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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-11-23
At the Table.

The beauty and appearance of the
Thanksgiving table depends entirely on
the housewife. There are certain ex-
pected substantials which must not be
wanting, but the dinner may be made
quite novel by surprising the company
with some unlooked-for side dish-some
dainty thing which cannot be had every
day. Flowers and pretty plants will
lend an air of refinement to the table
Wheat and dried grasses are also typical
of the feast. Two bowls of highly-pol-
ished red apples should stand at either
end of the floral center-piece, while small
dishes of popped corn, homemade candy
roasted chestnuts, and cracked nuts
should be in convenient places on the
table. All sorts of pickles and catsups
should also find place.
And another thing, not to be forgotten
is to arrange the guests and relatives sc
that those who are especially congenial
may sit next or near each other. This
may spare many of the awkward 81
lences, and much of the constraint which
is usually so discouraging to a hostess at
the table
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-11-23
Colossal Engineering.

For opening passage through the cat
aracts of the Danube, at tie famous
Iron gate. an American drilling machine
was used. No other drill ship could
do the work required. Those which
proved themselves satisfactory for the
removal Of rocks in the Suez canal, and
also on the 1sthmus of Panama and in
the St. Lawrence river, were not suit
able for the work on the cataracts of
the Danube. Yet the drill ship used
at Suez was a wonder of mechanism,
and, after shatterlng many of its colos-
sal chisels aeainst the fiinty rocks, and
breaking $1,000 worth of black diamonds,
it finally cut an opening big enough for
the passage of any ship. Their drill
was not powerful enough fer the Dan
abian Iron gate. 1t is new tribute to
he excellence of American machinery
that only an American drill ship could
force the Iron gate.
Two of these American drill ships
were employed. The larger one could
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-11-23
WHAT MAKES IRON RUST.
Popular FaIIacy that it is Oxidated in
Water Exploded.

Popular FalIacy that it is Oxidated in
Water Exploded.
The old idea that iron rusted or oxi-
dated by uniting with the oxygen Of
water and setting free the hydrogen is
now exploded. In the first place it has
been noticed that iron will not rust in
dry air or chemically pure water. Thus
for instance, in Arequipa, in Southern
Peru, not only will iron not rust in the
open air, but rusty iron brought up from
the coast will become clear again. 1t
now seems certain that carbonic acid is
necessary to the rusting of iron, The re-
action seeming to be as follows: First
ferrous carbonate is formed. This is dis
solved in the slightly carbonate water
and becomes ferrous bicarbonate. This
in turn decomposes in presence of air into
magnetic oxide and this last makes,
with the water, the hydrated ferric-oxide,
or reddish-brown powder, which is known
as iron rust. Electricity, again, seems
to have something to do with it. If of
two metals soldered together one be cleo
tro-positive to the other, the oxidation or
rusting will be slower in the positive and
more rapid in the negative.-St. Louis
Dispatch.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-11-23
BIRMINGHAM STREETS.
Nothing "Brummgum" About the Way
in Which They Are Paved.

HOCh1nE "brummEum" ABOUT INC way
in Which They Are Paved.
Most of the 257 miles of streets are
paved with macadam varying from 8
TO IS inches in depth. 1t is we'll adapt
ed for the less crowded residence dis
tricts, although somewhat costly to main
tain. In the business quarter stone
blocks are used, their average life be-
ing twenty-five years. This is done by
the public works committee, with labor
ers working by the day or week. Other
streets in the same quarter are paved
with wood blocks, insuring greater free
dom from noise and more cleanliness.
This is laid by contract, and is supposed
to have an average life Of fourteen years.
Whatever material is used, the streets
are kept in the best repair. Street
cleaning gangs meet in the business
quarter at 5 o'clock each morning, sweep
up and cart away the accumulated dirt,
and water the streets before and after
the operation, until thore laid with wood
look as if they had been carefully
scrubbed. They are also kept clear of
litter during the day. In residence dis
tricts they are swept once, twice or three
times a week, as required. AS a re-
suit, they are everywhere kept so clean
as to cause surprise. 1t cannot, however,
be said that the footpaths are SO well
kept, the practice of every man sweep
ing before his own door not being COM
mon, except for the removal of snow
The Century,
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-11-23
PICKING CHICKENS TO MUSIC.
Customs of the italian Poultry Dealers
of San Francisco.

oil san FRANCISCO
The sailor has his musical shanty to
which he keeps time as he trOts about
the capstan until the anchor is hoisted
to the peak, the farmer trills lay to
tighten his labors as he pitches hay into
the wagon, and these songs are familiar
to many, but whoever heard or saw a
gang of Italian chicken pickers sing and
denude fowls to the time of music?
Such scene can be witnessed any Fri
day evening at the Clay street market,
while the employees of the big poultry
houses that have their places of business
there are preparing for sale the chickens
that the housewife buys for the Sunday
dinner.
The men seat themselves in half cir
Gle and each takes fowl One stroke of
sharp knife across the throat puts the
unfortunate squawking broiler out of its
misery, and then the foreman of the
gang starts his song. AS they catch the
air and the time the others chime in,
and in an instant the plucking begins.
With rhythmic motion the nimble
fingers grasp the feathers and pull them
out during all the time of the song.
Feathers fly in all directions, but the
song goes on until the last pin-feathers'
are removed and the carcasses are tossed
into pile, ready for the man who puts
on the finishing touches and prepares
them for the inspection of prospective
purchasers.
The rapidity with which chicken is
stripped of its feathers is astonishing to
the uninitiated who has tried it but a
few times, and so adept have these men
become that they finish their fowls al
most simultaneously, and the process is
repeated in unison. Three dozen birds
are not considered heavy nights work
for one man, and when pressed for time
they manage to compass even more than
that.
The song they sing is remarkably live
" and sweet, and much resembles the
song of the fishermen as they row their
boats, though the time is much faster
San Francisco Call.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-11-23

A copy of the Companions Art Colen-
dar for 1897, which rivals che famous
Yard of Roses" published by the Com
panion a few years ago, is given free to
every new subscriber to the Companion
for 1897 TO new subscribers the paper
is also sent free from the time the sub
scription is received till January, 1897.
Thus new subscribers will receive. free,
a handsome four-page folding calendar,
autographed in twelve colors, the Com
panion free every week to January, 1887,
and for a full year to January, 1898, by
sending the publishers $1.75, one years
1897 free address ss9 the YOUTHS Com
panion, 2O3 Columbus avenue, Boston,
Mass.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-11-23

fast; then that bearing-down feeling.
Her doctor says, ''cheer up, you have
dyspepsia; you'll be all right soon. -
But she doesn't get all right" She
grows worse day by day, till all at once
she realizes that distressing female
complaint is established.
Her doctor has made a mistake.
She has lost faith in him; hope van
ishes; then comes the brooding, NOR
bid, melancholy, everlasting BLUES.
Her doctor, if he knew, should have
told her and cured her, but he did not,
and she was allowed to suffer. By
chance she came across one of Mrs.
Pinkham's books, and in it she found
her very symptoms described and an
explanation of what they meant. Then
she wrote to Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn,
Mass, for advice, feeling that she was
telling her troubles to a woman.
Speedy relief followed, and vigorous
health returned.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound instantly asserts it's curative
powers in all those peculiar ailments
of women. 1t has been the standby
of intelligent American women for
twenty years, and the story recited
above is the true experience of hum
dreds OF women, whose letters Of
gratitude are to be found on file in
Mrs. Pinkham's library.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-11-23
Very Tame Cheer.

On the occasion of her royal high
ness, the Princess of Wales, landing at
Aberdeen from the royal yacht Osborne
some time ago, the writer was. standing
beside an individual of the genuine coal
HEAVIER" type, who remarked when he
heard the magistrates cheering the prin-
cess as they escorted her to the carriage
in waiting):
s"That's an awful tame cheer. The
only time thae billies con speak lood
enough tae MAX We hear them is when
they're glen a poor chap sixty days"
And he concluded naively: I've heard
theInv
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-11-23
Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your
Life Away.

AIIe Away
If you want to quit tobacco using easily
and forever, regain lost manhood, be
made well, strong, magnetic, full of new
life and vigor, take No-ToBac, the won
der-worker that makes weak men strong.
Many gain ten pounds in ten days. Over
100000 cured. Buy No-To-Bac from your
own druggist, who will guarantee cure
Booklet and sample free. Address Ster-
ling Remedy Co.. Chicago or New York.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-11-23
An Important Difference.

To make it apparent to thousands, who
think themselves i'll, that they are not
afflicted with any disease. but that the
system simply needs cleansing, is to
bring comfort home to their hearts, as a
costive condition is easily cured by using
Syrup of Figs. Manufactured by the
California Fig Syrup Company only, and
sold by all druggists
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-11-23

"A Seattle newspaper shows that the
farmers of Eastern Washington, since
the recent rise in the price of wheat.
have sold 100000 bushels at an ay-
erage price of 60 cents, the crop net
ting them about $3,500O00 more than
last year.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-11-23

-Ex-Queen Isabella II. of Spain re-
Gently celebrated on the same day her
sixty-eighth birthday and her golden we'd
ding. She gave luncheon in her pal
ace in the Champs Elysees, to which her
husband, Don Francis of Assist, who
also lives in Paris, was not invited.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-11-23
Lane's Family medicine

Moves the bowels each day. In ORE
der to be healthy this is necessary
Acts gently on the liver and kidneys,
Cures sick headache. Price 25 and Soc
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-11-23
The Faults and Follies Of the Age

Are numerous, but of the latter none is
more ridiculous than the promiscuous and
random use of laxative pills and other dras-
tic cathartics. These wrench, convulse and
weaken both the stomach and the bowels
stead of these no-remedies, the result is
accomplished without pain and with great
benefit to the bowels, the stomach and the
liver. Use this remedy when constipation
is manifested, and thereby prevent it from
becoming chronic
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-11-23

Sir George Robertson, the hero of
Chitral, has arrived in London from Gil
git, to which he will not return owing
to its decreased Importance since the
Chitral eXneditiOn
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-11-23

For furniture of every kind, where
you will find the largest stock in the
Northwest, and where you will get the
best value for your money, go to the
old reliable and well-known store of
CLEMENT, WILLIAMS & CO.,
4OR-4O2-420 Rrnadwav Milwaukee,
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-11-23

Pisos Cure for Consumption is the
best of all cough cures.-George w. Lott,
Fabucher, La, August 26, 1895.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-11-23

William Potter, ex-minister from the
United States to Italy, has been elected
president of Jefferson Medical college
and hospital of Philadelphia
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-11-23

The London Daily Telegraph contra
diets the rumor that DR.. Jameson and
his companions in Holloway prison are
to be released owing to failing health.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-11-23

A postal with your name will bring
you our new winter catalogue
ESPENHAIN DRY GOODS CO..
Milwaukee, Wis.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-11-23

The melody of music is divine, but it is
no more enchanting than a young girls
face made supremely beautiful by the use
of Glenn's SULPHUR Soap. Druggists.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-11-23

The California health board finds
that in San Jose the average duration of
life is about 43 years, which is longer
than that of any other city in the United
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-11-23

Premature badness may be prevented
and the hair made to grow on heads al
ready bald, by the use of Halls Vege-
table Sicilian Hair Remover.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-11-23

Rust and smut are minute vegetable
forms which often do immense damage
to the wheat crop.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-11-23

Smut may be killed by wetting the
grains of seed wheat in a solution oS
sulphate of "copper"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-11-23

The Industrial Aid society of Boston
found work during the year just passed
for nearly 300 people.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-11-23

A postal with your name will bring
you our new winter catalogue.
ESPENHAIN DRY GOODS CO..
Milwaukee, Wis.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-11-23

Dobbns' Floating Borax Soap is not an imitation Is
is original The only soap that floats contains Borax
and is 100 per cent. pure 1t is worthy trial.
Every lady who tries 1t continues use Red
Wrapper.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-11-23

The first woman to practice medicine
in Georgia received her certificate re-
Gently.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-11-23

Just try a 10c box of Cascarets, the fin
est liver and bowel regulator ever made.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-11-23

Francis William Maclean, Q. c.,
chief justice of Bengal, has been knight
od
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-11-23

A postal with your name will bring
you our new winter catalogue.
ESPENHAIN DRY GOODS CO.,
Milwaukee, Wis.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-11-23

AT Elton Lord Rosebery's-then Lord
Dalmeny s-favorite reading was COM
posed of political reports and pamphlets.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-11-23

The department of agriculture esti-
mates that wheat-raising in New Hamp-
shire costs $22.97 per acre.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-11-23

The department of agriculture esti-
mates that the rent of wheat land in
Missouri is $2.61 per acre.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-11-23

A staff officer in Berlin declares that
the Dongola expedition is on the whole
the most faultless military work done
by British officers since the Peninsular
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-11-23

Coughing Leads to Consumption.
Kemp's Balsam will stop the cough
at once. 60 to your druggist to-day
and get a sample bottle free. Large
bottles, so cents and sS1.00. Go at once;
DELAYS are dangerous.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-11-23

The value of the grounds and build
ings devoted to education in the United
States is 500, 545, 6S1.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-11-23

Mrs. WinslOW's SOOTHING SYRUP for chill.
dren teething, softens the gums, reduces inffams
nation ,allays pain, cures wind collie. 25ca bottle
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-11-23

-Coquelin aine is soon to act Don
Caesar de Bazan" at the Porte Saint
Martin theater.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-11-23

Carpets, Draperies, Oil Cloths and
Linoleums, high grade reliable floor COW
erings at modest prices. Let us figure
with you.
ESPENHAIN DRY GOODS CO..
Milwaukee, Wis.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-11-23

Cascarets stimulate liver, kidneys and
bowels Never sicken. weaken or grippe
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-11-23

Mobile recently received her first lot
of wheat for gulf shipment, 1872 car
loads.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-11-23

The gold wreath ordered by the Gar
for M. CARROTS tomb was ready on All
Souls day.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-11-23
Catarrh

Is just as surely disease of the blood aS
is scrofula. So say the best authorities,
How foolish it is, then, to expect cure
from snuffs, inhalants, etc. The sensible
course is to purify your blood by taking
the best blood purifier, Hoods Sarsapa~
rilla. This medicine has permanently
cured Catarrh in multitude of cases. IL
goes to the root of the trouble, which is
impure blood. Remember
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-11-23
A. W. GLEASON,
HofnJ~1g Public

Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally
and acts directly on the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Send for testi-
mOnials, free.
Sold by Druggists, Toe
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-11-23
STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO, co
LUCAS COUNTY.

Frank ]. Cheney makes oath that he is
the senior partner of the firm OF F. j..
Cheney & Co., doing business in the city Of
To do, county and state aforesaid. and that
said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUN
DRIED DOLLARS for each and every case
of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use
of Halls Catarrh Cure.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence. this 9th day of December, A. d.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-11-23

When bilious or costive eat Cascaret,
candy cathartic; cure guaranteed; 10, 25c.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-11-23

"A Carson man made a wager of 500
to $3.50 that Mckinley would be elected
President
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-11-23
THE BLUES.
A GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION OF THE
DREADFUL FEELING.

What Is Meant by This Form of Acute
Misery-Where Doctors Make Mistakes.
When cheerful, brave, light-hearted
woman is suddenly plunged into that
perfection of misery, the BLUES, it is a
sad picture.
It is usually this way
She has been feeling 6 out of sorts "
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-11-23

for some tim
has ached,
back also; h
slept poorly
been quite
nervous, ant
nearly fainte
once or Il
twice; head I
dizzy, and
heart has
beat VerY
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-08-26
n1.nr1N COTTON MOVEMENT.

Dublin. Texas. August H.-About t0(
bales Of cotton have been weighed in the
yards are 10 date. Only about one-half.
howevor. has been sold, The price has
ranged as high as 7.i5 ana some Nor
ch rs,ts have pad cents where there Vas
, considrrahlc collector in the purchase
II is not believed that tn crop mere " II
Weld an average OF on bnle 10 SiN q res.
in othcr words. the most sAnSuine uc not
t,u-ct n onc-thI1 crop
,rh. c0mrreAs people are preparing 10
t,ein tho squeezing Of the staple Tor the
earliest sEl ment.
Tho oil MI people seem 10 ldFe 40 Ae,
SINS Ia be tn preva Ing opinion TIA,
: - crushed sil v.pli bu, Door return
-Four Of tn Icsfus coiion litns ~ ne
f,ros Innln & Co. Rallie Bros. and Mar
In, Wire & Fllzhueh.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-08-26
HIDES AND WOOL.


Boston. Mass. August 25.-Sel.-s IN tho
wool market this week chow an increase
over the average business Of late. but he
tore - trade s. dun, The incr sase IN the
sal was largely due to bug nose IN
hich several blocks have been taken on
pirate terns As far az cpn be learppi
ahe buyers Cultured considerable con-
cess ors from the market before the wool
large supply. but the trade rs dun Fleece
. ~ no quie, with prices wnverinr The
marriott for Australian WOODS - he'd firm.
but that market Is dull.