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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-04-29
Trades to Cure Disease.

There are occupations which cause
disease and occupations that may be
prescribed as cures for certain
diseases.
In selecting an occupation for life
it is as important to consider its
effect on any physical disorder as to
count on it's wages. AS an example,
take hay fever This complaint IS
considered a rich mans disease, as
ISOLATED with frequent ocean trips.
The occupations which hay-fever
patient will find most healthful are
those which tend to keep his body at
low temperature. The iceman or
helper in an ice-house or refrigerating
or cold-storage plant is practically
immune from hay fever. A New York
artist, suffering from hay fever,
recently shut himself up in a cold
storage room for hours at a time to
| find relief. The smell of salt water
also tends to cure hay fever. A
sufferer who would live the life of q
sailor or 1ighthouse-keeper would be
pretty certain of being cured.
sufferers from dyspepsia may mo
relief in almost any simple occupation
in which they perform a lot of down
right hard work in the open air.
The experience of John D. Rookie
teller, who spends several months
every year in hard farm work to re
lieve his dyspepsia, is already famous.
It is not generally known that the
work Of grooms and in fact anything
which keeps one about horses is ex-
cellent for consumptives or those
suffering from weak lungs. The odor
of horses is excellent for these COM
plants. A prominent New York
clergyman spends hours regularly IN
the stable Of one of his church mem
bers, where he sits near the horses
reading. Farming is also excellent as
an occupation for consumptives.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-04-29

red with a plum purple, or Will
bishops purple.
Apropos of colors, who does not
warmly admire the dentelle printemps'
or, to translate literally, the spring
tide lace, woven Of silk or linen IN
lovely harmonious tints of cream,
| lilac and green, or string gray and
blue with touches of yellow?
Petticoats to match the material OF
the corset are one of the latest ex-
| trayagances of Madame La Mode.
The latest fad Of mademoiselle is to
cut even Sits in the tops of her long
evening glaves and run gold, silver or
| colored ribbons through the openings.
They are tied in bow on the outside
arm line, the ends kept short.
Corsets all show the straight 'front.'
and are cut extremely short above the
waist, but lengthen considerably pc
low the waist line, and almost en-
tirely cover the hips.
The newest flowers for use on even
ing gowns are made of tissue with
gauze leaves.
A unique sunshade from Paris IS a
turquoise parasol, made of thick tai
feta which in color and patterns exact
" represents the blue matrix stone
now SO popular It is mounted on q
brown ivory handle with big round
and oblong turquoises.
Something new is the Little Cor
poral model among the walking hats
1t has it's brim cooked in a point over
the fact in front and fastened up fiat
/ to the crown in the rear. On the
rear brim a broad bright buckle
| through which a big velvet bow is
pulled is the proper decoration. A
large ball-shaped tuft of flowers or an
other bow and buckle are approved as
ornamentation in front Black-and-
white is the preferred combination for
the Little Corporal.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-04-29
/ Will Not Let Thee Go.

will not let thee go.
Ends all our mOnth-long love in this?
Can it be summed up so,
Quit in a single kiss?
| will not let thee go.
/ will not let thee go.
If thy words breath could scare thy
deeds,
AS the soft south can blow
And toss the feathered seeds,
Then might I let thee go.
| will not let thee go.
Had not the great sun seen, | might;
Or were he reckoned slow
To bring the false to light,
Then might | let thee go.
| will not let thee go.
The stars that crowd the summer skies
Have watched us so below
With all their million eyes,
| dare not let thee go.
l will not let thee go.
| hold thee by too many bands;
Thou sayest farewell, and 10!
l have thee by the hands,
And will not let thee go.
Robert Bridges.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-04-29

OF examination questions, as a person
unaccustomed to them is sometimes
puzzled as to what they mean, some of
them being obscure at first sight g
Never omit to answer a question, even
when you have not much to say. An
attempt to answer always pleases an
examiner, while a blank prejudices
him. 8. 1t is useful to have a few
quotations at ones finger ends with
references to authorities A friend of
mine, in the habit of going in for ex-
he was SO confident of the value Of
this that when a quotation failed him,
and he wanted a reference, he prompt
ly made one up on the spot This,
however, though amusing, must be
condemned from moral standpoint
4. Don't give more than is asked, and
cultivate a lucid style, avoiding more
words than are necessary to explain
your meaning. 5. Be methodical in
your answers, and write neatly and
| legibly.
The above remarks apply to those
who have to compete at examinations.
| Personally, however, / detest examina-
tons, though they are often necessary
evils. The persons who come out in
flying colors are often those who have
a superficial knowledge and a happy
knack of answering questions, while
those whose knowledge is really deep
er often do not appear so favorable.
To candidates in an examination I
can give one sound piece of advice. Al
ways read round your subject, and
learn more than is actually specified
in the syllabus of the examination.
For instance, if the reign of Charles
II. is the period set for history, a
student would deserve a whipping
who merely crammed up the facts, Of
that reign and studies it as an isolated
! epoch, distinct from what went before
and what came after. To understand
anything of the character and signifl-
canoe of the reign, it is absolutely es-
sential to study the reigns of the
monarchs who came before and after
that epoch.
Indeed, a student Of history who
would cram up one epoch by itself
would be like a student of physiology
who devoted his attention to one or
gan of the human body, distinct from
the complicated system Of which it
forms part, and separated from
other vital organs on whose action it
depends, and so with every branch Of
study. A play Of Shakespeare's can
not be studied alone, but must be COM
pared and contrasted with other works
by the same master, and period of
English literature, such as the Eliza
bethan period, must be traced from its
early growth to it's maturity. Nor in
architecture can one style be under
stood unless one has followed it in it's
gradual evolution from primitive
forms, the early English, for instance,
gradually being evolved from the Nor
man, and being followed by the Per-
pendicular, which in it's turn gave way
to the Flamboyant In science es-
pecially ones knowledge must be built
up step by step, and no one branch is
altogether Independent, each being
linked with chain which forms one
of the laws of nature.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-04-29
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CANDY AS A USEFUL
DECORATION.

Daintiness, elegance and beauty are
combined in the delicate candy dishes
and ornaments now used at the table
for any occasion of display. Chief
among these are the ice-cream servers,
says Vogue. These are made from
candy, very similar to the once-famous
Boston chip, a recipe which lends it
self to much decoration and beauty of
coloring, acquiring satin-gloss like
finish that resembles the daintiest of
Austrian ware.
The designs are legion, but the most
beautiful are the flower shapes. Fancy
a huge yellow chrysanthemum plucked
from the stalk with several leaves and
every petal distinct from it's neighbor;
lay this sideways on plate or silver
tray, and the duplicate to the candy
ice-holder is seen. With this large
receptacle is sold, if wished, num-
Der of smaller ones for the individual
plate The center of the flower is
followed out to hold the cream. Very
beautiful are the rose-shaped dishes
and the lilies Other designs are vel
low baskets, initiating woven straw
with a wreath of roses round the edge
or a basket with handle and clusters
of cherries.
For table ornaments the daintiest
of flowers, the sweet pea and the pink,
are fashioned in candy as perfectly as
an artificial flower A tray of these
with q tray of fruits candied make
charming table decorations. Then,
too, the tiny oranges glace and laid in
gold paper dishes, with candied
orange blossom and leaf thrust in the
top of the orange, are effective, and
delicious as we'll.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-04-29

Torrance, they were not surprised in
the least, as they were familiar with
his skill with the sword. When quite
quainted with French maitre
d'armes named Paul Descullins, a
teacher of the sword in a French
regiment Mr. Gearheart took to the
weapon and practiced for years with
the rapier and broadsword as a form
of exercise and amusement He
never though he would have use for
his accomplishments, but his interest
in the weapons led him into the
national guard of Pennsylvania, and
when the Spanish war broke out he
was commissioned captain, with Rep
resentative Polk as first lieutenant
in the Twelfth Pennsylvania volunteer
infantry. The regiment never went
beyond the boundary of the United
States, but the experience in camp at
Chickamauga was almost as much as
on battlefield.
The members Of the Twelfth Penn
| sylvania, especially Representative
Polk, tell many stories of Major Gear
hearts skill with the sword and
rapier in camp. Major Gearheart
had set OF rapiers of the most ex-
quisitely tempered steel One night
when the boys had been talking about
his skill with that weapon he was re
quested to give an exhibition He at
| first declined to do so, but when some
doubt was expressed as to his famil
iarity with the rapier he took the
button from the point of one of the
set. He then took a dime and fasten
ed it against a board. Standing al
/ guard he drove the jagged point d
rapier through the dime. Again be
took a coin and again he perforated il
| at the first stroke. This was repeated
time and time again, until all the
small coins in the pockets of members
of the party had been utilized. Or
the sixty-seventh coin he missed thu
stroke, and Mr.. Polk says he was sc
chagrined that he broke the rapier in
/ pieces.
Another time,' according to Mr.
Green, |the Major was involved in q
difficulty with hot-blooded south
erner stationed at the Chickamauga
camp. The southerner thought oil
challenging Major Gearheart and his
friends explained to him the folly Of
undertaking a duel with a man who
could drive the point of rapiel
through a silver coin. But the
/ SOuthernor had been educated at 2
military school and was proficient III
the use of the broadsword himself, sc
| thought he would choose that weapon
His friends, however" said Mr. Green
concluded to show him the folly oil
undertaking a combat with Major
| Gearheart, and they arranged quietly
for the latter to give few samples OF
his ability. One evening a crowd as
senabled at his tent to see the exhibit
ton. Among the spectators was the
i southerner. First Major Gearheart
placed a piece of pine board upright
in the ground Then, with his sworG
as an ak, he sliced it into sections
scarcely quarter of an inch in width
He then tossed an apple into the all
and severed it in two as it descended
Placing an orange on pointed stick
! with two sweeps of his sword it fell in
to three parts. There are other tricks
which he performed" said Mr. Green
''but cannot enumerate them now
1t is sufficient to say that we heard nc
more Of the proposed duel
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-04-29
LITTLE FRlLLS
OF DAME FASHION

Waist bags large enough to hold
purse, handkerchief, cards, vinaigrette
and often a tiny powder puff and mir
ror, are seen in the delicate suede OF
velvet.
White retains its supremacy in
every one of it's shades-old ivory
silver, pearl, cream and blue-white
while the ecrus, gray-whites and oat
meal shades figure in all the choicest
fabrics.
The new pocketbooks, chatelaines
and purses are adorned with dull gold
semi-precious stones or softly-hued
enamel and antique silver.
Red is forging well to the front as a
favorite color for gowns of all descrip
tions, as well as for spring millinery
The new shades of red are rich, glow
ing and harmonious, without the
slightest suggestion of crudity OF
gaudiness.
The most prominent flower of the
season is the little Dresden rose
which is used on hats in fanciful gar
lands, as we'll as clustered into pom
pons.
The coarse basket weave of natural
Cuban straw, in walking shapes, with
edges bound of stitched felt and the
felt carelessly draped on the brim, is
novelty for country wear shown in
the millinery department of the shops
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-04-29

world by curtains of soft cretonne in
pastel colors.
japanese tabourettes and tea tables
make a veranda corner attractive.
Burned and pinted leather picture
frames look well against the high dark
waintcoting of a country house.
A pretty, decorative down pillow is
covered with sage green canvas orna-
mented with cut steel beads arranged
in fanciful scroll pattern.
The Russian antique candle-sticks Of
copper and brass are just the thing
for the modern "old-fashioned" coun-
try house.
Hungarian pottery Fart nouveau
will be seen in many of the homes by
the edge of the sea.
A Flemish settee of black walnut
and cane is effective in the wide hall
of an "old English" cottage.
The artistic burnt-wood pipe racks
are decidedly en- rapport with the en-
vironment of hunting lodge in the
mountains
| A very up-to-date bedroom set, OF
the Marie Antoinnette style, is made
of Circassian walnut.
|
| White enamel Colonial furniture
with low seat and square back, is
very much in favor for cottages.
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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-04-29
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ARTISTIC ACCESSORIES
TO SUMMER HOMES

The annual migration to homes in
country, mountains or by sounding
sea, is anticipated by the metropoli-
tan shops by exhibits of all the es-
sentials for the comfortable and deco
rative equipment of the summer resi-
dencc. They comprise everything
from hammock to lawn-mower.
Here are some of the pretty novel
ties which go to make up an artistic
ensemble in the summer domicile:
The fibre mating which has found
so much favor among the American
cottagers is very artistic, having a
single, large figure here and there on
it's softly-toned groundwork. 1t is
an American product made of wood
fibre with cotton for warmth. Al
thugh in color it is more delicate than
either the Japanese or Chinese mat
tings, it is said to be more durable.
Bamboo music racks are useful and
appropriate for the summer home in
mountains, seashore or country.
The use of candles on the dining
table is a pretty custom in many sum-
mer homes. For these candles there
are attractive and chic candle screens
painted with water colors.
The birdseye maplewood dressing
tables for seaside cottages have slen-
der curving legs, which take away
from the usual squat appearance OF
that article of furniture.
The Southern gallery" and the New
England porch are made equally invit-
ing by the addition of some richly
colored Indian floor cushions.
4 few touches of real worth such as
tapestries and soft cushions make
Oriental corners bright and attractive,
and their brilliant reds and yellows
are calculated to drive away the blues
which are apt to come with the rain
in the country or at the seashore.
Quite in harmony with the mountain
cottage is the rough grass mating
made of prairie grass and cotton.
y
After some of the horrors in the
way Of the porch chair of the past
decade the great comfortable veranda
chairs of burnt wood are especially
alluring following long tramp
through woods and fields.
A beautiful Oriental lamp seen in
one of the shops had on it quaint gray
elephants heads with rich red trap
pings. 1t had the Eastern touch just
needed for a Turkish corner.
Milady, who is industrious during
her stay by the sea, will appreciate
the pretty wicker work-baskets which
are shown in great variety.
The Belgian lounging chair was
surely made for monsieur, who, weary
after his golf, stretches his tired
length in it's hospitable embrace.
The newest lamp shades are large
and round, glowing with jewels and
bright colors, looking like great flow
ers which are blooming into luminous
Milady's boudoir in her summer
home can be hidden from a prying
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WHEN SHE MARRIES
YOUNG MONSIEUR MIDAS

Miss Isabel Goodrich Stillman, who
is to marry the wealthy young Mr..
Rockefeller this month, will wear a
superb gown of white ivory satin,
which looks as if it had been mellow
ing for ages, but is in reality simply
the newest satin tint for bridal
frocks. The bodice is made with a
bolero of exquisite Point d'Alencon,
and the shallow yoke, with trans
parent collar, is edged with full
fiounce of the lace. The skirt is bare
ly covered with deep fiounces of the
wide Point d'Alencon. Altogether
the amount of priceless mileage on
this gown would buy dozen brides
trousseaux and leave balance for
their linen chests besides. The brides
veil is Of tulle diffusion, with mar
row Valenciennes edging. 1t will be
fastened with a cluster of natural
orange blossoms. Miss Stillman's
maids will wear shell pink crepe de
chine, combined with ecru lace. They
will carry white lilacs.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-04-29

AS a result of the commercial and
industrial stringency, says the Odessa
correspondent of the London Stan
dard, there are $4,000 persons I'M
employed in Odessa, 10000 in
Kharkoff, and many thousands in
other towns. These conditions cause
the government anxiety, as offering
favorable opportunities for political
agitators.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-04-29

Dispatches from Monastir, Mace.
donia, report the murder, April 2, of
the Bulgarian pope, Parthenius, at
the Poplitcha convent, near Domirnis-
sar, supposedly by members of the
Macedonian committee who had sus-
pected him of espionage in behalf of
the Turkish authorities.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-04-29

In retaliation against Haiti for re-
fusion to grant to Germany the COM
mercial concessions recently accorded
to France, duties of 40 and 35 marks
per hundredweight have been imposed
on Haitian coffee and cocoa, re-
spectiyely, and an ad valorem duty Of
20 per cent has been placed on log
wood.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-04-29
EXAMINATION + HINTS.
Suggestions How to Prepare for the
Ordeal

A writer gives in a recent issue of
the Edinburg Scotsman some sugges-
tons for persons desiring to pass ex-
aminations which our contemporary
describes tips worth having" as fol-
lows:
1. Always endeavor to get the ex-
animation papers of previous years.
The questions as a rule run some
what in a groove, and the same form
of question, even the identical ques-
tons themselves, are continually crop
ping up. 1t is great thing merely to
accustom oneself to the phraseology
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-04-29
A FEW POINTERS
STRAIGHT FROM PARIS.

Some especially smart Partisan cor
settlers build their stays of MORE or
thick satin with real lace designs en-
crusted all over the corset.
The French gowns repeat this sea-
son the combination of blue and
violet, as they do a certain cardinal
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USEFUL TO KNOW
DON'T YOU KNOW?

White lace may be changed to a
creamy hue if powdered saffron is
dissolved in water, into which the lace
is dipped. More or less of the saffron
should be used, according as the lace
is to be cream colored or ecru.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-04-29

It is proable that Major General
Corbin, adjutant general will be
named to represent the United States
at the coronation of King Edward VII.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-04-29
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WONDERFUL BEDROOM
SET OF IVORY.

Very wonderful, indeed, is a set of
bedroom furniture which has lately
been designed for Paris elegante.
The four-post bedstead is of carved
ivory, upholstered in yellow silk,
yelled in old lace, and the bed posts
are topped off with groups of white
ostrich feathers. A rosary of rock
crystal hangs at the head of the bed.
The dressing table is in ivory, sup
ported on four tusks. 1t stands on an
ermine rug.
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Milady's boudoir in her summer
lome can be hidden from a prying
New-York tribune., 1901-03-31

such tracts to lie subject to the charges against the
land for water subsequently supplied.
1t is also provided that the cost Of any irrigation
work and the maintenance thereof for ten years
after completion shall ur aSCertaiued. ana the
amount divided in proportion TO h&ehts per acre
OF the land which may pe irrigated, ana that
amount together With The further sum of 81 -
acre. shall he made charge against the land =
the cost OF the right the water. the payment
to the government To be- made in Ten annual install
ments This money is TO 80 back into the arid land
reclamation fund. from which came the cost OF the
original construction.
The Secretary is have the option II reducing
the amount of land which can be entered by one
person where that land is adapted TO fruit growing
IN case of failure 10 pay the instalment for the
water, the supply is 10 be cut off, and II such
failure continues for one year the homeSteadeT
loses his land well water right. After the
works constructed by the government are paid for
they pass to the ownership Of those who own the
land benefited, and To be governed by such
people under rules laid down by the Secretary of
except that all reservoirs shall remain
perpetuay under government ownership and op-
Grafton.
This proposed irrigation law also provides that
nothing shall be done TO interfere with any State
laws or State irrigation enterprises.
New-York tribune., 1901-03-31
MOSES ]. WAFER.

Il would limit expenditure within receipts from the
sale OF public lands: that such fund. being replen-
ished by the sale OF land and water rights, would
become perpetual and that the development OF the
arid regions would be gradual, thus causing no dis
turbance of industries. The irrigatonists believe
that these provisions will do away with opposition
from Eastern Congressman, as no direct appropria-
ton Is asked The money to be used is to from
the sale of land which lies within the territory to be
benefited by the construction of irrigation works
The advantages which will result open to every
citizen of the United States who may care TO avail
himself of them
The only opposition expected is from those who
really ignorant Of the necessity OF irrigation I'm
such large part OF the United States and those