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, 1908-04-01
ASSESSOR STARTS OUT
ON HIS ANNUAL TRIP,

County Assessor C. L. Houston left
this morning for the Big Laramie sec
ton, where he will begin the assess
ment of property for the taxes Of 1908.
The deputy in the northern part of the
county, T. S. Garrett, is also at work,
while the city district will be covered
by F. B.. Kern of this city.
, 1908-04-01

S. B. Miller. secretary of the state
board of medical examiners, through
reciprocity with the Iowa state board:
They have a doctor. and she is a
woman, but she has won the conf
dence Of the neighborhood and already
has a good practice. DR.. Fell is a lady
of much refinement. She has home.
steaded near Luther and has also re-
ceived the appointment of postmls-
tress."
, 1908-04-01
BOUGHT A HORSE
FOR FIRE DEPARTMENT

The council committee on fire de-
partment has purchased from Charles
Jarvis a ~six-yearold horse to be added
to the fire department equipment If
the action of the committee is APPROX
ed by the council. The horse will be
kept for street purposes for the pres.
ent and used in the engine service
when required.
, 1908-04-01
CONTINENTAL OIL MAN
CONFINED To HIS ROOM.

George Morgan, local agent of the
Continental Oil company here, is con-
fined to his room with d severe attack
of la grippe, being unable to leave his
bed today. He has been Ill since Sat
urday.
, 1908-04-01

the music department of Concordia
college to a standard Of excellence
never before attained by that progress
sive institution, and a standard once
set at Concordia will be maintained
if within the bound of possibility"
, 1908-04-01
sEcRETARY's MOTHER
IS SERIOUSLY ILL.

Mrs. Ryan, the mother Of Miss Hell
en- Ryan, the secretary of the Gem
City Grocery company, and Barry and
Dennis Ryan. is quite Ill at her home
in the northern suburbs, and her
friends and somewhat alarmed at her
condition.
, 1908-04-01
H PROCTOR BILL

The bill to pay Richard A. Proctor
$500 for the Use of lands near Fort
d. A. Russell, Wyo., as part of a tar
get range during the seasons of 1906
and 1907 passed the senate at Wash
ington Monday.
, 1908-04-01
LADY PHYSICIAN is
ALSO POSTMASTER

The Carpenter correspondent of the
Cheyenne Tribune refers as follows to
DR.. Bessie Fell, who was yesterday
granted a state certificate as a prac-
ticing physician at Carpenter by DE-.
, 1908-04-01

PILES CURED IN 6 TO a DAYS.
PAZO OINTMENT Is guaranteed to
cure and cast Of Itching, Blind, Bleed.
ing or Protruding Piles in 6 to IA days
or money refunded. soc. mw.f
, 1908-04-01

When in need Of job printing or ANY
thing in the book line call on The Re-
publican. First class work guaranteed
, 1908-04-01

Daily Republican. 80 cents . ..nth
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1908-11-25

edge of the precipice into kingdom
come
How do you know this, Waltz ask
ed Jasper in great agitation.
Because 1 have been to Buckfast-
leigh and seen the beastly old hole
and the factory, and the gray rat in,
his hole, curled up, gnawing his nails
and squealing for pain
For shame of you. Watt! you have.
no reverence even for your father
Reverence, Jasper! none in the
world for anybody or anything fgery-
thing like reverence was killed out
of me by my training
What is the matter with father?'
How should 1 tell? I saw him msa
ing contortions and yowling. 1 did
not approach too near lest he should
bite
I shall go at once said Jasper.
earnestly.
of course you will. You are the
heir. Eth! Jasper! When you come
in for the house and cloth mill, you
will extend to us the helping hand. O
you saint! Why don't you dance as /
do? Am taken in by your long face!
Amt I sure that your heart is beat
ing because now at last you will
come in for daddy's collected money 7?
Poor Martin! He can't come and
share. You won't be mean, but divide,
Jasper? I'll be the go-between.'
Be silent, you wicked boy!' SAID
Jasper angrily; I cannot endure your
talk. 1t is repugnant to me-.
Because / talk of sharing. You,
the saint! He shifts filthy mammop
and away he flies like a crow to car
rion. Goodbye, Jasper! Away you
go like an arrow from the bow. Don't
let that old housekeeper rummage
the stockings stuffed with guineas out
of the chimney before you get to-
Buckfastleigh'
Jasper feft the rock and strobe hast
lily towards Morwell, troubled at
heart at the news given him. Had he
looked behind him as he entered the
wood, he would have seen the boy
making enhances, capering, clapping.
his hands and knees, whistling,
screaming snatches of operate tunes,
laughing, and shouting, Which Is 1t
to be, Rachel or Leah?'
To be continued.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1908-11-25

GUS boy. 'Which-the elder, plain
and dark; or the younger, beautiful
as dawn? or-like the patriarch Jacob
both?
Enough of this, Watt. What has
brought you here?'
TO see you, of course. know you
think me void of all Christianity, but
l have that in me yet, like to know
the whereabouts of my brother, and
he is getting on. | am still with Mar
| tin-ever on the move, like the sun,
like the winds, like the streams, like
everything that does not stagnate.
TT is hard thing for me to say,
said Jasper, but it is true. Poor
Martin would be better without you.
He would be another man, and his
| life not blighted, had it not been for
your profane and hooking tongue. He
was generous-hearted fellow,
thoughtless, but not wicked; you,
however, have gained complete power
over him, and have used it for evil.
Your advice is for the bad, your
sneers for what is good
I do not know good from bad said
the boy, with contemptuous grin
Watt you have scoffed at every
good impulse in Martins heart, you
have drowned the voice of his con-
science by your gibes. 1t is you who
have driven him with your waspish
tongue along the road of ruin
Not at all, Jasper; there you
wrong me. 1t was you who had the
undoing of Martin. You have loved
a child. You have taken the punish
ment and blame on you which he de-
served by his misconduct. Of course
he is giddy-pate. It is you who
have let him grow up without dread of
the consequences of wrong-doing, be-
cause the punishment always fell on
you. You, Jasper, have spoiled Mar
tin, not T.
Well, Watt, this may be so. Father
was unduly harsh. had no one else to
love at home but my brother Martin
You were such babe as to be no
companion. And Martin l did do
love. Such noble, handsome, frank
hearted brother! All sunshine and
laughter! My childhood had been
charged with grief and shadow, and
did my best to screen him. One
must love something in this world, or
the heart dies. / loved my brother
4
you have that heart SO full that it is
Overlooking towards two nice girls. I
suppose that, enthralled between blue
eyes and brown, you have no thought
left for Martin, none for father-who,
by the way, is dying
tDying! exclaimed Jasper, spring
ing to his feet
There, now. said the boy; don't in
your establishment topple over the
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1908-11-25
Miss Bascom's FEEDING
A Thanksgiving Episode.

! accompanied by an itinerant minister
of his own persuasion, was likewise
on hand. But the bridegroom was
strangely absent.
81 knowed he'd back out. These old
bachelors hain't got the spunk of
an
He'll come" said Polly. "Eph said
he would and that settles it.
| It'll be sorry Thanksgiving for
you, Polly, if he doesn't"
The hour passed and no Ephriam-
The guests looked at one another and
always ended by stealing a glance at
Miss Bascom. She was frustrated" as
Mrs. Thomson said. If she let the OPP
portunity slip she might never have
another. Polly always said she WOULD
be married on Thanksgiving, when
she did marry, and it would be long
year before another came round.
Seven-eight o'clock struck.
Polly" said Mrs. Foster, "are you
goin' to disappoint us? We've come to-
see you married and there's no Eph
here. He couldn't screw up his cour-
age to the stickin' point an"
Polly blushed and looked across the
room where the parson sat.
II didn't think Eph would act that
way" she said. tits treatin' me rather
shabbily; but just wait. I'll show him
a thing or two, for no man can trifie'
with the affections of Polly Bascom."
In another moment the bride-to-be
had crossed the room and held out her
hand to the parson.
81 want to say that disown Epf
Lawson-a man who hasn't the cour-
age to lead a young lady to the altar"
she said. II don't like to disappoint
my friends and-tomorrow won't be
Thanksgiving. So, Parson Trimble, IT
you can take me for better or worse
take me yourself, mean," here Polly
blushed again, "Ill do the best can,.
and Eph Lawson will learn to his sor-
row that he can't tri1e with my at
fections'
Parson Trimble coughed a little, he
said it was rather sudden, that he
hadn't thought of such thing, though
all knew he had, that he didn't care
to infringe on another's rights; but
that he had always regarded Miss
Bascom as an unexceptionable woman
one that would make any man
happy
walk up to the fodder, parson, the
supper's gettin' cold" broke in Mrs
Thomson.
"And if Polly don't get a husband
this year there's no tellin' when she
WILL said Sally Truaxe.
And when the party filed into the
dining room Parson Trimble led the
way with his new wife, and Polly won
dered what Eph Lawson would say
when he heard that there was at least
one woman in the "deestrict' who had
mind of her own, and would not let
her affections be trifled with.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1908-11-25

Laws sakes! Polly, you don't tell
me that you're going to marry Eph
Lawson?" and Mrs. Thomson took
her hands from the dough and looked
at the prim figure at the window, for
Polly Bascom was trim and mite
over 40.
ION Thanksgiving day, Sarah. I'd
like to know if haven't as good a
right to-"
ITO be sure you have; but there's
the parson, who lost his wife just last
year and who wants another help
meet"
"And there's the Widow Jones and
Miss Stickle,' said holly. II can't help
the parson out this time"
Really, I didn't know it had gone
so far. Why, what have you done to-
wards the weddin'? This is the twenty
third"
"And I'm as ready as ever will
be-"
+ LAS ready as you've been for 20
years." and Mrs. Thomson went back
to her work.
Suddenly she looked up.
who's goin' to give the bride
away?" she asked, abruptly.
Were not goin' to have any such
hifalutin' proceedings" pursed the
bride-to-be I'D like to ask the priv
ilege of bein' married in your house,
Sarah"
ITO be sure. To be sure" was the
prompt rejoinder. Anything to see
you started we'll in life, if it is little
late" And thus the matter was
settled.
Miss Polly Bascorn began at once to
prepare for the greatest event in her
life. Mr.. Lawson was man OF her
own age, timid bachelor who thus
far had escaped the pitfalls of love.
and who, like Polly, had come to the
conclusion that ere long it would be
too late to wed.
His courtship had extended over
series of six months and some said
that at the last moment he would
"back out" and leave Polly still in the
matrimonial market.
Thanksgiving found Polly ready for
her nuptials. The whole neighborhood
was on the qui vive. And why should
it not be? Polly Bascom and Eph
Lawson. Did you ever?
"I say, Polly, what if Parson
Trimble had asked you first?" queried
Mrs. Thomson, as she looked at Polly
in her wedding gown.
"But he didn't. He had more than
one good chance, Sarah, and you know
that I don't want to miss this one, )"
and Polly laughed as she surveyed
herself in the mirror.
The hour passed and no Ephraim
and the little parlor in the Thomson
home had been arrayed for the occa-
sion. The few guests who had been
invited had come, and Parson Trimble
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1908-11-25
ThankfuIness as a Necessity.

In everything give thanks" is not
only a righteous demand which Goo
makes upon us, but, like all his other
commands, it sets efore us a neces-,
sity of our own nature. For, until we
learn to give thanks in everything we
cannot be properly thankful for any
thing, we cannot have full confidence
in God and cannot love him in such
way as to enjoy fellowship with him.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1908-11-25

mouth, and not much of it,
I should prefer a Psalm, said Bar
bara; or chapter from one of the
Epistles.'
4 do not know what to read Jas.
per said, smiling, as each of you ask
for something different
! I have an idea,' exclaimed Eve. He
shall hold the book shut. ] will close
my eyes and open the volume at hap
hazard, and point with my finger. He
shall read that, and we can conjure
from it, or guess our characters, or
read our fate. Then you shall do
the same. Will that please your
4 do not know about guessing char
acters and reading our fate; our char
acters we know by the introspection,
and the future is hidden from our eyes
by the same hand that sent the book.
But if you wish Mr.. Jasper to be
guided by this method what to read,
do not object
Very WE'LL said Eve, in glee; that
will be fun! You will promise, Bar
bic, to shut your eyes when you open
and put your finger on a page? And,
Mr.. Jasper, you promise to read exact
ly what my sister and select?
YES answered both to whom she
appealed.
But mind this pursued the lively
girl. you must stop as soon as | am
tired
Then first, eager in all she did that
promised entertainment or diversion,
she took the Bible from Mr.. Babb's
hands, closed her eyes; a pretty
smile played about her flexible lips
as she sat cropping with her finger
among the pages. Then she opened
the book and her blue orbs together.
.There,, she exclaimed, I have
made my choice; yet--wait! will
mark my place, and then pass the
book to Bab-I mean Barbie.' She had
wild summer rose in her bosom
She pulled off a petal, touched 1t with
her tongue, and put the leaf at the
spot she had selected
Then she shut the Bible with snap,
laughed, and handed it to her sister.
Il need not shut my eyes,, said Bar
bara: I will look you full in the face,
Eve.' Then she took the book and
felt for the end pages that she might
light on an Epistle; just as she saw
that Eve had CROPPED for an early part
of the book that she might have
story from the times of the patriarchs.
She did not know that Eve in handl
ing her the book had not turned 1t;
consequently she held the Bible re-
versed Barbara held buttercup
in her hand. She was so accustomed
to use her fingers, that it was strange
to her to have nothing to employ them.
AS they came through the meadows
she had picked a few flowers, broken
the stalks and thrown them away.
There remained in her hand one but
tercup.
Barbara placed the Bible on her
lap; she, like Eve, had seated herself
OH Lie IOChy lSu6O' L hoh ohO OPShCo
near what she believed to be the end
of the book, and laid the golden cup
on page.
Eve leaned towards her and looked,
and uttered an exclamation.
What is it,? asked Barbara, and
looked also.
Behold the golden flower of Bar
bara was shining on the pink petal
of Ewes rose.
We have chosen the same place.
Now, Barbie, what do you say to
this? Is it a chance, or are we going
to learn our fate, which is bound up
together, from the passage Mr.. Jasper
is about to read?'
There is no mystery in the matter
said Barbara quietly; you did not
turn the book when you gave it to
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1908-11-25
CHAPTER XIV.
Leah and Rachel.

Sunday was a quiet day at Morwell.
As the Jordan's were Catholics they
did not attend their parish church,
which was Tavistock, some four miles
distant. The servants went, or pre-
tended to go. Morwell was quiet on
all days, it was most quiet of all on
bright Sunday, for then there were
fewest people about the old house.
Jasper Babb had not run away, Of
Tended at Barbara's rudeness. He
went about his work as usual, was as
little seen Of the sisters as might be,
and silent when in their company.
On Sunday evening Barbara and
Eve strolled out together; it was their
wont to do so on that day, when the
weather permitted. Jane, the house
maid, was at home with their father.
They directed their steps as usual
to the Raven Rock, which commanded
so splendid a view to the west, was
so airy, and so sunny a spot that they
liked to sit there and talk. 1t was
not often that Barbara had the leis-
ure for such a ramble; on Sundays
she made a point of it. AS the two
girls emerged from the wood, and
came out on the platform of rock
they were surprised to see Jasper
seated there with a book on his knee.
He rose at once on hearing their
voices and seeing them. If he had
wished to escape, escape was impos-
sible, for the rock descends on all
sides sheer to great depths, except
where the path leads to it.
DO not let us disturb you,' said Bar
bara: we will withdraw if we inter
rupt your studies
What is the book?' asked Eve. If
It be poetry, read us something from
it.
He hesitated a moment, then with
smile said, Tt contains the noblest
poetry-it is my Bible.
The Bible!' exclaimed Barbara. She
was pleased. He certainly was sim
cere in his repentance. He would
not have gone away to private spot
to read the sacred volume unless he
were in earnest.
Let us sit down, Barbie,' said Eve.
Don't run away, Mr.. Jasperi'
AS Mr.. Jasper was reading, and you
asked him to give you something from
the book, will Join in the request
I thought it was perhaps Byron
said Eve.
AS it is not Byron, but something
better. we shall be all the better sat
isfied to have it read to u.s. said Bar
bara.
Well, then, some of the story part
please asked Eve, screwing up her
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1908-11-25
s. Barring GOULD

return again. They and she would
see him no more. That would be
well in one way. it would relieve her
of anxiety about Eve; but, on the
other hand, Jasper had proved him
self most useful, and, above all-he
was repentant. Her treatment Of
him might make him desperate, and
cause him to abandon his resolutions
to amend. Barbara knelt at the
window, and prayed.
The white owls were flying about
the old house. They had their nests
in the great barn. The bats were
squeaking as they whisked across the
quadrangle, hunting gnats.
When Barbara rose from her knees
her eyes were moist. She stood on
ltiptoe and looked forth from the case
ment again. The moonlight had
reached the sward, drawing a SHARP
line of light across it, broken by one
brighter speck-the bunch of roses.
Then Barbara, without her shoes
stole downstairs. There was sufficient
light in the hall for her to find her
way across it to the main door. She
very softly unbarred it and still in
her stockings, unshod, went out on
the doorstep, over the gravel, the
dewy grass, and picked up the cold
wet bunch.
Then she slipped in again. refast.
ened the door, and with beating heart
regained her room.
Now that she had the roses, what
should she do with them? She stood
in the middle Of her room near the
candle looking at them. They were
| not much faded. The sun had not
reached them, and the cool grass had
kept them fresh. They were very deli
cately formed, lovely roses, and fresh
lly sweet. What should she do with
them? If they were put in a tumble1
they would flourish for a few days
and then the leaves would fall Off
and leave a dead cluster Of seedless
rose hearts.
Barbara had a desk that had be-
longed to her mother, and this desk
had in it a secret drawer. In this
drawer Barbara preserved few spec
ial treasures; a miniature of her
mother, a silver cold cream capsule
with the head of Queen Anne on it
that had belonged to her grandmother
the ring of brilliants and sapphire
that had come to her from her aunt
| and a lock of Ewes hair when she wa,
baby. Barbara folded the roses IN
a sheet of white paper, wrote in ren
ell on IL the date. and placed them If
the secret drawer. there to Withai
along with the greatest treasures she
possessed.
Barbara's heart was no Sargasse
sea. In it ran currents strong and
contrary. What she cast away with
scorn in the afternoon, she sought and
hid as a treasure in the night.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1908-11-25

me, and it naturally opened where
your flower lay
Go on, Mr.. Jasper exhorted Eve.
But the young man seemed ill-dis-
posed to obey
Yes said Barbara; begin. We
are ready
Then Jasper began to. read
Jacob went on his journey, and
came into the land of the people of
the east. And he looked, and be-
hold a well in a field, and, 10, there
were flocks of sheep lying in it,
I am glad we are going to have
this story said Eve; I like it. 1t is
pretty one. Jacob came to the
house of Laban just as you, Mr., Babb,
have come to Morwell'
Jasper read on
And Laban had two daughters; now
the name of the elder was Leah, and
the name of the younger was Rachel.
Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel
was beautiful and we'll favored
Barbara was listening, but as she
listened she looked away into the blue
distance over the vast gulf of the Ia
| mar valley towards the Cornish moors
the color of cobalt, with a salmon sky
above them. Something must at
that moment have struck the mind of
Jasper, for he paused in his reading,
and his eyes sought hers.
She said in hard tone, Go on
Then he continued in a low voice,
And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, /
will serve thee seven years for Ra-
chel, thy younger daughter. And
Laban said, It is better that give her
to thee, than that l should give her to
another man; abide with me. And
Jacob served seven years for Rachel;
and they seemed unto him but few
DAYS, for the love he had to her.
The reader paused; and again with
hard voice Barbara babe him pro-
coed.
And Jacob said unto Laban, Give
me my wife, for my days are fulfilled.
And Laban gathered together all the
men of the place, and made feast.
And it came to pass in the evening
then he took Leah, his daughter, and
brought her to Jacob
That will do said Eve, I am
tired
Tt seems to me- said Barbara, in a
subdued tone, that Leah was a despic-
able woman, a woman without self
respect. She took the man, though
she knew his heart was set on Rachel,
and that he did not care rush for
her. Mol do not like the story. 1t
is odious.' She stood up and, beckon-
ing to Eve, left the platform of rock.
Jasper remained where he had been,
without closing the book, without
reading further, lost in thought. Then
small head appeared above the side
of the rock where it jutted out of the
bank of underwood, also a pair OF
hands that clutched at the projecting
points of stone; and in another mo-
ment boy had pulled himself on to
the platform, and lay on it with his
feet dangling over the edge, his head
and breast raised on his hands. He
was laughing.
What! dreaming, Master Jasper
Jacob? Of which? Of the weak-eyed
Leah or the blue-orbed Rachel?'
The young man started as if he had
been stung.
What has brought you here, Watt?
No good, I fear.
oh my dear Jasper, there you are
out. Goodness personified has brought
me here-even your own pious self,
sitting Bible reading to two pretty
girls. How happy could be with
either! Eth, Jasper?'
What do you want with me-? asked
Jasper, reddening; I detest your fun
Which is it?' tainted the mischiev-
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1908-11-25


pnkh CLOTH the bodice ashed on
with silk fringe match
the bodice
chiffon cloth with
the
with the middle of the
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-06-03
A Telephone Opiate.

The elders wife was seriously Ill,
and the doctor advised rest and quiet
But the lady was very devoted to
church work and worried herself into
hysteria because she could not attend
services and hear her favorite pastor
preach
"She must not leave the house"
warned the doctor. but you can easily
arrange to have her hear the sermon
by telephone"
The elder grasped the suggestion and
made the necessary arrangements for
transmitting the sermon into his wife's
room.
AT noon on the Sabbath the doctor
called and asked, How did 1t workY'
Fine" declared the elder, rubbing
his hands gleefully. Ten minutes aft
er the sermon began she fell sound
asleep. philadelphia Ledger.