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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-09-08
a diamond Expert Story.

There is a man in one OF the GOWN
town thoroughfares whose business IL
is to examine diamonds and precious
stones for people who buy the same
and who are not good judges OF the
value of stones. This is what he told
= man who was waiting:
"What a distrustful world TINS IS!
IJow. when a man buys diamond or
a stone I do not blame him for want
ing to know the opinion of an expert
on the same. But if a person makes
me a present I would not like him TO
know that I had no confidence in MS
honesty. But that is what is going
on in certain circles just now. You
have no idea how many persons come
here to get my opinion on diamonds
and stones which, they contfde TO us,
we're presented to them by friends.
Perhaps they get around the sltua-
ton by thinking that their friends
were duped. But that is hardly COM
plimentary, either However, II 1t
were not for such people my business
would be idle. Chicago Tribune.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-09-08
ACCORDING to Mr.. Ho, interpreter

ACCORDING to Mr.. Ho, Interpreter
of the Chinese legation at Washing
ton, no disciple of Confucius will hui
initiate himself by attending the
congress of religions to be held at the
Worlds Fair. 1t is possible that the
feeling engendered by the passage of
the exclusion bill may extend until it
results in keeping China away from
the Exposition entirely. Such an ex-
hibition of Immature would be I'M
fortunate both for that country and
for us. China is the most populous
and, from many points Of view, the
most interesting country in, the
world. She can hardly blame us for
not wanting the kind of emigrants
that she sends out. They are the
offscouring Of the country and Of the
earth No celestial that can main,
tain any kind of footing at home
ever goes to foreign land. No
Chinaman ever settles permanently
in the land of his temporary adoption:
he spends as little as he can and sends
all his surplus earnings home. If he
dies abroad even his bones are
shipped back, if possible, and buried
by those of his father and mother. In
the war of the rebellion only one
Chinaman, so far as heard Of, fought
on either side. John is, therefore,
not welcome immigrant. But when
we legislate against him we should
not forget that it is in his power to
retaliate. We must concede him the
right so to do and be willing to ac-
cept the consequences Of our own
aggressive action.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-09-08
that Peter the Great built on the
swamp here when he decided that he

cAAo
swamp here when he decided that he
would make this point his capital.
All this was forest, marsh and a
wilderness. The Russia of that day,
as the Russia of this, was in the in
terror, but Peter decided he wanted
to have his capital where he could
look out upon Europe and he called
St. Petersburg his window, and, like
Aladdin, he made it rise upon the
mud in almost night. He made
every noble in the empire build a
house here. Every boat on the Baltic
and the Russian rivers had to draw a
load of stone to the city, and 40, 900
men worked year in and year out till
the great capital rose. Fully gen
GRAFTON after New York was founded
the wolves howled in the wilderness
on the site of St. Petersburg; now a
city of stone and brick twenty-five
miles in circumference floats here, as
it were, almost upon the waters, and
1000, 900 heads bow down to this
as the seat of their ruler. Piles by
the million have been driven down to
make foundations. The great River
Neya is walled for miles with granite
docks and all the streets are paved.
Our public buildings at Washington
are large, but those of Russia cover
far greater areas. The only things
that compare with them are the
mammoth structures of the Chicago
Exposition, and as to the churches
here, one of them, St. Isaac's Cathe-
dral, has cost nearly 500, 900, 900, or
as much as will be the total outlay of
the Exposition. There are other
churches nearly as expensive, and the
whole city has been built without
regard to cost. It is almost a Sab
bath days journey to go through
some of these palaces. The winter
palace, on the banks Of the Neva,
would spoil the area of ten-acre
field, and it's corridors, if stretched
out, would reach miles. There is a
tradition that some of the unused
rooms were turned into a barnyard
by the servants in years past, and
that when the palace once burned a
cow was hauled out with the furni-
ture. 1t is the same with private
houses. The people live in fats, and
these flats make up in area what they
lack in height. 1t takes nearly a
square for the ordinary house, and
the Hotel de PEurope, where l am
stopping, has halls which seem to be
a mile long, and I lose myself again
and again going TO my room. The
business blocks are big, and there is
a great bazaar here, where hundreds
of merchants have stores facing a
vaulted arcade which covers a vast
area, and which is thronged from
morning till night with thousands of
shoppers.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-09-08
Flower Making in Paris.

The manufacture of flowers and
also of feathers for millinery purposes
in France is a family affair. One
family devotes itself to the making
of roses and does nothing else. The
man and his wife are equal partners,
and the children, and sometimes
yonng relatives, who come up from
the country for that purpose, assist
in the work.
Notwithstanding that France fur
nishes the largest proportion of these
goods for the world, there is not
within it's limits what is known as
a mandatory for making them.
Each worker is a specialist, and
those who work with him are indi-
vidually interested in the work.
Nothing is scamped or slurred.
The prices which these f1ower-mak-
ing families are able to command for
their goods depend upon the origin
atty and creative ability displayed,
whether it is roses or orchids, pansies
or dahlias that they make.
By the way, it is usually the wo-
men who furnish the original ideas,
for it in no way interferes with a
woman's profession, but rather IN
creases her desire and opportunity
for pursuing it. Among the flower
makers the commercial part Of the
business is undertaken by the men.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-09-08

Everybody knows that it is the
practice of the retail grocer to weigh
paper in with the sugar and the con-
sumner has probably not felt seriously
aggrieved by it. But the question
has been raised at Wolverhampton as
to it's legality. Three grocers, to-
gether with their assistants, were
summoned before the stipendiary
magistrate recently for offenses under
the weights and measures act, in
having included the paper in the
weight of the article sold. While
recognizing the fact that the prac-
tice was sanctioned by custom the
magistrate nevertheless stigmatized
it as a deliberate fraud" on the pur-
chasers and convicted the defendants.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-09-08

IT is some satisfaction to reflect
that the policy which England has so
persistently adopted toward Ireland
has at least resulted in making the
administration of that island, COM
paratively speaking, one of the most
expensive jobs that Great Britain has
on her hands. The amount of money
demanded from the national treasury
for the expenses of inspection, police,
government and SO on, is really a
large sum to pay for the privilege of
bullying weaker people, and is an.
other illustration of the expensiveness
of tyranny.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-09-08

The opposition to the unjust and
harmful legislation at Albany, by
which the owners Of proprietary med
icines, as we'll as of prepared foods,
would be required to make public to
everybody the component parts Of
their preparations, has developed
wonderfully within the past few days.
AS it looks now, the men who have
invested large fortunes in these medi-
cines and foods will not be compelled
to throw them away, or to pass them
over into the hands of druggists
everywhere, just to crafty the
caprice of a few legislators who have
given small reflection to the matter.
If the proposed law were to become
general the druggists would at once
begin to undersell the proprietary
medicine men, and would tell him to
whistle for his remedy. But some
sense of fairness is still left in the
public mind, and when it thoroughly
understands the aim Of the bill it
will protest against it's enactment.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-09-08
Answered..

At a recent trial in Scotland a GER
tain lady got into the witness box to
be examined, when the following
conversation took place between her
and the opposing council:
Counsel-How old are you?
Miss Jane-Oh, weel, am an I'M
married woman, and dinna think it
right to answer that question.
The Judge-Oh, yes, answer the
gentleman how old are you.
Miss Jane-Weel-a-wee, I am fifty.
Counsel-Are you not more?
Miss Jane Weel, | am sixty.
The inquisitive lawyer still fur
ther asked if she had any hopes of
getting married, to which Miss Jane
replied:
"Weel, sir, I Wilma tell lie; /
hinna lost hope YETI" scornfully add
ing, "but I widna marry you, for I
am sick and tired o. your palaver al
ready
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-09-08
He Laughed at His Heroes.

In recently published book en-
titled: can Englishman in Paris,
and attributed to Sir Richard Wal
lace, there is an interesting anecdote
of the elder Dumas, illustrating the
famous authors perennial flow of fine
spirits. Sir Richard had gone to call
on the creator of Monte Cristo" and
had been ushered into room adJoln-
ing the hosts studio, the servant tell
ing him to go in, as M. Dumas was
alone. cat that moment" relates
Sir Richard, IL heard loud burst OF
laughter from the inner apartment,
so I said, I would sooner wait until
monsieur's visitors are gone Mon
sieur has no visitors; he is working,
replied the servant with a smile.
Monsieur Dumas often laughs like
this while at work. 1t was true
enough, the novelist was alone, or
rather in company with one Of his
characters, at whose sallies he was
simply roaring"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-09-08
A Now Trick.

A Partisan sharper has developed a
new form of swindling. He stops at
an hotel and registers his name,
which strangely happens to be the
same as that of the proprietor of the
house. This is so remarkable that
the guest and the host have friend
ly chat about it. The guest requests
him to pay special attention to the
letters that come for him, which are
daily handed to the guests wallet. "
Two or three packages come, and the
"valet" takes them also. Then a
small package, neat-looking and evil
IDENTIFY valuable, arrives. When the
"valet" gets this, he and his master
arc seen no more. The next meeting
is between the hotel proprietor and a
jeweler, who presents his bill for
jewelry furnished to the value Of
say twenty thousand francs.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-09-08
His Blood Turned Whita

The New Orleans Picayune tell,
James Mellen, of Louisville, Ky WI
bled to death the other day as the ),
suit of a strange malady which has +
months baffled the skill of the phvc.o
ans. His blood lost all it's coaeuat;ss
properties and had taken on thu ' .,
pearance and consistence of f,ss!
milk.
The corpuscles of the blood had b,
come perfectly white. From SINAI vi
scratch or cut the blood flowed wiz
such rapidity that on several occason
it was scarcely able to be stopped befo,
causing death. One morning one
the smallest of the blood vessels unds
the tongue became broken. The por
where the blood came from was ,
small that no danger was apprehende
at all.
All efforts, however, to stop the fo
were futile. Every remedy was resOr
ed to, but to no avail, and in little e
than an hour Mr.. Mellen was dead.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-09-08

NINE. BLAvATsKY, as is we'll known,
was cremated. 1t is now announced
that her ashes were divided into
three portions, one part going to In.
dia, one to London and one to New
York. Thus are established three
sacred shrines for the faithful. It is
fortunate for the theosophists that
Nine. Blavatsky was a woman Of
enormous physique. Numerous other
large towns are likely to put in
claims for consignments of the sacred
ashes, and should a reapportionment
take place there would probably be
enough to go around.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-09-08
children without one word of COM

THE fact that longevity is heredi-
tary is well illustrated in the family
of Mrs. Sarah Van Nostrand, of East
Milestone, N. J. She celebrated her
1O3d birthday recently, and of her
eight children six are living. There
has been no death among her children
for seventy-five years. The Phreno-
logical Journal has fine portrait of
Mrs. Deborah Powers, of Lansing
burg, n. Y, who, though over one
hundred years of age, is at the head
of banking business there.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-09-08
Around in TWENTY-FIVE Seconds.

Medical workers have made many
curious experiments, but none more
wonderful than that by which they
ascertained the exact time required
for the blood to make one entire trip
through the system, which all stu
dents of physiology know means a
complete circulation through the
lungs, veins, arteries. and the gen.
eral capillary arrangements. Profs.
Dalton, Herring, Poissenille, Mat
tuci. and Blake have been the chief
investigators in this line, the first
named having become more eminent
in this particular branch of research
from having the experience of others
to fortify himself with. All the old
school anatomists believed that con-
siderable time elapsed, say from three
to nine minutes from the time when
the blood left the right side of the
heart. traversed the whole system,
and then again returned to the start
ing point; Dalton has shown that the
time is much shorter than was form
erly generally supposed. The chief
agent used in his experiments was a
salt known to chemists as fer
rocyanide of potassium, which can be
readily detected in the blood on &C
count of it's chemical reactions. Prof.
Dalton describes the operation in the
following language: BLOOD was
drawn from the jugular vein of the
opposite side, and the interval which
elapsed before the appearance Of the
foreign salt in blood drawn from the
second opening indicated the time re-
quired for the blood to pass from the
point of injection through the vena
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-09-08

PROF. SWIFT declares that eff the
State of Delaware \ was at
tached to the moon it could be seen
by the naked eye as visible point,
and Connecticut could be
distinctly seen as small object.
There is painful Ignoring of Rhode
Island here which the inhabitants Of
that State cannot fail to feel. Prof.
Swift might at the very least have
said that if Rhode Island were at
tached to the moon it would appear
to the naked eye as an invisible point!
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-09-08

TRUST everything to habit, upon
which, in all ages, the lawgiver, as
we'll as the schoolmaster, has mainly
placed his reliance-habit, which
makes everything easy, and casts all
difficulties upon a deviation from a
given course. Give a child habit of
sacredly regarding truth, Of carefully
respecting the property of others, of
scrupulously abstaining from all acts
of improvidence which involve him
in distress, and he will just as likely
think of rushing into an element in
which he cannot breathe as of lying,
cheating, or stealing.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-09-08
The Description Fitted.

A stranger, when dining at foreig
hotel, says the Dundee News, was a
costed by detective, who said to hin
beg your pardon, we are in search
an escaped convict, and, as a matter
form. you will oblige us with your pas
port" "Do l look like a convict
"Possibly not. In any case l shall +
quire to see your passport" IT
stranger, feeling annoyed, presentt
the officer with a bill of fare, and IL
latter commenced to read: "SheeI
head, neck of mutton, pigs feet
Every good" he observed, the desert
ton tallies. You will please come alo
with 11s -
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-09-08
WONDERFUL ST. PETERSBURG.
As Seen Through the Eyes of Famous
American Correspondents.

As Seen Through the Eyes of Famous
American Correspondents.
I wish could give you stereoptl-
con view of St. Petersburg, writes
Frank G. Carpenter. 1t is one of the
queerest, one of the fastest, one of
the gayest, and by all odds the most
unique capital of the world. Lying
as it does on the great Gulf of Fin
land, river as wide as the Missis-
sippi at ST. Louis runs through it
and great canals cut it up so that 1t
looks like second Venice. 1t is a
city of wide streets, of big three. four
and five story flats; of vast palaces,
many of which cover acres; of null
titude of gorgeous churches, of great
schools, of art galleries, of factories,
and the thousand and one other
features which make up the capital
of the greatest empire on the globe.
You have heard the story of it's build
ing. I stood yesterday in the log hut
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-09-08

eaya to the heart, from the right side
of the heart through the lungs to the
left cavities, from the left ventrlcal
through the carotid arteries and the
capillary vessels of the head ana
thence downward to the jugular vein
on the opposite side. Dozens OF care
fully tabulated tests Of this some
what extraordinary subject snow
that the blood of man makes COM
plete circulation once every fifteen
to twenty-f1 seconds, according TO
the physical conditions of the subject
experimental upon. Medical Rec
ord
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-09-08
A Clean Pickup.

Selectman Daskam, of Norwalk, O
recently received letter from frien
who he had long supposed was dea(
Some thirty years ago the friend, VIII
was in financial straits. asked Mr.. Da
kan to indorse note for $4,000, while
he did. The note was protested and NJ
Daskam was compelled to pay tn
money The letter just received state
that the sender desired to repay tt
sum, and when Mr.. Daskam's wher
abouts we're ascertained he received
check for the amount, with accumula
ed Interest,"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-09-08
ONE of the causes of the rapio

ONE of the causes of the rapid
spread of cholera is the superstition
of the people in the countries where
it originates, Or in which it first takes
bold after leaving it's original seat.
A chief constituent of this supersti-
ton is fanaticism, based on igno-
rance of the working of natural laws.
The populations now comprehended
in Russian rule in both A STA and
Europe, whether Christian, Moham-
medan or other, are all more or less
fatalists, believing that the dread
disease is scourge sent from heaven
and that it is sacrilege to endeavor
to arrest it's progress. This fact
affords a clue to the hostile feeling
exhibited by them toward those who
set up quarantine or establish hos
pitfalls. ut is the will of Cod" says
the peasant, and he folds his hands
over his breast. He will take no care
of himself because God would stop
the pestilence il He wished" This
apathetic resignation has depopulated
vast regions and swept into the grave
innumerable hordes. Before such
all-pervading fatalism the best inten-
lions, the utmost exertions of the
government are unavailing.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-09-08
Terms Used in Chess.

Few chess players could guess h
origin of one of the most importap
terms in their game. The word "ches
is said to be corruption of the Arab
word "sheikh," meaning chief or kipr
The game came westward by wav !
Persia, where the word sheikh become
shah. 1t was the game of the kim
The term "check" is merely to give nj
tice that the king is attacked an
"check-mate" means 1.-THE king
dead" the verb "mata" being from ii
same root as the Spanish matador, tl
slayer of the bull. The word checI
whether verb or noun, may be trace
through several curious ramifcaton
back to the Persian and Arabic. Eve
the word exchequer is curiously tangle
up in this verbal notwork.-New In
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-09-08
Wei Paid Il -gga1y III Paris.

a welI-knoWn French Journalist,
M. Hagues lie Roux, being told that a
beggar could make Is francs day in
the Champs Elysees district, resolved
to try it. Dressing himself for the
part, he began his test, going from
house to house. The wife of ply
stefan gave him an old garment. An
old man gave him 2 francs. A
countess, who received him as if he
were somebody" gave him 10 francs,
directing him to call again. In a
very short time he made a sum equal
to 20 francs. At the house at which
he received 10 francs the concierge
claimed commission on his good
luck
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-09-08
He Is Always with Us.

There is one species of hog that
particularly annoying at this time OF tt
year when everybody is travelling sa
the New York Recorder. 1t is the OIL
who gets on the train with hand bag
two, walks into the ladies' car with t
air OF sole ownership and proprieto
ship of the road, deposits his baggag
and possibly an overcoat in one OF tn
seats and then walks through to tn
smoking car, where he settles himse
for smoke, a game of cards or an af
ernoon's reading.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-09-08
Where We Get Zero"

With the mercury close to the nine
ties it is interesting to recall the orgl
of the thermometric Zero" A Prui
sian merchant named Fahrenheit wa
what we would call a weather sharp
he watched the weather closely. ONT
day by accidentally mingling snow an,
salt he perceived that a degree of colo
equal to that of the coolest day in hH
experience had been produced at once
He called that degree "zero"-nothing
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-09-08

THE early riser has always an hour
or two in hand. which the late lier
loses and can never find. search as
diligently as he may. Things which
begin we'll for the most part go on
We'll; and the punctuality and order,
the method and eXactness of a house
where the day begins betimes. and
the morning does not inaugurate
a scramble. makes half the pleasant
ness of domestic life.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-09-08

MEN may preach, and the world
will listen; but profit comes by ex-
ample. A parent inculcates gentle
ness in his children by many sound
precepts; but they see him treat a
dumb animal in very harsh manner,
and, in consequence, his instructions
are worse than lost, for they are
neither needed nor respected. His
example as gentle and humane man
would have been sufficient for his
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-09-08

DIVORCES are obtained with COM
parative ease in South Dakota, but
the question is now coming up as to
how far they will go. Other States
are not bound to accept such divorces,
and the people living in other parts
of the country who rush to Dakota
only to secure divorce may discover
that it is not legal outside of that
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-09-08

A FEW days ago an Omaha man was
required to pay $40 for kissing a
woman, and now another man has
been obliged to pay $50 for kiss.
Everything is looking up in this town
and the price of kisses is advancing
in a manner that must be gratifying
to everybody but the consumer.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-09-08
I4icor1ce and Gum Drops.

The licorice trade is not what it use
to be. A few years ago every drugs
and confectioner made lots Of none
out of stick hcorice, licorice root, lco
ice lozenges, pellets and waters. Ever
boy and girl had to have licorlce, an
their fathers seemed to think that To
stuff was good for the little ones an
gladly gave them .nickels with which
buy it. The cheapness of good candle tr
has killed the licorice trade, 6up
drops are also q relic of the past.