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Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-06-10
Aprons for Fancy Work.

Every girl who does much fancy work
should have aprons, not so much to pro-
tect her dress, as to keep the work from
being soiled. These aprons should be
small and have two pockets, one at either
side, or one long pocket made by turning
up the bottom of the apron and stitching
it. The latter style is most convenient
for catching spools of thread and silk,
which are re always s rolling off ones lap Lap
but washable materials are better, for
then you can be sure that they are free
from dust, which might injure delicate en-
briodery. Beware of trimmings which
might catch a thread either in your work
or in your needle. When you have fin
ished sewing, fold your apron carefully,
wrong side out, and put it in a box or
drawer with your work. Much of the
beauty of fancy work consists in it's dain-
tiness, and to insure this the greatest care
is required from first to last.-Brooklyn
oil
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-06-10
A WAR JOURNAL.
Printed on Wall Paper During the Siege
of Vicksburg.

Printed on Wall Paper During the Siege
of vicksburg.
S. D. Miller of this city has copy of
the Daily Citizen, printed at Vicksburg,
Miss, Thursday, July 2, 1868, one year
before the close of the war. 1t was given
to him by his cousin, William d. Miller,
a member of the One Hundred and Sec
ond Ohio volunteers. who was in the
hospital at that place at that time. The
paper is printed on the back of a piece
of wallpaper. Under the head of "On Dit"
it says: THAT the great Ulysses, the
Yankee generalissimO, surnamed Grant,
has expressed his intention of dining in
Vicksburgon Sunday next and celebrating
the Fourth of July by a grand dinner,
and so forth. When asked if he would
invite Gen. Joe Johnston to join he said:
No, for fear there will be a row at the
table, Ulysses must get into the city be-
fore he dimes in it. The way to cook a
rabbit is, First catch the rabbit etc.
In one corner of the paper is a note
which reads as follows: July f. 1863
Two days bring about great changes.
The banner Of the Union floats over
Vicksburg, Gen. Grant has caught the
rabbit; he has dined in Vicksburg, and
he brought his dinner with him. The
Citizen lives to see it. For the last time
it appears on Wallpaper No more will
it eulogiZe the luxury of mule meat and
fricaseed kitten, nor will it urge South
ern warriors to such diet again. This
is the last wallpaper Citizen, and is, ex-
cepting this note. from the types as we
found them. 1t will be valuable here
after as a curiosity. "-Florida Times
TIninn
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-06-10
SWALLOW STRANGE THINGS.
Tin Whistles Lead OfG-One Man GuIps
Down q Live Turtle.

Tin Whistles Lead OR-One Man GuIps
Down Live Turtle.
| The doctors of the London hospitals
have an incredible number of patients
who have swallowed strange things.
Of course, children are the most fire.
quent sufferers.
The commonest objects that they swal-
low are small metal whistles and tin
"squeakers."
The most dangerous of toys for very
young children are the ida rubber air
balloons which can be inflated by means
of a small mouthpiece. These can most
readily be drawn in by the breath, and
then each succeeding respiration initiates
the india rubber bag These have caused
scores of deaths. and SO have thimbles
A child sees it's mothers bright thimble,
and there is no worse article to swallow.
of the domestic and working girl class are
the most frequent patients, this being be-
cause they habitually carry small articles
in their mouths. and are often prone to
ltwhat is called 'larking." Only a week
or two ago a cook in west end mansion
swallowed small glass vial containing
f1avoring essence. | have not been able
to do anything for her yet.
One of the StrangeSt cases of this kind
on record was that of gentleman who
about two years ago was treated at one
of the London hospitals, he having swal-
lowed a tiny live tortoise. He had
bought several of these creatures and
was amusing his children by pretending
to eat them alive and SO on, when he
actually swallowed one 1t was several
days before the creature was even killed
Scores of these cases come from public
bars, where people seem fond Of at
tempting silly tricks with coins, pencil
cases and rings.
The present Earl Granville has below
his vest half crown swallowed during
the course Of a conjuring entertainment
when he was lad. Only the other day
man died at Greenwich through swal-
lowing one of the noisy toys called a
siren, and no medical aid could save
him.-Tid- Bits
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-06-10
Her Silver Argument.

s'We had a remarkable session of the
club this afternoon" said the new woman,
as she picked up her favorite evening
paper 1--WE discussed the silver ques-
ton"
1T was natural for you to tackle money
in some FORM" growled the old man.
after full and free discussion" con-
tinued the new woman, 1--WE voted unani-
mously in favor of free silver"
II imagined you thought it was free
when I got the bill for that new gown"
put in the old man.
1--WE discovered" said the new woman,
ignoring his remark, "that under free
coinage we could take SO or 60 cents
worth Of silver to mint and have it
coined into dollar"
What of it,? asked the old man. "You
don't own silver mine, do you?'
What foolish question: she ex-
claimed. "Of course / don't. But think
of all those old silver wedding presents
that are slowed away in the attic because
they are denied and bent Why, we could
get twice their value in silver dollars.
Then there is that handsome silver soup
tureen-"
That's plated" he interrupted.
II know it," she said, ''but it's a triple
plate, and the salesman warranted that
it could not be distinguished from solid
silver. Don't you suppose it would pass
at the mint? And once we'd chucked it
into the furnace, you know"
And she does not yet quite understand
what the remark was that he made as he
grabbed his hat and started for the door.
Chicago Post.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-06-10

burning, apparently with many tints, in
the glow-worm. There is no lack of ma
terial. 1t is the common phenomenon of
the woods and the forest, yet the learned
scientist car, give no better explanation OF
it than the boy who gingerly handles his
''wiIch-wood."
Some of the uses to which this phenom-
enon is put are very singular. A certain
bird in South America was observed by a
naturalist to be engaged in catching fire
flies, but not apparently eating them. The
nest of the bird was finally observed at
night by native, who was collecting for
the naturalist.
He was attracted to it by the twinkling
of lights, which investigation showed
were firefiies fastened in some way or
entangled in the nest. So many were
held in this manner that the naturalist
felt justified in making the statement that
the bird deliberately ornamented it's nest
with the living lights for its aesthetic
qualification.
This would seem improbable were it not
that there are other instances of orna-
mentioning birds, well :substantiated. The
gardener bird is an example. 1t erects
perfect house apart from it's nest, deco
rates the floor and cultivates a little gar
den. Every day fresh flowers are plucked
and strewn about and they are carried
away as they fade About this garden
and house the birds walk, enjoying the
aesthetic surroundings.
Equally curious are the habits of some
of the bower birds, which decorate their
bowers with shells, bits of colored rags
and flowers.
The glow-worms are perhaps the most
familiar light-givers, and one found in
New Zealand is very singular. The
miniature FORMS or larvae, secrets pecu-
liar mucus upon which they seem to slide
along like snail. and out Of this secre-
ton the insect forms a web or house.
The larva stretches out its head, accord
ing to A. Norris, and attaches a thread
of mucus to some object, and by repeated
movements so WeaveS a mass of braces
and then connects them. Finally the little
recess or cave is covered with a web
that is luminous and might be a web of
geld, so far as appearances go. Imagine
a house. that. when completed, blaZes
with light of it's own, every board, Shin
gle. window and door shining with soft
golden light that could not be felt or de-
tected by the most delicate instrument,
and some idea Of this strange insect house
may be had.
What the object is we can only assume.
Possibly it is to attract prey, as the insect
is voracious and has been observed eat
ing other insects and even little crusta-
ceans that had become entangled in the
net that like false beacon light, has
attracted them. Light is well known to
allure insects to destruction, and many
night-fyerS would dart at the bright light
and become imprisoned in the fatal lure
Among the light-givers of the deep
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-06-10
Light Mysterious.

There are very few phenomena Of ami
mate nature that may not be explained
in some way, but the well-known fact
that various animals emit phosphores-
cent light, often brilliant and of many
colors, seems to be deep and impenetra-
BILE mystery. A singular feature of the
case is that phosphorescent light is found
in the animal, the vegetable and the min
eral kingdoms, in life and in death, dur
ing growth and in decay; it CLEANS bright
ly under water Illuminating the gloomy
ocean with it's splendors; in deep caves,
in the home of the worm, and even in a
vacuum it is bright and vigorous.
In fact, phosphorescent light, in its
broad sense. seems to depend upon no
special condition, and while having the
exact appearance of light produced by
coal, it lacks all the essentials of fire,
emits not the slightest heat, is not affected
by water or by any enemy of fire, and
does not require atmospheric air to CLEAN
and light up it's surroundings.
We watch the strange light play about
the marigold, CLEAN on the yellow dia-
mond and dazzle the eye from decayed
wood. We catch suggestions of it on the
summit of snow-clad mountains and see it
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-06-10

dresses. IF something more elaborate is
desired for college girls, taffeta is chosen
with fine stripes of satin or small figures,
or else mousseline de sole is made up
over silk. Fine qualities of China silk.
with small brocaded daisies or violets.
also make effective dresses, the flowers
all in white.
Ribbon, lace, insertion and chiffon trim
these white gowns Some schools permit
only ribbon trimmings, while others allow
both ribbon and lace, perhaps combining
the lace to a small ruche about the neck.
The stylish ribbons for a stock collar
and belt with an aigrette bow at the back,
with ends pointed upward, are four or
five inches wide, and are striped rather
than plain, the ground of taffeta or of
faille, the narrow stripes of white satin,
with perhaps a wider border of satin on
the edges. If the class color is introduced,
it appears in these stripes. Or else the
whole ribbon is of the class color, with
self-stripes of satin. Some girls insist
on plain satin ribbon instead of taffeta
for the better effect of color it gives,
now that sashes are not used. Another
bit of color is sometimes used added in
four ruches or square bows of taffeta,
satin or chiffon, set in a ruche of lace
which trims the high neck. Still another
novelty is the Valenciennes striped rib
bon, with colored bands of satin alter
mating with narrow insertions of this lace.
Dresden ribbons with clear-printed flow
ers and the blurred chine ribbons are
used for the white lawn frocks of very
young girl graduates in high schools.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-06-10

never saw such a big one. And they
had got a regular herd of cattle with
them, and, OH ever SO many goats.
$50 1 laid low and waited till it was
dark, and then out / went. 1t was a
lovely night little rain falling. and as
dark as It could be. And I went around
the camp till I came to where the goats
were, and that was enough for me. /
never looked to see where l was jumping,
but over [ went-plump into pitfall
that the slaves had dug in front of the
goats. 1t served me right for being such
a fool.
''And then the men came running out
with torches and spears and one of them
threw his assegal at me. Yes, that's the
scar-and they could have killed me cas-
lily, for / couldn't get out. But the
great man came up and the noise all
1T was the Sultan himself, vino was
travelling. And he wouldn't have me
killed. So they tied me up with ever so
many ropes and put me into a wagon
and carried me off to Zanzibar, and here
l am"
''Well, do you mind it much?''
II can't say | do. Of course, there
are things 1 miss. Oh! it was sport, 1
tell you-royal sport-to lie of an even
ing by the track that led down to the
pool and the moon going in and out OF
the clouds and to watch the zebras and
gnuS and antelOpeS going down so Warlly
to drink and then to pick out fat
young Gland and stalk him and then all
Of sudden to dash out with roar
and kill him with a blow! | miss that
and I miss goats. But I'm very COM
Portable here. get just enough to eat
never to feel hungry, and my wife is
with me. Besides. [ was growing old,
and it took me often a long time to
catch my dinner. Did you ever have to
run about all over the place after your
dinner?"
Never, it's always caught for me-"
doesn't it? Then you don't know how
mad it makes you to chivvy a meal
about among a lot of thorn bushes and
perhaps not catch it after ALL
And here he gave a prodigious yawn,
showing the few blunt teeth he had left,
and stretched himself out at full length
with his back to me.
That's a very uncivil way of saying
goodbye. l suppose, you aged repro
bate, you mean me to go!
But his eyes were already closed, and,
except for the tuft at the end of his
tail, which kept tapping the floor, the
shabby old monster was asleep, dream
ing, perhaps, of a scrimmage ON the
desert and of the flying figure with the
white burnouse streaming out behind
it, of Tippoo lib, the slave hunter
Phil Robinson, in the English Illustrated
Magazine.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-06-10
To Make a Daisy. Chain.

In the story books all the girls make
daisy chains the very moment they get
out into the fields. Perhaps all of them
know how, but if so they are wiser than
many girls outside of story books. This
is almost picnic time and it will be a
novelty for the girls outside of books to
know how to make flower wreaths for
their hats, so that they may spend one
day doing as their favorites about whom
they read always do. First, be careful
how you pick the flowers. Break them
with as long stems as possible. Make
the stem into a loop, slip the head of the
next daisy through it, draw the loop
tightly, loop the next and keep on loop
ing and slipping in flowers and tying
until you have a string long enough to
fasten around your hat. Another way to
make daisy chains is to slit the stems
close to the flower and slip one stem
through another, thus making a close
set Wreath.-BroOklyn Eagle.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-06-10
A Novel Photograph Frame.

Take a piece of wood or stiff cardboard
about three inches square and cover it
with plush. This is best done by gluing
it as explained recently in this column.
Then gid or enamel two clothespins,
enough apart SO that a cabinet photo
graph may rest in the cleft part of each.
Fasten the clothespins by lacking them
from the underside of the board. Finish
with bows of ribbon or narrow ribbon
drawn through the lower part of each pin
and wound back and forth so as to form
a lattice work between them. This should
be ornamented with a rosette of loops or
a bow made Of wider ribbon.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-06-10

white being avoided. A very handsome
trousseau evening gown has a plain skirt
that just clears the ground all around
of ivory gray broadcloth that has all the
luster and more softness than silk. The
great puff sleeves of the bodice are of
dull blue satin, their fullness all coming
below the shoulder. Smoothness is given
to the shoulder by the wide epaulettes
of gray satin that extend in narrowing
revers to the waist line and are edged
with close-set spangles of blue, gray.
silver and green. Between the revers.
over the bust and to the waist there are
soft folds of mirror chiffon, showing
all delicate shades of gray, blue and dull
green.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-06-10
A New Philosophy of Life.

Z
The feminine half of the smart social
world has had discovered for it's diversion,
by clever German woman who visited
New York in the spring, a brand new
philosophy of life and how to live by it.
1t was no novel thing when the German
lady said that the face reflects the condi-
ton of the mind, and that boredom, OF
bad temper, grief, jealousy, etc., hurry on
old age, wrinkles and white hair, and SO
break bright lives long before their prime.
So long, says this gentle philosopher, as
a woman's mind remains clear, clean and
cheerful, so long will she be fair to others
find the antidotes for these mental poi
sons. and treat oneself to the corrective
influence; and there you have the true
elixir of life.
OF course, this new teacher has found
the hidden antidotes; and in a course of
little drawing room lectures she explained
what they were and how to receive them.
Surprising your keeneSt distress is caused
by bitter jealousy; the study and cultiva-
ton of flowers has. in severest attacks of
this passion, a most soothing influence,
that will, if pursued, in time conquer the
green-eyed monster. For grief in bereave-
ment, court children, enter into their
games, amuse, delight, instruct or comfort
them and the sorrow promptly grows
softer. For ill temper. she recommends
poetry, Tennyson, Longfellow, Jean Inge-
low and others of gentle song. The an
tidote for boredom is dancing, and for en-
w is music. The list is long, and the
disciples of the new cult are many; oddly
enough an eminent divine who attended
one Of the lectures says that in spite of
the absurdity of many of the arguments,
the whole theory is correct, for in occu-
patton is found the most wholesome So
lace of the mind: Society Fads' in
DemOrest's Magazine,
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-06-10
Customs of Polish Women.

In Poland, princesses and peasants
wear around the throat several rows of
huge coral beads which are supposed to
be lucky-the bigger the beads the great
er the luck-and the dingy-looking mer-
chants of the ''Zwierjenetz" Gewish
quarter of the town, at Cracow, realize
small fortunes from the sale of these
coral necklaces, for a Pole of the lower
classes will almost sooner go without
food or without her beloved ''vodki"
(brandy) than forego this cherished orna-
ment The 'grande-dame" is so loath
to separate from her lucky beads that
when donning evening dress with its par
aphernalia of pearls and diamonds, she
carries them in her pocket or in the inside
of her corsage While on the subject of
Poland [ may add that the orthodox
Jewesses Herewith whom the country
literally swarms-are easily distin-
guished, apart from any physical mark
of race, by the silken wigs which they are
forced to adopt on the morrow of their
wedding day. Their religion exacts that
on the wedding night the tresses should
fall under the bites of pair of silver
scissors, and the massacre is so complete
that, shorn close to the scalp, they con-
ceal the skull under hideous construc-
ton of coarse silken strands, highly orna-
mented in most cases with bands Of black
velvet sewn with small pearls and tur
quoises.-Correspon in New York
Tribune.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-06-10
How He Won.
ssFalse onev he Kissed.

''FaIse OneW he Kissed.
The beautiful blue eyes gazed steadily
into his. Meaning me?" asked the own
er of the azure orbs. "You bet. Last
Christmas the candy T. bought for you
came to $7.43. Valentines day I sent
you $13 worth of dollhouse roses. In
March / blew in $11 for theater tickets.
And now comes along that odious Smith
ers and takes you to the music festival,
sets up the ice cream. pays for car
riage and a corsage bouquet, at less than
half the time and money | expended on
you, and you give me the cold, cold
shake"
The azure eyes twinkled. swell, you
see,' she said, "Mr. Smithers punched
his hits '-Indianapolis journal.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-06-10
Same Old Fish.

A Lewiston man tells the most start
ling fish story. -Four years ago he was
fishing at Lake Auburn with a long silk
line and hook of his own manufacture.
In the afternoon of one May day he
hooked monster salmon which came to
the surface three or four times and
then broke the line under the keel of
the boat. One day last week he was up
there fishing. and about 500 yards south
of the island hooked Il salmon which he
pulled in by the aid of scoop net. I'm
bedded in the lower jaw was his old
handmade hook.-Lewiston Evening
Journal
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-06-10
YOUNG FOLKS COLUMN
The Excelsioric Umpire.


The crowd was gathering thick and fast
AS from the outside inside passed
A man who stood up, strong and proud,
And in a brave voice shouted loud,
''Play BALI"
His brow was sad, his eye beneath
FLASHED like a falchion from it's sheath,
And like silver clarion rung
The accents of that well-knOwn tongue:
zone striker
In many an eye he saw the light
That warned him how to shape the tight;
Beyond the spectral bleachers shone,
And from his lips escaped a groan
"One BALI"
sEIIet I'D on that!'' one bleacher said;
Another yelled: Gwen punch your head!
And forty yelled. $50 soak your hide!'
And loud that clarion voice replied:
1.-TWO ballSW
ooh. STAY" small boy guyed, ''and rest
Your weary head upon this breast"
A tear stood in his bright blue eye
AS now he answered with sigh:
1.-TWO strikesW
beware the awful avalanche!"
These were the grand stands words, ana ne
Braced up and shouted Justify
''Three strikes and out!'
the bIeacners yell'
* a@ ~ ) slam d@ns
There at the home plate, cold and gray,
Lifeless, but beautiful, he lay;
And from the sky, serene and far,
''Next!' New York Sun.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-06-10
Tall Weeping Spruce Trees.

William Mackey, an old coast range
logger, disagrees with Prof. johnson in
the latter's statement that the weeping
spruce" is found only in one spot in the
world, to-wit, in the Siskiyou mountains.
Mr.. Mackey has seen the tree more than
once both in the Yaquina and Coos bay
regions, Wash. One of them, 100 feet
high, with long, slender, leaf-covered
limbs dropping to the ground, he says, is
q hna11tifnl SIGHT
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-06-10
A Loving Daughter.

sHard at it, 1 see, Mrs. Blucher?"
'sYes, Mrs. Brown, this is my washing
day, and looking after a family of ten
doesn't leave much time on my hands,
rs that Mary's voice hear at the
piano in the parlor?'
Eyes; that's her. I don't see how I'd
get along without that gal, nohow. Al
Jays on these days when / have the tir-
INCEST work she picks out her incest pieces,
like Sweet Rest By-and-By,' Mothers
Growing DID, Love Will Roll the Clouds
Away and sings 'em for me while I'm
running the things through the first water.
faint every gal as'd be so thoughtful, l
can tell you."-Pearson's Weekly.