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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-10-24

save her life. None will admit that
the empress is suffering from con-
sumption. But there can be little
doubt that the disease has fastened it's
grin upon her. She will remain in
ali winter, and possibly may not re-
turn to Berlin for year. 1t is not
expected that the kaiser will stay long,
because of his state duties.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-10-24

At Evansville, Ind, J. B. Connors
shot and killed his wife and her par
amour, Charles Williams. Connors
escaped.
Washington sentinel., 1898-01-08

breaking up of the ice in spring
the animals issue forth to procure
a fresh supply Of food and resume
their daily aYocations.
The young beavers are born in
April or May, three being appar-
emily a common number in a litter.
AT hrst their eyes are closed, but
they grow rapidly, and by Sep
tember or October are about the
size of cat. When able to shift
for themselves they leave the par
entail lodge, and frequently start
of 10 found family in some fresh
locality, although sometimes they
set off on their Wanderings alone.
Following the courses of small
streams, they frequently tack
straight across the open mountain
slopes for uranv miles, so that one
or more not unfrequently make
their appearance in valleys where
none have been known for years.
They will even occasionally cross
small arms of the sea; and the
perils OF the journey end in death
to no inconSiderable number.
Several old time superstitions still
cling round the beaver. One of
the most persistent and most in
correct is that the fiat scalY tail is
employed as a trowel Tor plaster
ing down the mud during building
operations. Another is that the
secretion OF the tail glands-the
caSt0reUm of the old pharmaco-
poeia-has thepropertv OF lrighten-
ing away whales or porpoises when
approaching a boat Still more
strange is the old idea that some
individuals were compelled to lie
on their backs and be ladened with
building materials, when they
were dragged by their companions
to the scene OF operations. Prob
ably this fable originated from the
circumstance that many individu-
ais have the hair worn off the back
from constantly passing up and
down the narrow burrow or en-
trance TO a lodge.
Washington sentinel., 1898-01-08

THE PUREST OF THE PURE.
THE RICHEST OF THE RICH.
Sparkling TIVOLI Lager Beer
The one Beer that stands Head and
Shoulders above all others, as the rays
of Miss LibeTtys torch do above the
waters of New York Bay
All the leading places throughout New
England have it on draught or in bottles,
or from the Brewery direct.
The SPRINGFIELD BREWING Co.
3. MANILA. PREs'T
Springfield. Mass.
cHAS. A. ME BER. n. 3. McNUTT
president. Yies PrsSE o. Manager
cHAs- o. GoEPPER
Ssc.y. 81 Treas.
~HE PHGNIX BREWING co.
Brewers Of Bohemian, Wurzburger
4 Lager Beer,
LOUISVILLE, KY.
Washington sentinel., 1898-01-08
State Of Ohio. CITY Of Toledo, |

state OF Ohlos lily OF lOleoo5 &c
Lucas County,
Frank ]. Cheney makes oath that he
is the senior partner of the firm OF F. J.
Cheney g. Co., doing business in the
City of Toledo, County and State afore-
said. and that said firm will pay thesum
Of One Hundred Dollars for each and
every case Of catarrh that cannot be
cured by the use OF Halls Catarrh Cure.
FRANK CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in
my presence, this 9th day Of December,
A. ID. 1886. II. w. GLEASON,
lSeal Notary Public
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken Internally
and acts directly on the blood and
mucous surfaces OF the system, Send
for testimonials, free.
Address. F. J. CHENEY & Co,
Sold by Druggists. 7Sc.
Halls Family Pills are the best
Washington sentinel., 1898-01-08
: - SENTINEL
Tho Preservation of the Beaver IN
Norway

X. LyGekksy, b. a. Caaka5., F. e. S
in "RH0zyIeGgs."
Washington sentinel., 1898-01-08

lnd OF 1904, and
kember 3, 1895,
1.-THE colony Of
bi 1905. The
q killing beaver
%onors (about
4be inflicted on
Washington sentinel., 1898-01-08

AVOIDING A THUNDERSTORM. -
On the approach OF a thunder
storm French peasants often make
up very smoky FIRE, says IN9us
tttES and ZvON, in the belief that
safety from Lightning is thus
assured. By some this is deemed
a superstition, but Schuster shows
that the custom is base i on reason,
inasmuch as the smoke acts as a
good conductor for carrying away
the electricity slowly and safely.
He points out that in 1000 cases
Of damage by lightning 6.3
churches and g. mills have been
struck, while the number offactory
chimneYs has only been o.3.
Washington sentinel., 1898-01-08
Family Vengeance.

In the year I774 or I775 some
persons arrived late one evening at
Strasburg from the German side oil
the Rhine, and proceeded to the
house of the 6OuyfeaH, or public
executioner. They called upon
him TO accompany them instantly
out of the town, as his services
were required for the oecapitation
Of a criminal of rank. They in
structed him to bring with him the
heavy two-edged sword with which
he was accustomed, in the regular
discharge Of his functions, to be
head maletactors, and added that
as he would have to make rather
long Journey, he should receive
handsome fee for his services. The
headsman at oRce agreed to ac-
company the strangers, who
showed him into carriage, which
drove him across the river to Kehl.
Arrived there, his COZ panions told
him that he must consent to be
blindfolded. This was done, and
after a journey Oi nearly two days
the party arrived at moated cas-
tie, OF which the drawbridge, as the
executioner could hear, had to he
lowered to admit them. The heads
man was led into a small apart
ment, where the bandage was re-
moved from his eyes; and after
waiting here for some time, he was
conducted into the great hall OF
the castle, where stood a scaffold
hung with black cloth, and in the
middle of it a chair or stool. A
female was shortly afterwards led
in by two persons; she was dressed
in deep mourning. and her face
wholly concealed by thick veil
She was seated in the chair, and
her attendants proceeded to tie her
hands behind her, and afterwards
to bind her legs to the chair. Not
a word was spoken by the people
who bound her, and she herself
neither made complaint nor offered
resistance. When all the prepara-
tons were completed, the heads
man, standing behind the victim,
at signal drew the great sword
he carried. One OF the attendants
grasped the victims hair, and for
chilly raised her head by it, and
then, at single stroke, the head
was severed from the body. The
executioner was literally re-
warded, blindfolded again, and
conducted ba * 10 Kehl. Arrived
there, he was set down at the end
Of the bridge leading to StrasbuTg.
WTaxall adds that he often, dur
ing his residence in Germany,
heard discussions as to the identity
OF the lady who thus suffered; and
the general belief was that she
was Augusta Elizabeth, daughter
Of Prince Charles Alexander OF
Wurtemburg, and wife OF the
Prince OF Turn and Taxis. She
was a woman Of very violent pas
sions; she detested her husband,
and it was known that she had re-
peatedly attempted his life. About
the year 1878 or I774 they were
finally separated, and she was
taken into the custody of her
brother, the then reigning Duke OF
Wurtemberg, who immured her in
one OF his castles. She was never
seen again in public, and there is
at least the possibility that it was
her head which fell under the
sword of the 60NfyeaH Of Strasburg-.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1898-02-04
AT LAST!
4 Cure Tor CONSUMPTION, C0l0IIl md
Lung Troubles 1l0l Cures.
Remarkable Discovery Of an
American Medic0-
Chemist.
IT'S GREAT VALUE TO
HUMANITY.
How Every Reader Of This
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and Free Scientific Sys-
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C0RRESP0N DENCE-ADVlCE ABB
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Sl0NALLYC0NFlDENTlAL.

Workers in the wide, unexplored field OF
modern chemistry are daily astounding the
world with new wonders. Professor and
layman vie with each other in their COM
mendable efforts to lessen the ills of humap-
ity. Yesterday it was Pasteur and Kock,
md today It is Slocum, with q new discov-
cry which is the result of years of careful
study and research.
Foremost among the worlds greatest
chemists stands 4. A. Slocuni, of New York
City. His researches and experiments,
patiently carried on for years, have finally
eliminated in results which are proving as
beneficial to humanity as the discoveries Of
any chemist, ancient or modern. His efforts
which for years had been directed toward
the discovery of positive cure for con-
sumption, were finally successful, and al
ready his ''new scientific system Of medi-
inc" has, by its timely use, permanently
cured thousands of apparently hopeless
'ases, and it seemsa necessary and humane
iuty TO bring such facts to the attention OF
all inyalids.
The medical profession throughout
America and Europe are almost UNANIMOUS
IN the opinion that nearly all physical all
ments naturally tend to the generation Of
,hort, cold days of winter much faster than
in the long, hot days of summer.
The Doctor has proved the dreaded dis
'ase to be durable beyond a doubt, In any
Innate, and has on file IN his American
md European laboratories thousands OF
etters of heartfelt gratitude from those
benefited or cured in all parts of the world.
No one having. or threatened with, any
disease, ,lld hesitate a day, but should
write at olce. Facts prove that the Doctor
las discovered reliable aud absolute cure
or Consumption (Tuberculosis) and all
bronchial, throat, lung and chest troubles,
tubborn coughs, catarrhal affections, scrof-
lla general decline and weakness, loss OF
esh, and all wasting conditions, and 70
demonstrate its wonderful merits, he will
end Three Free Bottles (all differently Of
ais New Discoveries, with full instructions,
o any reader of this paper.
Simply write to T. A. Slocum, NJ. G., %
Pine street, New York, giving full address.
There is no charge for correspondence
tdyice strictly professional and conhden-
ial.
Knowing, as we do, of the undoubted
efficacy Of The Slocum System of Medicine,
we urge every sufferer to take advantage OF
his most liberal proposition.
A system of medical treatment that will
.ure catarrh, lung troubles and consuinp-
lion is certainly good for and will cure
my wasting disease that humanity is heir
| TO.
Please tell the Doctor, when writing. that
'ou read his generous offer in our paper.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1898-02-04
EVERY BERTH CROWDED.
STEAMERS FOR ALASKA PORTS.
Nearly One Thousand Searchers for
Gold Leave Puget Sound in "a Sim
gle Dny-Relief Supplies to BE
Forwarded.

Seattle, Jan. 27.-Ihree crowded steam
ers sailed for Dyea and Skaguay, Alaska,
within few hours of each other yester-
day. Five hundred people left this city
for the north, and from other sound ports
combined almost as many again are book
ed by the three vessels, making the de-
partures for Alaska from Puget sound in
one day nearly 1000.
The Clara Nevada made her initial voy-
age and carried 100 first-clas and 65 Sec
ond-class passengers.
The steamer City of Seattle sailed with
So first and $50 second-class passengers.
Her bookings at other sound ports will
swell the number to almost 600.
The Utopia sailed in the afternoon with
over 100 people aboard.
The steamship City of Topeka is sched-
uled to sail today for Juneau and Sitka,
and before she leaves the sound will have
over 200 passengers. Her accommodations
were sold out some time in advance.
Elder to Carry Relief Supplies.
Portland, Or, Jan. 27.-General Mer-
riam, commanding the department of the
Columbia, has chartered steamboat to
convey the supplies and baggage of the
Alaska relief expedition from Vancouver
barracks to this city, from which point
they will be shipped to Dyea by the
steamer George w. Elder on February l.
Most of the pack animals and packers
have been sent to Seattle. From there
they will go by steamer to Dyea.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1898-02-04
capital of New Mexico.

In the house Thursday the senate bill
granting an American register to the bar
kentine Sharpshooter of San Francisco was
passed The bill was passed making Santa
Fe the permanent capital of New Mexico.
Mr. Hit, chairman of the foreign affairs
committee, reported from his committee
with recommendation that it lie on the
table, the Lewis resolution calling upon
the president for authority in the consti-
tuition under which he negotiated the
treaty that will bind the treasury to pay
100000 to Hawaiian bondholders. The
democrats manifested desire to discuss
the report, but the question was not de-
batable. The house then went into com
mittee of the whole and resumed consid
alton of the Indian appropriation bill.
Representative Hartman got the floor and
for Is minutes held the attention of the
house in a speech denouncing the repub-
lican party for its position on the finan-
cial question. The senate continued the
discussion of the Teller resolution.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1898-02-04
ALL AROUND MARKET REPORT.
Wheat Quotations. Wool Figures
and the Price OF Produce.

Spokane, Jan. 3l.-Folowing are whole
sale prices, unless otherwise quoted:
Wheat at the warehouse Country
points: Club bulk 5Sa C, sacked Gle;
bluestem, bulk 6lac, sacked 64c. At Spo-
kane: Club, bulk 60Ic, sacked 63c; blue
stem, bulk 63Rc, sacked 66c.
Oats-At Spokane I. o. b., $l475@l5.
Barley-Country points, $4,000 per
cwt.
Rye-Country points, 60@63c per cwt.
Flour-Per barrel, 81.
Wool-Fine medium. lO@llc per lb;
medium, 9@l0c.
Produce-Creamery butter, 40 and CO.
lib tubs, zoe per Id; 5, 10 and 20-lb tubs,
SOC per lib; prints, 30c per lb; eastern but
ter, 25@26c per Id; country butter, in
rolls, 20@25c per Id; cooking butter, l6c
per lib; cheese, twin, full cream, l3@l4c;
cheese, twins, skim milk, 9@10c; eastern
eggs, $6@825 per case; ranch eggs, $50
$50; honey, white comb 134@l4c, fancy
l5c per lb.
vegetables-Turnips, 81 per cwt; beets,
81 per cwt; onions, $l.40@l.50 per cwt;
beans, la@2c per lib; potatoes, 35@40c per
cwt; MERGED sweet potatoes, $3.50 per
cwt; cabbage, lc per Id; squash, $l.50 per
doZ.
Fruit-California lemons, $4,000 per
box; navel oranges, fancy 1925, choice So
per box; seedlings, $2.75@3; cooking ap-
pies, sOc@$l per box; eating apples, Sic
lbs per box; pears, 90c@$l; cranberries
$4,000 per barrel.
Poultry Chickens, live weight 9@l0c
per lb, dressed Zoe; spring turkeys, live
iO@lOac, dressed 12@l2ac; ducks, live
So 1904 per doz, dressed ll@l2c per Id;
geese, live l0@l23c, dressed l2@l23c.
Meats-Beef cows, live $250@2.75 per
cwt, dressed $5.50@5.75; steers, live $40
S.25, dressed $6@6.5O; hogs, live $3.75@4
dressed $5@5.25; mutton, live 4@44c pei
lb, dressed S@Sae; dressed lamb, &c;
dressed veal. 5@7c.
Tacoma, Jan. .-Wheat-Weak; No
/ club, 751c; No. | bluestem, 7s1c.
Walla Walla, Jan. 3l.-Wheat, 7la fol-
bluestem, Csc for club.
Pullman, jan 3l.-Wheat is stronger
than it has been for several weeks, ant
while local dealers only quoted 63c for No
| sacked in the warehouse.
Colfax, Jan. 3l.-The wheat market j.
strong at from &c to 65c in the ware
house, and sales were large.
| Metals.
Silver certificates, 56a@571c.
Mexican dollars, 45sc.
Bar silver-56sc.
Lead-$3.50.
Lake copper-$l1.
Pig iron-$6.60@6.70.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1898-02-04
BLACK AND BLUE.

Black and blue colors are not subject to
fashions this season nor any other sea-
son. They hold their own and will not
wash out. They are pretty solid colors,
and but for the misery of wearing them
might become fashionable. Some men
take pride In wearing them as tokens of
their profession. as soldiers do their scars.
But bruises. black or blue or both. ought
to have Immediate attention, for under
them may be nerve hurt or a muscle
badly wrenched A black and blue bruise
is a bad thing, not only from it's tender
soreness, but the confused blood is pre-
vention of regular circulation. While sore
spots like these will not wash out, there
is something that will rub them out In
no time, and that is st. Jacobs Oil. II
is peculiarly adapted to their quick cure.
A pennant can be won only by hard
knocks, with scars and bruises, but aftei
the ball is over, IL any remain, this one
cure is the best. Bruises come from con-
tusions in all avocations and it is well to
remember at all times just what will cure
them best.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1898-02-04
AN OPEN Letter. TO MOTH. as.

We are asserting In the courts our right to the
exclusive use OF the word g cASrORIA," and
PITCHERS CASToRIA," as our Trade Mark.
r Dr. Samuel Pitcher, ofHyannis, Massachusetts,
was the originator of PITCHERS cAsroRIA,"
the same that has borne and does now bear the
fac-simile signature of CHAS H. FLETCHER on
every wrapper. This is the original PITCHERS
CASToRIA" which has been used In the homes
of the mothers of America for over thirty years
Look Carefully at the wrapper and see that it is
the kind you hare alaoays bought, and has the
signature of cHAs. H. FLETCHER ON the
wrapper. No one has authority from me to use
my name except The Centaur Company Of which
has II. Eletcher is President.
March 8, 1897. SAMUEL PITCHER. MD.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1898-02-04
POSITION OF M'KINLEY.
stands by the Financial Platform of
the st. Louis Platform.


New York, Jan. 2S-In speech be-
fore the Manufacturers Association in
New York last night, President McKiu-
ley, discussing the financial question,
said: "The financial plank of the St.
Louis platform is still as commanding up
on republicans and those who served with
them in the last campaign as on the day
it was adopted and promulgated. Hap
PLY, the tariff part of the platform has
already been engrafted into public stat
ute. But that other plank, not already
builded into our constitution is binding
force upon us. What is it? The re-
publican party is unreservedly for sound
money. 1t caused the enactment of law
providing for the resumption of specie
payment in 1879; since then every dollar
has been as good as gold.
eve are unalterably opposed to every
measure calculated to debase our cur
rency or impair the credit of our coun-
try. We are therefore opposed to the
free coinage of silver, except by interna-
tional agreement with the leading COM
mercial nations of the world, which we
pledge ourselves to promote, and until
such agreement can be obtained the ex.
isting gold standard must be preserved
All our silver and paper currency must be
maintained at parity with gold and we
favor all measures designed to maintain
inviolably the obligations Of the United
States and all our money, whether coin
or paper, at the present standard, the
standard of the enlightened nations Of
the EARTH"
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1898-02-04

Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
TEN effectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac-
ceptable to the stom ach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in so
cent bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro-
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA re syrup co.
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.
LOUISVILLE. Ky. NEW YORK. NY
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1898-02-04
Engli.h Demand Complied with.

London, Jan. 3l.--According to a spe-
cial dispatch from Shanghai, Sung, the
Chinese commander of Port Arthur, re-
Gently informed Captain Chichester of the
British ship Immortalite that the Rus
sian warships have the Tsung Ly per-
mission to remain there. Captain Chi
chester thereupon insisted that Sung
should obtain by telegraph similar per-
mission for the Immortalite. Sung com,
piled with the demand and permission was
granted
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1898-02-04

The beautiful doorway to Rouen cathe-
dral, forming part of perhaps the most
picturesque facade in existence, is in so
bad state of repair that the municipal
council has been forced to depart from its
principle not to assist ecclesiastical res.
torations and has voted $4,000 toward
the work,
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1898-02-04

"Confound the luckis exclaimed the
new captain general Of Cuba; things have
come to pretty pass.
"Or to show down, rather facetious-
ly replied an officer. "But what is the
trouble nowl'
"Why, here am, expected to put down
this instruction, and find it utterly inn
possible to gain single victory without
committing plagiarisml"
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1898-02-04
Relief supply Expedition.

Seattle, Wash, Jan. 3l.-A carload of
grain and about IA tons of supplies, a
portion of tn governments Alaskan relief
expedition, have reached here from Van
couyer, WASH The grain and supplies
will be shipped from here to Dyea with a
detachment of the relief expedition on the
steamer Signal about Feb. Z.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1898-02-04

The Avondale cotton mills in Birming--
ham, Ala, are rapidly nearing compile
ton and will be in operation within a
couple of months The mills will cost
about 100000 and when finished will be
the fourth largest plant of its kind in
the south.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1898-02-04

Chicago, Jan. 2s.--Mrs Edwin F. Uhl
of Grand Rapids, Mich, has been elected
president of the National Federation of
Musical clubs at its final meeting in Stein
way hall today, defeating Mrs. Theo. Su-
tro of New York.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1898-02-04

There has just been placed in the special
libraries floor of the Boston public Ii
brary large oak cabinet, made to hold
10000 mounted photographs and half
tone prints of the worlds best examples
of architecture, sculpture, painting and
decorative designs.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1898-02-04

On stone of the temple of "Wingless
Victory" ON the Acropolis at Athens, an
inscription has been found stating that
the monument was built by Kallicrates,
who was one of the architects of the Par
thenon. This fixes its date at about $50
years before Christ.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1898-02-04

Scarlet evening dress coats, having been
adopted by an English golf club, British
hunting men, who feel that they have a
vested right in the color, are using strong
language about the innovation and the
innovators.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1898-02-04

"Does you wife do much fancy work."
''Fancy work? She won't even lei a
porous plaster come into the house with
out crocheting red scallop round it and
running yellow ribbon through the holes"
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1898-02-04

Salmon river district, D. c., has been sold
to the Wilkinson Exploration syndicate
of London for $4,000. The vendors were
John J. McKane and r. w. Grigan. The
purchasers viii set five men to work at
once.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1898-02-04

One of the novel ideas of decorative
effect in Japan is to catch firefiies, keep
them in cage or box of wire until you
have company, and then release them in
the garden for the guests to admire and
talk about.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1898-02-04

Boston Bride ttearfully)-And the hon.
eymoon scarcely over! To think that he
should speak to me like that
The Confidante-What did he say, dear?
Boston Bride--He said / was unreason-
able!
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1898-02-04

There are in Tokyo 10 iron bridges and
IL stone bridges. Besides these there are
about SO wooden bridges, each measuring
upward of Is ken. Those that are of
smaller length are too numerous to be
counted. H