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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-08-19
DISTINGUISHED CANADIAN

Felix Gabriel Marchand, the New
Premier of Quebec Province.
Felix Gabriel Marchand, the new pre-
mier of the provincial government Of
Quebec, is one of the most distinguish
ed sons of the province. Mr.. Marchani
has been honored by the republic o.
France with the title Of ''otficer Of pub
lie instruction" He was given this title
in 1881. He did valuable service for
the dominion during the Fenian raid
At that time he was lieutenant cOOnd
and won special mention for his haV
cry. He was in command of the brig
ade that moved to the front at the timel
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-08-19
THE LEGEND A MYTH
The Enchanted Mesa of New NJ
Divested of Its Romano Ale

Divested of Its Romance so
The legend of the enchanted ~
situated some distance south Of Az
querque, New Mexico, has been 'OI
ploded by a party of explorers hoos sA,
by Prof. Libbey of Princeton rn;r a
sity. The mesa is perpendicular W.
rising 700 feet above the surface of "
plain and covering forty acres. po 'us
according to tradition, Acoma IndosS
to the number Of 1900, dwelt in q rS
lage in the sixteenth century, tba'
means of access to the top of the may
being by steps they had cut In the ron
Once while the able-bodied membos
were at work in the fields below I;nS,
ming destroyed the steps and cut os
from their kinsmen the aged Jndon
and children left in the village on tas
of the mesa. To reach the unforn
mates, thus isolated, was impossE.
and all Of them to the number of %,
persisted. The surviving Acomas tho,
moved to a new home and ever sinns
regarded the mesa as sacred, Tim,
runs the legend.
Last week Prof. Libbey ard nar,
visited the mesa prepared to exnlos
it. A line was shot across the roct
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-08-19

A Georgia editor who is travelling
abroad writes to his paper from Rome
to say: 1--WE are greatly shocked to find
this city in such state of decay" Well,
it used to be quite lively town, but of
course after the late julius Caesar took
that Roman punch from Mr.. Brutus and
quit the city government fell into the
hands of ward politicians and the town
went to pieces. Is it any wonder that
the Coliseum leaks?
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-08-19

penalties are to be inflicted for VIOLA
ton of the law, and many packages
have already been seized in Martinique
which came from the United States,
though they arrived before the promul-
cation of the law.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-08-19

In Knoxville, Ala. the other day a
signing swain, aged 1O4, led to the altar
q blushing bride of 81. Neither had
been married before. Both were col
ored. The brides heart capitulated be-
fore the present Of well-stocked mel
ON patch. 1t is impossible to resist the
wiles of Cupid when he resorts to
watermelon tricks.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-08-19

WITH FEET. lHS UISIEHSeu
with the other as superfuous.
The manager of some travelling circus
noticed the boy and persuaded him to
join his troupe. On the old high ma
chimes, however, trick-riding was COM
paratively easy. 1t was only when the
safety suddenly became the craze that
Valdare saw his opportunity of yentur-
ing on an absolutely new field. The
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-08-19
Animals and the Weather.

Many naturahsts insist that animals
have a special sense which enables
them to foresee approaching changes In
the weather and conduct themselves
accordingly. Hens, ducks and geese
are well known to make preparations
for rain, and hours before the change is
apparent to human beings these crea-
lures may be seen oiling and dressing
their plumage. Pigs frequently pre-
pare shelter for themselves before a
storm; pig carrying mouthful of
straw is to the farmer a sure sign Of
rain. Dogs and horses exhibit unusual
lassitude before rain, and the cat wash
ing her face is. among housewives, a
certain sign. The croaking of the ''rain
crow is considered, in the country dis
tricts, as an indication of bad weather
while even ants and bees, when rain is
approaching, seek their homes, the for
mer retiring to their holes and closing
the entrance, while the latter hurry to
their hives as though conscious that
danger was in the air.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-08-19
For Indigestion.

Among the many remedies for indi-
gestion is the agreeable one of the
rocking chair. An excellent medical
authority declares that the slow, rock
Ing motion after meals stimulates the
digestive functions and gives marked
reied. The patient ought to be placed
IN an almost horizontal position.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-08-19

A Bostonese woman refOrmer pro-
poses that Congress shall establish
throughout the country governmental
marriage bureaus to compel by law ev-
cry man to marry. But that good wom-
an should not overlook the fact that
this Government could better afford to
pay large proportion Of the men of
to-day not to get married.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-08-19

1t is reported that a society has been
formed in the East composed exclusive
ly of college men, whose object is to
secure laws providing for the electrocu-
ton of idiots, lunatics, deformed chill
dren and old people. 1t is to be hoped
that the ignorant will not take this So
ciety as an evidence Of what college
usually does for young men.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-08-19

HE 1leroof Casiir zegen the %
successfully Chlcago t1e
building West Twelfth street ana ogue
his chest He placed the Du
neo
ten The bullet PROOF c
could be picked OUT
only small mark snow ZOE
was Tree
physicians present to see the es @
fire him he aa mne en
the a conple
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-08-19

A dispatch from Mobile says that 4
negro, after numbering another negro,
attempted to escape, and wounded a
white officer who Nas pursuing him.
The special correspondent tloughtfully
adds: ''For this latter offense he prob
ably will be lynched if the people can
get at him." Why ''latter?'
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-08-19

A vaudeville trust has been organ
lied and is now in operation, but It is
Just as we'll to remember that the same
old soubrettes cannot safely be trusted
under the new regime.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-08-19
ro conRespoNDnn1s.

{ Al .ouuun,cattons for this paper should be ascsM
..,.d bv tina name of the suthor; not necessarily fo'
but as an evidence Of good faith on the par
n the writer Write only side of the paper ~
srtacularly careful giving and dates to hAvs
o.. ls,t.rs and figures plain and distinct
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-08-19

TITS love that makes the world go
round, but in the case of the negro of
1O4 who courted the damsel of 81 in
Tennessee the little god mad to be help
ed out with the extra inducement of a
melon patch to the bride.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-08-19

The Princess Chimay is in trouble
again in Berlin. Apparently she is de-
termined to be a model young woman in
everything but department.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-08-19

back turned to the handle-bars and
rides it thus round and round, some
times Steering with one hand, some
times folding both arms before her.
In another, keeping her left foot on
it's pedal the whole time, she swings
her right leg over, and placing it on the
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-08-19
An unhuried King.

It will not surprise most peor n
learn that the late King OF op az,
whom a statue has just been aeu.~
at Madrid, is not yet buried ~, D"'' ID
cred with a winding sheet, ile' ,nd
marble slab in a vault of the h's nsI
This is in accordance with r,
dating from the year 17oo' ~ n,pse
will lie where it is until 1he = d
king dies. Then it will DC us ,airs
with great pomp beside the ren Il )
his predecessor in the chape'
Eucurial. :,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-08-19

Lillian Russell asserts her belief that
marriage is failure" How does she
know? Before making such statement
as that she ought to try it for while
instead of progressive monogamy.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-08-19

A New York paper prints facsimile
of Henry Irving's signature; but as no
affidavit goes with the reproduction we
prefer to credit it to the work of a blue
bottle fy
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-08-19
TRICK BIKE RIDING.
TWO CLEVER AMERICANS PER-
FORMING IN LONDON.
Riding with the Front Wheel Of
Climbing Through tho Diamond
Frame-Vau1ting from One Pedal to

Mastery Over the Wheel.
There are many men and women who
give exhibitions of fancy" bicycle rid
ing, but the palm belong to Mr.. and
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-08-19

"Look out for counterfeit dollars"
shrieks q Wisconsin contemporary.
That's bad policy: better look out for
good ones.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-08-19

Nj I S. Valdare,
whose perform
ances have never
b e e u rivalled,
either in this
c o u n t ry or
abroad.
The machines
they use are of
average weight,
and similar in
appearance t o
thousands of the
Mr.. V a | d a T e
American bikes.
commenced his
cycling career in
1883 on an old
fashioned high
machine. He was
then IA years old,
and used to ride
t b + o u & h the
streets Of Denver,
Col, from his
home to school on
one wheel, hay
;rr diSnon cod
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-08-19

The New Orleans Item anxiously
asks: "Is it Klondyke, Klondike Or
Clondike:" PROFESSIONALLY it is.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-08-19

Whenever. a woman asks io /,
pins at a dry goods store, sue "
are for her sister.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-08-19

The first thing the women will do
When they get into power will be to
enact law compelling man to love
only one woman at time.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-08-19

brim Of the wheel, lowers the machine
till it rests on the right pedal. From
this posture, and without even touching
the ground herself. she throws the ma
chine to an upright position and starts
off as if there hal been no interruption
whatever.
When riding at full speed she will
now and then spin her front wheel
round like a teetotum, without wayer-
ing an inch out of her course.
More snowy even than this. how
ever, is the way in which she rides.
standing first on one pedal and then on
the other, keeping both legs always on
the same side Of the machine; or an
other trick, in which she and her hus-
band swing round and round each 9th
er, changing from one side of the ma
chine to the other, while, as If by
magic, 1t continues to run diligent:y
about the stage.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-05-27

Heaven alone knows where he is to-
day"
The colonel ceased, and silently
dotfed his slouch hat, as though to the
memory of his brother. All the chill
dren sighed in chorus; and Flaxen- hair
gripped closer her grandsire's sword
hand as though in consolation.
During the story they had made q
complete round Of the soldiers section,
and were once more nearing that por-
tion Of the cemetery from which they
had started. Many tombstone bore
remembrances of the children's love
and the colonel's kindly comradeship
"And now, grandfather" said little
Flaxen-hair, show about the grave
without any stone over it. I've kept q
real nice cross for that grave"
"You are thoughtful little lass, /"
answered the colonel, "and the real
nice cross shall be laid on the grave
without delay. But stay! What is the
meaning Of the excitement yonder?"
Under the maple tree, and quite
close to the nameless grave for which
Flaxen-hair had reserved cross, q
small crowd was gathered. Al the
colonel and his conveys Of boys and
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-05-27

Fortunately fell upon pile of sack
ing, so that my fall did not disturb the
sentry, whose gray-coated back I saw
in the moonlight at some distance.
In that quick look around
/ saw something else as well. Our
dear flag had not even been torn from
the staff to which it was nailed, but
still hung there awaiting orders from
headquarters, no doubt) with the Con
federate colors Haunting above it.
II took me just minute
to dart across the enclosure and wrench
both fiags-our own and our enemy's-
from the pole. Then 1 sprang behind
n broken gun carriage, just as the SEN
try turned and began his return beat.
II can tell you, my dears, that your
old grandfather's heart beat tattoo on
his ribs, while that sentry was passing.
Would he see me? Would he notice
the absence of the flags? Fortunately
he did neither. He was not very
good sentry, that one; for he never
looked up as he paced along the escarp-
ment.
''When l thought I might venture
forth I arose aud ran in STOPPING
pQaitiQn for the breastworks. Ny foot
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-05-27

waved all day over the fort-were in
the hands of the enemy. You have no
idea, my dears, of the disgrace
brought by the loss of his regimental
colors upon the soldier. Some of our
men, when they heard the news, actu-
ally sat down and wept like babies;
others went almost mad and wanted to
storm the fort then and there. But
wiser counsels prevailed, and finally n
man volunteered to slip back into the
fort, under cover of darkness, and, if
possible, recover the flag"
''That man was you, grandfather,
wasn't ito" asked little flaxen-h hair.
The. colonel nodded his head gravely.
eyes, twas l." he said. "There were
many volunteers, but was chosen for
the attempt AT nightfall accordingly
| slipped past our sentries and by
crouching behind mounds and even
creeping among the dead bodies on the
battle field, Isucceeded in passing the
enemy's pickets and reaching the ditch,
below the encampment of the fort.
Here / lay for some moments listening
to the steady tramp OF sentinel on the
escarpment above. Then, knowing
that quickness of action was every
thing, ! clambered up the bank, hand
over hand, and rolled into the fort.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-05-27

Was on the escarpment-in another in.
slant I should have slid triunphantly
into the ditch; when the sentry turned.
Down I ducked behind the friendly
pile Of sacking. But my movements
were hardly quick enough Clearly
the sentry had seen something sus-
vicious. for he retraced his footsteps
and came towards me. What was to
be done? Ny mind was made up in o
trice. I measured the approaching
man in the dim light, and saw that he
was of slender build-a mere boy in my
hands. Then, as he reached the heap
of sacks, I suddenly leaped up and
grappled with him. 1t took less time
than I spend in telling you to wrest
the bayonet out Of his hands.
'Just as he recovered nerve enough
to shout I threw one arm over his
mouth, and clutching him around the
body with the other, we rolled over the
escarpment and fell side by side into
a ditch. He was underneath. The fall
stunned him; and as he lay with ex-
pressionless eyes staring at the starry
heavens, l saw his face for the first
time
"And-and you know who he was?"
eagerly exclaimed Miss Flaxen- hair.
my dear" said the colonel with a
rather sad smile-"you know the story
by heart. Yes, you are right; saw
who my prisoner was, the moment I
looked into his face. There he lay, at
the foot of the escarpment, dressed in
the gray uniform Of the Confederates-
my own brother, Jack, the son of my
fathers house, my schoolfellow and
playfellow since babyhood, and now,
by stern fate, my foe
'There was no time to be lost. Even
for my brother, 1 could not wait; so I
took out the brandy flask that the cap
tain of our company had slipped into
my pocket, and laid it in his nerveless
fingers. Then, just as 1 was about to
go, remembered the Confederate flag
which carried. There was no abso-
lutte need for me to bring back those
colors; and if they were missed, it
might go hard with the sentry on duty.
My object, after all, was only to re-
cover our own flag; so took the rebel
stars and laid them on Jacks breast.
Then l forced some of the brandy be-
tween his teeth, and, without waiting
for the result, ran with all speed to-
ward the Federal lines. Luck was
with me to the last, and escaped scot
free, to receive great ovation in our
camp. They made me captain for
that nights work" "
"And Uncle Jack-what became of
him?" queried Flaxen hair.
He must have recovered; for I saw
his name in the Confederate reports
many times afterwards. Finally, he
was severely wounded and left the
army. Notwithstanding all my re-
searches l have never been able to
trace him. When my father died he
shared his property between Jack and
myself. / set to work by every means
in my power to find the lost brother.
Personals in newspapers, paid agents,
and the like, all failed to discover his
whereabouts. Perhaps the poor fel-
low died of his wounds long ago.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-05-27

It may interest young New Workers
whose careers have been pretty much
coterminous with the period of elevated
railways and cable roads to learn that
a correspondent of daily newspaper
recalls the time, some thirty-fiv years
ago, when mules or asses were used to
draw street cars on the Sixth avenue
road. The experiment was soon
abandoned, however, as the hoofs Of
the animals aforementioned could not
bear pounding On the Stones, nor were
the mules capable of making squirt of
speed when car was behind time.
Truly, lthe world moves, if the mules
did not.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-05-27
The Soldiers Heritage,

If ever the morning stars sang n
gether and the sons of God shouteitl
Joy, it was when this was made sUs
free republic in fact as well as in dssi
Cherish it, live for it, be prepnsi
die for it; nourish it SO that it will q
dure, that it may be the faithful a,
todian to your children and Their ci
dren after them; make it worthy Of n
dead who died for it; make it wort
of the generations who are goingna
future to possess il. So, guariinga
spirit, the circling centuries ID
wheel above our country in all stra
,lendor, crowning it with the ho,l
of age, without robbing it Of The nd
and beauty of youth. 1t shall sn
and at the last day, when the pl
the Nations shall be called w
Egypt shall come up in the dusky 4
ments of the night; Greece radiant
the glory OF intellect; Rome ma-ela
panoplied of arms; Italy lustrolsn1
beauty of art; Germany clad in thsa
ments of learning, starred with POD
France gemmed and jeweled vithp
osophy and art; England clad in
image of law and splendOr Of 4
merce; America shall come up robe
truth, sandalled with peace, erd
with the stars of the Union, andM
with the diadem of freedom -Nu
Booth.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-05-27
At THE CALL OF DUTY


The Amersea. Soldier Perished rh,, :.
\ Il American Nation Might Live.
AT the call OF duty as each p,a..
stood it, they abandoned all hOps =
fruit of life, and cast all into m =. -
steady, ardent, deadly struggle =
supremacy. How. magnifcep, ~ ~
sacrifice, how sublime the self,abD..a :
ton! As the springtime clothes ~
more than kingly raiment the l.,.s
and breadth of the continent. 50 siTs
tane6usly came these flowers Of n
peoples hearts to the work of tbs y
dier. By day and by night, throD.,
forest and over desert, over moup,,s
and through swamps and rivers sns-
ing physical tortures not to bs
pressed in words, burned by sum-.
suns, frozen by winter frosts l..
gered and athirst, often half.clad -,
half-shod, wasted by disease ~ ~
shrunken by unwonted exposures ~. -
crowded with emulation and ios,T,.
eagerness to the banners Of ,I..
choice, and in camp and hospital !,
skirmish and set form of battle in vE
tary outpost, and in the hurly.br,
of shot and shell, and the das, Nj
smoke of fields encarnadined with a.
glorious blood Of their youth, M,
came to death as to a feast and M,
ished that the fSerican Nation nir,,
live. Who shall Se heard to say n,
we who survive them, and all the pr.
erations yet to come, shall no, cO,,
tinue forever to give them our grs,s,,I
remembrances, and the tears Of rsp,]
at their untimely taking of, and h.,,
the choicest garlands that human band
can weave upon the blessed grass, b,
meath which they rest from their hh,
and await the reveille of the arch,nr
of the resurrection.-W. II. L. Bupa
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-05-27
did not.

A correspondent of Cycling Life
writes from st. Louis: every house
called on recently, not only in bicycle
but in other lines as well, emphasizes
the fact OF an immense improvement
the last few years in general conditions
in the South. Nowhere else in the
country have the years of business de-
preston proved such blessing in dis
guise. The iniquitous credit system
which has been such hindrance to
business in that section has received its
death blow. Bankers and brokers have
been forced to discontinue loaning large
amounts on growing or prospective
crops. The planters have been forced
to cash basis or something near it.
Merchants are better able to discount
their bills and are doing it," This is
true, says the Louisville Courier.
Journal in corroboration. Except for
the floods there is no reason why the
South cannot expect to prosper.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-05-27

girls approached they saw that it sur
rounded two persons-the one aA irate
man in the uniform of q cemetery war;
den, the other . small boy. An ex-
clamation escaped from Colonel flan-
ders when he recognized in the boy
the same pale, ill-clad urchin whom he
had noticed in the path earlier in the
afternoon. The cemetery official was
clutching the lad by the shoulder, as
our worthy veterans, bidding Flaxen-
hair and her companions stay where
they were, hurried through the Gordon
Of onlookers and gained the culprit's
side.
The brass -buttoned warden, recog-
nizing in Colonel Flanders one of the
cemetery governing board, saluted re-
spectfully.
This boy has been pulling flowers
from the shrubs anc creepers, he ex-
plained. 81 caught him in the act"
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-05-27
GETTYSBURG, 1927

The fields of Gettysburg ore ~
Where once the red bloVl iI-, ,'-, ,
The oas leaves throw a dallC'-s
Where perished horse anu anu SJ1i Sin'
The saplings whisper on .ne H'-
Where rolled fiery tlde' =. M,
And songbirds splash the I'Vsi Jisi |
Where armies fought anu ''
A marble sentry scans the tel'
And granite cannons lroSI
Where dusty regiments ohJV I Vlc5,.|
And shot and shell ralnea, W., ,,s |
But DER the sentry's mar'l"
Now sits the cooling doSs' ,S, ,I,s
Breaking the silence OF Tue w n,s.
with murmuring notes o' y"
Al Are those Of buds and hSusn' 70, q,
The swift and sudden ln,lIlsssr raOs,r
Are made by passing Snnssrid
Huge hay carts now arc l,S. iu'
And soldiers, boys a. !. PiS,. ,ss ..ls
The only camp fires are 'D
The fiery glory, day
Thank God that all thinsi ,iasi.
Together move for riSns i;,,., y
M Gtnht ond her half'sls'e'
Shall die in Joy and .llv !,sass, sscr,
That through a mystery !, " sSs,,;
His mercies ne'er shsll : sllus csI lO,s
That out Of hate shall !, issss sssss. e.
And out OF war comv m,v,i,,h.,&