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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-06-02
He Made the Old south Clock.

Gawen Browne was an ingenious
mechanic, and his name appears in
the newspapers of his day as a clock
and matchmaker in State street, for
merly King street.
In TIT the town clock. which had
been for many years on the old brick
meeting house near the head or King
street, having become much out OF
order the town Of Boston voted to
send to England for a new clock.
Browne offered to construct one
upon a plan of his own, which he
guaranteed should be equal to any
that could be imported, and should
cost less. He was permitted to do
so. When completed it was set up in
Faneuil Hall, and exhibited at the
town meeting following. 1t gave en-
tire satisfaction, and the town voted
to pay Browne G100 for it and gave
MN permission to raise as much more
as he could by subscription among the
inhabitants. He always complained
that he had not received enough to
compensate him for his work, and Pc
titioned the town many times for
further remuneration, which, after
some time, was granted.
When they came to set the clock
up in the place assigned for it, it was
| found that there were insurmounta-
able objections to placing it in the
"old brick and it was decided to put
it in the Old South steeple, as being
the more substantial structure, where
it has remained to the present time.
Browne lived to quite an advanced
| age. He was considered the most
cross and ill-natured person in Bos-
ton, and died grumbling that he was
never half paid for his work. He
died August, 1907, agct, 82.-Boston
Transcript.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-06-02
SHcGaS,iO!

y the course of /; lecture on Eng
lish composition Mr.. Barrett Wendell
of Harvard College, as an example OF
how language is formed, tells an
amusing anecdOte. While in a small
Sicilian town some years ago Mr..
Wendell was pursued everywhere he
went by what he calls 'contagiously
good-humored beggars." To rid him
self of their opportunities he turned
tiercely upon them and cried: "Ske-
daddlew
Somehow, says he, at caught their
fancy. 'Skedaddo" they shouted in
chorus.
"When I next went out of doors ]
was greeted with shouts Of 'Buon
giorno skedaddo' (good-morning, Ske-
daddo). The rascals had named me,
and called me by the name for the
remaining hours of my stay among
them"
Mr.. Wendell adds that a Siciliau
gentleman subsequently told him that
very probably the word "skedaddo'
might become. in the town in Quas
ton, a permanent generic noun, sig
nifying a light-hearted foreigner of eX-
citable disposition. Young
PcOple.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-06-02
How He Worried the omcers.

The United States marshals, in their
efforts to enforce the -polygamy laws,
run across some queer cases. From
Trenton, Utah, comes the news of the
arrest of man named Butler, charged
wlths having more wives than the law
allows. Mr.. Butler wooed and won
twin sisters, and married them the
same day at one ceremony, 1t is Gus
tomary to hold the alleged superf1uous
wife as a witness, and the legal wife
cannot testify against her hus-
band. In this case the marshals
Mere unable to decide which one Of the
TWINS was the legal wife. They finally
sety esavthe difficulty by holding as wit
~ Vsnebne whom Mr.. Butler design
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-06-02

temporary's correspondent, means
very happy indeed; "Keh," little
better; "Korrie," annoyed, disturbed:
"Ocoeo," deep terror; "Anic,' feebly
and melodiously uttered, means help,
protect. "Quih." Il want something
very much;" "Quouece," despair OF
escaping some danger. The latter
cry, we are assured, she has often
heard all her marmosets make at the
sight Of anything strange to them or
which reminded them Of some known
danger. Altogether it must be con-
fessed that we have very fair COM
mencement of dictionary of the Mar
mosettian tongue. News.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-06-02
THE MUIR GLACIER.
An Alaska Wonder Moving Sixty-five Feet
Day.

An Alaska Wonder Moving SiXty-five Feet
Day.
The Muir glacier, which is the great
wonder of Alaska, was doubtless dis
covered by Vancouver in 1874, but Prof.
John Muir was the first to describe it.
Muir Inlet, at the head of Glacier Bay,
is the termination of this great river
of ice." A contributor to the Lancaster
ice as there mile long and about 400
feet high. 1t is worn into towers.
castles and caverns, and is continually
discharging fragments from the size OF
paving stone to that Of the Cologne
cathedral. These falling into the sea
cast up the spray for hundreds of feet
into the air, and send forth waves which
dash upon the shores and echo like
thunder among the mountains. The
Muir glacier is really sea Of ice. with
numerous branches in the valley, any
one Of which is as large as the Conner
or Aletsch glacier of Switzerland.
It is, according to S. 2. Baldwin, a re-
cent visitor, as large as all the Alpine
glaciers in one, being 1000 square miles
in area. The ice is 1000 feet thick at
the mouth in Muir Inlet, and the gla-
cier is estimated to comprise as much
4 -
600, 900 cubic feet of ice as icebergs.
and 175 600, 900 900 feet of water by melt
ing every year. The center of the gla-
cier, where the motion is quickest, is SO
rough and broken into crevasses that it
is considered impossible. The eastern
half, however, can be travelled as far as
the neve. Prof. Wright has found the
motion at the center to be as much as
90 teet day. whereas that OF the AL
pine glacier is only 33 inches or so. AS
much as so feet a day has been found in
the case OF a Greenland glacier. The
Muir glacier has once extended much
further into the bay, and is now reced-
ing every year, while tho sources Of the
ice supply are failing.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-06-02

In well-known family there is q
very little girl who has passed most
of her brief existence within the pale
Of domestic life. Seldom have her
parents taken her to the city in their
pilgrimages.
Therefore it was red letter day to
the little one when she was taken to
visit relatives in Boston, and in her
stay of a month she satisfied her
curiosity as to the Boston Four Hun
dred who live on Beacon street. and
it was with a good deal Of pride tina t
she stored their names in her memory
for future use.
On the return of the family from
their pleasure trip it was resolved
that it was fully time for this little
girl to be sent to Sunday school, and
accordingly she was installed at the
right hand of the teacher as the
smallest pupil Of the infant class,
precautions having been taken at
home to instruct her in q few Biblical
rudiments. This was the way the
first lesson turned out:
who was the first MANI"
adam"
"Who was the first woman?"
Eve"
And where did they live?"
"Why, at the Adamses', of course,
with great emphasis.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-06-02
p.r,a,ns of a Huge Animal.

coma weeks ago. says an Irish con-
TEMPORARY, the workmen VINO are dl
present engaged in making the
necessary excavations on the County
Antrim side of the river for the new
deep-water branch dock for the har-
bor commissioners found the greater
norton of the skull of large animal
which has been identified beyond all
doubts by experts as that of the
gigantic Irish deer (cervus giganteus).
1t is evidently part of remarkably
fine head, being equal in size to the
largest specimens in the Kildare
street museum, Dublin.
This interesting discovery was
made in stratum Of peat about three
feet in thickness and at a depth of
twenty-four feet below harbor datum
that is, twenty-five feet below or
binary low-water level in the River
Lagan, which is close By. 1t lay,
therefore, not less than thirty-four
feet from the present natural surface
of the ground. This stratum of peat
was also found on the County Down
side of the river when the Alexandra
Craving dock was being constructed
few years ago.
It may be OF some interest to note
the curious variety Of strata found in
these docks. Commencing at the
bottom there is the bowlder clay,
then fine red sand, then gray sand,
next the thin layer Of peat, in which
the skull was found, then another
thin layer of gray sand, next a very
thick bed of estuarine clay. in which
upward of fifteen varieties Of fossils
have been found, then thin bed of
yellow sand and on top Of all, a bed
of clay and sand Of recent formation.
Pail Mall Budget.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-06-02
At the Donna.

The "Donna," called famifarly by
IT'S natrons the sisters pudden
board.o sells daily, throughout the
winter. hot nourishing food, at nan
cost. to unemployed London laoorers.
The men and women who seek us
street-stand to buy basin OF soup or
roll of pudding are as unfortunate
as cold and hunger can make tneili'
but they are never unclvil, ana d.
ways grateful.
one lady who serves at the Donna
counter gives. in Longman's Maya
zine, the following touching instance
of true gratitude on the paft OF
man who, almost Pennies, yeu
wished TO make some return for the
Kindness of those who had enElcned
him by sympathetic speech ana act:
zone cold. windy day, | saw among
the men a poor fellow whose mlsera-
ble anpearance made him noticeable
even among SO many sad-looklng
creatures. The way in which ne
shuffIed up to the counter, lald down
a half-penny and asked for slice OF
.n,ldden' showed that he was utterly
out of heart. I gave him what he
asked for. and an extra slice as well.
saving: Pm sure you could eat this,
too.
ale looked up thoroughly surprised.
| fancy it must have been a long
time since any one had spoken kind
word to him. Then, with mumbled
thanks, he went away to eat his din
ner Presently, while still busy cut
ting up pudding, ! saw my poor
friend hastily approaching. He just
glanced at me, and hurriedly laid a
pair of boot-lacings on the counter at
my side.
That's for you, lady, he said,
and walked off without another word.
II am by no means sentimental
person, but | really think l must
keep those shoe-lacings always, as
the most touching gift | ever re-
ceived."
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-06-02
Talking with Marmoscts.

While the American gentleman is
bllSily engaged in his researches in
to monkey speech, a lady correspond
ent of the Spectator at Oxford has
written to point out that the "nimble
marmoset" has already been the OBJ
iect of similar Investigations, and as
it would seem, with remarkable sue
cess. Nearly a hundred years ago
bookseller residing on the Quai Vol
taire in Paris, at the sign of the
Tower of Babel. published a little
book in which the writer made an
endeavor To reduce the chatter of this
tiny creature to articulate translat-
able language. More than this, the
Spectator correspondent keeps mar
moSets. and is able from her own OBJ
seryations to confirm the Tower of
Babel mans discoveries. Thus the
peculiar whistle, or ouistiti. from
which this little creature has its
French name, is described as long,
sharp. piercing sound. repeated two
or three times. signifying the want
of something or some one. and it
happened that this lady had very
young one that always cried, "OuiS-
titi, ouistiti." To the older one for
help, if it thought itself in danger.
"Ghriii, long-drawn high tone, is
translated III the book into come"
and all those that the Spectators
correspondent has possessed have
thus called her to come TO them.
'Guenakiki' expresses (says the book
terrible fear; "Trouakiki." violent.
deSpairing grief; "Trouagno, intense
pain, save me- and a marmoset
VINO had his leg thus warned
fact. "Krrrreoeoeo, =
continues our con-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-06-02
Dropped the Wrong Coin.

1t was 9th avenue 81" station.
Past the ticket box came portly
man with the paunch Of an alderman
and the mien of a pharisee.
The yellow hospital collection box
caught his eye, and after fishing
through both vest pockets he ostcnta-
tiously dropped a single coin into it.
Then he walked up the platform
with a smile of perfect contcntmcnt,
Suddenly his expression changed to
one Of dank despair and clapping one
hand against his perspiring brow he
dropped upon a bench with a thud
that was passably dull and moderately
sickening. A train passed. but he
needed it not, and when he had been
left alone on the platform again he
ambled back to the gate and applied
one CAe to the oritlcc in the collection
box Then he returned to the bench
and mopped his brow.
For fifteen minutes the fat man
sat and illustrated the rise and growth
of soul-rending sorrow: then with a
sigh and a parting glance a. the col
lection box he rose and boarded 4
train.
Gee" snorted the gateman, pm
glad of that. That fcller lives just a
block. from here an he's worth twenty
million, but he dropped gold piece
instead Of a nickel an now he's
suffern from a compound fracture Of
the heart Gee. I'm glad. "-Commer-
cial Advertiser.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-06-02
Unexpected Thanks.

A correspondent sends the Youths
Companion true story" Of street-car
politeness. ana we publish it with
much pleasure.
An electric" was passing down a
suburban thoroughtare. when it was
hailed by an old woman, evidently
from the country. The car stopped,
and after much bustling and putting
the woman got in, at the same time
asking the conductor to please take
her to Il certain street.
By a circuitous route the car soon
reached the street she had asked for,
and the conductor grutfly announced
the fact. Overcome with Joy to find
herself at her destination. she
squeezed out, saying to the conductor
as she passed him, her face beaming
with gratitude:
Il thankee very much, sir. I'm
very much obleeged to We. l hope We
didn't have to go fur cut Of yer way
to get me here.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-06-02
The Daughter of Il DcbAOr.

"Well, did you have any luck?" said
the merchant to the young clerk
whom he had sent out collecting
Some"
Il suppose you got the amount Mr..
Fatherington owes. You said he was
a personal friend of yours"
mo, l didn't get the money; the
fact is, don't exactly know what to
make of my experience there"
"IIow is that?"
II went in and sd d to him:
"'Mr. Fatherington, ! called to
speak about matter
Il didn't get any further when he
said:
That's all right, my boy: she is
yours; take her and be happy"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-06-02
The Who,e Story.

1t is natural to boys and girls to
desire to know how story comes
out" They are not satisfied with an
abrupt termination when some good
point is reached.
4 bright boy once heard the story
of William Tell fer the first time,
aud was very much interested in it.
He followed eagerly the account OF
the shooting OF the apple by Tell
from his boys head, and looked I'M
satisfied when the story came to a
conclusion.
We'll. go on" he said.
"But that's all the story"
"How can it beo' exclaimed the
boy. "You didn't tell who had the
apple TO eat"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-06-02
Misunderstanding.

In countries where the climate is
balmy, everything conspires to breed
Incidence in mankind. Food grows
wild, a house is rarely needed, and
clothing is mere apology for civil
lied raiment In rubber-making for
instance. nature does its own plant
ing, cultivating, everything save the
gathering, and comes very near doing
that, as it needs only the stroke OF
the machete to set the gum trickling.'
The crop is a heavy one. Twenty In
dians will make forty thousand
pounds of rubber in a season. A
days work for an Indian is a path of
one or two miles long in the forest.
In this path he will probably find one
hundred and fifty suitable trees,
which, one after another, he taps,
dexterously cutting so as not TO pen
citrate beyond the bark. To 60
through the bark and not touch the
wood gives the best results, and In
dian skill is intuitiyely cultivated to
this end.
Several hours after tapping, he col
lects the sap, and then comes the
smoking process, by which the white,
milky substance is converted into fine,
tough india rubber. The quality de-
ponds upon the care in making and
the conditions in gathering Fine
Para should have no Jumps in it.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-06-02
4 Erencll Prodigy.

NJ. Inandi, a, young Frenchman,
astonished the Paris Academy of
Sciences by solving the most abstruse
mathematical problem offhand. He
can multiply or divide sums of twenty
one figures mentally without a blum
der. but in all other intellectual
ways he is dull.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-06-02

IT is considered unlucky for any of
the wedding guests to be dressed IN
green or black, black Grape bonnet,
or band on gentlemans hat; these
accidents entail life-long misery to the
new married couple,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-06-02
Columbus Final Resting Place.

President Adams. Of Cornell Uni
versity, believes that the investiga-
tions of the German explorer, Rudolf
Cronen. leave no reasonable doubt
that the remains Of Christopher
Columbus repose in San Domingo,
whence they were removed from
Snain about 1871.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-06-02
On the Dark DnN.

The Dark Day of 1880 had its hui
morous incidents, like others not suf-
ticiently marked to 60 into history
Men were divided in their opinions
as to it's cause, some aScribing it to
natural reasons and others to the
supernatural In Boston, one Of the
Rev. DR.. Byles' parishioners sent her
servant to ask him whether, in his
opinion, the darkness did not portend
an earthquake, hurricane or other
commotion. give my respectful
compliments to your Mistress" IA
cetiously replied the Doctor, land
tell her am as much in the dark as
she is" Says the author OF Historic
Storms in New England"
When the day was darkest a negro
named Pomp, st Medford, went, very
much frightened, to his master, and
said:
"Massa, the day Of Judgment has
come. What shall | dO?"
We'll, Pomp, you'd better wash
yourself and put on your Sunday
clothes"
Struck by this intimation that his
master saw no cause for fear, Pomp
began to bring in his evidence.
"Massa. it has come, for the hens
are all going to roost.'
"Well, Pomp, they show their
sense"
and, massa, the tide in the river
has stopped running"
well, Pomp, it always does at
| high water.
But, massa, it feels cold, and it's
| darker and darker"
$50 much the better, Pomp. Haven't
| l heard you say the Judgment day
will be all fire and light?"
Pomp was comforted Common
sense, together with little whole
some "chaff." had banished his fears
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-06-02
Try 1t.

1t is not generally known that an
orange hit in the exact center by Il
rifle ball will vanish at once from
sight. Such, however, is the fact.
SHOCKING it through the center scat
tiers ( in such intinitesimal pieces
that iaou at once lost to sight.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-06-02
Might Have Been Worse.

She-l'm sorry, but our engage
ment must cease. I can never marry.
He-My gracious. What has hap
pened?
She--My brother has disgraced us.
He--Oh. is that all? That doesn't
matter. l feared maybe your father
had failed. New York Weekly.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-06-02

A DISPATCH from Stratfor' 4 and so
says that the Shakespeare !, IN these
trustees have confirmed thide things
of the Anne Hathaway cottac duties.
lest it be dragged away by thry claims
of the Worlds Fair. EngliFork Kills
IDENTITY feel that they must CT
everything valuable on their "ers IN
and for fear Of Cbicaco Slurried
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-06-02

THERE is pertinence in the red,
mendation to Postmaster-Generai md
amaker that he should either retnd
the policy of his department or es ose
teetliying before civil service in
eating committees. Under e,S OF
circumstances he makes altogethgood
good witness for the prosecutiod Tor
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-06-02
A Reliable Cure,

The papers are full of prescriptions
for the cure Of hydsophebtxtfssVh What
we consider the best prescription Of
all has not yet been published. 1t is
this:
Cold lead, one and one-third ounces.
Directions Apply internally to the
dogs head.-Texas Siftings.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-06-02

THE presence of dust in the ICED
the Senate Is causing complaints Ord
part of the senators. This refers has
to material dust. The dust in the Imi-
cts of the senators and the dust
they throw about their private anCti-
litical measures are not regarde on
them as Objectionable. be
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-06-02

A BROOKLYN druggist requested nl.
in his store to refrain from smokid
The request was not complied Won
The druggist slapped the man in in
cheek and broke his pipe. Now t82,
is duel impending. If they botLhe
killed-which is not likely--some ich
will say it was tobacco that did it. Ign
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-06-02

In Philadelphia near the Cha which
Commerce is a lot of land Is byence or
which is thought to belong to Oh Terry
Six Nations. It is reached by ne vic
court and is kept inclosed and ,c-a9ed
pied. If the government declhg III,
open it To settlers the boomers
ing match will eclipse Il Wilo now
show c COM
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-06-02

THE most serious feature o,nd If
Deacon-A BELLE shooting affair." he is
suit Of the proprietor of tim Fell
Splendide TO recover 10, 600 fra,e lle-
ages from the surviving princip,tains.
civil suit is likely to be more a. years
and expensive to Mr.. Deacon TIN ar
criminal one the
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-06-02

PRESIDENTIAL aspirants shoueps the
John l.. Sullivan's example, tension
cure medical certificate of q undue
soundness before going furt;. in eX-
their arduous undertaking. Ithustion.
discover anyone competent naturally
their mental and moral sanity tpetl-
they would no doubt find thoiq
ments equally useful. R ana
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-06-02

Ir is reported that the notorio great
don Pelican sporting club premsband
to become the property OF theS
Army for use as a refuge. Thiembel
indeed be a change from one work,
to the other. The Salvationistsof the
find many fit objects for their
among the members of the club
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-06-02
the Freshet.

Promontory-7Hello, old moistness!
You're in an awful mood this morn
ing. What are you SO roily about:
River-Roily? Why shouldn't |
be after that bank failure down at
theiforks3s 1t @lit into me" badly, I
can tell NJ
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-06-02

TIE indoIent Cuban : hardly TO De
Chiuaman to do ~ what it is: but
From this it SCI should be guarded
denizen of At.;,t the surest promot-
ton hiyb-runper and ill-health.
o,7Gcessary. less work should be
i, AG; but in many cases nothing is
needed but a wiser economy Of time.
Some of the worst victims of hurry
are men who daily with their work
until time presses them, and then
crowd themselves into a fever, pity
ing themselves meanwhile because
they are so sadly driven.-Youth's
COmnQN.Nn.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-06-02

THE Russians and Poles VIII
rived in New York in the last
brought along a new criminal
"the beard-pulier.' A doze
this painful form of assault Il
have been before the New y
judges. This novel Oriental s
should be rooted out befo,
chance to grow whiskers. =
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-06-02

TRAMP ont in ST. Louis telctuality.
Of arsenic with suicidal inte up late,
building where workmen ST, OF Cne
ployed His cries attrecteu Tue Ciiilo
a,d crowd ootborod -, !. then hur-
stairw.v - nhsorva bis y fretted,
M t,r,,,o .>lI > teachers
,,aro I1;na, W. tua, ,ldren may
oG ll, n.;,I .oaon nv. he sports OF
a. 'ol.'o "'.. 49, ~1, ~. =, are injured