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Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-02-24
GRANTS PASS TREASURE.
Seven Thousand Dollars in Greenbacks
Found III Buried Can.

Seven Thousand Dollars in GreenbaCkS
Found III "A Buried Can.
w. S. Fassett returned to Portland,
Or, few days since from Grants Pass,
and tells a strange story about the I'M
earthing of $1,000 in greenbacks, issued
the second year of the rebellion, on the
ranch of Jared Oyerton, about ten miles
south of Grants Pass. On Thursday
last OEerton had cause to visit a corner
Of his farm never having been under
cultivation.
In looking about he saw in small
rift made by the recent rains, the corner
of a rusty, square oyster can. 1t was
sealed and seemed to contain some me-
tallic substance Oyerton opened it as
a matter Of curiosity, and to his utter
surprise, he found it filled with brand
new greenbacks, protected by covering
of oilskin.
The currency was almost as crisp as
when it came from the printing press,
and was in denominations of from S.
to $100. The metallic substance in the
can turned out to be four octagonal $50
slugs minted in San Francisco III 1852.
The property upon which this treasure
was found has changed hands score of
time since the beginning of the war, at
which time it was almost worthless.
Mr.. Overton, the present owner, lives
near San Francisco, and only recently
came up to inspect it. He said that
the late Arson Burlingame during the
time he was minister to China, owned
the property. In 1865 a friend Of Bur
lingame, Henry F.. Welsh, supposed to
be quite wealthy, came out from Wash
ington city for his health and lived on
the ranch almost a year, when he lied
He brought with him two negro ser
wants, married couple, who after his
death alleged that Welsh carried with
him a large sum of money, which dis
appeared. 1t is possible that the green
backs are the Washingtonian's money,
which could not be found after his de-
11ico
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-02-24
A social InnnVation.

II tell you what" said Cholly the 9TH
er day, 1.-The men are about to go on q
strike, and it isn't going to be confined
to this town.. either It's going to sbe q
general uprising and turning OF the*so-
Getty worm"
tante. aghast whats the matter:
Won't they come to teas any more?"
'.Not q tea said Cholly, firmly. I;
''Nor .balls?" anxiously inquired the
debutante.
Nit said Cholly, forcibly, if inele-
gantly.
What's the matter?' asked the girls
in chorus.
They've been driven to It" went on
Cholly. gloomily. 'by pink teas and VIC
let luncheons, and all sorts and shades of
dinners where there was every kind of
millinery and nothing fit to eat. | ask
you, what does q man with Christmas
stomach care for the color of a candle
shade when he's half starved? No, YOU
can't work your salte1 ALMONDS and
bonbons and tea and wafer racket on us
any more. We are going to refuse to
be comforted with chocolate or stayed
with weak tea in rickety little cups.''
do men really care for what they
eat:" asked the debutanre.
''Ehey do replied Cholly. 'Why,
there have been times when [ was so
hungry [ felt | could ca a nice little
thing like you, if it wasn't for the looks
of the thing and not knowing what to
do with the bones at an evening par
ty.'
The debutante shuddered.
What shall we dog" inquired the
girls.
Il don't know" said Cholly. "but you
can just write it down in your little
book that the hostess who doesn't pro-
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-02-24
Pint it eff Until Tomorrow.

A man who writes us q very pleasant
letter on the subject OF Quarrels in sJrch
a thoroughly delightful and instructive
fashion that we can do nothing but copy
his letter for the benefit of those couples
who think it is not we'll to put off until
tomorrow what they can do today, even
though the something to be done is a
fierce clashing of wills, a wordy combat
that leaves scars and wounds in ITS
wake.
sweetest little women in the whole
world, and l am not considered peculiar
ly cranky, but sometimes differences
would arise, beginning with the most
trivial things, which, however, being
daily nursed, became of monumental pro-
portions and often threatened the peace
of the family. Of course, | was com
monty the one to blame; in fact as /
look back on it now, | am sure / was
always to blame, for | should have had
the wisdom to give way on the non-es-
sentials, and by little restraint and
gentle talk win my little wife over. to
my way of thinking. But instead Of
that l feared [ should sacrifice my dig
nifty O. as head of the family by yield
ing. So, sometimes | went to business
without my goodbye kiss. and two peo-
pie were miserable all day.
But my little wife had an inspiration
(most women have when things come TO
the breaking point) and the next time
our argument was drifting near the
danger line she turned aside the collision
by this womanly suggestion: Howard,
dear, let's quarrel tomorrow This was
q proposal for an armistice. What hus-
band could refuse? All right | said
we will put it off till tomorrow and we
laughed and talked Of other things. But
tomorrow did not come. Indeed to-
morrow never comes; it's always day
ahead; and if we can only keep our
quarrels till then, there will be no more
heartbroken little wives at home and
fewer blue husbands at. the store or
office. Let's quarrel tomorrow. >" =
Philadelphia Times. .u
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-02-24
Sure Cure for Headache.

In Paris new novel entitled "a Vic
tim of the Guillotine" is all the rage just
now. 1t is advertised on large posters
at the street corners. By a singular
chance one of these posters was partially
covered by the advertisement of some
patent medicine, which made it read as
follows:
"a Victim of the Guillontine-no more
headaches Motto per Ridere.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-02-24
GOSSIP FOR THE LADIES
A Guardian Angel.

When my good-nights and prayers are said
And 1 am tucked up in bed,
know my guardian angel stands
And holds my head between his hands.
1 cannot see his gown Of light,
Because l keep my eyes shut tight,
For if l open them l know
My pretty angel has to go.
But while my eyes are shut l hear
His white wings rustling very near;
/ know it is his darling wings.
Not mother folding up my things!
Pail Mall Gazette.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-02-24
Oak Forests NIenaced.

An old lumberman who has been en-
gagged for the past ten years in cutting
timber. reports that all of the white oak
in the vicinity of Battle Greek, Mich.
is being destroyed by worm. Two
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-02-24
National Chara cteristics of the attire of
...-.--. -.ral, rli1nn.1 - -

National Chara cteristics of the attire of
.asurope&n Women.
1t is strGf4lge that whereas in. every
country of. Europe, among the higher
class as We'll; as among the Deasantry, a
distinctive popularity of costume exists
there is absolutely nothing OF the kind
in North America. The newness. of the
country does not. explain this, as in South
American. states, which are Younger than
out nation, a national costume is the
rule.
The Russian 'kakochnik'' is one Of the
most charming articles of adornment in
Europe. 1t originated among the MuscO-
vite peasant woman, but has been adopt
ed during this century by the ladies of
the court. who have elaborated it into
a red velvet cap embroidered in precious
stones. It is worn with the red velvet
court mantle and jeWeled stomacher
brought out on state occasions and more
than outriyals the plumes and veil worn
at the English court.
The Spanish mantilla is we'll known
and has been someWhat-Sulgarized on the
comic stage. The national dress of Rou-
mania has, escaped that fate. Carmen
SYLVIA always wears it when at home. 1t
ment made with as few folds as possible
and SOmeWheat resembling the Egyptian
''fellahecn." 1t is thickly embroidered
in a cross stitch arabesQue in bright red,
sky blue, orange, yellow and black silk,
intermingled with gold and silver threads
Il band, of similar embroidery encirclng
the waist, with streamers Of colored rib
hon falling therefrom in a shimmerins
cascade. The hair is braided in four
plaits loosely tied with chains of sequins
and the feet are encased III crimson kid
slippers strewn with seed pearls.
In Poland princesses and peasants
wear around their throats several rows
of huge coral beads. and. so 10th to part
with these supposed brfngers of good
luck are they that when a grande dame
is arrayed for ball and is obliged to put
on pearls and diamonds she carries her
coral beads in her pocket.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-02-24
A Patriotic House.

Capt Jud Hasl1ins, who lives west of
Mount Vernon cemetery, is perhaps the
most patriotic man in this section. He
lives in a two-story frame house and has
just completed the work of painting it
red. white and blue. The stripes run
horizontally around the house. The first
stripe, which is blue, comes up to the
lower windows; the second stripe. white,
reaches to the second-story windows, and
the balance of the roof is red. The house
looms up in great shape from the road,
and it is said that it looks rather artistic.
Capt Haskins is an old soldier.-Atchi-
son Globe.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-02-24

years ago last summer a worm made its
appearance that ate all the leaves on
the oak trees, leaving the trees per-
fectly bare. Since that time the tim
Der cutters have noted the destruction
of the trees. This worm leaves a black
zig gag trail that honeycombs the entire
tree and destroys its value for furni-
tIlre or for fine finishing wood. At pres
So far the worm has worked only in the
white oak 1t is the belief of the lum-
bermen that the worm will destroy the
trees, and that they will all die within
few years. The destruction of the oak
will cause a great pecuniary loss to
those farmers Of Michigan who have
preserved their forests expecting in
time to get a good price for the lumber.
Warren sheaf., 1896-12-24

are $4,000 trucks, carrying an average
load of 11s tons, for IL miles on each Of
300 days in the year at an average daily
cost of 81 for each truck. The result
is about 65,0O0,OOO tons transported one
mile in every year at total cost of
$14 100000, or at the rate of over %
cents per ton-mile. The excessive ma
ture of this charge is seen when it is
remembered that the same goods are
now carried by rail at six-tenths of one
cent per mile. On asphalt road pave
ments the same horses could transport
load three times as heavy as on the
present rough stone pavements. Ii
a saving in transportation is proper
tional to the load carried, it would
amount to nearly $10,0O0,000 per an
mum. It is safe to say that at least one
half this amount could be saved by
substituting smooth pavements for
those now in use in New York; and in
any city where the pavements are on
an average poorer and rougher than
those in New York, it is clear that tho
proportionate saving by the introduc-
tion of the best street surfaces will be
even greater. Good roads are compare
lively cheaper to maintain and to use
than poor ones" .... ........
Warren sheaf., 1896-12-24
CHEAP HEATER.

with cap for covering the opening.
Through this the fuel is put. The cap
must contain two holes which will per-
nit of a proper draft. At night, fill the
water tank, and the last thing before
going to bed put the fire and the fuel in
the heater. In spring remove it from
the tank and store in some dry place.
If properly taken care of, so that it will
not rust, it will last for several years.
Any kind of fuel can be used, and it is
surprising how little it takes. For re-
moving the ashes, an old dipper is just
the thing. The original, from which
drawing was made and is produced
above, cost $3.75.-Farm and Home.
Warren sheaf., 1896-12-24
OBSERVING THE PROPERTIES.
4 Long But Successful Search for suit.
able Name.

4 Long But Successful Search for = sult.
able Name.
The colored man had tied hi. mule
to a telegraph pole while he went into
the feed store. When he came out he
found the animal industriously gnaw-
ing a hole in the wood, according to the
Washington Star.
''Why don't you feed your mule?" q
bystander inquired.
..Feed 'um! Mistuh, gibs dat mulo
five meals er day, an dat's three morn
whut gifts. He's wuss'n er goat. Scrap
iron doan' stop i'm no mon ez it 'twus
short'nin' bread
Gle must have remarkable diges-
tion.''
'De only ting dat makes dat anamile
er mule is On accident of birth. Eff he'd
happened ter hab two laigs std o. fou'
he'd of been er orstrich."
While the hitching strap was being
united the mule became restless and his
owner cried:
whoa, dar, Sulphuric Acid!''
whats that you call him?''
'sSulphuric Acid. His name useter
be Julius Caesar"
How did you happen to change it?"
''Wal, sub, I didn't name i'm Julius
Caesar in de fus' place, an I nebber did
t'ink dat wifi er lop-eared, no-'count
mule dat name made sense. So KEEP
mer ears open fer sumpin' mo- pro
pirate. I wus wu'kin' fob er drug stoh
man. an one day when I done broke er
big de1nijohn hyuhd i'm say dat sui
phuric acid am de eatin est ting dat is.
I didn't look no furder, but went home
an hep er christenin' den an dar.''
Warren sheaf., 1896-12-24
SHE LEARNED THE NAME.
Although tho Stage Driver Was Reticent,
He Finally Relaxed.

Eastern tourists who cannot differ
enliate between a Califorl ia Stage
driver and an eastern coachman meet
with rude shock in the wild and woolly
west, and they soon learn that the Cali
fornian is a knight of the reins several
grades higher in the social scale than
the menial of the east, says the San
Francisco Post.
There is an old driver at Monterey
who is determined that his patrons
shall make no mistake concerning his
exact status, and in quiet way he
checks all attempts to make a servant
of him. A short time ago he was driv-
ing a party of tourists about when one
querulous old lady who had annoyed
him not little by her cir of superb
ority, asked:
'Nty man, do you know the name Of
that wild fower?"
''Yep," he replied, and ficked one of
his leaders with the whip.
She paused for a moment for him to
give the name, but he merely chuckled
to the wheelers.
Driver, do you knaw the name OF
that fower?" she repeated, in an i'm
perious tone.
"Yep; get up there, Bally!"
Again she waited and again demand
ed:
MAN, don't you know the name of
that fower?"
"Yep: g'long there, Pete!"
''Then why don't you tell me?"
"Oh, you want to know, too, do you?
That's wild rose"
Warren sheaf., 1896-12-24
HE LIKES THE WORK.
A Michigan Man Explains Why He 10 .
Horticulturist.

Michigan Man Explains Why He 10 o
Horticulturist.
AS have not land enough to depend
wholly upon the sale of farm products.
then some of my land is adapted to
nothing better than the culture of cer-
tain kinds of fruit; also, the prices Of
farm products have been so exceeding.
ly low and the yield accordingly, that
l have turned my attention to fruit
culture. In this vocation have fount
excellent opportunities for the devel.
opment of mind and body, as well as
purse. There is less labor, physically,
though success at fruit culture requires
industry and punctuality. There is 4
greater diversity of labor than is found
in most any other occupation which
will tend to prevent excessive fatigue
and build up vigorous and healthy
body. Being a great lover of fruit
which we should all know is healthy
l find il great enjoyment to work
among the trees and plants, training
their growth, watching the buds de-
velop into blossoms, the blossoms into
fruit, and greater yet is the pleasure
of gathering it for market and home
use. | never enjoy better health than
through the frniting season, and |
try to plan it so as to have fruit the
whole year around, either fresh or pre-.
served. I think there are great op
portunities for the development of the
mind in this vocation; in fact, it is an
utter impossibility to attain any
marked degree of success without the
knowledge of some of the sciences
such as chemistry, botany, geology ane
entomology. From chemistry we learl
how the simple elements of the sol.
are used in plant formation, and when
and what we must apply to the soil
to supply any deficiencies; also, to fight
the destructive insects of fruit we must
seek its aid. Botany teaches US the
parts and functions, together with the
generic and specific characters of each
plant and how best we can further
plant development. A knowledge OF
geology will aid us in selecting the
proper soil for the different kinds OF
fruit. But from entomology we learn
the most, which is essential to horticul-
ture and is increasing in Importance
each year. To distinguish between a
friend and foe of the insect world, and
how best to successfully assist or de-
strOy them, and to know their life
habits, require extended information
upon this subject. Fruit culture is a
vocation which requires constant
study, as there are new varieties, meth
DDS and difficulties arising each year
B. A. Wood, in Farmers Review.
Warren sheaf., 1896-12-24
WORK FOR CoNvlcTS.
Road Building Would Prevent Competi-
tiOn with Free Labor.

Road Building Would Prevent COMPETE
tion with Free Labor.
In good many of the states the in
mates of penitentiaries are already en-
p!oyed, to greater or less extent, in
improving the highways, and every
where the verdict is that good ROADS
have been secured where they would
not have been built for a century to
come if the taxpayers had been obliged
to initiate the work and bear the whole
cost of it. Curiously enough, this most
excellent scheme has made most prog
ress in the communities where it is con-
nected with a prison system that is
strongly and justly reprehended. In
those states of the south where they
have what is known as the ''chain gang
system" the idea of putting the prison
ers at work on the highways suggested
itself naturally The convicts were
kept in open-air camps with guards fur
nished by the state, and nothing was
more natural than to engage them in
road repair in the vicinity.
Where convicts are housed in great
buildings of stone and iron, and where
they have been put to labor at mechan-
ical employment, the transition is not
SO simple and natural. Still it can be
made TO a certain extent, and that with
out destroying or impeding the work of
prison reform. In South Carolina there
are now said to be about 600 convicts at
work op the highways, and the value of
what they have done has produced such
an effect upon the people of the rural
sections of that particularly pro-
gressive state that county commission
ers everywhere are stirring up the sub
icct of systematic road construction.
Tennessee has law that permits it, and
New York has authorized similar ex-
pertinent. It seems to us that the New
York law might very proftably be
adopted in Minnesota at the next ses-
sion of the legislature. This contem-
plates the employment of only portion
of the states convicts, to be selected by
the prison warden, probably with the
assistance and approval of the state
board of charities and corrections, who
should be put to work on road improve
ment under the direction of experts in
road construction engaged by the state.
It is unquestionably true that the
work of reforming the criminal, of
which we must never lose sight by ex-
alting the commercial motive, is entire
ly consistent with utilizing convict
labor on the highways. There is very
large percentage of prison population
for when this would be the most de-
sirable form of labor. BY judicious
selection of men, and by engaging them
in small gangs upon the highways, it
is probable that more wholesome in
fuence might be brought to bear upon
them even than in Q well-condu
Warren sheaf., 1896-12-24

prison itself. At any rate, here Is an
occupation which does not compete
with honest labor, which is available.
for great number of convicts to
whom mechanical pursuits are not
naturally adapted, and whose results
would be in the highest degree bene-
fetal to the state. We believe that
further experiment along this line
should be made at once, and that our
own community should attempt it, st.
Paul (Minn.) Globe.
Warren sheaf., 1896-12-24
ECONOMICAL HEATER.

A Copy Of 1t Can BE Made at a Cost No.
Exceeding Four Dollars.
The heater is made of galvanized
sheet iron, is 5 feet long and 10 feet in
diameter. The pipe at the left for car.
rying off the smoke is inches in diam
Extraordinary stove pipe; its height
will be governed by the depth of the
tank. The pipe at the right is slanting,
z inches in diameter, and is provided
Warren sheaf., 1896-12-24
AGRICULTURAL HINTS
INTERESTING FACTS.

Maintaining Good Roads Costs Less Than
Keeping UP Poor Onos.
s In one OF his famous speeches on
good roads and the improvement Of
city streets, Col. Albert A. Pope, presi-
dent OF the Pope Manufacturing com-
Pany, of Hartford, Conn, stated the
following interesting facts:
"As result of elaborate experiment,
made to ascertain the relative resist
ance or friction of different pavements,
it has been established that while 200
pounds force is required to draw one
ton over an ordinary dirt road, 100
pounds will do the same work on macS
adam. 33 pounds on best granite blocks
and IS pounds on asphalt. AS a partic
ular instance of this, it is estimated
that in the city of New York there
Warren sheaf., 1896-12-24
Consumption Among Ne<roes.

A medical paper prints statistics
showing that in eight of our largest
southern cities the proportion Of deaths
from consumption among the colored
race, rs compared with the total NOR
tality. is more than so per cent. greater
than that of the white population.
Warren sheaf., 1896-12-24
To Pay q Penalty for Dining

Is rather hard, isn't its Yet how many are
compelled to do this after every meal Dys-
pepsla, that inexOrable persecutor, never
ceases to torment of its own v0lition, and
rarely yields to ordinary medication. But
tranquility of the stomach is in store for
those who pursue course of Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters. This fine corrective also
remedies nalarial and kidney complaints,
rheumatism, constipation, biliousness and
nervousness.
Warren sheaf., 1896-12-24
Through C.llfornl. ssr.ic. VI. Arb. Nil l.

waukee.'
A fine Pullman Tourist Sleeping Car now
leaves Minneapolis at 1928 and st. Paul at
5:35 every Saturday morning and runs
through to Los Angeles, Cal, via Kansas
City and the Santa Fe System, without
change, arriving destination 1:25 p. NJ fol-
lowing Wednesday.
The journey, via this route, is through a
very interesting portion Of America, and
the hardship Incident to winter travel
through the more n0rtherly climate is
avoided.
berth reservations, further information as
to rates, etc., apply to svrHE MILWAUKEE"
agents, or address j. T.. CoNLEY, Asst Gen'l
Pass. Agent, st. Paul, Mimi.
Warren sheaf., 1896-12-24
Woodoock Eggs In Sweden.

Owing to the inhabitants of Sweden
being very partial to the eggs of the
woodcock it is more than probable that
the breed will be greatly diminished, if
not at last totally extirpated. The eggs
of the above species are to be seen for
sale in large numbers in the markets in
Stockholm.
Warren sheaf., 1896-12-24
How to Tell Oleomarear,ne.

A simple means of distinguishing
butter from oleomargarine is given in
the Mich Zeitung. 1t depends upon
the fact that the milk fat particles re-
tain their property of forming an emul-
sion with weakly alkaline fluids, while
the other animal fats either never had
this property or have lost it because
they have been melted. It is probable
that this is the reason why butter is
more readily digested than any other
fat. If sample of butter is shaken up
thoroughly with water made distinctly
alkaline by sal soda (washing soda), I,
the fat will be a long time in separating
from the milky fluid, while artificial
butter will show an upper layer of fatty
particles very soon.
Warren sheaf., 1896-12-24

OLD BULLION -''Whatl You wish to
marry my daughter2 She is mere school
girl yet" Suitor-"Yes,s sir. Icame early
to avoid the rush Modes and Fabrics.