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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-08-26
The Divided Democracy,

Free trade has been betrayed in the
house of it's friends. Mr.. Bailey Of
Texas, the Democratic leader in the
House, has repudiated the Democratic
doctrine Of "free raw material" A con-
siderable number of Democrats voted
for some of the Protective features Of
the Dingley bill, and the atlanta Con-
stitution," in recent issue, said that
the time had come to correct the error
people made in considering the Dem
ocratic party Free-Trade party. We
have more respect for the foresight of
these men than for their consistency.
They at least have read the signs of the
times and have seen that Free Trade
is "dead dog in the future politics of
this country. Hence they are trying to
rid themselves of any part or lot in that
economic fallacy by whatever means
they can. In any case, however, we are
glad to welcome them from the dreary
outposts of Free Trade into the fold Of
Protection. We recognize them as pio-
neers in the general movement of the
people of the South toward the adop-
ton Of the sound principles of the
American system of Protection.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-08-26
Glasses Not Needed.

The class legislation inflicted upon
the country by the Dingley tariff law
was visible without glasses the other
day in New York when the Majestic
arrived. The poor people Who had
crossed the sea to witness the jubilee
and do little shopping had their boxes
pulled open and ransacked, and thou
sands Of dollars were taken from the
victims. It was the class of people who
go abroad to spend their money that
were subjected to this procedure, and
the Democratic soul burns about this
class legislation.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-08-26
Wild Cat Stew

The old advice to eat with closed
eyes in French restaurant will have
to be given to prospective eaters at
outdoor feasts in the South, If variety
continues to become more spicy down
there, as witness, following the cold
meat luncheon Of a Maryland physi-
clan, lately noted in the New York Sun.
a rabbit salmis," given to his friends
by Judge NJ. S. Bringier of New Or
leans, which turned out to be wildcat
stew
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-08-26
Political Notes

Fusion which fuses votes only and
gives all the offices to the Democrats Is
no longer popular with the Populists.
What has free trade done for the
farmers of England? Wiped them out.
The free trade policy in America would
have the same tendency
In order to keep up the price of wheat
the farmers of the Northwest should
take the tip of extending the area Of
barley and going into beet culture.
Silver has reached the lowest point
in its entire history. But Director
Preston of the United States Mint says
that it is to go still lower. This fall, he
says, is simply the lack Of demand by
the world for silver as a money metal.
The Republicans have no policy that
contemplates the contraction of the
currency. They never did demonetize
silver and never mean to do so. The sill
yer that we have-we mean the money
we shall keep and make useful. 1t is
not scarce, and it will wear out slowly.
The recent fall in the price of silver
has precipitated alarming business
troubles in Mexico. Exchange has gone
skyward, business is at a standstill,
manufactures have suspended, and
there is talk of going to the gold stand
ard as a business necessity.
The Harrison Administration, under
the Mckinley tariff and Sherman re-
sumption, was in full career of prosper
ity when there was "a change" want
ed, and after the Democratic election
in 1892 that came fast enough, and
stuck to the people like burr.
The increase in the supply of gold
through the recent developments in
new mines and new processes is not a
mere matter of chance. 1t is the legiti-
mate response of the miners and money
producers Of the world to the demand
for a convenient metallic medium of
exchange which does not fluctuate in
value.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-08-26

%, N'i'D t>E. years of age, is re-
MarkaEly vigorous and in good health.
"le detlghts to see the soldiers and
,",ef them in their old age. AS each
a''gs"uoh came into the city they went
w 'ne nome Of Mother Bickerdyke and
PAU their respects. She received each
U"e with handshake and a cheering
word.
lne services were held in a large
u Addresses were made by A. J.
a,', Of Russell and William Rus
W.. wa o' bunker Hill. A hundred old
~ l'r'"nS escorted Mother Bickerdyke
~ ,l'e ceieoration in hack. Address
Co were made by Commander Bo+kin.
sna a' ed Lewis Hanback, of Topeka
ron Cnlonel Thomas Jackson of New
ed no'her Bickerdyke was present
~ WIN a silver water service by the
of ~ ~ N, OF Kansas in commemoration
No. la0ors for the old soldiers of
md =, nIckerdyke was Mary Ann Ball,
Ohio nc was born at Mount Vernon,
piIc,;, ~ lol'. She came from the old
knic,,n,,N STOCK, intermingled with the
frn nNneroockers. Her ancestors came
the OIL nlisland almost century before
vire;n;" revolution, and it is from the
descsnaa.n, alis that Mrs. Bickerdyke is
HisS D." course at Oberlin College,
aurxin~" n studied the methods of the
cipcinssooi that day in the hospitals of
senorasa After her marriage she
10 Galesburg. Ill. and the
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-08-26
in 1893 wages on the Maine Central

Railroad were cut down, and they stay
ed at the cut figure until the free trade
party went out Of Office. But among
the first fruits of the restoration Of pro-
lection to American Industries is the
trail to what they were previous to 1893.
They used to say, "As Maine goes so
goes the Union.' Maine has set the
right pace this time, and will not be
long until the rest Of the Union follows
with better earnings for the people.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-08-26
All I.yea ON Ohio.

While there is no possibility of a
change from the benefcent tariff act
just passed to free trade conditions for
the next four years, yet the continual
agitation Of the question Of change Of
tariff laws is almost as ,hurtful as
change itself, and the only way to pre-
vent the possible evil in 1898 is to pre-
vent the election of a free trade ma
jority in the House of Representatives
and to make the Senate safely protec-
tive Ohio will sound the opening blast
in November, when she elects her next
Governor and Legislature, and her ev-
cry material interest is involved in the
result. The country expects her to send
a firm friend Of protection to the United
States Senate, and she can do this only
by sending strong friends of protection
to her Legislature. Her great iron,
coal, lumber and other industries
should begin to work to this end now.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-08-26
~ Erase Dickens Landmarks.

It is proposed to tear down a portion 70,
~ tha older part of London, and IN 40
TO tb;s . locality with which Dickens
9 :.a,.;t,el IL, some of his best-remem-
hered novels has been doomed 10 ~: :.
Is even said that the exac. pu ,. n,s
which he put into fame as the u4o ~,
r Sn.a1 Shop is one of them. But some
81 e the English people are pleadang TOT
tha preservation of this locah.y' ~
Tue p'T nscrans has in effect made It 2
faatnre in London history.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-08-26
CHAMPION FLoATER CATCHER.
Uncle Eb Jackson of st. Louis Bears
That Distinction.


After twenty-five years of hard work
along the levees of South ST. Louis,
Uncle ed Jackson, the undisputed
champion ''f1oater" catcher of the Up
per Mississippi, has retired from active
operations, says the st. Louis Post-Dis-
patch. Uncle Eb is So years old and
has snatched from the arms Of the
mighty Father of Waters body for
every pickaninny that plays around his
door on krauss street
The contrary current breaks sharply
off from the main flow about two and
half blocks below the old uncle's
home, and sweeps back to Krauss
street with considerable force. The
bodies of those tired souls who seek
rest in the Mississippi's bosom are
whirled into the pool in such numbers
as to earn it the title of Dead Mans
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-08-26
Our Silver Statesmen.

One of the ways the free silver propa-
gandists proceed is to instruct loud
mouthed cranks and blatherskites to go
about the country and talk big about a
few alleged points for silver. Usually
the first one is to complain of the
Crime of decentralization Of silver.
There is one fact that goes hard with
these missionaries It is that there are
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-08-26
Not ALI Do It.

"Any fool can write a novel;" said
Griggle. "You can make things come
out just as you want them to-"
every true" replied Dixon, "but you
must admit that there are some fools
who do not write novels."-Boston
Transcript.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-08-26
THE BOOMING CANNON
o,rn,s OF CAMP AND BAT.
n- TIE INCIDENTS.

Survivors of the Rebellion Relate
Amusing ard Startling Incl.
,+s of Marches, Camp Life, Forag-
Experiences and Battle scenes.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-08-26
creencast1e Jenny.

Greencast1e Jenny.
oh, Greencastle Streets where d s"
,-..f, 4I,a slanted muskets the soldiers
rod earth muttered and shook
to feel
The tramp and the rumble OF Long
streets Corps;
rlr bands were blarlng line bonny blue
Flag
And the banners borne were motley
many;
And wat thing the gray column wind and
uas slip of girl-we'll cali her
Jenny.
-, r =, rirl-what need her name?-
With her cheeks afame and her lips
aquiver,
l.. sbo leaned and looked with loyal
shame
A. tho steady flow of the steely river;
mn ,tarn grew black in the hazel eyes
Time had not tanned, nor lover sighed
7 for;
And she ran and she girded her, apron
wise,
With Tie flag she loved and her brothers
died for.
o,,+ Of inc doorway they saw her start,
Ip;oLait's Vircinians were marching
thought,
The hot little foolish hero-heart,
Armore,l with stars and the sacred blue,
Clntchiny the folds Of red and white
Stood she and bearded those ranks of
theirs,
Shouting shrilly with all her might,
"Comp and take it, the man that dares!
pickett's Virginians were passing through;
Snnple as steel and as brown as leather
Busty and dusty of hat and shoe,
Vontpd to hunger and war and wealth
er:
Peerless. fearless, an army's flower!
Steiner soldiers the world saw never,
Marching lightly, that Summer hour,
To death and failure and fame forever.
Rose from the ripping ranks cheer;
Pickett ssIuted, with bold eyes beam
ing,
Sweeping his hat like a cavalier,
With his tawny locks in the warm wind
streaming.
Fierce little Jenny! Her courage fell,
As the firm lines fickered with friendly
laughter,
And Grccncastle streets gave back the
yell
That Gettysburg slopes gave back soon
after
So they checrcd for the flag they fought
With the generous glow of the stubborn
fighter,
Loving the brave as the brave man ought,
And never a finger was raised to fright
So they marched, though they knew it
not,
Through the fresh green June to the
shock internal,
To the hell of the shell and the plunging
shot,
And the charge that has won them
name eternal
And she fell at last, as she hid her face;
There had lain at the root Of her child
ish daring
trust in the men of her own brave race,
And secret faith in the foes forbear-
ing,
And she Sobhcd, till the roll of the rum
bling gun
And the swinging tramp of the march
ing men
We're memory only, and day was done,
And the stars in the fold of the blue
again.
tIhank God that the day of the sword is
done.
And the stars in the fold of the blue
aGainD
-Ilelcn Gray Cone, in Scribners.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-08-26

spects to that moth
er Of all soldiers,
Mrs. Bickerdyke.
The Mother Bicker-
dyke day was origi-
mated by Command
er BOtkin as a to-
ken of the gratitude
Of the Western sol
dier to an .estinable
woman,
Mother Bicker-
dyke, while 80
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-08-26
where the Boom Had Died.

at must be awful to be broke away
out West"
II didn't find it so. had pretty
good suit Of clothes, so pretended to
be wanting to invest in real estate.
Nothing was too good for me. "-ln-
dianapoIis Journal.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-08-26

The payment Of fees to American con-
suls is, of course, distasteful to foreign
exporters. But the heavier these fees
are made the stronger becomes our
policy of protection.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-08-26
in the treasury of the United States

in the treasury of the United States
more than $5OO,0OOOOO in silver-and it
is not and never was demonetized-not
a dollar of it. How much silver do the
silver statesmen think we ought to have
in the treasury? 1t does not seem that
fifteen thousand tons are satisfactory.
mere suspicion of free money in the
white metal.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-08-26
Maine Sets the Pace,

In the general slump" which fol-
lowed the advent Of the free trade par
" into the control of the Government
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-08-26
Clears His Record.

IT is never too late to clear ones
name and that is why Judge Roger A
PRYOR now of New York, denies the
STORY which found credence in some
quarters that he. deserted from the
Confederate army during the civil war.
Vermont officer who had gone to the
niolsat line to swap some tobacco was
taken prisoner by the rebels. The IN
ion men vowed revenge for what they
considered the violation OF taclt
truce and they swore to take the next
.Johnny'' who came UP TO swap.
happened to be Colonel Pryor. InaI IS 3
what he says, and he is corroborateo
nv the Vermont officer.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-08-26
Mother Bick

Mother Bickerdyke" Honored.
fuIly 200 old soldiers, their families
ana friends crowded into Bunker Hill.
Aan.. RECENTLY, to honOrand pay their re-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-08-26

death OF her husband left her to sun-
port two children. At the beginning
OF the civil war she offered her services
TO the sanitary commission at Chica 90
ana, being accepted, was assigned to
cairo, LII. She served all through thu
war, and her fame as a nurse spread
throughout the armies of the North
and the South. Many a brave soldie..
owes his life to her, and she is honored
oy the soldiers as is no other woman.
Since the close of the war Mother"
Blckerdyke has lent her valuable aid to
: many charitable missions in the East
ana III the West. She has been a pen.
sion agent, and in that capacity she
mas seen that many deserving soldier
mas got his rights. Of late years she
mas lived at Salina, Kan, closing the
years OF well-spent life.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-08-26
A Lesson to Importers.

Congressman Dolliver of Iowa, in his
speech in the House of Representa-
tives on the Dingley bill, stated that a
great number of importing merchants
had appeared before the Ways and
Means Committee and that not one of
them had come to protest against pro-
tective tariff. AS Mr.. Dolliver pointed
out, the importers of this country have
learned, during the disastrous days of
the Wilson German law, that not even
importers can prosper under the indus
trial paralysis caused by free trade,
which means the destruction Of Amer
lean industries and consequent loss of
work and reduction Of wages to Ameri-
can wage earners. People without work
have no money to buy imported goods
or any other kind of goods.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-08-26

secretary IN herman . StTeH2CHs
Secretary Sherman astonishes his po-
litical opponents by his vigorous and
forceful administration of the State De-
partment and by his ringing American
utterances on international matters
which bring a thrill of pride to every
American heart. It is, however, hard
on the people who were assuming six
months ago that the selection of Mr..
Sherman as the head of the cabinet was
mistake.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-10
DAILY
ropuiatlen Appears to Have Little to Ne with
Their Distribution,

There arc 10000 newspapers in the United
states, OF which $3.50, or more than ten per
cent. are published daily. These daily papers,
however, are not distributed uniformly through
out the several States, and there sooms to be no
clear rule for the discrepancies to be found in
some States. New York, for instance, tho
largest OF tho States in respect to population.
md tho one, too, having the largest number OF
newspapers. has only 1873 dailics. whereas Penn
sylvania, the population of which is one million
and a quarter loss than New YorE's, has 2Ol.
Missouri, with q population of 100000, has
only 81 daily papers, while Indiana, with n pop
ulation of 100000 less. has 1877, yet the Hooslor
State, with Illinois on ono sidc ana Ohio
on tho other, has not usually been noted
for its public enlightenment. On the other hand
Missouri has 700 weekly papers, whereas In
diana has 577. The population of Mnssachu-
sets by tho last census taken-thc State census
of ls95-wns 2.5OO.O0O The population OF
California at the same time was l,25O,o00, or
just one-half. Massachusetts has long had a
high rank in all matters connected with cduca-
ton and public enlightenment. 1t is the State
of several universities, 1t Is prominent in oil
educational matters, md 1t is one " the very
oldest Of the States OF tho country IN point Of
settlement. Yet Massachusetts has only eighty.
eight daily papers, whereas California, with one
nUn inc DOpulullOn o. tne Day '2tut'' HfS ITO.
These arc some of tho discrepancies which seem
to require explanation.
Tho distribution of daily papers throughout
the country is in other respects singular. Mis-.
sissippi, with n population of l,25O,O00 and
with large mercantile, and agricultural inter.
ests, has only nine daily papers. whereas. Ari-
IONA, with u population. one. twelfth as large
and much Of IL made up of persons wholly litter
ate or nearly 30. has ten daily papers. Della
ware, including the thriving city of Whining
ton, and with no foreign population numerous
enough to be considered, has the same number
of daily newspapers rs New Mexico with a pop
ulation $4,000 less, and a considerable. por.
ton OF it Indians and halr.brceds. There
are only nineteen daily gnpors in the
Virginia. and twenty.nine in Kentucky. But in
North Carolina, u State destitute OF large cities.
there are twenty-one daily papers and in
Arkansas there are twcnty-six. New Hamp-
shire and Vermont are ncighb0ring States;
their population Is about tho same-betwecn
$50. 600 and $4,000. Yet New Hampshire has
fifteen daily papers and Vermont has four only.
Connecticut has. relatively. more daily papers
than has Massachusetts,. Iowa has more than
Texas and Idaho has fewer than any other state
or Territory with the exception OF Alaska.
though this condition III ~ not be permanent
when the belatcd returns have been received
from the Klondike, where heretofore journalism
has not fiourished. The United States have
moro daily papers than any other country, but
their distribution is peculiar.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-10
SMUGGLING OUR WHIsKEY.
Pirates or ~. Pierre Handling tho WESTERN
American Product by the Wholesale.

hueEichH iFouuCt ny n NtnOienhie.
QUEBEC, Oct. S.-The customs authorities here
have been notified that immense quantities of
western American corn whiskey, manufactured
for the purpose, have been shipped from New
England points to st. rc.Miquclon. and are
now In possession of some of the moro daring of
the st. Lawrence pirates, who thrive by wreck
ing and smuggling, and are now awaiting op-
portunitics for making clandcstine importa-
tions OF the conlraband liquor into Canada.
Tho Canadian Government has sent private
customs detectives To st. Pierre. who are
In constant communication with tho authorities
here by telegraph. but the smugglcrs have 80
many tricks that even the full information they
have 10 OF very little value. After leaving st.
Pierre, vessels laden with the smuggled goods
change their destination and frequently rc.ship
their cargoes of tho coasts of Newfoundland or
Labrador into smaller vessels, or land them
upon some dcsolate shore, TO be taken or board
again, at some more favorable time. Oitch II
vessel will act US IL decoy for n Government
cruiser and lead it a long chase away from u
smuggling craft.
The officials are at their wits ends to know
how to cope with the despcrados with the. small
means at their IN and tho pirates,
knowing how they are now watched, arc on
pccted to land tho greater. part or the contra:
band liquor when tho gulf Is partly covered
with hoating Ice, and the Government steamer
CONSTANCE, which IS an exceedingly poor sen
boat, will be unable to follow them. For noNt
season it 10 probable that the Government Will
purchase u new cruiser.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-10
Three Queer Tennessee Farmers.
Ncom the Wcsh fnpton Post.

There is in Tennessee u family of three ~sistera
which presents some of the most startling peculi-
arities Imaginable" said Mr.. j. j. Kennedy OF
that state. "Thc three sisters live together on
II farm, their sole means OF subsistence and work
early and late TO earn "a livelihood. Two OF them
other housework.
There is but one period of the year when any
member OF the tire has ANYTHING TO say to any
and summer they 20 about their business with
the seal OF silence on their lips. When fall
silence. and then only. TO quarrel over the d.
vision Of the proceeds. When each has sue
ceodcd in getting n that shn thinks possible,
silence reigns agi ain until thr next harvest tune.
The sisters ns YOU may Judge, have made .
near as tho deaf and dumb t%riplets,' althouE6
such . title IL scarcely appropriate"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-10
A MODEL RAILRO.ID STATION.
II 10 About to He OPENED for the Use or Har-
lens Traveller nj I25th street.

1t 10 About to he Openrd for the Use or Har-
lcm's Travellers Mt I25th street.
What Is described as a model station will be
opened, according TO schedule. on Oct. Is, at
10th street and Fourth avenue. for the accom-.
mediation OF the people OF Harlem, who are now
using a temporary station on the railroad
viaduct at that point. The now station is TO DO
for the Harlem and Hudson River trains. 1t
has been constructed level with the street
under the metallic viaduct, and runs from
l25th to l26th street, its dimensions being 200
feet by 40 feet.
The exterior Is of white terra Gotta brick;
the interior Is finished in carved oak. Among
the features OF tho new station are the follow.
ing: An information bureau, parcel room, n
bicycle rack, and telegraph and telephone Office.
One difficulty long connected with the Harlem
station OF the Central has boon the inability Of
passengers to have their baggage handled. but
this cause of annoyance is to be obyiatcd in tho
new station, for two elevators have been con-
structod to carry tho baggage BET the
station and tho street. On either side OF the
station are To be baggage rooms, and tho station
10 to be lighted throughout by electricity ana he
heated b. steam. A portion of the cell tr will
be transformed into n vault for the storage OF
books and other papers brought from, Grand
nents on II comprehensive scale arc in progress.
The Grand Central station is now used hy
organization. each having dincrcnt arrange.
ments tor the accommodation OF passengers. and
for the h ndling OF baggage. The changes now
under way are designed 10 transform it into II
union station. Instead of three waiting rooms.
separated from each other by brick walls. there
modern waiting room. Ono baggage room will
serve for all three railroads. At the time Of
the opening of the Grand Central Station tho
population OF the city OF Now York north ofthe
line OF Fifty'ninth street was comparatively
nconsidcrablc. More than ninc.tcnths of tho
population Of New York lived below this line.
and the station at Forty second street was by
many regarded as uptown. The changes in
population since have added 10 the demands
made upon the l25th street station.