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The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-08-08
Encouraged.

Magistrate (severely to prisoner)
Last time you were here ! let you
off with a caution.
Prisoner (coolly)-Yus; that s why
! I'm ere agin. It sort of encouraged
me. London Fun.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-05-21

and it provides the most eQuable tenn
perature, as it can be carried a long
distance horizontally. 1t is very easily
regulated, and the matter of attendance
is reduced to minimum, which is no
small considera ton. There is no cir
culation of dust, which is the inevita
BILE concomitant of hot-air heating. To
get the very best results hot-water
plant should be installed in a new
house, planned with this in view. Hot
water heating is estimated to require
one-fourth more radiating surface than
steam, and of necessity there must be
more and larger radiators; these can be
placed where they will not be obtrusive.
They can be adjusted beneath the win
dows and encased, and arrangements
can be made for the passage of cur
rent Of fresh air over the radiators,
thus contributing admirably toward the
ventilators of the house. The very
latest application of hot water to heat
ing is in combination with hot air, and
in many ways this is the most perfect
system of all. Both sources Of heat are
in the same furnace, which need be no
larger than if either system was used
by itself. The furnace is like the ordi-
nary hot-air furnace, except that a hot
water drum occupies the central part
of the dome.
Those rooms that can easily be reach
ed by direct current of hot air, are
heated by registers. while those further
away from the furnace are equipped
with radiators. This system is particu-
larly we'll adapted for large and ram
bling country houses, which, from the
very nature Of their construction, can
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-05-21
The New York Sun takes an extreme

The New York Sun takes an extreme
illustration to bring into disrepute the
methods for spelling reform that are
being urged by Funk and Wagnalls.
Rule is all the Sun was asked to sub
scribe to and this rule is: Change
final ed to when so pronounced; and,
if double consonant precedes, drop
one of the consonants." An unadorned
refusal would have filed all the re-
quirements of the case, but instead the
Sun takes this passage: HE pressed
her to his bosom and asked her to be his
bride Without word she suddenly
bussed him on the mouth" And de-
clines to aid the reform because the
rules would make the passage read:
s4He prest her to his bosom and askt her
to be his bride. Without word she
suddenly bust him on the mouth" This
is trifling with a great movement. The
situation would not arise that would
make this passage possible. In such a
case she would not buss him on the
mouth, but invite him to do the bussing
But even If she bussed him, man who
defers asking her to be his bride until
he has pressed her to his bosom de-
serves to be bust.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-05-21

Another story Of oriental intrigue and
treachery is put on record with the
death of the Shah of Persia at the hand
of revolutionary fanatic. The assas-
sin who sought his life found him en-
tering shrine near Teheran and killed
him instantly. Nasir-ed-Din, Shah,
who was not a Persian, but Turk by
descent, was the fourth sovereign of the
Kajar dynasty, the ruling family in
Persia for over 100 years. He entered
upon his reign in 1S4S, and, considering
the absolutely despotic powers which
he welded, it must be conceded that
he was a fairly humane and response
BILE ruler. The entire governing sys-
tenn of Persia embraces series Of auto
Gratis, ranging from the Shah to the
head men of the small villages. Each
potentate is law unto himself, the
only check upon his actions being the
fear of the greater potentates above.
Over all these the Shah is absolutely
supreme, and the one restraining in
fuence upon him is the necessity Of
preserving some sort of standing in
foreign opinion. The shrewdness of the
dead Shah was shown in the fashion in
which he observed European customs
on his various incursions into lands of
modern civilization and the way in
which he imbibed the lessons of diplo-
macy. The Shah, with all his vagaries
and shortcomings and his semi-bar-
barrie manners, is conceded to have
been one of the frmest and least tyran-
meal rulers Persia has had, and there
will be considerable doubt whether his
successor will prove to be so Satisfac
tory. The heir apparent, who, by the
way, is not the eldest Of the Shah's
sons, is Misunderstanding. He was born
in 1868, and in accordance with Persian
custom has been kept in partial seques-
tration. 1t is doubtless due to this fact
that Europe has heard so many various
stories as to his mental incapacity and
unfitness for rulership. The Hon.
George Curzon is authority for the
statement that the young heir is in
reality a man of considerable intelli-
gence and breadth and g. capacity for
adopting European ideas. However
this may be, q change of dynasty in
Persia, with the immemorial Oriental
habits of intrigue and assassination is
never accomplished without some dis
turbance, and the young Shah's path
will not be without difficulties. He has
neither the experience nor the range of
observation which enabled the dead
Shah to govern Persia with reasonable
success.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-05-21
A Lee.Metford Bullet.

Prof. Boys, Of London, recently de-
liyered an illustrated lecture In which
he showed photographs Of the Lee-Met-
ford bullet as it passed through quar-
ter-inch sheet Of glass. Just before the
bullet touched the sheet the air wave
cut a disk Of glass about half an inch
in diameter clean out. At the same
time the glass around the hole was
crushed into powder and driven back
at an extremely rapid rate. The glass
stuck to the bullet for short time
after it had passed through, the disk be-
ing driven out in front of the bow
wave" In this experiment the waves
caused by the vibrations Of the glass
were plainly shown. A photograph of
the bullet after it had cleared the glass
by nine inches showed the remainder
of the glass intact, but when the bullet
had proceeded another sixteen inches
the sheet of glass was seen to break
and fall in fragments Philadelphia
Record.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-05-21

columns, all holdings and balusters,
buff Pedestals Of columns and top
and bottom rail of balusters, Tuscan
yellow. Wall shingles dipped in and
brush-coated with sienna stain.
Accommodations: The principal
rooms and their sizes, closets, etc., are
shown by the floor plans. Cellar under
the whole house, with inside and out
side entrances and concrete floor.
Laundry under kitchen. Furnace cell
lar under library and dining room.
Vegetable cellar under parlor and hall,
separated by brick partition walls.
Attic doored but unfinished; space for
three rooms and storage. Sliding doors
connect parlor, library and dining
room. Open fireplaces in parlor, IL
brary, dining-roo and two bedrooms.
Hat and coat closet off vestibule.
Three thousand four hundred and
Atty dollars is the actual cost to build
this house, not including heating ap-
paratus, and fair estimate for sys-
tenn of hot-water heating giving indi-
rect radiation downstairs and direct
radiation in the second story would
be about $3.50. Radiators should be
placed as near the windows as possible
In parlor, dining room, library and
hall down stairs, and in the three
larger bedrooms and bathroom in
the second story. The estimate is
based on New York prices for materi-
ais and labor In many sections of
the country the cost should be less.
Copyright, 1896.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-05-21

ing County, Kentucky, in 1916 When
John Wanamaker was Postmaster
General he wrote to Watson for his
photograph, telling him he was the old,
est postmaster in point of service in
this country. Watson's photograph
was also displayed at the Worlds Fair.
His wife, who accompanied him from
Kentucky-they have been married
nearly sixty years-is still living and
is remarkably we'll preserved. They
have a family of sons and daughters
scattered over the country.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-05-21

A recent Colorado bank failure was
due, as a great many others have been,
mainly to the fact that the officers were
devoting themselves largely to outside
speculation instead of attending strict
~ to business It does not pay to have
too many irons in the fire. Some Of the
largest and most influential operators
Not long ago big Chicago packer saw
Stock Exchange operators were paying
9 per cent. interest for carrying and
transferring trades around the end Of
each month, and so he thought he saw
a good chance to proftably employ
some capital. He went into the money
lending business on a large scale, but
soon found that in giving necessary ac-
cOmmOdationS to traders he was get
ting excessive interest part of the time
and no interest at all part of the
time, and it did not take him long to see
that it was not such a snap as it had
looked from the outside. It is always
so. Some other fellows business, of
which one can only see the snowy side,
always looks inviting, and people are
continually enticed into placing their
money into things which, If understood
as we'll as their own affairs, they would
never touch. Experimental losses are
made continually by men Of great
wealth, but they can usually stand it,
whereas the small fry who tail on after
them Ego broke over and over again.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-05-21
AGED MISSOURI PosrMAs7rn
Elijah Watson, of Rushvi,1. u
Held Office Forty-three ". las

Elijah Watson, of Rushvi,,. ~
Held ONCE Forty-three Years
In point of continual service Er,.,
Watson, Of Rushville, Buchanan Cow
ty, Mo-, is the oldest postmastor ::
the United States. He was apnoin.aa
under the administration of Franr,su
Pierce, on June 10, 1853, and from 49,.
day to this he has been in uninto.
rupted charge. The office belongs -
the fourth class, and even now af+ou
forty three years Of careful noursbinn
by Mr.. Watson, it is only worth so5e
a year to the postmaster.
Rushville is very old town for g.
size, and Watson was by no means ts
first postmaster. James Dickson. who
had the largest store in town, was nos+
master before him. The office on,,
paid $40 a year then, and Dickson
finding it a sort of elephant on his
hands, asked Elijah Watson, who WAS
his clerk, if he would not like to taLo
it. Watson did not mind, as he coud
act as postmaster and retain his nos
ton. Dickson made the recommends.
ton to the department, and in few
weeks the commission came Durino
the forty-three years of Watsons serv.
ice he has only been required to give
four different bonds. The present ad.
ministration required the largest
$1,000, but Elijah Watson could have
given it had it called for several times
that amount.
During the time he has been post.
master the office has only been robbed
once. The robbery occurred about
twenty years ago, and $25 in money and
stamps were taken. The government
reimbursed Watson to the extent of
$40. In politics Elijah Watson was a
Democrat when he was appointed post
master of Rushville, and he is still
Democrat. Watson was born in Elem.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-05-21

An Ohio man shut himself up in his
office safe in order to avoid the solicita-
lions of life insurance agent. The
latter was patient and remained in the
office over an hour, and when he depart
the safe was unconscious. He is in
a very critical condition and liable to
die, and his family are very sorry that
the life insurance man didn't catch him
for big policy. We expect to see this
story in the repertoire of every enter
prising life insurance man.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-05-21

part of architects in arranging inlet
duets for fresh air to accelerate the
draught, any desirable degree of ven
tilation may be sucured. Such arrange
ments should, however, be studied in
advance, from principal elements in
the design of a building instead of be-
ing wholly subordinatel Gas is common
ly the custom) to less important archi-
tectural features. The design presented
with this is arranged for the use of the
combination system (hot air and hot
water). A brief description we make
as follows:
General dimensions: Width, through
library and dining-room, 81 TT. 10 in;
depth, including veranda, SO TT. 10 in.
Height of stories: Cellar, Z it.; first
story, 10 it.; second story, 8 it.
Exterior materials: Foundation,
brick; first store, clapboards; second
story and gables, shingles, roof, slate.
Interior finish: Hard white plaster;
cellar ceiling plastered one heavy coat.
Soft wood flooring throughout Trim
in hall and bedroom, oak; in library
and dining-room, cherry elsewhere,
soft wood Main staircase, oak. Pic
ture molding in principal rooms and
hall Of first story. Panel backs under
windows in parlors, library and din
ing-rocm, bathroom and kitchen
wainscoted. Front entrance doors.
oak. Interior woodwork finished with
hard oil; soft wood stained to suit
owner.
Colors: All clapboards and sashes,
buff. Trim, including water-table,
corner boards, castings, bands, rain
conductors, also front and rear out
side doors and outside blinds, Tuscan
yellow. Veranda ceiling and floor, oil
ed. Brick work, dark red. Veranda
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-05-21

One hundred years ago in Franklin,
Mass, Horace Mann was born. His
life was too full of devotion to hui
manity for him to be forgotten. "Be
ashamed to die until you have won
some victory for humanity" he said to
his graduating class at Antioch Col
1ege. This was the keynote of his own
existence, and, actually by his own
hard experiences in the way Of knowl-
edge, he left the greatest impress of his
time upon the cause Of education. AS
student, lawyer, educator, abolitionist
and politician he remained always
close to his charge, and while secre-
tary of the Massachusetts State Board
OF Education he did perhaps his fullest
work. He said of this time, between
June, 1887, and May, 1S4S, when he
rendered his resignation to the board:
II labored in this cause an average of
not less than fifteen hours day; from
the beginning to the end of this period
never took single day for relaxation,
and months and months together
passed without my withdrawing a sin
gle evening to call upon friend" In
these busy years his influences for edu-
cation were impressed upon the stat
utes Of the old Bay State; he institut-
ed the normal school; he established
county educational conventions; he did
much to abrogate corporal punishment
l in schools, and by his lectures and
/ writings he awakened an interest in
1education such as never before had
lbeen aroused. Observances of such an
Iniversaries as this OF Horace Mann are
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-05-21
BlPxD DOG.

there is no distinguishing appearal ;..
from any other dog. Half ral-'eit ELL
and half whiflet it is now aimo se. nm
grown and weighs perhaps - and
mounds. 1t is in excellent heaitn ' all
iiyelv and frisky as dog could Ws,
be. It's manner of locomotion Is ., r
much kangaroo-like, though al rrolk
when frightened, it attempts 10 S SS
as the other dogs, and then 10 ~ IN
is propelled along the GROUND " ,uch
abnormally long hind legs, anu a. .oor,
times the shoulder blades whlcn . Nth
well developed. are seen to WON "
great rapidly.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-05-21

A New York newspaper mentions
George Munro, founder of the dime
novel, in the same breath with Dante,
Homer, Burns, Milton, Keats and Poe,
as lone of the benefactors of the human
race" Who did Munro ever benefact
other than the vendors of bowie knives,
Winchester rifles, sombreros and war
paint?
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-05-21

About the time when the European
powers have got Africa evenly divided,
cleared up the Oriental problem, re-
formed China and decided how to re-
gard the Monroe doctrine they may be
able TO take a hand in protecting mis-
sionaries and Armenians in Turkey.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-05-21
Important Correction.

Under the Terror" in France, people
learned to be excessively cautious in all
thew said, and still more cautious in
what they wrote.
An old letter is said to be in existence
Of the revolutionary period, in which
the author had at first written to q
friend, 81 write under the reign of a
great emotion"
Then. apparently rejecting that it
was dangerous to speak of ''reigns'' al
such an epoch, he amended the SEN
tence thus:
81 write under the republic of great
emotion"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-05-21

A Chicago man claims to have invent
ed device by which prize fighting can
be made perfectly harmless. Corbett
and Fitzsimmons probably are using
this invention on the quiet.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-05-21

not only commendable, as in keeping
with the influences of the mans life,
but in this particular case the observ
ance appeals to young generation
which is more susceptible to the spirit
Of gratitude and quicker to respond to
it's benignity than are many Of larger
growth
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-05-21

Mr.. Madison's hired girl has a new
pair of shoes, says the Grafton On. d.
Record. Somebody ought to call Mrs.
Madison's attention to this.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-05-21

never be thoroughly heated by hot air
alone. In so far as the consumption of
fuel is concerned, the combination sys-
tenn is as economical as any other:
perhaps, indeed, a greater amount of
heat can be obtained from fire of the
same size. With proper care on the
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-05-21
HAS BUT TWO LEGS.
Remarkable Specimen of the Canine
Family in Pennsylvania.

Family in Pennsylvania.
One of the most remarkable freaks
ever seen is that of two-legged dog
the property of Ed Lindsey, living near
Bellefont, Pa. This wonderful specl.
men of the canine family has excited
much curiosity. The freak is perfectly
formed in every way, with the excep.
ton that where the front legs should
be there are only small tufts OF nan.
The parents are both well developer
and perfectly formed.
1t looks not unlike the Kangaroo
when walking, but when lying do"n
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-05-21

And now they say that the Venezue
Ian blue book has been tempered with,
and that the facts have been distorted.
We are not surprised; the Schomburgk
line itself was crooked.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-05-21

The wife of the Governor Of Califor-
MIA is out with denunciation Of bloom
ers. There seems to be one Budd which
doesn't care to bloom.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-05-21

A theatric contemporary announces
that "Satans Kingdom was wrecked
in New Jersey the other day. The frag-
ments ought to feel quite at home there.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-05-21
HOT-WATER HEATING
AN IDEAL SYSTEM OF HEAT.
ING DWELLINGS.
Has Some Advantages that Have
Done Much to Establish It Firmly
in Favor-The Safest and Provides
the Most Equab1e Temperature.
Installing a Plant.

Installing a Plant.
Hot-water heating for dwellings has
some prominent advantages that have
done much to establish it firmly in
favor. It is the safest, for one thing,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-05-21

asserts that several Chicago families
have joined colony in the Holy Land,
but no one in Chicago knows where it
isl Jerusalem!
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-05-21

A fashion paper says that 1.-The most
stylish bonnet this year will be a sort
of poke" The effects of the poke, as
usual, will be felt quite distinctly in the
pOckatDOOk.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-05-21

Alameda, Cal, boasts of ghost that
rides bicycle. Probably "scorcher"
straight from hades.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-05-21

A Grand Rapids florist has been Of
fered $4,000 for new carnation he has
developed. This must be the pink of
perfection.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-05-21

Don't let fool annoy you; work
him. In case you can accumulate
little sense yourself, fool is great
blessing.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-05-21
Macaulay's Big Cheek

IT is said that the sale OF Mac' Of
history of England in the nrs' ~ slr
its publication has not since pe1 work
nassed by that of any historical Ma.
and the check for 100000 pala y ,.re.
caulay by his publishers was ' lhor for
est single check paid to an ausn, made
literary work until the paymen' -
fo, ..Gen. Grants Memories
4 4-vear-old child aptly desei vou
imagination as looking al 'DiD
cannot see.
It is worth remembering ina -
is always a big profit in schemes
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-05-21

''They say that love is blind" sighed
the engaged girl. IF he wasn't" re-
piled her envious friend, "some people
would never have chance to get mar
RED" Chicago Evening Post.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-09-03
Tho Fayoum Portraits.

The likenesses of the dead found
in the Greco Roman cemetery of
the Fayoum must not be regarded
as good specimens of the art of the
time. They were no doubt executed
hastily by very inferior practition-
ers, but they show the prevailing
fashion for all that.
1t is very Curious to SOC how near
ly they resemble the fashionable
taste of very different period-that
of the early Victorian era; they
have so many of the characteristics
of that interesting though extreme
ly debased form of art. The eyes
are too big, the noses too long, the
nostrils too narrow, the mouth too
small, the face too oval, the neck too
thin, the shoulders too sloping.
They seem strangely familiar when
one thinks of the fashionable DOR
traiture of some 40 or 80 years ago.
And then, no doubt, this type be-
came gradually less and less human
until it developed into the Byzantine
Journalism, such as we see in the
celebrated mosaic at Ravenna, repre-
senting Justinian and Theodora-a
work of the sixth century. After
this we lose our art for time, for
portrait painting, as we understand
1T, can hardly be said to have exist.
ed during the early middle ages.
Nineteenth Century.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-09-03
Frogs as Weather Prophets.

Frogs have from remote times
been regarded as weather prophets,
and at the present day in some parts
of Germany the European tree frog
(Hyla arborea) is used as barome-
ter. A few of them are placed in q
tall bottle provided with miniature
ladders, the steps of which they as
cend during fine weather, seeking
the bottom again on the approach of
rain.
Anatomical structures of a variety
of kinds arc characteristic of differ
ent species of frogs, having to do
with the voice organs. So it is that
many croak, some ohirp and some
almost below. Many emit noises
most disagrooable to all ears, while
others give vent to sounds that I'm
der some circumstances are quite
enjoyable. Popular Science Month