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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-01-12

made back of the stairs, and a double
window in this part of the hall form
ing coy little reception-room or
sewing-room. The parlor is changed
very slightly, folding-doors being
placed opposite those in the sitting
room. If these door frames are made
so as to carry the woodwork up to
the ceiling and false beams are put
up overhead, it will panel off this
room to advantage, which effect will
be heightened by draperies and a fine
balustrade. With suitable decora-
tions the interior should suit even
fastidious tastes. The outside of the
building can be greatly improved by
building veranda across the hall and
parlor with carriage entrance Gig. p
at the end, Through which the drive
is carefully laid out and graveled.
The roof is extended, forming jet
eighteen inches wide all around, put
ting brackets below, an effect like a
cornice being carried down to the
level of the second-story window caps.
A gable is added to the main roof
over the front door. Lay walks to
the porches, make a few additions of
shrubbery to the grounds, and home
is now furnished at little cost that
is far more desirable than new cot
tage, whose main characteristic might
be an effort to appear quaint with no
justifying semblance of age.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-01-12

made, leaving comfortable sitting
room in front. The only carpentry
to be done in this is the making OF
folding-doors into the hall. Having
this entire half of the house in order,
the rear is again attacked. Building
a wall in the middle line of the small
bedroom opening into the hall, the
end of this space is fitted into three
closets, as shown in the plan, and the
remaining space thrown into the
hall. The old partition between the
two bedrooms back Of the parlor, is
then removed. A more convenient
bedroom is thus made An alcove is
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-01-12

also boasted of two small closets, one
on either side of the fireplace, and
the only ones in the house. The
fragrant and appetiizng kitchen
odors found ready entrance at two
side doors. These doors were an ev-
idence of the stable equilibrium and
we'll balanced symmetry necessary,
according to the architects mind, in
designing the house, and no doubt
prevented many a collision between
the cook and the children. When
the cook with the roast entered the
dining-room she could send the
frolicking children into the sitting
room through the other en-
trance. The kitchen had been de-
spoiled of it's capacious brick oven by
an earlier reformer, leaving four
straight walls, exempt from conyen-
fences, except stairway to the eel
lar under the stairs midway of the
hall, and, instead of kitchen accom-
modations, a large storage and wash
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-01-12

A WYOMING Sheriff, being called
upon to arrest a fellow who had pub
licly insulted two women, wished to
save the county the cost and delay
of trial. He took the offender to
his office, told him to strip for a
fight, and then thumped him into
penitence of heart as we'll as condi-
tion of body fitting him for hospital
treatment. This method of dealing
out even-handed and two-handed JUS
tice is, perhaps, crude, but it is cheap
and charmingly devoid of techni-
calitV
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-01-12
Many Bulls Eyes.

To show how accurately the Gatlin
gun shoots. I will mention what saw
while ago at Colts armory. A gun wa
aimed at an oaken target and clampe
at that aim. Then the crank was turne
till 1900 bullets had been fired. nth
target there was but a single hole, an
this was just the size of a single bullet
But through it all the 1900 bullets bal
gone. Then | saw the gun moved one
across the target while the crank va
being turned. 1t. cut the target in tV
as clearly as though oss-cut saw ha
been used. 1t seemed to me that ever
man in a whole regiment attempting t
charge such gun would inevitably b
disabled in two or three minutes, Or s.
soon as they got within range.-Chiog
Noane
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-01-12

removed and the little corner space
thrown into that room. Glass panels
are put into the outside doors to light
this passage.
The new kitchen being remodeled,
the old one may have d partition run
through it, making a good-sized bed
room, library, or breakfast-room, with
a passage leading into the back hall
thus formed where back stairs are
now built, having closets underneath.
This room is used for temporary
dining-room, while the old dining
room is remodeled. A middle parti-
tion is put in with sliding doors, and
door put through into the hall at
the foot of the stairs. The old cup
boards are removed from the Chin,
ney corners, the mantel renovated
and a bay window built on at the
end. A neat dining-room Is thus
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-01-12
CARELESS USE OF HYMNS.

They Should be Selected with Regard to
Their Fitness for the Occasion.
Somewhat akin to the peculiarities Of
our Scotch churches, which think it
more devout to sing Hebrew history
than Christian hope, is that of the must
cal enthusiast who chooses his hymn for
it's score rather than on account of its
sentiment. After the first introduction
OF the Gospel Songs" everybody sung
them, irrespective of their intent or
helpfulness. 1t was some years before
the church learned that it could not
support the devotions of Christian
maturity by the repetition of the
thoughts of new convert. Again and
Hymn given out for an opening song,
simply because the music was favorite
with the superintendent of the Sunday
school; and at the very last Thanks
giving service we happened to be pres
ent in a strange church, where the
officiating minister asked the congre-
cation to join in "Nearer my God to
Thee" because it was familiar to every
one !"
Familiarity can hardly take the place
of appropriateness. DR.. Deems tells
us, in late number of the Independ-
ent, how he was moved by the singing
Ol Lne SCuOenCS at AmnefSL college, as
they gave voice to Newman's "Lead,
Kindly Light" but we venture the as
sertion that the 400 young men would
have been themselves more moved by
Baring-Gould's Onward, Christian
Soldiers" as something better adapted
to their own wants and possibilities.
EAST Falls the Eventlde" has it's place
in our worship, but that place is not in
the infant classroom. 81 want to be
an angel" does not always move to
soIemnity when sung by the Bible class.
Many precious opportunity is wasted
by the carelessness of the leader, who
makes the service of song reproach,
when it ought to be strong staff. Study
of the hymn-book is as imperative as
study of the Bible itself, if il is to be
used as an aid to the impression pro-
duced by the sacred rd.-Eva7aqelist.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-01-12

In lieu of the official preventive
measures that we lack, no one should
remain ignorant of the fact that diph-
liberia is a disease infectious in the
highest degree, and danger may Turk
in erything about the patient. The
spread of the disease is doubtless due
to the lack of thorough Quarantining,
which, however we'll enforced by the
local authorities, will always be re-
sisted by the families of the afflicted,
no matter what happens. One Of the
late authorities on the subject de-
clareS, for instance, that not only
should there be complete isolation of
the. patient while the membrane is
present, but children should be kept
from school at least four weeks after
the disease has disappeared. Where
the disease prevails, the mouth, noses
and Threats Of healthy children should
be washed with an aromatic antisep-
tic every three Or four hours Milk
is an excellent medium for the growth
OF the bacillus and easily becomes
tainted, and it goes without saying
that everything in the sick room
should be treated with suspicion. The
bacilli resist drying and retain their
virulence in damp corners and cloth
ing for months. Careful sanitarians
have scraped the walls of rooms in
which diphtheritic patients had been,
and destroyed every possible source
of infection. Ia ordinary life some
of the most simple preventive meas
ures are never applied, while many
would consider it an imposition If
forced to live up to the severest meth
DDS Of protective hygiene. Yet no
duty Is more imperative.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-01-12
PUNISHMENT OF CHILDREN.

MANY Methods Are Both Foolish and
Dangerous to- Their Health.
Said motherly old soul who has been
professional nurse for good many
wears: 81 believe one of the domestic
training schools we need most is a
school for mothers and nurse girls, or at
least a conrse of severe lessons on the
punishment of children. Of course
children must be punished. | know,
too. that we have progressed very ma
terially in this way The father nova
days who would wallop his boys with a
trunkstrap kept hanging handy by the
buckle behind the kitchen door, IS was
common enough when | was child,
would be in danger of an overhaullng
bv the Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Children. But we have other
ways, some quite as serious in their eff
fects, not only on the character of the
child, but physically as well.
Boxing the ears is an altogether too
common mode of punishment among all
sorts of mothers. When a man pun
ishes child it's usually pretty serious
matter, for they seldom do it unless
angry, and they have no conception OF
"Ata free dispensary on the West Side
more than dozen cases Of deafness in
little children have been treated, every
one of which was due to a fracture of
the ear-drum caused by blow on the
side OF the head. Quite naturally a child's
ear-drums are weaker and thinner
than those of an adult, and even if the
memb rane Is not broken Inflammation
is likely to be caused by blow and to
result in impaired hearing. A blow on
the ear causes the air 10 rush suddenly
and with great force against the ear
much in the same way that wave in
the surf would do, except that the con-
cussion of the air makes the force of the
latter more powerful and consequently
harmful.
"Keeping the child after school is an
other barbarous mode of punishment.
In the first place it gives the child the
impression that school is sort of pun
ishment and his being kept later is SIM
ly prolonging the torture. Besides,
children, as rule, are kept in the
school-room long enough and should be
let out into the fresh air as soon as pos
sible. Besides, it Furnishes the teacher,
who is often over-worked and tired
as we'll as the child.
"I've known mothers to wonder why
their children were so t1mid and easily
frightened, when they themselves had
O1Lou SuuC Gu0S0 same CfllluT6u III ~ udTK
closet for the most trivial ofenses. Such
a punishment frequently affects
child's brain, brings on spasms and
sometimes results in the death Of SEN
sitive child from the terror inspired.
"Do [ really believe children ought
to be punished at all =? Why, of course.
Both rewards and punishments are
necessary for children. If child is
very unruly or badtempered it is either
because of his mothers lack of early
training or because Of inherited tenden-
cies, and in either case justice ought to
be tempered with mercy. If a child is
positively cruel there is no way but to
make him feel the pain he inficts.
There are two things only for which
child should be punished isobedience
and untruthfulness-and if child is
taught to do right for rights sake and
not for fear of punishment, very little |
will go long way
Chicago Post
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-01-12
Picked Coal.

1t may be interesting to EVERYBODY
who has wondered at the unusual speee
of the Empire State express on the New
York Central that the old complaint q
bad steaming on account of poor Goa o.
could hardly be given as an excuse ~
any delay. AS in everything the fenu
does, the little details are all carelun1
looked after, so thoroug bly,, in fact, I'm. .as1
all of the coal used on the Empire sla.]
express is hand-picked, All 5al g]
Jumps and all fine coal is discarded sn ~
only that which is from the SIZE ol n
orange I'D to that of q cocOanut IS uSeu1
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-01-12

Two fiat circular plates with ortn :,
curved edges are fitted to rb s"ara y
When the Dag is inflated it bn Io axle
at the edges. and is compressed in o. gu
middle by the circular plate ~ 'ls
claimed that this invention will mot ..
revolution in wheel construction 'ts
that the speed to be attained will a.. sad
ish those who are surprised bv tbs aS'0N'
complishments of the pneumatic ti,o se'
Ne2U York Sum-. 'ife'>
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-01-12
A Delicate Refusal.

Levassor, the well-known comic since
in Paris, once took partin charity col
cert, and, after the performance was II
vited by the promoters to supper alon
with the rest of the performers. Whe
all were seated at table, Levassor foun
under his napkin an Easter egg, out
which five pieces of gold dropped, o.
its being broken.
"Ah, perceive you have got to knG'
that [ am fond of boiled eggs" tn
comedian gaily remarked to his enter
tainer; "but YOU are probably not aWar
that | only eat the white, and mus
therefore ask you to give the yolk TO 'n
poor. "-L' Illustration.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-01-12

CHICAGO craftsmen recently blew
open seven safes in a single night.
The city is perhaps not unduly elated
over this, but there is perceptible
haughtiness in its manner of an
nouncing that even in the matter of
thieves it beats the world
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-01-12
MAKE THEM MODERN
HOW OLD FARMHOUSES MAY
BE IMPROVED.
The American Agriculturist Tells How
Anticipated Homes May Be Made to Look
New and Attractive at Very Slight Ex-
pense.
Work for Winter.

The buildings of the Colonial times
which survive liz the early settled
towns are evidences of the durability
and strength which were embodied in
their solid walls and heavy framework
by the squire or landlord of olden
days. The plainness which charac-
terized the exterior was equally
marked within by the immense rec
tangular rooms, although the Chin
ney-pieces and holdings are marvels,
considering the amount of handwork
displayed in their mechanical designs.
The dreariness of these great rooms
has sometimes condemned the old
mansion, the owner choosing small
er, more modern cottage raised from
its ruins, rather than live longer sub
ject to it's airy hospitality. Often it's
silent protest brings regret after the
deed is done; for with the destruc-
tion of the old house go all the asso-
Citations attached to it and all the
charm which is found in the ancient
European homesteads. The faults
and Inconvenience of these old
houses may be corrected. The illus
tration Fig. l represents house
4Ox54 feet with an ell 14x15 feet. Be-
fore remodeling, few steps led
to the front door opening in
to a long hall; on the left was a very
large parlor Gig. - with two bed
rooms in the rear; on the right the
front room was of the same size, and
held the dignifled position of sitting
room and dining-room combined; it
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-01-12

A TEXAS bank, not particularly in
need Of brown paper, received pack
age Of it in lieu of an expected con-
signment OF 500 in bills. The
next day there was received another
package of the same material osten-
tatiously labeled as $50, 900. Texans
appreciate practical joke, but this
is reckoned too expensive and seems
to have palled to a certain extent.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-01-12

GEN. DNRENFORTH, the Texas
Cloud puncher, calls himself scien-
list, and all because Of his unsuc-
CasSful efforts to knock rain out of
the sky by exploding dynamite in the
upper air, 1t is much as if man
WHO spends his time in chasing the
perpetual motion phantasm should
call himself an inventor and dis
CGEprpr
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-01-12

TIE violin upon which it is claimed
tie wedding march was played at
George Washington's marriage is now
in the possession of the Sunbury
Musical Association. If this is so
the members should lock it up in a
burgiar-proof safe to keep those Chi
cag0 Exposition fellows from getting
their hands upon it.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-01-12

The question of a mans right to
devise his estate to any particular
person is debatable from a natural
standpoint. The law accords him
that right, but the State may say
what part of the fortune it will take
to itself for seeing the transfer peace
ably made. European countries very
generally levy an inheritance tax
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-01-12
No GOOD work was ever begun that

No GOOD work was ever begun that
obstacles and hindrances did not
speedily present themselves; and the
better the work, the more and greater
dc the difficulties often seem to be.
1t is these that try mems courage,
and it is in face of them that one
begins to appreciate how grand an
element hope S in a noble life.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-01-12
The Latest in Wheels.

Great as have been the achievem ents
of the pneumatic tire, indications point
to the possibility of its being over
Swallowed by the air wheel, recent in
yentlon, the patents for which are held
by the Air Wheel Company, of London.
The new wheel consists of a large
chamber of compressed air, no rims or
spokes being required. It looks like a
circular rubber bag with hole in the
center through which the axle runs.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-01-12

TIE number of farms in the United
States and their average size per acre
was: In 1850, l ,449, 073 farms Of 203
acres each; in 1860, 1904, 079 farms
Of I99 acres each; in 1870, 1850, 95S
farms of 1853 acres each: IN 1880,
!, O0S, 9O7 farms of 1874 acres each, and
there are -,671, 900 people engaged in
agricultural pursuits.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-01-12

WHEN Douglas Sladen said that
New York was the literary center Of
America, he merely wished it to be
understood that his late plate of Bos-
ton beans had not agreed with him.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-01-12

IF DR.. Parkhurst and Superintend-
ent Byrnes would swear out mutual
injunctiOns, each against the vocal
apparatus of the other, any court
would joyfully make the injunctions
permanent.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-01-12

USEFULNESS is confined to no STA
ton. 1t is astonishing how much
good may be done and what may be
effected by limited means united with
beneyolence Of heart and acti witty of
mind.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-01-12
They Get the same Church

A Somerville cynic says that WhsI u
comes to picking out a cburcn .o NJ
the family to attend, the average T hard
an selects the one that seems u Go,1
the most fashionable congreeal'tgbn1|
while the average man picks Out c' 'u1
one that has the shortest serVlce'-''
eryilZe Journal.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-01-12

ACCORDING to an Idaho story
man up there swallowed live lizard
GA wager, the stake being glass
or rum. He regretted soon after
that ne had not swallowed he rum
and put the lizard in the glass.
Happily the regrets did not last long,
oylpg simultaneously with the man.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-01-12
4 ST. PAUL man has had his 90

A ST PAUL man has had his gold
plate attached by dentist for debt
This not only interferes seriously
with his dining, but he cannot even
gnash his teeth in disapproval. The
only teeth he has have the misfOr-
tune to appertajn to the gold plate
aforesaid.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-01-12

LX-QUEEN NATALIE, Of Scrvia,
viii. in the future, winter at Biar-
ritz and summer in her new palace at
B,schnieff. All that she needs is
rest, retirement, and a certainty that
she won't be called upon to breathe
the same air as that polluted by her
crowned cad of a husband.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-01-12

FORCE force, everywhere force!
we ourselves mysterious force in the
center of that. There is not leaf
rotting on the highway but has force
in it; how else could it rot?
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-01-12

THE Panama Canal may not size up
big as an excavation, but will be deep
enough to bury all the dead killed in
French duels over it.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-01-12

A FIvE-CENT postage stamp, issued
in Alabama during the Confederacy,
was recently sold for $3.50. There are
stamps in the wise collection Of old
STAMPS
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-01-12
DayY CrOckett's Beat.

Il once saw Davy Crockett clean up
a crowd of crack Shots" said Judge
Asa MusgrOve, one Of the early path
finders" VINO is en- route to his home
in Northern Indiana. cit was in 1884,
shortly before the outbreak of the
war between Texas and Mexico. /
was in Santa Fe, N. M. A party of
a dozen or more were shooting at a
target with rifles, when stranger
rode up, threw his leg across the
pommel of his saddle, and watched
the sport. He had long rife
strapped across the back of his saddle,
one of those old-fashioDed affairs,
heavily ornamented with silver. He
was inclined to criticise the shooting,
and was invited to set the pace. He
replied that he never throwed away
any ammunition, but that if they
would put up their crack shot he
would shoot with him for ten Next
can dollars. The crowd agreed, and
the stranger unslung his gingerbread
gum as his opponent dubbed it.
perhaps y'd like t. raise the bet?'
said the stranger, as he ambled up to
the crowd. 1t was doubled, then
trebled. He then offered to bet his
gun against that of his opponent.
The wager was accepted, and the
stranger brought his rife to his
shoulder. The muzZle 'wobbled
badly, and someone cried out that he
was going to shoot circle around the
target. The stranger lowered his
gun and offered to wager his horse
against forty Mexican dollars on the
result. His proposition was promptly
accepted, and he once more brought
the gingerbread gum to his shoulder.
But it did not 'wObble' this time. He
put bullet in the exact center of
the target, then shot two more
through the same hole, winning cas-
lily. AS he rode off with the spoils
someone cried out, asking his name
'Davy Crockett, came the reply, and
the party adjourned to the nearest
saloon without another word. -
Globe-Democrat.
Chinese Babies.
When Chinese baby is a month
old it is given a name. It's head is
also shaved for the first time-a cere-
mony which is called "munefut" and
is made the occasion of great rejoic-
ing in rich families. All members of
the family are present in their holt
day attire and the baby to be shaved
is clad in light red garment.
The hair that is removed is wrapped
in paper and carefully preserved.
After the barber has performed his
task an aged man-who is hired for
this purpose and receives a small
compensation-lays his hands upon
the head of the little one and ex-
claims, Long may you live!" Those
present thereupon sit down to a great
feast, of which even the little hero
of the day receives his share in the
shape Ct a tiny piece Of the rice
flour cake which was donated by his
grandmother. All who have made
presents of clothing, bracelets, ETC.,
to the child since it's birth are invited
to this repast, says the ST. Louis Re-
public.
On this day the infant is also pre-
sented with red bed, low chair Of
the same color and a cap upon which
either golden, silver or copper orna-
ments representing Buddha or eight
cherubs, or written characters Chat.
signify old age and riches) are placed.
Before the child is put into the. new
bed, however, the father consults
calendar and selects lucky day.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-01-12
0. B. MOON, Editor and Proprietor

THE dangerous counterfeit $500
notes in circulation need not disturb
the majority of us.