Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-05-14

from a farm.-Indianapoli Journal.
During the Zulu war of 1879 [ went
shooting with Il friendly Boer (says Maj
Gen. w. G. +. Molyneux) He asked
me:
What have you got in that bag-your
Mo- 1 answered, Cartridges
Whereat he roared with laughter.
You Englishmen must be very rich.
They cost sixpence apiece here"
Where are yours?" | asked, not see
ing the joke.
''In this" he said, tapping his double
barreled rifle.
You don't intend to shoot much.'
Two spring bucks are as much as
can carry
Suppose you miss?
Nobody misses when a cartridge costs
sixpence.''
That was the conversation, and it
taught me much; it may, perhaps, teach
us all how we were beaten by the Beers
in 1881. The Boer does not waste his
ammunition. He will aim and take down
his rifle dozen times, until he is salts
fed he is going to get something for his
cartridge.
My friend got his two bucks. I fred
five shots and got one.
Perhaps one of the most curious and
touching episodes of forgetfulness on rec
ord is that of the Able Bouillot, con-
demned during the Reign of Terror, and
respited at the last moment.
He saw an unfortunate woman, whose
name had just been read from the fatal
list of victims for the day, fall fainting
to the ground. and he hurried to her
side, supported her to the tumbril waiting
in the court. seated himself beside her,
and consoled and encouraged her. till
o.,1hoI fI,0 loo 80
then saw her mount the scaffold, and
followed absent-mindedly in his turn.
AS the knife was about to fall he was
seen to start.
Good heavens! And I was respited!''
They were his last words.
Prospective boarder-"What are your
ratesy' Landlady-''Seven dollars per
week if you do, and four if you do not
Prospective boarder-"Do or don't what,
MADAME" Landlady-"Ride WHEEL
Baltimore American.
Rather an amusing scene was that at
the corner of Sixth and Main streets
Monday afternoon. A young man stood
on the pavement holding an umbrella on
which were painted the words Rain
Wanted" an advertisement for an UNI
brella firm. He had stood there prob
ably ten minutes when suddenly from an
upstairs window bucket Of water was
dashed on the umbrella, crushing it and
drenching the unfortunate young man.
What he said when he recovered from
the shock was plenty.-Cincinnat
Times-Star.
Out at Arlington Heights there is an
excellent veteran of the war, a pensioner.
who often wears his blouse of blue and
Grand Army hat, and who on occasion
takes people up on the heights and ex-
plains to them the wonderful view spread
out before them. Not long ago, the Bos-
ton Transcript says, he performed this
pleasant service for a couple of young la
dies. who We're much interested in his
discourse He had with him the fine old
military field glass which he always car
ries to the hilltop. and on the descent
he CHANGED to remark to the young ladies
that he had carried it all through the
service"
.'All through the service said one of
the young ladies. musingly; what for?
To look at the minister?
And the veteran is still wondering
whether it was of any use to fight, bleed
and die for ones country after ALL
An Edinburgh lawyer was given to
swearing. One night his small boy was
sitting beside him, studying arithmetic.
l.
ails you? why can't you sit still-wrig-
Cling and writing every minute?'
Its ali your fault blubbered the
boy.
why is IT,
..Cos asked you last night how much
billion was and you said it was "a
d. lot The teacher asked me the
same question today and l told her the
same thing. And that's why / can't
keep still.
The funniest instance that / ever knew
Of Observation-Disclosures was this: An old
man. now dead. who was a great con-
noisseur of china. was out at Il friends
house fer dinner. and when the soup was
placed before him, he picked up the plate
and remarked:
This is very good china And then
turned it upside down to see the mark
on the bottom. the souD. of course. GO
inc into his lap.-London Answers.
A party of six young men stood at the
southeast corner of Broadway and Four
teenth street the other day, patiently