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The sun., 1891-07-13
How to Open the Fair.

The official programme for the opening OF
the Chicago Fair has been promulgated.
The first event is q grand military pageant,
lasting from Oct. II Of next year to Oct. IA.
The muster will end on Friday. Oct IA, with
illustrations Of an attack and defence OF q
position. with all arms Of the service" and
the amazing announcement is made on OFF,
cial authority that these manGuvres Twill
not be sham battle as ordinarily con-
Quoted, but one on military principles"
Are we to suppose that the Columbian
enthusiasm of Chicago has determined to
celebrate even at the sacrifice Of the limbs
and lives of the citizen soldiery Of Illinois
and the neighboring States3 We cannot
understand what else is meant by battle
on military principles, not sham battle.
II the attack and defence with all the
arms of the service are to be something
more than a sham affair, there will be lead
and iron flying in Cook county that Friday;
bayonets and sabres will bite. not merely at
the air, but at flesh and bone; many an
estimable militiaman will be butchered to
make Chicago holiday. and red will run
the tide OF the West Fork Of the South
Branch on Its way to the Michigan.
We hope that no such bloodthirsty cole
bration Is contemplated II Chicago wants
something entirely out Of the common as
an eye-opener for the Columbian Fair, some
thing which shall be real and not sham.
sensational without being subject to police
Interference, tragic and yet not murderouss
let the Committee on Ceremonies prevail
upon the towns most distinguished citizen
to sacrifice his mustachios In honor Of
COLUMBUS. and submit his upper lip to a
razor OF real steel on Oct. IA. 1891, either
upon the stage Of the vast Auditorium or In
the Main Building In jackson Park. In the
presence of all the Nations.
That would be celebration worthy Of the
day. worthy OF Chicago. and worthy Of
the Chief Justice. Better still, 1t would
leave no mourning widows and orphans, and
saddle no pension list on Cook county.
The sun., 1891-07-13

"Hss he bssa At II lonsi" asked stranger who en-.
tered the church after the sermon had begun.
"Hs has been preaching nfsesn years." replied the
man In tho pew.
Then won't stay"
The sun., 1891-07-13
a small .G.,r Comparatively.

o.,,am-s,, men were robbed n broad Gay
CRicAgo yesterday
Trotter-That's nothing
what" tiivslS
"I mean nothing comparatively. You -" "'
rear In Philadelphia"
The sun., 1891-07-13
In the Vernacuiar.

Prom Psck
"pr. BridsmAn hA6 deserted the BApt,stS"
"fes; he's got IN out Of the wet o. lisL"
The sun., 1891-07-13

Thus far this year New York city has justi-
fed It's reputation as very agreeable and inter-
estng summer resort and watering place. Our
weather is fine: our grass plats are verdant:
our trees are tlourishing: our birds are clipper.
and our huge population finds life worth living.
The sun., 1891-07-13

Prom the Pistsbnroh Dttpdfch.
Executions In secret may satisfy the law. but they
place Justice the role Of avsngsr pure aud
simple The spectacle Of the law being fully satisfied
with vengeance robbed Of the interest and purpose Of
that vengeance 10 pleasant Justice kills, but
It does not plot secretly assassinate its victma
The sun., 1891-07-13

Concerning the Postmaster-G Generals
second explanation and lsbored denial Of
JOHN BAEpsLEys charges. the Philadelphia
Ledger remarks:
"Mr. wAsAsAgERs testimony again q clear.
comprehensive. and conclusive retutation Of all the
intimations and innuendoss that have been made
against him concerning the bad business Of the Key
stone Bank"
This proves how Loyalty the good Mr.. CHILps
stands by his friends. even whom they have
been shown 10 be - WANAMAKEgs.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-08-06
Railroad Ties.

The immense expansion of the rail
road system of this country makes the
consumption of timber for ties mat
ter of increasing Importance. In or
der to reduce this item of the expense
account, so far as renewal of ties is
concerned, the use of preserved wood
has become quite general in the East
ern States. One of the most effectual
of the many methods of treating the
wood is to fill the pores with a solu-
ton of chloride of calcium, and then,
under heavy pressure, force in a solu-
ton of sulphate of iron. A sulphate
of lime is thus formed in every part OF
the wood, and it becomes as solid, as
hard. and almost as heavy as stone.
The Mississippi Tailey Lam, herman,
which describes the process. says that
ties treated in this way will last hun
dred years as easily as six months.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-08-06

quakes have sent up the Gulf Of Cali
fornia. which must have been indescrlb-
ably terrible. just now geologic con-
fusion reigns supreme and specimens OF
the crust of the earth from many and dl-
verse localities are on every hand as silent
witnesses Of the great bate OF the ele-
ments along the Lower Colorado. In
this stupendous struggle, however, the
sea has been driven back 200 miles from
it's former habitation and it is still re-
treating. unless, perhaps, it is just now
being REINFORCED by an immense tidal
wave or other tremendous CONFUSION
While Fremont and Wozencroft were
in Washington with their visionary
theories and opaque mathematical cal
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-08-06
THE NEW INLAND SEA.
THE PHENOMENON MAY ALTER
BIOGRAPHIES.

It Is the Opinion of Engineers that the
Gra at Lake that Has Taken the Place of
the Colorado Desert Has Come to Stay
Something About the Terrific Heat of
Salton--Gen. Fremonrs Plans.
The formation of a new lake, or in
land sea, thirty miles long by about
twelve wide, in the saucerlike depres-
sion in the Colorado Desert, san Diego
County, Call, is a phenomenon which has
excited good deal of interest and spec
ulation. The flooded district is the low
est in the United States, it being 265 feet
below sea level. 1t was once a part of
the Gulf of California, but the sediment
brought down the Colorado River formed
dam some 200 miles southwark (the
present northern boundary of the Gulf
of California;, and the district was then
covered by an inland sea which soon
eva porated, leaving desert of salt, in
tolerably hot, sterile, and arid. The
station of Sa ton, on the Southern Pa
cihc, is located here, and extensive salt
works are operated by MIR. George w.
Dubrow. These works are now flooded.
and the area of steaming, hrackish, briny
water extends for miles around to
depth of nearly two feet. Though
evaporating rapidly, the lake is fed
southeast The melting Of heavy SHOWS
in the mountains causing an overflow Of
the Colorado, is one theory offered in
explanation of the singular phenomenon;
another, is the outpouring of the waters
of the Gulf itself through some subter-
ranean source Unless the lake is per-
cnnially fed, it will quickly disappear by
evaporation. While the evaporation is
something terrific at this season of the
year, when the thermometer not infre-
Quenty registers 1870 and 1870 degrees, it
cannot keep pace with the mysterious
stream that is pouring its waters into
Deaths Valley.
Some years ago q number of scientific
men and army officers wrote G aborately
upon the feasibility of turning the waters
Of the Colorado River upon port ons OF
this desert for the purpose Of creating a
great inIaAd lake; and O. M. Wozen-
croft, a Well-knoWn scientific man and
engineer, accompanied by Gen Fremont,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-08-06

for evaporation at the rate of eighteen
inches per year. Arch mides said that
he could move the world, only give him
fulcrum big enough. Fremont says he
can make sea, only give him plenty
of greenbacks. The one is about as
impractibe as the other is Chimerical.
And when he makes his estimates closely
the General will come to the conclusion
that long before he can fill the Colorado
basin tor desort) with water from the
Colorado the Great Engineer OF the Uni
verse will have filled it with sands from
the north, driven down by the eyer-pre-
vaiing winds from that point. In the
mean time it will probably be used for
the purposes intended by the Almighty
the occupation by the horned toad, rat
tlesnake, and the Southern Pacific Rail-
road. "
A short distance from Salton is the
most perfect Sahara that can be found
in America For more than twenty
miles in any direction there is an ocean
of white sand. Unlike the greater por
ton Of the desert, whose monotony is
disturbed by mountains, lagunao, ar.
royos, and a variety Of animal and veg
'etable lie, the eye wanders in all direc
tons and encounters but vast level
surface Of white sand. You are in the
midst of an ocean of undisturbed white
ness; not an elevation nor decline; the
mesquit, meschal, and cacti have en-
tirely disappeared, and not sprg of
artemisia nor a blade Of grass remains;
no living thing, not even bird or an
insect is to be seen A death-like still
ness seems 10 pervade the scene. In this
particular locality iain never descends-
no delicious exhalations of evening ever
couch this fevered face of nature, which
diurnally quivers under the scorching
rays of the monarch of light. 1t is true
that passing cloud, overfreighted with
moisture, sometimes bursts or is dashed
by driving wind against some distant
mountain-top and is made to discharge
it's voluminous contents with destructive
force ell over the desert; but the blazing
orb quickly transforms such vistations
into the merest evidences of perspira-
ton, and the whole surface quickly takes
on it's natural state of incandescence.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-08-06
JERRY RUSk'S DAUGHTER.

The Charming Young Woman VINO Is the
Light of the Secretary's Household.
Mrs. Jerry Rusk takes more interest
in her old home at Viroqua than she
does in her husbands balloon-bursting
experiments in the heavens or his mi
croscopic fight with Emperor William
and President Carnot as to whether
the American hog shall be receive at
court abroad. Mrs. Rusk cares moth
ing about the hog, except as he ap-
pears every fall in her sausage ma
chimes or her pickle barrels. Her
charming daughter cares even less.
She guys her amiable father on his
agricultural fads and tells him that
she and her mother can make better
butter at home and give better recipes
for it than can his wisest of experts In
the Department of Agriculture.
Miss Mary Edith Rusk is the only
living daughter of the Secretary.
While Governor of Wisconsin, and
when the family were living at Madison,
another daughter died. Miss Rusk is
the light of her mothers household.
She is about 20, of pretty figure, clean
ly modelled features and quiet demean-
or, yet when walked up she is very vi
vacious and ever alert for repartee
AS a gentleman laughingly observed
the other day, eff Uncle Jerry Rusk,
with his bombs and balloons and all
that sort of thing, means to bring
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-08-06
SEEKING BLAINE'S LIFE,
His Illness Causes Enterprising Biogra-
piers to Hustle.

His Illness Causes Enterprlsfng BiOgra-
pliers to Hustle.
Since the beginning of Mr.. Blaine's
illness biography fends have industri
ously ransacked the departments in
Washington, looking for. data which
would aid in making an interesting
story of his life. Reports, which have
probably been magnifed, of his con-
tinued illness at Bar Harbor, are the
immediate cause of starting these en-
terprising gentlemen a-goiDg. There
are more than a dozen men at work
looking up data and preparing biogra
phies, and the d5mand for photographs
of Mr.. Blai for several weeks past
has never been so great since the cam
paign of '64.
Mr.. Blaine looks quite well when he
is sitting down, propped up by the
big down pillows and covered up al
most to the chin with Mrs. Blaine's
old gray wooden shawl: but when he
goes to walk and kind of loses his
equilibrium, he doesn't look nor act like
really we'll man. He had bad stroke
of paralysis about this time last year.
which his physicians said was caused
by overwork, and this is offered as one
solution to his present i'll health.
He has been sick, very sick, but the
reports of his condition have been
greatly exaggerated. He couldn't have
all the symptoms of a nervous malady,
be sallow almost like corpse, shaky
like paralytic, bilious and troubled
with insomnia, aud be an entirely well
man; and, while the e ailments have
not obliged him to keep in bed every
hour of the day, they are not just the
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-08-06

CITATIONS General George Stoneman de-
livered a lecture in Los Angeles, and
concluded as follows:
ITO fill such a hole in one year, sup
posing its bottom to be water-tight and
evaporation entirely unchecked, won d
require stream twenty miles wide and
twenty feet deep, with current Of three
miles an hour. To fill such lake by
a stream 1000 feet wide and ten feet
deep, and running at the rate of three
miles an hour, would take 200 years.
Then, after this lake was filled, it would
require river $50 feet wide and ten feet
deep, and running at the rate OF five
miles an hour-about the size Of the Col
oradO at ordinary stageS-to compensate
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One Rule Enough for Him.

Reading the instructions on what
to do in case of drowning" hung up
around hotels and cottages, at the
various lakes, I was reminded of q
story I once read, which reads as fol-
lows:
A man with a purple nose was fish
ing one day, when he suddenly fell
into the water. A Acknowledgement of
benevolent aspect promptly hauled him
out, laid him on his back, and then be-
gan to scratch his head in a puzzled
way. Whats the matter?" asked the
excited bystanders. why don't you
revive him?" There are sixteen rules
to revive drowned persons, said the
benevolent man, "and know them all,
but [ can't just call to mind which
comes first" At this the drowned
man opened his eyes, and said, quietly !:
us there anything about giving brandy
in the rules?" Eyes" "Then never
mind the other fifteen. = Fashion
Bazaar
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when one reflects that their prophe-
cies are on par, as rule, with the
weather representations. For some
months they had been predicting the
marriage of Charles Stewart Parnell
with Mrs. O'Shea alternating the pre-
diction with the "war cloud" rumor
and other prophecies regarding the
state of Eu1ope which are constantly
on hand. For once, however, their
predictions have been verified and
Charles and Katherine are married.
at least by civil ceremony. The minor
prophets are now announcing that a
religious ceremony will shortly take
p7aca
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-08-06

once went to Washington to get bill
through Congress for an appropriation
for preliminary work. 1t seemed to be
the opinion of those who knew more
than Mr.. Wozencroft that owing to the
fierce evaporation, ii nothing else,
throughout the section that was to be
benefited that where water would be the
most needed we should lose q river and
not gain lake. But, while Wozen-
croft's project would have been costly
as we'll as impraticable, there were
those who were of the opinion
that, with less engineering diff
culties, the waters of the Cuff Of
California could he turned back into
the desert, whore they once undoubtedly
belonged, and, in measure, prevent the
hot winds and atmosphere that prevail
over an area of more than 10000 square
miles, In this particular section there
is little or no rain, as the mountains in
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-08-06

surest symptoms of long life for an
overworked man to ease his mind
over.
Sitting on the piazza of the Blaine
cottage at Bar Harbor, the writer
got an excellent peep into the inner
rooms of the villa. The doors were all
thrown open, for the weather was ex-
ira warm, and Mrs. Blaine believes in
having plenty of pure air in the house:
The house is entered by partial
glass and partial inlaid wood entrance,
reached by four steps. Just inside
large hall is seen. It is square like
room, and serves as a reception-Toom
for callers. Oak benches are on either
side, and it is here the unlucly visitors
who ore not intimates are left to await
their Iefusals.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-08-06

confidence of both powers. NJ, River
is also an eminent man in that line.
He is at present Swiss Consul at Brus-
sells, but he is also President Of the In
stitution of International Law in that
city. M. Gram, the third expert, is a
Norwegian, but his reputation as an
international iurist has gone all over
Europe. He is graduate of the Uni
versity of Upsala, and was at one time
Judge of the Supreme Court in Nor
way.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-08-06

The Constitution of The United
States was ratified by the several
States as follows: Delaware, Dec. Z,
1887, unanimously; Pennsylvania, Dec.
II, 1887, vote As to %; New Jersey,
Dec. Is, 1887, unanimously; Georgia,
Jan. 1888, unanimously; Connecticut,
Jan. 9, 1888, vote 1913 to 40; Massa-
chusetts, Feb. 6. 1888, vote 1877 to 1913 !;
Maryland, April %, 1888, vote SO to
II; South Carolina, May, %, 1888,
vote 149 to rs; New Hampshire, June
81, 1888, vote 81 to 46; Virginia, June
%, 1888, vote SO to 10: New York.
July IS, 1888, vote 80 to %; North
Carolina, Nov. p, 1889, vote 1913 to
Is; Rhode Island, May 30, 1890, vote
81 to 3d.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-08-06

CLEOPATRA was born SO B. c., and
was established upon the throne of
Egypt after the fall of her brother.
Ptoleny Dionysius. She then formed
an attachment with Julius Cesar.
which lasted until his assassination
After the tragic death of Antony, Cleo
patra is said to have killed herself. &c
years B. c., by causing an asp to bite
her arm, and was buried beside the
grave of Antony.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-08-06

ton each country will send two dele
gates, who will be the authorized
channels of communication between
their governments and the other al
bitrators, but who will vote on every
question on an equality with their
technical colleagues. The COM
mission will in fact consist of seven
members who will decide every
issue by q majority of votes. NJ.
Martens is professor of international
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-08-06

the west catch and distribute nearly all
the moisture that the regular overland
currents are prepared to let fall while
the arid lands between Salton and Yuma
and the hot deserts adjacent furnish
currents of torrld air most unfaVorable
to the formation of clouds and rain. In
consequence of these peculiar features
shower of rain is rare occurrence be-
tween this point and the Colorado River,
seldom falling more than once year,
while the perpetual sunshine and hot dry
earth produce q temperature OF most
notable height, it being 12o in the shade
frequently.
There have been cloud bursts at places
anon these deserts, to the north, that
have carried death and devastation
sometimes for hundreds of miles. A few
years ago great cloud moved rapidly
eastward from the Gulf, and was at last
hurled violently against mountain
about eighty miles north of Salton. and,
breaking, precipitated more water than
all the fails Of America at the time OF its
downpour, and made roaring river
twenty-six miles in width, and, during
its destructive course, carried away
nearly twenty-four miles of the track of
the Southern Pacific Railroad, not rail
nor tie of which could ever be found.
It's ravageS left to the eye great gorgeS
and other cataclysms on every side, and
afforded opportunity for the profoundest
thought.
Within a few miles of the river may
be seen evidences of the great strife be-
tween the down-rushing waters Of the
vast basin of evada, Utah, Southern
Wyoming, Western Colorado, Arizona,
and part of New Mexico, and the great
in rushing tidal waves which earth
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-08-06
A Lively Bullet

A Red Bluff boy fired off rifle the
other day, killing sparrow, wounding
a cat, and manning parrot. The
ball went through pedestrians hat,
broke valuable vase, shivered $50
mirror, and barely missed killing an
editor.-San Francisco Call.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-08-06
FOR ONCE IN THEIR LIVES.

Foreign Correspondents Il ght in Their
Predictions OF the Parnel o. Shea Mar
riago
The minor prophets who are engaged
as foreign correspondents are busted in
writing Il told you So" This exulta-
ton on their part may be pardoned
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-08-06

by which France ac-
quired certain inter-
ests on the west coast
of Newfoundlan and
to the ascectainment
Of the exact scope
ane extent of those
interests. It was con-
sequently necessary
to obtain the SER
vices Of special
lists in international
law, who by their
high character and
wi d g expe rience
would command the
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-08-06

law at the Unlver-
tity of ST. Peters
burg, and is one of
the most eminent
authorities on that
subject in Europe.
Although a r u s.
sian, he is. as his
name implies, Of
Ger m an descent.
H e h q s figured
prominently as an
arbitrator in several
intern atiOnal q / S.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-08-06

dispute between En-
gland and France
regarding the New
foundland tisheries
are NJ. Martens, NJ.
River and M. Gram.
The commission will
not be exclusively
composed of these
gentlemen. who will,
h o W 9 yer, fill the
double position O.
experts and voting
members Tn addi-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-08-06

THREE years constant study in Italy
will make an American girl know too
much to sing in church, and too little
to be useful in opera
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-08-06

A DOUBLE insu1t-to tell q Boston
man he doesn't know BEANS"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-08-06

BENNINGTON, VT, was named in
honor of Benning Wentworth, Gov
ernor of New Hampshire, who gave
grants for the original town. in 174S.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-08-06
Loss of Coal in omen Grates.

Experiment has shown that when Goa
is burnt in an open CRATE from l to 8
per cent. of the coal escapes in the form
of unburnt solid particles or "soot,"
and about % per cent. is lost in the
form of volatile compounds of carbon.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-08-06

clouds and storm and wet, I'll bet that
if he takes his daughter along her
smile will upset all his plans. No
cloud could withstand the sunshine Of
that smile, even if it were of Uncle
Jerry's own make"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-08-06

THE first city organized was New
York, when in 1862 she received her
charter as New Amsterdam.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-08-06

putes. and there is no man in Europe
who has a better knowledge of exist
ing treaties. The questions to be set
tied relate exclusively to the inter
nretation to be placed OH the treaties
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-08-06
EXPERTS IN ARBITRATION.

Three Eminent international Jurists Who
VIII Settle the Newfoundland Dispute.
The three principal members of the
arbitration commission to settle the