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Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-06-01
MERCUR'S ODD MINE.
Millions Upon Millions of Gold Ore
Found in Porphyritie Gangue.

Millions Upon Millions of Gold Ore
Found in Porphyritic Gangue.
II can tell you of a mine," said Joseph
r. Walker, the millionaire of Salt Lake,
at the Occidental, ''that is one of the
wonders of the age 1t is one of the
most Wonderful things on the American
continent.
1T is the new Golden Gate mine nj
Mercur, Utah, fifty miles from Salt
Lake. 1t has nearly $1O,O0O,O0O Ia
sight 1t he's a body of ore 400 feet
feet thick.
1.-THE whole body averages from $50
to $40 q ton. The mine has a Shale
hanging wall. AS to the footwall l am
not certain, but think it is kind of
Quartzitc.
ing like it in this country, or anywhere.
The gold is found in kind of porphyrit-
ic gangue The ore can only be worksd
by the cyanide or cyanogen process.
y. *. de La Mar, the noted mine
owner of Idaho, Colorado and Nevada,
bought this mine about eighteen months
ago, and evidently has an immense bO-
nanza in it, He is only developing il
now and has IS or 100 men at work.
1T is such q strange country about
there. The ore is found eight miles in
length by two miles in width in some
places That is enormous.
''There are several other mines in this
new district, some of them big, also
The Mercur mine is employing from 100
to 200 men, and must be working about
200 tons of ore a day. This was the
first mine opened there.
''There are other mines that are pro
ducing also and have got mills running.
Among these are the Geyser, Marion
and Sunrise, and they are very active.
Besides these there is the Little Won
der. the Old Grover and the Goldea
Gate Extension. / suppose there are at
least two score other properties that are
being actively worked.
1T is said that this peculiar ore has
been found for forty miles outside of
Mercur. / believe the district will be
one Of the biggest in the world-bigger
than the Comstock and bigger than al
most anything we have heard of in an
cient or modern times.
1T is singular how rich district Wifa
be overlooked. j took a supply of goOSs
to old Camp Floyd, seven miles from
the site of this immense mine ut the
time JOhnson's army wintered there. i
and my brother also built the first
quartz mill in Utah in 1872, at n point
scarcely more. than four miles from.
where the Golden Gate mine is now
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-06-01
Thought Himself a Poet.

According to the ST. James Gazette,
Nasr-el-din, the late Shah of Persia, was
a great patron of poetry, keeping poet
laureate at his court, and he even be
lieved that he could write verses In
this connection an anecdote was told of
the Shah, who, having read aloud one of
his own compositions, asked the laureate
what he thought of it. May 1 be par
doned, but think it great rubbishr'
''Take the donkey to the stablesv' thun-
dered the Shah, and the poet laureate
was ANONYMOUSLY carried off A few
days after the Shah, thinking that his
critical taste might be softened, sum-
moned him to his presence and read
aloud some more of his verses. The
poet laureate said nothing, but made as
if he were leaving the room. where
are you goingY" exclaimed the monarch.
Back to the stables" ''Why?" ''They
are still great rubbish. " The natural
kindness of the Shah asserted itself, and
the candid poet was forgiven and taken
back into favor.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-06-01
MURDER ON THE INCREASE.
Harper's Weekly Thinks We Do Not Do
Enough Hanging.

Harper's Weekly Thinks We Do Not Do
Enough Hanging.
1t appears that we ought all to do
what we can to get more people hanged,
says Harper's Weekly. In states where
capital punishment is administered by
electricity that method of taking life will
answer, but the law that prescribes it
must be enforced. The electrical ma
chimes must not be allowed to stand idle,
them in frequent use. OF course our
duty in this particular is painful, but it
is imperative. The question is whether
we shall kill murderers or they shall kill
u.s. BY all means let us kill them. They
need killing far more than we do, so
long as we are peaceable and decently
behaved. A supplementary question is
whether murderers shall be killed by due
process of law or by mobs. Let us have
them lawfully executed, for that gives
by far the best results. More than TO-
600 people were murdered in the United
States last year. In the year 1888 less
than 1000 were murdered. The increase
of population in seven years has been
considerable Last year business was
bad, and people were cross, and more
murderously inclined, no doubt, than
common. Still, taking everything into
consideration, the increase of murders
was astounding. It ought to be checked,
and the only practicable way to check it
is to have murderers suffer the legal
penalty of their crime. 1t is shocking
to kill anyone, but if one must choose be-
tween killing the guilty after conviction
and having the innocent killed offhand,
there cannot be any hesitation about
what duty and common sense demand.
Murder must be made more unpopular i'll
the United States
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-06-01
Ungainly style in walking.

''How women should walk and how
they do walk is subject which is con-
tinually coming up for discussion and 1t
has been decided recently by Partisan
journal that French women deserve the
prize for queenly grace Of carriage. The
German woman steps heavily, most Wom-
en- in other countries travel" ''prance,
roll or tramp about rs the case may
be- but the French woman walks III the
only correct manner. Peasant women
in France who carry burdens on their
heads are special types of grace il walk
ing and this exercise, using book or
a pillow. is specially recommended as a
remedy for an ungraceful walk.
Some women contend that their special
gait is natural, like the color Of their
eyes, and cannot be changed, but that is
entirely a misconception Of their own
ability to improve their present appear
ance. They seem to think that covering
the distance is the one and only point
to be gained by walking. If they could
see themselves as they appear to others,
any effort which could add a little grace
and dignity to their method Of walking
would not be considered too much trouble
Beauty Of face and figure is often al
most entirely lost in an ugly walk.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-06-01
IT WAS Plush

The late Gen. Francis B. Spinola of
New York was once in a game of poker
with a congressman who was all the
time owing amounts as a result Of his
losses, and he would forget to cash in
his 81 O. US" 1t wasn't long before
eral $50 worth of chips. The general
kept on winning, and finally cashed in
his original investment, and began to
pile up his winnings in an artistic fash
ion mr.. Bad Pay also finally struck
a fine streak of luck, and he, too, was
comparatively a large winner. One of
the party inquired of Gen. Spinola if the
chips in front Of him were not all "vel-
vet 'All velvet" responded Gen.
Spinola, with glee. "And don't forget
general" said the man who had on SO
many occasions borrowed from every
one at the table, ''you have $50 in velvet
over here in my pile. Don't forget that"
That's all right, my friend quietly re-
marked Gen. Spinola; ''but suppose for
the time being we do not call that vel
vet LET'S call it plush -
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-06-01
NEWSBOYs' RIGHTS.
They Can't, be Put Off a Moving Car,
Says the Court of Appeals.

They Can't, be Put Of a Moving Car,
Says the Court of Appeals.
The newsboys have won a victory in
the court of appeals in New York and
they can no longer be pitched off street
cars while the cars are in motion At
least if they are the companies will have
to pay the damage.
The case decided was that of George
Barber, the newsboy who was pitched
off a Broadway car three years ago and
lost his arm. He sued and the jury
awarded him $500 damages The com
pany took the case to the general term
and to the court Of appeals. The deci-
sion of the higher court sustains the
other iwo courts.
In the decision the court says that a
newsboy once on the car, must be treat
ed as any passenger and that he cannot
be compelled to get off until the car
stops. 1t makes no difference if he got
on the car in violation of the rule of the
company. He can't be compelled to risk
his neck a second time
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-06-01
Economic Workshop Output.

The question of the ACCESSIBILITY of in
sta1ling new machinery in a shop should
be decided upon its merits. If the re-
duction in the cost by the improved ap-
planes can be shown to represent a
percentage of saving greater than is aV
eraged by the plant, the additional ex
penditure is justifable. Some of our
pesslnllstic friends viii argue that 1 the in
maEd viii warrant The fallacy of this
argument has been frequently and con-
clusively shown. for the decreased cost
results IN q corresponding increased out
put, which eventually reduces. the, cost
to the consumer, and in that way in
creases the consumption.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-06-01
TEST WAS A FAILURE.
The Exhibition of a Bloodhound in Ten
neSsee.

Asst-Supt. Ross Of the Chicago police
department, Supt. Starkweather of De
troit and other police chiefs en- route
home from Atlanta stopped over at Chat
tanooga, Tenn. The Chattanooga de-
partment has bloodhound, jude by
name, that has become famous as a
criminal-catcher. The local officers ar
ranged for an exhibition chase to en-
terrain the visitors.
A negro was started across the col.n-
try and, after making detour in plain
view of the visitors, took to the timber
and climbed a tree. Jude ran well and
hung to the trail, but soon mistook tie
scent of hog for that of the negro and
drew blank The exhibition was anus
ing, but the Northern visitors are not at
all likely to ask their several councils
for appropriations to invest in Southern
bloodhounds. The negroes say the dog
knew he was running for fun all the
time
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-06-01
Smart Fishes These.

A, T.. Buchanan of Nashville thinks
he has proof that fish possess reasoning
powers of a high order. He tells this
story:
II have a fish pond stocked with
trout No one has ever caught any OF
the fish. as / have been trying to in
crease their number, the pond being but
three years old. My daughter, who is
something of natural surgeon. has al
ways fed the finny denizens of the pond,
and whenever she goes along the banks
the fish follow her and will eat out of
her hand One day fish appeared evil
IDENTITY about to die with some kind of
swelling on his head She caught him
and concluded to try TO cure him, lancing
the gathering. The next day he came
for his food evidently feeling as well
as ever A few mornings after that
her friends in the pond made considera-
BILE stir as they swan after food. They
were pushing a companion ahead OF
them that had in some way got caught
and torn a fin nearly off, crippling him
SO badly that he could not swim. His
friends were taking him to my daughter
to cure him as she did the other. After
looking at the injured fish she went to
the house, and procuring a needle and
thread returned to the pond and took
three or four stitches in the fish, as a
surgeon would with a man, and then put
it back into the pond He recovered,
since which time none of them have been
sick, but if they become so, | expect
them to call on the doctor again.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-06-01
Which was IT.

Rudyard Kipling and Frank r. Stock
ton met each other at a reception some
time ago. The latter informed the fla
NOUS Englishman that he seriously con
templated visit to India.
I'm glad to hear it, exclaimed Kip
ling enthusiastically.
'sYou see," he went on, 81 know just
what we'll do with you over there when
we get you away from your friends
and family. Well lure you out into the
jungle and have you seized and bound
by our trusty wallahs Well have you
turned over on your back and get one
of our biggest elephants to stand over
you with its forefoot poised above your
head Then I'll say in my most insin-
uating way, Come, now. Stockton
which was 1.-THE Lady or the Tiger" .
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-06-01
YOUNG FOLKS COLUMN.
They Died Too Soon.

George Washington was President and hon.
ored in his day,
He was the father of the Land, and all
things came his way;
He had basketful Of fun, Wagonioad OF
fame
But he never was rooter at a baseball
game.
Napoleon conquered half the world and had
a crown of gold,
And i'll mis- time his cup was Just as full lis
1t could hold.
1t looks from here as though he should have
had his share of fun
But ne never strained his yocalS when the
home team won.
And also Alexander, he turned most every
trick,
And then shed tears because there were no
more worlds left to- lick.
He climbed way up the ladder, as high as
people get
But he never pawned his scepter to pay a
baseball bet. Chicago Record.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-06-01
A VALUABLE CARGO.
Ship Roanoke Carries Over 5000 Tons OF
Sugar from Honolulu.


Sugar from Honolulu.
The departure of the big ship Roanoke
from Honolulu for New York on April
p was an important event at that port,
says the San Francisco Bulletin. This
ship is one of the latest and largest
wooden vessels under the American flag.
Her arrival at Honolulu from San Fran
cisco for cargo attracted much attention,
as she was the largest sailing vessel
that had ever visited that port. There
was an immense pile of sugar on the
wharf ready for her, but, after this had
all been put aboard, she still needed
more 10 bring her down to the load
line. When 88,455 bags had been put
aboard, the matches We're closed. The
weight of the sugar was reported at
10,377, 1873 pounds, the largest and most
valuable ever put aboard ship in that
harbor. The ship thus loaded drew 26
feet inches. Two tugs were required
to start her for sea and a big crowd
was on the wharf to see her off, includ-
ing President Dole.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-06-01
Lincoln Remembered Him.

Col. Thomas Nelson of Indiana, was
accustomed, in his story telling moods,
to recall his first meeting with Abraham
Lincoln. 1t was on stagecoach bound
for Indianapolis shortly before the war.
Col. Nelson took his tall fellow passen-
ger for country merchant, and beguilcd
the journey by telling him good many
things such as a rural variety store
keeper might be supposed to know moth
ing about
Rewarded by what he understood to
be looks of admiration the colonel
wound ND his talk with long disserta-
ton on the subject of centrifugal force.
defining and explaining it in a manner
suited to his listeners presumed capaci-
ties.
At Indianapolis the two men put nI
at the same hotel, and the colonel, after
a careful toilet. went down to the office,
to find the tall stranger surrounded by
group Of gentlemen who seemed to be
hanging upon his words.
''WhO is hep asked the colonel of the
clerk, and that functionafy pointed to
the register. on which was the name.
"a. Lincoln"
Col. Nelson was taken quite aback,
and took himself away as quietly as pos
sible A few years passed, Lincoln was
President, and Col Nelson became a
lOT SOI1S pOc4A1OAAs
Finally Gov. Morton telegraphed him
to come to Washington and meet the
President.
Il hoped he would not remember me
as his fellow passenger" Col. Nelson
used to say; but the hope was vain LIN
coin gave him hearty handshake, moth
fed him of his appointment as minister
to Chill, and wound up by saying to
him:
aCol. Nelson, do you know have often
thought of your talk about centrifugal
force, and now 1 am going to toss you
away off to Chill. Youths Companion.
One of the chief pleasure resorts of
the Hamburgers is the Blankenese, a
village situated about eight miles down
the river. 1t is picturesquely situated
between two hills. and when seen from
the river forms a charming picture An
extensive view is also obtained from a
tower built on the summit of one of the
hills
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-06-01
Win Your chlldren,s Confidence.

Never he too busy, too tired or too
inapat:ent to enter into the condolences
of Your smallest child. When your little
5-year-old girl runs to you, her winsome
face all aglow with excitement, and says
rapturously, ooh, mamma! | do SO like
Bobb:e Smith. I think he's SO nice
and he likes me, tool" do not ridicule
the child, and do not turn to your friend
with the remark that 1T is beau age al
ready but take your darling on your
knee, let her pour out all her sweet
thoughts, show her your undiguised in
terest in her little companions and friend
ships Find out why this particular
Bobbie is so nice;'' why she likes him,
and il the affection is reciprocated; and,
later, should you consider it best that
the friendship be discontinued, take a
tender way of doing it; but above all, do
not put your child away with laugh.
She is only child, but her heart will be
deeply hurt, and she will think with the
tears swimming in the bonnie eyes, that
you are not interested in her little affairs,
and the next, time she feels disposed to be
confidential she will remember the laugh
and will lock up her little secret within
her own breast, and as time goes on
mother will be the last rather than
the first one to whom she will go. Re-
member this, if you wish to win and
keep your children's confdence.-Phila>
delphia Times.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-06-01

A wholesale firm in New York has
imported number of ladies' cares.
These canes come from London AID lro
the fad among fashionable Engiis1: Tcll-
en-. They furnish another example of
the homage which is still paid to royalty
in that extremely limited monarchy tla
the other side The Queen has be,e,ra
so old and infirm that she cannot Walk
without the support of a cane and in
order that their beloved sovereign may
not be conspicuous in her inirmity, the
English ladies have made the cane a
fad. It is not the elderly lady who car
ries it, however, for that would reflect
still more upon her majesty's advanc-
ing years. Nor is it the new woman
who sports" this attribute of masculin-
ity The young and frivolous society
girl is the one who twirls her stick on
the boulevard and promenades at fash
ionable watering places. The custom be-
gan late last sumr,s- Gc6 has increased
in favor until it has boiled over, as it
were, into this country.
1t will be interesting to see what the
American girl will do with the new play
thing. She may treat it as the rightful
property of the new woman along with
the derby hat and the dog whistles. In
this case it will surely appeal to the Vas
sar girl, and we need not be surprised
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-06-01
Bicycle skates.

In front of W. e. Metzger's store on
Woodward avenue crowd gathered
yesterday to see young man perform
ing all sorts of queer feats on pair OF
skates that were strapped to his feet
and legs. These new skates somewhat
resembled the old roller rink affair, ex-
cept in place of the four little wooden
wheels each had two large rubber ones
of perhaps FIVE inches in diameter. The
skater moved about rapidly and at
times, apparently without great exer-
tion made a speed of ten miles an hour;
The wheels of these skates are covered
with pneumatic tires, fitted with ball
bearing hubs, and have an iron base
and big iron back-piece that straps
on the leg and nearly reaches to the
calf They are heavy. but the skater
said that they did not tire him. The
motion of skating was somewhat diff
ferent from that Of ice or roller skates,
as the operator did not appear to shove
himself along by a side motion of the
foot, but by the melton of the body.
w. E. Metzger said he had procured
this pair of skates during his recent
European trip and he believed they
were the first pair ever imported to this
country.-Detroit Journal
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-06-01
strange Indian Superstition.

There is now pending in Congress, says
Blackfeet Indians. for the consideration
of $1,50O,OOO, agree to sell the western
third of their reservation in Northewest-
ern Montana to the government. The
Indians have agreed to the stipulations
in this bill, in fact are anxious, for the
section spoken of is of no use to them
and they never enter it. for they believe
superstitiously that the whole of the
mountainous region is overrun with de-
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-06-01

mons and spirits For the section of
country, extending from the northern to
the southern boundary of the reserva-
ton, and from the main divide, its pres
ent western boundary, from fifteen to
twenty miles eastward, covering an area
of about 600 square mineral sections in
the limited States
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-06-01
GOSSIP FOR THE LADIES
One Heart.


] sometimes linger Ger the list
OF friends | lost in other days,
i. And still the question with me stays
i "When | am gone shall / be missed z"
! doubt if others think the same,
Or even wish to share my thought
That men were foolish who have sought
To leave @eVer-dying name
When thou hast run thine earthly race,
Thou wilt not 'leaVe a world in tears,
Nor will men come ia after years
To view thine earthly resting place.
Thy poor remains will rest as well,
Thy spirit will be no less free,
Although it is not thine, to be
4 Milton Raphael.
Fret not thyself, but heaven thank
If all the good that thou canst dc
May be done that only few
Need ever know thy place is blank.
BE thankful if but one true heart
Shall feel for thee the moments pain
Ere it can say I'VE meet again.
OF knowing what it is to part.
Oae loving heart thou mayest crave,
Lest all thou caredst for On earth
Should SEEM to have lasting worth
And end forever in the grave
One faithful heart beneath the sky,
In which to leave seed of love,
To blossom in world above
AnG bear q fruit which shall not die.
Chambers Journal
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-06-01

At Burke. Ida. the PoormanaTigeF
company is clearing the ground for the
new concentration. Nearly $100sQOG will
be expended for new machinery this
summer
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-06-01
Quite a Seige.

Impressing Him.-''Well, you had quite
a siege with that California real es-
tate agent | never saw man gestic,
ulate so violently. What allied him p
"Oh, the fellow has just heard of that
German professors theory that the gar
States. and now he claims that he has
seen the impression of Adams fall on a
rock in the neighborhood of the land he
has to sell. Truth.