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Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-07-29
Making the Most of Ice.


1.-THE amount of ice / wasted before
/ learned how to take care of it was
something astounding" said a young
housekeeper Il started in with the no.
ton that ice had to melt about SO fast
anyhow, and that whatever l saw fit to
do with it would make no particular diff
ference, therefore let it go to waste and
paid icebills that sometimes took my
breath away.
Zone day an old fellow, who was, l
imagine, a supply on the ice wagon, for
/ never saw him before or since, gave me
some points. He showed me that ice
has a grain, and that if I worked with
any size or shape / wanted. / was com.
paratively handy with tools, and he
showed me how to saw part way into
large cake, then with hammer and any
pointed instrument crack off the piece
the size / required. / discovered long
ago that unless / have a very large faml-
~ large refrigerator is simply useless
extravaganza, so / brought down to the
kitchen little parlor icebox that / had
when I boarded, and for a family of four
it answers every purpose.
'"The iceman brings fifty pounds of ice
twice a week. put it into large cloth,
around which are wrapped some pieces of
felt and a blanket. The porcelain tank
in the icebox is about 1Ox12 inches in
size, and into this put piece of ice ev-
cry morning, taking care to Keep the rest
we'll covered. / find this is all that is
necessary and am saved the trouble of.
looking after large icebox, than which
/ imagine nothing more taxing The lit
tie box has a porcelain tank with a
faucet from which the water is drawn as
it melts. / find, by the way, that this
water, carefully strained through thick
cloth, the most luxurious article for my
toilet 1t is simon pure soft water, and
all the year round I use it in preference
to any other Utilizing this sort OF
thing is in my mind one of the fine points
of housekeeping, and often wonder that
more women do not study the little ifs
turn to account everything that comes in
their way.''-NeW York Ledger.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-07-29
Cottage Bedrooms.

The bedrooms of the properly construct
ed summer home should approach the con.
dition Of primitive simplicity as far as
possible, excepting, perhaps, the guests
chambers The visitor frequently wishes
to use her sleeping room as sitting room
also, and, therefore, does not enjoy a
| Spartan severity of style in furnishings.
The floors should be bare, except for a
rug before the bed and before the wash
stand. They should be painted dark
shows dust with startling rapidity, and as
dust is particularly unwholesome in a
sleeping room the sooner it is seen and
disposed of the better. The walls are
charming if left. rough plastered. The
smooth, white finish is not deSira BILE, be-
ing more .glaring and not SO picturesque
as the softer tone of the unfinished plas-
ter. Pictures should be very few and
should be favorites. Nothing is more
maddening than to be in bed and gaze
upon multitude of trifiing things. Two
or three photographs or pictures of ac-
knowledged merit are enough in the line
of mural decoration.
The bedStead should be of iron, painted
white. The washstand may also be of
white iron, and may be concealed behind
a screen in green and white. This screen
will also serve to keep off draughts. The
dressing table may be homemade box
affair." with white muslin frills and glass
above, or an elaborate purchased article.
That will depend upon the home-makers
purse. A long, deep box for dresses, COW
cred with cretonne so as to form seat;
chest of drawers. steamer chair for
lounging and a straightforward chair for
use before the toilet table complete the
list Of necessary furnishings. There will
be something fascinating in the military
simplicity of the room, and sleep will be
sounder when the closing eyes are not
disturbed by multitude Of objects.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-07-29
A Lucky Accident.

AS an example of how a remunerative
speciality in hardware forced itself on a
receptive and appreciative Yankee, the
following incident will be of interest:
Among manufacturers small castings
are often put in revolving cylinders with
ing usually six points, the extremes of
which are about an inch apart.
They are also familiar to toy dealers.
who sell them to children as ''jackstones."
The pickers, together with small castings,
are put into the tumbling barrels, SO
that any particles of sand adhering may
be removed and better finish given the
castings.
A large and well-known New England
lines, manufactures screw wrenches
largely, formerly used peculiarly
shaped malleable iron ferrule, with ir-
regular openings at the four sides and
circular openings at the two ends, weigh
ing about an ounce.
Some of these ferrules CHANGED to be
a part of the contents in one of the
tumbling barrels.
When the barrel was opened the at
tendant noticed, what to him seemed
almost incredible, that the picker with
all it's prongs was inside the ferrule, the
opening of which were comparatively
small. The observant mechanic logically
concluded that as it had got in it could
be got out again.
The phenomenon was brought to the
attention of parties who decided to ap-
ply the idea in a puzzle, and the result
has been that the original manufacturers
are now making the tive parts under con-
tract, in ton lots, while the first order is
said to have netted a profit to the pro-
motors of $170O. This is known on the
streets as the Trilby puzzle.-1ron Age.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-07-29
Value of a Minute.

Napoleon, who knew the value of time,
remarked that it was the quarter hours
that won battles. The value of minutes
has been often recognized, and any person
watching a railway clerk handing out
tickets and change during the last few
minutes available must have been struck
with how much could be done in these
short periods of time.
At the appointed hour the train starts
and by and by is carrying passengers at
the rate of sixty miles an hour. In a Sec
ond you are carried twenty mine yards. In
one-twenty-ninth part of a second you
pass over one yard. Now, one yard is
quite an appreciate distance, but one
twenty-ninth of a second is period which
cannot be appreciated.
Yet it is when we come to planetary and
stellar motions that the notion of the in
finite divisibility Of time, dawns upon US
in new light. 1t would seem that no
portion Of time, however microscopic, is
unavailable. Nature can perform prodi-
gieS, not certainly in less than no time,
but in portions of it so minute as to be
altogether inconceivable. The earth re-
wolves on her axis in twenty-fOur hours.
At the equator her circumference is 25,-
600 miles. Hence, in that part of the
earth a person is being carried eastward
at the rate of 500 yards per second-that
is the moving over yard, whose length
is conceivable, in the period of 1-5O9th
part of second, of which we can have
no conception at all.
But more, the orbital motion of the
earth round the sun causes the former
to perform a revolution of nearly 60O,-
OOO,O miles year, or somewhat
less than 10000 miles an hour, which is
more than 1000 miles in minute Here,
then, our second carries us the long dis
lance of about nineteen miles. The
mighty ball thus flies about a mile in
the nineteenth part of second.-Boston
Advertiser.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-21

Dimple beat P. Reidy's Buffalo. G. Wnttson's
Belmont beat D. Leonard's Tip, T. J. Cronin's
Best Trump beat P. T. Canavan's Twilight J.
Quane's Captain Morse beat D. Leonard's win
o. the Wisp, J. Quane's Rosa beat T. Largima-
ztnis Stambou Queen, J. H. Perigo's Wee Las
sic beat J. Grace's Roll Along, p j. Reillv's
Evening Star beat ]. O'Connor's Ambition. w.
Perry's Gee Whiz beat f. F. Canayan's Little
Bob, Alameda kennels Daisy beat R. Reidy's
Victory.
First ties-Maggie beat Mayo Bow, Little
beauty beat True Blue, Kitty Scott beat Full
!erton, Lone Star beat Annie DAILY, Tempest
beat Fearless, White Chief beat Coomassie July
oye lwithdrawn), Belmont beat Best Trump,
Captain Morse beat Rosie B, Wee Lassie beat
Evening Star, Gee Whiz beat Daisy.
second ties-Little Beauty beat Maggie NJ,
Nifty scott beat Lone Star. White Chief beat
tempest, Belmont beat July, Captain Morse
beat ee Lassie Gee Whiz bye.
Ihlrd tles-Little Beauty beat Kitty Scott,
Gee Whiz
Fourth ties-White Chief beat Little Beauty,
Captain Morse bye.
F1nal-Captain Morse beat White Chief.
Sunday, next puppy stake at 81 so en-
trance Will be run, with Ed Caravan as
Judge and John Cranston as slipper. In
case the puppy stake is not sufficient to
MI out the day an old-dog stake at 81 en-
trance will be run.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-21
all her stories were aptly illustrative of
some principle she wished to demonstrate.
OLYMPIC HANDBALL.
Part of the Big Tournament Played
Mt the Outside Grounds
Yesfardav

Yesterday the handball tournament that
the members of the Olympic Club have
been talking of for some weeks past, was
partly played off. There was not time to
allow ell the team to enter the contest, but
most of the big matches were won and
lost and then the remaining ones were left
Tor next Sunday.
The frst-class players furnished some
thing of surprise in the opening game,
when Elmer and McVickor beat McEIroy
and Sullivan. The latter team was consid-
cred one of the best in the club.
Johns and Hampton beat Allison and
Morton and now Elmer and McVictor and
Johns and Hampton will have to try for
the first prize of the first class.
In the second class Emmons and Harri-
son beat Howard and Horace Coffin. and
were in turn beaten by Collins and Smith
Collins and Smith also beat the Collins,
which leaves them entirely out OF the
race.
In the third class Cunningham and Bush
hold first honors so far.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-21
TO Be SECOND TO NONE,
MARKED IMPROVEMENT IN THE
APPEARANCE OF THE POLICE
FORCE.
REFORMS BEING INTRODUCED.
RAPID PROGRESS MADE BY THE
MEN IN THE USE OF THE
REVOLVER.

Since Captain Whitman got his pet pro-
ject of q shooting range for the police
department in the basement of the City
Hall in full swing about three weeks ago
the men have made great improvement IN
their scores. Some who made ana 4 out
Of possible so at first are now able to
show scores OF from 20 10 70. Already
there is a keen rivalry for the gold medal
offered by Captain Whitman Tor the man
in his division who shows the greatest I'M
provement during the year; also among
the sergeants' squads as 10 which will
show the best score.
The men sDend a considerable portion of
their spare time in practice at the targets
with gratifying results. An instance
showing the benefit OF the range occurred
last Friday. There was a mad dog on
Policeman Mullender's beat, and he was
called upon to shoot it. He had never
flred . pistol before commencing shooting
ut the targets and couldn't have hit a
barn door. The dog was on the porch OF a
house, making frantic efforts to spring
through a window into room where sew
eral small children had taken refuge
Mullender climbed on to the porch of an
other house, took deliberate aim and fired
the bullet striking the dog between the
ewes and killing il instantly.
Policeman Carr, a practical gunsmith
and one of the best revolver shots on the
continent, has been appointed shooting
instructor forthe department and has full
charge.
During every watch, Immediately after
TOllcan. the sergeant in charge inspects
7he men 10 see that their uniforms and
belts are in proper order. AS he passes
along the line each policeman has to hold
in his right hand his keys, TO show that he
has not forgotten the keys of the patrol
and tire-alarm boxes. When this was first
done it was found that more than one had
left their keys at home, but it has not
occurred again.
He has also introduced riot inspection.
On the first occasion four or five men had
left their riot clubs at home instead OF
having them in their lockers. This in
spection is for the purpose of ascertaining
if every man is prepared in case OF being
called out 10 suppress a riot.
4 few days ago the captain inspected
every mans revolver. He found between
twenty and thirty that were practically
useless, and promptly confiscated them
and ordered the men to arm themselves
with suitable weapons.
with uniform rubber coats, which can be
worn during the rainy weather with Of
without capes. They were ordered some
weeks ago from firm in the East aftel
each mans measure had been taken.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-21

nothing but the little chain attaching the
top to the can. 1t was noticeable that cans
without special marks of Identification
were generally of very poor quality.
The Emhoff dairy wagons came very
near losing their load, the milk showing
up under the test only one-ffth of one per
cent higher than the standard.
The American dairy also had close
call, there being just 3 per cent butter fat
in the sample examined.
Of the fifteen samples from as many
diaries examined during the morning the
San Bruno dairy showed up the best, the
specific gravity showing 1884, with frac-
ton over per cent OF butter fat,
Inspector Dockery was careful to take
samples of all the milk tested, and it was
his belief that many of those which barely
passed the standard will, under chemical
analysis, be found seriously faulty He
looked for eight or ten arrests to result
from his early morning labors, though
none were absolutely certain except those
mentioned.
Mr.. Dockery gave all the interested milk
men an opportunity to see just how the
Babcock test was made, and with one ex-
ception they acknowledged that it was
perfectly fair and correct. The one excep-
ton was Alexander Simon, and he will be
given an opportunity to state his reasons
in the Police Court during the coming
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-21
NATIONAL LABOR ARMIES,
UNATTACHED BODIES OF WORK
INGMEN ACQUIRE MILITARY
KNOWLEDGE.
THOUGH THE ARMY DIFFERS FROM
THE TRADES COUNCIL IT Is
GROWING FAST.

A number of people, who are interested
in socialistic and labor matters, have been
under the impression that the National
Labor Army of this City had gone out of
existence because there had not been any
public demonstration of activity OF late,
and because the members had not been
drilling at 1859 Mission street for the last
three weeks. The army is still in existence,
and to-day there are the names of about
1900 mem bers enrolled on the books.
From the beginning to the present time
the army has been steadily increasing in
its membership and has spread to other
cities on the coast, and at Los Angeles and
San Diego there are strong enthusiastic
auxiliary bodies to the army.
a prominent member, in discussing the
army. said yesterday:
Our army exists in several parts of the
United States. and is growing in strength, in
1uence, wealth and finances every week. 1t is
not known everywhere as the National Labor
Army, but it is the principle that underlies
and not the name that counts. In Idaho and
Montana 1t is called the Miners Association
and in Iowa it is called the Farmers Alliance
These and others are drilling the same as we
are on this coast. For all the difference in
names there is an understanding and SYM
pathy among all these organizations, and in
time their power and strength will be felt.
Inc local army recently received re-
buff, SO the members believe, at
tie hands of the Trades Council of San
Francisco. An application was made for
representation of the army in the council.
The request was refused on the ground
that the National Labor Army did not
represent any distinct branch of labor.
'The result of that action said the
labor soldier quoted, twas that the Ameri-
can Railway Union, of which l am a
member, Withdrew its delegate from the
Trades Council The decorators and
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-21

some young hoodlums yesterday. Wilson
is an old sailor, who lives in shanty
under the shadow of the bluff on which
the Sailors Home stands. With another
old salt he makes his living by manufac-
turing and selling patent fre-starter.
The two old men have been annoyed by
the boys who congre. ate at the corner of
Spear and Harrison streets.
Every Sunday they have made the little
whitewashed shanty target for all the
missiles they could gather together. The
anger of the occupants pleased them and
as the police were not present they pur-
sued their persecution of their victims in
safety.
Yesterday they began pelting the place
as usual. Wilson ran out after them. He
was met with a shower Of stones and
bricks. One of them broke his Jaw.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-21
WHY | AM A SOCIALIST,
ARNOLD w. LEITCHE GIVES
HIS REASONS FOR HIS
CONVICTIONS.
A LARGE ATTENDANCE AT THE
MEETING OF THE AMERICAN
SECTION.

An enthusiastic meeting under the aus
plces of the American section O., the So
cialist Labor party was held in Pythian
Castle last night.
Chairman Faust called the assemblage
to order and introduced Mr.. Aspen, who
rendered two or three Rotations.
Music followed and the speaker of the
evening, Arnold ". Leitche, held the at
tention of the audience for nearly two
hours.
Mr.. Leitche is forcible and pleasing
speaker.
He told his hearers why he was a social
ist, and made it clear that those who en-
braced socialistic theories have many
strong arguments on their side of the polit-
zeal and economic problems.
The time has come" he said, "for men
to look to their property rights. The rich
men and monopolists are gaining in power
daily and the poor man-laborer and slave
of capital-stands back and sees his mali
enable rights as a free, born citizen taken
from him. The time is ripe for the enact
ment of laws in the interest of the many
instead OF the few.
1--WE see on every hand men who are
aSle to amass their millions with compar-
alive ease, IN contrast with others who are
struggling with warriors courage to feed
baby mouths and keep the bowling wolf
Of poverty from the door, If these money
kings of the day can pile up their millions
at the rate of hundreds of thousands a
week there is no reason why these same
kings of finance should not be able to own
the wealth of the world. Such conditions
as make it possible for the carrying on of
gigantic financial schemes like this are
perpetual menace to the peace and pros
perty of mankind.
Under our republican form of govern
ment every man has right to demand
just compensation for his labor and an
equal advantage in the pursuit of pros
perity and happiness.
Under the present conditions these
rights are denied him, not by enunciatory
law or proclamation, but as an inevitable
result of circumstances prevailing in the
commercial and industrial world. 1t is
time tor action. Every man who has an
idea of embracing the socialistic theories
cannot help but appreciate the momentous
Importance OF the problems which stare us
in the face"
After Lawyer Leitche's ad 1ress a num-
Der of tive-minute speeches were made by
members of the section and outsiders who
wished to present their views on the prob
lens presented for discussion.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-21
BIDDING FOR PLAYERS.
The Reliance-O Olympic Strife for Foot
ball Material


The competition between the Reliance
and olympic clubs for available football
material has developed into som ething
more than the friendly rivalry supposed to
be engendered by true amateur athle tics.
President Fitzgerald of the Reliance Club
has spoken in reproachful terms of at
tempts said to have been made on this side
OF the bay to secure some of his best foot
ball players, and now the Olympics are in
dignant at the implication of unamateur
practices on their part.
Charles j. Bosworth, secretary of the
Olympic Club said last night that in the
case OF Wilbur, an ex-RelIance PLAYER. he
cannot play with any team because he is
an apprentice at the Union Iron Works
and cannot get off unless through efforts
that may be exerted by J. o. 3. Gum. who
is also an Olympic; and if those efforts be
successful Wilbur will of course plav with
the Olympic team; but that his father will
not hear to his attempting to play where
there is any danger OF his losing his posi-
ton in consequence of absence Bosworth
denies Indignantly that any attempts have
ever been made to hire players, and points
to the men on the board of directors as
proof that no such doubtful athletic prac-
tees would be tolerated, and that no midi
viduals in the team are wealthy enough to
hire player.
Pete Smith, captain of the Olympics.
was also very much aroused over the &C.
cusation of the Reliance president, and re-
marked that the Reliance Club were "a
nice lot to talk of clean athletics and
breaking up teams, when they had en-
ticed several of tie st. Marys College
players away, and completely broken up
that college team for this year"
Captain Mcmillan said last night that he
regretted the publicity of the inter-club
ill-feeling; that he personally had friends
IN both clubs; that he had been offered a
position in the City indirectly from the
Olympics, through some of their mem bers,
but that he could not take it and leave the
captaincy that he had accepted after once
resigning.
I Inc words Emerald Isle" as applied to
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-21
INSPECTOR DOCKERY MAKES AN
EARLY MORNING RAID IN
THE MISSION.
MANY ARRESTS FOR TODAY.
The ALERT OFFICIAL WILL Nor
DEsIsT IN HIS FIGHT FOR
PURE MILK.

Inspector Dockery continues his relent-
less warfare against the tricky milkmen
who find It profitable to mix a few pints of
wafer with each three-gallon can Of milk.
Nothing seems to check the earnestness OF
the INSPECTOR, whether the undertaking be
fraught with danger or mere matter of
making midnight stand at some popular
milk depot and remaining there until 9 or
10 o'clock next morning.
This is just what Mr.. Dockery did yes
terday morning. In company with CALL
representative, who had been invited to go
along "just to see how the thing was
DONE" the Inspector drove to the milk
depot, corner of Mission and Eighteenth
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-21

The night blooming cereus blossoms
about an hour before midnight, but by the
approach of daylight the flower is a COM
plete wreck, having lost all its beauty and
fragrance.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-21

II you want to keep your skin soft and
clever never use hard water for washing
the face. as it dries the skin. If you have
to use it, add borax or few drops of am
monia, a teaspoonful to large bowlful of
water being about the quantity.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-21

painters withdrew their delegates for the
same reason, and l am told other unions
viii take similar action
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-21
JULIE RECAMIER.
THE ORIGINAL OF THIS PICTURE re.
TANNED HER EXQUISITE COMPLEX
ION THROUGH THE USE OF RE-
GAMER CREAM UNTIL HER
DEATH AT EIGHTY.

No woman can be beautiful or even CLEANLY
in appearance whose face is marred by pimpes
blackheads, blotches, freckles or other lmper-
fections.
These are the only skin remedies Endorsed by
physicians.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-21
THEY BROKE HIS JAW.

Younp HoodIums Assault George P
Wilson With Rocks.
George P. Wilson had his jaw broken by