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the thousands. It is big, busy build
ing humming with life and movement
more than $50 men and girls working
at it's benches every day.
-Four metals are combined to make
what Is known as type metal-lead, tin,
copper and anthony. The four are
mixed according to a secret formula
the lead being the largest Ingredient
and placed in the crucible. Anthony.
which is a most expensive metal, is
used because it gives hardness to the
type-composition and because it has
the unusual quality Of expanding in
cooling, thus preventing the type when
cast from failing away" from the
mold and produces sharpness of the
face and body Of the type.
The first step in type-making is the
cutting of the letters desired on the
ends of pieces of hard, fine steel. This
is very difficult work and the men who
do it receive high wages. Each letter
in a font must be exactly the same
height and the width must be cut ac-
cording to rule. A separate one of these
dies Or punches" is required for each
character in every font of type, and the
making Of them is the most expensive
part of the business. Some of them
cost as high as 81. When a set of
punches is complete it goes to the
matrix department. Here little rec
tangular pieces of pure copper known
as 'strikes" have been prepared. For
minion or long primer type they are
about two inches long by half an inch
broad. At exactly the proper point
near the top of each the steel die is
driven in, and then the "strike' or en-
bryo matrix goes to the filter, who rubs
and polishes it down Oh big pieces of
sandstone until it is everywhere square
and perfect and the depth Of the letter
is exactly the same as the rest of the
font matrices.
Next the mold is made. This work re-
Quir-~ the most skilled mechanics in
steel The pieces are all cut out by
lathes, planers and shapers and ground
down to just the right size and then
polished on emery laps. There are
two main parts to the mold and they
may be so adjusted as to make room
! for casting the bodies Of letters of any
i width from a 3-m size to an size. A
great deal depends upon the accuracy
of these molds. The matriX is now
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The Troublesome Khedive.

The Khedive is not a wise ruler-per-
haps not even an endurable one-but
still it is in his name that we English
govern; and to have to be perpetually
limiting that he must be depOsed, or
even his house superseded, is not pleas
ant--not a process which, however
necessary we are not denying it's
necessity-tends to diminish the Eng
lish civilians drawback in governing
their disagreeableness to the upper
classes Of the governed. They get
along with the proletaciat we'll enough,
for the latter like justice and light tax
alton, but the gentry, who feel throt-
tied by our infleXibility and ''priggish'
desire for European justice, cannot
reconcile themselves to our authority.
They fret, and their titular ruler frets,
and those whom they influence fret,
till, whenever there is jar, rumors are
circulated of approaching revolt, and
alarmists talk of massacre, and half
Europe looks on, thinking that though
the English govern successfully, they
govern without amiability or consider
alton for feelings, which the continent
holds to be exceedingly important. The
Khedive is, we do not doubt, forward
person; but we do not know a Euro
pean prince who in his position, would
not be boiling over, Or who, if weak
man, would not be tempted to give lit
tie pin pricks to his aggressive tutor
whenever he saw that that was Safe
The Spectator.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-05-16

China to the commerce Of the world 1t
would seem that the merchants Of this
country could make a better showing.
England makes a showing that causes
the American merchants mouth to wa
ter. She exports to China S1O5, 100000
worth of goods every year, Of which
S25,0OO,OO0 are cotton goods. She ex-
ports to Japan $27, 100000, Of which
ST. 1917, 900 are cotton goods. That is,
England sends to China every year &c.,
100000 more Of cotton goods than the
aggregate of our entire exports to that
country. Her exports Of cotton goods
to Japan just about equal the total
American exports to that country. Why
should England enjoy such tremen-
dous trade in cotton goods? Does
America produce no cotton? Are there
no factories where the cotton is made
into fabrics? Cotton is king. Have
American merchants and manufacture
ers gone to sleep? It is time for them
to wake up.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-05-16

1t Will behoove the American mer-
chant to take advantage to the utmost
Of the commercial features of the treaty
between Japan and China. 1t is in
comprehensive that the markets which
have been opened for many years have
been so neglected by American mer-
chants. But it will be folly to neglect
to seize the opportunity afforded by an
extension Of commercial privileges i'll
China. We buy from Japan $4,000, 900
worth Of goods year and sell her ST.
100000 What reason is there for this
tremendous disparity? Do we not pro-
duce the things which Japan needs and
which she buys-from England? Why
should we send $15,0OO,O0O every year
more than we get in return? The fig
ures regarding China are not so bad.
We export to China $16O00.O00 and i'm
port S2o0OO,OOO, an adverse difference
Of 100000. With the opening of
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Craze for Crime Mcmentos.

Since the assassination of M. Carnot
the cutler at Cette who sold the dag
ger to the murderers has, it is said,
been inundated with orders for weap-
ons of similar pattern and size to that
used on the fatal night at Lyons. The
orders come from France and from
abroad, somebody in Brussels having
asked for 800 daggers. During the
month following the assassination the
cutler dispatched over 1000 Of these
articles to various places, and he is on
the road to realize small fortune out
Of the extraordinary craze manifested
By his customers, French and foreign.
Some Of these people intend to exhibit
the blades in their shops or taverns,
While others are collectors OF curiosi-
ties, who want to possess some me-
mento Of terrible crime.
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The DeyiIine.

Some one has invented al instrument
Of torture called the "deviline" whistle.
1t is somewhat larger than the ordin-
airy police whistle. In the tube is o
small perforated wheel which loosely
revolves on a pin axle.
When the whistle is blown gently the
wheel beginsto turn, and the sound pro-
duced is that Of a low moan, such as
may be heard in a dentists office.
The sound grows in long and pro
longed wall of anguish, which dies
away into another moan as the wheel
slows down.
1t would be impossible TO imagine a
more excruciating and heartrending
series Of noises. The frightful sounds
suggest bedroom murder, the abduc-
ton Of children and the shrie1s Of de-
lirium. Tender nerves are set Oh edge,
and timid people are frightened into
cold perspiration. The "deviline" is
so terrifying in it's effects that it is GER
tain to become popular.
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swordsmanship Against Tiger.

Sir James Outram, known as the Bay
ard of India, was a mighty hunter
and an accomplished swordsman. He
once performed the hazardous feat Of
killing tiger with his sword, and from
the back of his horse. General Nichol-
son performed a similar feat.
He rode round and round the tiger at
a gallop, gradually narrowing the cir
Gle, until at last he was near enough
to deliver his blow. He had only the
one blow, and if he failed to kill the
tiger. he himself would have been
slain.
The explanation of the feat is that
the tiger does not spring upon the horse
man during the circling process, be-
cause he is watching his opportunity
AS the circle draws closer and closer
upon him, he becomes bewildered by
the strange manoeuvre, so unlike that
of any hunter he has ever encountered.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-05-16
Much Ado Aboue Nothing.

Mr. lie Fanu tells an amusing story
the buffer of an engine that was shunt-
ing some wagons near the station OF
Bray, in Ireland. 1t was found that
the man was the worse for drink, but,
in spite Of his folly, he was only very
slightly hurt, being stunned for few
minutes. Some porters ran to his help,
and one of them cried, Bring him to
the station at once" In his dazed state
the man thought they meant the police
station, and asked why they wanted
to take him there. "You know who
am," he said, land If I've done any
harm to your machine, sure I'm able
to pay for it."
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-05-16
COST OF GRAND OPERA.
Ingenious but FaIlacious Arou,,a,,.
of Mime. Media.

Ingenious but Fa1lacious Argumer4
of Mime. Melba.
Nine Melba has word to saw fo,
herself and her profession in an article
which she has written for an Eastern
magazine, intended to show that grand
opera is expensive because it ought to
be, always has been and always will
be. "Why should it not be?" the great
singer asks.
Paintings by Daubigny, Rousseau
Vibert, Cain, Jean Beraud, Detti. etc
are expensive, because they are excel
lent, and the possessors Of the tech
rique required to produce them are
few in number and know their own
value. There are very few composers
who are able to produce really great
operas, and they must be we'll paid
Then how many vocal artists are there
in the known world who are competent
to interpret the music? Do we appre-
ciate the enormous expenditure of time
and effort, the long, laborious, uninter
rupted training which the singers must
go through with before audiences will
listen to them?
And then she points out that accident
or the uncertainty of old age may step
in at any moment to cut short the great
singers career and stop her income
Nine. Melba may be excused for forget
ting her great, and, perhaps, only rival,
Patti. upon whom neither years nor the
accidents of life make any impression.
But in the main, the Australian divas
proposition is correct--that the profess
sional life Of the singer Is short and
precarious.
Does it follow that grand opera ought
to be and always will be an expensive
luxury for the people? Surely it would
seem that a wise Providence ordered
otherwise. Nine. Melba's comparison
Of the arts Of painting and singing is
not felicitous 1t is true that the works
of Daubigny and Cain and their COM
peers command high price. But it is
also true that their paintings and the
works Of others greater than them
selves are accessible to thegeneral pub
lie at little or no cost. Most Of the mas
terpieces of painting are in the art gal
leries, which are either free to all or
nearly so. Nor shall we believe that
singing has accomplished its highest
mission until 1t shall have been placed
at the disposal of the common people
on the same terms. That consumma-
ton seems far away at present. We
get our grand opera in Chicago cheaper
than they do in New York, or Paris, or
London, but it is still d high-priced lux
ury even here. And SO it will remain
until some system is devised whereby
great singers are placed at the disposal
of the public on the same terms as are
great paintings. 1t can be done when
philanthropy or public spirit or the de-
mand Of the people or all three combine
for the popularization Of the most hui
manizing Of all the arts. Speed the
day.-Chicago Times-Herald.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-05-16
RustS and Statues.

A correspondent of scientific jour.
nal states that a bust or statue can be
most thoroughly cleaned, provided it
has not been painted, oiled or waxed,
by inverting it and filing it with water
free from iron. The water is then al
lowed to filter through the plaster. At
ter the filtering has been kept up for a
sufficient time, and the outside surface
OCCASIONALLY washed with water and a
soft brush, the plaster is allowed to
dry. It is then found that all the dust
has been wiped out of the pores Of the
cast. which is thus restored to it's orig
inal whiteneSS.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-05-16
Wanted a Change of Diet.

An old gray-haired woman stands
about the entrance Of big downtown
building and asks for aims in about
this strain:
Mister, please give me a few per-
MES to buy bread
This she has been repeating over and
over until the occupants of the build
ing have all become familiar with ev-
cry intonation. Of her short song. The
other afternoon a stout, middle-aged
man, who had heard her plaintive ap-
peal many times a day for several
months, was rushing into the building.
He evidently had some important Lusi-
ness on his mind, that must be attend
ed to quickly. AS usual, the old woman
stuck out her hand and greeted him
with:
mister, please give me few pen
MES to buy bread"
Stopping suddenly, and quickly
thrusting bill in her hand, the man
full of business said gruffiy:
Here; you go buy some pie. You
eat too much bread."-New York Ad-
vertiser.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-05-16

Recent dispatches were somewhat
lurid with the prospects of On Indian
war on the Nebraska border. Frontier
settlers were reported as abandoning
their farms and fleeing to the towns,
and the Indians We're said to be put
ting on their war paint. This is the
kind of thing that always happens
when the whites are meditating more
than usual bold act of land robbery
against the Indians. Their avaricious
eyes are always fixed upon the posses
sions Of the red man. All the Indians
in the country are now herded on
reservations sacredly guaranteed to
them by treaty with the government.
Over them the Indian is supposed to
roam at pleasure in pursuit of game,
and so long as he keeps within his
boundaries he may do as he pleases.
This is not at all in consonance with
the ideas of the settler and frontiers
man. In his view the only good Indian
is dead Indian. He has no use for
hunting grounds or cornfelds. All
that he requires is a little earth, six
feet or so, for his possession. Fixed
there he is safe Hence these war
scares. AS might be imagined in adj
vance. land company is at the bot
tom of the present trouble. 1t is to be
hoped that the government will take
such hand in the present difficulty
as to see that the Indians obtain JUS
tice. After q century Of dishonor we
ought at last to be willing to deal just
~ with this fast disappearing race. We
will have all their lands presently by
Inheritance.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-05-16

such as a spectacle frame, was made
use Of to support the aluminium ear,
and adhesion to the head was effected
by means of a saturated solution Of
mastic in absolute alcohol.
The man can now hear as we'll as
ever, but he takes care to sleep on his
right side at night so as not to break
off his new ear At the same
time he has no fear of hav-
ing it frost-bitten, and he is prob
ably the only man alive who could
even partly comply with the request
of Marc Antony: Lend me your ears"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-05-16
The DOGS Of Paris.

Late returns show that Paris has 3d.
thirty inhabitants.
1t costs 100000 annually to feed
them, but the dogs in turn afford occu-
patton to twenty-five manufacturers Of
collars and muzzles, four bakers Of
dogs bread, five factories where dog
biscuits consisting of meat fibre, are
made; three special dog pharmacies, a
dozen infrmaries and two dog hospir-
als.-Chicago Herald.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-05-16

fastened in the mold so that it will
form one end of the hole between the
two parts. Then one of the parts is
fastened to the casting machine and
the other to a movable arm. The metal
it kept fluid in a little furnace heated
by gas and is projected by great force
into the mold by means of a pump.
At every revolution Of the crank the
mold approaches the pump spout, takes
charge of metal and flies back with a
fully formed type, which is cooled with
air-blasts and water from above. When
the movable arm is as far back as pos
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-05-16

cave Of the building, and may be push
ed from one window to another so as
to permit access to it from any desired
point. A standpipe for waSr connec-
ton may also be permanently attached
to the escape, with nozzle at each
floor and coupling below, and water
may thus be Immediately thrown where
needed.
The device seems to be, admirably
adapted to large buildings, where many
people are likely to be endangered by
the breaking out Of q fire.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-05-16
The TarantuYa Killer.

1t has bright blue body, nearly two
inches long, and wings of golden hue.
AS it flies here and there in the sun
light, glittering like flash of fire, one
moment resting on a leaf, the next On
a granite boulder, it keeps up an in
cessant buzzing, which is caused by
the vibration of it's wings. No sooner
does the tarantula hear this than he
trembles with fear, for well he knows
the fate in store for him when once
his mortal foe perceives his wherea-
bouts. This it soon does, and hastens
to the attack.
At first it is content with flying in
circles over it's intended victim. Grad
ually it approaches nearer and nearer.
At last, when it is within few inches,
the tarantula rises upon it's hind legs
and attempts to grapple with his foe,
but without success. Like flash the
giant wasp is on it's back. The deadly
fangs have been avoided. The next
instant fearful sting penetrates deep
into the spiders body. It's struggles
almost cease A sudden paralysis
creeps over it, and it staggers, helpless,
like a drunken man, first to one side,
then to the other.
These symptoms, however, are only
of short duration. While they last the
wasp, but few inches away, awaits
the result; nor does it have to wait
long. A few seconds and all sign of
life has disappeared from the taran-
tula; the once powerful legs curl up
beneath the body, and it rolls over
dead.-Chambers' Monthly.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-05-16
SMOOTH-BORE GUNS NOW.
How It Is Proposed to Reduce tn,
Cost OF Great Cannon.

How It Is Proposed to Reduce the
Cost Of Great Cannon.
The very heavy cost Of modern guns
is largely due to the time and labor
which are necessarily expended upon
the operation Of rifing them. It is al
most impossible so to make the gun
and the projectile that the soft driving
bands Of the latter shall at the moment
Of discharge, accurately fit into the
grooves and lands Of the bore and al
low no gases to pass ahead. When
these gases do pass ahead Of the pro-
jectile they score and damage the inter
ior Of the gun; and, where the new
powders are used and the gases of
combustion attain an enormous degree
Of heat, the process Of deterioration,
especially in weapons Of large calibre,
is often very rapid. A Swedish engi
neer, W. T. Unge, has devised meth
cd whereby he hopes to save, not only
the cost of rifling, but also the inter
Tor wear and tear for WHICH rifiing is
responsible. He proposes to construct
all guns as smooth bores, and to fit the
projectile with gas checks, which shall
render it practically impossible for any
gases to rush past them.
In order to convey to the projectile
an axial rotary motion, such as is at
present conveyed to it by the action Of
the rifling, he has invented mechani-
cal arrangement, which, at the instant
of firing, gives to the gun itself an ak
ial rotary motion. The device con-
sists of a rotary mounted holder con-
tanning the projectile, and q spindle
| provided with a bearing in the rear
wall Of the casing, by means of which
the rotary movement to the projectile
| is exactly the same as is produced by
the constant or increasing twist of an
ordinary rifed gun; and he is of the
! opinion that the adoption of his SYSTEM
while giving equal Or even improved
accuracy of fire, will reduce the cost
| of heavy guns by one-half and add fully
| 100 per cent, to their endurance.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-05-16
A TROLLEY FIRE ESCAPE.

It Hay Easily BE Rolled from One
Window of the Building to Another.
The device illustrated in the picture
here printed seems to be a great, IN
deed, 4 very important Improvement
upon the old style, fixed fre-escape
with which factories and other build
inSs are generally fitted. Where the
escape is permanently attached to the
building access to 1t may be had only
from one window on each floor. and it
sometimes happens that the fire cuts
off the occupants Of the building from
that window
This so-called trolley fre-escape,"
however, runs on a track under the
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-05-16
WEARS AN ALUMINIUM EAR.
What Science Has Done for an I'm
fortunate Englishman.

What Science Has Done for an I'm
fortunate Englishman.
We have had people with glass eyes,
porcelain teeth, and artificial whis-
kers, and now along comes a man with
an aluminium ear. He is SO years Of
age, and was admitted into the Queens
Hospital at Birmingham, England, in
April, 1893, with an epithelioma of the
left auricle.
The greater part ofthe diseased ear
was cut off by the attending surgeon
and a plaster -of-paris cast was taken
Of the left side Of his head. Then an ar
tiicial ear was built up in wax to
match the healthy one on the opposite
side. This bogus ear was then made
in vulcanite and aluminium, tinted and
enameled to harmonic with the COM
plexion. No artificial contrivance,
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New York Architecture.

A young student Of architecture who
has been spending the last year in gain
ing a knowledge Of the fundamental
principles of the profession he has cho-
sen complains that there are compare
lively few buildings in New York that
possess artistic coherency. Many OF
the most imposing of the structure Id
this city are q kind Of architectural
crazy-quilt, combining many different
styles in crude mass that sacrlhces
beauty for the sake Of utility or some
thing else.--New York World.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-05-16
No Use for Soap.

A soap dealer who should open an
agency in China would lose money
In many parts of China the children
wear no clothes for many months i'll
the year. and the majority of the people
never wash. do you wash your child
every day. a Chinese mother was
asked. Wash him every day.! was
the indignant response: ''he was never
washed since he was born!'
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-05-16

Wyoming sheep fattened on alfalfa
and wheat have sold in the Chicago
market this spring at prices which
realize for the feeder $500 per ton for
wheat. This is an excellent method of
Transforming these products into cash.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-05-16
Glass Floors.

A warehouse in Paris has been built
with glass floors. The initial cost Is
considerably more than that of the or
binary floor, but in view of the fact
that toughened glass is so much more
durable than wood, the experiment is
likely to prove cheaper in the end.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-05-16

Mrs. Jacobs, of Butte, has instituted
divorce proceedings on the ground that
her husband is engaged in a disrepu-
table business. He has some kind Of
an investment company which she says
Is no better than a lottery. But, then,
when she got married she invested in
the biggest lottery going. She's not in
a position to take exceptions to his
business
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-05-16

If Professor Woodward, who declares
that the earth wabbles, will invest1-
gate the matter a little more closely he
perhaps may discover that one Of his
own wheels is loose
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-05-16

Henry Gleason, a Chicago salesman,
aged %, took a dose of laudanum to
"play a joke on the old folks" The
joke was not as good one as it might
have been; a doctor pumped him out
and spoiled it. r~~ ~.,3,,