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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-26
On Our Book Table.

BOOKS.
From the st. Paul Book and Stationery
Company:
Macmillan G Co. New York. Studies in
Diplomacy" from the French of Count Bene-
detti. So.
From the Publishers:
The American Book Company. Chicago
Elementary Lessons in Zoology" by James
G. Needham. 80 cents. First Greek Book, -
by Clarence w. Gleason and Caroline Stone
Atherton. 81.
Aiken Publishing Company. Aiken. "Slav
and Moslem, by F. NJ. N. Brodhead. $3.50.
MAGAZINES
st. Nicholas. New York. The Century
Company.
The Critic. New York. The Critic Com
pany.
Godey's Magazine. New York. The Cooley
Publishing Company.
The Cosmopolitan. Irvington. John Bris-
ben Walker.
Harper's Weekly. Harper's Bazaar. New
York. Harper & Bros.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-26
First In a Theater.

EleCtrlclty. AZ. "a
1t Is believed that thes first electric light in
stalled in an American sheater was Jabloch-
kon candle, used as focusing lamp in the
old California theater, 3in Bush street, San
Francisco, in 1878. The managers of the thea
ter at that time were Masrssi Barton and Hill,
Gen. Barton and Frank HAwler The play
was Antony and Ciespatrdy Rose Eytinge
and Sycil Searle taking the leading parts.
Mr.. A. H. Reece was the engineer in charge
of the work. rs
Seventeen years hav9f worked a complete
there is not theaterf in tie United States
which could dispense with the electric light.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-26
THE GLOBE ALMANAC.
An Up-to-Date Hand Book for the
Year 1896.

Year 1896.
Those who think Of an almanac as
fimsy pamphlet given away by drug
stores in the interests of some patent
medicine, will be surprised and delight
ed when they inspect a copy of the new
Atlas-Almanac and Cyclopedia, which
this paper has provided for the con-
Venience and information of it's readers
and their friends.
To start with, the book is the largest
ever produced in this country under the
auspices of newspaper; it contains
432 pages, and these are double the
size of any other Almanac issued. But
its distinctive feature. which places it
above and beyond all others, Is found
IN the fact that 1t contains As maps
printed In four colorS and comprising
every state and territory, besides
Canada and Central America. These
maps are new and have been A-
graVed especially for the Atlas-Almanac
by the well-known atlas maker, George
F. Cram. They show all countries and
railroads. and are invaluable for refer
ence, practically taking the place of an
atlas costing from $40 to $40. The sta
tistical portion of the work treats of
the National Government. State Gov
ernments. Politics, Election returns,
Agriculture, Manufactures, Mining,
Finance. Education, Religion, Law,
Sports. Society, the Home, besides a
large amount of information regarding
domestic and foreign affairs Every
page of the book bears the work of ex-
pense and it has cost more to produce
1t than any Year Book ever published
in America, yet it will nevertheless be
supplied to readers and their friends at
the nominal price of % cents per copy.
The maps alone are worth many times
this amount, and the entire work will
be found invaluable to every reader
who wants to be up with the times in
matters Of general information Price
rs cents. postpaid to any address.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-26
How She catches a nal1.

PearSons Weekly.
When girl tries to catch ball she
throws her arms wide apart, waits until the
ball hits her on the nose, turns her hands
with windmill motion, runs after the ball.
picks 1t up, brushes her hair out Of her eyes,
and smiles. as though her way OF doing II
cannot be improved UPON.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-26
The Beginning of n Feud.

Argonaut
Byron one bright morning encountered Beau
Brummel returning from his taior's.
How are you, Brummel?" said the poet
pretty well, thank you" retorted the beau.
Eve been reading Don juan
"Yes?" said Byron, with a smile.
There is some clever rhyme in it,
500" observed Byron with affected sur
prise.
And some pretty good versifcation."
"Ah?'' returned the poet.
why don't you try your hand at poetry,
BIron?" asked Brummel.
The two never spoke to each other again.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-26

There is Lenten aspect to the cover of the
Ladies' Home Journal, designed by Frank o.
Small. but the contents of the number are
as lively as usual-more so. in fact, for one
of the articles is brilliant dissertation by
Miss Lillian Bell on Men as Lovers Miss
Wilkins "Neighborhood Type" is The I'm
successful Man.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-07-13
COWBOYS Have Perfect Feet.

Talking about your arched foot and
high instep," said the Western man,
''you want to see some of our prairie
boys. Those who are born in the sad
die, so to speak, have feet like no others
to be found except under similar condi-
tons. Horses are cheap and distances
are long with us. Our boys are in the
saddle from morning to night. You
know what our horses are. and the
stirrups do good service. They are
placed under the hollow of the foot.
There all the strain comes and
the development. There is not
enough walking to change the
tendency Consequently the foot is
much shorter than it would otherwise be,
the arch is exceedingly high, and the
thickness through the instep where the
muscles are most developed is such that
it is impossible to find ready-made
shoe to fit the foot. All our boys, those
born in the saddle, as l said before,
have to have their boots and shoes made
for. thnm -
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-07-13
MRS. KATHERINE REED DEAD.
Became Wealthy by Selecting the Site of
Big Oil Well.

Became Wealthy by Selecting the Site OF
a Big Oil Well.
Mrs. Katherine E.. Reed, one of the
wealthiest women in the Oil country, all
Of whose money came from Oil, and
whose foresight was the means of num-
erous others amassing fortunes, died re-
Gently near Sistersville, w. Va. Five
years ago Mrs. Reed was widow with
eight children, and her only possession
was a farm which she was unable to
work, and which, had it been cultivated
most scientifically, would not have fur
nished living for her and her children.
At the opening of the oil excitement
her farm was leased and well put
down. The well proved a buster, and
the men who had drilled it prepared to
take away their rig and tools. Mrs.
Reed begged them to try another well
in a location which she had selected for
the first well, but which the oil experts
had declared was not favorable. The
drillers were hard up, and SO was Mrs.
Reed, but she finally induced them to
make another trial, she agreeing to
board them for nothing if no oil was
found.
That we'll was the biggest gusher in
the field, and to this day is big pro-
Queer, and is known far and wide as
"The Big Kate" after it's owner. Mrs.
Reed made money rapidly after that, and
her farm is today worth 100000, and
she has taken more than that much oil
from it. Her eight children are all left
Independent, besides having oil produc-
ton sufficient to keep them in luxury all
their lives if thew hold to it.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-07-13
GOLD FROM ALASKA.
Two SchoOners Arrive Laden with Gold
Dust Concentrates.


Dust Concentrates.
The schooners Maggie G. Russ and
Salvador have arrived at the Tacoma
smelter with 3O3 and 500 tons of gold
dust and concentrates respectively, says
Tacoma special to the San Francisco
Chronicle. The value is estimated at
from $75 to $3.50 a ton. The value of
the two cargoes is about $4,000. The
dust was brought from Oonalaska, on
Unga island, and is what is left after eX-
tracing the large particles of gold. 1t
will be refined here.
Ezra Meeker Of this city received en-
couraging news from Fired Meeker, his
son, who heads the Puyallup party that
is prosnecting on SiX-mile creek, Cook
inlet. He writes, under date of May -,
that in a prospect hole started after
clearing away ten feet of snow hundreds
of colors and small pieces of coarse gold
were found. The indications were con-
sdered very favorable, as the shaft was
not down to bedrock. This undoubtedly
solves the problem of whether hundreds
of miners at Cooks inlet will find gold IN
paying quantities.
Meeker tells of seeing washed from
two shovelsful Of earth twelve chunks OF
gold varying from a grain of wheat to a
pea Such dirt will pay well to work
even by hand, and during the summer
sluices can readily be worked. Better
results are expected when warmer
weather permits prospecting in the creek
bottoms and canyons.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-07-13
Novelty for Bicycle Riders.

An electrician says he has found a
quicker way of making a fortune than
running wires and selling batteries, and
judging from appearances he has good
reason for the statement. He has erect
ed a platform 100 feet long and 10 feet
wide at the end of a cycle path. Down
this platform is ranged series Of push
buttons, which are connected through
a battery to an electric bell, and an an
nunciator. The rider, having paid 10
cents. starts at one end and tries in rid
ing down the line to depress as many Of
the buttons as possible. When a button
is struck the bell rings, and the annun-
ciator registers the particular button.
The rider who is successful in guiding
his wheel tire over all the push buttons
wins so cents. This new diversion has
created an extraordinary furore. The
lucky inventor has organized a company
which will sell the platforms outright,
and give territorial protection to pur-
chasers during the life of the patent.
AS a drawing card for owners of seaside
md country pleasure resorts, the new
diversion would seem to be unique.-New
York Recorder
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-07-13
NEW QUICK-FIRE GUNS.

Report-vof Trial in the Harbor of
Georgetown, British Guiana.
Advices received here from British Gui-
ana give the details Of the ceremony of
the trial of the new quick-fire guns
mounted in the harbor of Georgetown as
q part Of the scheme of colonial defense
recommended by Mr.. Chamberlain, Brit
ish secretary for the colonies. The sum
of $4,000 was appropriated for two
Maxim guns and two 4.7-inch quick-ire
guns. The former were received some
time ago, and are in place, but the latter
were not tried until the 18th instant, ow-
ing to the extensive emplacements pre-
pared for them. They are formidable
weapons, having an effective range of
5000 yards, are 16 feet long, and carry
a shell weighing 45 pounds. The shells
are of the bomb type, carrying a charge
of powder and a fuse to explode them,
The first trial of the big guns was an
important event at Georgetown, being
attended by the encouragement, Sir
Augustus Hemming and the military
and civil officers of the colony. The
targets were placed in the sea, 1900
yards from the shore, and the governor
general touched the electrical machinery
which exploded the first shot. Follow
ing the trial the governor general sane
toned the formation of an artillery
branch of the colonial troops. 1t was
the original purpose of Mr.. Chamber
lain to have the Maxim guns taken to
the Venezuelan frontier, but they are
still at Georgetown.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-07-13
PACIFIC COAST FLOUR TRADE.
Washington, California and Oregon Sup
ply the Oriental Countries.

Washington, California and Oregon Sup
ply the Oriental Countries.
James McWilliams, who for several
years has devoted himself to the export
of flour to foreign countries, IN an IN,
tervieW with a reporter of the Portland
Evening Telegram gives some interesting
figures regarding the Pacific coast flour
trade in the Orient, from which place he
recently came.
He has travelled extensively through
Japan, China, Philippine islands, Straits
Settlements. Java and Australia, and IN
all of those countries he says that the
Washington, Oregon and California flour
is known as the best -four in the mar
kets. Mr. McWilliams says:
In 1895 there was sent from the
United States to Hong Kong 3,75O,OOO
sacks of Pacific coast -four, containing
one-fourth of a barrel each, or some
thing over 100000 barrels, about one
half Of which was shipped from Califor-
MIA.
Japan consumes about 100000 sacks
per year. The -four from Hong Kong
is distributed to the Philippine islands,
Ceylon, Java, Siam, UP the China coast
and Straits Settlements. The increase in
1885 over that of any other year was,
according to statistics, SO per cent.
"a brief history of flour in China
may not be uninterest1ng. In 1870 the
Cantonese imported few hundred sacks,
since which time the trade has increased
until it has reached immense proportions.
The common people are now commencing
to use bread, and this is probably the
reason for the increased Importation.
''Flour, after reaching the Orient, is
handled almost exclusively by Chinese
merchants. l will say right here that
for integrity, square dealing, promptness
in making payments and for general
honesty the Chinese merchants excel any
people I have ever done business with.
Of the millions of dollars worth of -four
purchased by them in the last twenty
five years | have never heard of man
who has lost SO much as l per cent. by
them The amount handled by them last
year Appropriated $3O,O00,OO0.
"A good trade is springing up with
Central America and the Sandwich ISL
ands The last steamer took out from
Seattle 400 tons for Central America.
The Sandwich islands take about 25,-
600 barrels Of -four annually"
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-07-13
Broken Needles.

Few things in common use are more
dangerous than needles. This is espe-
cially true if they are broken and
dropped carelessly on the floor. It is
hard to get rid of a broken needle. The
only sure way is to put it into the fire;
but even then it has a fashion of
dropping down through the bars of the
crate and reappearing when least ex-
pected. Did you ever try a magnet for
drawing out broken needle that had
become so imbedded In the flesh that
deep cut seemed necessary in order to
remove it? Well, it is bit of informa-
ton which it is we'll to keep in mind,
for it has been tried and found effectual.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-07-13
THE GREATEST GOLD FIELD.
Milwaukee Owners Get F1attering Re-
ports Regarding Saw Pit Mines.

Milwaukee Owners Get F1attering Re-
ports Regarding Saw Pit Mines.
The San Juan Gold Mining company
continues to receive the most fattering
reports as to the value of it's gold mines
at Saw Pit, the new Leadville. The
pany have secured some of the very best
mines in that marvellous district, which
is now regarded as the greatest gold field
in the entire world, excepting neither
Cripple Greek nor any other section of
Colorado.
In the interests of a number of promi-
nent Wisconsin men who have become
interested in the San Juan company, Jo-
seph Mackeden, miner with more than
a quarter of a century of active expert
ence, the man who discovered and de-
veloped the Mollie Gibson and the best
gold mines of Leadville, and who has
had twenty-five years of active expert
ence as to mines in same formation as
Saw Pit has just completed a thorough
inspection and scientific investigation of
the company's properties at Saw Pit.
In the course of a lengthy official re-
port, made to 2. j. Somers, he says:
"Now, | am of the opinion, after look
ing the situation over carefully, and at
my leisure, that the property is a safe
investment, and this dyke being SO close
in, makes the property more valuable,
as the dyke was the immediate cause
of the faulting and slipping. In
conclusion, will say as a proposition to
develop a paying mine, such as the dis
trict produces, you can do no better"
This means much for the properties,
as Mr.. Mackedon considers the mines
of the district in question second to none
in Colorado. The opinions of Mr.. Macke-
don, who did so much to develop Lead
vile, will go great way with the Wis
consin people who have become identified
with the San Juan company, or who
are contemplating such step. His is
other acknowledged judges and experts.
Evening Wisconsin.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-07-13
A Birthstone Trust.

The formation of trust in birthstone
or sulphur las already started the price
upward Sicily produces about 100000
tons, which is three-fourths of the annu-
al consumption. The plan is to take all
the output of the mine owners, with the
privilege of restriction on a rising scale
of prices. Louisiana produces some sui
phur, but the trust relies on the low
wage rate of 80 cents a day in Sicily to
dominate the market
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-07-13

Hall Signal company's works at Gar
wood. II. J. He saws he prefers working
at his old trade rather than be burden
on his relatives while waiting for a
church to call him. He is making three
times as much as he did when pastor.
He is an expert machinist, and is de-
signing a new signal for the company.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-07-13
An Appeal for Assistance.

The man who is charitable to himself will
listen to the mute appeal for assistance
made by his stomach, or his liver, in the
shape Of divers dyspeptic qualms and I'M
that secretes his bile. Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters, my dear sir, or madam-as the case
may be-is what you require. Hasten to
wind in the stomach, or note that your skin
or the whites Of your eyes are taking sal
low hue
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-07-13
The Bicycle in Church.

Three hundred bicycle riders recently
attended an Anglican church in the do
cese of Toronto, Can, the rector preach
ing a special sermon to them. A silver
plated bicycle covered with flowers was
one of the special decorations of the
chancel, which church paper denounces
as "a most monstrous, irreverent and
distracting intrusion into the house of
Gods presence" stronger language"
says the Independent, "could hardly
have been used if the rector had quar-
relied with a vestryman, or told a lie,
or done anything else really wrong. Be
tween adjoining a church with a bicycle
or with a bouquet is a matter of taste;
and as to it's being distracting, the cycle
is much quieter and less disturbing than
many a choir"
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-07-13
WISCONSIN Patents.

Patents for the following Wisconsin
inventors are reported for this week by
Erwin, Wheeler & Wheeler. So and SO
Loan and Trust building. Milwaukee,
Inventors Handbook" free on request.
John ellison and H. w Boleng, assgrs.,
Port: Washington, chair; Maj. 2. Hanover,
Evansville, saw frame; Francis ]. PaVek,
Racine, trunk; George p. Swan Beaver
Dam, sole and heel spring for boots or
shoes.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-07-13

The Abigail Adams chapter of the
Daughters of the Revolution of Quincy,
Mass, has erected cairn on the top
of Payne's hill in memory of Abigail
Adams, the mother of President John
Quincy Adams. It marks the spot where
she, with her son, John Quincy Adams,
then boy of Z, watched the smoke of
burning Charlestown and listened to the
guns at the battle of Bunker Hill.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-07-13
an 7nverting stereoscope Invented.

En- inverting stereoscope has been in
troduced by the well-known Partisan
makers, the Compton General de Photo
graphic of 81 Rue Saint Roche, Paris.
Amateur photographers know that when
they make positives for the stereoscope
the right image must be put on the left
hand and the left on the right hand, but
the new instrument of NM. Carpenter
and Gramont allows the effect of relief
to be seen without necessitating this in
version.-London Globe.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-07-13
New Use for Roentgen Rays.

According to the Cologne Gazette, a
new use has been found for Roentgen
rays, viz, for the testing of wine A
number of samples of wine have been
photographed, and in; many instances
black spots have been observed on the
plates. The wine was then analysed
aud found to be strongly adulterated.
In the case of unadulterated wine there
were no spots on the Photographic plates.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-07-13
An Empress Expensive Whim.

The Empress Of Austria is one of the
most fastidious woman in Europe. Six
years ago she built summer house at
Corfu. With it's decorations it cost
81, 25O,0O0. She has spent only six
months in it and now declares herself
to be tired of the place. 1t will proba-
bly, be offered for sale soon.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-07-13
An Egg for Choking.

If a person is choking break an egg
as quickly as possible and give the white
do not beat it-and it will almost GER
tainly dislodge the obstruction, whatever
it may be, unless it is lodged in the wind
pine.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-07-13

Sparkling with life
rich with delicious flavor,
HIRES Rootbeer stands
first as natures purest and
most refreshing drink.
Best By any test.
Made only by The Charles r. Hires Co.. Philadelphia
Csc package makes gallons. Sold everywhere.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-07-13

The best way to avoid scalp diseases,
hair falling out, and premature badness,
is to use the best preventive known for
that purpose--Hall's Hair Remover.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-07-13

More than $4,000 has already been
contributed for the Helmholtz monument
which is to be erected in front of the
University Of Berlin.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-07-13
Minister an Expert Machinist.

The Rev. F. w. Overbiser, formerly
pastor of the Baptist church at Cold
Spring, n. Y, is now a machiniSt in the
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-07-13

Queen Margherita Of Italy is about
to publish her Alpine experiences in book
form
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-07-13

Ambassador Bayard has bought
$500 horse from a duchess, and rides
daily in Rotten Row.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-07-13
4 AIHy<k9
Il E&1

Mr.. Leon M. Barnes, Of Wood
bury, Conn.,, writes under date Of
May %, 1895: "This remedy, Ripans
Tabules, is not much known at the
drug stores here, but Mr.. A. e.
Knox, the editor of our local paper,
is loud in his praise Of the Tabules
He said: Every spring and SUM
mer have been greatly troubled
with dyspepsia and constipation,
and have tried various remedies
with no permanent relief. A few
weeks ago l came in possession OF
a couple Of boxes Of RipanS
Tabules, and, somewhat incredu
lousy, began their use, and the
results have been truly astonish
ing. They hit the right spot from
thefirst, and so far this spring have
never felt better in my life
Ripans Tabules are sold by druggists or by mail g.
The price ESQ cents box is sent to The Ripans Chemi
cal Company, No 10 Spruce Street, New York Sample
vial, 10 cents.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-07-13

Piso's Cure for Consumption has been
a family medicine with us since 1866
J. R. Madison, 2409 AID ave., Chicago,
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-07-13

-Vicar-General Carmody of Halifax,
N. s., who died the other day at the age
of "a, celebrated the jubilee of his priest
hood last year.