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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-04-21
The Dabblers in Art.

The latest fad among those who dab
BILE IN art is poker-painting, says the
New York Commercial Advertiser.
The idea is rather an ancient one; SO
old, IN fact, that its revival bears the
flavor Of distinct novelty.
The men who originated the idea OF
sketching with the point of a red-hot
iron were the Overwhelming artists OF
a century ago. While gathered about
the tap-room fire engaged in the dis
cusslon Of the ideal and an occasional
toddy, they frequently illustrated their
Ideas by tracing them on the panels of
the room with a highly caloricated pok-
Ell.
Some of these odd drawings were ex-
ecuted by very celebrated men, and
many of them have found their way in
to famous art collections.
The poker painter of the present.
however, has the advantage Of a rathe +
elaborate outfit, and goes in for effects
that the originators Of the trick never
dreamed of.
With set Of fne-pointed irons. q
brazler, coloring acids and lot of pine
PLAQUES he tackles every variety of
subject and frequently achieves more
than satisfactory results.
Hammered brass doesn't compare
with it, and the tinting of tiles is not to
be spoken Of in the same breath.
Outfits cost only SIS, and the present
demand for them is terrific.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-04-21

branching out as a carpenter and
builder In 1855. LEAVES of Grass"
upon which the fame Of Whitman as
poet rests, and which has been va
riously criticised, was published. The
gifted Emerson was the first to rec
ogniZe the genius Of the author and
the many beautiful gems the work
contained: the State Attorney of
Massachusetts was the first to reveal
what he and many others have termed
indecencies, and since then Whitman
has passed through a generation Of
abuse and praise.
Seven editions of Leaves Of Grass"
have been published since the first
issue, each enlarged and containing
new pieces, and translatiOns have
been made into French, German, and
Russian. During the civil war Whit
man acted as relief agent in the army
hospitals at Washington and Vir-
ginia, and at the amputatiOn of the
gangrened limb of Virginia Union
soldier he received poisoned wound
in the hand, to which he attributed
his paralytic attacks. We are told
that during the hottest days of mid
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-04-21
Benefits of Ensland's Occupancy.

England's possession of Egypt has
been d source Of vast benefit to the
land OF the Pfaraohs. During her
five years occupancy q good govern
ment has been substituted for bad
one, eQual-handed justice for oppres-
sion, q sound financial condition for
a Wretched one. and an efficient army
for worthless one. Taxation has
been reduced TO the extent Of almost
million year, The condition Of the
peasants has been improved, and the
treasury has & surplus Of over three
millions.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-04-21
UncOn SciOUS Film EIaln,

Even a mathematician will get
mixed in his calculations sometimes
when changing money back and forth.
The telegraph operator at the De Soto
realizes this fact, and nine men out
of ten would have done the same
thing that he did without thinking.
One night last week q guest of tho
hotel handed in message. The
operator counted the words and an
nOunced that the charge was so
cents. The gentleman handed over
$40 bill, which the operator mis-
took for a 81 bill, and gave him back a
half a dollar. The gentleman left
the hotel without noticing the mis-
take. Presently he discovered it,
and returned to the operators desk.
wasn't that $40 bill l gave you
while ago." he said.
The operator opened his drawer
and looked at the bill.
"Why, yes" he exclaimed. II
thought it was a one Here it is. )"
and he handed over the bill.
"NoW | owe you so CENTS" said the
gentleman.
ooh, no, you DON'T" said the opera
tor.
ooh, yes, do replied the gentle
man. "The telegram was so cents.
you know" And he handed over Il
half dollar and walked off.
I'm into that fellow fifty cents, :"
remarked the operator to the book
stand-keeper, "and [ can't make him
see it,"
Not MUCH" returned the book
stand man. Hes into you SO cents.
And the operator has been trying to
figure it out ever since. Savannah
NnWS
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-04-21
Tragic Joking.

A remarkable story Of practical
joking is related Of young French
man in the souvenirs dun Vieux
Libraire." The old fable of the boy
who cried wolf" too often has had
few such tragic illustrations in fact.
Oswald, a witty and original Partisan,
had mania for practical joking. He
was very amusing to his friends, but
when his talents were exerted to
ayenge some wrong there was more
bitterness than fun in his wit
One evening, when a man who had
not treated him politely gave a recep-
ton, he revenged himself cruelty.
The man was slightly deformed. All
the hunchbacks Of Paris, five hundred
in number, presented themselves at
his reception. They had received no.
tees from Oswald that if they would
go to this address, on this evening,
they would learn Of a legacy which
had been left them.
When a play, written by man who
had reused bis anger by reading a
newspaper at the wedding of one Of
his friends, was produced, he pre-
vented its success by inducing two
hundred and fifty Of his friends to
attend it carrying great books. These
young men, who occupied prominent
seats, read their books while the per-
Torrance was going on. ana whenever
there was any applause each one of
them, as if moved by clOckWOrk
turned over a leaf. The rustling of
the leaves and the spectacle of tho
men absor bed in reading made the
performance a complete failure
Oswald's friends were always on
the lookout for some ruse. He once
notified them that On New Y ears day
he should get the best Of them all in
some joke, and New Years morning
each received this notice: "Remem-
ber." They were on their guard.
AS they were leaving a house where
they had breakfasted, Oswald sudden
ly slipped on the steps and fell on his
back on the sidewalk. His friends
rushed to his assistance, but paused
before they reached him.
"This is his ruse, some one said.
Clearly, the man who was so proud
of his talent for mimicry was bent on
deceiying them all into thinking him
dying man. for he lay there moaning
pitifully, his face drawn and twisted
as if with terrible pain.
His friends stood around and made
jokes and puns, and hummed lines OF
comic songs, assuring him all the
while that they were not deceived by
his acting. At last he gave a hoarse,
mournful cry, looked at them sadly,
and then ceased to moan or Writhe.
In q never-tO-be-forgotten moment Of
horror and sorrow his friends realized
that Oswald was dead.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-04-21
Care of Fine China.

zone of the troubles of house
Keepers life, said practical woman
the other day, ''is the practice that
some servants persist in of pouring
boiling water over fine china. [ went
into the kitchen the other day just
in time to see this done, and when |
spoke to the maid about it she imme.
diately turned about and deluged the
dishes with cold water from the by
drant. 1t seems impossible to i'm
press on the minds of these people
the fact that sudden changes of tenn
perature will crack the glazing on al
most any earthenWare, and that it is
practical ruin to fine grades of china,
and all argument on the subject seems
wasted. They will take the dishes
out of the pan, examine them with
the greatest care, and declare that
they are not injured particle, and
they may not show at the moment
that they are, but soon afterWard
they begin to craze as the manu-
facturers say, and after a time are
covered with tiny lines Of crackle.
There is but one safe way to wash
china and glassware and that is to
have the water of just sufficient
temperature so that the hands can be
put in it. Water that is too hot for
the hands is too hot for good dishes.
[ used to insist on the servants pre-
pairing the disb-water before putting
the dishes in the pan. To do this
they must rub the soap on the clotn,
and will easily discover what the
proper degree Of heat should be. In
this same connection | may say that
[ never allow dish-mOps in my kitch-
en-. Servants are almost absolutely
certain to use boiling water, because
they do not realize the necessity for
cooling it when they use NOR. If
the pieces are brushed out with a
mop the water may be actually at the
boiling point, and for this reason /
think that the dish-mop should be
banished from every well-regulated
kitchen. New York Ledger.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-04-21

summer the "good gray poet" went
Through the hospitals, closing the
eyes of the dying, carrying cooling
drinks to the wounded, and sitting by
their beds and speaking words of
cheer. At the close of the war Whit
man received a clerkship in the Gov
;ernment Office. Washington, but soon
afterward he was stricken with paral
ysis. In 1878 he sustained several
severe shocks, and his trouble was
further aggravated by grief over the
death of his mother and a sister. On
his way to the Jersey coast, whittier
medical men advised him to go, he
was again stricken at Camden, and
his home from that time until his
death was in that New Jersey city.
In 1888 paralysis again afflicted him,
depriying him of effective locomotive
power and leaving him the full use
only of his right arm. Since then
there have been many heightened
periods during which the invalid
could not quit his room.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-04-21
Aluminium.

During the past year great deal
has been learned about what may be
called the practical qualities Of that
curious and useful metal, aluminium
Not long ago the public prints were
filed with eXtrayagant predictions of
the wonders that we should see when
the art of extracting aluminium from
rocks and clay had been perfected
One might have been led to believe
that iron and steel would be forgotten
when aluminium had once come into
general use.
But as the processes Of obtaining
the metal have been improved and
cheapened, the public has learned
more of its peculiarities, and it is now
known that tbc. introduction Of alu-
minimum, valuable as it is destined to
be. will not quite abolish the use of
the older metals which have served
the purposes OF mankind SO long and
so well.
Aluminiu is exceedingly tough,
but it is not as strong as steel. and so
cannot take its place. 1t is very
bright and clean, but its surface will
oXidiZe d little, so that it is not as
incorruptible as gold Still the uses
of aluminium are legion and al
most every day we see it employed
Tor some new purpose. We have
heard within the past few months
now the warlike German Emperor
mas been sending his agents abroad
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-04-21
Stories About Birds.

A Massachusetts druggist has a
diminutiye pet in the shape of hum
ming bird, which is SO tame that it
feeds readily from it's masters hand,
always posing in the air and never
showing disposition to alight when
partaking of it's food. Although very
fond of sweets it will not touch honey,
but eagerly sips rock candy syrup
from a quill that is kept LOADED" for
that purpose. 1t is also fond of flies
and spiders and is very expert in
catching them.
The merry little hummer flew in
from the outside one chilly day, and
has since had the freedom Of the
store. It's favorite perch is on the
branch of the gas-pipe over the soda
fountain, from which vantage point
it frequently surprises a customer by
darting down and dipping it's slender
beak into the glass from which he is
drinking. In many other ways the
bird shows it's sociability, particularly
when the store is first entered in the
morning.
AS a Pennsylvania farmer was
passing through a patch of woods
last summer, hen partridge futtered
up and ran between his feet 1t was
such a strange thing for SO wild a
bird to do that the farmer thought it
was blind. So he stopped over to
pick her up. and then he found that
she wasn't blind at all; for. just as
he was about to grasp her. she darted
toward the brush heap from which
he had seen her emerge, stopped at
the edge of it and looked back.
Presently she ran at the man again,
with her wings down, clucking con-
stantly, and appearing to be in great
distress about something. The farmer
walked to the edge Of the copse and
the partridge flew ahead and alighted
on the ground two or three rods beyond,
winging her way back again when
she saw he was not moving. She re-
peated these maneuyerS until she led
him'to hemlOck tree, and there in
listle curve made by the roots, he
saw a nest full of eggs. AT the same
time he saw black snake in the act
Of swallowing one of the eggs, and
understood the reason for the par
tridge's actions.
He hunted up club and killed the
snake. AS soon as the partridge saw
that the snake was motionleSS. she
ceased her noise and hid in the
bushes. The man went away. and in
half an hour crept near enough to the
tree to see the partridge sitting on
her pest as though nothing had
haDDened.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-04-21
WALT WITHIN AN.
A Brief Sketch of the Good Gray Poets
Enro

A Brief Sketch of the Good Gray Poets
Walt Whitman was born at West
Hills, Suffolk County, L. l., May 81,
1919. He was descended on his
fathers side from a good old Puritan
stock of farmers and from rugged
Dutch maternal ancestry, Early in
childhood he removed to Brooklyn,
where he was educated in the public
schools and from them he went into
a printing Office. In succession he
became typesetter reporter, teach
er, editor, traveller, carpenter and
builder, thus penetrating many of the
shadows and depths of American
life. In 1846-47 he edited the Brook
lyn Eagle. During 1848 and 1849 he
journeyed through the United States
and Canada, at the same time being
editor-in-chief of the New Orleans
Na.) Crescent. In 1850 he returned
to Brooklyn and published newspa-
per, called the Freeman. at the same
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-04-21
a Learned celestial's work.

A Chinese guide to the English
languas compiled by a learned
Celestial, has been published in
Pekin. The student Of this quaint
little volume, however, will not make
himself easily understood in English
conversation by using such sentences
as the following: "Diligent learn Of
English words no difficult. To do
good virtues become rich and know.
He himself no have got. Fear inside
have little false. Run come too
much refugee. Can do biting. Why
you count want mistake.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-04-21
Another Queer Troa

While splitting an ash tree into ro;le :
few days ago, Rensselaer, HanI;n ,s,l' 20 q
Monument Creek, Pa, came across % .
section OF the heart that was decaw a :
as line as powder. The rotten mart S 90 q
81 feet long and the heart and opts;dn . 90 90
the tree We're as sound as a INIT ha1o ~
and above ii. There was no hole frons
the outside, and in the hollow Nv
Hopkins found hatful of dead hona,.
PEGS ana an ounce lead bullet Tbe
ayers OF growth showed that the heas
naa been there for at least fourtaa ten =
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-04-21
They Have Vet Much to Learn.

1t is said that at the reception
given by Mrs. Potter Palmer to the
40 congressman, even Western
etiquGc>e was shocked at the per-
Torrance of some Of it's guests
These 10 representatives each
brought his wife and children, and
the wife of the honorable member
from Texas" came in linen buster
and put her child to sleep in the
library at 10 o'clock. Another Off
spring Of this same Texan family
amused herself by skating on the
mosaic floor Of the drawing room.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-04-21
SnoWshoes IN Norway.

In the winter IN Norway ali the
venlcles are sledges-the carriages, cabs,
t "a ana even the perambulatorsa are on
the runners. Outside the town vbara
the road is not trodden hard. It Is I'M
possible to walk without the snowsboaa
OF the country. These are called .sslxi >
and are long wooden planks, measnr-
Ing Ing nearl y feet for fully-grown man
They are ( of an inch thick and ahont i
inches wide, slightly raised at the toas
and pointed off like the shoes nf
Chaucer's day. The wood for ski 10
a not saWn, but split with the grain. so
tnat they never break, and can bear .
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-04-21
A LARGE Family.

There are five girls in one family
in Eastern Maine that together weigh
/ ,052 pounds. The eldest, who is So
years old, weight 210; the second, SO
years, 23S; the third, 81 years, 21O;
the fourth, % years, 200; the
Youngest, 26 years, 1914. All but the
Youngest are married. The father
weighs 20 pounds and the mother
80.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-04-21

THE idea Of Yale authorities in
admitting women to postgraduate
courses only is probably founded up
on desire to let the young gentle
men who knocked down an actress
with a hard SNOWFALL finish their
course before ladies are invited to
enter,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-04-21

RETURNED TRAvELER-"ls that
bachelor uncle of yours deaq
Host (dejectedly)- y" Worse,
sand times worse. He's marrll
got a baby" -Neap York |'eeEIy.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-04-21
Che Supply OF Babies.

1T has been computed that about
5000. 900 babies are born into the
world each year. The rate Of pro-
duction is, therefore, about seventy
per minute, or more than one for
every beat Of the clock.
With the One-a-sccond calculation
every reader is familiar, but it is not
every one who stops to calculate
what this means when it comes to a
years supply. 1t will, therefore,
probably startle a good many persons
to find, on the authority of a we'll
known statistician, that, could the in
fants of year be ranged in line in
cradles, the cradles would extend
around the globe.
The same writer looks at the mat
ter in more picturesque light. He
imagines the babies being carried
past given point in their mothers
arms, one by one, and the procession
being kept up night and day until
the last hour in the twelfth month
had passed by. A sufficiently liberal
rate is allowed, but even in going
past at the rate of twenty a minute,
L.
the reviewer at his post would have
only seen the sixth part Of the in
fantile host.
In other words, the babe that had
to be carried when the tramp began
would be able to walk when but a
mere fraction of its comrades had
reached the reviewers post, and
when the years supply of babes was
drawing to a close there would be a
rear guard not Of infants, but of
romping 6-year-old boys and girls.
Portrait OF Washington.
In his diary under date of Oct. 3,
1889, Gen. George Washington made
this entry: "Sat for Ramage near
two hours to-day. who was drawing a
miniature picture Of me for Mrs.
Washington" What is believed to
be this Identical portrait of Wash
ington, painted on ivory, is now in
the possession Of Harry S. Stabler, Of
Lynchburg, Va, says the Collector.
1t was painted by Ramage, an Irish
miniature painter of New York at
that time, for Mrs. Washington, from
whom Betty Washington, afterward
Mrs. Betty Lewis. had it. She in
turn left it TO her granddaughter,
Otwayana Carter, who married DR..
w. O. Owen, Of Lynchburg. He left
this portrait, together with other
relics of Washington, similarly inher-
tied, to Jennie Woodyille Latham,
of Lynchburg, who married Thomas
s. Stabler, the father Of Harry S.
Stabler, the present owner of the
relics. This miniature is in a time
worn case oval in form. In the back
Of it is a lock Of Washington's hair.
The portrait has never been exhib-
tied outside OF Lynchburg. 1t is a
beautiful piece Of work and even
under magnifying glass bears the
closest inspection. The locket hold
ing the miniature and the lock of
hair is something more than two
inches in length.
, 1892-09-22

MORE serious than it was at fr% gener-
ally considered, is the ultimatum reported
to have been issued by the "Six Compa-
MES, who really control the destinies of
the Chinese population in this country.
As has been fully explained in THE TR1B-
UNE, the "Six Companies' have warned
the Chinese throughout America, in all
cities, both large and small, not to comply
with the requirements of the Geary bill.
compelling registration. The law is a
harsh and cruel one and its constitutional
ity is seriously questioned, but it is the
law Of the land in which the objects of it
have chosen to reside, and it must be
obeyed until it is proven to be not valid.
If there is any truth in the rumor that the
"Chinese Six Companies" or any other
organization is obstructing the will of
the people of the United States by threat
ening ostracism or punishment to those
who obey the law, the offenders should be
brought to book at once. Whether the law
is right or wrong we cannot permit any
clique or organization to enforce their will
i'll defiance to that of the whole people as
expressed by duly elected representatives
, 1892-09-22

THE constant arrival of ship-load after
ship-lOad of immigrants, whose destinies in
this county are uncertain, and whose fnan-
cial condition is equally as limited affords
another source of complaint for orga-
nized labor. The advent of these people can
terminate in but one result, in that they
glut the industrial market, lower the
wages of our own workingman, and en-
danger his welfare. While they recognize
that the cholera scare is hurting business,
many of the leaders of labor are voicing
their sentiments through the labor press
in favor of taking advantage of the oppor-
tunity afforded by the existing conditions
to secure measures that will more effect
ually check immigration at all times.
They are not the only ones who have the
thought in mind, but nevertheless, they
are talking it up, and may bring heavy
pressure to bear upon congressman to take
such steps as will better protect the work
ing men already in this country from the
competition of the poorer classes who
flock to these shores, especially in times
like these
, 1892-09-22
A DESOLATE CITY.

With thousands Of miles between us, we
can hardly realize the desolated state
which exists in the plague-stricken city OF
Hamburg. We Of America have only
been conscious of the work of the scourge
from newspaper reports. We have been
informed daily of the heart-rending scenes
in New York harbor, at Swinburne island
and Fire island. The dreadful fate of the
steerage immigrants, packed like sardines
in the holds of quarantined vessels, the
pleadings for Gods and humanity's sakes
for relief from their hot holes of disease and
distress, and the coarse and savage bru-
tality that was exercised toward them,
have been echoed throughout the land.
Helpless mothers. with sick and trying
children to burden their cares, were los
tied and jolted around by lot of needless
and headstrong officials who were over
balanced by the idea of authority. But all
this colony of unfortunate, abused and ill
treated humanity fades before the
world when a glimpse is obtained
of the streets of the city of Hamburg
where the pest in all its demon blackness
has left wake of desolation. What but
short time since was a thickly populated
city of homes, where the hum of industry
resounded in unison with the happiness of
the people. is now a desolate, sorrowful
site of empty houses, closed factories, un-
cared-fOr streets and deserted stores. With
the label of the plague on every article that
was manufactured OF produced within the
gates of this unfortunate city, demands
from the outside world soon ceased. Orders
fell off at the factories, money became
scarce, merchants were without trade, gar
deners found no market for their produce,
and the fishermen hung up their nets.
Thousands and thousands of people are