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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-06-18

and two horses went up two hundred feet
into the. funnel-shaped cloud, boulder
weighing 400 pounds was carried 800 feet,
and a new iron bridge had it's Orders
twisted into ropes and dropped into the
river. In one peculiar tornado a pressure
was experienced that seemed to reduce
persons weight. Shavings, straws and
other light objects would ascend in a
straight line for a considerable distance
and then all at once dart with lightning
rapidity downward to the base of the
funnel cloud, and then upward through
it's vortex and out at the top. After the
storm passed a downward pressure was
experienced to such degree that a SLOUGH
hat would be pressed down over the eyes.
and limbs on trees were noticed to bend
downward. A tool chest weighing 32O
pounds had remained upon the ground
long enough to sink several inches into
the soil When the storm was approach
ing it was observed to rise about two feet
and move quite evenly and slowly toward
the funnel distance of thirty-fve feet.
A three-gallon tin pail with covered top
and full of water was blown forty-fve
rods The pail was found right side up,
still containing the water.
Scientists at Washington, after care
full investigation, have decided that no
portion Of the Union is absolutely cyclone
proof, and, considering the tornado pre-
cisely the same thing as the waterspout at
sea, which may be dissipated by the firing
of cannon, suggest that explosions of dy-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-06-18
BRUTAL ABYSSlNiANS.
They Are as Cruel and Barbarous as
Any People in Africa.


A great deal of stuff has been pub
lished during the past few weeks about
Abyssinian civilization, writes Frank
G. Carpenter. The truth is that the
Abyssinians are almost as barbarous
and fully as brutal as any people of
Africa. They are more intelligent, per-
haps, than some other nations, but they
are the personification of cruelty and
brutality. The first great fight which
the Egyptians had with the Abyssin-
ians was with an army under Col
Arendrup. This man was a Danish
lieutenant. He had come to Egypt
and had been given charge of the army
at Massowah, on the Red Sea. From
here he marched with $500 men against
the Abyssinian capital. His men were
armed with Remington rifles. They
had two six-gun batteries. After few
days march from the sea they came
to the mountains, and they got within
ten hours of the Kings capital before
they saw anything of their foes. AT
this point, however, tens of thousands
of Abyssinians sprang out of the hills.
They rode their horses right up to the
cannon and cut the Egyptians down al
most to a man. Of the $500 men 1900
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Touring mill, leaving the higher portions
intact. At Hamilton, Ga, cotton bale
weighing $50 pounds was carried mile.
This tornado is described as being an in
expressibly beautiful sight, .haying all the
colors of a rainbow. Up in the air it re-
sembled a boiling caldron. while under
meath showed the reflections as of a ter
rife fire. A man and his family were in
an open field. They saw the cloud coming,
but thought it was confa grafton. A
child was killed in the fathers arms and
all were nearly drowned with the water
and mud which had been sucked up from
a pond. A horse was blown half a mile
and lodged between two trees, one of
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-06-18

Mantle might produce the same effect on
the terrestrial phenomenon. The difficult
ty, however, would be to get near enough.
There is no safety in seeking shelter in
a building. The only secure place is I'M
derground, and in a cellar the west wall
is usually the safest. If a person finds
himself in the path of a cyclone, the best
thing to do is to throw himself face down
ward head to the east, and arms over the
head to protect it. If compelled to remain
in a building, he should go to its lowest
west room, and stand in the center of it.
To run away from a storm, proceed either
north or south. for the track of tornado
is usually from southwest to northeast
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were massacred Those VINO were
wounded were brutally Inutilatedi
Their bodies were not buried, and a
French consul who visited the battles
field a few days afterward tells how
he saw the bones of 1000 men piled uI,
together in one place, and in anothet
jackals, wolves and hyenas eating at
the corpses. Arendrup was killed.
The horrors of an Abyssinian battle
field cannot be described. They mutt
late the dead as we'll as the living, and
their fighting is accompanied by all
sorts of unnecessary cruelty. The
scalping done by the Indians is re-
fined and gentle custom in comparison
with that of the Abyssinians in their
wars. They cut up different parts OF
the body and carry away pieces as tru-
phies. Gen. Dye says that in going
through the battlefield he saw one mass
of mangled human remains. The bod
les looked as though they had been
chewed up by wild beasts. There were
hundreds of heads, which had been cut
off, and hundreds of naked and bleed
ing bodies, the faces of which were dis
torted with pain and fear, and the eyes
of which were protruding and glaring.
Some of the bodies were burned. Some
had been dubbed and hacked with
swords. and all were mutilated in such
a way as cannot be described.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-06-18
The Waltz.

An earnest attempt has lately been
made by French musical writer's to
prove that the waltz originated in their
own country, that it was danced III
Provence as early as the fifteenth ce1l-
fury, that it spread all over France III
the sixteenth and seventeenth, and was
introduced into Germany, where it be,
came popular, during the eighteenth,
while it died out in France and was
reintroduced from Germany in the pres
ent century. The historic evidence for
these statements does not appear to be
satisfactory, for, from time immemc-
rial the waltz under the names of
LANDER, Schliefer and others, has been
danced in Bavaria, Bohemia, Tyrol ana
various parts Of Australia, where, i'll
it's original form, it may still be seen
any Sunday afternoon in summer in the
pleasure grounds of the rural villages
1t was originally a slow, graceful, turn
ing dance, but when brought into the
cities it's character soon changed and it
became very rapid. twas forbidden
by an imperial edict in 1856, but spread
even faster afterward than before, and
two years later was danced on the
stage of the Imperial Opera House in
Vienna, in a scene of Martins opera,
Una Casa Rara." The early waltz
melodies are all slow. Those written
by Mozart and Beethoven for the early
days of this dance are very different in
tempo from the brisk, swinging strains
of Strauss.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-06-18

church was found ten miles away: pine
tops loaded with ice were dropped ten
miles on the other side of the storm. In
another storm, sheep had the wool strip
ped from their bodies and chickens were
denuded of feathers.
In one Southern tornado the house of
physician was destroyed, but his hencoop
was left uninjured Bed clothing and
clothes of the family were torn into
shreds. The wind picked up 600-pound
sulky cultivator, broke it in pieces and
scattered its fragments in circles over
twelve acres of ground. A carpet, Sc
curely> tackled about the edges, was taken
up and carried out without being torn. A
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| ~, 1904. twenty-five persons were killed
| and seventy-seven badly wounded. Since
then the most important storms that have
occurred are included in the following list
Nov. %, 1874: The town of Tuscumbia, Ala
100 buildings destroyed; loss. 100000
May 6, 1876: A tornado in Chicago killed
several people and destroyed $250,O0O worth
OF property.
June 4, 1877: Mount Carmel, ILL.,, destroy.
ed; 10 killed, 80 wounded; loss $4,000
july z, 1877: Pensaukee, Wis, destroyed;
Killed, many wounded; loss. $780,
June 1, 1878: A path 75O feet wide and a
mile long moved through Richmond, Mo.
100000.
Aug. 8, 1878: A disastrous tornado in Wall
ingford, Conn. The loss of life amounted to
"a and twice as many wounded; loss, $500, 600.
April Ia, 1879: One man was killed and
sixty buildings destroyed in Collinsville, Ill.
This tornado struck cemetery and leyelled
every tombstone
April 16, 1879: Sixteen people were killed
In WATERFORD, S. G. During the storm many
claimed to have seen balls of fire rolling
April IS, 1880: Two killed and 80 injured
in Fayetteville Ark.
April Is. 1880: Every house in Marshfeld,
Mo-, town of 1000 people, was destroyed
or badly damaged IS were killed and 200
wounded.
April IS, $780, Several people killed in
Belolt, wis. On the same day a similar
storm struck Licking, Mo-, and killed g.,
wounding Is. and leaving 300 homeless.
April "a, 1886: Six people killed in Taylor
Vile, Ill.
May %, 1880: Fifteen people killed and
four times as many wounded in Savoy, Tex.
April -, 1881: A tornado accompanied by
hailstones of enormous size killed ten peo-
pie in fernando, Miss.
June r. 1881: Tornado in De Kalb County,
Mo-, killed and RACED so buildings.
July b. 1881: New Ulm, Mimi, suffered !;
IL killed. loss, 100000.
Sept. a. 1881: Nine killed in Quincy, Ill.
April Is. 1882: Brownsville, Mo-, partially
destroyed; 8 killed.
June II, 1882: Disastrous storm in Grinnell,
Iowa; 60 killed, $50 injured; 40 houses de-
stroyed in three minutes; loss, 100000.
April %, 1888: Every house in Beauregard,
Miss, torn down and % people killed. Thir-
teen people were killed in the neighboring
town of Wesson the same day.
May Is, 1888: Sixteen people killed in Ra-
cine. Wis.
Aug p, 1888: Town of Rochester Mimi,
destroyed and rs people killed.
Feb. 10, 1884: Eleven people killed in
Leeds, Ala
Aug. 3, 1885: Six people killed in Camden,
N. j., by a storm which destroyed property
worth 100000.
April IA. 1886: Seventy -four people killed
in st. Cloud and Sank Rapids, Mimi; loss,
$500, 900.
April 81, 1887: Twenty killed and 300 in
jured in Prescott, Kan.
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and neighboring villages, killing more than
100 people.
Sept. Fl, 1894: Over seventy-fve people
killed in general storm in Minnesota and
Iowa.
May 3, 1895: Twenty people killed in and
near Sioux City. Iowa.
The Grinnell, Iowa, tornado wiped that
town completely off the face Of the earth,
and was plainly traced for distance of
200 miles The loss of property exceeded
half million dollars. This was a storm
of exceptional energy and probably was
more violent than the recent st. Louis
tornado. The Rochester, Mimi, calamity
was preceded by strange greenish line
upon the clouds, and when the tornado
struck the heart Of the city passenger
train was torn to pieces. It also bit
piece thirty feet square out of six-story
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An Apes strategy for a Meal.

In the Transvaal some of the fruit
gardens are much exposed to the raw
ages of large synocephalic apes, and a
good guard has to be kept, or the re-
suits of long labor would be lost. In
some Of those gardens grow certain
shrubs which are much affected by
wasps, the insects liking to attach there
to their nests. These Wasps, though
small, have a very venomous sting.
Balloons have often been noticed eying
with envious glances the fast ripeniny
fruit in one certain garden, but feared
to gather for fear of attracting the as
saults of wasps. One morning the
farmer heard terrible cries, and with
the aid of good field glass he wit
messed the following tragedy: A large,
venerable baboon, chief Of the band,
was catching the younger apes and
pitching them into the shrubs whereOn
hung the wasps' nests. This he re-
peated again and again, in spite of the
most piteous cries from his victims.
OF course the wasps assumed the de-
fensiye in swarms. During this part
of the performance the old brute quiet
" fed on the fruit, deigning occasional
" to throw fragmentary remains TO
some female and young balloons a lit
tie further Off.-WeStminster Budget.
MANY a man is very liberal in buy
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horse weighing 1000 pounds was blown
through heavy hedge fence into an adj
joining field distance of 120 yards.
Other storms have been accompanied
with remarkable manifestations of the
peculiar power Of the wind. At one place
church was moved across the street and
set down squarely ON a new foundation:
at another man, his load of hay, wagon
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-06-18

III HE terrible disaster which befell
st. Louis and surrounding towns,
u together with the tornadoes which
devastated sections reaching from Iowa
to Texas, forcihly demonstrates that this
is "a cyclone year." and that no section
of the country is absolutely out of the
track Of the death-dealing tempests. The
world has known these destructive vista
tions through all the centuries, but it
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-06-18
She Was in Luck.

May-Are you working anything fam
cy this season:
Este,le-Well. nothing fancier than
husband, two brothers and father
New York World.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-06-18

We dislike man who does two cents
worth of joking in transacting one
cents worth of business.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-06-18

Many man is very liberal in buy
ing whisky who does not pay for the
meat and bread his children eat.
Evening star., 1896-12-29
THE SHAKERS DO THEIR
DUTY.

II man discovers a valuable medicine" said
Horace Greeley, ut is his duty to advertise it."
Yes, and at once; for suffering demands the speed
lest relief possible. But let the first be sure
Suffering had better wait than be deluded by false
hopes. Medicine, like surgery, must often seem
cruel in order 10 be really kind On this principle
the Shakers Of Mt. Lebanon, n. Y, withheld their
great Indigestion and dyspepsia remedy from the
public for several years. With them right-doing
Is eyerything-money comparatively nothing. Hence
the popularity and success Of whatever they Offer
for sale. Having satisfied themselves of the merit
OF their medicine by employing 1t In the worst
cases OF digestive disorders in their own vicinity
for years, they did their duty-they advertised 1t
under the name Of the Shaker Digestive Cordial
In all cases where there is distress after eating
pain In the stomach, chest and back; aversion to
food with the resulting symptoms, such as head
ache, furred tongue, eructation of gas with weak
ness and loss of fesh etc. the Cordial has a most
happy effect. Being itself a digested food with
power to digest other foods it relieves the weak
and possibly in1amed stomach of the labor 1t is in
no condition to perform, gives new strength to the
body and presently restores to the digestive organs
their normal vigor Taken Immediately after cat
ing, this remedy insures the digestion Of the meal
Is the source Of most Of the afflicted symptoms
which accompany dyspepsia. 1t is also as agree
able to the taste as it is potent medicine.
To show their own confidence in it. and to hasten
its universal adoption, the Shakers authorize drug
gists sell trial bottles at The nominal price Of
ten cents. 1t
Evening star., 1896-12-29
coRRIGAN FOR CARDINAL.
HIS Impending Elevation Announce
by Italian Newspapers.

by Italian Newspapers.-
A dispatch from Rome, Italy, says:
The Italian newspapers announce the i'm
pending elevation of the Catholic arch
bishop of New York to the cardinalate and
with respect to this matter, the Arena, one
Of the best informed journals in Vatican
affairs. makes the following remarks:
Every one knows of the conflict which
has long existed in the American episco.
pate relative to certain doctrines, the prin.
cipai apostles Of which were the ex-rectol
of the Catholic University at Washington
Bishop Keane, and Archbishop Ireland 1oi
St. Paul.
1T is also known that the pope recently
had an interview with Monsignor Keane
who has given his holiness such explana-
tiOns that Leo XIII has completely alb
solved him Of the alleged errors Of which
he WIS accused.
This event has certainly produced q
great impression among American bishops
who up to the present have been opposed
to Keape and Ireland. In pardoning these
prelates the pope has. SO to speak, dis
approved of the conduct of their accusers
ITO lessen. however, the effect which this
pardon may have produced on the Ameri-
can episcopate. his holiness has decided to
raise to the cardinalate Monsignor Corri-
gan, who represents the party hostile to
Keane and Ireland
Evening star., 1896-12-29
GOLDENBERG'S
"STORE VS."

We were right in what we said
about the between-holiday dullness.
We haven't found it so hard to
overcome. We have been busy be-
cause we were determined to be
took the right course to be.
We have found that you will buy
any time if the inducements are
enough. We are making them such.
The clearing sale of wraps has
been big drawing card. We've
sold hundreds of garments SO far.
You have been sending your friends
and they theirs. The news of the
most remarkable coat and cape val
ues is spreading rapidly.
Another potpourri of special val
ues for one day-tomorrow:
Evening star., 1896-12-29

Binghamton Court House Destroyed.
The court house at Blnghamton. NJ X.
was, destroyed by fire last night. nothing
but the walls remaining. As It stood in
the middle OF a big square the IRE did not
spread. The county records being In. q
square building: are safe. One man. George
Allen, member of, the hook and ladder
company. was seriously hurt
Evening star., 1896-12-29
lunch and DINNER
Sets.

2x2 yards Plain Fringed Pure Linen
Damask Sets-$2 30 and s. set
2x2H yards Plain Fringed Pure Dam
ask Sets s.. so a Set
213 yards Plain Fringed Pure Linen
Damask Sets-$4 a set
2x2 yards Knotted Fringed Pure
Linen Damask Sets-$3 a SET
2x2is yards knOtted Fringed Pure
Linen Damask Sets-$4 set.
2x3 yards knotted Fringed Pure
Linen Damask Sets-$4 so a set
2x2 yards Fringed and Openworked
Pure Linen Damask Sets-$5.5O a set
2121s yards Krotted Fringed and
Open Worked Damask Sets-$65O and
$50 set.
1t is a big line We are showing Of
Plain and Knotted Fringed and Open
worked Pure Linen Damask Sets from
$3.50 to $25.
Evening star., 1896-12-29

Foufeld' outing fiannel-the best wrapper
material yet-heary fieeced black-for day,
91zc. yard instead Of .12kc.
Evening star., 1896-12-29

We Will close out line of mems heavy
white and natural weOl shirts and drawers,
in all sizes, which have been a dollar for
G9c. each.
Evening star., 1896-12-29

lot of womcn's heavy fieeced bal
briggan rests-coIIes to us under price.
Instead of 39c. they will 60 at 25c garment.
You nay have our wOmens ..Melba''
natural wool union suits-becausc we nave
them in medium sizes only-for Coo. each
instead of $1.25-and you get the greatest
value you We're ever offered
Evening star., 1896-12-29

For day yoa may have our children
white and natural vests, pants and draw
ers-all sizes-which usually sell for 25c.
and 35c.-fcr l9c garment
Evening star., 1896-12-29

Mems ''Faultless'' night shirts-fancy EN-
broadeIed fronts-for which every store that
sells them get I5e.--here tomorrow for sOc.
Evening star., 1896-12-29
Appointed Ticket Receiver.

Mr.. Edward Foulke has been appointed
ticket receiver for the Washington, Alex
andria and Mount Vernon electric rail-
way, and will take charge of the Office On
January l. Mr.. Foulke is connected with
the Pennsylvania railroad which road, q:
is said, will have charge of the account
ant department of the electric road after
the first of the year. No other change in
the management of the road is, however,
;lyo1xs
Evening star., 1896-12-29
Corporation Court.

In the corporation court yesterday, Judge
]. K. NJ. Norton presiding, very little bdsi-
ness of interest was transacted. In the
case Of B. Wheatley agt Mary V. VIM
satt; decree confirming report of Commits
sioneI Callahan ordering sale of real estate.
Atwood Violet agt. E. l.. Violet; Leonard
MarbIry appointed guardian of infant de-
PENDANTS and cause referred to commits
SiOnel to report.
Evening star., 1896-12-29

For day You may have plain black
French sateen for 12lsc. yard instead Of
1Sc.
Evening star., 1896-12-29
New Years
Furnishings
llillimerWss ;. :. :

If you oaft puzzled a Is WIat isstyyfe
Head.dress to weHr on New Years day,
consult our expert mtilincrs, Their
knowledge: their experience and. their
delicate skill and trained taste are at
your service ut all times. Wa arc show
ing some Of tie very latest and most
exclusive creations fn evening Toques
and Bonncts ever displayed in this city
Come in tomorrow and select your Head
dress, SO that II there are any changes
to be made we shall have time to make
them before New Years. s---
II yO,i are fixing up Hat for yourself
perhaps these few specials in vioiets
and Roses will be interesting. You can
not find equal qualities for the prices
quoted anywhere In Washington. Look
around and judge for yourself:
Beautiful Double Eiolets, Il ~
dozen In bunch. UD(
little better quality of Double Vio-
-ets. SO natural that with the adtli-
tion of violet perfume you could not de-
tect them from the natural Nn
flow, flower. dozen in a bunch. ZWC.
in ,,'..' a bunch, ali % shades: Per / &c.
Evening star., 1896-12-29

63 by 90-ir.ch Lockwood hemmed sheets
will go at 33c. each for a day.
Evening star., 1896-12-29
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
December Term of Alexandria County Cont
and the Gases.
Local Notes of General Interest to
Residents and Tnxpnyers
Down the River.
Evening Star Bureau.
121 n. Washington Street.

III ~ washington Street.
Alexandria, Va, December - 1896
The December term of the Alexandria
county court began in this city yesterday
with Judge d. NJ. Chichester presiding. The
following business was transacted: The
matter of opening a new road in the county
to connect with the proposed extension of
Prince street, this city. to the Leesburg
turnpike occupied most of the entire DAYS
session. and was continued until today.
and a decision is not expected to be reached
today. One of the most brilliant arrays of
legal talent ever congregated together is
represented in this case, which is causing
widespread attention. On one side is Col
Francis l.. Smith, assisted by Messrs Ed
mund Burk. Anthony Armstrong James r.
Cation, Saml g. Brent and r. Walton
Moore. and on the other John Morgan
Johnson. The order of the court entered
at the November term opening the ROAD
upon the report of the second set of view
ers, was set aside, and the court as stated
Is now engaged in hearing argument on the
question whether or not the road should be
opened, in accordance with the survey ac-
companying the report.
A. II. TorrysoE was appointed as special
pohcelnan for Arlington district, and Fred
Hager and Fred Shellhorn for Washington
district.
Marshall and Dulaney VS.. the Washing
ton, Arlington and Falls Church Electric
Railway Company: matter of land damage
cases continued until second day of Janu-
airy term.
In the case of Charles L. Williams
charged with highway robbery the COM
monw ealth entered a nolle prose- owing
to the fact that the only witness for the
commonwealth was absent. Williams was
charged with having waylaid and robbed
John Pratt, a peddler. at the south end of
the Long bridge, in July last. Pratt is now
confined i'm the Richmond Jail, and. on ac-
count of his non-appearance, the case was
nOlle pressed.
Evening star., 1896-12-29
Domestic specials.

fer day We viii sell full yard-wfia
Lonstaie muslin for exc. yard
Also yard-wtle dnes Berkeley camBfic for
6Ac. yard. ',-s'
For day you .lnay: have yard-wide dark
eoiorcd pcrrales In neat figures for 53sc.
yard instead of I(c