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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-02-14
DEPENDS ON WATER IN LUNGS
That a Drowning Person Must Rise to
the Surface Three Times is
Merely a General Belief.

group of old salts were discuss
ing the populsr belief that drowning
person must come to the surface Of
the water three times before he can
possibly drown.
Well" said Capt Tom" Morgan.
there is Httle ground for that suppo-
sition. The truth, a drowning person
NAV sink the first time, never to rise
again. or he may, as in the majority
of cases, rise three times before he
sinks forever.
1T all depends on the quantity O.;
water he swallows when he sinks
and the size of his lungs. The hu,
man body in life naturally floats while
he lungs are inflated. So long as
enc keeps his head above the water
he can float with very little effort.
But as soon as the person sinks
he gulps down lot of water If aft
or he has swallowed this water he
has any air left in his lungs he Will
undoubtedly rise again. and will con
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-02-14
BOY HoLDUPs ARE CAUGHT
They Pinioned Victims Arms With
Lariat and Then Rifled
Pockets.

New York-Using a Iariat with
which, in true western style, they
Iassoed victim so that he was pow.
erless to resist, three highwaymens
the Oldest of whom was but eleven
years, robbed Lester Feist, eighteen
years old, SO Cedar street, Williams
burg, of valuable stickpin while he
was on his way home from making
call Feist struggled to free himself.
but the boys pulled the lariat tighter.
The more he struggled the tighter
they drew the rope.
Feist was turning into Hamburg
avenue from Hart street, when three
boys stepped from doorway. One of
them began whirling a lariat, and sud-
denly the rope shot toward him. It
circled his head and dropped down
over his arms. AS it did the three
boys pulled on the rope and pinioned
his arms He ran toward the three,
but they wound the lariat around his
legs and threw him to the gutter.
Feist cried for help as one of the
trio took a stickpin from the victims
tie They were going through his
pockets when Policeman Nicholas
Benson, responding to Feist's cry, ap-
peared. After long chase Benson ar
rested the three boys.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-02-14
Travellers Test.

The eminent traveller, James Bruce,
was highly touchy whenever his YER
acity was called into question. 1t
happened that, when dining out one
day at friends house, one of the
guests observed that it was impos-
sible that the natives of Abyssinia
could eat raw meat" Without MAX
ing any reply, Bruce forwith left the
table. and before long returned from
the kitchen with piece of raw beef
steak, peppered and sailed in the
Abyssinian fashion. Placing this in
front of the guest who had doubted
his word, he said: Sir. you will eat
that or fight mel" The guest pre-
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-02-14
Attaining Correct carrlans.

To attain correct carriage one must
walk erect and to achieve this end
there, is nothing better than trying to
walk with a book or similar article,
such as a box of writing paper or sew
era1 music books. This is sure to keep
one from developing the swaying of
the body more to the one side than
the other. Stays that force the oppo.
site of this rule should be discarded
and destroyed, for they are not fit for
the individual to wear, for if they
work against erectness of carriage
they are really menace to the health.
Throw out your chest; better to have
commenters say that you are so
straight that you appear to be falling
over backwards than to be round
shouldered and moreover phthisical in
appearance in looks, If not in fact
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-02-14
Fine FIocks of Chickens Bid De-
fianCe to Egg Trust.
Product of TWO Thousand Prize Birds
at Tarrytown Farm More Than
Owner Can Use-Many Are
Sold to the Trade.

New York.-There may be 10000
coo eggs in cold storage in New Jer-
sey or anywhere else, but Miss Helen
Miller Gould can snap her fingers and
forget about it, for she owns one of
the finest poultry farms in New York
state, writes a Tarrytown correspond
ent. The establishment OF this farm
has proved Miss Gould to be good
business woman, for it is practically
eelf-sustaining. This is an added COM
fort to the convenience of having
fresh eggs when you want them and
as many as you want
Miss Gould decided about a year
ago that she wanted a poultry farm
to free herself from any egg trust.
She has a most capable superintend-
ent in Archibald Robbie. and upon
him devolved the work of carrying
out the plans Miss Gould has plenty
Of land, and the site selected for the
chicken farm was on the property on
the White Plains road, east OF Mead
ow street.
Only two breeds are housed on the
farm-white Leghorns and Wyan-
dottes. Miss Gould tries to keep the
number up to 1000 Just now it is
below that figure. but the incubators
viii be started soon and large num-
Der of broilers are planned for the
spring The farm provides Miss
Gould with all the eggs she wants at
all times. 1t also provides broilers,
chickens for roasting, squads, capons
and ducks. In the spring, when the
egg harvest is greatest, Miss Gould
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-02-14

craft Of moderate draft. and will be
completed to its full width of 500 feet
and its full depth of Al feet before
Thanksgiving day next year At Ga
tun one finds additional evidence of
remarkable progress The locks at
that place are now within a year of
completion except for the Installation
OF the gates and other lock machinery
BY the first of April the Gatun dam
will be ready to hold 55 out of the
final 25 feet of water in Gatun lake.
That part of the dam between the
locks and the spillway is already prac-
tically completed, and the other sec
ton is being pushed to completion
rapidly. The whole structure will be
completed nearly two years before the
official opening day of the canal.
After passing through Gagun locks.
one finds the finishing touches being
applied to the next 26 miles of chan
mel. The completion Of the relocation
of the Panama railroad along the high
ground to the east Of the canal has
taken the road out of the Chagres val
ley. This permits that entire portion
of the old Panama railroad to be done
away with, and by May the 26 miles
of the canal between Gagun and Las
Cascades will be entirely completed.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-02-14
Old Women Defend Estate.

New York.-Four generations of
one of New York's Oldest families and
an estate variously estimated at from
81 ,250 600 to $10,0OO,O0O, are involved
in a lawsuit, the facts in which have
come to light through decision
handed down by the state supreme
court here.
The defendants in the action are
the Misses Furniss, three very old
and wealthy women. who are holding
in trust the estate Of their father, Will
liam Furniss, a West Indian mer-
chant They have multiplied its
value many times over by shrewd in
vestment in New York real estate.
The present action is brought by the
ultimate heirs of the trust fund, all
distant relatives, who demand def
mite accounting from the three aged
trustees.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-02-14
MISS GOULD'S HENS

often finds that she has more eggs
than she can use.
Following the policy that nothing
shall be wasted these eggs are sent
to some grocery stores in Tarrytown,
where they are on sale as the Gould
estate eggs, and great is the demand
These eggs bring the highest prices
and are sold quickly. That is why
there is such a demand for these eggs
by grocers.
The henhouses are built with every
convenience, proper ventilation and
: freedom from dampness. The houses
are of wood and are not lined with
plaster boards, but have tight board
wood finish which prevents dampness.
This wood is sprayed with whitening
once week. The floor is of con-
crete, and about one and one-haIr
inches above the concrete is a tight
board flooring.
A cottage adjoining the farm has
been built This is occupied by the
keeper. The chickens have to be fed
at regular periods and all the food Is
selected with the idea of getting max
imum results. A pond has been made
for the ducks.
AS to the egg production, no exact
figures are obtainable, but it is said
that often thousand are obtained in
day. Miss Gould is fond of chick
ems and the choicest stock is always
at her disposal. The farm is one Of
the sights for visitor to Lyndhurst
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-02-14
Welded Her Convict Lover.

A convict, Professionally sentenced
to eight years hard labor. has been
duly and legally married in Paris to a
young woman named Blanche, dis.
tant cousin. The young lady had de-
clared that she would marry the con-
Wet even if he wore convict's stripes.
The convict, whose name was Cortier,
sent word that he was willing" as
soon as she could arrange it. The
prison authorities were applied to, and
gave their consent. At the wedding
the bride stood beside her tiance.
holding his hand for long time-the
only hand that was free, for the other
was tightly held by the municipal
guards.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-02-14
Code of Honor.

Dueling is a survival from the an
cient judicial combats which were al
their height in the middle ages. The
first formal duel among English,
speaking peoples was in 1895. France
seems to have been the land in which
the code" had fits most flourishing
times. From France the practice
passed over TO England, and from
England it came over to America. In
the early days of our country duels
were quite common. but since Burr
killed Hamilton the pra> tice has been
steadily On the decline. 1t is today a
very rare thing for duel to take
place in any civilized land. and in the
United States the. foolish custom is
practically extinct
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-02-14

had expected, very much to the dis
comfiture of those people who insisted
that the dam could never be built.
On the other hand, Coulebra cut has
proved to be a much greater task
than was anticipated. When Presi
dent Roosevelt ordered that it's bot
tom width should be increased from
200 to 300 feet, he added consider
able element to the difficulties OF the
problem. The great masses of ma
terial that have been sliding into the
canal from the adjacent banks, one
slide alone having a surface area Of
AZ acres. have added immensely to
the seriousness CT the problem at
Culebra, and yet, one by one, these
difficulties and obstacles have been
overcome, so that there now remains
to be removed less than 100000
cubic yards out of a total of more
than 88,000,000 So rapidly has the
work progressed that it is expected
that within four months the big cut
practically will be completed, except
the three miles through the heart of
Culebra mountain. There will remain
on that date, in that three-mile
stretch, 100000 cubic yards of ma
terial. 1t is expected that 80 steam
shoveIs can be operated advantage
ously in this contracted area as
against AZ now in operation. Assum-
ing that the 80 can do as well in pro-
portion as the AZ now are doing. the
last shoveIful of dirt will come out in
less than 10 months from the present
date.
The canal authorities always are
prepared for any emergency that may
arise. They take nothing for granted.
and accept no risks. Every step must
be proved as well as human instru-
mentalities may prove it before 1t is
taken They prepare for every i'm
aginable contingency. Recently they
had a government geologist from
Washington make an battle-ground
study of the geological formations of
the Culebra region. and they are as
sured from these investigations that
they have made all necessary allow
ances for further possible slides. Yet
they are preparing to meet any new
ones which may develop. Should there
be any additional slides after June l,
1918, the canal authorities will meet
them by moving the great dredges of
the Pacific division into the cut and
dredging out the incoming material
at the rate of millions of yards
month. By that time the locks and
dams of the canal will have been COM
pleted and the water can be turned
into Culebra cut. But this is a con-
tingency that is practically certain
not to arise.
Taking a journey through the canal
from the Atlantic to the Pacific, one
may see everywhere evidences of the
rapidity with which the canal is be-
ing completed. The seven-mile sea
level section between deep water and
the Gatun locks is already opened to
navigation. 1t can now be used by
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-02-14

- REAKING every great engineer
H III ing record of the worlds his
~ tory and surprising its own
81 u most sanguine expectations,
the canal digging army at
Panama, which has marched from
one victory to another under the lead,
ership of Col. George w. Goethals, is
now preparing for the final assault on
the heights of proud Culebra noun
tain
Against what odds this canal army
has fought, few, even of it's admirers,
fully appreciate. When the plans for
its construction were prepared it was
estimated that nine years would be
required to remove the 103,000 900
cubic yards of material it was then
proposed to excavate. Since that time
one diff Guilty and another has arisen
and has forced up, notch by notch, the
total amount of material to be remov-
ed, until today it is estimated that
the entire task will represent the ex-
cavation Of 195,000,000 cubic yards.
Slides in Culebra cut have been re-
sponsible for a part of this increase,
while the widening Of that part of the
big ditch by one-half has added much
more Then the ocean currents in the
Pacific and the work of the Chagres
river on the Atlantic side have de-
posted large quantities of silt in the
line of the canal and all of this must
be removed, writes Frederick J. Has
kin in the indianapolis News.
Yet in spite of this tremendous in
crease in the amount Of material to be
removed, the last shovelful will come
out in a little more than six years
after the work began in earnest. Thus
it will be seen that while the amount
Of work to be done has increased by
more than seven-eighths, the time in
which It was estimated 1t could be
done has been cut down by approx
mately one-third. Furthermore, so
magnIfcently has the canal army re-
sponded to the demands of its leader
for efficiency that the vast amount of
additional work is being done with
money saved by economical operations
on the work originally planned. When
one stops to consider that all of this
additional work is being done on saw
ings effected elsewhere, and that 1t
has not added one penny to the orig
inal estimates of cost, the marvellous
results of the efficiency campaign on
the isthmus become apparent.
Culebra cut always has been the
backbone of the canal problem. Once
it was thought Gatun dam would be
the most knotty feature OF the work,
but this great dam has proved so
much less of a problem than was an
ticipated that the canal officials long
ago ceased to worry about it. They
felt, four years ago, when they were
beginning to plan the foundations of
this great structure, that there would
be many difficulties to overcome. and
vet they were prepared to meet them.
The actual work has not been nearly
so difficult of accomplishment as they
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-02-14
Old Art of Pantomime Has
Gained in Popularity.
George L. Fox and "Humpty Dumpty"
Recalled-London's Regular An
nuaI ReVivaI-Is a Novelty
in America.

New York.-Gesture-th refine
form of expressing emotion, and just
now there seems to be a tendency to
revive the old art of pantomime. With
the English the pantomime play is an
institution, with Americans it is al
most a novelty. Our older generation
of theater-goers, however, can recall
Humpty Dumpty," in which Goody
Two-Shoes. Old One-Two, Tommy
Tucker and Humpty Dumpty became
famous.
For tho true love ne'er did run
smooth, I'm told,
All will end we'll where true hearts,
like yours, are gold"
What satisfying couplet to come
from fairy queen after the opening
vicissitudes of the wordless play.
Perrot, Arlecchino, Pantalene and
Columbine were characters in Italian
masque plays of the middle ages. An
1ncoherent plot was strung together
to embrace acrobatics and ballet dan
cling. 1t was 400 years later that the
descendants Of the Italian quartet ap-
peared before an American audience.
Plots Of the older pantomime plays
were simple and fantastic Without
speech there must be swiftness of ac-
ton to sustain interest. The story OF
Humpty Dumpty," whose popularity
began in the spring of 1868, when
George L. Fox played the great clown
at the Olympic theater in this city,
is good example of pantomimic plot.
Goody and Tommy were rustic lovers
and were forced to make love in Sc
cret. Old One-Two was the guardian
of Goody, and at the beginning of the
play comes upon the pair and threat
ems punishment. Humpty appears to
take away the ugly guardian in his
wheelbarrow
Then the good fairy appears to de-
liver her hopeful couplet about true
love and changes the characters into
Columbine, Pantaloon, Harlequin and
Clown. Tommy Tucker becomes the
Harlequin. CARRIED in scales of yellow.
symbolizing jealousy, blue for love,
red for passion, black for death. Har-
lequin is given a magic hat and a
mask to make him invincible. Old
One-Two, for offense against true love,
is put in the power of Humpty's
tricks. Humpty becoming the clown of
the harlequinade. Such was Humpty,
who has gone where.
"All the kings horses and all the
Kings men
Can never put Humpty together
again"
Pantomime is a distinctly different
art from that of acting Some of the
clowns of the day who are pantomim-
lists are Adams, Ravel, Melville, Mar
celine, Miaco. A pointed finger must
often tell the whole story. The most
difficult task in pantomime is TO
mimic animals. The animal costume
does not suffice. A close study of ami
nal movements is necessary.
Without speech an actor is wholly
ineffective unless he can express his
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-02-14

tinue to sink and rise until all the
air has been worked out of his lungs.
In most cases the frightened vic
tim swallows enough water when he
sinks the first time to leave him ex
hausted, but as there is still air left
in the lungs he soon finds himself on
the surface again. Each time he
sinks, however, the supply of air in
his lungs grows less, until ultimately
there is nothing left to support him,
when he will drown"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-02-14
Mother Guards Dead

New York. - In an East side
neighborhood, inhabited by the poorest
of the poor, Kitty Rice. two and one
half years old, was found dead of cold
and starvation.
The child's inanimate form was
wrapped in bit of old blanket in the
rear room of three-room fat. The
mother Of the family of three was
found half-conscious and partly frozen.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-02-14
Act Without Words

thought and emotion by facial express
sion, manner and gesture. The nice
ties and gradations of feeling until
lately have not been considered within
the province of pantomimists. Panto-
mimic acting has been broad" to the
point of bad art. The art it is said,
never gained permanent favor be-
cause of the very fact that it lacked
the resources of suggestion.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-02-14
Executions.

"The pass system has been general
" abolished, hasn't it?"
Not so generally. The corporation
I've invested in has not abolished +
about their dividends"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-02-14

ferred the former alternative, there
upon Bruce calmly observed. Nov.
sir. you will never say again that IL
is impossible"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-02-14
Eickle Popularity.

Your constituents are saying ali
manner of harsh things about you just
now"
Yes" replied Senator Sorghum.
such is the fckleness of the public.
One might think l was pitcher who
had Just lost a game for the home
team"
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1912-02-23

Mrs. Leo Alpha left Monday for
New Orleans to spend a few days
with relatives.
Vote for Raoul Pellerin for City
Marshal he will give you good sci
vice.-Adv.
Williams violet and carnation Tai
cum powder has a fine combination
OF talcum and boric acid, which
makes it a very soothing powder.
Our price, Is cents a can or 2 for
25 cents. Moss Pharmacy.
On Saturdays all nickel ci9ars Z for
Is cents at the Moss Pharmacy.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1912-02-23
An Informal Affair.

A very enjoyable afternoon was
spent with Mrs. LeRosen Wednesday
in response to invitations issued to
the neghbors on Hopkins avenue to
come over and meet Mrs. Mary Davis,
who is the pleasant and welcome
guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. F. E. Davis in
Sterling Grove. The parlor was pretti-
" decorated for the occasion in pink
and red camelias. At th~ree-thirty the
guest Of honor arrived and in a short
while the room was filed with friends
approaching the opportunity OF being
with Mrs. Davis. After a short while
spent in social conversation, Mrs. Le-
Rosen gave each guest a pencil and
paper to take part in an Initial con-
test, which proved very amusing. A
picture contest also afforded much
fun, and resulted in the first prize, a
pretty hand painted plate, being won
by Mrs. A. A. Morgan. The consola-
ton prize, a dainty tea pot, was cut
for by all present and won by Mrs.
John Owens. The hostess then served
light refreshments to the following la
dies: Mines Mary Davis, F. e. Davis,
Ichn Owens, Orren Hopkins, Aleck
Morgan, P. B. Torian, P. M. Watt,
John Kennedy and Miss Bessie Jones.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. B. Hopkins enter
tanned a few couples of young folks
Monday evening complimentary to
their charming guest, Miss Bessie
Jones of Greenville, Texas. who will
spend a few weeks here. The house
was beautifully decorated with cut
glass vases filled with lovely %violets,
casting a delicate fragrance through
out the entire house. When all were
present Miss Jones and Mrs. LeRosen
passed pretty tallies to the guests to
take part in the seven exciting and
closely co ltested games of fo"ty tvo
tHdt were pldyeu. Tue ldiIcS pllLC, q
beautiful stencil centerpiece, made by
the hostess, was won by Mrs. Daniel
Dehaillon. The gentlemen's prize, a
gold box for collar buttons, was won
bv Mr.. Daniel Debaillon. After which
the hostess was assisted in serving
delicious refreshments. During the
evening delightful musical selections
were rendered by Miss Elece Shack
ford, Miss Paola Mouton. Mrs. VIM.
Montgomery, Mr.. 0. B. Hopkins and
Mr.. and Mrs. P. NJ. Wait, were high
ly appreciated and added much to the
pleasure of the occasion. Those in
| attendance were: Misses Jones,
Shackford, Stella Roy, Torian, .Ber-
aud, Paola Mouton, Mines. VIM.
Montgomery, P. M. Watt, Daniel De-
baillon, LeRosen, Messrs. s.. r. Bios
sat, Beraud, Morgan, Daigre, De
baillon, Watt, VIM. Montgomery, V.
S. Jones Emile Soulier.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1912-02-23
Fish and Oysters.

Every Friday we will have
mixed FISH and large OYS-
TIERS from the deep pure beds,
delivery to all parts of town. Be
ginning Wednesday, Feb. II, we
will have FISH and OYSTERS
twice a week. Leave your Or
ders or phone 119 and they will
be delivered promptly. H. A.
Gianelloni. 2-13-4t.