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Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-06-08
Some Old Fish.

observed an official Of the fish commits
sion, in reply to question. "Prof.
Baird devoted a great deal of time to
the question as to length of life of fish,
and he found that the ordinary carp, if
not interfered with, would live 500
years In his writing on the subject he
stated that there are now living in the
Royal aquarium in Russia several carp
that are known to be over 300 years old; ;
that he has ascertained in number of
cases that whales live to be over 200
years old. A gentleman in Baltimore
has had an ordinary goldfish for sixty
three years, and his father informed
him that he had purchased it over forty
years before it came into his possession"
washington Star.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-06-08
Sell Everything.

In country town in Kentucky there
is a store where they sell most every
thing The Young man who does the
selling intends to be brilliant hand at
repartee some day. Meanwhile lie prac-
tees on the patrons in general, with a
preference for colored patrons. An old
.Saunty," with mellow Fifteenth CEN
fury finish on her cheekbones, came in
one market day and inquired, You
amt got no eends O satin cut squintin'
is you?'' II didn't say | hadn't aunty. :"
"Well, you needn't be so smart, mister.
I amt arst you isn't you; | arst you
amt Won rs Won? %
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-06-08
Too Much for Them.

The Tenderloin is the home Of the
faded stomach, which is perhaps not the
least of several Enthusiastically faded
things. That the digestive machinery
of the average man who is an item in
the life of the district should be normal
is something entirely out of the PROPOSE
ton: for if he does not dine to equity
overinduIgence, he probably dimes very
infrcquently and fills his meal times and
his stomach with drinks. Thus both of
these classes reach the same result by
different methods, and it was from these
that the Tamale drew the paying part
of its custom.
Col Boykin Ford of Georgia, who is
something of a fire eater in his way, has
called this Spanish restaurant "a gas
tronomic Inferno" And certainly man
with a normal stomach who swallowed
part of one of the peppery dishes would
FEEL as though he had gulped down a
section of the placeswhich Dante so ably
wrote up. Amos Cummings was just
such a person. He took friend to dine
there some time ago, and ordered Chill
con carne and a dozen other things he
knew not Of One mouthful and the
faces of the diners became very rcd,
their eyes dstended and the jaws
dropped helplessly. They crammed
their napkins into their blistered mouths
and moaned.
''What will you gentlemen have to
drink?'' asked the waiter.
1.-TWO pints of Ponds Extract, quick!'
family replied Cummings. York
Morning Journal.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-06-08
Telling Time by the Stars.

"Plenty of people can tell the time by
the sum- said one of the Ogallala In
dian chiefs now here on department.
al business, ''but even our boys and girls
can tell the time by the stars-do tell
the time by the stars. You have to
stand in a particular place, and, to be
accurate about the same place each
night. In little time any one can learn
about how fast star moves. Having
a start from watch, clock, or from
shutdown, it is easy enough to calculate
it won't work on cloudy nights, as the
suntime telling does not work during
cloudy days, but for all ordinary oc-
casions it is rarely that an Indian ever
looks at watch or clock, even if he
has one, which is very seldom. and the
Indian children never. Washington
Evanino Star
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-06-08
SPELLING REFORM.
Regents Object to It's Use in University of
New York Reports.

Regents Object to It's Use in University of
New York Reports.
Some person who, to his sorrow, had
to deal with an examination paper made
out by the regents of the University
of the state of New York, was surprised
to find several unfamiliar looking
words, such as ''hypotenuse," "catalog'
and "Michaelangelo," and ne wrote q
letter of protest to the Sun. That
paper called upon the regents ito stop
the use of the ragtag and bobtail spell
ing in their examination papers without
delay and Whitelaw Reid, one Of the
regents, wrote to Mr.. Dewey, secre-
tary of the board, that SO important
and representative an educational body
should not be committed to such notable
innovations without the formal action
of the members.
Secretary Dewey answered that lie
had been very conservative about rs
ing new forms of spelling since he is
known as spelling reformer, but he
cited various authorities for the forms
to which objection had been made. Mr..
Reid, writing from Arizona, replied that
the mere existence of an authority
would not justify change from COM
mon usage. He said: 1.-THE very fact
that these spellings are not in general
use in the schools of the state should
forbid our use of them in examination
papers intended for the pupils of these
schools Even if such spelling is adj
mitted to be a reform, it is not the
business of body organized like the
board of regents, to upset the spelling
books of the state by leading in such a
reform, but only to conform to it when
it has been generally accepted. We. at
least, should avoid the barbarous husi-
ness Of vivisection on our noble living
English. Such changes as ere needful
should so far as we are concerned, come
as in nature, slowly and not artifcially,
but in the order of growth"
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-06-08
Took the Wrong Bag.

A man in Lewiston, Me-. tells this
story of a burglars visit The thief en-
tered the Lewistonite's house through
the cellar and filled a bran sack which
he brought with him with silver. The
next morning, when the theft was dis
covered. the trail was followed to the
cellar, where the silver was all found in
the bran sack, and it was also found
that an old meal bag, which had been
filled with tin cans, ETC., preparatory to
being carried off to a dumping place,
was gone. The robber had probably
taken uD the wrong bag
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-06-08

quarter of the population, and spend
their life in travelling from one little
colony or station as it is called, to
another. The name ''sundowner' is ap-
piled to them for the reason that the
suns setting is a signal for their COM
ing. The stations being so far apart
twenty or thirty miles. or even more
the people have not the heart to send
them adrift to the bush, to so hungry
for the night, and they are recognized as
a necessary evil. The well-to-do farmers
have usually a travellers hut" and reg
ular rations are served out to these way
farers, a pound of the inevitable mutton
a pannikin or dipper of -four. the water
bag reflled and a bunk for the night.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-06-08
A Merry Act.

A gentlemanly person, who had seen
better days, but still had a good suit of
clothes on his back, once ordered most
recherche dinner in a Regent street
restaurant The walters We're most OBJ
sequious TO one of such excellent taste,
and pressed him to take lqueurs after his
banquet; he obliged them, and still, with
a handsome fee in prospect, they begged
to know what more they could do for
him. BE SO good" he said, ''as to
fetch policeman He had not a cent
to pay his bill. and he did not want to be
kicked out. which might have damaged
his apparel, but desired to place himself
under the protection of the civil force.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-06-08
Got Jeferson's Autograph.

A clever Connecticut weman wanted
to see the performance of a play in New
York and who also wanted Jefferson S
autograph She intended to make Up a
party to come down for the play, and
when she was ordering the seats bright
idea struck her. She drew her check
payable to the order Of Joseph Jeffer-
son, and a day or two ago it came back
to her bank with the autograph of the
comedian neatly endorsed upon it..
That autograph is now pasted in the
woman's album with a little note ex-
planning the nature of the check
BROOKLYN Life.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-06-08
BATHED IN LoURDEs GRoTTo.
Health Restored to Mrs. Everson of San
Ia Cruz. Cal.

Health Restored to Mrs. EVerson of San
TIA Cruz, Cal.
Mrs. Zenobia Everson. who has visited
Santa Cruz each winter for the past
eight years, has returned from an eX-
tended visit to Iourdes, France, where
she claims to have been cured of a mall
adv which she and her physicians had
cisco Call. Mrs. Everson was born in
France, but has been resident of Amer
lea since her childhood. For ten years
she suffered and many times was at the
point of death.
While visiting in Santa Cruz Mrs.
Everson read of the miraculous cures at
Lourdes and determined to go there.
She started alone across the continent
and ocean to seek the healing waters.
She sailed in June and arrived in
Lourdes on July 4, 1896. There she re-
manned six weeks. visiting the grottO
daily, spending much time in prayer,
joining the procession which every after
noon proceeds from the grotto along the
river, around the plaza and to the Church
of the Rosary.
Mrs. Everson took but three of the
baths. Then came day when, during
the procession, there came to her an in
describable physical transition Through
her whole body, to the very fnger-tips,
she felt the thrill of a mighty change.
She was cured of the disease that was
wasting her vitality.
From that day until now she has stead
lily improved in health and strength
There has been no return of pain, of
inconvenience or of unfavorable symp-
toms. Her eye is vigorous and bright
and Mrs. Everson is so vigorous that
she walks long distances and feels no
weakness.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-06-08
Bicycle Alarms.

Bicyclers who indulge in club runs,
or who travel in small parties along
country roads. where the members of
the party may at times be widely sep
arated, will be interested in an idea
which bright Wheelman has introduced
in the bicycle clubs of France. In that
country the whistle is much preferred
to the bell as Il means of alarm, and
for club runs" or use when more than
two cyclists go touring. This wheelman
has established perfect code of signals,
in which he uses short and long sounds
on his whistle. Some of these signals
follow:
Ordinary alarm, three short notes:
Halt, one lOng-drawn note:
'.Come ahead" or "FOllOW me-" two long
Where are your or eve are here, y
three half long notes: -
Turn to the right one long-drawn note,
Turn to the left one long-drawn note,
two short: -
Look out! there is danger ahead" ten
sharp notes in quick succession:
Call for help, three short and one long
note, several times in succession:
These signals are now pretty we'll I'M
derstoOd among the clubs, and even out
siders have begun to use them. 1t might
benefit American bicyclists to take the
matter up, and introduce similar code
of signals in this country.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-06-08
Truth a Virtue.

''Sam. I find you are an incorrigible
story teller. Did you ever III your life
tell the truth?''
"Massa. de truth am virtue, am it
notY'
Eyes. Sam. it is: but I'm afraid you
lack that virtue"
mo, sab. dat am not so. 1t am such
powerful good virtue, sab, an Is got
so much Oh it. sab. dat Is am not goin'
to let any of it escape, SOS Is done
waste any Of it, sab. Harper Round
Table.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-06-08
Monster New Steamer.

The large steamship on the stocks in
Messrs. Harland & VOLTS for the Ham
burg American company, is to be called
the Pennsylvania. In point Of size it
will eclipse anything now afoat. The
length of the vessel will be $50 feet, the
beam 62 feet, and the depth ~ feet.
The displacement tonnage will be 10000
capacity, and accommodations for 1900
steerage and 200 saloon passengers.
The Pennsylvania will be ready early
NEXT wear
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-06-08
Railway to PoDo eatepetl.

A Mexican dispatch says that engi-
neers have completed the survey of the
volcano Popocarepetl for the purpose or
determining the best location for an
aerial cable railway to the summit. 1t
has been determined to start the lie
from the ranch Of Timacus on the north
west and tourists will he able to make
the ascent to the summit. nearly $4,000
and also descend into the crater. where
the work of extracting sulphur is going
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-06-08
Striking Electrical Advertisement

A very striking and novel form of
electrical advertising is to be attempted
at the opening of the Earls' Court ex-
hibition in London. A sign containing
a series of luminous words formed of in
candescent lamps will be constructed.
The letters of the words will be raised
800 feet from the ground, and each letter
will be 40 feet in height. The whole
sign will cover an area of about 10000
square feet From tests that have been
made it is expected that the illumined
letters will be visible on a clear night
at a distance of six to eight miles, but
whether they will be legible SO far away
remains to be seen.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-06-08
Salvation Army Cavalry Corps.

Brig. William Evans Of PhlIadeIph1a,
commander of the Atlantic Coast di-
vision of the Salvation army, proposes to
organize cavalry company of Saliva
tionists. They will be well mounted
and armed with musical instruments,
and will visit all parts of the territory
under the brigadier's command. The
corps will be under the command of staff
Cant Blanche Cox
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-06-08
Mural Mnrmnr.

A 15-year-old English girl has mitral
nlurmur of the heart so strong that it can
be heard twelve feet away when she has
her clothes on. If she is placed with
chest exposed three feet from a closed
door the sound can be heard by a per-
son standing at the same distance from
the other side of the door. The heart is
not enlarged or dilated, and the only in
convenience felt by the patient is that
she easily gets out of breath.-Lancet.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-06-08
TripIets Lived Over Eighty Years.

The death in Pennsylvania of one of
the remarkable triplets has occurred, and
the aged trio, who have lived almost
eighty-two years, are now separated.
Mrs Amos Barndt, who resided in Marl-
borough township, expired Friday She
was daughter Of the Rev George. Rel
triplets to die. The survivors are Tobias
and Jesse Keller. Her age was 81
years II months and days She was
the mother of sixteen children, ten of
whom survive.-Baitimor American.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-06-08
Railway Ticket Machine.

The latest Development of the nickel
in-the-slot idea is machine that auto
matically sells railway and ferry tickets
It's only drawback is that it cannot make
change. Besides selling tickets. it saves
the cost of printing them. A blank roll
of paper of the width of the ordinary
ticket is placed on a bracket at the top
of the machine and as the successive
nickels are dropped through the slot, it
is reeled off by a mechanism actuated by
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-06-08
The Most Crowded Spot.

It is stated that the most crowded spot
on the earths surface is the ''Manderag
gio.'' in the city of Valetta, in Malta.
Upon spot in that place, about two and
one-half acres in extent, no fewer than
2574 live. This is at the rate of $780, 900
per square mile, or 1O17 to an acre.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-06-08
Had Heard it Before.

A travelling man, well known in the
bottoms. had occasion to pay business
visit 20 Lebanan, O., one day last week.
He was accompanied, as usual, by a
large and varied assortment of trunks
and grips. When he alighted from the
train he Immediately set about to find a
drayman TO haul the trunks and grips
TO the hotel. He hadn't long to look
for a veteran, gray-haired son of Ham
approached him and solicited the job.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-06-08

Burglars broke into the barracks of
the One Hundred and Thirtieth Infan-
try regiment in the Rue de Babylone, in
Paris. recently, carried off the safe with
$50. 600 bodily. and, forcing the colonel's
safe stole his private valuables.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-06-08
Knew the Size.

Joe Natus had German friend from
Hoboken visiting him yesterday The
visitor was accompanied by his little boy.
In the course of their wanderings up
Broadway the little boy cried for new
hat, and they entered prominent store.
What size does he wear?' asked the
clerk.
Il don't know replied the boys
father.
After a number of trials the boy was
finally fitted. AS the hat was being
wrapped up the energetic clerk said to
the Hobokenite: Cant [ sell you one
Of our latest styles?" After some argu-
ment he induced him to consider the
investment
What size do you wear?" he said to
the German visitor.
Il don't know. What size has my boy
gotY'
six and seven-eighths,' replied the
clerk.
We'll, then gif me nine, ten, eleven"
said the customer-New York World.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-06-08
Painless Dentistry.

Painless dentistry is no longer an ad-
vertising fiction. DR.. H. H. Schuhmann,
a German scientist and dental surgeon
of Chicago, has discovered that electric
ity can render numb any nerve in the
tation of live tooth, if necessary, with
out the slightest pain to the person op-
Grated uDOn
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-06-08
Tramps i'm Australia.

A correspondent of the Boston Tran
for tramps. They comprise about one
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-06-08
Get Them by Force.

There had been lack of men joining
tint .anks, according to Harper's Round
Table and the colonel was visiting re-
cruiting station, inspecting the workings
terrific noise of shouting and shuf1ing of
feet came through the open window.
Now it came from the stairways inter
mingled with sundry loud bumps and
knocks, and the door burst open, showing
a red-faced perspiring little sergeant
Country Country lad. The latter Was doing his
bet to escape the firm grip of the sol
der.
Halt" cried the colonel. How is
this, sir?'' he said to the sergeant rs
this the way to secure recruits-by force,
sirY'
The red-faced sergeant looked up and
down, then at the colonel and blurted
out, Sure, sir the only way to get them
volunteers is by force. sir"
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1896-02-06

An old journalist tells reporting
incident of his young days. II was
sent, !" he says, 'tto meeting held in
the Lesser Queen Street hall, Edin-
burgh, to report a meeting in connec-
tion with some kind Of young men s
improvement society, at which the late
Lord MoncrieH was expected to speak.
/ cannot exactly fix the date, but as /
was then engaged on the now defunct
Caledonian Mercury, it must have been
over 80 years ago. At that time the
'Darwinian theory and the 'Vestiges of
Creation were creating much excite
ment in Edinburgh, as elsewhere, but,
except to select few, it was not known
that the late DR.. Robert Chambers was
the author of the latter work Lord
(then Mr.. Moncrieff took occasion to
refer to the controversy, and created
roars of laughter by his ridicule of Oar
winism
"When he concluded, a gentleman
sitting at the back of the hall, among
the common ruck of the audience, rose
and respectfully asked permission to put
a question to the 'Darwinian critic.
There were cries Of .Namer Come for
ward I ETC., but he modestly declined,
remarking, i'll effect, that he only
wished to ask the speaker if he had read
Darwin s Origin Of Species Mr.. Mon
crieff at once promptly replied that he
had not, but that he had studied re-
views of it, etc. I thought so, quietly
observed the stranger, who moved to-
ward the door. amid jeers and cries of
'Namer He turned upon the platform
and its occupants and the bowling young
gentlemen with withering glare, and
said, My name is of no consequence
here, but as you demand it, it is Tom
Che did not say Thomas) Huxley -
oad' a Marcnrv
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1896-02-06
A CONVENT PRISON.

The Consideration With which Women
Prisoners Are Treated In Austria.
In Austria a woman, no matter what
she may do, is never regarded or treated
quite as criminal. She may rob, burn,
kill--set every law at defiance, in fact,
and break all the commandments in
turn-without fear of ever being called
upon to face gallows. She is not even
sent to an ordinary prison TO do penance
for her sins. The hardest fate that can
befall her indeed is to be compelled to
take up her abode for a time in a con
vent. There the treatment meted out to
her is not SO much justice seasoned with
mercy as mercy seasoned, and none too
well, with justice. Even in official re-
ports she is an 'erring sister ''-one who
has. it is true, strayed from the narrow
path, but quite involuntarily.
The convent to which Vienna sends
its erring sisters is at Neudorf, only
few miles away from the city. There
any woman no is convicted of either
crime or misdemeanor is at once trans
ported. The judge before whom she is
tried decides Of course how long she
shall remain. He may, too, if be deems
it right, give orders that while there she
shall pass day in solitary confinement
from time to time and on these occa-
sions be less plentifully supplied with
food than usual.
In the great majority of cases, how
ever, no instructions Of this kind are
given. The women are simply handed
over to the keeping Of the superior of
the convent, to be dealt with as she
thinks best. She houses them, feeds
them, clothes them and provides them
with instruction and occupation, and the
government gives her for what she does
35 kreutzers day for each prisoner un-
der her care.
So long as these women are in the
convent the full responsibility for their
safe keeping and general we'll being
rests ON the superior, and in return she
is allowed practically free hand in
her management of them. There are, it
is true, certain regulations in force with
regard to the amount of work they may
be required to do and the punishments
that may be inflicted ON them, but these
are not Of nature to interfere seriously
with her freedom Of action. She is, in
fact, virtually an autocrat within her
own domain, and there are not half a
dozen women in Europe today who have
so much power for the veal or woe Of
their fellows as she has --Cornhill Mag
.-t--