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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-09-19
OUR CATS HAVE VARIED LIKES.
Almost All Like olives, Some Eat
ORANGES. and One Abhors Catnip.

Oranges, and One Abhors Catnip.
''I see items in the papers some
times saying that all cats like this or
that article of diet" said one who
knows all about domestic pets. Nov
those tales are true and at the same
time they aren't true, because no two
cats that [ ever saw liked the same
kind of food.
"There are no animals that vary SO
much in their ways and tastes and
habits as cats You take any two
dogs of the same breed and their ways
are pretty much alike. But cats vary
a great deal more than people. This
shows in the things they like to eat.
"There's Tom and Nancy, those two
white Angoras over there. They both
like cooked meat and milk, but after
that they differ. Tom goes perfectly
daffy over green peas; Nancy won't
touch peas, but she'll eat beans in any
form until she looks as though she'd
swallow baseball. Nancy likes green
corn, too. Tom won't touch it.
''Ihen I've known cat that would
eat oranges-after you'd peeled them
as long as you would feed them to
her. She'd turn up her nose at any
other kind of fruit. I've heard of still
another cat that liked apples; and an.
other, a pampered pet in a rich house,
makes bananas and cream her staple
diet. There's big row in that house
if her bananas and cream aren't there
when she gets up the morning.
GIVE known other cats that were
fond Of cake and carrots and creamed
potatoes and boiled onions and cheese
In fact, there isn't anything in the
rage of highly seasoned dishes than
some cat or other hasn't picked up as
a favorite food.
81 suppose that olives come nearest
to being liked by all cats, but there are
some that won't touch olives. Even
in the matter of milk their tastes vary
One cat wants cream and isn't at all
modest about asking for it. One re
fuses cream and likes milk as thin as
possible. 1 had one big tomcat who
wouldn't touch his milk until it was
warmed.
"All cats are supposed to go daffy
over catnip, but the rule falls down
even there. That big black Tom over
IN the corner would never look at it..
catn1p makes most of them crazy, you
know, just like liquor with humans.
I've figured it out that black Tom is
a temperance cat."-Portland Press.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-09-19
Greatest in the World.

When you talk about being the world
leader in any one thing you have estab
ished a wonderful standard of cOmpari
son. Nothing could be greater and il
this day of tremendous competition il
means more than you can really GRASP
without study to say ''the greatest in the
world" Particularly is this true of a
medicine and it is such strong testi'
monial of great merit that we cannot
help but express our satisfaction to learn
that CASCARETS has, to-day, the larg
est sale of any similar medicines in the
world. In obtaining this, judicious news
paper advertising has played very i'm.
portant part, but all the advertising and
push and energy would have counted fol-
naught unless CASCARETS had the
merit and would do all that's claimed fol-
them. Nothing has ever attained such
a large sale in the history of medicine
Over ten million boxes a year and the
demand is growing rapidly, because the
people take them, like them, they are
cured and they recommend them to their
friends.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-09-19
A SECOND HONEYMOON.
A. w. Lee and Family Making Seven
Thousand Mile Trip.

Minneapolis Tribune:-To take g
second honeymoon trip nineteen years
after the original one, and over exact
~ the same route, making total tour
of some 1000 miles, is the unique ex
perience that Mr.. and IGrs. A. w. Lee
of Ottumwa, Iowa, are now having.
Mr.. Lee is a we'll known newspaper
publisher in Iowa, he being president
of the Lee syndicate of the Iowa even
ing newspapers, his properties being
the Davenport Times, Muscatine Jour
nal and Ottumwa Courier. Mr.. Lee
arrived at the West hotel during the
morning with his family, en- route to
the northwestern coast, by way or
Winnipeg and Banff.
Nineteen years ago today the regis
ter of the West hotel showed that MI.
and Mrs. A. w. Lee of Iowa had ar
rived in town. The couple were just
making their debut in the matrimonial
world, and the West was just making
it's debut in the hotel world. So Mr.
and Mrs. Lee were assigned to the
star bridal chamber"
After a brief visit in Minneapolis at
that time the young couple wended
their way to Winnipeg on their honey
moon, went on out to Banff and to the
Pacific coast. They will go over the
same road this time and stop at the
same points, at the same hotels, if
there are no new ones better, and con-
sumo exactly the same time making
the entire trip.
There were just two in the little
party that time. and although neither
looks to be more than a few years old
err now than then, the party of two is
increased to three, this time by the
presence of a daughter, a charming
young woman.
II have not been in Minneapolis
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-09-19
FRANCE FEARS THE EVIL EYE.
Strange Story Is Told at Trial for
Murder in Europe.

The superstitious belief in witch
craft and sorcery is still more prevail
ent in rural France than would be gen
orally thought A bricklayer named
Merot living in the village Of Saint
George -sur-MouIons, was so firmly
convinced that a neighbor had the
evil eve" and had cast spell over
him that one day in April last, goaded
into a state of terror, he could bear it
no longer and beat the presumed sor-
cerer to death. Merot was put on
trial for murder today.
The accused told the court that
what exasperated him most was the
nerve shattering influence the deceas-
ed possessed. The dead man was con-
stantly predicting misfortUnes that in
yariably befell him as foretold Sever
al times the prisoner declared the par
ish priest had tried to exercise the
evil spirit from his neighbor, but with
out avail. One day, when MerOt met
his victim, the latter SAID, "Hullo, not
dead yet? You have only one more
week to live" Flesh and blood declar-
ed the accused, could stand these pre-
dtctions no longer and he there and
then, it is said, dispatched his neigh
tOr
To show his belief in the reputed
sOrcerer's power was not due to mere
imagination Merot related number
Of instances which he declared afford
ed proof of the dead mans uncanny
gifts. Thus one night, while in bed
MerOt said, he was about to expecto-
rate on the floor, when the voice of
the evil genius, who could not see,
was heard to say, spit on the right
side of the bed" "How them asked
the accused, could he have known
I was about to spit?" On several oc-
casions, asserted the prisoner, the sor-
cerer had given him stomach aches,
and twice he had brought on partial
paralysis He afterward came and
revealed in his (Merot's) sufferings.
Several villagers Of Saint George-sUr-
Moulons were called as witnesses, and
in response to the judges questions
as to their opinion of the deceased,
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-09-19
Transmission of Electricity.

It was long ago established that the
distance to which electricity can be
sent economically depends mainly up
on the voltage or pressure employed.
The higher the voltage is the further
the current will go, and the smaller
will be the Zine losses" with a con-
ductor Of a given size. At present
there are in America two transmits
sion lines on which $4,000 volts are
used successfully. One of these lines,
60 miles in length, is in Canada. Some
of the great transmission lines in Cal
ifornia are equipped with three sets
of transformers, one capable of raising
the pressure to $4,000 volts, and the
others working at lower voltage. 1t
is said that a Mexican line 101 miles
long has begun to work at $4,000 volts.
Any greater progress in this direction
is rendered difficult by the problems of
insulation, but further advances in the
future are probable, and European
electricians are already dreaming of a
line to transmit electricity from the
Alps to Paris, distance of 300 miles.
The feat may yet be attempted, when
pressures that may be described as
within the bounds of reason can be
safely handled.-Zion's Herald.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-09-19
$50. 500 in Gold Coin

Will be paid in prizes to those COM
ing nearest at estimating the paid at
tendance at the st. Louis Worlds
Fair
The above amount is deposited with
the Missouri Trust Company, as per
the official receipt of the treasurer Of
that financial institution and publish
ed in the schedule of prizes announced
elsewhere in this paper. The Worlds
Fair Contest Company, Delmar and
Adelaide avenues, st. Louis, Mo-. are
Offering these prizes and there is no
doubt of the cash being in bank to pay
the lucky winners. The contest closes
October 18th.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-09-19
FIBROID TUNEORS CURED.

Mrs. Hayes First Letter Appeal
ing to Mrs. Pinkham for Help:
s'DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM Il have been
under Boston doctors treatment for
long time without any relief. They
tell me l have fibroid tumor. l can
not sit down without great pain, and
the soreness extends up my spine. l
have bearing-down pains both back
and front. My abdomen is swollen,
and l have had flowing spells for three
years. My appetite is not good. l cam
not walk or be on my feet for any
length of time.
''The symptoms of Fibroid Tumor
given in your little book accurately
describe my case, so write to you for
advice. p (Signed) Mrs. e. E. HAYES,
252 Dudley ST. (Roxbury), Boston, Mass.
Mrs. Hayes Second Letter:
"DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM - Sometime
ago wrote to you describing my symp-
toms and asked your advice. You re-
piled, and [ followed all your direc-
tions carefully, and to-day am a well
woman.
1.-The use of Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound entirely ex-
PEELED the tumor and strengthened my
whole system. can walk miles now.
"Lydia E. Pinkham'S Vege-
table Compound is worth five dol
lars a drop. I advise all women who
are afflicted with tumors or female
trouble of any kind to give It faithful
trial" - (Signed) MRS. E. F. HAYES,
253 Dudley st. (Roxbu1,y), Boston, Mass.
$4,000 forfeit if originai Of above letters proving
gsnuiReneSS cannot be produced
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-09-19
BOY SWALLOWED LIGHTNING
He Sucks a Flash Powder Down His
Throat.


Wells Hawks, who is something OF
a magazine writer as well as Charles
Frohman's press agent, relates a num-
Der Of incidents arising from behind
the-scene perpleXities. He tells how
an extravaganza company carrying an
elaborate scenic equipment found one
Gay that the waterfall, principal
effect, had been lost in the shuttle OF
transportation. Everybody was the
responsible person, and he dismissed
the worriers with the reassuring re-
mark that he would be able to meet
the situation. Then he went to work.
From a neighborhood grocery he OBJ
tanned half a dozen empty soap boxes.
These he put together in the center
of the stage between set rocks. Next
he searched the cellar, and, finding
lot of old tin that had been torn by
storm, he brought to the stage. Delft
| ly he covered the soap boxes with the
tin, twisting and tanning it in and
out to give it a rugged effect. Then
the property man arrived with some
green boughs and laid them about the
tin-pIated boxes, while the engineer
connected the hose with a fre-line
pipe so the water would play over the
rocks At night they turned the water
on. 1t dashed over the tin, calcium
was aimed at the homemade cascade,
and the result was a waterfall effect
I04 wi inc OF 70
burst of applause from the admiring
and delighted spectators.
From the days of footlight candles,
through the gas stage to the present
flood of electricity is far cry, and
it now appears that electrician is one
of the most important factors in the
problem of stage management. A
well-known producer is reported to
have once said to a local manager:
ct do not care about the size of your
stage; let me see your switchboard.'
Today little can be done without cleo
tricity. The electrician must make
the lights as we'll as the shadows,
and while doing this on the stage he
audience-room. Everything is control
ed from his board, and here he works
his lights, following the lines and cues
as closely as the orchestra leader or
the actors In many theaters the
traditional title "gasman" still clings
to the electrician, and one wonders
now how they ever accomplished
anything like adequate effects with
gas.
There is a tradition about boy who
was the work the Dawn of Creation
effect in a spectacle that was famous
when the old appliances were still in
use. The scene, a clumsily-painted
drop, represented the world hurting in
to space. The stage was in semi
darkness. At the cue, "And the Lord
said, let there be light the boy was
to fash track of white light across
the stage. But it happened to be a
ing the end of the lycopodium pipe in
| his lips. At the cue he was to blow
the powder through the blazing alco-
hol to make the flash. The line was
spoken Darkness continued upon the
| face Of the deep. The actor gave the
cure again. Then from the wings came
a mighty coughing. The boy had
! sucked the powder down his throat.
! The gas man, in a rage, rushed to the
stage manager and exclaimed, "The
fool has swallowed the lightning!"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-09-19
Society Girl Secretly Wed.

Racine, Sept. 10.-Much surprise
was occasioned in this city yester-
day by the announcement of the mar
riage of Miss Elizabeth Pearce, the
only daughter of J. P. Pearce, the
procurator of Racine college, to Ed
win D. Floyd of Chicago. The cere-
mony took place at the home of the
groom's mother in Chicago. Miss
Pearce is one of the most popular OF
Raclne's younger society women.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-09-19
To Rid County of Saloons.

independence, Iowa, Sept. 10.-Rev.
Abrams of the State Anti-saloon
league began more than 20 injunction
suits against saloonkeepers of Bucha-
nan County yesterday. He intends
to close every saloon in the county.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-09-19

declared that while they had not FAB
solute" belief in the dead mans power
of evil, they were none too sure that
he had not the evil eye
The jury was SO greatly impressed
by the evident sincerity of both the
prisoner and his peasant witnesses
that they eventually brought in YER
dict of accuital.-London Chronicle.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-09-19
STRIKING MINERS LOSE
FIGHT OF SIX MONTHS

GAINESVILLE, Ohio, Sept. 1O.-Two
thousand miners in district No. 6, after
being on a strike nearly six months,
have decided to accept reduction of
wages and return to work. The miners
have lost $4,000 in wages and the
operators about 100000 income
since the suspension of work.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-09-19
Better Than Spanking.

Spanking does not cure children Of
urine difficulties. If it did there would
be few children that would do it. There
is constitutional cause for this. Mrs.
NJ. Summers, Box 420, Notre Dame, Ind,
will send her home treatment to any
mother. She asks no money. Write her
to-day if your children trouble you i'll this
way. Don't blame the child. The
chances are it can't help it.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-09-19

gOOQ reputation
and s t a n d i n g,
w ri t e s: "F i V e
years ago l was
suffering so with
my back and kid
neys that 1 often
had to lay off. The
kidney secretions
were unnatural,
my legs and stom-
ach were swollen,
and l had no ap-
petite. When doc
tors failed to help
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-09-19
ENGINEER AND FIREMAN
KILLED IN A WRECK

Birmingham, Ala, Sept. 10.-An en-
gineer and fireman were killed and an
other fireman was seriously injured in
a wreck on the Southern railway near
DOgwood yesterday afternoon.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-09-19
COSTLY SMOKE IN HAY NOW.
TWO Brothers Badly Burned and a
Third Pershes.

IndianoIa, Neb, Sept. 10.-Three
sons of Jacob Korb, farmer near
here. slept in the hay NOW of the
barn Thursday night. Two of them
awoke with the flames all around
them and though badly burned es
capped through a window. Yesterday
the charred remains of the third
brother were found in the ruins. Elev-
en- horses were also burned to death
The boys had been smoking.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-09-19

me l began using Doan's Kidney
Pills and improved until my back was
strong and my appetite returned. Dur
ing the four years since 1 stopped u.s.
ing them I have enjoyed excellent
health. The cure was permanent"
(Signed) GEORGE w. REMOTE.
A FREE TRIAL.-Addres Foster
Milburn Co., Buffalo, n. Y. Sold by all
dealers; price so cents per box.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-09-19
very Low Rates South and Southwest.

The Wabash Railroad will sell spe-
cial homeseekers excursion tickets from
Chicago via St. Louis to a large num-
Der of points in the South and South
west at the very low ratio of 5000
for the round trip. Dates of sale, Sept.
ID and 27. Write for time cards and
full particulars.
F. A. PALMER. A. G. P. A.,
81 Marquette Bldg, Chicago.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-09-19
AS a Preliminary.

do you believe in platonic lover"
he asked.
"Well," she replied, 81 wouldn't
mind trying it as a starter"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-09-19

Mrs. Delancey-"Men are so apt
to jump at conclusions. Last night
my husband acted awfuIly because he
imagined he had stepped on a tack"
Mrs. Northumberland was it?"
Mrs. Delancey-"Only a hat-pin. -
Woman's Home Companion.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-09-19

can recommend Piso'S Cure for Consump-
ton for Asthma 1t has given me great re-
lief w. L. Wood, Farmersburg, Ind,
Sept, 8, 1901,
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-09-19
HAD TO GIVE UP.

Suffered Agonies from Kidney Disor-
Pills.
George W. Renoff, of 1858 North
18th street, Philadelphia, Pa, man Of
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-09-19

teething softens the gums reduces inflamma-
ton, allays pain, cures wind collie % cents
bottle.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-09-19

The statue of Liberty, erected on
Bedloe's island, off New York harbor,
in 1886, is to be repaired.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-09-19

The Wood Mosaic Flooring COM
pany's plant at New Albany, Ind,
burned; loss, $4,000.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-09-19

David Greenburn, junk dealer of
Fricedale, Pa, was found dead with his
skull crushed.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-20
COULDN'T KEEP ALL AWAKE.

"Pew sleepers are one OF the bugbears
OF preachers" said the Rev. Robert Col.
lyer the veteran New York minister. II
can speak feellngly from experience. on
one occasion when Henry Ward Beeoher
asked me TO 20 TO Plymouth church 70
talk Ia his people he remarked-joklngly
let us hope--that most Of them were hard.
working folks who needed plenty Of rest
on Sunday, and he felt that a sermon
from me might be gratefully received
"ln the course Of my talk | mentioned
this, and said that 1t was, however a
matter upon which my feelings could not
be hurt, and that | owed this lmperylous-
ness to Mr.. Beecher himself told them
that, one Sunday, years before, when
was attending service at old Plymouth
and Mr.. Beecher was laundering FORTH |
saw one Of his deacons asleep In front
pew
~ went on TO say that always after
this, whenever | saw man slumbering
peacefully through my most stirring eff
forts In the pulpit, would say TO my
self. We'll let him sleep, even the great
Beecher can't keep them all awake -
Success.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-20

the small bettors. Golden Rule looked
to be winning sixteenth from the finish.
but Greenock came with a rush and won
by neck. II was bad day for favor
ties, only two Of them getting first money,
and the public was hit hard Results
First race, mile and sixteenth, selling
-lras won, Louwelsea second, Major Dix
on third. Time-l:lg.
Second race, Slauson course selling
Marta won, Eva d second. Educate third.
Time-ll3
Third race, six furlongs purse-Green-
ock won, Golden Rule second, Rag Tag
third Time-il:li&.
Fourth race. Slauson course, selling
Banquero won. Neko second. Madame
Bishop third Time-ll2
Fifth race, mile and quarter. selling
Silver Fizz won, Ernc second Major
Hooker third. Time-2:l2 Canejo finished
second but was disqualified.
Sixth race, seven furl0ngs. selling-Ca-
zador won, Legal Maxim second, Sherry
third. Time-1.3lk,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-20
RACES AT OAKLAND.
Close Finishes Marked the Program
Track In Good shape.

San Francisco, Feb l9.-Close finishes
marked number Of races at Oakland to-
day, Cloudy weather prevailed but the
track was in good condition. "a six-fur-
long handicap was the feature, and the
Jennings entry. Dainty and ARABIC were
II to favorites, with Princess 11tania
second choice. Ananlas, a 20 to shot, got
away first and lei until the last few
jumps. when Dainty, under a vigorous
ride from Martin. got UP In time to beat
him a nose. Princess Titania was third.
Results:
First race, Futurity course. selling
Flaneur won, BTennus second, Dusty
Miller third. Time-ll2A.
Second race, four furlongs, purse-Bose
Ely won, Edgecliff second. Golden Idol
third. Time--:50h
Third race, five and a half furlongs,
selling-MOdder won, Rustic Girl second,
DR.. Sherman third Time-l;0Si5.
Fourth race, six furlongs, handicap
Dainty won Ananias second, Princess
Titania third. Time-l;li.
Fifth race, six furlongs, selllng-Harbor
won, Huford second. Riesca third Time
--l:l5i.
Sixth race, one mile, selllng-outburst
won, Emily oliver second, Elmer l.. third.
Time--lii
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-20
an, nrnnnnnn iuInIu
DAY SCHOOLS ON THE STAGE
Nearly 5000 School Children Act in London and Many
Receive Good Pay.

,don and Many

parliament has taken q hand in the
atrlcal management.
At the beginning OF this yer $50
children under "A were employed In
the English theators. chiefly In panto-
mime. But parliament decided that
such employment was bad thing for
the children unless their education
could be guaranteed, aud refused to
grant the necessary licenses unless the
theatrical managers undertook 70 see
that their youthful actors and actresses
got some schooling In other branches Of
education than mummlng 'All these
children who are under H." said the
paternal government, must spend
three hours day In school"
At Drury Lane theater, the worlds
headquarters OF pantomime, over 400
children are employed for tho present
run OF "Humpty Dumpty," and 1870
come within the school attendance age,
and spend their three hours every