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The log cabin Democrat., 1914-10-09

Now is the time to commence plan ming for the seventh annual Faulkner county fair.
The log cabin Democrat., 1914-10-09

Misses Lee and Dee Jones are vis- iting at Morrilton.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-07-15
WOMAN WAS POOR BUT PROUD
Mrs. Curran Tells Her Curious Neigh
hors That District Visitor ls
Only Her Dressmaker.

A lady, who is a district visitor, be-
came much interested in a very poor
but apparently respectable Irish fam
lily naused Curran living on the top
floor o. great building in slum dis
trict OK her parish.
Every time she visited the Currans
she was annoyed by the staring and
the whispering of the other women
living in the building. One day she
said to Mrs. Curran:
Your neighbors seem very curious
to know who and what I am and the
nature Of my business with YOU"
They do" acquiesced Mrs. Curran.
do they ask you about it?"
"Indade they do, ma am
'And do you tell them?'
Faith, thin, Oh do not"
What do you tell themT'
"Oi just tell them" was the calm
reply, that We are me dressmaker, an
let it go at that" -Pittsburgh Chron-
icle Telegraph.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-07-15
That Whit Of vioIets

"My! what tiowery Whit! That
handkerchief must have been literally
stepped in violets," exclaimed one girl
to another who had just shaken out
from it's folds fragrant square of
linen. Not STEPPED in violets, my
DEAR" was the answer, but boiled in
orris water. The effect is the same.
On washing days l supply the washer
woman with good-sized piece of or
ris root, and she throws it into the
water where my handkerchiefs are
boiling. When they come up from
ironing they are as redolent of orris
as can be. Then I slip them between
the folds of a sachet filed with violet
powder, and they never lose their fra
GRANGE. Violet and orris scent co.
gether makes real violet oder"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-07-15
1T WAS ONLY A BUM CIGAR
Young Man With Girl In His Arms
Causes CONSERVATION Among the
Nelghbors by Lighting Matches.

When Patrolman Zwerling rushed
into the Lenox Avenue police station
early the other night and cried that
burglars were doing a job" at ITO
West One Hundred and Thirtieth
street not more than twenty uniformed
men and half dozen detectives re-
1nforced zwerling for the raid on the
burglars.
"A woman next door gave me the
tip" said zwerling. "She saw their
flashlights in the yard"
The police army surrounded the
back and Detectives Geary and Kern,
with Zwerling, entered the house next
door and went to the yard. They
heard muf1ed voices in the yard Of
No. 10. The detectives sprang to
the fence top, pointed rUvolvers at
two figures seated on the grass and
cried, Hands up!"
-Four hands went up. One feminina
shrek sounded.
What's all the row?" demanded a
young man, who held scared girl In
his arms. Are you robbers?"
mo, we're police" said one of the
Disguised detectives. They went away
and reported:
Just couple Of spooners. The fell
low had bum cigar and had to keep
lighting 1t. That was the flash" -
New York World.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-07-15
A Small Detail.

Enthusiastic Reporter Ito city edi-
tor)-I've got story here about man
who drank poison, cut an artery in his
wrist, shot himself and jumped into
the river In an attempt to commit sui
eide. Somebody pulled him out, sent
him to a hospital. and he's going to
live. It's cracking good yarn.
City Editor-What's his name?
Reporter didn't bother to get that.
/ thought you would want Just the big
features for the noon edition and /
could get the details afterward.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-07-15
lTCHED AND BURNED

Sherwood, Mich.-'My baby was
about six months old when he first be-
gan to break out with little pimples
on his head and face. Then they would
run water and keep getting worse un-
til his head was a regular sore erup-
ton and water would run and stream
from it and his face also. His whole
body was affected. They were little
white pimples which itched and
burned something terrible. His cloth
ing seemed to irritate him and it was
almost impossible for him to sleep at
night. They also disfigured him as
they we're on his face.
we tried medicine but without sue
cess. The trouble must have lasted
three or four weeks when I thought
would try the Cuticura Soap and ONT
ment. I would battle him with warm
water, as warm as he could stand and
Cuticura Soap, then apply the Cuti-
cUra Ointment. The very first time
that 1 did this it seemed to relieve
him as he slept well and inside of two
weeks he was completely healed"
(Signed) Mrs. L. White, Jan. 20, 1914
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post
card "Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston. ADV.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-07-15
INERTIA.

Matter is anything that occupies
space and all matter is subject to uni
versal, immutable law. Our brains are
composed of matter and are, therefore,
subject to these same laws.
Among the characteristics OF mat
ter are those covered by Newton's
three laws Of motion:
1. All bodies continue in a state of
rest or of uniform motion in straight
line unless acted upon by some ex-
ternal force that compels change.
q Every motion or change of mo-
ton is proportional to the acting force
and takes place in the direction Of the
straight line along which the force
acts.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-07-15
Nature.

Behold that exquisite sunset" he
exclaimed. Mote the delicate flesh
tints, the cream shades, the long
dashes of vermilion and the almost
living fire that leaps up from the sink
ing sun as from a fountain. Behold
the framework Of darkening skies and
of deep green! Isn't it wonderful?"
His fair companion sighed heavily.
you just bet it isl" she exclaimed.
cit looks just like great, big lobster
salad!"-Iipptncott
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-07-15
You Can Never Tell What They Think.

You Can Never Tell What They Think.
$50 she has quarreled with that
ugly beau of hers! He is the ugliest
man have ever seen. What did they
quarrel about?"
"She thought she would make him
feel good, and remarked that hand
some men were never worth enough
powder to blow them over the fence"
"And It didn't have the desired eff
fect?"
mo, it made him furiously angry"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-07-15
socIable Scenery.

The new summer boarder gaZed
over the picturesque New Hampshire
landscape then slowly fading out of
sight, and noted the absence of
houses.
ITS beautiful! Grand" said he to
the boss farmer, who was standing
close by. "But aren't you lonesome
so far from the village and no neigh
bors?"
'Lonesome?" echoed the farmer. in
genuine establishment why, on a
clear day we can see Mount Washing
ton! "-Everybody Magazine.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-07-15

Thought is the one and only domain
wherein man can reign supreme, for
while we may not determine what we
shall think, we can govern what we
shall think about, and we have the
power to analyze, to measure, weigh,
judge and accept or reject any thought
on any subject. Thought is a cannt-
bal because thought lives upon thought
and unless constantly given fresh and
substantial food it must starve and
become inert.
But to think Is to change; nothing
can prevent that, and we have noted
that we are constttutional1y opposed
to change. Hence most of US solve
the matter by refusing to think; We
just drop into line and do the conven-
tional lockstep and "go where were
taken" 1t is simple and pleasant to
sit in the easy chair of the old order
and let the universe wag along; one
travels much more smoothly if the
head contains only the ideas others
have developed.
But there is another side to it. 1t is
a physiological truth that any organ,
denied the right to function, will
atrophy, and an atrophied organ sooner
or later must become the source of Ill
health. Experts in any department Of
human architecture will verify that
fact. The brain is the organ of thought,
constructed under pressure of neces-
sity by long line of ancestors who
used it ip the struggle for existence;
it is the dominant and fundamental
factor in the creation Of all human
wealth and power and the general
manager and regulator of our bodies
today. Unused brain capacity causes
trouble and danger to both the indi-
vidual and the community.
We will come into better state Of
health not SO much by improving
physical conditions outside as by i'm
proving the physical apparatus and
working of our own mind and bodies
from the inside.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-07-15
WALL WE'LL

"T was just reading the impression
OF an Englishman who has been visit
ing this country" said Mrs. Gabb.
"Re states that the only fault he has
TO find with American women is that
they are overdressed."
"And yet we claim that the English
have no sense OF humor," commented
Mr.. Gath.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-07-15
Not Positive.

waiter" said the fussy man, "ar0
you sure that these eggs are fresh?"
"I think they are, sir" replied the
waiter.
Don't think anything" stormed the
fussy man. "Are you certain that they
are fresh?"
well, I'm not positive, SIR" replied
the waiter. 1--WE only been working
here since the first of the year."
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-07-15
Kind Man.

"You don't know how to handle a
woman" said Mr.. Peck. Keep your
mouth shut and refuse to talk when
she is roasting you. Way, do you ar
-ue with your wife?"
"Oh, WELL" replied Mr.. Gabb. "The
poor woman is entitled to little
pleasure once in awhile. "-Cincinnati
ENQUIRER.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-07-15
Safe on One Count.

"My friend, do you use tobacco7"
81 do"
'Then let me quote you a few sta
tistics. In addition to spending ST.
coo, 900, 900 per annum on tobacco,
smokers cause an annual loss of $780,
000,0O0 through fires
"You can't charge any OF that to ma
only use tobacco to chew"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-07-15


come in ourselves is mental inertia.
An idea once formed will persist until
a stronger one overwhelms 1t and
alters it. This is the foundation OF
habit and the reason the past has SO
strong hold on us always. The past
is the line of least resistance and
leaning on it is highly characteristic
of one with a slothful intellect, the ira
dition worshiper, the dawdling con-
sentative.
We are naturally conservative be-
cause it requires an initial effort to up
root old notions and habits; it is pain
full and we resent it We want to be
let alone.
If because of some indiscretion We
had pain yesterday for which by
recommendation of authority we took
something out of q bottle, it Is easier
to repeat the act again today than 1t
Is to determine the cause or to ignore
the temporary penalty Of pain and re-
solve to sin no more. To repeat an
act is usually to follow the line OF
least resistance. 1t requires less
thought and less effort with each
repetition until finally an automatic
cycle of reaction Is established and q
habit is born.
With the track once laid, a word
spoken, the flash of sign before the
eye, the most remotely associated idea,
each serves as a signal for train of
thought bringing into action automatic
ally a complicated line of co-ordinating
nerve centers, and the act is again per
formed practically inVoluntarily, often
unconsciously.
This is why the drunkard is in
perilous condition if he contents him
self merely with saying or swearing
that he will avoid strong drink.
Thought precedes action and therefore
if thought be not clearly focused on
some wholesome dominant idea 1T
must inevitably revert to the estab-
lished line.
To rescue one permanently from
habit we must have an equivalent in
some mental occupation sufficiently at
tractive to submerge the old impress
sions, else ones vitality will be sQuan-
dered in the struggle. Inability to re-
sist drink or drugs or bad habits in
general is because of inertia.
If one is weak it is difficult to gen.
crate sufficient power to overcome the
accumulated force of the little act fre-
quently repeated, and one becomes a
slave to habit.
Habits may be good or bad; both
are the natural and inevitable result
of training. For the future must grow
out of and inherit the present, just as
the present grew out of and inherited
the past. Intelligence gives thorough
training, good habits, good health and
happiness. Ignorance or Indifference
gives bad training, vicious habits, dis
ease and crime. BAD habits can be
surely and safely broken, not by sub
stitution, nor by cures, nor by miracles,
but only by a frank and courageous
recognition of the true conditions and
a sane development out of them.
The fundamental necessity for the
correction of bad habits is intellectual
tntegrity-a rare quality. The most
to perform, but one absolutely neces-
sary if we would have good health and
be able to use the greatest power
within the reach of man, thought is to
be square and truthful with ourselves,
to see ourselves as We are.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-07-15

8. To every action there is always
an equal and contrary reaction.
The first law of motion states that
body once set In motion will move
forever in straight line with the
same velocity unless acted upon By
some other force which compels q
change. This property is known as
inertia. Inertia is not a force. but is
the result of absorbing force.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-07-15
Hard rlmes Love Affair.

She-The narrow band Of gold ID
very sweet, of course; but you-you
said you intended to bring me cfus-
ter diamond ring.
He-Y-e-s, but afterward 1t oc-
Cured to me that such ring would
hide those lovely dimples In your
fingers.
She-Oh, you darling!-New York
Weekly.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-07-15
The Final Proof.

Doctor" said the sick man, "the
ether physicians who have been in
consultation over my case seem to diff
Ter with you in the diagnosis"
.T know they do" replied the doc
TOR who had great confidence in him
self. .sbut the autopsy will show who
&c rieht"-Kansas City Times.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-07-15
Advice 90 Girls.

Mrs. Haverlock Ellis, the English
writer and suffragist, said at a girl
graduates luncheon at Sherry's in
New York:
Il wish to advise you girls never to
marry a man to reform him. To
marry a man to reform him-that is
the same as putting your finger in the
fire to extinguish it."
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-07-15
A Prnmn4 Answer.

edestrian-Madam, a boy. who :
am told is your son, has just thrown
q stone at me, causing wound that
is very painful. What are you going
to do about It?
Bows Mother-Do7 I'm going TO
recommend arnica- You'll find drug
store fust around thu corner.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-07-15
KINGSTON (Enaland) Women.

There are now seven women mem
bers of the board of guardians, King
ston. England. No other board in the
kingdom has SO many
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-07-15
AZ the Banquet.

THAT girl does not eat enough TO
keep bird alive"
Nov you speak, ! noticed when
she was asked her preference for
wine. she said Canary"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-07-15

$50 you worked your way through
college? Your father must be proud
of you"
"Not much! Hes the man I
worked. Boston Transcript.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-07-15

A machine will squeal and squeak
and sob when in trouble, and we all
know there are but two alternatives
to such conditions-rest and lubrica-
ton to overcome the roughness, or an
early trip to the junk yard. And 1t Is
the same with man: Man feels, and
on every side we see evidence Of the
squealing, the squeaking and the sob
bling of the nerves composing the hui
man machine; and but little effort is
made to remove the cause. And in our
mortality and other statistical tables
we see the result in an ever rising
premature mortality-an enormous
economic loss through destruction at
what should be the period Of greatest
usefulness and efficiency.
Genius Is the type Of mind that per-
ceives and grasps principles where the
ordinary mind sees only isolated facts
Grille, with the fash of genius grasp
ing the principle of cell exhaustion, de-
veloped and demonstrated 1t to be the
cause of death from SHOCK" dis
covery acknowledged by no less an au-
thority than Sir Berkeley Moynihan at
a recent meeting of the British Medi-
cal association to be experimenting.
1t is experimenting" not only be-
cause 1t has reduced death from
surgical shock" to an almost negli-
gible quantity, but Experimenting" be-
cause it gives a rational explanation
to the serious physical and mental re-
suits arising from long continued fri
tation of any part Of the body, wheth-
er the victim be conscious or uncon-
scious of the Irritation. 1t is epoch
making" because it establishes rea-
sonable cause for and sane basis
from which to combat intelligently
that large group of vague but most
distressing troubles covered by the
general term neurasthenia, conditions
treated with little success but consid-
cradle levity and profit by a large per
centage of the profession. And fur
Their it is "epochmaking" because 1t
demonstrates man tn be subject to the
same laws as the primary battery-it
proves we can be run down and ex-
hausted even beyond the point of re-
cuperation by too frequently repeated
nerve cell discharges incident to the
daily routine of life. We may short
circuit and exhaust our cells by us@
less worry, work and friction, or we
may guard our tissues and so conserve
our vitality as to live long and happily.
It Is largely matter Of avoiding fric-
tion-irritation.
1t matters not whether the irritation
be In the eyes, the feet or the abdo-
men, the final exhaustion is in the
brain, and the net result is premature
doaou
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-07-15
Important TO Mothers
Naturally.

Every time that woman comes In
my establishment, she has a fit"
Good gracious! Is she an epilep"
tic?"
mo; I'm her dressmaker."
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-07-15
Copyright. 1914. by A. S. Cray
FRICTION.

The fife and efficiency of every ma
chine depends on overcoming friction.
Friction wears things out, and to over
come friction Is the recognized need
of today in every branch of Industrial
activity. A large item in the cost of
operating every machine is that cover
ing anti-friction bearings and lubri-
cants., Neglected friction will quickly
wreck and land any machine on the
scrap pile
Railway systems, steamship lines,
manufacturing plants Of every descrip-
ton. telegraph and telephone COM
panies, great and small, all employ
highly trained and well paid experts
constantly to supervise and test appa-
ratus and structure for the purpose OF
guarding against breakdown from the
development of any inherent weakness
in physical equipment and to test f1nan-
cial and executive departments in or
der to insure against breakdown or
any loss of efficiency in these inn
pOrtant functions of our great artlhc1al
bodies. Experience has evolved now
well established economic theory in
the bushes world to the effect that
it is cheaper to spend money to pre-
vent wrecks than it Is to spend money
to clear away and repair wreckage.
But for man himself, the one funda-
mental factor upon and for whom the
entire industrial structure exists, this
theory of the business world is re-
versed The theory upon which the
medical profession has been organized
is highly absurd and irrational. The
physician must stand around and wait
until there is a human breakdown, and
then he is called in only as a repair
man-frequently too late to secure
worth while results.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-07-15

No man is so selfish as to keep all
his popularity to himself.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-07-15

Separation and Peace.
Their home life is ideal.
Us that so?"
Eyes, she goes abroad In the sum-
rer and he goes South in the winter
Perfect isn't itf'-Buffalo Express.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-07-15

If wishes were automobiles, gaso-
line would go up a million per cent.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-07-15

YOUR OWN DRUGGIST WILL. TELL YOU
Try Murine Rye Remedy for Red, Weak, Matery
Eyes and Granulated Eyelids; No Smautng-
iust Eye Comfort. Write for Book of the Rye
BIZ mai Free. Murine Eye Remedy Co., Chicago
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-07-15
The 1 nnaIl+u

did you see that star actor in re
pertoire?"
mo; 1 saw him in Philadelphia"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-07-15

What will the suffragettes do about
the proverbial Office that seeks the
man?
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-02-28

,brutej force matched against wo-
mans frailty and never against equal
strength of men. Only today mount
ed police rode down band of I'M
employed, hungry men, weak and all
most hopeless, but the police rode on
their horses and used their clubs.
They never fight with equal odds in
labor wars. -
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-02-28
'mly as the piekets approached

set firmly as the piekets approached
and passed. :. -. - - !.
"You will see things here that will.
strike you as very strange I-.said.
This is what is termed, a highlyfciY-
ilized city, and in highly civilized
cities where labor is trying to come
into its rights and capital is fighting
to keep labor suppressed, you see