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Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-07-20
WHOOPING COUGH,
Sorne Valuable Hints for the Treatment
of Children Afflicted.

Sorne Valuable Hints for the Treatment
Of Children Afflicted.
A description of the symptoms of this
disease cannot be necessary. No one
who has once seen a child in paroxysm
of the cough ever forgets the sight, nor,
in its typical form. is the disease ever to
be mistaken fer anything else
1t is chiefly of Importance on account
of the many complications which are la
bic to arise from it, and it is to the pre-
vention of these that the efforts of the
nurse and the physician are chiefly to be
directed.
AS a rule the younger the child the
more severely will the attack be felt so
that very young children especially
should be guarded against infection.
One of the worst features of the dis
ease is the violent strained efforts during
the parOXySms of coughing, which dis
pose to hemorrhage and to rupture
Many cases of consumr ton in children
date from an attack of whooping cough,
and children SO suffering should by ali
means be kept from intimate contact
with consumptives, while every attention
should be given to their proper nOurish-
ment and their hygienic surroundings
Those whose experience with the dis
ease has been largest are the readiest TO
acknowledge that medicines by them
selves are of little value. 1t is all the more
important therefore, that the patient
should have good nursing, and all that
good nursing implies.
Every day in which the weather per-
mits the child should be taken out of
doors, and in any event he should have
q constant supply of fresh air.
Wooden undergarments should be worn
day and night, while daily bathing should
be carefully practiced. Counter irrita-
ton of a mild character over the region
of the stomach is of great value, and the
! diet should be of the SIMPLEST and most
| nourishing kind.
Vapors and inhalers rarely do good,
but frequently the patient improves after
| their discontinuance
The salt air of the seashore has been
| many times warmly recommended, and
| where possible this should be tried but
the principal benefit derived from it iS
doubtless due to the greater amount of
time spent out of doors.-Youth's Com
Danion
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-07-20
Both Democrats.

Justice Brewer. in a merry mood the
other day, told a little story about the
Venezuelan commission. There are three
Yale men on the commission, which IS
n fact always mentioned whenever any
Yale man says anything about the conn
mission, and, as Justice Brewer is one
of the three Yale men, he began his
story that way. So, as there were three
Yale men on the commission, the Yale
Alumni association of Washington in
vited the FIVE members as their guests
of honor at a recent meeting. Justice
Brewer attended, but the others were
prevented from going. AT the right time
in the evening the chairman made
mock heroic speech about the courage OF
the commission and the miasmatics dam
gers they must face searching in the
jungly swamps of Venezuela for the
Schomburgk line, and in behalf of the
association gave them-at which signal
a tray was brought forward with five
TASKS of whisky and five packets of
Guinine. On behalf of the commission
Justice Brewer accepted the gift. After
ward. he said, he forwarded the present.
The Yale men being in majority might
have kept it all, but they chose to be
liberal, and gave the others as their
share-the uuinine. "But they were both
Democrats he said, "and they Kicked
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were arranged, the thing was done. Nor
was there much bathing done la the
days of rouge and patches. Even less
than 100 years ago the habit of frequent
ly bathing the entire person was called
hv good. old. careful housewives nasty
French fashion"
At the present day the first charm OF
woman is the sense of cleanliness about
her-the bloom of her skin, the luster in
her hair, the sparkle of her teeth. This
cleanliness it is her wise effort to main
tain. and if the least particle of what is
known as making up'' should become
apparent about her she knows her
charm is lost The rouge pot, the hare
foot. the pencil for the eyebrows, the
coral lip salve-if there is a suspicion
of the use of any of these there will be
left a hint, a suggestion of uncleanliness
in the beholder's mind, which utterly
destroys anything accomplished by
skill in the pictorial line, for no one who
is not virtually an artist can use these
articles SO that she will not be discov-
cred. and she who is discovered bears
not only the stigma of having failed IN
her purpose, of the vanity of caring too
much for her appearance, but of having
tried to cheat and been unsuccessful III
that also. For the woman who makes up
| in her dressing room never knows eX-
actly what the effect is going to be IN
the full sunshine of outdoors, and she
| -
the daylight has no notion Of the effect
of her work by candlelight, and she who
puts on her bismuth and antimony and
goes to ball or theater does not know at
what moment the gas from the chando-
lier or from other sources is to streak
her with moldy green and bistre brown
and blue
The good grooming of the bath, the
brisk rubbing of the brush. is really
all-sufficient wherever there is any good
degree of health Those whom that does
not make lovely will never look lovely
in false colors, and it will make every
one who is at all wholesome and healthy
look more so, and in the long run the
wholesome look is the greatest attrac-
ton of all. For when the beauty of early
4 years has faded the perfectly healthy
| woman who never had beauty is bound
| to be more attractive than she who has
neither beauty nor health, health itself
/ being a beauty and continuing beauty
/ into old age.
It is fortunate that good breeding and
good taste have new become so general,
and that the finer world has so much to
Dreoccupy it's thought and activity that
! the fancy for heightening or for inter
/ ferjng with the work of nature is found
| only in the most feather-brained and
empty-headed.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-07-20
The Coronation in England.

Before the memory Of the recent his
toric event at Moscow begins to lose Its
freshness, one is tempted to dwell for
moment upon the fact that, despite all
the magnificent pageantry, the stately
ritual and the imposing splendor that at
tended the coronation of the young Rus
sian ruler. the two episodes that most
impressed the minds not only of the be-
holders but of those who read the de-
scriptive accounts, were precisely those
in which the ceremonial was for mo-
ment subordinatel to the human ele-
ment of the great imperial drama en-
acted in the Kremlin.. Who would fail
to be moved even by the mere descrlp-
ton Of that intensely pathetic moment
when the absolute master of the destlnleS
Of vast nation, formally invested with
the emblems of this awful responsibility.
turned to his fair young partner OF
greatness" placed the diadem of empire
on her brow as she knelt before him,
and then raised and tenderly embraced
her? The mutual devotion known to
subsist between the Gar and Czarina
gave an added soleInnity and beauty to
this most moving scene. Heavy as is the
burden laid upon the young monarch, he
is happy at least in this, that he has so
loving and gracious a consort at his side
to2 be his companion and solace in that
splendid isolation" which is an inevi-
table condition of the destiny to which
sovereigns-and autocratic sovereigns
above all others-must submit.
The second of these two episodes was
that of the greeting OF the newly
crowned imperial pair by the widowed
Empress, the sister of our own beloved
Princess of Wales. To her the entire
ceremony must have brought back
flood of painful memories and it is not
surprising that she was profoundly
moved as it proceeded. That her son
and his consort may have more happi-
ness in their reign than was vouchsafed
to the preceding Gar and to herself was,
we may be sure, her fervent prayer and
it is a prayer that will be echoed far
beyond the limits of the Russian Empire.
That the young Czarina is the most
beautiful sovereign in Europe is general
ly admitted, and she has perhaps never
looked more lovely and more imperial
than on the day of her coronation. A
friend in Russia, from whom | have
heard this week. tells me that as she
passed through the streets, sitting alone
in her lovely state carriage, surrounded
by gorgeously arrayed guards she
looked, in her dazzling, shimmering
robes. Ikea fairy princess. The peas
ants positively fell down muttering pray
ers as she passed, and l hear that low
murmur of admiration even escaped
from the royal and diplomatic onlook-
ers as the lovely young Empress stood
forth to receive her crown. The Queen
is delighted at the impression her be-
loved granddaughter has made upon her
Russian subjects as we'll as upon all
those present at the coronation.-Lady's
Pictorial.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-07-20
Steel Freight Cars.

Steel freight cars have been made lately
for the purpose of demonstrating their
advantages. These have been on exhi-
bition at the railroad, mems convention
in Saratoga. The hopper cars have been
but recently designed, while the Condo.
las are of the double-hopper type, and
have pressed steel trucks. They have
the Westinghouse friction buffer. Jan
ney couplers and Westinghouse air
brakes. The aXe1s are made of nickel
steel, which is so tough that a car will
run with safety even after the appear
ance of well-developed crack in the
journal. The hoppers have the Potter
apparatus for opening and closing.
The weight of each car is $4,000
pounds. The sides are 3-16 of an inch
thick. These cars have been loaded
with 125,O00 pounds each, which they
carried in satisfactory manner
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-07-20
Snan the Whip.

A curious practice exists among Bucks
county farmer boys Of killing snakes by
swapping off their heads with a motion
very similar to that4of a teamster crack
ing whip The operation is decidedly
artistic and requires quickness, dexterity
and nerve for it's successful accomplish
ment. The country boy who puts in
many hours between milking times
along the creeks has frequent chances
to practice the trick
When a frightened snake glides away
from him into the grass, or makes for
hole IN pile of stones, the boy goes for
it without hesitation, and without gloves.
He, seizes il by the tail. six or eight
inches from the end, and, lifting it TO
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-07-20
HoNoRS FOR A HERO.
How the Greeks Treat the Victors in til e
O1ynpian Games.

How the Greeks Treat the VIctOrS in til g
Olympian Games.
Some of our famous athletes NAV
think republics ungrateful when they
compare their treatment to that of the
Greek who won the recent foot race
from Marathon to the Stadion. Moth
ing" says the correspondent of thesLon-
don Chronicle. illustrates the character
of the modern Greek so much as the ex-
traordinary attention shown to the win
ner Of this race. He has been treated
as a sort of demigod. An his sayings
are duly reported, he has been escorted
in a carriage by a detachment of troops;
when he walks in the streets crowds of
respectable men and women follow, and
the King of Greece has not only shaken
hands with him. but both he and his
father have been invited to the palace;
private individuals have given him large
sums Of money, wine dealers, grocers
and numerous other tradesmen have of
fered to supply all his requirements for a
year free of cost. and barber has been
reported as having offered to shave him
and cut his hair for the period Of his
lifetime free of cost"
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-07-20
Destroys woman's Character.

In spite of salves and oils and per-
fumes and baths no woman ever had so
much care taken of her health and her
person as the modern woman has. In
deed, so thoroughly is the care given
nowadays that the unpleasant term ''wen
groomed" is applied to it, as if the OBJ
ject of the care were placed in the same
category with the brute animals For
it is somewhat of ''horsey" age, and
to call woman a thoroughbred is con-
sidered by many men, and women too,
the hest that can be said of her.
Although in classic times the bath
features of life. yet in the medieval
days-so had things changed-a lady's
toilet, if not by any means thing of
brief or slight matter, had very little
to do with the bath. When her hair
was pomaded and braided with jewels
and her hcad-dress, her gowns and gear
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-07-20

the height Of his shoulder, reDezses the
motion with quick downward 1arn OF
the wrist. If properly done the serpent S
head flies off into the air. and the life
less body scarcely qaivers as the young
ster drops it to the ground.
To master this neat art Of snake exc
cution one must dispel every particle OF
aversion to handling them before he be-
gins. If picked up gingerly or too near
the end of the tail the snake viii only be
thrown through the air by the motion
of swapping, and maybe an inch of its
slender extremity viii be left between
the fingers. In that case id escapes COM
paratively prnhurt. But if hr1n grasp
backbone will be broken aaa the head
shattered, even if not torn off, The
knack of completely cutting OF the head
only comes with continued practice
Philadelphia Record.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-07-20
GOSSIP FOR THE LADIES
The River

Down IRcough the fields, by the popiaE's aod
bisctles,
Into the towns past the teases and
On t5rough the night while the curfew is
Holiing,
The Tiver goes bubblimS aud foamiRg and
rolling
TJnsser the bridges and over the stones,
Winding through swaulpiand that nobody
OWNS,
Spraying. and splashing, and murmursnS
free
Onward it speeds from the hills to the sea.
-Harper's Round Table.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-07-20
Camel Meat :.

In no more emphatic manner are
modern facilities of transportation ear
phasized than in the safety with which
perishable food is conveyed from great
distance. In this particular, Australia,
South America and the United States
are no further removed fFoHa Europe
than single province formerly was from
the capital of the country of which it
formed a part. Algeria is now supply
ing Paris markets with camel meat An
extensive plant has been created in that
French colony for the killing and re-
frigerating of those animals, and daily
shipments are made to Paris. The meat
of the camel is described as rot unlike
beef, with the tenderness of veal The
hump is the choicest portion. Eggs that
formerly were gathered neaR4 The loeali-
ties where they were sold now come
from distant points. Four million daily
are received in London from foreign
countries. Most of them come from Rus
STA. They command in England twice
the price they bring in the home mar
ket. The export of eggs from Russia,
that in 1885, amounted to 235, O00.O00.
increased in 1895 to $50, 100000. These
are official figures. The larger proper
ton of this product goes TO England.
In addition, great quantities of dressed
fowl are annually exported from Russia
to all European countries.--New York
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-07-20
Beautiful Arms.

There are numerous women who are
noted for their beautiful and graceful
AIMS, which artists claim, are the least
common of all points of beauty, says the
Boston Evening Transcript. Some of
them are women in society. and some of
them are stage queens. The divine Sa-
rah's'' arms are almost as noted as her
golden voice. Emma Eames has classi-
cally perfect arms. But unless these ladies
find upon careful measurement that their
arms are moulded in the following pro-
portions they may not claim to be clas-
sically correct. One celebrated statue of
Venus shows these proportions:
Inches
Length of arm from shoulder to finger
Length of arm from shoulder to ell - -
DOW: ........: 49,: ...... x 80
Length Of arm from elbow to finger
Around upper ARM. ............ .11A
ArOund forearm ................ 9R
Around wrist ....... ZIG
Diana, who should be the model for
athletic women, has beautiful arms as
she is represented by. sculptors. In one
statue the proportions are as follows
Inches.
Length of arm from shoulder to finger
Length of arm from shoulder to ell
Length of arm from elbow to finger
ups. ........ ..lb12
Around upper arm ............. .16R
Aroun9 forearm. ................ y 1916
AROUND Wflst ............ . 5-16
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-07-20

In these days of eighty-ton guns, it
seems hardly possible that an enlightened
people would make cannon from trees
That is just what the Cuban insurgents
have done, however, and with excellent
success
There grows in the interior of Cuba a
peculiar tree with winding grain. The
wood is remarkably tough, and to split it
by ordinary means is almost an impos-
sibility. When wanted for artillery pur-
poses the tree is felled, a section some
five feet in length and one foot in di-
ameter is selected and cut, the bark is
removed and all knots and uneven places
on the surface are dressed down.
The embryo cannon is then placed on
rude trusses, and bore burned in it
with white hot croWbars or round iron
pipes from the sugar mills. This burn
ing out of the interior serves to still
further tougher the wood. While the
bore is being burned, green OK hides are
cut into long strips by commencing in
the center and working toward the outer
edge as one would peel an apple.
When all is in readiness. one end of
this rawhide band, which is about three
inches in width, is spiked to the wooden
cannon near the breech. A lever, or
bar is attached to the butt. Two or
three stout negroes grasp the arms of the
bar and slowly turn the followed log on
it's supports.
Lie Ddnu OF green niue Is kept uuuof
strain, and in this way the core of the
cannon is wound with one of the tough
est materials, wire excepted, in the
world.
The first layer of hide is tightly wound
to the muzzle of the growing gun and
back toward the breech, again to the
muzzle and back, until a number of sue
cessive layers have thus been wound on
and the promising piece of artillery has
grown several inches in diameter.
1t is then placed in a draught of dry,
hot air and allowed to harden. When
the hardening and curing process is com
plete, the persevering patriots have q
really serviceable weapon, which will
stand a greater strain than manufacture
ers of modern artillery would readily
believe.
One of these homemade combination
wood and rawhide cannon is said to have
withstood 104 charges of powder before
becoming useless. The projectiles for it
were made of scrap iron, round stones
and fire-hardened clay balls.
The utmost ingenuity has been shown
by the insurgents in supplying them
selves with weapons. Almost every
thing has been pressed into service which
| would suffice for cannon.-New York
Morning Journal.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-07-20
Real Time, for Enjoyment.

IT is very often only at 30 or there
abouts that man and his wife become
sufficiently free from business and house
hold cares to be young together, to live
q social life among friends, to entertain
and otherwise really enjoy themselves.
My real youth didn't begin until l
was over 49, said well-known society
woman not long ago, mot until my chill
dren were grown and able to care for
themselves, and until money matters
were placed with us on firm basis,
which needed no pinching and worrying
about. And that with most people as
with us comes after the first flush of
youth is past.
Childhood and girlhood are sweet and
tender things, but they are not as a gen
eral thing the happiest times, because the
minds of the young, being unframed and
undeveloped, are. apt TO- make misery
for themselves from trifes and petty
trials which developed woman would
laugh at. No, indeed, the poetasters can
sing and rhyme all they want about the
lost delights of their lost youth. Give
me the youth which comes after 40 or
81 am too old for the theater,'
once heard that absurd phrase from the
lips of a matrOn who was not more than
40 if she was day. And when the lit
tie woman was finally persuaded to ac-
company her husband to the play she
enjoyed the little outing with its at
tendant oyster supper with as much zest
as boarding school girl off for holt
day, as was only natural. l know wom-
en-, both married and unmarried, who
look upon this real youth as a land of
promise which they have finally entered
after the cares of development. And it
is gay household which contains one of
these lucky beings. One can always tell
the husband Of such woman and her
sons and daughters also from the ddoring
looks lavished upon her,
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viii Save Them Money.

A prominent attorney of Western New
York, who has recently returned from
other day what he thought about the
condition and prospects of that. section,
says Case and Comment. He said:
''Well, the South is great country. II
is becoming prosperous and is destined 10
be very wealthy. In my opinion, sir, it
will be only a few years before il will
far surpass the North in wealth. -
''What makes you think 500" asked his
ouestioner. Because said ne, ''the
sand is so deep down there that the
people can't ride bicycles
lanes CnwciIl AGED 70 an old resi-.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-07-20

fine it, if possible, to the hours Of from 10
a. m. to 3 D. NJ, and a free use OF hot
baths will materially assist. CD Drink
freely of skinned milk from one 70 two
quarts a day, and eat of the plainest and
most digestible food, mastlcatlng thor.
oughly and slowly, and avoid wine OF
any kind, for it only deceives the droWsy
brain bv it's intoxicating influence, de-
manding full paw the next day. just pc
fore retiring, let the patient take an old
fashioned tumbler of bread and nnlE.
This serves to cause the flow OF blood 70
go to the stomach instead OF the heac !;
and if the head be placed rather high I'D
bed, it will effectually aid gravity 70 les
sen it's fullness g. If his means can
afford it. a quiet, long, open-air drive, IN
a comfortable carriage, with perfect 81,
lence, will induce sleep. a. 1 would
suggest a regular and judicious employ
ment Of massage. Good Housekeeping.
A Valuable Set of Linen.
It was a linen cuff and the quick
thought Of the woman who wore II
that gave us one OF the prethest OF the
tuneful Strauss waltzes. Johann Strauss
and his wife were one day enjoying
stroll in the park at Schonau, when sud
denly the composer exclaimed: Ny
dear, I have a waltz in my head; quick
give me scrap of paper or an old en-
yelOpe; 1 must write IL uoWH ueloIe !
forget it." Alas! after much rummag-
ing Of pockets it was found that neither
of them had letter about them-not
even tradesman's bill. Johann
Strauss music is considered light, but it
weighed as heavy as lead on his brain,
until he could transfer it to paper. His
despair was pathetic. At last a happy
thought struck Frau Strauss. She held
out a snowy cuff, the composer clutched
it eagerly, and in two minutes that cuff
was manuscript It's mate followed;
still the inspiration was incomplete.
Strauss was frantic and was about to
make wild dash for home with the
third part of his waltz ringing uncertain
ly in his head. His own linen was
limp, colored calico; when suddenly his
frau bethought herself of her collar, and
in an instant the remaining bars of
''The Blue Danube" decorated its sur
face.-Table Talk.