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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-09-15
The Prices of Elephants.

The great fair in India for the sale
Of elephants is held annually at
Sonepore, on the Ganges, at the time
that hundreds Of thousands of pill
grims assemble there to worship at
the shrine of silva and to battle in
the sacred river when the moon is
full in the months of October and
November. The same kind Of thiev-
ing and swindling goes on among the
elephant dealers as among the horse
fraternity.
Elephants are brought here from a
long distance, some even from Bur-
NAH and Siam. The number for sale
seems to decrease every year, and the
prices rise enormously in consequence.
Babool merchants are the principal
purchasers Of them in the distant
provinces, and from there they are
taken for their long, weary march to
India.
The price realized by Mr.. Sander
son vary according to the age and
temper of the captive, from ESQ to
se4OO, or about $50 to $4,000. Ele-
plants are bought by the natives for
display, and no animal looks SO well
in role for tomahsha; the pomr-
Gus pace of a procession suits him to
perfection. But for this only male
elephants are used, and then only
tuskers, as they alone seem worthy
to carry the native mobiles; and the
'muckna, or tuSkleSS male, is sent
with the female to do work, such as
carrying baggage, wood, or fodder,
and, of course, is Of immense value
for hunting purposes -Harper's Mag
aZine.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-09-15
Freaks OF Bullets.

1t might be of some interest to Y
readers to learn of the freaks of
bullets that came under my obseT
ton in 1877, during the Nez Perez
dian war, in the Cottonwood fight, g
Lew WiImot in Forest and Stream.
+. A. Fem had a bullet cut four DO
in his pantaloons without draw
blood, and one burned both lips
loosened front tooth. This was X
ing bulletin reality.
About one week later / was runnir
race with some fifteen or twenty Indld
The goal was a small mound. Whod
reached the mound first could hold
We had some friends coming on
trail, which passed just at the foc|
the mound. The horse | was rid
was quite fast. | had got 100 yard
so ahead of my companion, |
stopped to take shot at an Ind}
After shot | jumped on my horse
as young fellow came up. We N
on the move, when he said, "Lew,
shot" l asked him if he was
badly. mo, have caught the bull
All right" said I, put it my
pocket.
let my horse run and soon left B
for | had the trail and the Indians
the grass. | reached the foot Of
mound when the nearest Indian
about $50 yards from the foot on
side. The mound was tolerably IL
and about $50 feet high. ! let mybl
climb as fast as he could. WheI
reached the top / jumped off and
Indians were on the run to get %
the reach of my long-range Remine
l opened fire and kept it up as lon
they were in sight. When the ez
ment was over the young fellow sho
me where he had been shot. The,
had just grazed his arm, making,
streak about five inches long, snd
struck his gun barrel (where it sc
into the frame) and, had raised
on the inside of the. barrel as large
pea; it then glanced and fell in,e
left hand. The gun was ruined, O
saved his life.
The shot had been fired at me, 8.
young fellow had not been in slsD
an instant.
[ tell you those bullets that are
those government guns, with GO,
grains of powder and forty.hve
of lead, are dangerous thlrgs
kissing and catching. No, thank
don't want to be around when
are any more f1ying.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-09-15
Sir Johns Advice.

4 young shorthand reporter was
once told to report u speech by Sir
John Macdonald, says Spare Moments.
premier had come to the House from
a dinner party, and his speech in
matter and form was of decidedly
postprandial character. The youth
full reporter, however, could not be-
lieve it possible that Sir John would
want editing, and took down every
word. His editor, on seeing the copy,
told him it would not do, and, as it
was not wanted for the next morn
ing, he was advised to 60 and see Sir
John and get him to correct it, The
reporter, on being shown in, found
Sir John, as usual, exceedingly affa-
bic. Having explained the object of
his visit, the reporter was desired to
read his notes aloud. This he did,
while Sir John lay on sofa listening
with a face of extreme solemnity to
his own incoherencies, and correcting
them as the occasion required. When
the notes were finished the premier
arose, laid his hand on the young
mans shoulder, and began, in the
most fatherly of tones: Il see exactly
what has happened. Now, my dear
young friend, am an old man and
you are young one, and You will
therefore not mind if I give you a
piece OF advice as to the practice of
your profession. Ny advice is this:
Never attempt to report speech I'M
less yo1 are perfectly sure that you
are sober" With this Sir John
bowed out his visitor.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-09-15

A CORRESPONDENT of the Chicago
Herald reopens an old and vexatious
question. He thinks he can explain
how it is that small animals, such as
frogs and fishes, occasionally appear
to rain down from the sky. His at
tention was called to the subject by
reading of a deluge Of frogs that de-
scended on Port Morris. n. j., not
long ago. The correspondents ex-
PLANTATION is ingenious. He attributes
the phenomenon to legerdemain on
the part of Nature. He says that
when the warm rain descends the
frogs crawl out of their holes in the
ground to meet their favorite element.
The only trouble with this theory is
that frogs do not live in holes in the
ground. Neither do fishes.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-09-15

that has given him that peculiar
build. that slenderness and lightness
that to the expert means speed. HIS
masters have wanted these develop
ments, and they have studied sire
and dam and the pedigree of each I'M
til they could name in advance the
qualities Of the offspring. And nav
ing secured a horse that has within
him the possibilities of outdoing ms
ancestors, they treat him as a precious
belonging, as, indeed, he is A groom
is always in attendance; he is brushed
and combed until his coat is like
satin; he is fed and housed and exer-
cised with as much care for his COM
fort as for child's; royalty itself is
not looked after with more solicitude.
The attention that ancient Greeks
used to give to their own bodily
training is given by modern men TO
the race horse, and, as a result, he IS
a marvel of physical perfection. And
after all this? Why, when he has
been tested and his PAGES tried, he is
put upon the race track, where his
beauty and grace and swiftness please
the sight and thrill the pulses OF the
watching thousands as no other
spectacle devised for public pleasure
could even do.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-09-15

THE theosophists of New York
have turned their astral eyes toward
Mars, and this is what they see: A
planet somewhat like the earth,
whose inhabitants have gone to one
of the five invisible Marses and left
the Old ball to get into opposition
with the sun, if it likes that sort Of
thing. What the Marsians have gone
to another and invisible Mars for the
theosophists do not say. Perhaps
they sloped into the invisible to cs-
cape the astral eyes of the New York
theosophists. Perhaps there never
were any inhabitants. At all events
we decline to accept the testimony of
an astral eye which is unable to see
the moons Of Mars. "Mars has no
MOON" said a public lecturer on theos-
ophy the other evening. at had one
once, but it disintcgratcd. There
was thcosophist once who had q
mind, but it disintegrated into a
mouth.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-09-15
The Force of Habit.

A business man of Detroit who has
peculiar views concerning the ameni-
ties of language sent for one of his
clerks recently, and said:
Simpson, l am told you are in the
habit of using great many exple-
tives in your conversation.
Great Scott! sir, what are they?"
asked Simspon in awe-struck tones.
"There, / have the proof from your
own lips, you see, and / desire more
correct form of speech from you in
future"
Holy Moses!" exclaimed Simpson
excitedly, we're not running a Y.
NJ. G. A, are we, sir?"
NO." answered his employer, "but
is the any necessity for employing
such emphatic language in your daily
conversations"
Great Caesar. How can a man
help-I beg your pardon, sir, / will
set watch on my lips-it's the force
Of habit, | know"
Mr. Simpson bowed himself out and
his fellow-clerks at once asked him if
he had been called in by the "boss" to
have his salary raised.
Jumping Jerusalem, no." he said.
Then he suddenly became mute, and
refused to say another word for the
rest Of the afternoon.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-09-15

THOSE pessimists who have made
up their minds that all the public
lands in this country have long ago
been used up in allotments will be
surprised to learn that Uncle Sam is
about to throw open the "arid region"
to settlement very soon. Irrigation
is to make the lands heretofore ac-
counted useless blossom as the rose,
and 100, 900, 900 acres of the $50, 900, =
600 can be irrigated with existing
water supply. This hundred million
acres can furnish ample support to
twenty million families Of five per-
sons each; SO that immigrants may
cross the ocean, for long time yet,
with the certainly Of finding public
lands. A nation may be nourished
on tracts which the first eX .olorers
considered worthless.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-09-15
HERRFw is rapidly hccOminU +

HEBREW is rapidly becoming the
living language of Palestine again.
The Jews, who are gathering there
from various lands, speak so many
tongues that necessity calls for a
common one What could be more
natural than their choice of the He
brew? BY the by, Palestine is worth
watching. 1t is about to fulfill the
scriptural prediction of the restora-
ton. The "unspeakable Turk" is
dying. The immortal Jew is about
to re-cnter.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-09-15
Evolution of the Race-Horse.

In so far as a creature endowed
with life can owe its existence to
human hands, the race-horse may be
said to be man-made. Horses were
an important factor in early nomadic
life, and were cherished by their
owners and the progress of civiliza-
ton, SO far from breaking this bond,
has apparently strengthened it. The
animal is not now SO essential to hui
man welfare and convenience: science
has furnished other means of trans
portation, and is in fair way to take
all the heavy loads from his back;
but in the degree that he ceases to
be a mere beast of burden he is trans
formed into Il source Of entertain
ment and pleasure. From rough
and hardy creature, subsisting on such
rations as chance and convenience
might provide, and suffering the hard
ships and hazards of toll and adven-
ture, he has gradually evolved into a
combination of nerves, intelligence,
and trained muscle that has but a
family likeness to his early progen-
itorS.
It differs from them in the same
measure that the American Beauty
or the La France rose differs from
the little f1ve-petaled pink flower
that blooms by the roadside. Like
those floral truimphs, he is a product
of scientific culture 1t is not chance
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-09-15

~, hit Of houcor THE TARRED ROPE.
tough and durable, yet soft enough
to afford the horse relief unknown
with the ordinary shoe. The shoe is
fastened to the hoof by four nails
driven through the rope on each side.
The tarred rope resting on the pave
ment gives the horse a firm grip on
the ground, and as it makes the
shoe much lighter and infinitely more
comfortable than the solid iron its
advantage is readily apparent. The
new invention increases the horses
pulling power and saves its hoofs a
deal of the hard wear which cannot
but result from the iron shoe pound
ing the rough pavementS.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-09-15
EUGENE STEIRWALT, of Chicag

EUGENE STEIRWALT, of Chicago,
who has made four separate and dis
tinct attempts to shoot his former
wife, seems to be about as despicable
and villainous a dog as it is possible
for an alleged human being to be-
come. The law is utterly inadequate
in such cases as his. If he had killed
the woman at his first attempt he
would have been locked up or put out
of the way. Simply because he did
not succeed at first he was allowed to
remain at liberty and to try three
times more. Under such circum-
stances it is the duty of the woman's
friends or relatives to defend her. A
good, sound thrashing after each of
his outbreaks would have salutary
effect on Mr.. Steirwalt. Such
wretches as he are fortunately too
uncommon in this part of the coun-
try to warrant the existence of the
whipping post. Here is a chance for
a big brother or other muscular rela-
tive to do righteous act.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-09-15

AT last the code has been adapted
for practical purposes. a South Car
DINA murderer who refuses to sub
NIT to the indignity of arrest has been
challenged to mortal combat by a dis
gusted citizen, who expresses a pref
erence for shotgunS. AS the MUIR
derer's victim was Il woman, it is
doubtful if he will consent to meet Il
man, and he might feel out of place
on the field of honor anyhow.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-09-15
High and Low Action.

Nearly all Of our trotting horses
have low action. This is eminently
advantageous to speed. But, if too
low, it causes tumbling, which re-
tards fleetness. High action is very
snowy, but the excessive expenditure
of animal force is not eXerted in the
proper direction for speed. On the
hard pavements this pounding in
lures the forefeet of even the sound
est and most perfect footed horses,
and horses having fiat or tender feet
soon become lame, and useless for city
work The English and French re-
quire the high action and breed for
it, and pay well for horses of this
mode of going. They even compel
excessively high knee action by the
severe and cruel checkrein that holds
the heads Of their horses, so they are
like blind animals, compelled to step
high for self-protection. There is,
however, a decided improvement in
this respect, latterly, in England
American Agriculturist.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-09-15
Nancy Hanks to Maud s.

You've had your dazzling day, my dear,
o Maud, you bonniest girl OF Bonner,
But still pass you with tear,
Indeed l do, upon my honor;
Pm first at last, but to the end
I'll ever be your fast, fast friend!
You wish me joy? A thousand thanks,
Sweet Maud, the turf's world famous
daughter,
You have the heart Of Nancy Hanks
The time? 2:07 and "A
Pm sure that you will not be miHed
On finding l am rather swift.
Henceforth in every equine set
The queen of queens will be reckoned,
And yet-don't answer neigh-and yet
You are an unexampled second;
Cheer up, 'twould vex me sore indeed
TO learn that you were Off our feed.
"Calm is the only joy" it's writ
The line for me has no attraction;
| love to get me up and git
! find supremest JOY IN action
The time? AS remarked before,
2:07 and Il triile more.
"Time fiesr-you've heard the proverb,
dear?
But after this / rather fancy
You will not tempus fugit hear,
But always simply, fugit Nancy
I'm sure you'll think me vain and silly,
A feather headed little flly.
I'd scorn to boast, of course you know,
But naught my well-earned rapture him
ders-
O Maud, IL you had seen me go
And smash that record all to flinders.
The time? AS l remarked before,
2:07 and trifie more.
=. S.
One point / quite forgot. my dear
l really hope | do not bore you
And that's a point It's very clear
l must in fairness lay before you:
l made that matchless burst of speed
(You never saw such splendid actionD
In-so the judges all agreed
2:O7 and a tiny fraction.
New York Tribune.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-09-15
THE people of Iowa and Mi.

THE people of Iowa and Missouri
are entitled to the credit of having
taken the initiative in formally or
ganizing for the purpose of systematic
cally improving their roads. The
conventions held at Des Moines and
Chillicothe show that a pretty gen.
eral interest is taken in the subject,
and that it is well understood the
proposed reform cannot be carried
out otherwise than by a considerable
pecuniary outlay, but that the work
will be we'll worth all it costs. The
speakers at the Iowa convention have
emphasized the necessity Of a radical
change. One of them asserted that
bad roads damaged the creamery and
cheese interest of his State this year
SO much as to reduce the profit of the
farmer 20 per cent, and defined a
good road as one that enables the
farmer to market his produce when
prices are most favorable. Another
showed how freedom of social inter-
1oQiSS oNSl SoC0 tpttoS iilC
individual and the community, helps
to enliven social life, and thereby
arrests the regrettable tendency of
many people to rush to the cities"
And he said that if life was made
bright on the farm there would be
fewer inmates of insane asylums,
which doubtless is true. The plan
proposed for Iowa is that six roads
be constructed to run north and
south and six to run east and west in
each county, the estimated average
cost of which is be ST., 500 per mile.
This will bring every farmer within
moderate distance of a road, and
will admit of intermediate thorough
fares being subsequently constructed
il required.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-09-15
Notes.

WHOLE and cracked corn induces
collie in horses, because it is not prop
erly masticated.
ESTABLISH reputation in your
community for good horses, and buy
ers will be plentiful.
SEE that the blessed sunshine is
not kept out Of the stalls. Few sta
bles have enough of it.
MARES should have access to grass
some little time before foaling. Liv-
ing on dry feed during the winter
takes the elasticity out of the mus
Giles.
IT is very desirable that colts be
thoroughly handled and halter-broken
before they are year old. This will
make them gentle and fearless after
ward.
DON'T forget that a box stall is
much better than long narrow one
for the horses, especially when they
have worked hard all day. You like a
wide bed; SO does horse.
DON'T go back on your neighbor. If
he owns stallion Of the blood and
style you desire to breed your mare to-,
give him the preference. Keep on
friendly relationship with him.
THE man who is awfully particular
to have his fine mare bred to a fine
horse and then gives the colt poor
showing is wanting sadly in the
characteristics of a good hOrScman.
The man who thinks of breeding
trotters in this country need not con-
slider the climate so much as the
blood, the science of breeding, and
the correct development of his horses.
The Northwestern Agriculturist
states that strong solution Of alum
and tannin dissolved in water will
tougher the back and breast of ami
mails liable to be CALLED in the spring
work. Wet the places night and
morning.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-09-15

wherever a group of horsemen gath
er. Horsemen are unanimous in say
ing that Nancy Hanks 2:O74 to a BIZ
cycle sulky was superior to Sunol's
2:0S4 over a kite-shaped track. The
fleet-footed Nancy is now supreme
queen Of trotters.
Nancy Hanks is a small bay mare,
foaled in 1866 at Lexington, Ky. She
was sired by Happy Medium, and
her dam was Nancy Lee, by Dicta-
tor. The young mare was handled by
Ben Kinney, of Kentucky, who gave
her a 3-year-old record of 2:244. She
followed this up by trotting in 2:143
as a 4-year-old at Lexington, and she
was heralded as one of the greatest
trotters Of the decade. In 1891 she
became the property of }. Malcolm
Forbes, of Boston, for something like
$25, 900, and at Richmond, Ind, took
mark of 200. This was not her most
noteworthy feat last year, however,
as she defeated the great stallion,
Allerton, in one Of the greatest races
on record at Independence, Iowa.
Under Budd Doble's careful handling
this season the gallant little daugh-
ter of Happy Medium (she is barely
Is hands high) has developed remark
able speed. She is but years old,
and the contest for supremacy be-
tween her and Mr. Bonner's great
5-year-old mare Sunol will be closely
watched. Mr.. Bonner's mare made a
record of 2:Os4 over the kite-shaped
course at Stockton, CAL, last fall@as
a 4-year old.
The following day another worlds
record was smashed on the same
track, and Hal Pointer was the horse
that did it. The fastest pacing mile
that had been made previous to that
day was 2:06, 10y Direct, last year.
Hal Pointers time was 2:05&-the
fastest mile that has ever been made
in harness
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-09-15

CANADA is wiser than few months
ago. She did not then think that
there was any redress for her discrim-
nations against the vessels owned by
citizens Of this country IN her canals.
Although bound by treaty to give
equal rights, privileges and toll rates
to vessels owned in either country,
Canada nevertheless deliberately
placed higher canal tolls on Ameri-
can than on Canadian vessels. She
is reaping as she sowed. Canadians
who talk about getting along without
the United States always change
their minds when the United States
proposes to get along without Canada.