to the
coal dealers, and as a result the coal OPP
orators have taken advantage of the
present state of mind and advanced the
price of coal at the mine tipple so cents
per ton for the best domestic coal, while
the retail dealers have increased the
price to consumers rs cents per ton. The
admiralty also is storing large reserves
of coal and orders have been issued TO
commanders of war vessels to econo-
mize and utilize oil fuel as much as pos
eiblp