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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-07-15

into his pocket. and rising. went to a
trunk that lay against the wall
Searching in portfolio, he took out
a small old-fashioned photograph,
much battered and soiled. 1t had been
cut from a larger group and the name
of the photographer had been erased
from the back He set it upright on
the desk, and bending forward. looked
long at the face it disclosed. It was
the only picture he had ever possessed
of his father.
He turned and looked into the glass
above the dresser. The features were
the same, eyes, brow, lips, and strong
waving hair. But for its time-stains
the photograph might have been one
of himself, taken yesterday.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-07-15

You may never care to live at
Damory Court. Maybe the life you
will know SO well by the time you
read this will have welded you to it
self. If so, well and good. Then leave
the old place to your son. But there Is
such a thing as racial habit, and the
call of blood. And I know there Is
such a thing, too. as fate. Every
man carries his fate on ri
band about his neck so the
Moslem put It. 1t was my fate to
go away, and / know now-since dis
lance is not made by miles alone
that 1 myself shall never see Damory
Court again. But life is a strange
wheel that goes round and round and
comes back to the same point again
and again. And it may be your fate to
go back Then perhaps you will cry
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-07-15
HIT THE SPOT.
Postum Knocked Out Coffee Ais.

There's good deal of satisfaction
and comfort in hitting upon the right
thing to rid one of the varied and
constant ailments caused by coffee
drinking.
Ever since / can remember"
writes an Ind. woman. my father
has been lover of his coffee, but the
continued use of 1t so affected his
stomach that he could scarcely eat st
times.
Mother had coffee-headache and
dizziness, and if / drank coffee for
breakfast would taste it all day and
usually go to bed with a headache.
Zone day father brought home q
pkg. of Postum recommended by our
grocer. Mother made it according to
directions on the box and it just hit
the spot" 1t has a dark, seal-hrown
color, changing to golden brown when
cream is added, and snappy taste
similar to mild. high-grade coffee, and
we found that its continued use speed
lily put an end to all our coffee ills.
THAT was at least ten years ago
and Postum has, from that day to
this, been standing order of fathers
grocery bill.
when married. my husband was
q great coffee drinker, although he
admitted that it hurt him. When
mentioned Postum he said he did not
like the taste of it. I told him
could make it taste all right. He
smiled and said, try it. The result
was success, he won't have any
thing but Postum"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to
MELVILLE" in pkgs.
Postum now comes in two forms:
Regular Postum-must be well
boiled-15c and ESQ packages.
Instant Postum-is a soluble pow
der. Made in the cup with hot wa
ter-no boiling-30c and SOC tins.
The cost per cup Of both kinds ia
about the same.
There's Reason" for Postum.
sold by Grocers.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-07-15
Shown Up.

Senator La Toilette was talking
about the lodges and squirms of a
certain corrupt railroad official.
For all his lodges and squirms,"
said the senator, "the man was shown
up. It's like the case of Smith.
"A dun entered Smiths fat, pushed
into the parlor and said to Smiths
little son:
Where's your father?'
leone away the urchin answered.
according to orders
Gone away? Humph! Where
tor
THAT closet there, was the reply"
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CHAPTER discontinued.

CHAPTER IIl.-Continued.
To be outside! All that light and
color and comfort and pleasure would
hum and sparkle on just the same,
though he was no longer within the
circle of it's fulgence-slaving per-
haps, he thought with twisted smile,
at some tawdry occupation that called
for no experience, to pay for meal
IN some second-rate restaurant and
pallet in some shabby-genteel, hall
bedroom, till his clothes were replaced
by ill-ftting 'hand-me-downs"- by
wretched gradations he arrived finally
at the status of the dime seat In the
gallery and f1ve-cent cigars!
There was one way back. It lay
through the hackneyed gateway OF
marriage Youth, loneliness and fine
linen, in the world he knew, were q
fair exchange for wealth any day.
Outlet for cutlet"-the satiric phrase
ran through his mind. Why not?
Others did so. And as for himself, 1t
perhaps need be no question OF plain
and spinstered millions-there was
Katharine Fargo!
In his heart John Valiant was aware,
by those subtle signs which men and
women alike distinguish, that while
Katharine Fargo loved first and fore
most her own wonderful person, he
had been an easy second in her re-
gard.
John Valiant looked down at the
bulldog squatted on the floor, his eyes
shining III the dimness. A little hot
ripple had run over him. mot on
your life, Chum!" he said. mo shame
less barter! There must be other
things besides money and social posi-
ton in this doddering old world, after
all! We're going to begin something
for ourselves, II it's only raising cab
bages! And we're going to stand it
without any baby-aching-the nurse
never held our noses when we took
our castor-oili"
It was folded down, that old bright
page Finis had been written to the
rose-colored chapter. And even as he
told himself, he was conscious of
new rugged something that had been
slowly dawning within him, sense of
courage, even of zest, and a furious
hatred of the self-pity that had
wrenched him even for moment.
He turned from the window, picked
mp his letters, and followed by the dog.
went slowly up another flight to his
room.
.
He tore open the letters distracted
8y: the usual dinner-card or two, a
tailoTs spring announcement,
chronic serial from an explanatory
marble-quarrying company, quarterly
statement of a club house-committee.
The last two missives bore a monde
Script look.
One was small, with the name Of
a legal firm in It's corner. The other
was largish, corpulent and heavy, OF
stout Manila paper, and bore, down
one side, a gaudy procession of post
age stamps proclaiming that it had
been registered.
Whats in that, l wonder?" he said
to himself, and then, with a smile at
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-07-15

day. A similar uncertainty attaches
to pair OF old colors of the I'd Dor.
der regiment, which were recovered
from a London pawn broker, who was
Offering them for sale, by Lord Archi-
bald Campbell In 1888.
Four years later four colors which
had accompanied the Gloucester regi-
ment In Egypt and In the peninsula
were recovered from York pawn
broker. It appeared that, having been
bequeathed by an old colonel of the
regiment to his son, they were ulti.
mately secured by servant, who. fall
Ing on evil times. pawned them for q
few shillings.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-07-15

For . Long Time John Valiant Sat
Motlonless, the Opened Letter In
His Hand, Staring at Nothing.
the unmasculine speculation, opened
the smaller envelope.
Dear Sir" began the letter, in the
most uncompromisingly conventional
OF typewriting:
Dear Sir:
Enclosed please find, with title
deed, a memorandum opened in your
name by the late John Valiant some
years before his death. It was his
desire that the services indicated In
connection with this estate should con-
ttnue till this date. We hand you
herewith our check for $236.20 1.-TWO
hundred and thirty-six dollars and
twenty cents), the balance in your ia
xor, for which please send receipt
And oblige.
Yours very truly,
Emerson and Ball"
"(Encfosure)
He turned to the memorandum 1t
showed a stable initial deposit against
watch waS catered q series Of annual
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-07-15

(but, oh, not ON the old white bears
skin rug-never again with me holding
your small, small handD-
Westinghouse! Westinghouse!
Where are your
And this old parchment deed will
answer
Here / am, Master; here l ami
"Ah, we are only children, after all,
playing out our plays. I have had
many toys, but o John, John! The
ones / treasure most are all In the
Never-Never Land!"
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oversuppIied.

1.-THE teller that said words are q
physician of a mind diseased may
a-been right, but some women have q
whole mob O. doctors"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-07-15
SYNOPSIS.

John Valiant. rich society favorite.
suddenly discovers that the Valiant cor
poration. which his father founded and
which was the principal source Of his
wealth. has failed He voluntarily turns
over his private fortune to the receiver
for the corporation
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-07-15
The Day of the Beaver.

The Day of the Beaver.
Pat-Did you ever see a beaver at
work?
Mike-Sure! On the 18th of March!
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-02-20

FOR SAL Err oseI Comb Rhode Island
Red Eggs forlsetting. Select stock.
will set incabators for parties fur
n nishing their own eggs in 1 or q
hundred egs lots or more. Geo.
Weiss, Watson, w. Va. Gonsl.!
e Phone 24s-X. 2s1s.lmo.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-02-20
WHAT IS W0|Nlhs
REAuIY RlI HEA[IH
AND THE BASIS OF HER sHEALTH
I AND VIG0R LIES IN THE i!
CAREFUL REGULATION
OF THE BOWELS. s I.

Gifywoman's beauty depended upon
cosmetics, every woman would be a
picture Of loyeliness. But beauty lies
deeper than that. II, lies in health.
In the majority Of cases the basis Of,
health, and the cause OF sickness, can
,be;traced to the action OF, tie bowels.
The headaches, the lassitudes, the
sallow skin and the lusterless eyes
are usually due to constipation. SO
manyithings that women do habitual-
.ly conduce TO this trouble. They do
not eat carefully, they eat indigesti-
BILE foods because the foods are served
daintily and they do not exercise
enough. But whatever the particular
cause may, be 1t is important. that the
condition should be corrected. Y
An ideal remedy for women and
one especially suited to their delicate
requirements; is Or. Caldwell's Syrup
pepsin, which thousands of women
endorse highly, among them Mrs; c.
$. Vance. Of 511 S. Rays New Cas-
tie, Pa. AT times she had spells. OF
indigestion so severe that she. thought
she would die. Syrup Pepsin regu-
lated her stomach and bowels, and
she attributes her sexcellent health
today to this remedy.
All the family can use Dr.. Caid-
wells Syrup Pepsin, for thousands OF
mothers give 1T to babies and chill
idr,en. It Is also admirably suited to
the requirements Of elderly people, IN
fac! "a to all who by reason Of age Or In
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-02-20

time, and the right tone Of voice to
say IL in. It may be that i am wrong
in this definition. The theory is one
that never appealed to me very seri-
ously;, and with ali due respect TO
Professor Hugo AIlnsterbefg; Of Har.
vard,: and Professor Hesssof the uhi-
versitysof Pennsylvania, and all 9TH:
er grave and reverend seigneprrs;''
who SO thoughtfully advocate this
method oftrying u catchSthei custc.
nter. it seems to ME. they are much
like tile man who iiad the hopeful de:
sign Of catching a mule, but began
at the wrong end. is9si
The Advertiser WHO thinks his bust
ness is to try to drag people in, be.
longs to the door Of circus side
slow and not to d great modern
store. = Y 81. S''3
John Wananlaker,,a tower OF
strength in the matter Of common
sense advertising, If there ever was
che, cn lt gave to his advertising
stab this single sentence to be thei,
rule and thcir law:
. want YOU Il toll l p,eeot,pple Tie ii sim.
rle truth; about this store. and what
is III IL: il you %ill do that ali srtaa n
vii; be down .hill 70 our tloors.e
= Ard this IS the only general direc.
.ttcn he ever gave nh liz, si;b;ect
.ZTile theory Of tile Wapauaker5 atl.
yert:sing IL simply to let the 'ibeopie
Slsnaw What Is going on in Tie stcor;ss!s.:
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-02-20

FOR sALE-on Price q reeplcl
Piano, like new, cost sss5sool
will sell at a sacricilc, no reason-
able offer refused. See Piano ut
Mrs. Fay Dickesons, sos Locnst
i Ave-. lsye:: !. 1 81 2s14-st.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-02-20

trinity cannot stand harsh salts, ca
thartics. pills or p6rgatiyes. These
should always be avoided, for; at best
their effect iis,only .forsthaty dsy; while
q genuine remedy like Syrup Pep
sin acts mildly but permanently.
IT can be conyeniehtly! obtained at
any drug store at fifty cents; or. one
dollar bottle. RESULTS are always
guaranteed ,orsmoney5 will be refund
ed; You will find 1t5 gentl e,ihEacction.
pleasant III taste, and free from grip
Ing, and its Stonic properties have a
distinct value to women. It Is the
most widely used laxative:tonic in
America today ana thousands 81 fam
Tiles are now never withoutit.
Faniiliesiwishing itoitry. d freeSsam.
rle bottle can obtain it postpaid by
addressing Dr. W. B. Caldwell; 4Is
Warrington ST. Monticello, iii. Il
postal card with your name ana atle
yGfess on il will do II '5a
~. = y 5 aN# 81 81
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-02-20
.siT0P. SICK H'tIlIllEHE
lR N!|!!EuRlLG!A.PAM
Get instant relief with a 10 cent
package Of Dr. James Head.
ache Powders Stops
Neuralgia pain. 3

Nerve-raeking g, splitting or duh,
throbbing headaches yield In just
a few moments TO Or. James Head.
ache Powders which cost only 10
cents d package at any drug store.
Itss the quickest, sirest headache re:
lief in the whole world Don't snf-
Iferi Raliere thesagons and distress
|nowi You can. Millions o. men
and women have found that head.
ache and neuralgia misery is need
less. Get WHIT YOU ask for,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-02-20
Floods In
California

q
Bs AssoclsrEp PgEss.l
LOS ANGELES, Cal. Feb. 4 o ~
Southern California was flood bound
today as q result Of down pour
which started at midnigRt Tuesday.
and yielded from SIX to eight inches
Of rain IN tho sse hours ending at & n.
nj. today Railroad trafiics was de-
moraiised. In tie city the streets
were tnrne into min races Storm
drains We're oyertaxed and irrigation
canals widened into lakes. The
storm brought q Recurrence of flood
conditions that attended the rain.
tail of q month ago Railroad tracks
ca both sides on Santa Barbara were
washed out. Bridges also were torn
cut. Throughout tie Citrus Belt
saslIoutsbloc ked trains. The South
efn tactic, Salt Lake and Santa Fe
:ailrnads, the three. lines entering
Los Angeles, allSwere compelled to
reute trains today over a Santa Fe,
branch running through Fullerton.
All other lines were out Of commits:
sior.
Enlmet osterman, 419 year old
hoy. was drowned yesterdayiat Santa
sarhara, This was the only fatal.
lily reported here In some sections
Of Los Angeles streets were under
tsr feet o. water for a brief period.
sFrank Chance the baseball manager,
savcsi tie lives OF his brother in law.
CARL lanlcs ke, and two other men in.
Tie flood caused by the storm yester-
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-02-20
one DOSE RELIEVES
A G0LD-;lD lQU|N|NE
"Pape's Cold Compound" ends bad
colds or grippe in few
hours.
Relief comes instantly.

teelleLi comes instantly. ~
Adose taken every two hours un-
til three doses are taken will end
grippe misery; and break up a severe
cold either in the head, chest. body
OF limbs. 81
u promptly opens closgcd-nn moss
triis and air passages in the head
stops nasty discharges or nose runs
ningt relieves sick headache, dull
ness fegerishness, sore throat,
sneezing, soreness and stiifnssss
Don stay ,stufred-up! Quit blows
Ing and sntiiflinsl Ease your throb7
hing head Nothing else in tho
world gives such prompt relief as
''pape's Cold compopnd.3'ii. which
costs only 81 eentsqats any drug
store. II acts without assistance,
tastes nice, causes no Inconvenience.
BE sure you get the genuine.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-02-20

right to ike IL fun and teeming with
news. Every piece Of silk unrolied
lcs the counter has romance In it;
every Jewel In u wonan's neeklace
has q fascinating story every sue.
eessfll fashion is the reaiisation Of
some artist dressmakersN ideai--s
wonderful story. Il only the writer
San put together the simple words TO
|tellsit ~
a uniform page In the daily news
papers. morning and evening IS nec=
|essaryE 20 carry tile news OF Tie Wan:
tamaker store q uniform page car:
RED every week day SO thai Interests
ed customer may always know Just
where to turn 70 1t. 5
( Assto the results, we find that In
this wayne can serve our customers
can let them know when new goods
arrive, when fashion changes are inn
pending when stock clearing or spe-
|cial sales are tos be held sin short,
can keep them so well Informed that
they may know just when to come to
the store for the things they want,
What pfices willlb charged. and what
varieties may be selected from.
In advertising Of tits Kind, 81 Is
necessary, Of, course to use the daily
newspapers, for there Is where peo-
pile naturally look for stlieir news. 4.
And fl may be said that tits be:
Fcuming less ana less: ecessary to use
;otiler mediums of advertising. The
distribution: Of leaflets and paniph:
lets Of variousikinds once. too, served
Ia very good purpose, ana in some
cases is still Of service: but these
things are becoming more and more
|Wlat. Mr.: wanamaker would cali
iyanities and .yexations Of spirit"
Direct personal slehters or an.
nouncement cards sent to customers
Tho! are known to be Interested may
some times properly be used to give
lGottce Of impending fashion events,
lsnd arrivals Of new shipments. but
lthe indiscriminate loading of the
mails with imitation personal letters
jmay! easily do much more harm than
3sood. Littering up front steps with
hand-bills earns no good will from
tile housewife who has any pridein
her premises; and cajoling a business
man into opening an interesting.
Hooking personal letter, only to be
confronted with your apologize ef!
fort to interest him In your 3 s suits
worth s25, commands littlejof hisire.
aspect. X
The only kind Of advertising /
know ofItlat will win. IS the advet.
ltisings that issknown to contain; day
latter day, news of interest and profit,
presented straightfordwardly and
sincerely and as gracefully and hand.
somely sas possible. and placed where
title people will be sure to find It Il
they want IT,
i , d > vi
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-02-20

POULTRY tlxty,seyen varieties.
Thoroughbred and exhibition stock.
Eggs $40 70 $500 per 1'55. si,iars
anteed. Send for catalogue.
LEVI B. aIIARE, Farm. Offices.
Main street, opposite Court Iiouse.i
Both phones: 1z6stf:
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-02-20
VRHNG ADVERTISING copy. BY
THE RULES OF JOURNALISM

BY GORDON H. CILLEY, Adyertis-
ing Manager, John Wanamaker's,
/. Philadelphia.
A. good many years ago-how
many, deponcnt sayeth not-it was
my good fortune to be an humble en-
plote 6nitheistafr Of one Joseph Pear
son Caldwell, editor and master OF
the, Charlotte. Nc, Observer. That
great man was a journalist. do not
know Of any better word to describe
him; for n journalist, as i unaer-
stand II, is more than a5reporter, and
more than an editor, and more than
a story writer. and more than3an ex-
Gcutive. of e newspaper He was a
master of the art. His news COL
umnsttold straightforwardly and SIM
ply what was going on in the worlo
about him., and his editorials illum-
mated the news--not learnedly; nor
profoundly, nor dramatically. nor in
any sense academically, but always
IN, :.
Of his brother editors all over the
south, and yet it was simple.
Just us easy: ana common as meet
'hs you OH the street ana talking to
you Out o hand about, whatever it
was INA. interested YOU, as one OF
ms ADMIRERS ! sad.
nsea 70 4tfsEte write editorials
alIsf .tle} gig 2Manss bnt when VIZ q
7 hau convinced myself that It conld
u no .. pe DON done without knowledge OF
sftle SECRET lplucked.up courage and
asked him how he did It.
How do i5write?" l,e:said. WHY,
! don't know that | ever think about
writing. II ] have anything to say,
u worries me until ] get 1t off the
end OF my pencil. ! never had any
- - - I. -,
style'tsou Know, like SOME Of them. I"
And there II was He simply I'M
parted the information he had in him
to impart-and quit!
He Is gone now--sone!this many a
day. and ! have watched and waited
10 see his like, but l don't believe |
ever shall. He was onesof those few
men to whom 1t is given to realize
that simplicity is the beginning and
the end of;all the arts: .and that the
more We clutter.up with words what
we have to say, the further we get
away from literature.
And so, this is to put forward the
proposition that whoever IS in any
trade Of publicity, wllethersit.be ad::
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-02-20
Sex 81 cation I
Approved

I e. .
NEW YORK, Feb. 19.-sex cduca-
lion in the public schools; was sp-
proved by Dir. Maurice a. Bigelow,
rrcfessor'ofs Biology at Columbia uni
Sefssty, in an address today before.
tie annual conference. of district SUI.
petlntendents OF the schools of New
York state. Sex education, he said,
lad Tothing to do with cred light
dramas or moving pictures of white
slavery These, lie condemned.
THE commercial exploitation of
sex. said DR.. Bigelow, unfortunate
~ runs parallel to our plan for the
Introduction Of sex study in schools
~lsich Is to be an outgrowth of the
study Of biology. The false theatfi-
cal view of life over the footlights is
net educational.n
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-02-20

EoRisALE one s.room frame house.
+. new, located ut COS Chestnut ave.
nue.. near the c. .. Hutchinson
mansion on Morgantown avenue
This is a bargain: Apply Chas.
Pitman. COS Chestnut avenue. s1.tf.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-02-20

FOR SALE or RENT losrooni
house, sos Coleman Ave.: good
we'll also good wash house. Slse
oflot 5ox120 It. 3 Call at 500 Cole
man Ave, or Cons. Phone Q esSs &c
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-02-20

FOR SALE tarm Of over AZ acres
good land. close Annabelle. Plenty
fruit. fair house. free gas for
domestic use Price $4,000 per
acre. 100000 down. 5000
yearly with interest. Lien res
tained for back pasneats Pos
session so days .after sails Apply
@ w. Watson OF g. NJ. tretriet
agorthingtens w. w.
limo,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-13
WAS IN BUSINESS
MANY YEARS AGO
Robert Don, Who Conducted
Grocery Store Here in 1854,
Is Called.
ALDERMAN IN EARLY COS
Had Attained His e6th Year, Death
Coming at Home Of His Sister
ia-Law in This City.

Robert Don, sc years of age, one OF
the pioneers of this city. passed away
at the hom5 0f mis- sister-in-law. Mrs.
David Don, 1918 Second avenue, at
$50 this morning. where he has lived
since the death of his brother, William,
last October. He was born in Mon
treal. Canada, July q, 1929. his family
removing TO Davenport in 1S49. He
was engaged in business both in this
city and in Davenport, but retired from
active life about twenty years ago.
making his home in the latter city I'm
til five months ago
Davenport was a village when MT
Don arrived there. After living there
four years he removed to Rock Island,
conducting a grocery store and later
operating the Eagle bakery. He re-
manned in business here till 1877,
serving as alderman in 1852, Bailey
Davenport then being mayor. Then
he returned to Davenport, and engaged
in business there.
His death was the result OF the IN
firmities of old age. He leaves 10
mourn his death two nephews. De For
rest and Ebert Don OF this city and
two nieces, Gertrude Don and Mrs. Jo-
seph b. Coambs OF Chicago. The fun
eral will be held at 2:3O Tuesday after
noon at 1918 Second avenue.