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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-02-23
"A Blacksmith's Museum.

Henry B. Smith, of Detroit, Mich,
has collected an interesting museum
of local and general character. He
began life as blacksmith at Muir
freesboro, Tenn, and settled in De-
troit in 1863. He worked hard for a
little more than a bare living, and
still found time and means to gather
the things which interested him, and
which now form a valuable collection.
AS he himself explains it, he always
watched the secondhand stores of
Detroit and other cities very care
fully. Whenever he heard Of an auc-
prominent citizen he made it point
to be on hand. That was the source
from which many valuable relics were
obtained, including those of General
Cass and the Campau family. For
many years past he picked up every
thing of historic interest which
came within his reach. He has en-
bodied in his museum the Bella Hub
bard collection Of coins, that of Her
bert Bowen. the Young collections,
and many others of equal note. He
also picked up many valuable odds
and ends at New York auction sales.
His collection includes very COM
plete assortment OF the relics COL
lected by General Lewis Cass. In it
are old newspapers dating back to
1899, an ancient warming-pan, old
brass andirons, tall brass candlesticks,
candlestick trays or walters, and pom
derous shutters. From the Abbott
homestead he has androns, trays,
shutters, candlesticks and tongs,
bought from the Jew dealers after
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-02-23
AN official of a railroad, recent thy

AN official of railroad, recently
returned from Europe, referring to
railway practice in Germany, says:
''The roadbeds are about perfect,
while the stations are simply mag.
nitlcent, even in the most insignifl-
can't places being very fine. The
roadbeds are quite rigid, but this is
mainly due to the iron and steel cross
ties that are used. The locomotives
are fine pieces Of mechanism, but
their capacity is scarcely equal to
those on this side of the Atlantic.
Their entire passenger equipment is
away behind that in use here. Their
trains, however, run like clockwork,
and the connections are perfect"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-02-23

STATISTICS of the cost of the late
election in Italy show the amounts
spent on treating" to aggregate a
total of ten million six hundred thou
sand lire-about two millions Of dol
lars. In some districts the peasants
had meat and wine, all they cared
for, at the candidates expense, for a
whole week before the election, and
one candidate is said to have spent
one hundred thousand lire for select
oral purposes.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-02-23

a feat that was simply astounding II
athletes the world over.
Thompson's device consists of !
hinged board fitted to a handle. Thu
Splinter uses one of these with each
hand. AS he pushes it forward thl
two sections fold back against thd
handle and offer no resistance to thd
air, but when his arm is fully eyl
tended and he begins to pull it baclj
the flaps open and offer a good deal
of resistance to the air. Thus ID
he pulls his arm back he pulls hid
body forward, having anchored hid
fist in the air, so to speak. Tbjl
scheme allows a man, as it were, IA
run with hands and feet at the SAND
time, and is quite worthy of Ausl
tralia.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-02-23
WclI. He WnS Mean.

"The meanest man | know of liy
in Kansas" said physician. 81
is a farmer with a cool hundr
thousand. His wife was taken sU
denly i'll and he came to town to co
suit me about her case.
Il told him that | could not pI
scribe intelligently without seelI
the patient, but he declined to inc
the expense of visit.
/ charged him 81 for the prescrl
ton and he spent half an hour y
ing to beat me down to 90 cents
made me write the prescription
English, then bought the drugs a
compounded it himself to save u
apothecary's fee.
Zone of the ingredients was capI
cum. He thought he had some
home, but was mistaken, ana llau
come back to town, distance
four miles, for it. BY the time
had succeeded in saving 70 Genus
wasting So worth Of time ms
was dead and the medicine a loss
his hands.
"That so wore on him that nc
i'll. He took the medicine prepaI
for his wife, but that only aggrass
his malady. When he tinally l1,
cred he sued me for $40, Ooo anu
beaten and had to pay coSIs'
then went before the Grand jury
tried to have me indicted lot
practice. st. Louis GloDe-D''
craft.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-02-23

THE Austrian Government mod
estly requests the Mayor of Pitts
burg to suppress Hungarian paper
published in that city, because it's
utteranCeS are offensive to that Euro
pean power, but the Mayor could not
exercise such power if he would.
The chief executive of an American
municipality is not vested with the
powers Of Gar and, as rule. has
not the disposition of such ruler.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-02-23

A YOUNG man at Reno, New, bet
SO that he would kill himself within
twenty four hours, and won the bet.
Some young men might, on sober sec
ond thought, have considered them
selves of more value than a So pot.
The Reno young man seems, however,
to have been modest, and, besides, he
appears not to have been given much
to sober thought.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-02-23
Handling Nitroglycerine.

The most thrilling call I ever had.
to realize 1t, was one day when the
Elk County field was new. I was
called down there one early winter
day. The snow had fallen just enough
to make the rough road icy in places,
and going around a sharp descent
down a steep hill my wagon began to
slew
The road was narrow, and on the
lower side was steep bank. l was
driving quite briskly, and as | round
ed the turn l felt the wheels slide
toward the bank [ realized the
danger and my hair rose. / had one
hundred and twenty quarts of nitro
glycerine on the wagon, and down
the bank was fully forty feet | felt
the hind wheels going, and in the
brief moment before the whole thing
upset imagined all sorts Of things.
We rolled together, wagon, box
and yours truly, landing at the foot
of the hill and not hair of us
harmed. / got the wagon out, car
ried the glycerine up and loaded it on
again and drove on. This delay, to-
gether with more careful driving,
caused night to overtake me, and
Just as the first shades fell | encOun-
tered the same sort of place again. l
went around slowly. The hind wheels
began to slip again. l stopped right
there. / was afraid to repeat the
dose.
My hind wheels had gone little
over the edge of the bank, and | at
tempted to lift them back. l could
not bulge the heavy load. Then l
crawled beneath the wagon. could
barely move the weight. / made a
final effort, and she yielded, but |
received an injury from the lift from
which | have never recovered.
One day l was putting a one hun
dred and twenty quart shot in we'll
and had run down the first shell.
The balance stood in the derrick.
When the first shell was down about
six hundred feet it exploded. | I'M
derstOod the situation. and cOmpre
hending that | could not get far
enough away to do any good If the
shock should explode the balance in
the derrick | yelled to the other men
about the enginc-house to run. A
shower of stones and hemlock went
up in the sky, and | jumped behind
convenient hemlock stump, where
fell flat on the ground. Then l recol- |
lected that a sudden explosion would |
60 for the ground, that | might be |
killed by the concusSiOn, and / rose |
on my finger tips and toes. Fortu- |
nately, the glycerine in the derrick
didn't let go, and the only damage |
was to the derrick, which had its |
whole top blown off
One day in the spring I was filling
a shell in the derrick 1t was one of |
those days when ice freezes freely at |
night and thaws in daytime, The
pulley on top Of the derrick had been |
coated with ice from the sand pump |
line. The warm sun thawed it, and |
while / was industriously filling a
shell something dropped k-biff in
front of my nose. The suddenness |
of the thing startled me SO / could |
scarcely hold the can. | thought the |
COMPOUNDED stuff had exploded and |
was blown up. That was the worst |
l was ever scared in my life. A piece
of ice had dropped from the pulley |
at the top of the derrick. A foot |
closer and | wouldn't be telling you
about it. The story would have been |
in the paper the next day with big
headlines.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-02-23

1t has sometimes been argued that
mutton is not as apt to induce flesh
as beef, while 1t contributes equally
toward making muscle, and for this
reason some professional trainers pre-
fer 1t for diet. Certain it is that the
scotch, who are a nation of mutton
eaters, are famous for their Drawn
and muscle, while the English, who
are beef-eaters, are apt, while mus
cular, to be rotund in figure.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-02-23
Maybe You Knew This.

There is one way Of telling the
speed of a railway train which old
travellers claim is almost infallible.
Every time the car passes over a joint
in the track there is a distinct click;
count the number of these clicks in
twenty seconds, and it is said you
have the number of miles the train is
going per hour, as the length of the
rail is uniform.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-02-23
Very Accommodating

The other day Mr.. Burle .si.b
taking a walk in the woouS so " h,
little boy. They commenced, on n,
ing for chestnuts, ana soo1 tho dol
eyes bulged when he saw , CnI
handful his father had l9u ren,
then he made this KIN ,i,,o tn a
SAY, papa, wouldn't you 1 llst II
your chestnuts in my pocKe''
per's Young People.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-02-23

ONE of the most agreeable conse-
quences of knowledge is the respect
and Importance which it commune
Gates to old age. Men rise in charac
ter often as they increase in years;
they are venerable from what they
have acquired, and pleasing from
what they can impart.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-02-23

AN item of news that naturally
tndS place about half way between
the pugilStic and social columns is
that Charles Mitchell, the fighter,
who SO vociferously evades hstic con-
tention, is out of jail. He is under
stood, however, to still be ready to
beat such aged cripples as may get in
his way
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-02-23

THOSE only read the worlds future
truly who have faith in principle, as
who feel that in human things there
is really and truly a spiritual nature,
spiritual connection, a spiritual
tendency, which the wisdom of the
serpent cannot alter and scarcely can
affect
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-02-23

THE London Statist is of the Opin-
ion that the gold being poured out Of
this country is in response to the de-
mands of Europe in preparation for
the greatest war the world has ever
known. Everyone of the continental
military governments is scrambling
for the precious metal.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-02-23

A NEW YORK crank has made a
wager that he can go to sea for forty
days in a dry goods box, with nothing
but dog and spirit lamp to sus-
tain him. The navigator may be al
lowed his own way, but the Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty to Ami
mails should give the dog a show.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-02-23

IN Arkansas there is 13-year-old
girl who makes the weighing machine
tremble at 306 pounds. 1t is almost
unnecessary to add that the sylph-
like creature does not care about
playing skipping rope.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-02-23

MISSOURI has a new religion that
is breaking up families with satisfac-
tory rapidity and overstocking the
lunatic asylums of three counties
The envy of iced when he hears Of
this would be interesting to witness.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-02-23
Each Man His Own Chandelier

A curious scene is witneSsed uu,
the winter months in the pd =,
church Of Capel-le-Ferne, hell'' nd i
land. There are no means VI IA
ing this church, so that the "G,'
ers are required to carry lle n ii
lights, and it is no uncoIllno naat]
to see a member of the cong
standing during the singing ID a au|
HYMNS with book in one manu- o.
candle or lamp in the other'
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-02-23

noticeable. There are just seventh
eight. The picture is an exact n
production from photograph Of ii
head, taken by the owner, Mr.. AlbeI
Frederick, of San Antonio, Te@l
The animal is an Arizona spccimed
This is but one of the numerod
heads that Mr.. Frederick has in n
possession.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-02-23
Noted Relic I'm IA Saloon" Il.

The table on which the re- a If Y
agreement for the surreno eor "a G
burg were signed by Gen is IN I
and General Pembertoh T,Sicksb
use in a beer saloon IN offer
The saloon-keeper has w. Int Id
large price for the relic' w.
fuses to dispose CT IT,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-02-23
A REMARKABLE PAIR OF HORNS

The Number of Points the Greatest In Nv
istence, AS Far as Known.
In the opinion of the curator of thd
Smithsonian Institution, Washing
ton, the pair of antlers represented
in this picture are the most remarll
able in existence, so far as known
The number of points is especianj
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-02-23

RUSSELL SAGE is trying to make
the people believe that he is poor.
Uncle Russell has evidently been con-
Quoting a series of unsuccessful eX-
periments with a camel and the eye
of q needle.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-02-23

SOMEBODY sent a Minnesota SEN
ator a telegram stating that the re-
clpient was morally off color, and the
Senator has sued the transmitting
company for loading its wires with
such unpleasant assertions. The issue
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-02-23

machine was devised by the fertile
brain Of A. G. Harding, of Foxburg,
Pa. The sled is said to work to per-
1ectlon and attracts a good deal of
attention. The inventor claims that
the machine would make a good ice
boat with sail attached.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-02-23

will be watched with interest, as the
world is largely made up of people
who are off color and good people en-
gagged in bruiting abroad the melan-
choly knowledge of this prevailing
turpitude.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-02-23

THE charge that Corbett is afraid
of Mitchell and the charge that
Mitchell is afraid Of Corbett have
met in deadly conflict each seeming
ly having found a foeman worthy of
its steel
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-02-23
0. B. MOON, Editor and Proprietor

HORSES that play musical instru-
ments with their feet make an at
tractive show for the Parisians. This
is the latest development Of pedal
organism
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-02-23
A Novel Sled.

The accompanying sketch explains
itself. 1t is sled bicycle, if the term
may be applied TO continuance which
has nothing to do with cycles. The
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-02-23
TO INCREASE SPRINTERs.sppr,

A Novel Method by Which Runners ;,
Help Themselves. LAY
"Fatty" Thompson, an Austr,l;.
sprinter, has invented a device an
which a runner may materially w.
crease his speed. In fact, "Fattr y
with its aid, recently lowered ~,
1OO-yard record from 10 seconds 70 ~
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-02-23

"mr. stranger Deter two seth Sharples:
for lookin crosside at His VIII scots. fer tew:
dozen larffs in the face of mis- Sharples 81:
Fer five wunks frum Miss sharples. scots
oil 90 M
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-10-19

IT is a singular fact that all the great
thinkers of the country are in favor of
the Wilson repeal bill.-Miloca Times.
Rats! Here is the opinion of
one Of 'Sthe great thinkers" quoted
by the Times, Secretary Carlisle,
delivered before he had been
bought with the spoils of Office:
I know that the worlds stock of
precious metals is none too large, and
1 see no reason to apprehend that it
will ever be so. Mankind will be fort
innate indeed if the annual production
of gold and silver shall keep pace with
the annual increase of population and
industry. According to my views Of
the subject the conspiracy which seems
to have been formed here and in Eu
rope to destroy by legislation ane
otherwise from three-sevenths to one
half the metallic money of the world il
the most gigantic crime Of this or an.
other age. The consummation OF sucl
a scheme would ultimately entail mor'
misery upon the human race than al
the wars, pestilences and famines tina
ever occurred in the history of tn
world.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-10-19

AT the last moment the directors
Of the Anoka County Agricultural
announced that their an
nual fair would not be held this
year, owing to the failure to get
the usual appropriation from the
State. We are surprised at the
lack of sand on the part of the
Anoka gentlemen. Last year a
very successful fair was held in
Princeton, all premiums we're paid
and no aid was received from the
State; this year, before it was
known that the State appropria.
ton of $240 could be secured, the
fair was announced and the pre-,
miums guaranteed. and would
have been paid in full even if the
State appropriation had not beer
forthcoming.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-10-19

VIM. R. MEAD, publisher of the
Cresco Qowa) Pzoiaadeazer, who
has labored earnestly in season and
out Of season for the past thirty
five years in the cause of Democ-
racy, went to Washington a
short time ago and for the first
time in his life asked favor of his
party-the post Office at Cresco.
Postmaster General Bissell asked
him how he stood on the silver
question. He replied that he was
in favor of free coinage. Mr.. Bis
sellsaid: ''That settles your chance.
Your past efforts in the interest OF
the party don't count with the
president if you ale a silver man.
Applicants for office take warning.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-10-19

WAIT till Duluth holds her anti-sil-
yer mass meeting, then a cliff may be
expected to drop in upon q continuous
session of the senate. Minneapolis
Times.
The mountain labored and
brought forth a mouse. The
ssmass'' meeting was held Monday,
and $3.50 men Of all classes
grain gamblers, real estate sharks,
etc. were present and demanded
the repeal of the purchase clause
of the Sherman law! Honest
Chas. Canning was there and
made minority report which, Of
course, was rejected, but what
proportion Of the immense gather
ing voted against the minority re
port is not stated. Duluth has
spoken in thunder tones! Let the
wicked anti-repeal senators stanc
from under! .
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-10-19

The saucy Minneapolis Times
accuses three or four country pa
pers Of publishing the same edi-
torial paragraph and palming it
off as Original matter, . and init
mates that the paragraph in ques-
ton was prepared by literary
bureau in Washington. How is it
about the goldbug cartoon entitled
"A Risky Juggling Performance
which appeared simultaneously in
the Pioneer Press and the Times OF
Oct. 3rd. People who live in
glass houses should not throw
stones. .s.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-10-19

JUDGE LoCHREN, commissioner
Of pensions, puts quietus on the
talk that he would be the Demo-
cratic candidate for governor in
this State next year. He informed
the Washington correspondent of
the St. Paul Globe that he would
not accept a nomination, and fur
Their, that he would not consent tc
serve as governor if elected.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-10-19

The Minneapolis Le1na6e,maa'e's
explanation of the scale of prices
adopted by the Minneapolis lum-
bermen last spring does not ex-
plain. In fact the scale of prices
needs no explanation. It gave the
true value of logs in the boom at
Minneapolis. There are lumber
men outside of Minneapolis who
know a pine from a Eastwood
log. To cut a long story short we
will wager $500 that lumbermen,
whom the editor of the Launabezm1aao
must confess are responsible, would
have bid and paid 81 per M. for
every one thousand feet of pine
stumpage on section SO, town 40,
range 26, had they been afforded an
opportunity to bid on the same.
We will wager another $500 that
the pine timber remaining uncut
on said section 36 will, if offered
at public sale, bring at least 81 per
M. This is the timber that was
sold for 50 per NJ. at private sale
to G. A. Smith & Co. by State
Auditor Biermann. This is plain
proposition plainly stated. We
have been subjected to unmerited
abuse by the tools Of pine grabbers
and by the political friends Of
| Auditor Biermann for simply do
ing what we conceived to be oul
duty and what our constituents
expected and demanded of us, bu1
we have no apologies to offer t
I: any one. We have no quarre
with the lumbermen-as a rpl.
they are jolly big-hearted men. ant
we like them. AS far as we ar
concerned there are no politics il
3 it, paid scribblers to the contrar.
notwithstanding.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-10-19

In discussing the Chinese exclu-
sion bill in congress Monday, Mr..
Wilson Of Washington referring
to the failure of the administration
to enforce the provisions of the
Geary law said: 'SFor thirty
years the Democratic party has
howled about the usurpation and
Capitalization of political power.
There has been more CEN
tralization of political power,
more usurpation of the Legislative
functions by the executive depart
ment since March 4th than since
the foundation of the republic tc
the present time"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-10-19

ST.. CLOUD Times: Those who
advance the absence of speculation
in Wall street as an argument in
favor of this or that legislation by
congress are on the wrong track.
A majority-a very large majority
of the people Of this country
would regard the entire abolition
of such speculation as has made
Wall street famous-infamous is a
better word-as one of the great
est of blessings.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-10-19

JIM TAwNEY, the nervy First
district congressman, is home on a
two weeks leave of absence on ac-
count of i'll health. Mr.. Tawney
saws the attitude of Cleveland has
embittered many of his own party
against him, and that he is not in
accord with either the Democratic
or Republican platforms, but is
generally recognized as a gold
monometallist. Mr.. Tawney goes
on to say that Cleveland's egotism
and arrogance has Disguised his
best supporters. Yet we are told
that Grover is a ''great tbinker!'
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-10-19

ANoKA Herald: If the great
parties and statesmen would let up
on their rainbow chasing and face
some of the crying needs of this
country, Of which good roads is
one Of the most apparent, there
would be less murmuring among
the people and prosperity would
reign over the land, even if the
farmer drove a taxed team attached
to taxed wagon, ETC., and sold
his produce at the market for sill
yer dollars which were worth only
so cents.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-10-19

JAMES SHANKs, mayor of Dub
lin, Ireland, was asked to respond
to a toast at banquet given to the
directors of the Worlds fair one
night last week. He responded by
finding fault with the fair officials
and condemning the Mckinley
tariff. Mr.. Shanks was guilty of
gross discourtesy and rank imper-
Thence. Director-G General Davis
administered a singing rebuke to
the boorlsh mayor.