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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-12-19

What a very pretty girl she was,
and how the 20 years of her fair young
life had combined to crown her with
all the graces of sweet womanhood. l
saw her one evening at a reception,
and though / was long past my beau
hood days, l could not resist the ra-
dance of this sweet girl, and, follow
ing her with my eyes as she fitted
about among the guests, 1 asked who
she was.
Why" laughed the. gray-haired
woman of whom | asked the question,
don't you know her? thought every
body knew Santa Claus Conway"
why do you call her Santa Claus /?
Because she brings joy and goodness
and all good things to all whom she
meets?" l inquired, bowling CALAMITY.
Il shall tell her that smiled the
Lady, though that is not exactly why
she was so christened. STILL. she
went on, musingly, chat was the rea-
son, too, though I hadn't quite thought
of it So"
please go on with the story T sug-
gested, for 1 knew there was a story
that must go with the pretty girl who
seemed to be rather being out of a
book than one of the everyday crea-
lures her associates were.
There is a story" said my COM
panion, "and I shall be more than
glad to tell it to you. Twenty years
ago, living not a dozen blocks from
where we now are, was a couple who
had been married ten years before the
light of a baby's eyes shone into their
home and their hearts When at last
that wonderful light came which never
was on sea or land except it came from
a baby's eyes, and of which no one
knows the radiance except those upon
whom it has fallen, that father and
that mother almost forgot there was
yet light greater than that which
blessed them from their baby's. eyes.
do not say that I am quite of the
belief that God is such a jealous God
that He will break the hearts of His
creatures to crafty His pride, but I
am quite content to believe that we
should not worship any gift we may
receive to the exclusion of our DUTY
and debt to the giver, and particularly
the Great Giver. Whatever my opin-
ion may be, it has naught to do with
the case, and for four years this IA
Luer and mother lavished all their love
and their generosity upon this one eve
lamb of theirs. can remember what
a scene Of fairyland their house was
at Christmas for the little girl and
for her troops of friends, for all that
love could suggest and wealth could
secure was brought and laid at the
feet of their darling.
And what a dreadful change when
the fifth Christmas came. In the Sep
tember before, the little girl, a bright
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-12-19

dark hair and eyes, fair complexion
and absolutely regular features, and
with a pretty figure, which is always
Sc, off by well chosen gowns, Mrs.
Sutro is a most attractive type of the
woman who Us exponent of beauty and
brains She is law graduate and
an accomplished musician. She is
the wife of ex-Tax Commissioner
Theodore Sutro Of New York and has
a pretty home. which is the scene Of
many festivities during the social
season.
Countess Ella Norakow's opinion
on misfit marriages is as follows: IF
a man goes to buy a pair of shoes he
does not select them merely for the
looks. Yet this same careful buyer
of shoes selects a wife with whom he
must live for the years to come on q
very different PLAN The woman, on
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48t
faint. Instantly her husband was
bending over her, and telling me to go
at once for a doctor who lived directly
Quite. forgetting the cause of all the
disturbance. Jerking open the front
door, I almost stumbled over a basket
sitting there, and then nearly tainted
too You men never know why wo-
men do such things as they do, but
they do them just the same, and the
minute | saw that basket knew what
was in it, and I knew that there
wasn't any need of going after the
doctor then And I didn't I simply
picked UP the basket and carried it
back to where the stricken mother
lay, with her husband over her, chatting
her hands and kissing her white face
as his tears fell upon it.
Without a word to him, ! opened
the white silken flannel. which was
folded thickly all over the precious
package within, and as I dug down
into the soft folds found something
warm, and then I came to a bit of
filmy lace, and under that the sleeping
face of a baby, six or seven months
old. | turned up the light and the
baby opened it's big blue eyes won
deringly and, with chubby fist held
up at the light, it croWed as only a
baby can crow. The man leaning over
the woman had not even noticed my
return, but this baby's crow was to
lyn a naI oil
and he turned toward me- With a
cry whose gladness cannot be de-
scribed, he ran to me and, snatching
the baby from it's covering, he kissed
it, and laid it down on the bosom of
his wife with it's fat little fists digging
into her cheeks and neck. | don't
know, nor does anything human, what
the baby's power is, but in a minute
the woman began to stir uneasily, and
to move her hands about as if search
ing for something, and then, with a
cry like her husbands for gladness,
she opened her eyes and her arms, and
the baby, with a satisfied COO, cuddled
close to the mother breast.
THAT was the crisis, and as the
father dropped by the side of his
wife with the child in his arms, and
prayed ferVently, | broke down com
plebely and cried as if all the sorrow
in the world instead of all it's gladness
had come into that lonely house this
Christmas eve. So they called the
baby Santa Claus, and as she grew up
she became indeed, as you say, a veri
table Santa, bringing only good things
to all the world that lay about her"
And do they know nothing of herr"
| asked.
Everything" she answered. Her
mother was widowed relative of the
family who died only a few weeks pre-
viously, leaving two or three children,
and this lite girl was sent to the
stricken parents as a Christmas gift
in this way with the hope chat has
been so happily fulfilled w. J.
hampton, in Detroit Free Press.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-12-19

If by accident they do become
mothers and little baby dies, the
minister comes and talks about a
dear little rosebud snatched from a
cruel world to unfold in heaven,
when the truth of the matter is that
the baby paid the penalty for the sins
of it's father and mother" DR.
Pardee also said a number of other
things that gave Sorosis cold chill
Mrs. Theodore Sutro, a prominent
member of Sorosis, speaking of the
matter said: In my opinion the only
way to prevent misfit marriages. now
alas, all too common, is by encourag-
ing individuality. Teach every girl
to act upon her own responsible y--
not upon the advice of her relatives
and friends. Nowadays too many
people marry to please, not them
selves, but some one else. A girls
mother decides that such and such a
man is a desirable parti for her
daughter, and the girl yields because
she has been taught that her mother
knows best. I do not mean to say
that a girl should not heed the advice
Of her family, but only that she
and her own Judgment SO developed
that she is capable of deciding wisely
for herself. Each human being is
different. No one understands an
other perfectly, and for that very.
reason no one but the man and w0-
man concerned can decide what they
want and require in a life partner.
Too often the man takes purely
superficial view of the question, and
does not realize it's. serious import,
Not very long ago I heard man say
ON the night of his wedding: Well if
it doesn't pan out it won't be hard to
get out of it. Let each mother teach
her daughter to think for herself.
Then when it comes to this, the great
est issue of her life, the girl with
strong individuality and sensible
views-the result of her training
will choose for herself wisely and
we'll. That the claims of heredity
should also be carefully considered is
undeniably true Girls should be
taught to consider that, since it is
question of such vital interest to
posterity, but what can be done to
insure the next generation if health
and happiness is a problem too deep
to be answered at present. AS women
become more intelligent, of stronger
mentality and fewer impulses, they.
will be better able to grapple with this.
great S0ciO1Opic91 n1nSfiOn -
Mrs. Florence Clinton sutro is a
very versatile woman, who combines
the liberal minded ideas of the adj
.vanced women with the feminine
charms of the society woman. She is
youthful and very attractive in an
pearance. OF medium height, with
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-12-19

/ her part, knows but little of life, and
Estill less of men. On that account
she is not competent to select a hus~
one it is a mere chance. The only
remedy for SO much of the unhappi-a
ness found in the marriage state is,
in my mind, to be found in the in
creasing spirituality of the women.
The American woman wants to be
boss. That is another cause of much
of the friction in married life. She is
determined to preserve her own indie
pendence, her perfect freedom. She
says to her husband: You must live
your individual life; I mine Neither
of US can escape our own response
bility, and I am not accountable to
you, but to higher power, for the
way I choose to live Children are
out OF fashion in the nineteenth CEN
fury DR.. Pardee's lecture at Sorosis
on that subject, while it may have
been rather frank was undoubtedly
true. But misft marriages will still
be common-some of them worn, how
ever, just as a misf1t suit of clothing,
and others will find their way to the
pawnshop, or. in other words, the di-
vorce court"
Another prominent New York lady
advances this excellent theory: my
remedy for misft marriages is educa-
ton. Open UP every avenue 20
girl, SO that she will not be forced into
matrimony simply because there is
nothing else to do. Let her have many
aims, many interests in life. Eliminate
as much as possible the idea Of sex
from her mind. That one idea is the
cause of many mistakes, many false
steps. And when I speak of educa-
ton as the preventive of unhappy
marriages do not mean for the girl
only, but also for the man. It is now
painful fact that girls are taking
more advantage of the opportunities
offered them than the boys Educate
each thoroughly, and they will not be
apt TO make unfortunate matches.
They will take an intelligent view of
the matter. Each will understand
much of hfe-its seriousness, it's vast
ness, it's Importance. Then they will
come to realize that each must be a
helpmeet to the other like that good
old-fashioned word, 'helpmeet 1t
means SO much. When they under
stand that they must stand side by
side, each bearing half of the burdens
of the day, and enter into matrimony
with that firm intention, they will
be equally voked together. But, as I
have said, education, and education
alone, can fit men and women for the
duties of life .
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-12-19
GOOD THINGS FOR CHRISTMAS.

A course that will occasion a great
deal of pleasure and mirth is a Jack
Horner pie. This pie should be served
just before the coffee, when the table
is clear. To make the pie have large
but shallow dish, or bright new tin
pan will do. Fill this dish with hui
morous little gifts, each one rolled in
white paper and tied with red baby
ribbon, a tiny bit of holly fastened I'M
der the bow. Have as many packages
as there are guests and arrange them
closely in the dish. Cut a piece Of
thin brown paper a little larger than
the top of the dish Make a couple of
little gashes in the middle of the paper
and then lay it loosely over. the filled
dish and paste it to the outer edge.
With little brush paint uneven brown
spots over the paper to make it look
as if the pie had been baked in a
very hot oven. Place the pie on a
silver tray and wind the dish with
eyergreens and holly, and put serv-
/ ing fork and spoon upon the top of the
pie. Have this dish placed before an
uOHUfeu guest, anu Wu0n he mas cut
the pie and helped himself it should
be put before the next. guest, each one
helping himself until all are served.
A bowl of punch wreathed with
evergreens is proper to have at hand
to welcome your guests. This punch
should be a simple one, so the younger
guests can have their share. Here is
a good formula: Boil one quart of
water with one pound of. sugar ten
minutes; take from the fire and add a
few thin shavings of lemon peel. When
/ this becomes cold add the juice of
three lemons, and one, orange, a little
sliced pineapple, and few candied
cherries. Add one cup of green tea.
one glass of sherry, one Of jamaica
rum and dash of brandy. When
ready to use put in large piece of
! ice and a bottle of settler or appolli-
naris. This punch will not be refused
and some will wonder why Christmas
comes but once year.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-12-19
DESIGNING MOTHER.

II am really delighted at the interest
my boy Tommy is taking in his writ
ing, said Mrs Hickleby He spends
two hours a day at it,
Really? How strange! How did
you get him to do it?''
ooh, as for that, I told him to write
me out a list Of everything he wanted
for Christmas, and he's still at it
Harper's Bazaar.
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MADE HIM HER CONFIDENT.

little girl aged nine called her
father to her bedside the other even
ing. Papa, said the little diplomat
I want to ask your advice"
We'll, my dear, what is it about?'
What do you think it will be best
to give me for Christmas present.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-12-19
JUST A HINT.

She--Do you really think, Horace,
that the blind will ever be made to
see?
He-I hope so.
She-So do I! (and then she gazed
at the sprig of mistletoe above her
head and sighed. IN. Y. Truth.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-12-19
CHIME ON, SWEET BELLS!

on, sweet across the glistening fields
me Christmas carols play,
And Joyously each loving heart
Doth greet this holiday. Ill
Now Peace on earth. good will to
menu
Is pealing through the air
Wnlle hearts with kindness overflow
And rest replaces care.
Behold the Christ child, newly born!"
Resounds the glad refrain,
And every soul that hears the song,
Chrlstlike, is born again.
Chime on, sweet bells, till round the
world
The message shall be borne
And men of every CLINE shall know
The peace of Christmas morn!
-Keyes Becker
CHRISTMAS IN THE SOUTH.
Christmas comin'-don't you fret
odIVe uaL p0SSum me!
Gwine ter get ter glory yet
Carve dat possum fine!
Oh, believers.
See de bright light shine!
De fife en- drum
Say Christmas come
So carve dat possum fine!
Christmas comm crost de hill
Carve dat possum fine!
De cider foam, en- de 'lasses spill
Carve dat possum fine!
oh, believers,
See de bright light shine!
De fife en- drum
Say Christmas come
So carve dat possum fine!
Atlanta Constitution.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-12-19

According to the last figures. china
owes her creditors thu sum of $685.
525,000
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-12-19
A LAST REQUEST.
Her father had said it could ne

Her father had said it could never
be.
They both sat in the parlor-also in
tears.
After long searching and a desperate
effort she found her voice Then, in
despairing tones, she cried: ooh,
Charley! If we must part let us wait
till after Christmas!"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1898-10-25
MIR HORSOR'S CARD.
Pays His Respect, to Mr. Nc Veal aud Bids
him Come dgain

Pays HIS Respects to Mr. Nc Veal and Bids
him Come dgam
TO the Editor of the LEADER
"The CALLED jade wlnees." McNeal
squeals like a stuck pig in the last is
sue OF the LEADER and plasters me
ever with personal abuse, and like a
skunk seeks to withdraw under the
cover Of his own stink. The fact is
Mac has been sore on me ever since a
made him cough up 50, 900 on an old
debt which he tried to beat. don't
blame him. l would be sore, too, un-
der the same circumstances. But this
is not to the point. | charged IN my
letter that it was contrary to law to
put Hankins on the ballot as the Free
Silver candidate. / stated that Nc
Neal knew it was unlawful to put him
on and | stated that McNeal stated
that he believed it would be unlawful
to put him on, Immediately before he
voted to put him on. / reiterate these
charges.
McNeal does not deny the charges,
but goes off into some kind Of rig
marole about it having been judicial
ly determined that the Hankins party
was the regular organization. There
is no half truth about this state
ment. II is wholly false and believe
McNeal knew sit was false when he
made it. Observe: l do not say that
he knew it was false, only say that
believe he knew it was false. Y
To go a little further; | am given
TO understand that the board refused
to put Keaton on the ballot as many
times as he was certified, and only Put
him on once. If this be true l charge
the board with having committed an
other wilful violation OF the law
McNeal charges me with having sat
next to Bierer at the meeting of the
board, but says nothing about his
having sat next to Buchanan. This is
largely a matter of taste. Come again,
old man. c. G. HoRNoR.
Guthrie, Oct. 25.
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CLUB RECEIVES ROSTER.
OT me rirst Territorial Regiment HiM 4P
grOpridfe Comments.
The secretary of the Guthrie club is
In receipt Of the following letter

In receipt Of the following letter:
CAMP HAMILTON, ky,
October %, 1898.
The Guthrie Club, Guthrie, Ok
GENTLEMEN have the honor to
send you by today's mail the compli.
ntnts of Sergeant Karl Filson, Paul j.
Foster, Corporal Sherwood w. Hin,
aud myself, in the form OF a litho-
graph roster OF company I,-Captaip
Harry C. Barnes company,-of the
First Territorial u. s. Volunteer In
fantry, commonly known as the " Big
4 regiment"
There have been four desertions
from our company which may be so
marked in the column for remarks, IN
you desire it. Otherwise the roster is
Of the company as 1t now is. The de-
serters are, Chas. l.. Saunders, John &.
King, Geo. b. Payne, and David s.
Niers.
Hoping you may be able to find \
mich or corner for our roster, RENAME
very sincerely,
RALPH l., LEWIS,
Clerk Co. |, lst u. s. Vol. Inf.
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EIks Attention.

Regular session of Guthrie lodge No
426, =. o. Elks, in Elks lodge rooms,
Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock p. m.
Brethren having petitions will favor
the secretary with the same. Election
of officers and unfinished business will
be in order. Be prompt. Waiting
Elks invited.
HARPER S. CUNNINGHAM, Err.
JEssY HUNTER, Sec.
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Judge Koaton's ApyOininenis.

Judge Keaton's dates for Logan
county are as follows:
Marshall, Wednesday, Oct Goth at
p. IN.
Crescent, Wednesday Oct. Goth, at
7:s0 p. m,
Langston, Wednesday Nov. End at 2
p, M.
Guthrie, Thursday, Nov. ara, at p.
m.
Mulhall, Thursday, Nov. srd, at 1880
p. IN.
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RREE SILVER COUNTY TICKET
Councilman 9th Council District.
JASPER S. SoULE.
Representative 18th District:
JOSEPH Wisely.
Representative of 18th District:
DIR. KENDALL
Probate Judge ge...,.-......J. L.CALvERT.
For Sheriff .JUNIUs OLDHA NJ
For County Attorney, EDGAR w. JONES
For County Clerk -CHAs. h. HERwIG
For Treasurer .... DAVID Il. KEYsER.
Register of Deeds RICHARD S. SMITH.
jnpt, Public Schools, THOMAS MORROW.
Assessor or.............. w. c. RHODES.
County Surveyor G. w. WooDwoRTH.
Public Weigher.. G, w. SAWYER.
Coroner DIR. j. G.. CATHERoE.
w. H. STILES, lst dist.
County Com'rs NJ. w ALLEN End dist.
JAS. LOWELL, Sd dist.
GUTHRIE TOWNSHIP TICKET.
Trustee ..................... II. G. DoDD.
Justice of the Peace I'M. Morris.
Constable ....................... john Willis
Road Supervisor, District No. 3,
..-......... -.................-. THEo. WYANCo.
Road Supervisor, District No. 1,
........... .................-.. EBEN PRESTON.
Treasurer .......................G G.. w. MAZE.
GUTHRIE CITY TICKET.
Justice of the peace A. a M. M Rlsa. 4Sa
consfable FRANK ALLEN.
FRANZ OYERBAY.
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Constipation prevents the body from
ridding itself OF waste matter. De-
Wits Little Early Risers will remove
the trouble and cure Sick Headache
Billiousness, Inactive Liver and clear
the complexion. Small, sugar coated,
don't gripe or cause nausea. j. w.
Wheeler a Son.
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Let all township committeeman
throughout the county see to the GER
tifying the nominations Of candidates
for officers Do not delay this i'm
portant matter.
l.. +. LAvERrY,
ChairmaniPopulist Com.
u w. SNYDER,
Chairman Democratic Com,
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Overcome evil with good. Overcome
your coughs and colds with One Min
ute Cough Cure. 1t is so good children
cry for IL. 1t cures Group, bronchitis,
pneumonia, grippe and all throat and
lung diseases. j. w. Wheeler s. Son.
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We AL DRINK
First published in the Guthrie Daily Leader
Ocinhnr a 1853

First published In the Guthrie Daily Leader
October a, 1898,
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF LOGAN
COUNTY, OKLAHOMA TERRITORY.
vs.. ff.s.'--
Mary Durkcc, Defendant NNNN''
The above named defendant. Mary r.
Dnrkee Is hereby nOuded that she has
been sued by said plaintiff, Eugene o. Dur
kee, IN the District Court of Logan County,
Oklahoma Territory, ana that she must
answer the petition iiied therein by plain
tiif on or before the 9TH day OF Decem Der
A. d. 1895. or said petition viii be taken as
true. ana Judgment rendered, granting
plaintiff an abSOlutc divorce from defend
AIT a. prayed Tor In said petition
Eu0rSE %. DuRKKn.
Attest. N. G. HART. Clerk OF District Court
By r. A, NEAL Deputy --x
CorTHRAI HoRNOR
Plaintiffs Att0rneyf