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Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-12-02
Talking Through Stream of Water

II have a most remarkable telephone
in my house, remarked a resident of
the western addition. II noticed that at
times could hear very distinctly the
conversation in the next house. Sudden
~ it would be broken off short in the
middle of sentence and / could not hear
another word. It would become audible
again just as suddenly.
by a series of experiments I have
found out that the sound is conducted
by the water running through the pipes.
When the water is turned on in my
house | can hear all the conversation in
any of the rooms next door in which
there is running water. When turn off
the water all sounds stop suddenly.
81 told my neighbor of it and we have
put it to practical use. When l wish to
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-12-02
Actor,s Dread.

The gerat dread of the actor is lest he
should get his words twisted and trans
posed. It is a sort of nervous disease,
like suffering, which occasionally fast
ems itself on a poor fellow and sticks to
him for a long time. The following good
Illustration is FROM the London Soprting
Times:
eat Slumburgh Theater RoyaEHeavy
villain somewhat mixed)-Even turn
will worm when it is trodden upon.
laughter.) / mean trod will worm
when it is turned upon. (Jeers.) /
should say a worm will trod when it's
turned upon. (Yells.) That is to say, q
turn will strod when it is wormed upon.
(Catcalls.) Or, rather, trod will turn
when it is wormed upon. (Uproar.l
Well. if that doesn't suit you, you had
better try and say it for yourselves"
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-12-02
TRAPPING UP NORTH.
a Minnetonka Muskratter Going to Ell
bow Lake.

a MinnetOnka Muskratter Going to FL
bow Lake.
Fred Melon. a trapper who has been
after muskrats at Lake Minnetonka for
the last three weeks, came into town this
morning with 100 skins. Melon says
that the rats at Minnetonka are not so
numerous as has been represented. and
he starts tonight on trapping expedi-
ton in the northern part of the state.
His intention is to camp on the Willow
river, where last year he made good
haul of black marten. Melon showed let
tiers from trapper named Walsh. who
is camping on a small island in Lake
Vermillion, in which Walsh states that
there are hundreds of caribou feeding in
the woods at the upper end of the lake.
He describes in an amusing manner the
adventure of, a hunter from St. Paul
who, after having driven a caribou into
the lake, did not understand what it was
and would not shoot it.. Walsh was out
Of range when he saw the animal, but he
put in half day trying to find it, with
out success.-Minneapol Journal
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-12-02
Drove a Horse.

A witness in court, who had been eau
toned to give precise answer to every
question and not to talk about what
he might think the question meant, was
Intercepted as follows:
You drive wagonY
mo, sir, do not"
friend so this moment?"
mo. sir, l did not"
"Now, sir, put it to you on your oath.
do you drive wagon?"
'No, sir.''
What is your occupa ton, then?''
81 drive horse. Waterbury
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-12-02
Don't Get Cav.

A fox who had never yet seen lion,
when he fell in with one, by a certain
chance, for the first time in the forest,
was so frightened that he was near dying
with fear. On his meeting him for the
second time he was still much alarmed,
but not to the same extent as at first.
On seeing him the third time he so in
him and said: ''Hello, whiskers on the
neck. how goes it. old sport?" and com
menced familiar conversation with the
lion. The king of beasts raised his front
left paw and upper-cut the fox on the
jugular. and he hasn't done anything
since.
Moral Don't get gay.-Truth.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-12-02

oak or some ether very hard wood, a
quarter of an inch thick and one inch
wide. In one of these Stats drive seven
fiat-headed tacks equidistant from each
other, and in the other slat fix the same
number of twisting screws, such as are
used in banjos. From these stretch your
strings, which should be all the same
size and of catgut The &c" guitar
string will be found the best for this
purpose. Now tune all the strings in
unison, and the harp is completed. 1t
is, however, well to add reflector to
throw out the sound. This is easily ac-
complished by placing a thin board above
the box, supporting it on sticks fitting
into rests, which are glued in the cor
ners Of the box. The reflector also an
swers as shield to prevent injury to
the harp.
Place the harp in a current of air, as
upon the sill of half-open window. The
sound produced by the wind passing
over the strings as it rises and falls is of
a drowsy, lulling character and extreme
ly melodious.-NewY York Recorder.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-12-02
GOSSIP FOR THE LADIES
The Ultilitarian.

The gaudy big chrysanthemum
Is chosen by the few,
But cabbages is larger, an
They make a better stew.
Err fancy pug dog costs ez much
Ez you may wanter pay;
But it's the knock-kneed mOngrel pup
Ez skeers the tramps away.
The small canary in the cage
May please the ear and eye,
But it's the good old barnyard fowl
That makes the chicken pie.
It's mighty good ter realize
That nature makes it so;
It's easier ter take comfort than
1t is ter make a show.
Washington Star.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-12-02
How TO Make a Wind Harp.

Aeolus, the god of the winds, claimed
the wind harp as his own, but since he
never obtained a patent Oh his instru-
ment there is no law against appropriate
ing his invention. Its construction is
very simple, and with little care an
instrument can be produced whose music
is far more sweet than the door harps
now so common.
To make a wind harp procure box
made of thin, well-seasoned wood-pine
preferred-about inches high and =
inches wide. Cut circular hole in the
top and sandpaper the rough edges. This
is your sounding board. Across each end
of the box and on top fasten slat of
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-12-02
Men be Considerable

Men are frequently very inconsiderate
of those they care for most. This lack
of feeling does not indicate any lack of
affection, but rather thoughtfulness
that they would gladly correct if the way
were pointed out for them. This is just
what we mean to do this morning, as it
has been brought before our notice in
peculiar way that young members of the
stronger sex need reminder OF their re-
missness in their duty to the women
whom they some day expect to call their
wives.
Now, some one undoubtedly remarks,
"She is going to talk to the engaged
men," and there some one makes a great
mistake, though natural one. When
we made reference to the women whom
they some day expect to call wives, it
was misleading no doubt, but to put all
vagueness aside let us come to the point,
and give the thoughtless derelict a good
sound scOlding. Men, young or advanced
in years, ought to be made to realize that
they have no right to mOnopolize girls
society, treat her with marked tender
ness and place her before the eyes OF the
public in the light of fiancee 1t they are
not willing to have their engagement
announced to the whole world.
There is a case within the circle of our
own acquaintance of pair so devoted to
each other that it is but reasonable to
suppose that they are engaged, but the
girl opened her heart to the writer the
other day, and in indignant protest de-
clared that as fond as she was of the
man in question she could not for her
own sake let him go on in the way that
compromised her in the eyes of her
friends. II know he intends to marry
me, but he has not asked me yet right
out to be his wife. By hundred little
ways and signs / know ne has no other
Thought for me save to marry me some
day, but can't say this to people when
they ask me if we are engaged, and SO l
just feel that it is my duty to break with
him, Int what excuse have for so dong.
[ can't tell him the real reason. That
would be too much like begging him to
propose to me, but don't you see can't
go on as we have been doing. Ii l We're
really engaged to him | wouldn't mind
waiting a thousand years, if such fate
were necessary, but this horribly equivo-
cal position is more than | can stand.
There is the case in a nut shell, and
there are thousands more like it. Men, II
Won love a woman we'll enough to marry
her. don't place her in light that will
be detrimental to her. Until you can be.
come engaged, refrain from paying atten-
lions that are so marked that they keep
other admirers away, and cause her
many unpleasant personal queries from
those most interested in her. 1t isn't
manly. it isn't fair, and when you are
tempted because of the pleasure you take
in some certain woman's society to mo-
nOpolize her without definite under
standing between you and Willingness
to have an engagement made puDnc you
are stooping to something that is I'M
worthy. and causes the object of your
mistaken devotion many more hours OF
anxiety than of Observation-Disclosures
Times.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-12-02
YOUNG FOLKS COLUMN
small Show for tI,e Horses.

A.What did you see at the horse show,
Mary, what did you see at the show!
al saw a girl with a Worth gown, mother
and a bonnet from Virot.'
-'What did you see at the horse show,
Willy, what did you see at the shown
Il saw man with d sealskin vest, and
they say they're all the CO."
''But why do you talk Of clothes, my girl
and why of clothes, my boy!
l thought you went to the horse. show
children, the horses to enjoy"
ooh, you're not fin de steele, mother, il
fact you are dead slow;
We put the clothes before the horse be
cause it's clothes horse show;
-Harper's Bazaar.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-12-02
John Browns Handouts.

After lying forgotten in a garnet for
over thirty-one years, the old iron hand
cuffs which were worn by John Brown
during his confinement in the armory
at Harper's Ferry, were recently brought
to light in Benton Harbor, Mich. by
Daniel Litter, former resident of Har-
pers Ferry. They came into Mr.. Lit
zer's possession through his half-brother,
Asa Maysteller. who had charge of the
armory while John Brown was held to
await the arrival of the cheriff. Hard
ware.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-12-02
Strewn with Roses.

No observation / made on returning
from Europe in 1879 was to me more
startling than the discovery that in the
United States there is, properly speaking,
no conversation, that is, conversation of
the kind that you enjoy in the best
French and Italian salons. 1t is so much
easier-it entails, in fact, no effort what
ever-to rehearse ready made anecdotes
and facetiae; and to a hard-worked COM
mercial people it is. l doubt not, great
relief to be able to fall back upon this
conversational coinage, already stamped
and polished, which makes no draft upon
our intellectual capital. An author with
whom / recently discussed this curious
phenomenon offered me, however, an
other and highly plausible explanation.
Intellectual capital, he says. is to the
American too valuable to be expended in
mere talk which brings no financial re-
turn. The merchant expends it in his
counting room and is tired, if not cross,
when he returns to the bosom of his fam
ily. The lawyer expends it in his office
and the author at his writing desk. We
have no class of people here who can
afford to squander their best powers on
conversation; first, because we do not,
ike France. supply the social atmosphere
in which the cOnyerSatiOnalist thriVeS,
and accordingly do not make it worth
while for any one to aspire to eminence
in that line; and, secondly, we should
probably vote him a bore and laugh at
him behind his back if we had him.
But the habitual joker we do appre-
ciate; the hoarder. of funny stories is
mistaken for wit; dinner invitations
are shoWered upon him and his path is
streWn with roses.-The late Prof. III. H.
Boyesen in North American Review.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-12-02
No Size Specified.

Mary Lynch was before Justice Hall
of Chicago a few days ago for being IN
toxicated. ''Sign a pledge. if | let you
off"' asked the court. Il will II you'll
allow me to drink one glass of beer
the pledge was signed. ''He didn't say
how big glass I can have" remarked
the woman as she left the courtroom;
1--WE got pitcher that's two feet high,
and I'll use that"
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-12-02

speak to him / tap on the window, he
turns on the water in the house and /
turn it on in mine and listen. In that
way we can carry on long conversation
with as much ease as if he were in the
room with me. Still our houses are
about twenty feet apart San Francis
20 Post
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-12-02
Eight Minutes Lett.

A foppish young man. with football
crop of hair, was walking along Chest
nut street the other evening, when lit
tie urchin asked him the time. Ten
minutes to o. said the masher. well,
said the boy, sat o'clock get your hair
cut and he took to his heels and ran
down Tenth street. The masher ran
after him, and in turning the corner
came in contact with a. policeman, nearly
knocking him down. What's np?'
asked the policeman. The masher, very
much out of breath, said: ''You see
that young brat running down the
street? He asked me the time: | told
him fen minutes to 9. and he said: AT
9 o'clock get your hair cut. :" well.
remarked the policeman. what are you
running for? You've eight minutes yet.
-philadelphia Record.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-12-02

For $4,000 a New Jersey corpora
ton known as the Fortune Mining COM
pany has purchased the Big Camas No.
2 mine, mill, millsites. the townsite of
Doniphan, etc, in Idaho.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-12-02

DO I understand that you give me the
lie?''
Yes"
''Thank you"
went his way. He had been wondering
where he was going to get real good
lie and the gift was certainly opportune.
Detroit Tribune.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-12-02
City OF Champagne.

Epernay, France is vast subterrane-
an ''city of champagne" For miles and
miles there are streets hewn out
of the solid chalk, fanked with
piles Of champagne of all blends
and qualities. There is no light
in this labyrinth of streets. cross
ings and turnings, except what the sput-
tering candles afford. All is dark, dank
and damp, with the temperature away
down about zero. The largest cham
underground cellars which cover forty
five acres and contain 100000 bottles
of wine. There is a whole street in
Epernay lined with fine chateaux, the pro-
prietors of which possess similar estab-
lishments. The whole town is honey
combed with these underground galleries
for the manufacture and storage of
chamna one
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-12-02

Do understand that you give me the
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1895-03-29
THE. SOUTHERN
sss ca l-sftstt+IE..t>- ~ sssfkf.l 80
80 ssJ .3sssy'si,sssS's y .fslsssa< 3 -
PACIFIC COMPANY.

Commencing Saturday Sov 2s.ls9l,
aud until farther nOtice,traiins will
leave Keno as follows: 500 Il. M.
fsai1y Atlantic Express. trains for
ssinnesIucra, Battle Mountain. Falls
asle. G-den,and East. Carries only FIRST
class passengers through and local
Dinia. ear to Ogden.
lao p. IA. -ssaiiy- Pacific Express
train for Vrhcisee. sacramento. Ben
ecia and San Francesca. arriving at
q 80 Il, III. onRarTing at sacramento
az 10 20 a M. wit, the New Orleans
Express fer Fresno. SANTA barbara.
Los Angeles. san Biegc. also al S:IO
p. m foG. .. oOdfand as,i + al gnt> land
ing
9:05 y. R. DaiiS-Atia:tic Express
for WinnemUcc3- Esattie Mountain
PaGisada. USa.ea and t+a>s. Carries
first and second class passengers
local aud through.
5 .s:5 p. IN. Baiiy Pacific Express
traiE, for BOseyiEie, junction. Sacra-
MEMO, and san Francisco via Ben
celia arriving at o. 10 Il. M. Connect.
at sacramento with train leaving
AT 10 20 a.. IN. for Stockton, LathrOp.
San Jose. San Francisco. Fresno. Los
Angeles san Diego; and East. via New
Orleans: at 1850 a. IN. for Williams.
for Red Bluff and at 1850 p. M. for
Marysville, Chico. Reddins. Portland
and Puget sound points.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1895-10-22

by the supporters OF the Republic
The same may be said of the proba.
BILE appointment of Judge Cooper to
the highest position in the Cabinet
Mr.. Hatch's record in the Foreign
Office has proved him to be pc
culiarly fitted for the duties
which he is to assume. The only
fear of the community has been
that he might remain firm in his
refusal to accept the position when
the resignation of Minister Castle
was received. While Minister
Thurston might be considered the
logical candidate to succeed Mr..
Hatch his intention to remain in
private practice practically takes
him from the list. The selection
of Judge Cooper will undoubtedly
meet with universal approval. AL
though Mr.. Cooper would be enter
ing upon an untried field of action,
his political record has been such
as TO commend him most favorably
for the position. He is broad
careful in administration,
thoroughly in sympathy with the
on which this Govern
ment is founded, and furthermore
loyal to the institutions
Of this country and the mainte-
nance of its dignity in the world of
nations.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1895-10-22

JULIEN D. HAYNES verbal per.
ambulations on the Hawaiian Re.
public are just what might be ex-
pected. All he omits is his usual
Gathering OF the missionary tin
pan. Doubtless he left that in
Honolulu to be used in the October
issue OF his magazine. The San
Francisco Chronicle sizes up the
gentleman and his remarks in the
following style:
Julien D. Hayne is a type of the
foreign ADVENTURE to whose i'll offices
ia the American press the Hawaiian
Republic owes a great deal of annoy
aUce. Mr. Hayne went to the Islands
two years ago and announced that he
was the author Of the elsie OF Cham
payne" 1t did not take long for one
of the Government newspapers to
show that he was mistaken, and when
to this indignityu was added the
mild restraint which the authorities
of Hawaii put upon the ASCENDING
debtor, Mr.. Hayne became violent
monarchist. In his opinion, a country
that would not let him strut in Dor
rOwed literary plumage and incident
ally jump his board bill was doomed
10 the demDition bow vows. He j.
now in Chicago telling the newspapers
that the Hawaiian Republic is bank
rupt; that the people don't think of
paying taxes, and that LOrrin Thurs
ton aud nearly all the other RepubIi-
can leaders are in favor of KaiuIani
for queen. As matter of fact, Hz-
waiian bonds are selling at par; a.
large proportion of taxes are col
lected in Hawaii as is the case in any
American State, aud Mr.. ThurstOn
has given DO sign of any change in
his political opinions. In a word,
there is no more truth in Mr.. Haynes
statements about the Isles of Hawaii
than there was about the "Isles of
Champagne"
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1895-10-22

The suggestion that President
Cleveland viii boom the Cuban
annexation question in order to
throw Hawaii into the shade is by
no means an improbable possibil-
ity. From the cuts which the Ad-
ministratiou Is receiving from vari-
Gus Democratic State conventions,
it must appear TO the most thick
skinned politician that something
must be done TO save the present
officials from general eondemna-
ton. To turn back on the Ha-
waiian policy at this time would be
& most bitter pill TO swallow, con-
sequently the Cuban affair comes
in the nick of time, The forecast
ing Of such 4 move, rather than
discourage Hawaiian annexation
lists. should lead them TO redouble
their efforts.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1895-10-22

That municipal governments as
well as national governments are
prone TO let sanitary affairs run
themselves, until all at once they
are brought face TO face with the
results Of indifference and some
times positive neglect, was brought
out at s. recent meeting OF the Am
erican Public Health Association
held in Denver, Colo. In
q paper read by DR.. Hart
zelI it was stated that 216.-
600 tons Of garbage and 1000
dead animals afflicted with tuber-
culosis, CHAMBERS, etc, had been
thrown into the Mississippi river
in one year by four cities. Other
instances were noted Of cities
dumping hundreds Of tons of gar
bage in districts from which large
water supplies were drawn. This
condition i by no means the result
Of studied action to pollute the
water of other sections, but simply
from the fact that the average
politician l. not a sanitariau."
The people don't think Of the mat
ter till their attention l. called to it
by the launching Of an epidemic in
their midst. Hundreds OF cities
and towns in the United States
suffer from an epidemic Of typhoid
fever every summer, and trust to
nothing but approaching cold
weather to wipe it out. The expert |
ence Is repeated the world over and /
viii probably continue till the
common people have been educated .
to the fact that purity in caring
for personal surroundings Is quite
as much an element Of sound de-
velopment as purity in politics.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1895-10-22

JAPAN's indemnity fund that Is
soon TO be received from China,
with interest added, will amount
to 5O9,75O,O yen in japanese
silver. Count Matsugata Is said
TO propose dispoSing of the indem-
nifty as follows: 100000 yen
for the redemption Of war loans;
100000 yen for army extension;
100000 ven for the extension
OF the navy; 100000 ven for the
establishment Of q steel foundry
and a working fund for the same;
100000 yen as a reserve fund to
be placed in the national treasury,
and 100000 yen for the estab-
lishment of an agricultural bank.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1895-10-22
THE EVANGELICAL ASSOCIATION.

Even TO the most casual reader
the last annual report of the
Hawaiian Evangelical Association
presents clearly the valuable work
done by the Board during the last
year. 1t shows that while secular
civilization Is educating the many
alien races on these islands, that
Christian civilization Is not far be-
hindhand in its work, and is rap
idly extending its influence among
all classes Of people. The address
OF Chief Justice Judd before the
Association contains a valuable
Of the names of those
who composed the missionary re
and the date OF their
arrivals. How history will deal
with the labor Of these men. this Is
not the time to discuss. But seri-
Gus and broad minded men Of all
sects Will unreservedly approve OF
the eloquent words OF the late Pres
.dent Garfield, who stated on the
floor Of Congress during the debate
IN the reciprocity treaty, that the
people Of America had done a noble
work when they undertook to plant
IN those distant islands the Chris
ian institutions Of the great Re
public
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1895-10-22

THoUGH it is stated that Japan Is
putting forth its best efforts TO keep
Russia AT arms lengths, her Corean
residents are putting themselves In
q position 10 bring Russia TO the
front on short notice. The reports
OF the murder of the Queen Of Co
rea seem TO leave no question Of the
prominent part taken in the affair
by japanese residents. Ii this Is
the turn which japanese aggression
Is 10 take, il Is only a matter Of a
few months before Japan will find
herself in an unenviable position.