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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-12-28
The BRIGHT Side.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS was lurching IN hlS
accustomed style. 90
All flesh being grass he reflected
"this must be Beef la Moved.
And chuckling hoarsely, he took an'
other chaw.-Puck.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-12-28
Acknowledgement.

you will admit that you owe a
great deal to your wife?"
Il should say so, replied Mr.. Cum
rox. Il wouldn't be invited to any of
her receptions or musicales if wasn't
married to her."
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-12-28
DISQUALIFIED.

Her-My brother won first prize in
that amateur guessing contest, but
they ruled him out as a professional.
Him-A professional?
Her-Yes. He's employed in the
government bureau, you know.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-12-28
That Suit for Libel
ast the Postum Ltd Splendid Chan
TO Facts

food, ETC., etc., which has not been digested,
then when again ready for food use Grape
Nuts because it is easy of digestion?"
Or should the child be at once carried off to
a hospital and cut?
We have known of many cases wherein the
approaching signs of appendicitis have dis
appeared by the suggestion being followed
No one better appreciates the value of
skilful physician when person is in the awful
throes OF acute appendicitis, but IAN ounce
of prevention is worth pound of cure"
Just plain old common sense is helpful even
nowadays.
This trial demonstrated GrapeNuts food
is pure beyond question
It IS partly predigested
Appendicitis generally has rise from undi.
gesTed food
1t is not always necessary to operate
It IS best to stop all food
When ready to begin feeding use a nred;-
gested food.
It is pa1atable and strong in Nourishment
1t will pay fine returns in health to ouit rho
heavy breakfasts and lunches and use loco
food but select food certainly known to CON
tain the elements nature requires to sustain
the body. May we be permitted to suggest .
breakfast of fruit, Grape-Nuts and cream
two soft boiled eggs, and some hot toas+ go
cocoa, milk or Postum?
The question of whether Grape-Nuts does ~
does not contain the elements which no+,,.a
requires for the nourishment of the brain a1so
of its purity, will be treated in later nar,s
paper articles.
Good food is important and its effect IN M
body is also important
There's a Reason,
Postum Cereal Co.. Ltd
Battle Creek, Mich.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-12-28

DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regulate
and invigorate stomach, liver and bowels.
Sugar-coated. tiny. granules, easy to take.
Do not grippe.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-12-28
PATHETIC

Street Treatment.
Hewitt-Have they been treating
your street?
Jewett-Yes: they have been pour
ing oil on the troubled macadam.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-12-28

Why is it that a large woman al
ways takes a small man seriously.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-12-28
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~ l UNDOUBTEDLY, we believe
W. that Sniritual virtues Should

4
VA that spiritual virtues should
concern US more nearly than material
ones; but equally do we believe that If
thing be done. it had best be well done,
except it be a canvasback duck: and no
housewife ever lost her title to future
bliss through the keeping of a good table
while she was on earth.
nuya1 VVicfar
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-12-28
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EMEMBFR this-that We

.tY EMEMBER this-that very lit
u&2 tie is needed to make
happy life Suit myself to the state in
which thy lot is cast.
Marcus Aurelius.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-07-15

OF string beans sold for peck will be peck, while
dozen radishes will not be merely adozen rdhes but
Will represent so many pounds or parts of pounds of
radlsh Not only in these two articles will the dealer
be compelled to give the consumer what the consumer
pays for but the doom of the pasteboard crate which
measures, automatically the farmers eggs by the dog
en-, will be sealed and the driver of the covered and
tlme-honored 'huckster wagon" viii be compelled to
carry pair of properly tested steelyerds and weigh
the product of the poultry house
In short. the food and drug commissioner H. f.
Barnard, has got back OF movement started by Isa-
dore Wufson, Inspector of weights and measures i'm
Indianapolis and preparing to pull for weights and
measures law by the next Legislature, that the peck
measure the quart ade and the egg crate as methods
OF measure in the market places will be eegated to the
past.
The steady advance of the food package in the mar
ket has aroused the food and drug commissioner to
realization that something is necessary to protect the
buyer. short time ago there taken to the Office
or the commissioner package of butter put up by
Chicago house to sell for 2e cents the package Soon
there followed another made to sell for l9.cents An
other followed to sell for Is cents To the average
buyer OF butter there was no perceptbls difference in
the weight of the packages but there was, shown
by the scales
There is no reason why the butter dealer should
gouge the consumer by the package method said Mr.
Barnard. "Our experience with sundry package goods
until the consumer is paying roundly for the privilege
OF having his purchase in package AS competition
grows keener and the package goods come more and
more into common use, with the unscrupuus packers
quick to see the unfair advantage they may take of
the consumer the public is going to have need of some
law which will protect it from the avarce of the short
weight packer.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-07-15
Causes Of War.

The horrors Of the Indian mutt
ny will still be remembered, AMI
the cavse which led to il is a mat
ter of history. Cartridges greasel
with cows fat were served out to
the sepoys, who refused to use
them on the ground that the COW
was sacred animal. Almost with
out any warning the terrible massa-
cres followed, which were only
avenged at an enormous expendi-
ture Of lives and money.
The war which deluged Austria
and Prussia with blood in 1866 en-
anate1 in the former failing to an
swer a question asked by the latter.
In the spring Of that year the Aus
TRANS began to arm very speedily
and powerfully, and the Prussians
wanted to know the reason. To
THIS they would give no reply, and
Prussia, thinking il was an un-
friendly and menacing action,
brought about the CORY campaign
London Tit-Bi
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-07-15
Dynamitlng The Dog.
A Remarkable Fish Story in Which
No Fish Appear.

As Washington Star reporter was browsing around
one of the downtown hotels the clerk pointed out to
him tall, gangling boy of Is 19 lolng all over q
chair in front of window commanding view OF the
avenue and apparently having first-rate time to be
so far away from home. The clerk took the reporter
to the boy after minute or two and introduced
him. with the remark that the reporter wanted m know
about that fish story. well" smiled the youngster
1T wasn't much of Ash story as it was dog story
and it wasn't so much dog story after it wall over
it was when We first took the dog out with u.s.
You see, it was this way: -Four or five of us young
fellows about two or three weeks ago took notion
we'd go a-ishing, and we took dog along. He was
a nice little dog that fond of water that people
swore he'd never been raised in Kentucky but he was.
He my dog, and ought to know. We was fishn'
in pond and after about three hours Of it didn't
get smell, muchless bite and somebody come along
and said the way to fish pond was with dynamite
''Al we had to do to sling cartridge in let her
blow up and we'd have fish to carry home on freight
train. The euss that told US was railroad hand and
was'working down the road about mile, and if we'd
go down there we could get for halfdollar enough to
shoot all the fish in the county Me and another feler
went along with him and they fixed up acartridge tied
sling it in the pond and run like the ID. The dy
namite would do the rest. We forked the half
dollar they bought whiskey with itand went
back to the pond where the Others waitin'.
Then we foered directions, but forgot the dog.
and wheu slung in the cartridge and the float the
dog he gave yelp of JOY and bang!he went in after
it. He got it, too and started for shore with it, though
fired rocks at him and howed lungs out to make
him let It go. That's the kind of dog he was; he
never did know what to let go was Well, seen we
couldn't stay around there and went a whoopin,
and the dog after US, draggin the dynamite, for
it wasn't heavy, and catchn up with at forty miles
an hour.
'He was frskin his tail and yeEin pleased most to
DEATH and we were gettin scarder for we knew that
stuff gon off pretty soon and when it did there
was goin' to be heavy thunder. | don't know what
would have happened ifit hadn't a-ben for a fence
that we got over. The dog couldn't get the float
through the cracks, and while he was draggin at it
and harkin fit To kill that cartridge went off right bv
his nose and when we got our feet again at the
foot of the hill couldn't anything of the dog
foater or about four panels of fence They all went
together, and we felt thankful uhen ue picked our
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-07-15

The one spiritual force that dom
mates every class of society in Chi
na l. ancestor worship. In the Chi.
nese religion there is no other that
can take its place for a moment. A
man may or may not worship idols.
lie may express his utter skoptic-
i'm about them or profess belief in
hem. No one cares what he
thInks. Let him, however, neglect
ne Worship of the dead and he is
iooked upon and pointed to with
'he bitterest scorn both by his own
relations and brhis neighbors. The
worst taunt that the heather can
nlrl against the Christian, and the
one That stings him most, is the
'neerng statement that he has no
'heestors.-New York Tribune.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-07-15
A STUDENT JOKE.
Conspiracy Of Silence That Put IN.
Professor In a Panic.

Conspiracy Of Silence That Put IN,
Professor In a Panic.
Professor Elias LOOMS for many
years occupied the chair OF astrono-
nv at Yale and was the author OF
the well known series OF mathemat-
ical text DO Ks.
Professor Loomis repeated each
year to the junior class course OF
lectures OF physics. The Leisure
we're illustrated by experiments.
and IN one on compressed air hc
explained the principle Of the well
known air gun.
The students Of each succeeding
class as they entered the room hr
this particular lecture found on the
side Of the room remote from the
platform a small tarqct. After ex
planning the operation Of the gun
Professor Loomis ives in the habit
OF landing three of its projectiles
with mathematical accuracy in the
center of the bullseve.
The professor was always an
plauded for this feat, but his grim
face, covered by tightly drawn
skin Of parchment hue, never show
ed the slightest sign Of qualification
or recognition Of any kind. To him
it was apparently only a scientific
experiment to be exactly demon
strated.
One class Of juniors, however.
who had learned of the immemorial
incident from the then seniors, at
tempted a little experiment. Of
their own, the subject being mathe-
matical and scientific human ma
ture. /
Three puffs from the air gun, a. a, |
although the students saw that the 4
bullseye was perforated as usuA.
there was not sound of applause.
Professor oomis looked a moment
at the elias in a startled way, then
at the target, and then, with de-
gree of emotion he had never be-
fore shown, exclaimed
Didn't il hit? Didn't it hit?
Didn't it hit p
4 roar Ct laughter, followed by
even more than the usual applause,
showed the professor that he had
not lost his mathematical accuracy.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-07-15
Too orea, Loss

/, Whoever knows ANYTHING about
~ se small boy and his pride in his
.fsi u. pair Of trousers will recognize
'le y truth Of a story the Philadcl-
psla Ledger prints.
i. tommy 3 was at Sunday school in
" ]. nrst real" clothes. A picture
u u lot Of little angels was before
sle \ class, and the teacher asked
tommy il he would not like to be
a.. ~ ma'am," replied Tommy
'.e[ ~. Inspecting the picture.
nv, sot want TO be an angel, Tom
=. . !, reproached the teacher. "Why
bar .ause Yam. Id have to give up my
PANTS said Tommy sssalJ. i
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-07-15
HUNTING THE SEAL.
The Dog Hoo< Of tbs Atlantic 10 .
DsspestesFishtsr..

DspssssssFishssr;.
The seal hunters have been ean-
ed heroes, but they have earned the
title in doing just what their ia
thers and forefathers have done for
zoo years-catching seals 70 makes
living. When We think Of seals we
bring to mind the animals for
WHOSE rich Coat of fur miady is
wiling TO p3y- hundreds or. even
thousands Of doIiars-the fur seal,
which. inbabYs the north Pscidc
orean, But "a the waters of the
Atlantic lives anothef species,
which is also sought for s. coat or
hide which goo into many thou
sand. ef pocEatbooks, satchels,
gloves and other articles, for which
it's especially valuable. So every
year hardy Newfoundlalders hke
their lives in their hands in tbe
seal hunt, for net enly is its coat
valuable, hut NE bl1bher of The
goung yields an oil much priced foi
~.-SA'-Ne eAfFfo-
There are foup spesies Of seals II
the waters around Newfoandhxp.
and Labrador = the bay seal, u.
harp, the hood and the square fir
per. The harp seal-the seal OF
conmerce-is so called from hav-
ing broad, curved line OF dark
connected spots extending along
each shoulder and meeting on the
back above the tail, forming a fig
urc something like an sncierft harp.
As the hoods aN Olsen with The
harIs. they are also taken for the
skins. The male, called the ~do
hosi, " Is distinguished from the +,
male by curious sack or bag o
flesh on his nose. When sttackel
or cnraged he initiates this hoos
with air so as to cover the face and
eyes, and it Is strong enough to re-
sist seal shot. When thus protect
ed he can be killed only by slfbot-
ing hisn in the neck and the base OF
the skull.
Unlike the cowardly harp seal,
the dog hood fights desperately in
defense of his mate and Young ones,
and if they are killed he becomes
furious, initiates his heod, while his
no~trils dilate into tive huge blad-
ders. As he rushes at his NenernS
with foundering saps, it Is as well
to keep safe distance IL the hunter
IS alone, for instances have occur
red where a fight Between an cid
dog hood and five or air men hasS
lasted for an hous. and more than
snce a nan has been cranched' to
death BY the powerful jaws.
The sesl is great trayeler. but
depends on, the rivers of the ocean
% tase him Where nc wants to 20:
like good many other tourists, he
pends his summer in the north,
eaving the southern waters in Mat
ND spending about three months
n the seas about Greenland. With
he beginning of the arctic winter
he seal horse starts on its long
outhern vsyage.-Day Allen Wis
sy in Van Nor3en's.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-07-15
His Great Need.

The father reoeived's note FRO
a young man who had been "gcr
with" his daughter recently VIII
read az follows: Dear Sir-Nc
like Jessie's hand in marriage. =
and I are in fuv, and ] think ! ~
wife. Yures, Henry"
The father replied by letter, say
ing: Friend 'Heny-You dom
reed a wife. You need a spelling
book. Get one and study it year
Then write me again"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-07-15
COMMISSIONER SEEKS PACKAGE REGULATION!

If the state food and drug commissioner who under
the present law is guardian the public milk can,
the grocery and the drug store the way
has his say after time early next year every peck
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-07-15

selves up that uIe orgaQizsd
a prayer meetE' right siere
and sung a hymn.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-07-15

Humorist-rve Just written 6ftesu
Jokes On the man VINO doesn't adver-
tise.
Poet-That's wrong. You shouidn't
Jest about me dcad.-Elncinnat e.
qoirer.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1910-11-01
,rhe Confedernt.. Y eternn.

This popular periodical. representing
officially all of the general Confederate
organizations. and which is the most ex-
traordinarily commended publication IN
existence. seeks increased circulation in
this section. Subscriptions will be re-
celved at this Office at u 90. or we win
club the VETERAN and the SFiRIToy JEY-
PERSON one year for $i.7s. cash in adj
vance. Copies will be sent free occa-
sionally to veterans who caa't pay. upon
reques, OF their FRIENDS. Address S A
ECunniugbam. Nashville. Tenn.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1910-11-01
1t Removed an Objectionable
Chaperon.
BY STACY E. BAKER.

copyright, 1910, by American Press Asso-
ciation.l
There were three girls of them-Beth.
who was past twenty: Nora. nineteen.
and Belle, the baby" just turned
eighteen.
1t was happy and well organized
family In spite Of the fact that 1t was
motherless and that Father kepner,
who was a travelling salesman. was
away a great deal of the time.
Marie Lester was cousin of the
Kepners. She, too, was motherless as
well as fatherless, and 1t occurred to
the elder Kepner that home with his
daughters and their privileges would
be eagerly accepted by her in lieu of
the position for which the girls letters
indicated that she was searching. He
sent for her.
"But we don't want that old maid. :
objected Belle, ponting prettily. I'VE
do very well alone"
at is the gossip of the neighbors
that ! am thinking of. dearie." ex-
planned her father. "Elgin isn't SO
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1910-11-01

large town that family can be
overlooked, and you girls, with your
beaus, will be sure to be talked about
IL you are not properly chaperoned."
The Kepner trio were handsome
girls. They were popular. The best
young men in the town were glad TO
be numbered among their friends. and
the Kepner house was generally the
winter Mecca of the young people.
Beth was a stately brunette. TALL
slim and as perfectly confident as be-
came an older sister.
Nora was blond, yellow haired.
daintily feminine.
Belle was a nonedscript. 1t was she
who raised the most strenuous objec-
| lions to the Importation Of Cousin Ma
| rie, but in the end the father won his
! point.
The cousin was, according to family
records. thirty-two years of age. A
sedate sobersides was expected to ma
terialize. Imagine the surprise of the
waiting trio. then. when dapper
|
ingly handsome. approached them as
| they were waiting at the station for
the new social charge d'affafres and
introduced herself as the looked for
| relative.
Even the superior Beth was tricked
into an expletiye of amazement
"Why, II she began.
Exactly" laughed Cousin Marie in
well modulated and pleasant con
tralto. "You expected the Lester old
maid to arrive Respondent In cork
screw curls. wearing an ancient bel
hoped gown of the vintage Of 80. but
| unfortunately / couldn't At into ths
scheme"
| The Kepner trio decided that the,
would like this cousin.
They didn't.
This is why:
| Beth. Nora and Belle were all blesset
with steady company" youths o
means and promise. with constan
vows of fidelity ever lowering on thei
lips.
Gradually the enamored ones begal
to be won by the bright ways Of tb
most experienced maiden, to the cha
grined discontinue of the sister
three
Marie Lester was handsome. Better
she knew how to dress. and It wa
soon brought home to the girls that
she was unmarried 1t was solely be
cause she chose to remain so. Sh
showed a most remarkable faculty f
bringing men TO her dlminutive feet.
Beth's young man was a particular
susceptible youth. and be succumbe
first. The great brown eyes of th
newcomer seemed to exert q potent II
fiuence over him. and the soft touc
Of her hand on his brought the brigE
red to his cheeks.
Beth noted this with amusement a
FIRST, and then-was 1t jealousy?
Shortly afterward Nora's 'tende
swain cast longing eyes in the dire
ton Of the chaperon whenever she wa
present.
The faithiessness Of the lovers Of ht
sisters amused the spritely Belle unit
1t suddenly dawned upon her that ht
$ own particular young man was tn
mendously enamored-
II was then that council Of Wa
was called
"Samething must be dome des?ai
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1910-11-01

II you want nice fresh clean groceries.
give US a call. We can supply you with auy
thing in the grocery line, at right prices
f. FRANK RoxEMus
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1910-11-01
w hite Pine
and T ar.

Ihis is the season when coughs and colds
are prevalent aud we recommend our u hits
zine and Tar Cough Syrup as the very best
Cough Remedy that can be used, pleasant Ia
mo taste and effective as to results, equally
good for young and old
600
For Colds We Offer You
a. D. s. COLD CURE. BRoMo QUININE
OR HILLS cAscARA oUININR, all are
good,
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Children CrY
FOR FLETcHER'S
CA 8 7 Q RIA

Custom Tailoring Department
Having secured the agency for two Of the
best lines in the country. we would be
pleased to show you through our immense
lines Of made TO measure clothes. 1000
samples to select from Geo. g. Marsteller.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1910-11-01

QUICK CLIMATIC CHANCES try strong cor
stifntions and czuee. among other evils ,nssa
cafarrh. . troublesome and offensive disease
Sneezirg and snufIiing;cought hing and didlcuIi
breathing, and the drip, drip Of the foul dis.
charge into the throat. all are ended BY KY
Cream oaIm. II his EOueet remedy contains
no cocaine. mercury, nor other harmful To-
gredknt The wort cases Weld 70 treatment
IN short time. All drnagisfs, &c. or mailed
by Rsy Bsos. IS Warren Street. New York.
mr. Miles Amt Fstn Tslt4 relieve r.
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For Colds We Offer Yop
SPICES FOR BUTCHERIEG TIME

All kinds Of Spices and '.Butchering Time,
supplies-Red aud Black Pepper, Coriander
Seed aud Sage, Saltpetre and Rorax for chr
ing meat, Liquid Smoke for Hams and
Shoulders
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1910-11-01
Farm for Sale.

A good jefferson County Farm for Safe.
300 acres Of good, tillabIe. limestone land. 80
acres In timber, with vein Of 10 omite Iun-
ming across the tract u ell improved, and
eaufifnlly located. Atpsy Al the
ssno-si Spirit pTgI.E.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1910-11-01
SHAVING ARTICIES

Every Kind Of Shaving Articles for men
Silette, Anto-Strop and Durham Dnplex
Safety Razors--al kinds Of STRAIGHT Riada
kazors, strops, Brushes, shaving soap in
stick and cake, Shaving Powder and Cream,
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II YOU WANT

r, GO, the most for your money adj
vertse the
SPIRIT or JEFFERSON,
49,. oaser Of tie people-the paper
Of the iargest local circulation.
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CA DIES

Fresh supply of Whitmeu's aud other candles
always on hand, all sorts OF good things for
Your sweet tooth,
600
II you don't see what you want ask for IT,
IL we do not carry II In stock we will get
II for you. We strive TO please,
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1910-11-01

mr. Mics Arss-s' atn psiia relsevs rein
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1910-11-01
ALL KINDS of FACE POWDERS

Talcum and Face Powders, Creams, Per-
fumes and Cosmetics in abundance-all the
popular advertised brands. Try our Floral
tarnation Talcum. II is great