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Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-06-22
Curious Camp Stove.

An Aroostook, Me-, woodsman. E. B..
White, has a curious and unique ar
rangement for cooking food over IN open
fire, which he calls a camp range. 1t
consists of three-fourths inch iron gas
pipe, eighteen inches long, hammered to
a point at one end and plugged with
metal, through which there are three
small holes, each of a size fit to hold the
end of a wire, say, three-sixteenths of
an inch in diameter. Loops are made Of
wire, into which skillets, pals, pans or
other tapering cooking utensils are fitted
snugly A washer of sheet iron fits over
the end of the gas pipe and is prevented
from slipping clear down by a snug
metal wristband. The washer serves to
brace the wires. The gas pipe is driven
into the ground and red embers and Goals
placed about it. The food is cooked cas-
lily and quickly. A coffee pot hanger is
also used, it being bent up, SO that the
long coffee pot will swing clear of the
fire. Had White cared to do so, he
might have made a snug sum of money
by patenting and selling his handy con-
characterization NIe.) Journal.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-06-22

selves to death mentally. Had they
stopped talking at the first trace of nerv-
Gus trouble they would now be we'll and
happy in their homes.
Maybe you don't think this is so.
Look up the life Of George Eliot and
see how she had to absent herself from
even her limited family circle to give
her tongue a rest. She was one OF your
volatile women takers.
Partisan doctors say they have found
a way to keep women quiet; but they
are keeping it quiet. Personally think
it is by gag administered privately
and kept confidential. At Right, with
the gag removed, the fair talker has re-
covered and is able to talk again.
American women are comparatively
free from this besetting feminine sin.
French women suffer the most from it,
but as a doctor who goes among women
for nine-tenths of his practice, | must
say that it is my opinion that one-half Of
women's ills would be crossed out could
they learn to put that seal upon their
lips that is recommended by king Solo
mon" Helen Ward.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-06-22
FACTS AND FANCIES.

Lady in pony cart (who has made sew
eral unsuccessful attempts to pass per-
severing beginner occupying the whole
road)-"Unless you soon fall off. sir. I'm
afraid | shall miss the train. Punch.
Wasn't that young Mr.. Tiff who left
the house as | came in?', asked the judge
of his eldest daughter
Yes, papa.
Did | not issue an injunction against
his coming here any more?"
Yes, papa; but he appealed to
higher court. and mamma reversed your
decision "-Tid-Bit
A writer in the Augusta Gao Chron-
icle says: ''Once at Liberty hall / was
present when Gen. Toombs made
statement that was here and there pune
tuated with mnu profanity. He conclud-
ed thus: Don't you agree with me, Mr..
Stephens? The old commodore pioed
out shrilly: al but the damn, general
all but the damn.
She-''I wonder where the custom of
mothers taking their daughters to water
ing places originated"
He'll the days of Abraham. Re
bekah got her husband at one. Truth.
So wonder" said member of wom-
ans association, why the report of the
secretary is referred to as 'minutes?' "
Il don't know" replied another. 1t
always seems great deal more like
hours. Washington Star.
$50 you feel you cannot marry him?''
''Yes. l am fully decided why, don't
you like him?' ''Oh. l like him We'll
enough. but | can't get him to propose"
Harlem Life.
1.-The little girl next door has such
funny name," said Herbert. in tone of
disgust. What is it, asked his moth
err. ''Consuelo!" he replied, scornfully.
why didn't they call her Venezuela,
or Nicaragua, or something sensible a
fellow can understand ?'-New York
Times.
"That young man stayed till after mid
night" began the stern parent, with all
the acerbity he could command.
Eyes, papa" answered the silver SEN
ator's daughter. He left me at just 16
minutes to /.
I'll guess he's all right, after all. =
Cincinnati Enquirer.
A DELIGHTFUL DREAM.
The world would be devoid of cares,
A resting place, where all is NICE
If coal would but come up the stairs
As smoothly as it does in price.
Washington Star.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-06-22
WESTERN MINING NOTES.

The New York Lode in the Pine Greek
district. Col. recently purchased by H.
r. Harris of Denver has made its own
er a rich man by disclosing 3-foot vein
Of 500 ore.
Il report has reached Laramie of a
wonderful strike about ten miles south
east of the city The ore runs 1000
ounces in silver, 40 per cent. in copper
and $31 in gold.
in the Senator group of mines near
Idaho Springs, Col. a fine body of ore
has been opened up showing large pieces
of ruby silver The edge of the ore
chute has just been entered and it aD-
pears to be very rich.
The Monte Cristo and the Gold
Eagle. both in Gunnison county, near
Pitkin. Col. have been sold. The Monte
Cristo was sold to Gunnison parties for
$4,000 and the Gold Eagle was pur-
chased by Michigan parties for $4,000.
Robert Porteus, who made the great
strike in the Lloyd lode, near Ouray,
Col, recently, had a test made of sew
eral pounds of the ore. which reduced
631 ounces gold and u ounces silver to
the ton.
-Smelter and sampling men without
exception concur in the statement that
at no time has the production Of gold in
Utah been as large as that of the pres
ent and express the belief that the out
put for 1896 will exceed that of any
corresponding period in the annals of
mining in Utah.
One of the most sensational assays
that have been obtained from rock pro-
cured in Little Cottonwood mining dis
trict is that which was returned to Harry
Edwards and Frank Dalton at Salt Lake
City. and which showed gold Of the value
of $1516.S0 per ton. In addition to this,
the certificate shows % ounces in silver.
One of the largest strikes in the Red
mountain district, Colorado was made
in the 9OO-foot level of the Genesee-
Vanderbilt mine, when a 4-foot vein in
rich ruby silver and brittle gold was
uncovered running as high as $4,000
to the ton. The ore is SO rich that a
specimen of the same roasted over an Or
binary fire caused the precious metal to
fairly boil forth.
A survey of the hills around Dow
Center. Col. shows numerous prospects
with ore assaying from So to S10O per
ton On the slope of Dow mountain is
the Favorite mine, which gave assays of
over $1,000 to the ton at a depth of 10
feet. The White mine. owned by Den
yer parties. an assay of 5000 and a
20 feet and has struck 500 ore.
The value of the output for the Hoo
tenay country for the present year has
been variOusly estimated at from So
100000 to $1O,OOO,O00. The latter sum
would seem nearer the mark. The Slo-
can Star alone will ship ore and concen-
trates between the LIST of May and the
31st of December which will run over
$1.OOOOOO. The Hall mine should pro-
duce close to million this year. This.
with the product of the Trail Creek
mines, and the other mines in the SLOGAN,
which are every day increasing their
outnut and tha North Star mine which
has contracted for the delivery of 5000
tons this year. will make an amount
which will crowd $1OO00,OOO pretty
closely
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-06-22
NEVER ATE SOLID FOOD.
Tommy Horton, Though 20 Years Old, is
iii Mind and Body Baby.

Tommy Horton is one of San Francis
co.'s freaks. Though % years old, he has
the faculties and physical appearance of
a boy early i'll his teens. He is by no
means half-witted, for he has all the wits
of a boy of 16. But at % his mind nat
urally should have developed.
Until three weeks ago he has spent all
of his time at home, but now he has a
situation as errand-boy for a dealer in
microscopical supplies. This work has
taken him to scientists, and through them
his condition became public.
Tommy, though born healthy. had
early in life all the infantile diseases.
Besides he had structure of the stomach,
as result of which his digestive appa-
ratus went on strike and has remained
out of work ever since. Then he was
ruptured and afterward has a severe at
tack of asthma.
Never in his life has he eaten bit of
solid food, and. for a time, it was only
with the greatest difficulty that his stom-
ach could retain even milk and water,
He takes broths and baby foods, and
sometimes goes for days without an
ounce of nourishment.
Consequently. for lack of phosphates,
his brain hasn't developed. He is left in
lamentable condition of naive honesty.
His skin is as smooth and innocent of
hair as that of baby.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-06-22

and Lame said the dresses were worth
only $4,000 francs, but. as she was noth>
ing If not generous. she would let him
have 10000 as payment in full. Then
the suit was brought, and Felix was
called as an expert. These suits are not
at all uncommon in Paris, and either
Doucet, Worth. or Felix is always called
to appraise values. His duty it is to eX-
anime the dressmaker's books to learn
the amount expended for materials, and
to pass OH the quality of the workman-
ship. If the latter be satisfactory. he
fixes the amount of the bill by adding
so per cent. to the cost of materials-35
per cent. for the making. IA per cent. for
fixed expenses of rent light, book-keep-
ing, and SO on. and II per cent. for
profit This profit may seem considera-
BILE, but it really is not so much when
one takes into account the long time al
lowed for the payment of bills. the way
some of them are shaved down-an ac-
tress in vogue or a noted beauty knows
her Importance as an advertisement to
the tradesman, and they are sometimes
guilty of sharp practices that would
shame a Shylock- and the fact that some
customers do not pay at all.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-06-22
One About sherman.

A Columbus correspondent sends some
good stories to the Cincinnati Enquirer
on the peculiarities of statesmen who
have appeared in Ohio's capital from time
to time. Among them are the following:
After John Sherman was elected United
States senator the last time he gave a
banquet to the Legislature at the hotel
At the plate of each guest was a dainty
fngerboWl with very thin slice of lemon
floating serenely upon the water. A
brand-new senator from Adams county,
after pressing the lemon with the handle
of his knife, drank the contents of the
bowl, remarking: "They are mighty
stingy with their weak lemonade" This
only goes to prove that a lack of ac-
quaintance with the small details of
table form does not necessarily argue a
lacking of statesmanlike qualities.
Not very many years ago a committee
of the general assembly was entertained
in a neighboring city and the citizens
committee agreed that the trip should
not cost any member a single penny. 1t
was arranged that each guest was to
have a badge, and the hotels and saloons
understood that money was not to be
taken from the wearers thereof. One of
these simple minded, honest statesmen
went into barber shop for shave, and,
after the operation was performed to his
entire satisfaction, his clothes brushed
and the 10 cents rendered, he was told
tudJ no ScllOeLudu W0dI1HS one Ol luOSe
badges could spend any money. rs that
so? Well, while I'm here | guess I'll
take a haircut, too The thrifty solon
not only took a haircut, but bath and
shine.
Mcbride of Richland is something Of a
joker, and early in the session just closed
farmer member asked innocently
enough if paper and envelopes were free.
Mcbride assured him that they were,
and if he would call at the postOffice on
State street and tell them that he was
member of the Legislature he could
get stamps free also. The member
went over, got So worth and had a scene
with the stamp clerk, threatening him
with instant removal from his position
for rlIdeness to a lawmaker.
A member of the lower body within
twenty years is known to have taken
care of horse and COW for family on
Oak street for his board. In explanation
of this unusual item of expense he said
that he was III the habit of getting up at
5 o'clock and as the House did not con-
vene until 9 or after he didn't mind do
ing the chores at all.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-06-22
CoNvICTs FEIGN DISEASE.
Learn Proper Symptoms from Family
Medicine Books in the Prison.

Learn Proper Symptoms from Family
Medicine Books in the Prison.
In one of the large English prisons
there is library for the benefit of the
prisoners containing a varied collection
of books that have been presented by
philanthropic authorities to see what
books were most popular among the pris-
oners The one in greatest demand was
Smiths Handbook Of Family Medicine
1t was passed from cell to cell and read
to the exclusion of all others.
1t was subsequently discovered that
the cause of this curious fondness was
the desire of the prisoners to learn the
symptoms of different diseases, so that
by successful "malingering' they could
get out of work and deceive the prison
physician.
Prisoners go to any lengths to get
themselves transferred to the hospital
wards. The commonest mode of de-
>ception is TO eat their soap, which dis
turbs their stomachs enough to let them
off work and even to procure a drink Of
liquor for medicine. BY means of the
Handbook of Family Medicine the pris-
oners We're presenting all the symptoms
of diseases from Asiatic cholera to
Welcoming cough
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-06-22
Chance in a Lifetime.

When the Vanderbilts obtained control
of the Union Pacific railway, William HI.
made a trip in a special car over the
branch line known as the Denver and
South Park. which runs from the capital
city to Leadville, says the Chicago
Times Herald. This is the road of which
O. H. Rothacker once wrote: ''The Den
yer and South Park is a narrow gauge
road except where the track is spread to
broad gauge.
While the Vanderbilt car carried a
chef and well-stocked larder, the mag
nate, soon after entering the South Park
country. felt longing for a glass of
fresh milk, and when the train pulled
into Como he sent his servant into the
depot hotel to get the desired article.
The servant returned, accompanied by
the hotel proprietor, Charley Benedict.
The latter carried a glass of milk. refus-
ing to allow any one but himself the hon
or Of serving such a distinguished patron.
Vanderbilt quaffed the milk, pro-
nolmced it excellent and handed Benedict
S. gold piece. The hotel man said
Thanks and started to make his exit.
Il say called the railway king, ''don
[ get any changer"
mo, SIR
"How's that?''
"Well, you don't get any; that's how
Milk is pretty high out here, isn't it,
Yep
DO you charge everybody So for a
glass of milk?'
mo; some only pay cents
why. do you charge me more than
others?''
Because we fellows out here only get
chance at you once in a lifetime, and
Benedict bowed himself out of the car.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-06-22
Rare and Old Trees.

The macpalxochiquthitt or hand flower
tree. is a Mexican and Guatemalan tree,
bearing a red flower whose stamens re-
semble in shape a human hand.
In Jamaica grows a tree whose bark
consists of numerous concentric fbers,
so arranged as to resemble lace. Charles
II. once received as a present a collar
made of it.
There is in Western India a variety of
antiaris called the sack tree. You cut
off a log of the proper length, soak and
beat the bark, and putt it nearly off: then
saw off the end of the wood, which re-
mains for bottom.
There is a shrub in Spain called the
toothpick bishop weed, because the rays
of the main umbel form thorny tooth
picks when dried. A specimen in Kew
gardens has 81, 900 rays.
The great tree which has so long been
a landmark in Aurora Mo-, used in
years agOne by many hunter hiding
for deer was dragged down in the recent
ioods.-New York Recorder.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-06-22
BRIEF NOTES OF NoTABLEs.

Probably the owner of the largest
number of dogs in the world is Gustav
Jovanovitch. a Russian cattle king"
who has $4,000 shepherd dogs to look af-
ter 100000 sheep.
Comptroller J. III. Eckels will deliver
an address in Atlanta, Ga, on Thurs
day of this week, under the auspices of
the Young Mems Democratic Sound
Currency club of that city.
1t is stated that Richard Holt hut
ton, who has long been one of the editors
of the Spectator, is about to retire from
that position, and that he will be sue
ceeded by st. Loe Strachey.
Canon Du Moulin, rector of ST.
James cathedral, Toronto. Canada has
been elected bishop. of the diocese Of
Niagara, in the province of Ontario. and
has signifed his acceptance of the Office.
Nine Stambuloff, the widow of the
murdered Bulgarian statesman, has ad-
dressed a petition to the ministerial
council begging that the injunction i'm
posed by the parliamentary commission
of inquiry upon the real property left by
her husband shall be removed, as she
and her children are in want.
There are thirty palaces belonging to
the imperial family in various parts of
Japan. but the present Emperor has. new
er occupied more than three or four of
them, and some of them be has never
seen.
M. de Selves, nephew of NJ. de
Freycinet, and for thirteen years post
master general of France, has been
named project of the Seine. His pred
ecessor. NJ. Poubelle, is to go shortly
to Rome as ambassador to the Pope.
One of the wealthiest heiresses in
England is the Hon. Ella Williamson,
the eldest daughter of Lord Ashton.
Lord Ashton has no sons and only one
other daughter. Miss Williamson will
one day inherit about $350.O00 a year
and a fine place in Lancashire.
Miss Ella v Hobart of San Fran
cisco, who is engaged to marry Charles
Adolphe Baldwin, son of the late Rear
Admiral Baldwin and brother of Mrs.
Deacon. possesses what is probably the
coStliest tennis court in the United
States. 1t occupies the site of a hand
some residence which Miss Hobart S
father purchased for $4,000.
Sid Ali, the Bey of Tunis. is likely
to encounter sea of troubles in the
near future. for he has decided to be-
come an author. His Forthcoming book
is to be entitled 1.-The Guide of the True
Believer in the Path of Duty" 1t deals
with the sanitary and legal obligations
of the MuSSulman, as well as with the
tenets of his faith.
in the palace of the Shahs of Per
STA at Teheran is a room hung with
Gobelin tapestry, and next to it the Ii
brary. filled with precious manuscripts.
OF all the caligraphers Mir seems to be
the most famous. and his writings are
valued at ? tumaris line. At this rate
the manuscripts by him in the Shah's
possession must be worth hundreds of
thousands of pounds.
Her husband being absent in another
city last Sunday Mrs f. NJ. Bennett,
wife of the pastor of the Unitarian
church at Carthage, Mo-, modestly but
capably took his place in the pulpit,
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-06-22
Drilling with Bullets.

A novel method of perforating iror
plates is reported from Salt Lake City
The city is being supplied with cleo
tricity for lighting and power generally
fourteen miles away in the Big Cotton
wood canyon. 1t was found necessary
for the purpose of pipe connections. to
cut four 4S-inch openings in the 7-foot
penstock, the plates of which were half
an inch thick The workmen began to
cut with cape chisels. but the progress
made was too exasperatingly slow for
the engineer of the works, r. NJ. Jones,
who is known throughout the West as
the cowboy engineer" Mr.. Jones took
up his rife, and, using steel bullets cased
with copper, shot line Of holes through
the plates from distance Of about thir-
ty feet. The intervening edges were
afterward easily cut out and in a very
short time the job was fnished.-Pitts-
burg Dispatch.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-06-22
Lemonade from Ants.

A favorite dish among the Northern
Indians is blood mixed with the half-di-
gested food found in a deer's stomach.
The mixing is actually done in the
paunch of the animal, which is permitted
to hang with its contents in the heat and
smoke of a fire for several days. Thus
the whole mass is brought to a state of
fermentation. Most of the fat in It is
first chewed in order to prevent Jumps,
but no person with bad teeth is per-
mitted to do the chewing. The Snake
Indians eat ants, which are gathered
from the anthills by squaws. Uncover
ing a hill to certain depth, the women
scoop up the insects in their hands and
put them into bag: When they have
got enough, they wash them in a stream,
so as to get rid of all dirt and debris
The ants are then placed on a fiat stone
crushed into a mass and rolled like pas
try. Of this substance soup is made
The department of agriculture has
learned that an excellent imitation of
lemonade may be made of the liquid
strained from mashed ants. The bodies
of ants contain much formic acid which
is very close chemically to the critic acid
that gives lemon juice its flavor.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-06-22
REMARKABLE LONGEVITY.
A Family of Eight Whose United Ages
Foot Up 669 Years.

Foot Up 669 Years.
The most remarkable instance of lon
eeyity in the history of the Nutmeg
state. perhaps. is noted in the KimbaH
family of Preston. one member of it,
Mrs. Abby S. Cook, who is passing the
closing wears of her life in the home of
her daughter, Mrs. William III. Cook of
Franklin street. Norwich, having cele-
brated on Tuesday the ninetieth ami
versary of her birthday. Mrs. Cook is
the widow of the late Isaac ii. Cook of
Preston. A large number of her rela-
tiyes. friends and neighbors called at her
home on her anniversary day and con-
graduated her. and the venerable lady,
who is still hale and active and of a
cheerful spirit. entertained them.
Mrs Cook is member of a family of
eight children, sons and daughters of
Elisha and Lucy Lathrop Kimball, all
of whom are alive and III vigorous
health. with the exception of Mrs. Sybil
A. Branch. the eldest, who died two
years ago at Roxbury, Mass, aged sc
years 41a months.
Here are the names and ages of the
surviving members of the band: Abby
S. Cook. 80 years old: Sarah Green
Iowa, SS; Sarah L. Brown Chicago, 50
Nelson l.. Kimball. Iowa. 80; Frances
De Wolf, Chicago, so; Lucius T.. Kim
ball, Iowa, IS. and the Rev. Nathaniel
Kimball Iowa, 76. The united ages OF
the brothers and sisters are 500 years
including that of Mrs Branch.