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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-10-19
An UnWiSe Plan.

Il learned to take quinine just
about the time that | discovered my
wife was a scold," said married
man. "One do was as bitter as the
other; now I can swallow either
without giving it. thought. Not a
very gallant speech, but wonderfully
suggestive. The most deluded NOR
tai in the word is the woman who
fancies that much is gained by scold-
ing or whining or cong planning. She
may seem to gain her ends for while
(for at first one will do most anything
to avoid swallowing a bitter dose), but
if she would stop to consider, she
would soon discover that every day she
had better cause for scolding or whin-
ing or complaining, which ever method
she adopts. and that, as the months
roll by, an ever increasing amount is
required to accomplish the same re-
suit. The scolding woman has things
her own way at the cot of a vast ex-
penditure of nervous strength-mucn
more than the object to be gained is
worth. Why cannot she realize that,
and adopt some pleasanter method?
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-10-19

IT seems that the "little fellows"
are not the only ones who have held
their spare cash in hand instead of
depositing it in bank during this
season of depression. President De-
pew is quoted as saying that the New
York Central Railroad Company "has
adopted the old-fashioned course of
placing it's cash receipts in safes in
stead of depositing them in banks, I"
so that there will be no trouble in
paying the workmen, though the
NV York Chemical Bank has re-
fused to furnish the $500, GOO required
for the monthly payroll Of the COM
pany OF course, if it had not been
for such boarding by the New York
Central and others there would have
been no refusal by the bank to supply
the currency called TO. And this
raises the question why the bank
should have been called on for the
money if the company had it in hand
already.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-10-19
widows Of Generals.

Several widows of great generals
residing in New York lead queer lives
and do droll things. One of this class
makes her home in down town hotel'
and. to save trouble and expense as
we'll as linen, does part of her own
laundry work. Admitting residents
in the neighborhood always know the
location Of her room by the hand
kerchiefs, collars and cuffs that cling
to the window pane early In the
morning. No one ever sees the linen
set hung on the glass or peeled on
abone dry" but it is there every
morning that the distinguished lady
is in town. A second soldier widow
is pnssy-cat sympathizer. Any hot
night that she happens to be in town
she may be seen strolling along the
deserted streets of that section OF the
city made famous by +. Hopkinson
Smith and A. Janvier with garden
Dot Of water in one hand and stock
of paper cups in the other, calling
in soft, persuasive tones. "Here,
pussy, pussy, pussy. The third grand
dame of singular proclivities has an
owlish fancy for quiet gloom. she
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-10-19

49, &sA&
POLYGAMOUs marriages In Utah,
according to the report Of the Utah
Commission, are thing Of the past.
Would that they were in fact as they
are in law thing of the past. But
the sorry fact is that under all sorts
of makeshifts many of the polyga-
mists are still maintaining their un-
lawful relations. The more hardy
criminals are violating the United
States law openly, relying upon the
reluctance of their neighbors to give
testimony. Others, who live near
the border, with more fear of the
law and better facilities for violat-
ing it, are maintaining separate es-
Establishments just over the line OF
Utah in the State of Idaho. But
ultimately the force there is in ma.
tional law, with constabulary not
dependent upon local support, will
reach these cases and rid the far
West Of this blight.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-10-19
Talking Dogs.

A common mastiff at Zeitzs, in Sax
ony, had peculiar bark, and Its mas la
ter, boy, thought there was IN the
noise a resemblance to some German
words. and having apparently nothing
to occupy his time, determined to teach
the mastiff to speak: :,
The project was difficult, but the pa
thence and ingenuity OF the boy over
came all obstacles. The words which
the boy taught the dog were about bout
thirty in number, mainly German, pu'
including a few French words also.
These words were not used spontane,,
ouslv. but uttered at the dictation OF
the young teacher by his canine pupil.
The "Dog Of Zeitz, % as this wonder,
full mastiff is usually called, had rival
in speaking dog, said to have been eX,
pronounce all the letters of the alpha
bet, except 81, - "m" and IN. London
Ttd-Bits.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-10-19
Peasant Associations.

While the system of cooperative
farming by village communes is
rapidly being abandoned in Russia as
obsolete and not in keeping with
western progress, it is being adopted
in Italy, and that with great success.
Some six years ago an association
was started by thirty peasants in
the Province Of Creona for the pur-
pose Of cuItivating a farm OF about
three hundred acres, and has reaped
excellent financial results. Their ex-
ample has been widely copied, and to-
day the larger number OF the farms
in the Province of Milan are held by
peasant associations Of this kind, one
farm alone, of one hundred acres,
being held by thirty-two peasant
families, who were able to pay their
last years rent out of the produce
Of silk cocoons alone, their agricul-
tural produce being all so much
profit. This method Of association
has the advantage that it admits of
the acquisition Of perfected agricul-
tural implements, seed, manures,
etc., which would be beyond the
means of any single peasant family.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-10-19
The Dog Wouldn't Swear.

The Welsh people are understood
to be an extremely religious people,
says the Labor Tribune, but in
northumberland, If the following
story is to be relied upon, even the
four-footed companions share the high
morality Of their masters. Within
the pitman's van that runs between
a Northumbriau village and the adj
jacent colliery the shutters are in the
habit of discussing the various topics
of the day. One night not long ago
the subject was the wisdom of ami
mails yell mebbies not believe me,
cheps," observed an old wasteman,
"but ma dogs that wise it can nearly
taak." "Wey, that's nowt," cnimed
in Reuben, who was bit of wag.
"aa yence hard some laddies promise
Sanger's cuddy feed O corn if he
wad sweer, an the poor animal said
he couldn't 'caas he was a Hallelu-
juh.."
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-10-19

A CURIOUS and unusual suit was
tried before an Ohio court the other
day. A young lady, dressed in hel
Sunday best, was passing the res
dence of a gentleman a few days
since. He happened to be sprinkling
his lawn with a hose, and accident
ally turned it full on the passing
lady, deluging her delicate silk dress
with water, and completely running
it. She sued him for damages, and
received ten dollars and costs. 1t is
precedent that might well be
pushed elsewhere. 1t is not at all
an uncommon thing for expensive
clothing to be ruined by careless peo-
pie sprinkling lawns or scrubbing side
walks, or painting awnings, or slop-
ping around with a whitewash brush,
and if they knew that they could be
held responsible for the damage done,
it might have the effect of making
them a little more careful.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-10-19

ANOTHER horrible railway casualty
sends a shudder over the country,
and, like the one near COlehour, it
could not have occurred had the block
signal system been in operation. The
parsimony Of great railway corpora
tions is responsible for three quarters
of the lives lost by accidents, and
that parsimony will continue to rule
until federal legislation makes smash
ups so expensive that no road can af-
ford to neglect any precautions look
ing to their avoidance.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-10-19

ACCORDING to statement fled in
the Supreme Court by one John
Swope, of Pennsylvania, Messrs.
Henry Willard, Charles L. Colby, Col
gate Hoyt, Edwin H. Abbot, Thomas
F. Cakes, Henry G. Rouse and Henry
G. Payne are villains of the deepest
dye. Swope accuses these eminent
gentlemen of robbing him and other
stockholders in the Northern Pacific
Railway of bagatelle of some $780,
00O,OO Perhaps they did-and per-
haps they didn't. 1t doesn't make
any difference to the public either
way. The sum involved precludes
the possibility of criminal prosecu-
ton or disgrace, and the railroads
concerned keep right on charging full
fare to all points North and West.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-10-19

Jacob Myers, who was last heard
Of on the Pacific coast, delights in
scaling dizzy nights and performing
all kinds OF fool-hardy tricks. His
wonderful feat the electric light
tower at Upton, Ida. is still re.
membered by most of the people of
Cedar County, if not of the entire
State. The tower.is pointed affair,
l2O feet high, with an iron rod an
inch in di ,meter extending seven
feet above the platform. Myers
mounted tn tower and stood IN.
right on one foot upon the rod for
twenty lone seconds. w. B. Barber.
photographer of Fortuna. Cal. has
pho ograpf Of Myers dancing iig
on the sawed-off top of redwood
lis feet from the ground.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-10-19

IT turns out that Mr.. Furniss, of
Punch. did not have his ear tweaked
by Mr. Mcneil after all, though his
experience was almost as notifying
AS that would have been. According
to the story of an eyewitness Mr..
Mcneil grabbed Mr.. Furniss by the
coat collar and tapped him eXcitedly
on the chest once or twice, mean
while expressing his opinion of the
artist in unparliamentary language.
He might have proceeded to extremi-
ties. but DR.. Tanner came along and
rescued the little cartoGnist from his
burly captor.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-10-19

One Of the educational phases of
the Worlds Fair has been the teach
ing of railroad managers the posi-
bilities of their own roads. 1t may
be admitted that the railroad men
have not on all occasions shown
themselves particularly grateful for
the knowledge they have acquired,
but it will be useful to them here.
after when they have occasion to
handle large volume of passenger
traffic at one time. The railroad o.
t1cials, with one voice. declared that
they had almost reached the limit OF
their facilities. They asserted that
an increase of 25 per cent. in the
number of passengers would swamp
them. But there came al increase
Of 100 per cent. and the railroads
were equal to the occasion. Trains
were run in ten ST ctioas and sing e
trains of twenty-five cars hauled into
the city without accident or delay.
The elasticity and capacity Of the
American railway system have been
shown to the astoniShment even of
the transportation companies them
selves. The lesson is va ua BILE in more
senses than one to the railroad Off
cia,s who were ready to surrender be-
fore the real shock of battle had
come.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-10-19

1900 appeared O year ago. Inls
month the commission to prepare f)r
the exposition has been constituted
with NJ. Albert Picard at it's head.
1t is composed Of the heads Of large
number of government bureaus and
departments from the Ministries Of
the Interior, Colonies and Public
Works. This brings together a group
of trained administrators in place OF
a heterogeneous mass Of commission
ers without experience. Influenced
by the example Of Chicago, the next
Paris Fair will be held in the Bots,
where water can be secured and a
group Of buildings erected.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-10-19

TENNESSEE has Solved-or thinks
she has-her convict labor problem
by purchasing an immense tract of
coal lands and going into the coal
mining and shipping business, the
mining, of course, being done by the
States prisoners. But it is to be
feared that the officials will find that
they have but stirred up another hor
nets nest. A new howl will come
from the coal producers, who former
ly rented the convictS, while the free
laborers, who stirred up the trouble
over the rent system, will be none
the less vehement in their protests
against convict competition in It's
new garb.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-10-19
nearly all the Fair buildings and
many of them completed, and the

many of them completed, and the
line is necessarily circuitous.
The exhibit in this power house is
the most complete single exhibit of
advanced types of mechanical and
electrical machinery in motion at the
Fair. In the center Of the building
stands the electrical wonder Of the
Fair, and, indeed, thu electrical won
der of the world-the great 12-pole,
1900 kilowatt electrical generator,
coupled directly to the huge 2.4O0-
horse power Corliss engine. This
generator is the largest ever con-
structed, and although it is rated at
1,500k. W., 'or about 2, lO0-horse power,
it can be operated to give 3,Qo0-horse
power under emergencies. Its ire
mendous size precluded the possibil-
ity of it's shipment complete to the
Fair. The different parts were,
therefore, sh pped separately, and
were put together for the first time
in the power house itself
The transportation service is ef-
fected by trains running at four min
ute Intervals each train consisting
of a motor car and three trailers, the
trains weighing sixty-three tons each,
seating 280 people, and the cars be-
ing Of the same length as those gen
orally used on elevated roads-about
forty-tive feet from end to end. The
weight of these trains, as compared
with train drawn in the usual way
by locomotive, shows a saving of
about twenty tons dead weight. The
cars are open, with doors in each side
opening at the seats. BY means of a
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-10-19
PULLED BY LIGHTNING.
How the Intramural "L" Is Operated at
the Worlds Fair.

the Worlds Fair.
In the Intramual Railway and its
operation the public visiting the
Worlds Fair found one Of its strong
est attractions. The remarkable ey-
tent of ground embraced within the
boundaries Of the Columbian EXPOSE
ton rendered the question of ade-
Quate and satisfactory transportation
one of considerable gravity. The
idea of using surface cars could not
be entertained, and this left but one
alternative-an elevated read.
AS the Exposition was to be SYM
bolical of the highest point reached
by nineteenth century civilization,
the operation of the road by steam
was out of the question, and the plan
finally adopted was an electric ele-
waited railroad running almost en-
tirely around the Fair and obtruding
itself as little as possible. The line,
consisting of IA. 500 feet of double
track and 900 feet of single track,
was not laid out until after the work
of construction had been begun on
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-10-19

The New York Stock Exchange
should stick to the practice which it
has started, of suspending members
who circulate false reports about the
standing of business men and insti-
buttons. This sort of lying damages
not only those whom it is directed
against, but often hurts other inter-
estS and persons by exciting general
distrust and breaking down the mar
kets. Men who commitsu offenseS
deserve severe punishment.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-10-19

lever at the end of the car all the
doors are opened or closed simultane-
ously, and one man opens the doors
of two cars. Thus three men only
one motorman and two conductors
suffice to operate the train. where
five would be required in ordinary
steam elevated service.
The motor cars and trailers are
each forty-six feet long. The motors
are the most powerful railway mot ors
yet constructed, developing 133-horse-
power each. They are geared for a
speed of thirty miles an hour.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-10-19

lives alone, although abundantly
blessed with kith and kin, and the
rooms in her stately house are in such
perpetual low light that the visitor
finds it necessary to advance with his
or her hands outstretched. She is
never without diamond ornaments,
although it is said on authority of
personal observation that she spends
half her life in her dining room, sit
ting in her stockings, reading the
daily papers. Troy Times.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-10-19

Europe. AS much Of the life of this
most interesting character seems to
be enshroudedj in impenetrab.e gloom.
anything pertaining to his life and
character is at this time particularly
interesting. We print an illustra-
ton OF the old house in East Gate
street, Stafford, England, where he
is supposed to have been born. It
was here that he probably spent the
early days of his youth. following in
dustriously his favorite pastime of
fishing in nearby brook.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-10-19

A HIGHwAYMAN waylaid an In
dianapolis editor the other night,
and we are pleased to note that the
newspaper man put scare head on
his adversary and filed him full Of
doubleleaded matter. The true
ed tor never forgets his business.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-10-19

JOE HOWARD tells the readers of
New York paper that frogs legs are
now SO large that they ought not to
be eaten with champagne frappe."
This will be bitter news for the New
York workingmen who have been
riOting for bread.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-10-19

THE pensive poet Of contemporary
arises to remark that the Worlds
Fair is "a vision as fair as SOUL
swept dream" With full confidence
that soul-swept dream is something
unusually nice, we concur in saying
il iS
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-10-19

WHENEVER man gets his tax bill
he ought to stop thinking about the
amount he has got to pay, and think
instead of all the good things that he
gets in exchange for it. sF<
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-10-19

WHY raise a rumpus because Mrs.
Vanderbilt pays $500 for dog
collar? The money gees into circu-
lation, doesn't it? Wouldn't the
general public be benefited if she
were to pay 81, 600, 900 apiece for her
dog collars?
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-10-19

IT does look hard that, during
these hard times, the man who
wrote after the Ball" should be
drawing $1,000 day from the sale
of the sorg. Yet that is the news
which comes well vouched for from
the home of the writer in Milwau
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-10-19

THE Georgia melon crop will net
the growers $3.50, 900 this year; it will
cost the consumers more than that
amount for Jamaica ginger alone.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-10-19
NINE. SCALCHI. the operat:c singer

NINE. ScALCHI, the operate singer,
has collection of eleven parrots in
her home at Turin, Italy. The par
rots are accomplished birds, and
among them speak all the languages
of modern Europe. Th y all talk at
once, too so that tn re is nothing
remarkable in the fact that Signor
Lolli, the d vas husband. prefers to
spend III st OF his time outdoors trim
ming his grape vines or cuit.vating
his garlic beds.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-10-19
IZAAK WALTON'S BIRTHPLACE

Where the Quaint Old Fisherman Is Sup
posed to Have Been Bora.
1t is 300 years since Izaak Walton
was born, and it is fitting that he
precautionary Of his birth should have
been celebrated in this country and
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-10-19

DON'T cultivate thirst that will
create vacancy in your pocket while
distending your stomach into bay
window-like proportions.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-10-19

MANY young man has a great
future ahead of him. The great diff
Guilty is that it persists in keeping
there
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-10-19

FRANCE begins early with an inter
national expositi' n. The decree an
nouucing that one would be held in
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-10-19

THE increase of absinthe drinking
in France shows most deplorable
combination OF Gaul and NORWOOD.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-10-19
0. B. MOON. Editor and Proprietor

TIE ragpicker seldom grumbles.
He, of all men, is content to take
things as he finds them.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1893-10-26
Cotton Crop whitecaps.

TYLER, Tex, Oct. 26.-Many ginners
in this county have already received
notice not to run their gins until per-
mission shall be given them. These
notices are now received through the
mails. and in some instances create
considerable uneasiness among ginners.
The threatened penalty for ignoring
the notice is the destruction of gins
and dwelling houses. The citizens of
the county are generally resolved to
put down this spirit of anarchy. The
difficulty of identifying the parties is
the only thing that shields them from
the Indignation of the people. In some
communities the sympathies of thepeo-
pie are with the ginners SO strong that
assistance to protect the property is
volunteered by the neighbors.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1893-10-26
NEWS IN BRIEF.

]. B. Rickman's slaughterhouse at
Sedalia. Mo-, burned. the result of in
cendiarism.
Another attempt is being made by
Alexander Stewart to break the will Of
the late A. T. Stewart.
A blacksmith named Smith was in
stantly killed by man named Cowan
at Zincite. near. Joplin, Mo.
The citizens of Claiborne parish,
Louisiana, are making an effort to
stamp out the Ramsay-Tuggle feud.
The liberties allowed G. W. Mosher,
the Lincoln Capital bank wrecker, by
Omaha officials is creating much COM
ment.
Rumors are current that ex- Secretary
Charles Foster will be arrested on his
return home from the west on some
charge connected with his recent fail
ure.
The wreck on the Pittsburg, Fort
Wayne and Chicago road near Lima,
o., proves more disastrous than at first
reported, % persons having been in
jured.
The footbridge on which Mrs. Ade-
laide Crittenden ami FIVE children were
crossing a creek near Clayhatchee, Ala.
broke and three of the children were
drowned.
The Woman's Christian Temperance
union members who logged two I'M
chaste girls at Osceola, Neb., were ar
raigned in court, but had their cases
continued.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1893-10-26

sEDAEIA, Mo, Oct. 26-Sparks from
a passing Missouri, Kansas and Texas
railway locomotive set fire to 50-acre
field of timothy hay and soon the en-
tire tract was ablaze. One hundred
and fifty head of sheep that were in the
field were consumed, together with
two miles of hedge fence and four
large ricks of hay. The owner, Mrs.
Bette Gentry, will sue the railroad
cnrnnany for damages.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1893-10-26
HARRISON pur ON GUARD.
a Warning to the Ex-President From
Woman of wisconsin.

INDIAaAPoLIs, Oct. ga Mrs.
Rachael Peterson of Beloit, Wis,
came all the way here to give a warn
ing to ex-Prasident Harrison. She has
had vision that the ex-president was
to be the next president of the nation,
but that there were several demons and
evil forces at work to defeat this end.
In the vision she was told to warn Mr..
Harrison of the great danger that lay
IN his path. With no other object in
view she left Beloit fer Chicago, where
she heard Mr.. Harrison was. At Chi
cago she learned that he had just left
for this city. SO Mrs. Peterson followed
him here. She called at the Harrison
home but was disappointed to find that
gentleman out. She told her vision to
the ex-president's private secretary,
however, and then left by the first train
for her home much relieved.