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EXTERIOR VIEW.

per cubic foot: also, that veranda
feet wide, all complete, including foun-
dations, floor, rails, posts and roof.
costs about 81 per running foot. To the
results obtained by ''cubing." add the
cost of the verandas and Of any plumb
ing, hardwood floors or staircases. ex-
pensive wall Or ceiling decorations,
mantels and CRATES, furnace, gas fix
lures, kitchen range, ETC., and the total
is supposed to be an approximate esti-
mate. In ''cubing' take outside dimen-
sions except for attic rooms; for these
take inside dimensions. To get the
height from cellar to ceiling to attic
floor of q tWo-story building for exam
pie, add the heights Of the two stories
together and then add 8 feet, usually
as an allowance for the floors and floor
beams. For small houses, those cost
ing under about $4,000, add only 21a
feet as an allowance
The design illustra ting this article
furnishes an easy example for testing
this method, as there are no attic rooms
and few extras" and there is no eel
lar. The width Of the main part Of
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-06-06
Nice Army to Fight With.

In letter from an English officer
employed in the Chinese army, he says:
''Since / have been here. | have had no
regular. appointment to any Chinese
force, and I have had no pay, only a
few hundred dollars for expenses.
have had three ribs broken, been
blown about ten yards into the air, and
had all my men desert me on every
possible OCCASION | cannot run fast
enough to keep UP with the fighting
line, and up to now they have shown
no disposition to wait for ne. A nice
army, this, to go fighting With
The Chinese prisoners at Toxic. are,
by the way, fed by contract. The price
is something under one-half a cent a
head per diem, but then you can get
considerable rice in Japan for half a
q.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-06-06

A Chicagoan named Latta recently
purchased from a curio dealer III New
Orleans for $3.50 a rude collection Of old
postage stamps. AS soon as he reached
home he regretted the bargain and sent
the stamps to New York for approval.
Back came the cheerful informa ton
that one stamp alone was worth $4,000,
and that the value Of the entire collec-
ton could fairly be estimated at S15,-
600! 1t would be wise for people who
have old stamps to ascertain something
about their value before they sell in
Chicago.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-06-06
LABRADOR IN WINTER.
There Are Few Inhabitants in that
DcsoIate Country.

There Are Few Inhabitants In that
DcsoIate Country.
Sometimes Labrador is icebound
from September till June; but through
all this long and dreary winter the
lighthouse-keeper on Belle Isle must
maintain his watch, to be ready to
light the lamp when the breakup
comes For months he sees nothing
but frozen plain, uncertain Of foot
ing and impossible, and in the distance
the ice-sheathed cliffs Of Newfound-
land. The few who have made. their
way to the interior Of Labrador say it
is a vast wilderness Of huge powders,
varied only by morasses and 'akes. An
old French writer speaks of it as the
Land of CAIN" and the latest cXplor-
ers complained that they suffered bit
terly from cold because they could not
find fuel enough to maintain camp
fires. Often, indeed, they had diff
Guilty in making even a little blaze for
cooking.
Naturally, such q country has not
invited settlers, and it is not surprising
to learn that in it's whole vast area
two and a half times as large as Great
Britain and Ireland-there are not
more than 1000 dwellers; of these only
about one-half are white, the others
being Eskimos and Hudson Bay Com
pany trappers and hunters. These are
shiftless lot who come down to the
nearest company post early in summer.
and exchange their pelts for provis-
ions, planting themselves down at the
post and proceeding to gorge them
selves until their entire stock is eX-
hausted. A pound Of tea and a bag Of
-four is the most that one band of these
"mountaineers'' has been known to
carry back-all they had to show, ex-
cept temporarily satisfied appetites
for their whole winters work as hunt
ers in that desolate region.
These trappers and hunters are In
dams, but are always called 'moun-
taineers;;" while the, Eskimos, who
have not drop Of Indian blood in
them, are called Indians, though
"Huskies" is the favorite term for
them among the fishermen. The fisher
men, mostly Observation-Disclosures, skirt
the Labrador coast in summer in deep
water craft, or fill up the rough fishing
stages on the rocky islands, WHICH
during the winter. have been either
wholly deserted or left in charge of q
storekeeper.
THERE MUST be some attraction in
this wild life; for a keeper who, after
living twenty, years ait one Of these
desolate outposts of civilization, went
to London for "a; little change, returned
to Labrador as soon as possible because
he found London 80 lonely and
Hudson Bay Company agents who
have given up their positions to go
back to civilization have been glad to
return to their posts. They missed the
free, open-air life; but above all, prob
ably, their autocratic sway, which
makes them kings within the boun-
daries Of the post:- ST. Nicholas.
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Where Love Is Secondary.

A conspicuous difference between the
English and Chinese dramas is ex-
planned by the fact that, whereas in
the former love holds q leading part,
in the latter it is relegated to q sec
ondary place. In England, it is a pas
sion: in China, 4 sentiment only; hence
the thousand intrigues love gives rise
to are, in the latter country, either
thrown into the shade or tabooed en-
tirely. Without their ardent passions
many of our theatrical productions
would lose their interest and most of
their merit. An English, or, to use a
wider term, q European play gcer re-
CURES due QUantum Of love.
In China, on the other hand, this de-
mand finds little echo. since love there
is not the chief theme Of bard and
painter. Convention and the strength
of parental authority have crushed, in
a great measure, those lmoroUs long
ings which exist in the human heart;
and as love, courtship and matrimony
are even more prosaic in the far East
than in our part of the world, the first
of these feelings, if handled as :: pas
sion. cannot powerfully arrest the at
tention of the multitude.-The Nine
teenth Century.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-06-06
Two Com;caI Reasons.

Among the amusing anecdotes in
an English country clersyman's rem
iniscences is q tale Of q parish clerk
who ruefully announced: 'There'll be
rae service II. this church for in'appon
q matter OF .eower weeks as parson' 5
hen is sitting il t pulpit" At another
church deep in the hills and hard to
reach in winter time, there would
sometimes be few present at the admin
istration of the holy communion. and
the sympathetic clergyman used to
whisper to those Ineelinsfat the rails:
''Dring ga.yly deep; there's not many O.
Us Ibis morning"
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known to be about right. He can thus
arrive at a cubic foot price for his 10
cality.
Besides the general dimensions given
above, and the sizes Of the rooms,
which are shown on the floor plans, a
brief description of this cottage is Is
follows:
Heights of stories: First story, it. s
in; second story, 8 #. Materials for
exterior walls: Foundations, locust
posts; first story, clapboards; second
story. clapboards and. shingles; gables,
paneling and shingles: roof, shingles
Special features: An attractive exter-
ior and a large number Of living and
sleeping rooms for the amount expend-
ed. Two good rooms about 900 cubic
feet, can be finished in the attic for
SIS. A cellar under the whole house
1900 cubic feet, can be built for 500
An important Improvement is to en-
large the pantry, converting it into a
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-06-06

The French style Of duel is not popu-
lar in North Carolina. When two
North Carolinians start out to satisfy
honor there is no polite regard for each
others dislike for physical pain in evil
dence. A duel in North Carolina is as
Indifferent to human life as a Brooklyn
trolley car Seth Stallcup and 1. n.
Taylor. old-time enemies, recently met
in q duel at Shearer School House. \.
C. The fight began with naked fists,
but honor remained unsatiSfed, and
shooting-irons were called upon to heal
the wounds that pride had felt. Stall
cups head was blown off. Taylor was
mortally wounded in the stomach. and
a horse belonging to one of the seconds
was killed. How the seconds managed
to escape is Il mystery. Partisan read
ers will be amazed at the above brief
description of a North Carolina duel,
WHY it should be considered necessary
to blow Il mans head Off to yindicate
ones honor will be a mystery to the
French. who can satisfy wounded pride
by a pin scratch. But the North Caro-
lima duel will perish eventually OF its
own exuberance 1t will die out for
lack of seconds. No man will care 20
serve as one of the directors of North
Carolina affair of honor if he stands in
danger Of losing his own life in the me-
lee. or, at the best, sacrificing his horse
on the altar of a friends quarrel.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-06-06

speech" In the work OF Richard Lo
Gallienne, for instance, seems TO have
intoxicated Hjalmar Hjorth Bcyesen.
He has been praising it liz terms the
most extravagant, SO that when he
reaches "a Spring Morning" be has
nearly exhausted his vocabulary, but
Keeling and elate, he tackles it. It is
the climax Of linguistic felicity" It
is full, he says, of sweet earth-scented
facts and pervaded by the strangely
pungent odors Of early spring. The
disquisition on SOW and her family,
"a little company of black-and-tan pig
let's, legged and shouted for the battle
of life is, says Boyesen, simply lovely.
OF course it is, although the absence of
any allusion to the adjacent swill-pail
can scarce be forgiven by any less ar
dent admirer than Boyesen. 1t is a
beautiful thought that the piglets
should have been legged and shouted.
How kindly Of Providence! What
hard-hearted wretch could think com
fortably of piglets, legless and snout-
less, with the battle Of life laundering
just ahead? How could they trample
the sweet-pea bed else? How root the
garden? The SOW herself is not to be
despised, and merges, naturally, into
the other earth-scented facts. She be-
longs, too, to literature, for SO long ago
her children went with metricaI feet
to market, and the sows ear has been
proverbially linked with silk purse
since the memory of man. Charming
piglets, darling sow, funny Boyesen,
root on.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-06-06
The Great Firefy.

The great firefy-elater noctilucus -
is an inhabitants Of the SavannahS OF
most Of the warmer parts of America
and the West India Islands. 1t is said
toaattain, a length Of an inch and half,
In the gloom of night these flies are ex:
tre1nely luminous. and the effect is
brilliant. The light chiefly proceeds
from four parts, viz, from two glandu'
lar spots behind the eyes, and one I'M
der each wing. They have the power
to- cut off the light at WILL, in which
case. the. glandular spots become per
fectly opaque. The light of this Won
derfu! insect by itself is such that if
the creature be held in the palm of the
hand, print or manuscript is as easily
read as by candle. The aboriginal ma
tiyes cage these creatures and make
use of them, it is alleged, as lanterns.
Ladies adorn themselves with this cleo,
tric-like lulninary.
It: is related of Don Domingo Condo
of Columbia that. he would appear Oh
the evening promenade with a large
FREELY ornamenting the buckle of his
broad hat, while band of smalled lum,
nous insects surrounded it. The same
Spaniard lighted his palace with fire
flies in silver cages. The display must
have been enchanting, for at one time
the.light is: rudy, ct another the tinge
is groenish,. then there is change to
golden yellow. 1t is stated that when
the Spaniards were about to land one OF
their expeditions against Mexico, a
panic was. caused by these luminaries
The host Of fitting lights Oh land was
supposed TO be an indication Of the
enemy arousing. their camp to resist
the attack.
When the English were attacking the
West India Islands. the frefiies were
taken to be a Spanish army advancing
with burning matches against them
!. and the upshot was hasty retreat to
!. the ships.-All the Year Round.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-06-06
A Queer DeIusiOn.

There is very prominent gentleman
at present in a large hotel who is the
victim of a singular delusion. He was
thrown from a trolley car While about
to get off. and not only injured leg.
but struck his head. Since then he
inlagines the leg is oft. On every other
point he is rational. He recognizes his
friends and remembers everything and
can transact business, but lie never
fails to tap his left leg with his iia-el'
and say, Isn't it too bad that it was
cut off," He seems to be utterly help
less, and has to be lifted in and chi CT
bed, and has to be wheeled around,
whereas no bones were broken and
there was really nothing but sprain.
The shock and injury to his brain have
led to the Authorization that his leg was
taken off by the ear. The doctors feel
sanguine that he will be cured.-Phila-
(lelphia Times.
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rectly in his path. He steered cut

rectly in his path. He steered cut
the intention of giving his SNAKE
the right of way, but when he
abreast Of the reptile it made a N
at him and fastened it's fangs il
bicycle trousers. AT the same timt
warning wllirring sound told ca
that he had a RATHER. to deal
There were several revolutions Of
wheel before he came, to a stop
snake keeping a vise-lihe grip ana
ing itself around the bicyclists leg
Coates seized a stick and bea'
head Of the snake free from his Y
ers, and with his hands wrenche1
coils from around his leg. The 9
sank his fangs time and again ing
stick and made repeated Jumps
Coates. The battle kept up for n
minutes, and ended in the death 4
snake. It was nearly five feet 10y
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-06-06

Mr. G. G. Arnold, late barkeeper at
TIE Palmer House, Chicago, more re-
Gently engaged in the profitable bust
ness Of wooing for revenue only, finds
himself in hot water. Mr.. Arnold had
set up personal matrimonial bureau.
He watched the matrimonial papers
for advertisements Of gentlemen unat-
tached desiring to secure matrimonial
partners. Such advertisements he an
severed in q fine, feminine hand, setting
forth his personal charms beWailing
his lonesome condition, and inciosing
photograph of an actress with which
the more securely to hook his victim
1t is little remarkable that so many of
these fools bit at his bait, when it is
considered that all Of his letters bear
an unmistakable financial stamp. In
one of them, for instance, he implores
farm Implement dealer at Sedan,
Pope County, MINI, to trust to him
implicitly and send him $50, upon re-
ceipt of which his bride would fly to
him. He says in his letter: Enclose $50
in paper money; put it between the let
ter paper, for l will not accept postotfice
orders, express orders, bank checks, or
registered letters, for the reason I
would be compelled to get friends to
identify me and thus betray my mat
rimonial intentions" Mr.. Arnold adds
! POSTSCRIPT which yas 50 cold-blood,
81 That t AROUSED Warmers suspicious
It Vas to this effects DO not beat
AROUND the bgssh1 tut come to the point
and send me the money at once This
poscript did the business. The letter
was Forwarded to the authorities and
Arnold was caught, but not until he
had secured remittances from other MIN
MES in various parts of the country,
which were to beapplied to the purchase
Of rings, wedding trousseaus, travelling
expenses, ETC. He also had several
rings sent to him from confiding
SWANS, which it was his custom to put
up at his "uncle's.'
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-06-06
Varieties of PaDer.

We've is paper of even texture. u Repp
and ribbed paper is woye paper, which,
by process used in its manufacture,
has been made 50 that raised. parallel
lines are seen on the surface. A ve.y
thin ana very hard-wove paper is call
Cd nelure. Laid paper is that which
shows parallel lines when'held to the
light. This is seen in linen. writing pa
per, and while often iEdistinct in
stamps, is plainly seen in stamped en-
velopes Some Of the French and Chill
ian stamps are on quadrille paper.
which is so called when the laid lines
cross each other at right angles.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-06-06
MODEL $500 COTTAGE.
4 Short Method Of Getting q Fair AD-
prOXinate Of the Cost.

4 Short Method OF Getting q Fair Ar
proximate Of the Cost.
There is but one method Of getting q
true estimate Of cost-the laboricus
one of figuring cut all Of the quantities
OF materials and labor. There is how
ever, one short method, called the ECU
bic-foot' method, which, when used with
nice judgment, often gets at fair ap-
proximate. It has been noted that the
main part Of an ordinary frame house
from the cellar ceiling to the attic floor
(including the roof, costs about 1919
cents per cubic foot; that the cellar
costs about 5 cents per cubic foot and
the finished attic rooms about 3 cents
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-06-06
PUNISHMENT FOR scoLDs.
How Women Who Talked Too Much
Were Treated.


The emancipation Of women from
the oppression Of men and from the
| thralldom of conventionality being just
now a favorite theme with debaters,
dramatists and dressmakers, the occa-
sion may be an appropriate one for
the purpose of recalling an article of
headgear which was frequently worn
by the fair sex in the ''good old times. :
A few generations ago our forefath-
ers were wont to infiict upon women
certain punishment which sadly ex-
hibited their lack OF gallantry and pro
priety. Among the most curious of
these punishments was that of the
Drank or scold's bride. This curious
and cruel instrument of torture was
employed by borough physicians for
the purpose Of curing women of an all
ment of the tongue to which they were
said to be subject
The Drank consisted Of a kind of
crown OF framework of iron, which
was locked upon the head Of the delin-
quent 1t was armed in front with
a gag, plate, point or knife Of the same
metal, which was fitted in such a man
ner as to be inserted in the scold's
mouth SO as to prevent her moving her
tongue, or. more cruel STILL. it was so
placed that if she Gid move it, or at
tempt to speak, her tongue was cruelty
lacerated and her sufferings intensi-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-06-06
The Term Uncle Sam.

During the war of 1872 Elder
derson, at Troy, was large con'l
for army supplies. One of the u
tors there was Samuel Wilson, 4
as Uncle Sam" Once Wilson "
speeding some provisions, casks,
were marked E. A. Z. S. QElOef
derson-United States). A pas,
asked what the letters meant. Al
fellow, pointing at Mr.. Wilson, eA
ed that they meant Ebert Ande5
Uncle Sam. The joke took VIII
workmen. many of these served
diers during the war and took tA'
with them. SO that it soon "
known all over the country.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-06-06
To Clean Elfarliic.

Take two parts common soda, one
part of pumice-stone, and one part of
finely powdered chalk; sift it through
a fine sieve, and mix it with water;
then rub it we'll over the marble. and
the stains will be removed; then wash
the marble over. with soap and. water,
and it will be as clear as it was at first
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-06-06

fed. With this cage upon her head,
and with the gag pressed and locked
upon her tongue, the poor creature was
paraded through. the. streets, led by
the beadle or constable, or else she was
chained to the .pillory or market cross
to be the object of scorn and derision,
and to be subjected to all the insults
that local loungers could invent.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-06-06

Ina New Jersey murder trial the jury
brought in a verdict of murder in the
first degree and the defendant remark
ed: "That suits me-" 1t suited every
body else, apparently, so that the trial
came TO quite a pleasing climax. The
jails are full of assassins who would
do we'll to cultivate so commendable
a state OF mind as the New Jersey phi
losopher possesses.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-06-06

One e tse !, NEST q aesixs industries in
the Country Is the manufacture of b.
cycles. Many factories are rushed to
supply the demand. Even in the hard
times there was no decrease in the de-
mand, though for brief time it halt
ed; but with the first sign of improve
ment it sprang upward with a jump.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-06-06

The New York World wants to know
whether the new woman will hold pins
In her mouth while she is dressing the
baby. She will not; the new woman
will have no babies to dress.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-06-06

Not all who are in position to OBJ
serve the prevalence Of literary decay
are plunged into gloom by contempla
ton of the spectacle: which is a benign
provision. On the contrary, some
there be who revel joyously i'll the
odors of decomposition, drawing long
breathS SIS the etflutia that distresses
Nordau permeates their innermost be-
ings. The refinement of subtle
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-06-06
One Years Butter Production,

There are churned, pounded and
patted into proper condition every year
100000 pounds Of butter for export,
TO say nothing OF al Immensely larger
quantity which is daily spread upon
homemade bread and consumed in
Stanter
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-06-06
No Passports. Needed.

Travellers in the United States do not
need passport when going from. Que
opened and searched for contraband
articles every time they cross q State
line, as is the case in passing through
Europe
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-06-06

never take up a newspaper without
finding something l should have deem
ed it loss not to have seen; never
without deriving from it instruction
and ;tmuSeIneDt.-Dr. johnson.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-06-06

A Paterson ~ j. judge sentenced
a fellow to five DAYS for drunkenness
and thirty days for smaklng cigarette
in the court room. wy didn't he
make the punishment fit the>crlme and
give him year?
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-06-06

! A Philadelphia girl who brought a
suit for $4,000 for breach Ct promise
to marry settled the case out of corut
for $40. Probably she concluded that
it was worth at least $4,000 to escape
from marrying such fellow.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-06-06

Kansas City bought $4,000 worth Of
Wagnerian opera. Some enterprising
fellow in that town could make a for
tune by charging an admission fee to q
boiler factory.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-06-06

one-story kitchen extension tsay 1,o00
cubic feet, at a cost Of -S125. which
provides for charging the dining-rooIa
and converting the present kitchen into
c library or bedroom.
ClnErictt. ISGl
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-06-06
Rich Tine.

One Of the snnggest berths, though
by rlo:means sinecure. is the hall rsor-
tership Of one of the great service Lion
dom clubs. In tips and salary hall
porter in very welkknown club owns
to having made Fl, 800 a year for some
years.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-06-06

In Memory OF Corot.

IL the Pare Monceau, III Paris, 6
monument to Corot is to. be erected II
the shape of a mural fountain, with
has reliefs illustrating the story of thu
waters.