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Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-08-03
FAMOUS CAFE CLOSED.
One of the Sights of New York City a
Thing of the Past.

One of the Sights of New York City a
Thing of the Past.
The closing of the old Hoffman House
cafe on the TWenty-fOurth street side Of
the hotel eliminates a room that was Of
interest to sightseers in this city and one
that boasted not only of it's service as a
bar-room, but of the fact that it was
used more frequently than any other bar
room in the country to illustrate temper
ance sermons on the 'gilded dens of the
liquor traffic" AS matter of fact,
there was very little gliding about the
Hoffman House cafe, and it's mahogany
finish gave it a rather sOmber aspect
that we'll beftted it's incidental use as
the shelter for several notable pictures
During the fifteen years of it's existence
it was popular resort for sporting men,
politicians, and, on the, occasion Of inter
collegiate games of football and field
events of college men. 1t was seldom a
scene of disorder, even in the hottest
days of the hottest campaigns, when the
room was crowded with excited men who
would recognize only one argument, and
that was money. Many heavy bets have
been laid around its tables, and the un-
assuming looking little expire fighter
who was always on hand to keep order
was usually the stake holder. On cleo
ton nights the cafe was always crowd
ed. and one was pretty sure to find there
uleu OI udllOud1 ICUuIdIlOu. 1u0 paint
ings by Bouguereau, Correggio and Fa-
lero which were hung around it's walls
were carefully guarded and well lighted.
They were we'll worth seeing, despite the
complaint of the prohibition orators that
they represented nude women, and dur
ing the forenoon ladies were frequently
piloted through this celebrated cafe to
see them 1t was generally understood
that no women should visit it in the
evening, but in the early hours of the
day they attracted little or no attention
there. The reputation Of this cafe out
side of New York was undoubtedly
largely due to its paintings, and it was
always interesting to its frequenters to
watch the impression that they made on
rural visitors. Men who in their coun-
try. towns would not dare to be seen en-
tering a bar-room, would approach the
big painting of ''The Nymphs and the
Satyr" in a guilty, hesitating way, as if
they were doing something improper, and
after their curiosity had been satisfied
they would hurry out of the place. It is
said that Edward S. Stokes. who owns
these paintings, will not sell them, and
that he intends to set aside a room for
them in some other part of the hotel.
In recent years there have been half a
dozen other cafes that in costly ap-
pointments have rivalled if not surpassed
the Hoffman House cafe, but their repu-
tatlOns were not national. There are a
great many valuable paintings hung in
bar-rooms and cafes in New York now,
and not long ago an erratic San Fran
cisco artist with a good reputation abroad
stated that a conscientious study of the
best works of art in New York always
gave him a headache on the following
mOrnlng.-NoW York SIM
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-08-03
The Ewes of Animals.

Human beings have six muscles to
each eye, that they may with facility
move it on either side; but horses, COWS,
sheep and other quadrupeds, which
habitually incline their heads to the
earth in search of food, have muscle
by which the eyelids are suspended and
supported, and which we do not need.
This is a wonderful adaptation to the
circumstances in which the creature is
placed. For example. the eyes of am
phibious animals partly agree with those
of the fish and the quadruped. The cat
and the tiger, which prowl by night,
have peculiar power of expanding the
pupil. The eyes of fish have no APP
paratus to moisten them, and it would
be obviously unnecessary.
The eye is adapted to the properties
of light, so that it refracts the light
and brings it to a focus on the retina.
Our best and most perfect glasses are
by no means equal to the human eye.
Gnats and flies have a great number
of eyes; they can see on every side with
out any movement of the organs of
vision. Fish have a crystalline, almost
round, to fit the eyes to the. strong re-
fraction of light in the element in which
they live, and though they have no eye
lids, their corner is horny to- defend
their sight The mole has TWO very
small eyes hid under its velvet coat;
these are admirably suited to his mode
of living, chiefly under the ground.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-08-03
Mechanical Industries in Chill.

In framing new tariff to take effect
ON July / the government of Chill is
adopting the principle of protection for
the first time Heretofore all the duties
assessed upon imported goods in. the GUS
tom houses of Chill have been for rev.
enue, and necessities of life have been
taxed as high as luXuries, the rate run
ming from Is to IS per cent. ad valorem,
with an average of 35, without regard
to the source from which the articles
came But the development of several
Of the industries has caused active com
petition with foreign merchandise, and
there is prospect that with proper en-
may be able to supply a. considerable
part Of the domestic demand, although
at somewhat higher prices.
Chill is the only one of the South
American countries that has ever taken
to manufacturing Her agricultural re-
sources are limited; her area is mostly
mountainous. She has an abundance of
water power and of coal. The only
available coal deposits in South America
are in the southern part of that republic
She has wool, iron, copper, tin and all
the other metals, and excellent cotton is
produced in the neighboring state of
Peru. where if the industry was encour-
aged the supply would soon be sufficient
for as many mills as might be estab
lished in Chill. For these reasons the
present government has decided to fol-
low the example Of the United States
and patronize the development of me-
chanical industries by restricting compe-
titiOn from foreign countries.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-08-03
FISH WITH AN OILY TASTE.
Some Say an Oil Pipe that Burst Cause

Some Say an Oil Pipe that Burst Caused
it, Others Ascribe it to Refuse.
Considerable complaint is being made
by Railway and Perth AInboy fishermen
that the weakfish now being caught in
Staten Island sound III unusually large
numbers, when cooked, have an oily
taste and smell. The fishermen believe
this is due to the bursting of the large
oil pipe of the Standard Oil company,
that crosses the Railway river about a
half mile from the sound.
Not only are weakfsh thus tainted,
but even crabs and CLAIMS have the same
taste. The trouble is not confined to
the vicinity of the Railway river alone,
but extends from Princes bay to the
Kill Won Kull
Others declare that the bursting of the
oil pipe is not the cause, but ascribe
the trouble to the dumping Of refuse by
the numerous chemical factories along
the%shore. This, they say, pollutes the
water and spoils the fish.
The fish and game wardens are said
to be aware Of the complaints, but up
to this time have taken no steps to rem
edy the trouble.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-08-03

To the overworked woman this green
old age is out of the question: old age
comes on, scar and yellow, before its
time Her disposition is ruined; her tenn
per is soured; her very nature is changed
by the burden which, too heavy to carry,
is dragged along as wearied feet and
tired hands can do their part
Even her affections are blunted, and
she becomes merely machine-a wom-
an without the time to be womanly, a
mother without the time to train and
guide her children as Oily mother can,
"A wife without the time to sympathize
with and cheer her husband, SO over
worked during the day that when night
comes, her sole thought. the most intense
longing, is for rest and sleep, that very
probably will not come; and, even if it
should, she is too tired to enjoy.
Better far let everything go unfinished,
to live as best she can, than to entail
on herself and family the curse of over
work.-Old Homestead.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-08-03
GOSSIP FOR THE LADIES
The Christening Gifts.

Softly the air made fragrant stir
Across tile child among the mowers.
Come with your chr stening gifts today,
Cried the glad Spirit watching her
Come, all you powers of happy hours!
Pearl white and petal pure is this,
Sweet axafsfe blossoms where she lies,
Your latest darling, fresh as dewi
What will you give to bring her bliss?
We, said the Skies, will light her eyes.
What more, the Spirit cried, shall be,
What further stream of blessing gush
From the still sources of your strength
To I'LL her best felicity
rhe Rose said. Hush she has our blush.
Tine joy of bounding blood, the pride
OF life, for her cur latest birth
While sea-deeps toss in Sunlit foam,
Give laughter, too, the Spirit cried
l, said the Earth, viii make her mirth.
TITS not enough! She fain must see
Beyond the dark of outer spheres,
And her white hand for every heart
Close locked must have the golden keyI
We, said the Years, will bring her tears.
Harriet Prescott Spofford in Harper's Ba-
Ear.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-08-03
When in the Country.

In an editorial in the Ladies' Home
Journal Edward w. Box discusses
~'When We Are in the Country" a text
ne employs to show how far we are de
parting from the purpose residents of
cities used to have in going to the coun-
try during the summer time. Formerly
going into the country meant an escape
from city conventionalities; a living
close TO Nature, I'm the pure air and
bright sunlight: a change of scene, of
interests and of pastimes; absolute free
dom from the tyranny of fashion. Mr..
Box contends that This has been entirely
changed, and the benefits of the summer
outings have been largely lost. COnven-
tionalities have robbed the country of
its greatest charm; and the diversions,
paStimeS, the nervous rush and hurry
of the city have been transplanted to the
country, and Nh. Box we'll says: 1--WE
cannot afford to cOnventiOnalize the cOMn-
try There is no tTWer saying than that
God made the country and man made
the town. and We ought to carry Wat
the spirit of those words. When we
go to the country, let us get out of it
what We go for; rest, outdoor life and
early hours-early, | mean, at night as
well as in the morning. Let us live tru-
ly in the country, and do aS the country
people do. Let us dismiss, During
the only reStful time of the
year = as the summer is to
so many of Us-thoughts of dress, of in
door amusements, of matters of any kind
that are apt to keep the mind at work
and the body indoors. Let us seek repose-
something which so many of us need.
Our life during the winter makes us
carry about with us an air of diStra ction
and nervous worry. In summer let us
cultivate serenity of manner. There is
a restfulness about the restless sea that
is peculiarly soothing and wondrously
helpful to city people. There is a quiet
ness in a leaf1y bower not to be had any
where else on Gods footstool Nature
speaks TO us unerringly amid such sur
rOundings 1t is the absolute calm and
quiet of leisurely enjoyment which so
many natures crave. and which should
be given them. And it is possible to at
tain this in the country if we VIII only
seek for it and make up our minds to
have it. Let us then use the country in
this way, forgetting for the time being
that there are such things as dresses, as
cards. dances, baZaars and doi1ies. throw
ing our whole natures into the spirit of
our surroundings. Then Will we extract
from nature what she is always willing
TO give us, what God intended MS all to
have: the Calm and quiet of peaceful
repoSe.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-08-03
Comrtesies to Your Elders.

Nothing pays so handsomely as atten-
tions given to those older than yourself.
A man or woman who has reached life's
decline feels most keenly neglect. From
pure thoughtlessness young people, and
even those no longer in the flush of
youth are apt to lose sight of this fact.
1t is the very worst of ill-breeding in
my mind to shut out from general cun-
versation the mother and father or the
grandmother and grandfather OF the
household
Sometimes advances are met with in
difference when extended to your elders,
but not as a rule. I so love to talk to
men and women who have experience to
guide them in their efforts to be agree
able There is to me a conversational
gain in this that is lacking in younger
and less serious chatterers. Then. TOO,
SO reverence age that could NOT, it mat
tiers not how greatly | might be bored,
ever neglect an opportunity to be enter
tanning to my seniors.
The man or woman who calls on me
and finds those of my family who are
no longer young on hand is weighed in
my estimation strictly in accordance with
the courtesies that / consider due them.
If they are found wanting, it is good day
and goodbye. They may never know
why l do not care for them, although |
would like nothing better than to be able
to frankly tell them the reason of my in
difference to their social charms.
| dropped in on the piazza of now
found acquaintance the other night. The
mother of the household, lovely old
lady, was present. Her daughter ig-
nored her existence, and even seemed 10
resent attentions | wished to pay her
mother That hostess have crossed off
my visiting list.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-08-03

sleeper. A screen placed between the
foot of the bed and the window helps
to prolong the morning nap after sun
rise.
The bed should not be downy. Feath-
ers may be luxurious, but they are I'M
hygienic. A hair mattress with no pillow
at all, or at most a very small one, not
only conduces to the greatest amount OF
repose, but helps to give an erect ear
riage and other things which sleepers
like to possess in their waking hours.
The coverlds should be us light as IS
consistent with proper warmth.
When her room and her bed are prop
erly arranged, the wise woman considers
herself. She goes to sleep as clean as
warm water and soap will make her,
knowing that a warm bath is the most
restful, sleep-provoking thing in the
word. Her hair is brushed out of the
kinks and snarls of the day and braid
ed loosely. She wears very loose night
dress. She cultivates an easy conscience,
as a foe to insomnia, and she banlshes
thought as undesirable. If her brain per-
sists in working after she has gone to bed
she does not attempt to stop it's labors
by one mighty act Of her will, but she
tries to think in desultory, disconnected
fashion until she ceases to think at all.
So does sleep cease to be a merely in
stinctive process and becomes one of the
fine arts.-Philadelph Times.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-08-03
An Aquatic salamander.

Jess Corliss, who went fishing in Buffa-
10 creek, near Barnesville, Mimi, the 9th
er day, brought home with him some
fish with legs and the local fisher
men have been studying all the books
on pisciculture they have been able to
find since, in an effort to learn their
names and haunts. The fish were put
in an aquarium in the window of local
jewelry store. In appearance they are
not unlike catfish except that they have
four well developed legs.
Naturalists claim they are what is
known as menobranchus, or agate
American saiamander. Last night one
of the chaps jumped out of the tank and
was found this morning walking about
at the other end of the store, apparently
comfortable enough and quite at home.
How long it had been out of the water
no one knows
In swimming these fish do not use the
fins, but the tail, after the fashion of a
propeller. The fins form part of the gills.
They walk somewhat like "a lizard and
after confinement for a week appear to
be hearty and happy.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-08-03
NEW YORK HOTEL RATES.
Table d'HOtes in New YOrk-Dinners Cal
be Obtained at Reasonable Rates.

Table d'HOtes in New YOrk-Dinners Can
be Obtained at Reasonable Rates.
The announcement made by half a
dozen high-grade hotels in this city that
they are now serving table dhote dinners
at prices that range from Is cents to
$3.50 indicate a very decided change
of method. The table d'hote was con-
sidered a few years ago to be the almost
exclusive privilege of the restaurants,
and it was monopolized by the French
and italian restaurateurs, whose prices
seldom rose above so cents a dinner
These French and Italian table d'hotes
have multiplied amazingly, and appar-
entity they have prospered. The rivalry
that has promoted the building of a
dozen big hotels within the last five or
six years, each in turn costing more
money than it's predecessors. has made
it quite necessary that their dining rooms
should seek support from others in addi-
ton to the regular hotel guests. The
two or three big restaurants that fur
nished most Of the public dinners few
years ago have been forced to divide
their profits with the new hotels. Hand.
some banquet rooms are now as much of
necessity in the up-to-date hotel as
are the elevators, and in most of them
the ordinary dining rooms are much
larger than would be required if the
proprietor intended to serve only his
regular guests. Inc result is Tie JdDle
dhote which anyone may patrOnlZe.
One of the biggest of these new hotels
adopted a novel scheme two years ago
to emphasize the fact that it's table
d'hote at $3.50 was exceedingly cheap.
The walters were supplied with checks,
on one side of which was printed the
cost of the table d'hote and on the other,
as the dinner was served, the waiter
entered each dish, and opposite it placed
the cost of it according to a la carte
scale. When a guest called for his table
d'hote check the waiter would place it on
the table with the Ia carte side up, and
the result was usually a panic. The
man would find his soup, fish, entree,
etc, entered on the bill at a la carte
prices with a total that was about four
times as much as the advertised table
dhote. His feeling of relief when the
waiter explains that this bill was simply
an object lesson, and that his dinner
would cost him only $3.50, was great
enough to cause him to literally increase
his tip. Nearly all of the new hotels
now serve table d'hote dinners, and at
surprisingly low price.-Sun.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-08-03
The Natural Habits of Animals.

It is easy to see that cattle are at home
in a moist and wooded country. The
feral cattle of Texas and Australia never
from choice stray far from the woods.
Out on the Western ranches there are,
of course, few trees, and the beasts
thrive fairly well; but. for all that, the
conditions of their life are artificial, and
are not such as they would select if free
to choose their own dwelling place. All
cattle love to stand knee deep in water
and under the shadow of trees. Their
heads are carried low. even when they
are startled, so that they can see under
the spreading branches of the forest.
Compare the habitual position of the
head of a cow with that of the heads of
the horse, pronghorn, or gunanaco, which
live in the open and have to watch the
horizon for the approach of enemies.
Then the split hoofs of the cattle are
wonderfully adapted for progress over
soft ground. In galloping through boys
or deep mud an OK or a buffalo will east
ly distance a swift horse. Their toes
spread wide, and so they do not sink in
so far as the solid hoofed animal. What
is even more important the open cleft be-
tween the toes allows the air to enter the
hole in the mud as the foot is withdrawn;
whereas. horses hoof sticks like a
sucker owing to the partial vacuum
below it, and can only be dragged out
by great muscular effort. Mounted
hunters have been Overtaken and killed
by buffalo-African and Indian-owing
to this fact.-North American Review,
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-08-03
SIeening a Fine Art.

Most women labor under the delusion
that sleep is natural function, and
that slumber is state that requires nc
nreparation Given a bed and a GER
tain hour of the evening and sleep fol
lows, is their simple creed AS a mat
ter of fact, they find that they do not
always sleep when they think they
should: but it never occurs to them that
their theory is wrong. But it is. SLEEP
is state recurring careful preparation
and without that preparation its best re-
suits cannot be obtained.
In the first place the bedroom must
be as quiet as the neighborhood will ner-
nit. 1t must be we'll ventilated. The
air in it should not he vitiated by the
burning of gas throughout tho evening
If possible. gas should nor be burned at
all. hut candles should furnish what
over light is required. The bed should
be turned SO that the morning sun viii
not shine directly in the eyes of the
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-08-03
SWIFT-RUNNING WHITE CAPS.
Some Observations Upon the Rapid Mo-
ton of the Big Ocean Wave

Some Observations Upon the Rapid Mo-
ton of the Big Ocean Wave.
The fastest things upon the ocean ave
rot the transatlantic greyhoundS or the
swiftest of torpedo boats, but the big
rollers that produce the uncomfortable.
swell so familiar to ocean voyagers
These rush along at express-train speed,
faster than any craft. The bigger the
wave the quicker it races along This
is the interesting fact which Prof Boys,
an English scientist, who has made
waves life study, announced before
the Royal institution in London the
other day, says the San Francisco En-
aminer.
In great contrast to these great At
lantic rollers are the tiniest little waves
that the human eye can detect If YOU
look at the surface of a glass of water
standing on restaurant table, it appears
to be as serene and smooth as glass, not
withstanding that the ceaseless heavy
traffic outside may be shaking the build
ing and the table and glass with q per-
ceptible tremor. The trembling ought to
produce tiny little ripples on the surface
of the water, but 1t apparently does not
If beam of lime light is thrown on
the water, however, and the reflection
caught on the wall, it will be seen that
the surface of the water is not placid.
but broken up with ripples that dart
backward and forward like lightning
the eye. These tiny waves are the n
ception to the rule that the greater the
waves the higher the speed These tiny
heapings-up travel with tremendous
rapidity because they are dominated by
what is called the "skin tension" of the
liquid.
Few people are aware that when they
plunge into their bath of a morning they
have to break through a kind of elastic
envelope, representing the skin on the
surface of the water. 1t is this elastic
skim which is present more or less in all
liquids, that causes the formation of
drops. If you leave a fine. even thread
of syrup on a plate it will very soon
draw itself up into a string of little
beads. A stream of water running from
a tap falls into drops as soon as the
elastic skin has a chance to do it's work.
The elasticity of the skin of the water
causes the tiniest waves to hurry along
so fast that they cannot be seen.
If the surface of a pool of mercury is
tickled with the point of a very delicate,
trembling needle, to the unaided eye it
looks perfectly serene. But some bril-
liant light reflected on it from a screen
(after passing through a device which
enables the eye to watch rapidly moving
objects as if they were standing stilD
shows the surface to be agitated with
the prettiest circling ripples, hundreds
passing in a second. It is quite certain,
therefore, that the most placid pool of
lake is constantly agitated by wavelets
(due to the tremor of the earth) that IN
the absence of microscopic vision the
human eye unaided cannot detect.