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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-08-26
sulphur and MOSQUITO Bites.

One of our readers informs us that,
having seen a statement in some En-
glish medical journal to the effect
that sulphur, taken internally, would
protect a person against flea bites, it
occurred to him to try it as a proven
tative of mosquito bites. According
ly he began taking effervescing tablets
of tartar-lithine and sulphur, four
daily. He provided himself with
several lively mosquitoes, and having
put them into a wide-mouthed bottle
inverted the bottle and pressed it's
mouth upon his bare arm. The mos
Quitos settled on his skin but showed
no inclination to bite him. If this gen
tleman's experience should be borne
out by further trials, it might be well
for persons who are particularly sensi.
tive to mosquito bites to take course
Of sulphur during the mosquito season.
especially in view of the growing
opinion that the mosquito is the COM
mon vehicle of malaria.-N. Y. Medical
Journal.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-08-26

ley is one of the officials of the local
telephone company. The girls in the
central Office soon came to know who
was wanted when baby voice called
overt he phone.
II want my papa"
The most exacting duty of Virginia S
nurse is to keep her away from the
table which holds the telephone trans
mitter. She is able to recognize the
voices Of all the members of the fam
lily and to distinguish between them.
She has mastered all the details Of
calling up and ringing off and is able
to repeat the numbers of several tele-
phones in the offices of friends of the
family.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-08-26
LONDON cosTERs.
Itinerant Street Vendors Who Make
Fairly Good Incomes.

It is difficult, if not impossible, to
calculate with any degree of accuracy
the amount of money turned over
collectively in the course of a year by
the costers, but interesting figures
may be supplied by placing on record
the gross receipts of some street
traders.
Many will be surprised to learn that
a coster in the fruit or vegetable line
will make a turnover Of anything be-
tween eg and 912 per week, a full
third of this being profit. The
figures vary much, naturally, with
the season of the year and that state
of the markets, but he is. reckoned a
poor fruit coster who cannot make an
average of So los. to G3 weekly
profit. Despite this income, which
many clerk would envy, tales of dis
tress are frequent among them, owing
to their universal improvidence.
Fish is not SO profitable line of bust
ness, partly owing to the more
perishable nature of the stock, and a
fish coster who is :" So man" after
reckoning up on Saturday night has
no cause to grumble at his weeks
work.
The profits of vendors of penny
toys, puzzles and other articles so
familiar in the Strand and elsewhere
vary according to their cost, which
ranges from i'd. to I'd per dozen. A
pound to 25s. is reckoned a good
weekly earning, but during the recent
button craze energetic workers had
no difficulty in clearing double this
amount in some instances.
The gutter oilcloth merchant calcu-
lates upon a profit of Cd. to Is piece,
according to size, and can dispose Of
40 or SO pieces in the course of a Sat
urday evening alone, to say nothing of
Stacker business done during the rest
Of the week. A street bookseller
recently admitted that he had never
cleared less than So a week. and on
further inquiry that does not appear
to be much above the average. The
proprietors of those miscellaneous
stands to be found chiefly in the east
end, where everything from a violin
bow to a saucepan lid may be pur-
chased, have difficulty in telling
their profits, as, owing to the nature
of their stock, some things sell
rapidly while other articles lie on
hand for months. That there is
money to be made at their trade is
evident from the fact that many Of
its followers are pointed out by their
less fortunate brethren as being the
owners of the houses in which they
ive.-London Mail.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-08-26

The striking of oil on the Texas
lands which has made a millionaire of
Ex-Governor Hogg would not surprise
some of the friends of his youth if the
striking had been done by the gigantic
Texans own hands. His feats of
strength were scarcely excelled by
those of Dan Rice himself when that
athlete gave the first public exhibit
ton in Europe of what young Amer
lea could do in the way of lifting hogs
heads, heaving pigiron and withstand
ing pressures supposed to be sufficient
to kill any ordinary person. OF young
Hogg it was told that he duplicated
the exploit Of the south's famous giant
at the beginning of the last century.
Peter Francisco of Buckingham coun-
ty, Virginia, who threw an angry bull,
according to tradition, over nine
rail fence, and made him more angry
than ever. AS newcomer among
American millionaires Mr.. Hogg will
find few physical equals. Most of
those who make big fortunes are
small men.-Harper's Weekly.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-08-26
THE THIRD PERSON.

Now these are the words her husband
said:
ooh, yes, your gowns all right,
But you know you never look we'll in
red,
And the things too gay and
bright"
''You light the room like a rose
abloOm
With it's hundred leaves astir-
A rose too fair for a clown to wear,
Said the Tertium Quid to her.
Now these are the words. her husband
said:
"Good Lord. you women are wise!
You have raced and chased till you
look half-dead
And have circles beneath your
eyes,
Tonight your smile is as faint the
while
AS a star in the mist's dim blur.
You're tired. I know, but you're
loveliest so.''
Said the Tertium Quid to her.
Now these are the words her husband
said:
Hell pay for it, every cent!
Buy why should she choose that man
instead?-
She ought to have been content"
ooh, women are dear and women are
queer
And are bought with coin forbid (;
And their husbands may grow wise
some day."
Reflected the Tertium Quid.
-McCrea Pickering in Smart Set.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-08-26

| for this bird is, above all things. lazy,
and if there is any material other than
| bare earth near the home, it will be
because the wind blew it there. You
will find two eggs of dirty color in
the nest, providing some snake or
gopher has not made away with them.
Exposed as these eggs are, it is a
wonder the bird does not disappear
from the face of the earth. Nearly
every animal that lives eats eggs.
The night hawk lives almost entire
ly on bugs, bees and insects. They
are so swift in their action that they
have little difficulty in securing a
square meal every hour they hunt.
They are SO marked that they can
easily secure their prey. They are
dark-just a twilight color-under-
meath, and the real distance they are
from you is a matter of doubt. They
have wishbOne-shaped white mark
on the throat, by which they can al
ways be known.
The noise made by this bird when
descending is made by it's wings in
contact with the air. It's throat cry
is a squeak, and unpleasant to the ear.
The bird is very attractive when it
flies about in the air. as it's curvings
are as smooth and graceful as if they
had been planned and rehearsed for
weeks. Such perfect control does it
have over its power of flight that it
can drop toward. the ground with light
ming rapidity and when scarce two
feet above the surface reverse it's ac-
ton and sail again in graceful circles
toward the lzy.-Indianapolis News.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-08-26
SUSPECTED SOMETHING.

= Thought She Saw a Light After
Reading Hubby's Letter.
The postman had brought letter
addressed in a singularly cramped
hand to George Ferguson, Esq"
81 WONDER" unused Mrs. Furguson,
closely inspecting the penmanship,
who that can be from"
If she had suspected that the incl
lent would find it's way into print,
he would have said whom" Of
course, but the other way was easier
o say, and, besides, the l language
changing.
'I never object to Georges opening
ny letters" she continued, "and I
hink I'll open this. It may be family
BUSINESS anyhow, or it may be some
hing that ought to be attended to
light away"
The envelope was loosely seased.
yielded readily to the careful in
mutation of darning needle under
ne flap, and in another moment she
ad opened it and was persuing the
ontents.
"ATy dear Ferguson" the letter be-
an, eff you will meet me at my Office
)-morrow morning we will confer
oout that matter we were discussing
esterday and will come to some con-
usion. In the meantime I may tell
GU in confidence that Ruggles will
OF come into the scheme at all. We
hall have to carry it through our
elves. I may as we'll caution you III
edition that whatever you write 20
ne about it should be addressed to me
t my Office instead of my house, as
ny wife, though an excellent woman
every way, has a habit of opening
ny letters, and I don't want her to
know anything about it till we have
all our plans perfected. Your wife,
you tell me, never opens any letters
to you. Such women IS
indeed jewel, and do not wonder
you are proud of her."
"Hm!" soliloquized Mrs. Furguson
in much perplexity. ''How can l look
George in the face after such a-such
al do believe it's decoy letter after
ALL"
Then, with firmly compressed lip,
she carefully sealed it up again and
sat down to think about it.-Chicago
Tribune.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-08-26
CHOKE 1T DOWN.

When III gall gifts in your neck.
Choke it down;
When your heart gifts out o. check,
Choke it down.
When you feel you're gittin' blue,
IN your minds all in stew,
lis the best thing you can do
Choke it down.
When tn world gives you a slap,
Choke it down;
Don't appear you care rap,
Choke it down;
When some one gifts in your way
Don't start out t. kill tn jay,
An be careful what you say
Choke it down.
Don't let sorrow spoil your face
Choke it down;
Take another firmer brace,
Choke it down;
Cake a while at it again,
DON'T let darkness shut you in
Keep a fightin'; you will win;
Choke, it down.
DON'T you let the ole worlds ways
Choke it down;
Kill the sweetness O. your days;
Choke it down;
les keep peggin' long your way;
DON'T care what all others say,
You'll come out all right some day,
Choke it down.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-08-26
Mother and Daunhter.

You and your mother should both
be very patient and tender and very
flank with each other" writes Helen
Watterson Moody in the Ladies Home
Journal. when the strain between
you comes try not to let it make in
roads upon the great fund of love and
trust there really is between you;
draw close together to talk over even
your disagreements, speaking honest
ly and with willingness in each heart
to get the others point Of view. Never
be satisfied with a settlement in which
either of you has shut the other out of
her full confidence. And do you, es-
pecially, remember this: that if the
time ever comes when you turn from
telling your mother all your thoughts,
and heart, and hopes, because you fear
she would not understand, or would
prevent you from carrying out your
| ideas-remember that there has al
ready come the little rift within the
| lute.'"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-08-26
THE MYSTERIOUS NIGHT HAWK.
Twilight Bird and Rests After Deep
Darkness Sets In.

Twilight Bird and Rests After Deep
Darkness Sets In.
The night hawk is bird often seen
and yet bird of which little is com
monty known. Its name would lead
one to think that it is a night bird,
ut this is wrong, as it does not roam
bout during the night at all. Like
miliar song birds of the woods. it
SITS at night. 1t received it's name
/ account of it's habit of appearing
lily during the later afternoon or on
.Oudy days. A proper name for this
ird would be "a twilight bird" as it
mot be said to belong either to
.1ght or day.
If you have ever lived on farm,
you will recall hearing on some still,
hot evening a whirring, long-drawn-
out note, high above your head, and on
looking up you will remember how
surprised you were to behold small
bird with big wings falling straight
toward the earth, and then how much
more surprised you were when the
bird suddenly turned in graceful up
WdIQ Cul We anu W6mC SIIdISuL UdCh
again into the darkness above. That
was the night hawk On hunt for its
supper. After that first meeting, you
will remember how familiar it grew
to you, and yet how little you ever
learned of it's habits of living.
These birds winter just south of the
United States. They arrive in Indi-
ana with the heading of the oat and
wheat fields and stay until September.
Sometimes they summer as far north
as the Hudson bay, and winter as far
south as Brazil. They travel from one
place to another, as a rule, in scatter
ing focks. To see these birds travel
ing is a sight not soon to be forgot
ten. They will follow a river or
stream for miles, and seeme to use
these natural highways as their guide
from one home to another.
A hunt for the nest of this bird is a
hopeless task in some localities of our
state, as they do not always breed.
They live in the field, and it is there
you may expect to find the nest, if
one is to be found. 1t will be built IN
he ground. and there will not be a
Jaw or stick or cord in the home.
lt will be just hole in the ground,
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-08-26
CASE OF THE SMOKER.

Twelve Arguments Against Him Mel
by Twelve in His Favor.
Welcome and interesting was the
letter sent to us Saturday by a New
York veteran" He has a dozer
reasons against smoking.
1. Unnecessary.
2. Expensive.
8. Leads to doubtful companion
ship.
4, Leads to worse resorts.
5. Leads to drinking.
6. Sets a bad example to ones
growing children.
z. Wastes time.
8. 1t is almost universally practiced
by the low, vicious and criminal
8. Can with difficulty be practiced
in moderation.
10. 1t is unpleasant in the home.
II. 1t interferes with digestive or
gans.
IL. Interferes with procuring life
insurance (tobocco heart).
From which IL anti-tobacco jurymen
the undegenerate might appeal to a
jury of his own:
1. So are candy, perfume, jewels.
2. Candy, perfume, jewels, like
wise.
3. Why? Let the man smoke at
home.
4. Yes, let the man smoke at home
5. Denied Absolutely denied.
6. How about overeatin~, bad table
manners, etc.? Example can't be bad
unless tobacco is an acknowledged
evil.
7. Denied. Many persons smoke
at their work. Many smoke after a
meal. Many smoke on the streets
No waste of time to be comfortable
Likewise waste Of time" to go to the
theatre, to play cards. Every man has
right to waste his own time pro
viding he Injuries nobody else.
8. So is eating.
of smokers.
10. So are onions "Air" the home
II. Probably that's the reason why
so many physicians smoke. The al
most universal habit of boiling food
also interferes with the digestive pro
cesses. Give up smoking and eating
12. See 9. Also look up the nouns
s'use" and abuse" in any good English
dictionary. Eight to two that the life
insurance doctor has cigar in his
pocket.
Let us be reasonably comfortable
xryi4 hn f0r III
of other folks.-New York Sun.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-08-26
THE ADMIRAL THEN AND NOW.
Mrs. Dewey is coming.
So is the admiral.

The ADMIRAL HEN AND NOW
Mrs. Dewey is coming.
So is the admiral,
He's been here before.
She hasn't.
They reach Massachusetts Thurs
day
Two years ago Dewey came.
Boston 'howled" with joy over him.
Big type announced the fact weeks
in advance.
Two hundred thousand people JAM
med the streets by night.
Half a million fought to see him by
day.
Bouquets blocked the carriage
wheels.
It was a ''hot time" in Boston.
Dewey hadn't been presented his
house then.
Dewey wasn't married, either.
Now he brings his bride to sniff New
England's famous east winds as Mrs.
Dewey for the first time.
There'Il be no bands at the depot
this trip.
No policemen will club the scalps
Of cheering multitudes this time.
No cannon will boom mot on Thurs
day.
Only two years have passed.
Mrs. Dewey ought to have come
then.
That is to see the "real thing"
They'll pass through the Hub as
quietly as though they were humble
Reuben and Jane, instead of Dewey
and Mildred.
They'll go hence to Newcastle island.
They'll see the Isles of Shoals in the
distance.
They'll bathe-if, they want to.
They'll fish-if they want to.
A suite at Hotel Wentworth has
been reserved for them.
Residents at Newport and there
about are preparing to do some cele-
brating.-Boston Post.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-08-26

BABY AT THE PHONE.


Virginia Pixley, Is months old
daughter of William A. Pixley OF Chi
cago, knows how to use a telephone.
She is believed to be the youngest
long distance conversationalist in the
world.
Virginia first had dawning concep-
ton of the telephone four months ago
when she discovered that by talking
into the receiver she could negotiate
with her father for candy while he
was down town at his Office. Mr.. Pix
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-08-26

prejudiced and tyrannical, but they are
very exceptional. After a sufficient
period of waiting, if the two are very
sure of each other and are of mature
age-over twenty-five at. least-if they
cannot obtain their parents consent
they may be justified in marrying
without it, hoping for time to bring
about a reconciliation to the newt
able"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-08-26
Marriage Without Consent.

"a girls right is to be married with
dignity from her fathers house."
writes Margaret E. Sangster in the La
dies Home Journal. "There are in
stances, as in the case Of Mrs. Brown
ing, where a parent is relentlessly
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-08-26

Of quality, is fastened at the back of
the head with a snowy jewel of some
sort, and athwart the front of it is a
little oblong of lacl through which,
unseen, she sees.-Harper's Bazaar.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-08-26

Rob-The girl I'm engaged to says
I'm a brick
Roy-H'm. Probably that's because
you threw yourself at her feet.-Phila-
ldelphia Bulletin
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-08-26

John Breen Of Huron, N. D., who left
Riley 20 years ago, is now at Pine
Bluff
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-06
The Weather.

Threatening and probably
rain or snow fiurrieS tonight
and Saturday: little change
in temperature.
j. NJ. SHERIER,
Observer.
Temperature--At Z a. M. 30;
at $3.50 p. IN. 81.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-06
THE PEOPLES POWER ELECTION

Directors Choose Old Board to Serve An
other Year.
The directors of the Peoples Pow
err company elected old officers at
their meeting this afternoon as fol-
lows:
President-C. o. Mason.
Vice President-Phil Mitchell.
Treasurer-W. l.. Nelie.
Secretary-S. :. Davis.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-06
ofBeneat to You.

ID. 5. Mitchell, Fulford. Md: Dur
ing "A long illness / was troubled with
bed sores. tried DeWitt's Witch Hazel
Salve and was cured" Cures piles,
sores, and burns. Beware of coun-
terfeits. b. II. Bieber and Hartz 6,
Ullemeyer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-06
CITY CHAT.

The minds like a bank
Of this there's no doubt
The more you put in
The more you get out.
-Yonkers Statesman.
Hurricane coal.
Coles hot blast.
Stoves at Wilchers'.
Buy home of Reidy Bros.
For insurance, Z. j. Burns.
Morning Light scent cigar.
Homes for sale. A. Rush & Co.
Tri-City Towel Supply company.
Telephone 1921 when ordering
coal.
Get your seats for the Ball lecture
tomorrow.
full line of mems union stamped
shoes at Adams.
Miss Byrnes will not be undersoId
in fine millinery.
School shoes in all prices and
styles at Adams.
A. Rush & Co., room 6, Buford
block-real estate.
The new square muffler at Tile
meyer & Sterling's.
Mems heavy wool pants for S1.65 at
Sommers & LaVelle's.
Xmas neckwear. finest line in town
at Ullemeyer & SterIing's.
Fine all wool sweaters for boys at
81. SOmmers d LaVeIle.
Try hurricane coal, sold by the
Port Byron Lime association
The greatest millinery sale of the
season at Byrnes' millinery store.
Silk initial handkerchiefs worth IS
cents for % cents. The London.
New advance styles of mems hats,
soft or stiff, at Sommers d LaVelIe's.
made, at Adams for $3.50 and 50
pair.
Your chance for a fine hat at
low price at Miss Byrnes' millinery
store.
Choice meats of all kinds at Lille
berg's new meat market, COO Seventh
avenue.
Great reduction on all trimmed
millinery all this week at Mrs.
Bryncs'.
Remember that the sale of seats
for the Ball lecture opens tomorrow
morning
% cents for heavy feeced under
wear worth 80 cents, only 80 left.
The London.
Full assortment of mems - shoes
at Adams. Nothing better produc-
ed in the market
Xmas souvenirs with your photos
on them to send to your friends, at
VI. +. Frees studio.
See the swell Panama shape hats,
eight different styles just in at Lam
bert's Toggery shop.
See the Leaders line of coIoniaIs.
strap, strap, cross strap and
warm slippers.
Don't fail to see our Stein-Bloch
& Co.'S suits and overcoats at SIS.
SOmmers & LaNelle.
30 cents for our 5O-cent heavy
fieeced underwear. Saturday special.
Ullemeyer S Sterling.
See the swell Panama shape hats,
eight different styles, just in at Lam
bert's Toggery Shop.
Saturday special. 5O-cent heavy
fleeccd underwear at 80 cents at
UIemeyer & Sterling's.
All the latest styles in children's
clothing. nothing too new for our
customers. The London.
In mems suits we have made cut
price to so OF some Sl2 and $3.50
suits. Sommers d LaVelle.
Ladies should try Adams $3.50
shoe. All styles, all feathers. The
heighth of good shoe making.
New stock OF long overcoats just
received. prices for "a good garment,
S12 To 50. You know us, the Lon
don.
Charles w. Grant and Miss Olive
Rosberg. of Andoycr, were married
in this city Wednesday by Judge
Adams.
Mems cotton flannel gloves and
mitts the fO-cent a pair kind, special
from 10 to u only ; cents. Young q
McCombs'.
The Q crossing gate at Twentieth
street has been completed on the
south side Of the track and is now in
operation
New heavy fIecced underwear so
cent quality. Saturday special. 30
cents UIlcmeyer d Sterling, the
new clothiers-
Mems fancy Numbered short bos-
ON shirts, all new -uP-to-date pat
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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-06-04
BAPTIST MINISTERS MEET.
Paper Read by Rev. ]. S. Thomas, of
Peckville.

The Baptist ministerial conference
was held in the Penn avenue church
yesterday morning. with the president,
Rev. S. r. Matthews, in the chair.
The minutes of the last meeting were
read by the secretary, Rev. w. j.
Ford. Rev. r. r. Y. Pierce. d. d., eX
tended an invitation to the ministers
and their wives to be the guests of
himself and Mrs. Pierce at Nay Aug
Park on Monday June "A. This was
accepted with the thanks of the con-
ference.
The paper of the day was by Rev. j.
s. Thomas. of Peckville. 1t was "A
study of the Church at Corinth." and
was indeed a very able presentation
of the subject, calling forth strong
concentrations from Revs. w. j.
Ford. a. II. Smith, David Spencer
d. D.. ID. d. Harman. G. A. Smith.
Thomas de Gruchy. d. D.. $. f..
Matthews and Mr.. George North
Rev. Albert II. Smith was requested
to prepare a paper for Monday, June
II. at which the election of officers
will occur. Rev. G. A. Smith. of
Factoryville. announced the COM
mencement at keystone academy next
week and invited the brethren to at
tend.