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Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-09-16
Faithful to His Vow.

Michael Bocchino last night celebrated
his recovery from serious illness TWEEN
ty-eight years ago. Ee made vow to
the Virgin Mary to observe August %
of each year as holiday if he recov-
cred from his illness. Upon the altar
which he had erected near his home,
Fifth and Bank streets, Highlandtown,
he therefore celebrated the feast of Our
Lady of Mount Carmel. A large crowd
of people was present to witness the
event. They saw the statue of the Vir,-
gin taken from the altar by girl robed
in white, and then carried at the head
of a procession through the streets of
the suburb. The line was formed with
two boys carrying banners at the head,
then band, and finally large number
of children. The statue was replaced
when the procession returned to the
starting point. After that display of
fireworks was made, sheep was RAT
fed off at 25 cents a chance and the
festivities were at an end.-Baltimore
American August "a
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-09-16
Mashing Handkerchiefs.

For years 1 had all of my handker-
chiefs, as one might say, Systematically
ruined by sending out. Whether they
went to the French laundry to be
cleaned or to the ordinary laundress who
simply washed and ironed, mattered lit
tie. 1t took all my spare change to keep
myself in good handkerchiefs, and really
it is surprising how reconciled one gets
under such circumstances to using those
of inferior quality. / finally got hint
from a veteran traveller that has done
me good service for many years, and
women who suffer as / did may be glad
to know that it is possible with very lit
tie trouble to put an end to the annoy
ance of having their handkerchiefs come
back to them a mass of rags or not have
them come at ALL A bottle of strong
ammonia is convenient to have, and IT
ones hands are delicate, toy wash
board is not amiss. At night dip the
sOiled handkerchiefs into clear, cold
water, then soap them thoroughly and
roll them up in tight little parcels, then
drop them into dish containing water,
with about a tablespoonful of ammonia
to the quart. Let them stand over night,
then in the morning squeeze and press
them and rinse. A little bottle of blue
can be kept in any out-of-the-way corner
of the medicine cabinet, and will give the
required clearnesS to the dainty wash.
Squeeze the handkerchiefs as dry as pos
sible, do not wiring them; then take
large towel and spread it fiat, and put
the handkerchiefs, one above another,
upon this, roll them up snugly, and on
smooth table or lapbOard continue to roll
them under the hands until the package
is as hard as possible. Let them stay
in this way for a few minutes, then IN
roll them, and, one by one, smooth them
.s,,l~1 fold
They can be handled until almost dry,
then lay them smoothly out on the table,
on which a clean cloth is placed, and
fold a thick cloth over them and pile
books and papers over for weight.
Let them remain for an hour or so,
then remove and fold and press again.
BY little careful handling they will
have a new look, almost impossible to
be gotten in any other way.
Lace handkerchiefs are greatly i'm
proved by this process and are much
more durable, as nothing spoils lace
more quickly than an iron. One may
keep a small package of starch, or a drop
of gum arabic in the rinSing water will
give the very slightest possible stiffness to
the fabric. One wants but little starch,
however, as stiff handkerchiefs are not
approved either by good taste or good
sense. This folding and pressing process
is much more desirable than smoothing
handkerchiefs out on a mirror or marble,
as a great many women have but one
room, and it does not add to the ap-
pearance of the apartment to turn it into
a laundry, even in the most amateurish
way; besides which landladies and hotel
keepers sometimes make a point against
this way of doing things.
1t is possible by taking note Of some
of these little practices to study economy
in expenditures, as well as in the wear
and tear of ones delicate belongings
New York Ledger.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-09-16
Bench Sayings.

A number of Chicago lawyers have
been relating to the Inter Ocean report
ers "reminiscences of the bench and bar.
These include MANY witty sayings and
anecdotes and among the best is the fol-
lowing: James n. Brown, now of the
general solicitors Office of the Chicago
& Alton road, used to practice at Jack
sonville. One day he was defending in
a case before an old justice. A lawyer
named George Smith was on the other
side. The old squire was so drunk that
his head bobbed down on the table
and against the back of his chair, and
his eyes rolled around in the top of his
head. Smith put the plaintiff on the
stand. What is your name! object,
said Jimmy Brown; doesn't make any
difference what's his name objection
Sustained solemnly muttered the
I object shouted Jimmy; it's imma-
terial.' 'Shustained,' said the justice,
looking like Solomon. What is your
age? asked Smith. Object complained
Jimmy with an injured air. The wise
man allowed the objection. At this
Smith, springing to his feet, called the
squire a drunken old fool and added
other compliments. Then it was the
sources turn to get mad. Where's Fry?
he beloved. Fry, the consta BILE,
emerged from the crowd with broad
grin on his face. This grin enraged the
squire beyond endurance, AM addressing
himself to the constable he roared:
Stand up there. fine you S. for lettin'
George Smith INSULT me on the bench.
Courts adjourned Then walking out
with great unsteadiness and equal dig
nifty he banged the door behind him."
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-09-16
pretty gift."-Grace T. Pennypacker in
Philadelphia Times.
Beneath the Finger Nails.

There is something more than beauty
and attractiveness to be considered IN
caring for the finger nails. Beneath
them is a space which forms resting
place for bacteria. Psychologists have
found score or more of different kinds
of organisms under the nails, many of
them harmless, it is true, but some OF
them exceedingly dangerous to health
and life. Since they are microscopic
in size, no one can tell whether they
are innocent or harmful, or, indeed,
whether they are present or absent.
Since a pin prick sutfices to convey
into the human system enough of the
most poisonous germs of disease to cause
death, it is easy to- understand what
evil results may follow a scratch with a.
germ-laden finger nail. An idea has gone
abroad that the danger lies in being
scrached by another person; but since
the trouble is due to bacteria and not
to any poison residing in the nail itself,
it is easy to see that self-inficted
scrach may be as bad as any other.
Many instances are recorded where a
slight wound, like the prick of a needle
under the nail, has been the means of
introducing the germs which cause that
felon.
He that bites his finger nails takes the
risk of getting into his mouth and swal-
lowing the germs of some infectious dis
ease; for bacteria may be anywhere, ana
the nails have peculiar aptitude for
scraping up particles of dust and dirt,
which may be. swarming with germs.
The surgeon who goes to the perform
ance of any cutting operation, realizing
the danger which turks beneath the
nails, cleanses them in the most thor
ough manner.
Disease germs, once introduced into
the human organism, become travellers.
They do not stop at the point of infee-
ton, but once in the circulation, may go
anywhere and live, even for years, wait
ing their opportunity for growth when
the normal tone of the system is lowered
by chill, by fatigue OF by some other dis
turbing cause.
There is no better method of cleansing
the nails than with good brush and
plenty of soap and water, and without
the use of brush it is impossible to
have clean, wholesome nails. Not alone
will the result obtained be pleasing to
the eye, but the danger of becoming
the bearer of disease to ones self is
thereby essened-Youth's Companion.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-09-16
UNIQUE INSURANCE.
James w. Paul Takes Out a Policy for
$50, 600 Upon His Postage Stamps.

James w. Paul Takes Out Policy for
$50, 900 Upon His Postage Stamps.
The most valuable and perfect collec-
ton of postage stamps in this country is
owned by James w. Paul. of the firm
of Drexel & Company and the son-in-law
of the late Anthony Drexel. 1t is valued
at $4,000 Just before leaving for Eu-
rope last week Mr.. Paul had the lot
insured for this amount, paying 81 per
$1,000, or double the usual rate for the
uncommon risk.
The collection is known to all stamp
collectors in the country as the great
Paul collection. 1t contains thousands
of stamps, some from every country in
the world. Many are complete sets. The
American group is remarkable for it's
completeness. Many of them have an
immediate market, worth from 5000 to
$500 each. His buff-colored Brattelboro
5-cent stamp, issued in 1916, is valued at
$500, and he has ten other stamps, is
sued in the same year, bearing the head
of James NJ. Buchanan, that command
from $3.50 to $3.50 each. For one stamp
of the collection Mr.. Paul has refused
Times.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-09-16
FUTURE FURNACE AND FORGE.
Electricity. Acid and Water to Make the
Means of Heat Producing.

A writer is of the opinion that the
forge and furnace of the future will
consist of a lead-lined glass or porcelain
vase or cupola, filed with cold acidifed
water, to which is conducted strong
positive conductor, the forge and outfit
being rendered complete by a pair of
tongs with insulated handles attached to
flexible negative conductor. According
to this plan, the smith seizes the piece
of iron which is to be manipulated with
the insulated tongs, and plunges it into
the sour water, which begins to boil
and bubble the instant it comes in con-
tact with the iron, the latter, in a re-
markably short space of time, turning
to red, and then to a white heat,
ready for the work of the smith. So
rapidly, indeed, is the heating done by
this means that the water and the por-
ton of the iron not immersed in the
water are but slightly warmed. The
principle involved in this process is of
simple and well-known characteristics
ance producing the light and heat-it
being found that enormous heat can be
produced by such a method much great
er, in fact, than is necessary to extract
iron from the most refractory ores.--
Mechanical News.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-09-16
SALMON PACK IS BIG.
Great Wealth Taken from the Columbia,
Probably 500, 900 Cases.


Estimates of the Columbia river sal
mon pack are coming in slowly, but the
general consensus of opinion thus far
seems to be that the total pack will foot
up to more than 100000 cases, of which
upwards of 80 per cent. is chinook.
Fish Protector Mcclure, who is back
from Astoria, after having "closed down
the season. says that packers and fish
ermen alike are we'll satisfied with the
seasons work. The packers estimate
that they have packed at least 100000
cases more than they have bargained to
sell, but they do not seem to be worrying
much over the surplus, and would prob
if the law had allowed it. Mr. Nc
CURE estimates that the 5000 fishermen
along the Lower Columbia have been
paid in cash at least 81, 5O0,OOO for raw
fish, and that, too, in four months time.
When the amount paid for labor about
the canneries is taken into consideration,
it is not surprising that Astoria feels
wealthy enough to build railroad.
Some of the owners of SEEMING grounds
have made enormous sums of money, as
it has been an unusually fine season for
them. Sam Oliver and Charles Woods,
who have grounds at Snag island, ad
mitted to Mr.. Mcclure that they have
cleaned up $4,000 each on the season.
The ground on which they worked was
offered for rent last spring at the rate
of $500 for the season. A year ago
Mr.. Woods made much objection to pay
ing a heavy fine, but this season, when
taken one Sunday with fish in his pos
session, willingly paid $3.50 for his re-
lease. Now he admits that he could
easily afford the $3.50 fine, for he had
taken $11OO worth of fish that day.
There is scarcely a gill netter who has
not made from $500 to $4,000 during
the past four months. Salmon catching
and packing this year. have been better
than gold mining.-Portland Oregonian.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-09-16
Witty ClergYman.

A witty and popular New York cler-
gyman, whom everybody knows by rep
utation, had a laughable and at the
Gently, according to the journal. One
Sunday not long ago he was going up
the steps of his Fifth avenue church.
when he was asked by an old lady (who
of course did not know HIM to help her
up the steps. With his usual courtly
grace he complied with her request. On
reaching the top steps she halted, breath
lessly. and asked him who was going to
preach that day. ''rhe Rev. Mr.. Blank;
he replied, giving his own name: "Oh,
Lord!" exclaimed the old lady; 'help me
down again. I'd rather listen to man
sharpening saw. Please help me down
again. I reckon / won't go in" The
her down the stairs again, remarking as
he reached the sidewalk: II wouldn' t
go in, either. if l wasn't paid for it.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-09-16
COUNT CASTELLANE'S TRIANON.
Anna Gou1d's Husband Falls Foul of 9
French Critic.

Anna Gou1d's Husband Falls Foul of a
French Critic.
Of the young Count Castellane's (the
Gould Castellane) plan to reproduce the
Trianon, writer in the Franco-Ameri-
caine Revue makes the following criti-
cism: 1.-THE Trianon is to be reproduced
in the Avenue du Bots! Proof of evil
dent taste, proof also of empty brains
and of a generation weak and incapable
of creating anything new! We confess
now. and it is his excuse, that in the
position of Count Castellane we would
perhaps have yielded in the same way
before the Incidence, the ldleness and
the routine of which proof has been
given by all the elements, such as mod
ern architects, painters, furnishers, car
penters and locksmiths necessary to such
have been a good piece of work to have
attempted, and to have imposed on this
extraordinary OCCASION new style, con-
sisting of beautiful lines, chaste. sim
pie and comfortable. Instead of that
the count is buying millions worth of
wainscoting. tapestries and bronzes, all
very old, it is true. They have even
brought to him wrought iron siding Of
safety bicycle from the Chateau
d'Anet."
Further on the writer adds: His es-
tablishment, being situated SO far from
the center of the city, will have this adj
vantage: The friends of the count who
come to admire his pretty possessions
can always ask for an introduction to
his neighbor. Groult, if they wish to
profit by their trip and see something
really beautiful"
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-09-16
A FINGER LUNCHEON.
The Latest Form of Entertainments Copied
from Napoleon.


The very latest fad in society is the
dainty and novel repasts can doubtless
be traced to the furore for everything
pertaining to Napoleon, one of whose
peculiarities, it will be remembered
was eating with his fingers instead of
forks.
At one of the prettiest suburbs near
Philadelphia ten bright girls assisted, as
the French say, at such luncheon the
other day. The pretty nasturtium-dec-
grated table spread with fine china and
glittering glass seemed only the cOnven-
tional table till one sharp-eyed damsel
exclaimed: 'Why, there are no forks,
nor knives, nor spoons even! What are
we to eat with?'
''Your fingers" promptly replied the
youthful hostess; and sure enough the
table boosted absolutely the small silver
mande afterwards confessed that she in
stantly resolved to go to the nearest
restaurant as soon as the mOck-luncheOn
was over, the sequel proved that very
substantial as well as eminently dainty
repast can be served without even a
fork on the table.
First little-neck CLANS were served,
but how to eat them! till one courageous
maiden seized the shell in her fingers
and daintily "scooped" the succulent
contents. Iced consomme then was
slipped from the prettiest of bouillon
cups; tiny lamb chops in frilled papers
were served with Saratoga chips and
tender white lettuce leaves-the problem
of eating these viands with the fingers
was easily solved; the next course was
a pretty one, artichokes, boiled and
served whole, French fashion. Those
stripped from the stem and dipped in
sauce tartare are by no means a deli
cacy to be overlooked by epicures.
Cheese straus, which melted in the
mouth, preceded the ices, and these last
were a veritable surprise-they seemed
bananas, but when the peel was drawn
back there was most delicious banana
ice frozen hard; grapes, plums and the
inevitable demitasse followed, and when
the fower-scented finger glasses were
finally used there was really no greater
need for them than there is at conven-
tional repast where ones plate is fianked
with innumerable forks and perplexing
knives and spoons.-Philadelph Times.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-09-16
Awallcd-ip Cannon-Ball.

The Belgians are careful of their his
torical souvenirs. In the front of a
house situated in the Faubourg de Shaer-
buch, in Brussels, there is to be seen,
half buried in the plaster cannon ball
which was fired from a Dutch cannon at
the period of the revolution of 1880 and
main. Recently it was determined to
restore and refront the house, and the
question arose what was to be done
with the Dutch cannon ball. With a de-
votion which has been pronounced wor-
thy of a grave commission for the pre-
servation of historical monuments, it
was at once determined to achieve the
new fronting without disturbing it.
Since then the ball has been repainted
black, in strong contrast with the pale
pink plaster around it, and provided
with the simple commemorative date,
..24th Sentemher 1890"
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-09-16
Standing alone, her life was doubly blest,
BY this dead love. and love of SOrrO
The Chipmunk.

Have you ever watched the antics of
the ground squirrels in summer? The
name the learned people give them in
the books is almost as hard as the nuts
the frisky little fellows gather up for
their winter food. Imagine yourself
saying every time you see one of these
little fellows darling along the fence or
the limb of a tree. 7There goes a tamias
stratus of the order sciuridae.'
The last name comes from the Greek,
ska, a shade, and ourG, tail, which
squirrel carries his tail shading his
head. But the Indian name, chipmunk,
seems to suit him much better.
His long front teeth are well adapted
to the hard work before them in the
winter, that is to get the contents of the
nut out in good shape. These two teeth
seem to be movable and to work as if on
pivot. They go around the inside of
a walnut or a hickory nut and serve the
purpose of a nutpick as well as a nut
cracker.
If you examine walnut that a SPUR
rel has dropped, you will find that both
the fiat sides have been pierced as if
bored through with a gimlet and that
every particle of the kernel has been re-
moved from the shell by these flexible
little teeth.
They come by twos and threes, these
comical little providers from their home
in a great old oak just across the road
from the end of the lawn, and you may
trace their route from one tree to an
other by the rebounding. of the branches
when relieved of the light weight as the
squirrels jump and frolic along.
Two large horse chestnut trees in front
of the house are right in the line of
march just now, and it is amusing to
sit on the porch and watch little fellow
bite off a large leaf that seems to be
in his way. Just when the leaf falls
you see him stop and fill his cheeks with
the green horse chestnuts, and then, as
it seems to you, with his mouth too full
for comfort, he hurries home just as
nimbly as he came, over his elevated
road, jumping sometimes over a space
between the branches, two or three feet
in width.
If you do not put your walnuts and
hickory nuts carefully away in the fall
these little thieves will find them out and
soon reduce your store. They carry
them off while drying in the sun, and
even before they are hulled.
A young girl in Southern Maryland
had the power of tanning these little fell
lows with a few crumbs Of bread or
grains of corn and wheat; she could
draw them around her and catch any
two or three of them that she fancied,
carry them in her pockets or her apron
for half day and when set free they
would scamper off as wild as ever.
Visitors to the park in Richmond re-
member the tame squirrels that if
treated to a few peanuts or cake crumbs,
will follow you for hours around the
grounds and seem to know you if you go
back again in the course of day or two.
They are the gray and black squirrels,
with thicker tails than the chipmunk,
but are just as knowing and as cunning
as those that wear striped coats and
smaller brushes.-Virginia McSherry in
Philadelphia Times.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-09-16
The skin of the Teeth.

It was old man Job, think, who had
something to say about the skin of the
teeth I asked a prominent dentist the
other day if there was really skin of the
teeth and he answered, "Most certainly
notr' I'll wager that there is not man
or woman in this city who has not at one
time or another felt that very same skin
on the teeth that Job mentioned. It is
possibly so thin that the modern dentist
cannot find it. Why, many man has
gone to Heaven by the skin of his teeth.
It means. as / take it, a very narrow
margin-the flip of a coin. as it were.
The expression has grown into our Ian
guage. and we hear it used every day.
And there are dentists and dentists who
say there is no such thingLNew York
Press
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-09-16

John II. Parnell, brother of the ia
nous Home Rule leader, recently elected
to Parliament from South Meath, was
formerly resident of the South. After
the death of Charles Stewart Mr.. Par
nell moved from Georgia and took pos
session of the family estate at Avondale,
wherein is located the meeting of the
waters celebrated by Moore. With
his American experience as a guide, the
new owner has built up novel and
profitable industry, in which he has lit
tie or no competition. The estate now
supplies a large number of the umbrella
handles used in the United States, the
furze bushes which abound in that dis
trict being utilized for that purpose.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-09-16

ranged a great ball DR.. and Mrs De,
witt were invited and they went, the two
of them. The ball began early, as Next
can balls do. and the surgeon and his
wife danced in the first set. They
danced in nearly every set, in fact, for
politeness forbade refusal, and after two
They were the guests of honor. indeed.
Time wore on and still the dance went
on. 1t went on all night. Finally, DR..
Dewitt called one of the men aside and
asked him when in heasen's name the
thing was going to be over.
"Oh, senor," said the Mexican, 1--WE
have been waiting these many hours for
you to give the signal for the last dance"
-WaShin pton Post