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Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-08-03
Shoe Dealers Suffer.

''Talk about the street railways losing
by the advent OF the bicycle says a
shoe salesman, II think it is the shoe
manufacturers. OF course, there is de-
mand for bicycle shoes, and that prac-
ticaily opens a new market; but it must
be limited market when it is considered
that one pair of such shoes will out
last three pairs of ordinary foot-cover-
ings. not because the shoes are better,
but because they are not subjected to
the scuff1ing wear of the others. Peo-
pie ride to and from their work ali the
time now, where they formerly walked
or on bad days rode in the cars. If a
person wants to so around the corner he
will get on his wheel instead of walking.
as he once did. 1t is these thousands of
steps that he saves that save the shoes
and make the shoeman's heart sad
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-08-03
THE PIG TOOK WINGS.
Illinois Farmer Advertises for Shoat
Lost in the Tornado.


Before the big tornado an agriculturist
living near Trenton, Madison county,
ILL.,, owned a male shoat upon which he
centered great expectations.
4 The wind spared the farmers life and
did not entirely destroy his habifdtion,
but it caught up that pig of his and
whirled it away into space. 1t never
came back.
After waiting several days, scanning
the heavens constantly with anxious
eyes, he at last concluded to advertise,
and the natives who called at the Tren-
ton postoffice for their mail now read
this notice, posted in a conspicuous place:
Il live four miles from Summerield
lost one Dor since the Syclon was. He
was all over black and had broad nose
and he wheight aloud treehundert
pounds. Who is find him he is go to get
a present.
Most of the farmers who read the no
tice express the conviction in hushed
solemn tones that that promising piggy
is now roofing in the Elysian fields.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-08-03
Furniture of Compressed Paper.

Just at present an experiment is being
made at building all the furniture of I'M
pretentious form of compressed paper
This does for the living rooms what
aluminium has done for the kitchen; lit
orally decreases the weight to point
where child is able TO move the largest
piece. II is not proposed in this process
to detract in the least from beauty of
shape or grace and elaborateness of or
namentation, but to lessen the price as
we'll as the weight. The first products
in the way of paper furniture were fin
ished in enamel paint and a double colo
NAL bed of paper. with all it's clothing,
it's pillows and mattresses. was lifted
about by a 16-year-old girl "But Will
this new material wear? is the query
sure to be asked by housekeepers, who
are hopefully testing the new pressed
paper and aluminium bathtubs and find
ing them much to their liking. -Illustrat
ed American
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-08-03
A LOST PIRoQUE.
Found Sixty Years After it Had Sunk Near
Detroit.

Detroit.
Sixty years ago, a scow loaded with
brick was floated from Dearborn to the
River road on the River Rouge, says the
Detroit News. It arrived about dusk
and after tying up the captain and crew
went ashore to attend party given by
one of the French residents of Delray.
The next morning, according to the story
told by the grandfathers of the present
residents of Rouge and Delray, the scow
was missing. Not a vestige Of the outfit
remained save a broken rope tied to
large stick driven into the sand on the
shore.
\ long search for the pirogue was
made up and down the Rouge and along
the River Detroit, but without avail At
last somebody suggested that she was
sunk and this was found to be the fact
And now a dredge, in excavating for
approaches to a new bridge. is throwing
on shore parts of the boat and its cargo.
The French residents, to whom the loss
of the boat is legend. take away a
brick or two as a memento.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-08-03
BATTLE WITH A SHARK.
Italian Sailor Attacks Monster Speci.
men and Stabs Him to Death.

Italian sailor Attacks monster SpeCI-
men and Slabs Him to Death.
A short time ago the Italian govern
ment sent torpedo boat to bay near
Genoa to blow up a wreck which him
dered navigation. Arriving there, the
first thing the captain saw was a ire
mendous shark, and realized that opera
lions could not safely be commenced so
long as the shark was present. So he
fired rife at the fish, but only slightly
wounded it.
Then sailor named Giuseppe Ro-
mano stepped forward and offered to kill
it. Having obtained permission to do
so, he jumped into the sea and, armed
with nothing but a dagger, swan straight
toward the monster fish. For fifteen
minutes the battle ragged, happily end
ing with the victory of the reckless sailor.
Fourteen times he sank his dagger deep
into the body of his vicious antagonist,
and then clambered on deck again. wholly
unframed. The government rewarded
Romano with medal for bravery.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-08-03
On the Wrong Tack.

''Mabel-Miss Featherwort, l should
say" said the young man, sis your faith
er at home? [ want to ask him some
thing"
yves" said the young woman, trem-
ulously.
Il wish to ask him." he continued. 81
wish to ask him the question that nearly
every man has found necessary to ask.
In short. | wish to ask him"
The young woman Uttered and the
young man "switcbed''
Il wish to ask him. said he, with a
malignant tone in his hitherto honeyed
voice. what is the exact meaning Of l6
to l ."-Indiananolis Journal
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-08-03
Enumeration Mixed.

In the recent census of the county of
London, the occupier of a tenement
handed back blank paper to the col
lector with a confused statement that
it didn't apply to her. "And where do
you live then?" asked the bemuddled
enumeration after long struggle to dis
entangle witness. where do l live?
Why. where should / live but in my own
'ome?' ''Well. where is your homer
''This is my 'ome, of course it is" ''But
you said just now that you didn't sleep
here last night" "No more 1 did, I
never slept a minute all night long, and
my 'usband II tell e the same. House
hold Words
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-08-03
To Test the Purity of Air.

An ingenious device for testing the
purity of the air in workshops and other
rich. 4 closed vessel filed with a chem,
ical solution. sensitive to carbonic acid
gas. sends out q drop through glass
siphon every two minutes; the drop
soaks through cord hanging vertically
from the end of the siphon If the air
is very bad the drop changes its natural
color. rcd, to white at once. at the upper
cad OF the cord. 1t keeps it's color along
the cord in proportion to the purity of
the air not changing at all if the air is
perfectly pure A graduated scale fixed
to the cord marks the degree of impurity.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-08-03
Tahiti Wants Steamer Service.

The colonial government of Tahiti has
per annum for a monthly steam service
between Tahiti and San Francisco. The
average freight per month from San
Francisco to Tahiti is about 600 tons,
and from Tahiti to San Francisco about
500 tons.
At present a large part of this trade
is being carried IN American fno4 bottoms
subsidy for an Australian steamship com
pany, which would displace the Ameri-
can shipping, inasmuch as the present
mode of transmitting freight is by sailing
vessel, which can make the trip in from
thirty to thirty-fve days only, while the
steamers of the proposed Australian line
would do it in twelve or thirteen days.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-08-03
Strength of Steel and Stone.

An experiment was recently made in
Vienna in order to test the relative
resistance, under pressure, of the hard
est steel and the hardest stone Small
cubes of corundum and of the finest steel
were subjected to the test. The corun-
DUN broke under the weight of six tons.
but the steel resisted up to forty-two
tons. The steel split up with noise like
the report of gun, breaking into a
powder and sending sparks in every di
rection which bored their way into the
machine like shot
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-08-03

one which l could answer "Yes'' to
truthfully, for l don't know what would
have happened to me if | had disagreed
with her. And SO my dinner party
ended, for it was practically over with
the departure of the Queen, though the
evening continued for some time in an
unofficial way.
We left the castle early on the fol-
lowing morning and id not see the
Queen again.-St. James Gazette.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-08-03
4 Small Queen.

A son of the Marquis of Salisbury has
a great love for bees, and finding one
Of his hives Queenless he sent an order
to Welwyn, the nearest town to his
fathers beautiful estate at Hatfield, for
a CarnioIan queen-i. e.. a famous Ital-
ian bee-and asked to be informed of the
probable time Of It's arrival
The beemaster, wishing to serve his
distinguished customer with all prompti-
tude. sent off the bee by the next train,
and wired TO Hatfield; 'The queen will
arrive by $40 this afternoon.
When the young lord reached the sta
ton he found the place thronged with
people. The telegraph clerk had jumped
to the conclusion that her majesty was
paying a sudden visit to Hatfield, and,
as he was unable 70 keep such an i'm
portant telegram to himself, the news
spread like wildfre: "The Queen will
arrive at $40 this afternoon"
Great was the disappointment of the
people when they discovered that the
only queen to come was one that the
young lord could carry home in match
box in his waistc0at pocket.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-08-03
The Life Of a Locomotive.

Experiments made in England show
that the life of locomotive is about
100000 train miles. In travelling this
distance the fire box will have to be re-
newed three times, the wheel tires FIVE
or six times and the crank axles three
or fO1Ir firnaS
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-08-03
Horse Shoer,s Device.

There is considerable risk incurred in
shoeing vicious horses, both to the black
smith and TO the horse itself. To re-
move his risk altogether an Australian
has invented sort of wooden cage, the
sides and top of which are padded. The
horse is led in. the door is fastened. and
the cage is then turned upside down.
the animal resting on its back. with its
feet 10. Access is had to the hoofs
through small openings prepared for that
purpose. and the animal is unable to re-
sist until the sboeing process is comDlet-
ed.-PearSOn'S Weekly.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-08-03
Nuts with Hard Shells.

A dealer in fruits who has a store in
Fulton street, near Broadway, has re-
Gently received a consignment of the
cascara or soowarri nut. For delicacy
of flavor this nut, the fruit of a large
forest tree that grows in Venezuela, the
Guianas and Brazil is unrivaled. The
nuts are inclosed in a large pod, which is
of tremendous strength and hard as ada
mant. Beneath this outer covering is
an inner shell, which is also extremely
hard.
Monkeys are very fond of the nut
and will spend hours hammering one
OF them with stone in order to break
it. The kernel is about the same size
as Brazil nut. To be at its best the
nut should be cut in thin slices and
soaked in strong brine for an hour or
more. The present consignment is the
first TO reach this market for years, and
lovers of them were not slow in taking
advantage of the opportunity to secure
the delicacy. It takes a sharp blow
with a heavy hammer to break the
Shall
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-08-03

MY DEAR" said rural wife to her
husband, on his return from town, what
was the sweetest things you saw in bon
nets in the citv?''
THE ladies' faces. my love-
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-08-03

Every boy. if in proper health should
he able TO drop off to sleep within FIVE
minutes, at most, of tumbling into bed.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-08-03

Prof Walter Williams, who has been
in the faculty of the Montana College of
Agriculture. has been invited to go to
Cornell university.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-08-03
Sawdust as Fuel.

Sawdust is transformed into TRANSPORT
able fuel in Germany by simple process.
1t is heated under high steam pressure
until the resinous elements become sticky
when it is pressed into bricks. One man
with a tWo-horse-power machine turns
out 5000 bricks per day.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-01-17

Hockstttter s. Tenant have made
the locations for Nos, 10 and II on the
r. I. Ingram farm. This farm has
proven one OF the best producing tracts
In tho field.
Snlder & Co. have completed their
No. 6. on the James p, sharp farm,
and have n good producer.
The Bachaian OIL company's 40, J..
on the Corbett estate. has been put TO
pumping and will make 25-burrel pro-
Queer The location for No. :, on the
same tract. has been made.
The Calf Creek on company's No. ?,
on the Jones tract, is good for 20 bar
rcls day.
The Charlotte OIL Company has COM
menced 10 spud on their lease In adj
vance Of Developments and the compile
lion Of the well win be closely watched.
The Dyke well has been abandoned on
account Of cave A new location has
been made and another hole win be
started
4 rig Il now being erected on the
Corbctt tract, located half mile above
the mouth Of Bull creek. This i re-
gardad as an important test, and Will
claim some attention.
The Johnson well. It Is claimed. ls not
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-01-17
Over In Ohio.

The Adena well, being drilled by the
Flushing oil Company. reached the. Be-
rea sand at midnight Wednesday. at q
depth OF 1850 feet At last accounts
they were twenty-five feet in the Berea
with a email showing OF oil and con-
siderable salt water, but no gas, The
company decided to go on to the Macks-
burg sand: which Is about lea feet be-
low the Berea.
The Little York well. directly north
Of the Adena, found the same condt-
lions IN the Berea and went on 10 the
Macksburg, where they got twenty
five-barreI well The Adena well Is
Eve miles due north Of the Fairpoint
location. and by drawing . i5 degree
line makes the FairpOlnt location look
more favorable. Post & Wallace are
drilling the Adena well, and will re-
move their machinery as soon as done
at Adena TO FairpOlnt. They have the
contract for drilling that we'll
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-01-17

The wen on the Ruckman farm, al
Eureka, is keeping the talent guessing,
SAYS "D. 8. w" The well has not
flowed since Sunday. and Il Is the gen
eral Impression that Il Is a failure. In
terested parties claim that II has not
been drilled deep enough TO get the
pay in which the Hammet farm well
got It's oil. II that is true there il
nothing yet TO condemn the well OF
prevent It from being as good as the
HRmmst. II Is probable that the hrsi
show OF oil was found In q stray above
the regular Berea formation, and u
win show up all right when drilled
deeper. II would be well to withhold
Judgment In passing on probable re-
suits until It has been drilled through
The sand
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-01-17
GOOD FOR EVERYBODY

Almost everybody takes some Laxative
medicine to cleanse the system and keep The
Hood pure. Those who take SIMMONS
LIVER REGULATOR liquid or powder
ret ali the beneiits Of q mild and pleasant
laxative ard tonic that pugiiieS the bloct'
and strengthens the whole system: Ana
more than this: SIMMONS LIVER REGC'
LABOR regulates the Liver, keeps It aetiyC
and healthy, and when the Liver Is To
GOOD condition you find yourself free fiou
Malaria, nlliOusneSs, Indigestion, SItk.
Head7che and Constipation, and nd O.
HAT won cut and debiitated ttslint
These ale al! caused by a sluggish LlYsI,
iiood digestion and freedom from stor.aci
,foubles will only be had when the i've
( properly at work, II troubled with any
Il these complaints, toy SIMMONS LlYht
REGULATOR. The King of Liver Medl
ines, and Better than Pills.
as-EvERY PACKAGES
Ins the 2 stamp in red on wrappct
J.H. ZeIlin s. Co, PhIla.. Pa.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-01-17
REAL ESTATE.
FOR SALE.

House, rooms, wilson st. Centre wheeling.
Ias. 80 lei front. Lind St. $40.
House, rooms aud attic, Jacob st., eth Wari'
Iyl
Holei. q rOous MaEtin's Ferry. o.; cheap on
Housr, S ROOMS. and s-rpomed house IN rear.
Market 81, between 18th and ssh stS. SJ.SlL
New house. rooms, iarge lot. ssh 81 tl.oll
House I rOonls. 18th 81, sl.le9
House rooms. 18th 81. sg,50O
H0use. 10 roonts; ChaD!tH0 ~. tentra Whe4i.
ing, with large lot. cheap. on easy !erinA
Home. roObis and hall, Win acres, Pleas-
ant Valley. 500.
HOUSE. 4 rooms and hall. bath and both gases
Jecob -. between 18th aud ld,h. SOL
Hoose. 6 rooms aud hall, lot SOxl59 Il. ueat
street car barn cheap, sl,7Dl,
lots III MrMcchen. North BenUood- Glendale.
Island. Eiiclng on Park N!sW. Pleasant NalleL
and many other lots In and near city Cal and
Il aCase. rooms brick, lot Saziaa II, chaplIns
ST., 5;h ward. Sc COO
2ist, lot iiTigB e.
fots on Lind st. BelVed9re $50 and s5s each.
Business property on Market s. AZ moderate
p9sSo 500 500. 500. $500 aud 800 to loan on
real esu1te-
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-01-17

NEW YORK, Jan. iB THE Brooklyn
handicap for $4,000. for three-year-olds
and upwards. closed yesterday with tho
following nominations received UP O.
this evening: Belmnr. Ben Brush.
Bright Phoebus. clifford, connplEs1ur.
Counter Tenor. Dorian, DR.. Rice. File.
roy. Emma C., Flora Thornton, Forget
Governor sheenaB. lnlmn, Hand.
spring. Henry OF Navarro, Hornpips
Keenan,, King Arthur II. Lake Shore
LAzarronc. NanIi Pooh, Paindin. Priu-
rose. sarngosa. Senator Grady. sit
Walter. Stephen j.. 81. Mnxlm. w. u.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-01-17
Soc nrI.nn. llnes..

NEW ORLEANS. Jan. 16.-Forty.
seventh day CreEccnt city JocEoy
Clubs wlfhsr meeting Weather CLOUDY
and cold; track heavy.
First. selling. six furiongs-Gladloln
won. May Ashley second. George
Smith third. Time. leg.
Seconl. handicap. thrce-ye1r-Olia
and up, six furlOngs-QuCcn BrsF won;
Frankie d. second; Tommy Ruttqt
third. Time. i:slih.
Third, selling. mile and n sixteenth
Text won; Dave Puislfer second. over
flla third. Time. 200.
Fourth, handicap. three Scar-olf
3nd up. six furIonEB-Nlck won; Ash
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-01-17
Duffy's Pure
Malt Whiskey.

tits a pure. heaIthfuI stimuIant.
which quieksns the ejaculation and
restores healthy action TO every
part Of the body. It Is a sure cure
iot colds. malaria. pneumonia. 1t
assists nature and builds up the
system.
Do not be induced to take any
inferior whIskey which your dealer
may try to substitute, but be sure
that you get Duffy'& Nothing else
can produce the same effects.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-01-17

The marks at = p. m. showed feet I
inches and stationary. Weather, clear
and warmer.
Captain Charles Small. an old steam
boat captain. has been appointed dep
uty sheriff az GRilIpols, Ohio.
The first packet built for the Cincln-
natl and Pittsburgh trade was the Hib-
ernla, CaTeain John klincfelteF. She
was the Tuesday packet out OF Pitts
hurgh. and was very fast. she beat
the New England. on race from Gin
cinnau on another occasion she beat
the Mountaineer over the same truck
She was sueceeded by the Hibernta No.
9 and the Allegheny. -Chronicle-T ele-
graph.
Colonel Amos stIekney leaves Mon
day 20 assume his new charge at the
head Of the engineer corps Of the Miss
Issippi river commission. with head
quarters AZ st. Louis. While regrettlng
to lose such an able engineer from the
Ohio river. Il Is Colonel Stlckney's good
fortune TO be 50 promoted. Coionels
Gregory and Huer, who Will be stE1lon=
ed here. viii be found to be excellent
professionals and most cordial gentle
men, They will give the Ohio river
every Improvement the appropriation
may allow.-Cincinnah Times-Star.
There appears to be no hope OF rals-
Ing the Congo, as she Il said 20 be filled
with sand and the water Is nearly COW
ering her texas. The current in the riv-
er At the point at which she sunk is
very strong. A diver will be sent to the
scene, who will decide whether the boat
can be raised or not. The Memnhls
line II now in q bad way for boats. The
line was already one steamer short be-
fore the Congo disaster.
Morgantowu--River frozen. Warmer
and clear.
GreeasborO-Rlver feet inches and
falling. Fair and warmer.
OIL GFtY-Riyer % inches and falling.
sieG6snvilie-Rl feet and falling.
Cloudy and cold.
warren-Rlyer Il Inches and falling.
Clear and cool.
Plttsburgh-River as feet and falling
at the dam. Weather, clear and warm
er.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-01-17
THAT orr CONTROVERSY.
The Hsutsr or stevens oI Company 1
fnnetion Continued

The Hsuter or stevens on Company In-
junction COntinuei
Yesterday In Judge Paulrs cOurt,that
Injunction restraining the board Of d.
rcotors OF tie Huntsr-or as It Is
known. the sseyrus-on Company from
issuing rftcen additional shares OF
stock, Wcs partly argued and continued
until uLNs TuessIy q: the suggestion
OF The "comhlners in the meantime
the combine IS IN possession OF the well.
which Is located IN the Wayeriy field.
The IatellgeHcer exclusively gave the
details OF the controversy between the
two factions among the stockholders on
Wednesday morning. .rhe outcome will
he awaited with interest Considerable
bitterness has already been shown.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-01-17

Catnrrh starts In the nasal passages,
affecting eyes. ears and throat, and ls In
fact, the great enemy OF the mucous
membrane. Neglected colds In the head
almost Invariably precedc catnrrh
causing an excessive flow OF mucus, and
II the mucous discharge becomes Inter
rupted the dian grecablc results OF ca
tnrrh win follow. such rs bad breath.
severe pain across forehead and about
the eyes, n roaring and buEzinE sound
In the ears and oftontlmcs very Often-
sive discharge. Ely's Cream Balm IL
the acknowledged cure for these trou-
bieB.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-01-17
coal Is slOO a tOn IN south Mic


Tho best salvc in tho world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, letter, chapped hands chllbinins.
corns, and all skin eruptlons. and posi-
lively cures piles, or no pay required.
II Is guaranteed to glvc perfect salts
faction or money refunded. Price 70
cents per box. For sale by Logan Drug
Company.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-01-17

The Kyle well on Indian creek. Tyler
county. has not been drilled any deeper
and the production remains at about
10 barrels an hour,
In Monroe county. between the peist
and Freltien pools, Mccoy & Go. have
drilled In their No. ) Weigle, and have
q 100 barrel producer,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-01-17

COUGHING irrltates the delicate or
gnnB nnd nEEravates the disease In
stead OF waiting. try One Minute Cough
Cure. II helps at oEce, making eEpec.
toration easy. reduces tho soreness
aud Inflammation. Every one likes IT,
Logan Drug Co, Wheeling. w. Va, u.
Co., Bridgeport. o.