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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-09-24

An explanation of the operation of
railway air-brakes recently published
brings it within the comprehension of
the most inexpert: Under each of the
cars is rubber pipe connected with an
air compressor on the engine. This
pipe leads to and supplies an air reser.
voir under each car. These reservoirs
are loaded from the engine with com
pressed air to the amount of seventy
pounds each. The pressure of this ali
keeps open the brakes, and as long as
the compressed air remains in the reser.
voirs under the cars the brakes are
open. BY turning the lever on the en-.
CINE the compressed air is released, and
as it is released the brakes on each OF
the cars close automatically, pressing
against the wheels and practically lock
ing them. AS soon as the train is
brought to a full stop, Of which the
painting of the compressed air as 1t es-
capes from under the cars gives notice,
the reservoirs are again filled by turn
of the lever on the engine, and this ILLS
the reservoirs under the cars, and there
by automatically releases all the brakes
at once" There have been many other
devices for the safeguarding OF the
lives of Travellers but it is doubtful II
the interests of safety have been pro-
NOTED more extensively by any other
one agency.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-09-24
A WHITE MAN AUCTlONED.
A Kentucky Vagrant Sold to the
Highest Bidder Under State Laws.

A Kentucky Vagrant Sold to the
Highest Bidder Under State Laws.
Human slavery is not wholly abol-
ished in the United States. Under the
laws of Kentucky q man who does not
support himself--that is, vagrant--
can be sold at auction to the highest
bidder, whereby he becomes mere
chattel. For certain time, dependent
on the length of the sentence imposed
by the court, his time and labor belong
to the man who buys him, and he is Il
slave, virtually and in fact.
Recently white man, Lawrence
Peak, was so disposed Of at Elizabeth
town. Peak was duly convicted Of va
grancy and found guilty, and the court
ordered him to be sold at auction for a
period of three months. On the day of
the sale crowd gathered at the court
house and the district attorney acted
as auctioneer He detailed the age and
qualities of the man and stated the pc
Rod during which he would be the
slave of the highest bidder. One dol
lar was the fixed offer and the sum adj
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-09-24
Young Mans influence in Public.

''It is not infrequently the case that
even deterioration contains within it.
self the seeds of it's own recovery
writes DR.. Parkhurst in the Ladies
Home Journal. in an article ON 1.-THE
Young Man as a Citizen" ut Is a les
son that has many times been taught
in the course of history. that decadence
has to reach a certain point before it's
symptoms are sufficient to arrest effec-
tive attention. That attention is now.
to all appearances. being arrested. Not
withstanding all the willy maneuvering
that is being practiced by our political
tricksters, there Is growing up among
our young men an amount of serious
thinking and of quiet observation that
contains the possibilities of large effect
Personally, have never known the
like of it. The politicians may love
their country for what they can wiring
out of it. but there are thousands of
Young men in our cities. and hundreds
of thousands Of young men in the
country at large, who have souls as
we'll as pockets. and who, If wisely di-
rected and felicitously united. can. as
a very easy thing. wrest our institu-
tons from the hands of the spoilers and
devote them to the behests of the
people"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-09-24

The statistician has been getting in
his work again. This time it is on the
expenditure of force in piano playing.
A pianissimo pressure on key equals
a weight of three ounces. On this basis
1t is calculated that to render the last
Etude by Chopin in G minor requires an
aggregate pressure of $3.50 pounds.
Without stopping to moralize or statis-
ticate on what this force would ac-
complish if directed into some lucrative
channel, it may be suggested that now
that the piano Dangers who disturb
the peace nightly and render night
hideous understand that they are real
" doing hard if useless labor, they may
voluntarily desist In this happy event
the statistician, who is usually bore.
may be said to have struck the proper
KEYNOTE,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-09-24
Bride and Groom

Our word bride is derived from the
Anglo-Saxon verb ''bredan," to cherish:
while groom" or "grom." is an old
Dutch word, which simply means a
young man, and is quite different from
the term applied to our equine domes
tics, which either comes from the Per.
san "garma' "a keeper Of horses). OF
eise from the Anglo-Saxon word
"guma" "a caretaker or servant). and
tn's WORD groom" should really be
spelled without the letter .'r," for writ.
ten gone it was, as expressive of a
man servant, in use in England even as
ia9e as the civil wars Of the seventeenth
century.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-09-24

Silesian glassmakers are making pos
sible the realization of an architectural
dream. They are producing substan-
tial glass bricks for building purposes.
Since glass can easily be made trans
lucent without being transparent light
may be evenly diffused through build
ing of glass, while its occupants and
contents remain invisible from the
outside. 1t does not require very
lively imagination to perceive that
many pleasing effects may be produced
when glass is used as the material Of
dwellings and other structures. Be
sides, people who live In glass houses
will not be struck by lightning.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-09-24

RICHARD DoRNEY. take her course IN
instruction, and there the romance De-
gan. Richard Dorney had married
widow with one daughter, who was
thenceforward known as Estelle Dor
ney. In 1895 she fell in love with
carpenter named George A. Stappers'
and they stole away and were married.
Estelle went home again and kept her
secret for two weeks. Then young,
Stappers made it known. Mr.. Stappers
furnished a fiat for his son, who took
his bride to live in it. Her stepfather
wrath grew continually. until one day
she went to dine with him. She never
went back to her husband, who was not
allowed to see her BY this time Mrs.
Dorney had died. Estelle made an
affidavit that she had left her husband
willingly, but she afterward denied IT.
She grew ILL., and her mind began to
fail. Then she was removed to st.
Vincent's hospital, where Katherine
Kelly was nurse. Mr.. Dorney visited
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-09-24
LADY TENNYSON.

She Loved Her Husband and home
and Was an Ideal Poets Wife.
Emily selwood Tennyson, widow OF
the late poet laureate of England,
died recently at the beautiful residence
of the Tennyson family on the Isle
of Wight. She had lived secluded
life. and, like her husband. was un-
known in English society. She might
have been distinguished and even
brilliant in the best of English draw
ing rooms, as in her own. had she so
desired Her opportunities, not only
by reason Of the laureate's fame as
the greatest of living poets, but through
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-09-24

The REVEALS and camp meetings OF
the season just closed have produced
few quite extraordinary episodes. 1t
has long been Il standard joke with the
ungodly that at experience meetings
and such like the most deadly transgres-
sions confessed to have been such
harmless ones as playing friendly
game of euchre or being tempted to at
tend theater or circus. But this sum-
mer's camp meeting season has pro-
duced at least three converts OF quite
q new species. men who confessed real
crimes and delivered themselves to JUS
tice In Texas convert confessed that
he was Il counterfeiter and proceeded
to turn up" both the outfit and his
cOnfederates to the authorities. At an
other revival man confessed that 81
neighbor who had mysteriously disap-
peared had been murdered by him, and
the chances are that in finding life
eternal the man will have to relinQuish
his hold on this life A third convert
solved the mystery of sundry cleWless
bllrglaries, with himself as the central
inquire. LHls SUI VI lellSloA 10 TIC IcaA
thing, and II it keeps up we may look
for some of the ,lsurers. trust manipu-
lators. members of illegal combines,
treasury raiders, ct AL. many of whom
are pillars in the church, to make rest
tuition Of their ill-gotten gains. Now
that the ice Is broken, the scoffers will
please take a back seat and remain
quiet while awaiting further develop
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-09-24
rug cuRFEw LAW.

...aed by Every
Benefits co1 Wnich One 10 In Ans'
paward ". Box, in the Laa'xs and
Journal If the curfew orolna has
opera1lo y, 20 riously modified forms ,+ h
when, a IN by municipal legisla' Nv
bodies in the West. ~ and asserts
sndorsement to the law, ~ naral op-
.hat although it met with ken oitv or
aas,tion at first, there IS no. eorced.
posi-, ~ which it has been en ..111sor.
to"n Nd have 1t abolished.
that wou ourfew ordinance has son1
ever .ns Mr. Box contends, l,s a. :,
nantag es have been conceueu. towns
.,a.a NOW of over three hunoieu .,o+;on
ana cities. some as large III pop ~ nasa
"nu naaha and Topeka. In eacn s
as axoollence Of the law mas po' -.
an nna rant opposing parents nase an 70
coded it's wisdom, and even c - ras Mac
said to be pleased with II. IL n@' lost
~ IN the hands OF the ponce :" 49,,
oYo.+;ve weapon for ciealins -
$3.50. af hoodlums at night, anu ~
s,sanr cases where disorder reisheu ~
s+reet corners quietness, law ana oluea
now nreyail. SO well has the or'iin'
worked that reports, gathered from 80 :,
,ess than forty of the towns wieie ~ =
law show that the fine OF ianp So :,
,nant nenalty has not been innlcteu -
single case. The first cautloh NO
served the purpose. Ihese iepol :.
show too. that the ordinance Is not en'
forced in any oppressive manner -
the case of evening winter OF suliiiie'
entertainments. which would keep 'ne
children out later than the cure"
hour authority is easily obtained anu
readily granted by the Mayor or town
official for an extension of time. lts
rigid enforcement is applied most strlct-
" to the hoodlum element, ana WIN
this class the police claim they nave
never been able to deal so successfully.
# will be at once obvious to all right
minded parents, think. that they
should give the weight of their mnu-
ence to the curfew ordinance wherever
1t may be presented. Taken
from any and every standpoint. II IS
an excellent thing. and it may wisely
be encouraged by parents all over our
land"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-09-24

Steve Brodie, B. J. (meaning Bridge
Jumper). has once more turned bene-
factor to the human race, and in the
most surprising manner. Mr.. Bodie
achieved fame literally at a leap-from
the Brooklyn bridge. That rendered
him eligible as a dime museum attrac-
ton, and finally he is alleged to have
become an actor With his accumu-
lated sponduliks he opened saloon
on the Bowery. Mr. Brodie has dis
tinguished himself by various eccen-
tricities since. Once he offered free
meals for all Corners who were out
of work, and when the Sunday law
was first enforced he kept his saloon
open and gave away soft drinks rather
than that his friends should go thirsty.
He really gave the drinks away. There
was no selling of sandwiches for a
blind. or any other attempt TO evade
the law. But Mr.. Brodie's browning
philanthropy is in establishing a jag
cure in the rear of his justly celebrated
saloon. 1t is beautiful arrangement.
A man can blow himself on week S
drunk in front. and when he is broke
he can go to the rear and have his thirst
permanently cured. Mr.. Brodie rea.
sons philosophically. He has made
most of his money out of drinking men,
md the cost of hiring a Jag cure doc
tor is only returning the unfortunates
mart of their money. Besides, he fig
ures it out that man who has got to
the stage where the jag cure is neces-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-09-24

The accidental killing of young Gro
Zier on the stage the other day by the
use of a real dagger instead of the usual
property pig sticker has recalled sun
dry mishaps of like character. But
nothing approa ches one of the earliest
recorded real stage tragedies. 1t Oc
cured in Stockholm in the sixteenth
century. The actor who played Lon
ginus in THE Mystery of the Passion"
entered so into the spirit Of his role
that he actually thrust the spear into
the side Of the actor personating Christ
on the Cross and killed him. Here the
play stopped, but it served as merely a
prologue for the real tragedy which
followed. The King, who was in the
audience, was so incensed at the actor
that he leaped on the stage and with Il
stroke of his sword Topped off the of
tenders head. But this was only the
second act. The audience concluded
actors zeal had pleased them, even if
he had been so carried away as to kill
in reality, and they were so angry at
the King for Staying the tragedian that
they finished the tragedy by killing the
King. The lovers of tragedy and real
ism had no kick coming on that show.
The custom of killing good actors is de-
cidedly reprehensible. There are none
to spare. But it might be a good scheme
to give suffering public chance to
get at the hamfatters that aff1ict the
stage
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-09-24
NinneanoIiS man fell in love wit

A Minneapolis man fell in love with
q Chicago woman after reading in a
newspaper symposium her ideas of
what husband should be. The edit
ors of the city are already expecting
to putin an extra department for the
receipt of mail to accommodate the
other Chicago ladies who have few
ideas of their own about prospective
husbands. 1t is even feared that some
poor, discouraged little maiden on the
uncomfortable side of 30 may even
be driven to the extreme of saying
that her itt,,tf man may smoke in the
parlor and come to the breakfast table
In his shirt sleeves if only he will hurry
up to provide the parlor and the break
fast table before the winter sets in.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-09-24
WITH BABIES FOR BAIT.
Hunters in cey1on Lure Crocodiles to
Their Death.


The fondness Of crocodiles for babies
Is used by hunters in Ceylon to lure
the reptiles to death. A nice, fat baby
is tied by the leg to stake near some
pond or lagoon where crocodiles
abound Soon the child begins crying
and the sound attracts the crocodiles
within hearing distance. They start
out Immediately for the wailing infant.
The hunter in the meantime conceals
himself In the bushes or swamp grass
near the baby, with rife in his han I
projecting out and almost over the
child. He remains perfectly quiet and
the reptile, intent on it's prey. notices
nothing but the screaming and kicking
child. AS the monster approaches to
within few feet Of the bait the hunter
sends bullet directly into the alliga-
tors eye, causing instant death. A miss
would mean death for the baby, but
the hunters are expert shots and at the
short distance at which they fire miss
Is next to impossible. AS rule the
sound of the firearm scares the baby
worse than the presence Of the croco-
dies jaws and the rows Of sharp and
glistening teeth, but after being shot
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-09-24

One Of the concerns allied with the
been violating it's trust contract in re-
gard to selling harrows at fixed price.
Appealing to the courts United States
circuit judge at Philadelphia declines
to uphold the validity Of the contra ct
on the ground that the combination is
judgments. The farmers are entitled to
buy harrows as they must sell wheat
at competitive prices
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-09-24

We have to learn in this country to &C.
cept a man as an American whether he
lives in Chicago or in Portland, in New
York or in Tacoma! He lives in Amer.
man, nor Western man, nor a South
ern man, but an American, living not
after an Eastern idea, Western fash
ion, nor a Southern fancy, but under
one central American idea: equality
Ladies' Home Journal.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-09-24

his stepdaughter frequently, and met
Miss Kelly. His daughter was dying.
There was only one hope for her, and
that was Of the slenderest kind. 1t was
to send for her husband. Stappers
was summoned, and the poor girl tried
to throw her arms about his neck, but
they were powerless. She passed
away, and now her stepfather, who
would not let her live with carpenter,
married a nurse.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-09-24
MaIachife

Artlncial malachite which is suscepti-
Ole OF a fine polish is made by precipi-
tatlng solution Of sulphate Of conner
~ the colo Dy carbonate of soda or.of
potash. The precipitate, which is volu-
minous, should be washed and dried
ana made into paste with plaster Of
iafls and water. Allow the compost
ton to harden.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-09-24

sary is source Of mighty little profit
to the saloonkeeper or anybody else.
In a card to the public Mr.. Brodie
views with alarm" the increase of
habitual drunkenness, without expert
encing any pricks of conscience for
helping to make drunkards in his thirst
emporium, and offers to cure free of
charge to all corners, winding up by
hoping that in week ''dere won't
be a bum on de BoWery.'
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-09-24
The New Watch.

The new watch is to have a phono-
graph cylinder hidden away, and at the
hour and at each quarter of an hour a
tiny voice will be heard giving you the
exact time. You will simply touch a
spring. hold the watch TO your ear. and
the little fairy on the inside will whis-
per the hour.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-09-24
The Crook.

In some parts of Scotland it was Gus
tomary to carry a newly born child
three times round the iron 'crook'
which hangs in the middle Of an old
fashioned chimney. and serves to sup
port cooking-pots the ceremony being
supposed to insure the infants future
prosperity To double up the chain OF
the crook at night prevents witches
coming down the chimney.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-09-24
School Theatricals Century Ago

School Theatricals a Century Ago.
Miss Agnes Repplier writes a little
sketch entitled AT School Hundred
years Ago. for st. Nicholas. OF one
form of diversion allowed the pupils.
Miss Repplier writes:
Few things more amusing than Miss
Witford's Early Recollections'' have
ever been told in print. We know ev-
erybody in that school as intimately as
Mary Witford knew them in the year
1896. The English teacher who was
Mary hated to study; the French
teacher whom she both loved and fear
ed, who had passion for neatness, and
used to hang around the children's
necks all their possessions found out OF
place, from dictionaries and sheets Of
music to skipping ropes and dilapidat-
ed dolls; the school girls who came
from every part Of England and
France; above all, the school plays
THE Search After Happiness, - which
they were permitted to act as a great
treat. because Miss Hannah More had
written it. If you know nothing about
1.-The Search After Happiness" you
have no real idea how dull play can
be. Four disconnected young ladies go
forth to seek "Urania." whose wisdom
will teach them to be happy They
meet "Florella.' virtuous shepherd
eSs. who leads them to the grove where
Urania lives. Here they are kindly
received, and describe all their faults
at great length to their hostess, who
sends them brimful of good advice to
their respective homes Think of lot
of real school girls acting such drama,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-09-24
Sound Measurement.

A novelty in scientific research is the
means by which wind may be meas
ured by it's sound The whistling of the
wind as it crosses wire varies with
the velocity, and this can be computed
from the pitch Of the note observed in
case of given diameter of wire, and
for a given air temperature.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-09-24

be sent to Cuba. TO discover the re-
suit of this process of pouring troops
into Cuba one has only to empty water
into a sieve and note what happens.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-09-24

There is wave Of feminine horror
overspreading the land at the announce
ment by Jeanette L. Glider that she
has never in her life worn evening
dress and never intends to. Still this
revolt against fashion is forgivable, for
it Is balanced by the added fact that
she has likewise never worn boomers.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-09-24

When an esteemed contemporary
speaks Of "a lady newspaper GORE
spondent' it should explain which LADY
newspaper it means. In this campaign
Of hard knocks there are several news
papers that are trying t, be perfect
ladies -
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-09-24
Ancient Prepared papyrus.

ine parchments and papyrus used by
Tue ancients seem to have had a spe-
ciai preparation, by virtue of which
tney absorbed the ink and thus caused
the writing to be almost indelfble-
Nashville American.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-09-24

over q few times the child takes the
shooting as a matter Of course and pays
little attention to it. So expert are
many of the hunters that they do not
shoot the alligator until it has ap-
preached to within a few feet Of the
baby. Then, with but a few inches Of
space between the muzZle of the rife
and the eye Of the alligator, the fatal
shot is fred
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-09-24

Some Chicago men were discussing
the currency question on the street the
other day when giant tirecracker was
exploded among them. The strange
mise
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-09-24

81 have poem on the sea-" said
the lover. Il think I'll take john re-
piled the maiden .sHe has a ship
here.'-Atlanta Constitution.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-09-24

years ago and went
to live In Boston.
There she visited
some Of the great
hospitals, and she
became so much In
terested In the
work that she NOV
ed to New York
city to learn to be a
trained nurse. She
went to st. Vim
cents hospital to
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-09-24

Hoax-Say, lend me SO for day
will you? Joax-I've only got ST.
Hoax-Well, lend me that for ten days
Philadelphia Record.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-09-24

With Chile SO depopulated that one
mans relatives can elect him president
it is surprising that Great Britain has
not discovered another opportunity to
extend civilization.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-09-24
(From the latest photography

and speaking to each other in this &C.
date and meritorious fashion,
"With ever new delight we now attend
The counsels of our fond maternal
friend"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-09-24
CLUTCHED THgpiat..s1a. HE

Ii,a recently at New
sGDorney, business man
...sy's Theater there, and Miss
~ef1ne Kelly, the charming young
laughter OF well-to-do Irishman res
dent In the old country. Miss Kelly
zane to this country seven or eight
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-09-24

There is so much to eat in this coun-
try, and it is so cheap and good, that
everybody eats too much.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-09-24

Veterans who attend next years en-
campment Of the Grand Army of the
Republic will be 'let off at Buffalo"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-09-24

It will take pretty strong yeast to
raise that busted" -four trust.