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Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-06-01
GAS the Romans Do"

We are Az socially ambitious. Those
who are nos anxious to shine i'll good so
siety-the society of cultivated and ele-
CANT people-are so few by comparison,
that they do not count in any discussion
of the subject. 1t is to our credit that
we wish to show the SAVIOR vivre and
the SAVIOR faire which give such genuine
charm TO the intercourse of well-bred
peoDle. The people who have yet to
learn to take food from the fork and
not from the knife, and that the napkin
should be laid over the lap and not made
into a bib. have such deal to learn be-
fore they can make even a slight preten-
sion to being converSant with the man
ners of well-bred people that they are
not pertinent to this talk. The hints
and suggestions here set down are for
learned the letter of social usages, but
who fail 20 catch the spirit of the man
ners and customs of good society-for
those who have learned the framework
of good manners. but have not yet been
able to cover UP the framework with the
handsome exterior of an elegant manner.
A good many people have good man
ners so far as they go, but have not
enough. Others have manners enough
but they are crude and not polished. Of
two people equally well dresseds at a
given social function, neither of whom
transgresses any definite law of modern
society, one is classified after one glance
and two words as used to good So
ciety," and the other as q newcomer
among elegant people. climber.
whose manners do not keep pace with
her opportunities.
The really elegant woman has pOise.
However perturbed she may be in real
ity by sudden contretemps. or antic---
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-06-01
Very Conservative.

It has been observed that, in spite of
the worldwide reputation of American
women for being extremists, they are
cycle costumes. The adoption of a fash
ion by cocottes in America destroys it at
once, while in Paris it is the cocottes
who make the fashion. In that city one
sees grandes danes and cocottes Oh the
wheel clad alike. and boomers reign su-
preme. With the advance of summer
the Parisienne discards leggings, and APP
pears in boots or low shoes, worn with
Ioosely-woven golf stockings Last sum-
mer there were even some venturesome
spirits who pedaled through the Bots on
very warm days with their neither limbs
clad in socks and Oxford ties.-Argonaut
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-06-01

The big Boonville stamp mill will be
located at DeLamar, Ida, and will cost
100000.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-06-01
Graduating Gowns.

For a graduating gown an extremely
pretty design is made up OF lace-strlped
organdie and plain India mull The
outer skirt is mounted over thin lawn
under-skirt. The edge of the. front
breadth is trimmed with three rows OF
VaIenciennes Insertion and a ruffle Of
Valenciennes lace-in all about three
inches wide. At the foot of the skirt
is a five-inch ruffie of organdie headed
with a tiny beading. The underSklrt OF
lawn has a lace-edged rufae the same
depth as the one on the skirt. The back
Of t;,N skirt is gathered into about three
a@d & half inches. The back of the
r5..ist is simply gathered under the belt.
lie ribbon of which is sewed into the
nnder-arm seam about halfway down,
from there is crossed to the back and
drawn round in front, where it is fast
ened into a loosely tied bow. The waist
i'm front is made of plain null. as is also
the lower puff of the sleeve. The waist
is set on a gathered yoke of the same,
with bands of narrow Falenciennes lace.
1t hangs over in a pretty, Loose fashion,
but so that the lines of the figure are
not hidden. Narrow edgings of Valen-
ciennes lace and white satin ribbon bows
are The trimmings.
Epother graduating dress which is
N,,;ch simpler is also of white organdie
t:.,nmed with Valenciennes lace. The
hody is made with a round yoke and a
fulI ruffle is trimmed with three rows of
Valenciennes lace. The sleeves have
hands of the lace, and the skirt is edged
with a ruffle trimmed with Valenciennes
laca. 1t is made with a white lawn
ski. but can be worn equally well over
arJ other color.
a white dotted Swiss which is exceed
ingly dressy is made up over white tat
feta. The seams are all marked with in
sertion of Falenciennes lace, which
shows the sheen of the silk through very
prettily. The waist is shirred on the
shoulders and hangs in blouse fashion
over the belt, while the sides and back
fit more snugly. A Vshaped piece of
Valenciennes insertion is let in at the
throat under a light stock-collar of rib
bon. while the sleeves are finished with
rufiies of Valenciennes.-Harp Bazaar.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-06-01
Mrs Kate Chase Sprague a Market Gar
deneT.

Mrs Kate Chase SpEagWe - Market Gar
dener.
1t has been only few years since
Mrs. Kate Chase Sprague was one of
the most prominent figures in Washing
ton society, and the announcement that
now she has turned market gardener
and will attempt to support herself by
raising vegetables is q curious llluStra-
ton of the changes in fortune that may
come I'M less than the space of a short
lifetime. She is brilliant woman whose
whole life has been passed in close as
ISOLATION with the most glfted men and
women IN this country The daughter
of Chief Justice Chase, she was. his
trusted friend and companion. sharing
his political dreams and ambitions. In
his house in Washington she gathered
together what was the mearest approach
to the Partisan salon that America has
ever known. The politicians and lead
ing men of all parties frequented it, and
among them all she reigned a queen by
right of her beauty and brilliance.
Her marriage to the wealthy Gov.
Sprague was considered a fitting clIMIX
to such a girThood, but unfortunately 1T
turned out most unh@ppily, and resulted
IN divorce.
After her divorce Mrs. Sprague re-
tired to Edgewood, "a suburb of Wash
ington, the country home OF Chief ..!1ts-
tice Chase EdgeMOod lis not far from
the Soldiers Home. LIT was an estate
bought in 1869 from Thomas MagrudeE,
who built the house. 1t is an old-fash-
toned place Mrs. Sprague has been Inv
ing in retirement, endeavorfng to c1llti-
waite the land around I0dgewood to com
bat the financial ruin that for years had
been threatening her. Ethel Chase
Sprague. her oldest daughter and sec
ond child, who went on the stage, is
member of Richard Mansfeld's Com
pany. The second daughter, who is
said to resemble her mother in looks and
temperament, has been her mothers
companion.
The payment by the friends of Kate
that was about to be foreclosed now
puts a woman much beset by misfortune
on her feet and she proposes to turn her
attention to truck farming and ralse
vegetables, chickens and eggs for The
capital. where good living is one Of the
principal recreations from the affairs of
state.-Exchange.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-06-01

Kaiser Wilhelm has made the chief
kettledrum player of the Berlin opera
a ''royal chamber musician in honor Of
his having filled the place for fifty years.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-08-27

Here are twenty-five of the silver
barons for whose free and unlimited
benefit we are asked to dishonor our
national credit and bankrupt every
debtor in the land. Here they are with
their wealth in round numbers. Is there
one among them who would give you
dollar OF the increased wealth you vote
them? Scan them over and see which
OF them you would ask for hundred
dollars, if free coinage should be enacted
and your present source of income be
cut off in the crash of general disaster.
As poor man, of course you would
wade with the Pops and anarchists
through blood to your bride bits to
please these millionaires, in whose pay
William J. Bryan has been agitating
ever since he left Congress. Look over
the list and see how many loving friends
you have there;
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-08-27

As sample of the tissue of lies and
misrepresentation with which it is
sought to bolster up the free silver craze,
we note that Harvey, in his Coins
Financial School, says that the legal
tender quality of silver was taken away
by the act of 1873, (see page 16). Now
this is an absolute falsehood. He also
says silver was destroyed as money and
taken out of circulation. These things
you know are false. Can you then have
confidence in any assertions based on
such authority? The whole effort of
the silverites is addressed to the passions
and prejudices of humanity, which they
seek to arouse by falsehood and misrep-
resention. To the unsnswerable logic
of positive facts they oppose the most
convenient resources of falsehood, soph.
istry and abuse.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-08-27
AMERICAN CITIZENS

Arrested in ouatemala Charged with
Smuggling Munitions of War Into That
Country.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 82.-A dispatch
from New Orleans says that news has
reached there of the arrest at Ponte
Barrios, Guatemala, of R. E. Caldwell
and another American citizen, charged
with smuggling munitions of war into
the country. Caldwell is engaged
by Sylvanus Miller in construct
ing railway from Ponte Barrios
into the interior, as is also his compan-
ion under arrest. The contraband
goods, it is said here, were shipped
from Cincinnati, over the Louisville g.
Nashville railroad, and thence to Ponte
Barrios by the Macheca line OF steam.
ers from this port, concealed in bales
Of hay. In twelve bales of the
last consignment were found
so, 900 rounds of ammunition.
These shipments of hay have been
going on since June and the Guatemala
authorities say this is the second find
they have discovered. Caldwell says
he knows absolutely nothing about the
contraband goods, and Mr.. Miller asked
the Macheca folks to find out who the
real shippers were. It Is not known
for whom the contraband goods were
, really intended.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-08-27
THE SILVER MEN.

VIII Notify Bryan and sewan of Their
Nomination BY the Silver Convention ~
Lincoln, Neb., September 8.
CLEVELAND, Aug. 22.-Hon. George
Groot, chairman of the notification
committee has sent out the following
notice:
'sThe notification committee appoint
ed by the silver convention which as.
sembled at st. Louis on July %,
1896, to notify Hon. w. ]. Bryan
Of his nomination by that convention
as the candidate of the silver party for
the Office of president of the United
States will meet at lincoln. Neb.,
Bryan's home, on September 8, 1896,
for the purpose of notifying him on
that date of the action of the conven.
ton. Mr.. Sewall will go there also to
receive notice Of his nomination as the
candidate of the silver party for vice
president"
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-08-27
Snaix.

We generally ask man to hold up
his hand and swear him strongly when
he starts off on snake story. But that
isn't necessary in this case, for o. P.
Elliott, of Sinking Spring, and Charles
Starr, of Mt. Oreb, who tell the story,
are truth.tellers OF the regular old e..
Washington brand. They are lumber.
ing for Kibler, Durnell & Co., of this
place, on their lands near Hurricane, w.
Va, There was litter of pups in one
Of the shanties. The pups began to dis.
appear mysteriously. At length there
we're only two left, and these both dis.
appeared at once. Just at that time
they discovered and killed a large rattle
snake near by, and inside of it they
found the two pups. The snake was
seven feet six inches long, and IL inches
in circumference. It had twenty.tw two
rattles and button, and must have
been the great.grand daddy of all the
rattle snakes.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-08-27
BUSH FIRES.
Several Cities In British Columbia Are IL
Danger.

Several Cities In British Columbia Are In
Danger.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. GA special
to the Call from Vancouver. B. G.,
lbays:
Bush fires are raging with unabated
fury in the mainland of British Colum.
bia. New Westminster is surround.
cd, and, as flremen can not be
at all places at once, it is feared
that some part of the city will
be destroyed by the oncoming
flames in spite of them. At the Burla-
by city limits at Eighth avenue, at the
Sapperton city limits on the Pitt river
high road, fames are reaching out to
the city from every part of the com.
pass, and should rain not come and
wind spring up in the wrong direction
nothing can save portions of the city
from being destroyed.
The long-suffering farmers of the
lowlands Of Westminster district met
Saturday in large numbers and decided
to unite in petitioning both the provis.
ional and federal governments to
deepen and dyke the river. The most
prominent speakers stated that this
must be done, or all ranches along
the valley subject to floods would be
abandoned to the tax collector. As
wheat grown on this land took first
prize, with all the world in compete
tion, at the Chicago worlds fair, such
sequel to the floods would be disas-
trous to the whole province.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-08-27
A little daughter of Mr.. Lewis Dayton

A little daughter of Mr.. Lewis Dayton,
an old and much respected citizen, of
Barnitz, Pa, occasionally has trouble
with her stomach which gives her con.
siderable distress. In speaking OF it Mr..
Dayton said: "As soon as she has an
attack We give her dose OF Chamber.
lain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrbes
Remedy, and it has never failed to re.
lieve her promptly. We al use it in
our family with the same good results. :"
For sale by Garrett &'Ayrss; druggists.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-08-27
A WIND-sTORM s;
Visits illinois, Missouri, Iowa, Texas
and Oklahoma.
Fifteen Persons Were Injured st West
Plains, Motive Persons Killed Near
Browning, Mo.-First Rainfall ~
Ft. Worth Tex, In Three Months.

ST. LOUIS, Aug. PA severe wind
storm visited the states of Illinois, Mis-
souri,, Iowa, Texas and Oklahoma ter
ritory Saturday. Several lives were
lost and much property destroyed.
Electrical discharges and heavy rain
accompanied the storm of wind.
At Efingham, ILL.,, the electric light
plant, the Austin planning mill, the
Trade palace and the Austin college
we're unroofed. All wires are down
and the city was in darkness Saturday
night.
At Mendoza, ILL.,, Pohls' hotel and
several residences were unroofed. All
the grain fields about Mascoutah, ILL.,,
were destroyed
At West Plains, Mo-, the storm was
severe upon light structures. The
grand stand at the ball park, where q
game was in progress, was blown
down, and Is persons were injured
The most seriously injured are:
Nellie Risley, head hurt and other in
juries; Florence Risley, severe bruises
on the body; Earl Evans, arm broken;
Jesse Orchard, scalp wound; Emma
Jennings, head hurt; w. II. Zorn,
spinal injuries; John Barton, spinal in.
juries
Near Browning, Mo-, the farm house
of Thomas Gooch was blown down.
Goochs wife and infant son were
killed The public school building at
st. James, Mo-, was totally wrecked
and the Drummond hotel unroofed.
At Edna, Mo-, Peter Lorrey, a boy
was killed by a falling tree.
At Fort Worth, Tex, general rain
fell, for the first time in over three
months. The downpour extended into
the Pan n-handle country as far as Clar
endon, and on the Texas and Pacific
west to Midland.
At Guthrie, Okla, the long dry spell
was broken by a heavy rain, the tenn
perature dropping nearly forty degrees
in few hours
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-08-27
spanisrds Dsfestsd the Insurgents.

HAVANA, Aug. 22.-Ihe Spanish
force, commanded by Col. Hernandez,
has had three engagements with rebels,
under Bermudez, near Isabel, province
of Pinar del Rio. Fifteen of the rebels
were killed The troops lost a captain
and 81 privates wounded.
Gen. Bosh reports that the rebel
leader Rabi attacked convoy at
Jiguani, near Bayamo. The insur-
gents were repulsed. Their losses are
unknown. Twenty-Five of the troops
were wounded The troops found a
number of unexploded torpedoes in the
road.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-08-27
TWO DEsPERADoEs
Captured and Jailed 1t McKeesport. Ps.-
The Third One Still At Large.

Captured and Jailed 1t McKeesport. Pa.-
The Third One Still 1t Large.
McKEEsPoRT, Pa, Aug. 24.-Walter
Russell was captured in the woods
near here Sunday. and lodged IN jail
with his brother, Samuel Russell. The
Russelis, with third desperate, John
Parker, fatally assaulted and robbed an
unknown Pole on freight train on
the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie railroad
Saturday night and afterward shot
Edward Lewis, of Boston. Pa, who at
tempted to arrest them when the train
arrived at that place. The bullet
struck Lewis under the eye, passing
through his neck. He has bare
chance of recovery. Parker is still at
large and is being hunted by officers
and citizens. All three of the men are
notorious burglars.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-08-27
Scientists Gathering at Buffalo.

BUFFALO, N. Y, Aug. 24.-Men of
learning from every part of the coun-
try are filing up the hotels prepara-
tory to the great gathering Of scien-
lists, which will be in progress
throughout the coming fortnight. The
conventions will include those of the
American Association for the Advance
ment of Science, the American Mathe-
matical society, the American Chemical
society and the American Geological
society. Meetings of the executive
committees of these organizations are
being held.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-08-27
HhEADERS TO C0NSULT


PHILADELPHIA, Aug. oA-It Is said
that within the next month Gen.
Eatrada Palma, the minister pleni.
potentiary of the Cuban republic to
the United States, and Gonzales Que
sada, the secretary of the legation.
with other prominent supporters OF
the revolutionary cause, will go to
Cuba to consult with President Cisneros
@ the future conduct of the battle for
freedom.
Gems. Gomez and Maceo are both
raid to have expressed the opinion that
nothing can be accomplished under the
present system of lighting. They do
not want to go on struggling, ss dur
ing the ten years war, with no hope Of
gaining the freedom of the island un.
less they secure recognize as belliger.
ents from the United States. To do this
II is claimed by both the commanders
that they must inaugurate campaign
of the most destructive character.
Heretofore when parts of their armies
have invaded town they have simply
driven the Spanish forces out, and then
have themselves retreated.
Their plan now is to make forced
marches upon all Of the interior cities,
and after effecting their capture de.
stroy them. They can not do this,
however, without the sanction of the
Cuban junta in the United States, and
It is for the purpose of set
tling the issue thus raised that
Palma, Quesada and others have been
summoned to the island How these
leaders will get to Cuba is, of course, q
mystery to all save themselves. It Is
stated on good authority that three
large expeditions are to be sent out
from different places in this country
and that they will unite and land ct q
designated point The vessels will be
armed and prepared to fight II they
should be overtaken by Spanish cruis-
ers At the same time that the three
large expeditions 60 out there will be
other ships sent to the coast as decoys.
The leaders in tho movement have nc
apprehension of their ability to effect q
landing. It is expected that the confer.
snce between Cisneros, Palma, Quesada
and others will result In decision to
start both of the armies of Gomez and
Naceo on the aggressive about the 1st
Of October, and that when town ID
captured it will be destroyed.
Maceo, it is said, would like to in
augurate line of action something
akin to Sherman's march to the sea,
and it is believed that he will have hi
q wav
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-08-27
SECRETARY Smiths Resignation.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24-Secretary
Smith had just returned from five-
mile spin on his bicycle Sunday even
ing when he was seen by the United
Associated Presses reporter. He said
he had no further information to add
to that already made public about his
resignation from the cabinet. The in
terror department will be left tn charge
Of First Assistant Secretary Sims on
September 1, next, unless, in the mean
time, the president names successor
to Mr.. Smith.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-08-27
Ll HUNG oHANo.


xho Rro9ra0no. Ter the Entertainments
Of the DlstinguisAsd visitor Announced.
NEW YoRx, Aug. ss.--The following
programme respecting the visit of the
Chinese viceroy, Ii Hung Chang, was
announced Friday afternoon by Secre-
tary Of War Lamont.
Earl Ii Hung Chang, special smbas-
sador from the emperor Of China, will
arrive in New York by the steamship
st. Louis on August 2s. Maj. Gen.
Thos. II. Ruger, U. 8. A., command.
ing the department Of the east
who has been designated by the
president to act as his representative
will meet him on his arrival and escort
him with detachment of the Sixth
regiment, United States cavalry, to the
Waldorf house, where he will remain
during his stay in New York as the
guest of the nation. The state depart
ment will be represr nted by w. w.
Rockhill, first assistant secretary Of
state. Gen. Ruger will attend
the, viceroy during his So
journ in this country and be
in charge Of all arrangements pertain-
ing to his visit. The president of the
United States, who is to be in the city
as the guest of ex-Secretary of the
Navy VIM. c. Whitney, will receive
the special ambassador at Mr.. Whit
neys residence on the day following
his arrival, the secretary of state, the
secretary of the treasury, the secre-
tary of war, and possibly other mem.
bers Of the cabinet being present.
On Sunday visit will be made to
Gen. Grants tomb at Riverside. Mon
day will be spent in a trip to the mill
tary academy at West Point by the
United States steamship Dolphin and a
sail under the Brooklyn bridge and up
the East river. On Tuesday the party
will be entertained at lunch by
represent tative business men Of
New York, and later in the day
an opportunity will be given the Chi.
nose residents Of the city to meet the
earl, by arrangement with the Chinese
consul. Wednesday will be occupied
by visit to Brooklyn on the invita-
ton of the mayor Of that city, and in
the evening the viceroy will be rendered
review of the Seventh regiment IN its
armory. On Thursday the party will
go by the Pennsylvania railroad to
Philadelphia, where suitable entertain
ment will be provided, and Friday and
Saturday will be spent in Washington
and Sunday at Niagara Falls. where
the viceroy will be met by representa-
tives of the Canadian government who
will escort him to Vancouver from
which port he will sail for home.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-08-27
Americans Undsrsellins the Germans.

Americans UnderseNiD0 the 0ermsnS.
WASHINGTON, Aug. M.-A report re-
ceived at the department of state from
Consul VIM. D. Warner, at Cologne,
shows that Americans are undersslling
the Germans in barbed wire and wire
nails in Japan. Hamburg importing
houses are forced to buy the American
wire because their customers have be-
gun to purchase it directly from the
United States. American competition,
though felt elsewhere, has been espe-
cially noticeable in Japan.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-08-27
Sulphur Trust.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24.--Deputy Con-
sui Ritter reports to the department of
state from Catania the formation
of the Anglo-Sicilian sulphur trust.
The capital is R1,O00,0 900, furnished
by italian, French and English cap
italists The company will be known
as the Angio-Sicilian Sulphur Co.,
limited, and will have headquarters in
London. The United States consumes
about 10000 tons Of the Sicilian pro
duct per year; and higher prices, Mr..
Ritter says, will cause great injury to
the acid makers and manufacturers OF
the United States.