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Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-06-15
SERVING MEALS.
What is Necessary to Make Dinner an
Artistic Feast.

What is Necessary to Make Dinner an
Artistic Feast.
Order and promptness do more toward
making a meal enjoyable than all the
savory dishes in the world if served in a
slovenly manner and twenty minutes aft
er dinner has been announced. Do not
ring the bell until everything is ready for
the table, and see to it that every dish
is immaculate and made to look as appe-
tizing as possible. Cold meats or salads
may always be garnished so as to form
an attractive spot on the table. 1t is
wonderful to what degree an artistic
arrangement Of the yiands will tempt a
tagging appetite.
See that bread is cut in dainty slices,
neither too large nor too thick, and that
it is laid in a dainty pile on the plate.
See that the butter is fresh and clean
cut. Keep the leftover" bits for cook
ing.
See that the salt cellars are evenly
filed and that the openings of the pepper
box are not all stuffed up.
Have the dessert all served on the side
board and keep the coffAe hot in the urn.
A careful housewife will not allow her
table to become mussy during the meal;
she avoids this by quickly removing soup
plates and dishes after each course.
A clever cook can SO transform the
simplest dish as to be hardly recogniza-
able. Veal outlets served plainly are
good, but veal outlets Dreaded and served
with tomato sauce are excellent and so
very little more trouble.
Broiled beefsteak is good, but broiled
beefsteak dressed with butter and -four
rubbed together is a dish for the gods.
Whenever it is possible use garnishes of
Philadelphia Times.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-06-15
Strict Etinnette.

In Baron Rothschild's recent book of
anecdotes he tells some curious tales OF
the extremely stringent rules of etiquette
which prevailed at the French court i'll
the reign Of Louis the Sixteenth. Marie
Antoinette christened the Comtesse de
Noailles Madame Etiquette once
when she fell from a donkey i'll her
private grounds, she jumper to her feet
and cried out, laughing: go and fetch
Nine. de Noailles; she will tell us what
is prescribed for a Queen of France
when she falls off a donkey" One cold
winter night, when the Queen was I'M
dressing, the maid was handing her the
chemise de mutt when the lady-in- wait
ing came in, to whom, as being of su-
perior rank, the garment had to be given
over She could not touch it, however,
until she had removed her gloves, and
before that operation had been per
formed. the Duchess d'Orleans, a prin-
cess of the blood, turned up, and after
her the Comtesse de Provence, who was
of higher rank still, SO that the chemise
had to be handed from one to the other,
while the Queen stood waiting and shiv-
ering. At last unable to contain herself
any longer, she exclaimed: at is odious!
What a nuiSance"'
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-06-15
Oldest Living Physician.

A medical journal says that probably
the oldest physician in active practice in
America is DR.. G. F. HI. Wilgohs of
Doylestown, O., who is still practising
Of az man Of GO. reads the he NEWSPAPERS npRsni
without the aid of glasses and eats
three hearty meals each day. He is an
habitual smoker, but never used tobacco
until he was so years old. He attribu-
ties his longevity to heredity and to care
full regularity in all his habits of life.
He says that for 300 years the male
members of his family who have died
natural deaths all lived to be 100 or
more. His grandfather Graded wheat
two days in succession at the age of
LOG, and died from overheating himself.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-06-15

well adapted to the conditions for which
it was designed, and that they gave ideal
economic results when perfectly handled.
Stoker engines, he said, use from one
fifth to two-fifths of 1 per cent. of the
steam generated, while fan blasts use
from 3 to 5 per cent. and steam blasts
use from to II per cent. of the steam
generated. A defect common to each of
the stokers named is, a too scanty air
space in the CRATE. Neither stoker,'
the author concluded. will develop as
much capacity as will hand-firing with
stationary CRATES, having the same draft
and coal conditions. Suckers, however,
are not only more constant in the power
developed than is hand-fred CRATE,
but are more responsive to fluctuations
in the power demands. The stoker is al
ways in the condition that a hand
worked fire is in just after its clean
ing-i. e., always clean and ready for
n mil -
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-06-15
Luck Comes at Last to an Old Miner

Dick Willoughby, perhaps the best
known character in all Alaska, and the
man who last year made his first visit
in thirty years out of the territory, COM
ing to Seattle and seeing for the first
time street cars and other "things," has,
according to the Alaska News, made
a small fortune by sale of some mining
property The News says:
Another sale of mining property wa was
effected a few days ago involving $780,
600, and the deal was conducted SO quiet
ly and with such little ostentation that
it is doubtful if a dozen people know Of it
at all. The sale is bona ide, out-and-
out sale; there being no conditional bonds
or anything of that sort connected with
it. and the cash is now on deposit in one
of the banks in San Francisco. Dick
Willoughby and Dick Johnson are the
persons who will receive this lump sum,
the sale having been conducted through
George Garside, assisted by Charles
Garside, who are representing Eastern
capital. The property is known as the
Mountain King group of claims and lies
a short distance above the Alaska-Wii-
loughby company's claims at Funter Bay,
ON Admiralty island. Seattle Post-In-
talligencer.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-06-15
Needed only to Talk.

A lady, more famed for her looks
than her wit, complained in Sophie Ar
nould's presence Of being beset by a
host of admirers oh said Sophie, ct
is easy for you to get rid of them. You
need only talk A critic of Beaumar-
chais' play, ''The Marriage of Figaro, .
told her it would be a failure. Eyes"
said she, $50 it will. but it will fail fifty
times running" She one day met a
physician with gun, on the lookout for
game. where are you going in this
way?' she asked 'To see a patient
be answered. ooh, DOCTOR" she replied.
''you are evidently afraid of missing
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-06-15
Was Oyer-cautious.

One of the attendants at Philadel-
phia hospital, whose duty it is to apply
the ether to patients about to be operated
upon, often causes the doctors much an
noyance by reason Of his over-caution.
The other day patient was about to
be operated upon, and the old difficulty
arose Nov, doctor, he's really had
quite enough remarked the attendant.
The doctor thought otherwise. and insist
ed upon more ether. Remonstrat ting
against applying any more, the attendant
was about to comply with the doctors
patient is dying. He's black in the
facet 'sOf course he is, you - fool,
replied the doctor; hes negro"
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-06-15

ants worked to bring UP bath tub OF
water. In kegs, in pitchers and IN foot
tubs it was brought to the. second story
from a sparkling source in the base
ment ''All ready now, SIR announced
the valet.
James, said the man Of the house.
after breakfast, you have been a good
man-sevrant for fveG years. But you
are getting too much{use to the place
You are discharged. Next time don
play tricks upon an indulgent master.
That black water you brought up would
have poisoned me"
Eventually the architect was called in.
and finally bathroom architect. When
he saw the tub of black water he laughed
aloud. Paint your ceiling white instead
of terra Gotta and you will have no more
black baths" he said
Marble house. Newport, gets its name
not only from the external appearance,
but from the exquisite marble fittings
of the bath and bathroom. There is a
white marble bathtub. set i'll a white
marble room. Adjoining is white mar
BILE resting room, provided with an abun-
dance of cushions; and there is also a
white marble shelfroom like the steam
room Of Turkish bath. This can be
flooded with moist heat and very good
Turkish or Russian bath improvised.
The house was planned by Mrs. Willy
X Vanderbilt for a summer residence,
and six connecting rooms are given UP TO
bathing There are three marble bath
rooms, all opening into the shelf or
steam ROOM The bath of the mistress
of the house is sunken in the floor. At
the head stands the favorite bathroom
figure, a cherubim with umbrella over
his head. In this most perfect bath the
umbrella furnishes a shower bath There
is a steady drip from it's points. and
when the umbrella is removed, which
is done by lifting it from it's pedestal,
the shower falls in gentle spray.
The favorite bath for women is the
altar of rose bath The cost of such a
bath is $40 But this is not so very ex-
cessive when one thinks what it does
for the complexion and comfort. To
scent the hair there is a bath used by
both men and women. 1t is flower
bath of an almost indescribable sort.
Dried rose petals, highly scented from
the rose jar, are sewn into a small cap,
which is fitted over the head and left on
during the bath. The hair gets perma-
nent perfume in this way.
Men are more fond of bathing than
women. Their systems react more read
ily Men take more baths in winter.
but actual statistics could convince the
unbelieving public of this, or a canvass
of households. The man of the house
enjoys a good bathroom as much or more
than the women, who care less for
splashings
In planning a sleeping room for him
self the man of means requests q pri-
vate adjoining bath. And in fitting it up
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-06-15
Tins Condition.

The mayoral chair Of a Northern town
was occupied by man of great generosi-
ty. Among the applicants who sought
relief from him during his tenure of Of
oe Was TIM '1 who ased tbe
loan Of a few pounds to buy a donkey
and cart and set up in the rag and bone
business.
''Well, Tim" said the mayor, 1'if /
give you this money. how are you going
to pay me?'
thought struck him, he blurted out:
well, yer worship, if We are kind
enough to give me the money I'll tell you
what I'll do: I'll name the donkey after
yer worship -Tid-Bits.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-06-15
MAKING A MINE.

In Some Instances it Costs Nothing-In
Others the Cost is Millions.
There are no hard and fast rules in
regard to making a mine from the time
it passes into the prospectors hands I'M
til it becomes dividend payer. Many
mines are such, as the miners say, from
the grass roots" and turn out large
quantities Of ore from the beginning.
j. B. Haggin, the millionaire mine
owner took 100000 from the Custer
mine, in Lemhi county, Idaho, before it
became necessary to use a candle. This
mine was known as the Mineral Mount
ain. "A man came along one day, and
after looking at it remarked, "Why, the
hanging wall is gone This was true.
Nature had assisted the miner in this
case; the mountain side had been eroded,
leaving the mineral standing there. Mr..
Haggin also spent about S3,0OO,OOO III
developing the Anaconda mine before it
was on paying basis
Mines have been discovered containing
fabulous wealth, although a prospector
would starve to death in trying to work
them. This was true in regard to the
Homestake mine, in the Black Hills.
The prospectors who made the discovery
could do nothing with it, and it passed
into the hands of Senator Hearst and
other California capitalists. They con-
Guided that, unless it was worked on q
large scale it could not be made profit
able. An eighty-stamp mill was ordered
and shipped in from Cheyenne at a cost
of $135.O00, as an experiment. The mine
has paid in dividends $37. 800 a month
for seventeen years.
1t requires a large amount OF money
usually to put a mine on d dividend
paying basis, and, as rule, this the
prospector cannot do, although pros
pectors have made fortunes with their
properties. - Spokane Spokesman-Re-
view
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-06-15
BLISTERED FEET.
Should be Bathed Before Retiring with
Strong Salt and Water.


Strong Salt and Water.
Blisters, which are necessarily so very
painful, should be bathed on going to
bed with strong salt and water, for
which, if they are tender. it is an excel
lent thing to add just a very little vine
gar and fine pounded alum.
People who suffer very much in this
way will always do. we'll to wear rather
thick-soled boots, having them especially
made, as it is most important for any
one who has very tender feet that their
boots should be perfectly fitting. Into
these boots a pair of lambs wool socks
should be thickly spread over with soft
soap on the inside of the foot Of the
socks.
If the blisters come up very high it is
wise to let out the accumulated fluid by
running a darning needle through the
upper surface of the blister. II it is al
lowed to break the surface of the skin
it is apt to become very sore, sometimes
being very difficult to heal.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-06-15
Aluminium in the United States.

The Revue DIES Sciences, in the course
of an article OH aluminium, gives some
very striking statistics to show how rap
idly the production of it has increased
in the United States since 1883, in which
year it did not exceed S3 pounds. In
1886 the production had increased to
5000 pounds, in 1889 to 47,46S pounds,
in 1891 to 150,O50 pounds. and in 1898
total was $4,000 pounds. The Iron Age
puts the production for 1895 at $4,000
pounds, and estimates that this year it
will not fall short of 5000 pounds per
diem
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-06-15
a Cycle Wedding.

A most original marriage ceremony
took place at Harwich, England, few
days ago The curate of the church re-
ceived visit from the bridegroom, who
apologized for asking him to perform the
ceremony instead of the vicar of the
parish 1.-THE fact is, you are keen
wheelman, | am told.'' Yes said the
amused; II don't know how | should
get on without my bicycle We'll, that
is why l came to you. To tell the truth,
we want to have some fun out of the
wedding, and we mean to have a cycle
one!' Accordingly, on the appointed
day. the wedding party, consisting of
bride and bridegroom and about thirty
guests rode down to the church, at
tired in regulation cycling costumes-the
bride in neat tailor-made gown, the
bridegroom and groomsman IN knicker-
lockers and caps.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-06-15

he spends much more than the sum
placed in his expense book. One corner
is a gymnasium.
Where woman orders scents and per-
fumes a man fits up a snug little closet.
within hands reach of the bath. where
liquid refreshments can be tested And
near his hand is a set of bells that bring
him hot water, sugar, the newspaper
and all the things which he fatters HIM
self he could enjoy au naturel.
Helen Ward
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-06-15

ness as long drawn out as the bather
cares to have. The name of the bath at
home is ''Diana's Pool"
Around the edge Of the pool there is a
band of flowers, set like a wreath over
a lady's white brow, and at the steps
leading downward are palms. The floor
ing of this bathroom is marble, set with
strips of blue tile. but a path entirely
around the tub is laid with Turkish rugs
for fear the chill of the marble should
penetrate the white fur slippers of the
bather.
My lady at her bath is very famous
topic for song and story. Old fables
abound with tales of the grace and lowell
ness of some stately dame as she took
the path leading to the house baths.
The AntOinette Bath.
Even Marie Antoinette, living in her
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-06-15
STRUCK BY A WHALE.
The Schooner 4Etna Almost Sunk on Her
Trip from Jacksonville.

Trip from Jacksonville.
The three-masted Yankee schooner
Aetna, hailing from Bangor, Me-, and
bound from Jacksonville, Fla, trailed
up to the pier at the foot of Forty eighth
street, North river, recently, after the
most. eventful voyage in her history.
She is commanded by Capt. Chapman, a
skipper who knows every foot of the
way between this port and Jacksonville
so thoroughly that he could guide the
craft over the way blindfolded.
When therefore the Aetna, on Satur-
day week ago, was jumping along be-
fore a lively gale off Cape Hatteras and
mendOuS shock, the captain and crew
were dumfounded, for all believed the
vessel had struck upon some unknown
rock. The shock of the collision was so
severe that some of the sailors were
thrown from their feet and painfully
bruised.
1t did not take long to find the cause
of the collision. On looking over the
schooner's side the astonished crew saw
large sperm whale sprouting blood and
water and flashing about in a frantic
manner.
To the thoroughly alarmed crew it
seemed that the desperate whale was
seeking satisfaction for his injuries, for
every time he sDouted he would lash
the blood-stained side of the schooner
as if he meant to sink her. Immediate
ly after the shock the pumps were set
to work and it was found that water
was pouring into the hold at an alarm
ing rate The influx was so great that
the crew had their hands full working
the pumps, and had the cargo been any
thing but lumber the vessel would have
surely sunk.
1t was seen that she was too badly
damaged to continue to New York and
she was headed for Delaware break
water and temporary repairs were made
there.-New York Sun.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-06-15
BATHING IN LUXURY.
House Costs $40 Every
Time Flooded.

New York, June Bathroom and
bathroom fittings, $4,000" stands one
of the items in an itemized account of
the cost of building a recently erected
millionaire's palace.
By bathroom was meant the water
supply. for which an extra fee had to
be paid the city, on account of running
BATH and the fittings related to the onyx
bathtub, the onyx floor. the Persian
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-06-15

late day, walked around the paths in
the garden taking q constitutional. fol-
lowed by. her admiring ladies. before
stepping into the baths of Apollo. And
in this forest favored visitors would
stand afar to admire. And when her
calumniators would have DETAINED her
they preferred to cast only the merest
suspicion of indiscretion upon her at
first. And this mere suspicion they set
going by retailing a story of having
seen her at the baths of Apollo with a
handsome courtier. Only mere title
tattle! But bathing in those days was
much as sea bathing is with us now. A
pastime for which appropriate dress and
publicity were always expected.
The bath in the adjoining Astor pal
aces, on Fifth avenue, opposite Central
Park, is very chaste and beautiful one.
The principal BATH for no house of lux
ury but would have more than one bath
tub, is in the apartments of the Junior
lady of the name. 1t is white marble,
with a dear little cherubim sitting at the
head of the tub. His boat is a she'll, and
he is about to embark and sail across the
clear water, blue at times from the blush
whiteness overhead. He holds the fau-
Gets in his hands.
There are architects who make a spe-
cialty of bathrooms They can do little
else, as the number of bathing rooms to
NC O0S1Su0u are DIS uduy DIS there are
fine houses built, and in many houses
there are twenty baths, counting the half
dozen for the men, maids, lower and
upper servants, and one for each suit of
visitors rooms.
The general architect cannot properly
attend to bathroom needs unless he has
a knowledge of the business. He must
understand that he is dealing with sub
stance as clear AS glass and one which
reflects as though it were mirror.
An architect of national reputation
built a house for rich man and placed
in it a beautiful, square. sunken bath
tub. At the head he followed out a
niche for nice little cupid, over whose
head an umbrella was constantly held
by invisible hands, while a shower of
water fell upon the top of the umbrella.
The owner of the bathroom was de-
lighted, and on the day of moving in
several times mentioned looking for
ward to the felicity of next mornings
bath.
A Black Bath.
Next day early he arose. rang for his
man to draw the water and a minute
which the great porcelain tub lay
sunken at one end. Damn it!' he
cried, looking down into the water.
what the devils the matter? That
COMPOUNDED water is black as ink!
James, roared he to the offending
valet, '.can't you see? Look into that
tub! Let it out. Let it out, say! And
draw more!
The tub was again filled, and the
water was blacker than before, because
there was more of it. Bring some up
from the basement and have 1T clean.
Call me when it's full"
For one mortal hour the men Sery,
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-06-15
MechanicaI Stokers.

J. NJ. Whitman of Philadelphia, Pa.
presented a paper at the national engi-
neers' meeting entitled Experiments
with Automatic Mechanical Stokers, .
giving a large number of tests upon
mechanical stokers, those tested being
the Wilkinson. Coke and the Babcock
& Wilcox. The writer found each stoker
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-06-15

of Commons. The rule against such an
indecent display of feeling dates back to
1904. when it was decided that ''whoso-
ever hisseth or disturbeth any man in
his speech shall answer for it at the bar
as q breach of order and contempt of
the House."
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-06-15
Cork.

Cork is the third most important of
Spanish exports. In the province of Ge-
roma alone it is estimated that 1913, 600
acres are devoted to the cultivation of
cork trees, which produce about 10000
tons, valued at $4,000, 000-Statist.