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Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-10-07
HOW MR.. BLAINE SAW A DUEL.
One of the French Kind, and Neither
Participant Hurt.


There is a sad story behind the an
nouncement telegraphed from Washing
ton that the furniture of Mrs. Katharine
Chase, daughter of the late chief Justice
and wife of the late Senator Sprague
of Rhode Island, has been seized for
debt and was about to be sold at auc-
ton. And it has a Maine interest, too,
from the fact that the Spragues We're
the original owners of the water power
and cotton mill at Augusta and We're a
power in Maine manufacturing and po-
lltlcal circles a generation ago.
Mrs. ChaseS remarkable beauty was
at one time the sensation of Paris and
she was the queen of the American col
ony there. It happened that Mr.. Blaine,
between whom and Mrs. Chase there
had never existed any good feeling, then
CHANGED to be in Paris, and, It's said,
Mrs. Chase was able to render him a
peculiar service in her peculiarly gra-
cious way. 1t seems that MIR. Blaine
was very anxious to see u real French
duel, an affair between parties of social
or political Importance. At that time
dueling was quite the rage in Paris.
and meetings were being held every few
days. But the affairs were managed
with a great deal Of caution and it was
only rarely that an outsider could secure
an invitation to be present. Mr.. Blaine
talked to friend of his desire to see a
duel, and asked II there was not some
American in Paris who could help him
out. 'There is no one here that can
serve you in this particular but Mrs.
Chase, and you wouldn't be under obli-
cations to her, would you! replied his
friend.
Mr.. Blaine thought he would if he
could, as the story goes, and Mrs. Chase
was accordingly asked to arrange for
Mr.. Blaine's presence at a Partisan duel.
Within week an opportunity presented
itself, and the diplomatic American wom-
an was able to crafty Mr.. Blaine's de-
sire. He stood one gray, cool morning
in retired spot in the suburbs of Paris,
muffled in great coat designed to afford
him disguise. and watched a French
statesman Of note and a Russian count
fire three shots apiece at one another,
without either being hurt. In recogni-
ton of this courtesy Mr.. Blaine, while
secretary of state under Harrison, Sc
cured an appointment in the consular
service for one of Mrs. Chase's proteges.
Lewiston lMe.) Journal.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-10-07
LETTERS TO THE QUEEN.
Few Missives, Except from Royalty, Ever
Reach Her.

Few MisSives, Except from Royalty, Ever
Reach Her.
Of Queen Victoria postbag it is said
that if her majesty personally answered
all the letters addressed to her she would
have enough to do to last her two long
lifetimes Sometimes the daily mail, as
far as personal letters are concerned.
numbers forty misisves; on another occa-
sion the mailbag may only contain a few
addressed to- her majesty. During the
year, however, something like 5000 let
tiers are conveyed in the royal mailbag
to Windsor, Osborne, or wherever else
the court may be, but of this large num-
Der many are addressed to members of
the household and others engaged at the
court.
1t is curious fact that the letters
addressed to the Queen may be divided
into two classes. One-by far the larger
of the two-consists of the communica-
tons evidently from her majesty's per-
sonal friends, felloW-sovereigns members
Of the peerage, ETC., who are honored by
the Queens friendship To the other
class belong communications sent by peo-
pie with real or pretended grievances,
lunatics, ETC., which it is doubtful if the
Queen ever sees. Everything entering
the royal residence is, of course, seen
by the private secretary, who naturally
prevents all but the personal communica-
lions belonging to the first class from
going any farther. 1t is worthy of note,
in this respect, that the middle class
rarely, if ever, trouble the Queen with
letters Of any kind.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-10-07
PRIDE INHIs BEER MAKES TROUBLE
ssJohnny' Busch Argues It's Merits Too
Muscularly and is Arrested.

ssJohnny" Busch Argues It's Merits Too
Muscularly and is Arrested.
"Johnny" Busch claims to be the son
of the ST. Louis brewer whose name is
familiar in many countries. The other
afternoon he walked into the bar-room of
the Auditorium hotel and bought ''fzz''
to cool him off. But it had the opposite
effect, in conjunction with some remarks
of the bartender.
Johnny" praised the st. Louis brew
as superior to any other on earth, and
told the bartender he was a traitor to the
cause as the latter fished out of the ice a
bottle bearing the label of a Milwaukee
concern and served it to customer. The
bartender didn't know Johnny" and told
him man in Chicago could obtain any
kind of beer he wanted without being nee
essarily open to criticism.
By this time the 'fzz" had got in its
work. and a glass from "Johnny's hand
struck the bartender just over his dia-
mond. Then Johnny" proclaimed his
identity, accompanying the vociferous an
nouncement with demolition of all the
glassware within reach Special Officer
Max Ripley demonstrated and endeavored
to secure a financial settlement of the
damages, but Johnny" grew combatiye
and was bundled into patrol wagon and
taken to the Harrison street station. He
was booked for disorderly conduct and de-
posted sufficient funds to secure his APP
nearance III court the next morning
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-10-07
Adam and Eve Statistics.

'sCan you tell me- said Will to Bob,
chow many apples Adam and Eve ate
in the garden of Eden?''
That's chestnut Bob answered.
Eve ate one and Adam ate, too; that
makes three
you don't add correctly, Bob. The
total is 163."
How do you make that out?"
why, as you said, Eve ate one sd
and Adam ate, two (82). Add 81 and 81
together, and you get 1853, don't your
Bob thought moment and then eX-
claimed: Il guess they ate more, after
all. Eve ate, for one (84D, and Adam
ate, too (S2). Total, 923."
ooh, can do better than that" said
WILL Eve, for one, ate one (41SD, and
Adam, two, at one (28D. That makes
total of 1862 Can you beat that?''
YES, indeed. How is this? Eve ate
one, for one (814D, and Adams ate one,
too (812). That is total Of 1858. Now
it's your turn
s.I'I quit" said Will "They must
have eaten the whole crop"
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-10-07

submit to handling. They will continue
to be popular and the demand is con-
stantly increasing. Perhaps the chief
difficulty in keeping rabbits is that the
boy owner, after the first fever of nov
city has worn off, neglects to care for
them. Bad treatment rabbits cannot
endure and it requires patient, lntelll-
gent oversight to get the most ENJOY
ment from them and prevent their plnlng
away.
The best place to house rabbit is IN
a hutch made for the purpose. Ihey
are often put into kennels on the ground
because the boy thinks the rabbit ought
to burroW if he wants to, as ne is IN
tended by nature to dig holes IN the
ground. Experience has shown, how
ever, that not only do rabbits burroW
out of their Enclosures, but also that the
ground is too damp for their bed, even
with straw to sleep on. The little am
mails are susceptible to draughts and
easily catch cold. So a structure for
them should be built, standing on four
legs, somewhat like the hutch shown
in the picture. 1t need not be SO elab-
crate as this one. Any boy with few
tools can make a hutch out Of dry
goods box. Rabbits are always bought
in pairs, called a buck and doe, ana
they are put to housekeeping IN a hutch
made with two compartments. In the
partition in the center there should be
a hole that can be opened or closed by
means of door or a slide. This is
necessary in order that the male, may
be separated from the little rabbits,
as the buck is a cannibal, gentle as he
may seem to those who do not know
him. The inner apartment where the
doe and young are kept is opened by
a door in the side or top of the hutch,
when they are to be fed. If the owner
does not want to go to the expense Of
buying metal hinges they can be made
from stout leather, and a leather strap
on the outer edge of the door may be
passed over a nail driven into the box,
to serve as a hasp For the opening in
the bucks end of the hutch a square
hole can first be sawed out and then a
frame fitted in for a door. The frame
may be covered with bit of iron wire
netting such as tennis clubs have above
the fences in their grounds to keep the
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-10-07
CONCERNING A COIN.
Lost for Twelve Years and Then Strangely
Returned.

Lost Tor Twelve Years and Then strangely
Returned.
Several days ago A n. Meyer, receiv-
ing teller of the Wyandotte National
bank of Kansas City, Kas., found among
his days receipts a quarter of dollar
bearing the name of m. w. La Rue,
Louisville, KY" together with some HE
roglyphics, the individual marks of
Royal Arch Mason. He thought that the
coin was undoubtedly a highly-prized
pocketpiece, and he directed a postal card
to NJ. La Rue, Louisville, in the hope Of
finding the owner. He had almost for
gotten the matter when he received a let
ter from Mr.. La Rue, who had removed
from Louisville to Cincinnati, and after
ward to Winton Place, o., of which vii
lage he is now mayor. lie said that he
had lost the pocketpiece twelve years ago,
and expressed himself very anxious to get
it back, saying he would gladly pay for
the coin and for Mr.. Meyers trouble.
Mr.. Meyer sent it by registered letter
to Mayor La Rue, and Friday he received
a letter from him acknowledging the re-
ceipt and inclosing 36 cents, which, he
said, was to pay the expenses, % cents
for the quarter, 1 cent for postal card and
10 cents for the registry stamp He
added "The wanderings of my little
mark may never be known, but hope all
it's errands were those of benefcence. [
grudge nothing of it's performances,
though like many other wandering loved
ones it's absence has been a source of
many surmises, regrets, apprehensions
and now and then q bitter pang of gem
uine grief, as its place could never be
filled except upon order of authorities
not easy of access or always placable
It's possession entities me to Masonic
burial; to relief from pressing temporary
want and guarantees other privileges,
immunities, ETC., that would be out of
the power of hundreds and hundreds of
coins of like weight to procure. kansas
CitV Star
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-10-07
Royalty Awheel.

Royalty has taken to the wheel in
England, which seems to settle once for
all it's permanency among the sWells.
It will be recalled that when a year ago
the pretty Duchess d'Aosta, widow Of
Amadeo, ex-King of Spain, learned to
ride, great scandal was created among
the Italian courtiers and the interven-
ton of Umberto himself was necessary
to keep her royal highness from dis
gracing, as it was termed, the family by
appearing in public on the steel steed.
All this is now changed. What English
royalty does must be all right, SO the
duchess can go ahead at her own sweet
will, climbing the Umbrian hills and
coasting blithely down the same.
Among others of the British royal fam
lily who have taken up the sport is the
young and charming Duchess of Con-
naught. A pretty story is told of her.
Accusing a great lady at a state ball
she reproached the latter playfully for
having cut her in public. "Cut you,
ma'am?'' replied the astonished person;
dear me, no! It is quite impossible"
"Oh, yes, you did," laughed the duchess,
mischievously. You were driving out
in state yesterday afternoon and | was
wheeling home on my bicycle, keeping
behind a bus to avoid being run over"
Fancy an English royal princess thread
ing her way behind bus full of city
men and banking clerks to keep from be-
ing crushed in the press of vehicles on
a crowded London street! Verify the
bicycle is a great leveler.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-10-07
NOT A SAFE MOUNT.
A Gun Rugged on a Horses Back, but the
Beast Turns Round.

"A Gun Rugged on a horses BACK, put the
Beast Turns Round.
During an official trial at Woolwich ar
senal. small gun for mountain artillery
purposes had been successfully tried,
when the inventor claimed that it could
be trained from the back of horse or
mule.
1t was decided by the commission de-
tailed to investigate the qualities of the
new gun to see how it would work while
on the horses back.
A horse was brought in, the gun placed
upon it's back and. after being trained
upon the target in very short space of
time, slow match was applied.
The sputtering of the latter excited the
animal, which, being tied by the halter to
a post, began to turn around until the
mouth of the gun pointed straight at the
platform where the commission had as
sembled.
There was not moment to be lost, and
in less time than it takes to describe it
the whole company lay fat on their stom-
achs, sprawling in the dust.
An instant later the projectile was dis
charged and, almost grazing the railing
of the platform where the commissioners
lay, it flew over the city of Woolwich,
dropping on one of the wharves. None
Of the commissioners were hurt. but they
all declared unanimously against the new
mountain pnn
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-10-07
Only Two Feet.

Rev. DR.. Allen Upper of Baltimore
related recently this incident in the life
of DR.. Oliver Wendell Holiness:
Some years ago DR.. Holmes was next
to a literary friend at dinner table in
Boston. The subject of happiness was
under discussion. Finally the genial au-
tocrat propounded the question: What
is your idea of happiness? His friend
made this ready response: -Four feet on
the hearth-fender.' The answer was a
surprise to DR.. Holmes, but it made a
lasting impression on him. He referred
frequently to the comprehensive words
of his friend, -Four feet on the hearth
fender and would exclaim: How much
of real joy has been kindled in hearts
and homes by the communion of two
congenial spirits, with four feet on the
fender sitting in front of an open fire
place, when the lights were low, business
Of the day over and air castles were
building and pictures We're painted in the
live fret"
afterwards the same friend visited
DR.. Holmes when death had invaded his
home. His loving wife had been buried
in the cemetery near by. To the query,
How are you now, my dear friend? the
sad autocrat replied: Only two feet on
the fenderp Baltimore Sun.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-10-07

gave his friend a push and knocked him
into shallow river. Turk" immediate
" sprang in and. Selling one of the tails
of the immersed mans coat, commenced
to swim for land. Unfortunately, an
other Newfoundland trotting along the
other side of the river saw the affair and
also came to the rescue Dog number
two seized the other tail of the coat and
wished to swim back to his master. Turk
held fast and struggled for his side and
the owner of the coat cried in vain for
help. At last the coat gave way, and
each Newfoundland swan proudly home
with a piece of cloth in his mouth, so
that Turks master was obliged to plunge
in himself to save his friend.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-10-07
The Scotch Made the Clyde.

The River Clyde, of which the Scotch
are justly proud, was at the beginning
of the century but q small, shallow
at fabulous cost it today floats the
great ships of the world. An American
sea captain at Glasgow was listening to
resident dilating upon the Clyde, when
he interrupted him rather contemptuous-
~: Rivers? Why, you haven't room
enough in this country for rivers! The
Mississippi, the Missouri, the Hudson,
the Columbia, are what we call rivers. .
II know that" said the Scotchman, per-
fectly undisturbed, "but God Almighty
made your rivers: we made the Clyde"
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-10-07
APPLES ABUNDANT.
Prices Lower than Last Year-Vlews of a
shipper.


Prices Lower than Last Year-VIews of a
shipper.
Apples are in great abundance on
both sides Of the Atlantic this year.
said leading receiver and exporter to a
Tribune reporter yesterday, land are
from 25 to so cents barrel cheaper in
this market than they were on the cor
responding date of last year, when good
stock was sold at wholesale for from
S1.5O to $500 barrel, according to the
kind of fruit. At the auction sales of
American apples in Liverpool last week
an average price of only S1.74 a barrel
was obtained, against nearly double that
amount the same week of last Septem-
Der, the transatlantic crop of last year
having almost totally failed, while full
average crop was gathered in the United
States, Canada and Nova Scotia. The
American apple crop this season is the
largest ever before produced in this coun-
try. It is estimated that from 100000
to 100000 barrels will be gathered, or
from 100000 to 100000 barrels more
than in any previous year. The bulk of
the crop will come from the West, notably
from the states of Missouri, Indiana,
Illinois and Iowa. Missouri has the
largest crop, but the crops of Indiana
and Illinois are nearly double those Of
last year, while the crop of Iowa has in
creased fully SO per cent. New York
state has fair crop, but smaller than
last year, while the crop of Massachu-
sets is light.
1.-THE apple crop of transatlantic coun-
tries are all good, especially those Of
Germany, Holland and England, but
they are mainly composed of early APP
pies, which will be practically consumed
by New Years, leaving the foreign mar
ket open to American apples with but lit
tie competition for four or five months.
Prices for American apples abroad.
which are now SO exceptionally low, will
advance as the foreign crop disappears,
and exports will steadily increase. Last
year there were 1,438, 155 barrels export
ed from New York, Boston, Montreal,
Portland and Halifax, of which 537, 533
were exported from Montreal and Hall
fax.
England is the greatest apple con-
Stunning country in the world, and even
when she has a good stock of her own
production, American apples are in such
favor that they sell better in England
than those which are raised in that coun-
try. The varieties Of American apples
most sought for in England are New
town pippins, on account of their excel
lent keeping qualities, and Baldwins,
largely on account of their attractive
color, red being a favorite hue with the
British nation. The demand for Ameri-
can apples among the British aristocracy
is SO great that at the close of last sea-
son the last lots received were sold at
ira choice Baldwins. New York Trib-
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-10-07
A Big Pine Stick.

One of the largest sticks Of timber ever
sawed on the Kennebec went through a
mill at Bath the other day. It was a
piece of Oregon pine So feet long and %
inches square, containing some 1000
feet of lumber and it was quartered that
it might be made small enough to use
for keelson pieces. 1t took hours to do
the job, and as the saw was being driven
through this mass Of wood it was neces-
sary to wet the metal to prevent it heat
ing and ''kishing," as sometimes happens
when the steel gets up to high tenn
perature. 1t made some of the old build
ers sigh to see such magnificent bow
spirit stick, which would have fitted a
1900 ton ship, go to such a use-alacka-
davi-T lewiston Journal
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-10-07
Wherein French women Excel.

"One of the chief characteristics Of
French women at Trouville," remarked
a recently returned American, is the ex-
IRENE simplicity in which they dress at
these resorts. The more pronounced
their position in the world of rank and
fashion the more transformations their at
tire. It is always fresh and dainty, but
absolutely simple-and yet what a sim
plicity; and it gives to nous autres a
hopeless, detected feeling that is impos-
sible to describe as we gaze upon the I'M
attainable. With their clothes, however,
their superiority ends: for no English Or
American woman could stand their com
fortress homes and the untidy way in
which they keep house. I stayed at sew
eral chateaus while | was abroad, and
their menages were extraordinary-so
few servants, such uncomfortable rooms,
such a want of womanly care every
where! No wonder that the word home
is not in their vocabulary. What sur
srised me most of all was the lack of
daintiness about everything, | had al
most said cleanliness. With my Anglo
Saxon ideas, it seemed dreadful to me
to have a man do my room; but mon
sieur's valet and madame's femme de
chambre did the chamber work indis-
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-10-07
The Right Sort of Mother.

It always hurts us to find fault with
mothers, yet in these progressive days it
sometimes happens that Woman's ma
ture sometimes gets perverted, and the
fountain Of maternal tenderness and de-
votion grows muddy and inactive while
she is running about proclaiming what
she will do and what she won't do on
questions that have no vital bearing on
her life, but which she has fused and
fumed herself into believing are import
ant to her welfare.
Let US give over clubs for awhile and
start training school for mothers. We
do not need anything so much in the
world as good mothers. AS well expect
the housekeeper to turn out batch of
good cookies. if she makes them of saw
dust and alum, as to expect the children
to develop into good citizens without the
right sort Of mothers. The right sort of
mother knows where her boy is all day
long. She spends her time entertaining
him, rather than entertaining shallow
headed callers from everlasting to ever
lasting. She tells him stories, reads to
him, and picks out tunes with him on the
piano. She is ''chummy' with him, too,
and has his complete confidence. She
doesn't allow her girls to go to the depot
to see the trains come in, nor does she
permit them to spend nights away from
the guardianship Of their own home. She
is Watchful at the same time that she is
kind, loving always, but never languid in
the performance of those duties which
the vast responsibility Of motherhood has
laid upon her. Give us better mothers
and the world will soon be full Of better
men and women.-Ph Philadelphia Times.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-10-07
Hetty Not in {

Corning can lay claim to the littlest,
most penurious, grasping nickle-skinner
of the century. Hetty Green isn't in it
with this fellow. What on earth is the
use of young man making himself the
butt of ridicule by doing business on the
principle that a 10-cent piece is bigger
The liberal thinker, the liberal business
man and the liberal manager are the
fellows who succeed in life, but the
grasping miser, the haggler over penny
and the nickle-skinner rise about SO high
and then fall with dull and sickening
swat.-Corning (Kas.) Gazette.