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Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-03-23
The Clever Woman.

81 wish l were clever.
The woman was charmingly dimpled,
wore q Felix gown, was the mistress of
Il luxurious establishment, and was dis
pensing tea to afternoon callers in cups
of priceless faience
''Women who write" had been the
subject on the tapis, and the remark was
Il delicate compliment to the woman to
whom she handed the tea. She was a
successful writer-succeSsful to the eX-
tent of making good income as tie
fruit of unwearied. industry. She had
never known the delights of diamonds
or her own carriage, or a box at the
opera. She sometimes spent hard
earned So for q drive, but there was
neither luxury in the carriage nor swift
ness in the steeds, and she was con-
scious all through the drive that when
she went back to the office she would
write something about the country in
spring, or the fiotsam of fall foliage and
flowers with which the suburban resi-
dent could decorate his house and
table.
If she took So seat in the opera
house, she rarely lost herself completely
in the music, as she would have liked
to do. because skeletons of paragraphs
on theater hats and theater manners, on
lovers who make love in the stalls as
we'll as on the stage, and a thousand
other things for the next days paper
fitted through her mind. She never
had q Felix gown, on the contrary, she
walked ten blocks and climbed seven
stories to find a dressmaker who would
make, though at the same time, mar,
her own gown for SO. Her modest
house was pretty, and she was even
quite famous for her petites soupers, at
which one sometimes met eminent, and
always delightful people; but only her.
self and her one maid knew at what
cost of perspiring brow and smutched
fingers and aching back those dainty
little dishes were evolved.
So there was almost reverence in her
tones as she replied:
MY dear, you are the clever woman;
YOU are far more clever than George
Eliot. The really smart woman is not
the one who makes her own daily bread
even though there be Nesselrode pud-
ding thrown in now and then. 1t is she
who without raising her hand. can cause
all this luxury to be laid at her pretty
satin shod feet. 1t is like eating Del
monico dinner and lamenting that you
are not the chef who cooked it, Not the
woman who works, but she who gets
all there is in life without working, is
tho really clever woman"
"May there not be two kinds of clev-
erness|' said the woman who came to
make her adieuX.-New York Herald.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-03-23
WILD WEST WAITS.

Little Black Bear, Nez Perces In
dian. traded thirty head of horses for
bicycle recently.
Fishermen predict there will be no
high water in the Columbia this year,
and anticipate a poor fishing season in
consequence.
The volcano reported to have been
in eruption near San Jacinto turns out
to have been a bonfire kindled near
Tanquitz peak.
The winter has been so mild in Cen
trail Wyoming that towns along the
Platte have been unable to cut sufficient
ice and will be compelled to ship it in
from abroad.
Specimens of the new tin ores dis
covered in Sheridan county, WyO., have
been sent to the leading assay offices
in the country. Preliminary tests made
show it to run high in tin.
A bunch of fat lambs were going
across a bridge to the Union City depot
when 'freak" seized one of the lambs
to jump into the river. All the rest
followed suit, and forty-six were
drowned.
"A cougar and two cubs were killed
within seven miles of the Dalles recent
ly. The animals had killed several
calves and Sheep and were getting OBJ
noxious. The old one measured over 6
feet in length.
There will apparently be almost as
great rush to the Nez Perces reserva-
ton this spring as there was last fall,
says the Garfield Enterprise. Many
will return to their claims, and others
will go in the hopes of finding homes
or work.
-Orange-growers on the peninsula of
Lower California are cutting down their
trees and will plant their acres with cof-
fee, sugar cane and cotton. The low
prices for Mexican oranges for several
years have discouraged these growers.
Cotton grows we'll along the coast.
Railroad men say that the recent
sandstone along the Columbia, east of
the mountains was the worst that has
been experienced since 1882. Hand
power is the only method &c removing
the sand, and this requires a great deal
of time, as shoveling sand is slow work.
The Price (Utah) Advocate says:
"The Colorado Asphaltum company has
suspended shipments from its mines
north of Fruita, and the manager has
gone into the main house at ST. Louis.
There are rumors of several kinds of
financial difficulty, and one of the Fruita
parties who has been freighting for the
company has placed an attachment on
their property to cover balance dpn him
for team work"
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-03-23
Coyotes Make a Deal.

H. H. Sappington was in the city Fri
day and brought up several coyote skins
to be punched by the county clerk. We
are here reminded that Mr.. Sappington
relates an incident to which he was an
eye witness that proves the coyote to
be sharp-witted beast. He was out
in the hills near his ranch, when he no
ticed coyote chasing a jack-rabbit at
the top Of his speed. Away they went,
the rabbit gradually curving his course
and finally coming back to the start
ing point. Now. suddenly second
coyote sprung out of hiding and took
his turn at swinging around the circle,
the tired coyote resting. They kept
this performance up until they wore out
the poor jack. MI. Sappington was of
the opinion that the coyote. in order to
secure dinner of jack-rabbit, had en-
tered into an arrangement with a broth
er coyote to join him in the hunt, For
no wolf can singly run down a jack-rab-
bit. and if the latter should run in a
straight course no number of wolves
could possibly catch it; but the rabbit
nearly always runs in wide circle, be-
cause it is its nature to return to it's ma
tive slope or pasture. (Mont.)
Chronicle
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-03-23
QUEER LOVEMAKING.
South American Bird Which Wins Its
Mate by Its Strange Dancing.

South American Bird Which Wins Its
Mate by Its Strange Dancing.
There is a bird in South America that
makes love with it's feet 1t is hand
some creature, but walks clumsily, and
the only sound it can utter is hoarse
cluck. 1t dances, however, in a way
that wins admiration from the female
of it's sex, though it's antics only serve
as an incentive to laughter to human
beings who see them.
This bird, known as the cock of the
rock, lives in the northern mountainous
portion of South America. It is about
the size of a large chicken.
The entire bird, body, head, wings
and tail, is blood red in color, with the
exception of the tail feathers, which
have a narrow band of brown across
them near the ends. (which are tipped
with buff. On the head is a crest of
feathers like great red ball, which COM
tracts or expands at the pleasure Of its
owner.
When the mating season comes seven
to. ten males seek some secluded spot.
where there is a level patch of ground,
and clear it of any stick, stones or
leaves, stamping down the dirt till it is
hard and level.
Then they call the females. who stand
at the edges of this novel arena. One at
time the males then perform a most
curious dance. Each dancer will first
strut up and down a few times and then
to the apparent delight of the rest, COM
mence to caper around in an extremely
ludicrous manner, spreading his tail and
wings, putting up his crest, bowling to
the others. and at the same time keep
ing up hopping gait, until he is eX-
hausted.
When all the males have danced each
female will choose mate, and the hap
by pairs depart to begin housekeeping.
New York Morning Journal.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-03-23
GOSSIP FOR THE LADIES
Cathair Sith.@

From green to white, from white to green,
/ watch the waves that wash between
The Rainbow-Pilars none hath seen.
God takes a wind from out the sky:
1t spreads it's cloud-white wings TO fy;
Its time has come to it to die.
God takes a wind from out the pines:
II spreads its green-gloom wings, and shines
Gold-green against the Rainbow Signs.
The Weaving of the Sea is made
Green thus with sacred pine-tree shade;
White with cloud-feathers oyerlaid.
Forever thus the green is spun,
The white across the surface run:
This is the rune that have won
This is the rune hath come to me
Out of the mytsery of the sea;
When dreaming where. far off, may be
The Rainbow Pillars of Caershee.
pronounced Caer-shee. The Gates of
Dream: lit, the Gates of Faerie.
Fiona Macleod in Harper's Magazine.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-03-23
Old. AIgiers.

The portion Of Algiers known as "old
town. is probably the most interesting
to American travellers, as it still retains
many Oriental characteristics. Here peo-
pie of ali the Oriental tribes may be
seen in their native costume engaged
in their daily avocations. This part of
the city is not as clean as that occu-
pied by the French. The harbor of Al
giers is work of immense labor, and
was commenced by Barbarossa in 1880.
by 40 feet in width, extending from the
mainland to an island, on which is a
strong castle, with batteries: also a
lighthouse. Three long jetties have been
added by the French, and there are ex-
tensive quays and docks for shipping.
The commerce of Algiers is of very great
Importance. The population is about
70 O-Mannfacturer
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-03-23
To Keep a Pump from Freezing

A very popular but very ineffective
way to prevent the freezing up Of pumps
during a cold winter is the covering of
the well and the pump with straw. It
has been observed that even during con-
tinuous severe cold weather the water
in a pump never freezes farther down
than about three feet below ground.
To prevent the freezing UP of the pump
the following simple way is best: A
perforation, not more than one-quarter
of an inch in diameter, is made into
the tube descending into the we'll at a
point about three feet below ground.
Thus the column of water in the tube
is never higher than this point, since all
the water above it runs back into the
we'll through the small hole before it
has time to freeze. The only difference
is that the pump handle has to be worked
a few times oftener IN order to bring up
the water to the spout, but the covering
of straw becomes unnecessary and no
difficulty from freezing will occur. At
the beginning of spring plug of hard
wood driven into the hole will remove
the inconvenience Of the additional pump
ing. and the next winter the withdrawal
of the plug secures the pump again from
Observation-Disclosures Press.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-03-23
The Nape of the Neck.

Very few women know how important
the nape of the neck is. 1t there is one
point of the body that the average girl
neglects and the wise beauty care for it
is this spot.
"Why, there is nothing said gor-
geous example of the sex, "that finally
completes beautiful woman's triumph
as does the nape of her neck. If the
line is graceful, if the skin is pure and
the small accidental rings of hair that
fall are artistically managed, the spell
that this part of a woman eXerts over
a man is tremendous. | must say that
few women have good napes. A girl
who always wears her dresses cut high
to her hair will usually be dark and
unattractive there. There's nothing like
the air to purify the skin, and the more
a girl lets her neck catch the breezes the
fairer it will get. This is not generally
believed, but let any woman ask her.
self if the few dark spots on her are not
where the skin has been constantly hot
and coverd. Well, the nape of the neck
is peculiar in this regard. To be white
it must be kept free of WOolenS and the
hair. Onc6given good skin the rest is
easy. OfEcourse the neck shows the
best advantage when the hair is brushed
up and away from it, but there should be
some tiny little stray thistle downs of
hair falling away from the rest. These
must be natural, mind, or at least just
separated and curled with the fingers.
Oh, the horror of the girl who has curled
that part of her hair with an iron!
And OH the crime of the girl who has
made Il bang there If the hair is skill
fully managed and the skin white. then
the only thing desired is the good line.
A woman who presses her chin down
and holds her head stiff1y cannot have a
good line at the neck. The chin must
be raised a little and the head carried
somewhat up and pushed forward. This
gives a perfect angle from just between
the shoulders to the hair.-Philadelp
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-03-23
SCREW IN HIS LUNG.
Thomas A. Edison to Try x Rays on Nor
man Barry.


Norman Barry, reporter, may short
ly be taken to Thomas A. Edison to
have a shadowgraph taken Of his body
by X rays to determine the location in
his right lung of screw one and three
quarters inches long, which has been
there twenty years.
Barrey is a native of Massachusetts.
When he was three years old. in playing
with the screw, he put it in his mouth,
and spasm resulted in his drawing the
screw into his throat. His father, in
trying to remove the screw, pushed it
into his windpipe, and it went into his
lung. His parents refused to have an
operation to extract it performed.
The boy suffered from hemorrhages,
but he was fairly robust. He went to
Yale college. He was a student at the
General Theological Seminary, but re-
Gently, because of hemorrhages, was
compelled to give up his course. He
placed himself under the care of DR.. e.
n. Brandt, who has a pulmonary hos
pital at 3 East Forty-seventh street,
two months ago.
DIR. Brandt detected a cavity in the
lung. The patient expectorated blood
and pus. There were physical signs of
the presence of foreign body in the
lung, and occasionally there was great
pain.
Treatment with DR.. Cyrus Edson's
aseptotin gave relief and Barry is now
much better in health, but is anxious to
be rid of the screw.
If the ROentgen rays detect the screw,
a rib will be resected, and Paquelin
knife of platinum, at white heat, will
be used to cut into the lung to the screw
and extract it.-New York Times.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-03-23
salutino Device for Lazy Men

patent to James G. Boyle, an eccentric
citizen of Spokane, Wash. for what he
calls ''saluting device, which, when at
tached to the head, relieves the wearer
of the manual labor of lifting his hat
when he meets an acquaintance and his
hands are otherwise engaged. All he has
to do to accomplish this is to nod slightly.
The motion starts the machinery, which
is in the interior of the tile. The hat is
suddenly hoisted about one foot above
the head on an apparatus like that at
tached to self-dumping coal cart.
Then, after remaining at rest moment,
it describes a semi-circle and settles
back unon the Uranium.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-03-23
FOR THE YOUNG FOLKS
The Angel.

The Angel.
20 angel with the sable wing,
Why contest thou so soon?
'Tis but the fragrant noon;
Another song l still would sing.
Thou contest all too soon.
Thy face is yelled, know thee not;
Thy clasping hand is cold;
But through the shrouding fold
| feel thy cleaning eyes shine hot:
Thy breath is icy cold!"
The angel drew aside the veil,
And smiled into my heart,
And said. 81 will DEPART
But now, ooh. come again!" / wall.
Death smiled, and won my heart.
Celia A. Hayward in July Lippincott's
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-03-23
WESTERN MINING. NOTES.

A dispatch from Golden, N. NJ, states
that a gold discovery has been made
from which chunks broken off the crop
pings run as high as $4,000 in gold to
the ton. The ledge is fully four feet
in width.
A large body of ore very rich in free
gold has been struck in the Lady Emma
mine near Placerville, Cal. The whole
mass of quartz will mill from $40 to $40
per ton. They found a specimen rock
that will go So an ounce.
Men who are familiar with what
California is now producing declare that
the states output of gold and silver
ought to be larger this year than for thir-
ty years. This prediction is based on
the number of old mines which have re-
Gently been opened and worked by new
electric and cyanide processes.
The value Of the ore in sight in Capt.
De Lamar's Golden Gate mine at
Mercur is estimated at $6,OQO,OOO. The
only thing to overcome is the arsenical
ore in the upper channel. But it has
been demonstrated that the arsenic can
be dismissed and the ores reduced
through fire to state of oxidation.
The arsenic can be made to pay fol the
treatment and sent out of Utah as a
product of the value of 500 ton.
If an option that was obtained by an
English syndicate on the stock Of the
Centennial-Eureka is successfully carried
out the property will, on or before the
expiration of four months, change hands,
the purchasers paying for it $1,000, 900,
says the Salt Lake Tribune
Gold has been discovered in Aspen
district and mining men are excited in
consequence. Assays return 2S7 ounces of
silver. 81 per cent. in "copper". and while
all show gold. one assay returned ST.
ton in the yellow metal. The ledge was
uncovered at a depth of 27O feet. A
number of mines in the vicinity that have
not been worked for some time will be
started forthwith.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-03-23

killed for consumption at %, 1856. this
being exclusive of 43 mules and 3S3
donkeys. The total weight of meat sold
was 5130 tons, and this was sold at $50
shops or stalls, which are not allowed
to sell any other kind Of meat Prices
range from lS confines a pound for the
illet to centimes a pound for the neck
and lower ribs. The report adds that
not more than a third of the meat is sold
at the stalls, the remainder being used
to make SauSa geS
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-03-23
Not Always.

A little girl attending Seymour school
expresses her thoughts without fear or
favor. The other day she inquired of
her teacher why the newspapers always
placed the ''Mr." before the Mrs. > in
writing the names of man and wife.
it is because the man is the master of
the house" "Well," said the girl, ''it is
not that way at our house. Ma is al
WAYS boss there '-SYracuse Post.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-03-23
Witty Miller.

One summer evening a miller was
leaning over his garden gate, facing the
road enjoying his pipe, when a conceited
young farmer happened to be passing.
The miller, in a friendly tone, said:
"Good evening, George" Il didn't
sneak" said George, gruffiy. oh said
the miller, II thought you did. but it
must have been your ears fiapping..'-
Boston Traveller.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-03-23

sink so low as to laugh at the girl, make
her gift the subject of conversation and
be assured by it that the tender passion
has been walked to tremendous power
in favor of his unworthy self. When
one thinks how any girl would shrink
as from burning flame at this in
depreciation, the plea for no presents to
men cannot be made too strong.-Phila-
delphia Ledger
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-03-23
Hair Frozen Rlack.

DR.. George ". Grifiths reports the
case of a man 65 years of age, who had
had gray hair for eight years; for three
years his hair had been perfectly white.
He was exposed one night to severe cold
and his eyebrows and whiskers got wet
and were frozen stiff; it was found next
day that his hair had turned black
Popular Science. :.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-03-23
Gymnasiu,ns for Girls.

How much less essential to perfect
manhood and womanhood is physical
training than education? How much
and principles of health should be OBJ
served in the rearing of boys than in the
INFRINGING of girls? These are ques-
lions practically intelligent people have
come TO consider with seriousness that
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-03-23
shadowgraphs OF Maniacs' Brains

DR.. w. H. Hancker, superintendent CT
the Delaware state hospital for !he in
sane at Farnhurst, is securing the neces-
sary cylinders, chemicals and other APP
paratus with which to experiment with
the Roentgen rays and the latest inven-
tons for photographing the brain and
the solid portions of the body by means
Of penetrating light. This will be the
first practical test of the discovery for
medical advantage made in Delaware.
Dr. Hancker proposes to utilize the rays
in photographing the brains of maniac s
and demented persons who die at the
institution
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-03-23
Solo Followed.

The minister, Parson ~; DoSwnyeoueh.
Johnnie spoke up and said: "Can a
church whistler" ''Why do you ask,
Johnnie?" asked the clergyman, kindly.
Because pa owes S12 back pew rent.
and he says he is going to let the church
WHISTLE After the clergyman had TAX
on his departure there was vocal solo
by Johnnie.-Texas Siftings.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-03-23
Horse Flesh as Food.

The statistical bulletin of the French
ministry of agriculture. dealing with
the consumption of horse meat in Paris
last year, gives the number of horses
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-03-23
The Welcome Guest.

Who is he: The man who calls on a
woman when he is at his very best, and
who never stays too long. Oh, that mas
culine visitors knew the peril that lies in
an extra half-hour! Almost every Won,
an likes to entertain men at her own
home and to receive the delicate compli-
ment of a personal call; but, unless two
people have the same hobby. or are en-
gagged to be married (or are about to bel,
any call that lasts over an hour is filled
with dire threatenings. Il know two
men, sighed young woman to her best
friend, who are both handsome. intelli-
gent, courteous and altogether delightful;
one comes at odd intervals and stays un.
til IL o'clock. Heigho! The other ar
rives periodically; chats, laughs, tells
the news-and leaves in half an hour.
Shudder when the first comes and sigh
when the other goes"
There are more things than letters that
should be just long enough to make the
recipient wish there was more of it."
and call is not least among them. The
ubiquitous "Don'ts' that give terse hints
to all sorts and conditions of men could
easily be used on the average caller with
telling effect. For instance:
Don't call anywhere unless you are in
a good humor.
Don't say: II came in for minute or
two," and then stay until 10 o'clock.
Don't linger a second if the girl before
you looks vacantly over your head.
Don't expect that your most thrilling
story will be interesting if you see her
suppressing yawn; and, last but by no
means least,
Don't cease to remember that it is op-
tional with you to come and go, and that
she is at your mercy.
The man who takes to heart these pre-
cepts will be that blessed mortal who
makes the woman love to welcome the
coming guest and at the same time be
10th to "speed the parting" one.-Phila-
delphia Record.