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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-02-06
FAsTNET LIGHT.
A Welcome CLEAN to the East Bound
Atlantic Voyager.

A Welcome CLEAN to the EstSS- Douno
Atlantic voyager.
The first glimpse of Great Britain that
the American tourist gets on his EURO
pean tour is that of the Fastnet nght-
house.
1t stands on rugged and solitary
rock. situated nine miles south OF
Crookhaven, at the extreme southwest
corner of Ireland. and is, perhaps, more
torm-beaten than any other arouhu
our coast. The rock is eighty feet III
height, and the lighthouse towers an
other seventy feet above, yet, in winter
gales. the Atlantic pillows literally bonn
bard the massive structure and nave
even smashed in a portion OF the iah-
tern at the summit of the erection. the
seas frequently sweeping over the rock
with tremendous force. Some two OF
threeyears ago the stormy weather then
prevailing prevented all communication
with the rock for many weeks. so that
the store of food was consumed. with
the exception of some -four. AT last Il
schooner managed to approach SUI
ficiently near to enable a small guam
tity of food to be dragged through the
sea by the hungry men, and, fortunate
ly, the next day the sea moderated,
and the stores were once more fully re-
plenished.
Except in very calm weather the
Fastnet is surrounded by a fringe or
foam, and the only means Of landing
is by the aid of a ''jib" fifty-eight feet
in length, so placed on the rock that,
in moderate weather, its end reaches
outside the surf. When visitor wishes
to land tan unusual occurrence) he is
rowed in a small boat as near as the
waves permit, and the lightkeepers
throw out small buoy, attached to Il
rope, which is secured by the man IN
the boat The jib is then swung out,
and the visitor, placing one foot III the
loop and catching tight hold Of the rope,
is hoisted about forty feet vertically.
and then the jib, being pivoted at its
foot, swings him horizontally about 100
feet on to safe anding.--London
Sketch.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-02-06

irrigation possible has been with water
drawn by bnllocks. The entire country
from Peshawur to Calcutta is suffer
ing from drought. Also it now is stated
that the Australian wheat shortage
amounts to nine million bushels, a con-
siderabl part of which has been drawn
from our Pacific slope. The universal
demand for wheat to go from San Fran
cisco to Australia might be accepted
as proof that the wheat crop of India
is short, because India is relatively
near to Australia, and freights between
the two countries ought to be low as
compared with those from California to
the southern market, besides which
wheat is cheap in India to begin with.
1t is stated that many California farl1l-
ers have been holding their wheat be-
cause not content to sell at the low
prices of the recent past, and that they
felt it did not pay them to sow wheat
They now may have an opportunity to
sell at better figures, and it would be
no wonder if the news Of the foreign
situation is reflected in the price of
wheat on this side of the Rocky Noun
tainS.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-02-06
in the Wee vennel. Of Dumfries. Hi

in the Wee Vennel OF Dumfries. His
biographers. though with varying en-
phasis, all acknowledge that from this
time Burns moral course was down
ward. He was 4 discouraged man
from his farming failures and per-
haps his wife did not make his home
as agreeable as she might. At any
rate. Burns found the tavern a more
congenial place and it's society more
entertaining than that of his wife and
children. 1ntemperance soon caused
break down in his health and in 1874
he acknowledged to a friend that his
constitution was undermined. He still
chung on, however, and finally died.
after a lingering illness, July 81, 1886
A monument was erected to Burns at
Dumfries in 1913 and in this country
his admirers have raised one to his
memory in Central Park, New York.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-02-06

The great lakes have assumed an i'm
portance i'll traffic and navigation never
before known. This condition of in
duStrial revival is almost entirely due
to the enormous output of iron ore in
the upper lake region and the great
grain harvcsts of the Northwest en-
pifes, and the consequent demand up
on transportation facilities, together
with canal and other Improvement
work. has combined to stimulate ship
building to an unprecedented degree
Twenty one steel steamers of the 5000
ton class. six steel schooners of an
equal capacity and nine large wooden
vessels will be additions to the fleets
tranSacting lake commerce next wear
Ten of the big steel steamers are for
the ore trade alone. There have been
some heavy losses ON the lakes, in which
forty-three boats, valued at SITS. 100
and measuring 20.195 net tons. passed
out of existence. The insurance losses
were the largest on record.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-02-06

DdI dcClOu Out not SW1IC WITH the SWOIu,
quick of temper but slow of action. AS
Macaulay phrased it in deploring the
degeneracy of Rome:
AS men wax hot in faction,
In battle they wax cold,
Wherefore men fight not as they
fought
In the brave days of old.
Within three months what has tie
armed camp of Europe to show for the
money and the time of men spent in
maintenance of it's armies. Problems
enough have arisen seemingly demand
ing settlement by the sword. Yet none
has been solved. Quarrels III plenty
have darkened the horizon with clouds
of war, yet no shot has been fired. The
practice Of the goose-step and shooting
at a target remain the only active W L.
like endeavors of Europe's costly ar
mament. Tucked away in South Al
RIGA the bOers without an army, with
! out navy, and free from taxation for
military purposes, have been playing
soldier to more purpose. Not all the
armed strength of the so-called pow
erS' has Sufficed to check the atrocities
of the Turk in Armenian villages. The
treaty of Berlin, so far as it guaranteed
! reforms in Armenia, is dead. Nothing
has come of the loudly proclaimed Ia
tention Of the Christian nations of Eu-
rope to bring the ''unSpeakable Turk"
| to his knees save the fiat and unprofta-
bic concession of an extra guard boat
in the Bosphorus. The guard boat is
! there but the massacres of Armenilns
| continue. In bad cause these Warli&e
| nations of Europe seem no more ready
| to fight than in good One--a remarka-
BILE fact seeing that Providence usually
co-Operates with the heaviest battal-
| ions. Out of the Jameson raid, which
| lately thrilled the world with anticiDa-
ton of war and swelled the revenues
| of the cable companies with literary
! predictions Of a European crisis, no in
ternational complications seem likely
| to result. The beers, being menaced,
| took down their rifles from over the
chimney pieces-much as the Yankees
at Lexington and Concord did-and
| shot down the invaders without stop
| ping for diplomacy or the niceties Of
military strategy. Then they went
back to farming, leaving potentates
with armies costing hundreds of mill
| Ions and navies of even greater cost TO
wrangle over the next step. So far as
now appears President Kruger, with
out an army, has attained all she mar
tial glory; Queen Victoria and Emperor
| William are only contestants for vic
tory in joint debate.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-02-06
The Cars Gift to an American.

The late Emperor of Russia was a
passionate collector of stamps, and at
the time of his death had one Of the
finest collections eXtant. His diplomat
ic representatives in the various parts
Of the world made it, partly at his re-
quest and partly to curry favor with
his majesty. They usually asked the
aid of the government to which they
were accredited in their search.
A young American, living in Wiscon-
sin, Russian papers say, sent the Car
a fine collection of American stamps.
including fine ones of the Columbian
order. The Emperor, in return. gave
the young American a completes set of
Russian stamps 1t is supposed that
the Cars collection, which, is priceless,
will go to the Grand Duke Alexis
Michaelovitch, who is also a stamp
fancier.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-02-06
How to Mend Blackmailers.

A Newark lawyer has hit upon a
novel and effective method of dealing
with blackmailer. A fne-looking and
somewhat notorious woman called at
his office and demanded $500. On his
positive refusal to give her cent the
woman threatened to call at his house
and demand the sum Of his wife.
AS the lawyer knew the character of
the woman, he communicated with his
people at home by his private tele-
phone. and instructed his two strap
ping, able-boGied German girls to show
the visitor to the reception-room when
she called and then to set upon her to-
gether and give her a sound beating.
The girls. liking the fun, did as they
We're requested, and without saying
anything to the wife of their employer.
carried out his suggestion SO we'll that
the blaclmaifer fled from the house
without her $500, but with two black
eyes and a broken nose. She left be-
hind her quantity Of hair and two
front teeth.-New York Evening World.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-02-06
A BOER DIPLOMAT.
He Represents His Country Well and
Hates the English.

He Represents His Country Well and
Hates the English.
An important parsonage concerned in
the affairs of the TranSvaal, and one
whose name has occurred frequently
in the dispatches relating to the exist
ing trouble, is DR.. Leyds, the Secretary
of State for the South African Repub-
lie, and the representative of President
Kruger's government in Berlin. In the
beginning of the war talk between Ger
many and England Emperor William
effusively granted an audience with
the South African diplomat, to whom
he made a promise that the imperial
government would recognize the indie
pendence of the Transvaal by appoint
ing a German resident at Pretoria in
stead of the consul that has hitherto
represented Germany at that capital.
DR.. Leyds is regarded as the ablest and
most cultured of all the members of the
South African Republic government.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-02-06

The retlUcession of Alsace and Lor-
raine by Germany to France would be
a wise move for the former country.
1t would not only win Frances active
friendship for Germany in the present
trouble with England, but it would end
the hostility between the two, and
would enable each, after the British
difficulty ended, to reduce it's war
strength and diminish it's expenditure.
This would be an immense gain for
Germany, which is not quite so well
able to bear the strain as France is.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-02-06
An Old Rinfl,S Nest

The oldest of all birds nests is the
one built by the tontobane. South
African songster. 1t is built of cotton.
and always upon the tree producing the
material. In constructing the domicile
the female works inside and the male
outside, where he builds a sentry box
for his own special use. He sits in the
box and keeps watch or sings nearly
all the time. and when danger comes in
the form of a hawk or snake. he
wat,,s the family. but never enters the
main nest.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-02-06

satires on them, which did not serve
to elevate him in the estimation of the
people and which almost broke his
mothers heart.
1t was during this period, too. that
he first met Jean Armour, a belle of
the neighboring village of Mauchline,
with whom he began Irritation which
soon resulted in an irregular and clan
destine marriage. When the Armours
found out about this they were natur-
ally very angry and threatened Burns
with the terrors Of the law. This was
in 1856 and about the same time Burns
was carrying on love affair and en-
gaging himself to Mary Campbell, who
will always be known as Highland
Mary. This was the noblest and man
Hest love Burns ever knew and per-
haps, had the girl lived, his life might
have been different. The second Sun
day in May, 1856, Burns and Mary
met in a secluded spot at the river Ayr
and over the flowing water, holding Il
Bible between them, they plighted their
troth. They then parted never to meet
again, for Mary persisted of a malig-
nant fever in October of the same
year.
1t was in July Of this same year that
Burns first volume of poems was pub
lished. 1t Immediately brought him
into prominence and he was pro-
nounced by everyone a man of Won
derful talent In 1888 he published
a second and enlarged edition of his
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-02-06
Jack Rabbit Hunts.

Jack rabbits have become so numer-
Gus in Cassia County. Idaho, that the
farmers are organizing roundup hunts
to lessen the number of pests At a
hunt of this kind held recently by
farmers living near Oakley 5,126 rab-
bits were reunded-up and killed. and
two coyotes and lynx We're also
caught in the ring. The method fol-
lowed in these hunts is for the farmers
and their help to spread over Il large
section of country. form ring, and
then all work towards the center, beat
ing the immediate territory thoroughly.
and driving the rabbits into the center.
where they are killed with clubs.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-02-06

Although of Dutch descent, he is not
a Boer. For a few years past he has
been employed in important negotia-
tons with the government of Germany,
and has filled his post with much salts
facstion to the president. He has been
honored with a decoration by the Ger
man emperor. One of DR.. Leyds' lead
ing characteristics is his persistent and
intense hatred for all and everything
that is English
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-02-06

The first deaths from the new gas,
acetylene, are reported. Three men
were killed and five others injured by
an explosion in a tank holder at New
Haven. Conn. Also the building was
set osl fire and destroyed, with the
greater part of it's contents. At one
time ii was feared the disaster was
far more serious than here stated, as
about forty people were in the build
ing at the time of the explosion, and
for awhile it was rumored that fully
half of them had persisted.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-02-06
BURIAL OF A GREAT ADJ.
Story OF Paganini's Death r..
a Recent Exhup,+: 'is

story OF Paganinis Death Rec,
a Recent Exhumatiov a'lei
The late exhumation Of D.
remains, near Parma, brings :, S'nl
DRY all the other percsrinatio ny
have gone through since they m
taken to the Nice cemetery IN hS'e i
when Nice still belonged ~ -
Being refused there, howero, u
Paganinl was not of Nice, the ra sv'
were taken to Marseilles wha ,''a
were also refused admittana
even Genoa, where Paganini was
would receive his body becausa ., u
demic was then raging. A liko I'll I'll
was received at Cannes. 'e'
Shall / tell you why it was
to find Il resting place for his ho ~
was a common belief that Pagan; 's
sold his soul to the devil. Who
take it Immediately after tho noos "O|
dicu! So, for five years. the ho oGl y
left on the rocks of San Ferrao1
1t might be still had not the nua, Y
Parma insisted on having # hr"'
the Villa Gaime. In 1876. the cot ~ i"
to he changed, and IN 1876 +ba
was again removed. this fima !
cemetery of Parma. Then Inv"
all the people in Parma crow1,'
river side, down which the ha1r
carried by night, to thu lich, - \
dreds of torches. Baron Attil, y
anini. Il grandson OF The yio,;n;.,
also present. Once more. in 1>ca ]
vault was opened, and The fo,,n.
the great man We're again ca.,,
now again the vault has been onaI
for repairs. A friend WRITES a,I
that the face is still perfectly nros
ed. The lower part OF the body is ~,
bone; the face, however, is = ,ons
as ever, and has been nhntog,,, ~,
Baron Achilles, Paganinj's snn n -"
an old MANI has caused the hoa, ta
placed in another coffin, and tbjyt
large piece Of glass has beer n)acoa
the coffin. Thus any artist visit;
Parma may now sec the fearr,,
Paganini by asking Baron AcbiUcs !
mission.
am told that much of tho MN
which bears Paganini's name !
never written by him at ALL His v
compositions, however, are now ooi
to be published, and they will be 8
prise to artists Oh account CT their
chanical. difficulties. which will ha
perfect test of ability 10 many of !
modern violinists-great as they M
be. He used to practice exercises
the hour together with n weight i
to his right arm. Then after this weia
was removed his playing sounded
if it were q complete orchestra playj1
There are some old people who St
remember hearing him practice in 4
way. Whilst practicing he would al
walk up and down the room. rart
looking at the music on the desk. FRI
his youth he always had the preferen
for one bow. 1t never left him. 1tW
very long and was mendcd over a
over again. 1t always lies On the chi
ney-piece Of the green room in t
Villa Gaione. 1t stands in gold c
umn, protected by crystal shade a
ON it is Il paper telling what it is
Footlights.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-02-06
A Nine-Year-Old Heroine

There is a little girl years old III
Bristol, Conn.,, who has been granted
a bronze medal for saving life bv the
Connecticut Humane Society. Her
name is Grace Colvin, and she was
playing with another little girl when a
sand bank caved in and buried her
companion. Instead Of running away
she staid and dug away the sand from
the little girls face SO that she could
Observation-Disclosures Eagle
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-02-06

and from his earliest years assisted
his father in the maintenance of the
family. Nevertheless he devoted his
spare time to reading, and when he
had attained manhood had carefully
gone through much that was most val
liable in English literature. He re-
ceived a good deal of schooling at odd
times, too, and often at night his father
used to draw his children about him
and instruct them himself.
1t was at the age of Is that Burns
wrote his first poem entitled Hand
some Nell" It was in reference to
young girl whom he had met while
both were cleaning in the harvest field
and by whose beauty he had been
struck. When 10 Burns father died
and the next year he went to Kirk
oswald to study surveying and men
suratiOn. He does not seem to have
made much progress, for much of his
time was devoted to the society of
young women and idleness was to
him more agreeable than was toll
About 1876 Burns went to settle on
a farm at Mossgiel, which he had
leased with his brother, hoping that
from it they would make enough to
live. He did not succeed as farmer,
but he gave evidences during the years
spent on this bleak moorland Of true
poetic talent and he likewise discOv-
cred his frailty as man. He quar-
relied with the kirk ministers, who
wished to subject him to public pen
ance and many of his poems are bitter
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-02-06

The Governor Of Alaska reports that
more than hundred species of food
fish swarm in the waters of the terri
tory, and that the value of the salmon
prepared for market now exceeds So,
coo,ooe u year. With proper regula>
tons the supply of none Of these fish
will be seriously reduced, and Congress
would be we'll occupied in giving the
matter attention.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-02-06
Sizing Up a Farmer.

a farmers methods of farmin~ f.,,
be pretty fairly estimated by hunting
up his ploWs and harrows. his drills ana
iskes and binders, in the winter IF
these are found in the fields. or even in
the balnyard, unprotected from tle
snow and rain and sunshine. YOU may
pretty certainly conclude that the farm
er is not good model. and is not get
ting rich.-Farm News.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-02-06

\ prominent merchant of Agra. India,
is reported to have written to friend
IL San Francisco that India may be
counted out as competitor in the
worlds wheat markets this year. "Ev-
cry bushel that is raised will be needed
to feed the people, so there will be none
Tor export" The cause Of the failure
is the fact that no rain fell after the
nrst week in September. and the only
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-02-06

The accompanying cut shows a vest
for the protection of the back 1t is
composed of two LAWYERS of WOODEN
cloth and one of silk, perforated for
ventilation and prepared with a chem
ical possessing sanitary powers. 1t is
efficacious even without the chemical
and persons with weak lungs should
use something of that kind during I'M
usual exposure
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-02-06

Figures just published show that the
shipment of iron ore by water from the
Lake Superior mines for the year 1895
foots UP 1O.237 .6G2 tons, breaking all
former records The total last year
was 7.74S,OOO tons. Lake vessels have
had heavy season i'll freights, and
shipbuiIders are at work on forty-four
new lake ships, valued at $7,SO0,00O,
all to be completed by next August.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-02-06

Japan has ordered the largest battle
ship in the world, and it will soon be
launched in England. 1t will be paid
for with Chinese money, which illus
tratcS the fact that a nation without
Warships must build them for some 9th
er country.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-02-06
THE POET BURNS.

a Charming Writer OF Songs, Yet in
Many Respects Unfortunate.
Critics have maintained that no En-
glish-speaking people have ever pro-
duced any lyrical poet equal to Robert
Burns in power and genius. However
that may be, his career is certainly Il
most interesting one although, in many
cases, the best that was in him was de-
feated by his own weakness and, eX-
cept in his poetry. his whole life was
marked by pathetic failure
1t was Jan. %, 1859, that Robert
Burns was born near Ayr, in Scotland.
He was the eldest son of seven children
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-02-06

On an investment of $2So,O0O the
State of South Carolina has cleared
$4,000 in the business Of selling alec
holic beverages The official red Ticker
is not giving entire satisfaction to the
consumer, but the State has no reason
to complain of the revenue results
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-02-06

The President of the Beers once said:
"You may protect yourself against the
cold air with weather strips, but there
is no protection against English infil-
tration." The remark probably holds
good if America is excepted.