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Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-07-13
ALL WOODS INITIATED.

Some Buyers Prefer the False to the
Real, Thinking it More Beautiful.
''We can get nearly any effect we wish
in piece of wood" said large furniture
manufactures recently, "and everybody
knows that one kind of lumber is often
noticed that mahogany rack which
stands in the Office. Everybody admires
it, and yet there is not an inch of ma
hogany wood in it. We finish goods to-
suit customers, so when one wants a
certain shade or texture and another
wants another we satisfy both. l sup
pose we get out of mahogany $50 differ
ent effects.
'''It is the same with black walnut. [
guess | have brought out 100 different
styles and the extremes look no nearer
alike than apple tree and rosewood.
Only a few weeks ago | was called on
for specifications for a lot of blackwell
nut desk tops When / submitted my
samples | was told | had not used
black walnut. | came back here and
got out Immediately another set which
were at once pronounced satisfactory,
though | did not say that they were cut
from the same board and that it took
less time and expense to put on the
finish
''The same can be done with oak,
birch, maple, pine, Whitewood, holly and
other woods. We get these results by
means of chemical preparations rubbed
into the wood No idea is further from
the truth than that the same kind of
wood always looks the same. After the
finisher has done with a piece of furni-
ture if he has exercised his art no one
can say definitely of what kind of wood
it is
''But this finish costs high Ten feet
of board may require a gallon of stuff
that costs us So besides oils and stains
worth half as much more, and they re-
quire an experienced man two or three
days to rub it with sandpaper, pumice
stone, oil and leather All this counts
up into money-but that board doesn't
look much like the next piece of the
same log which has been only planned
and oiled or vanished.
''Of course, substitution naturally fol-
lows this ability to change appearances.
Sometimes we substitute because we
cannot get the desired kind of lumber,
and sometimes by order. Several years
ago a Southern man built home for
himself in this city and finished the IL
hrary in cypress. He asked me if [
could get up a set of cypress furniture
for the room. After discussing the wood
he ordered set of imitation cypress,
knowing we'll that such a set would cost
him three times what a genuine wood
would cost.
His friends say they never dreamed
cypress could be finished so beautifully"
Nav York Press
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-07-13
No JocI1eyinp Mere.

A son of Erin, who is a captain in the
police department, tells this story of
race: The American was mounted on
a fine Kentucky thoroughbred The
IriShman was riding astride a mule.
They were riding on the Western plains.
when a number of screeching Indians
appeared over a nearby hill and started
toward them at a round run. 1t imme
diately became a race for scalps. The
American on his racer ran quite away
from his companion Oh the mule, but re-
turned and urged Pat to put on more
speed. They're gaining on us, PATTI
he shouted Hurry up, man! hurry up.
or we are dead persimmons. sure. pat
put spurs and whip to his animal, but in
spite of all his efforts the Indians drew
closer and closer. The American ran
all around him. shouting and encourag-
ing. but the wild crew behind contin
ued to draw nearer. They were now
not six lengths behind. and gaining at
every jump. Pats arms and heels were
heating the wind and the mule merci
lessly. The American was pleading and
threatening: Hang it all, man." he
shouted, ride. ride for your life, you
IDIOT This was too much for Pat.
''T0 - wild you" he answered, dye
fink Dim THROWN de racer" -Memphis
Commercial Appeal
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-07-13
FIELD OPERATIONS.
Plan of Work of the Geological Survey
Approved.

Plan of Work of the Geological Survey
Approved.
The plan of field operations of the
geological survey for the season of 1867
has been completed and approved by the
acting secretary Of the interior. Five
geological parties will work throughout
the summer on the New England states
and Eastern New York, five in the APP
palachian regions, two in the coastal
plain from the mouth of the Hudson
to the Gulf of Mexico, FIVE in the interior
or Mississippi region, four in the Rocky
mountain region and eight in the Pacific
region. The usual archaeological work
will be continued Special attention will
be given to certain faunas and fioras in
the coal regions of the Appalachian and
Rocky mountains. Half the $4,000 APP
preparation for the photographic work
will be devoted to the gauging Of streams
and determination of the water supply
of all parts of the United States, under
the direction of Expert Newell. The
topographic work is materially changed.
Lines of accurate levels will be run
throughout the surveying areas, SO that
monuments may be established at points
avera ging not more than six miles apart.
This is a new feature and necessitates
a change in the methods of party work.
The survey of the lands of the Greek
and Cherokee nations in the Indian terri
tory will probably be completed by Sep
tember 1 and then there will remain only
the area south Of the Arkansas river.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-07-13
DIRTIEST CITY IN THE WORLD.
Annoy, China, Has Graveyard on Nearly
Every Street.

Annoy, in China. bears the unenviable
reputation of being the dirtiest and most
unhealthful city in the world. says the
Pittsburg Dispatch. What is more
unpleasant fact is the promise of the
present tendency of affairs to lower
and worse condition at a glance.
The city is built ON the edge Of
mountainous island. and is exceedingly
old Inscriptions on ancient tombs run
back SO far as the beginning of the
Christian era. and coins found in acct
dentally discovered graves date to dynas-
ties from 1000 to 500 3. G.. During all
this period the hillsides of the city have
been used as burying grounds. AS the
population increased the houses en-
crOached upon the cemetery land, until
the two became hopelessly mixed.
The United States consulate is regard
ed as very superior locality, but it is
surrounded by over 100 tombs. A score
of the large blocks of granite used in
and about it are old tombstones. On the
hill, Immediately behind the residence of
IS. Malcampo, the graves touch one an
other at every point, and form a solid
white surface of rock, brick, porcelain
and cement. covering more than l,OOO,-
600 square feet.
Near the Lampawdo joss house 10000
bodies are said to have been buried YER
tically to save space. They lie, or stand,
on a plot of ground of as many square
feet. Annoy proper and its suburbs have
a living population of 100000, and a
dead one of four and half times as
many. The wells are shallow, and are
sunk on the edges of the graveyards,
and even among the tonlbs themselves.
| have not seen one whose water is not
muddy and discolored by the perpetual
turning UP of the soil.
The city is. relic of the past. 1t is
walled still as it was in the time Of Con
fucius. 1t has no sewers whatever.
The streets vary from two to six feet in
width; no wheeled vehicle can use them.
An equestrian would experience great
difficulty in turning a corner. Here and
there is an open space or plaza, dug out
so as to be a huge receptacle into which
the streets discharge their refuse.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-07-13
BRITISH TAXES.
They Pursue the Britain from the Cradle
to the Grave.


There are in Britain inhabited houses
duties, income tax, land tax, probate
tax. legacy duties, succession duty, es-
tate duty. birth and death certificate,
marriage licenses, licenses for certain
businesses and duties on certain manu-
facturers. Locomotion is taxed, car
riages cabs, and omnibusses all re-
curing licenses-and even the trains
pay railway duty on first and second
class passengers. In the matter of liq-
uids, beer and spirits incur both du-
ties and licenses; wine, tea and coffee
pay custom duty, and for water there
is the rate. Dried fruits are subject TO
custom dues. Licenses are required for
the use of armorial bearings on car
riages, plate, jewelry and note paper;
keeping male servants-Susan, in her
neat cap and apron, however, is duty
free, "for which relief much thanks, y
as Hamlet says. Dogs little and big,
we all know are taxed.
Tobacco is doubly taxed, there being a
manufacturing duty and retail license.
The vendors of jeWelry containing a GER
tain portion of the precious metals must
be armed with a gold or silver plate
license. One must not shoot game or
sell it without a special license, and to
blaze away at the humble sparrow en-
tails gun tax. An endeavor to Tighten
our darkness" involves the gas rate
Uncle who receives a family plate or
jewelry in pledge has to be provided with
both a pawnbroker's and plate certificate.
sides by taxation. Birth marriage.
death, food, habitation-all makes sepa-
rate revenue demands upon him.-Scot-
fish A American
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-07-13
WITHOUT HAIRPINS.
DepIorab1e Condition of the Ladies of til,
Tristan d Acunha Island.

Dep1Orable Condition of the Ladies of the
Tristan, d Acunha Island.
The three little islands midway be-
tween Cape of Good Hope and the coast
of South Africa forming the Tristan
d'Acunha group have been under the
British flag since 1916, but no British
government, it is said, has within the
memory of the oldest inhabitant paid any
attention to them. The population of
the islands now consists of forty-five
women and fifteen men, all Europeans,
some of the accessions being due to ship
wrecks and some to assertions from
whaling vessels.
Recently the captain of the hartford
spoke to some of the islanders. The men
begged piteously for women,s clothing.
and particularly for corsets, hairpins and
ribbons Unfortunately, the hartford
was not possessed of these stores, so the
ladies of Tristan d'Acunha will for the
present have to go corsetless and permit
their hair to float in the breeze. The
islanders told the captain Of the Dart
ford that the latest addition to the island
population was the second mate of a
wrecked vessel, the Allen Shaw, who
was washed upon the rocky shore and
was seized by the women and married
before he was dry-New York World.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-07-13
THE SHAPE OF CHIMNEYs.
Various Suggestions to the Manner of
Building to Do the Best Work.

Building to Do the Best Work
Some chimneys are made smaller at the
top than at the base of the flue; others
are larger at the top; and still others are
Of uniform size throughout, according to
the fancy of those who designed them,
writes w. H. Wakeman in Power and
Transmission. Those who advocate the
first, claim that it is the most natural
way to build chimney, and as the pro-
ducts of combustion ascend they become
cooler, consequently contract, and do not
need as much space as when they COM.
menced their ascent. Advocates of the
second, while they admit that the gases
contract on cooling call attention to the
fact that as the chimney is higher, the
friction Of the contents increases rapidly,
and so deem it advisable to enlarge the
area of the chimney or stack as the
draught is materially increased thereby
Those who are in favor of the third
tell us that the construction of the gases
and other products of combustion coun-
terbalances the friction, and. SO. a fiue of
uniform size is correct. Each can show
chimneys built according to their ideas
which are doing good work. but it is
a hard matter to show that the same
draught could be obtained with CHM
ney built according to another design,
and until this is done the matter of
which is the best must remain an open
question.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-07-13
The kid" Guessed Right.

The following anecdote of Princess
Maud has the distinguished merit of be-
ing true: Going shopping one spring
morning last year, strictly incog., and at
household, Princess Maud was accosted
by a little street arab who was the hap
DIV possessor of pair of large, pathetic
brown eyes and tangled crop of curly
brown hair He was busily engaged in
the absorbing task of earning his living
retailing fresh spring flowers, penny
and tuppence bunch The princess
stopped by him, and while choosing some
flowers she was little startled by the
lad saying in an excited and familiar
whisper: Its all right, miss, I knows
yer; but III keep it dark, and won's split
on yer" The princess smilingly shook
her head in denial. Yes. l do knows
yer'' (more emphaticallyl. yer Princess
Mawd; I twigged yer directly
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-07-13

the poor fellow, ''but l have over $50
miles to go and am out of provisions. 2
[ had two long stake ropes, and by hitch
ing them to the end of the wagon tongue,
getting the poor horses out on solid
ground and hitching my team in the
lead we got the wagon out / stopped
and tried for subscription from the
man at the fence who had coolly watched
the whole proceedings, but Of course
didn't get it. A little further on l
learned that he and his son, who lived
opposite, took turns day about keeping
teams use ont u Of 9th that hole at 81 anece p pud
that they made from So to So per day for
from one to three weeks after every wet
spell-San Antonio Express.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-07-13
WAITING FOR VICTIMS.
How Texans Made Money Out of a Poor
Road.

How Texans Made Money Out OF a POor
Road.
| remember travelling once in one of
the counties north of here, a week or two
after somewhat protracted spell of wet
weather The country was rolling prai-
RE ard the roads were beautiful except
at the small wet-weather streams in
few of the larger hollows, and these
were only from 10 to 80 feet in width
and could have been bridged for about
$25 apiece. Yet l found team begged
up in almost every other one in a whole
days drive. They seemed to be almost
bottomless, and, although / had good,
strong pair of ponies and very light
buggy. it was with the greatest diff
Guilty that l got through several of them
myself In one of the worst of the
Doggy holes I found a wagon containing
a woman, four or FIVE children and few
light household goods and with four very
good horses attached. The owner of
the team had waded across and stood.
the very personifcation of detection, on
the other side.
On hill about 800 yards distant stood
a fine farmhouse and one of lesser pre-
tentions on the opposite side of the road.
The owner of the team told me that the
owner of the former house who was
working on a fence near by had offered
to pull him out for 81. but when told he
had no dollar. was coldly told that he
would have to get one before he got out
of that hole. Il have got just 49, said
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-07-13
FAMOUS DETECTIVES.
America and France Have Produced
the Most Skillfnl Ones.

America and France Have Produced
the Most Skillfnl Ones.
England has produced many famous
detectives, but Notwithstanding the skill
of the present Scotland Yard officials,
and their immediate predecessors, they
do not seem to hold anything like the rec
ord that American and French officials
can produce. Even America would seem
to rank second to France, where the sys-
tenn of espionage is of long standing.
The intrigues of court, and notably of
the French court, in the Middle Ages,
seem to have bred the detective spirit
among Frenchmen; and today, as of old.
it is a notorious fact that secret service
is in vogue to immense dimensions. Men
are followed everywhere, and their
movements watched; one does not know
who may be a spy, and even in private
circles a so-called friend may be the
agent of the government. This sort of
thing constitutes the Frenchman as a
natural detective, with the consequence
that large numbers of them possess a re-
markable facility for ferreting out Grim
inals and political offenders. This also
accounts for the acknowledged fact that
crimes are most surely traced back to
offenders there than they are here and
elsewhere. The number of undiscovered
crimes in England vastly exceeds those
of France, Notwithstanding the much
larger pulation.-Brooklyn Citizen.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-07-13
A VALUABLE SET OF LINEN.
Strauss Used a white Cuff on Which to
Transcribe AN Inspiration.


Transcribe AN Inspiration.
It was linen cuff and the quick
thought of the woman who wore it that,
according to Table Talk, gave us one Of
the prettiest of tuneful Strauss values.
With his wife he was one day enjoying
a stroll in the park at Schonau, when
suddenly the composer exclaimed: My
dear, have a waltz in my head; quick
give me a scrap of paper or an old en-
velope; / must write it down before I
forget it!'' Alas! after much rummag-
ing of pockets it was found that neither
of them had a letter about them-not
even tradesman's bill. Johann Strauss
music is considered light, but it weighed
as heavy as lead on his brain, until he
could transfer it to paper. His despair
was pathetic. At last a happy thought
struck Frau Strauss. She held out
snowy white cuff, the composer clutched
it eagerly, and in two minutes that cuff
was manuscript. Its mate followed; still
the inspiration was incomplete. Strauss
was frantic, and was about to make a
wild dash for home with the third part
of his waltz ringing uncertainty in his
head. His own linen was limp, colored
calico; when suddenly the frau bethought
her collar, and in an instant the remain
ing bars of The Blue Danube decorated
its surface.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-07-13
HIS FIRST DOLLAR.
How a Millionaire Started His Great
Fortune.

How a MIIIiOnaire Started His Great
Fortune.
Among the millionaires of America
there is none more eccentric than John
l. Blair of Blairstown, N. J., who has
built at his own cost over hundred
churches and yet limits his personal ex-
penses to the last cent. This gentleman
is SO years old now, but he still recalls
the first money he earned.
He earned the first money when he
snares were bent-down saplings with an
apple fastened to them. When a rabbit
bit at the apple the sapling would lily up
strangling the little animal as it caught
him by the throat. Little John I.'s''
first catch was sixteen rabbits. He sold
the skins for dollar, and carried home
the money, nearly all in big copper cents.
New York Recorder.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-07-13
GLACIER OF THE DEAD PLAIN.
1t is Shut Out from the World in Its
Solitude.

1t is Shut Out from the World in Its
Solitude.
The finest scenery in this part of our
Journey, at the west end of the famous
Bernese Oberland, was that of the
glacier of the great Dead Plain. We did
not see it until we were on it's edge and
the white expanse spread before us. 1t
fills a kind of elliptical hollow, some two
miles long by a mile wide. Once on it's
smooth, large surface, the external world
is shut out by ring ofstlow mountain
" Not trace of human}activity can be
seen in any direction. The largeness,
simplicity and seclusion of this strange
snowfield made it unique. We traversed
it's longest diameter. The snow. FORUM
ately, remained hard throughout the
hour of our passage, thanks to a cool
breeze and a yelled sun. The surface
was beautifully rippled and perfectly
Scribner's Magazine.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-07-13
Ashes OF a Fleet.

There are about 800 local tugs in New
York harbor and about 200 passenger
steamboats,. The supervisor of the har
Dor estimates that they produce about
100000 cubic yards of ashes annually.
tablsh better plans than exist for the
disposition of this material. SO that the
regulations prohibiting the dumping of it
in the waters of the harbor may be more
effectually enforced.-New York Times.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-07-13

with half cup Of water. Place at the
back of the range and let them cook
slowly down one-half, stirring frequently
to prevent their burning. Add one table
spoonful each of cloves, cinnamon and
allspice and five pounds of sugar. Just
before taking from the fire put in one
quart of vinegar; let it scald, but not
boil, and remove. Fill small Jars or bot
lies and seal while hot.-New York Sun.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-07-13
Respect for the Dead.

There is a pretty custom in Lagrange,
Ga, which is observed on all funeral
occasions. AS soon as the hearse and
funeral cortege appear in the streets
every business house in. town closes it's
doors, and remains closed until the pro-
cession passes out of sight. The same
respect is shown for an infant as for
an adult-for the poor and lowly-born as
for the Oldest and proudest families in
the COMMUNICATIONS (Ga) Telegraph.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-07-13
Oxford does not permit her athletic

devotees to neglect tlreir college work,
as is shown in the fact that Mr. Robert,
son, the bammer-tbrower has carried off
the chancellor's prize for the Latin es-
say; Mr.. Lancaster. the president of the
Tennis club. won the Newdigate prize
for English verse, and Mr.. Stride. who
is on the cricket eleven. obtained the
prize for the English essay; :
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-07-13

:; In the new Erie mine in Nevada
gulch, S. D., Andrew Hanson. the owner
of number of valuable claims on the
silcous ore belt, while loading number
of holes in the face of the tunnel. was
instantly Killed BY premature explosion
of a quantity of dynamite.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-07-13

"A piece of pianoforte wire recently
tested at the WATERFOWL arsenal showed
the extraordinary strength of 2O6 tons
per square inch. The wire was one
tenth of an inch in diameter; large
size and gave a tensil strength of 10
tons and upward per square inch. The
metal contained OS5 per cent. of COM
bined carbon
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-07-13

The lady golf champion of England
for the year is Miss Pascoe of Wimble-
don. Lady Margaret Scott. who won to1
the championship in 1894 and 1895, did
not enter the lists this year.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-07-13

The sea, power of Great Britain is at
this moment reader for action than the,
sea. power of all the rest of the world.