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Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-07-29

The last coin to come into use was the
So piece, which was established by the
act of February q, 1853. Its weight
and fneness are of the normal standard
None of them were made after 1890.
The first silver coins were struck at the
Philadelphia mint in 1894. They were
dollars, half-dollars and half-dimes. But
175S dollars, 10000 half-dollars and still
less half-dimes were made, and they were
intended more for curiosities than for
any practical use as money. In the sue
ceeding year the issue was 2O3,O33 dol
lars, 323, OBS half-dollars, no quarters, no
dimes and S6,41S half-dimes.
In 1896 the mint coined only 1920
dollars and 1918 half-dollars, with 294S
quarters. Dollars only were coined in
1898. In 1896 the head of Liberty was
changed, and a new head, not as good
looking as the other, was substituted.
This also had flowing locks, but they
were bound by broad fllet, from which
they gained the name of ''fllet dollars"
The fllet series had heraldic eagle on
the reverse.
According to the records, there were
coined of the famous 1904 dollar 1850,
while of halves 156, $40 were issued, and
6738 quarters. There are but seven or
eight of the dollars of 1904 known to
exist. 1t is claimed that there are others
but it is pretty generally admitted that
they are counterfeits. Even those that
are apparently genuine are said to have
been surreptitiously stricken off at a
later date. The value of genuine 1904
dollar is enormous, as much as $1,000
having been offered in vain for one by
numismatists.
The first dollar pieces contained 416
grains of silver, and this proportion was
maintained until 1873, when the guam
tity was slightly reduced, while the fine
ness was made greater.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-07-29
How to Sketch.

Now that the suitable season is fairly
here, sketching parties and outdoor class
es are being organized. The readers Of
the Star who are without experience in
the art of sketching and have not the
good fortune to be under the watchful
eye of some master while endeavoring to
transfer the beauties of nature to paper
may find the following hints of some as
SiStance:
If one be a novice the FIRST few sketches
should be made in pencil or charcoal, so
that. the student may become familiar
With the principles Of composition, pro-
portion and light and shades without the
complications of color. A sketch book
or pad, consisting of slightly rough paper,
rather soft pencil, rubber and an
ordinary campstool fhe whole outfit to
cost about 60 cents) are all that is neces-
sary in the way of materials From the
center of a card or small piece of paper
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-07-29
The Passing of silver.

The fashionable woman is bidding
good-by to silver. Thanks to silver being
cheaper than ever before and the whole
sale way in which Sterling has of late
been stamped upon imitation silver
goods, and the inventive faculties Of
manufacturers of high-priced goods, who,
to make money, must offer something
new-forever something new and differ
ent-silver is passing. The silver-han-
died umbrella was long ago laid on the
fashionable shelf of bygoness to make
room for carved worries and other luxu-
ries Now the silver-cornered purse is
being added to the has beens,'' as the
atrical people call the ancients in their
profession In place of the silver corners
handsome mosaics of enamel in several
colors are shown. Effect novel and dec.
orative New card-cases have sprays OF
dainty flowers, such as sweet peas, in
natural colors in enamel and gold raised
in relief upon one side. A beautiful new
prayer book has the upper cover nearly
covered with an elaborate ecclesiastical
design done in enamel in colors in very
fine mosaic, the ornamentation being dl-
yided into squares that leave cross of
the fine leather between.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-07-29
FOR THE YOUNG FOLKS.
My Study.

My Study.
AS on my grassy couch lie,
From hedge and tree
Musicians pipe; or if the heat
Subdue the birds. one crooneth sweet
Whose labor is a lullaby
The slumbrouS bee.
The sun my work doth overlook
With searching light;
The serious moon, the Pickering star,
My midnight lamp and candle are;
A soul unhardened is the book
Wherein / write.
There, laboring, my heart is eased
OF every care;
Yet often WOnder-struck I stand,
With earnest gaze but idle hand,
Abashed-for God himself is pleased
To labor there.
Ashamed my faithful task to spell,
l watch how grows
The Masters perfect cOlOr-scheme
OF sunset, or His simpler dream
OF moonlight, or that miracle
We name a rose.
Alfred Hays.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-07-29
stunning Bathing Suits.

The bathing suits at Narragansett are
unusually beautiful this year. Brilliant
ines and mohairs seem to be the favorite
stuffs. though there are many stunning
ones in colored serges. One of the most
startling suits yet seen upon the beach
was of white serge, trimmed with bows
Of scarlet braid. The sailor collar that
trimmed the bodice was Of scarlet, and
the blonde head that invented this much
commented upon creation was crowned
with marvellous headgear in white and
scarlet. White gowns, as rule, are
viewed askance by the authorities of the
bathing beach. because. for some unac-
to cling to the figure This one, how
ever, is made CT heavy white serge, and
SO it is allowed to grace the charms of
it's blonde owner. to the delight Of all
the newcomers at the beach.-New York
Press
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-07-29
Facts Concerning Coin.

The coins which are in use by the Unit
ed States government are of practically
the same denomination today that they
were a hundred years ago. There have
been a few additions, but most of the
expecimentS-such as the coinage OF 81
cent pieces and 2O-cent pieces-proved
failures, and have been discontinued.
The gold coins which have been coined
at different times by the United States
government are the double eagle or $2O
piece, the eagle or $40 piece, the half
eagle or So piece. the So piece, the quart
These coins are all 900 fine, which means
that 900 parts in 1000 are pure metal,
the other 100 parts being alloy.
The weight of a deuble-eagle is SIG
grains. Its coinage was authorized on
March 3. 1S49. Since then there have
other gold piece issued by the government
It is used largely by bankers, and forms
the chief coin of the large sums which
change hands at the United States sub
treasury, and is paid for bonds. while the
interest on the bonds is paid again in
them. In spite of the fact that so many
Of them are in existence, they are not
often met with by the average person, &C.
cording to Golden Days.
The coinage of the eagle was author
lied by the act of April 2, 1892. The
weight was at first established by law
at 27O grains, but was changed forty-two
years afterward by law to 25S grains,
where it has remained ever since.
At first its fneness was greater than
that of any other gold coin, being 916.23,
but this was soon changed to conform
with the standard. The same act which
authorized the coinage Of the eagle also
authorized that of the half-eagle and the
Quarter-eagle.
At the same time that the largest of
gold coins was created. the smallest was
also authorized-the gold dollar; it weighs
25.S grains. 81 Their coinage was aban-
doned in 1890.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-07-29
atlantic Coast Sinking

Much attention has been directed of
late to the gradual sinking of the entire
Atlantic coast of this country. A land
mark set up in Fairfield county, Conn,
a little more than 100 years ago, is now
deep under water at low tide, and along
the New Jersey shore it has been neces-
sary to move houses back at intervals
of thirty years. At one point on the
Florida coast a lighthouse had to be
abandoned and another built higher on
the shore. The indications are strong
that Long island was once part of
the mainland Along the Atlantic in
Northern Europe the coast is slowly ris-
ng, but the Italian shore is subsiding.
Fortunately, scientists maintain that
there is an alienation in this movement,
and that in the course of ages our At
lantic seaboard will rise against. Lou
is Globe-Democrat
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-07-29
PARTISAN SHoPLIFTERS.
A Clever Stratagem Practiced by Sup.
posed Lady and Her Nursemaid.

"A Clever StrAt&&0m Pr&Ct1C00 by sup
posed Lady and Her Nursemaid.
Outside one of the big Paris stores
were lately grouped lady, nursemaid
with a baby in her arms" and an in
spector of police in the execution of his
duty. The lady had just been given into
custody on a charge of unlawful sam
ping off the counters. She was protest
ing her innocence in the most eloquent
and moving terms. The nursemaid was
too far gone for words, but she sobbed
in a highly effective manner upon the
baby's shoulder. The great heart of the
people that stood around was stirred.
It found voice, anon, in cries of a bas
against the inspector Abused, indeed,
he might have been had he not shrewdly
and suddenly unwaterproofed his pris-
oner. For underneath she was all over
proof-futtering with fans and fancy
articles, festooned with lace and ribbons
and fal-fals of all sorts, and hung around
with natty boots and neat umbrellas. It
was a sight to give the abasers pause.
A certain revulsiOn Of feelingein favor of
constituted authority begansto set in.
But when the constituted authority pro-
ceeded to uncloak the nursemaid also,
and she, in her agitation, let the baby
fall, roar of excitement arose from the
bystanders. For the baby fell upon it's
head and stove it in. The inspector had
to go down upon his knees and pick up
the fragments of that fractured skull
and show them around. Then there
arose another sort of roar. Fragments
of wax they were. The very baby was
shoplift.-Pall Mall Gazette.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-07-29

Fruits are delicious when Joined with
either claret or white wine into drink
for hot weather luncheons or dinner-the
more fruits the better.
Pineapple and lemonade is delicious Also
To slice a pineapple is to offend the gods
Get the peel off and then shred the fruit
with a stout silver fork.
GRADUATED sugar is an abomination on
fruit; use powdered sugar and sift it
before sending it to the table.
A fruit dish that will tempt the appe-
tite of an invalid-and, of course, of any
body else-is peach foam. Put cupful
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-07-29
"A Dramatic Episode.

Mr.. Blaine-"There is one piece of tes-
timony wanting. There is but one thing
to close the complete circle of evidence.
There is but one witness whom / could
not have, to whom the judiciary commit
tee, taking into account the great and
intimate connection he had with the
transaction, was asked to send a cable
dispatch-and / ask the gentleman from
Kentucky if that dispatch was. sent to
him p
"Who?' suggested Mr.. Frye, in an I'M
dertone.
Josiah Caldwell"
Mr.. Knott responded blandly, Il will
reply to the gentleman that Judge Hun
ton and myself have both endeavored to
get Mr.. Caldwell's address, and have not
yet got it."
Then came the unexpected and upset
ting question from Mr.. Blaine. HAS
the gentleman from Kentucky received a
dispatch from Mr.. Caldwell?''
The House was breathless.
civil explain that-directly," replied
Mr.. Knott.
Il want categorical answer" demand
ed Mr.. Blaine.
II have received" gasped Mr.. Knott,
"a dispatch purporting to be from MIR.
Caldwell"
''You didv'
''How did you know I got it?'' asked
Mr.. Knott in the very faulty of sur
prise.
when did you get it," questioned Mr..
Blaine, sternly. Il want the gentleman
from Kentucky to answer when he got
it,
answer my question first" parried
Mr.. Knott.
81 never heard of it until yesterday"
''How did you hear it?''
Mr.. Blaine thrust aside the frivolous
question, and, for all answer, towering
down the aisle, holding high a dispatch
in his uplifted hand, and standing in the
open space in front of the speaker, in
full view of the whole assembly, in the
very face of Mr.. Knott, he pronounced
with deliberate intense distinctness:
''You got a dispatch last Thursday
morning at s o'clock from Josiah Cald-
we'll completely and absolutely exonerat-
ing me from this charge-and you have
suppressed it!'
There was one instant of silence, and
then went up from the great congregation
such a sound as never those halls had
heard before. 1t was not a shout. not a
cheer, but rather cry, the inarticulate
voice, victorious voice Of anger, exulta-
ton, triumph The House went
simply to pieces. For fifteen
minutes nothing else was done.-Gail
Hamiiton's Life of Blaine
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-07-29

cut an oblong, as in the illustration.
Holding the frame thus made a short
distance from the face and looking
through the opening with one eye closed
select that portion OF the scene which
you wish to sketch. The simpler the
subject the better. Take the corner of a
fence with bushes and an old tree;
group of rocks reflected in the water;
roWbOat drawn up on the sand with an
old log washed ashore; little cabin with
its surroundings, or an old dumpcart I'M
der tree are all good studies. Sketch
lightly the outline as you would any still
life or group of objects in room. In
doing SO certain amount Of taste should
be exercised, leaving out any object which
would prove unpleasing or crowd the
picture too much. The main object or
group must not be placed directly in
the center of the paper, but little to
one side. Lines perpendicular in reality
will be drawn perpendicular, and for de-
termining the slant of all other lines
simple method will prove effective.
Closing one eye, hold the pencil horizon
tally at arms length, SO that one end of
be drawn. Note the angle that the de-
sired line makes with the pencil. Then
mark the horizontal line corresponding
to pencil on the paper and draw the line,
making the same angle as found. If the
line be nearer perpendicular than a
and note angle same way. Where the
sketch is to consist of one prominent
group, begin with that at once and regard
the distance simply as background.
If it consists of a long stretch of ground
with perhaps a path and tree or bush,
place the horizon line lightly and then the
objects, the horizon being not too low.
Look through the half-clOsed eyes and
get general idea of the light and shade
of the whole scene. Determine at once
which is the very darkest spot in your
picture and shade this first, making it
as dark as possible. This will serve as a
guide to the other darks which, however
dark they may seem, will not rival the
darkest. Note also the lightest spot and
Indicate this with a dot to strengthen
your memory, which will surely be short.
Begin with the distance to shade, so
that the hand will not rub the drawing,
and come down to the nearest objects.
The greater the distance the fainter
should be the strokes, gradually getting
darker and more decided as the fore
ground is reached.
In making foliage, indicate the large
dark places and the large light places, OBJ
serving the shapes of these masses close
| ly and filling them in with short strokes.
Do not, under any circumstances, try
to indicate each leaf, even though the
trees be near. Keep the dark masses
distinct as possible from the light masses,
and your sketch will be strong and clear.
Let your strokes be at all times somewhat
uniform and their direction be such as
will best suggest the object. Experiment
on the margin of the paper as to the best
method of shading. A common rule is to
| follow the form with the strokes, but
| this method cannot always be followed
| to best Washington Star.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-07-29
Wehh Sill lives.


Capt. Paul Webb. whose back was
broken while attempting to descend the
log chute in his barrel at Occur d'Alene
lake on the Fourth, is not only still alive,
but is likely to live some time. Capt.
Webb's lines nave been cast in pleasant
places and he is about as nearly content.
possibly be. All day long yesterday peo-
Die were calling at the hospital to see
him, and many of them were ladies'.
They brought him words of good cheer,
bouquets of lovely flowers, and dainty
things to eat. He conversed with his
visitors in a cheerful mood and laughed
Never you mind about my back being
broken he said, cheerfully. Ppm 60,
ing to come out of this all right, and
Tn going over the falls in that same bar,
rel.'-Spokane (Wash.) Spokesman-Re-
view
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-07-29
How to Live Long.

DR.. Burggrave of Client, who has
passed his hundredth year, has written
a book on longevity. The only way to
live long, he says, is for each person to
live according to his proper individuality,
to select what is good for ones self and
to avoid all else. In other words, one
must live as nearly as possible in har-
mony with his surroundings. The con-
tented mind, the happy heart-these
things prolong life more than dieting
and regular hours of sleep.
-Malmo, in Sweden, opposite Copen-
hagen. is to have an industrial and me-
chanical exhibition next year.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-07-29
Sweet Glover.

Sweet clover, in which the roadsides in
some parts of the country abound, is a
fragrant delight for a whole year if used
very coarse, loosely woven cheese cloth;
then make the outer covering Of Swiss
muslin, with a wide frill, or of linen in
pale green or white. Bunches of the
clover in cases of the cheesecloth also per-
fume closets and bureau drawers delight
fully. In pertaining laces with rose
leaves line the bureau drawers with thick
white paper, then put in a thick layer of
rose petals that are just gathered, then
the lace, another layer Of the leaves, and
cover the top with tissue paper. Keep
the drawer closed for a day. The roses
should be gathered as soon as the dew has
dried from them in the morning. Cut the
roses for this purpose that have just
Oneno0.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-07-29
DisastrOus Thrift.

A young government clerk made up
his mind last week to go down the river
went He knew the excursion would be
crowded and perhaps a mixed one, and
he had $40 note which he did not pro-
pose to lose. Accordingly, he put it snug
ly under his heel, inside his shoe. He
walked about all day and was compelled
to stay down there all night. Incidental
ly he slipped into the water and got his
feet soaking wet 1t was an excursion
which cost him dear, for when he got
home that $40 note was an utterly I'M
decipherable pulp. There wasn't even
enough of it left to be redeemed. It was
completely lost. There was a blister on
the government clerks heel beside.-The
Washington Post
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-07-29
Gen.aHouston's Indian Wife.

In brush tepee on the banks Of the
Washita river in Indian territory lives
Granny Houston, hideously wrinkled
old squaw. who claims to have been the
wife of Gen. Sam Houston of Texas.
When young maiden Granny Houston
was said to have been very beautiful,
and young Houston in one of his forays
met and fell in love with her. Houston
took his squaw bride to Texas, where
they lived together for many years. One
day the longing to rejoin her tribe be-
came too strong to resist and Mrs. Hous-
ton ran away from civilization to the
tepees of the Wichitas, and there she has
hapn eyer since.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-07-29

the July Lippincott's, H. H. Boyesen
gives it a very charming definition:
''Love," he says, SIS, to my mind, nothing
but an enthusiastic congeniaiity of soul.
1t is a profound sense of a pervasive har-
mony of being. Its first symptom is not
a physical attraction, but a delicious reah-
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-07-29
Get Him a Job.

Johnny Papa, what do people mean
when they talk about your constituents"
nv. is man who expects you to get him
job. Judge.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-07-29
GOSSIP FOR THE LADIES
Come (!


Sweet in her green dell the flower Of beauty
slumbers;
Lulled by the faint breezes signing through
her hair
Sleeps she, and hears not my melancholy
numbers,
Breathed to my sad lutte amid the lovely
ART
Down from the high cliff the rivulet is teem-
ing,
To wind round the willow banks that lure
him from above;
oh that, in tears from my rocky prison
streaming,
l. too, could guide to the bower Of my
love!
All, when the woodbines with sleepy arms
have wound me,
Opes she her eyelids at the dream Of my
lay,
Listening, like the dove, while the fountains
echo round her,
To her lost mates call in the forests far
away!
Come, then, my bird! for the peace thou
ever Dearest,
Still heavens messenger of comfort to
me;
Come, this fond bosom, my faithfullest, my
fairest,
Bleeds with its death wound-but deeper
yet for thee! George barley.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-07-29
The Old LADY.

A picturesque figure is passing out of
society, if she has not already passed.
We seldom, in the drawing room, meet
the old lady. At this moment she is to
be found chiefly in villages remote from
the railway, or, if in town, she is apt to
belong to the distinctly poorer classes,
and to be engaged in some humble occu-
patton, as, for example, the keeping of
an apple stand, or the selling of news
papers around the ferries or elevated sta
tons. Thus engaged, she wears a dis
tinctive dress, almost a uniform. 1t con-
sists of a gown of some very dark or
neutral tint, with a straight full skirt
ending at her ankles, a round waist, no
drapery or pulled sleeves, but severely
plain and rather short ones, leaving the
wrist free; little three-cornered shawl
over the shoulders-always that-and a
hood or bonnet protecting the hair.
These old women are frankly old.
They seem TO have lived hundred years,
and never to have been young. Their old
faces are crisscrossed like maps with
innumerable fine lines; they bear them
selves with certain patience and dig
nifty.
But they are not in society. They
are part Of the world outside, which does
not exist for the sheltered and guarded
and well-to-do. They are like the peas
ants in French pictures, as straightfor-
ward, as chlldlike, as innocent, as calm
ly Indifferent to fashion. What have they
to do with it?-what has it to do with
them?
In the strenuous struggle to retain
youth or the semblance of it, which is
the foible and weakness Of our period,
the old lady has difficult time of it just
now. The masseuse labors to efface her
wrinkles, those time-revealing marks,
which, bravely worn, have beauty of
fhnIr Rrin ms
unguents, hot water and cold wa
ter, galvanism and steam, that her
skin may remain as soft, as rose
hued, as flexible as it was at 20. In this
there is no harm, but, did she only know
it, there are placid old faces among the
Friends, and among the Shakers, too,
tanned shape and smoothness solely by the
spirits inward light and peace and help.
-Harper's Bazaar.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-07-29

-''What did your mother get for
Christmas!'' asked Tom of VIII. Mon
ey,'' said Tom. ''She said this year she'd
rather have money than anything else. y
Pooh! Mine wouldn't. said Will, land
SO papa gave her solid gold apendant-
citis set with diamonds