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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-11-12

He was glad it came from her and Lot
from him,
He passed in review the pleasant hours
they had spent together. He took a
melancholy delight in conjuring up the
things they had said, the places they had
gone to, the balls, and theaters, and gal
one another. He thought Of the last walk
they took, the walk which led to the pres
ent breach between them. It was in this
neighborhood somewhere. All, he remem-
bered. He would go and see the place
once more.
This was the street. What was the
meaning of the crowd? When she and he
were here last there had been a crowd
too. Was there always crowd here?
There had been a fire. Policemen were
keeping people back from the front of
Forbes bakery, which was completely
Quilted, standing a mere shell, with its
bare, roohess walls open to the light OF
heaven. All the floors had fallen, and a
fireman with a hose was playing on the
smoking rubbish within.
can unlucky place." thought Hamburg,
and at that moment there was cry OF
dismay from the crowd. Hamburg drew
back. He thought the walls were fall
ing. Presently the cry of dismay changed
to a cheer, and the crowd swayed and
opened, and through it, from cab which
had just drawn up, walked hastily to-
wards the smoking pile, Oscar Leigh.
"All gone! All gone! The work of
seven years! The result of a lfetime!
Gone! gone! gonep'
He reeled and would have fallen but
that Hamburg caught him and supported
him.
Williams appeared, and between Will
Jams and Hamburg the dwarf was led into
the private bar in which his learning and
occult knowledge had brought him dis
tinction and respect.
A chair was fetched and Leigh was
set upon it with his back to the window,
so that his eyes might not look upon the
grave of his labor.
Cali gone! All gone! Nothing left!
Nothing left! The work of seven years,
day and night! Day and night! Day
and night! Gone, all gomez
"But, Mr.. Leigh" said the pale-faced
Williams, in low and very kindly voice,
sit might have been ever so much worse"
Worse! How could it be worse? There
is nothing saved"
"Why, thank heaven, Mr.. Leigh, you
are saved. 1t was said in some Of the pa
pers-and we believed it--that you were
burned in the fire.
"And what if I WASP"
"Well, your friends are very glad, any
way. Didn't you hear how the people
cried out with fear first, for they thought
you were a ghost, and didn't you hear
how they eheered when they saw it was
yourself, alive and wellY'
81! Who am I? What am I? Ny
clock, sir, was all I had in this whole
world. 1t was the savings bank of my
heart, my soul, and now the bank is
broken and I am beggared."
"But how did you escape, Mr.. Leigh ?"
Satan takes care of his own, Mr.. Han
bury" he said, speaking for the first time
to the young man. Whatever way you
are going, should like to go, if you
would have no objection! I have no way
of my own now except the way common
to us ALL"
81 shall be very glad to have your COM
pany," said Hamburg, who was sincerely
moved at the loss and grief Of the little
clockmaker.
And leaning on the arm of John Han
bury, Oscar Leigh limped out of the pri-
vate bar of the public house.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-11-12
Sent to An Insane Asylum.

Chippewa Falls. Wis. Nov. 6.-Cor
Christensen, 15-year-old girl who lives
in Wheaton, was adjudged insane yes
terday and taken to the asylum at Men
dota by Sheriff Putnam.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-11-12
Serious Hunting Accident.

Iron River, Mich, Nov. 7.-ISDecial.]- J.
While hunting deer yesterday afternoon
a cartridge in w. p Selden's rifle ex-
ploded, injuring his right eye SO badly
that he will lose it.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-11-12
Death Of Louis Boas.

New York, Nov. Louis Boas, one
of the owners of the Hamburg-Ameri-
can packet line, died suddenly today.
Mr.. Boas was IS years old. His son,
Emil l.. Boas, is the general agent for
the line in this city. Death was Cue
fo boa rt diSoaSa
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-11-12
Model Of an English Speech.

In rising in reply to the noble lord,
he hoped that the noble lord would do
justice to the sentiments Of respect
which he cherished for the noble lord.
He also begged that the noble lord
would, in that spirit of liberality which
distinguished the noble lord, under
stand that he was prompted by no de-
sire to think differently from the noble
lord.
He believed that the noble lord and
himself had always hitherto agreed on
all matters which concerned the COM
monwea1; and If the noble lord would
be pleased to remember, he had stood
side by side in many well-fought bat
tie for ancient privilege with the noble
lord.
AS to the present subject, he would
inform the noble lord that il there was
a diversity of opinion betwixt himself,
he meant to say betwixt the noble
lord and himself, and there undoubt-
eddy was a diversity (hear. hear, that
difference was no more than the differ
ence betwixt tweedledum and tweedie-
dee. (Cheers.)
But he would assure the noble lord
that if the noble lord would search the
records to satisfy any doubt which
might remain in the mind Of the noble
lord, the noble lord would find that
the facts which he should present
ought to have some weight on the
mind of the noble lord.
A few of these had already been
presented by the committee for the
consideration OF the noble lord, and he
would ask the noble lord to go with
him while he should make other state
ments to the noble lord, if he might
presume to claim, for few moments,
the attention of the noble lord.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-11-12
Duke of Wurtemburg Dead.

Berlin, Nov 6.-Duke William of
Wurtemburg died yesterday evening at
Meran of syncope. He was born in
1928.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-11-12
CHAPTER XIV.

CHAPTER AAlV.
When the two men gained the open air
no cab was in sight.
IF you will rest awhile here" said Han
bury, "I'll fetch cab. l cannot see one
up or down the street."
mo-" said Leigh, shudder passing
through his frame. "Let us walk, if you
do not mind. l could not bear to stay
near this place any longer. Is it not
strange that you should have wanted a
cab in this spot forty-eight hours ago,
and / should want it here now?"
cit is strange" said Hanbury, 'but the
world is very small, and our absolute
wants in it are very closely circumscrib-
ed" The manner of Leigh had changed
in marked manner. His steps had be-
come slow and more dragged, his breath
ing more labored, and he had lost all
swagger and bounce, and self-assertive-
ness.
Sir" said Leigh, ''this slow pace BELTS
funeral. This is my funeral"
"Oh, you mustn't say SO. l am sure
your clock must have been terrible loss.
but not irreparable."
81 shall begin no other clock. The
sands in my own hour-glass are running
low already. When man of my make
endures q great shock and great disap-
pointment he does not endure much more.
He dies. Now l am too weak to be your
enemy and am fit only to be your friend.
You will not spurn me?' He paused in
their walk and looked up anxiously into
HanbuEy's face.
"Assuredly not. I will do anything I
can for YOU"
You will be astonished to hear that l
was attracted towards you from the mo-
ment l saw you-the attraction of re-
pulsion. no doubt. / have had SO long
a life Of loneliness and repression, want
a few hours of companionship and free
speaking before die
Anything you may tell me to relieve
your mind, shall treat as a secret Of my
own"
81 know. wish were as sure of any
thing else as i am of you. I lied to you
very considerably. lied because I had
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-11-12
LABOR TROUBLES SETTLED.

Firemen Get Concessions
from the Southern Pacific.
Peoria, ILL.,, Nov. 5.-F. p. Sargent,
grand master of the Brotherhood of Lo-
connective Firemen, telegraphs from San
Francisco that he has met with COM
plete success in negotiating with the
Southern Pacific. The members will be
put on the same footing they were before
the great strike of 1894.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-11-12

The pavement in front Of the William
n. Vanderbilt residence in New York
City cost over $4,000. The single
stone lying directly in front is the
largest known paving stone, and cost,
transportation and all. $4,000.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-01-14
TIGHT LINES ON "GREEks."
University Faculty Announces Rules More
Specific Than Ever.

University Faculty Announces Rules More
Specific Than Ever.
The Christmas greetings TO the de-
parting students of the Chicago univer-
sity came in the shape of an executive
bulletin. 1t recites various rules and
regulations lately passed by the faculty.
The most important ruling affects the
Greeks" at the university, and Incl
dentally clinches the control the fac
ulty now exercises over other organiza-
tions. All students in the future must
conform to the following regulations:
Each organization will file with the uni
versity council its name, list of members
and such statement of purposes and meth
DDS as may be required.
1t will appoint a representative who shall
be the official medium of communication
with the university authorities.
Eligibility to membership will be SUBJ
ject to such restrictions as may be required
by the council.
Any organization which may be disap-
proved by the council shall cease to exist.
The council will. at any time, have the
right to disapprove of any existing or pro-
posed organization.
Such organizations as may occupy dis
tinct buildings or rooms as residences
shall be organized as university houses
under the general rules governing houses.
Attention is also called to the order
of the board of physical culture which
makes gymnasium work compulsory for
unclassifed students, and all students
will in the future be compelled to wear
| the regulation gymnasium suit.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-01-14
HOW LIGHTNING KILLS.
It Il the Cup Stroke" That IL Alwa
the Most Fatal,

It IL the Cup Stroke" That IL Always
the Most Fatal.
A new theory as to how lightning
kills, but one which may well be held
i'll allegiance until clearer solution of
it can be presented, is just now being
urged by the scientists, says the St.
Louis Republic. According to this
new-fangled idea, person is never
"strucls" by lightning at all-that is,
in the general sense of the word quoted.
The new theory is the result of deduc-
tions that have been made along the
following lines: All life is electric. In
the human body the stomach is the
generator and the brain the battery.
When u person is killed by lightning
he is not "struck" at all, but dies be-
cause of sudden loss of electric power
which had been impelling his physical
engine. The loss of this vital fluid, if
such it may be called, is brought about
in this manner: A thunderstorm is
passing over. It is charged with posi-
tive electricity and the earth beneath
is charged negatively. The human
electric battery is between. II the
cloud is charged heavily enough it saps
the negative electricity from the earth,
using the human being as conductor,
and finally leaves him lifeless by taking
his electricity with that from the earth.
This theory is in line with that which
originated q few years ago and which
was to the effect that it was the "up
stroke" that kills.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-01-14
MEERSCHAUM.
Methods That Arc Used to Prepare It 70

Methods That Are Used to Prepare 1t for
Market.
Meerschaum is extracted in the same
way as coal. The stone as extracted
is called "ham fash" Trough block)
and is soft enough to be cut easily with
a knife. 1t is white, with yellowish
tint, and is covered with n red clayey
soil about one inch thick. In this
state the blocks are purchased by deal
crs on the spot, not by weight nor by
measurement. These rough blocks are
dried and subjected to certain prep
aration before being conveyed to Eski-
Sherhir. Some of them are as small
us a walnut, while others attain the size
of a cubic foot. Those which combine
regularity of surface and size are the
best. The manipulation required be-
fore they are ready for expectation
lis long and costly. The clayey soil
attached is removed and the meer-
schaum dried. In summer exposure
for five or six days in the SUMS rays suf-
fees, but in. winter room heated to
the required temperature is required,
and the drying process takes eight OF
ten days. When we'll dried the blocks
are well cleaned and polished. Then
they are sorted into about 10 classes.
each class being packed, with great
care in separate cases and each block
being wrapped in cotton wool.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-01-14
In CASE OF WAR.
Flee Of 500 Torpedo Boats Would
Be Necessary.
Estimated by Naval omcers That It Could
Be Completed Within Eight Months
Naval Gun Foundry Work.
Ing Nights.

The opinion expressed by Lieut.. w. Il.
Slayton that a fleet of 500 torpedo
boats would be necessary in case of war
has been generally Endorsed by naval
officers. The question of building SO
large n number of such vessels did not
seem to trouble them, for they called
attention to the fact that when moni-
tors were built during the civil war they
We're manufactured all over the country.
Plates were made according to scale in
many inland cities, frames in others,
while machinery and armament came
from still other river and lake cities.
All of the parts were forwarded to the
seaport cities, and when put together
the vessels were launched and
equipped.
Difficulty of placinga sufficientnumber
of gunboats and torpedo boats on lakes
does not seem so formidable. Chicago
Detroit. Cleveland, Buffalo, Cape Vim
cent and Ogdensburg would be the
virtual launching ports for such yes
sells. New York could send boats of
$50 tons through the canal to Buffalo
and Oswcgo. Rochester could also put
boats into Lake Ontario, while others
could be forwarded throughLa Cham
plain into the lower St. Lawrence. Such
boats could be built and launched at
Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and Louisville,
on the Ohio river, at New Orleans and
St. Louis, on the Mississippi, and thence
dispatched by water into the Gulf of
Mexico and along the South Atlantic
coast. Galveston and Mobile would be
other points for building and launch
ing. In the harbors of New York, Phila-
delphia and Boston, many gunboats and
torpedo boats could be built and
equipped. The same may be said ,of
Bangor, Portland and other Maine
ports. The Pacific coast could also
build them.
By drawing on the resources of the
locomotive manufacturing companies
at Paterson and other interior cities, a
great deal of work could be done in a
very rapid manner. The rolling mills
and machine shops in all states might
be called upon. and an astonishing
amount of work accomplished.
Taking these facts into consideration,
it is within the range Of possibility for
the United States to place in commits
sion 500 gunboats and torpedo boats
inside of eight months. Half of this
number would be in the water in four
or five months.
The fact leaked out the other day that
orders have been issued from the navy
department thata night force should be
kept at work in the naval gun foundry.
Wednesday night the first gang of work
men was put on. They began labor at
eight o'clock and remained in the shops
until six o'clock in the morning. Night
ly hereafter until the ordnance to be
got ready is completed the night force
will be kept on.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-01-14
QUEEN AND THE "oRs.n
How the Brave Girl Suffered Silently at
the Coronation.

How the Brave Girl Suffered Silently at
the Coronation.
In the coronation the ceremonies last
ed more than four hours, and through
out the queen played her part with
wonderful composure. Care, says q
writer in the Westminster Budget, had
been taken to provide q crown suitable
for her small head, but no one hal
thought about reducing the size of the
orb which she was required to carry
in her tiny hand.
"What am / to do with it?'" she asked
in concern.
Garry it, your majesty" replied
Lord John Thyme.
sam L? It is very heavy" the queen
answered in tone of amazement. How
ever, it was too late to protest, and she
obeyed the exigencies of the situation.
A worse mistake had been made with
regard to the ruby coronation ring.
The jeweler had made it to fit her mai
esty's little finger, whereas the arch
bishop declared that according to the
rubric it must be put upon the larger
finger, and accordingly forced it into
that position. The queen bore her
painfully swelling finger with the same
heroism that she carried the weighty
orb. Afterward the finger was so much
swollen that it had to be bathcd in ice
water before the ring could be drawn
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-01-14
LOOKS LIKE A MINT SCANDAL.

Nevada Has Seventy-Three Thousand Sill
yer Dollars 1t Cannot Account For.
Nevada is threatened with another
mint scandal. The state board of ex-
aminers have discovered $4,000 bright
new silver dollars in the state treasury,
all of which bear the date of 1893 and
have the appearance of having been
dumped in there fresh from the United
States mint. The coinage of standard
dollars at the Carson mint was always
limited and wholly suspended early in
1893, and it is asserted that no such
amount as $4,000 was legally coined
that year.
The question naturally arises, where
did these dollars come from? They
were not paid into the treasury in the
regular course of business and many
hold the opinion that the silver bullion
to this amount was clandestinelyc coined
into standard dollars at profit of
about 3S per cent. and exchanged for
gold in the treasury, thereby netting q
profit for those concerned of about
$4,000, the original amount of silver
dollars being estimated at $4,000.
1t is also stated that the amount Of
gold expected to be on hand is not APP
parent. This should not be construed
as shortage. The amount of legal
tender necessary to balance the nc
counts of the state comptroller and
state treasurer being present to cent,
but the enormous supply of silver dol
lars all bearing the date of 1898 was
somewhat of a shock to the officials who
count the money in the treasury each
month.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-01-14
THE BLENHEiM SPANIEL.
Most Lovable of tho Four-Footed Pets u
WOmankind.


Womankind.
OF all the pets of womankind, babies
alone excepted, there is nothing more
lovable than the tiny Blenheim spaniel,
says an exchange.
Why this breed of dogs have the
name of the palace of the duke of Marl-
borough no one seems to know. The
story goes, however, that the first duke
had the breed, and that, on friends
requesting puppy, he refused to part
with one, but, at the same time, took
two or three blind whelps and threw
them to tame eagles.
But in the year 1900 his grace, the
duke of Marlborough, was reputed to
possess the smallest and best breed
of cookers (woodcock spaniels) in Brit
ain. They were invariably red and
white, with very long ears, short noses,
and black eyes. They were evidently
the ancestors of the present Blcnheims,
which are still bred by the keepers of
the lodges at Blenheim and some of the
inhabitants of Woodstock.
But there is little doubt that they
have been crossed with the pug to give
them the very short snub noses which
they now possess. Moreover, the breed
has become very delicate and difficult
to rear. They suffer from brain dis
case, and are more likely than my other
dog to die in puppyhood. "Idstone,"
the celebrated writer on dogs, remem-
bers the time when the Blenheims were
mainly bred in the vicinity of the pal
nee. He suggests as probable orig
inal of the Blenheim the Japanese toy
spaniel. The surmise seems very prob
hlo
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-01-14
THE HARRISON STATUE.
Placed in Position at Cincinnati and WI
Be Unveiled in the Sprine.

Placed in Position at Cincinnati and VIII
Be Unveiled in the Spring.
The equestrian statue of Gen. William
Henry Harrison was erected on its
pedestal in Garfield park, Cincinnati,
the other day, in the presence of q
throng of people. The statue was taken
from its dusty resting place in the
armory without any formalities,
though it has languished there for the
last three years for want of a worthy
station. The rear doors were opened
and a crowd of contractors men entered.
They laid rows of heavy scantling on the
floor and placed rollers along them. It
was a very simple task and one quickly
done to roll the statue to the heavy low
wagon that stood in the street. AS
soon as it was fastened securely in the
bed of the wagon it was drawn by
four-horse team to the Vine street en-
trance of the park, where 1t was I'M
loaded. TWAS carefully yelled and will
remain in this condition till favorable
spring weather permits its unwilling.
At present no arrangements have been
made for this ceremony beyond the Sc
lection of the orator of the occasion,
Gen. S. r. Cary. The statue weighs six
tons.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-01-14
SHERMAN AS A BOY.
A Youthful Prank Recalled by Him Ate
Gaining Fame.

Y0uthfut Prank Recalled by Him After
Gaining Fame.
Among my school adventures at
Mount Vernon, says the Memoirs of
Senator Sherman, was one heartily
regret. We had teacher by the name
of Lord. He was small man and not
able to cope with several of the boys in
the school. We called him "Bunty
Lord" One evening after school four
boys, of whom was one, while playing
on the commons, found dead sheep.
1t was suggested that we carry the
sheep into the schoolroom and place it
on Lords seat. This was promptly
done. and wrote Latin couplet, pur-
porting that this was very worthy
sacrifice to very poor Lord, and placed
1t on the head of the sheep. The next
9 orDi4g Lord found the sheep and
sMs2Ede great outcry against the indig-
nifty. Efforts were at once made to as
certain the actors in this farce, and
proof was soon obtained. My hand
writing disclosed my part in the case,
and the result was prompt discharge
OF the culprits from the school, but
poor Lord lost his place because OF his
manifest inability to govern his un-
rsly pupils.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-01-14
A NEW WOMAN.
Now Takes "Quick Lunch" Like Male
Phillstines.

Now Takes "Quick Lunch" Like Male
z, Philistines.
The new woman is becoming newer
and newer as she grows older. This
may sound like paradox, but the new
woman knows better than that, says
the New York Press.
The latest stride made by the new
woman is to sit up to lunch counter
like man and eat her pie and drink
her coffee in hurly-burly, as her re-
pudiated lord and master does down
town in the middle of the day. There
is large dry goods store, where bar
gains in ginghams, laces, jewelry and
gloves are only preliminary to the
bargains in lunch that are offered in
the newly fitted up lunch room in the
place. Here the new woman sits
astride of her stool, orders her sand
witch and zone in the dark" with the
aplomb that comes to one sure of her
position.
new woman has taken to the
l-.rsuCn counter idea with a great deal
OF warmth. She was little doubtful
about it when it was first proposed,
but now that she has tried it she is
more indignant with man than ever
for keeping her in ignorance so long
about this charmingly uncomfortable
way of swallowing meal
The business and professional man,
who is compelled to wrestle at lunch
counter every day, regards it as great
deal of q bore, but to the new woman
It is glimpse of a astronomical para
\ disc.
The experiment made by this par
ticular store has proved to be SO sue
cessful that it is certain there will be
other lunch counters in big New York
dry goods stores.