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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-03-14

The American woman is still dubi-
Gus about the full skirt. She refuses
TO take it seriously and insists upon
compromises-and correctly so-mak-
ing the most Of every nations best
and rejecting the ugly features. And
this is why she is called 'the best
dressed woman in the world" While
the American woman accepts the full
bottomed skirt, she demands clinging
lines, and many devices are contrived
to lessen the fullness around the hips,
and preserve a somewhat clinging ef-
feet at that point A straight front
panel or breadth whose straight lines
run quite to the waistband is frequent
" combined with a shallow shiTred or
corded yoke across hips and back.
Lengthwise side plaits, stitched half
way to the knee adapt themselves
readily to the new skirt line, and hcr-
izontal skirt trimming retains its
vogue although, particularly in rich
and heavy materials a perfectly plain
skirt with no ornament save its long
graceful folds is much in evidence.
My illustration shows an excellent
model in a lengthwise side-plaited
skirt Made of deep blue silk krash,
this model with its prettily plated
blouse. while easily copied is distinct
. ly up to date.
The artistic negligee is rapidly gain.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-03-14
BEASTS AND BIRDS.

Ysks, which are the beasts of bu
den il Tibet, are very surefooted, al
good one will carry a load of ov
200 pounds safely along the steepe
hillside. They can exist on the scar
lest grass, but grain food suits the
Tor a few days only. Eight miles
day is good average work. A rece
traveller tried leather boots for b
yaks, without success. Tame va
are white. black gray and brown a.
all intermediate gradations Of the
coIOrs. The wild YAK is invariab
black, and in early arring his whit
coat almost sweeps the groun5. d.
such seasons wild and tame are /;
most indistinguishacle, and story
told of a big game hunter in lib
who shot his own baggage animals 4
mistake.
Captain Stanley Flower writes fro
the Geological Gardens at Giz., Ezyp
that the three specimens of the cu
icus "shOe-bill' or whale-heade5 stoI
received from the White Nile IN 19s
are still in good heath and cond.tic
in the CHI gardens. 10 living exar
pie of this rare bird has reached En-
land since the arrival of Mr. Petite
ick's original specimens in 1860.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-03-14

ing ground among American women,
and room gowns made with the flow
ing sleeve effects are irresistible.
Made of China or India silk they are
extremely pretty, and among the sue
cessful innovations for this use moth
ing equals the soft and lustrous peau
de crepe. of which, in a soft du Barry
rose, the charming room gown l have
illustrated is composed. This dainty
cOnceit is made with the wide pagoda
sleeve, and deep fichu collar, giving
the long shoulder effect. 1t falls in
graceful folds from the bust line-nOt
too scant-nOr yet full enough to be
clumsy. The entire gown is edged
with wide rather coarse thread ecru
lace.
And careful dressing from the skin
outward" is of the utmost Importance
with these garments. The day is
passed for ill-ftting under garments,
and the corset must fit like a glove,
and at the same time should be en-
tirely comfortable. a properly cut
corset. such as any one of the la
spirite models. instead of extending
up to the chest bone and cramping the
chest and it's muscles, does not ex'
tend more than five inches above the
waist line, leaving free the shoulders
and chest, as well as the muscles OF
the diaphragm.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-03-14


The laughing. cruel woman who had
sat there half an hour ago, said, "All
Florence knows he is unhappy" An,
woe. wee. Was this the end Of the
love so happily begun under the
Iaturuum tree? Was this the end OF
the love that was TO have been immOr-
taT-that was to have cOnsecrated her
life and his? Could what those people
said be true2 Had he loved Beatrice
Leigh first and best, then left her for
the passing. feeting love OF a fair
face. and now regretted that he had
so left herr Down lower among the
crushed orange blossoms sank the
wearied head; hot. passionate tears,
such as only come from a broken
heart. fell like rain from her eyes. II
was all true. she mOaned 10 herself
ar true.
She. the country lawyers daughter,
had no right amongst the patrician
Selwyus. Her hOmely bringing up,
her unutterable simplicity, her incur
able shyness and retiring. quiet man
uer. made her all untitled for the POI
sitlon to which Lord Selwyn had rails
ed yer. He must repent, seeing that
all hose Of his world commiserated
and pitsed him. seeing that "all Flor
ence" agreed il was a great pity that
he had not married Miss Leigh.
The silent stars snone down upon a
woman whose heart was broken. The
night wind played round a golden
head never more to be raised in proud
happiness. OF still prouder love.
The whole world knew her story
knew that her husbands passing
fancy for her had gone by; that he had
repnted having married her. The I'M
happiness Of their lives was a subject
OF public comment. People amused
themselves by speaking OF IL. by ridi-
culing her. by laughing at her. as one
out OF her place.
II was indeed time that she were
dead.
She rose. and. tramping the sweet
almond blossoms under her feet,
walked quietly back 70 the house. The
music came in sweet. soft gushes of
sound from the ballroom. where
Beatrice Leigh. in her imperial beauty
and Circean grace. was queen. Quiet.
~ and slowly the mistress Of the house
walked through the silent rooms, where
no guest fingered. up to her own room.
Who would have recognized in the
pale. wearied. heartbrOken woman the
fresh. dimpled beauty OF violante
Temple2
She went 20 her own room, saying
over aud over again 10 herself, ct
would be better a thousand times II
she we're dead. and he we're free!"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-03-14
To BE Decided Later.

The boy, who was visiting his -adr
gent aunt, had eaten heartily Of II
preserves.
Don't you think you've had enoug
WiIlie?" she asked.
Don't know" he replied.
Don't knOw!"
Nope. Can't tell yet" he said.
But what DO you think?"
"Ain't any use thinking at all. I g
to know. Thinking don't help any
YOU think wrong"
"Well. you're the most remaTkab
boy 1 ever saw said his aunt "Wht
will you known"
in half an hour"
"And how will you know?"
why. that's easy" replied the wi.
boy. IF l amt sick in half an hour
he sorry l didn't take more, and if
am sick I'll be sorry | took so muc
That's the only way to tell that
know"
His aunt admitted that it left }
room for doubt, but she tried to poi
out that it was rather unsatisfactory
which the boy merely replied that
wished there was a better way, but
didn't known of any.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-03-14

thinking what 20 say, wondering in
what words she could best reach his
heart. so as to touch him with some lit
tie sorrow for his loss.
Then she wrote:
Ny Dear Husband call you by
that name for the last time, as | write
for the last time. We are not happy,
AMI an. going from you. You are
bitterly disapl ointed in me. | heard
tLnight that eli Florence pitied you,
and knew how unhappy l made you;
SO. Vivian am going away where you
l.ill neve. see me any more. If l
could die and set you free, / would, so
gladly: nut until Heaven calls me,
must live.
/ dare not take my own life, even to
set you free; but ! will do the next
best thug To that will go away
where no one knows you will ever see
me again. So shall free you from a
presence you dislike, and from what
you dislike even more-the need of
main now that have gone.
The poor. Jealous heart had revealed
itself in that line-her scalding tears
fell Ike raindrops upon the note. She
added:
There was no word to tell him where
she was going, or what she intended to
do. She thought, poor child, she had
avenged herself, yet when her eyes
fell upon that word husband" a
whole torrent of passionate tears fell
on it. A vision of his love, as it had
been. rose before her-a vision of life,
as it might have been, had that love
lasted. dazzled her. 1t was all over
now. and she was going into cold, cold
darkness. and utter desolation.
Then, with quiet steps, she went to
her maids room. Theresa Bowden
had asked permission to retire early,
complaining Of a severe headache, and
Lady violante, always kind and con-
siderate to her interiors, readily grant
ed the required permission. The part
of the house where Theresa slept
was almost deserted; the servants
were all engaged in other places. Lady
Selwyn. entering the room gently, her
lamp shaded. saw the woman lying
asleep on the bed.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-03-14
CHAPTER XVII.

with aching hands and bleeding feet
We dig and heap-lay stone on
stone;
We bear the burden, and the heat
OF the long day. and wish 'twere
done.
Nor till The. hours Of light return
All we have built do we discern"
Before her. as he stood there in her
loneliness and despair. rose the teach
Ings OF her youth-the words OF the
white-rObed minister who had trained
her simply to love God above all
things. and % do right. no matter
what the right cost. In her ears
sounded again simple. earnest words.
grand and sublime prayers. sweet
snatches II a glorious psalm, the ring
ing rhyme OF the hymn concerning
Jerusalem the Golden" All OF good
and uf holy that she had ever known
in her life came hack TO her in the
solemn starlight; the stars themselves
seemed like the eyes Of heaven watch
ing her-watching the fierce struggle
between the intense longing for death
gud for knowledge that life was not
hers Go 10y down at viii.
III &c were not for that-if the
law of Heaven had not forbidden even
the troubled and sOrrOwful to seek
the Oblivion OF death. Lady Violante
Selwyn would gladly have laid down
her life.
What was her Iife2 II stood before
the happiness Of the man she loved
best on earth. Life TO her was death
to him. What had she to live for?
Home love? All. no; that had long
since passed away. Her husbands love?
No. that had either never been hers,
or it had died a violent death. For
her child? No: for he would be taken
from her-he would he given over to
those whose worldly training fitted
them for training him. For her duties?
No: she could not fulfil them. What
have / 10 live for?" moaned the white
lips: and the tired heart answered
that death was better than life.
She went to the nursery. where
Rupert lays leeping; the nurse sat by
the Child's cot. and she looked up in
horror at the white. CHASTITY face Of her
lady.
Mrs. Peters" said Lady Violante,
"wiU you go and find the butler? Tell
him 10 see Lord Selwyn. and say from
me that 7 am tired. and unable 10 re-
turn 10 the ballroom tonight"
'You look very iIl. my lady" said the
woman. els there anything I can do
for you?-anything I can get?"
Lady Violante thanked her. IL was
one 81 this unhappy lady's peculiarities
10 be exceedingly kind to every one
about her: and hrs. Peters went down
stairs. thinking to herself that Of all
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-03-14

If the notion that the serpent ex
ercises charms upon others is mislead-
ing. equally so is the idea that he can
himself be hypnotized by the discOurs.
ing of sweet sounds. CObras have
been seen to dance to music, but that
can better be explained by the phe.
nOmena of fear, excitement, or anger.
The Indians and Egyptians, who are
supposed to allure the snakes into the
mazes of the dance through music.
are expert jugglers and probably work
spells upon their spectators rather
than upon the reptiles.
In times of danger the mother
serpent is popularity said to swallow
her babies so as to provide them with
the surest haven of refuge. This has
never been seen, and nature has nc
provision for so interesting a function
SpOrtsmen like to speak sometime,
of weird encounters wi a thirty-foO
or fOrty-fOot serpents who crosset
their path and were manfully slain
Once a man offered in magazine /;
premium of $4,000 for a snake OF tn
first dimensions and $4,000 for
snake forty feet long. Neither rewar
was ever claimed Another favOrit
story Of the chase relates the Ion
leaps of serpents which render theI
fearful adversaries when in pursui
of the enemy. Not the most active
their kind can manage to jump e,
ceeding twO-thirds of its length.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-03-14

Another delusiOn pertains 10 the
reptiles achievements in the chase.
People listen eagerly to the wonder.
full yarns of the adventurer home from
the wilderness or mountain lands, who
is almost certain TO have had some
blood-stirring escape from a furious
snake, the escape being effected solely
by means of the speedy charger on
which he was mounted. Sometimes
the pursuing serpent is the hoop
snake, which is supposed to take his
tail in his mouth, twirl himself into a
hoop, and so bowl along through brush
and brake at lightning celebrity. Any
one who knows snakes can understand
that not one of them does or can do
such a thing. For while serpents
move with extraordinary rapidity.
they do so only for a short distance
To prove this, place one of them on
smooth lawn, then give it chase by
quietly heading it several times in
different directions. 1t soon tires and
ceases to move.
That any snake can pursue man
for a long distance is extremely
absurd. An important fact is that
people do not know how the snake
moves. Many naturalists have pub
lished inaccurate illustrations on the
propelling power of this animal, which
has no feet yet seems all feet, and
which can outclimb the monkey, out
swim the fish, outleap the jerbora, and
outwrestle the athlete. The wisest OF
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-03-14

men admitted that one Of the three
things which were too wonderful fot
him was the way of the serpent on the
rock. The snakes feet are the tips
OF his hundred ribs. In beginning Il
move he seeks some projection en- the
ground which can serve as a support
Then the ribs are drawn more closely
together on alternate sides Of hi.
body. The hinder portion being draw
after now finds another support an
the anterior bends are stretched in
straight line, hence the front part
propelled forward. The broad shile1
or scales on his belly enable him /
grapple them at the slightest thin
and utilize it as a support.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-03-14

Aside from his specific means Z
bringing destruction to man the Sc
pent is credited with bearing an
gressively hostile attitude iowa,
mankind. This is pure scandal +
never trespasses beyond the lawf
limits of self-defense, while MAJ
snakes cannot be made TO bite und,
any circumstances. They will new,
hurt any one if unmOlested, and
gently treated even the rattlesnake
nameless horror may be handled wit
impunity and will frequently sho
great unwillingness to strike, althOug
approached with inimical intent
powers of fascination the serpen
comes far short of a pussy cats a.
tainments of that description
mouse is seen fleeing from a wipe
with apparent difficulty Presently
staggeTs, becomes almost mOtionless
drOops, is at last seized and swallow
ed. Then the observer declares thai
it has been fascinated by the reptile
But that is not so; before the chase
was begun it had been struck by the
serpent's fangs and was all along the
way gradually dying from the wounS
Or, a bird which has been similarly
bitten is perceived as it flies brokenly
to the bough of tree, whence il
presently drops helplessly to the side
Of the waiting foe beneath and a like
conclusion is drawn. Birds sometimes
find entertainment in watching the
movements of a snakes tongue, but
they are no more hypnOtized than is
the little Open-mouthed boy spectator
of the circus.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-03-14
IN DEFENSE OF SNAKES

The grievances of the snake are "a
recent phase of humane Offices in be-
half of a mute creation. Some years
ago an English physician who had
lived among the countless serpents OF
India was prompted TO write a book
about them, not for the purposes of
scientific education nor yet in order
to create popular interest in snakes,
but purely as a friendly exposition OF
the insults heaped upon these the
most beautiful and harmless of Gods
\ creatures" as he termed them, for the
illumination of man, their supersti-
tious enemy.
OF late the Rev. Gregory Bates, a
( fellow-countryman of the doctor,
whose career unites spiritual instruc.
ton for the edification OF the highest
of the vertebrates with studies in the
carnal life of the lowest, has con-
tinued that gentleman's benign work
of dispelling decisions which invest
the human conception of the best
known yet least understood animal.
The snake is familiar from China TO
Peru. He appears on every sacred
ancient carving of the world. The
paSans worship him. Every one
either is fascinated by him or hates
I him. Yet no animal is so misjudged.
And the distance at which the COM
mon ignorance places him from peo-
I pie, far from lending enchantment to
the object of their contemplation,
Clothes the real serpent with
fallacious unsightliness. People are
quite wrong, says Mr. Bates, when
they imagine that a snakes tongue is
I poisonous, or it's skin Shiny; that it
enjoys basking in the sun or sucking
the eggs of fowl; that it can charm or
/ be charmed; that it is inimical to man
or any other creature; that it can
give chase 10 a human being for any
length of time, and that it is or does
a half score of other things popularity
supposed. Nearly every common
notion of the serpent, he says, is an
error.
/ Almost every one thinks that a
snake is Shiny, cold, and clammy to
I
upon to place a finger upon it's skin,
which feels as firm and smooth and
/ dry as ivory, and is warm or cold ac-
cording to the temperature in which
i it is placed. Set a snake in warm
vivarium and it will soon feel hot.
AS to the tongue, in the reptile house
of a zoo one can always hear such re-
marks as this: do you see the thing
+ the snake is putting out of its mouth?
7 That is its sting. You wouldn't think
that one touch of that little thing
could kill a man. But ii would, you
know, and quickly, too" Once, when
Mr.. Bates ventured to prove his as,
+ sertion that the tongue was harmless
I by placing his finger upon the fran
member his interlocutor looked at him
in petrified horror, as if awaiting his
instant demise. The tongue of the
serpent is a useful acquisition and as
innocent of evil as a baby. Most
snakes will die if it is removed, while
if nicotine is applied the entire body
is said to stiffen out straight, a sug
gestive fact when correlated with the
tricks of the Egyptians. 1t is so
sensitive that without coming quite
into direct contact with an object il
can convey to the serpent some notion
of its character, just like the wing of
bat, and when not in use is with.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-03-14

the bottom of the snakes mouth. Ii is
also thought by some that the tongue
is an organ of sound, but this is not
so; every hiss comes from the ser.
penis lungs.
The snake, anyway, is not ordinarily
poisonous. There are 1900 or more
species of snake and less than a
quarter of that number which are
poisonous. Even of the poisonous
serpents only a relatively small pro,
portion can administer a fatal dose to
man. In India, the home of the
venOmOus reptile, where $50 varieties
are commonly known, only one in ten
are dangerous and not a single in.
stance has been heard OF a European
having been killed by the bite of a
snake. The superstitions of the
natives, combined with imprudence,
has made them more or less frequent
victims of the objects of their
generation. An Infatuated serpent
may inf1ict a fatal bite Just ike a mad
dog.
That a snake is not particularly
fond of sitting in the sun is easily
proved in a vivarium, where the ser
penis always, without exception, seek
relief from the hot rays of the after.
Moons sun when they reach THEN
favorite retreats on the branches oil
trees, betaking themselves to the cool
ness of hidden rocky hooks. Every
snake needs warmth and if feeling too
cool will sit in the sunshine to get
warm provided no other way is open.
If obliged to remain in the sun for a
number of hours they generally die
from the effects.
The sucking of eggs or the milking
of COWS or any other animal becomes
monstrously absurd so soon as one
examines the construction of the
mouth of the serpent. He could not
pierce the shell nor do sucking of any
variety.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-03-14

with aching hands and bleeding feet
We dig and heap-lay stone on
stone.
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DECORATION COMMITTEE
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-05-14
Sunday Post Dispatch.

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GER.
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DOVER

Taylor VIM has been quite sick for
two weeks.
Willie Hit bad business in Lexing-
ton Saturday.
Marcellus Vaughn OF Odessa is in
town this week.
Webb Cole had Business 10 Lexiug-
ton Wednesday.
Mrs. Tom satterwhite stopped in
Lexington Wednesday.
Misses Ola and Dean Dysart shopped
in Higglnsville Monday.
Misses Sallie and Virgie Corbin
spent Wednesday in Lexington.
Mrs. Ella Stolte spent the day Tues
day at Hodge With home folks.
Mrs. DR.. R. E L.Hitt and little son,
Lee we're in HIggiusvllle Monday.
Mrs. Lula Tascar Of St. Joe is the
guest of her sister Mrs. Dick o. Neal
Mrs. W. L. Sly Of LosAngelos Ca
Is visiting her sister Mrs. Dick o. Men.
Mrs. Webb Cole and children Helen
and Jessie we're in Lexington Tuesday.
Miss Lorraine Gather who spent tho
winter in Kansas City came home last
Thursday morning.
j. NJ. VIM, DIR. R. L. Hit and S.
L. Pile we're delegates to the COnven-
tiop at Higginsville Monday.
Miss Minnie MCGEE and little neice
returned to Lexington Saturday even
ing after a few days visit with home
folks.
Mrs. Ella G. White and son Firman
came down from Lexington Monday
evening to visit W. G. White and fam
lily.
Mrs. ODE Stark and little daughter
Glaydys OF near Waverly spent several
days last week with B. F. Stark and
rsmily.
Mrs. Paris Bartlett Of Auxvasse ar
rived Saturday night for a visit with
her mother, Mrs. Bette Harwood and
other relatives.
Mrs, Kate Lewis entertained at din
ner Tuesday Mestames VIII Meng, o.
Martin, jeanette Redd and Misses Ad-
die Hodges, Saliie Stark and TRUE
White.