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The Grit-advocate., 1900-09-14

More coffee is used In the United
0tAkss than In any other country.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-10-01
PATS DINNER.

Pat Mccarthy gave dinner, to
which he invited three or four of his
neighbors. Pat had allowed his wife
to cook only one chicken. When din
ner was served, Pat took possession of
the carving knife, and, in a most hos
pitable tone, said to Mrs. Dugan-
What part of the fowl will you
have?"
GA leg, if you please was the an
swer.
'An' what part will yez have?
Would yez loike some of the white?"
Pat inquired of Mrs. OlIooligan.
can a leg will do me- she an
swered. AS each answered, the part
Of the fowl desired was given her.
What part will yez have, Moike
Walsh?" Pat bland1y inquired Of his
neighbor.
col balave Oh will take a leg, too, =
said Moike, in his most modest way,
wishing to follow in the footsteps of
the rest of his company.
'tBegorra," said Pat to Mickey,
what does yez think Oi'm carving
spider?"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-10-01

upon him for services. When there is
a band, it is customary to take up a
collection for it's benefit The men
who frequent the smoking-room usu-
ally make up a purse for the smoking
room steward, but that is wholly a
matter of generosity. All in all,
probably the majority of passengers
give between five and ten dollars;
married couples give between them
little more than single passengers.
And more is given on the outward
than on the homeward trip, after nov
ices find that feeling is, for all but the
American, matter of business and
not of kindness. Stewards fees are
included in the passage money on a
few boats, but your steward would
prbably feel unhappy if he didn't get
at least dollar extra.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-10-01
PAPA, BE TRUE TO ME-"

A United States senator was leaving
home. The parting words of his little
daughter were: Papa, be true to me. =
He was at a dinner party not long
after and was asked to drink. The
words of his little girl came to mind.
He felt that he could not be true to
her and take strong drink, and soon
after he gave out the following touch
ing lines.
What makes me refuse a social glass?
Well, I'll tell you the reason
why;
Because bonnie, blue-eyed lass is
ever standing by,
And I hear her, boys, above the noise
of the jest and the merry glee,
AS with baby grace she kisses my face
and says, Papa, be true to me. .
Then what can I do, to my lass TO be
true, better than let it pass by?
I know you'll think my refusal to drink
a breach of your courtesy;
For hear her repeat in accents sweet,
and her dear little form / see,
And with loving embrace she kisses my
face and says, Papa, be true to
me-"
Let me offer toast to the one / love
most, whose dear little will I
obey;
Whose influence sweet is guiding my
feet over life's toilsome way;
May the sun ever shine on this lassie
of mine, from sorrow may she be
free,
For with baby grace she hath kissed
my face, and said, Papa, be
true to me-"
New York World
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-10-01
SHIPBOARD FEES.

At the end of trip every passen-
ger on transatlantic steamer is sup
posed to give fees It is an unwritten
law, but as binding as the English
constitution. The amount to be given
always worries the novice, who
breads giving too little, and usually
begrudges giving too much If you
give two dollars and a half to the
man who waits on you at table, says
Robert Luce in his book, entitled
Going Abroad, and a like amount to
the man or woman who takes care of
your stateroom, he or she will be per-
fectly satisfied; that much and no
more is expected; if more is given,
you are thought generous, but no ben
eft accrues to you, and often but
slight benefit to the recipient, for fire.
quently the receipts Of all the stewards
are pooled at the end of the trip, and
then divided equitably. So, in making
a large gift, you but present so much
to the whole body of stewards.
The deck steward usually receives a
small fee from those who have called
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-10-01
M. DEROULEDE, HUMAN PARADOX.

Paul Deroulede, the French poll
tician, is a mass of apparent contra
dictions He is an agnostic, who con-
tributes generously to. the church
charities, a republican who desires to
overthrow the republic, a peace advo-
cate who favors riot and insurrectiOn,
a fee trader who upholds pohibitory
tariff, and a democrat who even aids
the royalist party of France. His con-
trariety is we'll illustrated by a recent
story. He was discussing the boer war
with a number of friends, and after
fierce diatribe against England said
very earnestly:
II pray that the British will be I'M
mercifully beaten
why, thought you disliked the
Dutch" interrupted a friend.
Dislike them? I pray that they
will be exterminated," he declared
with genuine fervor-Philadelp
Post.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-10-01
A witness in the oward trial testifies
that the prisoner boosted that he
killed Goebel.
Something New.

1t has always been conceded that no
ordinary paint equalled an enamel for
all interior decorative purposes, as the
former does not give the beautiful,
smooth, mirror-like surface that the
latter does.
The economical housewife Of to-day
has the walls, bath room and bedrooms
ena meled, as once done it lasts for
years. Rubbed with a soft cloth once
in a while, such rooms are kept clean
and healthy with practically no labor.
Old articles of furniture are made to
look like new with a coat Of enamel
and give good service for years when
otherwise it would have been neces-
sary to discard them.
In the past the price Of enamel has
been almost double that of paint, but
Florentine Enamel Colors are sold at
the same price as ordinary mixed paint
and come ready for use. This brand Of
enamel is put up in twenty-three colors
and comes in all size, packages from
pint to gallon cans. and we understand
that nearly all dealers of paint carry
it in stock on account of the great de-
mand that exists for it, BY writing
to the manufacturers. Bradley & Eroo-
man Co., 2629-31 49, 5 Dearborn street,
Chicago, and stating what color is de-
sired, anyone can get sample package
free of charge.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-10-01
STOP TT.


1t is bad manners to make remarks
about the food at dinner.
To talk about things which only in
terest yourself.
To contradict your friends when they
are speaking.
To grumble about your home and re-
lations to outsiders.
To say smart things which may hurt
some ones feelings.
To speak disrespectfully to any one
older than yourself.
To dress stability in the morning be-
cause no one will see you.
To be rude to those who serve you,
either in shops or at home.
To think first of your own pleasure
when you are giving party.
To refuse ungraciously when some
body wishes to do you favor.
To behave in a street car or train as
if no one else had a right be there.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-10-01
WHITE HOUSE WEDDINGS.
Grover Cleveland the Only Presiden
Married in the Executive Mansion

"The first wedding at the white
house was that Miss Maria Monroe, the
presidents daughter, in 1920. She
married Samuel L. Gouverneur," writes
Rene Bache, in the Ladies Home Jour
nal. During the Hayes regime Miss
Lucy Platt, a niece of Mrs. Hayes, was
married at the executive mansion 10
General Russell Hastings. The most
notable wedding celebrated at the
white house was that Of Nellie Grant,
who was married May 81. 1874, to a
young Englishman, Algernon Charles
Frederic Sartoris. The only white
house wedding in which the chief ex
ecutive has taken the bridegroom's
part was celebrated June 2, 1886, when
President Grover Cleveland married
Frances Folsom, the daughter of his
former law partner. President Tyler
married during his incumbency, but in
New York.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-10-01
A TALENTED CHINAMAN.

Lo Feng Lu, the Chinese minister at
London, is man of more than ordi-
nary literary attachments. He has
translated Blackstone's Commentaries
into Chinese, and only few months
since finished the translation OF The
One Hundred Greatest Men in the
Western World-a work of eight vol
umes. He is a Shakespearean student
and it is his ambition to found public
library in his native city and to pre-
sent to it a complete translation of the
English poets works.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-10-01

In a letter to the president Of the
Women's National Indian association
DR.. Mary Pradt Harper, who was one
of the census enumerators among the
Navaios, gives some Of her expert
ences. Mrs. Harper is a daughter OF
Rev. J. B. Pradt, who at one time was
assistant state superintendent for Wis
consin and who was an Episcopal cler-
gyman very we'll known in Madison
and. in fact, throughout the county,
and likewise in many other parts OF
the state. He died in MoZomane some
four years ago and his widow still re-
sides there. Mr.. Pradt often preached
in the capital city, and also to the
grateful folk at the Mendoza hospital.
His daughter spent many years in
Madison, then took a course in medl-
cine at Ann Arbor, married, and after
wards practiced in New Mexico. Her
letter, reprinted from the New York
Tribune, shows that she is a woman
of courage and independence. She
thus tells of her journeyings over the
wilds of the far southwest with only
an Indian for an escort:
"The first few days my work was
about Fort Defiance, Arizona, so I
was able to get in every night to COM
Portable quarters at the agency. Then
it was necessary to take longer trips,
and with a schoolboy Interpreter I set
out one Monday morning. That night
I camped in a Navajo hogan, or rather
kin, which means house. My hostess
invited me to join the family at the
evening meal. This consisted Of a
stew of mutton, served in a granite
utensil of a kind not usually seen; ma
tive bread and coffee. My portion of
the stew was served to me in a saucer;
the rest of the family sat around, each
dipping his or her spoon into the uten-
sill until it was empty. The house was
of stone, containing one room, about
Is by IS. The two windows we're not
made to open, so when bed time came
and a dozen natives camped down on
their sheepskins the air was rather
thick, as they persisted in keeping the
door closed.
I'm the morning the old squaw was
up early, and after performing her alb
lutions in the frying pan proceeded to
wash up the dishes from the night be-
fore and finally to fry the mutton for
breakfast IN the same pan. My appe-
tite was rather poor that morning.
This family is considered very well to
do, and it's stone house is a mansion
compared with the ordinary brush or
mud hogan or hut of the natives. 1t
is as scantily furnished as one can i'm
agine, there being neither beds, chairs,
tables, cook stove nor any Of the arti-
Giles considered necessary to the poor
est household. A few sheepskins and
blankets, very meagre supply of
cooking utensils and dishes, a few ar
ticles of clothing hanging over a pole
suspended from rafter, composed the
household goods. The fireplace, al
though rude, is quite a luxury, as the
natives usually make the fire on the
earth floor, and the smoke escapes
through the hole in the roof left for
that purpose.
Next we were located at the house
of a half-blood, Henry Dodge, or
Chez probably the best known and
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-10-01
REST FOR THE BOWELS.

No matter what ails you, headache to a
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, 1900-10-01
Try Grain-ol Try Grain-o.

Ask your Grocer to-day to show you a
package of GRAIN-O, the new food
drink that takes the place of coffee. The
children may drink it without injury as
we'll 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-
ceiyes it without distress. IL the price of
coffee. 15c and Zoe per package. Sold
by all grocers. =
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-10-01
Two Canals Binding Atlantic.

canals binding the Atlantic to the Pacific
ocean. The value of such connection can
not be estimated. 1t will bring prosperity
to the nation, as surely as Hostetter's Stom-
ach Bitters brings health to the dyspeptc
Try it for Indigestion, constipation, dyspep-
STA or biliousnesS.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-10-01
what Do the onfldren Drink9

Don't give them tea or coffee. Have
you tried the new food drink called
GRAINO? 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 u as much. All grocers sell it. l5a
and 25c.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-10-01

Wrote for Hrs. PinlzElan1's Ac%fce
November. 1897
DEAR Mrs. P1NKHAM II am a great
sufferer, have much trouble through
the lower part of my bowels, and | am
writing to you for advice. Mersos are
irregular and scanty, am troubled with
leucorrhoea, and | ache SO through my
back and down through my Ioins.
have spells of bloating very badly,
sometimes will be very large and other
times very much reduced. "-1l rs. CHAsA
e. JOHNSON, Box 80, Rumford Centers
Maine, Nov. 20, 1897.
Improvement Reported Decembers
1897
''DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM Il wish to
tell you that | am improving in health.
/ am ever so much better than when
wrote before The trouble through
the lower part of bowels is better and
am not bloated SO badly. Twas very
much swollen through the abdomen
before took Lydia E. Pinkhams Vege-
table Compound. | still have feel
ing of fulness across my chest. have
used three bottles of it and am on the
fourth. Mrs CHAs. E. JOHNSON, Box
SO. Rumford Center, Maine, Dec. 13, 1897.
Enjoying Good Health June, 1899
"DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM Since a year
ago 1 have been taking your medicine,
and am now strong and enjoying good
health. I have not been SO we'll for
three years, and feel very thankful ia
you for what Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound has done for me-
would advise all who suffer with fe
male troubles to try your medicine. =
Mrs. CHAs. E. JOHNSON, Box 33, Rum
ford Center, Maine, June /, 1899.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-10-01

Bryan concluded his Kansas-Mis-
souri, tour with a speech at ST. Joseph
Mo-, going thence to his home in
Lincoln.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-10-01

The decision of President Loubet in
the Colombian-C Costa Rican boundary
dispute places the mouth of the pro-
jected Nicaraguan canal unmistak-
ably in Nicaraguan territory and will
give this country a coaling station on
the Pacific ocean side.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-10-01
BALLAD OF THE CHINESE LOVER.

Down the waves of the YangtZe-
In gifded barge with saffron sails,
[ wooed my Ii to the brazen clang
Of kettledrums, and the weary walls
OF flutes, while under her spangled
wells
She would sway her willowy waist and
sing
Sweet songs that made me dream of
the dales
Of Han Yang, Woo-Hoo and far Tchin-
Ting.
Past the porcelain towers of Keou-
Kang,
And its peach blooms, loud with
nightingales,
We drifted fast, as the dim gongs rang,
Toward the horizons purple pales.
Hark, our hoarse pilot once more
halls
The anchored junks, as they swerve
and swing,
Laden with silk and balsam bales
From Han-Yang, WooIHoo and far
Tchin-Ting.
OF nights, when the hour had come to
hang
Our paper lamps to their bamboo
rails,
And afar we heard the silvery twang
Of lutes from the tea fleets moonlit
trails.
Then, oh, my Ii of the jasper nails,
AS on the shore swooned the winds
of spring,
lay at thy feet and told thee tales
Of Han-Yang. Woo-Hoo and far
Tchin-Ting.
Envoy.
Loved princess, ere my fantasy fails,
Farewell, and I'll make thy praises
ring
Der the Flowery Kingdoms fields and
swales,
From Han-Yang, Woo-Hoo to far
Tchin-Ting.
Douglas Hemingway in the Junior
Munsey.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-10-01

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund the money if it fails to cure.
E. W. Groves signature is on each box. 25c.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-10-01

If you are in hurry for breakfast make
it easy for your wife, take home Mrs. Aus
TINS famous pancake flour.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-10-01

Bryan's formal letter OF acceptance
of the democratic nomination takes up
and discusses all the issues of the
campaign.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-10-01
MARY PRADT HARPER
TELLS OF HER EXPERIENCES
ENUMERATING NAVAJOS.
A LONELY JOB OF 1T

Additions in the Frying Pan by Indian
Hostess not Especially Conducive
to Good Appetite for Breakfast =
Sheep Ticks at Night and Other
Incidents.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-10-01
Halls Catarrh Cure
Is taken internally. Price IS cents

To protect Galveston against q re-
petition of the recent disaster a dixie
around the city is recommended.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-10-01

J. F. Mcdonald of New York will
build railroad in Ecuador on a $685.
600, 900 contract.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-10-01

Each package of PUTNAM FADE
LESS DYE colors more goods than any
other dye and colors them better, too.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-10-01

The first Greek warship that ever
visited the United States, it is said, is
now at Philadelphia.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-10-01

Howard, defendant in the famous
Kentucky trial, denies that he killed
Goebel.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-10-01

''Kearsarge day" was celebrated at
Portsmouth, N. III.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-10-01

Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken
of as q cough cure. w. O'BRIEN, 322
Third Ave., N, Minneapolis, Mimi, Jan. 6.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-10-01

The director of the census estimates
the population of the United States to
be 76,000,000.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-10-01
Lanes Family r1edicine

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, 1900-10-01

Mrs. Austin's pancake -four is famous the
world over. All grocers sell it.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-10-01

use of canned roast beef as an army
ration.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-10-01

Burglars stole $1,4OO worth OF silk
at Traverse City, Mich.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-10-01

If the New York charter commits
sion's plans are carried out 5000 jobs
will be abolished.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-10-01

Little David Beairsto of New York
was killed by eating poisonous bios
SONS with which he had frosted his
mud pie.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-10-01

Bourke Cochran will talk at the Chi
cago Coliseum Sept. 20.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-10-01

Carter's Ink Is the
best ink that can be made. 1t costs you no
more than poor stuff not fit to write with.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-10-01

Try Mrs. Austin's famous pancake -four.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-10-01

A duel to the death occurred in a
hotel dining room in Tennessee.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-10-01

President Kruger is virtually {
prisoner at Lourenzo Marques.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-10-01

Many a woman, sick and
weary of lie, dragged down by
weakening drains. painful If
regularities, depression, and the
hundred and one ailments
which affect women only, has
found in Pe-ru-na a bright star
of hope, which has changed
her misery to joy, her suffer-
ing to health.
No woman need suffer from
the arrangements peculiar to
her sex. if she will give PERU
ma a fair trial.
The majority of weaknesses
which make woman's life a
burden, spring from a simple
cause. Tie mucous membrane
which lines the pelvic organs
becomes weakened and in
famed owing to strain, cold,
overwork, etc. This causes
catarrhal congestion, inhan-
nation, painful irregularities,
depression of spirits, irritable
ity, weakness and suffering. 1t
shows in the haggard lines of
the face, the dull eyes, the sal1ow
complexion and angular form.
For the prompt cure of such all
nnents try Pe-ru-na. It drives away
''the blues" clears the complexion,
brightens the eyes, changes thin
ness to p1umpness, and cures pains,
aches and drains, because it imme-
diate1y strikes at the root of such
troubles and removes the cause.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-10-01
SUFFERING AND RELIEF

Three Letters from Mrs. Johnson.
Showing that Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound
Cures the Ills Of w omen