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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1896-11-21
THE CENTURY
Il in 1897.
ALI, NEW FEATURES

The Century will continue to be in every respect
the leading American magazine, its table of con-
tents including each month the best in literature
and art. The present interest in American history
makes especially timely
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1896-11-21

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selling sor
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-09-07
Formidable Arctic Mosquitoes.

Some Of the men who have gone to
Alaska have returned to complain of
the hard work, of the cold, the heat, the
frost, or the snow, but the real discour-
agement which makes life in the far
North Great burden is the deadly mos
quito, from whose insinuating bill there
is no escape.
''They are there in such swarms that
sometimes you seem to be looking at
the sun through snow Storm" said
FL. A. Fredericks Of this city yester-
day. Mr.. Fredericks has just returned
from a long trip in the Yukon country,
and it was to that region he had par
ticular reference.
"They are the worst thing in the coun-
try" he continued, ''and beside them the
other difficulties amount to nothing. In
the settlements they do not bother peo-
pie much, but when man goes up one
of the creeks prospecting he must en-
velop his head in a mosquito frame Of
cheese cloth-their bills would go
through netting like knife through It's
sue paper-and must wear gloves and tie
his trousers and shirt sleeves close about
his ankles and wrists-Seattle Post-In-
tnI1irnncQr
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-09-07
Luxury in Central India.

We learn from a London interviewer
that Zomba, the capital of British Cen
trail Africa, where Sir III. Johnston is sta
toned, is quite civilized place. in which
the visitor may require a dress coat: eff
the commissioner asks you to dine you
will find that he lives in a luxurious man
sion, built high upon the shoulder Of a
cooked by a Hindoo chef of exquisite
cunning; you will be waited upon by
deft servants as black as night; the table
will be decorated with flowers such as
no British duchess could buy; the view
from the window will delight your eye.
After dinner you will step out into the
veranda, perhaps, and smoke your cigar
with the roar Of the case9ading river in i!
and read your last novel from Nudes,
or the last batch of papers which the
postman has just delivered. Then early
to bed. And early to rise. your bath;
your cup of coffee, and a little fruit, per
hhaps; a stroll in the delightful garden
full of fruits and flowers; peep at the
commissioners private menagerie; then
decentralization Star.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-09-07
Temper and Meat Eating.

"One deplorableresulto of excessive neat
Hart in her work entitled ,"Diet in Sick
ness and HEALTH" sis the ill-temper
which is chronic moral complaint
among us. In no country, I believe, is
home rendered so unhappy and life
made so miserable by the ill=temper of
those who are obliged to live together as
in England. To everybody who reads
these lines examples will occur of homes
which are rendered quite unnecessarily
unhappy, when they might be happy,
by the moroseness and rudeness Of the
head of the family, by the peevishness Of
the wife, or by the quarreling of the
younger members. If we compare do
nestle life and manners in England with
those of other countries where meat does
not form such an integral article of diet,
a notable improvement vii, be remarked.
In less meat-eating France urbanity is
the rule of the home; in fish and rice-eat-
ing Japan harsh words are unknown,
and an exquisite politeness to one an
other prevails even among children who
play together in the street. In Japan
never heard rude, angry words spoken
by any but Englishmen. am strongly
of the opinion that the ill-temper Of the
English is caused in a great measure,
by a too abundant meat dietary, COM
bined with a sedentary life. The half
oXidized products Of albumen form
urates and uric acid, which, circulating
in the blood, produce both mental and
moral disturbances
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-09-07
company A cordial hurst of annlanse

company" A cordial burst of applause
greeted this prompt rejoinder.
A clever New York girl made an equal
ly apt rejoinder last winter in London.
She was invited to meet the Prince of
Wales at breakfast with some other
Americans. During the breakfast the
prince rallied her countrymen good-hu-
moredly Oh the liberty taken by Ameri-
cans in clipping the Kings English y
robbing words of letters in pronuncia-
ton. After they had risen from the ia
BILE he found the shy little girl in a COR
ner, and asked her kindly: "What III
London has most impressed you?"
''Sinpul, your highness." was the timid
reply.
.'Sinpul?' said the puzzled prince.
ooh, yes! There is nothing in the
town as wonderful to me-"
Il am afraid he said, with a slight
expression of annoyance, "'that you
know my London better than l. Sinpul?
Is it a theater-a cafe-what is it?'
"a church, your highness. We Ameri-
cans would call it st. Paul; but as you
call St. John, Sinjun, this, it seems, must
be Sinpul.'
The prince laughed heartily, and de-
clared himself fairly Worsted.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-09-07
LOWell's True Sirnit.

The art and fine spirit of James Rus,
sell Lowell are still quite frequently
spoken of in the literary circles of Lon
don, and anecdotes of him are told with
keen enjoyment. On one occasion at a
large banquet the peculiarities of Ameri-
can speech were discussed with English
bluntness Lord S. called to Mr. Lowell
loudly, so as to silence all other speak
erS:
"There is one new expression invented
by your countrymen so foolish and vul-
gar as to be objectionable. They talk of
the ashes of the dead We don't burn
corpses. No Englishman would use a
phrase so absurd"
''And yet" said Mr.. Lowell, gently
''your poet Gray says, speaking of the
dead:
Fen in our ashes live their wonted fires
''And in the burial service of the church
of England it is said: Dust to dust,
and ashes to ashes We sin in good
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-09-07
LEFT AN AMERICAN WIFE.
Baroness Zedtwitz was Once Miss Cald
well of Newport.

Baroness Zedtwitz was Once Miss Cald
well of Newport.
The wife of Baron Zedtwitz, who was
killed on his yacht off Southsea, Eng
land, last week, was before her marriage
one of the wealthy Misses Caldwell
who were at one time said to be the
wealthiest unmarried women i'll this
country They were born in Kentucky
and were educated at the Convent of the
Sacred Heart in Manhattanville,- after
having passed the greater part OF their
childhood at Newport. Their father left
a fortune of about $5,0O0,0OO, which
was to be divided between the two Sis
ters The late Eugene Kelly, who was
their guardian for many years, looked
women passed MUCH of their time
abroad, and notwithstanding their great
wealth they were comparatively I'M
known to American society. Since her
sisters marriage to Baron ZedtWltz,
Miss Gwendoline Caldwell, who was the
older of the two, has passed her time al
most entirely in Europe, although she
occasionally visits this country. She
was seriously i'll for several months last
year at the Fifth Avenue hotel. Her
engagement to Prince Joachim Napoleon
Murat several years ago was the only in
timation that her friends ever received
from her of an intention to accept any
of the numerous sultors whom SO
wealthy woman naturally attracted in
Europe. Prince Napoleon, who is now
more than 60 years old, and was recent
ly retired from the French army, became
engaged to Miss Caldwell in 1889. Elab-
crate preparations for the wedding were
made, and only on the day it was ex-
pected to take place was the news cabled
to this country that the marriage was
off. Nothing had happened up to that
time to indicate the possibility of such
an event, and Miss Caldwells friends
were eager to hear what had happened.
Miss Caldwell had always shown her.
self perfectly capable of looking after
her large fortune, and when it became
known here that her betrothed had in
sisted on prenuptial settlement which
practically put him in control of all her
means, the cause of her prompt with
drawal from the engagement was under
stood. The prince was VIGOROUSLY ex-
travagant man, and although his gam
bling debts had been paid repeatedly by
Napoleon I'LL, his private means were
completely exhausted. One of his con-
ditions was that his American wife
should settle all his debts, which would
have proved a mighty drain even on a
fortune as large as hers He was born
in New Jersey, and had been widower
only a few years when he became be
trothed to Miss Caldwell, who since her
experience with him has never again
been even reported as engaged to titled
foreigner-NeW York Sun.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-09-07
secret Photogranhing.

One of the most ingenious methods in
the world for photographing persons and
keeping them in ignorance of the fact
is that Of the Bank of France. The
bank has a hidden studio in gallery be-
hind the cashiers desk, so that at a
signal from one of the bank employees
any suspected customer will instantly
have his picture taken without his own
knowledge. The camera has also be.
come very useful in the detection of
frauds, word or figure that to the
eye seemed completely erased being
clearly produced in photographs of the
document that had been hammered with.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-09-07

Sweden has the oldest and largest
match factory in the world. Matches
were made there long before the old,
roughly trimmed splinter of wood tipped
with sulphur was discarded with the tin
der boxes for which they were used. In
twenty-five years the export trade of
Sweden in modern matches increased to
100000 boxes year. Some of the
machines for making the matches which
we use in these days make 200 revolu-
tions minute each, and turn out about
100000 boxes annually. Altogether
there are in Europe about $4,000 fac
tories, and they yearly produce matches
valued at S50,00O.0O0.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-09-07
A Rope Seven Miles Long.

The biggest rope ever used for haulage
purposes has just been made for a dis
tict subway in Glasgow, Scotland. 1t
is Z miles long, 45s inches in circumfer-
ence and weighs nearly 60 tons. It has
been made in one unjointed and unspliced
length of patent crucib1e steel. When in
place it viii form a complete circle
around Glasgow, crossing the Clyde in
it's course, and will run at a speed of
fifteen miles an hour.
The Highland railway directors have
agreed to introduce. by way Of expert
ment, the electric light in their through
carriages between Perth and Inverness.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-09-07
TREED BY A BIG MOOSE.
Threw a Stone at it Thinking it a Lag
ging Cow.

Threw a Stone at it Thinking it a Lag
ging Cow.
"Jack" Clark is a stout boy of IA
years, living at Sherman, Me. He goes
out after the COWS every night and drives
them home to the tie-up, always in the
greatest safety, but the other night he
had an adventure which has led to the
substitution of his older brother in the
gathering of the kline O. nights.
Last Saturday night Jack went down
after the cattle. The animals were in
the pasture, and it was dark almost be-
fore he got to them. He started them
home with some speed, but one Jagged in
the shadows under the trees.
Jack threw a stone at the supposed
COW, and got very large surprise in re-
turn for it. He heard the stone strike
the animal with hollw thump on it's
ribs, and expected to see the cow come
out from under the trees on a swinging
run. Instead a big moose bounded out
in the opening and made for the young
ster.
Jack sized up the animal at first sight.
Boys and girls, when they get big enough
to walk the streets of Sherman in boots
and stockings, know wild animals when
they see them. So Jack knew the moose.
He made for the nearest tree and scooted
up it with small delay.
The moose was close at the boys heels
when he climbed into the lower branches.
and snorted around the foot of the trunk
in a way that made the boy SILVER and
grab the limbs closer. After about an
hour the big brute went off in rod-long
jumps. Jack came down, ran for home,
and told the story.-Boston Globe.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-09-07
Twin Peacemakers.

Mr.. and Mrs. NIilkegan of La Grange,
Ind, were hopelessly divided on the
question of politics. Mr.. Milkegan is a
Republican and his wife is a Democrat.
There is no telling what might have hap
pened had it not been for the appearance
on the scene of an accommodating pair
of twins. 1t was decided to name one
of the little chaps William Mckinley and
the other William Jennings Bryan, and
this proved a happy solution of the diff
Guilty. How many thousands of married
couples have been kept together by chill
dreni
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-09-07
Lowering the CoIors at Sunset.

One of the most popular things that
Secretary Of War Lamont has ever done
is his adoption of a new regulation con-
corning the lowering of the national
colors at military posts at sunset. No
longer is the flag unceremoniously pulled
down Immediately after the firing Of the
sunset gun. Its descent is now marked
with a dignity and decorum becoming
the country's ensign. Under the new
rule, the usual retreat call is sounded
and then the gun is fired. The band
Immediately commences to play ''The
Star-Spangled Banner" which is contin-
ued while the flag is being slowly low
cred to the ground, while all hats are
DOTTED, and under no conditions must the
flag touch the ground until the last chord
of the national anthem has been sound
ed New York Times
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-09-07

An English correspondent says the
expression $50 long" is the same as the
"sa LANCE of the Swedes, which CORE
spends to the "a tantot'' Of the French.
''Sa lange," as pronounced by Swede,
is almost identical, he says, with what
you would hear from a Northumbrian, if
$50 long"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-09-07

With the decline of the grape crop
in France, increased attention has been
paid to the cultivation of apples and
the production of cider, which has, in a
measure, superseded wine as the national
drink. Official statistics just published
show that there were 678, 100000 gallons
of cider produced in France in 1895, be-
ing an increase of 100000 gallons
over the preceding year.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-09-07

ANY ONE who has ever been bene-
fitted by the use of DR.. Williams Pink
Pills, will receive information of much
Pills. P. O. Box 1892 Philadelphia.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-09-07

The leaves Of the arum, or preacher
in-thepulpit, large, arrow-shaped and
glossy, have often caused death.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-09-07
Dishonored Drafts.

When the stomach dishonors the drafts
made upon 1t by the rest Of the system, it Is
necessarily because its fund of strength Is
very low. Toned with Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters, it soon begins to pay out vigor In
the shape of pure, rich blood, containing the
elements of muscle, bone and brain. As a
sequence of the new vigor afforded the stom-
regularly, and the liz er works like clock
work. Malaria has no effect upon system
thus reinforced.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-09-07

Ten thousand homeless and destitute
Cretans have already been landed at
the Piraeus, where the Greek govern
ment is feeding them.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-09-07

When Dobbns' Electric Soap was first made In 1853
1t cost 20 cents bar. 1t is precisely the same ingred
tents and quality OlO and doesn't cost hd Buy II q
your grocer and preserve your clothes II he hasn't IT,
he will get it.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-09-07

tell the one story of physical salvation
gained through the aid of her Vegeta-
bic Compound.
The horrors born of displacement
or liberation Of the womb:
Backache, bearing-down, dizziness,
fear of coming calamity, distrust Of
best friends.
All, all-sorrows and sufferings of
the past. The famed Vegetable
Compound" bearing the illustrious
name, Pinkham, has brought them out
of the valley of suffering to that Of
happiness and usefulness.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-09-07

Lack of vitality and color-matter IN
the bulbs causes the hair to fall out
and turn gray. We recommend Halls
Hair Remover to prevent badness and
OraVnnSS
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-09-07

My doctor said 1 would die, but Piso's
Cure for Consumption cured me.-Amos
Kelner, Cherry Valley, Ills, Nov. %, 80.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-09-07

"A Jewish pork butcher keeps a shop
in Brick lane in London.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-09-07

Mrs. WinSIOWsS SOOTHING SYRUP for chit
dren teething, softens the gums, reduces 1nfam-
mation, alays pain. cures wind collie 25c bottle.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-09-07

Halls Catarrh Cure
Is constitutional cure. Price rs cents
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-09-07

The first omnibus has made it's APP
pearance in st. Petersburg.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-09-07
CAN'T HELP TELLING.
No village so small.

No village so small.
No city so large.
From the Atlantic to the Pacific,
names known for all that is truthful,
all that is reliable, are attached to the
most thankful letters.
They come to Lydia E. Pinkham, and
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-06-13
LINCOLN AND THE POLICEMAN.
The Presldent's Quaint Advice at Two
O'Clock In the Morning.

One night during the civil war, while
the loyal part of the city of Washing
ton was greatly excited by rumors,
there was free fight near the old Ma
tional theater. An officer, seeing what
was going ON, raised his voice and COM
manded peace. The fighting stopped for
a moment. Then one Of the leaders, a
notorious bully, pushed back the officer
and ordered him to begone or he would
whip him. The officer advanced upon
the bully and said, 81 arrest you" At
the word the man struck fearful blow
at the officers face.
The officer parried the blow and the
next instant struck the fellow under
the chin and knocked him senseless
His neck seemed to be broken, and a
surgeon, who was hastily called, pro-
nounced the case a critical one and or
dered the man taken to q hospital
There the surgeons said there was con-
cussion of the brain, and that the man
would die.
The policeman was in great distress
of mind, and after seeing that every
thing possible had been done for the
injured man he betook himself to the
White House. He was on terms of in.
timacy with President Lincoln, it ap-
pears, and though it was by this time
o'clock in the morning he woke the
president and requested him to come
into his Office.
Mr. Lincoln listened to the officers
story with great interest. Then he asked
few questions and finally said:
81 am sorry you had to kill the man.
but these are times of war, and a grea
many men deserve killing. This man
according to your story, is one of them
So give yourself no uneasiness about thu
matter. will stand by you"
at isn't that" answered the officer
'"That isn't why l came to you. knew
did my duty and had no fear of you
disapproval. But felt so sorry over thu
affair that 1 wanted to talk to yol
about it.
Mr.. Lincoln Saw how deeply the MAJ
was affected and answered him accord
ingly, laying his hand on his shoulde
as he spoke.
"Well, go home now and get som
Sleep" he said. But let me give you
piece of advice. Hereafter when yo1
have occasion to strike man don't hi
him with your fist Strike him with
club or a crowbar or something tina
won't kill him. "-Lamon' "RecolleC
tions''
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-06-13

Some people are absolutely adver-
tisement proof, and will never be any
thing else. The advertisement which
would induce them to experiment
with "new-fangled notions" has yet to
be evolved; and they will go down to
their graves in blessed ignorance of
all they have missed in the way of
modern comforts and conveniences.-
Art in Advertising.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-06-13

vt has already been ascertained by
Prof. Lenard that the newly discov-
cred cathode or X ray is also amen
able ito the theosophical septenary
law, for it is itself composed of char
acteristic subdivisions corresponding
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-06-13

a. 1 say must have BEEN" be-
cause, according to occult Theosophy,
Mars is now in observation Is. ID. 1.
1867, that is to say in period of evo-
luton when animal life is dormant,
previous to the manifestation of high
er forms.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-06-13

by their karma, are condemned to fur
Their trials in the dark, to further suf-
ferings in matter, must necessarily
be blinded to the redeeming light,
blinded to the knowledge of spiritual
realms, until they have acquired all
the material experience they need. :
But even those can be helped, if they
only allow it; therefore our duty ID
to put the light within their reach
in spite of their own Indifference and
skepticism. And this is best done by
showing how progressive science cor
roborates Theosophy and how Theos-
ophy forestalls and eludicates the dis
coveries of Science.
A. MARQUES, f. T. S.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-06-13
A. MARQUES, f. T. S.

z. S.-As this is going to press, the
following passage is found in a ma
terialistic newspaper, in connection
with the wonderful progress ac-
complished of late, in civilization, arts,
sciences and their connected develop
ments: "the powers of steam and
electricity have been rcsurrected from
forgotten ages; the history of ten
Thousand bygone years have been
"unearthed from impershable struc-
lures buried almost in the bowels of
1.-THE earth, and the 10Th Century IL
"feeting away with almost a bewild-
"ering and overwhelming mass of
scientific discoveries crushing upon
"us daily, with still further portents
''of almost terrifying discoveries
reaching nearly to- the supernatural,
(which threatens to Inomentarily OPEN
ION u.s." these admissions are the
best summary that | could myself
write to close my own review, and it
is precisely because of these ominous,
impending, terrifying discoveries in
the supernatural, that the Adopts who
forsaw them, recognized the necessity
of giving out to the world-as they
did-the teachings of Theosophy, SO
as to ward off, as much as possible,
the dangers to humanity that must
lon L., h.,
lightened through the occult revela-
ton. Otherwise, in his ignorance, he
will be playing with the new forces,
the new discoveries, as a child with
gunpowder, and with even worse con-
| sequences.