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Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-05-25
ONE OF WoMAN,S WAYS.
A Bluff Called, a Nickel Saved, a Trek
Exposed, Woman Inundated.

H.
Exposed, Woman Inundated.
She was a charming creature, and
rugged IN such stunning style that most
women in the car Immediately set to
work figuring out just how much the
whole outfit cost, if the chronicler in the
New York Herald is to be believed. She
pumped down beside another charming
creature, whose attire was only tr:fe
less gorgeous. They were evidently
friends or acquaintance and exchanged
salutationS, accompanied by terms of
endearment, which, to the man ignorant
of the ways of fashionable femininity.
would have implied deep seated mutual
affection.
Suddenly the latest arrival exclaimed,
as though smitten with an inspiration:
''Oh, how lucky I've met you. 1t has
just occurred to me that | have nothing
smaller than a $10-bill in my purse, and
the conductor won't change anything so
high as that, you know. 1t would be so
embarrassing to me if you weren't here
to pay my fare"
I'm awfully sorry" was the response,
given with all the emphasis of perfect
sincerity. Il haven't anything smaller
than $50 in my purse. But you needn't
be embarrassed. A new regulation has
gone into effect on this line The con-
ductor gives change for everything up to
SIC. 1t is so fortunate for you, you
know. You'll just be able to load up
with change. It is such handy thing
to have around"
But the incarnate triumph of milliner's
art, instead of looking pleased and le-
lieved, turned red as poppy. The con-
ductor was standing opposite her and
had just said, "Fare, please" She fished
out her pocketbook, and after some lit
tie fumbling pulled out a nickel, muir
muring something about having forgot
ten that she had it. She got out at the
next block.
Then the woman whom she had asked
to pay her fare said to the friend with
whom she was going to the matinee:
1.-THE mean thing! That's regular
trick of hers when she meets anybody
she knows on car. She has caught me
by it two or three times, too. She won't
try it on me again. I've what my hus-
band would say called her bluff .
But do they change $40 bills on this
line?''
.'Why, of course they don't. l just
said that to make her show herself up.
| knew that she hadn't $40 with her.
Her husband pays her millinery bills
because he likes to see her attract at
tention. But he limits her close en-
spending money!"
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-05-25
LIFTED BY HIS BABY.
The Mortgage on Old Seneca Haines' Farm
in the CatSkiIls.

A club composed of wealthy New
York men has about closed bargain for
the purchase of the old Seneca Haines
homestead, two miles from Shandaken,
n, Y. They will use it as a private
fish and game preserve, and will erect
a costly clubhouse on the commanding
height, from which there is one of the
finest views of mountain and valley in
the Catskills. The estate comprises $50
acres of the widest kind of land, en-
bracing lofty mountain peak and val
ley, through which meanders an almost
ice-cold stream, Astounding in trout.
1t is an ideal spot for club to locate,
being so near railway accommodations,
and yet so isolated as to make the Wis
itor seem as though he were miles from
civilization. 1t had been abandoned for
years, when discovered two years ago
by Charles T. Coutant of Kingston, who
purchased it with view to using it as
the site for clubhouse.
The place was once the home of one of
the largest families in the county, and
an amusing history is attached to it,
Nearly a century ago Seneca Haines,
then newly married, bought the tract on
credit from a large landholder, made
small clearing and erected a rude log
cabin. To this home in the wilderness
he brought his young wife, Hannah,
and in this little cabin twenty-one chill
dren were born to them. Although the
clearing was made larger year by year,
and the number of workers in the family
grew larger as the children grew up,
still the cost of finding food for so large
family was heavy, and Seneca Haines,
work and save as he might, was never
able to lift the mortgage from his farm.
He and his wife were getting old, Mrs.
Haines being SO years of age, when one
day, just as Haines was making excuses
for delay in paying the interest and cit
I'll tell you what I'll do. If you and
Hannah have one more baby I'll cancel
that mortgage"
In about a year the twenty-second
baby arrived, and the holder of the
mortgage did as he agreed.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-05-25
BUILDING GOOD ROADS.
A Movement that is Not Confined to Any
One Locality.

One Locality.
There is one especially encouraging fea-
ture of the good roads movement. 1t is
the activity in that direction in regions
remote from centers of population. A
convention of delegates representing the
great state of Texas is to be held in
Galveston, beginning on May p. In
Arkansas a state convention was held at
Little Rock in February, in which res
olution was adopted recommending a
constitutional Amendment empowering
county authorities to levy a special tax
for carrying on work of general high
way improvement. SIMILAR steps have
been taken in several other states of
the South and West
Another encouraging feature of the
movement is a general disposition to
profit by the experience of other coun-
tries-notably of France, which has per-
haps the finest wagon roads of any coun-
try. Good roads are more easily made
and kept in order there than in most
countries, because of the scarcity of
forest areas, which conserve moisture
and render somewhat more difficult the
keeping Of highways in repair. But it
is possible and well worth the while to
have good roads and still preserve the
desired areas of natural forest. The
time is not distant when the neglect of
either of these important interests will
be matter of general public regret, and
will be viewed as a public misfortune
YOutH'S COmpaniOn
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-05-25
BABY DIED IN HER ARMS.
Pathetic Scene on Board New York Cen
trail Train, Near POughkeepsie.

Pathetic Scene on Board a New York Cen
trail Train, Near POughkeepsie.
A pathetic scene occurred on a train
OH the New York Central Il Hudson
River railroad which left New York city
the other afternoon Among the pas
sengers was Mrs Fred Funk of Red
Hook, Duchess county, with her twin
children, II weeks old, and a nurse. In
her arms Mrs. Funk carried a child
little over a year old. This little one
had been at a hospital in New York,
where it had undergone an operation,
from the effects of which it was still sui
fering as its mother coaXed and sang
to it on the journey.
Just before reaching the Poughkeepsie
station the mother was seen to calmly
cover the face of the little sufferer and
hold the little form still closer to her
breast. The baby was dead.
A few passengers sitting near the Wom-
an noticed her as several times she gave
way to sobs To all sympathiZers she
told in a whisper the story Of her baby's
death, but, fearing that some delay or
investigation might take the little body
from her, she begged to have the matter
kept from the trainmen.
Among the other passengers i'll the car
were q man and a woman, from New
York, the remains of whose dead baby
were in the baggage car on the same
train. They were en- route to Albany,
where their baby was to be buried. Two
large wreaths of white carnations, from
the New York baby's funeral, had been
placed in the corner of the car, few
feet from where Mrs. Funk sat when
her little one died in her arms.
Mrs Funk held her dead baby until
Barrytown station was reached, where
her husband was waiting with car
rage The woman handed him the lit
tie body without a word and fell faint
ing upon his neck The remains of the
little one were inferred in the village
cemetery at Red Hook
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-05-25
Up-to-Date Broker.

The other day a Wall street broker
showed a New York Mail and Express
representative a unique device for rid
ding himself of bores. II call it nv
time-saving clock" he said. pointing to
clock with large dial in conspicuous
position on the brokers' roll-top desk.
ed beside me you can't help seeing it.
Now keep your eyes on the hands, The
broker stretched one leg under his desk.
and at once the hands of the clock began
to turn. They moved from 11:2O o'clock
to 30 o'clock in about three seconds.
Il called your attention to the clock face
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-05-25
The Value of Water Power.

The condemnation of water supplies
for metropolitan and municipal purposes
has become a thing of very common oc-
currence with the growing number and
extent of public waterworks, and the
owners of water power which is there
by injured. or. as is often the case,
ruined. must necessarily be recompensed
for the loss, says the Engineering Rec
ord. The valuation of water power has
been, and will continue to be, the sub
ject Of a great number of law suits and
Investigations by boards of commission
ers appointed for the purpose. How The
value of a water privilege, of which q
mill is deprived, shall be determined is a
question Of considerable Importance to
both parties, when it is recognized that
a single horsepower is in some cases
worth no less than $1,000. and even
larger amount. This subject has more
or less local interest at the present time,
on account of litigations between the
city Of Springfield, Mass, and owners of
water privileges on the Chicopee river;
those between the state of Massachusetts
and mill owners on the Nashua river;
and those between the city of Syracuse,
n. Y. and parties who own the water
rights of Skaneateles lake One Of the
common methods of ascertaining the
value of water power is to estimate the
cost of installing a steam plant or sufh-
cient capacity to replace the water
power and the investment required to
maintain permanently the expenses OF
operating the plant, the sum of the two
quantities being the amount desired.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-05-25
Valuable Bonfire.

Miss Elizabeth Banks, the American
woman reporter who created a sensation
in England, a year or so ago, by posing
as an American heiress in search of a
titled husband, recently had an inter
esting midnight holocaust. When her
article was published, she received Of
fers of large sums for the return of some
of the letters fortune-hunting noblemen
had written her; she sent them back
without taking any reward. Others
were sent back through friends who
came to intercede. But the bulk of the
letters remained in her desk. The re-
sponsibility of possessing them proved
upon her mind so heavily that finally,
one night. she got up and made bon
fire of Them
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-05-25
Feminine RIGHTS.

The modern idea of feminine rights
must be modelled after the habits of the
red-necked phalarope, a bird with a spe-
cial fondness for the Arctic regions. Ac-
cording to Mr.. Elliott, the hen bird does
all the counting. 'The male" he says,
lis as coy and retiring as the most bash
full maiden, turning away from the prof
fered attentions, first to this side, then
to that, even flying to the opposite side
of the pool or to another near by; but all
in vain, for he is followed by the fair
one who has chosen him from his fel-
lows, and there is no escape. AT least,
like any other poor bachelor so beset,
he yields, and the nest, slight structure
of dry stalks, is placed in the center of
a tuft of grass. The eggs are four III
number. On these the poor male, the
victim of a woman's rights, is obliged to
male amusing herself on the pool near
BY"
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-05-25
Can't be Outdonc.

An ingenious New York bicy has
got around the Raines Sunday-closing
law. He has converted the centerpost
of his wheel into a storage tank, with a
small faucet near the bottom, and he
finds he can carry more than a pint of
whisky in it. This gives new and
pleasing significance to the manufactur-
ers' announcement that "all tubing is
being made larSar this vear"
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-05-25

period OF MS recollections. His criti-
cisms on the veracity and the generaiship
of certain famous Union heroes would
raise storm about his ears if he were
to put them in print. Willard was one
of the most indefatigable and successful
of the war correspondents, and was at
Bull Run, at Donelson, at Shiloh, at
Perryville, at Fredericksburg and in the
Wilderness fights.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-05-25
Will Not be Published

Henry Willard has abandoned his i'll
tention of publishing the memoirs he has
been writing: the typewriter copy is to
be bound in black morocco and locked UP
as legacy for his children He changed
his mind about publishing the work as
soon as be got well along into the war
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-05-25
COL. NORTH'S WAY.
Wishing to Decorate the Arc de Triolnphe,
He offered to Buy 1t.


There was a story current in Paris a
few years ago which served to show the
lordly nature Of the entertainments of
Col North, the late Nitrate King
The colonel was giving dance to which
all the notables of the town were invit-
ed. Thinking to render the affair more
imposing he took upon himself to dec
crate the Arc de Triomphe, which stood
near his hotel, with gorgeous display
of flowers, bunting and colored lamps.
The Parisians were amazed at the au-
dacity of the bourgeois" who presumed
to use the monument to the hero of
Austerlitz to advertise his ball. The
municipal council demonstrated with the
colonel, but the latter, no whit abashed,
wrote out check for some millions,
and, rendering it to the officer, declared
that he would buy the arch out and give
it back to the people the next day as
a free gift. The bluff, however, was a
failure. and the millionaire had TO con-
tent himself with decorating his hotel
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-05-25
Nickel Steel.

1t is somewhat strange to hear nickel
steel termed a new composite metal, yet
such is the expression used by one of
our English contemporaries. As is shown
in our columns of correspondence last
week and this, the advantages gained
by the alloy of steel or iron with nickel
have been known and acknowledged by
many investigators over a long period of
years before the actual use Of the alloy
was put to practical test.
SO far as its adoption as an alloy is
concerned the Engineering and Mining
Journal was the first technical paper in
this country to advocate the trial, based
entirely upon the results of James Ri
leys tests and experiments carried out
in 1883 and 1889 for the benefit and at
the request of the Iron and Steel insti-
tute of Great Britain. These results
were so striking and SO conclusive that
we could not fail to see the advantages
of the employment of this new alloy for
machinery, armor plates, projectiles and
other things that required at che time
excessive hardness and at another in
creased tensile strength over ordinary
steel 1t is no doubt we'll known to all
who have experimental in this line that
Il certain percentage of nickel added to
ordinary soft steel will produce a material
that the very highest tempered tool can
not touch, therefore, between this eX-
treme and the minimum whereby an adj
vantage is gained there is a very WIDE
margin of conditions suited to the yari-
Gus reQuirements.-Elg Journal.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-05-25
Knows His Business.

A very tough-looking customer. a
truckman of some 40 years, who had
been in many a roughand- Humble on the
west side, brushed rather hardly against
thin young man in Broadway yester-
day and humbly apologized, says the
New York Press. The youngster looked
the dude all over, and seemed frightened
nearly to death when showed aside by the
ugly giant. The sudden and AFFECT apol-
ogy enabled him to stroll along and col
lect himself.
''Beggin pardon Of the sonnies now, I
see," said a companion of the truck
man. with a hideous SHEER.
'Yep. There's too burned many of
these prize-ightin' fellows goin' round in
dudes clothes these days. | slapped at
a dude in West Broadway t'other day
what didn't look wider'n my hand, an
he hauled off an knocked me half cross
tn street Bout er month ago mother
did the same thing. Trouble is you
can't tell 'em. Clo'es is everything That
chap might er been Fitzsimmons, er Kid
Mccoy, or some other champi'n. Yep,
I'm Begin pardon now, an not gettin'
licked
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-05-25

The Duchess of York's fayorite
gloves for outdoor wear are of pearl
gray suede, with minute dark gray but
tons. generally four in number. All her
gloves she has specially made for her by
a well-known glove firm. and she is eX-
cessively particular about cut and quail
ity, although she rarely wears the same
pair more than twice.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-05-25
One on the Bishop.

Bishop Partt of Baltimore has been
telling a good story at his own expense.
He was recently on a train, and near
him sa+ two drunken men, Presently
one Of the men remarked to the other
that some one had robbed him of a $50
bill, and he proposed to find it if he had
to search the whole crowd on board the
train.
LAS it happened" said Bishop Paret,
II had $50 bill and that was ALL and as
1 was the nearest man to them, and the
first likely to be approached. felt a lit
tie uncomfortable. Then it occurred to
me to pretend to be asleep. Sure enough,
in minute more / was accosted with,
I say. neighbour but / made no answer.
Then the man grabbed my arm and
shook me. but to no use, as | didn't wake
up. He kept on shaking, however, and
always a little more forcibly. until at
last his friend interposed with: / say,
Bill, let him alone, will you; he's drunk
ef'n you are!''
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-05-25

.'How do you pronounce f-i-a-n-c-e?"
inquired the young man of his French
teacher.
IF the young lady has plenty of mon
ey, then you call her 'fee-ansay,' but if
she be very poor, then you make it 'fe-
an-say' nothing" replied the astute pre-
ceptor--The Waterbury,
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-05-25
FACTS AND FANCIES.

''Braggs is something of Mugwump,
isn't hep Something of Mugwump !:
He's as non-partisan as brass band. :"
Indianapolis Journal
How do YOU pronounce quay? "As
if it were spelled key" "Ah, that ex-
plains why they call Pennsylvania the
Quaystone state. Truth.
BlenkingtOn-"I wonder why church
yards yawn,' as Shakespeare says!'
ENTHUSIASTICALLY the epita phs of
deceased millionaires make them tired. !"
Truth.
A Condition Precedent do you OK
pect to suffer from hay fever this sum
mer. Mrs. De Long" mo. Not unless
my husbands business improves. DE
troit Free Press.
Barker-'Did you tell him that he
liedY' Karker-"Not in so many
words" Barker How, them Kar-
kerr told him he ought to be sending
war news from Cuba. Puck.
Domestic Laurels- my wife beat the
Did she have a cyclometer on her
wheel?" "No; she wore a Dedometer
while she was cleaning house. Chicago
Record.
"Whom did the convention declare
for?" mo one" Then the delegates
generally; although [ believe some of
them can read and write a little. e.
Puck
Tramp versus Dude.-Tramp-"R
member, boss, l was once just like you.
Algy giving him dollar)-"How did
YOU get so different?' Tramp-"Oh, |
was too proud to live on my father. =
Truth.
''Dah's a good deal dependin' on de
way er man applies is inergies," said
Uncle Eben. "De bass drummer often
uses no mob muscle on one chune dan
de fust-fddler does on half-a-dozen. =
Washington Star.
What poor shoppers the men are!''
exclaimed Mrs. Trotter on her way home
from shopping expedition: My nus
band hardly ever pays less than 10 cents
for a cigar. and here | have bought
whole box for 70 cents. Boston Tran
script.
A man one morning at family prayers
prayed for good neighbor in great des-
titution. After the prayer his boy said
to him: Papa, give me your pocket
book and will go over to MI Smith and
answer your prayer myself. '-Philadel-
phia American.
Crimsonbeak-"I see the horse has not
lost his prestige entirely" Yeast-"How
SOP II read in the paper yesterday
that they hung man down in Texas Tor
stealing a mustang, and only. gave a tel
low thirty days for pinching' bicycle.
-Yonkers Statesman.
Bismarck is only a strong man by fits
and starts now. and shows unmistakable
signs of age. though his mental facul-
ties are unimpaired. His worst foe is
his neuralgia. and his hardest battle is
to keep his daily number Of pipes OF to-
bacco down to a minimum.
The Exception. Bellows Good morn
ing. Fellows Has your brothers condi-
ton improved any since l saw .you?"
FELLOWSHIP grieves me to say it has
not Does the doctor give him any
hope?" ''No, but he has given him
about everything else. "-Yonkers Ga
zette.
.'She wants air! She wants air.!''
yelled a man on the inside of the crowd
that had gathered around the female
cycler. whats the matter-woman
up. ooh, no. replied the man; ''she
has only dismounted to pump more air
into her tires. "-Philadelphia American.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-05-25
An Irish RuIl.

Representative Northway of Ohio is
credited with the latest Irish bull perpe-
trated in Congress. 1t was during the
debate in the House on the bill giving a
pension to the widow of Gen. Thomas
Ewing. It was earnestly opposed by
several members. who did not consider
that her husband occupied sufficiently
conspicuous position Or had rendered
sufficiently distinguished service to en-
title her to gratuity of $75 month
but Mr.. Northway, in the heat of de-
bate. declared that Mrs Ewing twas as
much entitled to pension as the widow
Of any living man upon the face Of the
earth
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-05-25
Better than Locks.

There's story of Marion county
planter who, just after the war, had his
smokehouse robbed on an average of
once week. Trap guns and formidable
locks were powerless to put stop to the
depredations of the deft thieves. Final
" the planter secured a human skull
and cross bones, which be nailed above
the smokehouse door. He threw away
his locks and took the door from its
hinges, and his hams and bacon were
never touched thereafter.-F florida
Times-U Union.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-05-25

putting pulverized potash, which soon
becomes sticky when exposed to the air,
in all the rat holes about the house.
The special detestation Of a rat is any
thing which will stick to his silky coat.
Some persons find a mixture of equal
parts of cayenne pepper and Scotch
snuff sprinkled we'll into the holes still
more eficacious.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-05-25
Up to Date Boys.

Between trains at the railway station
the other day two fond young fathers
Dragged about their respective 3-year-
olds, says the New York Sun.
One father said that his son walked
as well as most children of g.. The
other father said that his son walked
better than most children of 6. His
sisters teaching him the two-step now"
he added. And the first father said
that his boy was a great talker. "Talks
just as well as you or do, you know;
says everything he wants to-
"Sho, that's nothing" retorted the
other, 'why, my little Bobby uses words
that we grown-ups have to look up in
the dictionary. [ never heard such a
vocabulary as that youngsters" Then
the first man remarked that his son loved
to be read to. "Read tor cried the 9th
er. ''Do you mean to say that your boy
can't read yet? Why. Bobby's read for
me more than year. Reads everything,
too-books. magazines, newspapers
whatever he can lay his hands on.
He Look here" interrupted the
first man. Does your boy shave himself
or go to barber"'