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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-03-14

Of the farmer, who fails to make use of
the knowledge which the Department
Of Agriculture deals out to him by the
CARLOAD. We acknowledge the receipt
from the Department Of Agriculture of
a very valuable work on 'Gophers,'
handsome uncut octave, 328 pages, il
Illustrated, from the able pen Of Profes-
sor G. Hart Merriam. Now. almost
every farmer knows something, in q
general way, about gophers, but how
much it would tighten his farm labors
If he knew the subject thoroughly.
Why be content to call gopher O go
pher when a benefcent government
has hired dozen experts and expended
thousands of dollars to teach the farmer
that what he in his ignorance has called
a gopher in reality is the geomys per-
sonatus fallax? Professor Merriam has
prepared a set of elaborate colored
maps and plates showing the cOnstruc-
ton of the skull of the geomys. These
plates show the vomer and meseth-
mold, the anterior palatine foramen,
incisive foramen, meatus auditorius
internus, foccular fossa, upper part of
sphenoidal fissure, alisphenoid, basioc-
cipital, basisphenoid, condyle Of exocci-
pital frontal, hamular process of ptery-
goid,' interparietal, mesethmoid plate,
maXillo-tu rbinal, maXilla, nasal, naso-
turbinal, lower part of periotic capsule,
palatine, premaxilla, presphenold,
pterygoid, supraoccipital, squamosal.
tymDanic bulla, vomrine sheath Of
nlaxilla and first endoturbina. No
farmer who studies these plates care
fully can help but be a better man.
But the body of the work is equally
valuable. In language so simple that
any farmer boy ought to understand it
the distinguishing marks and charac-
teristics of the gopher are pointed out
and classified If the directions Of
T'rof. Merriam are. followed it is very
easy to tell a gopher from cow or a
horse. The Professor explains how to
Identify the gopher Enthusiastically. He
says: '"The single bones forming the
basicranial axis are early ankylosed
with the adjoining paired bones Of the
same SeSlncnIS. l. nus Tie pIoSJllS-
mold is inseparably united with the or
bitosphenoids; the basisphenoid with
the alisphenoids and pterygoids; the
Easioccipital with the exoccipitals. The
union of the lateral with the median
elements of, the sphenoidal segments
occurs before birth; that Of the occip
ital segment later. The eXocipitals
are always distinct in early life, but
soon become ankylosed with the basioc-
ciDital below and the supraOecipital
above. The latter, except in Il few
species, is inseparable from the inter
parietal. The parietals in adult life
are commonly ankylosed with the
squamosals." We believe this ought
to prove entirely satisfactory. No
farmer can consistently ask for more
gopher knowledge than is contained in
this treatise. Henceforth if he can't
tell gopher when he sees one it will be
his own fault.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-03-14

summer, and by trapping in winter.
Most Of the natives are Christianized,
the Moravians, Catholics and other
denominations having missions among
them. Their usual mode of travel is
times a speed of 100 miles a day is at
tainable.
Labrador, according to the North
ern sagas, was discovered about the
year 1000. Its modern discoverer was
John Cabot, who explored a part of
the coast in 1897.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-03-14
THE FUTURE OF CHINA.
Possibly She May Menace the Entire
Civilized World.

Possibly She May Menace the Entire
Civilized World.
Inside of six months, the military ex-
perts assert, Japan will have conquer
ed China and have perhaps made terms
for evacuating the country. And 1T
NAV be that so far as military opera
lions are concerned this prediction will
be verified. But that will not be the
conclusion of the matter. 1t is not i'm
probable that from her adversely Chi
ma will obtain q lesson that will prove
valuable to herself and dangerous to the
rest Of mankind. The victory of Japan
will operate to convince the Chinese OF
two particular points. The first of these
is that as country China is behind the
times. The second is that the wisdom
of warfare at least lies beyond the Dor
derS Of the kingdom. Once learned,
this lesson will result in revolution
not-of force, but of ideas. China VIII
cease looking backward, will face about
and prepare for the future. TO secure
revenge upon Japan will be an lmpell-
ing and inspiring motive. Out OF pres
ent conditions, therefore, may come
about regeneration of China, that Will
be limitless in it's dangerous possibili-
ties.
That such q regeneration is possible
cannot be combatted. Japan herself
within the last twenty-five years has
evolved from condition Of Ignorance
and barbarism as dense as that OF Chi
ma. The proximity Of Japan and the re-
suit Of her policy will act as an lnccnt-
i've to China to adopt a new policy-the
successful policy of Japan.
Assuming that China should within
the next twenty-five years undergo the
made Japan the first power III the East,
what would be the result? a nation OF
limitiess financial and physical resour-
ces, having 350,OCO,O00 OF people accus-
toned to obedience to state authority,
capable of putting 25,O00,00O soldiers
in the field, with enough left to man a
navy as great as al that of Europe com
bined. Coupling this with the fact that
the men Of China are easily capable Of
training, Injured to hardship, often
bloodthirsty and fanatical, points to a
conclusion that is not welcome one.
The result Of the conquest of CniIla
by Japan is present glory, but it may
in time cost Japan her existence and in
vite calamity upon western civilization,
Chicago Times.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-03-14
Two Kinds of POliteness.

An anecdote, told by Frances Power
Cobbe, in her Life" is good illustra-
ton of the difference between English
and French politeness, and also of the
defects OF both nations in the matter of
good manners. Miss Cobbe had a friend,
Alice L'Estrange, who was going from
London to Paris alone. Knowing that
a distinguished old French gentleman
of her acquaintance. Baron de T., was
crossing by the same train, Miss Cobbe
wrote and begged him to look after her
friend on the way.
He replied in the kindest and most
graceful manner that he would be de-
lighted to render any service to her
friend.
They met at Charing Cross station,
and 10 man could be more charming
than the baron made himself in the
train and ON the boat But on arrival
at Boulogne it appeared that the lady
luggage had either gone astray or been
stopped by the custom-house people.
She was in a difficulty; the train for
Paris was ready to start, and the French
officials paid no attention to her en-
treaty that her trunks should be deliv-
cred and put into the van to take with
her.
OF course the appearance by her side
of French gentleman with the ribbon
of the Legion of Honor in his button
hole would have probably decided the
case in her favor at once. But Mon
sieur lie Baron had not the least idea of
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-03-14
Not Much Chance.

The visitor came into the office of q
country paper in a distillery district Of
Kentucky with notice in his hand.
81 want to put an advertisement in
the paper" he said.
''Not any more, reckon, than want
you to put it in,'' responded the editor
with editorial earnestness not unusual
on such occasions. what is it?''
'Some fellow in Missouri sends it to
me. He wants to exchange a farm he
owns out there for whisky"
"Well Of course sighed the editor.
well print it, but it won't do any good.
We have many people right here
around us who are trying to exchange
their farms for whisky, and on the in
stallment plan, too.'
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-03-14
NEW STYLE DRESSING CASE.

Has the Novel and: Convenient Feat
ure OF, a .Triplicate Mirror.
Sc One Of the newest shapes In dressing
cases is represented in the illustration
from the Housewife. The novel fea.
ture Of this dresser is that on either side
of the mirror Is attached much small
er mirror, which works on hinges, SO
that you can see your side face in them
in fact, triplicate mirror, which can
be closed when not in use. and is very
serviceable as gentleman's shaving
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-03-14

1t must be acknowledged that the
farming industry in various, sections
of the country is not fiourishing us it
should. In many States farming no
longer pays and agriculture languishes.
Many reasons have been assigned for
this, such as the development of the
country, the introduction of new indus
tries, the improvements in transporta-
lions and freight facilities and compe-
ution of foreign countries. But above
and beyond all these causes, we be-
lieye, must be placed the conservatism
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-03-14
THEIR LIFE A SAD ONE.
Pitiable Condition of Thousands of
Labrador Fishermen.

PitiabIe Condition of ThOusande OF
Labrador Fishermen.
An investigation recently conducted
into the condition of the fishermen Of
the inhospitable coast of Labrador re-
veals a state of things pitiable In the
extreme. During three or four months
Of the fishery season each year $4,000
Newfoundland fishermen, with their
wives and children, make the coast
their home and live there in misery,
practically without civil, medical or
spiritual guidance. The fishermen
and their families, says the report,
must take this voyage to Labrador or
they will starve, and if there are not
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-03-14
| few years ago California offered

A few years ago California offered
a bounty of SIS each for coyote scalps
1t was thought then that there We're
about 1000 coyotes in the State, but
the claims for bounties for the last
three months aggregate $4,000, With
seventeen counties yet to hear from.
Coyote raising is fast becoming one
of the most profitable industries of the
far West.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-03-14

glass. Another feature is the two clos
cts, one on each end of the dresser top,
where ladies' and gentlenen's hats can
be kept. The fancy. toilet set which
is used on this dresser. is made of fine
butchers linen worked in violets, which
is the fashionable craze at present The
toilet articles are Of Dresden China.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-03-14

A Washington dispatch says that
Count Castellane has come to Wash
ington to escape publicity and was one
of the lions at Il reception given by the
Brices last night" His ideas of escap
ing publicity are certainly unique.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-03-14

A Berlin street car company has just
paid $25O,OOO in the city treasury for
the privilege of crossing Il certain
street. Those slow-going foreigners
have no comprehension of real modern
political methods. They could have
bought the entire City Council for less
money
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-03-14

Envious critics who are wondering
why Chicago suspended policeman
for sleeping on his beat should remem-
Der that there were no saloons open in
that neighborhood.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-03-14

The Toronto woman whose husband
had her life insured for $3.50, 900 did
right in having the policies Cancelled.
In her moGesty she probably reckoned
that no" living woman was worth the
amount.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-03-14

Our sympathies so out to Actor Harry
Woodruff. Young Mr.. Woodruff was
induced to go to college in order to
educate himself up to the requisite
matrimonial standard of the Gould
family. Now he has lost the girl and
finds himself with Il good education
on his hands and no way to get the
cash on it.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-03-14

Hetty Green's opinion that the world
is going to smash loses nothing of its
fervor from the fact that she faces the
prospect of paying taxes just like PEG
pie who have less to pay on.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-03-14

The Cincinnati Enquirer has discov-
cred negro monstress' in Ohio. We
feel quite certain that Noah Webster
never could have done it.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-03-14

England has such horror Of war
that she goes on spending millions in
building torpedo boats, battle ships.
and long-range guns warranted to Kill.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-03-14

Horses are now so cheap out West
that when a horsethief is captured he
is not lynched, but is sent to the near
est insane asylum. .
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-03-14

Count Castellane land Anna Gould
were married twice; but probably one
divorce ceremony by and by will be
sufficient.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-03-14

1t is queer that there Should be any
difficulty in retiring the greenbacks.
Our experience has shown that green
backs always are too retiring.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-03-14

Iiberality of the man who offers to pull
their teeth for nothing.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-03-14

After all, girls, the best way to get
husband is to pick ont an eligible bach
elor and listen with q pleased air to
every word he says.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-03-14

A San Francisco man was arrested
and fined $40 for sneezing in a theater
during performance. California the
atricals are evidently not to be sneezed
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-03-14
The New York dog show is said to be
q bowling success.

Electricity presents an ingenious the
DRY that light is produced by noise.
Bosh! Look at Congress.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-03-14

Money would be more enjoyable if ii
took people as long to spend it as It
does to earn it.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-03-14

Praise a man, and somebody will tell
YOU some thing 'on' him.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-03-14

Chicago has decided that South Da-
kota divorces are bad: And this may
be regarded as an expert opinion, too
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-03-14

How much a plumbers kit resembles
a burglars kit of TOOLS
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-03-14

Economic Aspects of Sickness.
In Great Britain the yearly loss is
wages through ill-health is Ell 100000.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-03-14

Don't give lecture with your char
The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1895-02-21
Pilgrimages to Washington.

The best time for students to visit the
Capital City is in the winter season.
Then the social life is in full swim, and
there are few students so poor OR friend
less that they have not some acquaint-
ances who could give them card to a
reception, even one at the White House.
Most of all, congress itself is in full
swim then, too, and this is the greatest
show on earth to a young American of
either sex. The pupil may grow pur
blind over his United States history,
he may have the constitution at his
tongues tip, but he will never know
just how this country is carried on till
he looks in upon congress at it's work in
the magnificent white marble building
on Capitol hill. A peep at the supreme
court, with it's gowned judges, will do
more to fasten the judiciary department.
in the youthful memory than week of
poring over books.
There are the great Smithsonian in
stitution, the vast library of congress,
the colossal Washington monument and
the navy yard, with it's historic relics.
Now is the time to organize excur-
sions. The railroads take very kindly to
these pilgrimages of the bright young
students and give excellent rates. 1t
would be richly worth while for benev-
olent citizens to contribute aid to such
educational excursions. A week given
to sight seeing in our beautiful national
capital is an education itself. A week
and half of tho school course could
not be more proftably spent. The pu-
pills would be SO quickened mentally
chat they would quickly make up tho
lost time.
The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1895-02-21

us drop off into the land Of dreams.
During our state Of quiescence and re-
pose we do not produce the carbon gas
in such quantities. The large amount
already in our systems is eliminated
through tho lungs and through the in
sensible perspiration Of the skin. ..
The absence of the gas in the morn
ing makes US feel bright, wide awake
and refreshed. Then we can conquer
the world. We bound out of bed and
begin the next days work. expending
our forces, generating in our bodies the
carbon dioxide and loading up with it,
all ready for sweet Mother Nature to rid
us Of it once more at night.
The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1895-02-21
stcamfng College BOYS.

Many a reader has made merry over
sJhe STORY OF steam and sweat baths the
indians Of this country used to prepare
by p1nnging redhot stones into vessel
of water and placing it beneath a pa
stient, who, wrapped in blanket, was
sweated half to death before he was re-
leased. Yet the learned physicians Of
the world are just now discovering that
nothing is SO eficacious on general prin-
.ciples for every body as the steam sweat
bath. prepared in q manner very little
different from the red mans way. The
pores Of civilized man s skin are checked
up by lint from his clothing as well as
by the dead scales.
The steam sweat bath apparatus is
merely box large enough for the bather
to sit in comfortably with his head stick
ing out. Underneath him is pan Of
boiling water, kept hot by a gas jet or
spirit or oil lamp. In this box, shut
tight for Is minutes to half an hour, the
bather remains. At the end Of that time,
streaming with perspiration, he plunges
into bath tub Of cold water. He does
not stay there minute, but jumps out
and rubs himself briskly off. No matter
how tired he was before, he feels like
new man.
The steam bath is an essential part Of
athletic training among football and
other teams Of England Last year it
was introduced into the Pennsylvania
university by Professor Bryan, who
trained the athletic boys. The result
was the Pennsylvania students gained
sweeping athletic victories on many
fields 1t was said that one could tell
the minute he laid eyes Oh the sweat
bath man the difference between him
and men not thus treated. The bath
looses and dislodges the scurf skin and
let's the true skin underneath shine out
warm, pink and bright. There was
deadness in the skin, lack luster in the
eye of the students not subjected to the
vapor treatment that showed them to be
out of condition compared with the
Pennsylvania boys.
The Indians were right after all.
The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1895-02-21
Why We Sleep.

Probably nobody with any heart and
imagination or spirit Of scientific in
quhy in his brain has failed to sit up
nights, SO to speak, to find out how he
goes to sleep. 1t is a discovery that
none has yet made. One moment we
are broad awake. Next thing we know
we have been sound asleep for longer
or shorter time. The process of awaken
ing seems more gradual, and then we
often catch glimpses Of what the mind
has been about during the sleep life.
These glimpses indicate that our sleep
life is far more wonderful than our wax
ing life. DR.. Henry Wurz contributes to
The Popular Science Monthly paper
on the chemistry Of sleep. He compares
natural slumber with the process of 60
ing to sleep under an@sthetics. Among
the substances that produce insensibili-
ty none is better known than what is
commonly called carbonic acid gas,
known to chemists as carbon dioxide
gas. It's properties are so we'll under
stood that Parisians of the poorer class
occasionally commit suicide by shutting
themselves mp with vessel of burning
charcoal. It's fumes lull them to sleep,
and they, never wake again, Now, in
our bodies, BY mental and muscular e1-.
ertion,, this same gas is produced in large
quantities during the day. The system:
is therefore mor6; Or less overloaded with
it This produces the tired, sleepy feel
Ing. DR., Wurz thinks. ana finally makes
The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1895-02-21
The Sun Do Move,

John Jasper, the negro preacher, al
ways stuck to it that the sun did move,
and Jasper was right. In fact, SO far as
has been discovered, it has not only one
motion, but three.
First it revolves on its axis. Astrono-
mers know this by the regular recur-
renee and disappearance Of the sun spots.
1t takes the sun nearly month Of our
days to turn around once-more than a
lunar month, in fact, for the mean time
Of its axial rotation is 2815 days It's
next motion is not so we'll understood.
But it has been found that our great
sun itself revolves slowly around the
center of gravity Of the whole solar
system, wherever and whatever that is,
just as the magnetic pole of the earth
is believed to have motion around in
a small circle Very delicate mathemat-
ical instruments have been employed to
discover this motion of the sun around
the center Of gravity.
Besides these two there is another
motion which would be calculated to
alright the timid if it's goal and aim
were not SO very far off. Wise men
have discovered that the sun, with all
it's planets trailing after it, is rushing at
brealneck speed into the constellation
Hercules, in due time to be swallowed
up by that constellation The speed at
which we are all flying toward Hercu-
les is considered by the best authorities
on the subject to be at least $50, 000,-
900 miles a year. But this universe
shall not get there in our lifetime nor
our children S.
The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1895-02-21

On general principles it is good
thing for cne United States to do the op
posite of what European countries want.
her to do JUST now the representatives:
Of the moneyed interests of Europe want
us to make huge gold loan and borrow
the gold from them at a good American
rate Of interest. They are sure we could
get out of our pre- sent financial difficult
ties by running about half billion dol
lars further in deI5t-gold debt at that.
England would 10 quite happy if we
should call for tbs great government
loan.
The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1895-02-21

Deacon S. V. White, Wall street op-
orator, lately assembled a pulpit i'll
Brooklyn and preached a business SER
mon to young men. He gave them what
he said was the business mans golden
rule. AS he worded it, it was in three
sections, as follows: "Cash no checks,
lend no money and do no favors for 9TH
ers with money not your own. If he
had advised them to be mighty particu-
lar how they cash checks and lend mon
ey even when it is their own, he would
have given advice which was still bet
ter. The deacon said the ideal position
for business man who had been over
taken by q crash would be that i'll which
he could say to all whom he owed,
Gail mine is gone, but here is thine "