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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-03-04
Dealing with Crimes In Canada.
(From the Chicago Times Herald on Jan. L.
1901

19Ol.)
The citizens Of the Dominion Of Cam
ada have just cause to be proud Of their
record as law-abiding people. The an
nual report Of the criminal statistics Of
the Dominion, which has a population
Of over 100000, shows that there
were only twenty-five indictments for
murder in 1899. Of which only two
were left without final action. Eleven
Of those indicted were hanged, nine ac-
quilted and three confined as insane.
Canada is country of vast proper
tons. It's people are scattered over a
wide stretch of territory, making police
surveillance particularly difficult and
in many districts impossible. Yet a
city like New York or Chicago alone
furnishes a far greater criminal list
every year than the whole vast stretch
of territory from Quebec to Vancouver.
The Canadians ascribe their immu-
nifty from crime to the promptness with
which punishment is melted out to Of
tenders. When a man is caught red
handed in the act of robbing another
some justice of the peace from the
slums, to go out and repeat the offense.
Sharp and sure justice is melted out to
criminals of all kinds, the result being
that when the guardians of the public
peace succeed in bringingNa thug to the
bar they are seldom called upon to
hunt him second time.
Furthermore, there are few court de-
lays in Canada when a criminal is
brought to book. They have no Dreyer
cases over there. There are no meth
DDS whereby Canadian criminals can
have the proceedings stayed from
Month to month and from year to year
or after being convicted, appeal from
one court to another until witnesses
die of old age or opportunities for cor
ruption can be found.
Nor does this swift method of treat
ing with wrong-doers in Canada leave
the innocent unable to properly defend
themselves. They have all the oppor-
tunities and privileges that our own
laws extend to them. The extent to
shield the guilty is lacking-that is all.
The above taken from the editorial
column Of the Times Herald gives some
idea of the immunity from crime that
exists In Canada, and this is one of the
many inducements held out for Ameri-
cans to settle in the district known as
Western Canada. The season Of 1901
will see a few new sections of the coun-
try opened up for settlement They are
attractive in every respect. 1t is under
stood that one of the best Indian re
serves in the famous valley of the
Saskatchewan will be opened up this
year, and an invitation is extended to
those desiring homes to make inquiries.
The price of the land is said to be NOM
inal. Besides these lands. the several
railway companies have lands to sell;
also the government. For particulars
write to the agent Of the government,
whose advertisement appears else
where.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-03-04
His Kind of Pie.

What kind of pie hev yer got?" in
quired the old man with the shaggy
beard, of waiter in a quick lunch es-
Enlistment.
"Mince, apple, pumpkin, cranberry,
plain lemon. custard. cocoanut, Gus
tard, chocolate cream and peach,
ratified the dish juggler with the par
rot-like eloquence of an auctioneer,
and his fast waning breath was en-
tirelys wiped out when the old man
meekly answered:
Guess I'll have two crullers,
please. Boston Journal.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-03-04
Dinner in a Purse.

A restaurant for concentrated food
is to be started in Paris by an enter
prising French chef. The happy
diner will enjoy menu of tabloids.
From the hors d'oeuvres to dessert
his entire meal will be presented to
him in g few square inches. In this
way busy man will be able to eat
his dinner in a few minutes, and carry
it about with him in his waistcoat
pocket to swallow in spare moments.
Even drinks are provided in the
same form, says Home Chat, and a
bottle of claret or whiskey and soda
can thus be carried about in ones
purse.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-03-04
Difficulty Easy to Overcome.

But are you able to support a
wife?" asked the old gentleman.
Well replied the youth, t'you
know it is said that two can live al
most as cheaply as one in such cir
cumstances.
"Ye-es; I've heard that stated" adj
mitted the old gentleman doubtfully.
SO, it occurred to me- went on the
youth cheerfully, that you would not
begrudge the slight extra cost that
will be entailed as a result of this
addition to your family
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-03-04
BEATING THE CAR COMPANY.
Surprising Trouble the Little O,d Wo-
man Went to to Save a Nickel.


1t is an axiom with street railroad
men that people are Wiling to go TO
a surprising amount of trouble to
beat the company out of the elu-
sive nickel A little old woman who
boarded northbound Columbus
avenue car at Beaver street the other
day, says the New York Mail and
Express, had a brand-new scheme for
getting ride to Harlem without pay
ing for it. She looked like a woman
in comfortable circumstances, and,
naturally enough, the few passengers
on the car were very much surprised
when she began to argue with the
conductor about paying her fare.
Il haven't got a cent, and I must
get to One Hundred and Eighth street
somehow" said the little old lady.
PAY or get off," replied the con
ductor
But, demonstrated the woman,
'syou wouldn't put an old person like
ne off the car, would you? If had
the money I'd give it to you, but l
haven't a cent, and want to go and
see my sister in"
Come, now" the conductor inter
rupted, tits either pay or get off. ;"
By this time the car had gone three
blocks, and the passengers were be-
ginning to grow interested. Still the
little old woman temporized, and still
the car sped along. Finally the CON
ductor's patience gave out, and, ring
ing the bell savagely, he. stopped the
car and made the woman get out
Then lit was that she revealed her
little scheme.
Goodbye, conductor she said,
pleasantly, and I'm very much
Obliged to you for the ride. I'm go
ing to keep getting on and off cars till
get to Harlem. Cheap, amt it,"
Looking back, the passengers saw
the old lady hail the next car and
climb aboard. The conductor frown-
ed and then he smiled
What do you think of that?' he
said.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-03-04
What Do the Children Dr;nr,

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,
ard when properly prepared tastes like
the choice grades Of coffee, but costs
about u as much. All grocers sell it.
15c and 25c
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-03-04
The Trust Problem.

To 9 thoughtful mind, the trust problem is
one OF serious import 1t must be firmly
grappled with, for it creeps upon society
before you are aware of its exis tence in this
respect much resembling the various dis
orders which attack the stomach, such as
constipation, indigestion, dyspepsia and
bIliousness. HosLetter's Stomach Bitters
will cure all such ailments, and prevent
la grippe, malaral fever and ague Be sure
to give it trial
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-03-04

Dr. Mayo G. Smith, friend of
Mark Twain, and the inspiration OF
the novelists Doctor in Innocents
Abroad, is dead at Colorado Springs.
aged IS.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-03-04
Lanes Family Medicine

Moves the bowels each day In order
to be healthy this is necessary. Acts
gently on the liver and kidneys. Cures
sick headache. Price rs and soc.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-03-04

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund the money if it fails to cure.
Z. w. Groves signature 10 on each box. Csc.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-03-04

Vice President-elect Roosevelt ar.
rlveo at Chicago and left for Oyster
Bay. He was a guest at a luncheon
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-03-04
If coffee Poisons You.

ruins your digestion, makes you nervous
and sallow complexioned, keeps you
awake nights snd acts against your sys-
tenn generally, try Grain-O, the new food
drink. 1t is made of pure selected grain
and is healthful, nourishing and appe-
Using. 1t has none of the bad effects of
coffee, yet it is just as pleasant to the
taste and when properly prepared can't
be told from the finest coffees. Costs
about II as much 1t is healthful table
drink for the children and adults Ask
your grocer for Grain-O. Is and 25c.N
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-03-04

am sure Piso's Cure for CONSUMPTION
saved my life three years ago Mrs. THos
RoBBiNs Maple Street, Norwich, N. Y.
Feb. IT. 1900
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-03-04

Andrew Carnegie gave $4,000 to
the school board Of Marion. Ind. for a
library.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-03-04

The great public schools Of the large cities
use Carriers Ink exclusively. 1t is the best
and costs no more than the poorest. GET If
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-03-04

Representative Grosvenor of Ohio
thinks an extra session is unlikely.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-03-04

At st. Adams. w. Va, robbers blew
open the safe of the st. Adams bank.
securing large sum of money.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-03-04

Milwaukee has been defrauded of
from $4,000 to 100000 by forged
certificates.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-03-04

John Rinkard of Marion. Ind, was
sentenced to death for wife murder.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-03-04

MRS. WinslOw's SOOTHING Syrup for children
Ceethirg softens the gums redn,.,s iuffa ulsatio
allays pain, cures wind collie 25c a bo.t!e
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-03-04
Coughing Leads to ConsumDt,on,

%
Kemp's Balsam will stop the cough at
once, 60 to your druggist to-day and get
sample bottle free. Sold in 25 and So
cent bottles. Go at once; delays are dam
gerous.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-03-04

The nomination of w. r. Shafter
for major general sent to the senate
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-03-04

The total war budget, including
pensions, amounts to 1886, ,528.08.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-03-04

ST. Paul passed an ordinance permit
ing the erection of union depot in
hat CITY.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-03-04

Chicago banks have balances of
$41O,OOO,O00 which is greater than
ever before.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-03-04

The jury disagreed in the murder
rial of James-Briley at Danville, Ind.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-03-04
Stop Coughing

There's nothing SO bad for
a cough as coughing.
Every cough makes your
throat more raw and irritable.
Every cough congests the lin
ing membrane Of your lungs.
Cease tearing your throat and
lungs in this way. Take
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-03-04

PUTNAM FADELESS DYES do not
stain the hands or spot the kettle.
The age-herald., 1901-06-02
NEM YORK SOCIETY

and new-laid eggs from a dozen or more hens On long cruises there are general ly about six persons with their servants. A physician and an apothecary. The captain of the yacht Is the owner, but this Is merely a courtesy title. The real commander must be a navigating officer, a seaman and disciplinarian. In several instances these commanders are naval officers who have resigned from the ser vice to accept these lucrative positions.
 Howard Gould has started a new fash ion in house building. Mrs Jack Gardi- ner of Boston bought a Doge's palace in Venice, and it Is now being erected In Boston. It somewhat surprised the Ven- etians to see one of their historic old bull iinss ;aclIed away piecemeal An boxes and cases and shipped to America. Why not? Every nation in Europe pill fered Egypt, Greece and Cyprus of their monuments and portable treasures. Americans, who do things on a large scale, pack up great buildings and carry them across the booming pillows.
 Howard Gould has no use for the eph- emeral structures which are called cot tages, even though they are large. He has determined that he must be the lord of a feudal domain. He has decided to have castle, with meats, towers, draw
  ders have been given to erect 1t at once on his estate at Sands Point, Long Is- land. It will be somewhat larger than the famous Biltmore and will be on the lines of the famous Kilkinny Castle in Ireland. although its interior arrange ments will be in every way American The walls will be built of gray stone in the old style. without a steel frame, and there will be no steel pillows or beams such as are generally used in the modern house of large dimensions.
 Following the idea of Kilkenny Castle which Is on a precipice above the River More, MT. Goulds house will be built on a bluff overlooking the Sound. The house will be in the form of a square, with the inland side open. The three chief rooms on the ground floor will be cut through from the court to the point of the house. Huge towers, the highest 10 feet, will rise at each angel of the walls. The landscape features have been planned on an elaborate scale, and the place in this particular will, 1t is said, be without an equal in this country. Be- fore the house will be a terrace stretch ing to the edge of the bluff and bounded by a marble balustrade At the bottom of the ravine, which, like a moat, cuts the castle off from the mainland, lake will be formed and a garden will stretch from this up to the open court. A brook will run through it, and terraces and terraces and fountains will further in- crease it's picturesque effect. The road to the house will cross the ravine by stone bridges. Work on the grounds has already been begun and it is expect ed that ground will shortly be broken for the house. It is expected that it will take over two years to finish it.
The age-herald., 1901-06-02
GREAT WEATHER sHARPs.
The SaiIormen of the Gulf of Mexico
 of OIden Times Were Experts.

From the New Orleans Times-Democrat
 '"The greatest weather sharps in the world" said citizen, who takes an in- terest in meteorology, especially of the goose bone brand were the old time sea captains in the gulf and coast trade. Squall smelling was a necessary part of their business, for, as you probably know, the biggest dirty weather factory in the universe is1 the Caribbean sea. There are no such things as times and seasons down there, and what's coming next is a matter of pure chance. It may be dead calm and it may be rip- roaring hurricane, so the men who cruised in those waters before we had any signal service to help them out had to keep continually on the alert, and it's no wonder that some of them acquired a skill that seemed next door to super natural
 'It became a sort of instinct, second nature, with them. and they couldn't tell how they did 1t themselves. They would predict changes before they were even hinted at in the glass; they would antic- ipate the very caprice of the wind, and many time they saved their ships and their skins by quick, sharp orders which for the moment appeared to be nothing short of preposterous. Of course 1t was all matter of minute observation, a good deal of which was no doubt uncon- scious. They had learned by long ex- perience to read meaning in the different forms of clouds and the way the cloud strata lay in the upper air; the water was an open book to them, and they would detect a hundred and one small atmospheric phenomena invisible to the ordinary observer.
 q was on the ship of one of these fa- nous old weather prophets years ago on a voyage to Havana. We were just entering the harbor, when the captain, who had been moody and distraught for several hours, suddenly called the mate and ordered him to get anchored as quickly as possible and get everything fast for a hurricane. The mate made a mild protest. The glass is pretty steady, sir he said. Never mind said>the cap tain, It's coming all the same!
 suThe crew lost no time in carrying out the order, and while they were at work making things trim the barometer began falling like a man tumbling down an el- evator shaft He had barely time to get in shape for trouble when typical trop-
The age-herald., 1901-06-02
OOawted. .Nsws From A4vlca
BY JOHN p. FoLEN

the absence of troops and shipment of supplies 1t might be believed the contest Is over
 Not so long ago it was announced that the disputed territory would be divided Into squares like O checkerboard, and each would be the province of military governor or commander That this plan has been put into operation some awful tales of buildings burned, of families slaughtered, of property destroyed, bear testimony. It contemplates a work of devastation, a purging of land by fire and sword of simple agricultural peo- pie who desired to live their lives in &C., cordanee with their customs and the re- liglon of their forefathers. When Chris tondom hears the true story of British prowess 1t will not hear with "exulta- tion" the circumstances of two years"
 Greater, yet in perfect harmony with Englands record, are Englands deeds in South Africa, when compared with her deeds in Maine. Is the history on which Dongfellow fashioned the story of Eyangeline forgotten? Are there no memories or traditions of the purging of Grand Pre- of the Arcadlan farmers at the point of the British bayonet?
 Jamieson's raid In the interest of Cecil Rhodes and other African speculators foretold the destruction of the Boers England Is a worthy product of her pi- rate King Canute and her Norman thief William the Conquerer England, seeking trade, has made millions mourn in many centuries. Robbed when an infant peo- ple she has robbed every infant since she became nation. Engand's insist ence on the slave trade In the American colonies can be directly traced the blood shed in the United States from 1861 to 1865 also the misery done to the blacks torn from their families in Africa and to their sorrowing relatives who es- capped the hunters of men.
 News from Africa Is desired. Doubt less a shameful story Is held back by Lord Kitchener, the Butcher of Khar- toum. The story of a Christian people slaughtering another Christian people for their lands and their mines. England is true to her history, she is still the Robber Nation.
The age-herald., 1901-06-02
SCRATCH A ToAD'S BACK.
Although He Is a. First offish He sus- plcion Soon Gives Away to Ecstacy

Toads are a valuable acquisition to a greenhouse, for they are always ready and pleased to dispose of a bug or a beetle, and their sudden darts invariably bring down their prey, says Our Dumb Animals They can be easily tanned, and when once they find out that no harm is meant them, their friendliness Is ex- treme.
 There are few things more amusing than to watch a toad submitting to the operation of a Understanding. He will at first look somewhat suspiciously at the twig which you are advancing to- wards him. But after two or three passes down his back his manner undergoes a marked change; his eyes close with an expression of infinite rapture, he. plants his feet wider apart and his body swells out to nearly double its ordinary size, as if to obtain by these means more room for enjoyment. Thus he will re- main until you make some sudden move ment which startles him. or until he has had as much betting as he wants, when. with a puff of regretful delight. he will reduce himself to his original dimensions and hop away, bent once more on the pleasures of the chase.
The age-herald., 1901-06-02
NOTICE.

Bids will be received at the office of the undersigned until 12 o'clock, June 2s 1901 for the steam heating and plumbing and gas fitting for the new city hall at Bir- mingham, Ala.
 Bidders may bid on either the steam heating or the plumbing and gas fitting separately or jointly as they may desire, but in each case they must deposit twen- ty dollars ($2000) in cash with the archi- test to insure prompt return of drawings and specifications.
 All bidders will be required to enclose with their bids duly certified check for one hundred dollars ($1O0.00) made payable to the mayor and aldermen of Birming- ham. Ala, to be held by them as guar antee that they will execute the required bond if contract is awarded them.
 A separate check and bond will be re- quired In each case.
 D. A. HELMICH, Architect. 3o61s Nineteenth St., Birmingham. Ala.
 5-28-2t
The age-herald., 1901-06-02

Lord Salisbury, In the House of Peers, when speaking of the progress of Brit ish arms in South Africa, among other things said: Prom June. 1900, to the end of January. 1901, 6s4 farm buildings. mills, cottages and novels were burned" What glorious recital; how creditable to the British soidiery. It reads some what Ike Lord Cornwallis' report of Col onel Tarltons raids through the Caro- linas. Lord Salisbury regards Kitchener with the admiration of other premiers regarded the ravages of Howe, Benedict Arnold and Cornwallis. He said proud ly: These are circumstances which can make every lover of hls country look back with exultation upon the two years just passed"
 In the middle of April the capture of General French and five hundred men was announced, while they were invel- oped in mist on the hills" The war office declared 1t had no official knowl- edgej but the mist" still envelopes Gen eral French. A rumor was put in cir culatien that French would take a long sea voyage. But strange to say no more word has come of him, his five hundred men, or of his voyage.
 Was he made prisoner of the Boers, or was he released on parole? If pris- oner his long sea voyage may be mil- tary fiction for a cruise into the interior In a prairie schooner. If released on his knighty word to fight no more against the embattled farmers of the Republic. his sea voyage may signify return ticket to England.
 Since Lord Kitchener has taken su- preme command no news Is allowed to reach the press either from the fields of South Africa or the British war office. Such men have little belief in the press, and no confidence in the public. All the world knows the war. If 1t can be called a war, is still on and the anxious moth- CTS, sweethearts and wives in England and the colonies know 1t is on. But for