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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-03-29
Very Hard Steel.
stone.

The strong-rooms of a safety-de-
posit company in London are con-
structed throughout of steel, the
doors being faced further with sold
plate half an inch thick, or patent
compo safe steel. What kind of ma
terial this compo safe steel is may De
gathered from description of a re-
cent drilling test The position OF
the holes was selected variously at
random, and the steel used in the
drills was ordinary high-class Shef-
field steel. Subsequently Syrian
and Mushet's lf-hardening steel
were also tried. The drills were first
tried with a temper corresponding to
the usual purple" for drilling iron.
Later some were tried of very stiff,
strong form, completely hardened by
being plunged in cold water and un-
tempered in any way. This condi-
tion corresponds to that of the tools
found most suitable for cutting
chilled iron. Other drills were tried,
ranging through all degrees of hard
ness from that last described down to
the softest "blue" temper for cutting
iron. The drills were fabricated by
petroleum oil chiefly, but in the
course of the trials other lubricants
were used, such as water, spirits of
turpentine, paraffine, malt vinegar,
acetic acid, lemon juice, solution OF
soap and vegetable oil. The results
were in one sense uniform: no single
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-03-29

THE average blank marriage GER
titcate, as sold by stationers, is I'M
worthy of its ultimate use. 1t is a
piece of fantastic type and border
work, printed usually on cheap paper.
1t is a priceless bit Of paper, of
course, when photographic art trans
forms it into a certificate of mar
rage: but it ought to be thing of
beauty, even though it may not prove
to be JOY forever. They do these
things better in Belgium. The mar
rage certificate there is an artistic
little book, Of the finest tinted paper,
bound in morocco, with gilded edges.
The book, in addition to the form of
certificate, contains useful informa-
tion about the marriage laws of Bel
GUM, hints about the care of chill
dren and blank forms for their names
and birthdays.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-03-29
80, cups LOST LAST YEAR.
vessels Destroyed, Only one Oh
seven Them in Actual War.

SO, vessels Destroyed ohiy
chem in Actual war;
rno last was not a lucky year TOT
sbins of war, says the Phllauelp n nla
1,p seven war ships were aoao
a a'1 the twelve months OF 1919.
az = - i these only one was destroyed IL
~ +,,a1 xgar This was the Javary, al
;non.clad monitor of 5000 tons ulse
nlacement, which carried 1ne nay ,, %
the rebel Admiral Mello, anu ,.at
s,nk m the 9th of November IdsC
hv the guns of the forts of RIO jail
a;,a Russia has to deplore the loss
of an armored cruiser, the WltaIZ'
ond IF the monitor RussalKa. Inc
fret carving ten six-inch guns aliu
of >. $50 tons, was run into ana sum IN
on the 10Th of April in the bay %
Iazareff by the Brazilian school sup
A dmiral Barrosa. The BarroSa stranu-
od in the same year in the Red sea-
after it's passage through the Suez
canal The monitor Russalka mdue
. trim in company with the tug Doao
Tuca from the Keval to Helsenslole
on the 10Th of September ana "enO
down in storm with all on ooafu'
numbering 17S persons. Inc recolus
of marine disasters show that IN the
course of $50 years 100 ships OF war
have been lost in the GulI OIL rin-
land. France lost last year La Bour-
donnais. cruiser OF the first rank
in a storm off the coast OF Mauasae-
car. The ship was abandoned py Vic
crew. of whom twenty-three were
lost. La Bourdonnais is the fltteenJn
shin of war that France has los1
since 1870. The greatest casualty OF
the wear was that of the Victoria,
the flagship O. the British Medlter-
ranean fleet, on the coast OF runs
on the 22d of June. Struck Dy tne
armored ship Camperdown, the VIC
toria went to the bottom with Al
miral Tryon and 1858 men. The VIC
toria had a displacement OF ~, Nv
tons. A new Victoria of greater
magnitude by 1000 tons is in course
Of construction. The seventh loss
was that of the Alexander Petron,
belonging to Hayti. 1t was new
steel ship of small tonnage, built IN
Havre. and sank in way that has
never been explained with crew OF
eighty men, OF whom only one was
saved. Though no ships of the
American navy were lost last year,
there were two or three narrow es-
capes. BY keeping snugly in harbor
some of the most magnificent modern
ships of war find their only safety
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-03-29

IN recent article in the North
American Review upon "The Outlook
for War in Europe" Mr.. Archibald
Forbes, the well-known war CORE
spondent, has compiled the statistics
of the war strength Of the dual ALI
ance-France and Russia and of the
triple alliance-Germany, Austria
and Italy. AS the figures are COM
piled from official sources, their pub
LEGATION will be valuable for refer
ence. The war strength of Russia is
2,411,105 officers and men, 463, 900
horses and 5, 200 guns; of France q
us, 600 officers and men, 500, 900
horses, and 1850 guns. The war
strength of Germany is 2,440, 900 Of.
ticers and men, 562. $50 horses, and
4, 43O guns; of Austria 100000 Of
ficers and men, $4,000 horses, and
2.14o guns: of Italy 1858, 200 officers
and men, 134, 900 horses, and 1920
guns The total war strength of the
dual alliance is 5, l26. 7O5 officers and
men, 1903, 900 horses, and 300
guns; of the triple alliance, 5, 2s7, 200
officers and men, 9S8, $50 horses, and
$50 guns. The war strength of the
triple alliance infantry, therefore, is
superior to that of the dual alliance
in officers and men by 100, 495, while
it is inferior 274, $50 in the number
of horses and 1,510 in the number of
guns. The total forces available by
botn alliances in war, field troops
only, is 10, 4l3, COS. The gross popu-
lation of both alliances is 272. $50, 462.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-03-29
WILD BILL a SOLID MAN.

The Body of the Famous Desperate
Turned to Stone Long Ago.
The climate of Colorado is SO ex-
ceedingly dry in the greater portion
of the State that ordinary objects,
such as potatoes, vegetables of vari-
Gus sorts, and even small animals,
petrify when covered with sand. A
considerable source of revenue to the
guides and vendors in the Grand Can
Won and other famous resorts is the
sale of petrifled wood and other ma
te~ial to tourists. Human bodies
have been known to undergo the pet
ritying process in numerous instances.
The body of Wild Bill, the famous
desperate, is to-day solid stone. He
was buried in a sandy country, near
Telluride, and the Washington Post
says that about four years ago his
friends decided to put up monument
to his memory. They went out to
his grave, which is in the open
prairie, and one of the party, az old
scout, was taken along to exactly
locate where he was buried. The
sand had shifted and blown in great
heaps, as 1t does all through that
country, and the scout had a good
deal of difficulty in absolutely locat-
ing the spot. Finally he struck a
mound that he said had Wild Bill
under it, Owing to the uncertainty
of the situation and his hesitancy,
the party decided to dig down and
see whether he was right. They
didn't want to put a monument over
a sand heap unless it had Wild Bill
under it. So they dug down. Pres
emily the spade ran into a rock-a
scarce thing in that country. They
shoveled all around it and soon re-
vealed the petrified image of Wild
Bill, as perfect as the day he died,
with not a trace of decomposition.
Even the clothes and shoes were
turned to stone. Some of the party
wanted to take the body up for pur-
poses of exhibition. Butone of Bill's
old pals, Shorty Jake, as he was
called, remarked that the first man
who tried to do 50 would find bed
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-03-29

THE death of the "Danbury News
Man" will remind everybody that the
peculiar humor of which he was one
of the most striking professors-the
humor of the exaggerated and the
groteslue--is Of very recent origin.
Hardly generation has elapsed since
it first made its appearance. Yet in
that time it has circled the earth,
and has done more to make the
United States known and understood
abroad than any other force. Two
or three fortunes have been made out
Of it in London by the newspaper
imitators of it; and faint reflection
of its roguish distortion Of solemn
fact is to be found in the literature
of our stately British cousins.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-03-29

THE news that the Vanderbilts are
on the point of buying up a job lot OF
Southern railroads is not altogether
unwelcome. The concentration OF
great railroad interests under the
control of one man or one set of men
is not desirable as a general PROPOSE
ton, but it has certain advantages.
In the case of the Vanderbilts the
advantages are distinctly perceptible.
Beginning with the old Commodore
the Vanderbilts have always sought
to conduct their railroads as business
enterprises rather than as mediums
for stock jobbing. If the Wander
bilts secure control of the Southern
roads the travelling public will reap
the benefit. The lines will be put in
good condition and the service will
be made the best possible. The
Vanderbilts are not exactly philan-
thropists, but they know how to run
railroads, and that is all the public
need care about them.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-03-29

He lined it with old wrapping paper
and ne slept in it nights, being a
short man and used to sleeping with
his knees bent. He kept the cover
down in the daytime and open at
night. On rainy nights he put up
his umbrella. which was large enough
to cover the whole trunk. He came
and went to his lodgings by the fire
escape of the next house, always ar
irving after dark and departing at
the first sign of dawn.
lie used to say that the fine view
made up for the discomforts he un-
derWent in his elevated quarters. He
occupied this lodging for two weeks.
at the end of which time he got an
engagement. He's now drawing 1928
week and the whole country would
recognize his name if were to give
it away"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-03-29

STATES ATTORNEY KERN, speaking
of the Coughlin verdict, says that if
the solid business men do not like
the result they have only themselves
to blame; they won't leave their bust
ness to serve on juries. That is SO,
but who is to blame for the reluct-
ance of business men to perform jury
duty? What man with large inter-
ests at stake can afford to serve three
or four months on jury, segregated
from the rest of mankind, unable to
direct his employees, treated like a
suspected criminal and forbidden to
even read the newspapers? What
business enterprise will stand such
neglect? The truth is that Mr.. Kern
and his tribe-the lawyers-have
scared solid citizens off juries by their
dilatory tactics, their interminable
eloquence and their consistent disre-
gard for other peoples rights and
comfort. The course of justice-so-
called-has degenerated into a vitu-
perative, wind -jamming contest be-
tween gentlemen of the long robe.
Until this is corrected, until common
sense and ordinary business expedi-
tion is recognized in the courts, there
will be no improvement in the char
acter of the juries.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-03-29
Tea-Dr mixing.

Iea-drinking among men has all
at once excited discussion. But it.
does not appear to be known, saws a
contemporary, that nearly all men of
lloerary habits who exhaust nerve
1ofce take to tea-drinking. Edwin
Booth used to have pot of tea sim
merlng In his stage dressing. room.
freachers, orators, and lawyers find
d cup or strong tea the gentlest and
most harmless of brain bracers. and
IL mas no reaction. The reason WIN
young men affect to despise tea
orlnklng is that they associate it
with declining power and old women
DuC the truth is that tea. If of q
pure kind and properly drawn is
ABOUT as innocuous and pleasant =
stlmulant as young man can resort
70 alter a long worry or a drain Of
enoIlonal or intellectual force. IF it.
could De made to take the Mace of
champagne and absinthe. the comino
race would be better off. Some nf
our restaurants have taken 70 fur-
: the extra tea that is served
Ia Kusse--that is, without mill ~
put with the addition Of 4 slice l' nf
lemon. - Q siice OF
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-03-29

In Hungary there are many travel
ing nuns. 1t is made great point
of piety, as well as hospitality by per-
sons of position, to entertain them.
A host of this kind was lately honored
by visit from two nuns which lasted
several weeks. They were travelling,
they said, 10 collect money for the
erection of convent. All of a sud-
den these nuns disappeared, carrying
away all the portable property they
could lay hands on, and it was dis
covered that they were not nuns at
all, nor even females, but brigands.
What adds to the Indignation of the
host is the fact that one of them in
her role of Mother Superior, used to
kiss his wife every night.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-03-29

COLONEL THOMAS OCHILTREE, once
of Texas, now Of the world at large,
has not retained his sturdy, primitive
Americanism. He has feasted of the
feshpots of Europe and has lost his
simple tastes. He now despises the
things in which he once rejoiced.
While witness in a lawsuit at New
York the other day he was asked:
as it true that you won that gold
watch in a game of poker?" to which,
growing red in the face and purple
in the neck, Colonel Ochiltree replied
passionately: 'That is an Infamous
question" There was a time when
Colonel Ochiltree would not have con-
sidered the query infamous. There
was a time when he would have
beamed with modest pride and
shouted jOyOusly: "YOu bet l did,
and 1915 into the bargain" He might
even have favored the court with
that ancedote of the poker game
wherein he lost $40, O02-"the worst
of it being" as he was accustomed to
add "that s. Of it was cash." But
Colonel Ochiltree has evidently suf
fered by contact with the effete des
potisms. He probably takes bath
once week and wears underclothes.
They wouldn't know him in Texas
now.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-03-29

last American olson remaining IN a
wild state, unless there may be few
left in the Canadian Northwest. But
for the fortunate forethought OF in
dividuals who have reduced a number
of specimens to captivity the total
extinction of the race would now be
a certainty. AS it is, there is still a
possibility of its revival. "Ben Har-
rison" and his companions at Golden
Gate Park have suddenly been ele-
waited into a position of immense i'm
portance They are like the men,
bers of Noah's menagerie that were
charged with the duty of restocking
the earth after the flood.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-03-29

Harlem in few minutes, instead Of
an hour or more, and Brooklyn sub
urbs can be reached in half an hour,
instead of two or three hours, as
now.
with bound New York's popu-
lation will be increased from about
1900, 900 to 1900, 900, which will
make her the second city in point of
population in the world. Within the
next fifty years, should she continue
her present rate of growth, her pop
ulation will be nearly or quite TO-
600, OOO"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-03-29
CITY OF 10, 900, 900.
That's What New York Is Now Setting Out
to Become.

That's What New York Is Now Setting Out
to Become.
The greater New York bill is now
a law and the metropolis is on the
way toward becoming the second city
in the world and perhaps in half a
century the most populous city be-
meath the sun. The bill merely per-
mits of vote of the people in New
York, Brooklyn, and outlying towns
and villages as to whether they shall
become part and parcel Of New York
politically as they are now CONNER
cially. The names Of the communi-
ties which it is proposed to CONSOLE
date are besides Brooklyn and New
York, Long Island City, the towns
of Westchester, Flushing, Newtown
and Jamaica, portions of the towns
of East Chester, Pelham and Hemp
stead and Richmond County. Next
fall the people of these places will
vote on the question, and if it be de-
cided to consolidate legislation look
ing to that end will be enacted.
Gov. Flower is very enthusiastic
over the measure and after he signed
it he said: what a magnificent
municipality we shall have if the
plan this bill contemplates is realized.
[ expect that within short time
after the articles of incorporation are
signed we shall see three, four or
five new bridges connecting New
York and Brooklyn; yes, and Long
Island City and the Jersey shore with
u.s. Consolidation will hasten the
day when we shall have the most per-
feet system of rapid transit that can
be conceived by mortal man. We
shall have trains whirling us up to
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-03-29
was born in England and was ~,
loft an nrnhan. His childhoos Wy

was born in England and was II
left an orphan. His childhoI n,
spent on the London streets ami h
fore the age Of 10 he was arresta%
drunkenness and sent to prison
II he was sent to this country am
New York soon became idenhI
with the worst element of the
He became a thief and a drum;
and about half his time was spent
prison. He also joined the n0tai
Whyo gang, a company of robbeYaI
garroters.
In March, 1880, the SalvatI
Army came to New York and beg
to hold their meetings. JimrI
thought it would be great sport to
and see them but, finding an admin
sion fee was charged at their NEE
ing, concluded to spend the lit !
money in his possession for drnI
Accordingly he got drunk. His CO
panions painted his face and roll /
MIN in sawdust and then kicked h
out of the saloon. AS he tumN
into the street his hat blew of al
in his efforts to get it again, Jim
fell into an ash barrel head iii
There he stuck and there the pd
found him. They could not get
out, so he was dragged by the
to the station house still in the b
rel, yelling at the top of his lungs
When Jimmy was brought Mfo I
the Judge he was a sorry sight
face was cut and bleeding, the I
and sawdust still covered it, and
clothes wete in rags. The Ja
would have condemned him to Ella
wells Island, but Inspector BV
pleaded for him and suggested
he be turned over to the SALIVA
Army that they might see whe
they could do anything with
The Judge consented and Jimmy
allowed to go, on condition of ate
ing their meetings. He went
their hall, but a policeman there
fused to let him enter and EnoS
him down with a club, Comm
sioner Rallton, of the army WeD'
Jimmy's assistance and be
brought into the hall. In time
was converted. He has peTSVR
and to-day the Salvation Army
40 more jealous or Trustworthy ny
Der than "Ashbarrel Jimmy"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-03-29

THIS advertisement is being pub
lishcd by the daily papers: big
Money-Owners of valuable secret
process for doubling weight of but
ter sweetening and purifying bad,
will sell rights to agents and others
to use it on reasonable terms. Apply
or address ---" We would adj
wise our readers, if they are ever I'M
fortunate enough to come in contact
with the advertiser or any man who
buys this valuable secret, to keep a
tight grip on his valuables: for either
one of the precious rascals would
steal a widows woodpile.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-03-29
LIVING IN a TRUNK.
how an Impoverished Actor Thus Existed
for Two Weeks.

How an Impoverished Actor Thus Existed
for Two Weeks.
speaking Of ACTORS living in their
trunks" said d WellknoWn player re-
Gently, Il have friend who actually
performed that feat. He took an at
tic room in a New York lodging
house for the summer. Long before
he got an engagement his money gave
out. He stood off his landlady for
three weeks. At last she learned
that he had been taking out his
clothes, one piece at time, and
paWning them, and that his trunk
was empty. So she ordered him out.
She gave him the privilege Of remov-
ing his trunk by night, as he had to
do the moving himself. He told her
he was going to Hoboken.
"The next morning his trunk was
gone and she let the room to another
Jodger. She never knew it, but he
had merely taken his trunk up
through the hatchway to the roof.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-03-29

ONE of the first lessons that a
young man should learn is faithful
ness to duty and trustworthiness in
small matters. Having these, the
foundation of prosperity is laid; and,
if TO such characteristics are added d
determination to become absolute
master Of the business and the ca
pacity to grasp the various require
ments, the highway to wealth and
standing is well laid out.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-03-29
The Mystic Plant.

The mistletoe is by no means
in a state of nature, a rare pIeD,
modern times it is regular! vi
waited, the viscous seed' IL o"'
inserted in a notch 10 ln"n IN
banks, sprouting with eaS 3u -
it's growth is extremely sl0 a,s
trees selected for this crop ~'I a
incapable of producing any my NJ u
for, the sap being intercepted NJ NJ!
roots of the parasite, tn .ar I'd
ripening of the fruit Tsp, is plS'fHl
and in time the tree is killed .b ii
little by little the trade III stidd
tinctive feature OF thrlsIlll~'l d
been drifting over the Cnann nla
either land is cheaper or app''
are less valued.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-03-29
Tennyson and His Watch

; Mrs. Brookfeld, who was On7
Thackeray's correspondents andsl
cred up a sheaf of remembranesss
him, has been doing the same VI
for Tennyson. Among other s9 .,
in describing a visit at Lord ASH.
tons place, she gives a plc'u,I1
"Tennyson's coming into or'aA
rather late one morning, VIII
turbed expression of face anu
watch in his hand, saying
great gravity: MY watcu
stopped. What am ! to 30.
all felt concerned for momeD.
til I think it was Mr.. Fairbalr1' ]
as a practical man, with equa, I
ity rose from his chair Iop .s,
watch from Alfred's hand asA.n|
his key, wound it up and slleD"'|
turned it to it's owner.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-03-29

A SAN QUENTIN, Cal, convict re-
fused to accept pardon because he
believed he could do the other con-
victs good by remaining among them.
The ways of Proyidence-it has been
stated before-are inscrutable. No
sooner had the convict reached his
peculiar and self-sacrifcing deter
minatiOn than he died.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-03-29

A LOT of seminary girls at Haver-
hill have been suspended for skirt
dancing Surely, if good old Massa-
chusetts expects budding womanhood
to dance skirtless PuritaniSm is
deader than had been thought.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-03-29

THERE is a sect in Oakland, CAL,
members Of which say they rely SOLE
~ upon the Lord for food and raj
ment. This may be all right, but
common respect will continue to clus-
ter about people who do not show SO
pronounced an aversion for work.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-03-29

A CHINAMAN has procured adivorce
in New York from his American wife
not because he considered it neces-
sary to remarriage, but as delicate
courtesy to the institutions of his
adopted country.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-03-29

HANGING would be too good for the
miscreants who have eXterminated
the Yellowstone Park herd Of buffalo.
With the possible exception of
small herd in Texas these were the
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-03-29

~DE trouble wild too many OBJ you
niggers," says Uncle Nose, "is dat you
wants to lib sinners an die Chris
tians. "-Indianapolis Journal.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-03-29

in the hole that Bill filed. So the
idea was abandoned. But If some
adventurous museum man wants the
greatest drawing card on earth ne
can find it under Wild Bills TOMB