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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-04-17

By B. F. Knox, Auctioneer
EOR SALE AT PUBLIC AUCTION.

That very valuable piece ofproperty known
as the BRENT MANSION AND GROUNDS,
fronting 246 feet 10 inches on Prince street
and running back on Patrick and Henry
streets ZAP feet inches with improvements,
consisting of the LARGE MANSION on Prime
street. and two BRICK DWELLINGS on
Patrick street. Will be offered atpublic sale on
THURSDAY, the 30th day Of May, at II
o'clock noon, in front Of the premises.
Terms One-fourth cash, balance in easy
payments. ARTHUR HERBERT.
ap17 cots Trustee for Mrs. E. c. Lewis.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-09-30
An Indian Boys Pony.

Thus led by those dedicated to religious
service, the tribe leaves it's village, the
people, by families, dropping into line
men, well mounted, bearing their weapons
ready for use; women, in gala dress, rid
ing their decorated ponies, older ones
leading the pack-horses; little children in
twos and threes upon the backs of steady
old nags, or snugly slowed away in the
swinging pouch between the tent poles,
and the dogs trotting complacently every
where. Here and there along the line of
the cavalcade is lad being initiated
into individual responsibility. He has
been upon the hunt before, as one of the
family, but this is the first step toward
going Independently. uncared for as a
child. The father has lassoed wild
horse, saddled and bridled him, and now
bids his son mount the animal. The boy
hangs back; the colt is fiery creature,
and already FESTIVE under restraint. The
father tells the son that the horse shall
be his own when he has conquered it,
but the lad does not move. The lockers
on are smiling, and the cavalcade does
not wait. ''Get up" says the father.
The boy slowly advances, and the colt
quickly recedes; but the boy, grasping
his name, swings himself into the saddle.
The father let's go, and so does the colt
rears, jumps, wriggles, humps his back
like an Infatuated cat, stands on his fore
air and stamps the earth, but the boy
clings to him until, with sudden jerk,
the saddle-girth is broken, and he is land
ed over the head of the excited creature,
which runs for dear life and liberty.
Brought back protesting by twists and
shakes Of his head, he is again mounted,
and again frees himself.
After two or three repetitions of this
sort of thing the boy becomes angry and
the mother grows anxious. She runs to
her son as he is scrambling up from the
ground, feels him all over and moves
his legs and arms to see if he is hurt.
He is impatient at the delay; he is going
to master that pony now or die for it.
This time he stays on. In vain the ami
NAL lashes himself into foam and fury;
the boy sticks to him like the shirt of
Nessus, and the father at last leads the
indivisible pair between the tent poles
which trail behind sophisticated family
horse, and there, fenced in, they jour
ney all day, trying to get used to each
other. The pony does not see his way
out of the poles, and is forced to keep up
with the procession.
At the first halt strife is renewed. The
pony jumps over a nest of children slung
between tent poles and rouses the ire of
the dogs. With them at his heels and
terror as well as of mirth to the camp.
He goes where he likes. All the boy can
do is to hold on; but hold on he does, un-
til at nightfall he dismounts without the
aid of the pony. The animal recognizes
this as defeat, and the struggle is over.
An admiring uncle presents the boy with
a whip, the handle of which, decorated
in porcupine-quill work, is terminated by
a tassel Of elk teeth; and thenceforth he
rides his pony with the pride of con-
queror, while the pony himself Frances
along as if he, too, were proud of his
own part OF the performance.-Sep
Der Century.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-09-30
Harmony and Contrast.

The following is a list Of colors which
contrast and harmonic:
White contrasts with black and har-
monies with gray.
White contrasts with brown and har-
monies with buff.
White contrasts with blue and har-
monies with sky blue.
White contrasts with purple and har-
monizes with rose.
White contrasts with green and har-
monizes with pea green.
Cold green's contrast with crimson and
harmonic with olive.
Cold green's contrast with purple and
harmonic with citrine.
Cold green's contrast with white and
harmonic with blues.
Cold green's contrast with pink and
harmonic with brown.
Cold green's contrast with gold and
harmonic with black.
Cold green's contrast with orange and
harmonic with gray.
Warm green's contrast with crimson
and harmonic with yellows.
Warm green's contrast with maroon
and harmonic with orange.
Warm green contrast with purple and
harmonic with citrine.
Warm green's contrast with red and
harmonic with sky blue.
Warm green's contrast with pink and
larmOnlZe WITH gray.
Warm greens contrast with white and
harmonic with white.
Warm green's contrast with black and
harmonic with brown.
Warm greens contrast with lavender
and harmonic with buff.
Greens contrast with colors containing
red and harmonic with colors containing
yellow or blue.
Orange contrasts with purple and har-
monies with yellow
Orange contrasts with blues and har-
mOniZeS with red.
Orange contrasts with black and har-
monies with warm green.
Orange contrasts with olive and har-
monies with warm brown.
Orange contrasts with crimson and
harmonizes with white.
Orange contrasts with gray and har.
monies with buff.
Orange requires blue, black, purple, or
dark colors for contrast, and warm col
ors for harmony.
Citrine contrasts with purple and har-
monies with yellows.
Citrine contrasts with blue and har-
monies with orange.
Citrine contrasts with black and hare
monies with white.
Citrine contrasts with brown and har.
monies with green.
Citrine contrasts with crimson and har,
monies with buff.
Russet contrasts with green and har.
monies with red.
Russell contrasts with black and har.
monies with yellow.
Russell contrasts with olive and har>
monizes with orange.
Russell contrasts with gray and har-
monies with brown.
Olive contrasts with orange and har-
monies with green.
Olive contrasts with red and harmonizes
with blue.
Olive contrasts with maroon and har.
monies with brown.
Gold contrasts with any dark color,
bat looks richer with purple. green, blue,
black and brown than with the other
colors. 1t harmonizes with all light
colors. but least with yellow. The har.
mony is with white.-Patton's Monthly.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-09-30
Bumblebees as Opium Fiends.

The argument that dumb brutes shun
the beverages and drugs that man uses as
a stimulant will not hold water as far as
Bucks county bumblebees are concerned.
Some of them have been led sadly astray
and are addicted to hitting the pipe" so
to speak.
Bucks county's opium joint is located
on Finnhook farm, about mile west of
Doylestown, the trial grounds Of we'll
known Philadelphia seed house. In one
portion Of the farm are several large beds
Of poppy plants. It is here the bees get
drunk. The peoples are not the poison
Gus Chinese variety from which opium is
obtained, but they contain enough of the
seductive juice to make man dizzy after
spending some hours in the patch. Guam
titles of bees can be seen lying about in
the cup-shaped flowers. A recent visit
to the farm was very interesting. Bees
were to be seen in every stage from par
tial intoxication to death itself, the beau
tiful cups holding the dead bodies of
many.-Philadelph Public Ledger.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-09-30
HER ROMANCE ENDS.
A Foolish Heiress Who Welded a
Blacksmith Wants to be
Free.

The romantic marriage of Miss Anna
S. Cammack, an heiress, to Arlington
L. Hardesty, a blacksmith, which ac-
quired much notoriety few years ago,
has eliminated, as everybody at the time
anticipated, in a divorce suit.
The bill was filed at Washington, D..
c., September 16, by Mrs. Hardesty.
In it Mrs. Hardesty states that she has
been a resident of the district for the
last twenty-nine years, and that she was
married in Baltimore October 10, 1890,
by Rev. Walter Clapp, an Episcopal
minister. On January 10, 1895, her hus-
band went to Sligo, Montgomery county,
where he now resides. No children have
resulted from the union.
Mrs. Hadesty charges that her hus-
band is at present, and has been for
more than three years, an habltual and
confirmed drunkard. Since the mar
riage she states that he has in no way
contributed toward her support, but on
the contrary has spent at least $4,000
of her money, and very large portion
of it for satisfying his craving for intox-
icating liquor.
She prays the court to grant a decree
divOrcing her from the bond of marriage
and releasing her from all obligations
arising therefrom, and that she be al
lowed to resume her maiden name OF
Anna S. Cammack.
All Washington was agog FIVE years
ago over the elopement Of Miss Cammack
and secret marriage to her blacksmith
heiress worth 100000, being the benef-
ciary of her father and having a num-
Der of other requests left to her. Har.
deSty was a young man who came from
Maryland in 1887 and opened a small
blacksmith shop opposite the grounds OF
Mr.. Cammack. Mr.. Cammack lived
on the Seventh street road, just beyond
grounds, in the aristOcratic-looking resi-
dence standing back some distance from
the road and hidden from sight by
clumps of trees. He is a wealthy retired
florist.
On the day of her marriage the daugh>
ter left home on the excuse of paying a
visit to some friends in Baltimore. She
was always petted and received every
thing that she desired. At the Baltimore
& Ohio depot she met her blacksmith
sweetheart, and the two took morning
train for Baltimore, where they were
married. The next evening they re-
turned to Washington and put up at the
far from the home of the bride.
She returned home on the following
morning, and her parents knew nothing
of it until q letter was received from a
friend in Baltimore, who stated that ne
had seen Miss Cammack and Hardesty
walking together in Baltimore. This led
to an Investigation, as the suspicious of
Mr. and Mrs. Cammack, the stepmother
of the bride, were aroused. They went
to Baltimore, and, proving the marriage,
came back full of wrath.
Hardesty had not been regarded as
proper company for the young lady, and,
after calling upon her several times, he
was ordered by her father to keep away
from the house. When the marriage was
learned by the parents they drove the
girl from the parental roof and forced
her to seek the company of her husband
in his lowly home. The divorce is the
seqIel.-New York Herald.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-09-30
HOW to Light a Cigar.

''Just look at that man trying to light
his cigar" remarked an observing indi-
vidual who stood in front of the Rec
ord building yesterday. He pointed. as
he spoke, toward a smoker, who had
taken refuge behind the bronze figure of
1.-THE Lion Fighter" in front of the post
Office building. He had struck several
matches, but as he held them nthe hol-
low of his hands they fickered out, one
by one. Nov, if that fellow knew the
secret, he could hold that match between
his palms until it burned down to his
a little air space between the hands in
back of the match to allow the circula-
ton of air. By holding his hands tight
ly together the air rushes into the hollow
between the palms and puffs the match
out. Anyone who is up to the trick of
holding the hands slightly apart while
the match is burning can light a cigar
successfully nine times out Of ten, in the
stiffest kind of a breeze. Philadelphia
RncOr6
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-09-30
A Samoyed Feast.

when / returned in the afternoon to
the choom in a driving storm of sleet I
found Vassili and his wife in great fet-
tie. He had killed deer in the morning,
and they had been INDUCING in one of
their big feeds. In fact, as | sledged up
to the choom he and his wife were only
just concluding a three hours feast.
Squatting on skins, they had a rough
piece of plank in front of them on which
lay the stomach of reindeer. This was
almost full of blood, drained from the
deer-in fact, it formed their soup tureen.
They each had hind leg, on which
some Of the hide still remained, and,
cutting off chunks of the meat, were
dipping them in the crimson soup and
then greedily swallowing the bonnie
bouche.
LAS fitting background to the picture,
pieces of the carcass still dripping with
blood, hung all round the interior of the
choom. On the ground were SMALL dark
pools of blood, and my sleeping bag,
though as we'll out of the way as the
size of the interior would allow was well
sprinkled with the same natural dye. As
they sat there grinning a welcome to
me, with their cheeks and brows all
smeared with gore, they looked for all
the world like the blood-eating ghouls
of ones childish fancy."-F. G. Jackson's
'"The Great Frozen Land"
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-09-30
A Big Fly-Wheel OF Wire.

Among the most recent and novel ap-
plications of wire, perhaps none has
greater interest to the mechanical world
than that presented by the wire fy-wheel
lately erected at the Mannesmann Tube
company's works, Germany. Heavy fly
wheels, driven at high velocities, obvi-
ously present dangers of breaking asun-
der from the great centrifugal force de-
veloped. The wheel at the factory men
toned consists of cast iron hub or boss,
to which two steel plate disks or checks,
about twenty feet in diameter, are bolt
ed. The peripheral space between the
disks is filed in with some seventy tons
of No. 5 steel wire, completely wound
round the hub, and the tensile resistance
thus obtained is far superior to any cast
ing.
This huge fy-wheel is driven at speed
of 24O revolutions per minute, or peri
pheral velocity of about 2.S miles per
minute $3.50 feet per second, approximate
ly), which is nearly three times the aver
age speed of any express train in the
world The length of wire upon such
constructed fy-wheel would be about 25O
miles. The use of paper is also regarded
with favor as face for large fy-wheels,
the tensile strength of paper being enor-
nous, and it is quite possible that some
of the new big fy-wheels will be built up
with a paper rim.-Hardware.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-09-30
Ancient Pear Tree Still Fruiting.

An old, huge and wonderful pear tree
is located upon the Dice tract, opposite
Kaskaskia, ILL.,, and it is estimated that
it contains fifty bushels of good, large
pears this year. The tree has from
time immemorial been landmark of the
vicinity, and the oldes-. inhabitants can
not remember when the tree looked 9TH
erwise than it does today. 1t is said
that away back in the latter part of the
Eighteenth century, just after the close
of the revolutionary war, quantity Of
pearseed was brought from France by
persons who located at Kaskaskia. The
seed was distributed among the neigh,
bors, and today large number of pear
trees of the same variety and apparently
of the same age, with immense trunks
and limbs of great dimensions, are stin
in existence about the old town. The
tree in question is undoubtedly 100 years
old, and that it should still be burdened
with fruit is something almost beyond
belief
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-09-30
JOHN JACOB AsToR.

Cost of Metropolitan Property in Olden
and Modern Times.
The original John Jacob Astor during
his richest days lived in two-story brick
house with dormer windows. The pres
ent John Jacob has just built palace
Of stone, covering a lot 100 feet on the
avenue and $50 feet on the street. This
lot cost 100000, and the building will
not be much less. Passing to Sixty
sixth street one beholds continued evf-
dence of great wealth and taste. The
corner is occupied by the palatial man.
sion recently erected by HI. 0. Have
meyer, the colossal sugar king, while on
the corner next above is George Gould 8
residence. Passing on to the next corner
one sees the elegant house built by
aire. On the next corner (SiXty- eighth
street, stands the Mary Stuart house,
which was sold since her death for $780,
600. The upper corner of the same
square is occupied by Ogden Mills {son of
D. O. Mills, and then passing another
square we arrive at the Lenox institute,
which crowns that OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Mills property cost $4,000 for the lot
alone, which contains one-eighth of an
acre. George J. Gould paid 1865, ZOO
for his house. which sounds very moder>
ate, as Yerkes will go 100000 beyond
him and still be within reasonable bounds
for such a locality. How strange it
seems that Robert Lenox paid only 500
a large part of millionaire avenue, but
that was wild. desolate tract FIVE miles
out of town. These palaces await their
owners return, but are safe from bur-
glars, for each is occupied by a house,
keeping family, which keeps up yigilant
watch, and this is the only reliable Sc
curity.-New York cor. Troy Times.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-09-30
New Potatoes.

This is the way new potatoes are man
ufactured in Paris: Old potatoes, the
cheapest and smallest that can be OBJ
tanned, are purchased by the rafstoleurs
de pommes de terre, as they are called,
who carry their property to the banks
of the Seine, a good supply of water
being necessary. The potatoes are put
into tubs half filled with water; then
they are vigorously stirred about by the
feet and legs of the manufacturers, who
roll up their trousers and stamp on the
raw potatoes until they have not only
completely rubbed off their dark skins,
but have also given them that smooth
and satin-like appearance which is so
much appreciated by gourmands. They
are then dried, neatly wrapped in paper
and arranged in small baskets, which
are sold at the Marchands de Comestibles
for francs apiece. The oldest part of
the whole business is that the rafisto-
leurs make no secret of their trade, and
may daily be seen at work near the
Pont Louis Philippe, within sight of
the Hotel de Ville.-Boston Common
wo91fh
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-09-30
-Four Precious Ink Bottles.

Four ink bottles, from which some of
the greatest literary works of the century
issued, are to be on view, says our Paris
correspondent, at an approaching exhibi-
ton of relics. They were used severally
by Victor Hugo, Lamartine, the elder
Dumas and George Sand. Nine. Victor
Hugo collected them to sell at a charity
bazaar in Guernsey. To this end she
had them set in frame of oak that could
be used as a table. With each is a let
ter attesting it's authenticity. Victor
Hugo said: 6! did not buy or choose
this ink bottle, but fell on it by chance
and used it for months. It was asked
of me for work of charity, and here it
is.-Hauteville House, June, 1860" La.
MARITIME wrote: Presented by Lamar
tine to a master of the pen" Dumas
the elder thus certified: II certify that
this is the ink bottle I used in writing
my last fifteen works.--A. Dumas, 10
April, 1860" George Sand. in a letter
of three pages, begs Nine. Hugo to ex>
cuse the ugliness of her box ink bottle,
which shuts with a spring. She used it
in all her tours and wanderings, and
could only part with it for the sake OF
Nine. Hugos charity. - London Daily
NnHuC
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-09-30

ornament, the gift of a gentleman to
his wife on the birth of her seventh
child These words were engraved on
the back of the pendant: mo mist OBJ
scures, nor cloud nor speck nor stain
breaks the serene heaven thou hast made
for me- and l saw the tears stream
down that sweet mothers face as she
kissed the token and said: "Ah, John,
John, 1 am not half good enough for
such husband" The gift was a superb
one, but the words made it infinitely
precious.
l do not, of course, mean to applaud
the wearing of Sentiments outwardly
eengraved IN silver or gold upon throat OF
awful to discuss, but the words inscribed
inside a ring or on the inner side of an
ornament, which is also a love token,
have a mystic power, as the ancients
knew and valued.-Philadelph Times.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-09-30
Sentiment in Jewels.

There are few women who do not
honestly love gems, and clever man
will not forget that the girl who was so
proud and happy in the possession of
her diamond engagement ring remains
the same little girl always, and will ex-
nature, which nothing more useful or
substantial can duplicate. We are chill
dren to the end and love our baubles.
/ am great believer in texts and mot
toes or ''posys," as they are called.
/ saw the other day very beautiful
ruby set with seven perfect diamonds,
the whole forming a small heart-shaped
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-09-30
North Carolina Gold Nuggets.

A 21-pound nugget was found August
% at the Ingraham mine, in Stanley coun-
ty, n. G. It is next to the largest ever
found in this state. The largest was
found in Cabarrur, and weighed thirty
six pounds.
Richard Eames, Jr., superintendent of
the Crawford gold mines, carried to
Salisbury, N. c., August "A, fifteen or
twenty pounds of gold, most of which
was in nuggets. One of these weighed
1t was found on the 22d. Another
weighed about two pounds, and the
others were from that weight down.
This mine has averaged over one pound
Of gold for every day this year at a
cost of less than $50 per day. An g.
pound bounce nugget from this mine
was reported in June.-Richmond Va.)
DiSDatch
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-09-30
A CUP OF TEA.
Must be Boiled in Rain Water in I'm
glazed Earthenware.


glazed Earthenware.
# you want to drink tea properly, it
is absolutely necessary to get teapot
of Milling, variety of baked earthen-
ware that is unglazed on the inside. So
all the tea sharps say, and they state 1t
upon the authority of Gen. Icheng-Ki-
Tong, a celebrated Chinese writer on
gastronomic subjects.
There are many other points to be taken
into account if tea is to be chosen at its
very best. For example, it should be
mixed with rain or spring water heated
to certain point. The boiling should
only continue a few moments, the water
having boiled sufficiently as soon as bub-
bles appear on the surface.
Green tea, according to this authority,
is tea that the rich Celestials give the
highest praise to. In green tea the tiny
leaves have hardly come from the bud
before they are gathered and dried in the
sun. Black tea, on the other hand, is
made up Of leaves that have reached a
state of maturity and have then been
dried in front of a fire.