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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-06-08

Kansas City, June with gas and
electric lights extinguished, water
works shut down, and the city practic-
ally at the mercy of the first fire that
shall break out, with railroad trans
portation feeble and uncertain, Kan
sas City may, if the waters do not re-
cede within the next two or three days,
be compelled to fight for her very life.
Last night the skies were dark and
lowering, rain was ia ling heavily,
more stormy weather is sweeping up
from the west and the Unsuitable river
is stoutly holding its own.
Two Thousand Homeless.
The first authentic information from
Kansas City, Kansas, was received
last night. In that district 1000 people
are homeless. The number drowned
cannot be estimated and the property
loss was heavy. There is no great
probability that there will be any fur
Their loss of life, if the river does not
rise very suddenly. The police have
done wonders rescuing the people, and
have brought $50 safe to high ground
since sunrise,
Cannot Estimate Dead.
II is utterly impossible to form any
estimate of the number OF dead IN
Kansas City. There have been mani
fold stories of how boats laden with
people have been seen to sink. There
have been reports without end OF
bodies seen floating by on wreckage,
of men who have tried to drive wagons
laden with their household effects
against certain death in the current
and gone down in the food. The ma
jority Of these stories lack proof, how
ever, and even If true, the proof may
never be had. There is no possible
way Of getting at the names Of the
dead and no chance of forming any es.
innate that can confidently be termed
accurate. II is likely, however, the
number Of fatalities in Kansas City,
Mo-, will reach fifty.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-06-08
Militia Ordered Out.

Leavenworth, Kas., June 2.-Colonel
Minet, at Fort LeavenwOrth, has or
dered out companies A and G Of the
engineer corps with their pontoon
boats and arms. They are to 90 TO
Kansas City, Kas., to assist in protect-
ing the people from thieves and rescu-
ing the sufferers in the flooded district.
Reports of Abatement.
Kansas City, June 2.-Dispatches
from scores of towns in Kansas last
night report the floods abating, though
the rain is still falling in some places,
but the outlook is for better weather.
Telephone and telegraph service is i'm
proved and the loss of life is less than
at first reported. The destruction OF
property has probably not been over
estimated An enormous number OF
bridges were carried away, crops de-
stroyed and livestock drowned.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-06-08

Hannibal, No. June 2.-The food in
the Mississippi river here is the worst
known i'm years. The Burlington has
suspended traffic between Hannibal
and ke0kuk.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-10-16
M1SLAID EYEGLASSES.
"A common Occurrence in the Heated
Season When People Dress
Lightly.

Summer is the time for mail order
business in our trade" said an optician
who has a large trade In the Wall street
territory. relates the New York Times
"A man who is in the habit of carryi2s
his eyeglasses in his wa;stcoat pocket
when 1t Is cool enough to wear q full!
suit OF clothes IS more thar jsze!y 70
leave them around 10 Restaurants. O.,
hotel piazzas, CT any ether place he
may happen to lay ii,s1a csy., Ian Ia
begins to wear fiannels and cutirs suits
A number Of men won't wear coat-and-
trousers suits simply because they can't
get along without the waistcoat pock-
cts. To lose pair OF eyeglasses OF
spectacles made to order from q pre-
scription and costing anywhere from IS
to SIS is. no trif1ing matter, to say
nothing Of having to get along with a
cheap substitute for two or three days
until we can make another pair. Op-
tfcians keep these prescriptions in books.
just as druggists Go medicinal prescrip-
t1ons. We are constantly getting or
ders from customers away on their va
cation to replace glasses that have been
lost or broken. Sometimes they are ia
such hurry that they send us the num-
Der by telegraph"
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-10-16
WRITER'S THOUGHT CRAMp.
distressing Periods of Mental Apathy
When the Brain Refuses
to Work.

II the fiction writer has his delicious
moments, when he tastes the joys which
come with the excitement of creative
romposition-and these he undoubtedly
has-also he knows distressing periods
OF mental apathy, says the Reader.
He has been working away at ton
speed, full Of gladness in that subtle
fabric which his pen weaves in the
warp and woof of paper and ink. His
head is packed with inspired ideas, like
gift box from the gods. His hopes
ride high. His ambitions scrape the
clouds.
Then something happens. 1t is not a
snap, break. a crash-nothing so tangi-
Die. 1t is just a ceasing. Abruptly, un-
expectedly. all his fine thoughts vanish.
No longer is life country of majestic.
White-robed heights and alluring pur-
ple-toned valleys. All is fat and gray
and bleak.
Just about now, II the writer only
knew 1t. is most excellent time to 20
fishing.
AT last, baffled. discouraged, heart
sick, he sits with his head in his hands.
contemplating with foolish self-pity the
melancholy spectacle Of himself.
But, like drought and food, war and
pestllence, and all other ills great and
small, 1t passes. And he knows not how
or when it goes. Days after he wakes
up 10 Ind himself, pen in hand, hard at
work again. OF its own accord, appar-
entity, the machine has set itself in mo-
ton.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-10-16

Soft and crooked bones mean
bad feeding. Call the disease
rickets if you want to. The
growing child must eat the
right food for growth. Bones
must have bone food, blood
must have blood food and so
on through the list.
SCOTS Emulsion is the right
treatment for soft bones in
children. Littledoses every day
give the stiffness and shape
that healthy bones should have.
Bow legs become straighter,
loose joints grow stronger and
frmness comes to the soft
heads.
Wrong food caused the
trouble. Rightfood will cure it.
In thousands of cases SCOTS
Emulsion has proven to be the
right food for soft bones in
childhood.
Send for free sample.
SCOTT & BOVINE. Chemists.
4O9-4l5 Pearl Street. New York
Soc and SI.oo; all druggists.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-10-16
CHAMELEONS IN BATHING.
1antic City Have Made
Much OF.

Taking chameleons in to bathe is a
new fad which Atlantic City has devel-
oped, says recent report
Scores of girls have adopted it.
The scheme was worked by girl who
owned a chameleon that had grown lazy.
She tried various ways of arousing 1t
from its stupor, and at last hit upon the
idea of taking it for romp In the surf.
She was rewarded with an instanta-
neous change in the little lizards de-
meanor Just as soon as it heard the
roll of the first breaker its skin went
through whirl of color changes. And
when she gave it duclsing it produced
new shade of pink verging into yell
low and green that she never knew it pos
sessed.
Little time was lost in making known
the discovery to others through the re-
sort, and girls who had no chameleons
bought them right off to see the oceans
effect on them.
ooh, girls" cried one, as she held ont
her chameleon for inspection, some wa
ter splashed into his eyes, ard he looks
like box of paint wonder If tie
dear things angry?"
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-10-16
OUR FREAKISH NOTIONS.
"Crnzy Social" . Yankee Idea Which
Gives Londcners Something
to Say About Us.

That some English people believe
Americans capable Of any sort Of freak
ish notion under the guise Of entertain
ment is attested by paragraph IN re-
cent issue Of an English weekly. The
writer, woman, says an American
friend tells her that "a new Yankee nc
tion is crazy social at which the idea
is that everybody and everything
should look and act as insanely as might
be. The costumes, the women and the
men should be eccentricity personified,
and the food served must be arranged to
match" According to this chronicler,
at recent ''craZy social the meats
were served in jelly mcids, Jam pots or
dust-pans; the vegetables in caKe-bas-
kets, the blanc-mange in a fire shovel,
the ice cream in stew pan, the wine
glasses were filed with mustard, ths
jellies trembled in a saucepan lid, the
cream was in pickle bottle, the sugar in
the salt cellars and the salt in the sugar
basins. The things which ought to have
been roasted were boiled, and salt fla
vored the food which is usually sweet.
Attempts were made to eat clear soup
with dessert forks, and ice cream with
table knives
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-10-16

In some of the Swiss valleys the Inhabitants
are all afflicted with goitre or thick neck
Instead OF regarding this as a deformity
they seem to think it natural feature of
physical development, and tourists passing
through the valleys are sometimes Jeered
by the gOitrous inhabitants, because they
are without this offensive swelling. Thus a
form of disease may become so common that
it is regarded as natural and necessary
condition of life. 1t is SO, to large extent,
with what are called diseases of women.
Every women suffers more or less from IT.
regularity, liberation, debilitat1ng drains,
or female weakness, and this suffering is SO
common and so universal that many wo-
men accept it as condition as unnatural as
it is unnecessary. The use of DR. Pierce's Fa-
vorite Prescription strengthens the delicate
womsnly organs and regulates the woman
ly functions, SO that woman is practically
delivered from the pain and misery which
eat up ten years of her life-between the ages
of fifteen an forty five. ''Favorite Prescrip-
tion'' makes weak women strong and sick
women well.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-10-16
MILLIONS LOSTIN
POSTAGE STAMPS.
But The Government Derives A Benefit
By Every One Destroyed.

BY Every One Destroyed.
An experienced clerk IN branch
post office says that Uncle Sam is in
pocket every year more than 81 900, ,O0O
by purchase of postage stamps which
| never are used.
"How many stamps" he asked, "do
| you lose through carrying them care
lessly in your pockets and fishing them
out again glued together and useless
How many do you put in a corner of
your pocketbook, finding them again
| month. later looking like anything but
postage stamps2 OF course, nobody
ever thinks of sending such stamps in
for redemption. Suppose the waste l
am speaking of averaged 20 cents an
nually for each business man. The
total would be enormous.
"Hot weather was great revenue
maker for the Government before the
little oiled books came in; but many
persons lose their books, and the aver
age is about the same.
''SOme persons actually come back to
the stamp window and ask il lost
stamp books can be traced like bank
books. Another way in which Uncle
Sam gains is through tradesmen send
Ing out letters enclosing replies, which
in the majority of cases are never used
''SOme business houses collect such
envelopes and redeem them, but few
take the trouble to do this. Think of
the thousands of return postal cards,
too, that are never used. Lots of per-
sons are careless of putting stamps on
letters or papers, and they fall off.
Then the matter is held up for double
postage on the other end of the line.
"a great many persons put on too
much postage. They slap two two
cent stamps on letter that would
have gone for two cents. 1t is amaz-
ing how little information usually we'll.
informed persons have about different
classes of mail matter. They pay for
it, too, and pay well. The beauty Of
our postal system is that the Govern.
ment gets the benefit of all mistakes"
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-10-16
HOW SLEEP MAY BE WOOED.
Movements of the Feet VIII Quiet the
Nervous Brain.

Movements of the Feet VIII Quiet the
Nervous Brain.
Most of the mental devices for WOO
ing sleep have failed because they have
nearly always tried to resort to ''local
treatment" in other words, they have
made a homeopathic attempt to stop
thinking by thinking about something
elsa process which might also be
called "elimination by substitution. :"
But;all thinking, spontaneous or forced,
draws more or less blood to the brain.
prevents deep lnhalatlons and bars the
gate to the kingdom of dreams. Any
| device, on the other hand, which will
make one take deep, long breaths
spontaneously (the invaris BILE fore.
runner of Sleep may be counted upon
as genuine remedy for insomnia.
Even deep breathing which is forced.
is better than any purely mental at
tempt to win sleep. But if the deep
breathing can be produced involunta-
rily one is sure Of a passport to Nod
land.
After several nights of experiment to
tlis end the present writer decided to
apply the principle adopted by the
masseurs. who begin their mapipula-
tions ''at the point farthest from the
seat of difficulty" which. in the case
of insomnia would be the feet. Lying
on the right side, with the knees to.
gether, and considerably fexed, the
victim Of insomnia should begin to
pedal both his feet slowly up and down,
with the movement entirely in the
ankles. The pedaling should keep
time with the natural rhythm of res-
pration and be continued until it is
followed by deep and spontaneous
breathing.
Several people who have tried this
remedy report that involuntary deep
breathing invariably begins before
they have pedaled up and down a doZ-
en- times. In obstinate cases of insom.
MIA the patient may need to keep up
the pedaling two or three minute 8, or
even more. with intermissions, il neces
sary. The treatment may also be
varied by moving the feet alternately,
instead of simultaneously, though the
latter method has proved the more
speedily efficacious in the cases known
to the writer. The explanation of the
result obtained is probably simple.
The blood is pumped from the head,
and with the removal of brain tension |
a general RELAXATION follows, with a
sequent deep respiration and it's result |
ing sleep.-Good Housekeeping.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-10-16
Mutually Agreed.

"But George, as time passes on and
I grow stout and red faced, will you
love me just the same?"
II don't think it's quite fair to put
1t that way, Mabel. You see, I'm
quite likely to experience change my
self. No doubt I'll develop an alder
manic rotundity and fierce double
chin and a dignified waddle. and -
"Stop, George. can't bear to think
of your looking like that"
And can't dream of you as stout
and red nosed, Mabel" :"
"Why borrow trouble 7"
t why, indeed ?"-Cleveland Pialn
Dealer.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-10-16
The Virginia Building at St. Louis.

Subscriptions for the Virginia Build
ing at St. Louis will be gratefully re-
ceived by the State Commission at
Richmond, through the editor of this
paper, and will be duly acknowle 1ged
and forwarded to Hon. &. w. Koiner,
president of the Virginia Commission,
at Richmond.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-10-16
Confess 0ns of a Priest.

Rev. John S. Cox of Wake, Ark,
writes, For IL years I suffered from
yellow iAundice, consulted a number
of nhysicians and tried all sorts OF
medicines, but got no relief. Then l
began the use of Electric Bitters and
feel that ain now cured of a disease
that had NE in its grasp for twelve
years." If you want a reliable medI.
cine for liver aud kidney trouble,
stomach disorder or general debility,
get Electric Bitters. It's guaranteed
by B. T. Hughes. Only soc.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-10-16
A Love Letter.

Would not interest you if you re
looking for guaranteed salve for sores,
burns or piles. Otto Dodd of Ponder,
Mo writes. II suffered with an ugly
sore for year, but box of Bucklen's s
Arnica Salve cured me. It's the best
salve on earth. 25c at B. F. Hughes
drug store
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-10-16

E6fihesS 3-c', Ne@t n!ce-
A Belgian physician declares tuai iearly
badness is frequently caused by the ex-
oessive eating of meat He asserts that
he often checked cases of falling hair by
combining with local treatment diet OF
milk, eggs and fruit.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-10-16

Seldom needs a physician. Who
The family that reads the Frederick
Almanac and always has Victor Reme-
dies on hard.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-10-16
To Cure q Cold In One Day

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money if it
fails to cure. E. w. Groves signature
is on eaca pox. 25c. jan 81
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-10-16
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.

The following parties are the nomi
nees of the Democratic Primary, bel,
August 20. 1903
Members Of the House of Delegates.
j. W. Churchman.
S. H. Walker.
County Clerk,
Harry Burnett
County Treasurer,
]. N. Mcfarland.
Commonwealth's Attorney,
r. S. Ker.
Sheriff,
W. Arthur Wilson.
Commissioners of the Re venue,
John F. Taylor.
G. w. Swink,
w. L. Mowry.
VIM. H. Moorman,
j. E. Diamond.
Walter +. Beard.
BEVERLY MANOR DISTRICT. ~
Supervisor,
MF. Gilkeson.
Overseer of the Poor,
j. w. Sheets.
Road Commissioner.
q. L. Harris.
Road Director,
E. M. Gushing.
Justices Of the Peace.
J. w. O'Rourk.
John W. Todd.
N. L. Wehn.
NORTH RIVER DISTRICT.
Supervisor,
NJ. Bruce Whitmore.
Ovarseer OF the Poor,
John H. Rawley.
Road Commissioner,
r. c. Blair.
Road Director,
A. I. Reeves.
Constable,
W.T.. Mills.
Justices of the Peace,
A. r. G. Bass.
j. K. P. Hiner.
J. W. Hopewell.
SOUIH KIN En- DlSTHICT,
Supervisor.
Elijah CoIner.
Road Commissioner,
John H. Mcclure.
Road Director,
john II. Leonard.
Constable,
AtWell Ellis.
Justices OF the Peace,
&C. Henkel.
j. B. Hunter.
NJ. L. Leonard.
MIDDLE RIVER DISTRICT.
Road Commissioner,
E. L. Houff, Jr.
Constable,
Jos. &. Dellinger.
PASTURES DISTRICT.
Supervisor,
David f. Hoover.
Road Commissioner,
X. L. Trimble.
Road Director,
j. Henry Baylor.
Constable,
G. f. Smith.
Justices of the Peace,
Hatch Clark.
d. B. Kunkle.
RIVERHEADS DISTRICT.
Supervisor,
T. NJ. Smiley.
Road Commissioner,
j. E. Gale,
Road Director,
w. W .Sproul.
Constable.
W. T. Mckee.
Justices of the Peace,
w. w. Hamilton.
s. A. D. Mckee.
w. Taliaferro.
ne above is q correct list of the candidates
minated by the Democratic Primary.
JOS. A. GLASGOW,
Secretary Dem. Com.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-10-16

Many never truly live-half eat and
half sleep. Thousands miserable from
indigestion and dyspepsia have been
cured by Victor Liver Syrup.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-10-16
Victor Liver Syrup
DOES TH!S.

Ida c. Shoemaker, Meyersdale, Pa, says:
"During ten successive terms of teach
ing had been constant sufferer from
headaches, loss of appetite, and general
debility, Bat in short time after be-
gan using Victor Liver Syrup my head
ache left i1le, my appetite came back,
and my langu'dne$s passed away. be-
came lively and strong, even to the sur
prise Of my friends. Am increasing in
weight and enjoy better health than for
Yeas. owe this great change to Victor
Liver Syrup and heartily recommend 1t
to my suffering sisterllood".
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- Infant- Relief, Ne
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Is Pain BALM 2S and &c.
~ i.ini.nent, - and Soc.
:. Liver Pills, 23c per box.
Headache Specific, 10c.
'' Poultry Powders, l5c.
% Horse and Cattle Powders, 20c
For further IL form alton address
VICTOR REMEDIES COMPANY,
frederick, Maryland.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-10-16
"rve Lest Ten peuRds y

A man says. vLook at this" And he
over-laps his coat to show how loose it
is. There are SOME people who can lose
Jaj to advantage, but the loss of flesh il
cne of the accepted evidences of failing
health. As fe:t-making processes beaih
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-10-16
MONDAY, AUGUST 3rd, 1908,

And hopes, by uniform courtesy and careful
attention to business intrusted TO u.s. to
merit and receive liberal patronage.
-:O:-
Accounts OF individuals. Firms and CorDo-
rat1ons solicited, and prompt and ss tistacto-
ry-servtce guaranteed.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1903-06-19

where levee was cut, is locked up
in East st. Louis while Coroner's
inquest is In progress,
There was an improvement in
the service offered by the Chicago
hotels Saturday, due to the filling
of the places Of the union walters
with nonunion importations. The
strikers suffered a severe blow In
the refusal Of the engineers and ell
evator men TO walk out in sympa-
thy.
b. j. Even, the chief witness for
the prosecution in the trial of Cur
It's Jett and Tom White at Jack.
son, for the murder of j. b. Mar.
cum, has begun to feel the venge.
ance Of those whose murderous
reign is threatened by his disclos.
ures. His hotel, valued at $4,000,
and representing all his savings,
was fired by an incendlary and
burned to the ground. Only few
articles of clothing were saved.
Two men-teamsters in the employ
OF Hargis Bros. s.--were arrested on
suspicion of firing the building.
Bail was offered for them by Coun-
ty Judge Hargis and Sheriff Gala
han, but they were held in custody
for action by the grand jury.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1903-06-19
Startling Evldenoa.

Fresh testimony in great quantity is
constantly coming in, declaring Dr..
Kings New Discovery Tor Consumption
Cough and Colds to be unequaled. A
recent expression from 7. J. Mcfarland,
Bentorville, Va, serve. as example. He
writes: al had Bronchitis for three
years and doctored all the time without
being benefited. Thep began taking
Dr.. Kings New Discovery, aud few
bottles wholly cured me-" Equally ef.
iective In curing oil Lung and Throat
troubles, Consumption, Pneumonia aud
Grip. Guaranteed by A. NJ. Hughes,
Druggist Trial bottles free, regular
sizes b0c AID sl.e0.