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The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-08-02
Hats and


ductive beverages form the liquid un-
derlay of the country entertainment
to-day as they did when silk clad cav
alters escorted stately danes in the
days when George III. was King.
The early Californians found the
Americo-Spanish hasendao producing
a fine wine from the vineyards on his
hillside, and as the quest for gold
brought out and established the fam
lilies of the gold seekers the ranches
changed owners and the enterprise
that caused the habitant of the East
ern coast to journey to the Pacific
spread out from the mining camp and
found (what always follows but never
precedes an adventurous advance) an
agricultural outlet Now the vineyards
OF the Golden State produce wine
which In quantity almost equals the
entire product of the Old World and
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-08-02

in quality and liquid 'refreshment pro
duced under the sun.
The wine merchants of Europe call
us a nation of label drinkers, and the
reason is apparent. Thousands of
Americans journey to Europe yearly,
and, owing to the phenomenal advan-
tages offered. have large sums Of
money to spend, and as a rule they
contrive to spend it in whatever man
ner will attract the most attention
There is no keener student of human
nature than the European hotelier
He will, with the most servile bow
and extravagant gymnastics, send
away bottle of choice wine, that has
not found favor in the serving to a
party of diners, whose knowledge of
the beverage is based on the price op-
posite the name of the wine on the
card, and substitute a cheap, strong
liquid, with every assurance that had
he known the gentlemen desired the
best they should have had it at first.
New York, Ohio and California now
produce some of the choicest wines
produced in the world and find 1t a
very difficult matter to market them
against the foreign wines. An early
fault Of the American sparkling wine
was its sweetness and its alcoholic
strength-faults now overcome A
dry wine is an imperative condition
to popularity now. The Latin palate
is adjusted to sweet wine, but the
English and American champagne
consumer of to-day wants a "brut"
wine.
While some writer's credit the origin
of champagne to the Benedictine monk
Dom Perigon, the careful students
er and improver of wines, while the
production of champagne dates from
the Gallo-Roman days; but the cult
walton OF plantations required for this
wine did not become properly devel-
oped until the fourteenth century.
Several New York club and many
private residences have what can
safely be classed as among the choic-
est collections of wines in the world.
There are also many wine buyers who
visit the leading sources of supply in
the interest of their clients, and keep
their cellars stocked with the choicest
and oldest wines obtainable. When
the late Queen Victoria sherries were
sold a large percentage of this wine
came here. In one cellar there are
nearly ten gallons of Madeira brought
to this country by Lord Baltimore.
There is port of 1775-1S11 and 1920,
stored away in one cellar, New Eng
land urn in the days of the Puritans,
brandy aud whisky long past the 100
year mark in many places and choice
collections of champagne. Old col
lectors have quantities of every
known brand of sherry fifty years old.
New York Herald.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-08-02

was supplied by social or political
outcasts and poor debtors.
While the Sunny South is better
adapted to wine growing than almost
any other section of this republic,
it has made less progress in the in
dustry than the more recently settled
districts, and the average Southerner
is content to sip the heavy, rich
fruity Scuppernong, which has much
of the quality of port. with no ambi-
ton to improve the vineyard or the
vintage, and thus it is that the hos
pitable South will offer the visitor this
wine to-day as it was produced many
years ago. To be sure, ''the wine of
the country" as far as the South is
concerned, has corn or rye as it's
basis, and the dispenser of planta-
ton hospitality expects the guest to
partake of either teddy or a mint
julep early and often, and these Sc
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-08-02

A son of the late Henry Ward
Beecher is, we are told, holding a
minor clerkship in the Seattle city
treasurer's Office. The only question
Of public interest in a case of this
kind is based upon the hope that he
will be competent and honest in his
calling There is no reason in the
world why a Beecher should not earn
his living in an ordinary vocation, and
no reason why he should wish, in so
doing. to conceal his identity. The
older Beechers, men and women,
worked diligently and were not
ashamed of work. Harriet Beecher
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old bersekers dashed through the wa
terry main. with their foaming dragons
headed for foreign shores. They
whipped up the sea with fury, and
they pillaged all in their path. Far
back in 500, the great Charles wept
for the havoc which these northern
sea kings would bring to Southern
Europe. His prophecy was fulfilled.
They were grim and hardy pirates.
these foam-flecked adventures. and
when the wild life of sea robbing was
over. the sturdy viking chief was laid
to rest in the brave craft which had
borne him on wild waters. To us
who have watched swift greyhounds
and skipping yachts. how clumsy and
bungling seems this relic OF the seas.
But 1t served the time and need. The
square sail was rugged to the central
mast. the rudder chung to the right
and sixteen rough rowlocks were
wedged into a side plank. We should
say, God pity the wild man who Sc.
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seryances of the defenders of any flag.
"Sweethe arts and Wives" keeps the
memory Of nome bright, and often the
sip of wine Is met with lump in the
throat of a grim old warrior, who
through tear dimmed eyes above his
glass gets a glimpse OF his loved ones
at their faraway Preside, and the
world is better for a noble sentiment
Wine growing has steadily in
creased with the growth of the coun-
try. The few vineyards of the sunny
hills of Western New York were fol-
lowed by the many great vineyards
of Ohio. The Carolinas and Virginias
have made wine since the Colonies
were practically penal settlements and
the labor outside the slave Inns
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-08-02
Three Thousand Varieties of Intoxicants
in Use Throughout the United States

While we as nation use and appa-
rently enjoy little more than three
thousand more varieties of intoxicants
than any other peoples. we also rank
among the temperate folk of Christen-
DOM
There are about six thousand, more
Or less, generally used kinds of intox-
eating drinks in the world, and we,
owing to the picturesque variety of
our citizens, use a fairly liberal al
lowance of nearly each and every
brand of liquid exhilarator brewed,
fermented or distilled for the tenn
porary inspiration of jaded man.
While 1t Is an historical fact that
all nations have considered spirituous
liquors proper subject for heavy tax
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-08-02

Mrs. a. A. Anderson of New York
has given 100000 to Columbia univer.
sity to start a suitable endowment to
establish pure science course lead
ing TO the degree Of bachelor Of sci
ence. The other members Of the
board of trustees, who have asked
to have their names withheld, have
offered to guarantee any deficit arls-
ing from this new course during the
next ten years up to total amount
Of $4,000.
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outtonholed the mighty Ibsen mite
as II he were her equal ana
shouid be honored by the qree,-
ing. With quaint slips in her
naiting speech she told that literary
non now well he had written ana
now well she liked his stories his lar
guage' his country and himself The
PROFESSOR stood aghast before tbo.
orazen efrontery. The Matron was
mute. The victim was brave and re-,
'alated with other kindly speecbas
winch assured the general that no.
sklil IN the language did credit 70
america. See Ibsen and die !" bad
been the slogan of the trio ana :,
Vaiing the memory of ChristIan,a,s
glorious harbor, one OF the nnaa'
most beautiful" views in the wor,S
ABOVE the memory of the sbattoras
ana dismembered viking ship of con
turtles past. is the treasured tbonaht
OF mat towering Goliath of modern
literature. ouerD
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-08-02

alton for the support of the realm, it
is also a fact that the liquors of two
centuries ago were almost without
exception produced by and invented"
by the jewellers in the mountains.
The natives of North America are
almost the only uncivilized races with
out an intoxicating beverage of their
own invention and production. The
Kaffir and Zulu have their beers, the
the Chinaman his sam-su, the Japan
csc his saki Central and South Amer
leans have their carasha, Mexico has
Its pulque and mescal, either of which
II introduced extensively to the Amer
lean throat and nostril would do more
In the temperance field than all the
bands of prohibitionists in the land,
as the former resembles liquid limbur-
ger cheese, while the latter can only
be compared to hydrated alcohol
In Southern Russia they distill the
juice of the watermelon and produce
very fair brandy. Wine has been
made of currants, gooseberries, plums,
elderberries, curries, parsnips. rhu-
barb and potatoes. The natives of
Siberia prepare a strong intoxicating
beverage from the field mushroom.
Hippocrates records that wines were
made in his day from medlars, null
berries. asparagus, organum. thyme
and many other herbs. The liquors
and cordials of the Latin American
countries owe their origin to the bark
of trees, leaves, flowers and fruits of
the tropics.
Chilli produces a champagne quality
of wine from the apples of the coun-
try, while British Guiana obtains the
same result from the undeveloped
flowers of the palm.
Six thousand separate and quite
distinct intoxicants now find a mar
ket here. The obscure drinks in use
in the odd corners of the world are
only to be found In the cafes or board
ing houses frequented by newly made
Americans from those places who
have become residents of New Work.
now the most cosmopolitan city in
the world.
III the HlolOiy VI lut SlODb lUtT6 is
no great name that is even suggest
i've of total abstinence After the ia
tigues of battle the great captains of
the past were refreshed with fiagon
of wine. Before great mental or phys /
ical effort the great men of the past
were prepared for the ordeal with a
stoop of wine.
Napoleon drank Clos-Vougeot, and /
even now whenever a French regi- /
ment marches past that vineyard it 4
halts and presents arms.
The greatest of all ceremonies of
welcome and the browning honor of I
the festive board is the "pledging a
health" 1t is Saxon memento of the
times when the drinking horn had to
be raised with both hands and the
drinkers pledge" stood beside him
with drawn sword In order that no
enemy might stab him while drinking.
The time honored toast of all ma
vies is "our Country" or Our King"
and when the wearers of the uniform
of any nation stand and give this
pledge it does more to endear home
and country than all the other OBJ.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-08-02

ernity out of Lethean slumber; that
mighty Samson who pulled down
The Pillars of Society,"" yet stood
firm as the rock-based mountains
amid the social devastation. While
accepted theories swung back and
forth like cobwebs caught in those
tottertng pillars, he stood like a bat
tering ram, lunging again and again
his hard-headed front into the face
of mock modesty, of cowardIy sham.
of gilt-edged hypocrisy. He was fear
less and terrible, he was scathing
and shocking, but he was honest, and
we loved him for his loyalty, his
courage before conviction. his right
about face to duty, as he saw it.
Many craven who had long bent the
neck to the yoke of society-as-it-is
knew that the mighty Ibsen had ut
tered truths long ringing in his own
heart. The head had reasoned them.
but the cowardly self had not dared
speak them.
IL was lbsen's wont, at midday. to
read the papers and sip his coffee at
the Grand, unless curious ewes he
came too many. In which case be
shied away for intermittent spells. He
does not like publicity or scrutiny.
and the trio was warned that he had
the manners of a grizzly bear. He
would not speak nor be spoken to nv
the moi pollo.. But the general had an
irresistible way of her own. and fear
iessiy would she walk up to the can
mons mouth, or beard the lion in his
den. In very pretty words she aired
her summers study of the Morse. ana
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-08-02
In Norway's Old Capital
Sights Of Christiania VIII Repay Traveller for Time
Taken in Journey to the North
Especial Correspondence

With regret for the loss of pleas
ures proved in lovely Stockholm, with
anticipation for the joys of a town I'M
tried, with a solid nights ride across
country, we three emerged from the
sleeper, wide awake to the interest
and novelty of Norway's capital, re-
nowned for its busy shipping port,
and its fair harbor of long arms and
deep dents, which lend a beauty I'M
rivaled amid the glories of this earth.
The Crown Prince paid us visit,
and for miles away the country flock
ed to the city. Peasant and farmer
ratified in, till sidewalk and curb
were packed with surging humanity.
Flags fioated from palace and cot
sage; the booming of cannon, the rat
tie of hoofs, and the advance of the
royal guard proclaimed the noble en-
try. The ladies held a charity ba-
saar, in his honor, and radiant signs
flashed out their greeting. The great
structure never had more than push
Ing room, for the crowds which
swept on to this interesting center.
Norway's fairest girls, arrayed in ma
tional emblems, allured the buyer to
their dainty booths, which famed in
colors gay. Stalls outside satisfied
the coarser taste for fries, for yards
of sausage and schooners of beer.
Within, the buyer could choose from
a list that included an iced cake or
a cart wheel Many of the heavier
goods took their chances, being loan
ed as advertisements by the city
merchants. And a mint of money
was made in lotteries. This was the
Norwegian magnet. 1t riveted the
Matron till she was dragged away.
with purse depleted Kroner after
kroner she passed over to the beguil-
ing maid, who encouraged her weak
ness, as she took just one more
chance deep down in the well-flled
churn, or in the revolving wash ma
chine, to draw up only a blank,
where one in scores might find a
magic number.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-08-02
Wondrous Viking Ship.

But If ones soul is lost to such a
bauble, what sentiments must over
whelm the beholder as he stands be-
fore that wondrous viking ship whose
history runs back 1000 years, whose
ribs and thwarts and rudder defed
the lapse of ages, as they lay wrapped
for centuries in their mantle of blue
clay! Now exhumed, the ragged
edges read us ancient history. The
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-08-02
Town Rich In Relics.


The town was rich in relics. and
the Matron browsed in odd corners
and fshed up twisted candlesticks
of brass. and wooden flatirons three
feet long, guided by crank, which
must have slid over the table like a
snowshoe, while its deep carving of
heroic scenes was imprinted in the
clothing. Pewter plates depicted
glories never before dreamed and
the Matron will go mourning to the
grave, for certain grand platter.
carved in luxury, and stabbed with
the date 1884, which grinned at her
behind closed glass just before train
time All Christiania has an idle
way of locking its doors and going
home to dinner between 2 and 4. The
city is practically dead. No power
on earth could uproot a proprietor.
At this trying hour she spied the
grinning figures which exulted with
sardonic joy in their antiquity. How
she beat and clamored at the case
ment! How she longed to smash the
glass window! How she sees today.
will always see, that battered pewter,
with its giddy scenes, and staggering
figures on the margin, 1884
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-08-02

One of the theatrical managers wept
recently because the New York critics
made fun of his play. But he would
probably have felt worse about 1t If
they had said nothing.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-08-02

Fashion has decreed the floating,
fimsy auto veil must go. A veil on a
pretty girl is a nuisance. anyhow, and
this recent edict must meet the hearty
approval of every man. whether or not
he owns an auto.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-08-02

Swing Low. Sweet Chariot" is the
song suggested by the news from
Washington that the Austrian ambas.
sadress is running an auto which
leaves in it's wake the doors of Araby
the blest.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-08-02

Stowe, who may be said to have shed
some luster upon the name of her
father and brother, wrote her great
book in the intervals of household la
Dor, the tasks of which she daily per
formed with stained and battered
hands "-Oregonian.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-08-02

According to lady of some expert
ence in the courts, the stars are
against divorce. She's wrong. Stars
get divorced almost as frequently as
chorus girls.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-08-02

Mr. Labouchere is out of parlia-
ment, but he isn't above giving advice
TO his successor Above all things,
says Labby, eschew eloquence. and
never be guilty of a peroration.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-08-02

The report of the death OF the dow
ager empress of China has not been
confirmed, and 1t is, therefore but fair
to suppose that the emperor continues
in a horizontal position under the
bed.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-08-02

Whistling, according to some doc
tors, will do much toward the devel-
opment of robust physical frame. 1t
will also do much toward developing
a tendency toward homicide.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-08-02

Chinese officials are naturally slow
TO act upon the report that the Dow.
ager Empress is dead. Persons who
have acted upon previous reports of a
similar nature have met the fate Of
the Observation-Disclosures expert
menter.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-08-02

One of the Vanderbilt ladies' recent
ly paid big price for thimhle that
once belonged to Queen Elizabeth.
Owing to its value as relic. however
the owner OF the thimble viii not use
it when she makes her shirt waists
his spring.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-08-02

Conceding that wealth lessons hap
piness a large number of persons will
remain hrm in their determination to
be unhappy.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-08-02

Britain's lawmakers are modest in
their demands for salaries. Fifteen
hundred dollars a year would not
seem excessive pay even for MIR. Bal
four.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-08-02

In Africa there is a tribe which is
still living in the stone age. Not so
different from the rest of the world,
which is living in the age of rocks.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-08-02

According to household journal,
one of the best appetizers is orange
marmaiade. Another good one is a
days work on a woodpile.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-08-02

1t will be long time, just the same,
before the National Educational asso-
citation succeeds in popularizing
thru" "bizness," and "tuf"
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-08-02

OIL is being tried in Cuba for the ex-
termination of the mosquitoes. Per-
haps Mr. Rockefeller is down there
working up trade
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-08-02

II is given out that King Edward is
famed for life. Surgical science Is
not yet equal to the job of giving even
king a new tendon Achilles.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-08-02

Let yesterday be happy memory
and tomorrow sweet anticipation
To-day is the middle of the sandwich,
and therefore the best part of all.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-08-02

Samples Of adulterated whisky fur
nished by Or. Wylie were thoroughly
enjoyed by a congressional committee.
To the pure all things are pure.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-08-02

Scientists have discovered a new
way OF raising ships. What we yearn
for lis new way of raising the price
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-08-02

Still, 1t doesn't follow that every
man who refrains from laughing is a
millionaire. Dyspepsia is as bad as
money.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-08-02

1t Ia said that insanity is caused by
a micTobe. That is why crazy man
Is sent to the bug house.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-08-02

VIII Princess Ena continue to say
After you, Alfonso after she is
married?
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-08-02

The sailing lists chronicle the de-
parture of Nine. Calve for Europe.
Also of Mile. Calve. And everybody
is privileged to take his choice.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-08-02

London Truth remarks that so many
actresses are becoming peeresses that
the aristocracy of the realm should
be known as the actressocracy.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-08-02

AS there appears to be nothing do
Ing IN Morocco, the European war
cloud can pack up and resume its old
stand in the Balkans.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-08-02

1t is to be hoped that this is the
farewell tour the yellow peril is pre-
pairing to put on in the far east.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-08-02

forth on stormy seas to-day in such
clumsy contrivance; but 1000
years back this same contrivance was
the proud queen of the waters, the
easy conqueror on a mighty main,
and the lesson she reads us, of past
power and present progress alone is
worth the northern trip, even though
the tomb chamber which buried the
viking king was pillaged of its hero
and its treasures, in remoter cen
turtles.
The Mighty Ibsen.
Two mighty monuments, an ancient
and modern, has Christiania, and
at daily noontide, the trio lowered in
the salon of the Grand Hotel, for but
a glimpse Of that Goliath of modern
times, whose weighty sledge hammer
nailed to the walls of THE Dolls
House" verdict which startled mod
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-08-02

VIII Mr. Carnegie kindly lend us a
million so that we can try to hold 1t
and laugh at the same time?
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A New Jersey Judge has ruled that
beer is not a necessity of life. He had
better keep away from Milwaukee.