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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1890-12-27
His Stock Cost Him Little.

A short time ago, says liquor dealer
through the medium of the Louisville
Courier-Journal, l received letter from
a Boston concern. Here is the letter
head: "Castroni Fencing Club, Boyls-
ton Place, Boston, Mass. Prof. G. M.
Castroni, Technical Director: Article,
XII, section 3, of bylaws: Every member
will be required to pay as dues $50 an
nually, payable quarterly in advance. !"
Accompanying this was an order for a
sample of good whisky. | thought it
was some aristocratic club, and sent the
sample. In day Or two | received two
orders from the same concern, adj
dressed to people who do business
through us, each requesting samples.
Then / began to investigate, and
found that every dealer in town had re-
ceived similar letter, and if they all
sent samples. that Acknowledging
fer the club, perhaps-got enough good
whisky to last him through the winter
1t made me feel little mad at being
taken in, and | wrote a pretty strong
letter to the concern, but before / re-
ceived an answer | got an order for one
barrel of whisky on four months time.
OF course that gave the snap away, even
if we hadn't known it. l didn't send
it. Some Of the others may have done
so, but in day or two | received a let
ter enclosing Is cents for "eight inches
of whisky" and countermanding the
order for one barrel at four months
Pretty cheap whisky, l should say, and
a slick scheme. If everybody had
honored those orders, that fellow could
have started in the wholesale business
himself.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1890-12-27
A Church Fair Trick.

The season of church fairs is coming
on again, and with it the usual stale
supply of stories in relation thereto.
But / ran across little incident the
other night which is interesting, not
only for its novelty and truth, but also
as showing the sharp business sense Of
our American girls. ! was visiting one
of these religious bazars, and in the
course of an hour had spent all the
money [ felt at liberty to throw away
So all the pretty pleaders who applied
later were given a stern refusal, and
stood over IN one corner to watch the
crowd. All at once a handsome little
brunette came over to me. In her
hand was the inevitable chance book
and bank bill. II am not going to ask
for any money! she said assuringly.
CAN want is change for S." Anxious
to please such handsome young lady,
l handed her the required amount In
silver and was given the bill. Then she
paralyzed me by saying, Nov that /
see that you have money, have nc
hesitancy in asking you to take a chance
on silver water picture, only so cents. F"
It is needless to say that l submitted
gracefully to the inevitable.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1890-12-27
The Mysterious Rapper.

Mysterious rappings have for several
nights past alarmed family in Pawtuck-
ct. r. I. The sounds seemed to be
made at or near the back door, and oc-
cured at intervals during the night.
Watch was set, but the noises were una
bated and no clew was obtained. FL
nally. the police went to work and dis
covered that the rappings were caused
by big rooster which slumbered on an
inverted washtub in the cellar, under
the rear part Of the, house. whenever
ehanticleer shifted his position he
changed the center of gravity of the tub
and down would go the heavier side
with a resounding thump. The bird
has new perch now, and the family
slumbers are unfretted by visions Of
sSpookg ~
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1890-12-27
Few Blue Things in Nature.

The vo ne given to ii very. taking
shade of blue and the fact that the
average woman calls it heavenly"
makes one remember after all how few
blue things there are in this world.
There are few blue flowers, not many
blue birds or fishes, while real blue
eyes, supposed to be seen every day,
are really anomalies in nature, which,
if possessed, it is not believed would
be beautiful The Roman love for blue
was such that it came to mean beautiful,
and to ''empurple" (for it was called
variously purple or bluel really meant
to make beautiful. Fra Angelica
worked with ardor for years and years
before attaining that shade of blue
that made his name famous, and he
never thought that his time was Ill
spent. Funnily enough, blue blood
does not exist, the doctors of to-day
telling us that the veins most percep-
tible in a white, slender hand are grey,
red, or green. Nobody wants to talk
about the "green blood of his ances-
tors" so the knowledgeable woman is
wiser than she speaks.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1890-12-27
Ancestor WOrshiD.

In no country of the world is so much
homage paid to death as in China.
There ancestor worship is a form of
religion, and burial rites, and periodical
offerings to the dead furnish a religious
ritual. A body cannot be buried until
the geomancers have found lucky day.
and the first three weeks in April are
specially devoted to the service of the
dead-the festival of Ching Ming.
Among people so essentially ceremo-
NOUS as the Chinese, the funerar cere-
monies are necessarily elaborate. They
are also costly, for they necessitate the
provision of vast quantity of food for
both dead and living, as well as fees to
the geomancers. The land in China has
been described as one of continuous
graveyard, and Miss Gordon Cumming
says:
mo one can be long in China before
discovering that ancestral worship is
the keystone of all existence in the
Celestial Empire. 1t permeates all life,
affecting the most trivial details of every
day existence, and is an influence ten
fold more potent for keeping the people
in the bondage of gross superstition
than all the countless idols of the land,
inasmuch as it compels every man to be
forever looking backward instead of
forward, IN fear lest he should by any
action offend his very exacting ancestral
spirits. In short, from his birth to his
grave, the chief aim and end of every
Chinaman is this constant Precipitation
of the dead"
On the accession of new Emperor,
he goes in solemn state to the Temple
of Heaven in Pekin and formally an
nounces to his imperial predecessors
the new titles and Identifies which he
has assumed. These ancestors are then
dutifully invited to the banquet of COM
men Grafton, where seats are duly re-
SER d for them. The death customs of
China, however, would need separate
article, so numerous and complicated
are they. Let it just be mentioned that
the value of the annual offerings of the
Chinese to the dead has been estimated
at e32, 100000!
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1890-12-27
NATURES SWEETEST MUSIC.
The Rev. DIR. Parker's Ideas of Humor and
It's Effects ON Humanity.

The Rev. DIR. Parker's Ideas of Humor and
Its Effects ON Humanity.
From the Newcastle England, Chronicle
The Rev. DR.. Parker of the CITY Tenn
pie. London, in recent lecture said lie
deplored the fact that some men had no
sense of humor whatever. Such men
were arithmetical, prosaic and too
serious to be really enthusiastic about
was mere woodenness. The man who
never laughed never really cried.
Nearly all great preachers had been
humorists. Luther had his broad Jokes.
Whitfield laughed with will Some of
the Wlttlest things ever uttered were
spoken by John Wesley. Even Mr..
Surgeons grim Calvinism could not
stifle his merriest jokes. Henry Ward
Beecher's grandson said: 81 like to go to
meeting, because like to hear grandpa s
little jokes
With regard to pulpit humor, DR..
Parker pointed out that there was a
buffoonery which all wise men should
frown upon the rude, clumsy, clown
ish joking worthy only of contempt, not
on the high ground of it's irreverence,
but on the low ground Of simple imbe
cility and indecency. On the other
hand, there was a refined humor, which
no more burdened the discourse than
the dew burdened the rosebud on which
it glistened AS to laughter, the whole
universe was full of it. When the uui-
verse was sympathetieally interpreted,
what was laughter, rational and timely,
but species of music? Was not
laughter another name for gladness?
Was there no gladness in the sunny uni
verse? 1t was not mere joking that
elected laughter. There was laughter
born Of reason, inspired by thankful
ness, chastened by the ever-present
melancholy in whose gray climate all
human life had lived. Commerce
would do it's shopkeeping better if it
laughed heartily, now and then. The
mates were more cheerful.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1890-12-27
One Phase OF English Gailantry.
L. Cit

Nowadays when an English gallant
wishes to compliment lady married
or single) he goes to the florist and
leaves an order for certain elaborate
floral decorations to be sent to that
lady's home. For example, the stair
case of her hotel must be decked with
roses and mimosas, the boudoir with
lilacs and camellias, the dressing-room
with carnations and lilies, and the bed
room with violets and heather. The
gallant's card is left with the concierge,
with few words of compliment pen
cilled under the name. Imagine, if you
can, what scene would be precipitated
if any young chap in the States were to
attempt any such palaver with the
average married woman
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1890-12-27
We Didn't Understand Him.

When [ get to the depot half an hour
ahead of time, or when l am compelled
to wait for an hour or two at some
junction, / like to be social with my
fellow victims. Hang the man who
makes a churl of himself under any
circumstances, particularly when he
travels.
Eight or ten of us had been thrown
off at railroad junction IN Indiana TO
wait for two hours, and 1t wash, ten
minutes before we were all talking,
visiting, smoking and EARNING: All but
one. I am, of course, speaking OF the
men. The ladies held the sitting room,
while we took the platform. This one
was a middle-age man, who took his
yalise and sat down at the far end OF
the platform, as if to get as far from us
as he could. Everybody noticed his
action and he was put down as sour
minded chap who could have adde |
nothing to our comfort. We simply ana
bv him as he did by us-let him severely
alone.
About ten minutes before train time
7 noticed that the man was asleep. l
made bold to approach him and call out,
but he did not move. Going closer, the
necnliar pallor of his face, alarmed me,
and in another minute | discovered tnat
he was dead. He had passed away
while he slept When we came TO NJ !
him up what do you suppose we Iouno u, !:
He had been writing IN note poo5
with pencil, and the last lines he had
written were: ,a ,,a
"A stranger in a strange land, ana
sick INTO death, and yet no one has a
word of sympathy-no one will even
c mvle near me. May God forgive them
for being 50 stony hearted. hope that
But no tomorrow ever came to MN.
IT came to all the rest of us, but, come
as often as it may, none OF us VIII ever Wa
feel lust right toward ourselves. we
ha misiudged him.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1890-12-27

mooth. Samples of such growths have
been sent to the Sun office in endles
variety, and they have included olds
boots and shoes fully incrusted and
filled with fine oysters, bottles covered
with bivalves, crooks and pots full of
them, and even clay pipe burthened
with three or four heavy shells: but it is
not often that oysters take the trouble
to pack themselves so closely and SO
cleverly in a keg, handy for transporta-
ton, as in the Joe King specimen.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1890-12-27

during his working hours. That lis
nearly fifty quarts. He has drunk liz
shippers in a day. After supper his regu-
lar consumption of his favorite BEVERAGE
Is I'VE quarts, but he is equal to ten
quarts if the occasion requires it. There
are ar about five glasses in a quart. Mox,
therefore, seldom goes to bed without
having consumed during the day and
evening at least 275 glasses of beer.
John Snow, fellow employe of Mox's,
can drink almost as much beer as Mox
can and says that on a pinch he conld
drink just as much, but couldn't, do it an
easily as Mox does
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1890-12-27
cuTTA-PERcHA DlsAPPEA RiNc,
The Malayans Kill q Tree in Order 6a,
Secure One Yield of Sap.
From the Electrical Review

/ Inc MalayanS A1ll q Tree IN Order ia
Secure One Yield of Sap.
From the Electrical Review.
1t appears that there exists a serious
risk of the determination of the plant
or tree from which gutta- percha is OBJ
tanned. This gum is used in many in
dustries, largely in the manufacture of
submarine cables, as it is capable oE
sustaining it's insulating qualities when
submerged under water at great depths.
in fact, the insulation of gutta-percha
actually improves with age when kept
continually under water. The disaIs-
pearance of the curious tree from which
gutta-percha is obtained would, there
fore, be a calamity of worldwide i'm
portance, YET it would appear from Al
report recently made to the French
Academy of Science that we are actually
threatened with such calamitv
The French government, recognizing
the Importance of possessing an intimate
knowledge of the source of supply of
this precious material, intrusted to M
Serullus, distinguished scientist, the
task of exploring the Malayan Archi-,
pelago, which is the home OF the isonan-
dra-gutta, with view to studying the
peculiarities of the tree and methods
employed in cultivating it and extract
ing the gum. NJ Serullus spent three
years in Malay and studied theisonan-
dra in all periods of its existence, az
quiring a complete knowledge of its
natural history and physiology; but he
reports that there is absolutely me-
method in the manner employed by
the natives in robbing the tree of its
sap, and that no effort is made to cults
vate and propagate so valuable MEM
Der of the plant world. The natives
adopt the wholly barbarous custom Of
cutting tree at the roots in order to
extract the gum; thus each tree only
gives one yield, and is then dead forev-
er. No wonder gutta-percha is rapidly
getting to be worth it's weight in silvcE-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1890-12-27
1T is NOT ALL.
BY ADA IDDINGs GALE,

BY ADA IDDINGS GALE.
1t Is not all of sorrow that know,
For sharper things there are than those
bear
fire of fires, fame beyond compare
Ihat shrivelS all in white heat of woe:
But not that sudden, all-absorbing fire
so cruel is as the sloW-wasting pain
That kllleth not, and yet will not refrain.
That smolders low-and then with new desire
Leaps up and lasheS all old hurts to ache
With new Vigor-when the old despair
Lesps like sleeping tiger from its lair.
Stung on to fury, till it seems to break
The outer walls ofmimic calmness there
And lifes foundations with strange tumults
shake.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1890-12-27
The BOYS Had Flirted.
From the Washington Star.

One of the governors of grammar
school complained to the head master
that on the previous evening he had
seen one of the top-form boys flirting
with young lady. The head master
accordingly spoke to the occupants OF
the said form in severe terms on the
improperly of such conduct, and
wound up his harangue by saying that
out of consideration for the parents he
would not name the culprit, but invited
him to come into his private room at
the close of the lesson. That the
governors acuteness of observation
was considerably below the mark was
evident to the head master when six
crestfallen top-form boys presented
themselves at the private interview.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1890-12-27
1,,enhants Cnewing Gum.

funny story of elephants comes
from the Philadelphia Geological Car
dem den few DAYS ago three elephants
were We're discovered quietly chewing sum
WITH witb all 1.-The the apparent enjoyment Of the
school Slae 81 girl. They had supplied them n.
fifty feet Of rubber garden hose h,, Mdinn
is attached to hydrant in the le Dul atalIs
and used for cleaning out !; the atra ffdlls
at LENGTH on the floor. Immediately pc
n, Meath the elephant cages. In reacnins
for nnts one of the beasts had accldent s
aiIv found the hose and drawn II ah ln.o
the cage. All had then taken q s saiai =,
and when discovered had SUCCESSFUL -
rninino the entire length OF nose.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1890-12-27
The Nlnth Wear Vacation.
From the Boston Herald.


The proposition to allow our public
school teachers, after every ninth year
of service, leave of absence for one
year on half-pay, is very generous.
indeed. How would it work in all the
departments of the city government,
where equally hard work is performed
SENATOR SQUIRE, of Washington, has
an income Of $4,000 amonth. He owns
a great deal of real estate in Seattle.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1890-12-27

n SD uiasses of Beer a Day.
Nav >ViaI to the New York Sun.
Nav summary known as "Holy
|, Ian employee of the Olean
lker~ nfn Is to be the champion
ess EST tI 81 the country. He never
D"n IV0 Shippers of beer
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1890-12-27
oysters Grown Ready Packed.
From the Baltimore Sun

Joe King, the oysterman, has small
key of full-grown oysters which is a
curiosity. Under favorable conditions
oysters will attach themselves to any
convenient surface which is hard and
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1890-12-27

FRANK BoLLEs, the secretary YET 81
Harvard : ward University, denies the rs rep .he
University of Pennsylvania, mas le,i neen
called to professorship OF poilt.cai
economy in Harvard.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1890-12-27

CLARA MORRIS tour of Southern Cal
ifornia is proving unusually prosperous.
Arizona republican., 1890-06-28
LOCAL BREvITIES.

One car of general merchandise was all there was in the line of freight from Maricopa yesterday.
 The local police force made not a single arrest yesterday and the Re- corder's Court was lonely.
 Dr. o. l.. Mahoney's big teams are hauling into the warehouse the wheat from 4S0 acres of the Doctors land north- west of Phoenix.
 O. l.. Gibbs offers $l00 reward for the arrest and conviction of the person who stole his horses and allowed them to starve to death.
 At the Fiesta last night an amateur slogging match and the exhibition of a contortionist furnished the main features of the amusement programme.
 Trinity Episcopal Church services will close for two months with the services of next Sunday morning. Dr. Pearson spends some time in Southern California and may thence go East.
 A baker lad night before last thought he heard the alarm clock strike, got up in a dreamy sort of a way, hitched up his horse and started to deliver bread to his regular customers at Il 80 p. Tn.
 A mule belonging to teamster named Marsh was shot last evening by Marshal Blankenship upon the order of Terri torial Veterinary Surgeon Chandler, the animal being afflicted with glanders.
 The Board of Directors of the Terrto- rial Normal School meet in the school building in Tempe today. The most i'm portant matter to come under consider ation will be the election of principal for the ensuing term.
Arizona republican., 1890-06-28
PERSONAL.

M. E. and Newt. Clanton are in the city from Buckeye.
 Zonjiro Simkins ot Lehi looked up water matters in the city yesterday.
 Governor Wolfley returned yesterday from Tucson, and is once more busy at his desk.
 Messrs. Peters, Holbert, Farmer. Col lins and Hawkins were in from Tempe yesterday.
 Superintendent Bradstreet and F. Sexsnyder left last evening for the Phn- nix mine.
 County Assessor Murphy got out of bed, yesterday, and managed to hobble around little.
 Attorney-General Clark Churchill, in the intervals of the Behan case, moved his office to new quarters in rooms II and l2, Monihon building.
 Mrs. E. II. Hitler and child leave on tomorrow's train for California, where summers vacation will be enjoyed at Santa Barbara, Santa Paula and other points in Southern California.
 Dexter NJ. Ferry and c. c. Bowen of the famous seed house of D. NJ. Ferry X Co.,, Detroit, Mich, arrived by yesterdays train and are registered at the Conner cial. They are in Phoenix looking into the condition of certain valley real estate in which they are interested.
 T.. F. Richards of Woodland, Cal, has been spending a few days with relatives in Tempe. He is gentleman of some ability in the poetic way, and no doubt will sing of Arizona in his next volume. He leaves in few days for northwest ern Missouri, where he will spend the summer
Arizona republican., 1890-06-28
A Tempe Suuabble.

About week ago Thomas Goodwin, a farmer located about six miles north of Tempe, missing his irrigating water, proceeded to the h eadgate of his lateral ditch. Here he found a son of T. G.. Cartledge guarding the gate in the inter- est of his fathers ditch. Goodwin promptly knocked the lad off the gate with a shovel, upon his refusal to stir from his post, and redistributed the water. The boys father hunted up 6 shotgun, then thought better of the matter and proceeded to swear out a warrant against Goodwin for assault with deadly weapon. The case came before Justice Franklin at Tempe, Thurs day afternoon, and resulted in the dis charge of the defendant.
Arizona republican., 1890-06-28
PREFERRED LOCALS.

Parties wanting seedless Sultana and Muscat grapes for canning, etc., leave orders at Phoenix Bakery. 39-lm
 For hrst-class breakfast go to the Maricopa House, at Maricopa.
 If you want A hobby fit call on Nicholson the Tailor.
 Comb and strained honey at c. T. Cousins at 6 cents per pound. 2O-lw
 Cheap rooms, free bath, at the Ven dome.
 Call on Jim Bradbury for the coolest glass of beer in the city,
 A choice line of imported cigars at Bradbury's, on Washington street.
 Bradbury's, on Washington street, is the place to drop Tn for an ice cold glass of beer, or for drink of the choicest old Bourbon whisky sold in the city of Phenix.
 Nicholson the Tailor has received an elegant line of trouserings and suitings light goods to suit the season.
Arizona republican., 1890-06-28
Summer Resorts.

From the Los Angeles Times]
 We recently noticed the fact that a Phoenix paper was chiding its readers for leaving the summer climate of the Salt River Valley for the heat of South- ern California. The Tucson Citizen now says:
 Here we are right in the middle of summer, and not an uncomfortable day of heat have we yet experienced, while Los Angeles, San Diego, and indeed the whole of Southern California, is almost uncomfortable notwithstanding its sea side resorts, bathing suits, etc.
 While the Fresno Republican remarks {: With q temperature varying from sixty de. grees at sunrise to eighty-five at midday Fresno Is healthful, comfortable and favored locality, these June days. No one need to go elsewhere for delightful climate, and Gny one who comes here from other portions of the State is in clined to remain and enjoy this pleasant sum. mer weather.
 A Yuma paper also observes that citizen of that place was glad to get back home from the oppressive heat of Los Angeles
 The Hades Herald and Booths Needles BdzO0 are yet to be heard from.
Arizona republican., 1890-06-28
THE HOTELS.

LEMON HOTEL. II Lamar, New Orlns B Smith, city D Daylen, New York Lewis wolhey city Sexenyder, San Fran
 MILLS HOUSE. Collins, city Elssssar, San Fran Geo Miller, NY Sw Wright, do
 COMMERCIAL HOTEL. Dexter Ferry, Mich A J Chandler, city C Bowen, do Homer and wife, city
 WILLIAMS HOTEL, NARICoPA. Douglass, Capt c Shaw, Syracuse M.keasey, Los Ang's C. R. Zeek, Kansas pr Chandler, Ph9nix Jas Coleman, Phpnix CL Montgomery,P ,Phen c Elsizer, New York II kemper, San Franci Morris Newface, San F ID M Ferry, Detroit CC Bowen, Detroit
 Jack Shultz, Casa Grand
Arizona republican., 1890-06-28
No Cure No Pay,

Dr. Hyde, oculist, office and residence east of Gregory house, Phoenix, Ariz.
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