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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-10-15
Prudence.

"JiEks appears to be putting aside
something each month for a rainy
day
His failure to return umbrellas
made me suspect as much"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-10-15
The Modern Lover.

Her Father (sternly-Young man,
can sou support my daughter in the
style she's been accustomed to-?
Lover (briskly)-I can, but I'd be
ashaHed to.-Life.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-10-15
No Mechanical influence.

Was it case of love at first
sight?"
Il would hardly call it that He did
not get his auto until month after
they met."-Judge.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-10-15
PACKING Room COMEDY.

George-Rudolf, go downstairs and
get me some excelsior.
Rudolf-Excelsior! What's that?
George-You know, that stuff that
looks like hay.
Rudolph-Oh, that long sawdust.-
Judge.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-10-15
Her Husband.

Il asked my husband for some pin
money this morning" What did he
say?" "He asked me how much pins
were a paper"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-10-15
There Are Others.

Let me write the songs of ma
tion," said the ready made philoso-
pher, "and l care not who makes the
laws
Il won't go quite so far as that"
replied Senator Sorghum; but let me
write the amendments and | care not
who draws up the bills
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-10-15

r. the recall is to be applied to the
,,dess let us begin with Judge I'yncn-
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-10-15

WSlie-How vain you are, Ethel!
Looking at yourself in the glass.
Ethel-Vain? Me vain! Why, don't
think myself half SO good-looking as
really am
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-03-28
sEAWEED AS POPULAR FOOD
Japan and Other Countries Already
use II to a Very consldsE.
able Extent.

According to some French scien-
lists seaweed will become one of the
popular foods Of the futara, Already
Japan uses 1t in number Of dainty
table dishes and also cultivates it ex-
tensively that the supply may not
give out.
In Brittany, too, the lower classes
gather as much as twenty to thirty
tons year and call it by the name
of Iceland moss. The peasants Of
northern France are beginning to
follow the example and number it
among their articles of diet.
In other localities the weed is
looked upon as possessing great me-
dicinal value, and in Corsica it is
Prescribed by the doctors as sure
cure for all kinds Of goiter. AS gel
atins and alkalies are contained in
the seaweed it is considered by the
Asiatics to be invaluable in cases Of
severe Indigestion.
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-03-28
WOMEN in PRuSsIA's ARMY
Several Of Them Played Prominent
Parts IN War Of Liberation
Century Ago.

The year 1918 marks notable
passage in the history of Prussia. A
hundred years ago Prussia rose
against Napoleon, who was already
weakened by the retreat from Mos
COW, and with the help Of the Aus
TRANS and also of very large body
of Russians they managed to drive
the French army over the frontier
after defeating it in the tremendous
two days struggle at Leipsic.
Many are the centennial celebra-
lions that are arranged for this year.
Histories of the war, generally known
as the "War Of Liberation" are also
being issued, and naturally enough
one or two of these deal with the
part that women played in the war,
writes the Berlin correspondent Of
the London Standard. In one of
these Major Noe, one of the chief
students of the history Of this cam
paign, gives sketch Of the career of
seventeen daughters of Prussia who
were specially prominent in the fight.
incidentally it shows that in sew
eral cases Prussian women were most
capable as soldiers, able to command
and ready to obey, as well as being
able to withstand the hardships Of
campaigning. To site some in
stances, Maria Werder, woman of
Silesia, was allowed to serve as a
hussar in the same regiment as her
husband, who was a wealthy land
owner. She was wounded in several
engagements and saw her husband
shot dead by her side at Ieipsic.
Elenora Prochaska is one of the
better known of these heroines. She
engaged under the name of "Carl
REM" in the light horse when only
eighteen, and several poets have writ
ten Of her courage and of her death
just before the battle of Leipsic. A
monument stands to her memory in
the cemetery at Potsdsih.
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-03-28
CLEVER BABY.

'T have met many proud moth
ers," says Rochester physician, 'fbut
no maternal pride eclipses that of a
young woman to whose baby I have
given some attention.
Gone day she was pointing out to
me the superlative excellences Of her
offspring, its intelligence, cleverness,
etc, when she wound up with this
"See, doctor, watch now, as I take
him in my arms. Do observe how
intelligently he breathes p-Lippin-
colts.
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-03-28
ALL SEARCHED THEIR BOOKS
Amusing Joke Played by Alderman on
His Brother Members Of the
Council.

They tell a story of an alderman
who had a sense of humor. At a
meeting of the council at a time
when number of contracts were to
be given out the members picked up
the record book with which all are
provided and began to turn the
pages idly. Suddenly he started and
stopped, with a page poised between
thumb and forefnger, and carefully
looked around. Then he cautiously
extracted a bank bill from between
the pages and hastily thrust it in his
vest pocket.
He turned a few more pages,
pulled out another bill and put it
away in the same manner. Then he
began to wonder if he was being
watched.
After he had found the third
bill and hidden it he suddenly raised
his head and looked about the table.
He says that every person present
was carefully and breathlessly turn
ing the pages of his individual book,
one page at a time.
Of course the joker had "salted''
his own book beforehand, and the
whole thing was q scsndslously
clever sell.
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-03-28
ANOTHER PRIVILEGE GONE.

"What'S old Hank Winters SO gol-
darn mad at?" asked Hi Peters.
CAV, he's kickin' about this here
new-fangled parcel post"
"Haow do that hurt him ?"
"Well, he says he won't never have
no excuse no more to go to taown an
set araound tn store all day while
he's expressin' paound o butter to
his son in tn city. He says he dunno
what our gov'ment's a-comin to-"
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-03-28

The people of Washington and
of 1.-THE country in general were
curious to know what kind of a
Sunday the first at the White
House and at the capital would be
under the new administration
Society circles of Washington
were surprised, ane the church
people of the nation generally were
delighted that the day was obser-
we'd as a day of rest and worship.
Not an executive office of any of
the departments was open. There
was no work done al the White
House. Secretary Tumulty told
every one connected with the adj
ministration at the White House
to spend Sunday at home. Had a
bomb exploded 1t would not have
caused more establishment.
President Wilson sent word TO the
executive officers that unless mes
sages of the first Importance came
he did not want to see them until
Monday morning. Secretary of
State Bryan gave the same order
III his department. The President
and his daughters attended the
Central Presbyterian Church.
Vice President Marshall and Sec
rotary Bryan both taught classes
III Sunday School before going to
the church services with their
families. Society, taking its cue
from the White House, forswore
morning paper chases, afternoon
bridge parties, and dinner dances
to form unusual additions to
Washington chuch congregations.
The reckless and wholesale disre-
gard and dissertation Of the Lord s
Day has become a national sin.
1t will be hard to calculate the
moral effect of the example of Sab
path observance set by our leaders
at Washington. The old promise
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-03-28
IN A HURRY.

Bits Of colloquy between counsel
and witnesses in the local courts,
while not important to the case,
sometimes make good reading. For
instance:
MADAM, how old are your"
Witness naturally hesitates.
"Come, come, madam. The long
er you delay answering my question
the older you are"
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-03-28
rEAoHINe lie YOUNG idea

'Pa, when a man tells a girl that
she is the sunshine of his life what
does it mean?"
''It means that he is talking NOON
shine, my SON."
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-03-28
STRIVING TO PLEASE.

"You seem to think well Of the
man who writes the weather proph-
ecies in this particular almanac"
eyes," replied Farmer Corntossel,
q have compared 'em all, and he
predicts more good weather than all
the rest Of 'em put together"
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-03-28
AND THEN eooDRY.

"Would you as soon take your
change in silver?"
Il suppose so. Only in that case
III have to scatter it through all
my pockets"
"Why SOP"
'If I don't my Rifell hear it
rattle" ~
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-03-28
REAL. SUFFERER.

MAN, can you do somethin' for a
sufferer in the war in the Balkans ~
an what manner did you suffer ~
II was a proofreader on daily
paper"
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-03-28
ALL is VANITY.

Mrs. Gramercy-Youll find the
weather lovely and warm in the Med
iterranean.
Mrs. Park-I hope, my dear, it
won't be too warm to wear my new
set of furs.-London Opinion.
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-03-28

On Thursday morning during a
heavy gale two large branches OF
a huge willow tree on the west side
of the Presbyterian church were
blown down. One of the branch
es fell over the trolley track de-
laying the cars for a short time.
The other branch fell across the
roof of the church, making a hole
about 4 feet in diameter. The hole
is just over the pipe organ which
is in danger of being injured un-
less the wind and rain cease SO
that it can be repaired.
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-03-28

Former residents of Delaware City
who still love their old home are writ
ing US to send them The Press. We
are glad TO comply with their reques
and especially glad to enroll them
among our regular subscribers.
Many who still reside in Delaware
City might with profit to themselves
and for the good of the town, follow
the example of those who, though
they have moved away and are not
likely to return have sufficient inter-
est in us to want to know what is
going on here. We are glad to get
the kind words that come to us:they
help us in an enterprise which
thongd it will never be financially
profitable is one of pleasure, but
wi at we need at this time is bona
fide subscriptions for The Press.
Subscriptions for The Press should
be paid for ar this office, We can.
not afford to pay collector. To
buy a copy of the paper when you
are expecting to see your name or the
names of yous friends in it will not
tend to make the paper permanent,
the generous way, the patriotic way
is to subscribe now,
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-03-28
PLAIN GOLD ONE.

HeclS-They say a ring around the
@oon is a sign of rain.
Peck-so is a ring around a wom-
ans finger sign of reign.-Boston
Transcript.
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-03-28
GROOM RARELY LOOKS LIKE ONE.

"How women do love to stare at
a hero" sand the cynical youth.
eyes" assented the savage bach
elor, chat is one reason why they
always flock to weddings" Boston
Evening Transcript.
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-03-28
LODGES.

The regular monthly communi'
'ation of Jackson Lodge No. 10 A..
F. & A. M. will lie holding on the
first Tuesday of next mouth.
Old Glory Council No. 12J, o.
y. A. NJ meets every Thursday
evening,
Delaware City X. G e. meets
very Monday evening at Eagles
Tall, above Cofer's Hardware.
Patrick Henry Ledge No. IL ]
20 F. meets every Wednesday
their Temple. Corner 2nd. and
efierson SITS.
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-03-28

A Judge in Chester Co. Pa, while
granting licenses to sell liquor recon-
mends the adoption of local option
laws. So the good work is going on.
Judges, physicians, scientists, teach
ers, political economists and others
are coming to see the liquor traffic as
an unmitigated curse which sooner OIL
later must go. All efforts to elimin-
ate poverty and crime will be largely
abortive until the great cause of boil
is destroyed, root and branch.
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-03-28

Of national prosperity to those
who should remember the Lord S
Sabbath holds good now in our
land. christian Herald.
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-03-28

Entered at the Post Office IN
Delaware City, Del. as second
class matter, March 18th, 1913,
under Act of Congress, March 8,
1879.
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-03-28
Her OBJECTIONS.

"Why wouldn't Mayme let Jim in
stall her in his home as its mis-
tress ?"
"Said she didn't like the INSTALL
ment plan"
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-03-28
DELAWARE CITY TRAINS.
= STEAMBOATS, A.

Wilmington to Philadelphia
md Return 25c. Good for 30
days.
---.-+-- ,------4-----
Leave Wilmington, 7.3o, 1890
4. M, and l.3o p. m. Extra trips
7 p. M. Saturdays & Sundays.
Leave Chestnut Street Wharf,
Philadelphia, 1890 a. M, l.3o,
lis and 7 p. M. Extra trips 100
4. M, Sundays and Mondays.
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-03-28
Published by
]. l. RUsBRIDGE.
Editor aud Proprietor.

Issued every Friday,
s1.OO per year. 2 cts. per copy.
Advertising rates on application.
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-03-28
MUNICIPAL ELECTION

MUNICIPAL ELECTION
Will be held in the Fire Engine
House, Delaware City, Del. Tues
Apr. 1st., 1918, from until ppm.
To elect the following
Mayor To serve . years
Member of Council
Treasurer 7" y
Il. T. Vail.
Mayor.
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-03-28

Miss Edna Chandler ofWil. is
a week end guest of Miss Beulah
Whiteman.
Mrs. G. N. Bright is entertain
ing Miss Marion RobinsonofPbila
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-03-28

Subscribe for the Press.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-07
URGE REFORMS IN
/. APPRA|S|NG SYSTEM
Secretary MacVeagh Recon-
mends New Bureau

Washington, March 6.-Reforms of the
customs appraising system of the United
States IS recommended In the report to
the Secretary of the Treasury to the COM
mittee which investigated the subject.
Before retiring as head of the treasury
department, Secretary Macveagh sent a
copy of the report to Chairman Under
wood of the ways and means committee
recommending the reforms which he de-
clared would add millions of dollars to the
governments income and minimize the
demoralizing frauds.
The committee recommends creation of
a bureau of appraisements with various
boards of examiners and investigators to
supervise and coordinate the appraising
and the Standardization of consular in.
voices which will show purchase prices as
well as market value of expectations to
the United States.
The ad valorem method of assessing
duty is condemned by the commission. 1t
is impossible of administration, the report
declared, inviting fraud and serving to
advantage interests Of dishonest import
ers.
Organization of exporters to evade pro-
visions OF the American tariff frequently
exists abroad, the report says, resulting
In loss of revenue of many millions
Manufacture and sale of merchandise.
II is added. is becoming centralized in
such manner as to simplify circumventing
customs tariff. Closer administration is
necessary to correct the evils according
to the commission
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-07
FLOYD ALLEN TO
DIE ON MARCH 8
Governor Mann Refuses to
Commute Sentence cf
Allen and Son

Richmond. Va, March 6.-F1oyd Allen,
leader of the outlaw band in Carroll coun-
ty, and his son, Claude Swanson Allen,
will be executed In the state penitentiary
on March Is for their part in the Hills
Vile courthouse murder on March IA, 1872.
Governor Mann tonight refused to COM
mute their sentences to life Imprisonment.
The prisoners were to have died tomorrow,
but the governor yesterday granted a
respite OF three weeks. The respite was
accepted by the Aliens as an indication
that the governor would extend mercy.
The rejection of the petition. however, Of
ficially closed the case, and there is no
way by which it can be again opened.
Miss Nellie Wisler, a mountain girl to
whom Claude Allen was engaged, made
an unsuccessful effort to see Governor
Mann today with final plea for commu-
tation. Early tonight the prisoners had
not been advised of the executives de-
cision, and under instruction of the prison
superintendent no one was permitted to
see them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-07
TO REVISE PLAN FOR
D|SSOLV|NG MERGER
Overcome Objections of the
California Railroad
Commission

Washington, March 6.-Revision OF the
plan for dissolving the Union Pacific
Southern Pacific merger to overcome OBJ
jections of the California railroad COM
mission was considered today by Attor-
ney General McReynolds and representa-
tives of the railroads.
No definite result was accomplished
at today's conference and the negotiations
will be continued. BY the mandate of
the supreme court ordering the dissolu-
ton under the Sherman law, the revised
plan must be submitted to the district
court by May l unless a receiver is to
be appointed to take charge OF the prop
critics.
Robert S, Lovett, Fl. II. Loomis, Max
we'll Evarts and w #. Herrin, represented
the railroads at today's conference with
the attorney general and Solicitor Gem
eral Bullitt.
MIR. McReynolds, who took tho oath OF
office this morning, occupied practicany Y
the whole day considering the intricate
dissolution problem. Asked for state
ment on his antitrust policy he simply
said: 1.-The Sherman law will be en-
forced .impartially''
!. The new Official indicated that he would
not make any sweeping changes among
officials of his department expressing the
hope that most of the force would remain.
He appointed as his private secretary
Frank Cole of New York, who served
in the same capacity under Attorney
General Wickersham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-07
WANT FENCE AROUND
ANN|STON PRISON
Grand Jury in Report Finds
Only One Defect in
New Jail

Anniston, March 6.-(Special.)- THE
only thing about the report Of the
city court grand jury which adjourned
Thursday approximating sensation
was a paragraph which ssutains the
Calhoun county commissioners court
in their opposition to the recommends
ton of Inspector william II. Oates In.
regard to The new Calhoun county jail
Inspector Oates opposed the recom-
mendation of the commissioners that
wall be erected around the new jail
and his wishes have been respected,
but the grand jury says in it's report:
I'VE cannot say too much In praise OF
the new jail. but there is one fatal de-
feet. We find no fence around tne
building or guards around the Win
dows to keep outsiders from passing
through the windows anything they
may choose. We recommend that this
fatal defect be obviated before the jail
is occupied by prisoners"
Commenting on the matter former
Commissioner NJ. B. Wellborn said:
"The new Jail is. not at all in keep
ing with the wishes of the commits
sioners' court, but is built. in keeping
with the instructions of the state jail
inspector. The commissioners wanted
something in front of the windows, to.
prevent outsiders from passing instru-
ments or weapons or other objects to
prisoners on the inside"
Inspector Oates bases his recon-
on the necessity for the in
mates of the jail to have ample sun
shine and ventilation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-07

Washington, March 6.--The new de-
partment of labor with Secretary Will
liam B. Wilson at its head was in full
swing today, but dependent upon the
charity of Secretary of Commerce Red
field for quarters. Organizing the new
department as expeditiously as possible,
Secretary Wilson sits in the room for
nerly occupied by the commissioner gen
eral OF Immigration. On the door en-
tering his modest offices is pasted a
white sheet of paper upon which is Writ
ten: Secretary of Labor AS no ap-
preparation has yet been made for the
new department the new Secretary VIII
son not only is serving without salary
for the time being, but cannot get Of
flee headquarters
The new department consists of the old
bureau of labor, changed to bureau of
labor statistics. the bureaus of immi-
grafton and naturalization and the chill
dren's bureau.
From the old department of commerce
snd labor, the department OF commerce
retains the bureaus of corporations. cen
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-07
DECLARES MRS.
MILLS A HOAX
III. L. Stevens DiscOuntences
Alleged Loss of $4,000
Check

Louisville, March 6.--H. L. Stevens OF
Evanston, ILL.,, to whom was made pay
able the check for $4,000 signed by Mrs.
Mabel Mills" which was found in purse
on a street in Chicago last night. said
tonight he regarded the purse incident as
hoax. He said he had no doubt that the
signature to the check was SPURIOUS as
pronounced by the Union Trust company
bank of Chicago, which has Mrs. Mills
signature on file.
Mr.. Stevens, who is in Louisville to-
night on business, declared there was no
reason whatever for Mrs. Mills making
check payable to him, as the two had
never had any business relations. He said
he was unable to throw auy light on the
alleged loss, or theft, of the 81, 900 which
Mrs. Mills claims disappeared on the night
of March ], after she had left the Stevens
home in Evanston. where she had dined
with Mrs. Stevens.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-07
CLARK TO CELEBRATE
BIRTHDAY TO-DAY

Washington. March 6.--spealSer
Champ Clark, who is about to have his
term as speaker renewed, will cele-
brate his sixty-second birthday ami
versary tomorrow. Congratulatory tele-
grams have been pouring in upon the
speaker from all sections of the coun-
try both on his anniversary and his
unanimous choice by. the democratic
caucus for the speakership. Friends In
Washington in the House and Senate
and members of the national commit
tee today presented the speaker with a
handsome oil portrait of himself paint
ed by w. ID. Murphy. New York artist
who has painted the portraits of many
famous men.
Mr.. Murphy made an intimate study
of the speaker and the picture which
has come from his brush is pronounced
by former Speaker Cannon as the best
portrait of Mr.. Clark ever made. The
picture shows the speaker as he ap-
pears in the House presiding over that
body.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-07
TOO MUCH MAIL FOR
THE VICE PRESIDENT

Washington, March 6.-vice Presi-
dent Marshall has become a stickler
for Senate precedents. Because he did
not know the vice presidential Gus
tom" on the subject he left bushel
of mail at his hotel today when he
went up to his offices at the cap
itol.
my official automobile is not yet in
service" said the vice president II
had tive big baskets of mall at my
hotel, but 1 did not know whether it
was good form for the vice president
to carry his correspondence in bushel
basket on. the street car. SO / left it,
phe vice presidents automobile,
which has been stored in the Senate
garage since the late Vice President
sherman. left washington last summer,
will be In running order tomorrow and
will call for Mr.. Marshall and his mail
and convey them to the capitol.