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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-06-01

GENERAL DODDs, who braVely
fought the ama-onS of DahOmey, and
more bravely the fevers Of Africa,
has been greatly honored in Paris
This has caused the expression of a
fear in certain quarters that Dodds
will be made a popular idol, as was
BOulanger. The mere suggestion, UNI
founded as it must be, is humorous.
The French are a herO-WOrshiping
people, but they do not need a mill.
tary hero just now, and if they did
there is nothing in the achievements
of General Dodds, brave soldier
though he certainly u.s. to entitle him
to the distinction Of a public idol.
He has no dangerous wounds won in
desperate conflicts to excite sym
pathy He cannot ride a horse
with the superb aplomb of a
Boulanger, and it is not probable
that anybody will weave his fame
into catchy tune like the "Boulanger
March. Besides, Dodds is not ro
mantle and mouth filling name. One
can hardly imagine Dodds as pop
ular idol.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-06-01

to negotiate a treaty With the I'm
dams, and after bitter legal DON
test he held the office Of Governor as
we'll as that of Commissioner. He
was reelected Governor in 1920, and
resigned the Governorship in 1922,
having been elected to Congress.
He served four terms in the lower
house Of Congress, and was defeated
for d fifth term by Gen. John G. Carr
On retiring from Congress Mr. Jen-
nings removed to his farm hear
CharlestoWn. The Governor sresi-
dence was large double log house,
surrounded by several hundred
acres of fertile blue grass
lands. Here he entertained the
leading politicians of Kent lucky
and Indiana in that hospitable imam
ner for which he was noted. He was
twice married. His first wife|was a
Miss Hay, member of one Of the
oldest and most prominent families
in Charlestown. He was married a
few years before his death to- Miss
Clarissa Barbee, of Lexington, Ky.
The old house in which Gov. Jen-
nings and Miss Barbee were married
and where the Governor held his first
reception still stands on a conner of
one Of Charlestown's pretty streets,
after having stood the ravsges Of
nearly century.
The Ex-Governor was taken i'll in
July, 1884, and on the Goth of that
month he passed away, surrouh ded by
his friends. The next day the re-
mains were placed in a commb n farm
wagon and taken to the little ceme-
terry, situated on high hill in the
western part Of Charlestown, and
there inferred. The grave will soon
be marked by a monument of YER
mont granite
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-06-01

THE sea serpent which fishermen
at Beach Point, on the Massachu
sets coast, captured proves to have
been the genuine old monster Of the
summer resort. 1t was the veritable
marine terror that the skipper Of the
sailing vessel has been spinning yarns
about for hundreds of years past.
The true sea serpent will never allow
himself to be captured, dead or alive.
The escape of this Massachusetts,
specimen did credit to his race and
proved his genuineness beyond a
doubt. Having been shot in the
neck with bomb lance, and after
lying all night upon the beach, APP
parently dead, he suddenly leaps into
life and plunges into the sea. Two
dories that were fastened to him he
drags beneath the waves, to reappear
in moment as kindling wood. He
then entangles his tail in the cable
of one slo0p that was to have taken
him to Boston and strikes out for
deep sea. The vessel rocks from side
to side and is dragged along like a
Yachts dingey. Finally the cable is
cut and the horrible monster foams
onward, casually knocking the bow
spirit and jibboom off another ship
that fails to get out of the way. FL
nally it is Joined by another sea ser
pent. darker and larger, and the two
are seen no more, There can be
little doubt Of the truthfulness of
this tale. These are probably the
same two marine monsters that
Virgil describes is his spirited pas
sage on the death of LAGOON, begin
nlng:
And now arise more dreadful wonders still
Every schoolboy knows the descrip-
ton of the twin serpents that de-
stroyed the impious priest and his
tender sons It is fortunate that
second serpent Joined Its mate off
the Massachusetts coast. Thus is
Nirgn's narrative verified, and the
authenticity of these modern ser
penis proved at one and the same
Efinn
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-06-01
POPULAR MYTHS.
The Origin of Some Widely Accepted
Stories and Legends.

Stories and Legends.
The boy of to-day lives in practical
age, which not only laughs at supersti-
ton by establishing clubs which dine on
Friday, the 18th of the month, and sit
down thirteen at the table, but not con
tent with dealing with the superstition
of the day, has discredited many of the
legends which have survived for years
and were regarded as historical
We have all known the sorrow occa-
stoned by our awakening to the fact
that Santa Claus was amyth, and Christ
mas has never been quite the same
since we discovered it, but now how
has the list grown
William Tell, the Wandering Jew, the
dog Gellert, the Man in the Moon, st.
George and the Dragon, Lohengrin and
the Swan, and many others have been
demolished and even Joan of Arc and
Shakespeare have been attacked, while
4 clever Frenchman has printed a WELL
constructed argument to the effect that
Napoleon was NEUROLOGICAL character.
The old Saxon and Danish writer's tell
wonderful tales of the Workmanship of
their bowmen, all having the William
Tell incident of father shooting an APP
pie or Il nut from his sons head as the
final test of skill In the old Morse
sagas the same story appears again and
again with many variations, SO we no
longer credit Tell with the achievement,
as we know it was an old, old story long
before the time when Tell was said to
have performed it.
The story of Gellert, the faithful
hound, was probably derived from the
Prussians, who, in turn, had translated
it from the Sanscript, Pantschatantra,
made about A. ID. $40. In this story a
Brahmin woman left her little son in
company with an ichneumon, while she
went to fill her water jar.
In her absence Il snake crept in and
tried to bite the child, but the ichneu
mon interfered and tore the snake in
to lave itself in the pool, but the woman
returning met the creature covered
with blood, and quickly concluding
that ii had killed her child she cast her
water jar at it and killed it, only to
discover her mistake when it was too
late.
SO many versions of this story abound
III SO many lands that it is probable that
it was only the old legend which was To-
Called and individualized in Wales.
The Wandering Jew and the Flying
Dutchman have long since been traced
to the same source. st. George and the
Dragon had been antedated by Sieg-
fried's fight with Fafnir and the story
of Perseus and Andromeda is in all es-
sential particulars the same as that of
the Capadocian saint.
Mermaids, witches, sprites, ghosts and
gnomes now meet with so little credence
that it is to be feared that the time will
soon come when there will be no more
fairy tales, no COLLINS to terrify and no
good fairies to reward the children Of
this prosalc age.
Tue pneumatic tube idea originated
In 1867.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-06-01

THE Vesuvius, with it's pneumatic
gun system from which such great
results were anticipated, appears to
be a doomed vessel. The experts OF
the Ordnance Department have about
concluded to report against the sys-
TEN for the reason that the valve
gears cannot be made to work with any
certainty which would be disastrous in
actual warfare. 1t now rests with
the Secretary of the Navy to decide
whether the system shall be tried
further with the view Of overcoming
this defect. If he should decide
against it then the question will arise
what shall be done with the Vesu.
yius. 1t is no use as a warship and
its lines are not such as to make it OF
much use for the purposes of gun.
boat
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-06-01
THE doctors who cut the assassin's

THE doctors who cut the assassin's
bullet out Of Millionaire Mackey's
back put in a bill Of $12, 500 for the
job. Mr.. Mackay refused to pay.
He evidently thinks it worth nc
more to cut a bullet from his back
than from that Of poor man. OF
course Mackay is as able to pay $l2,-
500 as an ordinary man would be tc
pay S12, but this fact would not be
taken into consideration in any ordi-
nary business transaction. Evidently
the rule for doctors charges in San
Francisco il very simple one. They
size up a mans financial standing
and charge all they think they can
get
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-06-01

IT is great disappointment to
learn that a feminine cashier arc
bookkeeper has been making off with
her firms money. The fact that thi!
happened SO far west as Omaha ID
nothing in mitigation, and to make
matters worse, another conscience
less young woman actually shared the
plumber. 1t has been said SO often
that women are more honest than
men that this Omaha break is a
great shock to us. There are skep-
tics who think that women may not
trade, but they may actually become
defaulters.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-06-01

The Khan of khelaton has lost
favor with the English Government
and must hunt a new job, hardship
on the venerable sinner, as he has
been khanning most of his life. He
has had committed 5000 murders,
and objection to the unpleasant
methods employed of late has been
his undoing. When it comes to burn
ing wives at the stake the tender
hearted British nation calls halt.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-06-01
original amount appropriated by pri-

original amount appropriated by pri-
vate subscription until the monu-
ment fund has reached a respectable
figure.
Jonathan Jennings was one Of the
remarkable men of Indiana. He was
born in New Jersey in 1884, removed
to Pennsylvania, and while young
came down the Ohio River in flat
boat and settled at Jacksonville,
where he commenced the practice of
law. Soon after he was made Clerk
of the Territorial Legislature. He was
elected the First Territorial Dele
gate to Congress in 1909. Although
a Democrat young Jennings was bit
terly opposed to the extension OF
slavery, and through his efforts more
than that OF any other man Indianal
was admitted to the Union as a free
State in 1915. At the first constitu,
tional convention held in Corydon IN
1916 Jonathan Jennings was elected
President of the convention, and
after the adjournment he announced
himself candidate for Governor f
the new State. At the August elee
ton of 1916 he defeated Thoms
Posey, the then Territorial Governor
Jennings receiving 5,211 votes, bis
opponent 1884 votes Two Yeas
later Gov. Jennings was appointsd
by President Monroe q Commissioner
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-06-01
SOME Russians are praying for more

SOME Russians are praying for more
rain and less famine. Others, Of a
practical turn of mind, are packing
their microbes and starting for Amer
lea. The wish that all Of them would
be content to join in the petition
of faith and stay at home may be in
hospitable, but extending courtesy to
a pauper charged with cholera and
crusted with realty is severe test
even of this comtry's powers of as
similatiou.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-06-01

IN the little town OF armouth,
Nova Scotia, the electric service is
very convenient for passengers. In
the rear of the seats buttons are placed
at intervals, which by pressing notI
iies the conductor and makes is easi
especially for ladies, to leave the car
This plan might be advantageouSly
adopted in this country, as passengers
are often jostled in trying TO notify
conductors when they desire to leave
at certain points.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-06-01
PECULIAR PEOPLE.
Those of Honduras Will Not Mix with
other Races.

other Races.
"The Caribs of British Honduras, y
said Frank Fisher, manager of the
British Honduras syndicate, to the
Washington Star representative, "are
peculiar people, and, unlike other
natives of the tropic, do not mingle
with the whites, holding aloof, for
that matter, from the other natives.
"Originally from Africa, they still
maintain their tribal relations and
singular customs. Physically they
are fine rae, being coal black and
very muscular. Their language is
harsh and cultural, its vocabulary
consisting Of only about 100 words.
They can count up TO three in their
own tongue and above that number
count in French. 1t is almost i'm
possible to learn their language.
They are nomadic and go from place
to place along the coast. Some fami-
lies have half dozen homes in as
many villages. Some of the young
women are comparatively cookbook
ing and all have most graceful and
erect carriage. They carry water
pitchers en- their heads very skill
fully.
"The women dc all the work and
carry burdens on their backs that
would crack the yertebra of a strong
white man. The men are idlers.
The women have no standing in the
family relations and the wife does
not cat With her husband nor do any
as the females with the men. They
ere rs much at homo in the water as
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-06-01

KENTUCKY Chiyalry recently rose
in its might, and when it had sub
sided to a natural calm Jim Collins,
h0rsethief, might have been observed
swaying necllwisc from tree. AS to
whether or not DEMONSTRATING de-
serves such rebul<e there will be a
variety Of opinions, but it is certain
that Mr.. Collins has been definitely
and finally cured of the habit.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-06-01
The Shortest Way.

The most direct cou1se is generally
the safest in all relations Of life. An
anecdote given of a young French
officer, in "Memoirs of Count Segur, .
illustrates this truth, as well as his
bravery.
At the time of the recognition Of
the independence Of the United
States a Frenchman named Linch
distinguished himself particularly at
the memorable siege of Savannah.
M. d'Estaing, at the most critical
moment of that sanguinary affair,
being at the head of the right column,
directed Linch to carry an urgent
order to. the third column, which was
on the left.
These columns were then within
range of grape shot from the enemy's
entertainments; and on both sides a
tremendous firing was kept up.
Linch, instead Of passing through
the center or in the rear of the col
umns, proceeded coolly through the
shower of shot, which the French and
English were discharging at each
other.
1t was in vain that NJ d'Estaing
and those who surrounded him cried
to Linch to take another directions:
he went on, executed his order, and,
returned by the same way. while his
friends watched, expecting to see his,
instant destruction.
"Why did you choose such a road as
that?" said his General on seeing him
return unhurt: 'you must have ex-
pected to perish thousand times
1T was the shortest way" replied
Linch, and, without another word,
returned to his usual position.
He was afterward promoted to the
rank of Lieutenant General.
4 sr,.a LIZ
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-06-01

\ FREAK of nature even more re-
twins is reported from Marking
where "a Kiansi man has two sons.
aged about s, who arc Joined togeth-
er by an "arm-like piece Of flesh"
about the size of a mans arm, in
such wise they stand, not side by
side, but face to face. A writer who
has examined them states that when
they walked they had to Move side
wise, ar shoulders first, like the
peregrinations OF d crab" -
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-06-01

PADEREwsKI did not escape from
this country without having been
kissed by a number of females. OF
course, there are circumstances under
which a kiss may be accepted, but
the sort peddled around by petit
coated freaks must be ranked with
LIES affections.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-06-01

HONOR in Mexico which has been
so innocuously stated in the past on
the bloodless field OF bluff, has a
grievance. The Government pro-
poses to prescribe for the duel such
conditions that one principal or the
other will get hurt. The duel, ham
pered with the strange element of
danger, will lose popularity and hon
or'S ycarning go unappeased.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-06-01

end 70 into mutual and proper mel
ancholia. have again appeared, this
time in Ohio. They are four months
ahead of time. All students OF cur
rent fiction know that the brother
and sister yarn Is only due twice q
year, and 1t was on duty less than
two months ago. Such violation OF
precedent Is very near vandalism.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-06-01

IT is not nice to be Gar. The
peasants of Charkoff threw them
selves under the imperial train, and
the crunching Of the peoples bones,
because they were in despair and
could not get hearing for their
grievances, made the Gar sick at his
stomach. Poor Gar.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-06-01

II ought not to be so very hard to
get sight of the sea serpent at Chi
cago if the regular price of a cup of
tea is to be Is cents. This drives the
visitor at once to the glass that will
bring him in sight soonest.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-06-01

SAN FRANCISCO is shipping it's SUI
pertluous bunco men to Chicago. 1t
is believed that their treatment there
will be more costly to them and salu-
tary than the mere imposition of a
fine at home.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-06-01

CITIZENS of Bangor, Maine, tared
and feathered a fellow who had been
beating his wife as regular amnse-
mcnt. One feature of the affair is a
little difficult to explain. There
does not seem to be any particular
reason why the indignant citizens
should have worn masks.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-06-01

HERE are said by statisticians to
be about 100000, 900 Christians in the
world. Nevertheless, it isn't safe to
lose sight of your umbrella, even for
a moment.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-06-01
TO HONOR HIS MEMORY.
Indiana Will Mark the Grave of Her Fist
Governor.

The late session Of the Indiana
Legislature made an app; opriation OF
$500 for the purpose of erecting u
monument at the grave Of Jonathan
Jennings. the first Governor of Indi-
ana, and the citizens of CharIestown
and Clark County have sWelled the
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-06-01

on lana, and the women paddle the
dugout canGeS The babies learn to
swim almost be.ore they tan walk.
As d race they ale wonderfully can
~, bathing several times a day, and
when the mornings work is over they
are very neat in their scant attire.
They are very tilial, however, and
when one goes fishing the first fish
caught is for the grandfather, the
next for the father, and so on down
the list until the fisherman come, to
himself. They will not sell their fish
to the whites Or other natives until
their own families are supplied. In
brief, they are one Of the few races
in the world who have refused to in
termingle with other people.
British Honduras is crown colo
ny, and of it's 80, population there
are about 800 whites, mainly English
There is an American colony OF about
twenty people at Toledo, engaged in
sugar growing and rum making. They
are mainly from Kentucky, and it is
a prosperous colony. The country is
healthful for tropical country, and
there has not been case of yellow
fever in several years. The principal
product is mahogany, and it will be
years before the forests are exhausted.
Great quantities of logwood are also
shipped to Europe. We ship only
bananas and plantains to the United
States, shipping last year 1928,
punches of bananas to New Orleans.
The great problem with us is labor,
and we import natives from the West
Indies. We need immigration, and
Sir Alfred Maloney, the Governor, is
a progressive man, and is doing much
to bring us to the notice of the
world. We have no railroads beyond
a tramway drawn by mules, penetrat-
ing the plantations for about six
miles. There is not telegraph in
strument or line in the province, and
only short line between govern
ment buildings. We have no money
of our own, but use the silver of sur
rounding republics, which is so de-
preciated that S. in American money
is equal to So. 80 Of the money in use.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-06-01
EAGLE RIVER, WIS.
THE walking delegate may be said
to get there with both feet.

A PUBLIC Office Is a joyless pos
session to the man who has other
Offices in his gift.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-06-01

SOME men are so honest that they
have to think about going fishing be-
fore they can tell good plausible lie.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-06-01

THE brother and sister who met
after long separation and became
married to each other. onfg to dis
cover their re;fl RELATIONSHIPS l;;fcr.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-06-01
On Arizona Plains,

On Arizona Plains.
"In the summer of 1882, when the
Apaches were raiding the ranches
and haciendas of Southern Arizona. .
said Thad r. Morris, of Des Moines,
Ia, at Hurst's recently to reporter
of the GlObe-DemOcrat, Il was a pri-
vate in Company X, stationed at
Whipple Barracks. The Indians had
caused the department. ceaseless
trouble. We were kept on the march
continually, but for two months we
failed to get close enough to them to
become engaged in fight. One
morning, while we were camped at
the base of the Chiricahua noun
tains, q courier came to the camp
bringing the information that a band
of about 200 renegade bucks had at
tackled small emigrant train about
ten miles away and had killed the
entire party. We were soon in our
saddles and were riding rapidly to-
ward the scene. The day was almost
insufferably hot. The sky was not
obscured by a single cloud and the
sun beat down with eXcruciating
ferceness upon the weary soldiers.
When we arrived upon the scene Of
the massacre we found the bodies
laying about on the sands horribly
mutilated. We had made but d short
stop and had mounted our horses to
give chase to the redskins when |
heard the faint grOans of person,
1t was some time before we could To-
cate the place from whence the agon-
izing sound came. Finally we found
him. The Indians had skinned one
of the dead horses and had the man
Whose name was Z. r. Tarleton from
Ohio sewed up tightly in the green
hide. His body was doubled up and
the hide was as closely tied around
him as No. 7 boot would fit No. :
foot. We released him as quickly as
we could, and applied restoratives
that soon brought him to himself.
But when he gazed around at his
murdered family he drew knife from
his pocket and before any one could
stop him cut his throat. Tying a man
up in a green hide was new mode of
torture to the soldiers. They had
never seen it before. But | have
since learned that in the early days
Of the Territory it was not infre-
quently applied by the Chiricahuas
as well as the Apaches."
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-06-01

WHY would cremation make par
adox of life? Because we should earn
our own living. then urn our dead.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-10-08
Electric Funeral Trains.

The latest innovation in the way of
trolley transportation is in San Fran
cisco, where an electric hearse is in use
Oh one of the railways leading from the
city to four OF the suburban cemeteries.
The electric line parallels the tracks OF
the Southern Pacific railroad. and by
cutting rates hopes TO share the funeral
traffic.
Funeral professions meet the train at
any point on the line. The coffin is