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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-10-17

Whether or not the dereictS of the sea
are in reality the terrors to ocean voy-
ayers then seem to be in the lands
mans Imagination may be q question,
but that they should be eXter1ninated
as far as possible admits of no doubt.
For thousands Of miles they float like
ghosts up and down the Atlantic, now
governed by the viewless winds, and
now by the ocean tides or the gulf
stream. They are the vagabonds-the
tramps of the deep. It is said their
average life is but thirty days, but there
are we'll authenticated instances Of
abandoned vessels that have kept afioat
for nearly three years drifting in the
meantime thousands and thousands of
miles. One recognized derelict was
seen at different times where the points
of observation were 1000 miles apart.
Night is the harvest time Of these sea
demons. Almost inperceptible to the
eye as they float water-logged upon
the surface of the ocean, great ships
full of life and hope suddenly dash up
on them, and there is an end. An effort
Is HOW UeluS lllduc W arrange pldu
by which the United States and Great
Britain shall unite to eXterminate these
monsters of the deep. In October, 1893
Congress passed a resolution authoriz-
ing the President to make an interna-
tional agreement with the several gov
ernments interested in the navigation
of the North Atlantic Ocean, providing
for the removal of dangerous wrecks
and derelicts outside the coast waters
of the respective countries bordering
on that ocean. The plan most approved
by the maritime exchanges in London
and New York is for the respective
governments to equip steam vessels of
| moderate tonnage. but we'll built and
fitted out which shall search the ocean
far and near and destroy the derelicts
wherever found. Short Shrift is to be
given to these terrors of the deep. In
terna tional patrols like these would not
only protect the great ocean lines of
travel but might be able to afford aid
and comfort to vessels in distress. The
maritime nations cannot be better en-
gagged than i'll bringing about some
such plan.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-10-17
Accommodating Landlord.

A correspondent assures us that he
never knew that it was possible for an
innkeeper to be too accommodating to
his guests until he went down to Nova
Scotia recently, and put up at pleas
ant little hotel in the country. The
landlord of this hotel laid it down as
one of his principles of action to give
people a little more than they asked
for-to be 'eXtra accommodating" as
he termed it.
The landlord brilliantly illustrated
his adherence to this principle the very
morning after our correspondents ar
rival at the hotel. The guests had to
go away on the seven o'clock train that
morning, and asked the proprietor to
call him at six. The guest went to
sleep in the calm assurance that he
should be aroused at the proper hour.
He seemed hardly to have fallen into
a sound sleep when he heard terrific
pounding at his door. He sprang up,
wide awake.
whats the matter?" he called out.
"Four o'clock! Four o'clock came
the landlords voice the other side of the
door; two hours more to sleep!'
1t is needless to say that the guest
slept no more that morning. The land
lords anxiety to be extra accommo-
dating" failed of it's mark that time.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-10-17
His Words Verified.

About twenty-five years ago a certain
Southern man brought a suit against
the South Carolina Railroad for dam
ages to his property. He lost the case
in the Superior Court. but insisted upon
carrying it to the Supreme Court,
where he represented his own cause.
He began his argument by saying
whimsically:
May it please the court, there is an
old French adage which says: "A man
who is his own lawyer hath a fool for a
client
The next week tie Supreme Court
pronounced it's decision. which was ad-
verse to the Southerner He was in
Augusta at the time, but received the
announcement of his second and final
disappointment by means of telegram
sent him by prominent judge, who
was an intimate friend of his.
The telegram read as follows: 'Judr
ment for defendant in error. French
adage affirmed by Supreme Court
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-10-17
Private Roof Gardens.

Plans have been drawn for two new
houses that are to be built uptown on
the west side of New York for private
residences, and each of them is to have
roof garden. This would indicate
that their owners intend to spend part
of the summer months in New York.
Il know of no better place in New
York for private roof garden said
the architect Of one of these houses.
than the high ground on the west side
Of town. The house that l am going
to build will be four stories high. and
as there are no high apartment build
ings near by the roof garden on the
top will be private in every sense of the
word. 1t is the owners purpose to
have it so arranged that he may have
his breakfast or his dinner served there
in warm weather. Under these circum-
stances he may forget that he is in the
city. From his roof he can look over
Riverside Park, and across the river
to the Jersey shore. This is the coolest
part OF the town in the summer. Won
know, and l expect to see many Of the
new residences up there equipped with
roof gardens"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-10-17

mics united in the dedication Of the
National Park, which is forever to be
associated with memories of a supreme
tug of war, of a unique heroisln Oh
both sides, and of a completely re-
stored national friendship. The &C
casion was such one as has nowhere
else ever been witnessed but in Amer
ica Germany has just been celebrat-
ing it's great victories of twenty-five
years ago, but no Frenchman was
there. Italy has been celebrating it's
regeneration and victorious unificatlOn.
but only the one party engages in the
memorial celebration of that grand
epoch-making event. AT ChicEamauga
those who fought against each other
gathered again on the field of battle
and celebrated the heroism of both
armies. Such a reunion is a subllmely
impressive and beautiful token of our
gloriOusly compact national fellowship
| under the one banner. Slavery, which
could have so set brother against
brother. with naught else under heaven
to divide them, was a bad thing; evil
was mistake, national sin, which,
while it lasted, cost us dear. Even the
war for it's humiliation, even though
its appeal was to the noblest motives
to which human nature is susceptible,
was filled with horrors. Heaven save
us from the necessity of any repetition
of them. Meanwhile the several State
! monuments We're dedicated by the Gov
errors and other civil as we'll as mill
tary representatives of the different
States. May they stand forever to be
visited in coming generations by pa
triots from every part Of the country,
| to whom they shall ever speak OF in
| dividual heroism never surpassed and
of a national friendship not again to
| be broken. Monuments anywhere that
| can do this are worth erecting, and the
| fitting dedication of them cannot fail
| to be occasion for renewed inspiration
| unto all good citizenship.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-10-17
Reasonable Dress.

1t has been said that a woman's
dress not only typities her subject con-
dition, but characterizes her individ-
ualism as well. Allowing this to be
true and accepting it from the philo-
sophical standpoint, we are forced to
believe that ind:vidualism must oft
times blush at her own caprice-at her
own tickle, frivolous and imperfect por-
rrayals, as she drags herself from one
extreme to another, offering at each
evolution some absurd and contradic-
tory pretense. IT'S an age of progress
sion; It's an age when intelligence
should precede and prevail over vanity,
when women should possess the out
ward appearance of at least reasonab BILE
beings. But clad in the manner which
extremists of fashion decree that we
should be clad, with sleeves like the
wings of angels and trains like the tail
of a kite, with hats bedecked with the
stuffed bodies and wings Of slaughtered
song birds, and No. 5 feet damned into
No 3 needle-toed shoes, is It wonder
that individualism would feel at least a
little cramped, and at times blush at
her own caprices ?-Womankind.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-10-17

will think you want to take 1t and
VIII be ruined; so keep quiet, pocket the
loss and never gamble again. AS for
my partner and l, we are going to re-
form and you will never see US again.
You cannot make any excuse to your
neighbors and acquaintance, for you
gambled al cards and lost, and no hon
est man ever CANDLES" Mr.. Leighton
did not follow the advice. He at once
notified the police and the Boston bu-
reau of criminal investigation has al
ready begun to trace the men from q
point between Nashua and Worcester,
where they mailed the letter to MI.
Leighton.-BoSton Transcript.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-10-17

Samuel L. Clemens tells the public
that he is not lecturing for his own ben
eft, but for the benefit of the creditors
of the failed publishing concern for
which he furnished the financial back
ing. Honor" he says, lis harder
master than the law. 1t cannot COM
promise for less than 100 cents on the
dollar, and it's debts never outlaw He
further says: "From my reception thus
far l am confident that if | live l can
pay off the last debt within four years,
after which, at the age of GA. can
make a fresh and unincumbered start
in life When Mark Twain writes this
in obvious and very serious earnest he
exhibits himself in a very different
character from that of the professional
humorist. There is heroic side and
a pathetic side as we'll as humorous
side to this man. May he survive to
make that fresh and unincumbered
start
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-10-17
The Scotch Tr.O.

But in spite of points of likeness, we
must see that Maclaren and Barrie and
Crockett do not use their material in
the same way. Each village preserves
it's own individuality of character and
story.
These men have revealed to us much
that is truly interesting in the native
traits of the race to which they belong,
and have preserved to q remarkable de-
gree the natural cOloring n the DTS
they have gathered for us. They have
inspired us with respect for the sturdy
men and women they bring to our ac-
quaintance, making us half afraid to
laugh even at the humorist himself; as
to the theology of these village people
we are rendered helpless to contend
where every peasant knows his cate
chism with all the reasons why, where
men of everyday parts are able to sit
interested under a sermon several hours
long, and then go home to recount the
heads of the discourse and the main
arguments, adding little personal crit
icism Of the entire performance togeth-
er with a close comparison Of the ser
mon with another preached upon the
same text some years before by another
"body."
Whether these stories or others like
them will much longer retain their pop
ularity, who may say? The vein may
be nearly worked out; it were pity to
quite exhaust it. 1t is a delicate point
to know when to stop that it may be
short Of WEAKNESS to the reader and
where limitations are discouraged. But
surely these three men are masters OF
their art and it would be as foolish to
attempt to excel them in their own de-
partment as it would be vain to deny
the charm Of treatment Of every subject
they touch.-Wom
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-10-17
Unrinenen Tomatoes.

lima Experiment station, writes that
when frost is imminent he gathers the
green tomatoes, wraps them separately
in paper (old newspapers will answer).
and packs them in boxes, which are
stored in a place just warm enough to
be secure from frost, the object being to
keep them and not to ripen them. Then
as the fruits are wanted few are
brought out at time and placed in a
warm position where they will ripen
in few days. In this way he has kept
his table supplied with sliced tomatoes
to midwinter.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-10-17
A Leather-Coyerea Piano.

A decided novelty in the way of piano
casing-the invention of Milwaukee
music dealer-is on exhibition in that
city. After several years of study and
experiment the inventor hit upon leath-
er as the most attractive as we'll as the
most durable article for incasing pianos.
The instrument was built in Buffalo.
The color of leather selected for the
first specimen instrument was a rich
black, handsomely embossed, giving the
impression of exquisite carving. Not
only does the instrument thus incased
present most attractive and dignifed
appearance, but it has the advantage of
being something in finish that cannot
be marred or spotted.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-10-17
A TITLED NEWSBOY.
Baron Won sydow Sells Papers on Chi
cago Streets.


cago Streets.
Chicago has a novelty in the shape or
a newsboy. who bears a genuine tue
His name is Baron Richard Won SydoW
and every day, rain or shine, he may De
seen carrying a large bundle or papers
through the streets of Chicago's North
Side. The Baron is now 81 years olu'
but his stopped form and wrinkled face
make him appear of much greater age.
Baron Won Sydow is the son OF the
famous Gen. William Won SydoW, VINO
took a prominent part in the battle OF
Waterloo. He joined the German army
at an early age. and for his bravery
was advanced to the rank of captain III
the Butcher HuZZars. He was man Oh
only moderate means. and he found life
among the members of this swell regl-
ment too expensive. In 1861 he came to
this country, and Immediately joined
Company B, Twelfth Illinois Cavalry.
He was with this company in many
battles during the civil war, and rose
to the rank of captain.
After a few years he returned to Ger
many, but soon came back to the Uni
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-10-17

The Turkish ambassador has tele-
graphed his government the substance
of a significant interview he has had
with Lord Salisbury relative to the Ar
menian question. From his statement
it appears he Informed Lord Salisbury
that the Sublime Porte is not opposed
to the reforms demanded by the Berlin
treaty powers, but that Turkey would
not permit the control of Armenia by an
interna tional commission. Knowing
that Turkey, if left to itself, would
never put these reforms into operation,
Lord Salisbury appropriately and
promptly informed the minister that if
this We're the position of Turkey it
would be of no use to continue the in.
terview. With a final declaration that
if the Porte persisted N the refusal the
powers would carry out the reforms.
and that if it resisted them Turkey
would be dismembered, he politely dis
missed the POrte's representative. This
means business. Turkey will yield
rather than submit to carving which
will end it's existence in Europe as a
separate power. There is one blessing
at least in the recent conservative vic
tOrV
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-10-17

first settlers. 1t was erected " =
and has been handed down frow ~,
to son in an unbroken line for low
erationS, the present owner hp;o, y
direct descendant Of the builder
AT a time of threatened Mai.n
break IN 1866 it was one of the r,l,s,
places of the inhabitants in casa :
night attack. The massive timha, .
covering Of thick cedar shipo,.,
sufficient to insure its remaipin, ,
years to come as a curious ami ~.
esting relic of a long past age "
other house in the State can it be n
that ten generations have bee, h,
and died within its walls.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-10-17

adjustable on the standards, and con-
veniently arranged for taking the diff
ferent measurements required A
sleeve hole measuring device is carried
by one of the standards, there being q
strip projecting horizontally therefrom
while also supported by the standards
is breast strip. a back strip being
secured to the neck plate, breast strip
and the strip carried by the sleeve hold
device A shoulder tape is secured to
the breast strip at the front and rear.
the attachment at the rear being at the
point where the back strip unites with
the breast strip. and shoulder strip
is secured to the shoulder tape at the
front and to the breast strip at the rear.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-10-17
AbSent-M Minded.

We remember the stories Of the
sent minded man who put his umOFe
to bed and stood behind the door
night, and Of another man who could
find his pipe when he had 1t DetVa
his teeth. Here is still another SO
to add to the list.
A promising lumberman OF easE
Maine was hurrying in company Wll
friend, to catch a train, when ne sly
ped suddenly and exclaimed, "IA'
I've come away from the hotel aldF
my watch under the pillow.
Lets go back and get it," salo
friend.
Hold on" said the lumbermaA
don't believe we SHALL have time
he drew the lost watch from MS p0
looked carefully at the face OF H. COW
ed the minutes, and added, N"
shan't have time Then lie plts
on toward the station. saying:
well, / guess l can get along FOR oAsD
without a watch. Bangor C0DD'
cial.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-10-17
A NEW MEASURING DEVICE.
1t IL Adapted Especially to the Use of
Practical Tai1Ors.

The man with these standards and
straps all around him is not a recaptured
lunatic, whose freedom of action the
other man is seeking to restrain, but he
looks like it. On the contrary. the illus
tration is intended to set forth the
peculiar merits of a new and harmless
device, by means of which tailor may
make accurate notes of your physical
proportions and produce a coat that
shall fit you like a glove. If we may
judge by the appearance of the thing,
the ordeal must be a trying one, but
then, what will man not undergo to
have his coat fit we'll?
The honor Of the invention belongs to
a Philadelphia. 1t is illustrated In
the Scientific American, which thus
describes it: 1t consists of two upright
telescope standards, one to be placed
at each side of the person to be meas
ured, and forming supports for several
other pliable measuring attachments
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-10-17
The Advice Was Late.

John f. Leighton, a prosperous farm
err of Franklin, n. H., fell in with two
apparently guileless innocents last
week who turned out to be clever bunco
men, They managed to relieve him of
$500, and in return they gave him a
box containing nothing more satisfac-
tory than long letter of advice. The
letter said: Keep the affair to your
self. If you tell any one they VII
laugh at you and say it served You
right for trying to take advantage of a
man you thought was a greenhOrn, and
your friends and neighbors, and also
your enemies, will say that you are not
the honest man you were always sup
posed to be. Yon know you told a
lie to get the money and no banker will
ever let you have money again, for they
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-10-17
A NEW MUSICAL INSTRUMENT.
An Invention that Is Intended to
Produce Blended Tones.

An Invention that Is Intended to
Produce Blended Tones.
From South Dakota comes a descrip-
ton of musical instrument, the like
of which we have never seen. 1t is Of
the guitar or the banjo type. but it is
distinguished by the fact that it has
two connected sound-boards, from
which are obtained tones designed to
blend and afford music of an altogether
superior quality.
The body of this instrument has an
interior chamber, with the usual tone
opening in the sound-board, and within
the body is a second auxiliary body,
similar in contour. the two bodies being
connected front and rear by pins Of
wood. An interior bridge is used, also,
which connects the outer sound-board
with the upper face of the inner. The
inner sound board has an opening like
that in the outer, but not so large in
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-10-17
A Witty Tutor.

From French journal co ~. ri
little anecdote of a tutor anu -
pupil: ,;s,ory.
The lesson was in Roman nis'0''
the prince was unprepareu' ror q
1--WE come now to the Empeint b
gula. What do you know aO0''
prince|' = by s
The question was followed 81
lence that was becoming ,;alorps
when it was broken by the u'p
tutor. ;, bp 8
.Your highness is right Id sb
perfectly right. The less S'i
this emperor the better.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-10-17
friend.
Caught in the Quicksands',

A negro at Luyerne, Ala, VEN
a well to clean it, and as soon 40 ~ !,
there the sand closed arouhu n'' !
and he could not move. lie toiu ~
at the top that he was fastener ~ ~
ing sand, and for them to pun III, /,
They pulled and pulled, ou' 'Ou' a,
move the man. The SUCTION "''
great that, try as they would lie' M II
not move him For torty-eisn rs
he remained at the bottom Oh Wv %
and all the time those above NM
doing their best to pull hllh ~, IN
had been pulled at with rope anu ii
lass until his joints were 50 s .eIr
this had 70 be abandoned ~ al
box was sunk around him anu ~, ~. ID
and mud were dipped out VI ~
After several hours more t'le m ,,-f,l
released and was pulled to l'e IN
He was more dead than awe DID
reached the top.-NeW Orleans
une.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-10-17

handles at different heights On qgt
site sides of the chair, making ii veg
easy for two persons to carry it upV
down stairs, while the patient remain
in an upright position. Another adVaE
age is that the chair may be placedq
on the edge of the bed and the patRH
moved upon it or from it with pets
ease. When not in use, the chair ma
be folded into a small, compact Dn
die.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-10-17

San Francisco Argonaut: The Call
has begun Il series of articles entitled,
plain Talks with Farmers" by Ed
ward +. Adams, himself farmer. The
series begins well. In the first article.
Mr.. Adams makes these pithy remarks:
''Speaking of a farmer. l ask: Why is
it that the mercantile and professional
classes live more luXur.ously than we?
Why do not their wives also rise at five
in the morning end toll till bed time?
Why do they ride in palace cars and we
in tourist ears? Now our usual answer
to this is that the whole race of them
are nefarious cormorants thriving upon
the blood and sweat of the patient, no.
BILE. honest son of toll. But the real
reason that they thrive while we strive
unprofitably is because they are not
such fools as we are: they know their
business and we do not. If they buy a
ton of grain they know what it costs
them, and when they sell it, they know
whether they have made a profit" New
er were truer words written. There is
much complaint just now over "hard
times" among the farmers of California.
Much sympathy is expressed for them.
Yet we hear no sympathy expressed for
the ''hard times" of the shop keeper,
the small tradesman. the small manu-
facturer. Why not? Have they not
suffered during the past few years just
as the farmers have? "Oh, but they
are business men," would be the reply.
That is exactly it. They are business
men, they do not ask for sympathy. and
they suffer in silence. While the farmers
suffer noisily. The sooner the farmers
put themselves on the same score as
other men, run their business like other
business men, and expect the same
treatment as other business men, the
sooner will they attain the same meas.
ure of prosperity as other business mem.
AS Mr. Adams. himself California
farmer, says of California farmers:
Other men know their business-the
farmers do not
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-10-17
Household Repartee.

The lady was making some remark
about the kind Of clothes some other
ladies at church had on, when her bus
band remarked:
''The finest garment a woman can
wear is the mantle Of charity
Yes" she snapped, land it's about
the only one some husbands want their
wives to wear."-Tit-Bits.