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Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-09-16
PuMPANO CATCHING.
Not in Years Have There Been so Many as
at Present.

Not in Years Have There Been so Many as
at Present.
Not in years have there been SO many
big shoals of pOmpano in the harbOr at
Key West, Fla. Similar reports come
in from all the nearby towns along the
coast. They are a brood, fiat fish, with
long, graceful fins, and deeply bifurcated
tails. Their sides are like sheets of sill
yer, tinged with deep sulphur yellow at
the belly. They are abundant along the
coast from Virginia southwark, and roam
from bay to bay i'll great shoals Of thou
sands together. They are very hard to
tempt with bait, and refuse ali ordi-
nary fish foods, This has probably given
rise to much of the talk about their not
biting. There is, however, one thing
that they passionately love to eat, and
never refuse in any sort of weather, or
in any tide. That is the sand, or sea
flea, a minute sort of crustacean like
by the darky boys here, and sold by the
pint to Northern visiting sportsmen and
local anglers.
The correct rig is very light tackle.
A long twelve-foot lanceWood rod weigh
ing not over eleven ounces, a silk trout
line, a small No. 5 sproat hook on a three
foot leader of single gut, and your out
fit is complete.< Some use a lead to keep
the bait steady, and a float to regulate
the distance from the bottom, but the
old-timers here all prefer light, free
line. They anchor in a tideway or eddy,
and let the line drift with the current.
Once hooked land you must strike on the
instant to hook them), the pompano will
give you a good tussle. He will run
like a bass, and when you try to snub
him or force the fighting he will threw
his broad silver side across the current,
giving a resistance that will make your
rod describe sharp circles. They live for a
long time after being landed, and should
be put to death by a sharp rap on the
their lives away for two or three hours.
They are beautiful sight thrashing OH
a bed of dark-green seaWeed like great
silver shields being shaken by an invisible
power, and the hot tropical sun lights up
their coats with al the changing hues of
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-09-16
q Good FELLOW.

In his article ON ''The Evolution of the
Blue-Jacket,' in the North American Re
view, Admiral P. H. Colomb says of the
oId-time type: He was always good
fellow, but you seldom knew where to
have him. He was unQuestionably a
drunken fellow and he used to manage to
get dead drunk faster than any other
class of men with whom I have been ac-
quainted. He was not steady. Apart
from his officer he seemed almost a reed
shaken with the wind, though his personal
courage was always lion-like when
aroused. He was proud of his officer,
especially if the officer was hard on him.
He was somewhat of a fatalist, quick to
imagine that fate was against him and
to give up the struggle against it. He
was quarrelsome in his cups, but almost
always distinctly witty out of them
He preserves his humor to the present
day. A story is told Of a certain "Bilr'
standing at the corner Of a street in Natal
during the Zulu war, when a certain
general just landed, covered with medals
and orders and equally hung with soldier
ly knicknacks, the whistle, the field glass,
the compass, the notebook, ETC., passed
near Bill and his companion Jack. ;"
'Who's i'm, Jack?' asked Bill. dun
no. said Jack, seems to be one g. them +,
new generals just come ashore Him"
returned Bill, preparing to put his pipe
in his mouth again, ''looks like bloomin'
Christmas tree!
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-09-16
ROBINSON CRUsoE's ISLAND.

The Scene of the Immortal Romance of
Daniel De Foe.
There has been received during the
past thirty days news from Chill which
will not be regarded as joyful intelligence
by the friends of Daniel De Foe. Poor
old Robinson Crusoe's hut on Juan Fer
nandez island is to be torn down, and in
it's place will be erected a prison station,
to be used as an auxiliary to the Chris
tan penitentiary at Santiago.
Selkirk, it is said, used the top of this
bluff as a signal station, and for four
years he patiently watched for passing
ships. At the base of the cliff long
reef runs seward, marked here and
there by sharp-pointed rocks over which
the surf dasheS necessarily.
One word about Selkirk himself. Eng
fish record keepers and historians aver
that the man was seaman, who was
marooned for mutiny, but South Ameri-
cans claim that he deserted from an Eng
lish trader inbound to Valparaiso and, aft
er stealing boat, sailed for what he
thought was the mainland. He landed
on Juan Fernandez, and there found a
semi-fertile island, visited frequently by
heavy rain showers, the home of water
fowl, and anything but tropical para
disc such as De Foe portrayed in his re-
markable record of human imagination.
The interior of the island was very rocky,
and the fora and fauna of the island were
of that limited character ascribed to
Treasure Island" by Robert Louis Ste
venson.-San Francisco Bulletin.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-09-16
REBUS ON AN ENVELOPE.
Postoffice Department. Elated Over Solv-
ing 1t.


A curiously-addresse letter lately
passed through the postoffice at Madrid,
which was deciphered and correctly de-
livered, notwithstanding all difficulties.
The address was a perfect rebus. AT
the left-hand side was the figure of u
lady. It was clear, therefore, to which
sex the recipient should belong. Over
the lady's head the sun was rising; hence
her name was inferred to be Aurora.
For her surname stood hill with a
castle at it's foot, which gives us Mon
tesy Castello.'
Next comes the town, for which the
plan of a city was drawn on which AL
hambra was legible. This indicated Ora
NADIA, but in order to leave no doubt
possible a pomegranate was drawn be-
side the plan. To complete the address,
number was indicated in one of the
streets of the city plan.
The postal authorities took three days
to study this curiosity, and then tri-
umphantly delivered the letter to Sen
orita Aurora Monies y CASTILLO, Azac-
ayas, No. 20, Granada and, SO far
from censuring the sender, they had the
envelope photographed and a copy print
ed in the Madrid papers as proof Of
the intelligence of the department.-Lip-
DincOtt'S Magazine.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-09-16
CAMPING BOYS FIND GOLD.
Strange Outcome of Legendary Story
About a Treasure.

Strange Outcome of Legendary Story
About Treasure.
Frank Slevin and George Jeffreys, who
have been camping out on the Auglaize
river, near Defiance, O., returned unex-
pecteeliy and DISPLAYED six gold ce,2 g
which they had found in an excavation
at the foot of a bluff at a place called
Jackson. A searching party found two
Spanish doubloons at the same spot and
the freshly splintered remains of an old
oaken chest. A spade, pickaxe and a
steel bar were also discovered near by.
On the face of the bluff near a newly
opened hole, and partly covered by moss,
meath al It i carved in the stone. For years
stories have been circulated in Defiance
about buried treasure credited with be
ing gold for the payment of British
troops. Two strangers who were here
last week were told. the story, and as they
have disappeared it is believed that they
have made quiet but successful search
for the gold
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-09-16
LUMBER FOR SOUTH AFRICA.
Growing Demand for Pine and Fir from
the Pacific Coast.

Growing Demand for Pine and Fir from
the Pacific Coast.
Large quantities of Pacific coast pine
and fir are being shipped to the South
African Republic. This class of lumber
is SO superior to the Baltic product that
it is forcing the latter out of the market,
especially for the timbering of the great
mines of that section of the world At
tention to the greater length and strength
of the Puget sound lumber was called
by the California miners, and now
trade has sprung up which promises to
grow to a large size.
A commencement was made about two
years ago, when few hundred thousand
feet of pine were sent to South Africa in
sailing vessels. Now several steamers
are engaged in the transportation, each
carrying from 100000 to 100000 feet
as a cargo.
The business has grown with unexpect-
ed rapidity and has already assumed pro.
portions that were not dreamed of at
the outset. All of. the lumber is sent out
such large quantities to South Africa on
speculation. Whether the demand will
be permanent or not the local lumbermen
are uncertain, as Johannesburg is a boom
town and is as likely to come down as
go up. The price paid ranges from $3.50
and $40 thousand, and it's cost at Della
goa Bay depends on freight charters,
which are a varying quantity. These
run from sixty-five to eighty shillings.
The purchases are made through London
agents One of the buyers came out
from South Africa last year and thor
oughly inspected the Puget sound lumber
declaring himself perfectly satisfied with
it's quality and length.-San Francisco
ChrOniclQ
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-09-16
GETTING A DRINK IN NORWAY.

Dry Sundays Up There Every Day in the
New York is getting to be good
deal like Norway these days." said
man just returned from spending his
summer holidays among the fords far
up towards the Arctic circle. Excise
laws in Norway and Sweden are Curl
ous,'' he continued such laws are
but in these countries they are en-
forced with the utmost rigor.
MY first experience with them was IN
a little town called Drontheim, Or
Trondjem-I've heard it pronounced a
dozen different ways. | reached there
late in the afternoon, and dined in the
had met on the steamer. We called
for pony of brandy apiece With our
coffee, and the waiter, who, curiously
enough was a Frenchman, stared at us
with speeches. and sorrowful amaze
mcnt for moment and then replied:
If 1 served you with what you ask for
would have to spend six months III
prison, and if I filled your glasses a Sec
end time-mon Dieu!-I don't know
when 1 would ever see France again.
under the circumstances, OF course,
we did not insist upon having the
brandy. 1t seems that some years ago
the Norwegian government recognized
the most drunken in Europe. TIE result
was that a law was passed prohibiting
the sale at retail of all alcoholic bever-
ages, no matter where or in what sort
of an establishment. The smallest guam
tity which was allowed to be sold at
retail was a litre, or trif1e less than
quart. The hardy Norwegian dipso-
maniac, therefore, buys his litre of
brandy or other hard liquors, and, tuck
ing it under his coat, hurries home.
Once within his own four walls he may
get as drunk as he chooses, but he must
keep his door strictly closed, and if he
so much as shows his drunken face at
the window, he is at once arrested and
spends several months in Jail. The man
who sold him the liquor, moreover, is
heavily fined and has to pay all the
judicial costs.
although drunkenness has not been
absolutely suppressed, it has decreased
in a most remarkable degree. There
is no fun, you know, tor most people to
get drunk in the solitude of their own
room, and there are no cafes or bar
rooms there, with their warmth and
glittering lights to entice the citizen
through the long, cold winter evenings"
New York World
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-09-16
A VOYAGE on a Raft.

The Rev. David Utter of Salt Lake
City. the well-known Unitarian minister,
recently made the descent of the Colorado
river or a raft. The raft was built of
driftwood twenty feet long, six feet wide
and we'll spiked together. Two boxes,
with false bottoms containing provisions.
were nailed upon the raft. They served
as seats when the water was smooth, and
protected the provisions from the swash.
On the first day the raft was carried into
an eddy about 600 feet long and 300 feet
wide, and very deep. At the foot of the
eddy the current was so strong that it
required an hour of the hardest kind Of
padding to get over into the stream
again He and his companions were
three days on the raft, tying up at night,
and made about half the distance the
first day
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-09-16
The Crows Feet.

I like to see an old man with plenty
of crows feet around his eyes. 1t
means that he has been through some
makes a man strong. The man who has
not suffered and has no crows feet is
a bad man. He has been fed on pap all
his life, and had everything thrown
at him. just as we throw a bone to a
dog. He has not been through the mill
of trouble, and it takes a mill of trouble
ity, experience, love of country, love
of his fellow men. I have a great deal
of sympathy for my old friend Walker
who, speaking of crows feet the other
day, said it was the little things of life
that made them, not the big things. And
made most of them and made them
quickest were babies.-New York Press
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-09-16
Not Many Left.

Apropos of the youthful precocity
which displays itself in the new genera
ton, the Boston Herald says: 1T was
the tiniest little tot imaginable, with
chubby cheeks and wilderness Of fossy
blonde hair, and she was sitting by the
side of her mamma in a street car deep
" interested in what she saw passing
before her. Presently the car stopped
mother took the child on her lap to
make room for the newcomer The
youngster resisted, saying, Don't be
ridiculous, mamma. Ladies don't get up
and give their seats to gentlemen
There are some real children left, but
not manV"
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-09-16
NAMES IN PARLIAMENT.
For the First Time in Years There is Only
One Gladstone.

there is only one Gladstone, and one
Hamilton, and one Gathorne-Hardy in
the House of Commons. The Nov brays
and Allsopps are reduced to one. The
great Wing names of Russell and Whit
bread have disappeared altogether.
On the other hand there are still two
Balfours, two Lowthers, two Beaches,
two Chamberlains, two Sidebottoms, two
Abel Smiths, two Gibbses, and the par
mirable fratum, Sir e. Ashmead-Bart-
lett, and Mr.. Burdett-Coutts. And the
Cavendishes, the Cecils, the Longs and
Goschens have doubled their former rep
resentation, while the Comptons have
sent Lord Alwye, Unionist, to counter
act the Radical vote of his brother, Lord
C0pnnf0n
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-09-16
Got the CIerkship.

An Australian youth showed that he
had the knack of ''getting there" He
was undergoing an examination for po-
sition in the civil service, and the ex-
aminer had written: What is the dis
lance from the earth to the sum-" Not
having the exact number of miles with
him, he wrote: II am unable to state ac-
near enough to interfere with the proper
performance of my duties if I get this
clerkship." He got it.-Household
Words.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-09-16
Wisconsin Patents.

Patents for the following Wisconsin
inventions are reported for this week by
Erwin, Wheeler & Wheeler, So and 59
Loan and Trust building. Milwaukee,
Wis. These attorneys will furnish the
Inventors Handbook" free on request.
l.. B. Benton, Milwaukee, type; N. H
Brokaw, Kaukauna, machine for winding
paper; D. e. Dawson, Merrill, sawmill ma
chfnery; ]. Fl. Edward, Whitewater, planter
lthree patents; H. l. Gates, Mi ~ het
gaiting device for horses; A. Lindemann
Milwaukee, Domestic oven; NJ. NJ. Looney
La Crosse, device for cleaning out channels
J. W. Wildman, North Andover, automatic
brake for wagons.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-09-16
The Lemon Broke.

Alleged lemonade offered for sale by
one of the vendors in Printing House
square the other day looked suspiciously
weak Passersby thought it might have
been diluted by the rain. One deluded
mortal put down his cent on the up
turned soap box. In his haste he spilled
the slice of lemon out, and with a crash
it fell to the pavement and broke. It
was made of wood, because wood floats.
Nav York Press
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-09-16
The Big Penknife,

Perhaps the most wonderful specimen
of cutters craft in the world is the
knife to be seen in the showrooms of
Joseph Rodgers & Sons, Sheffield, Eng
land. This extraordinary knife is pro-
vided with one blade for every year
since the commencement of the Chris
tan era, the number of blades now, of
course, being 1895: Blades are inserted
five at time at the lapse of every five
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-09-16
TWAS EVER THUS.

At midnight. in his guarded tent
The Turk was dreaming Of the hour
When Greece her knee in suppliance bent,
Would tremble at his power.
And in his dreams the foeman fell
Before his blades fell stroke.
And everything had come his way
And then the baby woke.
Detroit Tribune.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-09-16
A Syndicate Of Monsters.

Here are the names Of the abominable trio
that compose it, hated and abhorred by man
and womankind-dyspepsia biliousness and
constipation. What is the most successful
way to attack and squelch these united
monsters? Take Hostetter's Stomach Bit
tiers. and they will pull up stakes and make
tracks for parts unknown, leaving no trace
behind. The Bitters also exterminates ma
laria, rheumatic and kidney trouble and
nervous ailments.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-09-16
GREAT BOOK FREE.

When DR.. R. v. Pierce, of Buffalo, N. Y,
published the first edition of his work, The
Peoples Common Sense Medical Adviser,
he announced that after $4,000 copies had
been sold at the regular price, $3.50 per
copy, the profit on which would repay him
for the great amount of labor and money
expended in producing it, he would dis
tribute the next half million free. AS this
number of copies has already been sold, he
is now distributing, absolutely free, 100000
SGpes of felf COUPON ing 1s and V 1a
ical work ever *--*p uDI1shed--
the recipient only being required to mail
TO him, at the above address, this little
COUPON with twentyone (aI cents s,,d in , one
inc orIv. and the book will be sent by mail.
It is veritable medical library, complete
in one volume. 1t contains over 1000 pages
and more than 900 illustrations. The Free
Edition is precisely the same as those sold
at $3.50 except only that the books are
bound in strong MANILA paper covers in
stead of cloth. Send NOW before all are
given away. They are going off rapidly.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-09-16
The Modern Beauty

Thrives on good food and sunshine, with
plenty of exercise in the open air. Her
form CLOVIS with health and her face
blooms with its beauty. If her system
needs the cleansing action of a laxative
remedy, she uses the gentle and pleasant
LIQUID laxative Syrup of Figs.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-09-16

In Newcastle shipyard lately a part.
of the men went on strike They and
their employers agreed to submit the dis
puted matters to the arbitration of a
working blacksmith in the yard. He de-
cided in favor of the employers and the
men went back at once to work.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-09-16
MINONG, WISCONSIN.
T.onO EARnERS WANTED

to help settle up the rich land section to be got
at g. to so per acre. plenty of wood hard and soft
need hardware store, feed and grst mill. cream
cry physician, and other chances for good J men
burn county, on Omaha R. R.. SO miles from Duluth
and SUPERIOR the best markets in the eo northwest
AND GOOD SCHOOLS. Write for rartic liars
JOSIAH BOND JR., Chairman.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-09-16
In the Bar-rOOm.

A barkeeper, in speaking of the manner
liz which bar-rooms used to be decorated
before the war. said: II used to make lots
of odd and pretty things in those days.
One of the prettiest was made out Of
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-09-16

-One-seventh of the members of the
present Reichstag and one-ffth of the
senators and deputies in the French Par
lament fought in the war Of 1870-71.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-09-16

-Khama, the Bechuana chief, who
was Lo Bengula's principal native enemy
and led a contingent of 1900 to aid the
British in their fight against the Mata-
beles, is about to visit England.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-09-16

A Healthful Clearness is acquired by
the salow skin washed daily with Glenn's
Sulphur Soap.
Hills Hair and Whisker Dye" Black
or Brown SOC
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-09-16
For the State Fair.

Extraordinary fine attractions will be
placed in Wonderland Museum at Mil
waukee day, state fair week. One dime
admits to Musical Theater.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-09-16

This years pilgrimage to Lourdes is
the largest on record; 5000 persons left
Paris in special trains on one day re-
Gently, and were joined by 5000 more
from way stations
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-09-16
Important Objects,

The discovery of what is true and the
practice of that which is good are the
two most important objects of philoso-
nhv=VnItaire
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-09-16

We have not been without Piso's Cure
for Consumption for 20 years-Lizzie
Ferrel, Camp ST., Harrisburg, Pa, May
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-09-16

Halls Catarrh Cure.
Is taken internally. Price rs cents.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-09-16

At the Mini Novgorod fair the plays
that fill the theaters are Mana" La
Mascotte," La File du Tambour Ma
jor," and "Charley's Aunt" all given in
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-09-16

Mrs. WinsIOW's SOOTHING SYRUP for chill
nation, allays pain cures wind collie. 25c bottle
-"Coriolanus, which Henry Irving
will bring out next fall, was last pro-
duced in London in 1860 by Samuel
! Phelps.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-09-16

To a person passing the corner Of Winnie
bago and Eleventh street at an early hour
this morning, the crowd in waiting it there herr
and everybody anxious to follow the process
sion. They were anxious to follow the pro,
cesson "a large one it was), into the store OF
the Katz Dry Goods company. The crowd
was so large all day that the doors were
closed and opened at intervals of 10 minutes
The prices placed on the goods attract ready
buyers.-From Evening Wisconsin.