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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-04-22

are out on the lines or in some safe
place on some other island They
make a good show, for they have
plenty Of money, but the Spanish girl
is often the prettiest and a Spanish
girl is always ready to fiirt. One
thing l will mention, that the ways of
society of all classes becomes looser
the farther you get away from the
United States. Morals are rather loose
in Manila and woman can do things
in this country and nothing thought of
it that she would never dream of doing
the east.
after remaining two days in Ma
Mia our artillery battalion was broker
up and we were sent to this place, Los
Banos, which means, the baths. It is
so miles from Manila and ON the south
line. We came to this place by water,
for it is situated on the shores of
big lake. We left Manila in the morn
ing and came up the Pasir river for 1O
miles to where it widens into a big
lake that is fifty miles wide in some
places. We crossed the lake and ar
rived here at 8 p. m. It is a pretty
little town about the size of Mt fIoreb.
We relieved two companies of the 18th
Infantry here who went away the next
day to join in a campaign that is to
start way in the south. This is
permanent post and we do not go
out from here but remain as garrl-
son. We hold the town and about
hundred yards back into the woods
and the insurgents hold the rest OF
us. There are about 1,500 people here.
All seem very nice. 1t is one OF the
best stations ON the islands.
"The situation may seem little
mixed up to you, and I will try and
explain. Only about half the people
here on the islands oppose the Amer
lean government. The rest are good,
peaceable, Industrious people who be-
lieve in Mckinley and God and the
American government. Those of course
are the best classes. The insurgents
are carrying on a guerrilla war and
NOT only against the Americans but
against the natives who favor the
American government.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-04-22
MUzzLE-LoADERs FOR SHIPS.
Large Number Of British Ships Worth
less.

Large Number Of British Ships Worth
less.
A recent issue of the London Times
quotes a lecture by Lieut.. A. t. Daw
son, formerly of the royal navy, at the
Society of Arts, London, as follows:
'The lecturer said he did not pro-
pose to refer to the muzzle-loading
guns, of which, alasi we stu had
many remaining, both in ships and
forts, but he wished to point out that
a badly armed ship was, from fight
ing point of view, worse than useless
to the country, because if it happened
to come into the line of battle it would
be put out of action by ship perhaps
only armed with few modern guns,
with possibly no armor protection and
manned by very scant crew, pro-
viding, always, the latter had the
speed and was able to control the
range. Suppose, for example, that the
Infexible, which might be considered
to head our long list of vessels armed
with muzZle leaders, came across a
French cruiser, say, of the Cassard
class. The Infexible had a crew of,
say, 485 men, as against the 386 men
of the French cruiser At a range of
5000 yards or beyond the French
ship would be safe from the fire of
her guns, but with the aid of her mod
ern guns and telescope sights would
be able to make good practice against
the British ship and, in his opinion,
would quickly put her out of action
by firing large capacity high explo-
sives and other modern shells. Fur.
Their, the cost of such a ship to the
country must be considered. Each
man employed on board ship costs
about e 100 per annum, and thus the
wages bill for 485 men was at the rate
of 6 48, 500 per annum. The up-keep
during war of ship of the Infexible
class in the expenditure of coal alone,
since it, would be at famine prices,
would be enormous, and the cost OF
repairs, etc., quite disproportionate to
the services rendered. But, apart
from these monetary items, there was
the far more important question of the
ineffective employment of the 485
m0u, WuOo0 I'll dlu1uS l0pA Vo0h10u q
large national asset; and what would
be still more deplorable for more rea-
sons than one, if these obsolete ships,
of which there were very many IN the
service, were sunk or taken, very
large and very unpleasant gap would
be made in our personnel This IL
lustration surely afforded strong rea-
son for either selling the old obsolete
ships and expending no more money
on them even in peace times or for
arming them with modern artillery.
The latter course seemed more advis-
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-04-22
True Hospitality.

True hospitality always has in it
something of the element of personal
consideration, and that is why it's
spirit is so seldom found where enter
tanning is a wholesale business enter
prise and invitations are engraved or
written by a secretary. To hear GER
tain persons talk of entertaining. and
to see the trouble and expense they
take to get up elaborate dinners and
to have everything Just so' for a
guest, you would imagine that the
only reason the guest was invited was
to fill his stomach He must be given
something cut of the ordinary or he is
not properly entertained But this is
far as possible from what the sensible
guest wants. AS Mr.. Robert Burdette
once said, II do not go to my friends
house for the meal he is to give me.
/ can get very good dinner at a
hotel for fifty cents or half a dollar. |
go to my friends to see him and to
have an hour in his company; I go
for a certain quality of welcome that
comes from his personality, not from
his food. Alice I. Eaton in Woman's
Home Companion.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-04-22
Senator Kearns' English.

Senator Kearns, of Utah, in a recent
speech, said that gold is now so plenti-
full that it is rolling into the lap of
every freside." Some of the news
papers indulge in sarcastic comments
and accuse the Senator of using bad
English. Why do these journals lay
aside in this case the reverence which
they habitually show to the wealthy?
Mr.. Kearns is rich enough to make
firesides to suit himself; if he wants
them with lap attachments he is GER
tainly able to afford them.-W. j.
Bryan's Commoner.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-04-22
BETTER THAN a PLEDGE.
How DR.. Brown Helped Man to Give
Up Drink.

A Cleveland man tells this pathetic
and characteristic story of the late
Rev. DR.. John Wesley Brown, the
incident occurring while he was rector
of Trinity church in this city.
One evening a stranger called at the
rectory. He was well-dressed, we'll
appearing man, but evidently in deep
trouble.
Or. Crown he said, I have come
to you for advice and assistance.
am victim Of the drink habit.
have an excellent position am
cashier for a wealthy corporation
and l know / cannot retain it unless
reform. | want you to draw up a
pledge for me-make it as strong as
you can, please-and | will sign it and
you will witness it.
Dr. Brown leaned back and looked
at the man.
'How long have you been drinking
to excess?" he asked.
The man told him it was five or
six years; ever since ne obtained his
present position He only drank to
excess when he was with his friends.
He never drank at other times.
When he was with his friends he
would forget himself and overstep
the limit Sometimes he didn't go on
a spree for a whole month, but the
attacks were growing more frequent
He seemed to be losing his will power.
MY friend" said the doctor, you
don't need a pledge. see in you a
victim of good comradeship. You are
far from being an ordinary drunkard
If you signed temperance pledge and
broke it-as you undoubtedly would
dot would still further degrade you
in your own eyes. do not advise
the pledge"
The man looked dumfounded.
''But what am l to do?" he gasped.
desk and rapidly wrote few lines.
There" he said, "read that
This is what the man read:
|'To My Friends: I find | am be-
coming victim of the liquor habit
If do not quit I am sure to lose my
PO04G1O1 cL4Iu Till Lily OWL Il Vi OOu y
sake, don't ask me to drink with you"
There said DR.. Brown, 'sign that
and | will sign it as a witness. All
| ask of you is to show the card when
temptation is at your elbow, and if
you fail come her and tell me about it.
There! Goodnight"
It was full month before the man
returned, worried and detected.
Il expected you long before this"
said the doctor as he greeted the
stranger. Tell me about it. Did
you show the card?"
YES" replied the man. "The first
time was the very next night after
called on you. A good friend, a rail
road man, came into the office and
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-04-22

after I had checked up his accounts
said Come, Charlie; let's go over to
the oyster-house and have drink
Well, sir, | was reaching for my hat
when l rememered the card. l took
it cut and handed it to him. |
thought he would never finish reading
it. He looked at me and he looked at
the card. An the he slowly put his
arm down on the counter and said:
Charlie, I'd sooner cut that hand off
than ask you to drink again. Well,
sir, showed that card several times
after that, and every blessed man |
showed it to took it seriously. Some
times they said, All right, old boy
Sometimes they laid it down without
a word And then-it was last night
Il forgot about it. and here am"
''You are doing WE'LL said the
doctor Have courage and try 10
make the interval a little longer next
time.'
1t was three months before the man
came back The next time it was six
months.
and now," said the doctor to the
narrator, st is nearly two years since
his last call, and I have every reason
to believe that he will not find it nee
essary to come to me again. So, you
see, was quite right. 1t wasn't the
pledge that he needed. cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-04-22
DR.. PALMER'S POEMS.
A Poet of the South and His
Works.

Works.
Among the poets of the south one of
the best loved for his personality, as
for his beautiful ballads, is John Will
hanson Palmer. We know him best
for his Stonewall Jackson's Way, that
stirring poem with it's passionate clos
ing stanza:
All, Maiden! wait and watch and yearn
For news of Stonewall's band;
All, Widow! read with eyes that burn
That ring upon thy hand
All, Wife! sew on, pray on,
Thy life shall not be all forlorn;
The foe had better ne'er been born !,
That gets in Stonewall's way.
DR.. Palmer has now in press new
book of poems. 1t is soon to be pub
lished under the title For Charles
Sake and Other Lyrics and Ballads.
R. Fl. Stoddard. in a notice of the
book in the New York Mail and Ex-
press, says: "There are finer poetical
qualities, however, than balladry re-
quires or admits of, and they are pres
ent in this collection of DR.. Palmer's
lyrics, notably in the one which opens
it, For Charles Sake. which anthem
ticates itself as tender, solemn,
fatherly recollection of dead child.
There is no literary art in the feeling
which suggested it, or only such sug-
gestions Of religious art as glimmer
through the verse of Crashaw, South
we'll and one or two more of Englands
Catholic poets. The lines below, which
need no comment from us, are a suf-
flclent revelation of DR.. Palmer's pos
session of this touching quality:
For Charles sake l will arise;
I will anoint me where he lies,
And change my Taiment, and go in
To the Lords house, leaving my sin
Without; and seat me at His board,
Eat, and be glad, and praise the Lord
For wherefor should I fast and weep,
And sullen moods Of mourning keep?
I cannot bring him back, nor he,
For any calling, come to me.
The bond the angel Death did sign
God sealed-for Charles sake and
mine.
I'm very poor; his slender stone
Marks all the narrow field own.
Yet, patient husbandman, till
With faith and prayers that precious
hill;
Sow it with penitential pains,
And, hopeful, wait the latter rains:
Content if, after all, the spot
Yield barely one forget-me-not;
Whether or figs or thistles make
My crop--content, for Charles sake. .
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-04-22
A Misnomer.

He came at half-past seven
To pay an evening call.
She feared about eleven
That he'd never go at all.
His style of conversation
Was innocently inane,
Showing lack of cogitation,
But his manner was urbane.
He smiled and kept on talking
In a cheerful, babbling flow,
While she spoke about the walking
And wished that he would go!
In vain her hints and yawning;
He stayed and stayed and stayed;
1t was really almost morning
Ere he left that wearied maid.
She said she thought she really
Would have had to take nap,
And she wondered why they called
him
"Such an easy-going chap"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-04-22
In Kansas.

Voice of the lookout: ''Mr. Bingle-
hunger, seven women are coming
down the road with axes!
The proprietor-What, no, there.
Drop the drawbridge, flood the side
clew up the iron shutters, stretch the
barb wire, fetch up the fire hose, light
the sulphur pans and stand ready to
let loose the mice! Now let m come!
Plain Dealer.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-04-22
What Mourning Costume Does.

In urging that the period of mourn
ing for Victoria should be shortened,
a London journal says that BLACK
takes the roses out of all but the
youngest and freshest faces, throws
up holloWs in the cheek, and attenu-
ate sthe long, thin figure of the aver
age Eng1ishwoman.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-04-22
Official Abuses.

Lucius B. Swift, president of the
Indiana Civil-Service Reform associa-
ton, has forwarded to President Nc
Kinley the report of a SPECIAL COM
mittee Of that body which investigated
the manner in which several positions
in the postoffice of Indianapolis were
filed, but if he expects any relief
to come through the president, him
self a prince among politicians, he is
a more guileless creature.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-04-22
According to the Proverb.

Towne Hear about Goldman You
know he had picked out site for his
new suburban residense, made all his
plans and was just about to buy the
land when some other fellow sneaked
in and bought it. He's simply crazy
about it,
Brownie should think he would be
crazy. "Out Of site, out of mind,' you
Press.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-04-22
An Injustice.

She-s'You remember, dear, that $500
you gave me the other day TO put in
the bank?"
He-"Good gracious You haven't
run through with that, have your"
She-(indignantly)-" Certainly not.
have nearly $50 left. Brooklyn
Life.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-04-22
Emhlematic.

An urchin with a puzzled look
Unto his father said,
why is it, upon all the coins,
They stamp a woman's head?"
The father thought a moment, then
He gave him this reply:
"My child, they say that money talks.
[ think that must be why"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-04-22
Vain REGRETS

"Alas," said easy Thomas Plat
His voice was far from steady;
How little did I ever think
I'd live to long for Teddy!
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-04-22
BEAUTIES OF LUZoN
WISCONSIN BOY WRITES INTER
ESTINGLY OF THEM.
WOMEN OUT ON PARADE

Wives of Officers in Plenty and Make
Good Showing-ManiIa Beautiful
as Viewed From the Sea-in-
surgents Hold Troops Who Hold
Town.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1901-02-08

A veteran railroad engineer says:
ut may sound strange TO you. but
I'm a heap more nervous when I'm
travelling as a passenger than when at
the throttle. I don't know what's GO
ing on in the cab, and I want to.
Every time I hear whistle my i'm
pulse is to go out there and run the
engine myself. In fact, the only time
| ever am anxious is when I'm in a
passenger coach. suppose feel
about the same way man does who
has driven lively horse for years and
once in awhile lets some other fellow
hold the reins."
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1901-02-08
NANCY JoHNsoN's CABIN.
Log Structure Being Erected by Sem
cen Indians at the Buffalo
Exposition.

On the south bank of the lagoon
slSirting the government building ac-
tive work is being done on the ten
acres of ground allotted to the Six
Nation exhibit, says the Buffalo Ex-
press At present there are three
Seneca Indians from the Tonawanda
reserya ton working on the old log
house which is to shelter Nancy john
son, herself one of the most remark
able and interesting features of the
Indian exhibit. Nancy johnson is a
Seneca squaw who has reached the
age of 100 years. For the last 100 years
She has been a resident of the Tona-
wanda reservation, and has lived in
the little leg house which is now be-
ing put up on the exposition grounds
One OF the conditions upon which Mrs
Johnson consented to appear at the
exposition was that suitable provision
should be made for her shelter Then
1t was THAT the idea of transporting
her cabin 10 the grounds was con-
eeived. Il is not certain when the cab
in was first built. but ii was shortly
after the revolutionary war, and it is
estimated that the timbers in ii were
hewed somewhat more than 100 years
ago. The sidewalks are composed of
huge, roughly cut logs of red beech,
and the roof is matched with elm
bark. The beech logs have attained
the hardness of iron, and when cut
take on polish like ebony They are
thoroughly seasoned, and in appear
ance bear out the story of their great
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1901-02-08
HOW YOU SPEND YOUR LIFE.
The Largest Item In Everyone's Nv
eryday Time Account Ii
sleep.

Did You ever stop in your daily round
Of rush and rest to inquire how you
actually occupy the hours of your life i?
Surprising you are an average New
York business man. how will your ac-
count on the book Of time appear when
il IS balanced at the end Of three score
and ten years? asks the Sun.
This largest item via be sleep, which
has consumed 25 years--a littlc more
than onc-third of yonrlife 1t counted
rapidly during your chi'dheo6 less
rapidly in age. and was at minimum
during the working days of middle life.
These working days viii count q
years, and in the course OF them YOU
will read for two years and write for
year and seven months.
The next item will be that of pleas
ure. which viii have consumed nine
years. and your walking will have con-
sumed six and one-half years more.
Then your eating accounts will show
that you have sat a; the table, stood at
lunch counters or cuddlod elsewhere
for five years. You will also have a
dressing account CT three aud one-half
years. which have been devoted to but
toning and unbuttening-r remember. il
Is man who is being considered. In
this dressing account you will find
eight months charged to bathing ac-
count and seven months TO shaving.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1901-02-08

The Chicago Tribune has compiled
statistics which show an increase in
suicides. The greatest percentage of
increase is in the large cities, bnt the
tendency Is noticeable throughout the
country. The suicides have increased
more than 100 per cent, while the pop
ulation has increased but about 20 per
cent. Whether tho cause is the rapid
pace of American life or a change in
religious beliefs or something else, it is
a matter serious enough to demand the
careful attention of sociological stud
ents
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1901-02-08
Deafness Cannot be Cured

by local applications as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure deaf.
ness, and that is by constitutional rem
edies. Deafness is caused by an in.
famed condition of the mucous lining
of the Eustachian Tube. When this
tube is inflamed you have rumbline
sound of imperfect hearing, and when
it is entirely closed, Deafness is the re
suit, and unless the Inflammation can
be taken out and this tube restored to
its normal condition, hearing will be
destroyed forever, nine cases out Of
ten are caused by Catarrh, which is
nothing but an inflamed condition Of
the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars
for any case of Deafness lcaused by
catarrh) that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars free
F. ]. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, zoe.
Halps Family Pills are the best.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1901-02-08

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The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1901-02-08

The MOO. Railroad Co. will build
over 100 miles of track this year from
Termo, Lassen county, Cal, to Lake
view, Oregon.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1901-02-08

If you want San Francisco news or
live news of the world, read the But-
tetin. Subscription price 80 cts. a
month, which includes large % page
Sunday edition.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1901-02-08

The Nevada State Board of Health
was notified Friday evening that bu-
bonic plague is epidemic at Watson
vile, Cal, and that neighborhood has
been placed in quarantine.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1901-02-08

Mrs. Hanna, the Reno smallpox pa
tient, is getting along as we'll as can be
expected. No new cases of the dreaded
disease have yet broken out.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1901-02-08

The Indian who murdered his ma
hala at Truckee last week committed
suicide in jail.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1901-02-08

A dispatch from Washington says:
Opposition to irrigation legislation is
diminishing and the prospects for the
passage of the Newlands bill are
brighter.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1901-02-08

The Chinese think they occupy the
middle of the earth, and that all other
nations are merely dwelling on the
edges. Their most respectful term to
designate a foreigner is the ocean
men"
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1901-02-08

Senator Flanagan of Washoe county
has introduced a bill to repeal the prize
fight law.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1901-02-08
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