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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-07-10
TARDY RECKONING.
This Lady Learned Too Late That She
Didn't Get Bargain.

"Ste-raw-berries, nice ripe ste-raw-
berries" shouted the street vender as
his horse logged slowly through Bag
ley avenue.
How much are they?" asked the
pretty young housewife who had hailed
the pedlar by waving a towel.
"Ten cents a quart, nam. All Mich
igan berries and the dew's on EN- yet,
man.
But want bushel. I'm going to
have sort of strawberry festival Just
among my relations, and | wouldn't
run out of them for the world. How
much a bushel?"
Three and a half. man,"
TOO much. You'll have to do bet
ter than that or I'll try some one else"
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-07-10

"I'll throw on quarter" he said,
and she nodded so that her voice
might not betray her exultation- Then
he carried in 80 Of the little measures
that have the waistband about two
inches from the bottom, received his
money and did not hIger Three min
utes later the little woman rushed In
the street. her eyebrows knitted and
her dimpled hands clenched, one over
a lead pencil and the other over crum-
bled piece OF paper But the psdler had
vanished. Detroit Free Press.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-07-10
WHAT A DRESS COSTS.
Here are Two Estimates Upon Charm
ing Walking or Calling Gown.

This dress can be made so that it will
cost $50. or you can get it up for IS. me
materials, In case you want an expensive
dress, are: Five yards OF the newest I'M
portation of grenadine which comes at
81 50 per yard: two yards Of heavy whlte
satin, which is to be set unoer the poH
plated border Of the over dress, ana q
width of Persian silk for the front OF the
dress. You will need as many inches OF
Persian silk as the skirt is long. one
width will make the vest and front
panel. Border the Greciar squares with
silk braid and line the entire dress with
oil broiled taffeta.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-07-10

of one Of her girlhood friends wearing
over her exquisite evening toilet OF black
lace ard cleaning ivory satin magnifi-
cent evening wrap of brocade. lined with
white giace silk and having large COLI
lar and facings OF cream guipure lace
over white satin. The front was further
softene0 by ruchings Of accordion plated
chiffon
TIE wrap cut as only master modesto
can cut, exactly suited madame's regal
ftyIe Of beaunf. The hostess was suf-
hncientIy NITRATE with her guest TO
say admtringiy3
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-07-10

So far as Newport is concerned. for
certain clique Of ultra fashionable wo-
men Paris ought to be a shattered idol.
Newport has been entertaining French
woman of title who was before her mar
rage an American heiress. She Is now.
as always, perfectly gowned. Before her
marriage all her friends knew exactly
what dealers in paris she patronized.
Then she would save scorned to wear 1
garment that had lot been bought on the
Rue de la Pafx.
One night red htiy she appeared 4 :
danes given Il hs pslattal summer villa
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-07-10
HER FAITH IN ONE SIGN.
BY Following an Old Saw She Gained
Her Hearts Desire Right-Or.

Indianapolis Journal
She is coniding young girl of about
twenty. and as she and a friend walked
up the street she began TO talk. 1T is real
funny. Perhap. you will not think It is
funny by the way I tell it, but it was real
funny anyhow You know Will . has
lived next to our house for two years, at
least, and I had never had an introduc-
ton to him. met him constantly once
every day and often two or three times
wanted to speak to him: NJ Is 50. nice
looking and % clean. and have heard
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-07-10

The. waist was of challie with a little
frlll around the hips, and belt of ia
ponlca pink satin. The waist was
trimmed with tucking of plain cream
challie.
This little dress which was extremely
Comfortable fcr tho room wac nrade ca
The surplice pattern, which insureS
neat finish to the front of the waist.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-07-10
AN INvAL1D's ROOM DRESS.
Something Very Comfortable to Wear
Between the Window and the Couch.

Nothing is quite so comfortable as
challie after all, when you want some
thing for room dress. A very inter-
esting invalid of New York, no other
In fact than Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt,
Jr., had sent home to her the other day
a room dress OF cream challie. 1t was
to wear ON the first day she could sit
up with her baby In her arms. The
skirt was made apparently without
gathers around the waist, it being so
nicely godeted that it had no unneces-
sary fullness. Small japonica pink hg-
ures dotted the skirt.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-07-10
HOW TO DRESS THE HOUSEMAID.

Every woman likes neat, attractive
looking housemaids. A humble home is
given an air of being we'll ordered by
trim, well behaved parlor maid. Eng
lish housewives are most particular
about the appearance of the girl who
attends the door in houses where thers
Is no page or footman The housendi
and the parlor maid in many American
homes have now been arrayed in the
neat little caps and the long aprons
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-01-03
TAXING MOTOR CARS.

The French have a decidedly prac-
tical way of locking at new methods
of locomotion. No sooner was the bl-
cycle established than a large revenue
producing tax was imposed on it, and
BOW it has been decided by the French
authorities to impose a tax on motor
cars, the tax apparently varying IN
different parts, according 10 the
density of the population. In the
large centers of population the tax Will
be a somewhat serious item, and IN
Paris it amounts to $12 on vehicles Tor
two passengers and $40 On larger We
hicles. It is curious that at the same
time that this tax is being imposed II
is also being proposed that subsidies
should be granted to public services
of motor cars.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-01-03
DOG WITH FALSE TEETH.

At the Kennel clubs show in London
there is a modest and aged little Schip-
pei Ike, exhibited mot for competition,
but because he is the only dog in the
world with a complete set of false
teeth. His owner, E. Moseley, Us a
dentist. The teeth have been cleverly
modelled and the tiny creature eats In
all comfort, and appears perfectly hap
py in possession Of his unique distlnc-
ton, while he is evidently used to hav-
ing his mouth opened, as he endures
the most intimate inspection with
quiet and patience. He is obviously
very old, and his master, who previ-
ously achieved another feat in canine
surgery in providing dog who had
lost q limb in an accident with an
artificial leg which it could use, gave
him this set to replace those Of failing
nature.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-01-03
SOME NEW INVENTIONS.

Housekeepers will appreciate a new
self-sprinl1ling broom, which has a
small circular water reservoir, which
slides over the handle, and is connect
ed with two finely-perforated tubes
which slowly discharge water into
the broom.
Street lamps can be mounted on a
new telescope post to make them easy
to reach for trimming and filling, a set
screw engaging the central shaft to
hold it in position with pulleys and
weights set in the post to counterbal-
ance the lamp.
Cake and cookies can be quickly
turned by a. new device which has the
flat plate mounted on a rod, which
turns half around in the handle and
has a spring which rapidly turns it
over by pressing a lever after the cake
is lifted.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-01-03
THE PLUMBER GOT EXTRA PAY.

A guest in a Philadelphia hotel lost
diamond stud in the waste pipe Of
the bathtub the other day, according
to the Philadelphia Record. On hear
ing OF the loss, the proprietor allowed
the pipe to be taken up. at the expense
OF the loser. A plumber did the Job
for $40, and the guest not only re-
covered the stud but also found in the
bend OF the drain pipe a diamond ring.
Being an honest man he gave the ring
&c the proprietor, who advertised the
nnd IN several newspapers. AS no one
came to claim the ring, the proprietor.
With an equally c1mmedable sense of
honesty, returned it to the finder
NEEDLESS to say, the loser of the stud
was highly compensated for his
trouble, as the ring was valued at $40
Inc fortunate man gave the plumhar
. crisp $40 note extra, as the brilliant
nlo was partly due to that worthy
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-01-03
SEARCHING FOR ANDREE I

November a whaling steamer was
despatched by the Norwegian govern
ment from Tromso for Spitzbergen to
search for AndTee The story the de-
spatches tell is that a fishing-boa re-
ports hearing humanlike cries off Dau-
mandsoeren, Spitzbergen, in Septem-
Ger, and it is thought best to investi-
gate them. This seems a slight basis
on which to send out a ship, especially
since experienced explor ers like Can
tain Sverdfup Of the Fran think the
noises were made by ice or by birds.
But anxiety is felt about Andree. and
the desire to get some news of him is
becoming urgent. 1t will be remem-
bered THAT he said, when he Started.
that if he was not heard from at the
end of three months it might easily be
year, and perhaps two years, before
he made his way back. He also recog-
nized how possible it was that he
might never return. Harper's Weekly.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-01-03
BLUNDERs ABOUT AMERICA.
Paris Papers Show Marked Ignorance
of United States Affairs.

Complaint is made continually that
of newspapers are frequently lament
ably ignorant of the subjects on which
they write, and specially so when they
write on subjects pertaining to foreign
countries. France and the United
States are supposed to be chief
offenders in this respect. Thus the
Petit Parisien, Paris, a paper with over
$4,000 circulation, and supposed to be
the best informed in France (of all the
dailies) with regard to things alien,
makes some amusing plumbers about
the American continent. We quote in
stances:
Canada is great country. She
may well be proud of having given
birth to George Washington.
Among the celebrities present at the
review of Russian troops was the bril-
liant COMMUNICATIVE chief of the Amer
lean army, General Nelson"
ct should, Of course, be remembered
that the masses of the people are only
half civilized in America. Only a
fraction of the people can read or
write. The dirty power of money
making alone rules
"Klondike is in the little country
called Alaska, which belongs partly to
the United States, partly to Canada.
There will be complications, as Russia
has always claimed Jurisdiction in
those parts -
venezuela, the country assisted by
the American jingoes, is so small that
one can hardly find it on the map
In Eureka Springs, Ark, on a beau
tiful bay of the Pacific coast -
Literary Digest.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-01-03
Fattening Yearling Lambs.

Both sheep and lambs are much
higher than year ago. Hence there
is less inducement for farmers to buy
sheep and lambs to fatten. With so
good prospects for wool it is likely
that sheep and lambs will be dear for
some time to come. Still those who
like spring lamb will have it, no mat
ter what the price, and the fattened
lamb a year old is quite as good as
that dressed when only three or four
months old. 1t requires more care
full feeding to keep these yearling
lambs in fattening condition than it
does three or four-y ear-old sheep. But
the lamb whe7l well fed will gain twice
as many pounds per week as the sheep
and the gain in price per pound will
be considerably higher.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-01-03
Cream Raising in a Well.

1t is established that no system with
out the use Of separation or ice has yet
been discovered by which a perfect re-
covery may be secured but if the herd
is too small to justify the expense of
a separator or ice is not available, a
good method is to fit up well cream
cry. A we'll four feet in diameter will
care for the milk of ten COWS; but if it
were six feet it would be better.
Fit out a sufficient number of
common shotgun cans to hold the milk
Of three milkings, with loose-ftting,
deep-rim covers, and stout balls so ar
ranged as to hold the covers firmly in
place when suspended. Provide a
pulley and one-half inch rope of suf-
flciently length to let each can when
filled with milk into the water until
it floats.
1t should remain undisturbed, ex-
cept by the addition of the next milk
ing, for "a hours, when it can be raised
and skinned.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-01-03
Feeding and Marketing Ducks.

Feeding and Marketing Ducks.
To fatten the young ducks for ten
days before they are to be killed, they
are fed a wet mess of corn meal in
which there is a little bran and ten
per cent beef scraps. If they are de-
prived of bran entirely, they may not
eat so well and lose instead of gain in
weight. Half grown ducklings crowded
into small pen learn the vice of
feather pulling. They pluck and eat
the juicy pinfeathers from each
others bodies, to their Disagreement
and injury. This may be avoided by
putting less number in a pen or by
giving them range on grass. Grass
must not be given them, however, the
last week before they are dressed. as ii
makes them look too yellow. The mar
ket demands a white skin in duck
or goose. Those not well fattened at
the proper time are thrown out and
fattened again but then their bodies
always have plenty of pinfeathers.
Early in the season when the price
is high, they are sold when they
weigh nine pounds to the pair dressed,
but usually when they are ten weeks
old and weigh ten to twelve pounds to
the pair. Sometimes they are kept
longer than ten weeks before they are
killed. They should be dressed as soon
as they reach the proper degree of fat
ness and when the skin is free from
pinefeathers. At eleven to fourteen
weeks of age their bodies may be
covered with pinfeathers. After the
sixteenth week they will be free from
them, unless they have been forced to
lay.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-01-03
GREwsoME GOLDEN WEDDING.
All the Male Guests Present We're
Public Executioners.

From the report of the celebration
of the golden wedding of William
Reid and his wife of Magdeburg, Ger
many, and the silver wedding OF his
son Frederick and his wife, it is to be
inferred that hangmen are not held
in such disfavor by the women OF Ger
MANY as the fair sex of other countries
evince toward men of this profession.
At the celebration there were present
800 men, whose occupations were the
same-the execution of criminals-the
majority of them being accompanied
either by wife, sister or sweetheart
The elder Reidl is chief executioner OF
the domains of Kaiser Wilhelm, while
lis son Frederick is also public exc
cLtioner cf long service. The eldest
son of the latter is a soldeir in the
German army, but his father declares
that as soon as he is discharged he will
secure him a place where his work will
be of exactly the same nature as his
fathers. The old gentleman is only
70 years of age, but he boasts that he
has only eleven more people to- string
up ON the scaffold in order to have
made the record of sending 1000 per-
sons into eternity by his own hands.
The son has a record of little more
than one-third of this number.
Although brought together for the
purpose OF doing honor to Germany's
chief executioner and his son, the as
sembly of executioners actually turned,
itself into a convention of hangmen.
The various new methods of killing off
murderers we're unanimously con-
demned and the old-fashioned hanging
method was pronounced the one most
satisfactory from every standpoint
The men came from every part of Will
helms empire and included all the ex-
ecutioners of note. The wives and
sWeethearts intend to organize a club
for the purpose of aiding the widows
and orphans of the men their hus-
bands hang
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-01-03
PLANTS WHICH GIVE LIGHT.
Nasturtiums and the Marsh Lily
Throw Out Phosphorescent Glow.

There are number OF plants and
flowers which give out phosphore-
scent light in the dark. Llnnaeus
first noticed this phenomenon in the
common nasturIium, whose flowers
seemed to him to have faint iri-
descence at night. Later o0serva-
tions by others showed that the light
was stronger after very sunny days.
Among other plants which possess this
singular property are the marsh lily
and the fraxinella. The last named
secretes a volatile oil which oozes out
during hot weather, spreads in thin
layer over the flowers, and forms
vapor which becomes luminous in the
darkness. In the coal mines near
Dresden grows a species OF fungus
which exhibits the appeal alice of
luminous festoons of shifting .yIors."
La Nature.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-01-03

By this method an effective cream
ing is secured; the milk is free from
all contamination Of flies, dust and
odors. Further, the well affords a
perfect place for the ripening and care
of cream for the churn, as well as for
the proper storage Of butter until mar
keted.
If this well creamery system be
studied and faithfully carried out, it
will not only save a vast amount Of
labor, but greatly improve the quality
and increase the quantity Of the but
ter made. It's work is constant and
uniform, whatever the weather may
chance to be, nor does it require a
daily scrubbing and scalding. New
York Times.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-01-03
The Pork Barrel.

AS the time for hog killing ap-
proaches, the pork barrel should be
put in condition for the new crop.
Every particle Of last years pork and
brine should be removed, but the brine
after boiling thoroughly will have it's
impurities removed. Then after
thoroughly washing out the inside with
some antiseptie, the barrel should
be filed with boiling water and have
this repeated at least once. But even
with these precautions a barrel that
has once held beef should not be used
for pork. We have scalded out beef
barrels SO thoroughly that it was sup
posed no faint could remain. Yet be-
fore the pork was used UP more or
less of it would be tainted-America
Cultivator.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-01-03
Weaving Foals.

Foals that are about to be Weaned in
the fall of the year should, prepare
tory to the time of isolating them from
their dams, be taught to eat freely of
grain, pulse and other highly nutri-
tive food. The loss of the dams milk
and growth which even an abundant
supply of hay or grass will not wholly
compensate. A variety of food is not
only permissible but to be advocated,
although grass or good hay and corn
should form their staple diet. Too
many different sorts of food can hardly
be tried, says high authority on the
matter, ''but of course they must be
given JudiciOusly at various times and
IN small quantities" Should the
bowels act too freely by the use of
succulent foods, or from any other
cause, recourse must be had to small
feeds of barley or old split beams
care taken that the latter are per-
fectly southland hay should be sub
stituted entirely to the exclusion of
grass. The contrary condition of the
bowels should, of course, lead to diet
Of succulent food and bran mashes.
The condition of the foal's bowels
should be carefully watched for some
Tune after weaving The sudden
change from relying principally upon
his dam to entire dependence ON other
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-01-03
HAS A PERFECT EAR OF CORN.
pennsylvania Farmer Makes a Find
Which Might Bring Him $1,000

An ear of corn which Patrick Cullen
believes to be worth small fortune
is being carefully preserved by that
Individual who recently found his
prize ON Farmer Upright's place at
Merton Square, Montgomery county.
To the ordiary city man there is real
ly nothing remarkable about the ear of
corn. It's kernels are not of solid gold,
nor are there any diamonds concealed
about the cob. It's value lies in the
TACT that somewhere at some time or
other some agricultural society offered
reward of $1,000 to anyone who
would find a perfect ear of corn with
the kernels growing in an uneven
number Of rows. It has always Been
found that the rows are even, say ten,
twelve, or fourteen to cob. This
ear which Patrick Cullen found how
ever, shows thirteen rows around the
putt and eleven around the middle of
the cob. Many farmers to whom Gull
len showed his prize assured him that
the ear was as perfect as
it could be and that it was
really curiosity. Cullen
is now looking for the agricultural So
ciety which offered the $1,000 reward.
Philadelphia Record.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-01-03
AN ANCIENT PRAYER.


Ola John Ward, who was pillorie.l
by Pope in the 'Dunciad," and who
actually stood in the pillory in the
year 1877, when he was said to have
been worth 100000, was nevertheless,
a pious man. He had large estates in
London and Essex, and did not omit
to play for their welfare in the fol-
lowing manner: 30 Lord, I beseech
The to preserve the two counties Of
Middlesex and Essex from fire and
earthquake; ana as have a mortgage
in Hertfordshire, beg Of Thee like
wise to have an eye of compassion on
that county, and for the rest Of the
counties deal with them as Thou pleas
est. Household Words.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-01-03
The State Aids the Hen.

The state of Illinois has voted an
appropriation of 81, 900 per year for two
years, to be devoted to the advance
ment of the poultry interests of that
state. The money is to be placed in
the hands of a state poultry associa-
ton, and subject to their control, and
will be offered in cash prizes at the
winter exhibition for the best exhibits
OF thoroughbred poultry, the best
specimens of dressed fowl, and the
best exhibits of eggs. This shows that
the law makers there appreciate the
Importance of the poultry interests,
and such appreciation is more en-
couragement to poultry growers than
the prizes will be.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-01-03
Ample Trees BY Roadsides.

The owner of land through which a
highway runs is also the owner of the
land, and is entitled to make any use
of it that will not interfere with the
right of the public to travel on it. It
is not generally practicable for farm
ers to crop LAND. beside the road bed,
though sometimes a patch of corn or
potatoes beside a road not much used
will give paying crops. Perhaps the
best use such land can be put to is to
plant it with apple trees or other fruit
trees, protecting the young trees while
small from attacks of wandering stock.
Isolated trees planted where they have
plenty of room to spread and plenty of
sunlight, often yield more fruit than
do apple trees in closely planted or
chards