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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-01-05
Told by q Tramp.

Told by Tramp.
When tramp reaches a house he
can tell almost at glance what re-
ception he will get inside. He ex-
amines the gate-posts attentively ana
generally finds some sign upon them
which tells him what sort of people
live there.
These signs are the letters of a
universal language known to every
tramp in the country.
There is a certain Freemasonry
among tramps which has unwritten
but thoroughly understood rules.
These rules are those of liberty,
equality, and fraternity" Every
tramp will do all he can to assist his
fellow, whether he knows him or not.
One Of the duties of tramp is to
leave behind him wherever he goes
signs by which the tramps who come
after him can profit by the results of
his experience. These signs may be
found on the gates or fences of al
most all houses in the country. They
have been noticed, doubtless, by most
farmers and jewellers in the outskirts
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-01-05

IT is impossible to account for the
prevailing fashion in draught We
hicles in regard to the wheels and
the mode Of fitting them in the front,
unless it is to economize space. The
use of wide tires on the wheels would
save millions Of dollars in the wear
of vehicles and TIC maintenance of
roads every year. 1t would, no
doubt, be an improvement to have
the turn easier by cutting into the
sides of the box: but it is impractica-
BILE to use very small wheels at the
front that would turn under the
body of a carriage. Any one may
have carriage or wagon made tC
suit his own ideas, and any apparent
improvement would, no doubt, soon
be adopted and become the fashion,
as broad tires are very fast.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-01-05

THE people of Maine were evil
IDENTIFY in earnest when they adopted
a constitutional amendment requir
ing the voters Of that State to be
able TO read and write. Since the
amendment was adopted there has
been startling increase in the at
tendance at the night schools of the
State, and the pupils declare that
they are fitting themselves to eXer-
else the elective franchise.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-01-05

two pounds, and to have pelted their
way six inches into the mellow
bosom Of the Lone Star State. The
story seems large, but If stones OF
this size were afioat above Texas,
nothing could be more readily be-
lieved than that they would come
down. Perhaps the rain-makers with
their balloon bombs Jared some
hunks off an aerial iceberg. These
theories are advanced, not as abso-
lutte but as an honest effort to shield
Texas against accusations of deviat-
ing from the cold truth.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-01-05
OFFICER LIVES
HEPE.
GOOD FOR A
"SIT DOWN. y

isn't many. ! could tell you every
ssit-down' from here to Philadelphia
or to Boston. There's not twelve on
the way.
but widders is meat!" he sighed.
"Most widders is open-hearted to us
gents. This means that wilder
lives here and you can ask her for
money" he added, as he drew the end
of house with a smoking chimney
and big dollar-mark on the WALL
"That is one of the we!comest sights
that ever greets the eye of weary
man"
After pause the weary one drew
two circles in the dust.
THAT means that an officer lives
there and you'd best give the house a
wide berth. 1t is put on the door or
fence of all constables, game war
dens, and SIGH. They has no liking for
us, and we has none for them"
He then explained that single 0
meant No use asking for anything
here, as you will get nothing" He
added that it was the commonest Of
all the signs, and the one most fire.
quently to be seen, especially near
cities.
Another sign that was all too FREE
a.. 49, X4<N &<x~~~ Ia
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-01-05

WHEN pugilist meets defeat the
manner in which his friends flock to
the other fellow has been cited often
as an illustration Of human selfish
ness. However, the flstic Mr.. Hogan
recently was beaten all over the ring
at Cincinnati, being finally knocked
out of it, and yet he was married the
next day while he still looked like an
animated bruise. 1t is pleasure to
record such another instance of
woman's unshaken devotion.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-01-05
Helping the Culnrit.

It often happened that the negro
head servant on the farm was a
sterner censor Of public morals than
his master. Such an Uncle Tom
once told his master that a keg OF
lard had been stolen, and named the
thief and hiding place.
Don't say word about it" said the
master.
Next day he rode into the field
where the culprit was ploughing, got
down from his horse and walked along
beside the man.
whats the matter, William" he
asked, after time. "You can't look
me in the face as usual"
Then William began to cry and con-
fess the theft.
Come tonight, said the master.
"and / will arrange SO that you can
put the lard back. Nobody shall
know that you took it,"
So, somewhat to the disapproval of
the jealous head servant, the culprit
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-01-05

of cities. But it is not likely tina t
their hidden meaning has been dis
covered by more than a few.
One of the oldest tramps on the
road recently conf1ded to a New York
Journal man some of the secrets of
the "profesh."
"You see, it's this way" he said.
people is so different in the ways
they treats us poor tired men. 1t Is
too bad the way some folks sets dog
on us. Some get guns. They don't
often shoot, but, then, few Of us cares
to take chances. Then some folks is
good to us. So we does our duty and
leaves our footprints where the next
man as comes along can tell how he's
agoin' to be treated.
Significance of Tramps' Signs.
Il go along the road and see pic
ture Of a church on gatepost. /
known that means good people live
here The little sign tells me that l
will get we'll treated in that house.
eve mostly draws with chalk, but
little mud does just as well when
the fence or gate is white" he con-
tinued.
"a sign like this" and the tramp
drew what he called "a bad dog" in
the dust, means that fierce dog is
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-01-05
Here's a Moral Tale.

In the year of grace 1881 there were
four or five very active young men who
were known as Getty hall reporters" for
the various papers then published IN
the city of Pittsburg, says the Dispatch.
There had been much discussion about
the retirement of City Comptroller Will
lam C. Mccarthy, who had won the title
of watchdog of the treasury" and
there was an equal amount of discus
sion as to who would succeed him. AT
that time there was a certain city clerk,
was the pink of official courtesy. Many
a tired newspaper man had him to
thank for favors done, for no man was
ever more thoughtful of their needs or
more fully alive to good item of news
than the Squire. He was an encyclo-
padia of information concerning ordin-
ances, contracts and all manner of af-
fairs concerning the city and the doings
of her officials.
One night four young chiefs of the
city departments of the morning papers
sat in the mayors outer Office and dis
cussed city politics. Many names were
talked over in connection with the
comptrollership, but none seemed to
bright, kindly, impetuous worker ex-
unite in support of Morrow for comp
troller and insist on his nomination."
There was an exclamation of delight
from each man, hurried discussion of
plans, later on consultation with the
higher powers in the various Offices,
and the next day saw the birth of the
Morrow boom. The morning paper
junta promptly interested the evening
paper men in the movement, and from
that time on for days there was such a
concerted support Of Morrow, and the
public we're so pleased with the sugges-
ton that it soon became apparent it
was go. Influential politicians at fl rst
were not pleased at the turn things had
taken, but it mattered little what they
said, and soon they, too, took up the
cry, and Morrow was the hearty and
unanimous nominee of the Republican
convention. and from that day on he
has signed himself at the end of the
city's warrants.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-01-05
THE AMERICAN HOME.

There Is Nothing Like IL I'm Amy Other
Land or Cline.
There is nothing true American has
be more genuinely grateful for than
the home, the memories of which linger
with us wherever we may go, and always
GEAR in their shadowy outlines color
and light that stamps the home life of no
other nation.
Our home means the spot where
father dweIt, loved and respected by
the children growing up about him, A
father whose word governed the little
world inclosed between the four walls
of that habitation, either grand or SIM
pie, that lives long in the heart and
mind when other memories nave passed
away.
The typical American home is the
throne of the sweet-faced woman
whom children reverence as mother,
and whom man fondly loves as wife.
She, as in no other land, rules with the
scepter of her womanly influence. She
teaches the children those abiding
principles of obedience to law that IN
after years make them honored and re-
spected citizens. Her counsels are
sought, her advice respected. She is a
queen, loved, honored and obeyed, and
IL IL JUST IN CHlS sovereignty OF WOmau
that there lies the difference between
the home life of our own and other
nations.
Men cannot make home, they may
pay for it's furnishings, but the dett
feminine fingers know how to add
those touches that transform howell
into heavenly habitation. 1t is the
swish of a woman's gown, the graceful
pose as she pours the coffee, the frag-
rance of ner own womanliness, which
she sheds all abroad that makes her
abode the dwelling place of an angel,
whose gentle presence lends beauty
that marks it's present hospitality, it's
future greatness and it's happy mem
cries with the distinctive qualities OF
the American home. - Philadelphia
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-01-05

FOUR men were hanged on the
same scaffold at Louisville the other
day. One of the quartette, Mr.. Nc
Carthy, was observed just as the
Sheriff was adjusting his moose, to
yawn in a manner indicative of ex-
IRENE ennui. Mr.. Mccarthy must
have been unusually constituted.
Probably burning at the stake would
have aroused his passing inter
est. Still he should not have yawned.
A decent respect for the feelings of
his companions, who really seemed to
be concerned, should have forbidden
it. Furthermore the trapdoors yawn-
ed sufficiently soon after to meet all
the exigencies of the occasion.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-01-05
DETECTIVES laden with dyna

DETECTIVES laden with dynamite
are said to be intent upon using it to
blow Evans and Sontag, the Califor-
MIA bandits, out Of some sylvan re-
treat into the publicity that the two
have Stunned with f1xity Of pur-
pose almost admirable. Evans and
Sontag, hard men though they be,
would doubtless be susceptible to the
action of dynamite could the neces-
sary proximity be acquired. The diff
flculty appears in their probable re-
luctance to remain in passive attti-
tude towards the gentlemen whose
duty it shall be to place bomb I'M
der them and light the fuse.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-01-05

LIEUTENANT PEARY wants to make
another arctic expedition, and he is
not asking anybody to contribute the
means. He proposes 10 lecture and
earn enough money to pay for his out
fit. This is novel way to set about
such an enterprise, and very good
one, for it silences all carping criti-
cism II the Lieutenant wants to
look for the north pole and pay his
own bills it is nobody's affair but his
OWN
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-01-05

though it bore but remote resem-
blance to that emblem of toll. That
sign upon q fence meant that the Wis
itor would be given something to eat
after he had chopped or sawed lot
of kindling wood. It was a sign that
caused tramps to pass by, unless driven
by ill-luck and hunger.
The next picture he drew was a
house with a big hand sticking out
from the back door. In the hand was
something.
THAT MEANS" he said, "that the
place is good for a hand-out."
The old man traced the figure Of a
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-01-05

ROBBED on Tuesday, tried on
Wednesday, sentenced on Thursday
to ten years in the penitentiary. This
is the record in an Eastern State.
That is the way to metc out punish
ment to criminals, as preventive.
Smart lawyers and long trials, after
many postponements, are the things
that encourage criminals of all
classes
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-01-05
AN Indiana man, exultant in h

AN Indiana man, exultant in his
bis own strength. made wager that
he could with his two good hands
pull the tail from a horse. The at
tempt was made, but the tail is still
in its natural place. The horse not
being human failed to enter fully
into the spirit of the occasion, but he
did what he could, for he fell upon
the man and broke that worthy per-
sons leg, by some oversight on the
part of Justice failing to break his
neck instead.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-01-05

man with gun and dog at his
feet.
"That is a bad sign. It means
'clear out, and tells its own story
The man has bad dog, and will
shoot tramps on sight"
He explained many other signs A
chicken on the doorpost meant that
the owner kept fowls, and that the
hen-roost was easy of access.
"We don't steal much" he said;
otis too risky; but sometimes, when
we's pushed to it, we gets internally
brash. Then a chicken finds it's way
from the farmyard to our soup-pot.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-01-05

A LAKE MICHIGAN captain being
wrecked close to Chicago squatted in
the stranded hulk and waited for the
shore and city to grow out to him.
This they have done and the captain
is rich He belongs to that class of
men so rare that practical people be-
lieve them mythical, who falling into
the water would be rescued dry and
with fish in each pocket.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-01-05
Gave the Gift Twice.

The late Xavier Mariner, acaden
clan, happened, when buying book
along the quays, to find one of his owl
works of travel which he had presente'
to a fellow author. He had written!
particular dedication on the fly leal
He bought the volume, which was SUI
uncut, had it bound in a most beautlu
and expensive syle. with initials stamp.
ed in gold on the cover, and SEM
back to his colleague with the following
note on the fly leaf: "P. S.-lou wl1
keep this on account of the binding.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-01-05

NEARLY everything mean has been
said about Mr.. Gould since his death
that the editor and the preacher
could invent. There is one accusa-
ton that none can bring against him.
He was not d hypocrite. He leaves
not mill for charity.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-01-05

TASKS children must learn, duties
they must be taught; but those who
know how to interest the develop
ing mind and to feed it wisely and
well with the elements of knowledge
can make education one of childhOOd's
desirable pleasures.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-01-05

THE ease with which crisis can
be precipitated in France is remark
able. The wonder is not that there
should be a fresh crisis so often, but
that the air is not filed with flying
crises all the time
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-01-05

VERMONTERs have some reasons TO
be happy not generally enjoyed In
this latitude. Her Legislature has
already finished its biennial session
of forty-seven days and gone home.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-01-05

QUAIL love potato bugs as an ar
ticle of food. One Of these birds was
recently opened which had one hun
dred and one of these farmers pests
concealed in it's crop. 1t will pay
the average potato grower to have a
flock of trained quail among his other
live stock
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-01-05

THE wife of President Diaz, of
Mexico, will send full band of forty
five female musicians to the chicago
EXPOSITION. The lady artist on the
big drum will be sure to secure
heat
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-01-05

IT is safe to say that the young
Goulds and their successors won't
have half as much fun in spending
that big fortune as the old man had
in the making Of 1t.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-01-05

EVERY man, so long as his passions
do not obscure his reason, will always
be the more indulgent in proportion
as he is enlightened.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-01-05
UNDER THE BRANCH.

Won't you wish me Happy New Year.
And hope that the future may hold
It's quota of favors for me, dear.
Its share of your love-am l Dolo?
while he smoke and he waited replying,
He saw to his infinite bliss
Right over his head
The mistietoe spread,
The answer was sweet. with kiss.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-01-05
EAGLE RIVER REVIEW.
EAGLE RIVER. WIS.
0. B. MOON, Editor and Proprietor

AN American picture dealer has
engaged to pay 100000 for Rosa
Bonheur's latest work, Horses Thresn-
ing Corn"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-01-05
Where "Cheat, Came From.

"Cheat" is word that now hasaVe
ugly sound. To cheat man is 10
fraud him. Originally the word had
such meaning. The old word "esche !.
referred to the dues that fell 10
crown. It came from the frgu
echoir (Latin excadere). The mo QUE
meaning that attaches to the Word . .e1
q sad tale of the extortion ana gie e.
that must have been practlced III ~
lectinc the dues.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-01-05
Their Reading Was Defective

The story is told of Kentucky w" W."
an who went to Minneapolis Tor d h sa
and talked a great deal abouI Ot il
President Folks cousin. Whel u,e y
went home she left her cards on D al
people, all nicely marked 7. r. w.,
the people in Minneapolis thous mad
was quitting on altogether, ' .gtbD 4
airs" to mark her cards with .ne
breviatlon for President Polk Cou'''
THE destruction of forests mas i amt
Southern Europe with frequenltL u, rho
but has made the winters, on the W.
more pleasant.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-01-05
GATE-POST LANGUAGE.
HOW TRAMPS COMMUNICATE
WITH EACH OTHER.

Drawings and Signs Which Tell the
Nomads What They May Expect-A Ger
tain Freemasonry Among This Class of
Wanderers.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-01-05

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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-03-10
A SENSATION.
A Young Woman Assaulted by n Villain
uud Badly Hurt.

A Young Woman Assaulted by n Villain
md Badly Hurt.
Benwood was the cen Of a sensa-
tional and brutal affair near midnight
night before last, A saloon keeper OF
that suburb, Paul Rigor, was aroused
about that hour by loud knocking on
the front door OF his establishment.
lie opened the door and a young woman,
covered with blood and her dress torn
in many places, staggered into the
room. Rigor, OF course, inquired how
she came to be in such a condition, but
she was somewhat reticent, She said,
however, she was coming home from
lower Benwood with a young man,
when the latter made indecent pro-
posals and attempted q criminal as
sault upon her person. She resisted,
and WAS struck and knocked down.
The young woman somehow escaped
tho villains clutches,
She was cut several places on the
face, and must have had O fearful strug-
gle with her assailant, Rigor assisted
her in getting her wounds dressed and
cleaned, when she went to her home.
Numerous but unsuccessful efforts
were made by the Benwood authorities
to capture the man or discover some
clue, Up to yesterday evening nothing
had developed further in tho case.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-03-10
COUNCIL COMMITTEES ORGANIZE
Four of the New Ones Chose Their Chair.
men Last Night.

-Four of the New One Chose Their Chair.
men Last Night.
Four OF the new Council committees
met last night to organize. Three OF
them elected Democratic chairmen and
one a Republican, but there is no Gig
nidcance in that, for everybody pro.
tested against accepting the honor
thrust upon him.
The committee on petitions and re-
monstrances chose Thomas killeen as
chairman. No other business was
transacted,
@. A. Robinson ives made chairman
OF the committee on lights, OF which all
the members we're present,
The real estate committee forced its
Craftsmanship on Mr.. Horstmanp, after
he and several tothers had declined to
take it,
OF the committee on salaries all the
members but one were present. Mr.. II.
G. Caldwell was elected chairman so
quick he had not time to refuse. All
tho four committees adjourned by 5
o'clock,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-03-10
Hun in Hoo.

Yesterday afternoon a Hungarian
was disorderly at tho Terminal station,
and Officers Terrill and Buch arrested
him and hauled him to the lookup in
the patrol wagon. He cried like a baby
when put behind tho bars. Every day
a dozen or a score OF Huns from the
mining regions out the W. & L. Il. rnii.
road gather at the station, and rs a
general thing the majority Of them are
drink
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-03-10
A Bad Piece of Street.

Zane street, on tho Island, from Hur.
on street to the old Back river bridge, is
in n condition, which almost prevents
the passage OF teams. At intervals there
are piles OF bolders, with loose oncs all
between, while ruts in the mud hedge
in the city scales near there in n way
which drives many a load of coal to this
side OF the river to DO weighed. The
street should be put in good condition
or shut up.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-03-10

The Elks hold an unusually interest.
ing session last evening that was largely
attended. Nominations wore made for
the annual election OF officers. Prior
to the meeting a large number OF peo.
pie called to inspect the new quarters,
the major portion being OF tho fair sex.
All were delighted with tho handsome
surroundings. The election will take
place at the next regular meeting, after
which the lodge will hold a revival ses.
sion for members only, complimentary
TO the retireing officers.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-03-10
Thomns RIchnrd,s funeral.

The funeral OF Thomas W, Richards
took place from his late residence, 704
Main street, yesterday afternoon. Ser.
vices were held at the house, conducted
by Rev. DR.. d. A. Cunningham. The
pail bearers were Mossrs. n. @. Riester,
George II. Robinson. II. G. Richards,
Will Junkins, Alfred S. Richards and
Robert G. Richards, all relatives of the
deceased,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-03-10

Tho strike now on at tho Riverside
tube works in Benwood, involving
twenty men, will 1t is said, probably be
soon settled. The strike started, MS ex.
clusively outlined in Yesterdays INTEL
L~IuENcER, through tho effort OF the com.
pany to introduce tho Pittsburgh scale
OF wages, which it Is said, however,
would not materially affect the wages
OF the men.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-03-10

Yesterday Officer West took into Gus.
tody two girls who admitted that they
had run away from their homes in
Pittsburgh. They seemed pretty tough.
Katie Flynn and Florence Mitchell were
the names they gave, and each claimed
to DO fourteen years old. They were
detained ut headquarters and q telegram
sent to the authorities Mt Pittsburgh.