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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-12-03

zines for each battery will hold 100 tons.
I'm the rear two forts will not be par
ouetted, but will be lie open
The thrty-t two great guns TO- the two
Plumb Island batteries are TO be OF the
new pattern of TIVE ve-inch mortars
known as howitzers, of which successful
tests have been made within the last ten
days at Sandy Hook. They are breech-
loading, and constructed on the bullt up
nlan. steel lined, riie bored, and steel
hooped. It is much longer than the ola
patvern of mortars and is capable OF eH-
treme accuracy in firing. The pro &c
tiles for one of these monster cannohs'
which. dropped on the deck OF the pest
armcrcd irohclal in existence, would
nierce the entire ship, is of solid balk or
steel three,feet long Weighing 625 POUNDS
and costing S3Go Eighty pounds OF
powder Will drive this large projectlle
eioht miles. The gun will also throw
shells containing high explosives. by
this means it can drop enough nitro
glvcerine on o ships deck to scatter an
ironclad into 10, 900 pieces.
1t IS one of the new twelve-lnch ho"lez7
ars whose detonation during its test mr.
mo shattered windows six mi es away
and VIII CHI with sin2le shot has de
stroved 50 ool worth of armor plating.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-12-03
A Cold-Blooded Husband.

A coroner sees many curious SlgntS.
Deputy Coroner -- was telling
of a circumstance that came under his
notice recently that surpassed every
thing ever heard of in the way OF
heartless Indifference. He was called
to investigate a case where a mans
wife had died very suddenly. 1t was
plainly case of heart failure, but the
husband insisted on an autopsy. He
not only wanted the autopsy. but he
wanted tosee it performed. The body
was placed on table and the doctor
began work The husband watched
every movement very closely. Finally
the liver and heart were exposed and
the heart was found to be greatly en-
larged The husband, more deeply
Interested than ever, stepped forward
and took hold of the heart with his
fingers.
at made my blood run cold" said
the deputy, ''and | pushed the man
away" He seemed to resent the cor
oner's action very much and insisted
on knowing what caused his wife's
death. The doctor explained that it
was caused by an enlargement of the
heart.
sWall, by thunder" unused the
man, II don't understand that. |
supposed big heart made folks gen.
erous like, but that woman was the
dumdest, stingiest critter / ever saw.
st. Louis Star.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-12-03

for the damages that the erection of
the fort would Go their adjacent prop
erty
Plumb Island is partly in the rear of
the low bar OF sand forming the eastern
end OF Coney Island known as Point
Breeze The island has a low, slanting
beac backed by few sand-hills and
stretches OF salt meadows Behind.
across Hog Creek and Broad Creek, the
low meadow land extends back for many
hundred acres The highest spot on the
island is not fifteen feet above mean
nigh tide During the heavy seas of
early spring large part of the island is
under water It's only buildings are
three fishermens shanties now unin-
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oovrTsIand Cannon.


ooinonrjng department Of the
STotcs army has perfected the
g.oas Of the plans for a work of
y 'nortaDcc, as it will complete the
.nP If New York harbor against
5'' .,rn mower of war. These plans
,'o rrcat fort of modern mortar
.,s 70 be constructed facing the
.. and defending the broad gateway
borbor The land on which this
rar stand lies at the east end of
Island and has been purchased by
|.r,rnment for 500, 600.
MANY wears the engineers of the
nnrartmcnt have been casting
aan. cI9nrcs at the most dangerous
%g in the line of defenses about
,oon entrance to New York har-
,ordorod every year more danger
br the improvements in carrying
,.;trond destructiveness of the guns
|Jon ships of war I his danger is
orot from no foreign power. The
r Survey charts in currency all over
world show it at a glance and in
',Sr figures. Besides the two or
n narrow channels that are navig-
Through the entrance to New York
.bm in the waters between Coney
md and Sandy Hook, there is pock-
At deep water approaching the Long
md sbcrc from the ocean, some miles
tof these channels, that is nayigab.e
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-12-03
PREACHER OF NATURE"
Reformed Prussian Soldier Who Believe
in Dress Reform and Simple Religion.

Reformed Prussian Soldier Who Believes
in Dress Reform and a Simple Religion.
Johannes Guttzeit, the so-called
preacher of nature" who attracts
considerable attention in the famous
old city of Leipzig, is an ex-Prussian
army officer, who has taken up his
abode in that hotbed of German So
cialsm. He is a tall, handsome man,
and he affects curious costume
which eXcites amusement and aston
lshment alike in strangers. His
shoes are heavy and low cut; dark
gray wooden stockings reach to his
knees; his trousers of white wool
cover the upper part of his legs, while
a broad, loose gown of the same ma
terial falls almost to his feet. This
gown is fastened about his body by
two long rows of buttons and waist
girdle of cloth. On his head, from
which long hair falls to his broad
shoulders, he wears at times a crown
of leaves.
GuttZeit was born in KOenigsberg
Prussia, in 1853, and was member
of a wealthy family. He early showed
liking for the life a soldier and en-
tered the army in 1871. For a num-
Der of years he served as lieutenant
and differed little from his comrades.
At the end of that time, however, he
determined to quit the service in
order to give to the world his relig-
ious and sanitary theories. He advo-
Gates return to the simple life in
vogue in the days of the apostles and
is strict vegetarian. He is a dress
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-12-03
Not in the Book.

The idioms of the Engllsn language
add not a little to its. beauty ana use
fitness: but. they are sometimes capa-
hIe Of AN interpretation quite differ
emf from the one intended.
A lady famed for her skill IN COOK.
mo was entertaining a number OF
friends at tea. Everything on tne
+ah1a was much admired; but the ex-
cellence of the sponge cake was espe-
cially the subject of remark:
ooh. explained one OF the guests,
cit. is so beautifully soft ana lignu !.
Dottell me where you get the recipe.
~ am very glad replied the most
oss .athat You f nd it SO soft and ilgnt'
G : 1.ade II out of my own head"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-12-03
DOubIy Defined.

Tommy--What is running ac-
count?" Pa says it's an account
merchants have to keep of customers
that are in the habit of running away
from paying their bills
Uncle-That's one definition Of it,.
Tommy-4+Is there another?
Uncle-Yes. A running account
is, in some instances, an account that
gets tired out running after a while,
and then it becomes standing obli-
cation.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-12-03
An Experienced Burglar.

Young Burglar These spoonsain't
silver Theyare the cheapest kind o.
imitation"
Old Burglar" THAT'S lucky"
Lucky"
yep, Take 'em along"
what fer?"
"The Teddy Of the house will be-
afeared to set the detectives arter us,
lest they should find them spoons an
describe 'em in tn papers. Street s.
Smiths Good News.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-12-03
look WOrri
Knew His Own Caliber.

Sappy-I say, Chappy; I've watherl
got the ideah that / nevah could be
an actah, dontcher know.
Chappy- What's the weason, deah
boy?
Sappy-Why, old fellah, dontcher
see, there's wule I've wead some
weah that weads, think twice be-
foah you ahct." That would wuin
me; it's noah than fellah can do
now to think wunth, and | should
just expiah if I had to think twice.
ba JOVe!
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-12-03


gorg' V,I.uucations at the port of New
Dent W lnStructed,by the War Depart
h26fn"o eAamine into the feasibility of
Nportas uelenSeS on Plumb Island. He
Q,onoyooGI iaVorably on the scheme, and
NeIIov0 Ihe acquisition of fifty acres OF
Nros "" u, TO be covered by mortar bat
dte of we, ithe land was owned by the es-
BY Tbon",s !l02m Engeman, represented
IT, r",a E. Pearsal OF Brooklyn.
tfty Uop'ornment offered $50, 600 for the
saDtoG' ' e. Tor which the Engemans
'alQo ~ $4,000. The question: of the
cOumis.,Ihe land was argued before a
Sates I EioI appointed by the United
ot this 1tISIrlct Court By the decision
a,sOo a. tribunal the Engemans received
VII acre for their land and SIS. 600
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any vessel, whatever may be her

any vessel, whatever may be her
@lUgbt
bYmcanS Of this deep pocket man
4 tVr could arrive at a safe anchorage
hocEaWay inlet. Less than six miles
i S& from this anchorage are the out
&2s wards of Brooklyn, two miles
i0er is the East River, and another
beyond is the heart of New York
From this inlet a hostile ironclad
.o lombard Brooklyn and New York
III a destruction unparalleled in the
I0W OF bomha"dment, and there
|~0 De no effective reply to this at
r. fort Hamilton and Fort Wads-
U~ guarding the narroWS between
+ upper and lower bays, would be
d, miles away from the disturber,
|'eF anchored in Rockaway inlet, and
0 ioFIN nave no armament that
'~o ,nro" shell $ such a distance.
H. I'M. Gen John Newton and a body
w.. g"sl0ecrS from the army made a
".a examination Of this pocket with
NJ" 10 rcrtecting the defenses of the
Ss@' twin cities They found that this
lss water cou'd be brought under
. .,., fire in d circle having Plumb
,s'u0 N tine center with a radius Of six
\. n" Iocy recommended the acquisi-
~. Vi Iiumb Island bv thu Govern
,,,.e ana the immediate construction of
there. Since that time
,,,'a schemes have been proposed for
y. ~ the entrance to New York har-
n \, '1ot would include the defense of
o~o rgoP water approach to the shore of
>y wa after the act of Congress APP
.r5 S" Aug Is, l 90, to purchase
'I en- Tor defensive purposes, Cox &.
: 1'o ple, constructing engineer of
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-12-03
The Refinement of Gallantry.

Fair but unfortunate maiden
Dear me! That's the twentieth time
I've had to get up to let some fellow
get by. 1t seems as if every man in
the house wanted to pass me.
Gallant but crude. companion-Can
YOU blame them?
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-12-03
After a Days Shopping.

Mr.. Stinter examining some ac-
counts on desk)-I think | prefer the
counting to the welded days. Then
there was alternate billing and COO
ing: now it seems to be about all
"billing"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-12-03
The Way with Women.

Mrs. Greyneck-Oh, I'm so tiredt
I've been shopping all day long.
Mr.. Greyneck-I suppose you spent
the ten gave you this morning.
Mrs. Greyneck-EVery penny of it,
Mr.. Greyneck-What did you get?
Mrs. Greyneck-Oh, didn't get q
thing, it all went for car fares.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-12-03
Helpful Ailments.

The value of cow-pox, voluntarily
induced, as protection against small
pox, is generally recognized. The
same principle has been successfully
extended to some of the worst dis
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and eight inches long. 1t somewhat
resembles the Indian turnip. The
spathe of the plant contained flow
ering portion over four feet in length.
In honor of a Mr.. Goodwin, an init
mate friend of Dr. Seeman, the plant
was called the Godwini. During the
towering time the plant has most
diSagreeable OdOr
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-12-03
These Clever Impromptus.

Bulfinch-That was wonderfully
clever speech that your husband just
made; and he tells me it was entirely
impromptu.
Mrs. Wooden-Oh, yes; quite so.
Bulfinch-It is marvellous that he
could do so whep she looks so tired.
Mrs. Wooden-Well, | should think
he might look tired; he sat up all
night thinking what he'd say.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-12-03
when Merchants Have No Money.

Mr.. Valise--Will you allow me to
sell Busted & Co.?
Principal They failed recently.
: Mr.. yalise-But they settled at 100
per cent.
Principal Then they can't have
any money. You had better avoid
them. The jewelers. Circular.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-12-03
Rather Cruel.

Miss Freshly-Anything new up I'M
the country to-day, Farmer Green?
Farmer Green-Wal, yesm. They.
be a sayin' that the hog cholera's
comm long our way.
Miss F.-My! l don't wonder you
look worried.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-12-03
The Pessimist,s view:

An optimist is not an optician.
though both look at the world great
deal through glasses. The jewelers.
Circular.
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Accounted For.

Gotleft-You say our party is in
bad odor with the public. How do
you account for it?
Sageman - Easily enough. You
have chronic habit Of handling dead
issues.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-12-03
A GOWN FOR CALLING,
One of the Newest and Most Striking OF
Fashions Fancies.

Fashions Fancies.
Gee of the latest models is a close
fitting coat of black broadclOth, with
skirts which are long in the back and
sides, but slope away in front, to
show a deep waistcoat of watermelon
pink cloth, which has rows of black
braid forming a series of points down
the front. The CELLAR is flaring and
does not close. 1t is lined with black
velvet. A very handsome calling
gown is made of biscuit-colored vogue,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-12-03

This is dog. Has the poor dog
the mumps? Oh. no; he has not the
mumps, He only tackled man
with wooden leg; that's all.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-12-03

reformer, an eloquent and impressive
talker, a lyric poet of some ability,
and his published works on his theo-
ries in religion and dress have had a
wide circulation.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-12-03
A PECULIAR PRODUCT.
Nicaragua Has IL Plant with a Single Leaf
Thirteen Feet Long.

Nicaragua has one of the most pc
culiar plants to be found anywhere.
In 1869 DR.. Berthold Seeman discov-
cred it and in 1872 it was forwarded
to Mr.. Hull, an English horticulture
list. 1t was plant with single
leaf and the latter was thirteen feet
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-12-03
DEFEND NEW YORK
,er FORTIFICATIONS TO
BE BUILT.

,,,s Standing Jokes on Uncle Sam
o. w. rninated-Mortar Batteries of
pc ,.,,ctive Power viii BE Mount
p ,,.1 an Tmpregnable Fortress.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-12-03
HUMOR OF THE WEEK.
STORIES TOLD BY FUNNY MEN
OF THE PRESS.

Many Odd, Curious, and Laughablo
Phases of Human Nature Graphically
Portrayed by Eminent Word Artists OF
Our Own Day.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-09-12
\ Man OF Ready Resource.

Says 4 st. Ioui: man: 81 VS. a wit
ness Of d funny scene at the fair
grounds then known as Benton bar
racks-that took place in 1861. \ New
Yorker named Strong was sent out here
to look after quartermaster' supplies,
and III order to give him some military
status he was commissioned hrigadIer
general. He neither knew nor pre-
tended to know anything IN the
world about military matters. 1t So
happened that all the higher officers
were called away, and that he found
himself in command Of the troops at
the barracks. The adiutant, young
West Pointer. came 10 him for the
order of the day. ten. Strong knew
fuils as much about Sanskrlt us he did
about this, and for q moment was com
pietely nonplused. But he was man
ct ready resource and soon extricated
himself from the difficulty. Order of
the day order Of the day " he said
Well, You can do to-day Just what YOU
did Yesterday. Wait a minute, he called
out as the astonished adiutant was re-
firing. Convene all the troops in
praycr-meeting 10 pray for the success
Of the government and the suppression
Of this wicked rebellion The adjutant
gasped, stared and stood irresoIute, but
being accustomed t. obeying orders i'm
plicitly he sald nothing, and the prayer
mcetin. was held. Gen. Strong after
ward laughlnglv boosted that all the
mon victories We're due to his peculiar
Innovation on ordinary military rou-
tine IT tieqgD TINES
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-09-12
POSIOFFICES AND GOSSIP.
Some Rural Folk Irefer to Go for Their
Mail.

Sons Rural Folk Irefer to Go for Their
Mail.
This town has had a month of ex-
detrimental free delivery and Postmaster
Howe has figured up the results. Lud-
,ow is one of the small towns selected
by the pOst-otfice department for a
years trial of the free delivery system
IN small towns. 1t was the only town
selected in this state, and was chosen
probably because it is the summer reg
ldence of Judge Hines, of Indianapo-
lis, the former law partner of President
Harrison. Aside from this it has no
special distinction from scores of Yer
mont towns, and 1t is not SO compact as
some, Nergennes, for example. 1t has
a population of 1000 Its business in
cludes a small wooden MILL cheese
factory and several minor industries.
The free delivery system went into
operation on July l. One carrier does
all the work. He makes two collections
daily and one delivery. The delivery
Is made in the afternoon, beginning at
l 80. There are seven letter boxes
which Postmaster Howe set up in diff
ferent parts of the town. The boxes
were not ready the first of the month
SO the result of the collections for the
first month can hardly be taken as a
fair indication of what the ave rage may
be. Postmaster Howe's figures show
that the collections for July amounted
G,397 pieces. This the postmaster con-
sluers a pretty good showing for the
first month. 1t is expected that the
work of the carrier will increase as the
pc ople get accustomed to the svstem
As vet nobody who has a box at the
post-otfice has given it up, and the peo-
pie still come to the office for their mail,
This makes some confusion. People
expect to get the early morning mail in
their boxes, the afternoon mail from
the carrier, and the evening mail from
the boxes again. This is the great
est difficulty, and Postmaster Howe
thinks 1t the most serious obstacle to
the free delivery system i'll small towns.
Everybody comes to the post-o flee in
the evening. For century and a quar-
ter, ever since the time when Vermont,
as an independent republic, owing al
legianCe neither to king nor congress,
had q post-ofiice department and
postmaster-general of its own, the
post-otiiCe has been the meeting place
of the toWnspeople, who come there
every evening to get the mail and eX-
change gossip, and the gossi p exc hange
Is as important an institution as the
mail delivery. 1t is even more, because
one may not get a letter every day, but
all can enjoy the latest gossip and listen
to the "reminiscences of the oldest in
habi.ant. The carrier may deliver the
mail all right, but he can never supply
the town gossip, the fountain head of
which has been for generations the
post-otice steps. This is the great trou-
bic with Postmaster-General Wana-
makers experiment. Nermonters are
intensely jealous of their liberties, and
if the free delivery system in small
towns means the extinction of the
post-oiiice as the daily gossip exchange,
then Nermonters will have none of it,
and Will come for their letters in the
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-09-12
Cod Chain In Il Lump OF Coal.

\ curious find was brought to light by
Mrs. ). v. Culp last Tuesday morning.
~ she was breaking a lump If coal pre-
paratory to putting il into the scuttle
she discovered, As the lump fell apart,
imbedled in a circular shape, small
gold chan about ten inches in length
Of antique and quaint workmanship.
At first Mrs. Culp thought the chain had
been dropped accidentally in the coal,
bnt as sire undertook to lift the chain
up the idea Of il having been recently
dropped WAS at once made fallaciOus
Tor a the lump Of coal broke it sepa-
rated almost in the middle, and the
circular position 81 the chain placed the
two ends near toc9eh other. rs the lump
separated the middle OF the chain be-
came loosencd while each end remained
fastened to the coal This is a study
for the students OF archaeology who love
10 puzzle THAR brains over tho geology
cal construction al the earth from whose
depths the Curinus Is always cropping
C5if. lhe lump al coal from which thus
Chaln WAS taken i suE ro~cl 10 come
from he iay .orylslc or pana mines, and
il almost bushes ones breath with NV
terry when it is thought for how many
tong a-e~ tho earth has been forming
srg3tt @ttyr strata which hid tire golden
Inns troM y}cw. TIE chain MAS of
eight karat gold ard weighed eight
penny l1htS. herrt&ausE ~ Tines.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-09-12
Disloyal WhistlIng.

Americans have little conception of
what may constitute reasonable
offence in some of the countries of the
Old World which are still despotic and
extremely military. There recently oc
Cured at Barr, in Alsace, trial which
must have been very amusing to an
American who might have witnessed 1t,
if mans liberty had not been in jeop-
ardy.
One day, not long ago, in the streets
of Barr, a laborer who was engaged in
loading a wagon whistled cheerfully at
his work As he was thus engaged a
gendarme or military policeman came
within hearing. The workman, appar-
emily preoccupied, kept on with his
whIstiing.
Il arrest vou," said the gendarme,
coming up and putting his hand on the
workman's shoulder.
"What for" asked the man, aston
ished.
For seditious whistling You have
been whistling the 'Marseilaise.
The "Marseillaise," being the French
national air and revolutionary air be-
sides, is forbidden in German Alsace.,
But the workman exclaimed, ION,
no. YOU are mistaken, 1t isn't the
'Marseillase' at all that | am wnistling,
Out ne NldTtll ol tilt ID luz
Ears | used to belong to the Bruins
wick Huzzars, and that was our regi-
mental tune"
The gendarme, who was a German,
and thought he knew one tune from an
other, took the workman under arrest,
and in due time he was brought into
court, charged with disloyaltv in whist
ling seditious air in a public place.
Both the gendarme and the accused
told their stories very confidently, and
as the workman was reputed an hon
est and loyal man, the court was
very much perplexed between the two
men and the two cases.
In this predicament the court adj
iourned to the council-room adjoining,
and calling in the accused and the &C
cuser in turn, made the workman whis-
tie the march of the Brunswick HUI
Ears" and the gendarme the "Marsell-
laise.'
Zach did his his best, but the tunes
prov cd in the ear of the court to be so
much alike that it was regarded as i'm
probable that the gendarme could have
been mistaken.
The accused was therefore sent to
prison, but his general bearing, and
above all his excellent whlstling, had
affected the court so favorably that he
was sentenced to only three days i'm
prisonment-Y Youths Companion.