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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-12-19

Compliments and congratulations
must be offered to the Chicago street
railway company which has thought
fully issued transfer slips Illuminated
with gems of thought from the philoso-
piers. It has occasionally been noticed
that the transfer system on some of The
Chicago lines did not work with mi
form success. Passengers have been
known to wait until their transfer
checks had expired before the expected
car came in sight. Others have COM
planned that the use of the checks were
unduly limited. There have been occa-
sions when a passenger, having been
uniucky with his transfer slip, has paid
another fare, and even then been stop
PED midway in his journey and com
peised to walk home. These things may
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-12-19
A Phenomenal Sleeper.

Amos J. Manning, of Mount Carmel,
awoke Saturday morning from a sleep
that lasted almost continuously during
the past six weeks, but is apt to go into
dreamland again at any moment, as he
has been affected with a lethargic NAL
ady during the past eleven years to
such an extent that he frequently
spends four-ffths Of his time in sum-
ber Manning is now 81 years of age,
and usually finds employment around
the mines when he is not in his sleeping
spells.
The trouble was first noticed about
eleven years ago, when he began Sleep
ing hours over the time usually allowed
for the regeneration of the mind and
body. His slumbers gradually grew
upon him with years, and his family
and friends no longer express surprise
when he remains in a comatose condi-
ton for weeks at time. Owing to
the family's limited means they have
been unable to give him much medical
attention, but the physicians who have
examined him pronounce his case as
mysterious as it Is unusual. When
Manning is sleeping he Is in a regular
stupor, and cannot be awakened until
his desire for rest has left him entirely.
They feed him every day, whether he is
awake Or not, by propping up in bed
and putting his food in his mouth. He
has frequently lived In this manner
for month at a time, and when he
aWakeS he SAYS the time paSsad in
slumber has been blank to him. His
general health appears to be good
Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-12-19
England is still longing for a

England is still longing for an ar
rangement with Russia which will en-
able her to divide all Asia with the
latter power. The London Chronicle
pathetically inquiries: why should
notan arrangement with Russia extend
from the Aegean Sea to the Yellow
Sea, thus including all Asia?' 1t
appears that at the time of the Con-
stantinople conference, in 1873, Gen.
Skobeleff made the English delegates
q proposition. Here" he said. taking
a map of Asia, and drawing a line
roughly across it. "let the Russians have
everything north Of this line and be re-
sponsible for it: be you English respon-
sible for all to the south of it, But
alas for those halcyon days! There
are no more Skobeleffs. and the time
has perhaps passed when the elephant
and the whale. as Bismarck called
Russia and England. can divide any
thing whatever between themselves
without sharp criticisms and possible
interference from other nations.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-12-19

1t is reported from New York that
one evening at the horse show the band
played "God Save the Queen" and the
Duke of Marlborough, who was pres,
ent, at once arose and stood uncover
ed, while the Americans in his box re-
NAMED seated. The story is curious,
for the chances are the band was really
playing America" the tune being the
same as that of the British anthem,
and while the mistake of the duke was
natural, what shall we say of the Amer
leans at the show who did not know
their own anthem when they heard it?
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-12-19
surfaces are perfect planes. Its angle

surfaces are perfect planes. Its angle
is exactly 60 degrees. The trouble
about rock salt is that it gathers mos
ture readily. Of course, If the sur
faces of the prism are coated with
moisture, the salt dissolves, and the
transmission of light through it is per-
manently interfered with. According
ly, quantities of lime, which has the
property of absorbing moisture, are
kept with the bolometer in closed
room that has no windows and is light
ed by electricity.
The beam of light thrown by the
great mirror of the heliostat into the
long tube passes through narrow slip
into the dark room where the bolometer
is. There it goes through the prism
of rock salt, by which it is resolved
into an extremely brilliant rainbow.
The rainbow is like any other solar
spectrum, the visible part Of it termt-
mating with the violet at one end and
the red at the other. To perceive any
more degree causes the dot Of light to
run swiftly along the measuring scale
at the rate, Say, VI SlA INCHES Il ScCOuu.
But this is not all.
The measuring scale is fastened upon
a movable piece of wood, which, when
lifted. permits the dot Of light to fall
upon a Photographic plate that is kept
moving on continuously by clockwork.
Thus. line is registered upon the pho
tographic plate, describing curve.
Subsequently the plate is developed,
and the photograph is reproduced on
paper, like any other sun picture.
1t will be observed that three
trials exhibit no variation, thanks to
the absolute accuracy Of the instrument.
The high parts of the curves repre-
sent warm places in the rainbow, while
the low places are cold, corresponding
to the black lines and bands. By means
of an ingenious combination of cylin-
drical lenses, the curves are converted
into straight lines and bands CORE
spending to those which appear in the
visible spectrum.
1t is impossible to say how far the
benefits to science resulting from the
discoveries in this region of unknown
colorS may extend.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-12-19
A MISSIONARY BICYCLE.

Such a Strong Attraction, 1t Broke Up
Gospel Meeting.
The following is an extract from a
letter recently received by the Rev. 81.
A. Schauff1er from his daughter, mis-
sionary in Persia:
"Mr. Allen, the superintendent Of the
industrial department. has gone to
America to learn something more of the
iron trade, as an iron department Is to
be added to the shop. He started off
on his bicycle, and expected to ride
to Batoum, on the Black Sea, to stop
at SAMSON, and run up to Marsovan
on his wheel to see the training school
there, and take the steamer to Mar
settles and run across France, making
the journey as cheap as possible.
''In August he took a tour to the
southern part Of our field on his wheel
He would leave the horsemen who &C.
companied him way behind him, and he
rode most Of the way alone. Every
where he was an object Of the greatest
wonder and excitement. Some said it
was thc cholera come again.
'He would get to a village, and the
whole place would gather to see him.
He would have to give an exhibition,
and finally end up in some open place
where the native helper who accom-
panied him would be ready to hold a
service. The congregation was there
with no ringing of bells, except the BIZ
cycle bell.
"Mr. Allen says that in this way vii
lagos were opened up where never be-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-12-19

The amount of money invested in rail-
roads in the United States Is up in the
billions According to Poor's Directory
Of Railway Officials, over $9,8OO,OOO,-
900 has been expended here in the con-
struction of steam roads. This does
not include maintenance. That the
latter would add many billions more is
shown by the recently published re-
port Of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission. The annual expenditure for
equipment and other operating charges
for several years has averaged over
100000, 900. Poor's report says that
the earnings of American railroads for
1886 Twill exceed 81, 2OO,OOO,OOO, fully
tWothirds of which will be expended in
their maintenance" Our railroads are
capitalized at nearly $5,OOO,OOO,OOO and
are bonded for nearly as much more.
These figures apply only to steam roads.
Something like $9OO,0O0,OO0 has been
invested in street railways, operated
for the most part with electricity. In
year or two more the total for this
class of investments will have reached
the billion dollar mark The line be-
tween municipal and general railroads
is not so closely drawn as formerly.
Among the latter, publishers Of railway
statistics ordinarily include elevated
roads in cities and number of electric
lines extending from cities to suburban
towns or other cities. Several rail-
roads, too, have electric branches.
Poor's Directory names ten steam lines
whose motive power has been changed
within twelve months to electricity.
The total mileage Of steam roads, in
Guiding elevated municipal lines, is
placed by this authority at 1SO,S15
miles, and the prediction is made that
it will reach 5000 before the close of
1896. Something Of boom in railway
construction is expected next year. In
Guiding electric roads, we now have
over 10000 miles of railway and the
total for steam and electric roads will
exceed 100000 before the close of an
other year.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-12-19

fore had the gospel message been al
lowed to enter. But sometimes he got
into trouble, and at one place such a
mob surrounded him that he had to get
out of the village at the earliest oppor-
tunity.
zone day he was riding alone when
he saw horseman ahead Of him, who
stopped and stared with all his might
at this strange apparition. Then the
man drew out cartridge and slipped
it into his gun, at which Mr.. Allen
jumped off his wheel with the greatest
alacrity and called out: Don't shoot.
I'm a manv" -Cleveland Leader.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-12-19
Stephen Girard. Hero

A tablet '.in commemoration Of the
courage and humanity displayed by
Stephen Girard during the epidemic of
yellow fever prevailing in philadelphia
in they year 1893" was unveiled in Girard
College, in Philadelphia the other day.
The incident discloses phase of char
acter in the philanthropist not general
ly understood. During the fever cpl
demic he abandoned his business and
his luxurious home, and assumed the
superintendency of a yellow-fever hos
pital. He took up the work others re-
coiled from, and did the work because
it was his duty.-New York Evening
Post.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-12-19
DINING IN ENG, ,sn :,
Every Man Pays His Oxn
Invited to tho q, oe0re \

. Ma
Invited to the cls Sso's y
Americans are supersens,..
marked an Englishman 1asa,
they lose thereby much ratioe els
ment and pleasant interiors; ,vnal 9
instance, in the matter Of wha ls
treating I find Americ.n "nat You
absurd, don't cherknow. T rhsa
upon paying the full Score lucy a
for half a dozen fellows wbos saet|
i'll afford it, and it amt r nla. tAel|
the other fellows either r Ir'
a mistaken notion of hosnita,s;.'a al
they don't treat or are .raa 'Q Y
go off by themselves in ma @'sc
BILE fashion. Now, with rs ~
ton in a public place, at a c,r ~
OR anything of that sort meow u
bly, a Dutch treat as Won eaS ny
everyone pays for himself o.
OF course-a much more cow.
arrangement, to my wav of a
as a fellow may ask half . ~ ua
lows to dine and have . iop'
without being saddled with aM
Il got awfully stuck once or
the club before caught onto ~
ways; but now the men tn
when / say: Come dine nis
when we are together at tho .
means and pay for yourself, WY
Homburg, when even the p,i,
Wales asks anyone to dine at Il"
1t is quite understood that tha
pays for himself, and his rov,,
ness equerry comes up afterw,,t
ing: Your share is SO and So ,n
fork out without a question
pretty big sum, it is, too, for Al
of wines are served, whether von
them or not, and for which Won
to pay your portion. The rov,,
pitality is proverbial at thp ~
hotels, but it is question whpa
would be SO comprehensive Il
were not this tacit understandD,
eryone for himself is the old
motto. and a very good motto i
New York Tribune.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-12-19
Grating a Snake.

DR.. G.. A. Countryman, OF W
s. D., possesses a comblnauon
1t is half garter and hall san'
and this peculiar composition WI
possible by a surgical operahl
formed by the doctor. Ills ~
was directed to snakes from GU
that when a snake was kllleu
appears to live until the sun I'll
when life ceases. 1t is lnVs
many that this is owing to tnV
but the doctor was some"na'
on this point. Being a Surgeon
sected several and made solle
ing discoveries. He found ua
the sand and garter snakes ~
column extended little more
the length of the body. hpv'
it was possible to graft nesI,
him to chloroform them anu
ing them, making the splice
below the end Of the splna' +
He made four unsuccessim,
but succeeded in the fifth i ~,
snoLo bo has now is apparent
health and the Joined paf.' u d. 4
ly knitted together. us pO ~
sand snake and the tai
snake's.-Fargo Argus
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-12-19
An Aid to Learning English.

The arbitrary and unphonetic spell
ing of many English words is one of the
most serious difficulties encountered by
foreigners in learning English. In or
der to do away with that difficulty in
a measure, and at the same time en-
courage the reading of the Scriptures,
Robert w. Mason has prepared an edi-
ton Of the New Testament having the
authorized text with the ordinary spell
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-12-19
A True Story.

Mamma, do you like stories?'
Il like true ones, my child"
Shall tell you a true oneY'
EYES,"
"But you might not like it,
''Oh, yes, should If you told it."
"But it Is quite short. Well. once
upon time there was water bottle
Eyes; go on
And yesterday broke It; but I'll
never, ooh! ooh! do it again. Boston
Traveller.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-12-19
wasted Energy and Expense.

A new advertising wagon introduced
in New York is fitted up with two cyl
inders which keep revolving, giving a
mcmentary view of various business
announcements. There are people who
would rather spend $40 to catch the eye
of two or three thousand people with
a contraption of this kind than invest
30 cents to reach hundred thousand
readers in good newspaper. st. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-12-19
WESTERN LUMBER

Dense Forests of Massive Trs.,
Meet Future Demands
The lumber of the Pacific cod
becoming better and more favI
known, and where introduced ha|
a favorite at once. Oregon pine n
years been a synonym of the fpesI
Der in the world, and today head
list. The accompanying cut, VIII
reproduced from a photograph
some faint idea of the magnjuI
the trees in that section of the m,|
and when one stops to consider hj
forests are SO dense that it Is imI
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-12-19
One Way to Keep w.

Not all of us know lna' ;,
forced respirations will KEEP ,'sp. :
body in a glow in the co.O n,r
no matter how thinly oh i. 4 ~ b
A physician declares TINS lIs w y !,
worth remembering. ne ., sn
half frozen to death one NE md
gan taking deep breaths aa q ,
the air in his lungs as lons =. M
The result was that he wa s,,r ID
comfortable in a few n L, :. II,
deep respirations st'mu'a ',a, j
current by direct mus" am 70
and cause the entire sss sur "a
pervaded with the rap'''
heat ,.-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-12-19

The extra cost of coal when steam is
kept up on the British fleet in the
neighborhood of ConstantinOple is $780,
600 a day. Turkey is an expensive
luxury to all the powers, and will be
eliminated as a matter Of economy.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-12-19

The Cleveland papers say that the
electric street car accident which cost
seventeen lives there the other day
has been foreseen and frequently pre-
dicted for several years. Here is a
startling confession of criminal care
leSSneSS
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-12-19

their adjacent ends to form a single
wagon body. To lock the two parts
thus in horizontal position there are
Jugs ON the lever on. opposite sides of
Its fulcrum adapted to engage cams on
each of the wagon body parts, locking
them securely to each other at their
Joint
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-12-19

In a late issue the San Francisco
Examiner prints the portraits Of the
tallest fourteen residents of Califor-
MIA. Their heights range from e feet
AZ inches to Z feet 4 inches. These
men went West and grew up with the
country.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-12-19

The potato crop of the United States
last year was 2S2,OOO,00O bushels, or
about 100000 bushels more than
the crop of 1894. The onion harvest
also was the largest ever known in
this country.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-12-19

BILE to force ones way through o.
in some sections, the extent Of th|
Der industry of the Northwest
some small degree be appreciate
q matter of fact, the mills of thel
west will supply, in time, alno|
entire middle section of the
States. 1t is now simply a ques|
rates on the railroads, and q thq
knowledge of the. great advan''I
be gained by using Oregon pine
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-12-19

The inventor of the pile-driver died
the other day. His invention ought to
have brought him a fortune, but ne
never was able to hit it just right.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-12-19
The gppYsTonE LIGHTHOUSE.
Different Structures Erected at That
Important Point.

Important Point.
In a recent article by w. J. Hardy,
entitled ..History of Lighthouses, he
states that Winstanley was the hrst 70
construct a tower on the Eddystone
rock. at the end Of the first Eddystone
lighthouse and its engineer are we'll
known. Shortly after the destruction
of Winstanley's tower, another struc-
ture was built by John Rudyard at the
instigation Of a London merchant nam
ed John Lovett. Rudyard's lighthouse
was alike doomed to destruction; but
this time by fire. John Smeaton, $
lighthouse, which In the middle OF the
last century took the place of the two
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-12-19

There is good deal Of religion in
paying a just bill promptly. We have
an idea that the Lord will admit no
dead beats to heaven
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-12-19
Flags at HaIf-Mast

The custom of placing flags at half
mast as an expression of sorrow is
said to be as old as the use of the flags
themselves.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-12-19
Trained TO SIT :,

The Princess Of WaieN
discomfort Of whoever aarar
as the maid in waiting ID
self at ease in travelins s,.ieatl
hour she retains a boil up, ,iue
and never thinks of r rem s,trip
net or lying down. on .;ne up
habit to her rigid Drlhs said ps
speaking of it recently ,,syr sal' 70
eve were never allow ',Dsn 4
during the daytime sarius \
children, for fear OF nDaa,,stoDd
untidy, and / am 50 a cd nerdl
habit now that ! snoa while 4
Of removing my bonne'
ney. 2
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-12-19

Gossip is the talking other people do
about you; never what you say about
others.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-12-19

Singing for the poor may be regard
ed as one form of charity baWl.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-12-19

Cost OF Paper Annually Made.
Inc cost value of the paper annually
mace IN all the countries Of the world
exceeds $50, 900 900.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-12-19
O. B. MOON, Editor and Proprietor

The New York Yacht Club shows
disposition to stir up Dunraven's Brit
ish lyin'.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-04-04
WATER AND LIGHT.
Favorable Report Of Committee
Sent to Other Places for Re-
liable Information.
New Richmond, Litchfield, Del
anO and Other Towns Visited
by the Gentlemen.
WaterWorks and Electric Light
Plants Found to be Self
Sustaining.
NO Tax, Levy Has Ever Been
Called fOr-PeOple Well
Satisfied.

u.
For the purpose of obtaining re-
liable information relative to the
questions of bonding
this village for waterworks and
electric lights now before the
voters of this village, a committee
was selected and sent by the peo-
pie to find out conditions, expenses
OF putting in, maintaining in run
ming order, and all other incidental
OUTLAWS thereto attached. D. W.
Spaulding, member of the vii
lage council, and an ardent sup
porter of waterworks and electric
lights, was selected as one, and B.
M. VIan1Alstein, county auditor, of
conservative views IN the matter,
was selected as the other. They
visited several towns prominent
among which we take the towns of
New Richmond, a little larger than
Princeton, Litchfeld of similar
SIZE, and Delano with a considera-
BILE less population. The facts OBJ
tanned at New Richmond, where
the works and lights were put in
during 1892, are briefly stated, as
follows: Cost of putting. in water
works and electric light plant,
S2S, GOO. This gives that city: 81 81
miles Of mains, an abundant sup
ply of light, a tower 10S feet high,
a 1900 barrel tank and boiler of
$50 horse power, and all other
necessary machinery incident
thereto. They also found that
with present prices, and other ia
vorable conditions, as compared
with 1892, the same could be put
down in Princeton for $18, 900,
but not nearly so much is required
for a village of this size with less
miles of street. A competent en-
gineer with an assistant has taken
care of everything in the way of
running engine, repairing
lights, etc., for $1,000 per year,
which price will probably be in
creased this year to $1,325, for
both men. The engine is used
only at night, the fires being
banked during the day time. The
amount of wood consumed was
found to be one cord of tamarac
every "a hours. The engineer and
his helper do the plumbing and
tapping of mains to put water into
buildings where required. Not a
cent of tax has been levied, the in
come from the lights and water
more than paying the running ex-
penses. So much for New Rich
mond.
Litch6eld is perhaps a little
larger than New Richmond, but
their experience has been just as
satisfactory. They put in water
works and lights in 1890, and have
not levied single cent of tax to
and keep in satisfactory
running order, both water works
and lights since that time and have
a balance on hand.
Delano, with about 100 people,
was also visited. That village
furnished and put IN operation
water works on the list of Novem-
Der, 1894, at an expense of $11,00
Going in at the time, winter was
approaching, very few have taken
advantage of the water up to this
time, but the income from the
lights and water up to the present,
has been $108 per month, and the
actual running expenses for every
thing have been $S7 per month.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-04-04
D. W. SPAULDING.

L. A. S. No. l, will give an Easter
social, Thursday afternoon and even
ing, April 18th, at G.. A. r. Hall. The
pastel painting now in Hartman &
Patterson's window will be given to
the one holding the lucky number
The ladies will have a collection of
Easter souvenirs for sale. Supper will
be served from 6 to 10 o'clock P. NJ.
Eggs in all forms, ice cream and cake,
hulled corn and milk, at popular
prices. A cordial invitation is ex-
tended to all.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-04-04

The Rush City Post man trembles in
his boots for fear the State superin-
tendent of schools, may have a secre-
tary or two, in case the teachers ap-
peal bill becomes law. That does not
necessarily follow, but if required, to
carry out the work fairly and in equity
and justice to all parties there is
no reason why, the Post man or any
person for that matter, should abdomen
ache continually about it. Let it pass,
let the bill become law, and, if neces-
sary, help a dozen worthy people into
lucrative positions.