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Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-07-22
YOUNG FOLKS COLUMN


There was a big wax dolly once
Who owned a little girl
With lovely eyes that opened wide,
And golden hair in curl.
At first by her delightful toy
The dolly set great store,
But presently she let her drop
Head downward on the floor.
And shortly after that-they say
Dolls are thoughtless race
The empty-headed thing forgot
To wash her plaything's face.
She left her sitting all alone,
Neglected and fOrlorn;
Her hair had not been combed for days,
Her pretty frock was torn.
The dolly's mother said, eff that
Is how you treat poor Pearl,
It's very clear you don't deserve
To have a little girl!"
Felix Leigh in New Orleans Picayune.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-07-22
va, in Finding Ambergris.

There is whaler in Provincetown nick
named Ambergris johnson, because his
vessel on the voyage is almost sure to
pick up some of that strange and valuable
commodity. He now writes home from
the West African coast that his vessel
has taken $50 pounds of sperm oil and
40 pounds of ambergris. AS ambergris
is worth $500 pound this is about as
good as gold mine. One singular thing
about this curious secretion in a whales
entrails is that, while it has very little
scent in itself, it vitalizes and gives great
power to other perfumes, and is therefore
used for that purpose by the manufactur
ers of the highest grades. A drug firm
in Boston owns three-fourths of the stock
in hand, and has substantially monop-
oly.-Boston Herald.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-07-22
For Driving Away Black Ants.

If you get some green peppermint,
which usually grows about the brookside,
and will lay it on the floors and shelves
of your pantry and kitchen, you will find
the ants will disappear Immediately.
Apply powdered sulphur very literally
to the parts most frequented by them,
and they will turn their feet in some
other direction. Or sprinkle sugar on a
damp sponge and when the feast is under
way drop the sponge in hot water.
Put pieces Of camphor gum, or cloth
wet with camphor, on the pantry shelves
and the ants will disappear.
I have found Bugbyne the most effect
ual thing to rid my kitchen and pantry Of
ants, one sprinkling being enough to drive
them away.
Use plenty of powdered borax in the
pantry: | have tried it with success
Housekeeper in New York Recorder.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-07-22
GOSSIP FOR THE LADIES
dissatisfied.

My roses in the sunshine CLEAN
Yellow and red and pink and white;
Their days pass in golden dream
OF warm and passionate delight;
But, ah-my lilies long in vain,
To feel the kisses of the RAIN.
So can your smile my love, my bride,
In rose-Soft dreams my senses steep;
Yet is my soul unsatisied-
For / have never seen you weep,
Nor clasped you in a twilight gray
OF tears my lips might kiss away.
Life is no masque Of frolic mirth;
Ever the smile fOrebodes the tear;
Can all the woes of all the earth
Knock at your heart, and you not hear?
Weep; smiles but keep our souls apart
And kill the lily in my heart.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-07-22
Be Cooks First.

Kate Field, the clever writer, adj
dressed some remarks not long ago to a
girl graduate which are especially time
ly at this season:
Dear graduates. cooking is the alpha
bet of your happiness. do not hesitate
to affirm that this republic, great as her
necessities are in many directions, needs
cooks more than all else. The salvation
Of the national stomach depends upon
them. We are a nation of dyspeptics,
and. Americans are dyspeptics because
they eat the wrong foods, badly cooked,
which they drown in icewater. They are
dyspeptics because our women don't
know the rudiments of their business
and resign their kitchens into the hands
of incompetent servants, of whom they
are afraid, and whose impudence they
frequently endure through sheer help
lessness. Be cooks first and anything
you please afterwards. On you posterity
waits
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-07-22
High Prices for Old Snuff Box,

At an auction in London recently large
prices were realized for some old French
snuff boxes. A gold Louis XVI. box, in
laid with miniatures, brought 2,450; an
beautifully inlaid with six figure subjects
in colored mother-of-pearl was sold for
$4,000, and no less than $4,000 was given
for Louis XVI. oval gold box with
chased borders painted with two subjects
of nymphs and neroids by Boucher. Sew
eral necklaces were sold at the same
auction, one of emeralds and brilliants
fetching $3.50. A pearl necklace brought
S12.750, and one of pearls, diamonds and
q CLASH of erneraldS $3.50.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-07-22
The Smoking Room.

Few housekeepers will deny the de-
STABILITY in a we1l-appointed house of
smOkingroom which shall not only be a
haven for smokers, but will preserve
curtains and furniture from smoke and
ashes, and protect the nonusers Of to-
bacco from its annoyance. In these
days, when every woman's heart is set
ON making her nome the ideal of beauty
and comfort, the particular comfort of
the good man of the house is sometimes
neglected. His bedroom may have per-
feet appointments, his dinner may be
exactly as he wishes, but no place is
provided for him to write letters undis-
turbed, to make business appointments,
or to spread his pipes and cigar boxes
about him. He is allowed usually only
an ash tray and small dish Of
matches.
There are few houses in which there
is not a purposeless room which might
be made into an ideal smokingroom Or
den. If possible such a room should be
near the front door for the convenience
of business callers. 1t should be sort
Of office for the master of the house.
The more windows the better, but a
SmokingrOom should at least have one
and an open fireplace to insure ventila-
ton. Do not put draperies of any kind
two feet of the ceiling; and let it remain
in its natural color or stain it jade green.
Use a frieze of natural colored mat
ting and allow it to run over the ceiling.
The room should contain large writing
desk, a number of comfortable chairs
and sofa. It is well to have two sofas,
one covered with green leather and the
other of rattan. Cover the pillows with
green denim or liberty velveteen, and
upholster the chairs in leather. Put a
large table in the center of the room
and have nothing ornamental on it but
handsome green lamp set in a 6ligree
of fine wrought iron. Have the shade
large and faring and of porcelain set
in the same iron frame work. See that
there is always on the table three bowls
of matches and four or five ash trays
and jar for tobacco. The japanese tea
jar makes an excellent and decorative
tobacco or cigar jar, but cigars should
really be kept in box especially made
for the purpose, which contains moist
chamber.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-07-22
Lady Grey-Egerton's Gowns.

I saw charming gown yesterday that
has been completed for Royal Ascot"
1t is to be worn, so l was told, by pretty
Lady Grey-Egerton. The foundation of
the gown is of moss-green satin, over
which is laid thin silk crepon of lovely
warm earthy-brown tinge. The skirt is
quite plain with a rolled edge of the
green satin about the bottom of the
hem. The bodice has an immense collar
of brownish-yellow Russian lace. fas-
tened down on either side of the Shout
ders with gold and emerald buttons.
The front of the bodice has full pouch
front of purest green silk, brocaded with
big natural-looking daisies and around
the throat is a frill of brown chiffon
with the immense fullness held in here
and there with tiny punches of daisies.
The sleeves are, of course, bouffante
beyond description, and at the wrist are
small cuffs of the coarse Russion lace.
With this dainty gown is supplied a
broad hat of green tulle, shirred over
gold wires. This is trimmed with huge
bunch of daisies with a daring poppy
or two peeping out from their golden
eyed masses. To shadow this dainty
headgear comes a parasol of green satin
yelled both inside and outside with
brown chiffon, held down over each of
the ribs with long spraylike punches of
daisies-A London Correspondent.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-07-22
The Bicycle Undignified.

The etiquette, or ethics, perhaps, of the
bicycle is now attracting attention. Some
of the members of an exclusive London
club were greatly shocked lately be-
cause a less conservative member rode
to the door on the democratic machine,
the aristocratic funkeys actually betray-
ing by staring eye and gaping mouth the
intensity of their disturbance. Pope Leo
XIII, too, has, it is said, decided that
priests must not desecrate their calling
by riding the bicycle. In particular, he
declares that the viaticum should not be
carried to dying person on a wheel,
even if there is no other conveyance
which would enable the priest to arrive
in time, The dignity of the church, it
is considered, is assailed by the use of
the bicycle to promote any of it's cere-
monies.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-07-22
A STATE CONCERT IN LONDON.
Who Are Invited and How They Are Re-
ceived.

Who Are Invited and How They Are Re-
ceived.
Official and ex-officia1 people are invit-
ed to both balls and concerts, and so are
the representative members of the class
defined by Lord Beaconsfeld as 1.-The
high nobility" A number of ecclesias-
tics and legal luminaries and other grave
and reverend personages are invited to
the concert, each one being hidden with
wife and one unmarried daughter, if pos
sessed of such encumbrarces. The
guests are invited for 10 o'clock and
they are expected to be seated in the
ballroom (where the concert takes place.
before IL, and very soon after the royal
procession usually enters. conducted by
the great officers, walking backward and
bearing their wands Every one rises
as the royalties come in and they pass
up the broad passage between the rows
of benches, bowling on each side, while
the band plays the national anthem.
The concert at once commences, and
when it is finished the royalties proceed
in procession to the supper room, fol-
lowed by the corps diplomatiQue. Sup
per is then served at three long tables,
the center one, being set apart for the
royalties, and the meal is taken standing.
There is a splendid display of gold plate
from Windsor, many of the pieces being
mounted on red shields, which are fixed
against the wall of the room. The ball
and supper rooms and the staircase and
corridor are deliberately and beautifully
decorated with flowers and palms. The
flowers are banked up in every corner
and the effect is very fine.
When the royalties enter the ballroom
the ladies come first in the order of
their precedence On returning to sup
per the order is different, as there is
then procession Of couples arranged
in the same manner, according to prece-
Westminster Budget.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-07-22
Clever Counterfeits in Glass.

A few pieces Of the beautiful ancient
iridescent glass such as is found in the
tombs of Greece and Asia Minor are gen.
orally to be seen nowadays in the cabinet
of a collector of Oriental porcelains; for
the delicate .'tear bottles" and similar
pearly-hued little vessels look well in
such company. The buyer must be on his
guard, however, lest Greek or Roman
glass be sold to him for the more highly
priced and much more highly priced old
glass of Phoenicia. But he runs great
er risk than this.
Clever counterfeits have appeared in
the market. A lot of Phoenician glass
recently imported to New York city
turned out to be wholly fraudulent, SO
far as the iridescence was concerned.
The plan adopted by the "fakirs'' was to
take a piece of old glass without rides
cence, and therefore almost valueless,
and having treated the inside with color
less mucilage, shake over this .'tacky"
surface powder Of finely crushed metal
lie beads. A little earth was then rubbed
over to hide the evidence of the trick
and to give the necessary look Of an
tiquity.-The Art Amateur.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-07-22
Jewel Don'ts.

Don't wear diamonds with artificial
flowers.
Don't wear diamonds with red satin.
Don't wear diamonds with cloth dresses
they need to shine on lustrous fabrics.
Don't wear pearls with bad complex
ion.
Don't think that your knowledge of
wonder-gems is complete till you have
seen an ''Alexandrite,' green by day and
red by night. And such green!-olive-
bronze, with potent suggestion that red
is there. Green when held in the sun
light. In darkened room, with artificial
light, a ruby where the emerald was a
moment before-a taWny wine-red Of ex-
Quisite tone.
a high type. AS usually worn they are
vulgar and assertive.
Don't wear coral or turquoise with
white muslin if over 80.
Don't wear jet if you are tired and
good. It is the only material that can
wink.
Don't wear coral if sick-looking and you
have ''nursing-bottle' mouth.
Don't fail to realize that the expression
of jewel is much varied with its place
on the body. 1t may give dignity in lift
ing the chest, power on the head, sentl-
ment on the hand, passion on the girdle,
caprice on the foot; or may shine with
spiritual meaning on the forehead, as a
star on the brow of an angel. A girdle-
clasp if worn high indicates self-preserva-
tion-straight at the waist domesticity,
and low down voluptuous abandon
Don't, if you were once told you were
'gypsy-like," wear large gold hoops the
rest of your life.
Don't wear turquoise screw ear-buttons
if you are over 5O.-Edmund Russell's
Book of Gems.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-07-22

without comment. It declares qualifoa-
tons for membership to be character, in
telligence and the reciprocal advantages
regard to race. color, religion or politics
and it was carried, consequently, by the
concluding ballot. By virtue of this final
decision on the color line the supporters
of Mrs Fannie Berrier Williams say
there is no reason why her name may not
be proposed for readmission in the au-
tumn.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-07-22
Madame Patti.

1 went to see Nine. Patti one day this
week and found her living in charming
state in a suite of rooms overlooking
Kensington gardens and within a stones
throw of the old palace in which Queen
Victoria was born. L asked her if she
had made any American arrangements
and her reply was noncommittal. All
she said was: 'Ah, yes, America; oh,
those dreadful journeys! / hate the sea-"
She looks wonderfully young and the
English critics insist that her voice is as
perfect as ever. The enthusiasm of her
reception in ''Traviata" by the audience
which packed every corner of Covent
Garden Opera house really moved her
and her opening notes were broken with
emotion. When she appeared in the
third act absolutely covered with dia-
monds a murmur of amaZement seemed
to go around the house and even the
half dozen princesses in the royal box
craned their necks for a better look.
Signor Nicolini told me all about those
diamonds before [ had concluded my
visit She had on stones to the value
of $1,000,000, said the handsome hus-
band of the prima donna. The whole
of her corsage was composed of dia-
monds, like a cuirass, in fact She had
the stones taken from the hundred and
one pieces of jewelry she possesses, tia
ras, bracelets, brooches and what not,
and all mounted together expressly for
the two performances she had arranged
to give in London of ''Traviata," and the
cost of arranging those gems was $4,000;
not cent less. Next week the glittering
cuirass will be broken up and the stones
restored to the ornaments in which they
belong. Altogether Nine. Patti wore
300 stones, not one less than SIX carats.
London Correspondent.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-07-22
Women on the Color Line.

The Chicago Women's club. which dis
tinguished itself last winter by having
internal dissension on the admission of
Mrs Fanny Berrier Williams, a colored
applicant for membership, has at last
placed itself on record as being in SYM
pathy with the spirit of the Fifteenth
amendment.
The progressive members of the club
have amended the constitution, and the
club as whole has accepted the amend
ments. The clause which it was feared
might cause a controversy was passed
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-07-22
Insects Overrunning CornfieIds.

one from the fierce rays of a summers
sun while treading the way through CORE
fields. Just lie down between tie corn
rows and the bugs will soon effect a COW
ering of shade. Egypt isn't in it when
compared to the modern pests. Pharoah's
bed chamber was deserted bug retreat
when classed with today.'s chinch FARM
Carlinville Qll) Republican.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-07-22
Bad Company.

The professor of a New England theo,
logical (evangelicaD seminary invited re-
Gently the neighboring pastors to COM
plimentary reception and dinner at a no.
tel. In addition to the banquet there
was a sermon and discussion. The SER
mon was given by one of the ablest
members of the faculty. who is an ideal
gentleman and scholar. His subject was
'sThe Temptation of Christ In the
course of his sermon he said, by way of
illustrations: You find yourself some
gloomy day, near it's close, in vast and
dreary waste. There is no living thing
to be seen. You look about you, dis
couraged, hungry and almost disheart-
ened, when suddenly the tempter APP
pears 'Whatv said he, you disheart>
ened? Why don't you call upon these
rocks to turn into bread, that you may
appease your hunger and grief? Your
reply would be: My dear sir, [ can't
do itp . Here witty professor inter.
rupted: MY dear sir! Humph! Humph!
1t seems to me that Prof. s. is upon
very intimate terms with the devil" The
effect of this interruption can be mag.
ined-BOStOn Journal
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-07-22
Factis, "she'' i s Quiet Little Man.

Facts, s'She" s Quiet Little Man.
There is perpetual fund of delight to
the intelligent reader in the writings of
the lady who signs herself Ruth Ash
more" and who discourses from month
to month on the most delicate topics in
the columns of the Ladies' Home Jour
nal. A shy shrinking spirit is easily
discernible to one who can look be-
tween the lines, and we do not wonder
that in the cryptic guise her real name
is hidden. Whether it is an anagram,
or what delphic meaning there may be
concealed therein, is not of much conse-
quence. The great fact is that Ruth
Ashmore'' is a genius in her way, and
that in her 'Side Talks with Girls is to
be found an amount of instruction which
would be cheap at any price. She is an
authority on what she calls propriety.
Her information on these points is given
unhesitatingly. Thus she tells Pauline
that when a servant has shown you
into the parlor you should rise from your
seat as your hostess enters" In some
grades of society the hostess is in the
habit of going to the door herself. Per-
haps it was the unexpected servant that
discomposed Pauline. Thus @. was re-
Gently distressed to know whether he
ought to permit lady to precede him
from the hall to the drawingroOm. What
would he have done without Mrs. or
Miss Ashmore to set him right?-Provi-
donco Journal
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-07-22
His Sister.

Two young men were standing on the
platform of a Chestnut street car yester-
day, when a fashionably dressed girl
entered and seated herself at the for
ward end. "A picture of innocence and
beauty" remarked one of the young
men. adjusting his tie. ''Innocence?'
exclaimed the other. 'I'd like to bet
dollar that if l go in and sit next to her
she will open conversation with me-"
The first speaker sized up the girl again
and accepted the bet. His companion
sauntered in, and to the amazement of
the observer on the rear platform, the
young lady smiled and spoke, and in a
moment the couple were conversing as
if they had known each other lifetime.
Presently the presumptuous young, man
beckoned to his friend, who thought he
was to share in a "good thing. He
when his companion introduced his sis
Observation-Disclosures Record. 3t-s4.,f
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-07-22
NoTABLES THE WORLD OVER.

The emblems of royalty of the Queen
of Madagascar consist of four scarlet
umbrellas, which are held over her when
in her palanquin of state.
The necessary funds to raise q statue
to Oliver Cromwell have been privately
subscribed by four wealthy gentlemen
of England, of whom the late prime
minister is named as one.
Lady Margaret Scott has won for
the third time the ladies' golf champion
ship of Great Britain. Lady Margaret
is daughter of the Earl of Eldon, who
is also a most proficient player of the
game.
The wardrobe of Queen Marguerite
is almost as renowned for its variety
and splendor as that of Queen Elizabeth.
This dainty queen will never wear the
same gloves or the same stockings twice,
and all her gowns are made in Paris.
Sir Robert Ball, the astronomer roy
al for Ireland, is said to believe that the
time is approaching when posterity will
be able to construct machinery that will
be operated by means of glasses, with
heat obtained by the direct action of the
SUMS rays.
While the Shahzada and his suite
have to some extent adopted the Euro
pean method of dress, they have not yet
altogether followed Western customs so
far as their sleeping arrangements are
concerned. Bedsteads are dispensed
with and touches are made on the floor.
Paul Bourget, the famous French
poet and novelist of the psychological
school, was born at Amiens, on Septem-
Der 2, 1852. His father was a learned
mathematician, and to great extent
was responsible for his sons education.
NJ Bourget is traveller and an admirer
of the English scenery and English peo-
pie.
The most extensive part of the
Kaiser's wardrobe is composed of his
naval and military uniforms, Of which
he has 12S. In addition to these, he
possesses numerous gold uniforms and
the regalia of various high orders, to-
gether with enough civilians suits to
make the fortune of the tailor who con-
structed them.
The administration of the late Mr..
Parnelrs estate will, it is said, yield
about los to the {. His home and small
estate in Ireland were mortgaged to an
Irish banker before his death for f1O,-
600, and his Quarries he sold to his
brother. There are certain securities in
America which, it is hoped, will yield
more than at first expected.