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

in charge of the flock nursed and fed
the little orphan. She became very tame
and was much petted by her masters
children. Last year she had grown into
a young sheep, with lamb of her own.
One day some dogs ran through the
pasture grounds and the frightened flock
scattered and fed through the field
which was a large one, sloping toward
the shore. The yardman, Aleck, ban
ished the intruders and collected the
sheep as he supposed, into safety.
An hour or two afterward the pet
sheep rushed past the dwelling house APP
parently in great distress. With piteous
bleatings she went to the lodge gate,
where Aleck was sitting at his MONDAY
meal and coming close to him seemed
to seek his help. As he rose from the
table she ran out of the house and
straight through the pasture to the shore.
He followed her and soon saw the cause
of her alarm. Her lamb, terrified by the
dogs, had fled to a little peninsula among
the rocks. which the incoming tide had
transformed into an island. OF course
it could not cross the strait, and the
mother could not save it, therefore she
appealed to the power and sympathy of
her human friend. Her trust in his help
was not disappointed, and she and her
rescued offspring were soon safely re-
united.-London Spectator.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-07-13
Early Royal Risers.

With the exception Of the Queen and
the Prince of Wales nearly all the roy
alties of Europe have a very praise
worthy but, at the same time, exceeding
ly inconvenient habit Of getting up early
in the day.
The German Emperor is generally up
about in the morning; the Queen regent
of Spain is dressed for the day at 4;
King Humbert's hour of rising is 6,
as is that of King Oscar and King
Charles of Roumania.
Her majesty never rises before 8,
while breakfast at Marlborough house
and Sandringham is rarely partaken of
before that hour. The Empress Eliza
beth of Austria is the despair of the
management of the bathing establish
ment at Aix-les-Bains On her account
they are obliged to keep it open all night
and to provide it with a double set of at
tendants.
She insists on taking her bath at the
unearthly hour of $50 in the morning.
In this custom of getting up at strange
hours she is in sympathy with her hus-
band, for Francis Joseph is in bed every
night at o'clock, and up at by the
very latest, having accomplished much Of
the business Of the day before the ma
jority of his subjects open their eyes.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-07-13
Early Eryptian Jewels.

The earliest jewels the pedigree of
which can be traced lie in the museum of
Boolak, in Egypt. They belong to Queen
Ahahobep, a queen of the Eighteenth
dynasty in Egypt, apparently some time
between 1903 and 1891 3. G.. There is,
however, much dispute as to the date
of her reign. In 1859 her tomb was
opened by M. Marietta, where it lay in
the Valley of the Tomb of the Kings.
When her coffin was opened remark
able collection of precious stones and jew
els was found within. The most i'm
portant of these was diadem of gold
and enamel set on the head of the queen.
This had an inscription in gold on a
ground of lapis lazuli and a sphinx
couchant ON each side. A small porcelain
cylinder is ornamented with the inter
laced lotus flowers in intagEo, and a
gold drop inlaid with turquoise in the
shape Of a fig. To the center Of gold
chain is fastened scarabaeus of solid
gold inlaid with lapis lazuli and brace
let of quite modern pattern is decorated
with figures in repose, with a ground in
laid with lapis elazuli. It is plain from
this account that lapis laZuli was the
most commonly used of the precious
stones. 1t is interesting to observe
that it is also mentioned in Job, one of
the Oldest books in the world. 1t is
probable that the ancients did not I'M
derstand how to cut diamonds owing to
their hardness.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-07-13
GREAT MINING SCHEME.
PIacers in New Mexico to be Worked o.
Extensive Scale.

Il
an Extensive Scale.
The largest hydraulic mining deal, and
one of the largest Of any kind that New
through in a few days, says an Albu-
querque special to the San Francisco Ex-
aminer The deal is now virtually GER
tainty. The scene of operations will be
the placer fields east of Hillsboro, in ST.
ezra county. These placers have been
worked in small way on the surface by
Mexicans since 1874, and although no
water has been obtainable and the gold
has been extracted by dry washing, the
miners have made good wages.
The people have been prospecting the
ground and studying the problems in
volved for six months and have spent
SIC, 600 in preliminary work. Their en-
gineers and hydraulic experts from Cali
fornia have made favorable reports. The
auriferous gravel bed is about sixty feet
thick, covers 1000 acres, and is all pay
dirt. The operators have secured much
of this by purchase and have options on
the rest, and the options will be taken
up in a few days. Water for working
mines will be impounded at the head of
the Animas river by dam $50 feet high,
and will be conducted to the placers
through fourteen miles of thirty-inch riv-
eted steel pipes and discharged through
monitor MOBILES under a pressure of $50
pounds.
After doing it's work in the banks and
sluices, the water will be conducted to
basins, where the debris will be dropped
and then impounded again in a reservoir
in the mesa formed for damning the
Percha. From this reservoir irrigation
canals will conduct the water to about
$4,000 acres of arabic land between the
mesa and the Rio Grande. The estimat-
ed cost Of the enterprise, including the
purchase of the ground and the construc-
ton of dams and pipe lines, is about
100000, and if the gravel averages but
a few cents to the cubic yard the yield
will be up in the millions. The deal is
now in such shape that there is every
reason to believe the work of building
dams and pipe lines will be started by the
LIST of August
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-07-13
An Interesting Game.

card or slip of paper. on which he writes
three or more wishes, and signs his
name. The cards are collected, and the
wishes read aloud by one of the number.
The others try to guess from the char
acter of the wishes, who it was that
made them. When this is successfully
done that person is expected to tell why
his wishes were made. Among people
who know each other well, both the
guessing and the discussions that are
apt to grow out Of the defense of the po-
sition taken in wishing for certain things,
material or spiritual, is interesting
New York Evening Post
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-07-13
DAMASCUS GUN BARRELS.
The Secret of Their Manufacture Kept in
One Family for Many Years.

The Secret of Their Manufacture Kept in
One Family for Many Years.
Consul Henry W. Gilbert of Liege,
Belgium, has in one of the recent issues
of the consular reports an interesting de
scription of the manufacture of and
trade in Damascus gun barrels, which
are wholly hand made, and only turned
out in the valley of the Vesdre, in the
province of Liege, in Belgium. These
barrels are for sporting guns and the in
dustry is many years old, the workmen
in the villages being almost all gun bar
rel makers. and the trade descending
from father to son.
The best barrels are combination Of
the best primary substances, welded and
forged by the martelage a froid process;
the steel comes from Westphalia, the
iron is manufactured at Couyin. in Bel
GUM; the coal, which is especially suited
for the work, from the Herve High
lands, in Belgium, while the motive
power of the factories is obtained from
the River Vesdre. The industry has in
creased greatly in recent years. These
armes de luxe, as they are called, are
made by men working in pairs, each
pair in its own little factory, quite indie
pendent Of all others They are paid by
the piece, the wages being good, and
about 1000 men are engaged on the work
in the valley Medium quality barrels
are made of coke iron and steel. while
the superior Qudllty, winch are produced
in the Vesdre valley, are made of char
coal iron and steel An ingenious "mar-
riage' of these metals gives a compost
ton which, when manufactured. guaran-
tees the required solidity and resistance.
The improvement in these Damascus
barrels dates from the introduction of
percussion caps in place of the old flint
lock. Formerly iron barrels alone were
produced; now, to manufacture the
curled Damascus. the ingot is composed
of thirty sheets of iron and steel, each
having thickness of four millimetres,
which are enveloped in a sheet iron box,
placed in an oven and welded together
at the lowest possible temperature. Each
barrel receives 80 welding beats while
being forged. and if single one Of these
is unsuccessful the barrel may be fail
ure, either by alteration Of the Damascus
work of fan imperfection in the welding
There is no official test of these armes
de luxe, but they are thoroughly tested
By the manufacturers before delivery
The annual production of Damascus bar
rels in the Vesdre valley is about 100000
pairs, of value Of about $500, 000f
Of this the wages alone-for all the guns
are hand made-amount to 2,00O,OOOf.
The principal markets are Great BriIain
and the United States. About half of
the barrels made in the Vesdre valley
are sold to manufacturers of arms in
LieGe to be mOunted
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-07-13
Where the Virgin Mary Lived.

The interesting news has just come
from Europe that some time since a
party of antiquarians digging over the
ruins of the ancient city of Ephesus, in
Asia Minor, came across the house In
which the Virgin Mary lived after she
had left Jerusalem and before she went
to Mount Zion, where she died.
It was well known that the Virgin had
spent some years of her life in Ephesus,
and the ambition of antiquarians has
been to find the habitation she occupied
The announcement has been made sew
eral times that the place had been found
but careful investigation proved to the
satisfaction of the Vatican that there
was no foundation for these announce
ments-that the antiquarians in their
overzeal had made mistakes.
But the habitation just unearthed at
Ephesus must hereafter be regarded as
the one the Virgin occupied, for the
Vatican has officially declared it was
has put the seal of it's approval, SO ad-
vices to hand state, on the announce
ment that the crumbling walls of the
dwelling found in the ruins of ancient
Ephesrs once sheltered the mother of
the Redeemer This approval was not
given hurriedly, but only after most con-
elusive evidence had been submitted to
the Pope. that there could be no mistake
about the matter.-New York Recorder
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-07-13
The Modern Store.

There is big, new store in San Fran
cisco, which is called 1.-THE Emporium, y
and is intended TO outshine all other de-
partment stores in the world. 1t is thus
described: 1t covers fifteen acres of
floor space, is fitted up in mahogany
and Tennessee marble, is crowned with a
a bandstand and a concert three nights
in the week, is lighted by more than 500
arc lights and more than 10000 incan-
descents, and numbers among it's ac-
cessories an emergency hospital, a nur-
sery where children may be left while
their mothers are at the counters, an in
formation bureau, parlors reading and
writing rooms, eleven passenger eleva-
tors, and special freight elevators large
enough to accommodate a loaded team,
horses and all
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-07-13
NO SCARCITY OF LEMONS.
An Eastern Dealer Says Sicily will Fur
nish 4, 900, 600 Boxes.

An Ea stern Dealer Says Sicily will FUR
nish 10000 Boxes.
''There will be plenty of lemons for
lemonade this summer" said e. l.. Good.
sell, manager of the fruit company bear
ing his name.
Mr.. Goodsell has just returned from an
extended trip through Sicily, and lie says
the lemon crop on that island promises
this season to aggregate 100000 boxes,
each containing 300 lemons. Many COM
sumers of lemonade, Mr.. Goodsell saidy
are not aware that if it were NOT for
Sicily people here would have compare
lively few lemons for their favOrite bey-
erage, it being the popular impression,
that this country produces enough leEn-
ons to meet the demand.
California will probably have in a few
years lemons to spare for export 10 Eu-
rope, but at present the entire produe-
ton in that state is only sufficient to sup
ply the demand for one month. Florida
Will also be an exporter, probably, with
in the next five years. Her trees We're
destroyed by frost two years ago.
Sicily is a vast garden Mr.. Goodself
said, having three important lemon ean-
ters- Catania, Messina and Palermo.
Catania's shipments reach about 100000
packages annually, Messina's exporta-
lermo will have exported 2,0O0-
600 boxes before this season ends The
growers as rule do not ship any fruit,
but sell to spectators, Of whom there
are about 200. The spectators pack
and ship the fruit at their own risk
They buy the fruit as it comes from the
trees and have it assorted by women.
The best fruit is packed carefully for
export to America England and Russia
get the second selection, the latter coun-
try having an import duty of 81 q box
Trieste, Genoa, and nearby ports re-
ceive the third grade, while a fourth
grade called scarto, is sold for making
lemon-juice essence and for cutting up
for packing in brine. Nothing. is wasted,
for the rinds discarded by the essence
merchants are dried and make excellent
fuel.
There are large numbers of goats in
Sicily. 1t is impossible to keep cows on
the island on account of the scarcity of
grass. AS lemon rinds are more di-
gestible than bill posters and old tomato
cans, these goats will attack a pile of
lemon rind with great avidity. COATS
are great milk producers, and lemon rind
does not affect the quality of their milk.
New York Times.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-07-13
Rabies Bapti.ed in Lots.

In the heart Of Florence, which. next
to Venice, is the most beautiful city in
Italy. stands a curious old building called
the Baptistery, and thousands of grown
up men and women today have an affec-
ton for the tall, decorated structure
The Baptistery is the Italian children's
monument, and within its ancient walls
babies have been baptized for several
centuries past.
Here every day are brought score OF
more children. who are baptized accord
ing to the rites of the Catholic church.
and the ceremony, though a common
manner.
Baptism is the first great event in the
life of every Italian baby, whether its
parents are rich or poor. Costly robes
are used for clothing the tiny brown fel
lows and girlies, and these robes often
cost several hundred dollars. 1t is moi
extraordinary thing for a poor Italian
father and mother to spend the savings
of years on the baptismal garments OF
their sons and daughters.
Just how many Florentine babies. rich
and poor, have been blessed and named
by the priests in this fine old Baptistery
building it is hard to guess, for in the
olden times the records were not very
carefully kept, but certainly enough
mony to populate the entire city of Flor
ence, were they all living today.
A curious fact about this form of bap
tism is the way in which the infants are
swaddled, SO that they may be made tt
stand up alone at the font. It is neces
sary that they shall not be held by theil
parents during the time they are beins
blessed and named, and so they arr
bound about the feet legs and body
like an Indian papoose. They look like
round packages on a bargain counter
They cannot fall unless they are knocked
over. You see they are not very happy
fixed up in a wise Of costly clothing, anC
you can easily believe there's a grea
squalling going on every day in thu
famous Baptistery. Some day, if you g
to the beautiful city Of Florence, it viii
pay you to take peep into the ancien
Baptistery building, when you can SCI
for yourself the curious sight of twenty
or more children-mere infants, under
stand-all arranged in a row in front O.
the gorgeous altar, crying until they arr
red in the face and looking like nothins
else in the world so much as row O
ninepins, waiting to be bowled over
New York Recorder
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-07-13
Life in SpiketOwn.

Hot
Dusty.
Items are scarce.
We need a new town pump.
Farmers were thick last Saturday.
Read the Blizzard and keep yourself
posted.
John Perdunn Sundayed in our city
quite recently.
Absalom Ashcraft has recovered from
an attack of la grippe.
Wonder what brings Hold Jones to
our city so often. Look out, Hold!
Editor Crumlett, of Pinkville, visited
our sanctum yesterday. Call again,
Brother Crumlett. The latchstring is al
ways out.
The Spiketown Silver Cornet Band is
learning a new piece. The boys are do
ing splendidly. That's right, boys. Keep
it up.
Miss Mamie Hunker. of Perkins juno
ton, is visiting We EDITORS wife. Miss
Mamie says the corn between here and
the junction is looking fine.
Uncle Davy Harkins has our thanks.
for splendid mess of early potatoes.
They are the finest we have seen this
season. Come often, Uncle Dayy.-
Spiketown Blizzard.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-07-13
Two of a Kind.

One evening recently I CHANGED to
have business with an Alameda official
and called at his residence. He habitual-
ly clothed his official position with oil
the pomp it would carry, and occasional
ly he strained it a little.
He had lately been presented with a
big brass piano lamp with yellow
shade, and it was standing in the very
center of the parlor floor. The official
had called attention to the new lamp by
turning it up and down half a dozen
not attracting the attention of which
such beautiful lamp was deserving, so
he blurted out:
Don't yer think it's the beautifulest
lamp yer ever seen p
The official swelled up with indigna-
ton, and, scowling iercely, reproved his
son in his sternest manner.
"Joe! them words is incorrect. San
Francisco Post
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-07-13
Aged Chinese Eggs.

Shocking as it may seem to an Amer-
can housekeeper, the older the egg in
eurean standpoint does it become, for no
Chinaman who has a right regard for
his palate eats fresh-boiled egg. Taken
fresh, eggs are sent to soak, after hav-
ing been washed in a tub of aromatic
water. After a time they are removed,
and the water used in mixing a paste
Of lime and salt, in which the eggs are
packed in jars. These are Theoretically
sealed and set aside to stand for a
month, when they are supposed to be fit
for eating. Those left packed in salt
and lime for twelve months or more,
when opened, are found to have changed
color, solicited partly, and are odorless.
New York Journal
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-07-13
The Lattice. Leaf Plant.

A new and very rare plant which has
recently been received at ShaW's gar
den is the lattice leaf plant, or ouviran-
dra fenestralis, from Madagascar. 1t
is used by the people of Madagascar as
we use potatoes, it's root being made up
of the thick segments, 6 to inches long,
light brown on the outside, but Internal
~ white and farinacious The great Pc
cuEarity of the plant is that it grows
entirely under the water, it's leaf float
ing just below the surface, and it's flow
err stalk rising above it. The name comes
from the formation of the paddle-shaped
leaves. They lack the green tissue which
ordinarily connects the veins of leaves,
and are instead made up entirely of open
work. which follows so regular q pat
tern as to suggest a latticed window
The longitudinal ribs are crossed by
intersecting tendrils exactly at right an
giles, and the fabric could scarcely be
more exact if it were woven by hand.
There are about 1000 of the plants IN
Madagascar, but outside that country
it is little known. There are a few cul-
tivated at dollhouse aquaria in Great
Britain, but there are probably not more
than half dozen in this country. It's
native habitat is in the running streams
in those parts of Madagascar where
plant is kept at Shaw's garden the water
is artifcially heated to Is degrees, and
is kept in constant motion. The plant is
now about eight inches high, but it will
probably increase to twice that dimen-
sion.
1t has been known to botanists since
1850, having been discovered in that
year by the missionary, the Rev. Il. W.
Ellis.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-07-13

opens by spring and reveals a plain
field Of gold in the ceRter of which is a
small watch scarcely larger than 3
cent piece, which stin registers the time,
as it did to Queen Louise.
Another spring opens the porte-monnaie
iengthwise, showing a blue silk purse of
three compartments, which, though Civ
ing indication of a great age, is neither
worn nor torn. The inscription on the
watch reads, ~Chaux-de-Fon Suisse. ;"
lit is said that an Austrian soldier
brought it to America soon after the
through various hands it found it's way
into Bowery pawnshop, where four
years ago it was sold to Patrick Mulvi-
hill of 151 Bowery.- York Recorder.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-07-13
EATING A MENAGERIEi.
Fate of the Denizens of the Jardin DIES
PIantes During the Siege of Paris.

Fate of the Denizens of the Jardin des
Plantes During the Siege of Paris.
During the siege of Paris, after all the
supplies from without had been cut OF,
September %, 1870, it was decided to
sacrifice the inmates of the geological
garden, the Jardin des Plantes.
The sold animals were slaughtered and
eaten. A list was Kept at the time, ami
from this we learn that from October
Is to the end of 1870 the following ami
mails were sold and eaten, in the order
given: One dwarf zebu, f14; two buff
faloes, f12; two sambur stays, f20S
twelve carp, f6; two yaks, Els IS; three
geese f. IS; one small zebra, G16; one.
lot of hens, ducks, ETC., 634 los; one lot
of ducks, fl 12s; eleven rabbits, a. four
reindeer, f32; two Nilgau antelopes, E40S
one doe, f12; two wapiti stays, 900; one
antelope, EGG; two camels, G16O; one
yak calf, fS; two camels, 600; two ele-
plants, G10SO.
Most of the above were sold to an
English butcher, who kept his shop in
the Avenue de Friedland well stocked
all through the siege with all possible,
and previously impossible kinds of meat
The killing of the elephants, Castor
and Pollux, presented some difficulty.
The former was fired at three times,
a steel bullet discharged from q Chasse-
pot rife. A single shot behind the ear
brought PolluX to the ground.
The flesh of the elephant was sold at
fifty to sixty francs kilos the trunk
fetched eighty francs a kilo.
Trunk and feet were regarded as par
ticular delcacies by the gourmands. The
wolf at twenty-four francs a kilo.
The flesh Of the cassowaries was
bought by Baron Rothschild, who was
one of the butchers best customers.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-07-13
To Cure the Cycle Hump.

The new upright bicycle which has just
been put on the market will. if it be-
comes popular, do away with the evil
which many doctors fear will end in pro-
ducing race of hunchbacks.
This bicycle is so constructed that it
forces the rider to keep an upright posi-
ton, for the wheel is guided by means
of a handlebar at the sides, instead of
the usual bar in front, and the appear
ance thus given to the rider is most
graceful one. The new wheel has been
particularly designed for women, but it
can also be used by men, though not,
of course, for racing purposes.-New
Ynrl, Times