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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-11-04
=, vc,p OF WAKEFIELD. BY OLIVER GOLDSMITH.

This beautifully Illustrated enc ed recognize IL the claim has as ease
its atISouoWSS. whole reading world Golasnih pa s"t ~
book uaHtt ~ his genius, and the pastoral 49, e - :"
tenderesl said unapproached, by any 9tner me n on,s s an / IN
had almost a. nvv read the Vicar or Wakenelo IN yVuh - ~
Scott sara Oh A. again. and bless the memory u an aunor T az o.
TO Il again an - Human nature" The BOOK, mroushOt, n III "a
to reconcile US 10 hnractersuc traits OF "Poor Pol"-s genial tan1
exhibits all the charaCV''
dIvorsing simplicity.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-06-29
THIS WAS OUT IN COLORADO.
Where Workmen Tried to Use Frozen
Snake as a Piece of Shafting.

Where Workmen Tried to Use Il Frozen
Snake as Piece of Shaftins.
In the fall Of 1856 | was sent from an
the erection of a saw-mill to replace an
old one which was destroyed by fire.
says writer in the Cincinnati Tribune.
EVERYTHING went on nicely and the mill
was in running order in about two weeks
with the exception of a cOuntershatt to
run the planer and hatcher, which was
missing. To send to the factory would
take not less than two weeks, and we
came to the conclusion to cut piece OF
the old line shaft and turn it up our
selves, as we had an old lathe standing
next to the boiler and engine.
The weather of the last month was dry
and very warm, but at sunset that day a
heavy SHOWS torn set in and the Their
mometer dropped to zero. The next
morning we sent our engineer to getOne
of those old line shafts, but found them
covered with snow and ice. At last he
succeeded in getting hold of piece
about s feet long. 1t measured about
two inches in diameter, somewhat thick
er in the center and tapered at one end.
sledge and chisel to cut off the right
length. One stroke and off flew this
thin part. l told the men this kind OF
iron would not do, but the engineer said
all iron would break like this in zero
weather; it soon would be all right if it
came into the lathe next to the boiler.
He took the shaft over to the wise and
centered same, and from there to the
lathe, put the steady rest in position
and tried to turn it to- the right size, but
all in vain. AS said above, the lathe
was located near the boiler, a warm
place, the ice had melted during the
time and the shaft got softer and softer,
and the tool would not cut at all.
At this moment the proprietor OF the
place stepped in, and, seeing the man
run the lathe, asked him what he was
going to do. 81 am trying to turn a
piece of iron like this. First it was as
hard as glass, but as soon as it got warm
it turned soft, and is getting softer all
the time" The proprietor took step
forward just in time to see the two ends
drop out of the centers, but held in the
middle by the steady rest, showing sew
eral different colors. The proprietor
was an old man and had for many years
lived in Colorado, and one glance con-
WINGED him that his engineer had taken
frozen rattlesnalle for a piece of iron,
cut off the tail and put the balance in
the lathe to turn same off for a counter
shaft. The snake was not hanging on
the rest longer than a minute when it
commenced to whirl around to free it.
self All the men ran, and the snake
after them, until somebody killed it with
club We looked for the tail, which
by this time also thawed, and found fiji
teen rattlers on same. The engineer
I,o Oh thn1
piece of iron on day like this in Colo
RADIO
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-06-29

| sell them retail to the dealers. Flies
are plentiful in the tropical valleys, and
the time of the Mexican Indian is not
particularly valuable. When he can no
longer sleep in his hut on account of
the swarms of flies attracted by the filth
which accumulates about his front door
he sometimes is stung in to desire for
revenge on his enemies. Revenge is
sweet, and sweeter if there is any
money in it. He goes to the woods
and collects a number of green
twigs of certain tree. These
be lays in pile on the floor of his hut,
with some dry twigs underthem. Then
from another tree he gets a gum which
he boils into thin syrup and spreads
on the walls of his hut. The flies are
attracted by its fragrant and far-reach-
ing odor. They gather to feed on it.
When the hut is black with them the
Indian sets fire to the twigs on the floor
and closes the apertures from the out
side. The twigs emit an aromatic smoke
which kills the flies, and they fall to the
floor in thousands. Then the natives
wife dries them while he goes to sleep
AGAIN.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-06-29
In Six Minutes.

Prince Bismarck's old chef, who is
now head cook in big Berlin restau-
rant. recently won novel bet. and gave
a surprising exhibition of his mastery
of the culinary art. He had wagered
$50 that he could kill, clean, cook ana
serve a chicken in six minutes The
wager was decided at night in
the cafe of the restaurant, in the
presence of big crowd The
cook appeared at 8 O'Clock on an impro-
vised platform, upon which stood a gas
cooking stove. He held live chicken
high over his head, and the fowl cackled
loudly One blow of the keen carver
severed the head from the neck, and
the cook began to pick the feathers with
great swiftness. It took just one minute
to get rid of every feather. Inless than
another minute the expert had opened
and cleaned the fowl, and had placed it
upon broiler on the gas stove The
cook busted himself at the broiler,
seasoning the fowl as it cooked. It
lacked just second of the sixth min
ute when he stepped from the platform
and served the chicken to the nearest
guest amid great applause. -4rgonaH.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-06-29
A MATTER OF CLIMATE.
The Use of Vowels and Consonants
Varies with the Zone.

varies With Tie LOnes
The Philadelphia Record thinks that
climatic conditions affect the language Of
people, consonants predomlnating in
the higher and vowels in the lower lati-
tudes. In Maine, for example, are
found such Understanding names as
Pameducock, Androscoggin, Malta
Florida are Tallahassee, Suwanee, kis-'
since and Appalachee, with vowel and
liquid sounds in majority The same
peculiarly may be noted on scanning
map of Europe. Gutturals predominant
in Norway and Russia, whereas far to
the southwark, in sunny Italy, there is
profusion of such euphonious names as
Palermo, Verona, Campobello, etc.
The influence of climate on languagesis
particularly noticeable in the speech of
those who have lived but compare
lively short time in the Southern states
of the Union.
The tendency to introduce vowel
sound to round out a word is noted in
the Southern pronunciation of such
words as "electorap' and sTexan,"
which are frequently changed to "elec-
torial" and "Texian." Thackeray was
amused at the insistence of servants in
southern hotels in addressing him as
Mr.. "Thackuary." The Record has a
theory to account for the difference.
The southern latitudes have cloudless
and quiet atmosphere, while the north
ern are cloudy and storm-swept. 1t re-
quires, of course, greater effort to be
heard in regions which are swept by
winds and storms than in quiet south
ern ATTITUDES; and to be heard distinctly
amid the noise and confusion of the
elements words must be used which
contain many consonants. Among the
inhabitants of more tropical chimes the
tendency is toward soft and musical
cadences, and travellers relate that in
regions of South America, such as Peru
and Venezuela, where atmospheric dis
turbances are rare, the natives almost
chant theaphrases of salutation.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-06-29

w. C. T. L. and aimed most pointedly
at Frances Willard.
Mrs Foster does not want the National
Christian Temperance Union to be a
political organization. Mrs. Foster is a
Republican herself, jet black dyed-in-
the-wool Republican, and, as such, she
does not want the organization to take
sides, because there is the awful fear
and the almost certainty that the de-
cision would not be in favor of Repub-
licanism.
Miss Willard, on the other hand, says
that the organization, Of which she is
the leader, will go with any man who
will promise to favor prohibition,
whether he be Democrat or Repub-
ican.
Here is where the two leaders split
Each has her own strong following.
During the woman's congress at Chi
ergo Mrs. Foster has been lecturing
every day and twice a day and will re-
main in Chicago all summer, delivering
lectures upon her pet topics.
She is a handsome woman, a fine
speaker, powerful thinker aud the
magnetic leader of hallful of people.
Miss Willard, over in England, may well
fear Mrs. Foster, who is at work in
America
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-06-29
FIyinr Lizards of BOrneO.

According to the testimony, Of our
most reliable naturalists the only genus
of ''tlving serpents" now known to IN
habit the earth is a family of reptiles
which make. their homes IN the great
forests Of Borneo, mentioned oy heek,
Williams. Kline. and others as the
flving lizard of the South Seas" The
best known species OF this flying saurian
is draco volens leekii, striped, snake
like lizard about fourteen or sixteen
inches in length when full grown. The
primary colors of the draco are red ana
yellow, in bands, dots, crescents and
stripes, the red predominating to such
an extent that the creature appears as
a carmine rocket when sailing through
the air. Some have declared that his
wings are sails" like those Of the
American flying squirrel, but Meek says Us
,1sed by the little saurian to guide him.
,o1f Of will -
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-06-29
HE TOUCHED A CHORD.
An Artist Of the Whitewash Brush Who
Knows How to Use His Jaw.

An Artist of the Whitewash Brush Who
Knows How to Use His jaw.
He was embarrassing board fence
on Beaubien Street when a woman
topped and asked him how much he
would charge to WhiteWash a kitchen
ceiling He replied that his figures
were IS cents, when she Indignantly eN-
claimed:
"Why, have had three different men
offer to do it for 80 cents, and one said
he'd make good job Of it for 40 !"
"Doan' doubt it, mum-doan' doubt it
tall" he calmly observed, "but who
war dem pussons? Was dey scrubs OF
artists? Was dey gwine to mob dat
ceilin' or put on de whitewash wild de
han oh bon decorator"
"They guaranteed to do the work
first-class ~
sZactly, mum, but how 70 gwine to
tell bout it? When dey goes away de
ceilin' am all wet. Nobody kin dun tell
under fo' hours wheder it was de work
Oh an artist or a scrub"
'Seventy-tive is too much"
at am too much for de whitewash,
mum, but dar's odder considerashuns
I'ze a perfectly 'sponsible pusson. |
knows my buziness. | doan' call yo'
from de parlor whar' yo' am playin' on
$500 pianer to AK queshuns, doan'
spill no whitewash on yo, valuable lie
paintin's an statuary. [ doan' damage
yO'r mosquette carpets or break yo'r
$500 mirrors
Cant you say fifty % she asked.
"An' spose'n an agent Gums along
when I'm at work dar?' he went on
without needing her. 'He wants to see
de lady OBJ de house to sell her rug on
de installment plan. Does he see yo'?
Not much, | inform dat pusson dat
when we wants rugs we buys de bestan'
pays cash down, an he goes way wild
a flea in his ear"
'AIake it sixty, then
eff I'm dar in de house yo' doan' hev
to 90 round an pick up yo'r diamonds
an hide yo'r bank books an .yo'r purse.
If lady calls fur yo' wild a kerridge to
90 calm yo' leave me in de house wild a
feelin' of security. If yo' wants to
down to de dressmaker's to see bout
dat $40 dress, WHY
"Well, I'll give YOU seventy-tlve
When will you come? '
"Fust thing in de mawnin', mum
Thanks. Jest go right along now an
doan' bodder vo'r purity head no mo !,
vo' has secured an artist an a 'sponslble
pusson combined, an when gets frew
wild dat ceilin de naybers will be so
Jealous oh yo' dat yo'll hav to shet up
de house and go off to Sarytoga two
weeks ahead of time .'-Free Press.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-06-29
Dumas Pere and His Factory. "

In conversation which | had with
NJ. Dumas, he gave me some interesting
details of his earlier life. He was born
in Paris on July u, 1924, and while a
youth was the pet of his generous
hearted father, Alexandra Dumas, the
elder, who at that time was managing
what his son sardonically styled a
'fabrique DIES romans" or a factory of
novels" employing several impecunious
writer's at so much week, furnishing
each with particular plot for a particu-
lar story, and leaving the dialogue, and
description to be filled in by them.
When the "copy'' was finished the
elder would revise it and send it direct
to the printer for publication under his
own name. These scribes were sup
posed to be his secretaries, to whom he
simply dictated the pages of his stories,
and the public, of course, believed that
they were all the mental product of the
great Dumas himself. A novel a month
was issued from this factory" with
the result that the elder, like one of his
characters, "Monte Cristo," reveled in
golden louis, but spent them as freely
and as easily as he won them.-E,tge,ae
Darts IN Titernru World
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-06-29
Cycling Abroad.

In England 10000 velocipedes are
turned out annually. In Coventry 49,
600 workmen are employed in the bust
ness. In France where the machine first
appeared, it's use was limited through
prejudice; people laughed at it. Now
there is an army of 100000 proprietary
wheelmen in that country, without
counting the immense number of
amateurs why hire machines. In 1892
the Paris police authorities issued II, 900
licenses to wheelmen; now the number
of velocipedes is estimated at some
thing over 10000. In 1928 10000
machines were sold, and it is believed
that one-half of them are used in the
o;ty, alone
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-06-29
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the'needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced IN the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax
alive; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and feyers
and permanently curing. constipation;
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the KID
news, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it is man
fractured by the California Fig Syrup
Go. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being we'll Informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-06-29
mother Descendant of Columbus.

Buffalo has discovered that it is the
me Of an alleged lineal descendant of
histopher Columbus. His name is
RNius Columbus. He is nearly 81
sars old, and for more than half a
.ntury has lived in Buffalo. He has
ght living children, thirty grandchil-
ren and six greatgrandchildren, so
lat there is little danger Of the name
81 oiumbus becoming extinct or for
ot4en. The old man IS a great lover Of
|bRcco. He constantly chews or
nbkes. He has always drank, and to
IS day has his bottle of whisky in his
on, from which he takes a nip when
"a he feels so inclined. OF late the
81 man has not been regular in his
hiking habits, and will sometimes
rs a day or two without taking a
II n. His sons attribute this to APP
|Daching dissolution, and think the
u man has not long to live. II have
aen asked several times" said John
Aumbus, his son, eff father would go
i the Worlds Fair. Some of my
GERS are very anxious that he would
but | oppose the idea. | think the
man would better pass the re-
hinder of his days in quiet here than
D. exposed to the dangers of travel
u the fatigue Besides, | hardly
Alk the old gentleman would enjoy
81 He is not learned man. He
s Ter had any schooling. He cannot
s. and he hardly appreciates the
81 ticance of the Columbian EXPOSE
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-06-29
That is Their Only Excuse.

During the coming summer many a
man or woman of common sense, but
not much patience, will meet some chap
lust out of college and will with wonder
ask how that fellow ever happened to
get a degree. Let such recall the story
about the officer of medical school,
who was asked how on earth the col
lege ever consented to graduate a GER
tain man who was apparently anxious
to break the record as a fool. "Why,
how else could we get rid of him %
asked the professor atertoana Times.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-06-29
HOw'S This

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any
case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by taking
Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. ]. CHENEY & CO., Props, Toledo. o.
We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Che
ney for the last fifteen years, and believe him
and financially able to carry out any obligations
made by their firm.
WEST & TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, o.
WALDINa, KINNAN g. MARVIN, Wholesale Drug
gists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of
the system. Testimonials sent free. Price 75o
per bottle. Sold by all Druggists
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-06-29
WHEN COD THINKS BEST.

BY j. Z. RANKIN.
There's an end to the burdens of souls unblest,
When God thinks best,
He will pluck every thorn from the aching
breast
He will lay them tenderly down to rest.
And roses shall bloom from the clay, spade
preSt
When God thinks best.
For that end that will come we must watch and
wait
Be we little or great.
We must stand by the highway, and stand by
the gate,
For, we know not the quarter, and know not the
date
But, II we be watching, ah, happy our fate.
Be we little or great.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-06-29
scorpion Hunts in Mexico.

he scorpions have become SO numer-
IN the city of Durango, Mex, that
municipal authorities have offered a
u bic prize, to be given to the person
nlrlng the largest number. Two
nsand of the deadly pests were
sd at the hospital there recently in
day. For these scorpions the city
: TO cents a hundred, and three times
eek those collected are counted and
ed at the hospital, and 10000 were
destroyed last year. Persons who
permits to hunt the pests have the
= to enter and search private houses
Ehcm.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-06-29
New Idea for Flying Machine.
A Chance for Health

Is afforded those fast sinking into condition
of hopeless debility. The means are at hand.
In the form of a genial medicinal cordial, Hos
letters Stomach Bitters embodies the combined
qualities OLA blood fertilizer and depurent, a
tonic and an alternative. While it promotes dl-
gestion and assimilation, and stimulates appe-
tite has the further effect of purifying the life
current and strengthening the nervous system.
AS the blood grows richer and purer by its use,
they who resort to this sterling medicinal agent,
acquire not only vigor, but bodily substance A
healthful change in the secretions is effected by
it, and that sure and rapid physical decay,
which chronic obstruction of the functions OF
the system produce, is arrested. The prime
causes of disease being removed, health is
speedily renovated and vigor restored.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-06-29
How the Patent Office Was Saved

When, in the war of 1s12-the office
having been removed to a building of
it's own two years before-the British,
who had taken the city, trained their
guns upon the patent Office, DR.. Thorn
ton, throwing himself directly before
the guns, cried:
care you Englishmen or Goths and
Vandals ? This is the patent office-a
depository Of the ingenuity and inven-
tons of the American nation, in which
the whole civilized world is interested.
Would you destroy it? Then let the
charge pass through my BODY
And the building was spared. Twen-
ty-four years afterward, however, it
was destroyed by fire, together with
everything in it. And with this came
the beginning of the present building,
added to from time to time, till at last
the noble pile stands complete as it is
to-day, holding model or drawing of
every invention known in the whole
world, and having paid something more
than 100000 over and above its own
expenses, sum which represents only
a trife of the great amount it has added
to the wealth of the nation.-Harper' s
IolLnd Pe0nZe
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-06-29
Dried Flies from Mexico.

The Waverlv Magazine has dis
covered a merchant with q peculiar
branch to his business. No matter
what " nat it may be, if an article brings a
ia;r nr;ce i deal in it, he says. My
last venture consists of dried flies, Just
common flies, which come from Mexico.
people buy them for their singing birds.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-06-29
Early Banks.

The Bank of Venice was opened in
1157; of Geneva, 1915; of Genoa, 1407; of
Amsterdam, 1907; of Hamburg, 1919; of
Rotterdam, 1855; of Stockholm, 1888; of
Scotland, 1895; of Copenhagen, 1876; of
Berlin, 1876; Caisse d'Escompte, of
France, 1916; of Ireland, 1888; of st.
Petersburg, 1856; Of France, 1903; the
Imperial Bank of Germany, 1876.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-06-29
HELP IS TAINTED

"change of life"; women approaching
confinement; nursing mothers and ev-
cry woman who is rundown or over
worked, it is medicine that builds up,
strengthens, and regulates, no matter
what the condition of the system.
It's an invigorating, restorative tonic,
a soothing and bracing nervine, and the
only guaranteed remedy for female
complaints and weaknesses. In bear
ing-down sensations, periodical pains,
liberation, Inflammation, and every kim
dred ailment, if it ever fails to benefit or
cure, you have your money back.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-06-29
German
Syrup

Ny niece, Emeline Hawley, was,
taken with splitting blood, and she
became very much alarmed, fearing
that dreaded disease, Consumption.
She tried nearly all kinds of medi-
cine but nothing did her any good.
Finally she took German Syrup and
she told me it did her more good
than anything she ever tried. 1t
stopped the blood, gave her strength
and ease, and good appetite. I
had it from her own lips. Mrs.
Mary A. Stacey, Trumbull, Conn.
Honor to German Syrup. g