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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-27

w r.
Allen, Glands that were bought two years
ago at Government prices are now sold at
$40 and SIS, and S25 an acre."
mo doubt of it, )" said Mr.. Vest, 'I was
in your State few years ago when they
were asking 81, 900 an inch for lands in
Tacoma, Seattle and other places" Laugh
ter In referring to the question as to
whether the import duties are paid by the
foreigners or by the American consumers.
Mr.. Vest quoted the letter written to Mr..
Mckinley by the Irish car driver in Wash
ington who had to pay IS duty on a dozen
pair of socksisent to him by his old mother
in Ireland, saying that he had read Mr.. Nc
klnley's speech stating that the tax was
paid by the foreigners and asking to what
foreign Government he should apply to
have that So refunded.
'Will the Senator read MI. McKinley's
reply" said Mr. Pasco.
eff it ever comes WILL" Mr.. Vest re-
sponded amid laughter.
The debate was continued bv Mr.. Allison
and Mr.. Palmer. Mr.. Allison said that he
was in favor of such rates of duty as would
equalize conditions and that was all the
purpose of the Mckinley act
Mr.. Palmer did not believe that the Re-
publican party was responsible for such
events as the Homestead tragedy. but IL
was responsible for having promised that
its legislation would make such occurrences
impossible.
The Republican party, since it had ceased
to be the great patriotic party, had been
welded to the dead issues of the war. The
protection party had Joined it for its own
selfish interests. The world had been
governed very much blythe mere Jingle of
words, and nowhere was there found such a
jingle as protection. He thought it shame
ful for the protection party to make
promises as to the beneficial results of
protection on farming interests which
promises it could not make good.
The anti-option bill was laid before the
Senate as the unfinished business and II
went over till tomorrow. The Senate then
adjourned.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-05-19
Brightest SPOT in the World.

Persons intending to take a journey
In search Of sunshine without going
beyond the British Islands must di-
rect their steps to Jersey. 1t appears
from the observations of the sunshine
recorder for ten years that that little
isle is the brightest spot within the
limits Of the four seas. Falmouth is
the next and there are several sta
tions on the south coast almost equal
ly we'll off. 1t is hardly necessary to
name the place Ehich carries off the
palm for sunlessness. In the city Of
London there WAS no registered sum
shine at all in December, 1884; in
January, 1885, or December, 1890.
Seven years ago, therefore, London
was without sunshine for two con.
Secutive months.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-05-19
Eupny Little Mice.

ut meeting Of the Geological So
cicty, Mr.. Sclater exhibited some Gu
rious black and white mice recently
added to the society's collection OF
living animals: says the Pail Nall Ca
Zette. These creatures are the pro-
duct Of ia paneso ingenuity, and show
several curious characteristics. Their
black and white color is remarkable.
since they appear to be merely a va
riety Of the common domestic mouse.
They have a habit, too, of pursuing
their own tails. This habit is paral-
leled in a remarkable way by the
''tumbler" pigeons. In the two cases
it may possibly be due to a defect III
brain structure. In any case, the pc
culiarities are handed down from
parent to offspring in both animals.
The mice are usually called spinning
njrn
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-05-19

a Cats Delicate Tread.

Did you ever see Il cat climb over a
lot of glasses on a shelf behind Il bar?
In certain New York saloon they
have a member of the feline tribe
that owns the place. AT closing time
every evening Tom climbs up on the
counter and eats the crackers and
cheese which the free-lunch tends
have left behind. In front of a large
mirror a number Of fine wine glasses
are arranged in the form of pyra-
mid. The counter, for that matter,
is full Of delicate glassware, but the
way that cat will climb over the ware,
up to the top Of the pyramid and
down again, without breaking piece,
beats the skill Of a juggler.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-05-19
Pie-Eaters and Brains.

The st. Louis Globe-Democrat has
discovered a champion of pie. The
smiles and says nothing when it's dys-
peptic enemies hurl their chestnuts at
it; but this man, a New Englander,
proceeds from Nicholson premises
through a logical argument to show that
the maligned product consumed in
America at the rate Of 100000 day is
the cause of American mental superb
GRITTY. Some years ago another out
spoken defender of the great American
dish was Prof. John S. Hart. IL his
book intended for the guidance of
teachers, are the following immor-
tai words: 81 pity the man that cannot
eat pie"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-05-19
a St. Louis Industry.

There is in st. Louis firm of rope
makers and dealers, doing business
on North Main street, that has side
fine that it does not advertise. 1t is
the manufacture and preparation of
hangman's ropes. The firm sells as
many as 100 of the ropes annually,
The price of the rope, with the moose
ready for use, is SIS. The ropes are
handmade and Of hemp, and one of
the employees Of the firms North St.
Louis rope-walk ties the knot. A
few weeks since the Sheriff of Madi-
son County, Illinois, had man TO
hang at Edwardsville. He bought a
rope that he thought would answer
the purpose. The tying of the knot
he found, however, to be more diff
cult matter than he imagined, and
he went to ST. Louis to have the moose
made. The ropemaker charged him
So. SO for tying the knot.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-05-19
Who Killed Nelson?

4 queer story comes from Aus
tralia to revive the old rumor, long
ago discreditcd, that Nelson was
killed at Trafalgar, not by French,
but an English bullet. In the sgd
ney Bulletin of Feb. Il there is a de-
Scription of visit to the Liverpool
On. S. W. Benevolent Asylum. The
writer of the article found among the
inmates of that institutional the
House of Living Death" he calls it
an old man called Daddy Brown" Il
native of Canterbury, England, aged
105 years, who had served for seven
teen and a half years in the British
navy during Nelson's time. Brown,
who is described as being a fine Old
fellow feet J in his socks and weigh
ing go pounds. spoke freely of his
naval experiences. and among other
things SAID that 1T was universally
known" that Nelson was shot by one
Tom Harden, captain of the maintop
Of the Victory, in revenge for his
tyranny. Brown added that 1T was
all tyranny and tlogging in those
days. All Of Us got tiogged for any
thing or nothing. A seaman would
be brought down from the rigging
given two dozen, and sent up again
to his work
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-05-19
Light on u Dark Subject,

No chemical black ink has yet been
made which will write black immedi-
ately on exposure. The common black
ink is made of nut-galls, and is by all
odds the best ink ever made. Manu-
scripts made in this black ink 500 or
600 years ago are just as leglble to-day
as when first written. The chemical
inks OF the present are of too recent in
ventlon to determine whether thew
Will last, but it IS quite probable that
end of fifty or seventy-tive wears as
they are to-day. There is, however. a
fortune Tor the man who will invent q
chemical black ink that will write black
at the first and remain so.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-05-19
Odd Bits of Life.

John Glendenning, the actor. left
Lambs Club yesterday afternoon
about 5 O'Clock. says the New York
World He crossed the street to
speak to friend, and thence pro-
ceedcd on the north side of Twenty
sixth street toward Broadway, where
he picked up a disabled sparrow.
Holding the wounded bird in his
hand, he saw that its leg was broken.
In front of him. at West Twenty
sixth street, he saw the sign Of Dr..
Chichester. He entered. The ply
stefan, a kind-hearted man, suggested
chloroform. I'D like to tame the
bird" remarked Mr.. Glendenning,
"but if it's leg is broken | fear that
settles it," Still holding the injured
sparrow, Mr.. Glendenning and the
Doctor walked into the Hoffman,
House Here were Col. lngersoll,
Maurice Barrymore, Nat Goodwin,
Marshall p. Wilder, and several other
people. They looked at the injured
bird critically. The closer eXamina-
ton showed that its wing was tract
ured and that some third-story marks
man had cruelty torn the bird with
shot. 1t lay painting. Follow the
Doctors advice" said Mr.. Ingersoll,
and the party adjourned to CasWell
& Hazards drug store, at the corner
of TWenty-tifth street and Broadway,
where Clerk Mcdowell brought out q
big blue bottle OF chloroform and a
sponge with a circular aperture. The
head of the suffering sparrow was
laid therein, chloroform was poured
on the sponge, and Glendcnning an
nounced the results. "Feeblcr." he
said" Hardly at all"-"The heart
has ceased to beat" Still holding
the little corpse the octet left the
drug store. "Give us an obituary."
remarked Barrymore; "iust a line,
Colonel" lngersoll thought Il mo-
ment and then wrote:
It's little he'll reck if they'll let him sleep
In the grave whore an actor has laid him.
eve can't put him in an ash-bar-
rel" remarked Mr. Goodwin. "Why
not the churchyard of Trinity Chap
el?" inquired Mr.. Glendenning. Each
man looked at his neighbor and said
lOUhllS, DiU VIC ulidll1illuy VI oli1t
look spoke louder than WORDS. AS
they turned the corner of Twenty
sixth street Glcndenning and his sex
ton, who shall be nameless, left the
others little behind. The colored
man who attends the ladies' entrance
to the St. James, which overlooks the
churchyard, seemed to have an idea
that all was not right. He was ap-
preached and willingly loaned a little
fire shovel. The sexton" dug the
grave. the sparrow was inferred, the
earth smoothed over him, and in
ground worth thousands of dollars Il
foot the little bird was laid at rest.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-05-19
Always a Tough Lot.

II have always noticed" remarked
a drummer at the SchlOSSer to a
Pittsburg Dispatch reporter, that an
inveterate cigarette smoker is a very
tough individual. Whether young or
old, my observation has been the
same. | am not speaking of your
dude who puffs a cigarette occasion
ally. Such fellows have no character
and wouldn't harm baby, but you
have often seen the boys / mean.
They are the bloods of the town, as
wild as Mexican mustangs on a
prairie. They take very kindly to
the cigarette, and the more they
smoke the tougher they become.
"The old cigarette smoker, as a
rule, is a crafty, collected chap He
stands around in public places, with
a sallow complexion due to the nico-
tine in his body, and coolly smokes
the morsel of tobacco and white pa
per. Generally he is a gambler, and
a slick one in the handling of the
cards. | don't know what connection
exists between cigarettes and tough
ness, but the fellows of this class like
to smoke them. They certainly
don't quiet the nerves, for used eX
cessively they will soon wreck any
constitution. The wild boys don't
live very long, and [ have seen q
number of them after death. Their
bodies had turned black: indeed, they
had been smoked like ham before
they died"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-05-19

The most superb fur rugs are made
from the skin of the lion. When the
lion is five years old his name has at
tanned its full growth and he is then
ready to be sacrificed at the altar of
civilization. Next in beauty comes
the tiger. The graceful, catlike neck
and sleek, glossy skin make q truly
effective rug-indeed, many prefer it
to the lion skin. The bears, and cs-
pecially the grizzlies, are very popu-
lar. The white polar bear is arranged
in a very realistic manner, with his
great mouth open and formidable
claws projecting grimly from the soft
fur. All these animals are displayed
with one-Quarter, one-half and full
heads-that is, raised and stuffed in
these shapes.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-05-19
They Have Come Down in tho World.

Nothing is more curious in Europe
than to observe the descent in the
world of the members Of ancient and
noble houses, and the rise, on the
other hand, of the commercial and
industrial classes. In France 4 list
has recently been made of the bear
ers of great names who are engaged
in humble occupations.
Thus it appears that there is an
authentic Countess de Dieusse- Bre-
ment who is ouvreuse at the Chatalet
Theater in Paris. An equally bona
hde Count de ST. Jean earns his daily
bread by hawking mousetraps through
the streets or the metropolis.
A legitimate descendant of the
Valois is postman in one of the vii
lagc districts around Paris. Two de-
scendants of the famous statesman
and general, Sully. the fayOrite of
King Henry ~, are stonemasons.
There is a Count de la Marche,
whose ancestors intermarricd with
the royal family, who is a Journey
man painter in Paris. \ Count st.
Megrin, a descendant of the favoritc
Of King Henry Ill, is a Parlsian
cabman.
A chorist at the opera bears the
name and can trace her ancestry in a
direct line to the famous Gen. Orally
de Folk, who tlourished III the four
teenth century.
A descendant Of the De RetZ family,
which has played SO important a role
in the history Of France, is now play
ing the first violin in a band Of itin-
eranC musicians in the Department
OF Finisterrc New York Recorder
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-05-19
since that night, and I have never
since been afraid OF highWaymcn.


The journal Of the late Alfonso
Kari, a famous gardener as we'll as q
novelist, relates an amusing episode
id Balzac's career. Talking with Kari
once about gardening, Balzac sudden
ly remarked:
II have bought, as you know, a lit
tie estate at Vile d'Avray. l am
convinced that the people need moth
ing SO much as pineapplcs, and plenty
of them. But in order that they may
be able to eat them they must be able
to buy them at a franc apiece, and
am going to raise pineapples for the
people on nay estate at Vile d'Ay-
ray"
But you can't raise them for q
franc apiece, Balzac."
"Ha" he exclaimed. Il can't! Sir,
nothing is impossible to genius.
Don't you think that if man of the
highest intelligence put his whole
mind to the task Of raising pine
apples at franc apiece, he could
do it?"
That very day Balzac took steps
toward hiring small shop in Paris.
well, what are you going to dc
with that?" Karr asked.
81 am going to sell my pineapples
to the people in it,"
"But," said Kari, "it takes three
years to get your first pineapples after
you begin to raise them; and what
are you going to do with your shoE
all those three VparSp"
"Bah!" exclaimed Balzac, contempt
uously. "'Three years. Why, don't
you know, man, that nothing is inn
possible to genius? Don't you sup
pose that if man of the highest
intelligence gave his mind to pro-
ducing pineapples in one year he
could do it?"
Balzac departed, full of his project,
but he had forgotten all about it in
about three days. Forgetting its
own impracticable schemes is fortu-
nately one of the things that are not
impossible to genius.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-05-19
Prefers to Run the Other Risk

81 used to carry Il revolver" said
the man who gets home late at night
ito New York Tribune reporter.
zone evening man tried to hold me
!up, and, when ! drew my pistol and
asked him what ! could do for him
and he turned and ran like Il deer, |
congratulated myself on being so wise
as 10 carry Il weapon for Self-defenSe.
But | found that my experience with
the highWayman was the very worst
thing which could have happened to
inc. Whenever man appeared sud
denly in d dark street late at night |
fancied he was fo0tpad. and could
hardly restrain myself from reaching
for my revolver. Then two things
came into my life which made me de-
tcrmine that | would rather run the
danger of being robbed than of killing
a man. | was telling a friend one
evening how when was startled in this
way my impulse was to shoot. He
had a story for me then. 1t was
about Il marshal out in Utah when
United States officers were considered
the mortal enemy of the Mormon
Church. This man had been forced
to do great deal Of dangerous and
disagreeable work, and he felt that
he carried his life in his hands. He
was walking down an unfreQuented
street one night, as usual on his
guard. He had just passed a tree
when his quick ear caught sound
behind him. Wheeling like a flash,
he saw Il man stepping out from be-
hind tree. Something was in the
mans hand, the marshal could not
see what. With one movement of
his arm he drew his revolver and
fired. killing the man in the shadows
instantly. The man proved to be a
harmless old cripple. Now the posi-
bility of my committing terrible
mistake like this worried me into a
condition of extreme nervousness.
And yet because J was so nervous |
could not bring myself to give up my
revolver, One night when I was
going home-I live in the outskirts
of Brooklyn-I had just reached the
corner Of my grounds when a man
suddenly came bounding over the
fence and landed directly in front of
me. | drew my revolver and l am
sure that | should have shot him if |
had not heard my own brothers voice
cry out sharply: For Gods sake,
viii. what are YOU doing:' One of
my babies was i'll and he had been
running across our grounds for doc
lor' nave lever carried pistol
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-05-19
The First in America.

In a queer nook in New York City,
amid scenes and surroundings strong
ly savoring of the Oriental, journal
istic child has been born. 1t is the
first child of its particular nationality
to be born in the United States. 1t
has been christened kawkab America,
a little four-page, four-columns-to-a-
page paper and is printed partly in
Arabic and partly in English, Upon
its editorial staff can be found more
good linguists than on that Of any
paper in the United States. There is
not one Of its members who cannot
speak and write at least five different
languages.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-05-19

and between and below these the car,
or shell, is situated, suspended on the
wires by pulleys
The electricity from the wires COM
municates through the motor inside
of the car and sets into rapid motion
the front fans, the wings on either
iside and the turbine wind fan in the
rear. The wings are shaped like an
umbrella divided in the center.
These close when propelled forward
Iand automatically open, pressing
Iforcibly against the air in the back
ward and downward stroke, and
Operated by crank and piston to
(which the wings are attached.
The front is surmounted by an
electric light. When coming into
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-05-19
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Mhy the nkcI Soa.'

Many persons have puzzled their
brains wondering why the Red" Sea
should be SO called. The name was
originally applied to it because por-
lions of it are covered with patches
from few yards to some miles square
composed of microscopic vegetable
animalculn which dye the waters Il
blood red. When not affected by
these organisms the Red" Sea is in
tensely blue. the shoal waters show.
ing some shades of green.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-05-19
DO 1t Now.

This is for you, boys and girls. 1t
is a bad habit-thc habit Of putting
off. If you have something that you
are to do, do it now, then it will be
done. That is one advantage. Ii
you put it off very likely you will for
get it and not do it at all, Or else
what, for you, is almost as bad-you
will not forget, but keep thinking of
it and dreading it, and so, as it were,
be doing it all the time. "[Ihe
valiant never taste death but once:
never but once do the alert and active
have their work to do.
l once read OF a boy that dropped
so in health that his mother thought
she must have the doctor to see him.
The doctor could find nothing the
matter with the boy. But there the
fact was, he was pining away, losing
his appetite, creeping about languid-
ly. and his mother was distressed.
The doctor was nOnplused.
What does your son do? Has he
any work."
"No; he has only to bring pail Of
water every day from the spring. But
that he breads all day long, and does
not bring it until dark.
Have him bring it the first thing
in the morning." was the doctors
prescription.
The mother tried it and the boy
got well. Putting it off made che job
prey on the boys mind. Doing it
now" relieved him.
Boys and girls, do it NOW, c.
Wilkinson.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-05-19
Air Reduced to Liquid Form.

pressure Of seventy-tive atmos-
pheres, or LIPS pounds, with a con-
denser kept at minus $50 degrees
centigrade, air has been reduced to q
liquid form, and the liquid, when al
lowed to evaporate, produces, 1t is
said, a temperature of minus 200 de-
greeS centigrade. This is within
seyenty-three degrees of absolute zero.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-05-19
FLIES ALONG A WIRE.

New Application of Electricity for the
Rapid Transit of Mail.
It is claimed that the yolucere
will transport about 100 pounds Of
mail between two cities with hith-
erto unattained velocity. 1t consists
of shell composed Of aluminium,
the interior, except the chamber for
the mail and for the electric motor.
being filed with compressed hydrogen
gas to overcome the weight. 1t has
a buoy-fan toward the front, oper-
ating on both sides, and propeller in
rear. Two large trolley wires sup
Do ed on arms attached to posts and
elevated to a suitable height are
placed from four to six feet apart,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-05-19
NHlly Not?

\ quiet rancher in the foothills of
California has been experimenting
with the olive. and now makes the
sensational announcement that olives
can be grown on the native willows
by the ordinary process OF grating.
He makes good the assertion by eX-
hibiting willow branches with clus-
tiers OF fruit growing on them.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-05-19
Only q Suicide.

There was tragedy in the composing
room of a Philadelphia newspaper the
other day. The compositors were busy
at their cases, when one of their num-
Der, avoung woman, tainted away, and
she was conveyed TO her home. An
other compositor finished her take.
which proved to be an account of a sui
eide IN another city. There were forty
ctomposltors in the room, but this paf-
tlcuiar copy fell to this particular young
woman, and the suicide was har
atfianced lover
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-05-19
Lost Its River.

Since 1885 the course of the River
Nolga, Russia, has rapidly been
changing until the city of Saratov
once called the Golden Port of the
Volga. is left three miles away on its
banks. Saratov is a well built city
Of about 125, 000 Its trade, which
was very large, depended mainly on
the river
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-05-19
A Nice Comparlson.

II cashier in the Rothchilds' bank
IN Germany, says the New York World
is considered fully paid for handling
millions with salary OF 500 month
after twenty years of service, it wonld
be interesting to know what comnen.
sation is paid to the Office bow who
pollshes the handles of the BIZ. from
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-05-19
Roth Ingenious,

The man who lifted himself over
fence by his boot straps was rivaled
by an old German bachelor in Iowa,
who put loop around his neck,
threw the rope over knob, put his
Loot in the loop in the other end,
hoisted himself up and hanged him.
self.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-05-19

in short order lei him take a hand
full of the leaves, pound them in NOR,
tar, moisten them with hot water and
apply them as poultice, and IL hall an
hour he will have as promising d blister
as any Spanish fly could raise.