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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-16

The son of Composer Wagner, who
until lately has not been considered as
particularly enthusiastic in the cult OF
his fathers works, has suddenly be-
come more so than the most fanatic Of
the partisans, and in European dis
patches he is reported as having made
a violent attack upon his countrymen
for not taking livelier interest in the
performances at Bayreuth. He says
that the English and Americans are far
better supporters of Magnetism than
the Germans themselves, and he adds
sting to this by saying that the
French have always been our most
jealous adherents." This is the I'M
thinking fanaticism of late proselyte.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-16

part OF the State, and Wayne and Medi-
ma In the north. The best Ohio tobacco
is grown in sandy SOIL
The expense of growing and harvest
ing is about $50 an acre, and other ex-
penses coming in up to the time of mar
keting make total cost of $S5 an acre.
Even at these figures the crop is said
to be profitable.
About the first of April the seeds are
soWn In beds and covered with glass or
canvas. The slips are transplanted tho
first of June into ground which has IRE
viously been fertilized In dry weather
the plants will require watering. but If
set out after a good rain will take care
Of themselves. The growing tobacco
plant is topped when the buds are de-
veloped and II or Ii leaves are left. r
takes three or four weeks longer for tho
plant to mature. A warm and moist
season is best for tobacco.
After the plants are fully maturatl
they are cut off at the roots with TO-
bacco shears. Then they are sheathad
and taken to the drying shed. There
the leaves are strung on a lath four
feet long, seven or eight plants to 4
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-16

even among the deyotees Of the ma
vana, must concede that, SO Tar as gen
uine luxury is concerned, the cigar ~
whatever form, is infinitely INFERIOR "
the pipe.
Until recent years the United states
has had but little reputation as W
bacco growing country. OF iate' no"
ever, there has been a growing zen
dency to judge the domestic prouuc'
fairly on its merits, and the sale LAS
wonderfully increased. The Cuban war
has also increased the demand for ma
tive tobacco.
The annual production of tobacco IN
the United States now amounts 10
SOC, 600, 900 pounds; during the past -
years 81, 100000 has been collected
in revenues on this by the government.
The leading tobacco growing State IS
Pennsylvania, and there are dozen
others in which the weed is raised. Ine
"seed leaf is grown principally III
PENNSYLVANIA, Ohio, Connecticut, WIS
consin and Massachusetts; the white
burley'' in Wisconsin, Illinois and Ken
lucky: the Upright leaf" in Virginia and
the Carolinas, and the shipping leaf"
in Kentucky, Tennessee and Florida.
Last year in Pennsylvania alone 64,-
100000 pounds Of tobacco were raised.
The "seed leaf" yielded from 100
pounds to $500 pounds to the acre, and
Havana seed" from 1000 to 1900
pounds.
The popularity of Pennsylvania to-
bacco is that it has gummy leaf OF
close texture, which units it for wrap
pers. AS a filler it cannot be detected
by experts from the best Cuban filters.
A few years ago the acreage in the Key
stone State amounted to 10000 acres,
but owing to series Of unfayorable
seasons the acreage and the production
both have fallen off. The tobacco plant
grows four and one-half feet tall, and
bears leaf resembling that Of the
house rubber plant. Tobacco seeds are
almost If not the smallest seeds in the
world, and it said that enough to plant
ten acres of ground can be held in the
palm Of the hand.
In Connecticut practically all the
farmers raise tobacco. The Connecti-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-16

The reports of the Board of Health,
showing the number of deaths in Chi
cago and their causes, give some GU
rious facts relating to suicide, which
are made known with such astonishing
frequency in the newspapers, although
1t is only such as are attended with
peculiar circumstances that find their
way into print. The average number Of
suicides is very uniform through the
year, being about twenty-eight and q
fraction each month, and while the
number varies somewhat, one month
with another, there does not seem to
be one month, or set Of months, when
the number largely predominates that
of the corresponding period of another
year. In July, 1896, the number of sui
cides was twenty-six and in the same
month of 1897 it was forty-two. In
June, '96, thirty-nine persons took their
lives, and in the same month of '97
thirty-three committed suicide. Two of
the peculiar things shown by the re-
ports are the very small number of ma
tives of the city who seek violent
deaths. Less than one-half of the sui
cides in Chicago are Of American birth,
and 1t is rare indeed that one of them is
a native-born resident. For the first
six months of 1896 no native of the
municipality is reported among the sui
cides, while fifty-six were Americans
and 120 were foreign born. The Daily
News says It is proba BILE that many of
these foreign-born residents bring with
them to this country the common ideas
regarding suicide that obtain in their
native land, for suicide is more fire.
quent in some European countries than
it is here; and the classes most likely to
resort to it make up the large body of
immigrants TO America. As a rule
Americans are better educated, better
housed, clothed and fed than the i'm
migrants; they are not SO easily de-
pressed and they have better associa-
tions. The discouragements that lead
to self-destruction are less frequent
among Americans than with the foreign
inhabitants, while there is stronger
spirit of determination among Ameri-
cans than any other people in the world
Hence suicide is not generally regarded
by them as remedy that is worth the
trial.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-16
PRETTY LITTLE TWINS.
They Reside at the Hebrew Orphan
Asylum in New York.

They Reside at the Hebrew Orphan
Asylum In New York.
Louis and Samuel Bergofsky are the
prettiest 2-year-old twins in America.
At least such is the opinion of all the
visitors to the Hebrew orphan asylum
in New York City, in which the Bersof-
sky boys are spending their childhood.
These cherubs have light curling hair.
Dlack oriental eyes, very fair complex
ION, and weigh just forty-three pounds
each. They are fat and as good ma
tured as they are beautiful. Louis and
Samuel were made orphans by their
mothers death when they We're only u
hours old. They have lived in the asy-
ium since the spring Of 1895, and many
applications have been filed by visitors
Win the superintendent for permission
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-16

Treasury reports for the fiscal year
ended June 80, 1897, show large fall
ing off in the number of immigrants as
compared with the preceding year. In
1897 the total number of aliens land
ing in this country was 23O,S32, a de-
crease of 112,435 in the number arriv-
ing in 1896. Nearly every country on
the globe that sent us any of their peo-
pie in 1896 reduced the number in 1897.
The only countries that shew an in
crease are ROumania 6, Poland 3,473
and Spain 105. The largest decreases
in numbers are noted in Austria Hun
gary, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Russia
and Sweden. While the number of i'm
migrants from Quebec and Ontario in
ish North America was less than last
year. Turkey, China and Japan show
slight gains in 1897 1t is rather en-
couraging to notice that owing to the
more strict enforcement Of American
immigration laws the largest per cent.
of decrease has been in countries that
have been notorious for the number
of undesirable people contributed to
our population. Hungary, Italy, Rus
sia--each shows very marked decline
in the total number Of emigrants. An
other peculiar showing in the report is
in regard to the sexes Of the immi-
grants. In 1896 the number of moles
was 212,46 and in 1897 it was 1876, 1O7,
a decrease of 1889; but in 1896 the
number of females was 13O,SO1, or 39
per cent. of the totals, and the present
year it was 95,725, or Al per cent. Of
all
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-16

tobacco has undergone the sweating
process and then sold to the manufac-
turer.
The tobacco crop of Illinois grows
principally at the extreme ends of the
State, the leaf used in making plug to.
bacco in the south, and the finer "Ha-
vana seed" for cigars, in the north.
In Florida the tobacco plant was first
cultivated by the Indians, so that it's
history there goes back for centuries.
In 1S49 Gadsden County, Florida, pro-
duced 776,177 pounds Of tobacco, and in
1860 the crop in that county amounted
to 100000 pounds. The old 'Florida
leaf" is much priced and of late years
fine grades Of Cuban tobacco have been
grown.
In Vermont the proper conditions for
growing tobacco are found only in a
limited area along the Connecticut riv-
err. At present only about so acres are
under cultivation. In New Hampshire
tobacco is grown almost identical with
that raised in Vermont.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-16
OUR TOBACCO CROP.
THIS COUNTRY RAISES ANNUAL
LY 500, 900, 900 POUNDS.
In 27 Years THE Has Yielded in Reye-
nue. 81 1000, 600, OOO-Leading Tobac-
CO. Producing States-spread of the
Romance of the Weed.

If, when Raleigh returned to Eng
land in 1865 with package Of tobacco
and pipe, any one should have fore
told that in about three centuries the
plant whose leaves he brought would
have spread round the world, would be
cultivated in every zone from the froz-
en- regions Of the North to the burning
sands Of the tropics, would form one Of
the most important sources of wealth
to the farmer and manufacturer, one
of the leading solaces Of the worlds
misery and loneliness, that societies
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-16

down in a pit and the iron shed
used inside the core and OUTSIDE
cope was a half inch thick at ae|
and two inches thick at the bcI
thus preventing the danger of Cd
sion, such as was formerly cOnI
when casting a bell.
Streams from the furnaces pod
into the mold and the bell was |
and ready to be shipped to Child
The smaller bells We're made in u
the same way, but special moldTl
not necessary, as the foundry make
great many bells Of their size
The bells We're received in Chh|
and were placed on exhibition
platform in front Of the church,
they were viewed by the thOu
who comprise the densely popdi
parish of st. Johns Cantius.
they were consecpated, the pris
the diocese, Rev. Father John
prZycki, being assisted by
priests and Representatives of
than sixty Polish societies. Its
mated that 10000 persons were
ent at the service.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-16

Central Africa would become as fond
Of it as the fur-clad savages of North
America, he would have been deemed a
crazy dreamer. Yet all these things
have come to pass; the weed that to
sumed every year by thousands of
tons.
AS long ago as 1884, an estimate was
made that 100000 acres of the world S
cultivated land were known to be plant
ed In tobacco, with q yield of nearly
100000 tons, while the annual con-
sumption to each person, made and fe-
male, old and young, in the countries
where statistics are collected, varied
from % ounces in Great Britain to "a
in Holland. 1t is probable that the sta
tistics Of the acreage and the amount
Of product grown are far too small,
since no account is taken of the mill
ions of little tobacco patches in every
country in the world, planted by farm
ers who raise only enough for home
consumption, nor of the quantities pro-
duced in such countries as Turkey, Per-
STA and China, where the collection of
statistics is unknown, nor of the enOr-
nous quantities grown in the heart Of
the Dark Continent, where everybody
smokes who can get anything to smoke.
So if the estimated acreage was dou-
bled. and regarded as 100000 instead
Of 100000, and the estimated crop
were placed at 100000 instead of L.
100000 tons, the probability is that the
figures would more nearly approximate
the truth.
That portion of the earth's surface,
equaling one-tenth the area of Mis-
souri,, should be wholly given up to the
cultivation of a plant that 300 years
ago was practically unknown to the
civilized world is marvellous enough to
satisfy the most extravagant fancy, but
that the use of a plant which does not
allay hunger, which, of itself, is a rank
poison to all the animals, should have
spread all over the globe in compare
lively brief time, seems absolutely in
credible, and suggests that there must
be something in the qualities or medical
properties of the herb which makes it
not only universally acceptable, but ey-
erywhere craved as one would crave
necessity of life. For people may
talk as they choose about the taste for
tobacco being an unnatural and acquir-
ed taste: this may be true, and yet the
taste is none the less strong for all that
The taste for alcoholic stimulants is
also acquired, and every one knows it's
power. But whether used in the form
Of an incense to the goddess of ease
or chewed to pulp while engaged at the
various vocations Of life, or whether
enticed into the nostrils in the form OF
an impalpable powder, tobacco is alike
enthralling to its devotees, and in each
and every case binds them to its SER
vice as with shackles of iron.
In every nation where tobacco is used
at all, that is to say, all over the world,
smoking is the fayorite method Of en-
joying the seductive influences of the
weed, and pipe the principal medium.
It Is true that among millions of the
human race cigars are in fashion, but
however elegant may be the cigar as
means of realizing the benefits OF the
incense drawn from the leaf, every one,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-16
CHlCAGO'S LARGEST -
Weighs $500 Pounds

"eASns o'ooo rounds and
Johns cantius Church ms
The largest bell in Chicago "a
Gently placed in the towo, 40 'lstA'
Church of st. John cantius, at c W. y
ter street and Chicago avenna Vafpa
the better part of three DAYS - nf@|
the big bell and two Others nv" NJ aala
tower. Sixteen men were emn ,a'o .
the task, and man from tha pt ~.
at West Troy, N. Y, wbero :. .vuaa
was cast, superintendent the io ,us
Six thousand five hundred nO u
the weight of the big bell, and a @'s
came two others, weighing3 9Oon ma
and 2,4OO pounds respectively nv mug
bell is the largest in Chicago. II Tue
ures sixty-six inches across it, lucy
and it's height is fifty inches p asN
on the supports from which # swat
when ringing out summons fl S WI
mass or tolling the death of r a.s
Toner, the bell towers to moro '%S
twice the height of a man.
The big bells We're cast in Wos, n
n. Y, where most of the laroo
for churches are made. The w,,s
casting it was very tedious n,' WA
for great care must be used in t n's
a bell, as the slightest mistota
ruin it's tone. Seventy seven NO,
of copper and 23 per cent. Of fin ~
ed the alloy which was first mo5'
then melted into 12-poupd in'
These in turn were melted in tDm,,
verbatOry furnaces. A giant mold
made, consisting of core and y
the latter fitting over the form.,
ing a space between in the shane
bell. The outside OF the core oni
inside Of the cope We're lined with
hardened by firing. The mold
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-16

would be formed to prevent it's use,
that governments would derive large
part of their revenue from taxes laid
upon it, that poets would sing it's
praises, and kings write books denounc-
ing it's use, that it would be the cause
of schism among the adherents of one
of the worlds greatest religions, that
it would be used alike in the palaces of
the rich and the novels of the poor, that
the naked savage in the jungles of
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-16

The case of the man who died in New
is not so isolated as some may think.
There is no doubt that many of the So
called cases of that disease are merely
the development of extreme instances
Of nervousness and fright. As the ply
sicians attending him said, the man
thought he had hydrophobia, and that
was as bad as though he really had it.
The real hydrophobia is rarer than is
supposed.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-16

cut leaf is in great demand for wrap
pers because it is dry ana tough, with
just enough moisture in 1t to keep the
cigar In flavor. The flavor Of the Con-
necticut leaf is fine. Many who are
to any foreign leaf. Connecticut was
the first State to engage in the growing
Of tobacco for cigar leaf purposes. The
lands along the river valleys are par
ticularly adapted to the production Of
fine tobacco. For many years the en-
tire market supply for domestic cigars
was confined to a few hundred acres
scattered through the valley of the
Connecticut river. The Connecticut seed
leaf' or "broau leaf" is now used for
wrappers almost exclusively, the por-
tons unfit for this being used as filters
in connection with imported tobacco.
The ''broad leaf" variety is stocky
plant standing about three and one-half
feet high. The leaves are from Is to 1S
inches broad and "a to 80 inches in
length. After topping there are about 16
serviceable leaves to the plant. Expert
ments have been made with Havana
Seed" and this grows we'll in some To-
calities, so that now Connecticut pro-
duces two distinct kinds Of cigar leaves.
Fifty thousand Of the 100000 acres
under cultivation in Ohio are devoted to
the culture of tobacco. In fact, tobacco
is grown in So of the SO counties of
Ohio. The greatest tobacco growing
counties Of the State are Brown Darke
Montgomery and Noble in the southern
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-16
BAILEY'S BIG DOG.
A 267 Pound Canine Said to Be the
Largest In the Country.

The largest dog in this country Is the
property of Wayne Bailey, of Rutland,
vt. When weighed the other day he
tipped the scales at 267 pounds. When
the animal weighed PA pounds a prom
inent dog fancier declared him to be
the largest dog in the world. Repeated
Nero on exhibition at the big dog shows,
but he has never thought it advisable.
Nero is handsome half German and
half English mastiff, fawn brindle in
color, his head being of trif1e darker
shade. He sets UP firmly on his legs
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-16

In Stockholm a policeman's lot is that
of a dignitary. He must pass an ex-
tensive examination, after which he
wears a handsome uniform and occu-
pies quarters provided with fine furni-
ture, hot and cold baths and piano,
with free singing lessons. The Swe-
dish police system of telephones and
electric bells is hardly equaled any
where else in the world.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-16

the most picturesque men IL AZ,
was he who a few years - IN
panied Sarah Bernhard ,hy
horsewhipped Mile, ColOJ nd
throttled NJ. Soudan, lne u
who was present, and tHea .atI
that gentleman from pro:f
Bernhardt's victim. IL W." ,[,s
who was the author OF .,nI
hardt's suppressed BOOK ,,dsoI
CONNER" Richepin is a han '''I,,
letic man of 40. He is a o'" Il
ar. has been a soldier, poe' d ID
and author, and finally ~,
The press has him for .,s
the theater for a critic, ~ poy
glais for a patron, and La 'a, -
one of it's most striking nsu .,,,
but but as a writer of plays va s1,5
the Francois and was the :,
week. NJ. Richepin was W. IN
and is as dark as amulat aoi
ents were from Picardy, ,,n b
that the brilliant PariS." b
blood in his veins. NJ " r |;
at his latest escapade' .hat
line with his characlei,s . I'D
DIT loss for some sort " poaS
friends and the pubic - nsJ
asking: What VIII L.
People always resen hust
TORS wife roots fot Aoi
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-16

Dwellers along the Hudson have a
queer complaint against the big steam
ers on that river. The boats are pro-
vided with immense search-lights.
which they fash along the shores, with
painfully dazzling effect when the
beams strike the windows of a dwell
ing. 4 suit against the steamers is
threatened by the superintendent OF a
hospital located on the river.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-16

The Louisville Times reports that "a
frog in Graves County has got into an
ordinary jug and cannot get out" Prob
ably a closer examination will prove
Of frog.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-16

Every day or two the Chicago police
force is called upon to investigate the
truth of bottled messages picked up on
the lake shore and telling of shipwreck
and disaster OF suicide. Of all forms
of asinine joking ever devised by imbe-
Giles this is the worst.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-16

become literary lion in London. Both
Whitman and Miller must be credited
with better poems than have come from
the present English laureate, and the
new negro bard will not amount to
much If he fails to show more fire and
felicity than Austin has done at any
period Of his career.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-16

A worried New-Yorker writes to q
Gotham paper to inquire how deep one
can look into Boston's girls eyes If
she wears glasses. The New York pa
per gives it up without even trying
the experiment.. What is the matter
with Gotham's newspaper enterprise?
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-16

A toO-much married man at Zanes-
vile, Ohio, claims to have committed
bigamy by mistake, but the Chicago
operator perpetrates no such blunders.
What he accomplishes in this line he
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-16

Despite all the bowling and scraping
and finger kissing between the Gar
and Emperor William, their standing
armies do not cease for a moment bur-
nishng their baYonets and keeping
their swords at cutting edge.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-16

Public sentiment on the subject of ir-
rigation is plant of slow growth. But
Roadway Is being made. and ultimately,
beyond doubt, by private or Govern
ment energy, or both, an enormous sec
tlon of now arid lands Will be made to
support in comfort thousands of fami-
1ipS
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-16

The ST. Louis Republic tells of Ten
nessee girl who Swan across the
river on a wager" Wouldn't it have
been easier to swim across on a horse?
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-16

Our English friends have somewhat
eccentric taste in American poets.
Walt Whitman is their first choice and
Joaquin Miller comes next. A negro
poet, Paul L. Dunbar, formerly an ele-
1af0r boy in this country, u said to have
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-16

And now an archaeologist says the
slot machine was in vogue 200 years
before the Christian era. We didn't
know just when the thing was invent
ed, but we knew it was too old to be
beaten
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-16

If Prince Henri d Orleans cannot get
the bulk Of his duels off his hands in
any other way we advise him to choose
Calling guns for change of weap-
-nDs
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-16

The injustice of double standard
of morals is being widely discussed.
If some people would adopt ''single
standard" even they and the world
would be the gamers.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-16

Why should the fact that man reads
the papers disQualify him from jury
service? Is ignorance desired in the
jury box when a mans life hangs in
the balance?
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-16
A BRILLIANT ROGUE

Latest Escapade of the Erratich
Poet, Jean Richepin,
Paris is in full enjoyment Of aI
sensation, which has stirred tO'D7
tom it's literary circle and SOCIETY,"
orally. Jean Richepin. poet wv
and dramatic author, has elopa
Nine. Warnet, wife of the l
guished composer. Richepll S7