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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-28
SOLDIERS ON WHEELS.
Can Cover Great Distances Quickly
and Carry Full Supplies.


Can Cover Great Distances NnicKiS
and Carry Full Supplies.
Tn the month Of September last the
oaonle Of Helena, the capital OF Mon
tana. were surprised to see riding
through their streets a party OF eighC
colored soldiers and white omcer o1s
the United States army, all mounted
on bicycles. They were weather-beat-
en- and covered with the dust OF the
hills and plains; and they carried
great weight Of rations, blankets, tents,
cooking utensils and extra tires ana
narts of bicycles, besides rifles and
thirty rounds of ammunition TO every
man.
These wheelmen were detachmene
or tha Twenty-fifth Regiment of Unit
ed States Infantry. They had come on
their WHEELS from Fort Mlssoula' Dy
way of Fort Yellowstone and the Nd
tional Park, having covered altogetner
a distance of eleven hundred miles IN
twenty-five days. In the meantlme
they had made and broken camp IN
the rain, ridden through mud, SAND,
dust and water, and over rocks, ruts
and stones. They had crossed noun
tain ranges and forded streams-in
fact. they had stopped for nothing
Much of the distance had been rough
riding in every sense Of the word.
The Journey was really made to tesr
the question whether the bicycle is SUIT
able for such military purposes as u
would have to serve II used In Western
campaigns. 1t was not test OF rapid
ity, but of durability.
The eight soldiers carried everything
necessary to an actual campaign IN
an enemy's country. Baggage, arms,
ammunition, rations, blankets, tents
and spare apparatus made, in fact
such a load as ordinary bicycl1sts,
would think it impossible to carry over
good roads But these men were COM.
mon soldiers, and in no sense experts
on the wheel.
No such test of the bicycle has prob
ably been made before. The military
tests of the wheel in Europe have in
volved no riding over so rough and
mountainous a country to such dis
lance.
The machines and the men stood the
work we'll. No man and no wheel brpke
down, though to the wheels GER
tain amount of repair was, OF course,
necessary. Lieutenant Moss, who COM
manded the expedition, regards it as
entirely success, and as demonstrate
ing the utility of the bicycle for actual
military purposes. He believes that
soon every regiment in the army wis
have it's bicycle corps.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-28

mind a recent writer of the origin Of the
phrase, II acknowledge the corn" so
much in use by people generally.
A Western man and a son Of New
England fell into conversation on a rail
way train. They passed some sturdy
looking corn, and the New England
man remarked: "That Is fine corn. -
Whereat the Westerner replied: "That?
We don't think much Of corn no higher
than that out where I live. 1t NAV be
good corn for New England, but not for
the West
The Eastern man could not believe
that corn grew to be more than six feet
high In the West. His companion took
his name and address and promised to
send him a few stalks of big Western
corn. few weeks passed away. The
New England man received a long hoy
by express; in it were several stalks Of
corn more than seven feet high He
wrote to his travelling companion This
concise sentence: II acknowledge the
corn
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-28

steer hinges, which allow considerable
Forward and backward play. 1t is not
likely to become popular. The use of
one OF the tubes in the frame as a pumn
CYLINDER has been tried in this coun-
Try In a slightly different form without
success. But the English inventor
claims that he has overcome all the diff
nculties experienced in previous exneri-
menus. and that he has device which
~ easily applied to any wheel and fur
nlsnes powerful pump that will not
se1 out OF order and is always ready
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-28
Nursery Picture Screens

A writer in the Housekeeper do.
scribes picture screen for the nursery
1t is made out Of the two-armed towal
racks which fold up against the wal,
when not in use. Get them with nc
long arms as you can. Now take Two
pieces Of bed-ticking or heavy mns,m
make 1t as long as you wish your Screen
high, having hemmed two-inch ham
In the lower part, and as wide as tho
arms are long. Hem the sides and sow
little standing ruff1e Of Swiss or China
silk to the top. This will compieselv
hide what will be left OF the foun1o
ton. Then get your box OF adyerfis,n,
cards, calendar pictures, etc. nunch
tiny holes In each upper corner and t,a
to the foundation. Place each ton -
under card beneath the upper ono ,nd
tie. Nail to the fireplace, window ~
corner. wherever you wish to nut =
and, II wanted out of the wav ro,S
both arms back to the wall. II rsnu,.as
very little work to make a screen lilo
this. AiAe
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-28

A Jury Caioled by Beautif nj Women
The Jury Gn the Martha Washing
tom case, a famous trial Of forty years
ago wherein the captain of the steam
boat Martha Washington and others
were charged with burning the boat to
secure insurance. was chosen with ddf-
ficulty. During their five weeks ser
vice the members Of it were assailed on
every side by the jealous feminine SYM
pathizers of the accused. By every art
possible to youth, beauty, and wit, and
the reckless abandon Of lives largely
spent in the companionship of adven-
turers, were they approached. IF you
do not go into that jury-room and vote
NOT guilty. in an hour you will be a
dead man." said the wife Of Captain
Cummings, confronting an aged juror
on the staircase. Sprung from an old
and respected Massachusetts, family,
she was singularly beautiful, brilliant,
dashing woman. AS Olive Chaplin she
had gone in early girlhood to the West,
and become enamored Of the pictur-
esuue river captain. Cummings did not
see fit to marry her, and went off to
Mexico and opened his gambling-house
on the Rio Grande. One day as he sat
dealing faro there, his affianced present
ed herself. Disguised in mans attire
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-28
HATFlELDs OF WEST VIRGINIA.

Notorious Family that Has Long
Been a Terror in It's Locality.
The pictures herewith presented are
reproduced from large photographs
which are the first ever taken of a
group of Hatfelds, Of Hatfield Coy.
vendetta notoriety. In the large print
here reproduced will be seen Mitchell
Hatfield and family, babies included,
with one exception, the youngest being
too far In front Of the baby carriage to
be seen. The reader will notice that
one Of Mitchell's hands has been partly
shot away. This was done not far from
where the photograph was taken.
Seven men attempted to capture him
and wounded him thus, aus he was dodg-
ing along Mate Greek. Mitchell re-
turned their fire and killed one and
wounded three. He has not slept in
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-28

nsh electrical engineer, as their cleo
trical manager, securing with him the
right to use his electric vehicles and the
sole use Of the important horseless car
rage patents belonging to the British
motor syndicate.
Previous to taking this step the COM
pany thoroughly investigated all the
autocar inventions in the field. BY turn
they studied gasoline, petroleum, ben
zoline, and the various explosive Oil and
spirit powers, with the result that they
discarded them all as powers for use
in such crowded thoroughfares as
those Of London. No choice was then
left but electricity, and when the inves-
tigators examined the contrivances
whose rights they have since purchased
they unhesitatingly decided that they
had the solution Of the vexed problem.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-28
1t is all right to put ample confidence

1t is all right to put ample confidence
Ia an employee whose life presents a
record Of probity, because it encour-
ages zeal and inspires energy. But
when it takes the form of actual care
lessness the tendency is to incite rob-
berry and the elimination is loss of
money on one side and of character
on the other. duty OF the employer
Is to maintain at all times keen scru-
tiny into the affairs OF the Hrm. EN-
ployers who fulfill this obligation rarely
suffer loss from dishonest employees.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-28
Plants.

An interesting discovery has been
made by California botanist, that sea
weeds can propagate Themselves from
an older plant, as In the case with
Towering plants. He finds that In
many other respects that they have
characters in common with the higher
orders Of vegetation that they have not
heretofore been known to possess.
Some have rhizomes, creeping N the
mud, from which fronds are thrown 0p,
as In the manner Of some ferns.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-28

and armed with a brace of pistols, sh,

and armed with brace of pistols, she
had made her way without detection to
the Rio Grande. She was skilled shot,
and could hit dollar across room.
Levelling pistol at the recreant lovers
head, she said in a short, sharp voice:
Captain Cummings, marry me, or take
this in your head" Tie astonished
captain replied, why, Ollie, my dear,
is that your" The marriage ceremony
was performed that day.-McClure's
Magazine.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-28
Chicago, with a population gathered

Chicago, with a population gathered
from nearly every portion Of the globe,
is a city of many surprises and sensa-
tons, especially in the matrimonial
line. One Of the recent legal cases in,
that city is a suit for $4,000, brought by
a real estate man against a former
friend for introducing him to widow
said to be worth 100000, and whom
he subsequently married. The now
prosecuted husband admits that he
signed note agreeing to pay the real
estate man $500 should a marriage
follow the introduction, and to show
that as lover, he was active, vigilant,
brave and successful, it may be only
necessary to add that the marriage fol-
lowed one month and FIVE days from
the date of the introduction. The hus-
bands excuse for now refusing to pay
is that he looked upon the note as a
joke. He did not imagine that the real
estate man was in earnest in demand
ing a brevet dowry Moreover, he
claims that he did all the counting, and
that demanding pay for an Introduction
is blackmail The 'satchen" or the
marriage broker is recognized fea-
ture in some portions of Europe. But
in the Chicago case the parties at odds
are Americans, and cannot plead the
customs Of their former home. And as
free and independent Americans, pub
lie sympathy will be with the man who
won the widow. To demand pay for
introducing couples who might possibly
marry Is striking blow at the court
ship business, and may decrease the re-
ceipts Of the Marriage License Bureau.
Besides, his wife advises him not to
nav
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-28

Mr.. Edward Whymper, the noted
mountain climber, has carried the alp
enstock for more than thirty years, and
has scaled Chimborazo and the Matter
horn, besides hundreds of lesser peaks,
and, although he has had numberless
thrilling adventures including fall
of 600 feet, he never fractured a limb
or sustained any serious injury. He
did, however, tumble down a flight of
stairs in England and fractured his
collar-bone
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-28

The high theater hat ordinance seems
to be cruel piece of legislation any
way. If lady happens to be bald, or
wears wig, or is prematurely turning
gray, there is no better way to disguise
the fact than by covering such defects
by a tall hat, and the unfortunate wom-
an ought to have the right to do 1t. OF
course if there is no reason for wear
ing an eclipsing obstruction no thought
full woman will do so.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-28

Burglars are the great terror of
Mime. PATHS life at Craig-y-nos Castle,
and she has had all the window shut
tiers fitted with electric bells, which
start ringing at the slightest touch,
while by the same machinery a gun is
fired and a number of dogs are let loose
in the grounds, we are calmly told in
Cassell's Saturday Journal. Special
watchmen are told off every night on
'.round" duty, 1T is added.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-28

The length Of time a hen car snr
WV slve without food or water is some
.ning remarkable. About the middle
VI september an Ohio farmer put =
se,.ing hen In an empty barrel. piacins
~ On top. He forgot all about the
nen until three months after, when h6
was surprised to find It alive. r han
remained in the barrel during -, . ...
- n.ne wlenout drop Of water or food.
- - very short time it was restored to
&ne hook as well as ever. = y
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-28

That the gentler sex is fast becoming
emancipated is shown by the fact that
In 1896 there were in the United States
thirty-two women woodchoppers, 147
bartenders, twenty-four hostlers, TWEEN
ty-nine sailors, four locomotive engln-
GERS, twenty-three plasterers, fifty-nine
blacksmiths, and six boiler makers.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-28

Scattered brains, poetic or other
wise, make poor janitors for the home;
and the high-fown localities do less for
comfort, good living, and fair repute
than do the commonplace virtues. Ap-
pearances have to be studied, self-re-
spect has to be considered punctuality
must be provided for, and the opinions
Of others must be at the least respected,
If not always followed.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-28
NOW ELECTRIC CABS.
AN ENGLISH COMPANY TO PUT
THEM IN USE in LONDON.
Claimed that Electrical Autom obilism
Has Been Solved by the Patents
Held by the Company-Three Hum
dred and Fifty Cabs Purchased.
Fast, Cheap, Noiseless.

Fast, Cheap, NOiSe1esss
While French enterprise is expectant-
" awaiting the perfection Of the horse
less carriage on the gasoline Or gas en-
CINE principle before embarking ex-
tensive capital in so new field, the
English have found practicable auto
mobolism by the use Of electricity as
motive power and have already put it
to practical application. A company
has already been formed, known as the
London Electrical Cab Company, with
a capital of $500 and in the course
Of few weeks $50 cabs, most of which
are already built, will be started in the
streets Of London.
It is claimed by the projectors Of this
company that electrical automobilism
has been practically solved by the
mechanism whose patents they hold,
and the amount of the capital these
men have invested in the enterprise is
certainly the guarantee of the good
faith Of their claim. The statement will
pass without contradiction that, wheth-
er or not it really has solved the great
pTODiem Oh Cue lilies, tue compaHy ccI-
tainly believes that 1t has.
Parliament recently passed the road
locomotives act, which authorized me-
chanically driven wheels to pass along
the Queens highways at a rate Of speed
not to exceed fourteen miles an hour.
It was the passage of this act that
started the company some months ago
upon the scent for thoroughly prac-
ticab1e automobile cab. They engaged
Mr.. w. g. Bersey, the wellknown Eng
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-28

Chicago Times-Herald: A Missouri
man has Just been sentenced to the pen
1tentiary for 102 years. Missouri would
get along much better if she would not
bunch her hits like that; four rascals
in the penitentiary, twenty-five years
apiece, beat one sent up for a century.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-28

New York is actually frightened over
the diminishing proportions of her ex-
port grain trade. and the trunk lines
are about to take hand in its restora-
ton. AS to its contentious with Balti-
more and Philadelphia the West cares
but little, but the trans-Mississippi
States have turned their traffic toward
New Orleans and Galveston and what
New York has lost from those grain
growing States 1t will never regain.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-28
TO CORRESPONDENCE.

All communications for this paper should be accom-
panied by the of the author not necessarily foi
publication but evidence of good faith the part
of the writer Write only on side of the paper. Be
particularly careful in giving and dates, to have
the letters and figures plain and distinct
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-28

1t is not what we read but what we
remember that makes us learned. 1t is
not what we intend but what we do
that makes us useful. 1t is not few
faint wishes but lifelong struggle
that makes us valiant.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-28

According to the naturalists there are
ing at the present time. The mammals
number $500, birds IL, 500, fishes 10000,
mollusks $4,000, and insects 100000.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-28

There is more heroism in the youth,
who resigns his dreams of ambition and
refuses the opportunity Of distinguish
ing himself because an aged parent or
dependent brothers and sisters need his
presence than in one who goes onward,
reaping triumph and fame at every
0teD
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-28

Prize Fighter Duffy, who died in the
ring, Is said to have "succumbed to
overexcitement due to enlargement Of
the heart" Close observers have MOTTO
ed that nothing tends to increase ones
excitement more than to pound him vio-
lently over the heart, whether it Is en-
larged or not
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-28

A real live English lord calling him
self Lord Cyril Athol has been arrested
in Oakland, CAL, for the larceny OF a
horse, buggy and harness. There is no
accounting for tastes, but If Mr.. Athol
had appropriated a burro there would
be near approach to family astute-
ness and the brain power supposed to
belong to British mobility"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-28

A Kentucky scientist claims to have
seen a spot on the sun 6S.0O0 miles long,
He probably can see equally queer
things also by looking at the moon. 1t
all depends on the glass that is used.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-28

Conn.,, manufacturer, who exhibited a.
wheel OF that description at the '9e
cycle show In Madison Square Garden.
But the handle bars on his machine
were on the front tube, and not behind
the saddle, which gave the rider lean
Ing position. Another curious feature
OF the English freak Is that it is driven
with grooved sprockets and band. i'm
place OF toothed sprockets and chain.
The new seat-post Is decidedly novel.
1t Is double-barreled affair, the top
and bottom bars being connected by
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-28
ORIGIN OF A PHRASE.

How "I Acknowledge the Corn" First
Came to Be Used.
Indian corn, the chief product Of the
Middle West, sometimes attains great
height. The stalks pictured herewith
were grown on the farm Of D. s. Har-
per In Henry County, Iowa. They re-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-28

A Virginia woman named Susan
pretty safe to wager that when she is
sues an attachment she will get the
man she goes after.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-28
FREAKS IN WHEELS.

Some Queer English Notions Pre-
scented to the Public.
At the Stanley cycle show in England
this year there have been on display
some novel creations in wheels. Per-
haps the most interesting Of them Is
the triangular framed wheel, with han
die bars to the rear of the saddle, CIV
Ing the rider the bolt upright, or, as it
Is sometimes called, the hygienic posi-
ton while riding. The triangle frame
was originated by a New London,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-28

A new volcano, which Is emitting im-
mense quantities OF smoke, lava and
fire, has been discovered at Jalcotan.
Mexic0
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-28

During slippery weather fa,, ao.u
II you must fall. It Is good rule in
NE; Il you must fall. fall easy.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-28

with their weapons within easy reach
one Of the boys replied, ''Well, l reck-
on" The correspondent also encoun-
tered some of the McCoys while en-
route to Georgia. bud" Mccoy proved
to be former acquaintance. He used
to teach school in Martin County, Ken
lucky. He had little to say about the
war with the Hatfelds being again re-
sumed. He had not heard Of 1t. He
hoped 1t was not so, as enough Diood
had been spilled.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-28

Value the friendship of him who
stands by You in the storm; swarms Of
insects will surround you in sunshine
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-28

Commerce is certain to find the shortest
route to tide water, and this is the route
to the Gulf from the States which lie
west of the Missouri
The border vidette. (Nogales, Ariz.) 1894-1934, 1897-09-25

time all transactions of the office, thus
giving the taxpayers of the county an
inside view of what is being done with
the public funds, ought to be appre-
ciated by the taxpayers as the good
work of good officer. AS tax collec-
tor we find he has been firm and Just,
showing no favoritism, making every
taxpayer stand their just proportion to
the end that the tax rate may be re-
duced.
We commend him for the stand he
has taken in several tax collections on
cattle, etc., thus saving the county from
$1,000 to loco.
All we can say, well done, good and
faithful servant S. H. DRACHMAN,
w. A. MCNEIL,
HENRY MEYER
Tucson Star.
The border vidette. (Nogales, Ariz.) 1894-1934, 1897-09-25
A COMPLIM EMIT.
Grand Jury Report on Treasurer
Office.


To the Foreman of the Grand Jury
Your committee to investigate the office
of the county treasurer have performed
their duty assigned them and beg leave
to make the following report: Itemiz-
ing receipts during September, and
balance, ST.. O:9 OF, which amount we
counted and fond correct
The books are marvel Of neatEess
and would do credit to any banking in
stitution. The treasurer called our at
tention to the insecurity of the vault
door where the county books and papers
are kept and we recommend that the
board of supervisors have Il new fire
proof door made without delay as in
case of fire. we would lose all of the
county's most valuable books, papers,
etc. AS it is now it is worse than no
door at all.
We lind many valuable changes have
been made in the system of keeping the
books of that office, which is of great
benefit to all persons who may have
business with that office, as it shows all
accounts and balances in business Ike
manner. His publishing from time to
The border vidette. (Nogales, Ariz.) 1894-1934, 1897-09-25
BuckIen'S Arnica Save.

The Best Salve in the world for
Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt
Rheum, Fever Sores, letter, Chapped
Hands, Chilblaius, Corns, and all Skin
Eruptions, and positively cures Piles,
or no pay required. 1t is guaranteed
to give perfect satisfaction or money
refunded. Price 25 cents per box.
For sale by Chenoweth IL Mix, Nogalos,
Arizona.