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Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-08-03
Honey Wine.

The necessary ingredients for honey
wine are six gallons of water, ten pounds
of honey half an ounce of bruised gin
GER half an ounce of powdered cloves
and cinnamon, one gill of liquid yeast
sprig of rosemary. First whip the whites
of the eggs to froth. Place the water,
honey, spices, rosemary and whites of
egg in large pan on the stove and let
it simmer gently for an hour or little
longer. Remove the pan from the fire,
let it cool, take off the scum. and then
add the yeast and let it ferment When
the fermentation has ceased, turn the
liquor into the cask, and when clear, bot
tie This is considered quite good for
iOva lids
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-08-03
Cables Catch Whales.

Submarine cables are usually i'm
bedded in the Shiny bottom of the ocean,
but at certain points they hang like
wire bridges over deep submarine val
leys, SO that whales and other large in
habitants of the deep may become dan
gerous to the cable. Once in while it
is the cable that becomes dangerous to
the whales, as recently shown in an
accident to the Western Brazilian line.
There was some difficulty with the
wire, and after many futile efforts the
seat of the trouble was discovered seven
ty-six miles north of Santa Catharina.
The cableship Viking was sent to repair
the damage and began to take up the
wire After the cable proper had been
grappled and was wound to the surface
on the large drums provided for the pur-
pose it was found that it foated very
much easier and was more buoyant than
is usually the case
The reason was discovered when in a
loop of the cable the carcass of whale
of more than sixty feet in length came
into view. 1t appears that the whale
had become caught under the cable
and. not being able to lift it, nor to go
forward or back, it became sutfocated
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-08-03
IMPORTANT TO BANKS.
Can't Bind Their Depositors by Passing
Bylaws.

Can't Bind Their DepOSitOrS by Passing
Joseph Conrad came to Detroit with
Julius LANCE in 1898. He deposited
$1,000 n the Peoples Savings bank and
went to Cleveland. leaving his bank
book with LANCE for safe-keeping.
LANCE drew the money, sent him half of
it and went to Germany.
Conrad demanded the money from the
bank and it was refused him. He
commenced suit and set up that his
his case in the Wayne circuit court, the
jury finding under the instructions that
the bank was not negligent. The Su-
preme court, however, has directed
verdict for him and in doing 50 has laid
down law of much Importance to Michi-
gan bankers.
Originally, the court says, the officers
of a bank were the agents of the deposit
ors, who received their proportion of the
banks earnings and were required to-
accept it's losses without complaining.
In this state, however, banks are or
ganized under the general law, and de-
positors have no share in the profits
This being the case, it is held that,
as the bylaws of a corporation are bind
ing upon none but it's officers, so a bylaw
passed by the bank avoiding responsible
ty for money withdrawn through fraud
cannot be held to bind the depositors.
On this point Justice Moore says: "We
think the requirement of the statute that
the deposits shall be paid to the depositor
or his legal representatives cannot be
changed by a bylaw unless the attention
Of the depositor is called to the bylaw
and he assents thereto" -Detroit Jour-
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-08-03
An Odd Vessel.

w. II. Kavanaugh, president of the
Huntington & st. Louis Steamboat COM
pany, ST. Louis, and until a year ago
president of the Union Sand Dredging
company of St. Louis, few days ago
shipped the oldest looking vessel ever
foated from Pittsburg to st. Louis The
boat is designed for dredging sand from
the Mississippi and filling the low land
on the Illinois side Of the river. 1t cost
100000 and was made by the Schultz
Bridge company of Pittsburg. The
barge is all steel, with heavy boilers, en-
gines and pumps, to suck sand from the
river into hoppers, twelve feet above the
deck, holding 5000 bushels. Cars are
run under these hoppers from the shore,
and 200 can be filled in day, as against
20 cars under the old method.--Age of
Steel
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-08-03
An Extra Chair.

Do, in PHYS name, try to have an extra
chair or two on your piazza. Here is
where you expect to entertain your
friends for the next three months, if you
are in town, and yet you count noses and
let it go at that. There are just seats
enough and no more for the family. If
a visitor appears everybody jumps and
everybody offers seat. Then the young
est members, or some unfortunate man
of the family, attempt the roosting pro-
cess. He tries the porch, railing, the
top Of the steps or anywhere to save get
ting an extra chair. If the small boy or
girl is out in the cold, he or she balances
on the arm of porch rocker until its
occupant is about driven frantic.
Have a wash-bench when You can't af-
ford anything better 1t is fine when
cushioned if stationed in corner where
it will be given a back The cheapest
contrivance is better than the general
stampede that is bound to occur when
piazza chairs are limited, stampede
that suggests instant fight to the in
rl1der-PhiIadelnhia INQUIRER
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-08-03
Misleading Mirages.

while we stayed at Murat wells my
companions and myself received many
kindly attentions from the courteous and
hospitable Abadeh sheiks," says writer
in the London Truth. They supplied
us, among other things, with the most
delicious mutton, which was not what
one would expect to find in the heart of
this desert, where not blade OF grass
grows. I was told that the Arabs pro-
cure these sheep on the Red sea cost,
and drive them up to Murat from Helaib,
a distance of 200 miles us the crow flies.
while talking over various routes with
the Abadeh, we realized how intimate
is their knowledge of the desert. Their
journeys are by no means confined to
those regular tracks radiating from Mu-
rat. One can engage guidessat Murat
who will take one direct to any place
one may like to mention On the Red sea
shore or on the Nile bank. They know
every well and pool of the desert, and
the amount of wafer it can supply.
''At the same time these guides are not
infallible, and occasionally they miss the
wells for which they are making, and
that the mirages, which are SO frequent
and SO deceptive in the Nubian desert,
are the chief cause OF these mistakes.
The landmarks by which the guides di-
rect their course become invisible, or are
distorted and unrecognizable, while some
times the ghost of some familiar rock or
tree-possibly many leagues away and IN
a totally different direction-arises opt of
the desert to draw the unfortunate trav-
eler to his destruction The sheik said
that within his own memory ninety OF
the best Ababdeh guides had thus lost
their way and died in the desert.
''These Ababdeh are most interesting
people with whom to converse when they
become communicative. Travelling, as
they do, all over the desert between the
Red sea and the Nile, and being in con-
slant communication with their friends
in the Soudan and elsewhere, they have
very accurate knowledge of all that is
going on throughout an immense tract OF
country. An Ababdeh carries in his
head a map Of a great part of Africa,
and it is difficult to mention place
within his ken whose situation and dis
lance he cannot roughly lay down.
FThe information of our friends the
shieks extended to the Congo Free State
and to Uganda, and they knew all the
details of the Italian campaign in Abys-
sinia. They told us some strange stories
concerning recent events in that country,
which it is expedient not to repeat until
they have been confirmed. They said
by the way, that many European officers
were leading the troops of Menelek;
they were quite certain of this, and as
sured us that they had this news from
sources of information absolutely trust
worthy. They also spoke of the rifles
and ammunition which had been landed
in quantities at certain Red sea ports,
and thence carried by caravans into Alb
yssinia, some of which most probably
will reach the deryishes, to be used
against us in the coming campaign"
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-08-03
Overworked Women.


There can be no sadder sight than that
of a brGken-down. overworked wife and
motber-a woman who is tired all her
life through.
If the work Of the household cannot be
accomplished by order, system and nod
crate work. without the necessity of
wearing, heart-breaking toii-toil that is
never ended and never begun. without
making life a treadmill of labor, then,
for the sake of humanity, let the work
go. Better to live in the midst of dis
order than that order should be pur-
chased at so high a price-the cost Of
health and strength and happiness, and
all that makes existence endura bic.
The woman who spends her life in
unnecessary labor is untitled for the
highest duties of home. She should be
the haven of rest to which both husband
and children turn for peace and refresh
meat She should he the careful, intelli-
gent adviser and guide of the one. the
tender cOnfidant and helpmate Of the
other.
How is it possible for q woman. ex-
hausted in body, as natural conse..
Guence in mind also. to perform either of
these Offices? No. it is not possible. The
constant strain is great. Nature gives
way beneath it. She loses health, and
spirits. and hopefulness. and. more than
all her youth-the last thing woman
should allow to sin from her. for. no
matter how old she is in years. she
should be younger in heart and feeling,
for the youth of age is something more
attractive than youth itself
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-08-03
De Mores' Body.

The body of the late Marquis de AIoresy
who was murdered by Touareg Arabs on
the frontier of Tripoli. has been rocoy-
cred by a party of French cavalry, and is
now in Paris. The corpse is stated to
have been reduced to the condition Of
mere skeleton by the combined effects of
the heat of the Sahara sun. of insects
and Of birds of prey. The body was
recognized solely by plaster cast Of the
teeth sent by Paris dentist, VINO had
taken it just before the marquis started
on his last trip.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-08-03
YOUNG FOLKS COLUMN.
Periodical.

Talkin' bout coincidence.
Here's a curious question
Tibet hez caused me thought intense
Most brought Indigestion.
Why, ez sudden eZ a storm
Strikin' every section.
Comes the clalaor for reform
JeS' before election?
After 'noggeration day
Things get middlin' quiet;
Warn't no use at all, they say,
Fur sech fuss an riot.
But in three years things git warm
In tibet same connection:
Country alters needs REFORM
JeS' before election.
Washington Star.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-08-03
Keen Their Teeth Ground.

Rats, mice and squirrels are continual
ly gnawing at something. They do not
do this out of pure mischief as people
generally imagine, but because they are
forced to. Animals of this class, espe-
cially rats, have teeth which continue to
being the case, the poor creature is
obliged to continue his regular gnawing
operations in order to keep his teeth
ground off to a proper length.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-08-03
Take Your Time.

travelling Snowman had a parrot
which was accustomed to initiate his
voice and words when he was addressing
the crowd about his tent and always
created much amusement by doing so.
In the course of the mans wanderings
they came to a farming region, and here
one day the parrot, escaped and took, to
the fields. The Snowman organized a
posse of men and boys, and went in pur-
suit Of the fugitive.
After good deal of vain search, they
heard a great clamor about an old dead
tree on the edge of wood. Creeping
up to the place. they found that the poor
parrot was up in the tree, stripped Of
most of his feathers, and surrounded by
a flock of screaming rocks, who were
pecking and clawing him mercilessly, and
in the midst of it all the parrot was call
ing out at the top of his voice: "One at
a time, gentlemen! Don't crush so,
please! Take your time! There's plenty
of room! Take your timev'-London An
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-08-03
The Girl Friend.

Have a friend, but guard your friend
ship and your friend as you would a
crystal vase. Once the crystal vase is
broken, all the careful mending in the
world can never make it as it was, and
once there has come in your friendship
the words that Jared, the actions that
were unkind, and the looks that seem to
cut like knife, the friendship, like the
beautiful vase, can never be as it was.
And what is a girl without girl friend?
She stands alone. Men think that she
must differ from other women. and that
there must be something about her less
sweet and less, feminine than that which
pervades her sisters. | am a believer
in the girl friend. Any girl can. with
very little trouble. gain the admiration
of a man, but it takes something finer,
something better and something more
charming to attract a woman, and to
make and keep her a friend. In all the
history of the world there is nothing
so fine as the friendship of women,
whether it be given to men or whether
it be given to women, it stands out mag
nifcent. unselish, sympathetic and
Christ-like-when it is the right kind of
friendship. You will remember that to
Him who was without sin, the joy, the
beauty and the sympathy of friendship
was known, and that it was a woman
who was a friend, who stood by Mary
watching. until the tragedy of the cross
had ended, and waiting until the glory of
the resurrection had begun.-Ruth Ash
more in Ladies Home Journal.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-08-03
The Town Had Two Great Men.

Besancon, France, was the birthplace of
Victor Hugo and NJ. Pasteur. There is a
school there named after the former.
but now it is seriously proposed to alter
the name to honor Pasteur, the claim
being made that Hugo never did any
thing for the people of the province,
while Pasteur has cured many of them.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-08-03

By it's last spasms or attempts to free
itself the whale had damaged the cable
so that the insulation was rubbed off
and the wire became useless.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-08-03
The Outdoor Woman.

One of the greatest benefits which
ought to accrue to women from the re-
cent progress they have made in sports
and athletic exercises, and which is, IN
fact, beginning to appear. is not phys
cal, but rather a moral one. 1t is a
result, moreover, of the competitive idea,
that terror to those of especially con-
sentative mind.
1t has always been said, and with
truth, that the majority of women have
not appeared to advantage in contests
where there was a strong feeling of
rivalry; desire sir of one side to Guido
the other. They hated to be beaten,
and though it was manifestly impossible
that everybody should win, the defeated
ones frequently took their fate very
hardly, and could not help acting as if an
injury had really been done them. In
the course Of the game, too, there was
a tendency to rebel against the strict
not used to being held to account for
what seemed to them very trifing lapses
from the letter of the law, and they
could not at once get rid of the notion
that they were entitled to some favors
and indulgences. In a word, their con
duct might have been described by the
single term unsportsman-like," which
covers the whole ground.
1t was all due to lneXperience. Women
are naturally as fair-minded and as anX-
ious to do everything squarely and hon
estly and good-naturedly as are their
brothers, but they were entering what
was to them new field, and it took
them some time to acquire the new atti-
tude of thought which went with it.
Not that they have by any means entire
ly accomplished this yet. but the various
sports, wherever they are properly con-
Quoted, are developing it steadily. Cool
ness and self-control are often more
powerful factors in winning games than
skill itself. A nervous, easily confused
competitor can never be relied upon at
crises in the game and until she learns
to keep her head and judge as calmly at
an exciting moment as she would at any
other time she is not valuable addi-
ton to any side. If it is a game where
each contestant is playing for herself,
the nervous woman merely spoils her
own chances, and never becomes a dan
gerous rival. Control Of ones temper is
equally important, and occasionally very
hard to maintain. If dispute arises on
any point, the decision Of the umpire
must be accepted as final. Mistakes will
occur once in while, but they cannot be
helped, and there must be an authority
whose word will stand.-Harper's Bazaar.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-08-03
Ignorance or Carelessness.

A friend, at whose house was stay
ing, was opening her morning mail She
uttered an exclamation of annoyance,
and handed to me the epistle she had
Just read.
THAT only goes to prove,' she said.
that that man was not born and bred
n gentleman. | wrote him a formal lit
tie note, asking him to dime with Us on
Wednesday evening. Just see how he
anSWerSr'
The sheet [ held bJre the stamp of the
business house of which the writer was
partial proprietor. The note was type
written and curt, stating in the briefest
possible terms the writer's Tor dictator's)
regrets at his inability to accent Mrs
KS invitation. 1t was just such let
ter as he would have sent to man to
whom he was writing on. strictly bust
ness matters. He was an educated man.
and supposedly a gentleman, and vet he
had paid so little heed or care to conven-
tionalities that he could be guilty of the
solecism Of sending a society note on
business paper and typewritten Either
he knew no better. which. in a man of
his position, was impossible, or he did
not care, which was ineXcusable.
Men are too often careless about social
letter writing. They seem to think that
the manner in which letter is written
or the promptness with which it is dis
patched makes little difference. unless it
is upon business matter. Even men
who know what is what slight rhe all
important Observation-Disclosures letter. Those
uninitiated in college vernacular may
need to be told that the bread-and-but-
ter letter is the epistle written by guest
to a hostess after his departure from her
home, in which he thanks her FOR the
kindness shown him during his visit.
Although the note may be as brief as
pressure of engagements may demand,
or n { long Is the writer's desire NAV dir
tate, it must be written as soon us pos
sible after the traveller reaches his des-
tination, and, in spite of business, weari-
ness or haste, is never to be omitted
That a man neglects the little courtesies
of correspondence proves that he is too
little of gentleman to pay attention to
good form, or that he is Indifferent,
which is worse still. Ignorance is some
times as ineXcusable as careIessness. and
both cause rudeness.4 Harper's Bazar.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-08-03
Switched Entirely.

They wee two little Dutch boys
brothers-in an Episcopal mission school
and their names were Julius and Arthur
The teacher was trying to make them
remember the names Of the patriarchs
Moses and Aaron.
Nov, julius" she said, who was the
brother of Moses?''
Aaron, he answered But when she
reversed the question and asked. ''Who
was the brother of Aaron ~ he could not
to save his white head and little fat nose
have told. The teacher, in desperation
and remembering that example is better
than precept, SAID: We'll, take the case
of yourself and Arthur. Who is your
brother?''
arthur
''And who is the brother of Arthur
A flash of intelligence lighted his
moony, sunburned face, and he eagerly
cried:
Moses Orleans Times-Demo-
crat
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-08-03
England's costly legal Procedure.

The United States is not alone in hav-
ing courts which are sometimes expen-
sive. Recently Oxford university want
ed to change the title 'Ford's Professor
of English Literature to 'Ford's Lee
tnrer.' The necessary legal steps cost
$1,000
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-08-03
SnowbalIs Arc Deadly.

The fatal effects Of the use of what
are known as ''snowballs," a cheap com
pound of shaved ice and artificial flavor
ing extracts, should serve as warning
to parents who allow their children to
invest their pennies in these articles.
The extracts used contain large proper
tons of fusel oil and glucose, and they
are colored with aniline, making their
use decidedly unwholesome, if not posi-
lively dangerous. The stomachs of young
children are peculiarly sensitive to poi
son. 1t is the fusel oil, physicians say,
that makes the child become addicted
to 'snowballs," just as the opium smok-
er, the victim of tobacco. or the drunk
ard, becomes enslaved to his peculiar
vice. Thus the taste becomes a disease
that may lead to serious results.-Norris-
town HERALD.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-07-13
COL. sKIRM RET1REs.
cuisines. Interfere. with His military
Duties.
Erfcsa!to tae JerseD cstu Nctra


Frrcsa.f tn Tho JcrseD Cgtu Nc1sr.
TRENTON, July 10. lsse-colonel Will
lam II. Skirm. Of the Seventh Regiment.
has formally applied to be retired before
the regiment goes into camp at Sea Grit,
next Saturday. He is very anxious that
MS resignation will go into effect at once
to avoid attending camp, but General
Sewell has positively refused to consider
his communication until after the encamp-
ment.
Colonel Skim has been ordered out with
others Of the Second Brigade. which Gen
Graz Seweil commands, and a failure to
obey the order means a trial by court
martial 70 which, of course, Colonel
skirm IS a yery busy man. He has me-
elected his business for politics in the
past, and he says he is required at his Of
flee during the next few months.
Realizing that he could not spare a
week for the Sea Grit ncampment. Col
onel Skirm. on June Ia, sent to General
SeWell a formal communication express
ing a desire to be relieved from further
military duty. General Sewell held the
communication until July 8, when Colonel
Taomas s. Chambers visited him and per-
-Sonally stated Colonel Skirm's reason for
requesting to be retired. The Generals
answer was that Colonel Skirm's request
would not be granted on account of the
ment, but that he would consider the re-
quest after hi ncAmpment and then.
with reluctance, would grant 1t.
Colonel Skirm will personally visit Gem
eral tomorrow and endeavor to Sc
cure a furlough. but his friends believe
gallant Seventh when the regiment enters
the camp grounds.