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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-10-10
sToeIEs FROM BEET LEAVES.

The following interesting bit Of
news is given to the world by a Colo
RADIO information bureau:
"a Pennsylvania syndicate purposes
going extensively into the manufact-
ure of Pittsburg stogies from the Colo
RADIO sugar beet leaf. The leaves are
so successfully ''processed' by mani
rulation and immersion in tobacco
juice that the consumers of this partic-
ular brand of narcotic cannot distin-
guish it from either the Pittsburg or
Manila cheroot. The syndicate is look
ing for a factory location; its pro-
cesses are fully patented"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-10-10
$50. 500 in Gold Coin

viii 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, 1904-10-10

friend advised me to try Doan's Kid
ney Pills. Within a week after | be-
gan using them l was so much better
that [ decided to keep up the treat
ment, and when l had used little over
two boxes l was entirely well. / have
now enjoyed the best of health for
more than four months, and words can
but poorly express my gratitude"
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo,
N. Y.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-10-10
An Ardent Wish.

Crittick-Yes, Snappe said he saw
you yesterday standing beside that
portrait Of yourself at the Academy
D'Auber-And did he say the paint
ing was like me?
Crittick-No, he said he wished you
were like the painting. The painting
was hung, you know.-Philadelp
Ledger.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-10-10
AMERICAN HORSES FOR JAPAN

We see from a New Orleans dis
patch that Japan proposes to buy one
hundred thousand American horses
Very likely these horses will suffer as
terribly as perhaps a hundred thou
sand of our American horses and
mules did in the south African war.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-10-10

+" l suffered
for three years
with S e V e + e
backache. The
doctors told me
my k i d n e Y S
were affected,
and prescribed
medicines for
me, but l found
t h a t it was
only a waste of
time andmoney
to take them,
and began to
f e a + t b a t |
would n e V II
get we'll. A
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-10-10

'"He says he doesn't want office I'M
less his country calls him." YES"
said Senator Sorghum, '.but he's hang
ing close up to the telephone ready to
answer the very first ring. Washing
ton Star oe
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-10-10

what did your fountain pen cost?"
"Twenty-six dollars" ''What?' "One
dollar for the pen and $25 for the suit
it ruined" -Philadelp Record.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-10-10
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.

Germany has a small pearl fishery of
it's own in the White Elster, in Saxo-
my. According to the official report 70
pearls were found in Elster oysters
during 1908, as compared with 50 in
1902.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-10-10

A cargo of $4,000 Australian birds
has been brought to London by one
steamer. They were sold at the dock
to dealers.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-10-10
THOUGHT SHE WOULD DIE.

Mrs. S. w. Marine, of Colorado Springs,
Began to Fear the Worst-Doan's Kid
ney Pills Saved Her.
Mrs. Sarah Marine of 428 ST. Urain
street, Colorado Springs, Colo, writes:
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-10-10

1t was stated in the house of COM
mons the other day that thirty mem
bers of the Irish nationalist party had
served terms of hard labor in prison
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-10-10

The population of Greece is said to
be increasing faster than that Of any
ether country in Eu1 ope at present.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-10-10

Mrs. Winslow's SOOTHING SYRUP for children
teethng softens the gums reduces inf1amma-
ton, allays pain, cures wind collie. % cents
bottle
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-10-10

For something good, try Mrs. Austin's ia
nous Pancake Flour, ready in jiffy. Your
grocer has it on hand.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-10-10

Help your wife to get breakfast easy
take home Mrs. Austin's Pancake Flour.
Your grocer waits to supply you.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-10-10

We are never without bottle of Piso's.
Cure for Consumption in our house Mrs
E. M. Swayze, Walita, Okla, April II, 1901,
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-10-10

The earliest money was in the form
of animals skins.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-10-10
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot reach the
way to cure deafness, and that is by constitu-
tional remedies. Deafness is caused by an in
famed condition OF the mucous lining of the
EuStachian Tube. When this tube is inflamed
you have rumbling sound or imperfect hear
ing, and when it is entirely closed, Deafness is
the result, 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 Caused by catarrh) that car
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for
circulars, free.
f. j. CHENEY g. CO., Toledo. O.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-10-10


f. Compound did
and that all feeling
feeling than
to
is
Louisville KY"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-12-07
The Lesser Evil.

A pompous individual from the East,
says a Texas newspaper, happened to
be travelling in Western Texas and
stopping at hotel when trouble start
ed among some cowboys. who pre-
pared to conduct the argument with
revolvers.
Stranger" said a Texan to the
pompous man, sit would be good
idee fur you to lay down on the floor
till this dispute is settled
ut does, not comport with the dig
nifty of a Boston gentleman of my
profession" said the pompous gentle
man, Ito wallow in the dirt on the
floor
you may be right, stranger" an
swered the Texan, as he prepared to
recline, but my opinion is that you
had better lose yer dignity fur the
time bein' than to have the daylights
let into your system by "A .
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-12-07
He Lassoed a Bear,

Tug Wilson is Colorado cowboy.
The Meeker Review tells the follow.
ing story of lively experience which
he had on ranch near that town
the other day: while the roundup
was on the head of James creek w
E. Templeton started up a large Gin
namon bear, but drew off, stroked his
beard and said: Let him go, boys; We
have no time to fool with him. Tug
Wilson soon spied the bear and at
once took down his rope and began to
make a loop. intending to have bear
steak for supper.
When Rusty got to the top of the
ridge Tug let the string fly and got
him by the neck and one front leg,
which temporarily disarranged the
bears retreat. Seeing that he was
caught, Bruin began to walk up on
the rope. Tug sent in a wireless sum.
mons for assistance, but the boys fail
ed to understand the message.
THE bear got nearer and finally
landed on the pony, inflicting an ugly
wound in the thigh and also tearing
Tugs overalls. Tug has sent in for
a bottle of liniment and a new pair
of overalls and will now confine him
self to roping cattle and horses during
the rest of the roundup"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-12-07
Income. From Liquor Tax.

Napoleon used to say that when he
was looking over the imperial accounts
that no virtue paid him as well as
brandy. Without echoing his cynic-
ism, we can realize that liquor fur
nishes great proportion of the funds
required to operate our government.
Thus of the $494.17S,6S3, the aggregate
of customs collections and internal
revenue receipts the last fiscal year,
$196,538,616 came from liquors of all
kinds, imported and domestic. Through
customs and internal revenue the gov
eminent collected $65, S32, 1o1 on tobac-
CO and its manufactures. The total of
the two items is 1852, 1910, TIT, or enough
to pay the pension charges and leave
$4,000, 900 over.-Boston TRANSCRIPT.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-12-07
ALI Eair in P.iifice

Gen. lockwood Hoar relates an
amusing instance of the humors of a
political campaign. 1t appears that a
year ago during the campaign for the
reelection of Gov. Bates and Lieut.
Gov. Guild, portraits of those candi-
dates, as we'll as those of the opposite
party were to be seen posted all
through the state of Massachusetts.
The rival bill posters must have
been in great haste each to Guido the
other. for it would seem that they
were not always careful where they
put their pictures.
While passing through Havnrhill
one day the candidates were greatly
disconnected to observe their portraits
Npasted on one billboard over litho-
graphic announcement of theatrical
attraction. Under the counterfeit pre-.
sentiments of the candidates were the
words: Vote for Bates and Guild
The portion of the theatrical litho-
graph not covered by the political por-
traits bore the legend: THE Greatest
Vaudeville Team on Earth
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-12-07
The Old Faith.

THUS saith the Lord; Stand We in the
ways and see, and look for the old paths
where is the good way. and walk therein,
and We shall find rest for your souls -
jeremiah vi. 16
AS man who Is travel weary. as man
who is travel worn,
Who carries anew the CALLING loads he
over the road has borne,
Who carries anew each burden when
counting them Ger alone
While trudging his way through bog and
Zen and stumbling on bruising stone
AS a man who is travel weary remembers
the first fahS way
So a man goes back to the simple faith
that was all his own one day.
The simple faith he cherished the faith
in the grass and sky,
The faith that he held in innocence with
never a doubling "Why?'-
When valley, and hill and forest and
everything that is
Was wondrously rich with breathing
truth; and all of that truth was his:
When twilight and dawn were peaceful
and his were the dreaming stars
The faith that he held unconsciously ere
ever his soul had scars.
AS a man who is travel weary, he stands
on a lonely height
And longingly looks at the stretching
way that ends in the fading light
And yearns for the pleasant pathways
once he sought out their end
The faith that he held in an honest hold
one does a faithful friend
He turns to the unforgotten. the wears
when he wrought no wrong
And seeks for the faith that once was his
all simple and sweet and strong
w. N. ID. i'll Chicago Tribune.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-12-07
Ros'n Must Go.

Among the changes now on the car
pet is the abolition of the boatswain.
So far as one can gather, the idea is
to make all boatswains of less than
fifteen years seniority qualify as gun
ners, and let this rank gradually die
out, as that of the old navigating Off
GERS has done. These alterations will
remove one of the oldest warrant
ranks in the navy.
The "Batsuen,' as the boatswain
was originally called was in the ear
lier days much more important in
dividual than he is tO-day-in fact, he
seems to have ranked almost as high
as the sailing master of the ship.
Ropes and sails and masts and yards
were always his speciality. and the dis
appearance of these from the fleet
seems likely to be followed by his
own.
Not that there is any lack of work
for him to do. Even in the modern
ironclad the boatswain has important
duties to perform; but the authorities
seem to think that the duties may
Just as we'll be discharged by the gun.
ners, who are now on the top line in
everything, so much Importance is at
tached to the branch for which they
specially qualify.-Pall Mall Gazette.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-12-07
Senator Tiliman Called Down.

Senator Tillman of South Carolina
is the father OF the dispensary system
which controls the liquor traffic in that
state He tells story about an Irish
man who bitterly opposed the restric-
ton of the traffic.
MY friend from the Ole Counthree, F"
says the senator, was fond of the
'cratur comforts wunst in awhile and
sometimes oftener. He was agin the
law from the first, and one day met
him He wore a rueful countenance
and said to me:
eye are hathens to make SIGH a
law, Misthur Tillman. 1t gives me
heart big shtroke. Divil a wonder
they call it the Maine law. Plat will
we do at the wakes | dunno now.
It's the bad times int'rely when man
can't bury his frinds dacently, nor him
self nuther. 1t is my opinion that the
law is calkerlated to bring great dis
tress not only on the Twin but on the
dead Bad luck to it. Nashville
Banner.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-12-07
An Awkward Situation.

George Borgfeldt, head of a whole.
sale bric-a-brac firm, has had many
an experience with his five hundred
employees, some of which are amusing.
1t is the custom of the house that
each buyer lunch with the especial
salesman who has him in charge, at
the expense of the house.
One day Mr.. Borgfeldt called an ex.
pert but always overdrawn and hard
up salesman to him.
"Shaefer," said he, when was 1t yor
took Mr.. So-and-so out to lunch9 l
see you have us charged up with q
lunch for him.
Yesterday" replied the salesman
readily.
What timer
In the middle of the day." asserted
the salesman without hesitation.
Mr.. Borgfeldt shook his head uncom,
prehendingly.
That is remarkably strange" de-
clared he, because it was yesterday In
the middle of the day that took him
out ito lunch myself.
Ledger.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-12-07
STORAGE OF HEAT soycHr.
Problem Solved. but With No Eeonon,-
ical Advantaoe In nnr,or


ical Advantage, In London.
The storage of heat has peen one
OF the dreams of the engineer for
years, and various schemes have been
suggested. One is now being tried
at an electric light station in London.
The boilers of this station, of the
water tube type. were capable of gen.
Grating steam Of lbs pounds absolute
pressure at the rate of 1900 pounds
an hour.
While this suffices for most pur-
poses, the demand is now so great at
some times that the boilers are mad
equate and no ground is available for
extension of the plant The period
OF maximum demand is, moreover. so
fiuctuating as to be uneconomical.
Heat storage, if it could be realized,
might be great advantage.
The arrangement adopted in this
London case is to fit a large cylindri-
cal vessel containing water above the
ordinary steam drum of the boiler.
When there is only normal demand
upon the station some of the steam
from the boiler is passed into this
"HSc. 7SCoio SC NyIlHuSI, Will Tic T6SuIL
that the water is kept at high tenn
perature, SO that when the extra de-
mand comes upon the station this wat
er.is fed into the boiler, which, owing
to this hot feed water. can give 5000
pounds of steam an hour-an increase
OF % per cent. 1t is said that on oc-
casion the evaporation was actually
$4,000 pounds. but % per cent is prob
ably sufficient, especially as there is
no printing.
There is no economy in the system;
the coal. consumption must increase
even at a greater rate than the evap-
Grafton, as there is considerable loss
through heat radiation from the hot
water storage tank, so that the sys-
tenn may meet special conditions, but
beyond that its practical advantages
are not observable.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-12-07
making Up" the Teeth.

II thought you told me Leading
Mann's teeth were half gold" re-
marked Mrs Karkay, as she rode
home with her husband after the per.
Torrance
$50 they are" said Parkay. Told
me himself he's spent a fortune on
them
Nonsense! 1 watched him closely
tonight. He has perfect teeth. as
white and even as yours, my dear"
But | drink with him often at the
club. | ought to know persisted
Parkay. who would not yield his point
through flattery.
Mrs. Parkay shrugged her Shout
ders. She is not an argumentative
woman.
Simplest thing in the world. nv
boy" said Leading Mann to Parkay
at the club next day. There is no
longer any excuse for an actor or an
actress appearing on the stage with
teeth that look bad. The latest is a
makeup for the teeth called temper
airy ivory. 1t hides gold filling or
blackened teeth for one performance
all right, unless an actor has to go
through supper scene or drink
something. When the performance is
over lit washes off as easily as any
other makeup"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-12-07
vafue Of Learnina by Sound.


What do you think of the new idea
of teaching children by sound" asked
the Theorist of the Man With a ram
lily.
u don't seem to take to it, said
the latter. u did. of course, at first,
for / believe that our educators are
achieving wonders in the way Of help
ing the youngsters to get their educa.
ton with ease. But l had practical
demonstration the other day that the
new system has flaws My six-year-
old boy showed ms.
1T was after his first day at cchool
and he came home considerably puffe6
up with his own importance and the
excitement of the thing in general.
Well. Bill, l said, what did you
learn today?
Yes, papa. he said. I learned who
made the first American flag.
Good said |. Here was fine be
ginning education and patriotism all
ut once. So continued, And who
was it?'
Patsy Ross!'
And he seemed so pleased that
hated 20 tell him he was wrong, and
that he had done Betsy Ross wrong
by giving man credit for her immor
tai performance"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-12-07
shoemakinq in the BLACK Forest.

The Black Forest of Germany, a re-
gion famous for centuries, is hun
dreds of years behind the present age
in methods of living and conducting
simple industries. This fact is strik-
ingly exemplified in the primitive
ways the natives follow in making
leather and shoes. When farmer
kills his beef he takes the hide TO the
local tanner. who will keep 1t for two
years before he considers it at for the
shoemaker When the hide is leather
the shoemaker is informed of the fact.
Then some morning the shoemaker
comes to the farmers house with his
kit of tools. and for the time being is
one of the family. Every Katrina and
every Johann is marched before him
and measured, and the work Of MAX
ing shoes for the family begins. It
may take month. more or less, but
he sticks to his job until everyone Is
properly shod, when he Is away to the
next customer needing his services
Shoe Retailer.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-12-07
TRAMPs ON The RAILROADS.
PeriIous Chances Taken by Hobos
While DECKING the Train"

While Decking the Train"
According to a conductor whose run
is west from Chicago no feat perform
ed by the tramp while beating his
way on a railroad equals in daring
that known on the road as decking
the train" To deck a train one rides
on top of the cars-a sleeper, prefer
ably, since the method is one employ
ed only at night. It's great advantage
over other positions is that here the
tramp traveller may squat undisturbed
at all stops. Flat on the cap top, on
the darker side of the station, he
usually escapes detection; more often,
at any rate, than the man who dis
mounts at every station.
Once on top, therefore, it may be an
all-night ride, for the only men whose
eyes fall on these car roofs in the
course of regular business are those
who once in while refill the ice wa
ter tanks, which oftentimes open on
the roof. Either the vestibule work
on the end sleeper or the stepiadder
on the engine tender will serve as a
stepping stone to the car top, although
there are men nimble enough to scale
the height from a vestibule platform.
In any case, the successful rider needs
move quickly and unobserved, mind
full all the time that one misstep may
mean death by the wheels.
On deck the passenger finds secur.
ity in clinging, perhaps, to a small
gaspipe-nOt unlike a fly on the back
Of trotter-exposed to burning Gin
derss wind of hurricane force and
the fatal swinging curves. On these
some fast trains, as well as on slower
passengers, tramps ride blind bag
gage day and night. To go blind
baggage is to ride the front end of
a baggage car, which, ordinarily, has
platform, but no doorway. With
the end of the car thus built solid,
hobo travellers on the platform have
an excellent lounging place, out of i'm.
mediate sight Of the engineer and fire.
man, and yet affording all the beauty
of fleeting landscape without any OF
the inconvenience of an overcrowded
day coach.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-12-07
Valuable Queen Bees.

Just as there are valuable strains
in horses, cattle and other stock, SO
there are varieties of queen bees
which are worth many hundred times
their weight in gold The most val
liable strain is the Italian, and many
Italian bee farmers demand and re-
ceive without question prices ranging
from $50 to 5000 for a sing queen
bee of a certain kind Such L~es are
sent all over the world. IT, owner
Of a bee farm near Ottawa, Canada.
goes to Europe annually and brings
back with him bees of an aggregate
value of thousands of pounds. He is
enabled through the agency of an Ital-
ian firm to effect an insurance upon
the most valuable Of his queens.
This bee farmer has many strange
experiences in connecting with the as
sistants he is obliged to engage OF
course all bee keepers must submit to
certain amount of stinging. But in
some cases the poison in the sting
acts directly upon the assistants and
makes them alarmingly ill. others are
immune, though stung hundreds of
times. Bee farmers are often applied
to by persons suffering from rheuma-
tism who wish to place themselves in
the way of being stung. And, strange
as it may seem. the virus of the bee
sting does often act as a cure to per-
sons suffering from serious attacks of
rheumatism