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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-03-21

old Barnum's hotel and the Fountain
inn, which stood on the site Of the Car
rollton hotel. The coaches used We're
open at the front and sides, with seats
for eleven passengers beside the driver.
All seats faced the front Of the vehicle.
Saddlebags, which were carried in that
time for baggage, were hung on the
POSTS supporting the top Of the stage.
a small rack behind for trunks was sell
dom used. A tin lantern, with a tallow
dip, placed over the driver, was used at
night.
-Four strong horses drew these
coaches, with relays every ten or twelve
miles at stages or stations, from which
probably came the name Of the We
hiclc. The average rate Of fare was
6 cents mile At first travel was
only in the daytime with stops over
night at the numerous excellent inns
@: taverns which lined the road.
zone of the great distractions to
travel alone the road were large droves
Of cattle, sheep and hogs being driven
from Western plains to Eastern mar
kets. The cattle especially. with their
long horns pointed toward the oncoming
coach, made a formidable obstruction.
'"rhe 272 miles from Baltimore to
Wheeling were first made in four days,
with nightly stops. The best stage
coach time was afterward reduced to
fifty hours by the old Eclipse line, es-
I. blished NV lanes RpoSidc"
Mr. Reside is probably the only SUI
viving stage-coach contractor of ma
tional prominence. He is a native Of
Cumberland. Samuel Lurman, said to
be the Oldest living stage-coach driver,
now lives in Cumberland.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-03-21

large uncut, but highly polished,
ruby valued at over $4,000. A great
number Of valuable gems cover tho
crown. At the recent obsequies Of the
late Car one of these gems disappear
ed mystcriouSly from it's setting during
the transfer Of the body from the rail
road station to the fortress of SITS. Pc
ter and Paul, and in spite of most
searching investigation no trace Of the
gem has been discovered.
The small crown diadem of the Gar
ina contains the finest diamonds ever
set, and it took many years to collect
these exquisitely matched gems. The
crown Of Queen Victoria is valued at
nearly two million dollars, and con-
tains one large ruby, one large sap.
phire, sixteen smaller sapphires, eight
cmeraltls, four smaller rubies, 1860
white and 1878 rose-colored diamonds,
four large pear-shapcd pearls and 269
other pearls. The robes and jewelry
worn by the Sultan Of Lahore at state
functions are adorned with diamonds
worth ten million dollars. His collar,
! epaulettes, belt, bracelets, anklets,
buckles and headgear are sparkling
with the shining pebbles.
The most precious Of all crown jew
clry is owned by Il potentate inferior in
rank to the last-named, the Maharajan
OF Baroda. He possesses necklace of
| five rows Of diamonds, increasing in
size from pea to a walnut. There are
500 diamonds In this necklace, whose
| brilliancy is further increased by two
| rows Of emeralds above and below the
| diamonds and Of the same size. This
! necklace is thought to be worth over
| 81 ,OOO. 900, while the other jewelry own
| cd by this Crocsus is estimated ut more
than 100000, 900.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-03-21
when You Write to the Queen.

A useful piece of information to any
Of those suffering from that dreadful in
Fiction cacoethcs scribcndi, and who in
consequence feel themselves impelled
to write to Queen Victoria, will do well
to bear in mind that they must on no
account fold the paper on which they
have written. No communication which
bears evidence Of having been creased
will ever fall into her majestys hands.
The proper method Is to write on thick,
glossy white paper and to dispatch the
missive In an envelope which fits it.
Any folded communication neverreact-
es the Queen, for the simple reason that
she won't look ut 1t. All such letters are
opened by the mistress of the robes,
and as rule the contents never get
beyond her, or IL the letter is Of import
ance 1t Is returned to the writer with
instructions how to forward it.-Phila-
delphia Times.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-03-21

Mr.. Debus, u Chicago cable car con-
ductor, was called before the Police
Commission to testify as to the intoXi-
cation Of Officer Mullaney. II don't
like to say anything against the officer"
said Debus. "You see how it is. We
like to keep in with the policemen and
have everything going smoothly. am
sorry to say it, but the gentleman was
slightly. Now you know don't want
to say this, and | am very sorry. He
certainly was a little bit, though |
am not sure-still, am very sorry to
make the remark, and hope the gentle
man will eXcu-slightly intoXicated:'
1t is evident that Conductor Debus is .
very humane man, but policemen who
want to have things go smoothly must
not get drunk.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-03-21

was 90 feet in circumference. For
feet it lowered aloft without bran
lust q tall column. 1t contained IT
900 feet of lumber. The specimen
the museum is perfectly marvellous
when groups Of people are stanN'
before it, then one gets some lA"a
it's enormous size, which figures 90
give. 1t was brought to the muse
at a great deal Of expense and lr"o
and unless I am mistaken, 1t is
only specimen on exhibition III
United States. -Scie2titi Amerlca'
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-03-21
Pass in the early days, and is regarded
as the mother of woman suffrage.

Pass in the early days, and is regarded
as the mother of woman suffrage.
Mrs Morris, who is now well pre-
served woman of so years, was born in
New York State. She has been q firm
believer in the right of women to vote
ever since Il little girl. Mother Morris
went to Wyoming in 1867, along with
her husband and sons, when thousands
of people went West to look for gold.
They settled at South Pass, where Mrs.
Norris soon had great influence over the
men. It was known that she believed
that women were as safe with the bal
lot as men and the miners heartily
agreed with her. Among these was
Col Bright, who had come from the
South. The Colonel, though not an cdu-
Gated man, was Il man of considerable
force and was elected to the first LegS-
lature in 1868.
When the Colonel went to Cheyenne
to attend the session of the Legislature,
he left his young wife and baby at Il
boarding house at South Pass. The
child shortly became i'll and as there
was no way OF communicating with the
(OIOIlcl, tllc Wllc NlS Ilctt1 L
broken Her husband, who was in
pretty destitute circumstances at the
time, had left but little money and the
landlady would not allow her to stay in
the house any longer il she did not pay
her board bill Mother Morris heard
Mrs. Bright's case and her generous
heart was touched. she had her sons
| fix up an empty cabin near her home
| and here Mrs. Morris and the sick baby
were made as comfortable as they could
possibly be. The Co!oners wife later
| expressed her gratitude for Mrs. Morris
to her husband and the latter deter
mined to do all in his power to grant
her her long cherished hoDe-the right
OF women TO vote. He introduced q
bin in the Legislature providing that
all women Is years or over be allowed
the right of franchise The bill was
later amended, raising the voting age
to 81. and became law in 1869. Mrs
Norris was justice Of the peace at South
Pass for some time and made the best
| justice the town ever had.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-03-21
FAMILY TIES IN oERMAnx
Distant Relatives and Servants =
c1uded In the Sacred C;x.,- Il

Distant Relatives and Servants -
Guided In the Sacred C;rc1o In
The family tie is sacred in Germ,
and extends also to the larger fanny.
says writer in the Omaha Rec My
bers of the same name, esnoo,sm
among the nobility, meet from .,l
to time for conferences Familientan'
and have generally friends to oss,S,|
the poorer members Of the family Th
German is sure to find an open bonsI
and house wherever he meets ovon
distant relative. The relation Of chin
dren to their parents, though II boI
lost much OF the old rightly. is stn,|
one of respect, and this is certa;nI,.
good foundation for the state. nc
Their in his admirable small catecbisn,
explains the fifth commandment ia ~
fer also to teachers, employees m,
all in authority. Also grown-up ohm
dren respect parental authority.
long as father or mother lives tho
house remain the center of the family
also for the married children.
But the household does not only com
prise the family, the servants are mar
of the German home. Though o,S
in this respect much Of the good ol,
habit is done away with in the preson
age, especially in the larger towns
where the family does not occupy, lkl b
In the United States and England
house Of it's own, but only a fiat, wifi
sometimes very insufficient accommo
dations for the servants, yet we find
forty or fifty years in the same family
The great day for the German hom
is Christmas Eve, when all the HOUSE,
hold gathers round the fir tree witt
it's shining lights. The German Chris
mas tree, which has now found if
way into many other countries, is
very old institution, and deeply roote,I
in the hearts Of the people. Even thS
poor man would spare his last cent Il
buy tree. Wherever Germans are I'd
gether at Christmas the tree must nd
be wanting. The writer of these line
remembers Christmas spent on thN
Atlantic on one Of the North GcrmaM
Lloyd steamers. The weather wal
very rough, but the Christmas tre
was nevertheless lighted. People vii
remember to their oldest ages the jon
full excitement Of their childhood
when the bell of the father calle(
them into the room where the present
were laid out for them under the lgh
ed tree. Also the servants are called
and receive their presents. Even
houses where there are no chdrc
the Christmas tree is lighted, an
wealthy people often invite the chi
dren Of one or more poor families \
give them presents on the day Whid
commentaries that God so loved III
world that he gave his only begottg
Son, everybody wishes to show loY
to his neighbor.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-03-21

Any one who occupies position
which entails the receiving Of dozens
of letters. or any one with large and
varied acquaintance must be naturally
impressed with the thought that there
are some very ugly Christian names
given to men and women at a time
when they are too young to protest
against being S:tddlcd with 4 fearful
burden that will cling to them, will be-
come identified with them and in one
way or another influence their personal
character throughout their ;letire lifc's
Journey. Even though q child Is born
with sunny disposition the odds are
against it's retaining it when the horri-
bic consciousness of owning some tiend-
ish name of fancy or freak dawns upon
it. Parents are positively guilty of Il
crime in giving to some poor little pink
bundle Il name that will make it pinler
every time it hears it uttered. Fancy q
cir! going through life with the name of
Thcophelia Gcorgiana to fight against.
Imagine the feelings Of Il boy when he
first realizes that his name is AdolnhuS
Aaron---isn't 1t discouraging project
for even the most hopeful to think that
as long rs life lasts they must bow to
the caprice Of custom that gives par
cnts the right of tattooinS nomencla-
ture?
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-03-21
STAGE-COACH DAYS.
How People Travelled in the Middle
States Forty Years Ago.

i
States Forty Years Ago.
Forty-two years ago New Years day
the last through United States mail
arrived by stage coach from Baltl-
more ut Wheeling, w. Va, says the
baltimore Sun. John Il. Reeside, now
a resident of Baltimore, was in charge
of the stage which made the last trip,
arriving in Wheeling New Years day,
1853
Mr. Reesidc's father, the late James
Reside, was pioneer in this travel
The son entered the same business
when about Is years old, and con-
t;nued extending stage-coach lines west
ward until they reached the Pacific
coast. Railroads followed in the wake
of the coach lines and took away their
business of carrying passengers and
mails.
Probably the most interesting of Mr..
Resides experiences were in connec-
ton with the National road, or 'old
pike" projected by the national govern
ment in 1906. This road extended from
Cumberland, Nd, westward over the
Allerhanies to the Ohio River. 1t was
the main artery Of travel for passenger,
mail. and freight traffic until the Balti-
moro and Ohio Railroad took it's place.
From Baltimore to Cumberland the
turnpike was older, having been con-
structed by private persons and COM
panies.
1.-THE stage-coach headquarters in
Baltimore" said Mr.. Reside, were at
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-03-21
He Settled.

''Dere you vas, you driilin' puppy
A picturesquely attired old Eerl'
lady with Il broad, rudy face l'al
by q ferocious scoWl had Stoppe'
handsomely dressed young fello"
was just In the act Of stepping Oh
curb at the corner Of Fourth ana v
nut streets to cross the street.
"Vy you don't bay me dot ne 10
YOU vas owe me? You drinks | VI
wash for nodings?'
Two young ladies near by "
amused listeners, and the yolhs "
was visibly embarrassed.
"My good woman, on what sfou
do you claim / owe you So"
"yot grounds? Vot, vot------ III
rage she brought one big foot Ut
heavily onto the slushy pavement
''Vot grounds? Desc GROUNDS u
here-Fourdt und Walnut, ana
my money"
The young man paid her on =,
grounds Observation-Disclosures
llIl1.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-03-21

1t is reported that some French sc!en-
tiiic gentlemen have succeeded in send
ing Il balloon to tho great height of ten
miles, so adjusted that it would de-
scene. at the end Of five hours. Their
mcmeters which register automatically
indicated that the temperature ut that
altitude was 40 degrees below the az
tificial zero Of our Fahrenheit scale.
Noting this circumstance an exchange
snow we know where cold waves come
from when they do come" but also it
wants to know 'what keeps the great
reservoir SO high il cold air sinks to
the lowest level, as is stated in the
school books? The question is easily
answered. The density of a mass Of
air decreases with q rise in tempera-
ture, so that for equal heights above
the sea level the colder of two air
masses is the denser of the two. and
the lower level is sought by it not on ac-
count of it's diminished temperature
but because of its increased density.
The rule that the colder air seeks the
lower level is not SO comprehensive or
direct a statement OF the real truth as
would be the assertion that the denser
mir seeks the lower level, that rise in
temperature causes u given volume of
air to expand. thereby decreasing its
density, and that both density and tenn
perature decrease with greater height
above the level of land or sea.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-03-21
How the English Police Get Evidence

The Birmingham police are ingenious
men. Desiring to effect an entry into
a tavern suspected of being used as II
betting house, they procured hearse
and Il mourning coach and attired them
selves as coachmcn, mutes and mourn
ers, says the Westminster Gazette.
Thus disguised they reached the tavern,
entered. and true to the immemorial
custom of funeral parties, ordered re-
freshments; then they looked about
them, found evidences Of guilt and
summoned the tavern-keeper. He must
have felt much as Hamlet did about
.'inky cloaks" and customary suits of
solemn black" They are indeed things
that men may feign, but he would prob
ably call them in this case traps
rather than bearings
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-03-21
THE ENGLISH CHOP.
To Be Good, 1t Must Come Piping x.Ct
from Grill to Plate.

To Be Good, 1t Must Come Piping H.Ct
from Grill to Plate.
Unless the mutton chop is partakcn
Of in a grill room, where it comes
straight from the cridiron to the table
of the guest, says the London Tele-
graph, IN experienced gastronomc will
not be satisfied if his chop is not served
on hot water plate for fat is Il
treachcrous substance and has a fatal
tendency to get cold before the meat
to which it belongs is half eaten. This
is the only English chop in its bold and
beautiful simplicity, and, although we
have not one word to say against the
world-famcd roast beef of old En-
gland, 1t must be remembered that
there are persons to whom beef is too
potent and stimulating q meat, and
whose constitution and palate are
more efficiently administered to by
the plainly cooked chop. No special
aversion need be taken to walnut
pickles rs Il relish to the mutton chop,
but the article itself possesses so char
acteristic and delightful a flavor of its
own tnaL 1t ScclllS IL WoIk VI super
crogation to mar it's sweet SAVIOR with
the conflicting taste of vinegar.
The old English cooks sometimes
played sad tricks with their steaks
one Mrs. Mason, in her Ladies' AS
sistant," published i'll 1877, seasoned!
her chops with pepper and salt, placed
them in Il buttered dish, sprinkled
some beaten ginger over the mass, and
baked it in an oven. The good lady
vus scarcely aware that her mutton
steaks baked would come down to
pcsterity as "tuad in Il hole n
dish which has long since been ban
ished from refined English society, but
which an iron-clad fate has trans
planted to the French CUISINE rs 'la
cotelette a In Nelson" But Mistress
Mason herself was not above borrow
ing from France, since her mutton
chops in Disguise" rubbed in pepper,
salt, nutmeg, and chopped herbs, roll
ed in sheets of well-buttered white
paper. and sauted in Il stewpan and
served with brown gravy, are only an
English adaptation of the ''cotelettes
la Maintenon," invented at the In
stiration of the morganatic wife OF
Louis XIV. by Fagon, his physician
to stimulate the jaded appetite Of the
septuagenarian grand monarch.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-03-21

It is to labor and to labor only that
man owes everything possessed of OK
changcablc value. Labor Is the tails
man that has raised him from the con-
dition of the savage, that mas changed
the desert and forest into cultivated
fields, that has covered the earth with
cities and the ocean with ships, that
has given us plenty, comfort, and ele-
gancc, instead Of want, misery and bar
b1riSm.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-03-21

guenot. She has averaged II cord and
6. half a day and maintained Icrscl:
and child. She applied to the poor
masters for relief recently, stating that
on account OF the snow in the woods
this winter she was unable to work
She obtained her supplies and walked
t. her home, six miles distant.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-03-21

The White Star Line is building an
ocean greyhound designed to beat all
trans Atlantic records. The new steam
ship is rapidly approaching completion in
the yards Of Harlan &, Wolff, at Belfast,
Ireland, and it is expected that the vessel
will soon be one of the regular fleet ply
ing between New York and Liverpool.
The builders are noted the world over
for the magnificent ocean steamers they
have turned out of their yards. They
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-03-21
CHOPS CORDwOOD FOR LIVING

Woman Supports Herself and Child
in that Manner for Three Years.
Mrs Catherine Conklin, aged 81, has
since the death of her husband, three
years ago, made her living by chopping
cordwood in the mountains near Hui
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-03-21

We perhaps never detect how much
of our social demeanor is made up Of
artificial airs, until we see a person
who is at once beautiful ana simple.
Without the beauty, we are apt to call
simplicity awkWardness.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-03-21
a GIGANTIC TREE.

The Section of 1t Now in the Cent?
Park MusucIn.
This drawing was made from
great section of a giant tree now
exhibition in the Jessup collection
Central Park New York; Museum.
is GO feet in circumference ana
appearance it makes in the great h
Of the exhibit is enormous. The Il
was named after Mark Twain a
stood 35S feet in height. AT its base
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-03-21

The whole tendency of our modern
legislatio is to too much law making.
If two thirds Of the more trivial mat
tiers brought before the legislature
were pigeon-holed in committee it
would be q far better thing for the
Stafn
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-03-21
COSTLY GROWN S.

Some Princely Fortunes Tied Up in
Jcwclry.
The value of the crown jewelry Of
the potentates Of the old world reaches
into almost incredible sums, says the
"Buch fuer Allie" The crown of the
King Of Portugal, one Of the most pre-
cious Of Europe, is worth six and a
half million dollars. The one worn by
the Gar at special ceremonies of state
is not worth any less. The cross on top
Of the crown is shaped Of four immense
diamonds Of the first water, resting on
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-03-21

"Seycn thousand boys are learning
military drill in the schools of this city,
SAYS the New York Recorder. And
thrice as many are learning loating and
thicvcry in the streets because the
school board which will pay for musllct
and military drill will not furnish
enough schools to accommodate the
children who want to learn to read.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-03-21

are making every effort to surpass in the
new steamer all vessels ever built on their
stocks. Their contract with the White
Star Steamship Company requires that
after reasonable time has been allowed
TO get her engines "broken in,' the new
steamer shall beat by at least eight hours
the fastest records Of the Cunarders Lu-
cania and Campania in both their east
ward and westward voyages. Heroic is
to be the name of the new ocean grey
hound. She measures $50 feet on the
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-03-21

The Picking Gazette is the oldest
newspaper in the world and certainly
is the only one Of whose editors 300
have been beheaded. But n great many
other newspapers have had editors who
have LOST ,hcir heads.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-03-21

The disposition OF u mind that is
truly great is that which makes mis-
fortunes and sorrows little when they
befall ourselves, great and lamentable
when they befall other men.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-03-21

A New-Y orker exhibits in court Il
document in which woman binds
herself for an annual salary to fur
nish him continuously soul love for the
period of five years" Will solnc one,
somewhere, kindly explain?
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-03-21

Harry Hayward, the Minneapolis
murderer, kindly explained to Il jury
that he was madly in love with Miss
Cling, the murdered girl, and in the
next breath added that he used to buy
whisky and get her drunk SO she would
into his hands. That looks loverlike!
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-03-21

People who are fortunate enough to
be subject to the income tax might as
we'll make their arrangements to meet
it when due. The courts are holding
that these gentlemen must all put in
an appearance at the captains Office
and settle.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-03-21

Traveler-"The houses in some Of the
ancient cities had walls ten feet thick. Z
Mr.. Brickrow (nervously)-"I presume
some of the neighbors were musical. -
New York Weekly.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-03-21
Two Kinds or Feminine Thumbs.

Women may be ranged into two diff
ferent classes, the one having n large
and the other small thumb. The
first. having more intelligence than
feeling. is wise from history; the sec
ond. more feeling than intelligence,
Is wise from romance.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-03-21

A Philadelphia girl who was dumb
for foIr hours was startled into speech
by the strains of Sweet Marie" from
an itinerant barrel organ. How many
things that old song has to answer for!