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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-06-21
Cinnamon Are )bscrvant.

II venture to assert that the Chinaman
who has been in this country six months
knows more about our domestic institu-
tons and is more familiar with the city
or town in which he may be located than
any other foreigner who has been here
three times as long says NJ. II. Roberts
porter. 'Take the members of the
Chinese legation here. If the test were
made. / believe that it would be found
that they are better acquainted with the
inner workings of the government and
the character of the people in charge of
it than any other diplomats in Washing
ton But it is of the lower classes. the
merchants and laundrymcn, that / speak.
The Chinaman is Il natural investigator,
and he never is satisfied with a super
fetal examination of anything. He al
ways starts out to prosecute his inquiries
into Il matter to the furthest point. and
is seldom batlled He is not satisfied
with the mere outward appearance of a
building, or an object that arouses his
curiosity, but wants to find out how it is
made. and what it is composed of. The
other day up at the capitol | saw two
Cinnamon closely examining the way in
which the iron work of the dome was
put together. They were only following
out the general characteristic of their
race to get at the bottom of everything.
| am not in favor. of Chinese immigra-
ton. but when | see how the Poles and
Hungarians and Italians are rioting and
shooting down officers of the law in these
coal-minc troubles / am inclined to think
that the celestial is n much more at
tractve sort of an individual for II neigh
Dor if we are compelled to have foreign
crs of the lower class among us at ALL
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-06-21
BROOKLYN BRIDGE.
Effects of Heat and Cold and the Pass
ing of Trains.

ing of Trains.
AS you stand in the exact middle of
Brooklyn bridge you will observe where
the compensation is made for the expan-
sion and contraction by heat and cold.
The bridge. resting ON four cables, is di-
vided into two parts in the middle, and
one end is arranged to slide over the
other. You can put your hand on the rail
ing and measure by the rubbing of the
parts how far they have pulled back in
winter or have overlapped in summer. If
you watch from cool morning till midday
YOU can see Just how much the bridge has
expanded in six hours.
But does the bridge which thus feels
heat and cold also feel at all the strain
of the weights that pass over it? Let us
look and see. We stand again in the mid
die of the bridge, and watch as Il train of
cars passes by. We notice where we
looked before to see one end slide over the
other. that foot passengers do not seem to
affect it in the least When Il heavy team
passes by there is no observable move
ment The bridge does not seem to have
noticed it at ALL But here comes Il train
of cars crossing the bridge. AS it comes
near we observe that the railing over
laps, the ends begin to move apart They
separate for an inch. Then as the train
passes they come together again. and in a
moment they are in their normal position
The bridge has noticed that the train was
passing 1t did not break: it felt no pain
full strain: but it noticed and felt and ac-
knowledged and registered the pressure
which vainly attempted to break the ca
h)ps
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-06-21
COCK-CROWING MATCHES.
\ French and Belgian Spo-t-Crowing
337 Times an Hour,

IL
337 Times IN Hour.
Belgians have a historic reputation for
solid eating, sound nerves and phlegm.
There must be basis for the belief,
since Belgium is the home of Il singular
sport, the mere suggestion of which car
ries terror to nervous folk-cock- Growing
matches. The working people of Bel
GUM and Northern France train cocks to
crow against each other, and gamble rs
ardcntly on the vocal powers of their pet
ROSTERS as the Bowery boys used to bet
on the killing prowess of game cocks.
The miners of the old Walloon country.
which gave New York it's first batch of
settlers, are particularly addicted to this
harmless but narrowing sport. Cocks that
show uncommon industry in growing are
brought together and confined in separate
coops. Watch in hand, the amateurs reg
lister the number of times each cock is
sues his challenge during Il measured
hour. and soon discover which have the
deepest lungs and most braZen larynx.
That one which, with his lofty and shrill
sounding. throat, doth best awake the
god of day, is the champion, to be fed
strong and lusty against the time of bat
tie. A cock that crows thirty-two times
in fifteen minutes is certain for the team;
the others are sent back to the farms or
ANONYMOUSLY consigned to the pot.
Cock-crowing societies are being formed
in Belgium and France generally, as well
as in Paris. In order to make things fair
in the international contests, certain Bel
gian champions have been ruled out as
hors concours, and in particular one small
beast from the little village of Scraing,
whose appalling record is 337 complete
observation-disclosures in one hour. Another
that is barred has Il career of two hours
of triumph, having on one occasion beaten
200 competitors by recorded total of
ninety crows in thrce-quarters of an hour.
Last year II small Paris bird won eighteen
contests running, and captured $500 in
prizes. An English cock of the same
breed took forty five first prizes, when it's
voice gave out for time and it's throat
required spraying by medical expert
before it could re-enter the lists. 1t has
been noted that some cocks crow better
in the afternoon, others are superior us
"trumpets of the morn" All are proofs
of the German proverb, ",Thc cock shuts
his eyes when he crows, because he knows
it by heart New York Times.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-06-21
Those Little Sleeves.

The kidneys separates from the blood, as 1t
passes through them, impurities for which
the final medium of liberation from the sys-
tom is the bladder. When their function Is
suspended dircful results ensue. Among
these are dropsy, Brights disease diabetes
and maladies which terminate in some one
of these Hostetters Stomach Bitters stinu-
latcs the kidneys, not as an unmcd1cated
alcoholic stimulant would by exciting them,
but by gently impelling them to renewed
action and perpetuating their activity ana
vigor Thus the blood is once more insured
notification and the organs themselves saved
from destruction. Malaria. constipation. liver
complaint, nervousness, dyspepsia and rheu-
matism are all thoroughly rcmedied by the
RitterS. which is, moreover Il most thorough
appetizer, general tonic and sleep promoter.
Use it regularly, not enthusiastically.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-06-21
THE SPOTS ON THE SUN.
aari<ablc Appearance of the Grea,
I.um inarx .IuSf H,.asenf

|#tnarkable Appearance of the Great
Luminary just at Present.
he sun presents rather remarkable
|1Eearance just now. There are two spots
E It's surface that can he seen with the
only of Il piece of smoked glass. One
these, the most conspicuous, is near
meridian, and the other is not far
IA the eastern edge of the disk. A
scope shows an immense white tongue
ding the black center Of the largest
{0t, and also reveals number of small
When, together with the large
ia, form u belt across til sun from enst
vest 1T has been thought that the
lak mum OF the present sun-sput period
EBast, and that during the present year
lA spots will gradually become smaller
al posscssors of small telescopes who
ne never studied solar phenomena to
Hi what sun spots are like Even an
IkIjnary spyglass will suffice to show
I'll the largest of the spots now vsi-
|H has Il black center surrounded by Il
rs gray color
IF course, a smoked glass, or better, Il
&c of black glass, must be placed over
hi cyc-piccc before the observer ventures
look at the sun, for otherwise very
sI1ouS injury might be caused TO the eye
<bt And with a telescope exceeding an
Ieh or so in aperture it would be dam
eFouS to trust to the protection of such
screen, for the heat would be likely to
Taci the glass. In such II case special
oDaratus would have to be used 1t
ak been said that these sun spots have
een directly concerned in the production
tho recent foul weather; but that is
% probable. But they show surely
Rpngh that there are storms on the sun.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-06-21
To the South Pole.

DR.. John Muray's proposed expedition
to the south pole is attracting favorable
attention in Europe 1t is more than fifty
years since James Ross, after discovering
Victoria. penetrated to the seventy-eighth
degree south latitude, and STAGE then, With
the exception of the Challenger, hardly
vessel has gone that way. The present
proposal is indirectly due to the reports
brought back by Il couple of Scotch whal-
prs which in 1891 went southwark of
Cape Horn in their search for fresh hunt
ing grounds. DIR. Murray believes in the
existence at the south pole of Il continent
as large as Australia. in which are to be
studied the two great phenomena of glaci-
alton and volcanic action.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-06-21
SHE SWUNG IN A HAMMOCK.
bile II Hypnotic Grand Rapids Denti s
Filled Her Teeth


The thirty-eighth annual convention of
the Michigan State Dental association
was recently held at Ann Arbor The
n1ost interesting feature of the conven-
ton was II discussion of the use of hyp-
notism in dentistry. DR.. HuIst of Grand
Hnpids criticised the medical profession
fevercly by saying that when hypnotism
VAS first suggested they laughed at it,
M now that they had seen the great
advantage of it they wanted the whole
i1latter referred to them. He related an
Interesting case of his own, where Il
lady had come to his Office to have n
both filled. 1t was n large tooth and
fhe operation would ordinarily have been
Tcry painful. He told the lady he was
goins to hypnotic her, and later on gave
her Il book to read. When she was thor
onghly under his control he caused her
10 imagine she was sitting in Il ham
mock reading n book; he then proceeded
10 fill the tooth and at the end of two
hours of grinding and hammcring it was
6nishcd He woke the lady up. She told
him that she had been having Il delight
ful time reading nice book. but when
asked the name of the book was unable
10 say. She then discovered for the first
timc that she had been hypnotizcd, and
That during her sleep her tooth had been
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-06-21
THE OLD LOVE SONG.

Play 1t slowly, sing 1t lowly,
Old familiar tune.
Once It ran In dance and dfmplc,
Like brook in June;
Now it sobs along the measures
With Il sound of tears:
Dear old voices echo through 1t,
Vanished with the years.
Ripple. Ripple. goes the love song
TILL in slowing time.
EARLY sweetness grows completeness
Floods In every rhyme;
Who together learn the music
Life and death unfold,
Know that love Is but beginning
Until love IS old.
Play it slowly, 1t is holy
AS an evening hymn;
Morning gladness hushed to sadness
Fills 1t to the brin.
Memories home within the music,
Stealing through the bars;
Thoughts within it's quiet spaces
Rise and set like the stars.
Baltimore Telegram.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-06-21

his matchless stories of Roman life, are
less attractive to me than these simpler
folks, who have more of the flavor of
the soil than any cosmopolitan can have.
l can never forgive Ouida her endless
ovcr-colored pictures of the Italian peo-
pie. and can better appreciate Francesca
beautiful stories, 'Christ's Folk in the APP
cnnines" and the STORY of Ida since |
have learned something of the middle and
lower class Italians.-Rome cor Boston
transcript
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-06-21
GETTING A MEAL.
Killing the Snake, the Bird Tosses it Up
aud SWALLOWS the RentiIe.

and Swallows the Reptile.
Birds display great skill and cunning
in the chase. the attack and in guarding
themselves from injury during the strug-
gle for supremacy. The secretary bird is
the inveterate enemy and untiring pur
suer of the snake. All sorts, even the
most venomous, he hunts with Zest that
is at once interesting and amusing. The
snake fees from his foe. who follows,
watching every opportunity for blow.
When the reptile turns. the bird uses one
of its wings as n shield and strikes with
his foot. The snake buries its fnngs in
the wing. but leaves the poison in the
plumage. and the bird escapes unhurt
Repeated blows from the powerful claw
confuse and disable the snake. and at
last it falls to be ut once dispatched by
thrusts of the sharp beak into its head.
The bird then losses its victim into the
air, and, catching it as it falls, swallows
ii
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-06-21

Sir Walter SCOTS HOuse.

Some time ago, us previously men
toned. an anonymous donor presented to
the Edinburgh Pen and Pencil club Il
sum of $500 for the purpose of placing
memorial tablets on historical houses in
the city The first of the tablets has Just
been completed on the front of 80 Castle
street. and hears the following words:
"In this house Sir Walter Scott lived
from 119S to 1896"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-06-21
OLD HUMIDITY.

or Eumid;ty's done got back,
Fo weeks late by dc almanac;
Piccadilly collars an billed white shirt
Better watch out dey don'tgit hurt
Better trot out vo OIL straw hat.
We dc air hole crown an Ge brim what's fiat:
An dc shrunk up pants what yo' wore las
june
WI dc lnin coat what fits too soon.
An when yo' walk don walk so fas'
Elseyo' legs give out an 70 brett won las;
kase oil Humdity's jes' dropped down,
Better watch out, he II s'prise dis town!
New York Sun
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-06-21
The Indies.

The pleasant effect and perfect safety
with which ladies may use the California
liquid laxative, Syrup of Figs, under all
conditions, makes it their fayorite
remedy. 70 get the true and genuine
article, look for the name of the Cali
tornia Fig Syrup Co., printed near the
bottom Of the package.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-06-21
Thankful for Small Favors.

When IL Georgia editor was addressing
an audience recently fifteen cabbngcs
were thrown on the stage. Il thank You,
ladies and gentlemen" he said, my gar
den was killed by the recent blizzard, and
I have large family to support. All that
| need now is q hnskct.'
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-06-21

How in the dickens did that old
Burberry get a card of admission TO this
placer Tom told me you gave 1t to
him at the stag dinner the other night. "
"IY Yes" "Ahem-well-l-a h-was
very much preoccupied at the dinner.
He isn't a bad fellow, after all ar-
ner's Razar
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-06-21
ReeS at an Auction.

At an auction near RESTRAINING Falls,
Pa, among numerous other articles put
under the hammer. were - hives of bees.
A boy accidentally disturbed one Of tbs
hives, and about 5000 angry bees ut once
rushed out and caused 200 people to seat
ter in all directions.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-06-21
Prof. Bells Scheme.

4 Prof. Alexander Graham Bell, who is
hi his summer place in Nova Scotia, is
TO work out Il scheme for
Seeing at II distance by means of clcc-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-06-21
Modern Building S.

Said an Irishman the other day to Il
Friend: "Arrah. where will you find Il
sanodcrn building that has lasted as long
8.ls the Guild vans lid Bits.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-06-21

lis it true that your bride is very
hard of hraring?" 1T is, Why, when [
proposed to her | had to shout out SO
loud that all the neghbors ran in and
congratulated me -Fliegende Blactter.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-06-21

SHILoH's CONSUMPTION CURE Is sold on u
guarantee. 1t cures incipient Consump tion.
1t is the best Cough Cure. rs cents, 50 cents
and 81 100.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-06-21
n Bogus Sitting Bull.

An Indian is being fraudulently OK
hibitcd at the Antwerp Exhibition as
Sitting Bull 1t will likely be remem-
bcrcd that the Old chief died some years
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-06-21
Halls Catarr!a Cure
Is taken internally. Price rs cents

The latest craze is for collecting pot.
terry dogs. There is one advantage in
this. A crockery setter, for instance,
could be easily broken.-Siftings
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-06-21

Doctor Pulser-"Iou must take more
exercise; you must try to keep up your
circulation." Mr.. Clipper ltem-'Grcat
heavens, That's what's killing me, doc
tor I'm the editor of the Weekly Mouth
organr' Brooklyn Life.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-06-21

The best evening ties are those that
keep n man at home after dark.-Boston
Commercial.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-06-21
Hoods Pills are prompt and efficient.
PHARAOH'S DAUGHTER AND MOSES

Whin Pharaoh's daughter
Wint down to the water
Shure there was young Moses a-Swimmin
around,
Wild his basket all handy.
And n stick of swatc candy,
To kape him from cryin' until he was found.
Sez she to Il maiden:
Bring here the young haythen.
Your trotters be shakin, We lazy colleen.
If the water once vets him,
OR the aligatorS gets him,
It's no crocodile tears you'll be shcddln,
weCn.'
SO whin from his swimmn'
He was brought to the winmin,
Faith. 1t shows how the blarney's females
chief joy.
A nate bow he was maxim,
Just as shure as I'm spakn';
"Bcgorra." says she, "hes the broth OF n
boy" University Courier
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-06-21

The bright summer girl and the snap
camera will be among the most taking
things of tho observation-disclosures Courier.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-06-21

"MY DEAR FELLOW, she is an angel How
cXquisite!y lovely her complexion is. They
say she uses GLENN's SULPHUR SOAP"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-06-21

Almost nerer does DR.. Sage's Catarrh
Remedy fail to cure the very worst cases
OF chronic Catarrh You can Judge OF the
chances of it from tho makers offer. They'll
guarantee it in every case.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-02-23
The Crawfish and the Leyees.

Whenever hear of a break in the
levee down in my district, L know that
nine chances to one crawfish have
caused it. The assertion may sound
slightly exaggerated, but it is a fact
nevertheless that the troublesome little
crawfish work more danger to the le-
wees than does the water. On a big rise,
when the bed of the river is stretched
from embankment to embankment, the
crawfish burrow into the levees and
live there in the moist earth. They
multiply faster than maggots and loosen
up the earth worse than moles.
1.-The levee may be completely sodded
with grass and you see no external evil
dence of the damage going on within,
but when the next big rise comes you
will see it. I have frequently known
the water to break through the levee two
or three feet from the top, and you can at
tribute 1t to nothing but the destructive
work of crawfish. This was particular
ly true of the break at Offut's in 1889,
when portion of the town of Green
vile was submerged. The builder of
the levee in the future will have to tai Ike
into account the cIawfish as one of his
most stubborn foes. st. Louis Globe
Democrat
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-02-23
Cracking of Trees.

The catalpa never shows the "sere
and yellow leaf" IN autumn like the
sumac, hard maple, ETC., for the rea-
son that its leaves are caught in a
green, unripened state by the first severe
frosts. In one night their bright green
is turned to a dingy black. This sud
den check gorges the cambium layer
and new wood of the stem with water.
An excess of water swells the proto-
plasm of the cells to such an extent as
to rupture the inelastic bark, and in
trees where the cell structure of the
wood is not ripe the crack will extend
into the wood often with noise like
an explosion. This often occurs in the
fall when it is not cold enough to stop
blowing. Sometimes we have much
loss in nursery in this way with varie-
ties not fully ripe when the first frosts
come. Sometimes indeed it Injuries
very hardy varieties. In such cases the
swelling of the protoplasm comes from
the water absorbed at the ground sur
face when combined wet and cold come
together in autumn. The cracking Of
cherries and pears comes from the same
cause-that is, by absorbing water on
wet days, causing an expansion of the
protoplasm. With trees the best treat
ment is to- cover the rupture with moist
clay and then wrap to exclude the air
as much as possible.-Iowa State Reg
ista
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-02-23
A BIT OF RAlNMAKING.
An Effort In the Hebrides Islands That
Was BrimfuI of Success.

|
Lieutenant Boyle IT. Somerville of
the English navy, who lived many
years in the Hebrides islands, tells the
! following interesting tale regarding the
| work of a professional native rain
/ maker. Toward the end Of the year,
| just after yam planting, there came an
/ unusual period of drought. so that an in
! land tribe in the island of Ambrym
went TO its rainmaker and demanded his
| Immediate attention thereto.
He at once set to work TO weave q
sort of hurdle Of the branches and
leaves of a tree famed for its rain pro-
ducing qualities, which, being finished,
was placed, with proper lamentations,
at the bottom of what should have been
Il water hole in the now parched bed of
the mountain torrent. There 1t was
then held in place with stones. Down
came the rain; nor did 1t cease for As
hours, by which time IT had become too
much OF a good thing Soon the rain
producing hurdle was quite 10 feet I'M
der water in the seething torrent, and
the people, much TO their dismay, saw
that their yams and the surrounding
earth were beginning TO wash away
down tine hillsides.
The lieutenant continues: Now
mark what comes of fooling with the
elements! No man of the hill country
was able to dive to the bottom of the
water hole to pull up the hurdle with
IFS weight of stones, so the merciless
rain still held on. At last the shore ma
tiyes, accustomed TO swimming and div
ing, heard what the matter was, and
some of them coming to the assistance
the compeller of the elements was re-
covered from its watery bed and-the
rain stopped"'
1t is such coincidence as this, hap
pening perhaps once in decade, which
causes this people, now thoroughly
Christianized, to refuse to give up their
rain doctors, although all other out
ward forms of rank superstition appear
to have been freely abandoned
vile Courier-Journal
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-02-23
Swearing.

1t may be said without exaggeration
that swearing forms an important fac
tor in the masculine vocabulary of
nearly every civilized nation. Great
writers like Shakespeare knew this. A
collection of Shakespearean oaths and
epithets with their etymology would
fill a volume. Shakespeare realized
that they We're inseparable from a faith
full portrayal of virile human charac-
ter; that no truthful picture of COM
mon life would be possible without the
use of that strong vehement language
in which men express their emotions.
But conventionality forbids to nine
teenth century writers what the Eliza
bethan age not only tolerated, but ap-
proved. -Philadelphia Press.