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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-12-26
A Duel on Horseback.

Two farmers living near Wetappo
Fla, fought duel on horseback with
Winchesters few days ago, and one
man was killed and the other seriously
wounded by two bullets. The men had
quarreled and each had sworn that he
would kill the other on sight. They
happened to meet one day last week
on the highway, both being mounted
and both having their rifles They
opened fire on seeing each other, and
three shots We're fred by each. One
man. George Phillips, received all three
of his opponents bullets, the third pen
etrating his brain and killing him in
stantly. The other man, J. s. McLain,
was hit by two bullets, and fell uncon-
scious from his horse as his adversary
dropped off dead. The dead man was
married only month ago.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-12-26

A conjecture is gaining credence that
Lord Salisbury, in view of Secretary
Olney's now famous July dispatch, will
eventually propose a virtual partner
ship between the United States and
Great Britain for the government of the
lower half of the American continent.
It will be remembered that one of the
subt1eties put forth at the time the o.
ney dispatch came to public knowledge
was that Great Britain was an Ameri-
can power before the United States
existed, and that, as she was anterior,
she would con- inue to be paramount
where she already enjoyed territorial
sovereignty. The Monroe doctrine i'm
pugns no right, territorial or other, pos
sessed by Great Britain on this CONT
nent prior to the foundation of this
government Great Britain is entitled
to everything that belongs to her. She
is entitled to that without any partner
ship with the United States. The Mon
roe doctrine has no bearing on her law
full possessions. mo entangling ALI
ances." a phrase originally used in ref
erence to European relations, has lost
none of it's force to-day in the direction
of it's origin. It is, however, equally
forcible and equally conclusive as to
partnership or alliance with any mon
archical power ON this continent. At
the time the Monroe doctrine was grow
ing strong in it's infancy it was pro-
posed to this government to join GER
tain European monarchies for the pur-
pose of controlling the destiny of por-
ton Of America not attached then or
now to the United States, although
near its southeastern Atlantic shore.
The proposal Of a partnership with
European crowns was refused then,
when this government was feeble. 1t
was refused solely on the ground of
principle. That principle is equally vital
to-day, when this government is strong
There can be no partnership between
the republic of the United States of
America and any monarchy for the &C.
complishment Of any purpose. A blunt
refusal by Great Britain to recognize
the efficacy Of the Monroe doctrine will
be less offensive to the American peo-
pie than a proposal to enter into part
nership with them for it's enforcement.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-12-26
Returning to Old Customs.

California has gone back to mule
teams for the transportation Of freight.
just as in the old days before railroads
were built. A regular line Of big waM
ons, with six-mule teams, between
Stockton and Fresno. has just been
Started, and it will connect at Stockton
with steamers to and from San Fran
cisco. The line has been started In Sp-
position to the Southern Pacific rail
way, with the object of forcing down
the rates. The experiment was made
once before and successfully. The 'rhule
teams, in connection with the steamers.
can carry SUI gar, for instance from
San Francisco to Fresno for So 4 ton
less than the railway charges,tan it is
believed thatsa similar saving can be
made on other freight. The MERCHANTS
in the valley towns are Interested in
the project, and say that it is an even
thing for their interests whether the
railroad cuts down it's rates or their
freight is in future hauled BY mule
teams.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-12-26

There is often great loss of property,
and sometimes of life, in the severe
electrical storms that rage at certain
times of the year in Russia. TO pro-
tect the houses Of the peasants, which
are frequently struck by lightning, the
Russian Government has recommended
that the peasantry be encouraged to
plant white poplar trees around their
dwellings, to act as lightning rods. This
suggestion arose out of some inyestiga-
lions concerning the liability to light
ming stroke Of certain species of trees,
made by Russian electrician, and the
Government Forest Inspector. They
spent 100 days in the great forests near
Moscow, and of the 597 trees that dur
ing that time were struck by lightning
they found 302 were white poplar, not
withstanding the fact that that species
Is comparatively rare.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-12-26

him abreast even of Armour as pro-
duce operator" This was his status
when he blew out his brains. Admir-
ed by thousands, considered by his COM
petitors a marvel of business sagacity,
envied by those who were unable to
initiate him, he laid down on his con-
tracts" and retired from business in
way which can surprise no one who
knows what his business was in its es-
sential realities. Essentially the life
he had been leading was that Of gam
bier. His operations had no more to
do with real business than If he had
been dealing faro or playing three card
monte. He produced nothing, distrib-
uted nothing. All his operations were
Gin restraint of trade''-that is to say,
they hindered the exchange OF pro-
ducts by which hunger is fed and ma
kedness clothed. Every dollar of his
winnings was the result Of mere bet
on the success or failure of attempts
to suspend the natural laws of trade.
His tremendous nerve" failed at last,
and the high pressure Of business
claimed one more victim.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-12-26
WHEN BABY WAS LOST.

Much Excitement Prevailed for a
Short Time in One Family.
There was considerable excitement
IN thee Moran family of Chelton Hills
the other evening when it was discov-
cred that the pride of the house, stur-
dXyoullg man OF three years, as mys-
terfQusly missing. He had been consid-
cradle Of a rover from the time his we'll
starched dresses gave place to kits,
but his wanderings had been limited to
the house and yard, and thus it was
that when, about o'clock in the even
ing, the little Fauntleroy was wanted
and was not found, the anxiety pre-
vailed.
The neighbors' houses were all visit
ed and each family was invited to par
ticipate in the search, while In turn
one after another of the patrol houses
were notified, and the bluecOated Off
GERS detailed to lend their assistance
for a youthful voice raised in treble en-
treaties for help, and in by-ways to
search with lanterns for the Wanderer.
1t was all in vain, however, and as
one after another reported to the anx-
ious mother the i'll success with which
they had met she became almost fran
tic while picturing her darling alone
in a great city-beyond the influences
of her tender care and subject to all
the Understandable dangers which one in
her position might fancy. At last she
burst into fit Of hysterical sobs, and
then it was that still small and very
sleepy voice emanating from beneath
an old-fashioned sofa softly inquired:
whats matter, mammal"
That was all, but it settled the dis
turbance, and a proclamation was is
sued notifying the good people of che
hill that the lost had been found
Philadelphia Times.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-12-26

That portion of the message of GOV.
O'Ferrall to the Virginia Legislature
which recommends legisla ton for the
determination Of race track gambling
and in which he stigmatizes the prosti-
tuition of the turf to the enrichment Of
the bookmakers and thugs as a shame
and a disgrace to Virginia, has in it the
ring of manly courage. 1t will evoke
hearty responses of commentator from
the true lovers of horsemanship in the
North who are struggling to rescue the
,trotting associations and fair grounds
from the domination of the gambling
fraternity. The race track gambler is
gone from Illinois. In time he will have
to quit the country.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-12-26

There Is only one way to deal effec-
lively with the tramp. and that is to
set him to work. The jail has no ter
rors for him. 1t is, on the contrary, but
a hotel in which he is sure of better
food and lodging than he gets else
where, with the single drawback that
he cannot leave when he wishes. The
only system that is successful in re-
pressing the kind of vagrancy that de-
yelops in the professional tramp is the
workhouse system. Ii this is properly
managed it serves both as punish
ment and corrective for tramps and a
place of relief for the needy and honest
unfortunates who are unable to find
employment.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-12-26
He Expressed His Opinion.

One Of the most prominent physicians
in Washington owns farm somewhere
in New England, and whenever he gets
unbearably tired Of his fashionable
patients in town he goes there, puts on
his oldest clothes, lays in a stock of
corn-cob pipes and rusticates. One day
last summer he was jogging lazily
along country road in rickety old
cart drawn by a horse almost as rick
ety. A countryman walking on the
same road asked for lift and the two
fell into conversation.
"Who are you working for?'' asked
the countryman.
"Oh, I'm working for DR.. J., down
there" answered the physician.
What doin'?"
"Oh." went on the doctor, Il do cv-
erything for him. take care of him,
you know. 1 dress him and feed him,
and I even wash his face and put him
to bed. do everything he needs done.'
How much dye get for it," asked
the native.
MY board and Clothes
"An' you do all that for him-wash
him, an dress him, an feed him, an
all that?"
Yes
The countryman looked at the 6e-cor
a moment in silence. Then he leaned
over the wheel and spat solemnly.
well, Of all the dern fools I ever
sect was all he asIington
Post
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-12-26

DR.. Herman Ahlwart, who has come
to this country after a prolonged career
as a slanderer Of the Jews in Germany,
should be informed at once that Amer
lea is no place for him and that the
sooner he gets out of the country the
better it's people will be satisfied. Ahl-
wardt's past career has been made no.
torious by his vicious and malignant
assaults upon the Hebrew race. He
supports his attacks by arguments"
which fool no one. They are the argu-
ments of blind. irrational medieval
prejudice. The fact that he has been
allowed to continue his race persecu-
ton in Germany so long is no reason
why he should expect to do Sc here.
The efforts to which he has set himself
are distasteful to the American people
without regard to race. sect Or party.
They fifty belong to the worst practices
Of the benighted middle ages. There is
no room for them or for Ahlwardt in a
country where every race and sect
stands on plane of equality in the en-
joyment of national institutions. No
true American citizen will have mo-
ments patience with either Ahlwardt
or with his vicious prejudice.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-12-26
A BlOOded-Red Lake.

Lake Morat, in Switzerland, has a
queer habit of turning red about two or
three times every ten years. It is a
pretty lake, like most of the sheets of
water in that picturesque country, and
its peculiar freak is attributed to a dis
position to celebrate the slaughter Of
Burgundians under Charles the Bold
on June 81, 1476. But the French say
that it bushes for the conduct of the
Swiss, who in that battle gave the Bur-
gundians no quarter. This year it was
redder than ever and had a sinister APP
pearance when the setting sun illumin-
ated it's waves.
This phenomenon, Of course, has it's
legend. The old fishermen of the lake,
who catch enormous fish called silures
that weigh between twenty-five and
forty kilograms, say when they see the
waters of the lake reddening that it is
the blood of the Burgundians. AS a
matter of fact, some of the bodies of
the Burgundians killed in the battle
were thrown into the lake, while others
were tossed into a grave filed with
quicklime. This historical recollection
angered the Burgundians soldiers of
the victorious armies of the republic
in 1893 so much that they destroyed
the monument raised in honor of their
compatriots who fell heroically in that
battle, and Henri Martin very justly
reproached them for that piece of van
dalism.
It would hardly do to attribute the
reddening of the waters of the lake to
the blood of the soldiers of Charles the
Bold. The coloring is due simply to the
presence in large quantities of little
aquatic plants called by naturalists
oscillatoria rubescens. The curious
thing about it is that Lake Morat is the
only lake in which this curious growth
is developed, and this popularity is be-
ginning to interest scientific men-New
York Sun.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-12-26

general holiday in the district when the
young earl or duke or lord comes of
age.
There are a number Of minors now in
line, growing up to their titles. The
youngest Of all is the little duke of
Leinster, Maurice Fitzgerald, the fifth
in line and the premier duke, marquis
and earl Of Ireland. He was born in
March, 1887, and is therefore but s
years old. He succeeded his father in
1893 1t is very old house that he has
the honor to represent. The FitZger-
aids came to England with William
the Conqueror in 1906 and in 1900 the
barony of Offaly and in 1916 the earl
dom of Kildare were conferred upon
them, which the present boy still re-
tainS.
The duke of Albany was born in 1884
and comes of age in 1905. His duke
dom came into existence in 1893 for
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-12-26

channel ranging from thirty feet to two
feet in depth in low water, is another
obstacle to navigation which has to
be overcome. To this end, in the shall
lows a system of spur and trailing
dams has been projected, extending out
from either shore and narrowing the
channel so as to raise the water and
enable the heavier draft boats to float.
The map Of the Rock Island rapids
shows the plan on which these dams
are built; many Of the smaller tribu-
taries, as in the case Of Duck creek,
having solid dam built entirely
around their mouth to catch and pre-
vent the silt from. washing out into and
impeding the channel.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-12-26
| rs A FINE WATERWAY
IMPROVEMENTS MADE IN THE
UPPER MISSISSIPPI
Work Has Been In Progress Several
Years, and Much Remains to Be Done
District Involved Covers 725 Miles
of the Rivers Course.
Will Cost Millions.

VIII COST m1lk1O00s
Few persons, in this age Of railroads,
realize the importance Of the Upper
Mississippi river as a. great commercial
waterway or the extent Of the improve
ments upon it, in which the government
is constantly engaged. The district COW
ers 725 miles Of the rivers course and
extends from st. Paul to the mouth of
the Missouri river.
Some idea Of the Importance Of the
river as commercial waterway can be
obtained when it IS stated that during
one Of the lightest years 1894, with IN
usually low water, there were manu-
featured and foated upon this section
of the river LIZA, PSI, 1893 feet of lumber
and 6O3,311, 75O shingles; the value Of
this product being, in round numbers,
$22,OOO,OOO. If this lumber were load
ed upon cars it would fill a train of
10000 cars, which would extend over
1000 miles in length, or it would make
1900 trains of twenty cars each. The
value of the seventy-fve tow boats
used in the lumber business is $780,
900.
During the year mentioned the draw
Of the bridge at Winona, Mimi, opened
to allow the passage of 3,715 steamers,
1,422 barges and 1,172 RATS, in spite of
the serious impeachment to navigation Of
low water. The amount Of internal rev.
enue collected on the river and contrib
uting territory for 1894 was $32, 1888, 946;
and customs revenue, 81 ,233, O24.
System Of River improvements.
Prior to the close Of the war little
attention had been paid to the improve
ment of the Upper Mississippi. Since
that time, however, the government
has projected extensive improvements,
although the upper river has had to
suffer largely for the benefit of the low
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-12-26
BIueiay and Acorn

A comical sight it is to see bluejay
eat an acorn! He pecks it gently at
first to break the shell, pecking it hard
Ell as he finds the acorn matching him,
looks at it in an astonished manner,
tries once more, when his greed over
comes propriety, and he takes the great
norsel in his mouth and assumes the at
titude, and attempts the act of degluti-
ton, much like a child swallowing q
pill. 1t doesn't go. But it must. He
swallows again, makes series of pow
erful gulps and gasps, and it is down
at last, distending his throat and per-
ceptibly all the way. he subsidies a
minute. looks rather foolish, gives a
final gulp, and then the handsome glut-
ton is off for another nut.-Lewiston
Journal.
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er river, as we'll as for obscure and not
always necessary improvements" ap-
preparations for which have been made
from time to time for political reasons.
Between st. Paul and the Missouri
river there are two series OF rapids
which have always been serious obsta-
Giles to the navigation of the Mississippi,
at Rock Island and near the mouth Of
the Des Moines river at Keokuk. AT
the latter place the rapids are so shall
low as to absolutely prevent naviga-
ton in low water, and in 1869 a canal
was begun, extending around the rap
ids, which was completed in 1876 at a
cost Of $4,56S, sol.
At Rock Island, the seat Of the Unit
ed States arsenal, the work Of remov-
ing rocks from the crooked channel and
widening it to an average width of 200
feet was projected in 1866 and COM
pleted twenty years later. This re-
suited in dredging, blasting and remov-
ing 1926 cubic yards of rock at a
cost of 81 ,666, $50, and made it possible
for good sized packets to navigate the
river. Experience demonstrated, how
ever, that a 2OO-foot channel was not
of sufficient width, owing to it's tortuous
nature in places, to be perfectly safe
for the larger boats, and later efforts
have been making to widen it to 400
feet.
Aside from these special improve
ments, as suggested at the outset, there
is being carried out broad and COM
prehensive system Of general improve
mentS.
1t has been found by careful measure
ments and estimates that by far the
most prolific cause Of sand and mud
bars, shifting channels, snags, ETC., is
not from the tributaries, but from the
crumbling banks Of the river itself.
which annually devours and sweeps
down toward the sea hundreds of acres
Of land more or less good. This will be
appreciated when 1t is known that in
the 725 miles of the rivers course en-
hraced In this district there are $50
miles OF crumbling banks. Manifestly,
then, one of the greatest aids to naviga-
ton is the protection of these banks in
such a way as to preserve them intact
and prevent their washing. Nearly 100
miles of shore protection has already
been built, of stone and brush, and the
good results are already marked in the
absence Of the formation of new bars
and the ease with which the channel
can be kept clear after having been
once dredged.
The uneyenness of the river bed, the
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-12-26

The suicide of Mr.. Peter McGeoch.
the great Milwaukee Spectator, was
undoubtedly result of what is so often
and so politely referred to as 1.-The high
pressure of American business" Mr..
McGeoch had lived under this pressure
for years before collapsing. He was
long one of the most envied of Western
''financiers." His operations on the
Chicago Board of Trade were on mag
nificent scale. When he lost half a
million in wheat public admiration for
his nerve" was not misplaced. as he
showed when. after subsequently los
ing three millions in attempting corr
ner in lard, he again attacked the mar
ket and Won the fortune which put
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-12-26

the second son of Robert H., of Scot
land, and expired on the death OF the
second son of George I'LL, of England.
Queen Victoria revived it in 1881 for
her son, Prince Leopold, who died just
before the birth of his son, now being
educated in a school near Lyndhurst.
In this picture he appears in the uni
form of a famous regiment, which
bears his name, and is also called the
Seaforth Highlanders and the Rosshire
Bluffs.
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Might Have Given Them AVA

Might Have Given Them NV" w.,
A traveller just returning 1roln NV ~.
tells an amusing tale OF the al'eDp. :.
a peddler to sell precious stone' !,
exorbitant price. who in the Gnu =
scented to dispose Of his wares :.
mere song. 1t was at Queretaro a. =,
portant city on the line OF the 'A'N
Central Railroad. -.
"When the train pulled in at w
pot" said he, "it was lmmeoid's' ~
rounded by score or more o. ~ =,
trying to sell opals to the pa' siss
One tall. rather, fine-looking lnu .a,
tended toward me his hana coD
ten or dozen glittering slone''
How much?' / asked .cs
Twelve dollars replied ne' =
very cheap, only $12.' ,oha
"'No, nor I replied, in al '~'
way. .Muy caro- very dear, 40 /
Five dollars!r then quo'eu Il IN
der. turning the stones o'e. or \
hand. that l might see tha' ~
all there.
mo, ST. said I. >. esse|
Yes, yesv cried the venue an.vpt|
.One dollar; yes. yes, you eau p
for 81. Take them. -Ne"
aid.
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HOTEL THIEVES.
How thC Experts Now Go "a W.
Enter a Guest,s ofl

How thc Experts Now Go to w.
Enter Guest's Room rs y
New schemes are devised avo,.
said Chicago thief-taker N. uss'
day, land the expert rascal must W Uaes
ventive II he hopes to keep I'm wi. ~ !, ~
procession. A favorite loun pina .e :, 0s
for the hotel crook is the desk a. p'ses
tellata glance what rooms ara ocou s eaa
but his favorite plan Is to ua,. 'plea
some prosperous-looking person :, sa0l
to leave the hotel for walk hand aooat
that in g. put
If the thief were to open the do,,
Of. say room No. IS, because b. W.T.
that key in the rack, he would RIM Nd as
risk, for the occupant might ratus s.ea
any moment. But he knows +ha+ 90, S
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NIPPERs FOR TURNING KEY

gone out for some time anyway T..
thief can open the ordinary hotel rna'
door with skeleton key. He roos 'u
in the elevator, and even whistles a,
he rattles the picklock and then pn,o,.
In ten minutes an expert can 20 lbroprs
a dozen trunks and a bureau. 81
'The hotel sneak that wants n y,
into a room that is bolted, or oro,
locked with the key on the inside Nv.
an easy time of it. With a pair Of Mn
pers he seizes the key and unlocks y,
door. It's bolted, but with cnrons
little instrument made simply Of a piece
of whalebone he pushes back the bold
and enters to find probably his victim,
trousers or boomers on chair near \,
He leaves the small change. too for \
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TURNING THE KEY.

jingles. That's where he isn't as mpa
as the average woman. She take
change.
'"Ehe assumed absent-minded maj
but, really, thief. generally walks u
to the desk and asks for the key to an
room. Sometimes, if a crowd is around
or there have been many arrivals
gets it. If the clerk spots him, he re
plies in an astonished way, lookn
around as though daZed
"'Why, l thought this was the Ho4
man House, he says, and I'm in th
st. James,
II know Of one case where fel01
not only got into room that way, By
rang for a bellboy to carry his bas |
cab. It belonged to the other fellow
of course.
1.-The man who used to walk behn|
the clerk and help himself to valuable
isn't around now as much as formerl
Folks have learned by experience al