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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-12-24
Lubricant for Wire RODe.

Few users of wire rope and fiat cable
realize that these are machines with
many moving parts, each requiring lubri-
cation. The common notion is that q
lubricant for wire rope should be merely
some sort of thick tarry stuff, to act as
q preservative against rust and in part
to protect against wear. AS a matter
of fact every time the rope goes over q
sheave each strand and wire is chatting
against others and the hemp core Tin case
of round rope, hence the need Of thor
ough interior fabrication. 1t is evident
that mere surface coating will not
answer, so that any substance which.
like lnseed oil, hardens and strips is not
proper lubricant
Various compounds and mixtures of diff
ferent materials are in use. more or less
satisfactory and more or less expensive.
The Roeblngs have been advising the
use of mixture of mica, axle grease,
tar and summer oil. This is unpatented
and can be made of any desired consist
ency. The tar and oil must be free
from acid It is claimed that it thor
oughly penetrates between the wires,
prevents rust and fills the cable, resists
water, does not strip and is very econom-
ical if added sparingly as all lubricants
should be, after the first dose. It goes
without saying that cables well taken
care of will last very much longer than
neglected ones: besides which there is
the far important matter of safety in
mine hoists to be considered, one condi-
ton of this being the clean state of the
interior wire surfaces. - Engineering
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Home and Churc, Reunions.

Of the home enjoyments-the reunions,
the gaiety, when grandparents. parents
and children join in simple games, the
stocking hanging with the hope of sweet
meats from Kris Krinkle for the good
children and the fear of rod from
Pelsnichol for the bad ones, the exchange
of gifts between the dear family friends
of these things, with the curious Gus
toms which have been in the past at
tached to these household Christmas en-
tertainments, | must not stop to speak.
1t is of the church day and the religious
aspect Of it that l want to say most.
For | think we need to emphasize the
sacredness little more, lest in the cele-
bration we forget the thing we cele-
brate. Too often the Sunday school has
a christmas festival which might as
well be a May day party or Fourth of
July frolic. It should not be forgotten
that it is religious occasion; that if it
means anything it means the most won
derful and holy fact-God coming under
the ordinary human limitations as a sub
lime object lesson. We ought not to
dare to celebrate it at all if we do not do
it reverently. And especially in any en-
tertainment provided for children let us
be quite sure we are not leaving out the
Christ Child. and giving them only the
manager, the straw and the cattle.-Mrs.
Lyman Abbott in Ladies' Home Journal
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The Queens Mail.

People often write to Queen Victoria
asking her to lend them small sums,
and promising to repay her in install
ments. Sometimes they write saying
they are unable to pay her taxes, and
trusting that she will allow the account
to stand over a bit. The presents the
Queen receives by post form curious
collection. They are invariably returned.
Poets send her poems; tradesmen speci-
mems of their wares; ladies, 1nittens,
stockings and other articles of attire
worked by themselves. When any mem
Der of the household is ill medicines
pour in from all parts of the world. and
at Christmas the Queen is the recipient
of some hundreds of Christmas cards,
many of them of the most expensive ma
ture.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-12-24
MEXICO'S NEW BOAT.
A Warship Now Being Built for Her at
New Orleans.

WarShIp Now Being Butt Tor Her at
New Orleans.
A reporter went up to Walnut street
to see the boat that is being built there
for the Mexican navy, says the New
Orleans TimesDemocrat. 1t is the first
boat that this government has had cen
structed in the United States. and if the
experiment is success other boats will
probably be built.
Lieut. Othon P. Blanco, of the AIexi-
can navy, happened to be on the grounds
at the time, and he told all about the
making of the boat and its use in Next
can waters. The contract was awarded
about two months ago to V. Zuvich Of
this city, who was to deliver the craft to
the Mexican government within five
months. The builder decided to patron
ize home institutions, SO he purchased his
material from the local firms.
The boat has cypress ribs: will be
planked on the bottom and sides with
cypress three and four inches thick; will
have pine planking between the decks,
and will be finished in oak. The length
is 65 feet by "A feet beam by - feet
depth, and the draught will be 211a feet.
When completed the total height will be
"a feet. The heavy ornaments will CON
sist of two guns, one in the bow, the
other in the stern. These and the small
guns will be placed aboard the boat after
it has been delivered to the Mexican gov
eminent and is in Mexican waters. The
cost will be $4,000.
Lieut.. Blanco, in speaking about the
boat. said that it would be used ON the
coast of Yucatan and mostly in the Che
turnal bay. Into this bay flow many
rivers, from which much mahogany is
RATED Formerly the Yucatan Indians
owned all the land about the head Of
these small, shallow streams, but recent
ly the Mexican government took posses
sion of this property. By this action the
not been able to stop all timber depre-
dations In spite of the best vigilance,
the Indians continue to cut the timber,
raft the logs down the rivers and sell
them to the ships. This illegal traffic
the government wishes to have checked,
and when the boat is put into commits
sion the officers hope to compel stop to
tho h11 sinnSS
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GAMES OF OUR GRANDPARENTS.

The great and general court Of Massa-
babe the sale or use of cakes and buns
except for marriages Or funerals.
Christmas was not worthy of being
made an exception, according to the
stern creed Of these early lawmakers.
for, indeed, Christmas found no favor in
their eyes. Nor was it al all likely that
they would look with any favor upon the
making of toys. These, in fact, were
almost unknown in early years in New
England, though common enough in New
York and the South.
But human nature is patient, however
severely repressed, and the childrens
children of the early settlers had plenty
of fun at play. In some respects they
even had decidedly the advantage, of
the fortunate youth of 1896; for their
toys were almost all homemade. and
represented love and toll and ingenious
contrivance in the home circle.
The ''boughten'' sleds that are now
made by the million. it would seem, and
sold in their cleaning red paint at '.37
cents and upward are not: to any. right
minded younket, half SO interesting as
the homemade affair which grandpapa's
grandpa made in exact imitation of a
big oX-sled, even to the cleft tongue of
hardwood. Grandpa's sled had best
runners of oak OF elm, shod with strips
Of hoop iron. In still earlier times there
were no shoes at ALL but the bare wood
was polished until it was as smooth as
glass by friction on the snow The sled
was fastened together with pegs. The
beams. cut away beneath to the shape of
fiat arches, rested directly upon the run
ners, and the raves and floor directly
upon the beams, SO that the complete
sled, no matter how small. would have
borne the weight of an elephants tread.
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ball. The game. now almost wholly for
gotten, was simply to toss us the ball
and catch it in the cup as it came down.
Girls in the old days never had skates,
which was pity. They played at
battledoor and shuttlecock, with rackets
like those used in tennis, only smaller
driving back and forth ball of cork.
in the top of which were glued two small
feathers, SO that the bottom. or rounded
end. was always presented for the blow.
Grace hoops" too. were highly recon-
inended for "young misses of the quail
fy.''' as tending to develop ease and grace
of bearing. A stick was held III each
hand, and the player was required to
catch OH these sticks the hoop thrown by
the other player. Grace hoops are still
used by grown men and women on ship
board. but they are thrown at stand
ard, in game more resembling quoits.
And. by the way, grandpapa and the
other boys who played with him always
used cast horseshoes in playing quoits,
inst as they used homemade "soft
BALI i'll playing barn ball" ''long hall''
or two old cat" before baseball was
invented.
Children took life very seriously IN the
old days, and 'sflled the station in life
to which God had called them as I'M
qrcstioningly as their elders. One little
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-12-24

TIC break it was simply impossible; and
implanted though it was, it would out
last two or three generations.
Grandpapa's skates were equally prim-
tive. Along in October. his father or
grandfather brought home a pair of
skate-irons hammered out and tempered
by the nearest blacksmith. At home,
some rainy day was devoted to whiting
out wood tops to fit to them, and for
fastenings bucksllin thongs were used.
The simplest skate-irons were turned up
lightly at the toe; others had elaborate
spiral curves. finished off with little
brass knobs. like those they used to put
on cows horns. only smaller.
OF course, grandpa's skates were bet
ter than ours. There was time. TWEEN
ty Or thirty years ago, when every boy
was crazy for a pair of short. club
skates, with ''heel plates" and other
modern fxings, but you'll notice that
crack skaters like Donohue and Eden
are now using long-runnered skates with
wooden tops a great deal like grand
papa's; and patent club skates are on
the bargain counter with the weakened
painted sleds.
There never was. and there never will
be, any other doll so nice as the rag-doll.
The French beauty with waxen checks.
the elaborate affair that can cry "Wah.
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GOSSIP FOR THE LADIES
Ny Chaperon.


l take my chaperoH to the play
She thinks she's taking me-
And the 9ilded youth who owns the box.
"A proud young man is he.
But now would his young heart be hurt
II he could only know
Ihat not for his sweet sake 60
Nor yet to see the trifling show;
But to see my chaperon firf
Her eyes beneath her snowy hair
They sparkle young as mine;
There's scarce a wrinkle in her hand
SO delicate and fine.
And when my chaperon is seen.
Ihey come from eyeryWhere-
Inc dear old boys with silyery hair.
with ld-time grace and old-tjme air
10 greet their old-time queen
IneE bow as my young Midas here
~ IL never learn TO bow
tlhe dancing-maSters do not teach
mat gracious reverence row:
With voices quayerng Just a bit.
iney play their old parts through.
lley talk of folk who used to WOO
Of hearts that broke in 'tifty-tWo-
NoW none the worse for it,
And as those aged crickets chirp
L watch my chaperon's face,
ana see the dear old features take
new and tender grace
Ana III her happy eyes | see
ltef youth awakening bright,
with all its hope, desire, delight
All, me! | wish that / were quite
As younS-aS young as she.
H c. Runner.
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girl who went from her Connec-lcut
home to a boarding school in Boston.
took with her twelve silk gowns, but
soon petitioned for another of new
fabric ''befitting her rank" Of course
everyone knows that silk was cheaper
than print cloth. when the latter was :
novelty. Mary Ann Faneuil, the .s;sfsx
of Peter Faneuil, who built FaEes:I Eall
in Boston, used to send to EnglanG. hex
discarded snuff boxes, buckles and glove
strings to be swopped in London for new
goods. Girls learned to save in their
earliest years, and were careful in tTif1es,
If one of them received an ''umbrlllo.,
she had given her merely the stick and
frame, and covered it herself. Every
girl had her own needles and sewing
tools. To keep those neatly and i'll
order, ''hussif" or housewife was given
her This was strip of flannel or buck.
skin. deliberately worked on one side in
beads or stitching. 1t was square at
one end and pointed at the other. and to
the latter were attached two ribbons tc
tie it. On the inside were Il pocket for
odds and ends and one or two books
of flannel leaves for needles. An emery
ball in the shape of 4 red flannel straw
berry with green flannel leaves at the
base, was tucked in the pocket with
the skeins of yarn and other things.
When the hussif was rolled up, one end
formed a cup just big enough to bold
the thimble and the other end was tiny
pincushion.
But boys and girls in the old days had
nothing like SO many toys as now. They
had toy wagons and Wheelbarrows, toy
hoes and rakes and spades all of which
were pretty carly discarded for the
serious use of the real articles. The
girls sewed dolls with their own needles.
The boys, with their own knives, whit
tied out windmills and watermils, bows
and arrows, potato pigs which were
marves of naive carving, boxes and
crossbows.
Whiting is almost lost art; and it
is pity, because it was fine art.
John LangdOn Heaton
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Learn to be Pretty.

The woman who is Indifferent TO her
looks is no true woman. God meant
woman to be attractive, to look we'll, to
please and it is one of her duties to carry
out this intention of her Maker. But
that dress is to do it all, and to. suffice,
is more than we can be brought to be-
lieve.
just because we do love to see girls
look well, as well as live to some pur-
pose, we would urge upon such a course
of reading and study as will confer such
charms as no modiste can supply.
A well-known author once wrote a
very pretty essay on the power of educa-
ton to beautify-that it absolutely CHS
eled the features; that he had seen many
Il clumsy nose and a thick pair of lips so
modified by thought awakened and act
i've sentiment as to be unacceptable.
And he put it on this ground that we so
often see people, homeiy and unattract-
i've in youth, bloom, in middle life, into
Il softened Indian summer of good looks
and mellow tones
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ences she has, because she attempts
things preposterously beyond her power.
The girl who had held her head so
high was snubbed and told the truth
with brutal frankness, and in time
extreme of thinking she'd do anything to
that of believing she'd do nothing of
value, and finally did the one thing she
could do well at the outset, which was
to keep house.
Later, because she had a moderate tai
ent for drawing, she learned slowly and
through much tribulation the engraver's
art, and is now accommodating money rap
idly-Chicago Chronicle.
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The Christmas Entertainments.

There are charming cantatas written
which give an opportunity tor the emil
dren to take part, but that means patent
work for the trainer and the chlluren.
Such entertainments should ne gwen
carly in the evening. and care should be
taken to avoid exciting the vanity and
the self-consciousness of the young par
ticipants. Wise mothers object to their
children's coming into SUCH publicity ana
i'm order to meet their objections a skilled
and sensible leader should be secured
one who will teach the children their parts
without unnecessary demands upon their
play time, who will regulate the tempers
and allay the passions which are sure 20
be aroused unless the small people are
we'll guarded. First of all impress upon
them that they are to consider the pleas
IRE of others. not their own. and that
selfshness can have no part in Christmas
pleasures. The decorations and other ac-
romnaniments must be suited to the
nlace and should be kept within limit
cd expenditure. When 1T can De zone
the trimming should be q labor OF love
A party of young people gong 10 tHe
woods in quest of greens. and joining IN
their Arrangement in the church,. may
have the best of wholesome fun, ana
tbay may share their treasures with the
sick in home or hospital. One VINO mas
never tried it has no idea how much OF
winter beauty there is IN nelu ana Wooas
n III Sn1uoS OF uION tllu SAot
in the dead flowers of the weeds, erlsht
berries hang on tree and shrub. green
vines creep under the dead leaves, ana
the varieties of evergreens are. OF course
nt their hest. If there is no holly there
viii. perhaps, be laurel. which is very
beautiful. and there is in almost every
locality some hidden plant which only
discloses itself to the true lover OF ma
ture.
The Christmas tree should be spruce
or fir if POSSIBLE, with full and regular
bouehs. The dressing of it is a ma5Ier
of taste. But for the DANCE: attending
Il every one would wish to have the Tree
brilliant with lighted candles. In CITY
churches electric lights may be USED WIN
GOOD effect. In an account OF Gerl mai
c,bristmas tree. written by ) I. COL
o,;dre, it is said that the great yeM
hon@b was fastened to the wall. nuor ,l's1
witb candles. and when the candies haa
hurned down and the needles OF the !eMt
bn ag TO sputter and burn the deilgnt o.
nc nbildren was unhounded. Ii was al,
n ,a the intention. that the 20, uou a,,
l' iia,,la hurn as a elimination. OF the ell
ioyment But that is not deslra 4a,.o ,,oH 10
80 Joy nNarv precaution should be taken en- -
~ # A pan of water should slanJ
near and at least two tall persons si nnnn
h le' nroyided with pair OF tonss' upon
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wah! wahN' when you pinch it, is all
very well when it is new, but how does
it look after soaking in a rainbarrel!
The rag doll is simply indestructible,
The features marked on its fiat face in
ink can be renewed from time to time
as they fade, and the anatomy of the
thing is tough. Most excellent little rag
dolls were made by small girls Them
selves, with the bony framework of a
clothespin for skeleton.
Our ancestors learned q lot from the
Indians-among other things that there
is nothing like leather to last A buck
skin doll was almost as much better than
merit the wax doll with real put-onand-
off clothes. The buckskin doll frequent
ly had a patch of real horsehair sewn
cunningly into its scalp, and with its wild
eyes end kalmuk nose, it was thing
sufficiently grotesque to be passlonately
loved.
\ much greater proportion of the peo-
lived by seamen's arts, in early days,
than now Dolls and toys from China
and India were common enough on the
coast whether they had been bought by
seafaring men, but were surprisingly
scarce in the interior The toy known
throughout the country. just after the
war of 1912. A famous painter had
made portrait of the baby King Of
Rome, the hapless son of Napoleon /.
and Maria of Austria, playing with a
cup-and-ball The cup was a scepter,
the ball the world. symbolizing the uni
versal domain the baby was destined
never to realize. This portrait was sent
to Napoleon just before the battle of
Borodino. and he set it OH a camp chair
outside his tent. that the grizzled veter'
ans of the grand army might see it as
they filed past. Two months later Ma
poleon was in full retreat from burning
Moscow There were plenty of French
sympathizers in this country, however,
and the pretty incident before Borodino
cauSed sonnet hing of a run of cuD-and-
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The Dark Side Of Christian America.
C1rre for Conceit.

eff you wish to cure girl of conceit,' -
said a woman who knew what she was
talking about from experience, 'let her
try to earn her own living. AS long
as she does not ask to be paid, everybody
will praise her work, but let her try to
sell her services and then seen'
The speaker had been reared in luxury.
She was bright, accomplished girl,
whose great failing was self-conceit.
Her little gifts had been so well cult
waited in an amateurish way that she be-
lieved herself able to compete success
fully with professionals.
She was always ready to sing a song
or recite poem or paint picture, and
as she was society girl and had a
rich, prominent father. her little, doingss
were often fayora bly, noticed in the local
papers. Then the change of fortune
came and she was thrown upon her own
resources without a moments warning.
She had to earn her own living or
starve The scales fell-or were rudely
pulled-from her eyes. No woman can
become self-supporting without some
Notifying experiences, and the more con-
ceited she is the more of these expert
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Minor Ills of the Family.

The sudden great rise III temperature
of the portion of the skin that is exposed
to steam or flame of a highly heated
surface Injuries the exposed ends of the
sensory nerves, hence the exquisite pain.
The main thing to DO is to at once pro-
tcct the surface from the air, the skin
being now supersensitiye to every breath.
A homely but not-to-be-laugh a t remedy
in Il slight burn is to dredge the part
with flour. Do not heap and pack the
flour on, but sift it on lightly till the
surface is we'll covered. Flour is al
ways at hand so should be remembered
as at any rate an immediate relief. Bet
ter still, spread a piece of linen very soft
and old with vaseline enough to com
Dletely cover the surface burned and lay
over it another covering of gutta-percha.
One of the best applications for Il burn
is Carron Oil, so called from having been
first used to dress burns at the Carron
furnaces. 1t is made of equal parts of
hnseed oil and lime water. SO bene6-
cent a remedy should be kept i'll the
house and it can be made at home very
cheaDly if the Oil and a piece of quick
lime can be had Stake the lime by
dropping it into water. A white powder
will be precipitated; drain off the water
and put the powder into some cooled
boiled water and shake: when the water
has taken in solution all of the lime that
it will hold, pour off the liquid into a
clean bottle. and the lime water is ready
for use.
To dress a burn with Carron oil. wet a
piece of linen in it, and lay on the wound,
covering with gutta percha tissue; as
soon as the linen dries. wet again. and
continue to keep the burn wet till the
''hre" is out of the wound. Protect the
skin of burn till it loses all sensitive
ness. as if once abraded it heals very
slowly.
When Betty falls and bumps some por-
ton Of her roly-poly body, the doctor if
at hand would order a cold application
and as Il moist one is better than dry
cold. pound piece of ice and fold it in .
towel If there is no ice at hand, wiring
cloths from cold water, fold in several
layers, and apply to the bruise as often
as the cloths become warm; continue the
cold application for three or four hours
in case of bad bruise. Follow this
treatment with hot applications, and
here again moisture is desirable; so, in
stead of the hot water bag, wiring cloths
from hot water and lay on as often as
they cool 1t is difficult to keep 4 child
still and under treatment after the first
pain passes off; but if after the nap which
usually follows cessation of pain, and
during which the ice can be applied, baby
gets up and trots about, the bruise can
at least be bathed several times with
very warm water, and this will reduce
the discoloration. Gentle massage will
help restore the circulation impeded by
the blow, and prevent Il ''black eye'' or
"black- and-blue spot" but the pressure of
the ice or cold and hot cloths is often
all the handling bruised surface can
bear. The old wives notion that per-
son should not be permitted to sleep af-
ter fall is moonshine, and has no scien-
tiic reason for being.-Harper's Bazaar.