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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-12-05
Clearly a Stand-Of.

Some years ago two officers in the
British army in India had difficulty
which resulted in duel. The colonel,
the challenged party, was an old cam
paigner who had won his laurels in the
Crimea, and was gallant soldier. The
choice Of weapons being his, he named
pistols, and elected that the affair
should occur in dark room. We Sc
cured room twenty-feet square (says
the narrator of the incident), closed
every crevice that would admit light,
placed our men in corners diagonally
opposite and withdrew. Each man was
provided with three charges, and when
these were exhausted we rushed in to
gather up the mutilated remains. Each
man stood erect and soldier-like in his
corner, untouched; but directly behind
the officer who had given the challenge
were three bullet-holes made by the
colonel's pistol. "How is this?" said
the grizzled major; chad you been
standing here when those shots were
fired, you would have been killed" The
culprit was forced to admit that he had
dropped to one knee. you are cow
ard, sir, and unfit for the company OF
soldiers and gentlemen cried the
major. Hold on, major!" said the col
onel; sit is stand-off. While he was
on his knees in one corner | was on my
stomach in the other
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-12-05
Americans everywhere will p:

Americans everywhere will pay a
tribute to the memory Of Samuel Fran
els Smith, whose death occurred at Bos-
ton. Mr.. Smith was not literary
genius as the word is generally under
stood, and the bulk Of his writing,
which includes many hymns and con-
siderable miscellany in prose and verse,
is marked rather by sincerity and man
ly sentiment than finish or high inspira-
ton. His fame and the high respect
and esteem he must hold among Amer
leans rest upon that happy stroke which
led him to write my Country, IT'S Of
Thee This patriotic song he published
in 1882, it being sung for the first time
in Boston on the Fourth Of July of that
year. The words are simple and in
volye no great flight of imagination.
And they fit a tune which cannot be
considered American save by adoption.
But the poem filled for the first time
the demand for national hymn Of
breadth and vigor sufficient to reflect
the spirit of liberty. How we'll it has
answered this purpose Is shown by the
length of time it has endured 1t is no
mean honor to have written ones coun-
try's song when the song is one that
comes to be sung on all patriotic occa-
sions, and in every village and town.
many times during the year The high
minded and kindly man who made
these verses over sixty years ago has
had the unusual honor of seeing his
one distinguished success placed in
every hymnal, become known to every
man, woman and child in the country
and sung whenever the spirit of patri-
otic feeling and the love of liberty de-
mand expression. 1t is exceedingly
doubtful If MY Country, IT'S of Thee
will ever be entirely displaced from its
position as the national hymn, just as
1.-The Star Spangled Banner win re-
main the national war song and yam
kee Doodle" the national jig. Even il it
is displaced it is not likely ever to be
forgotten or to permit the name of it's
author to pass out of memory.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-12-05

one who, while living, was reckoned no
better or greater than his neighbors,
yet, now that time is still adding luster
ITO the fame of his great son, the name
of Thomas Lincoln and all that per-
tains to his life, his death and place
of burial is coming into historic prom
inence. The graveyard is pleasant
drive from Nation, Charleston or
Greenup, and many visit it during the
summer months, but as the grave is
overgrown with weeds and no flowers
are near, it would seem that the visit
ors are attracted more through curl
osity than to do honor to the dead.
, The grave of Thomas Lincoln was
left unmarked from the time of his
death in 1881 until 1880. After Abra-
ham Lincoln was elected President he
visited his fathers grave and left word
to have estimates sent him Of the cost
of a tombstone, but the war coming on
it was never attended to. Thus rested
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-12-05
Colors Used by the Ancients.

Few colors were employed beside in.
digo and purple, and these were OBJ
tanned for the most part from the veg
etable kingdom; but their purity was
so great that they have kept well to
our times, after having undergone for
centuries the action of the air and the
sun. This fact is particularly remark
able in the Egyptian tombs; the stone
has been disintegrated by weatherlns
while the colors have been preserved
The color that we met most Frequency
is mixture of a reddish-broWn oxide
Of iron and clay, known under Ae
name of Pompeiian red. This color,
which has resisted for four thousand
years the sun Of Egypt and the acton
of the air, is equally proof agalnS
acids. The Egyptians reduced 1t Oy
rubbing between stones under water 70
a degree Of fneness that we cannot Cd
tain nowadays by chemical preclpns,
ton. An equally precious yellow ps,
ment, also much used, was formed u
a natural oxide of iron mixed WIN
much clay, chalk and water, and proNr
ed by the action Of the heat; the lula
ture of the two colors gives orange ~,
this yellow color, gold bronze OF sOu
leaf was also employed. For blue lucy
used glass colored with copper nllr
erals: this pigment was not less peina
nent than the preceding. even ac n,
having very little effect upon 1t, in'
artists regarded their colors as npe',
ishable.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-12-05
GRACEFUL AS ANTELoPEs


Are the Women or clio Lower Classes
of Central america.
The women OF the Pueblo in Hon
dr1ras and Nicaragua were better look
ing than the women of the lower classes
of any country / have ever visited,
writes Richard Harding Davis. They
were individually more beautiful, ana
the proportion Of beautiful women was
greater. A woman there is accustomed
from her childhood to carry heavy Dur-
dens on her head, and this gives to all
of them an erect carriage and rear
less uplifting of the head when they
walk or stand. They have never
known tight dress or a tight shoe, and
they move as easily and as gracefully
as an antelope. Their hair Is very rlcn
and heavy, and they oil it and comb 1t
and braid it from morning to night
and wear it parted in the middle, ana
drawn tightly back over the ears, ana
drawn around the head in heavy bralos.
Their complexion is light brown, ana
their eyes have the sad look which one
sees In the eyes of deer or dog, ana
which is not so much the sign or any
sorrow as of the lack of intelligence.
The women Of the upper classes are IKE
most Spanish-American women, badly
and over dressed in a gown fashioned
after some forgotten Partisan mode,
with powder over their faces, and with
their hair 4frizzled and curled in rldlc-'
ulous profusion. They are very sorry
contrast to woman of the people, such
as you see standing in the doorways OF
the mud huts, or advancing towards
you along the trail with an earthen jar
on her shoulder, straight of limb, ana
with firm, fine lower jaw, low,
broad forehead, and shy, sad eyes.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-12-05
he would be killed. Abe only laughed

he would be killed. Abe only laughed
and said in his characteristic WY thSf
he guessed not" but her fears were
realized. She died in 1869, and such
was her fame that the whole surround
ing country Joined in the funeral pro-
cession. No stone marks her last rest
ing place.
Two miles southeast of the graveyard
is the old Lincoln farm on Goose Nest
prairie so named in early days be-
cause the woods surround it In the form
of goose nest-to which Thomas Lin
coin moved from Macon County, the
only move he ever made after coming to
Illinois. Abraham Lincoln helped build
the old log cabin here, but never lived
with his parents in it. having started
in life for himself just at this time, but
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-12-05

Inasmuch as the Duke Of Marlbor-
ough, the Count de Castellane before
him and many other foreign noblemen
have succeeded in carrying off Amerl-
can brides with large fortunes, a
French prince is encouraged to make an
offer and through minister living in
Indiana announces that he wants to
marry an American lady with fortune
not less than 100000. This interna-
tional matrimonial business is fast be-
coming nauseating.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-12-05

conclusively proved. The facts within
the range Of his observation seem to in
dictate that forests do not increase
notwithstanding statistics to the con-
trary from European sources. It does
not follow from this that Commissioner
Rothrock is against the policy of pre-.
serving the forests. On the contrary
he says he would be glad if it could be
shown that the multiplication Of trees
and the growth of forests would in
crease the annual rainfall. He believes
that the forests serve as reservoirs for
the storage of water, and thus prolong
the water supply for the creeks and riv-
ers into the summer months Snow
melts more slowly in the woods than
in the openings, and this is one cause
of the prolongation of the water supply
in wooded sections. Besides, the mat
ted leaves and soft mold with which
forests are carpeted act as q vast
sponge which retains the moisture and
permits it to run away only gradually.
When forests are removed the snow
is no longer shielded, and the leaves
and mold are also exposed to the evap-
orative influence Of the suns heat. The
supplies of the creeks and rivers are
thus shortened. The streams are eth
er running banks full or sluggishly
flowing through the lowest depths of
their channels. In the West and North
west streams and lakes are drying up
because of the breaking of the soil for
farming purposes. The sod formerly
shed the water into the hollows and
produced lakes and creeks. Now the
moisture is absorbed by the earth where
it falls, and the water courses dwindle
in consequence. This change is another
logical sequence of the removal of the
earth's natural covering by the advanc-
ing agriculturist. The preservation Of
water courses at the expense of agri-
culture is not to be thought of, but it
would certainly be wise to preserve and
cultivate forests for the purpose of hus-
banding the precipitation of the winter
and spring months into the hot and dry
summer months:
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-12-05

"Bunkins, guess, is about the smart
est man of his years in this commu-
nity,'' said the citizen who observes.
.'Knows a great deal, does he?" knows
a great deal? I should say so. Why,
sir that man knows almost as much as
his 19-year-old daughter who is in the
high school. Washington Star.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-12-05

The marriage of Miss Whitney to an
intelligent young gentleman was an
eminently respectable affair, but as
there was no title and not many mil
lions at stake Of course it could not cut
much figure in the press.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-12-05

part of Coles COun-
ty, ILL.,, is a beauti-
fully situated coun-
try burying ground
known as the Cor
d on Cemetery.
Here, among the
modest headstones
that mark the
graves Of other
pioneers, t o W e r S
thn ma rh1a shaft of
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-12-05

The price of fuel gas in Philadelphia
bids fair to be driven down by COM
petition. A company has just asked
for franchise to furnish it at 20 cents;
but the director of the city plant OPP
poses the granting Of the franchise on
the ground that the plant can at a
small expense, be SO improved as to
furnish good gas at less than 70 cents
and still make profit.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-12-05

Forestry Commissioner Rothrock, of
Pennsylvania, recently expressed him
self interestingly on the much mooted
question Of whether deforestation has
been the cause of any diminution of the
annuai rainfall. He says that if forests
nave mad any influence on the rainfall
in Pennsylvania it has never vet been
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-12-05
ArhitrarY Measures.

Lettres de cachet signify =, Be.
letters sealed with little sea-, Sntaip.
fore the wear 1870 they could be s ou'a i
ed for a consideration from the ~ arb.
the French police, and were a INV one
trary authority for imprisonlis au,raeced,
AGAINST whom they were ~ nastile
Many prisoners were sent - -. Of pr.
by means of these instruments
vate spite.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-12-05
BICYCLING IN EUROPE.

Two Adventurous California Girls
Who Wheeled 1900 Miles.
The Misses Alexander, Of Oakland,
Cal, who, with their father, covered
1900 miles of Europe this summer on
their bicycles, were the first wheel
women ever seen in some of the places
they visited. All through Switzerland
they were more or less novel, for the
land of mountain passes has always
been considered rather inaccessible to
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-12-05
OF Another Kind.

Crimsonbeak-"T a man who
has done some good work on the links. .
Yeast-"He doesn't look like golf
player
Observation-Disclosures not. He man
ufactures sausages.'- Yonkers States
man.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-12-05
Naming the Baby.

mother recently said to her little
5-year-old daughter: What shall we
name the baby, sister," Call her Early
mamma; that's pretty name. Early!
That's not a little girls name" "Oh
yes. it is. Don't you remember you
read to me about the little girl who was
to be May queen, and who wanted her
mother to call her Early?''
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-12-05
Exhausting.
awful hard work

Say, mamma, it's awful hard work
fishin', amt it?'
mo, DEAR
Then why does papa always have
TO stay in bed the next day and rest!''
Truth.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-12-05
THOMAS AND SARAH LINCOLN.

Last Resting Place of the Great Presi-
ident's Father and Stepmother.
At the Shiloh Church, half way be-
tween the quiet country towns of Farm
ington and GAINESVILLE, in the southern
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-12-05

"Ihear good deal about double taxa
tion," said the stranger. MAY I ask
what it isl" Certainly replied the
promoter. We call it double taxation
when we had to pay both the city and
the aldermen for franchise. Chica-
go Post.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-12-05
Used Many Quill Pens.

In 1853 27,OO0,OO0 quilts were shipped
from Russia and Poland to England, to
say nothing Of those which were sent
to other countries.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-12-05

When woman isn't invited to par
ty, she says that her health is so poor
that her physician would not allow her
to attend.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-12-05
THOMAS LINCOLN

Lincoln, who promptly responded by
offering to pay the expense of monu-
ment for hi S grandfather's grave.
Meantime the poem had aroused the
patriotism of Coles County citizens and
some funds had been raised, SO that
when the draft was made on the young
er Lincoln it was for only SIG. The
monument Is plain Grecian obelisk of
Italian marble, 9 feet inches in
height, by no means the finest in this
rural graveyard, and bears the follow
ing simple inscription:
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-12-05

the bicyclist They were the first wom-
en- to go over the Gemmi Pass, which
is 1000 feet high, on bicycles. They
also went over the 8,OOO-foot high Grun-
sci Pass from Interlaken to Geneva
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-12-05
x.ver Of japan.

Musical Women of 1ap pr IN Is.
The chief exponents OF mu .auld cor
pan are women. Most men M,soomselrs
slider that they were making ln in "
ridiculous by singing or plas'Ds
ciety.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-12-05

The birth of another heir to the Rus
sian throne is regarded as likely to have
marked stimulus upon the dynamite
industry throughout the empire.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-12-05
Christianity Ia Economv

Watts-"Do you think man can be
a Christian on 81 day?'
Potts-"I don't see how he can af-
ford to be anything else" -Indianapo-
lis Journal
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-12-05

the ashes of the
pioneer, almost
forgotten in the
excitement Of
the times when
his only son was
acquiring the
height Of his
fame, until Geo.
B. Balch, a local
poet of no mean
IdACht, WAoSC q
poem on "The
Grave Of the
Father Of Abra-
ham Lincoln. :"
r b e. verses
/ -.~~.1e~
were published
in Lippincott's
Magazine and
other publica-
tons and a copy
sent to Robert
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1895-10-01

Mrs. II. a. Carroll and son Gar
land, whom we noticed in our last as
having been bitten by dog thought
to have hydrophobia, left last Thurs
day in company with DIR. VIM. Neill
for the Pasteur Institute in New
York. DIR. Neill has since returned,
and we learn that the medical author
tiles there were of opinion that the
cases are of genuine mad-dog bite,
and that the lad was brought there
none too soon for successful treat
ment. OF the large number of cases
treated with the Pasteur remedy,
which takes course of fifteen days,
but one-fourth of one per cent, it is
claimed, are failures. In other
words, the number cured embraces
practically almost all treated-a
lasting monument to the humane
genius of the great medical scientist
] whose death is just announced.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1895-10-01
Church Items.

Rev. j. P. Stump held communion
services at Bethany Sunday morning
Rev. a. G. Hopkins, Jr. preached
in the Presbyterian church here on
Sunday night.
Rev. j. p. Stump will on Sunday
October 6, preach a sermon especial
ly to old christians. All, however,
cordially invited.
Rev. w. II. Chrisman oficiated in
Zion Episcopal church on Sunday,
Rev. W. l.. Gravatt having not re-
turned from Port Royal, Va.
The second quarterly meeting for
Charles Town station, M. e. Church
South, will be held Nov. 9 and 3 /;
for Jefferson circuit Nov. 80.
Rev. DR.. A. G. Hopkins returned
home last week, having installed his
son, A. e. Hopkins, Jr., as pastor
of the Presbyterian Church at Elk
Garden; also at Gormania and Bay
ard. He was assisted at Elk Garden
by Rev. r. Al, White, and at Bayard
by Rev. E. r. Leyburn.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1895-10-01

What you can get for 10 cents at s. H.
Lands Dry Goods and Grocery store:
N 1 pair ladies' seamless fast black hose 10
cts, pair towels 10 cts, ladies handker-
chiefs 10 cts, 4 doz. large safety pins 10 cts.
5 doz. small safety pins 10 cts, "a yards
Torchon lace 10 cts, spools 200 yards Boss
10 cts, Dover egg beaten 10 cts, 10 papers
Sharp's needles 10 cts, 10 papers pins 10 cts.
1 box linen writing paper and envelopes 10
cts, 10 led pencils with gum 10 cts, 80 flag
slate pencils 10 cts. IL bone slate pencils 10
cts, 10 writing tablets 10 cts. quire fools
cap paper 10 cts, 2 quires linen paper 10 cts,
4 packages envelopes 10 cts, packages en-
velopes 10 cts, flour sitter 10 cts, colender
10 cts, five-hole mouse traps 10 cts, GUS
pedor 10 cts, / box Salmon 10 cts, 1 pkg.
graduated tobacco 10 cts, 1 ID. box Patapsco
baking powder 10 cts, bottle root beer 10
cts, bottle wild cherry beverage 10 cts, 2
bottles sewing machine oil 10 cts, linen
writing tablet 10 cts, sheets tanglefoot fly
paper, 10 cts, paper rolled oats e lbs.) 10
cts, 9 lbs. ginger snaps 10 cts, 10 large boxes
matches 10 cts, 9 large-size lamp chimneys
10 cts, 2 boxes oil sardines 10 cts, box
mustard sardines 10 cts, 2 Id. rice 10 cts,
9 boxes enamoline 10 cts, box celery salt
10 cts, fire shovels 10 cts, pairs mems -
hose 10 cts, pair mems suspenders 10 cts,
large parafine wax candles 10 cts, boxes
Swansdown face powder 10 cts. and black
ing brush 10 cts.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1895-10-01

The body of Charles Wageley, of
Leetown, in this county, aged twenty
three years, was found alongside the
Baltimore and Ohio tracks at the
Hancock sand works, one mile west
of Hancock Station, on Monday
morning of last week. The young
man was in the employ of B. F..
johnson, a farmer, one mile east of
Hancock Station, and was returning
from visit to lady residing in the
vicinity of the accident. He was in
the habit of boarding moving freight
trains, and it is supposed he met his
death in attempting to jump on a
freight train that passed shortly
after he left the house of his friend.
Mr.. johnson brought the remains
on for burial at Mt. Zion Baptist
] Church.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1895-10-01
a Storm at Sea

Increases the discomfort of the yoyager. But
even when the weather is not tempestuous he
is Liable to sea sickness They who traverse
the .sgigantic wetness" should be provided
with Hosteuer's Stomach Bitters, which quiets
disordered stomachs with gratifying speed and
certainty To the hurtful influence of tropic
malarions or too rigorous or damp climate, as
well as to the baueful effects of unwholesomc
diet and bad water, it is reliable antidote.
Commercial travellers by sea or land. mariners.
miners, western pioneers, aud all who have to
encounter vicissitudcs of climate and tempera-
ture, concur in pronouncing it the. best
safeguard It prevents rheumatism and pull
monary attacks in consequence of dampness
and cold, and it is an efficient defense against
all forms ofmalaria. 1t can be depended up
on in dyspepsia, liver and kidney trouble
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1895-10-01
BuRNs & SnuGERT

J.F. Reininger is now equipped with
one of the largest assortments of fall
and winter suiting and pantalooning
ever shown in the valley. And is
selling clothing at rock bottom prices.
He guarantees his clothing in every
respect, and when you buy suit
from him you get custom-made cloth
ing, not ready-n.dde as some of his
competitors are selling. Call and
be convinced. Also is selling the
White Sewing Machine.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1895-10-01

SusanD Morgan, of Harper sFerry,
was on Tuesday found not guilty in
the United States Court, at Baltimore,
upon trial on an indictment charging
her with having committed perjury
in swearing she was the widow of
Lawson Morgan, soldier, when she
had never been married to him. Mrs.
Morgan not only testified on the
stand that she was married to Nor
gan, but produced witness to the
marriage, and the jury acquitted her.
1t is understood she is engaged to be
married again.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1895-10-01

The walls of the imposing Rouss
Memorial Hall of the Independent
Fire Company have reached the
square at the top of the third (Ma-
sonic) story, the frame for the man
sard front is being erected and the
building will soon be under roof. A
handsome marble tablet in the tower
of the Masonic story, gotten out by
Messrs. Diehl & Bro, bears the fol-
lowing lettering and design:
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1895-10-01

Wednesday night last was marked
by series of depredations on Sou til
George Street. The bicycle of Mr..
r. w. Alexander was stolen from
his back porch, baking of dough
taken from Mr.. Joseph Trapnell's
and thrown out into the street, and
clothing taken from the premises OF
DIR. w. L. Lippitt. The wheel OF
Mr.. Alexander was afterwards found
at the foundry of Messrs. Weller &
Son. These depredations were out
rageous, and it is hoped the reward
offered by Mr.. Alexander will be the
means of bringing the guilty party
or parties to justice.