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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-04
Other Little Eccentricities.

When you ask Willie to drink, he in
variably pulls out his watch, sees the time,
and then gives his order. This is done
merely to give the idea that he has studied
the matter up and found that certain
drinks are good for one at certain times.
But have noticed that no two palates are
alike, and each palate has discovered that
which tickles 1t most is best for it; how
ever, they all seem to come together on free
champagne.
The Willie's cane is q natural stick with
out silver embellishments When he car
ries it he grssps it close by the terrule, and
1t is, indeed, very dangerous weapon when
he is walking for it flies with his arms.
He is sometimes quite athletic, and at all
times sporty, ready to bet his last cent on
the ghost OF show.
So, taking him all in all, the Willie boy,
to use his own EXPRESSIONS Rum" sort,
and is, by tar, superior to the dude. Thus
docs the world advance.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-04
rnr c,nrr TO THE p1spArcH.1 !

LONDON, Dec. 3-Tne Duke Of Edin-
burgh played violin in the amatuer per-
fortnanee of ''Mackenzie's Dream of Jubal'
in the Guild Hall, Plymouth, Wednesday
evening, and naturally there was big audi
snce, the royal f ldler being unique at
traction In the country town. The Duke
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-04

TIE most Astonishing results tn healing
wounds have been shown BY salvation Oh.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-04
A ROYAL FIDDLER

+, the Duke of Edinburgh, Who Amuses a
Plymouth Audience-He LIS Considered
oUste a Musician if He Isn't Much of q
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-04

It's condolences he wishes to express he
takes your hand with less fervor, and re-
marks, "Sorry." If he is pleased with any
thing and wishes to tell you all about 1t, he
does so by saying, "Rummy, my boy. "
And this brevity is always maintained and
In time may lead to establishing q short
tongue as a companion to shorthand.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-04

Valuable Discovery in an Egyptian Tomb
The Torments of Those Eternally Con-
demned Set Forth In Clear Language-A
Couple Of Samples.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-04

But what about the likelihood and prob
BILE effect of collisions?
It is question whether they are barely
possible, and certainly they are very re-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-10-27
Observation-Disclosures.

While we usually think of earth
Quakes as taking place on land, they
do, indeed, occur with equal devaSta-
ton in the ocean. That point in the
earth at which the explosion or
breaking takes place is called the
earthquake-focus: and from it what
arc known as earthquakewav pass
to the surface. What do these earth
quakcwaves resemble? Take a basin
full Of water and dip glass tube in
it. Blow through the tuble and you
will see bubbles rising to the surface
and circular waves passing out. The
disturbance at the bottom of the
basin corresponds with the explosion
or swapping Of the crust at the earth
Quakcfocus, with this difference that
instead of water-waves, the latter
produces earth-waveS, passing through
the ground. When the city of Lis
bon, Portugal, was destroyed, the
earthquake took place in the bottom
of the sea, fifty miles westof the city.
Yet it SO agitated the water that
wave sixty feet high dashed over
Lisbon, destroying it and its inhab-
itants in the space of six minutes.
Another earthquake. occurring just
off the coast of Peru. made such a
gigantic wave that a large vessel
was thrown several miles inland.
These are called earthquake waves.
Trey are the largest known waves,
and are caused by the heaving and
rocking Of the bed of the sea. In
deep water such waves are not very
high, but their motion extends far
down into the ocean. When they
reach shallower water, however, they
heap up like gigantic wall, and,
with force more terrible than fire
or sword, they sweep on, bearing de-
struction with them. Huge ships are
tossed like straws far inland, or min
gle their ruin with that Of harbor
towns Nicholas.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-10-27

and the United States While Cavour
considered it the very foundation of
the sancity Of the ballot, the states
men of France threw it aside. Michi-
gan, in 1885. felt that it was not
wanted. But the idea need compare
lively little agitation. No session Of
a State Legislature passed in which
some effort at reform was not made,
and when Massachusetts and Ken
lucky set the example the other
States followed quickly with like
legislation.
And yet the old Australian system
has undergone vast notifications in
its legislative peregrinations. It's
distinctive feature when first enacted
in New South Wales was that pro-
yiding for crossing off the names Of
all candidates not voted for. These
were on one ticket, and in red ink
were explicit directions as to the
number of candidates to be voted for.
Under the New York and New Jersey
law, the so-called blanket ballot is
set aside, and each ticket is printed
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-10-27

terfoil containing the same number.
At the time of voting the ballot
paper must be marked officially. 1t
is then delivered to the voter within
the polling station and the registered
number of the elector is marked on
the counterfeit. 1t is then taken
into closed compartment, marked
and folded, and placed into the bal
lot box, the official seal uppermost
The returning officer at the close of
the polls counts the ballots in the
presence of the candidates or their
agents, and at once declares the cam
didates receiving the largest number
of votes elected. The returning Off
Ger casts vote only in case of tie.
He fixes the day of election in case
of country district or borough not
latter than nine days after the re-
ceipt of the writ; and for other hor-
oughs than that of the district, not
later than four days after receiving
the writ. The election hours arc
two, and must be some time between
10 a. m. and 3 p. m.
incidentally it might be as well to
call the attention of the American
voters to the ease with which vote
can be invalidated. The courts have
decided that the following markings
on ballot are illegal and make the
ballot void: A cross in the upper left
hand corner outside the space for
names: cross at the left and below:
cross at both the right and left: cross
On the back of ballot, opposite the
name of the candidates: two crosses;
cross with letter above or below: cross
with additional marks of any kind:
cross with the candidates name in
addition; cross with another name
written in; cross and voters sigma
ture on any part of ballot; cross in
form Of ornate script; cross with
small lines running in several direc-
tions; circles or ovals: spiral designs:
star or asterisk: lines not forming Il
cross; blot or scratch in ink below
candidates name; straight line on
the back.
So the voter has numerous pitfalls
to avoid. Let him make his mark in
the shape of plain cross and his
vote will count.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-10-27

electors voted with sticks, colored to
represent the different candidates.
In Italy two glass urns are used.
The one contains the blanket ballot,
properly stamped by the inspector,
and drawn out as each elector comes
forward. The second urn contains
the folded ballot as voted.
The manner in which member of
Parliament is nominated and voted
for may interest Americans who fol-
lowed the announcement Of the Eng
fish election results few weeks ago
with almost as much eagerness as the
British themselves.
A candidate for Parliament is nom
mated in writing. The signers must
be proposer, a seconder, and eight
other registered electors of that coun-
ty or borough. This is handed to the
returning officer, and, if at the time
OF the election one hour passes and
only as many candidates stand nomi-
mated as there are vacancies, he at
once declares them elected. In ,ase
OF q contest each voter is given a
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-10-27

on a separate form. For straight"
voting no marking is required, and
for the benefit largely Of the blind
and the illiterate the paster or stick
er" ballot is permitted.
Where the blanket ballot is in use
the names Of the candidates Of all
parties are printed on one sheet, the
voter making his choice with cross.
Many States follow the original Aus
tralian plan Of arranging the names
Of candidates alphabetically This
is the case in Massachusetts, Califor-
MIA, Kentucky, Montana, Minnesota,
Nebraska, New Hampshire, Oregon,
Rhode Island, Tennessee, Vermont,
Washington and Wyoming. In the
other ballot-reform States the blanket
ballot has the names grouped by par
ties, and the straight" voter marks
his cross at the head Of the ticket he
selects. The man who wants to
scratch marks the squares opposite
the names of the various candidates.
The polling arrangements differ
materially and the time allowed
voters in compartments is strangely
dissimilar. Belgium has, perhaps,
the best system in vogue. The cleo
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-10-27

tors are kept in a waitingroom be-
hind movable partitions, and as their
names are called proceed into the
voting-room, receive the blanket bal
lot and prepare them in roomy COM
them and deposit them stamp up in
the election urn. The counting of
the ballots is as strictly guarded.
Kentucky allows a voter three
minutes in the election booth, New
York five minutes, Connecticut five
minutes, and SO on, laws varying all
the way from two to ten minutes.
In Greece the Australian system is
in effect, but the voting is by balls.
In the polling place there are ranged
in a row ballot-boXes equal in num-
Der to the number of candidates, and
on each is the name of candidate
in plain letters. The right half of
the box is white, with the word
Eyes" upon the front: the left half is
black, with the word "No" as promi-
nent. Within are two bags, one
placed to the right and the other to
the left, with partition between the
two. A funnel about ten inches long
and five inches in diameter projects
at a slight upward angle from the
front Of the box. After the voter
has given his name and proved his
right to vote, he approaches the line
of boxes An election officer attends
him from box to box, at each one Civ
ing him small metal ball. The
voter holds this up between the thumb
and foretinger to show that he has
only single ball. and, thrusting his
arm in the funnel, drops his ball to
the right or left, according as he
votes for or against the candidate,
the movement of his hand being I'M
seen. At the close of the polls the
votes cast for a candidate are sub
tracted from those against him, and
his total is thus ascertained. In
Hungary, until few years ago, the
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-10-27

ONE excellent feature OF the
Worlds Fair will be the opportuni.
ties afforded for study. No one car
''do" the great exposition in one day,
nor in two days. The expenses of d
trip to Chicago, living while there
and daily admission to the grounds
will be beyond the reach of many de,
serving persons, particularly women
Mrs. f. b. Clarke, of ST. Paul, a
member Of the Board of Lady Man
ayers, has proposed plan that re,
fleets as much honor on herself as il
promises p,oht for the benefciaries
scholarships" will be sold to wealthy
persons or societies, and will be by
them conferred on women who could
and would use the splendid opportu
mites for study, but whose limited
fortunes would compel them to re-
main at home The scholarships"
entitle holders to fare to and from
the city, board while here, and the
freedom Of the grounds. Much good
will thus be done those who most
need it and whose added knowledge
will be one Of Americas most lasting
and valued profits from the fair
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-10-27
VOTING IN NEW YORK.

Vermont adopted laws very similar
to that adopted in Massachusetts,
and in 1891 Arkansas, California,
Colorado, Delaware, Idaho, Illinois,
Maine, Nebraska, Nevada, New
Hampshire, North Dakota, Ohio,
Oregon, South Dakota and West Vir
ginia followed the example which had
been set. In 1892 those States like
Iowa, whose legislatures were in ses-
sion, passed laws either conforming
to the tirst-framed secret ballot law,
or at least took steps looking to that
end. So that November 8, but nine
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-10-27

THIS old and pertinent question is
suggested by the curious stories
which come across the ocean concern.
ing the danger of infection from
products shipped from ports where
cholera has been raging. For in
stance, an English importer of pota-
toes from Hamburg died of cholera
after eating some of his own mer-
chandise, and we are therefore eau
toned against all Hamburg food
products. But an English physician
OF an adventurous turn had some OF
the real, old-fashioned, unadulter'
ated cholera germ sent to him from
Hamburg and absorbed it into his
system as an experiment. He lives
and still enjoys tranquil digestion.
Now what are we expected to deduce
from his case, and-What is Truth:
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-10-27

SECRETARY TRACY has issued an
order concerning the employment OF
pilots on United States naval vessels,
which will relieve the commanders of
such vessels of much anxiety, and
save many thousands of dollars to
the Government. He has revoked
the old order with respect to the en-
ployment Of pilots which was SC
worded that it implicitly cast re-
proach upon an officer who did not
pilot his own ship into port, and has
substituted for it the direction that
commanding officers will employ
pilots whenever, in their judgment,
such employment is necessary" The
Government compels merchant YES
sells entering an American port to
take pilot, and it is folly to expect
that naval officers should have more
extensive practical knowledge of the
rivers and harbors of the world than
merchant captains, who are constant
ly On sea duty, and engaged in sail
ing vessels from one port to another.
The former may, and doubtless do,
have greater theoretical knowledge
than the majority of officers in the
merchant marine, but to be able to
pilot a vessel safely over the shoals
and reefs which may exist at the en-.
trance of a harbor requires an amount
of practical experience which it is
impossible, i'm many instances, for
naval officers to acquire. Under the
old order, accidents frequently hap
pened to naval vessels when entering
the ports of the world, involving the
expenditure in repairs Of many thou
sands Of dollars. These accidents
cast a stigma upon the service, and
frequently brought undeserved re-
proach upon meritorious officers.
The officers either had to pilot their
own vessels, when they had not an
adequate knowledge of the harbor
which they were entering. or subject
themselves to unpleasant criticism at
headquarters; and it is easy to infer.
from the impulses of human nature.
which horn of the dilemma an ambi-
tious and high-spirited officer would
seize.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-10-27
COST OF SOME BIG THIN,
Buildings, Paintings, Books. Bou.
Cigars Which Come a.,

Buildings. Paintings, Books, Ho,s..
Cigars Which Come ai,h
The magnificent national can't,
| Washington has cost. since the Iav;s
it's cornerstone in 1893, verv ~
SIS, O0O, 900, but the state canitoi oss
York at Albany, although not vet
pleted according to the architect'
elgns, has already cost almost Sonmi
600, and is the most expensive hr G
of modern times. The largest an GI,al
expensive city hall in the United n
is that of Philadelphia, and its AM nr;n ng
tower is to contain the largest co erIl
the world. The greatest nrico 0'A
paid for horse was $3.50, 600 glv WV Wy
Malcolm Forbes, of Boston, for Ar.
which he bought from Senator Stanfaf
of California. Axtell the tr0v
brought $l05,O00 when 3 wears xO'S
while in 1891 st. Blaise was sola
100000. One hundred and wv, ,5I
thousand dollars has been oIerai ~
refused tor Hebrew bible now IN n
library OF the vatican at Rome ny
makes it the most valuable book ;rS
world, SO far as dollars and cents "a
1886, when the entire Dutch nation >,
crazy upon the subject of thin,
single bulb was sold for s., 200. Atsn
prices it would pay better to rise nS
than to own the most valuable ao
mine in the world. sN
Speaking of gold mines. where dow,
suppose the most valuable bit ofn
ever smelted IN the world, SO "a,
known, was found? asks Hama
Young People. In California or
STRATA or India? No, indeed. Jtva
lot containing 200 pounds of onr
holding gold at the rate of $5ON0
ton, and was found in mine at IshDn
ing, Mich.
The costliest cigars ever expot
from Havana were a quantity made
pressly for the Prince of Wales a.
valued at $l.S7 piece in the iactr
The largest sum ever asked or often
for a single diamond was 81 l0G
which the Prince of Hyderabad, in
dia, agreed 20 give the jeweler whons
owned the Imperial, which is co
sidered the finest stone IN the wC
The Shah of Persia and the Sultan
turkey eacn possesses prayer md
or rug, made of diamonds ID
pearls, and valued at somehn
over 81, 100000 apiece. The largest 40
most expensive rug in the world, mad
of the ordinary materials of which SUI
things are manufactured, is owned
the Carlton club of London. A brOh
wooden horse with which Napoe
played when "a child vast
Gently sold for 1000 francs. Think
paying $3.50, 900 for single meal. I'd
is what wealthy Roman once did VIII
he wished to impress a dozen gues
with his disregard for riches. II
most valuable of modern palnting
Meissonier's "1Sl4," which was bOg
by a Frenchman for $4,000
same gentleman paid $l50,000 for II
by Millet. of which yu
have doubtless seen photographs
other reproductions.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-10-27
NEW SYSTEM OF VOTING
THE AUSTRALIAN LAW IN Eff
Feet IN MOST STATES.
The Massachusetts, Modification - Time
Allowed in Booths by the Various State.
Laws-How to Vote In Now York ssnd New
Jersey-Italy and It's Two Glass Urns.
How We win Vote Nov. 4.

In no election since the formation
Of this government has a secret bal
lot law been so generally in effect, in
no year have the votes Of the people
been so sacredly guarded, at no time
have the electors been SO thoroughly
protected in their individual views as
in our coming election, says a writer
in the Memphis Appeal-Avalanche.
On the heels Of q reform ballot
in Massachusetts, in effect in 1888,
came similar enactments by the leg
islatures Of Indiana, Montana, Rhode
Island Wisconsin, Tennessee, Min
nesota, Missouri, Michigan and Con-
necticut. In 1891 Washington, New
York, Maryland, New Jersey and
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-10-27

THERE is nothing slow about the
methods Of the Philadelphia Society
for the Prevention Of Cruelty tc
Animals. Lately a lady was fined in
that city for having her horses tail
locked, and the man who performed
the operation is also to be arrested.
This action should be legally made q
crime everywhere; and, if it had its
appropriate punishment, the penalty
would be Punishment to penal
colony in New Jersey, in the thickest
of the mosquito region, where the
offenders might find out by expert,
ence how keen is the torture by in.
sects to one deprived of the natural
means of self-defense.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-10-27

IT is painful to note that some
more of the bad blood between the
Pike and Billups families of Fudge
Creek has enriched the soil Of West
Virginia. This time Mrs Pike, who.
with lady-like ditfldence, has hereto
fore remained behind the house
while slaughter was dewing the
front lawn, got such chance tc
shoot a couple Of the Billups' Chill
dren that she could not resist
Society is so torn up over the affair
that Mrs. Pike has retired to the jail
to escape the fervor Of its express
siOns.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-10-27

THE Russian bear has sort Of a
double Nelson on the British lion
apparently, for he twists his tail
about into all sorts of aggravated
convolutions with glee and impunity
The latest twist is the seizure by
Russia of SIC, 900 worth of Canadian
sealing schooners at Copper island,
Behring sea. The old beast of
Britain is, to all appearances, a vic
tim to the somnolence OF age-a dan
gerous condition for lion that hasn't
taken the trouble to make friends
during the halcyon days Of his vigor
and power.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-10-27

TIE Austrian cavalrymen have
beaten Kaiser Willie's feather-wcight
his yacht the Meteor has been out
sailed by every tub in European re-
gattas- All in all, it's been rather a
bad season for Willie, and his sport
ing blood must be little cooled
down. His fancy will now probably
lightly turn to thoughts Of war.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-10-27
Mosaic of Thirteen Filrs'

A rug, 10 by Is feet, made up :"
fur of thirteen wild animals i ~,
the possession of w. H. WallenOu.t'
has an Office on Dearborn Stree
cago. Mr.. Wallenbar keeps In :,
which cost him 81 800, locke. up lutd
vault in his office and takes II o%
occasionally to exhibit it TO p'''
friends.
The rug was made in MoScu nn
took one man two years 10. 10 ri M
pieces together. Finished 'n nooic
the appearance of a rich nlo't ;nto
deep yellow of the tiger woven taai h n
coal black of the south sea .ss o0~ oens
mond-shaped blocks. me 5e;. uS
made up of three rings OF r t," diso
twenty inches, the patcll'ilhsso lsr ID
pieces radiating from clrc hv 4 u
monkey skin and bordered O ;ybSs5
otter. The ground WORK q o'utsiji
piece is in a monkey SKIN. urnuso
large center pieces are two ;n III foul
cles. The outside contain, MD mst
circles, six inches in dlam me- iinnert
mink, angora and otter tDRf usss
contain sixteen circles o. ;.ber end
and monkey skin. AT ! el'h seltap
on the sides is a slX.lh'n and n
Russian silver fox hlae HIDE The
silver-gray fox tails ad sthe fun
In the makeup pieces o, lamb, ~
the Russia sable, Persian otter,
goat, China goat, m nh;hat lapba,
Sea seal, monkey, Ih aud tbs
rat, weazel, leopard az
silver-gray fox are used.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-10-27

RAILROADS have decided upon a
rate from the coast to the Worlds
Fair so reasonable that any capitalist
with pull sufficient to secure pass
can so. Doubtless, however, the
rate will be lowered, for the railroad
official who astutely skaters pool
ing agreement is considered not only
n benefactor but, if he does it in such
a manner as to avoid being fined or
fired, is reckoned great among his
kind
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-10-27

The physicians in inland towns
who are talking Of cases Of 'un-
doubted Asi2tic cholera" which have
just come up in their practice are
public nuisances which ought to be
suppressed promptly.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-10-27

; A WORD often etfaces or explains
an action, but the reverse scarcely
ever occurs. 1t must be Il long course
of action which will remove the
thorn from one word, or restore the
trusted use of the tongue.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-10-27
Preserve This for Reference.

Francis S. Dutton, the Trainer Of
the Australian ballot system, did not,
perhaps, in his widest fancies, dream
that the idea which he gave to the
antipodes in 1851 would circumnavi-
gate the globe, be adopted alike by
the voter of Belgium and of England,
Of Italy and Of Greece and by Canada
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-10-27

ST. PAUL has broken the advertis-
ing record by sending capitalist
worth $500 600 to the workhouse
without the option of escape by the
payment of fine. Prof. Tottcn will
now take new lease on his theory
of the early dissolution of the world.