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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-12-27
Tortoise Shell Combs.

Couture fashions are causing wom-
en- to bring forth old shell combs and
pins that have been laid away for
years.
While these may be good in line
they are apt to be dull and of cloudy
appearance.
If very bad they should be sent to
jeweler or manufacturer of shell goods
for repolishing.
To brighten at home rub with sweet
oil, wipe dry, cover with whiting or
good silver powder and polish with
chamois.
To keep shell in good condition
wash it frequently with tepid water,
then polish with little olive oil on
piece of flannel or chamois.
AS shell is brittle, it should be care
fully handled, especially not subjected
to sudden changes of temperature
When not sure if your she'll is real
do not put it too near fame, as II
may be ceiluloid and explode.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-12-27
Y
YHnIONO
SPORTS
Football fatalities are fewer this

Football fatalities are fewer this
season.
Clarke Griffith is real comedian
He states without smiling that Wash
ington has a good team.
Hans Wagner is a "slugger," but it
would be safe to meet him in the mid
die of the road on a dark night.
Harvard and Yale are already clam
oring for revision of the football rules
Princeton seems to be satisfied.
Baseball was played by the Hittites
1000 years ago, and today Frank
Baker is the best hittite in our midst.
China may become a republic, but
republic without Honus Wagner or
Ty Cobb
Football netted Yale about $4,000
this year. We should like to know
about how much it costs to run a
football team.
Every team in the National league
except ST. Louis, has a man ahead Of
the first Cub player in the list of bat
ting averages.
China has organized an eight club
baseball league, but it will be a long
time before it is able to get a major
league franchise.
Women are subject TO hysteria, .
says Russian doctor. Evidently he
has never seen a crowd of male be-
ings at football game.
Since so many appointed man
ayers" of the Cincinnati club have
proven Jokes" when the real leader
is chosen he may be overlooked.
Frank Schultz won't worry over the
loss of single home run. He could
run it down in quick order with that
smoke wagon if he wished to do So
Officials of the minor leagues have
voted to reduce the salaries of base
ball players. Is there no patriotism
left in the officials of the minor
leagues?
What, indeed, is in name? The
dispatch to the sporting department
states that zone Round Hogan
knocked out Knockout" Brown in the
seventh round!
Picking all-star football teams is
delectable pastiming. but in the abb
sence of a real gridiron battle this is
about the only thing left for the dyed
in-the-wool enthusiast.
A New York paper has discovered
that the game of baseball is 1000
years old: Having descended from
the Hittites to the Giants" Correct.
There can be no doubt that the
Giants have descended from the Hit
ties.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-12-27
woRKBAG MADE OF RIBBON
novel and Handy Affair Can Be Made
Quickly From Yard of Wide
Ribbon.

4 novel workbag that has added ad-
vantage of being quickly made up is
constructed from a yard of wide rib
bon. preferably six or eight inches,
says the Washington Herald.
The bag is in four compartments,
all drawing on the same string The
ribbon is folded in half, then three
folds are made at either side until the
ribbon is equally divided in space to
form four compartments.
Sew the selvages together In pairs
to make four divisions. each four and
a half inches in depth. Overcast the
edges neatly with tiny stitches. This
will leave there top folds. which are
cut for a depth of two inches from
either edge. Hem narrowly and cover
with tiny silk cord if you wish
finish.
Crochet eight small rings of brass
or bone with embroidery silk to har-
monize with the colors in the bag
Sew a ring to each corner of the four
bags and then run a double length OF
silk cord or narrow ribbon. which
pulled from either end. will open and
close bags at once.
Do not use too soft a ribbon. The
heavy lowered effects with satin
edges are pretty and viii stand up
right when opened, which makes 1t
easier to discover contents.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-12-27
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DUTY OF PICKET DURING WAR
Young Recruits Were Troubled Great
ly With Bothersome Countersien-
One Gives Up Rifle.

In "a Little Filters War Diary" c.
W. Bardeen relates many an Incident
that has not before seen light. Among
these are some relating to picket duty
and the rendering Of the bothersome
countersign which are truly remark
able For instead of possessing at
least some faint particle of the sol
dierly instinct, many of the younger
recruits. It would seem, were of a
strikingly civilian frame of mind, and
this can be no more said Of one army
than of the other.
This is a characteristic account:
One recruit challenged. who goes
there?" The Grand Rounds" In
stead of saying, Halt, Grand Rounds.
Advance, sergeant, and give the coun-
tersign," the recruit exclaimed in dis
gust, 20, -, l thought it was the
relief"
A general testing the sentries came
upon young recruit who halted him
with:
stop! Have you the countersfgn?"
NO" replied the general.
what, another one without it?' ex
claimed the sentry in disgust. Well.
III tell you; it's Victory
The general gasped for breath.
What do you mean by giving anyone
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-12-27
TRAIN KAISER'S SONS
Not an Easy Task, Says an
american Boxer.
Jack Slim Relates Some of His Em
periences at Potsdam-Prince os-
car Is Sturdy Fellow, Weigh
ing 1865 Pounds.

Jack Slim, the Anglo-American box
er who is training the kaisers young
er sons in the noble art of self-de-
Tense, has no easy job of it.
They are very good to me at
Potsdam, and the young princes are
pretty good natured. Still, it is not
all beer and skittles,' said Slim. For
example, the kaiserin is too good a
mother not to have a few qualms
about her sons indulging in a sport,
which, though useful enough, is not
very popular in Germany and meets
with good deal of prejudice among
army officers
THE kaiserin watched with inter
est the exercises | was putting Prince
Oscar through the other day, but
think she is always little nervous
about it. "Are you sure Oscar is
strong enough for boxing?' she asked
me when l first went to Potsdam as
trainer, and I had some trouble to
reassure her. L was asked to tea
with the royal family. A special room
was reserved for me at the palace,
but what rather amused me was that
most of the time l had to go about
in evening dress.
AS for Prince Oscar, I can only
tell you that he is a pretty sturdy
fellow and the kaiserin need have no
anxiety about him. He weighs about
165 pounds, and he is so quick on his
feet that sometimes he beats me, The
kaiserin was really anxious. 1 think
as to whether boxing was not injuri-
GUS to the heart"
Jack Slim has a busy time trying
to carry out Prince Oscars impetu-
Gus demands for his presence. "One
day after Christmas" said Jack, 81
got a telegram telling me to be at
Wildpark, Potsdam, at four o'clock.
There was no train that would get
me there in time, so I just took a mo-
tor, and, my, but that josser hummed
when gave him the address. All the
way the German hobbies were putting
down the number of the car as we
tore past them. 1t made me laugh. l
told Prince Oscar all about it, and
he laughed quite as much as I did.
He speaks English better than any
of his brothers; in fact, he is more
like an Englishman than a German,
any way"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-12-27

You may not know how well a light
beaver hat viii wash. Put the hat into
q large pan of warm water containing
SOAP powder and pat it with the hands,
changing the water four or five times,
then rinsing in as many. To dry. lay
"a fat as possible, cover with cloth
and iron. When pressed into shape
and partly dry nothing so quickly CON
n,etes the process as an electric fan.
SAYS the philadelphia North American
Then. to fluff up the nap, beat il Is
minutes with a small switch This may
seam 4 long process. but the hat VII!
le-,h &C good as new
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-12-27

over with tiasel, laces for everything
but the street get-up are as fine as
cobwebs. No material can be stiff,
for effects are still clinging; the con-
tour OF the body, which the great ar
lists declare to be the most divine
of Gods creations, must be revealed.
What is the result of all this beauty!
For the first time in her life woman
resents the talk of new styles: with
all her strength she is holding on to
the effects that Danish middle age,
take a dozen years from the really
aged and make the genuinely young
seem like daughters of the gods. The
fashions of 1880 may return after
awhile, but they will be so altered, so
cunningly considerate OF looks. that
we will not recognize them. We have
acquired the habit of beauty in dress
and 1t viii be a hard one to break.
The illustration presents an evening
gown with some of the seasons most
important and most charming points,
and, as may be seen, the style has
been largely Influenced by the harem
skirt The material of this stunning
costume is satin charmeuse in a
shade of blue so faint as to seem al
most white. The bodice is yelled over
with dawn pink chiffon, the same also
covering the front breadths of the
skirt The train, oddly enough, is Of
the uncovered b'ue charmeuse. The
barem feature comes in with the slash
ing Of the skirt, which is caught at
this point with a large gold butterfly;
in the opening hangs deep fringe OF
black chenille, the same note being re.
peated in velvet for the belt and chou.
The little MODESTO at the front Of the
Eodice is of plain white tulle caught
together with a gilt bauble, and the
mdersleeye hands are Of gilt embroid-
cred tulle
Plain ivory white or satin, or the
same material in a delicate color, with
the bodice edges and the skirt orna-
ment of gilt, would be as handsome IN
this style as the present combination.
Chiffon velvet and plain yelling over
silk are other rewarding materials,
but If the gown is for young lady
or youthful matron the train had bet
ter be cut pointed, as this cut is far
more stylish just now than the square
finish.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-12-27

cause I did not apply for one. All I
went over for was to look around
There would be no use in taking out
license now, for it would expire at
the end of the year. Training licenses
in England begin with the first of the
calendar year.
81 am going back in midwinter some
time. | have not decided just when I
shall ship my horses. There is no
prospect of my going to France until
after another season or two. 1t
would be no use to do so except with
jumpers. BY the rules of the French
tracks neither American nor British
horses can take part except in special
races. They have to be bred in
France"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-12-27

the countersign?" he at last roared
out. I'm the general and I'll have
you hanged"
The sentry was amazed. why, my
orders were not to let anyone pass
without the countersign," he ex-
claimed. Let me tell you, I'm tired
of giving it. Such a lot don't seem
to know it"
Words of this sort might be occa-
sionally heard
who comes there?"
"A friend"
Advance, friend, and give the coun.
tersign."
Hang it, man, have forgotten it."
'Begorra, so have L.
One officer, approaching a sentry,
was surprised to be greeted with Hi
tiddle-de-hi-ti."
What do you mean by challenging
like that?" he inquired. "The last
time was on duty" was the reply,
81 was told to challenge in more mu-
steal voice. and that's the only tune
l know"
On the troopship ST. Lawrence In
1865 an officer who had just got up
from convivial party proceeded to
visit the sentries, and this dialogue
was overheard:
Sentry"
Eyes, sir"
You're asleep, sentry"
ooh, no, am not, sir"
But l say you are asleep, sentry"
Very well, then, sir; | am
"Then why on earth didn't you say
you were asleep, sentry?"
Because l didn't know that | was,
sir, until you told me So"
"All right, sentry; don't let it oc-
cur again"
But that was British story, and
the following has more of the ring of
cur war.
To test sentry an officer after the
salute said:
Let me see your rife" The recruit
handed it over, whereupon the officer
said in disgust, You're a fine soldierI
You've given up your rifle and now
what are you going to do?'a The
young fellow drew out a dangerous
knife and exclaimed, Give me that
rifle or I'll cut your heart out!"
The officer was more than con-
WINGED that he would and hastily
handed the weapon back
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-12-27
paid SKI After 46 49,

Forty-six years after he had put in
a claim against the government for
1921. James B. Earl of Denver. Colo
a veteran of the civil war. received
his money. AS the government pavs
no interest. Earl's check, which he re.
ceived recently, was for the exact
amount he claimed on Aug. Is. 1855
when he was mustered out of the
Union army. At that time his nav
check was short s16O, and his cloth.
ing allowance II cents.
Earl served with the 5th Iowa in
fantry and later with the 5th Iowa
cavalry.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-12-27
SAM HlLDRETH DENIES TALE
Was Not Refused License to Race
Horses in England Because He
Had Not Applied for One.

Sam c. Hildreth, the veteran Ameri-
can trainer who went to England re-
Gently, returned on the Lusitania, ac-
companied by Mrs. Hildeth and Car
roll T. Shilling, the jockey who went
away with him to look over the Eng
lish tracks and select training quar-
ters. Hildreth denied the report that
he had been refused a license to train
in England.
''Was such report published
here?" he asked.
81 wasn't refused a license" said he.
81 could not be refused license be-
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-12-27
INSIST UPON BEAUTY
WHY WOMEN RIGHTLY CLING TO
PREVAILING STYLES.
Graceful Lines Of Present Fashions
Are Not Lightly to Be Given Up
Really a Debt Is Owing to
the Harem Skirt.

Up to this moment the air has been
filled with rumors of radical changes
In dress, yet SO far We are still slim
sylphs. still graceful, still young In
TACT, the makers themselves have ter
porarily given up the fight for deciued
changes, and are bending all their eff
forts toward making the styles we
have morS beautiful. Manufacturers,
too, are helping on the good work, and
from whizzing looms come velvets,
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-12-27
Good Year for Basketball.

Basketball promises to enjoy a
boom this winter that it has no known
heretofore. Leagues are being formed
on every hand and the interest in the
game has grown to large proportions.
Lovers of the sport look to see it be-
come the most popular of indoor pas
times during the cold weather.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-12-27
Mummy Is After Fucker.

Charles Murphy, president of the
Chicago National League Baseball
club, is said to be anxious to get Nap
Rucker, the star left hand twirler of
the Brooklyn team, and would, it is
reported, be willing to give severa
Chicago players in return
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-12-27
OVERALL'S ARM GETS BETTER
Out Seventeen Players on the
Pacific Coast.

Orval Overall's arm seems to get
better every time he pitches a game.
Recently the former Cub whom Man
ages Chance is trying to persuade to
return to the Chicago team struck out
seventeen men twirling against the
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-12-27

silks. gauzes, tulles that look rs if
they had been spun by the fairies.
Indeed, since the days Of the French
Louis fabrics have never been more
sumptuous than now and, besides.
they comport with the great require
ment of the hour-youthfuiness. Frail
gauzes are exquisitely traced over
with cut velvet. veilings are threaded
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-12-27
All-Ameriean Team.

The first of the years selection for
an all-American group of athletes at
one of the college clubs in New York
the other night. It is as follows:
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-12-27
orval Overall.

All Sacramento team for Cy MORNINGS
Stockton outlaws. Overall allowed
eight hits and won, to l. He would
have scored shutout had not Eddie
Carrigan found him for home run.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-12-27

the countersign?" he at last roared
out. "I'm the general and I'll have
Won haDCad
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-08-16
Number Two.

A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to section eight
article nine. of the Constitution OF Penn
sylvania.
Section l. Be 1t resolved by the Senat
and House of Representatives OF the Cor
monwealth of Pennsylvania in Genera
Assembly met, That the following is pro
posed as an amendment TO the Constitu
tion of the Commonwealth of Pennsylva
mia. in accordance with the provisions o,
the eighteenth article thereof
Amendment to Article Nine. Section
Eight.
Section 2 Amend section eight articl
nine, of the Constitution OF Pennsylvania
which reads as follows:-
Section 8 The debt nf anv county
city borough township school district or
other municipality or Incorporated dis
| trlct except as herein provided, shall new
| er exceed seven per centum upon the as
| sessed value of the taxable property there
| In, nor shall any such municipality OF
| district incur any new debt, or Increase
| its Indebtedness to an amount exceeding
| two per centum upon such assessed val
uation of property, without the assent Of
| the electors thereof at public election in
| such manner as shal, BE provided by law:
but any city, the debt of which now ex-
ceeds seven per centum of such assessed
| increase the same three per centum. In
the aggregate, at any one time, upon such
| valuation" so as to read as follows:-
| Section s. The debt of any county, city,
borough township. school district or 9TH
er municipality or Incorporated district,
| except as herein provided, shall never ex-
coed seven per centum upon the assessed
value of the taxable property therein, nor
shall any such municipality or district in
l 1lI.N
edness to an amount exceeding two per
oentum upon such assessed valuation OF
property, without the assent of the cleo
tors thereof at a public election in such
manner as shall be provided by law; but
| any city the debt of which now exceeds
seven per centum of such assessed val
| uation, may be authorized by law to in
crease the same three per centum, in the
aggregate, at any one time. upon such
| valuation, except that any debt or debts
hereinafter incurred by the city and coun-
ty of Philadelphia for the construction
| and development of subways for transit
purposes, or for the construction OF
wharves and docks, or the reclamation OF
land to be used I'm the construction of a
| system of wharves and docks, as public
| improvements, owned or to be owned by
said city and county of Philadelphia, aad
which shall yield to the city and county
| of Philadelphia current net revenue In ex-
cess of the interest on said debt or debts
and Of the annual installments necessary
for the cancellation of said debt or debts,
may be excluded in ascertaining the pow
er of the city and county of Philadelphia
to become otherwise indebted: Provided,
That a sinking fund for their cancellation
shall be established and maintained
A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 2.
ROBERT MCAFEE,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-08-16
A Queer Freak,

Milreau, who was said to have been
connected with some of the best fami-
lies in France and TO have possessed
considerable means until ruined by the
Panama canal disaster, was one of the
best friends the beggars of Paris ever
had, and to obtain funds for helping
them he became a systematic thief, He
used to frequent the fashionable streets
uuring the day and pick pockets, and
by night, dressed in ragged clothes, he
dispensed the spoils to the first beg
gars he met For years he continued
the practice without being suspected,
and 1t was by pure chance that he
eventually did fall into the hands Of
the police. When his lodgings were
searched sufficiently empty purses were
found to fill large packing case, and
it was made clear that he had stolen
hundreds of watches and scarfpins,
while he had been pinching and con-
triving to live respectable man on a
few francs week saved from the ruin
of his fortune.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-08-16
Incapacitated.

1.-THE fussy individual who always
has run in with the waiter never
fares any better than the rest Of us
who are satisfied to take things as
they come,' sai6 the homeless bach
elor. 81 took breakfast with one Of
these fussers the other morning in a
little cafe uptown that was new to
both of us.
"All he wanted was cup of coffee
and a couple of boiled eggs. But you
might have thought the universe de-
pended upon those eggs. After having
given the waiter minute instructions
as to their preparation, he sat with his
watch in his hands.
"Finally the eggs came, and there
was a lot more powwow. AS he crack
ed the shell of one he turned to the
waiter and said, Are you sure these
eggs are positively freshT
And the waiter, who had watery
eyes and a very red nose, replied with
all seriousness: Il really can't say, sir.
| have frightful cold in my head.'"
New York Times.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-08-16
The Waste of the Wind.

Every one who wants cheap mo-
tive force has tried TO harness the
wind. Every child has made paper
propeller or windmill. But can 1t be
said that the possible uses of the wind
have been as arluously investigated
as such recently discovered forces as
steam and electricity and gases? Is 1t
not conceivable that the practical uses
Of the wind are underestimated just
because they are so familiar?
We cannot help thinking that the
wind will he more variously employed
some day in the same way that prob
ably the problem of laying under con-
tribution the great physical fact of the
tides will be solved, One would think
that the wind could be used for cleo
tric lighting, yet there Is no practical
apparatus for the purpose. True, the
wind is variable and occasionally alb
sent, but as electricity can be stored
one might suppose that this was the
very case in which variability did not
particularly matter.-London Specta-
tnr
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-08-16
The Literary Man.

When l get home where | live at
will remove my wife's new hat from
my desk and my daughters socks and
my wee babys building blocks, three
spools of thread, some tatting frames,
a box or two of cut out games, some
scissors and my wife's new waists, a
box of tacks and some tooth paste, a
cookbook and a sewing kit, some let
ters that my wife has writ, some apple
cores the kids put there, one or two
wads of handmade hair, bottle Of
shoe polish, too, halrbrush and a
baby shoe, some stockings that are
worth a darn, skein or two of darn
ing yarn, a picture book or two or
three, a picture babe has drawn for
me, a rubber ball, piece of gum, some
picture postcards and drum. I'll do
all that when l get home and then
write an immortal poem that will have
Swinburne double crossed-if all my
pencils are not lost.-Houston Post.