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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-02-22
FACTS AND FANCIES.

Willie-"Are you the nearest relative
I've got, mamma?" Mother-'Yes,
love, and your pa is the closest relative
you've got. ''-Tit-Bits.
Doctor-''You want some strengthen
ing medicine, sir" Mr.. Mulligan lem
phatically)-"Oi do that docthor. Shure,
my wolfe is much stronger than Oh am,
an she bates me onmercifully. Fun.
Mr.. Dukane-"That man yonder seems
love?' Mr. Gaswell-"Oh, no; that's
impossible. I know him very well. He's
married. "-Pittsburg Chronicle Tele-
graph.
To the Death 'sDid you hear of that
duel between those two medical stu
dents?'
mo. Pistols or swords?'
"Neither They prescribed for each
other
'Yes,' said the evangelist to the young
sport who had just come under convic-
the burning"
"Well, | suppose I was pretty hot
stuff" responded the YOUTH Chicago
Journal.
Poetic License-Jack Bachelor-"So
you think Scribbler is a true poet because
he only gets his hair trimmed twice
year, is that it?' Fritz, the Barber
Acn! no. I INK lie vas true poet Pc
cause he neffer pays me for trimming it,
py chiminy v'-Puck.
A PRACTICAL LESSON.
A new woman stood in crowded car,
And holding to a strap.
AS she looked around and no man moved
Her eyes began to snap.
s'Do you not believe" a man inquired,
''In the woman's suffrage plan?"
II do" she said, and he replied
Atlanta Evening Constitution.
Miss Ellen Terry was debarred from
admission to the gambling rooms at Mon
tie Carlo during her recent trip to the
south of France, on account of the shah
biness of her clothes. Some years ago,
the ushers kept out Lord Salisbury be-
cause his suit fell below their standard
of style.
Miss Passay-"I think this talk about
appendicitis is all nonsense. Why, when
l was child, | used to swallow grape
seeds and all sorts of things without the
slightest bad effect" Miss Rosebud
Eyes, but you must remember that ap-
pendicitis hadn't been invented them
Brooklyn Life.
can clergyman in London was preaching
to a congregation composed of members
of the Girls Friendly society, and his
subject was the call of st. Andrew and
his brother St. Peter. "Follow the ex-
ample of these apostles, dear sisters" he
said to the astonished young ladies, "and
become fishers of men,"
Flooding Pete-'Yes, lady: 1 was
with your son when he died. He looked
just like an angel, too, when he was
dyin'."
Mrs. Brown (weeping) -'He did?'
Flooding Pete-"Oh, yes, indeed he
did-a-swinging backwards and forwards
in the air, you know, almost as if he
had wings"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-02-22
THE VATICAN.
Something About This Very Famous Old
Building.

Something About This Very Famous Old
Building.
The Vatican covers a space of 1860
feet in length and 1000 feet in breadth,
and is the largest palace in the world.
It is in Rome, on the right bank of the
from which it derives its name. It is
said to have been founded by Pope Sym
machus, who erected a small house on
it's site about 300 A. D. On this site.
too, building was inhabited by Charlie
magne in 800.
Several times it has fallen into decay
and been restored. Pope Eugenius re-
In 1906, Clement V. removed the Papal
See from Rome to Avignon, and the
Vatican was in neglected and obscure
state for many years.
Nicholas ", in 1850, commenced the
great work of making it the noble palace
that it now is. After the return Of the
Pontifcal court to Rome, it became the
actual residence of the Pope. One after
another, long line of Popes have added
splendid buildings to it, and at present
the lowest estimate gives the number of
rooms at 1922.
Gradually it has been enriched with
great paintings, statues, books, curious
medals, gems, frescOes and antiquities of
every description, until it is now the
worlds richest depository The museum
of statuary is about a mile in length and
contains more than 1000 statues that
have been exhumed from the ruined
temples and palaces of Rome.
The Vatican contains the Sistine chap
ell. built by Sixtus ", 1873, and
adorned by the wonderful genius of
Michael Angelo; the Pauline chapel,
built by Paul Ill, in 1910; the Loggia
and Stance of Raphael, and the court Of
the Belvedere.
The library of the Vatican is truly a
great one. 1t is exceedingly rich in
manuscripts, containing as many as 49,
600, some of which are by Pliny, ST..
Thomas and st. Charles Borromeo. and
many Hebrew, Arabian, Syrian and Ar
menian Bibles. It has about $4,000
printed volumes, and several rich mu-
seums of ancient and modern articles of
yertu.-D. V. T. in Youths Companion.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-02-22
RABBITS MELTED IN MINNESOTA.
Wholesale Capture Unwittingly Effected
by a Minnesota Farmer.

Wholesale Capture Unwittingly Effected
by Minnesota Farmer.
George Koenig, who lives near Round
Lake, Mimi, on farm, had little eX-
perience the other day that surprised
him. Koenig has a gill net some oU
yards long, and on Monday when ne
happened to be poking round in the attic
after something, he found that the net,
having been put away slightly damp,
was in danger of rotting. Therefore
Koenig thought he would stretch that net
in the timber and let it dry out. The
blowing. Assisted by his son Fred, koe-
mig stretched the net from one sapllng
to another, and as there was nothing to
disturb it, so far as he knew, went to
bed without taking the net in.
The country around Round lake is 1T
orally alive with rabbits. The little fell
lows scamper about in dooryards without
fear. and the few guns that have been
out in pursuit of cottontalls this year
have had but little effect in lessenlng
their numbers On moonlight nights,
Koenig says, the woods seem to be liter
ally alive with rabbits, and he has had
sport shooting them by moonlight more
have been hunting over his territory.
Tuesday morning, when Koenig went
out to take a look at his net, specta-
Gle was presented that simply struck him
all of heap. 1t seemed as though every
rabbit in ten sections had tried to make
a way through the gill net. Fully 100
of the little brown fellows were lined up
beside the net, and a couple Of dozen had
strangled themselves by poking their
heads through the interstices. On his
approach the captives renewed their fran
tic efforts to get through the net until
the cords holding it twanged like harp
strings. Koenig says that not more than
two or three dozen of the rabbits were
entangled, but the rest appeared to be-
lieve there was only one way out of the
difficulty, and that through the obstacle
instead Of away from it or aroHnd it.
Only one or two broke round the edges,
the rest vainly bunting their heads into
the meshes, as the farmer approached.
After recovering from his surprise, Koe-
mig seized a stick Of deadwood and made
short work of thirty Dummies. The rest,
in their fright ran away from the net
and got safely to cover Including those
that were dead when found. about sixty
rabbits fell victims to the wiles of the
gill net
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-02-22
New system Of Train Lighting.

The proposition to light cars from the
car axle, now being tested on the Santa
Fe road, will be watched with much IN
terest by railway men. The results on a
parlor car running between Chicago ana
Streator were not conclusive, on account
of the slow time and slow service of the
car, hence the test was shifted to two
trains running between Denver and Chi
cago. On January ?, when the first trial
was made, the train ram through q severe
storm of rain, followed by snow ana
freezing weather. 1t remained III Denver
only one hour and ten minutes, and
completed its first successful round
round trip to Chicago, 241S miles
in S41b hours on January 3. 1t
is now operating regularly III this serv-
ice. The Chicago, burlington ana yum
cy Railroad company has had two eX-
perts on this car ever since 1t began run
ming to Denver. When the train is run
ming, the light is taken direct from the
dynamo, and when running at less speed
than eight miles per hour, or standing
still, it is taken AUTOMATICALLY from the
storage batteries In both cases the light
is brilliant. At the request OF the Bur
lington experts the capacity OF the Stor-
age batteries was tested. in actual prac-
tice, on one of the runs, by dlsconnectlng
the dynamo on January at $50 o'clock
D. NJ and not connecting it again until
O'Clock the next morning, lighting all the
time, with the result that there was still
considerable, probably four hours light
left in the batteries when the dynamo
was reconnected. This dynamo makes
over AZ million revolutions in the round
trip between Chicago aid Denver. The
installation on chair car No. 1882 is not
on exhibition, but is paid for by, the Santa
Fe, to whose progressive spirit the com
pany owning the device is indebted for
bringing the innovation to the attention
of railroad men and the travelling public,
Electrical Journal.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-02-22
Imnerfect Combustion.

When heavy fires are carried in a boil
er furnace, the conditions are apt to ap-
proach to those which pertain to the OPP
thick bed of incandescent coal is provid-
ed, and the supply Of air is reduced, the
object being to convert the carbon in the
coal to carbonic oxide, and not to com
pletely burn it. These. conditions are
more likely to occur in boilers which have
the heating surface directly above the
fire, as in those Of the vertical type
and many forms of Water-tube boilers.
In boilers like the horizontal return tubu-
lar, where the products of combustion do
not rise directly from the bed of coal,
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-02-22
CHAIN LINKS KILLED HIM.
An Indiana Farmer Carried Them in His
Body Thirty Years.

Philip Brew died at New Carlisle, Ind,
from the effect Of two links of log chain
which had been lodged in his body for
thirty years. Shortly after the close of
the War of the Rebellion Brew attended
a logging bee. A heavy chain broke and
two links struck him on the left side
above the heart, pushed directly through
his body and lodged directly under the
shoulder blade. He did not have the
links removed. and they bothered him
ever since, appearing sometimes in one
part of the body, sometimes in another.
The last few days he bled profusely from
tba mouth
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-02-22
THAT SPLENDID COFFEE.

Mr.. Goodman, Williams County, ILL.,,
writes us: From one package Salzer's
German Coffee Berry l grew 800
pounds of better coffee than / can buy
in stores at 30 cents a pound"
A package of this and big Geed cata-
logue is sent you by John A. Salzer
Seed Co., La C-osse, Wis, upon receipt
of Is stamps and this notice.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-02-22

Coughing Leads to Consumption.
Kemp's Balsam will stop the cough at
once. Go to your druggist today and get
q sample bottle free. Sold in 25 and 30
cent bottles. Go at once; delays are
dangerous.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-02-22
Guides In the Alps.

There are 536 authorized guides in the
Alps. 1O4 of them nave taken a regular
course Of instruction in their profession
and have received Diplomas; 35 of them
are between 60 and 70 years of age and
are over 70.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-02-22

Kindly Visitor (noticing. the empty
cage)-''Did your canary die natural
death?" Little Reginald (promptly)-
eyes. ma'am: the cat ate him. "-Puck.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-02-22

Cascarets stimulate liver kidneys and bowels.
Never sicken, weaken or grippe. Zoe.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-02-22
BARLEY,
l73 Rus. Per Aero

rs BUS. FER ACF0s
JnO. BREEDER, Mishicott,
Wis.,, grew, in 1896, 173
bus. of SalZer'S SilverKinS
Barley from one meas
ured acre, sworn to by
five witnesses. That's inn
mense, but you see Sal
zer's Seeds are bred to
produce! That's why you
get such big yields. just
try thiSi
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-02-22

No kissing ever occurs in Japan eX-
cept between husband and wife, not
even between a mother and child.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-02-22

Instruction by mail in bookkeeping,
shorthand. etc. Address Knackstedt's
college, COS Wet street, Milwaukee, Wis.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-02-22

Florida of all the states, has the
most water within its boundaries, 4140
square miles.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-02-22

The thieves of Great Britain steal
about $4O,OO0,O00 worth of property ev-
nrv year
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-02-22

-Scotchmen have almost entire con-
troll of the stone cutting industries of
New York,
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-02-22

The oak tree which stands in the
middle of the highroad leading from
bennington to Warwicks is said to
mark the center of England.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-02-22

1t is estimated that there are 5000
men and horses at work on the ice on the
Kennebec, Me, river.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-02-22

scandinavian sailors are said to pre-
dominate on vessels of nearly all ma
tionalitieS
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-02-22

Mrs. WinsROVy7s SOOTHING SYRUP for chill
dren teething, softens the gums reduces infam-
nation, Hays pain. cures wind collie. 25c bottle
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-02-22

When bilious or costive, eat Cascaret, candy
cathartic, cure guaranteed, Zoe, 25c.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-02-22

Piso's Cure for Consumption has been
a God-send to me.-Wm. B. Mcclellan,
Chester, Florida, Sept. II. 1895.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-02-22

Ships built of steel are said to be
able to carry 20 per cent. more freight
than those of iron.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-02-22

In some of the farming districts of
China pigs are harnessed to small wag-
ons and made to draw them.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-02-22

If you want a reliable dye that will
color an even brown or black, and viii
please and satisfy you every time, use
Buckingham Dye for the Whiskers.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-02-22
Corr NJ.

266 bus. per acre-that's
, wonderful. Well, Salzer's
Seeds are bred to yields!
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-02-22

&O9 BUS. FER ACF0s
SaIzer's Silver Mine Oats
still leads the world, with
a record light here in
Wisconsin of 231 buL hels
per acre in 1896. What
more do You wish? Don't
this beat all? You see,
SaIZer's Seeds are bred up
to big yieIdSl
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-02-22
HoOI1c Di11- cure Liver Ills; easy to
EOOO > EAAS' take. easy to operate. csc.
w n EAT.

90 BUS Fer ACF9.
With SaIzer's new creA-
lions in Spring Wheat to
be sOwn before April 25-
YOU can raise wheat at 40c
q buShel and make money.
How? Why, Sal1er's Mar
vel Wheat has a record OF
so bus. per acre, and right
here in Wisconsin 1T yield
ed in 1888 over 200 bus
on five acres. That pays
handsomely at 4Oc a bu.
It's a great wheat.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-02-22
1867 BUS. POTATOES PER ACRE.

Wis, for catalogue and II rare farm
seed samples, worth $40, to get start.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-05-22
Why He Thought Them a Fake.

Carson City, New, has had to fall
back on its "giant footprints" in
neighboring quarry as its star attrac-
ton A gang of convicts has been set
to work at hewing steps and paths lead
ing to the footprints" in the solid rock
of the quarry. Among other things
tunnel has been dug, showing where
the footprints" disappear into the
mountain. This tunnel is about as
high as man. Arecent visitor brought
grief to the unfortunate convicts who
had to overhear the following shrewd
Deductions: "Pshaw, L thought it was
fake before, but this proves it. You
say them feetsteps are of II beast forty
one feet high, do you? Well, if that's
so, you just tell me how the critter
managed to walk into tunnel which
bumps my head to stand erect in?" 1t
is said that when the convicts heard
this, several of them went over to the
other side and wept bitterly, and the
guards did not reprimand them for it.
New York Sun.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-05-22
Men net like madmen, women faint

Men act like madmen, women faint
and are trampled to death by the crowd.
Pale but silent, Marion turns to the
man at her side. He is no longer there
Save her he could not, but for himself
lay one desperate chance, which he
seized as a drowning man straw. She
was alone-aIone and helpless, deserted
by him who had told her of that other S
selfishness.
Keep calm, Marion. Our only
hope lies in decided action without ex-
citement. T. will save you or die with
you," whispered voice in her ear,
and turning she saw the man who had
fought his way not to life and air, but
to her side to bear her with him into
safety OF share her peril.
81 am not worthy, Nelson. Save
yourself, and when You think of me,
remember that my folly was for the
moment. that I have met its just re-
ward, for 1 loved you through it ALL"
"Hush, darling, hush-even though
your words nerve me to fresh courage.
Marion, will it be my wife with whom
I live or die?"
"Your wife, if you will take her, Mel
son, Happier to meet death at your
side than live apart from you"
But death was not to have his prey.
And, though Nelson bears on his hand
some brow cruel scar, in his wife's
loving eyes it is new beauty, since it
ever tells her of the noble struggle
which gave her life and happiness-a
life which met its rich fultillment wheI
crowned by Nelson Ellis's love.-The
Ledger.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-05-22
CONTEN TIM ENT.

Hapl.y lha ia 20 meath the tattered bonnet,
Merry eyes matching the ribbons on 1t;
What matter, the old. torn shawl and gown.
With her sunny hair, for golden crown,
She's the richest queen in all the land
With her happy face under the bonnet.
Her kingdom. The biilowy meadows fair:
Her subjects, the birds and butterflies there;
Her wine, the dew in the fioweret's cup,
which she Quairs with glee. ere the sun Is up;
She's the proudest queen in NIL the land.
With her winsome face under the bonnet.
She cares not for fashion, cares not for
fame:
She knows not sorrow-tO her. but name:
She wears bright jewels, the wild flowers
sweet.
And they lift their heads, her smile to meet:
She's the happiest queen in all the laad,
Meath her old and faded bonnet.
To those who are blest with wealth untold
Comes not such Joy as her life doth hold;
They think they are happy-how little they
feel
Tho sweet content her eyes reveal;
We may find, il we search through all the
land,
A queen meath Il tattered bonnet.
Good Housekeeping.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-05-22
DUDGE LOWELL DEAD.
liant Legal Career - Grand
father Named City.

iAnt lcxaI career - UranO.
father Named City.
MTON, Mass. May 20-Hon. John
ll, cx-judge of the United States cir
purt, has just died here at his home.
y the fourth of his name, and was
n Boston - years ago. He was tho
John Amory Lowell and Susan Cabot
the daughter of Francis &. Lowell,
Aom the town of Lowell was named.
aduatrd from Harvard in lsi5. and in
b. 1865. he was appointed by President
Dln Judge of the district court of the
ii States. On Dec. Is. 1878, he was
otcd by President Hayes to the
ion of judge of the United
circuit. This position he held until
pf 1884. when he resigned. after over
rs continuous service on the bench.
wing his resignation he devoted him
b private practice in Boston.
hge Lowell was the leading authority
b United States on all questions of
ruptcy and insolvency. He was con-
b more often than any other lawyer Of
Present time on all difficult questions of
by his fellow members of the bar. He
not try jury eases. but confined
work to eases before single
b. in equity. admiralty. etc. and to
llments before the appellate courts of
4 nited States. and Massachusetts,. He also
fd many cases u referee and commits
Ter. Judge Lowell was in great demand
tiinners and social gatherings, though he
Il seldom be prevailed upon to accept. as
bal Il fund Of dry humor and an inimitable
Of telling good story. Since the death
Sidney Bartlett and William q. Russell,
r. has been no member OF the bar so
hly respected by both the bench and bar,
no one has been so deeply revered
even loved 10y many, probably not
p excepting Rufus Choate. Judge Lowell
four children. John Lowell ,Jr). tho
b of the name. who has been associated
|h his father in the practice Of the law
hes Arnolh,who graduated from Harvard
lS9i; Mrs. William II. Aspinwall aud Miss
cy Buckmins,er Lowell.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-05-22
Why Some Trees Die.

Because they are allowed to lie
around in the sun and wind until their
rootlets are all dried up. Then they
are planted like post in a sod, with
no chance for their roots to expand,
with no chance for air or food, for the
grass gets it all. Many trees die be-
cause the cattle persistently eat off
their tops. The young orchard is not
good place for cattle. Many trees
die for want of little food. Others
are choked to. death with grain crops.
Plant lice suck the sap out of some,
and they give up the struggle aud die.
Mice and rabbits girdle some, and they
perish Borers in the trunk near the
ground kill many. A young tree is
like child. 1t needs some care.-G.
G. Croft, in New York Tribune.