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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-08-13
MINISTER WHO BUILT HIS OWN
CHURCH.

Pittsburg, Pa, is the proud possessor
of a young preacher who, when he
found that his congregation was too
poor to erect a suitable church build
ing, drew the designs for a house Of
worship with his own hands, secured
by his personal work the material for
the structure, and then went ahead
and, aided by one or two earnest men,
built it. Rev. Albert Wilson, who is
the hero of the story, was born in
Liverpool, Ohio. His father was 4
potter, and he himself worked for some
years at the potter's bench. The
membesrs of his charge in Pittsburg
had never had a church and he made
UP his mind that they ought to have
one. After making the plans he per-
suaded a contractor to donate the
work necessary to dig and lay the
foundation. Then he secured from
lumber yard a donation of lumber
worth $500. That on hand, with saw
and hammer he went to work. Day by
day the various members of the con-
gregation came as they could spare The
time to help him. The pastor himself
sawed and planed all the lumber used
and laid the floor unaided. The COM
pleted| church would have cost $4,000
if built in the ordinary way.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-08-13
OF THE MOTOR
VEHICLE.

It has been gradually recognised
that an enormous field exists for a
form of transport intermediate be-
tween horse haulage and railway,
which, while independent of fixed
routes, should possess greater lati-
tude, and show economy superior to
that of the horse The traction en-
CINE partially fulflls these conditions,
bgu the one great objection to it's
employment is that it's full economy
can be secured only when, compare
lively speaking, very heavy loads are
dealt with. This objection, however,
does not hold good with the auto
wagon, which provides just that rapid
and cheap form of independent direct
transport for which so great a need
exists at the present day. Apart from
the pecuniary saving, the benefits
following in the train of the general
adoption of motor traction cannot be
over-estimated. The incalualable
boon of cleaner streets, in point of
view of ,ne public health, should rank
almost before economy, for it mas
long been a well-recognised fact
among medical men that many cpl
denies, and also that fatal disease,
tetanus ARE in very large measure
due to the air Of our streets forming
a medium Of suspension for germs
which originally find a breeding bed
in the predominating portion of the
dirt caused by horse traffic the
cost Of scavengering will be enor-
mously reduced, and, owing to the
absence of that pulverising actlon Of
the horses hoofs, corresponding
saving in the expenditure for main
tenance and repairs of the road sur
faces will be the natural result
Fred w. Maynard in Engineering
Magazine.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-08-13
BITS OF INFORMATION.

Emperor William uses the most d.
Versified kinds of letter paper and
changes his style often. The latest
style in use by the kaiser shows on the
upper left corner the imperial eagle,
mounted by crown resting upon the
famous Hohenzollern helmet, from
each side of which fly streamers bear
ms the Germa1 colors. In one of his
claws the eagle bears the yellow i'm
perial standard and in the other the
purple flag of the king of Prussia.
The English parliament makes lib
eral allowances to the women of the
royal family. A queen dowager's an
nual income from that source is $780,
600. That of a dowager princess of
Wales is 100000. Other windows of
royal princes receive $4,000. The
grand duchess of Mecklenburg-S trelitz,
granddaughter of George I'LL, receives
$4,000 yearly.
Artificial silks are made of wood
fiber reduced to cellulose by the action
OF acids. This is dissolved to a gluelike
consistency, forced through holes in
glass, and drawn out into threads,
which dry and harden in the air, just
as those of the silkworm or spider do.
Employees of the Market Street Rail-
way company of San Francisco who
have been with the company five years
receive a special bonus of 1 cent per
hour; those who have served ten years,
2 cents; fifteen years, cents, and
twenty years, cents.
The empress of Russia has the most
beautiful sapphires in the world, and
she also possesses wonderful collec-
ton of turquoises, though it is not
equal to that of the Baroness Burdett-
Coutts, who is said to have the finest
collection that exists.
A meteor of phenomenal size fell in
the valley of Georgia, in the maritime
Alps. The light it caused in falling
was so strong that the peasants be-
lieved the village was on fire, while
the noise resemble cannon shot.
In memory of the late Episcopal
Bishop Williams of Connecticut, a
large stained-glass window is about to
be placed in the chapel of the Berke-
ley Divinity school at Middletown,
Conn.
Copenhagen has higher divorce
rate than any other European city
572 per 100000 marriages per year. The
figures for Paris are 1862, for Berlin
302, for Vienna 1870, for Budapest As.
Not more than IL per cent. of the
poulation of Porto Rico can read and
write the Spanish language and less
than one-tenth of 1 per cent. can read
and write the English language.
It is claimed that the Wesleyan fe
male college at Macon, Ca, which was
established in 1886, was the first Wo-
mems college in the world.
The three little Danish islands in the
West Indies contain an aggregate Of
only 220 square miles and popula-
ton of $4,000.
Bermuda has furnished New York
florists with lily bulbs for many years.
Of the 10000 miles of railroad in
Asia, two-thirds are in British India
Charcoal is almost the only fuel used
in Havana.
Great Britain uses 1,O47OOO tons of
naner a wear
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-08-13
Try Grain-O! Try Grain-O:

Ask your Grocer to-day to show you q
package of GltAIN-O. the new food
drink that takes the place of coffee. The
children may drink it without injury as
weld as the adult All who try it like it.
GRAIN-O has that rich seal brown OF
Mocha or Java, but it is made from pure
grains, and the most delicate stomach re-
ceives it without distress. Il the price Of
coffee. 15c and 25c per package. Sold
by all grocers.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-08-13
BEST FOR THE BOWELS.

No matter what ails you, headache to q
cancer, you will never get we'll until your
bowels are put right. CASCARETS help
nature, cure you without grippe or pain,
produce easy natural movements, cost
you just 10 cents to start getting your
health back CASCARETS Candy Ca
thartic, the genuine, put up in metal
boxes, every tablet has G.. G.. G. stamped
on it. Beware of limitations
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-08-13
GIRL BABIES.

An Omaha woman. bought for $40 a
guarantee from the spirit world that
her next child would be boy. When
the child arrived it proved to be twins
and girls. Instead of congratulating
herself on the superior good sense and
generosity of the spirits the woman
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-08-13
What Do the Children DRINK?

Don't give them tea or coffee. Have
you tried the new food drink called
GRAlN-O? 1t is delicious and nourish-
ing, and takes the place of coffee. The
more Grain-O you give the children the
more health you distribute through their
systems. Grain-O is made of pure grains,
and when properly prepared tastes like
the choice grades of coffee but costs
about Il as much. All groccrs sell it. 15c
and 25c
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-08-13
Do Your Feet Ache aud Burnt

Shake into your shoes Aliens Foot
Ease, powder for the feet. 1t makes
tight or new shoes feel easy. Cures
Corns, Bunions, Swollen, Hot and Sweat
ing Feet. At all druggists and shoe
stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE. ADD
dress Allen S. Olmsted, Leroy, n. Y.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-08-13
The American Working Man.

Much comparison has been made between
the endurance of the Chinese and the Amer.
lean working man. Those with authority
say that the average working man of Amer
lea is as superior to the Chinese as Hostel
ter's Stomach Bitters is to any other dyspep-
STA cure. The Bitters also cures constipa-
ton, indigestion and prevents malaria.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-08-13

''The American Cabinet" remarked
Mr.. Tredway, "has no portfolio cor
responding to chat of Minister to the
Colonies in European cabinets, to
take charge Of our foreign possess
ions'
cit doesn't NATTER replied Mr..
Poindexter; sit will be easy to appoint
a Secretary of the Exterior. Detroit
Free Press.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-08-13

The appointment of Sir Archibald
Berkeley Milne, whom William Wald-
orr Aston insulted. to attend dukes
funeral is taken to be a snub for the
millionaire from royalty.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-08-13

King Victor Emmanuel Ill and
Queen Helena of Italy reached Monza.
Many anarchists were arrested and
belief is existence Of plot growing.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-08-13

United States government will take
steps toward investigating New York
and Paterson anarchists and their
connection with possible assassination
plot, Italy calling attention to the
situation.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-08-13

Owing to the desire of Queen
Victoria the funeral of the duke Of
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was postponed
until Sunday.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-08-13

DR.. Tanner, nationalist member for
Cork, was suspended for one night by
the house of commons, and defed the
whole English nation amid great up
roar
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-08-13
Lanes Family rIedicine

Moves the bowels each day. In order to be
healthy this is necessary. Acts gently on
the liver and kidneys. Cures sick headache.
Price Is and Soc
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-08-13

The bishop of Durham declared 800
husbands and wives in Daltoniedale,
England, are not married because they
patroniZed new church.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-08-13

Advices to the French police showed
a plot to assassinate Gar Nicholas,
Kaiser Wilhelm, King Humbert, and
the Prince of Wales.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-08-13

Mrs. WimslOw's SOOTHING SYRUP for children
tion, allays pain, cures wind collie. 25c. bottle
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-08-13

Piso's Cure for Consumption Is an infalli-
BILE medicine for coughs and colds.-N. w.
SAMUEL, Ocean Grove, N. j., Feb. II, 1900.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-08-13

Lord Curzon visited the heart Of the
India famine country.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-08-13

The Ashantees were defeated by the
British, who lost heavily.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-08-13

Halls Catarrh Cure
Is constitutional cure. Price 75cents.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-08-13

Republicans hold the German vote
in Illionis is safe.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-08-13

The Illinois Republican state COM
mite decided to postpone opening the
formal campaing until about Sept. 4.
Foreign.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-08-13

Vegetable COMPOUND
cures fl1e ills peculiar ia
women. IL tones Hu their
general health eases
down 0VerWrOuHhE
nerves. cures those
aWfszg hackackseS and reg
NzaEeS E7senSfEsUaffOnu
If does this because II
acts directly ON fhe fe~
male organism and makes
IL healthy, relieving and
curing all inflammation
aRsH eEEspEaces31eEsfs-
Nothing else IS Just as
O0Od and many things that
may be suggested are
dangerous. This great
medicine has a constant
record of cure. Thou
c2Essgs Of women testify to
fEg Read their letters con-
sfassfly appearing In AhEs
E3azDeTs
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-08-13

of years and honors, retaining his in
tellectual faculties and his brilliant
conversational powers unimpaired to
the end, he died at the age of 80 in the
picturesque house at Kiel, which it
has been proposed to convert into a
Klaus Groth museum as memorial OF
the sweet singer of Low Germany.
In his songs for children the poet is
in1mitable, but unfortunately these
pieces do not readily lend themselves
to translation, and want of space for
bids further quotation of any but the
touching word picture of Grand
mother
OLD granny in her easy chair
Sits DER her Bible bent;
| wonder what it is she reads
That keeps her so intent!
She's peering through her spectacles;
Her eyes are almost blind;
For though she's lusty still, she's left
Some fourscore years behind.
How dazed and dull she looks today!
What can the reason be?
That dog keeps Juggling at her skirts
And yet she doesn't see.
She doesn't mind the kitten, too
He's climbed into her lap;
Nor feels that the canary bird
Has perched upon her cap.
The evening sun comes shining in,
And tints her cheeks with red
Oh, God, have mercy! Can it be?
Old granny she is dead!
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-04-05
GOIdbugs are Alarmed.

The gold standard organs are
awakening from their delusivs dreams
that ''the money question Is now ont
of politics" The bold declarations
of the Lincoln platform, adopted by
Nebraska democrats, and its i'm
peachment ef the financial policy Of
the republican party and its national
administration, have had startling
effect, and they are beginning to
realize for the first time that the gold
standard bill has not taken "the
money question Of politics." bat only
intensified it IS an Issue before the
people.
This measure, forced on the people
through a long series Of false pre-
tense and perfdy, will now have to
be defended. It makes clear the issue
as between gold and bimetallism.
Even as the fugitive slave law swOke
the north, half century ago, to the
real designs Of the slave power, and
crystalized the growing sentiment in
favor of free labor and free men, so
this geld standard law hiss demon
stated the real purpose Of the money
power to reduce the people OF the
United States to 3 state Of financial
slavery. Ga the clear, distinct and
defined issue of gold standard vs. BIZ
metallism, the American people have
never had an opportunity of voting
Republican platforms, Republican
newspapers and republican orators
have never dared to go into . cam
paign on distinctive declaration in
favor of the gold standard. This Law
will compel them to do 80, and the
prospect startles them. They had
hoped that the law enacted g. Q result
of double dealing and falseheod
would pat an end to the question.
The defiant declarations Of the Lin.
coin platform constitute 3 r1ds awak.
ening to the real state Of popular
sentiment. Masks are no longer
available. Old snbtsrfuges are no
longer possible. There Is the Law
enacted by republican congress and
approved by 8 republican president
Without any disguisss, they musI
now face the issue and stand bsforo
the people as the champion Of tks
geld standard. No wonder they are
unnerved. Rocky Mountain News.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-04-05
The Beers Are Not Whipped.

The interview in which President
Kruger declares IN effect that the
fighting in South Africa has only be-
gun, states the opinion of every com
petent student of the situation, pro-
vided peace Is not brought about by
negotiation. If the war is fought to
finish, then the most bloody part of
the contest is to come Lord Roberts
is delaying long at Bloemfonteln and
the British government is pushing
forward reInfOreements to an army
already huge, because they realize
the magnitude of the task before
them.
When the war began it was British
opinion that no serious opposition to
the British forces would be met until
points had been reached much closer
to the Trsnsvssl republic than those
now occupied by the armies of Butler
and Roberts. Il was ealcul ated that
the Beers would make their first stand
on the Natal side in the Drskenhurg
mcun tsins, at the northern extremity
of the meek of Natal" and on the
Orange Free State side little. if at all,
south of the Vsal river. The march
through the Orange Free State, q
comparatively level veldt, wss looked
upon as little more than q matter of
form by an army of $4,000 men.
After six months of fighting. though.
the British armies consists of more
than 200, men, Butler has not even
reached the northern end of Natal,
and Roberts Is more than $50 miles
from the Vsal river. The British
losses. including killed, wounded and
and missing and men invaded home
exceeds 10000 men, aud large part
of the force nominslly effective is
worn with the hardships of the cam
pslgn SO as to compel rest. Roberts
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-04-05

stopp4ge Is from necessity rather
his men to recuperate; he must ar
range for the protection of lines of
communication extending hundreds
of miles and becoming more difficult
to guard with eaeh days advance,
and he must prepare to give battle to
aR enemy whose courage, tenscity
and fearful skill with the rife have
been proven. Little wonder need be
felt that Wiaston Churchill urges
that q constant stream of soldiers be
sent into South Africa.
The exhausted condition of Rob
erts' forces is shown by the passage
of Command8nt Oliver and 5000
Beers within fifty miles of Bloemfon-
TEN. The detachment of Beers had
been operating in northern Cape
Colony and the southern portion of
the Orange Free State. Roberts
great army was practically between
them and their main body, and it was
| thought to surround and capture
! them would be an easy task. Lord
Roberts, however seems to have been
quite unable to make the attempt,
and Oliver and his men marched
almost in sight of the British field
headquarters.
Unless the English government
recedes from It's demand that the in
dependence of the Boer states shall
he destroyed, the wsr is far from fin-
Ished. The death of Joubert is loss
TO the republics, but Botha, Delary,
o iver and a score of others have
proven their capacity, and the mill
tary skill of Dom Paul himself has
been tested on many hard fought
field.-Rocky Mountain News.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-04-05
Erea of Charge.

ANY adult suffering from 3 cold
settled on the breast, bronchitis, throat
or lung troubles of any nature, who
will call at Geo. James & Co.'s will
be presented with = sample bottle OF
BosOhae's German Syrup, free OF
charge. Only one bottle given to one
person, and none to children without
order from parents.
No throat or lung remedy ever had
such q sale as Bosches's German Syr-
up in all parts of the civilized world.
Twenty years ego millions OF bottles
were given away, and your druggist
will tell you its success was marvel
Gus. It is really the only throat and
lung remedy generally endorsed by
physicians. One rs cent bottle Will
cure or prevs It's valas. Sold By
dealers in all civilized countries.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-04-05
AUGUST FLOWER.

1T is a surprising fact" says Prof.
Heston, that in my travels in ell
parts of the world. for the last ten
years, have met more pc ople having
used Green's August Flower than
any other remedy, for dyspepsis, de-
ranged liver and stomach, and for
constipation. I find for tourists and
salesman, or for persons filing Office
positions, where headaches and gen.
eral bad feelings from irregular bab-
it's exist, that Green's August Flower
is grand remedy. It will not Iniure
the system by frequent use, and is ex-
cellent for soar stonschs and indi-
gestien." Sample bottles free at Geo
james & Co.'S drug store. Sold by
Geo James & Ce
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-04-05

This Aeighborhood has had another
prsiris ere. Strange that We should
have there fires every year.
August hmm is building q frame
house ca his farm.
The assessor was after Us last week.
We failed to get hid so we just quietly
submitted.
Rev B E Rogers preached an in
tsrsstinR sermon to an spprsciative
audience last Sabbath ct Tsnnahill
school house.
4 Sunday school was organized at
Hopper school house Sabbath uern
ing and one at the TsnnshiIl school
hOuse in the afternoon.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-04-05
The Dividend of One Trust.

The dividend paid last week by the
Standard Oil company makes it posi-
hle to form some idea Of the immense
power which that company can weld.
The dividend was of $40, OOO. OOO-the
regular quarterly dividend of 3 per
cant. With II per cent extra. This
was the largest cash disbursement
ever made ct one time on the stock of
q single corporation. The magnitude
Of the shifting of capital contingent
on the paying Of the dividend can be
judged from the fact that the largest
quarterly payment which the United
States has ever made on it's debt is
IS, 450OOc.
4 corporation which can pay such
dividends can exercise power in the
government of q nation which canRot
be ignored in any calculation con-
OsrniHg that natisn. By Immense
contributions to the campaign fund
Of party and in other ways it CAD
place 3 party under obligations thai
With weak and corrupt officials eaD
change the whole trend of govern,
msnt. This vast power, it goes with.
eat Saying, is used for the benefit of
the corporations. and Of its chief own.
srs and operators. The welfare oil
the people and Of the nation at large
is of secondary consideration.
Such 9 giant corporation exists in
violation of public policy. It grows
through the suppression OF Competi
ton by any means at Its disposal. fail
or unfair, and it uses the same means
to keep dowR competition.
The Standard Oil company is til,
chief of the trusts and the princips
retainer of the trust system Thil
great trust, in addition, is one tina
osnHot be reached by q revision o
the tariff laws and the removal of th,
wall which keeps out foreign comps
titioN. Il does not fear foreign Gem
petition because little OIL il produced
in any other country than the Uoltec
Ststes.-St Louis Republic.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-04-05
trade and representation in con ,gress
Mr.. Lodge says so himself)


Mr.. Lodge says so himself.)
Thus we find that in none Of their
squirmings and tergiversatlons have
the republican leaders shadow of
justification in fact. They are in the
position of advocating a policy-nay
insisting upon (which the preai-
dent and secretary of war have with
force and eloquence, if by indlreotion,
denounced, and for which they can
offer no rational excuse And to
complete the illustration of the party's
sad predicament, We need only refer
to the remarkable declaration of Gen.
Grosvener's convention the Eleventh
congressional dlstrict-which, for ob-
security, decentralization, ohfusca-
ton, and general elasticity, is without
parallel since the days of good Jack
Bunsby.
It may be at some period in the
past great national party has found
itself, upon the threshold of cana
paign. in such Illuminating plight
But we do not at this moment recall
the incident - Washington Post.