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Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-07-08

The Cinnamon send out their ships
so that they will reach here about
the first of May. From then until
about the middle Of June frecrackers are
fairly poured into this country Last
week the w. J. Rotch, from Hong Kong,
arrived here with about 100000 boxes
of frecrackers, and there are eight pack
ages in box. She was emptied in two
days. There are only few more ships now
on the ocean. The Lucille is the next one
due, and she has a cargo of frecrackers
as big again as that brought by the
Rotch.-New York World.
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ships from Hong Kong have arrived at
this port, at Philadelphia and at Bos-
ton, and their aggregate cargoes of fire.
crackers were 100000 of packages.
There are sixty-four frecrackers in each
small package. But while the small boys
and girls are burning up frecrackers,
their elders will have fireworks of much
more complicated character to celebrate
the day with. Aerial fireworks are the
fad for adults this season. and they come
in assortments varying from $3.50 a lot
to $3.50 a lot. The average price of an
assortment ranges from $50 to $500.
The dangerous blank-cartridge pistol
has almost entirely disappeared. So
many serious accidents resulted from its
use in former years that the reputable
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-07-08
DEATH OF PHILIP PHILLIPS.
The Singing Evangelist Passes Away al
Delaware. o,


Philip Phillips, known all over the
world as the Singing Evangelist, died at
Delaware, o., in his 61st year. He was
born in Chautauqua county, n. Y, and
studied music under Lowell Mason. He
conducted singing schools in Allegany,
N. Y, when he was only 10 years old.
During the war of the rebellion he was
valuable aid to the Union cause, his serv-
vices of song in various parts of the
country being warmly appreciated by the
Christian commission. In 1860, he pub
lished EARLY Blossoms a composition
which met with immediate favor and
which resulted in the sale of 10000 copies.
In 1861, he started a music store in Gin
cinnati. where one Of his successes was
the publication of Musical Leaves"
which met with a sale of 10000 copies
He visited New York in 1866 and in
1868 he made a tour of England, where
union, '"The American Sacred SOngster,''
which had a sale of 100000 copies. On
leaving England Mr.. Phillips visited the
Sandwich islands, Australia, Palestine,
Egypt and India finishing his tour of the
world by holding song services in nearly
all of the large cities of Europe. He first
attracted national attention as singer
while in Washington, d. c., at the Unit
ed States Christian commission.
President Lincoln was much impressed
at the time by the sweetness of Mr..
Phillips voice, and asked the latter to
sing "Your Mission" in the presence of
himself and his executive staff. He also
sang in the presence of members Of Con-
gross. Mr.. Phillips had not been in good
health for some time past and his death
was due to attacks of grippe, terminating
in consumption. He leaves son, Philip
Phillips. Jr., also singing evangelist,
who will carry on the work which his
to Christian musical services all over the
world Mr.. Phillips was originally a
Baptist by faith, but subsequently be-
came a Methodist
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-07-08
Bubble Blowing.

A great deal of time has been given
up of late years by some of our greatest
scientific men to the blowing of soap
bubbles and making experiments with
them, and some of these experiments are
so wonderful and yet are SO easy to per-
form that any one who cares to do so
may very we'll entertain his friends by
carefully carrying out the following de-
tails:
First of all, as to the best solution to
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-07-08
Ready Wit.

The new canon of Westminster is
credited with ready wit. A story is
told of his having once been terribly IN
terrupted by the incessant coughing of
his congregation. Wherein he suddenly
paused in his sermon and interjected the
remark: Last night [ was dining with
the Prince of Wales" The effect was
miracuIous, and deathly silence reigned
as the preacher continued: LAS matter
of fact, [ was not dining with the Prince
of Wales last night, but with my own
family. l am glad, however, to find that
have at last secured your attention"
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-07-08

ignited. This mammoth combination of
explosives has never been seen in this
country. It has been used by tie Chinese
in Hong Kong for many years, and they
believe that the noise of the explosion
drives evil spirits into the river.
The union battery is another new feat
ure, devised in this country It dis
plays a grand fusilade of colored stars
and gives a kaleidoscope effect. An
other novelty, called the ''silver-birch
tree" sends a column of fire seventy-fve
feet into the air, which branches and
blossoms into blazing forests.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-07-08
Snow from the Firemen's Hose.

A curious instance of the formation of
snow was witnessed at Agen, France, on
the night of the Both Of January. A fire
broke out in a sawmill when the tempera-
ture was 10 degrees centigrade below the
freezing point. The water thrown upon
it was instantly vaporized, and, rising into
the cold, dry air. was Immediately CON
densed and fell as snow. What, with the
bright starlight and strong northwest
wind blowing, the whirling snow above
and the raging fire below, brilliant spec
tacle was presented
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-07-08

firms in the business decided to boycott
them and do not sell them this year.
The boys will still have their pistols,
though They are frst-class limitations of
the high-grade revolvers, but are made
so that only paper caps can be fired by
them. These toy pistols are made to sell
for 5, 10 and Is cents.
Among the other brand-new novelties
for the children this year is the Ferris
wheel. 1t owes it's name to the fact that
it is the largest fireworks wheel sold for
5 cents. 1t has lively action. A center
wheel revolves with great force and, with
two smaller wheels in the inner circle,
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-07-08
GOSSIP FOR THE LADIES
A Lay of the S. G. G.

A Lay of the S. G. G.
And now the sweet girl graduate
Whispering: 'DOes my gown hang
straight?'
Has sailed forth with quickened breath,
And, though she's scared almost to death,
Bravely confronts the audience.
She needn't fear; she looks immense!
The essay, too, she reads is grand,
And though the little, nervous hand
That holds it's pages shakes bit,
You bet that essay makes a hit!
So wise it is, so good. so true.
l like the S. G. G.-dont you?
New York Recorder.
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forms fantastic figures. Magic fountains
are another novelty for a nickel. And
are silver geysers, electric lights and troll
ley wheels.
The only novelty that comes from China
this year is called a Chinese mandarin.
1t is composed of 100000 frecrackers.
The head is round, of enormous siZe
and throws thousands of variegated
lights among the 6recrackers, which
squirm and dart in every direction when
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-07-08
Extremes Don't Go.

Advertising extremes don't always
work. One enterprising restaurant keep
er in town surprised his customers and
many others a few weeks since by dis
playing in his window this sign: "Our
Ice-cream is Hot Stuff" He worked IN
his slang all right, but wondered why
trade fell off.-Syracuse Post.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-07-08
Absinthe the Curse of the French.

DR.. Lancereaux. the celebrated French
physician, has lent to the French Medical
academy a statistical report of the use of
absinthe in France. which has created a
sensation, as it shows in plain figures how
year for year this favorite drink of the
French people is undermining the vitality
of the nation and his report is doubly in
teresting when it is taken in considera-
ton that the United States next to
France is the greatest consumer of this
poison in the form of alcoholic stimulant.
Absinthe is procured by pounding the
leaves and fowery tops of various species
of wormwood. with angelica root: sweet
flag root. the leaves of diptang of Crete,
staranise fruit, and other aromatics and
macerating these in alcohol. After soak
ing for about eight days the compound IS
distilled, yielding an emerald-colored
liquor, to which a proportion of an essen
tial oil. usually that of anise, is added.
DR.. Lancereaux in his report estimates
that of twenty patients. ten are suffering
alcoholic poison, five from the use of alb
sinthe and FIVE from other intoxicants.
He says it would be an interesting study
to ascertain what influence the habit of
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-07-08
Not PreDared,

Salvation Army Exhorter (solemnly)---
MY friends, are you prepared to DIE"
Alkali Ike drawing his reyolyer)-
Throw UP your hands! | might mig nave e
chucked a little suthin' into tnat nat II
Won had asked me civilly, but yer can't
Skeer me- into contributin'!' Truth.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-07-08
No More Ships.

'.There won't be no more British ships
nosin' around American shores now Oh
ney is in," said the ev gentleman with the
nlain citizen. He'll git out an injunc-
ton so quick it will make their heads
swim. indianapolis Journal.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-07-08
Simple Enough.

Teacher" Johnny, explain to me the
meansing of ayes and noes"
Johnny-"W'y, yer eyes is wot yer sees
wit an yer nose is wot yer smells wit
See ?'-SyracuSe Post
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-07-08

Mrs. Siddons as the Tragic Muse.
1t was in her second season at Drury
Lane when, as Hazlett says, "she was re-
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RAILROADS.
BALTIMORE AND ONO RAJ

BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD,
Schedule in effect JAM G. 1925.
Leave Washington from station Of New
Jersey avenue and G street
For chicago and Northwest. Vestibuled Limited
trains ll:2o am. 500 pm.
For Cincinnati. St Louis and Indianarolis, Vesti'
'I led Limited $50 pm. express 1901 night
For rI,fshGrg and Cleveland. express daily il:25
For Lexington and Staunton II rs am.
For Winchester ard way stations. $50 pm.
FOR l.nray. Natural BRIDGE, Eoanoke. hnoxyills
1ha'tan"9Sa Nenarhis and New Orleans, lilo
P'Ii. a'lts. sleeping cars through.
For Lnray 800 pm: daily.
x1:lo s';3o $500 A. miauios,. s:Ss. xe:so uo:90
q '- On ~ a.ri. MOD xi2:oS I2;le' z2o
uies, x5:o5, 1880. 5:s5. .G:ao. ESQ $500 Sis.
800 e III 70 and rs pn SUNDAYS 1a
Ale:o5 100 s22o q zoo o' 4smnntes1. Sos, All
20 p. - m ,,iifes'. x'o ESQ, xS:o0 1890. 1000.
For Annsn 40 and $40 am. 12:l5. 4:2s
pm. Sand Us. $50 am, 421 pm.
fSr Frederick. t3:oo. cll:25 am. bills. ei:3o'
For Iiaeerstewn ell IS am. $50 pm.
f ro. bnyd and way points a!:05 pm. e.no
a;m cla:5o. cs:S5. e4:ss as:s5. a7OS. bs:4o.
fro an. ~ 10 pm Express trains stopping at
RoYaf i st Stations Tie only ci so 900 pm AMI
PIMADEIPHIA
For p f911s "minSsd with fntscn aSa The
Est Est. week DAYS. 20 500 5000 am. Diniog
S Car. Ge;oo Dining Carr, 800 600 Dining Can,
Sundays, 80 GOO ann. Dining Carl 1890 Din.
lns Car,, 300 600 Dining Carl. 500 Q1:So
"rDtrrhs Gar, open for passengers 1000 PM.
Buuct Parlnr Cars all day trains. o,o
For Atlantic City. 400 am. 1000 an. 12:oo
Erse eaE snnda2 am n agSo nqon Sunday only
Z Express trains
esasS sailed for and checked from hotels 6r and
LEFT at ticket os. sia a PsnnsyiTanEs avenue NV.
York and S sT Cam and Pass sa ses ACT
X. b. CAMPBELL. Gen. Manager.
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PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.
station corDer of 9th and II SITS.


1880 SM f:' t S%i 'sRHi1y EMIS s
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1870, An. FAST ;IISI IISE-ruman Bune. rarlor
Gar to HARRISBURG Parlor and Dining Cars. Har-
$40 Pm. CHICAGO AND ST. LOUIS EMPRESS
nr ana b sns. ParoT Car TO +, sesp p
e7 7io p tGulsy!Is aea ch2FH Sleep
Ing Car to Chicago and Harrisburg 10 Cleveland.
7:Io PM sou SifH ExpREss-Pull:
S fe4o f csT Hff5 aF E s. Sleep
1850 An. for Kane Can,ndaigua Rochester and
SUNDAY. For WnIamsport daily, $40 pm. nr.,.
and Niagara Fails daily except saturday; with
Sleeping Car Washington to Suspension Bridge via
Earaio and NisEafa f'f Fails daily. Sleeping csi
p: SO; 90 IN. :%oSskEssieSAL TIMIiTEo;" q; IN
Regular at S:o5s Dining Carr. TO. Sos Dining
Carr am, 1918. 3:l5, 800, GAO 1000 and II %
ar s2 sS and Week For daH,
Express, POI and $40 pm. daily.
For BOSTON without change. 7:50 am. week days
and 3:lo p.n. daily.
1000. 1920. 90 and Ii so am. 1918, 2:01,
3:i5 $40 G:0o Limited. 4:20. i:26. $40 SOS,
6:40 7:lo, 1000, 10:io, l1:15 and II 80 pm. On
Sunday, T:05, 40, 500. $780, ao5. 1929, IL 90
an; 12:15, lis. 2-0l 3i5, $40 q 90 Limited,
400 5:ie. Cos. Gio 7:10. 1000. Io:40 and 1l:35
pm
For rope's Creek Line. 100 am and 4:ae pm.
For Annapolis. 20. 800 and ESQ am. and
40 pm. daily, except Sunday. Sundays. eco
Atlantic Coast Line. Florida Special" for Jack
sonvillc and st. Augustine. 1o:iS pm. week days.
Express for Richmond. Jacksonville and Tampa,
4:30 a M, $50 pm daily. Richmond and Atlanta,
$40 pm. DAILY. Richmond only, 1867 an week
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Accommodation for ouantico. 7:45 am. daily and
For Alexandria $50. s:s5 7:4s. $40, GAS.
1857. so AIN, 1850. lao 800. 4:25, 300,
5:37. 6:l5. 500. lo:le and IL 80 pm. On Sunday
at 40. 7:45. s:45 am. 2:45. d:l5, s:o2 and
Leave Alexandria for Washington. Cos s:4s.
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co. 3:.3, SEQ. 80 6;13. 200. 1ao, 9:10 1882
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Ticket offices, northeast Of 18th street and
Pennsylvania avenue. and at the station, 9th and
L streets, where orders lie left for the check
ing OF baggage to destination from hotels and
residences
S. NJ. PROVOST, J. n. WOOD,
General Manager. General Passenger Agent.
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take from his pocket lot of bogus money
that is, paper limitations of gold or silver
coin-and he would burn these up, his in
tcntion being to prcpiti2te the god with
money, and the best way to get it to him
being through the agency of fire. The petit
toner would then knock his forehead on
the ground and invoke the gods help,
after which he would go away, speaking
to no one in the crowd. / saw one man
who seemed to have difficulty in arousing
the attention of idol TO his troubles. for
he beat q tom-tom with deafening effect
for ten minutes without stopping. Then
Re proceeded to state his feelings in a loud
and beseechinS voice, and after few min
utes got up Off the ground and walked
away with q naive expression In his face
Of duty done.
The curious feature of all the worship
ing that | saw was the perfunctory man.
ncr in which it performed. and the
strange emotionless expression which would
accompany this most Jealous of actions. The
worshiperS went through their religious
fervors like machines, or as If they might
laugh at themselves in their big sleeves
if it were suggested to them. The duty of
prayer did net seem to be more fully rec
ognized by them than was the necessity
of getting through With prayers quickly.
TO accomplish the latter purpose / saw in
one of the temples wooden box with invo-
cations to Buddha carved on it, and I was
told that q priest merely had to turn 1t to
the light in order to consider himself as
having repeated the words thus exposed.
In fact. the impression derived from my
visits TO the jess houses of Ning-po was
that the people there had great deal
more piet;sm than religion. i was glad to
hurry back aboard ship and devote my at
tention to something with less of hollow
moakery about it-a plate Of excellent
oysters. l.. II.
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FOR
THE HEART.
CARDTME EXTRACT En- RA T, OF Ell, THE n

prominent medical practitioner recently said
that during the last fifteen years he has noted
less than seventy-three cases Of deaths of
elderly persons resulting from running after street
cars.
No elderly person nhould run or exercise
with unusual violence. Those doing take
their lives In their hands, since can tell
the exact condition OF tho wallis of the heart.
When past fifty years Of ago the cardiac struct-
ure is liable to give way any hour by reason Of
unusual exertion. The trouble is that the walls
OF the heart become friable and subject to rup-
ture with age. The cartiagenous structure
pecially aprrcximates osshcation, and tie
purely muscular cardal fiber loses much Of
Its elasticity Us old age creeps on. Caroline,
the extract Of the heart of the OK. re-
tards this decay OF the tissues of the human
heart. and strengthens and makes elastic again
the walls Of this vital organ. 1t las failed
to strengthen a weak heart, to correct irregular
action and functional arrangement caused by
cessive use of tobacco, dyspepsia. nervous pros
tration md general debility. An impoverished
condition Of the blood is cured. and dropsy, as
we'll Bi1ght's disease of the Kidneys is ale
Waited by this organic extract
CAItDINE is the sterilized extract of the heart
Of tho OK. and Of the famous
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Pagodas are erected in China to commence
rate some event or man. or for religious
purposes. The one at Ning-pO is said to be
Mohammedan mosque, built many CEN
turtles ago when lslamism was introduced
in China.
1 had heard so much of the joss houses OF
Ning-po (for it is city celebrated for the
number of it's religious institutions of all
kinds) that l babe my guide take me to
one of them A joss is an idol and joss
house is i temple. l had good chance to
study the natives at worship, for l visited
three of these temples. The most notice.
able feature of the crowds that l found In
these places was that nine-tenthS of them
were not worshiping at ALL but were laugh
ing and talking and paying no attention 20
the other tenth at their prayers. Nor did
the latter seem to mind in the least the din
about them, but kept on serenely with their
devotionS. l learned that all these temples
were kept open night ard day, and that
they are considered as meeting places Tor
sauntererS and oilers. In each temple tnat
/ visited there were four huge statues
which represented the four kings VINO are
said to govern the earth and to protect the
worshipers OF their lord, who Is Buddha.
The bodies of these kings were painted III
many colors. and their faces were either
solid black, or blue, or red. They usually
had either serpent or a closed umbrella
in their hands, and their general appear
ance was as hideous and grotesque as pos
sible. They are sometimes nodded out or
CLAW and some times carved in wood. All
the temples IN Cnild nave IistIiy
and the people are idolaterS The strange,
rudely-shaped monsters are gods of war.
gods of nlirth gods of fire. or of nythlnS
else, and cannot be worshiped until they
have been endued with the spirit of the
god they represent. This is managed by
the invocations of priests to that effect, ana
after these ceremonies the piece of wood is
no longer piece of wood to Chlnaman.
The biggest, erCest and altogether most
Misunderstanding deity l saw that day IN
Ning-po was god of war who had the
name of Kwanti, whose face and beard
were black, and whose eyes We're terrible
and rolling. He was ten feet high, with
horns on his crown and a big sword in his
hand, and his right foot was crushing a
human being. l could readily imagine
child being very much affected by him, and
a ChrIaman is a child in mental matters
In each of these temples there was large
statue of Buddha, separated from the
other gods by a screen. The countenance
and the attitude of this great lord of men
are always noticeable, even in the rude
statues of the Chinese, for their expression
of beniSnity. wisdom and tranquility. 1t
was impressive to see the noisy, busting
crowd about his feet, and above it the fold
ed hands and down-cast eyes of this all
loving god.
The Chinese method of worship was In
tcresting. a man would enter a temple,
pay no attention to the crowd OF idlers,
go up to a god and beat drum or TOM
tom, or sometimes ring a bell to attract
the gods attention to him. He would then
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AphOrisnlS.
he Chicago Open Court.

From the Chicago Open Court.
A word in the head is worth two In the
mouth.
There are two ways to avoid drowning
in a sea of metaphysics-to be able to swim
CT so big you touch bottom; to be either
very good or very clever.
Some people have excellent faculties and
powerful imaginations, but not the knowl-
edge to utilize these powers to advantage.
They have good mill, but little or no
grist.
It Is better to be dubious Of the doubtful
than credulous Of the impossible.
1t Is difficult, sometimes impossible. and
not always desirable to love your enemies.
If he hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give
him drink. That is we'll enough. But If
his enmity takes the shape of devastating
the community, see to 1t that he is PUT
where he can eat ana drink In saiety-
to the community.
Bewail his fate as much as you please
who struggles with adversely, and moralize
over the happy though humble home and
the tender welcome and the sweet kiss at
nightfall to the weary toiler. l tell you
more men than one would think go from
the bosom of their office, where all is peace,
to cold heartless and censorious family.
If we taxed wisdom and let each one as
sess himself what big revenue the state
would have.
The prompt man has right to be slow
when there is no hurry
Who keeps no chickens isn't worried
when he sees a hawk.
Nothing pleases the average human
being better than to get hold of a convinc-
ing argument for disregarding distaste-
full morsel of moral law.
Skepticism is often the cloak in which
ignorance masquerades.
It matters little of what material the
lattice is made on which the vine climbs
upward. If the1 vine can find the sun the
He vino is just does not need to study
logic of law. Il
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nakedness describe the condition of these
miserable souls.
The number of human beings in every
house, on every square foot of ground,
was appalling; the very air seemed to
swarm with Il EN-. l was glad to get out
of the narrow, foul streets when my guide
took me to an open space through which
flowed, OF rather, stagnated, creek, and
1 saw that l was within few yards of the
celebrated Tie1-fung-ta or Ning-po pagoda
which one sees from the river on the way
up to the city. This is dingy white tower
100 feet high with seven tiers of windows
and fourteen stories. Each division of the
tower gets smaller towards the top, and at
each tier of windows tH""r should have
been q gallery around tn 7da, but these
had been allowed to fa- II. The Whole
structure appeared tIne-C4ten and dilapi-
dated. and there were weeds and bushes
sproutng from it's walls all the way up 10
The top. Had il been complete it would
have had in addition to the galleries,
short roof curying upward at the junction
of each story, end on the pointed corners
of these roofs there would have been bells
suspended to ring whenever the wind blew.