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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-09-12
Kissed by Henry Clay.

There is left the little girl-now no
longer little girl-the proudest recol-
lection Of whose life is of the kisses
Mr.. Clay used to give her, and for
which, with commendable business ex-
actness, he always paid her with a
tencent piece deposited in her sunbon-
net She now confesses that when she
saw the statesman approaching she
learned to lay this bonnet on the table
of her fathers shop, that it might be
well in evidence. and the impressive
ceremony of the dime and the saluta-
ton might not be omitted before the
Wing leader, her father, and several
other old cronies settled down for their
regular afternoon discussion of nation
al affairs-for all Kentuckians are pol
misunderstanding.
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the ROOM ordered. She moved away
slowly, and one Of my men grabbed
the revolver Then l breathed easier,
for while was fully determined not
to be bluffed by woman, there is small
satisfaction in fighting one and there
is no knowing what one will do once
she is reused to desperation.
81 searched the house, but could not
locate anything suspicious, and went
over to the smokehouse. Mrs. Hall
headed me off, and said that l should
not go in there.
eff you don't open that door | will
beat it in with an AK l said. When
she saw that l was determined she got
the key and unlocked the door. The
place was filled with boxes and bar
rels, and nothing was in sight that
would indicate distillery. We moved
the boxes about, and presently found
trap door in the floor, but so small that
could not get through. So | sent one
of my men, who was thin fellow,
down.
.''In a few minutes he called up that
and that it was so dark that he could
not see So l passed him down some
matches and directed him to make
thorough search. He was about to
give up the search when | noticed that
the earth floor in one spot was softer
than in other places. He set to scrap
ing the dirt away, and came upon an
other trap door that opened into sub
cellar. He crawled down, and called
to me that he had found the still. and
that it was in full operation, fire going
and spirits condensing.
HE found another hidden door in
the side Of the cellar, out over the "a
vine and kicked it open. Through this
I was able to climb. 1t was the most
perfect moonshine still that | ever saw,
about a hundreds gallon capacity, and
worth over $500. The smokehouse
was located over the ravine, at the bot
tom of which stream flowed The re-
fuse was run into this and carried off.
The smoke from the furnace was car
ried under ground and up into the
kitchen chimney. When the still was
going the wife was apparently doing
the household cooking. There, within
thirty feet of the road, Hall had been
carrying on his illicit distillery.
while 1 was tals.ng Hall into town
questioned him, for he seemed to be
a decent sort of fellow. He told me,
and later found out that he told the
truth, that he started in life as Bap-
fist minister, but that he could not
make a living at preaching, and had
been drawn into moonshining. The
court sent him to prison for two years.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-09-12

1t was known all over the country
that we We're somewhere on the ridge
and everybody was on the lookout for
us. AS luck would have it, Mr.. Spur
rier charged one of the other houses
with his squad of men before [ could
get my crowd in position, but was dis
covered in time for the moonshiner to
run out of the house. He was fired up
on by three or four of Spurrier's men,
but got away. This directed the atten-
ton of the man that l was going to
surround, and / was able TO place my
men in safe position before they We're
discovered AS l walked to the front
gate apparently unarmed, Shaw's wife,
a beautiful little woman, with a baby
in her arms and little girl by her
side, came out of the building She
went to the kitchen door and fastened
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-09-12

it just as | stepped up on the porch l
asked her if her husband was in. She
said to me in low tone: "For Gods sake
do not attempt to go into that house."
l asked her to go in herself and tell her
husband to come out She said she
could not do it, neither was it neces-
sary, for he intended to die before he
would be taken, and I noticed the tears
running down her cheeks. Ihereupon
she left with the children.
| went to the door and found it fast
ened on the inside. l heard voice up
stairs asking who l was and what |
wanted. 1 looked up over my head and
l could see Il mans hand and the barrel
of pistol on the top sill, but was so
close to the house; in fact, inside of the
door facing, he could not shoot with
any degree of accuracy. l told him
who l was and that we had a capias for
him, intended to take him and that he
would do we'll to come down and sur
render and not force us to resort to des-
perate means. He told me that he did
not intend to surrender, and that II l
forced the door and entered the house
he would kill me. He said that he had
been forced to kill one revenue officer,
and had had a difficulty with two or
three others, and didn't want any more
trouble on his hands. told him that
Ihad the house surrounded and that the
firing of one shot by him would be the
signal of his death. He replied that he
oo,,ld whiD q whole regiment where he
was. / finally told him that if he did
not come down l would burn the house.
He told me to burn and be ID.
| went into the kitchen-it was Just
after dinner and, getting a frying pan
full hot Goals and few green chips, l
went back to the door. | set the fry
ing pan upon the door sill, and, lying
down close to the wall, where Shaw
could not shoot me, l commenced Blowing
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-09-12

and surrender / answered" All right,
and then went to the kitchen, apparent
ly to get a bucket of water When |
returned 1 removed the fire. told him
to leave his weapons upstairs, and come
ahead.
When he stepped down he asked me
where my authority was for arrestlng
him. The truth was, | had none, the
marshal being probably a half mile
from his house l laid my left hand on
NV revolver that l held in my right,
and told him that he would have to be
satisfied with that until Mr.. Brown,
the marshal, came up. He then asked
me where my men were. l blew my
whistle and they left their places OF
concealment and surrounded him.
C1ergymen and Moonshiner.
II have had my share Of moonshin-
ing" said Captain Cromwell of Cincin-
natl, Ohio, as he paused in his labor OF
packing up raft of traps and papers
in preparation for his immediate de-
cific slope. II have tackled some pref
ty nasty customers and been in some
pretty rough parts of the country, and
yet [ have friendly feeling for these
people, who are honest in all other
things, and who really believe that a
tyrannous government is trying to de-
prive them of an inalienable right
"About the last still that / seized was
we'll nigh undiscoverable. and had /
not had positive information that the
still was there, l would have passed it
by. 1t was this way. Last year was
notified that certain Tom Hall was
operating a still somewhere in North
ern Mississippi. He was even then out
on bail, two good lawyers being on his
bond for $500. These lawyers did not
believe that Hall was a moonshiner
for he was plausible sort of a fellow
and had put up good story. l knew
that he would not be hard to locate, so
got man who was familiar with the
ground to do some detective work for
me. This man went out into the coun-
wormed himself into the confidence Of
the moOnshiner.
''Hall had house on the side of a
mountain, alongside the road, and en-
tertained neighbOrS somewhat in the
manner of an innkeeper. My man went
to Halls place and bought whisky, and
drank and played cards until o'clock
in the morning. After he had gone to
bed he got up and prowled around
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-09-12
CABALLERO'S AlR-SHlP.
Description of the Newest Device for
Navigating the Upper Air.

The invention shown in the accom-
panying illustration is described in the
Scientific American as follows:
Among the many efforts constantly
being made to construct Il vessel which
will be able to travel and carry pas
sengers through the air, those which
depend largely upon the use of the aero
plane for their support in motion, and
for making use of the air currents to
the best advantage seem to have Of
late attracted the most attention. An
air vessel of this class is shown in the
accompanying illustration, and forms
the subject of a patent recently issued
to Estanislao Caballero de los OlivoS,
New York city.
In suitable light, but strongly made,
basket or car is carried the best OBJ
tainable type of engine for operating
sustaining screws on the upper ends OF
shafts journaled in a light framework,
to which is pivoted an elongated ring
surrounding the screws. To the latter
ring is pivoted, in manner to form
universal joint, an aeroplane, which
may be inclined in any direction rela-
tive to the sustaining screws, and held
adjusted in the position desired, by
means of ropes or equivalent means,
the aeroplane having a central opening
of sufficient size to allow it to be so
inclined without impinging upon the
framework or the screws.
The ascent and descent of the vessel
are designed to be controlled by the
operation of the screws, and when the
aeroplane is set at an inclination to the
plane of the screws, the reaction of the
air striking the inclined surface causes
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-09-12

constant reminder of the possible
header The gun is manufactured in
the East, and is calculated to make an
annoying dog sneeze and sniff away
all future ambitions to investigate the
pace of a rider. 1t is said to be per-
feet instrument in every way. The adj
vantages enumerated for it are: Posi-
lively will not. leak; has no spring to
press or caps to remove, and will shoot
from five to twelptStimes from fifteen
to thirty feet with one loading.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-09-12
Physical Training of Indian Hunters.

The physical training of a hunter
was a part Of the education Of every
Indian boy, and different tribes had
different modes of developing the pow
ers of endurance. Among the Omahas
the youth were taught to run-not SO
much to run rapidly for short dis
lance, as to keep up an even pace for
many miles; and the habit of careful
observation was also inculcated. The
runners services on the tribal hunt
were important; it was necessary for
them to be able to travel far in search
of the buffalo and to return quickly,
so that the tribe could go forward, and
the hunters encompass the herd before
it could move to any great distance.
They must also closely note the topog-
raphy of the country as they ran here
and there in search Of the game, so as
to be able to direct the tribe to- the herd
over the shortest route which they
might not themselves have Travelled.
They must also be constantly on the
watch for tracks or signs of an enemy,
lest they should bring the tribe, into
danger. 1t was not uncommon Tor
these young men to run from seventy to
100 miles within twenty-four hours,
taking very little rest and food.-Cen-
tury.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-09-12

HE the department of justice is repre-
|ltcd by the United States deputy
klrshal and occasionally United
| tes commissioner. The latter cor
kponds with the office Of magistrate
! the State and accompanies the raid
The purpose of issuing warrants
Ben all arrest is to be made; the
but marshals office corresponds
Nh that Of the sheriff, and his duty is
make the arrest.
raid was being made by a large
bty Of revenue officers and deputy
7 rShalS in the Pea Ridge country, on
! Tennessee and Kentucky line. We
1ne into a neighborhood where were
Zee houses, about one-half mile apart,
forming almost a triangle. The
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-09-12

SAal mad capiaseS for the three men
occupied them. | belonged to the
eaue department., and had no au-
E'V to arrest. There was but one
FER present who had the capiases,
| 0tou an occasion of this kind men
''' stand much ON the strict letter
NJ law. Our force was divided into
parties. and each one repaired to
P0Se iof the purpose of making an
w. A'iell to my party's lot to arrest
'"""' who was charged with be-
"N accessory before the fact to the
's u d revenue officer, had been
,'eu' indicted and had given bond
"@ appearance and forfeited it.
noo was a character in that sec
VI We country. He weighed about
s'0nuS' was a perfect specimen of
al manhood. and had the reputa-
oelnS recklessly brave and
Sp"ouSiy honorable. He lived in
,1'et OF the enemy's country, and
~F 10 make an arrest it was neces-
" nave good force. Just before
A'iu was organized and all the
sS We're placed in the hands of a
suaI' who accompanied the party,
'VnUe department. assisting the
Dary and vice versa.
r''Seu OF the dangerous character
A. ~an our party carefully sur
os eu Tie house, a story-and-a-half
o ,' With a log kitchen at one
u rough porch in front of the
ron. 0ie dwelling extending around
b,. Vi the kitchen door. There
h W. one window below and two
roo mINuows above in the dwelling.
how uie caves and the walls of
\ hon ~e was an open space all around
oo,,, -FOUR inches. A person up
~uiu pass around the wall and
q a; object with a gun or pistol
,ba S,ahce of ten or twenty feet
con l house. Beyond that distance
end lu mot not be seen except from the
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-09-12

and after a long search found where
the still was hidden. He even went so
far as to take a diagram of the place.
He came into town, where | was wait
ing for him, and gave me the intelli-
gence that l wanted.
81 got the posse together and set out
at once, arriving at the spot in the ear
ly morning. My information was so
positive that l arrested Hall at once.
AS we entered the house he edged
around behind his wife, who grabbed
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-09-12

"She stood her ground for full min-
ute, but saw that we could not be tri-
fed with, and did not dare raise the
gun.
Put that pistol down" again Or
dered. Put it on the table!'
'She laid the weapon down, but stood
close to it,
Now go over to the other side of
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-09-12
H.; Ont Inv Strategy.

nore Him Out by Strategy.
whom a smoonshine" raid is made
" orp always two departments of
- srer,,ment representative in
rovaDue and the department of
';ao The revenue officers locate the
~ ~ distjIIcries and destroy them,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-09-12
Aluminium.

aluminium is now used instead Of
steel for the nails and heel plates of
German soldiers boots. The results
expected are quicker and better march,
ing. with less fatigue to the men.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-09-12

a forward movement in the direction OF
the highest point Of the aeroplane if
site direction if the vessel is descend
ing, the direction being changed or re-
versed without altering the speed of
the engine or the position Of the screws.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-09-12
HUMOR OF THE WEEK
STORIES TOLD BY FUNNY MEN
OF THE PRESS.

Odd, Curious and Laughab1e Phases
of Human Nature Graphically Por-
trayed by Eminent Word Artists of
Our Own Day-A Budget of Fun.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-09-12
THE AM MONA GUN.
Little Weapon for Protection
Against Ours,

Every bicyclist in the land will rise
up and call the inventor of the ammo
MIA gun for dogs blessed. How the gun
is operated is shown by the accom-
panying cut. Nothing is more annoying
to the rider than to have mongrel
dog barking at his pedals and scurry-
ing across his pathway in such close
proximity to the front wheel as to be
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-09-12

+be smoke under the door, occasionally
telling that hated to burn the house on
account of his wife and children. Inc
stairs were just to the right OF the
daor and the smoke ascending. soon
filled the upper part of the house. SHAW
concluded that was burning him OUT
and finally said that if | would eA-
;.r,;sb the fire he would come down
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-09-12

There have been no entirely successful
machines invented yet for setting type
or setting hens.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-09-12

How much easier it is to tell others
how they ought to walk, than 1t is to
step right ourselves. ..A-aa.zAAss...
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-09-12
.ooNSHINE STILLS.
-, THEY ARE RAlDED BY
nzuENuE OFFICERS.

onietly Made Within Thirty
6 the Travelled Public High
Nv Hall Found Preaching
,4 pay, So He Took to the jug.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-09-12
,.PUT THAT GUN DOWN !"

her husbands pistol from his pocket
and faced us. / saw that / had a de-
termined woman to deal with, and
knew I would have to treat her like /
would a man.
'sPut that pistol down. command
ed.
az won't do it, she said, looking
at me in a logged fashion.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-09-12
Sprinklcs of Spice.

Sprink1cs OF Spice.
Neber min de comm fros, /
Honey, don't you fear;
When de watahmillion's gone,
De 'simmon will be here.
Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-07
RETURNING HOME.
Numbers of Families Who Left LauderdaIe and Limestone Counties for Texas Return-
 ing to Their Old Homes.

Florence, Dec 6.-(Special)-A num- Der of families who left Lauderdale and Limestone counties during the past two years for Texas have returned to their old homes, and others are preparing to do so as soon as they can make their ar engagements. Half a dozen or more fam flies returned during the past ten days and at least dozen others have written that they will be back to stay as soon as they can get here. They are all tired of Texas. and all declare that old Alabama possesses many advantages over the wild and woolly west. The ma iority of those who are returning went 10 what Is considered the best farming section of Texas. the northern portion. They found it, however a less desirable place of residence than northern Ala bama.
 The return of these people to Alabama will tend to check the annual exodus from this state to the southwest The desire to change the old order of things, to start anew in a new land, has caused many Alabama farmers to sell their farms here at a sacrifice in order to buy land in Texas. that, in many instances, is not. nearly as productive as the land they sacrificed. There will be but few to go from Lauderdale county to Texas this fall. The return of the wanderers has checked the movement
Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-07
A Fine Vessel.

hours after leaving her pier in New York the splendid new ship of the Clyde the Comanche, reached her docks in this city The decks were lined with passengers and~a large crowd cheered from the wharf as the beautiful vessel swung in and was made fast. The Comanche is making her maiden trip and has a very large passenger list and heavy freight Captain Pennington said that everything was working smoothly and everybody was pleased. The vessel was inspected by thousands of people this evening and the verdict is that never has Cha rleston seen a finer boat or a more courteous crew. The Comanehe sails for Jackson vile tonight
Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-07
MARYLAND DAY POSTPONED Due to the Non-ArrivaI of the
 Soldier Boys. A BRILLIANT RECEPTION Saturday, December 2l, Has Been Designated
 as Negro Day, A BIG CROWD OF THEM IS EXPECTED Labor Day Set for December 12, and Many Prominent Labor Leaders Are Invit-
 ed-General Wright Will De-
 liver an Address
BIG CROWD OF THEM IS EXPECTED

Atlanta, Dec. 6.-The Fifth regiment, Maryland national guard and the naval reserve arrived this evening, twenty-four hours late, but still in time for Maryland day, which had been postponed until to- morrow. The city of Baltimore prom ises to eclipse all others by the magnifi- cence of its militia display and number of representative business men in at tendance. Tonight brilliant reception, given by the Maryland delegation, is in progress in the Capital City club, the leading social organization of the state. A thousand invitations were sent out, and the club is crowded with the elite of the city.
 Saturday, December 21, has been des- ignated as negro day at the exposition. The railways have been asked to make very low rates in order that the negroes, who have recognition for the first time at this exposition, and have made here an exhibit which proves revelation, may have an opportunity to come III large numbers and get the full benefit Of the work their race has done here. The directors of the exposition have pub lished an address to the people or AL lanta asking that they give their ser wants holiday on the 21st in order that the negroes may come en maSSe.
 Thursday, December 12, will be lapor day at the exposition, and great prepara- tions are being made by local labor lead CTS to celebrate the day. Gen. Carroll D. Wright, chief of the United States bu- reau of labor has accepted an invitation to deliver an address. Grand Chief Con ductor E. E. Clark, Grand Master Fire man F. Sargent. Grand Master Train man P. H. Morrissey and Grand Master Railway Track Foreman John T. Will son have also promised to speak. The Order of Railway Track Foremen will be in session the day before and several thousand are expected to be in attend ance. The local labor organizations are also expected to take part.