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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-06-14

UP to within few years ago the
life insurance companies-some of
them, at least-made practice of
contesting nearly every death claim
for any considerable amount in which
there was the slightest pretext for
withholding payment. ALI sorts Of
petty legal devices were resorted to
in the hope of deferring If not evad.
ing payment. The dead were SLAM
dered and the living were made
wretched by this plan of campaign.
Finally the companies discovered that
they were killing the goose that laid
the golden eggs Men refused to take
out policies because of their fear
that payment could not be secured
without a legal fight, and policy
holders stopped paying premiums and
allowed their policies to lapse for the
same reason. That brought the COM
panies to their senses and it is now
verys rarely that a death claim is
contested. It seems, however, that
some of the accident companies,
which are of comparatively recent
date, have not yet learned this les
son. They have adopted the same
quibbling, dilatory, litigious policy
that made trouble for the life COM
panies. They contest the most equit-
able claims on technical grounds, and
they are falling into the same dis
repute which proved disastrous TO
their predecessors. 1t may take some
little time for them to realize their
mistake, but sooner or later they will
discover that obtaining money under
false pretenseS is not a profitable
business in the end for insurance
companies or ANYBODY else.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-06-14
A Dogs Career.

Recently there died in Boston, and
was buried at sea" with something
like funeral honors, dog who had
lived useful life, as well as an ex,
tremely long one for his kind. His
name-a very inappropriate one, for
he seems to have been dog Of staid
habits and serious life - was Sport;
and he was believed to be twenty-five
years old when he died.
He was known to be more than
twenty, for it was twenty years age
when he - a large bull-terrier, who
looked then as if he might be an old
dog - was found wandering about 7
Wharf in Boston. He seemed to be
a friendly fellow, and his appearance
must have been favorable, for sew.
eral men who belonged to sailing
craft tried to coax him aboard Their
vessels, and several storekeepers also
offered to adopt him.
He declined the advances of all
save the men who were in the employ
of the Sprague Towboat Company,
which had an office on the wharf.
To the concern he steadfastly at
tached himself, and was adopted by
the crew of the tugboat Chatterton.
About half his time he spent on
board this tug, and the rest of it
about the company's office. 1t was
here that he developed his most use
full trait. About the company's
premises many cans of oil were kept,
and for this, as we'll as for other rea,
sons. smoking was forbidden.
Nevertheless, not infreouently en-
ployes of the tugs and others came
smoking about the premises. Sport
early learned what the rule was, and
made it his business to see that it
was not transgressed. Whenever a
man entered the office with pipe or
a cigar, Sport went at once to him,
followed him about watchfully, and
if he approached the oiltanks, he
would seize him by the trousers leg,
growing at the same time.
This always had the effect to stop
the smoking. Sport was large ter
rier, weighing tifty-six pounds, and
as the boatmen said, had head like
an anvil" He never hurt any one
but had been known to give smoker
a slight pinch in the leg if he did not
desist from his smoking.
The men placed his body in stout
box, weighted with crate bars. A
small flag was tackled to the box.
Then the tug steamed with the box
a distance Of ten miles outside the
harbor, and there the coffin was slid
off the gangplank into the depths of
the ocean.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-06-14
The Bomb BrOugham.

The bomb brougham is a weird We
hicle which has been seen very fire.
Quently of late in the streets of the
French metropolis. When an infer
nal machine is discovered the bomb
brougham is sent for and the danger
Gus concern gingerly deposited with
in it. 1t is then driven off to the
last home of the anarchists abortive
explosives. The vehicle has hood
ed seat and body well detached
from it, hung on perfect system of
springs. In fact, no monarch ever
Travelled in greater comfort than does
the unexploded bomb. 1t is consid-
cred safe to the utmost degree, and its
actual seat in this array of rubber
and delicate springs is such that
not the least jolt or agitation can by
any possibility upset it's uncertain
temper. An ambling and ancient
horse draws the bomb brougham, and
it is driven by little, middle-aged
hero who was once in the artillery.
In transporting this class of fare no
little caution is necessary. Lonely
streets are chosen for the bombs
journey; the police know thatvehicle
when they see it and signal to other
vehicles to keep out of the way, for a
collision with the bomb brougham
might scatter deal of discomfort
for everybody concerned.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-06-14

NOTHING could be more notifying
to members of the newspaper profess
sion than the news which comes from
Oklahoma City of street duel be-
tween two editors of that place. The
journalists of the East have looked
to the molders of public opinion in
Oklahoma and Arizona to maintain
the reputation of the craft for rapid
and accurate shooting. Yet accord
ing to the published accounts Of the
affray the Oklahoma City men lodged
around the street for ten minutes
and emptied their revolvers at each
other without any result except the
winging of Chinaman and the
breaking of several windows. We
should have an immediate explana-
tion of this disgraceful affair. Posi-
bly, the editors were intoxicated,
which would in a measure excuse
their bad craftsmanship But if not
If they were sober and in good
fighting trin-they owe it to them
selves and to their Inundated con-
temporaries to have the fight out.
even If they have to resort to iron
sidesticks and roller molds to uphold
the reputation of the profession for
feats OF broil and battle.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-06-14

tie race of aborigines whom he eulo-
gized in his account to Ferdinand
and Isabella. One of these islands
he called Fernandina, after the Span
ish sovereign, but it is now known as
New Providence and is the most i'm
portant of the many little specs in
the ocean that comprise the Bahama
collection. Columbus was especially
unlucky in his christening of places.
Were he alive now, would he not be
somewhat piqued at the Inconsistency
of naming this continent America
just because it was discovered by
Christopher Columbus? But, though
the name of Fernandina is changed,
the beauties of the island remain as
when the great navigator was search
ing for a passage to the Indies. The
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-06-14
Took to the Water.

A lady who lives in Lincoln, Ne
braska, has canary OF which she has
long been fond, and is now both fond
and proud. Its cage hangs in room
heated by a large coal stove.
One afternoon, as the story is re-
ported by the St. Louis Globe-Demo-
crat, the lady was out for little
while, and as the fire was low she
filled the stove and opened the
draught. She was gone much longer
than she expected, and when she got
back the stove was red-hot, and the
air of the room was like furnace
seven times heated.
Her first thought was of the
canary. She glanced up at the cage.
The bird was nowhere in sight, and
she stepped into chair, expecting to
find the little fellow lying on the
floor Of the cage, dead.
Instead, to her delight, there he
sat in his bath-tub, sQuatting down
in the water with nothing out but
his head; and even that he was duck
ing at short intervals.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-06-14
One Mans Luck.

Of a former member of the fire
department of Providence, r. l., who
died short time since by his own
hand, it was said by the press and by
many of the people that This fortune
was his misfortune"
Three years ago this man was a
soter and valued fireman, earning a
good living by a useful life. Then
he drew "prize" of eight thousand
dollars in a lottery. He left the fire
department, intending to go into
business" but with this unexpected
and unearned money in his hands, he
fell into dissipation, and in three
years had spent nearly all the money.
Then, while under the influence of
liquor, or when recovering from it,
he crept into a dark attic and cut his
throat.
The doctors said that the wound
was not Of such a character that a
strong man need have died from it;
but this man had so debilitated his
system by excessive drinking that
the loss of much blood ended his life.
Such was the conclusion, there
fore, of one mans good luck" in
drawing a lottery p ize. There have
been many cases in the country in
which similar "luck" has been follow
ed by personal disaster almost If not
r11ita az GREAT
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-06-14

ATCHIsoN GLOBE: None of the
streams in this section seem to be
named appropriately. No deer are
ever seen on Deer Creek; nothing but
water flows in Whisky Creek; Brew
cry Creek is a holy place where col
ored sinners are baptized; there is
nothing white on White Clay Creek:
people who live along Sugar Creek
get the ague; more hazelnuts than
anything else grow along Walnut
Creek; Independence Creek depends
on other creeks for it's volume OF
water, and, worse still, the Missouri
River is said to be entirely in Kansas.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-06-14

THE new large and flowing neck.
ties now worn by women may be
beautiful, but they have their disad'
vantages, as was proven by an acct
dent that occurred in Louisville, KY,
the other day. A young woman, with
an extra large bow, whose flowing
ends reached almost to her feet, was
walking briskly on the street A
gust of wind tossed the ends of the
tie Il. the air. AS the young woman
passed an awning-post the wind sud-
denly wrapped the ends around the
iron post. A sudden jerk as the rib
bon frightened nearly threw the girl
off her feet. Several men rushed
CALAMITY to her rescue and untangled
the silk from the post. Upon find.
ing herself free she thanked her res
cuers with many bushes and con-
tinued on her way.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-06-14

A GLANCE at the map of Labrador
shows the inquirer that Of that great
region, two and one-half times as
big as Great Britain and Ireland, al
most nothing is known. But light is
breaking at,last. A. P. Low, of the
Canadian Geological Survey, has just
reported his journey through it from
south to north, and will in another
season, if no accident befall him this
summer, tell what he finds on tour
through the vast peninsula from
east to west.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-06-14
MODEL HOUSE PLANS.
THINGS TO CONSIDER BEFORE
BUILDING A HOME.
Plans Are Here Presented for Substantial
Houses Of Effective Design and with
Artistic Interiors All Have Modern
Observation-Disclosures at Small Cost.
An Attractive Residence.

The simplicity of plan, and the
simple manner in which the design
expresses it, is fairly shown in the
picturesque exterior here illustrated;
its constructive features are fully rep
resented in the gables, cresting,
finals, chimneys and porches- The
house stands on a brick underpin-
ming, and is "a good example of one of
the half-timber and tile designs of
the Jacobite period, though, unlike
it's prototype, shingles cut to a pat
tern are substituted for tiles from
the second story up. The first story
shows what has the appearance of a
timber construction, although it is
only formed in the ordinary manner
of finishing frame buildings, by con-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-06-14
Anecdote of Tennyson.

Mrs W.. II. Brookfeld, whose hus-
band was for many years ali intimate
friend of Tennyson, relates that when
the great poet-then a young man
fresh from college-first visited her
fathers house, his ability, his impos.
ing presence Che was six feet tall and
extremely Handsomely, together with
his ditf1dence and reserve, made the
other young people stand not little
in awe of him. Nevertheless they
were inclined to laugh when, during
the evening, in a pause of the con-
versaton, the young poet rose, and
gravely approaching the venerable
master of the house, himself noted
for his poetic gifts, laid his hand
with respectful curiosity upon his
head, remarking: "You must do a
great many foolish things, sir, with
this great bump Of benevolence of
yours" Il dare say do" replied the
genial old gentleman, not at all Of
Tended, though he must have been
surprised.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-06-14

A CROWD of Washington newsboys
must have thought the millennium
had come the other day when port
ly, reC-faced gentleman called them
around him on the street corner and
began presenting them with dia-
monds. 1t developed that their mys-
FERROUS benefactor was a Washington
brewer who had suddenly gone in
sane. He squandered about eleven
hundred dollars in this strange sort
of philanthropy before his relatives
captured him.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-06-14

tinuing the belts through and con-
Meeting them with angle boards, be-
ing clapboarded with narrow clap
boards between, in the customary
manner on frame buildings, the frame
being first sheathed, then covered
with waterproof paper.
The second story is arranged so as
to form hood over the first, being
furred out by a nodded cornice about
eight inches, at which the shingles
are curved outwards. There is also
a similar cornice and curve at the
head of the second story window
castings, which project six inches,
thereby giving deep recessed win
dow on the inside. The first story
windows have stained glass transom
lights, which are filed with foliated
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-06-14
Rv-Roads in Education.

@The need of limit, the feasibili ty
of performance has not yet daWned
upon the new educators who have
taken the world in hand" says Miss
Agnes Repplier in the Forum. when
all can read, and books are plentiful,
lectures are unnecessary, says Doc
tor johnson, who hated by-roads IN
education.
"He hated also to be asked the kind
of questions which we are now SO
fond of answering in the columns OF
our journals and magazines. what
should child learn first? How
should boy be taught? What
course of study would he recommend
an INTEL gent youth to pursue?
"Let him take course OF chemls-
try, or course Of rope-dancing, or
course of anything to which he is IN
clined,' was the great scholars petu-
liant reply to one of these repeated IN
ouiries; and though it sounds ILL
uatured, we have some human SYM
pathy for the pardonable Irritation
which prompted it.
doctor Johnson, am well aware,
is not popular authority to quote in
behalf of any cause one wishes to adj
vance: but his heterodoXy in the mat
ter of lectures is supported openly by
Charles Lamb, and furtively by some
living men of letters: who strive,
though with no great show of temer-
ity, to stem the ever-increasing cur
rent of popular instruction.
Zone eminent scholar, being en-
treated to deliver a course on some
what abstruse theme, replied that if
people really desired information on
that subject, and if they could read,
he begged to refer them to two books
he had written several years before.
! By perusing these volumes, which
were easy of access, they would know
all that he once knew, and a great
deal more than he knew at the pres
ent time, as he had unhappily for
gotten much that was in them. 1t
would be simpler and cheaper than
bringing him across the ocean to re-
peat the lectures"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-06-14

ONE would never think Of the
largest city in the world as having
any connection with agriculture eX-
cept as forming market for such
products, yet recent agricultural re-
turns state that London has under
crops Is, 900 acres, exclusive of nur.
sery gardens, and that there are prac-
tically within sound Of Bow Bells
5000 pigs, $500 sheep and nearly
5000 head of cattle.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-06-14

design corresponding with the inte-
rior finish. The plant cabinet is
placed on the, south side, and con-
Meeting as it does with both sitting
room and dining-room, makes it very
desirable, and renders it an easy
matter to keep it warm.
The general plan suggests itself as
being very economical, there being
no waste of room, as everything is
fully taken up and used to the best
advantage. The attic room, over
kitchen and scullery, will be found
useful for storage. The roofs are
shingled and painted black. The
exterior walls are painted-b body of
the work venetian red and trimmed
with Indian red, and cut-work in
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-06-14

esque. Darkies are everywhere in
every imaginable costume. They
stand in groups upon the streets;
they sit on the stoops of residences;
they laugh, chat, sing and steal:
they peddle the products of the island
from luxurious flowers to centipedes
and tarantulas; they f1irt and are
happy, but they never work. They
don't need to labor, The climate is
warm and clothing little needed.
Food falls into their mouths. without
an effort on their part. They are
lotus eaters, too, and their lotus is
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-06-14

centers and gothic borders in loaded
frames, which lend charm to the
interior not otherwise obtainable.
The floors in vestibule, conservatory,
bathroom and dining-room are of ash
and walnut; the doors have pine
stiles and rails with butternut pan
els; architraves of butternut, with
pine doorstops and jambs, architraves
having cut-work, picked out in color;
inside blinds Of butternut; trimmings
Of real bronze. The work on second
story all pine; and the whole of the
woodwork throughout, including
hardwood floors, finished in natural
color of the wood and vanished.
The mantels are of hardwood, in
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-06-14

entire surface of the coral island is
covered with every kind of bush,
tree and vine that nature can sustain.
Even on bare rocks, with here and
there crevlce in which is a little
earth, beautiful trees and flowers
flourish. In fact there is a species of
plant, the "life-leaf," that def1es ma
lures laws. You can Gull a leaf of
this plant, pin it to the wall and not
only will it remain vigorous, but lit
tie plants will sprout from it's edges
and grow just as comfortably as
though they were planted in the
ground.
Nassau is the capital Of New Prov
idence and contains almost all the
population of the island. 1t is we'll
located town and exceedingly pictur-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-06-14
Scenery Is Picturesque.

The Bahama Islands are noted as
D health resort, and their popularity
is increasing every year. Beautiful
islands they are, too, with climate
bright and charming as perpetual
summer, and with vegetation that
rayishes the eye and heart. The
islands may be called the first chap
ter in the modern civilization of
America, for here Columbus first
touched and here he found that gen.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-06-14

A NOVEL way Of Matching dollars
is being tried by the faithful of a
certain Eastern church society. In
a moment of enthusiasm more money
was wickedly pledged toward the
building of new church than
seemed likely to be forthcoming. To
some one there occurred the idea of
raising "broilers" for the summer
market. In few days enough hens
had been collected to start the VENT
ure, and the friendly visitors Of the
society now make daily visits to
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-06-14
| by a few men whose duty it is to 81,

by a few men whose duty 1t Is to sju,
nal the approach of vessels.
There is no lack Of islands and
islets in what might be called The
Bahamian archipelago, which stretch.
es some 600 miles from San Domingo
nearly to Florida. The collection
comprises thirteen islands, 66l KEYS
1887 reefs and cliffs, and 5000 islets
The scenery in many of these is most
picturesque. Perhaps the "Glass
Window" on Harbor Island, on the
northern edge of the group, is one Of
the most striking natural sights in
the Bahamas. 1t is an arch ninet,
feet above the level of the sea. Thu
entire population of the group is moi
more than 1000.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-06-14
George Washington Rewarded.

AS the 22d of February was draw
ing near, a public school teacher
whose pupils are about nine or ten
years of age, determined to find out
how many of them had ever heard
the famous cherry-tree story. She
herself had been brought up on it,
so to speak, but had an idea that it
had fallen into "innocuous desuetude"
Of late years. She was not surprised,
therefore, when only two hands were
raised.
well, Tom, you may tell it," said
the teacher.
Il don't know it all, Tom began,
"but George Washington never told a
lie"
Here the other boy almost dis
membered himself in attracting the
teachers attention. and finally was
permitted to tell all he knew, which
he did thus:
when George Washington was
little boy his father gave him a new
Ratchet, and George went out to
chop something. There was nice
young cherry-tree, and George chop
ped into that. When his father saw
the tree he called George, and said:
George, did you cut that tree?"
"'Yes, father, l did; | cannot tell
lie. And his father gave him
Waterbury watch!"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-06-14
What of 1t?
surprised

A German psychologist who devoted
himself with great patience to the
counting of the hairs on different
heads, to ascertain the average num-
Der on human head, found that,
taking four heads of equal weight,
the number of hairs, according to
color, was as follows: Red, $4,000,
black, l03, 900; brown, 109, 900; fair:
140, QUO.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-06-14

THAT Dalton gang which was re-
Gently cleaned out" has again put in
an appearance and made it decidedly
interesting for some of the frontier
officials. The traditional feline's
hold on life is no stronger than that
of this same band of freebooters.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-06-14

INDICTMENTS for horse-stealing
have been found against thirty we'll
known citizens of Oklahoma, and
they are being arrested. Twenty
years ago they would have been
hanging on the trees of the neigh
bOrhOOd.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-06-14

black: sash cut 10 with yellow; pan
els under yeranda floors yellow. The
cost of this house as built was only
$4,000. and certainly is a model OF
neatness. and great change from
the stereotyped style of the buildings
generally erected.
1Copyright by Palliser, Palliser & Co., N. "
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-06-14

In Sweden there is copper mine
which has been worked without in
terruption for 800 years, but the
police statistics Of this country show
that the copper" mines in ireland
have a greater output.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-06-14

TRUE liberty consists in the privi-
lege of enjoying our own rights-not
in the destruction of the rights of
others
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-06-14

A NEW YORK girl threw her arms
around a mans neck and Rugged him
until the police interfered. He was
@ burglar.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-06-14

OF course the Queens Own was
drunk when it hauled down the
American flag in front of the Con-
SUBS office at st. Thomas. The
Queens Own has to be drunk to do
ANYTHING
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-06-14

THE King Mountains and the
Mountains of the Moon, which are
found on most of the maps Of Africa,
are said to have no existence.