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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-07-18
THE ROAD RUNNER OF Al
A Bird with Tire1ess Leos i,
for the Rattlesnake.

A Bird with Tire1ess Leos
for the Ratt1esnakes
"There is a bird down IN my o.,
said Major Ransom of Arizona
we call the road runner. It
esting fellow, this bird, and
of plover, I take it, with long !.
never give out and which der,s
lance with an appetite that new,
appeased. Generally two road
go together, for company s.s
doubt. They seem to be graz
ers and do a vast sight of t,h
each other. They will chase ,l
your horse as you ride along II
and keep up the strife for mil
miles and hours and hours
steady side-to-side motion mra
the gait Of a pacing horse. NH
run along ahead Of one In this
fashion can only be guessed u
would seem to be for fun and o.
"They are gifted with a great !
sagacious malevolence toward 4
tlesnakes, with which crawlins
the runner has deadly feud. 7 n
the rattlesnake pounces upon M
runners eggs and makes oma
them; or gobbles up their youn,
spring chicken theory. Whatar
cause of hate, however, the Ns1
ner is the deadly enemy of tha |
snake. They wreak vengeance
in this way: They espy a rattles,|
the sun. Mum is the countersic,I
your road runner; he never saws,
He and his fellow road runner %
in discreet silence and collect th0
dead joints Of the fiat cactus 1
abounds in the southwestern al
They build a corral about the N
serpent with them.
''These pieces Of cactus brisfa
thorns as sharp and keen as md
When they have their snake coa|
the road runners arouse it with
and the tapping Of their little inl
wings. They revile it and scold NJ
appear to apply all kinds of had)
thets to it. The snake gets frlsbl
and it's rattles buzz. But thew
come near it. They stand at a sf|
lance and rail at it. At last the /
tries to crawl away, but can't eros
cactus fence, which the road nI
have built. The spines prick the \
and it draws back. Meanwlt
road runners keep up their dd
racket. With each prick of the d
the rattlesnake's wrath Increase
last, in desperate, brainless fuTt
gins to bite itself. It's poison Is ASA
" to itself as to everybody else al
a short time it dies. Great thent
mad triumph Of the road runnersv
taunt it until it's last gasp, and
over the corpse like saVages. Aftp
snake is surely dead they walk of
airs of cockney satisfaction, and
We're, arm in arm
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-07-18

such thing if he can invent something
useful. Patents which did not earn
tenth as much as "Pigs-in-Clover"
in the same period are profitable still.
Of course it is given to few to invent
Improvements on them, but many in
telligent men must feel themselves ca
pable of deyising mucilage bottle that
will not clog, or something else of that
humble order of usefulness. The mod
ern tendency in business is to struggle
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-07-18
ltemized Accounts.

A ukase issued by the Governor
Woolwich Academy many years
decreed that three guineas of pp
money should be considered sumo
fo> the term. That this was Scn
consonant with the cadets eXpenD,
may be gathered from the facl
one of them kept a pack OF pe''
However, each was requested TO-
the items of his expenditure Il"
current quarter. The returns We
little vague, one of them reaD
''Lucifers and sundries, forty pour
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-07-18
The express business of this countr,

The express business of this country
has reached gigantic proportions. The
American has the largest mileage, 49,
600; then the Wells-Fargo, 10000: Adj
ans, $4,000; Southern, $4,000: United
States, p, 400; and Pacific, 21,30O. In
respect to the number of packages ham
died in q year, the Adams stands first,
the Wells-Fargo second, the American
third, and the United States fourth. In
American stands far at the head, with
the United States and Wells-Fargo
rivals for the second.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-07-18
A UNIQUE object lesson was recent,

A unique object lesson was recently
given to the insurance men of Philadel-
phia at one of their gatherings at the
Merchants Exchange. 1t was to show
what might result from the common
practice of grounding telephone wires
on gas pipes. A bad connection is gen.
orally made, but quite sufficient for
telephone purposes. Finally the tele-
phone wire comes ii contact with an
electric light wire by some break, a
heavy current is transferred to the tele-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-07-18

A Newark Ohio man claims that j.
Wilkes Booth was not shot and killed by
Boston Corbett, but that he, himself
assisted Booth to escape to South
America, where he is now living. We
do not know the name of this pic
turesque Newark romancer, but his
work has all the characteristic light
ness, elegance and asininity of the airy
persiflage of Colonel Joseph Mulhatton
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-07-18
Wants to Retire.

Since the treaty of peace was signed
Ii Hung Chang has three times ten
dered his resignation on the ground
of illness and advanced age and physi-
cal weakness resulting from the attack
of the Japanese assassin, but thus tar
the Emperor's council at Pekin has
taken no notice Of his appeals, or at
least has sent him no reply. It is up
derstood to be Lis intention to spend
the rest Of his life in travel. He is now
rs years old, and was never outside the
limits of his own country until he went
to Japan as an ambassador of peace.
He has vast commercial interests. He
owns steamships and coal mines and
is the chief owner of the only railroad
in China, which runs from Tien-Tsin to
the coal mines, 12O miles north. He
has sons and sons-in-law who are COM
petent to look after the property they
are soon to inherit, and Ii doubtless
thinks he would be happier elsewhere
during the next few years. He is par
ticularly anxious to visit the United
States. and if he can secure the En-
8peror's permission will doubtless spend
next winter there
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-07-18
ExnuiSite Renartee.

A youth to fortune and to fame
known sent Dumas the man1scfFl
a new play, asking the great drap.l
to become his collaboration. pu'|
was for a moment petrified, tneu
seized his pen, and replied: "HoW II
you, sir, propose to yoke tosetpe|
horse and an ASST" The author +"
turn Of post. wrote: 'HoW dare
sir, call me a horse?" Dumas, D' 4
mail: 'Send me your play, my frl'D]
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-07-18

phone wire, ana, meeting resistance at
the ground connection, heats the joint,
burns hole through the gas pipe, and
the gas is thus ignited. Other very in
teresting experiments were exhibited
to show the dangers from fires due to
the electric current.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-07-18
one miles an hour they lifted weigh

one miles an hour they lifted weight
of 24O pounds. The inventor says that
a group Of such kites, propelled by
motor, would make flying machine,
and that, in any case, they would fur
nish means of lifting flying machine
into the air, without the use of a rail
way, as suggested by Mr.. Maxim. One
advantage of this form of kite is the
ease with which passenger may de-
scend by pulling in the line.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-07-18

interested Emperor William |. and Bis
marck in the matter. The engineers
plans were once more laid before the
Reichstag. This was in 1878, and after
long consideration the first steps were
taken. Herr Banesch directed the en-
terprise from it's inception until the
notable display connected with the for
NAL opening of the canal was made
last week.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-07-18

Investigation of Bradstreet's records
shows that so per cent. of the business
advertise. This record is authentic,
and conclusively proves that the great
aid to success in mercantile pursuits is
advertising.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-07-18

Those Oberlin college boys who ran
up against whole circus and the
police force, too, had large quantities
of worldly knowledge pounded into
them. A few scalp wounds let in a
wonderful amount of light.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-07-18

An American baseball team on its
way to play a series of games in Cuba
was mistaken by the Spaniards for a
band of insurgents and the boys were
arrested. 1t was nightly lucky for the
Spaniards that that crowd was not a
gang of football players, otherwise the
royalist troops would have been routed
or driven into the sea in two minutes.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-07-18

consequence Herr Banesch for years
labored in vain for his pet idea. Plans
which he submitted to the Reichstag
were rejected, but he gave the Govern
ment no rest until given another
chance. This he obtained through the
intercession of powerful friends, who
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-07-18

the most scholarly
engineers in Eu-
rope. He is also an
expert meteorolO-
gist. Many years
ago he began the
agitation for a ca
nal to connect the
Baltic and North
Seas. Count Won
Moltke opposed the
project on military
grounds and fought
81 r.s4A.1- q N
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-07-18

If the Denver preacher 10 said "ten
thousand people are going to hell on
bicycles" will pause for a thought he
will see that is a mighty small percent
age of accidents considering the num-
Der of bikes on the road.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-07-18

The doctors Of divinity complain that
their congregations, instead of citing
beneath the drippings of the sanctuary
are riding on their wheels ''in Gods
first temples" while the doctors Of
medicine complain that their patients
are riding away from them. Surely
the wheel is an invention of the cloven-
hOofed demon.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-07-18
A QUEER KITE.
The Inventor Claims 1t May Be Used
as Means of Ira yelling.

The inventor Claims HI May Dc oScu
as Means of Travelling.
The peculiar kite shown in the &C.
complaining illustration was devised
by man in Clifton, New South Wales,
who is also the inventor of a flying ma
chine. The form of the kite is quite
new. 1t is made of cotton cloth and
strung on an ordinary line, thus ma.
terially increasing the lifting power.
The cut shows the inventor seated
on a cross-piece attached to the line.
Four Of the kites were on the line, and
with the wind blowing about twenty
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-07-18

Tommy-Paw, what is an egotist?
Mr.. Figg-He is a man who thinks he
is smarter than any one else. Mrs.
Figg-My dear, you have that wrong.
The egotist is the man who says he is
smarter than any one else All men
think that way.-IndianapoIis Journal.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-07-18

why, father" cried the young man
earnestly, shes worth her weight in
gold.'' "That may be-" the millionaire
carefully returned, "but even IN that
case you will bear in mind she wouldn't
foot up above thirty-fve Or forty thou
sand dollars '-Rockland Tribune.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-07-18

The Richmond Times encourages the
idea of a change Of name for New York.
1t says the city is getting bad enough
to need another alias. This view Of the
matter is entitled to respectful consid-
Grafton.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-07-18

According to q current news item
the Prince of Wales has peculiar hab~
1t Of winl1ing his left eye. If he visits
any prohibition State While In this
country he will find this quite the
thing
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-07-18

She loves the scierces, they say;
Her style is prim and collegy;
And, when it comes to bargain day
She most affects buy-ology.
Star.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-07-18
Spread of the English Languape

SpTeaU OF LHt EngIIsh Language.
That the English language will even
tually become universal language, if
not the universal language, is evidenc-
ed by statistics which show that two
thirds of all the letters carried by the
postal services of the world are writ
ten, sent to and read by English-speak-
ing people.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-07-18

The Albany Argus says that "love is
a contagious disease" But the serum
of divorce is said to be sure cure
for it.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-07-18

A cablegram from Paris brings the
important news that 1.-The Countess
Castellane is quito devoted to her hus-
band" Astonishing! And the honey
moon is over, too!
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-07-18

ton is caused by a microbe. The les
son of this discovery is that microbes
should never be eaten unless they are
properly cooked.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-07-18
Six Centenarians in one To

There are in Early County, oeO'
according to a local newspaper, 81
over 100 years old, the Oldest Deips
They are said to be hale ana ~ -.
and to work in the fields regtiai'
days in a week.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-07-18

The last Texas lynching came off
without hitch. The victim was rid
died with bullets.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-07-18

A pleasing figure, says Bacon. is a
perpetual letter of recommendation
but as to boomers, it depends on who
wears them.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-07-18

John L. Sul,ivan's drawing powers
are greatly impaired. 1t appears that
he can no longer draw either an audi
ence or a sober breath.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-07-18

Elizabeth Cady Stanton doesn't ap-
prove certain passages in the Bible.
Therefore she sets to work to make
new Bible of Ter own. Suppose we all
do that?
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-07-18

Kick at all times and about ever '
thing and you will become known in
time as high authority and a great
critic.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-07-18
MONEY IN PATENTS.
LITTLE THINGS THAT HAVE
MADE MILLIONS.
HAVE
An Inkstand That Already Has Made
$2OO,OOO-A Pen That Pays $4,000
a Year and a Boutonniere That Brings
in $4,000.

Invent Something.
Do you need money? If so, why not
give your attention to the invention
of small and useful articles which may
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-07-18

There is such thing as being good,
and another thing as being blamed
good.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-07-18

The sailor who dashed Admiral Farra-
gut to the mast in Mobile Bay has
commenced dying.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-07-18

When Charlie Hoyt gets Arson back
of the footlights the old mans cotton
batting average will show up better.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-07-18

Another Kentucky duel, with one
dead colonel, is reported. Very feud
details are given, however.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-07-18

There is one redeeming feature -
the boomers; they can't wear ~
with them.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-07-18

pears to have no chance of getting con-
troll Of any business or industry. He
certainly cannot control the supply of
all the beef or all the school books in
the land, but there is always one way
by which without capital he may OBJ
tain little monopoly of his own. That
is by means of an invention and a pat
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-07-18
FATHER or THE CANAL.

p1rcIv German Engineer Who
Planned the Kie1 Waterway.
The man to whom Germany owes
most in connection with the great k1ei
Canal is Ober-Laurath Banesch, one OF
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-07-18
EAGLE RIVER REVIEW.
EAGLE RIVER, WIS.

@. B. MOON. Editor and Proprietor
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-07-18

be made interesting even as characters
in a novel.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-11
Diet For Children.

a child's dietary is a matter of no
small moment, and the first essential
always to be observed is regularity.
Regularity not only in the time, but
the amount of meals. will, in almost
every case insure good digestion. and
lay the foundation Of health. The
care Of children during the summer
months is not a simple undertaking,
but simplicity, regularity and pune
tuality in all the child's habits will
lie e ounces of PREVENTION which
are worth so many pounds of cure
Until a child is two years old it's
food should be milk or some reliable
prepared infants food, certain cereals
and some fruits will not hurt a
nty-one-months-old baby, but
meat, jelly and Strawberries are out
of the question. To the lady who in
quired about the proper diet for her
twenty-one- month sold boy l would
say since you have been feeding a
variety of things. do not make an
abrupt change TO any one food. Con-
fine him to certain kinds of food but
not to a diet of one thing to a safety
Avoid monOtony, but insist upon the
CV44oNAAAil'A4plA VI PAOl'Cl OI
food. Oppose gustatory whims, for
unless suggested otherwise. children
will usually take what is given them
If their natural appetite is spoiled by
sweets or feding between meals, they
will have whims. Granuia farinosa,
certain forms of oatmeal, baked APP
Piles, solf-boiled eggs, baked potatoes,
bread and butter, mutton broth and
plenty of milk should form the baby's
bill of fare. Vary the menus for his
four daily meals, giving him stated
quantities at stated times. Should you
become suspicious as to the quality of
the milk, Sterilize it or use condensed
milk If you are sure the we'll water
You are using is good do not boil it,
as it then parts with some of its es-
Eential salts. The baby should be al
lowed to drink freely, but never
should be given ce-water.-Table
Talk
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-11
EVERY YOUNG WAN.

should be possessed of certain infor-
nation, without which millions con-
tract pernfcious and most destructive
habits-habits which make young men
permanently aged, pale, haggard, list
less, devoid of ambition. easily tried.
languid, forgetful and incapable; fill
Warehouses; and swell the lists of sui
cides; separate husbands and wives;
bring untold suffering to millions, even
unto the third and fourth generations.
Parents, guardians and philanthl O.
pistS can do no better service to the
rising generation than to place in their
hands the information and warnings
contained in little book carefully
prepared by an association of medical
men, who have had vast experience in
dealing with the grave maladies here
limited at, and who feel that they owe
1t TO humanity to warn the young Of
the land against certain destructive
habits, which are far more prevalent
than any layman can imagine, and
which, if persisted in, will gradually
undermine the constitution and health,
and destroy the future happiness of
the victim. Cut out this notice and en-
close it with ten cents in stamps Ito
pay postage), to Worlds Dispensary
Medical Association, Invalid's Hotel
and Surgical Institute. Buffalo. N. Y,
and the book will be sent, secure from
in plain sealed envelope.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-11

to fashionable society. yet it seems
that it is again trying to insinuate it
self. and if skirts keep on increasing
ir size there seems to be every chance
for its success. One of the new Partisan
skirts-a crepon one. not muslin-is
more than nine yards in circumference.
Skirts IF such dimensions REQUIRE some
sort of support. and TO line them
throughout with horsehair cloth in
creases their weight tremendously. to
say nothing OF the fact that haircloth.
which is very narrow. is steadily rising
in price every week. and that enough
for a lining will soon cost as much as
the gown material and trimmings.
The gown shown in the illustration
Is of orange brown cashmere and
niousSeline de sole. The skirt is of
cashmere and is trimmed with van
dykes and insertion of Irish guipure.
The bodice of accordion plated nous
seine is partly covered by a large
guipure collar fastened with black vel
vet chOux- The belt and collar are of
black MORE. JUDO CHOLLET.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-11
HEARD ON THE SIDE.

1.-The early circus catches the small
boy' seems to be the motto of the
Sells & Renfrew people; for they are
billed to appear here the iattef part OF,
May. In this connection. Councilman
Clawson is against allowing them so
OCCUPY the Old Fort block. unless they
pay good ground rent in addition TO
the regular license charged. He argues
that circus takes money away from a
town and that it should be compelled
to leave a part Of it in the public
treasury.
Whether the bicycle ordinance ap-
plies to ladies as we'll as gentlemen is
a question for the next executive ses-
sion of the fire and police board to con-
slider. The south side of the block be-
tween West Temple and First West is
barred by the provisions of the new
law recently enacted by the council,
and still women ride down there with
out so much as ringing the bell.
The county court has decided on an
other reform movement. This time it
is proposed to cut off the nisht man
at the jail If this is done. unless Sher-
if Hardy wants to sit up all night.
all he will have TO do will be to retire
to rest after dark and allow the HE
to get in its work.
A tall man with about as much meat
on his bones as would suffice for a
healthy purp's dinner came into the
editorial rooms of this paper last night
and said that he had piece which
he would like to have printed. 1t is
sad tale. that ''piece." After citing IN
language obscured by bad spelling that
he is the blackberry King from
Garvis. Dragon. the writer says that
he arrived at Logan in May. 1898, and
put UP the - hotel. managed by an
estimable lady named --- His hrst
act was to fall in love with one OF the
waiter girls Che spells waiter, water }.
and proposed to make her the Black
berry Queen" The young woman evil
IDENTIFY did not care for his attentions
for she said to him nay. and the
King is broken hearted. but not dis
couraged. as he announces that he Will
keep on trying until he gets mate.
AS an inducement to the fair sex ne
recites that he lives in a cline where
the roses and the pinks bloom perpet-
ually; where the sun never wears
veil over his face and where the weep
ing willow keeps up perpetual SOD.
Any one desiring to become a BLACK
berry Queen" can be assisted Dy COM
municating with the horse editor.