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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-08-05

The death of H. M. Higgins at San
Diego, Cal, removes from the world
of music a man who played some
what important part in the early musi-
cal history of Chicago. He was not
the first musical dealer in the city, as
has been stated. There were two or
three who preceded him. but he was
the first one who published music there
to any extent. Prior to his location in
Chicago he had taught music both in
New York and Wisconsin. In 1855, in
correction with his brother, A. +. Hlg-
gins lie opened a music store on Ran
dolph street, which soon become the
musical headquarters. The trade was
largely devoted to sheet music, and
lads of the popular sort. Though lot
a trained musician in any sense, he was
sufficiently up in the business to know
what suited the popular taste, and the
firm made some money. The business
was closed out about 1871, and H. NJ.
Higgins went to California, where he
invested his earnings in fruit ranch,
which he named Bonnie Brai," few
miles south of San Diego. He became
quite we'll known in Southern Califor-
MIA by q seedless lemon which he rails
ed, though for some reason it never
made the success in the market he had
anticipated. He was a man Of eccen-
trio disposition, had been for years a
radical spiritualist, had domestic trou-
bles, finally lost much of his property,
and died comparatively poor. His
death will cause much sorrow in the
region where he lived, as he was wide
ly known and was much esteemed for
his geniality and hospitality, notwith-
standing his many reverses and disap-
pOintmentS.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-08-05

One of the characteristics of yellow
Journalism is that it overdoes every
thing. One of the opponents of the vel
low in New York City really succeeded
in accomplishing something brilliant
recently. In four days from the discov-
cry of the dismembered fragments Of
q man in the river it had identified
him, proved that he had been murdered
and pointed out the supposed guilty
persons. Its reporters gave rapid and
brilliant aid to the police, and for that
much the paper was entitled to credit,
although many persons will believe
that it is not the province of a news
paper to usurp the duties of the detec-
tives. However, no fault might have
been found with that if the yellow
journal had not spoiled it's coup with
an anti-climax. 1t proceeded the other
day to tell how it did the work. Its
methods were plain to any Of its read
ers from day to day, but it insisted on
telling how Jones called the Office on
the telephone and Informed the Office
boy that another leg had been found in
the river, and how the Office boy start
ed back in horror, and how the city
editor acted with dispatch by assigning
Brown to the morgue, Jones to police
headquarters, and Robinson to drag
the East River. The public was told
how the piece of oilcloth which sur
rounded the fragments of the murder
ed man was photographed in colors
and used as evidence, and let into all
the petty details of the investigation
step by step. At the finish everyone
knows what the reporters had for
lunch, and the seething brain of the
city editor is an open book to the for
tunate readers of the yellow journal.
The account reads for all the world
like an installment for one of these
penny dreadfuls which engage the
rapt attention Of messenger boys. The
whole effect Of the newspapers work
is spoiled. But that is the way of yell
low Journalism.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-08-05

secutive minutes. It does not appear
that this remarkable effort was the re-
suit of any wager or a trial OF smok-
ing endurance, but just an ordinary
episode in the young mans day, only
in this case nature had reached the linn
it and collapse followed. It would seem
superfuous to hang any moral on this
episode. It would seem that every per-
son who can read or has the sense Of
hearing must know by this time the
deadly character of cigarettes. Yet the
fact that this Jersey City boy has per-
mitted himself and has been permitted
by his friends deliberately to kill him
SET indicates that a warning is still
needed Parents must shoulder the
chief responsibility for occurrences OF
this kind They are too prone to look
upon cigarette smoking as merely an
obnoxious habit, and their boys accord
ingly soon learn to take the same limit
ed view of it's nature. The fact must
be impressed that the cigarette is
poison. 1t brings death in it's wake,
and even if death is resisted for time
the life given up to this practice is be-
reft of most of it's pleasure and useful
ness. A weakened constitution and
mind are the inevitable immediate con-
sequences.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-08-05
The RetOFt Courteous.

The noted French writer, Piron, was
a wit whose reputation for brilliancy
of speech was unrivaMed. He was
famous for his flashing retorts; but
even the best of us sometimes have to
bow to superiority, though it be only
temporarily.
A lady once thoughtlessly asked
Piron In company whether he could tell
her the difference between a woman
and mirror.
'Tt is, madam" said Piron, instantly,
'that a mirror reflects without speak
ing. and woman speaks without re-
fiecting."
VERY we'll, Monsieur Piron," she re-
piled, little nettled by the remark.
"but can you tell me the difference be-
tween a mirror and a MANI"
NO." answered the poet
.Oh,'' was the reply, lit Is this, Mon
sieur Piron. A mirror Is always pol
ished, but man is not always SOL
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-08-05

Each car when loaded is hauled to the
slope, up which, with others, it is drawn
to the foot of the shaft and hoisted to the
breaker
I had no desire to prolong my stay In
the atmosphere Of the chambers; but
when I saw O man testing the air to see
if gas was forming and remembered the
numerous disasters that have occurred
in the coal regions through explosions l
was more anxious than ever to reach the
pure air and sunshine.
Notwithstanding the dangers attending
coal mining and the poor reward for the
miners work, the occupation seems to
lend a strange enchantment. Children
first enter the breakers to pick the i'm
purities from the coal, then they become
drivers in the mines, next miners assist
ants and finally miners themselves. They
are reared in an atmosphere of coal min
ing, seeing little else and having few other
avenues of employment open to them. 1t
is as natural for them to enter the mines
to work as for the farmer to go into his
bayfield, or the shopkeeper into the store,
and they think no more than these Of ac-
cidents. And yet minor accidents and
fatalities are numerous. We are all more
or less familiar with the great disasters
of the coal fields, in each Of which ten,
twenty or more persons have been killed.
But outside the coal regions themselves
the news of the minor tragedies seldom
penetrate, or if it does it is overlooked or
forgotten. But they are always occur
ring.
Surely the coal miner is engaged in
perikous work. He deserves better fate
than want and the contingency of starva-
tion-a fate that is confronting thousands
of miners and their families in the anthra-
cite regions of Pennsylvania to-day.
Considerable of romance attaches to
the earlY use of coal in this country Its
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-08-05

The story of Kaiser Williams late
injury to his eye is exceedingly charac-
teristic Of that eccentric potentate. AS
told in a cable dispatch, it was due to
his insisting upon the performance of
q difficult and dangerous task on board
his yacht in face Of the protests of the
officers under him. The work was ayow-
edly designed to show that nothing
was impossible" with HIM. e., when
performed by others-and- while it was
successfully accomplished with consid-
cradle injury to the vessel and great
peril to the crew. there SENS q sort of
'.poetical justice" In the fact that he
was the only person actually injured.
II he has learned, as the result, that a
German emperor is as likely to be hurt
by blow from a ropes end as any Or
binary mortal the lesson may not be
without it's value.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-08-05

discovery in Pennsylvania was made in
1871 by a hunter named Philip Ginther.
Ginther's hunting grounds were on the
eastern slope of the mountains drained
by the Lehigh River, and one evening
while on the summit of Sharp Mountain
he stumbled over the roots OF fallen
tree and kicked before him large black
stone Thinking that possibly it
might he coal, Of which he had heard
something, he picked up the lump and
turned it over to Col. Jacob Weiss, who
lived near the present site of Mauch
Chunk. The Colonel, after satisfying
himself that the specimen was anthracite
coal, organized the Lehigh Coal Mine
Company, one of the members OF which
was Robert Morris, the celebrated
financier. The work Of mining was be-
gun ut the very spot where Gnther STUN
bled over the PROSTATE tree and several
thousand acres of land were purchased.
But what to do with the coal that was
mined was a problem. There was no
market fer it. The surrounding timber.
and what with the low price Of wood and
the abundance of charcoal, there seemed
little prospect Of marketing the coal for
many long year to come. The work
Of mining was consequently soon aban-
doned.
4 Col. Weiss, however, determined in
bringing the coal to the attention. Of the
people. He filed his saddle bags with
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-08-05

ually engaged on the different levels, else
the water would collect in such quaint
ties as to render work practicable and
ultimately food the mine.
A dreadful accident occurred by the last
car Of one of those trains becoming de-
tached from its fellows. Alta point where
the fifth level branches from the slope one
of the workers was standing when the
detached car went rushing down the slope
with almost the velocity Of cannon ball.
Those who heard the roar of the oncoming
car shouted to the man to move. He
either did not hear them or became par
alyzed with fear; in any case the car
ground him to pieces against one of the
pillars.
Ultimately with my conductor reach
ed the ninth level of the mine and was
then standing more than 1000 feet be-
meath the surface of the earth, over which
the warm sunshine was playing. 1t was
warm enough, however, in the mine, al
though the air in the slope was pure.
In the Mining Chambers.
In the chambers where the miners were
blasting, the atmosphere was heavy with
the smell of powder and laden with dust.
One could see even in the dim light Of the
lamp he carried the very air he breathed.
or at least the admixture which with the
air he took into his lungs. Here then
and in similar chambers in thousands OF
collieries the precious coal that contrib
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-08-05
utes SO much to our every comfort is

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mined.
Around we're the possibilities of danger
and death. A body of gas might be eA-
ploded, a caye-in might occur; in multi
plicity of ways danger might hover near.
But the miner, with the confidence Wnicn
years Of experience gives, does not aiow
his mind to be troubled by these fears,
unless, indeed, some fellow worker De
stricken down. Then the dangers for a
while appear in concrete form, only grad
ually to be forgotten.
In mining coal the miner must natur-
ally follow the vein of mineral ana tnls
often runs at an angle of SIS or more de-
grees. AS he progresses timbers are
used to uphold the roof and platforms are
constructed upon which to stand. When
a quantity of coal is dislodged by expio-
sives, it falls to a platform where the
miners assistant breaks it up into man
ageable sizes and loads it into the cars
standing on track ready to receive 1t.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-08-05
Jowett's Sense of Humor.

The late master of Balliol College,
Oxford, Doctor Jowett, loved a good
story, especially one which exhibited
the comic side Of things. During d
sickness from which he suffered many
ills, he was asked by a friend how ha
was.
Jowett replied by quoting the Word|
of Sydney Smith, then canon of ST
Paul's, who, when at the point Of
death-"which," said Jowett, 81 AMI
not -declared that there was not al
much left of him as would make d
minor canon!
To another friend, who urged him 10
permit the publication of some of bis
sermons, Doctor Jowett said:
Publish nothing that is not quite
good. Don't be moved by peoples
opinion. There is a story of Bishop
harrington and Philpotts, afterwaM
Bishop of Exeter, who was at the time
Barrington's secretary. The bishop
said, I wish you to select for publica'
ton twelve of my sermons that you
think will do me least discredit' Short
ly after, when the sermons had been
chosen, the bishop asked, DO you thins
that these will do me credit? I prefe,
my lord,' answered Philpotts, to aG'
here to your lordship's former exprs'
SION The sermons were not pub
liShed."
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-08-05

to the breaker above, and others empty,
to be taken down the slope to the differ
ent levels, where the miners were dig
ging the precious mineral. Close to the
bottom OF the shaft were the stables,
where the long-eared, patient mules, used
in hauling cars in certain portions of the
mine, are housed. Few of these mules
since their first entry into the mine have
seen daylight and some Of them very prob
ably never will. On another side of the
shaft was an engine room, and a pump
was laDoriously at work, forcing to the
bright earth above the waters that are
ever collecting in these dark caverns,
Several of these pumps are thus contin-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-08-05
Not Extinct.

The speaker described in the follow
ing anecdote from "Short Stories" was
not the last Of his species. Unhappag'
his identity is more frequently estap
lished by the tag end rather than tho
beginning of Doctor Kane's compal'
ison:
DR.. Elisha X. Kane, on his return
from his great Arctic expedition was
invited to a banquet in New loEA'
where an after-dinner speaker talRN
an hour.
Doctor, what did you think OF tAS
speaker?' asked a friend.
1T was like an Arctic sunset" Az
swered the explorer.
what do you mean by that"
Bright and interesting, but provo
ingly long in operation" replied 'D'
doctor.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-08-05
DOWN IN A COAL NINE
TRIP THROUGH GLOOMY CAV
ERNS OF THE EARTH.
Going Down a Slope to the Working
Chambers Where, Amid Powder
Smoke and Peri1s, the Miner Digs
Coak-Discovery of the Mineral.
About Coal.
pittsburg, Pa, correspondence:

Pittsburg, Pa, correspondence:
Not many of us think as we sit by COM
Portable fires in the zero days of winter
of the difficulties and dangers experienced
in mining the coal that contributes SO
much to our domestic happiness and onr
national prosperity. Yet the handspring
of our very civilization is the coal the
miner digs in the gloomy caverns of the
earth. There ages ago the heat Of the
sun, absorbed by the plants from which
coal is derived, was treasured up and to-
day we have that same heat, in the form
of coal, at our disposal and subject to
our control. Without it we would be liv-
ing in the past-in the days Of the stage
coach and the sailboat, with out present
conditions of life, if dreamed of, another
Utopia. By it we can travel almost as
comfortably as if seated in our own
homes over thousands Of miles Of noun
tain and valley and thousands Of leagues
of ocean, and enjoy conveniences such
as were not within the reach Of the
wealthiest and greatest of ancient times.
Such is the value of coal to the modern
world and it is an interesting subject
how it is mined
To visitor to the coal fields one of the
interesting sights is the huge breakers
that are dotted over the region and the
mountains of refuse-the dumps
have been extracted from the mines.
These breakers are generally, though not
always, erected over the mouth of the
shaft or entrances to the mines, and it is
in them that the coal, after having been
mined, is graded by passing through diff
ferent screens, and cleaned by having
the impurities picked out by hand, those
employed for that purpose being mainly
children. The impurities are the con-
stituents of the dumps" and some of the
latter contain hundreds Of millions of
tons.
1t was my good fortune recently to
spend several hours in the colliery known
as the Little Schuylkill in Mahoning City,
Pa. While the midday sun was shining
gloriously and all nature seemed joyful,
I entered the cage and was rapidly low
cred to the bottom of the shaft, where
all was dark as blacklist midnight. Here
and there appeared Pickering lights in the
caps Of the miners and when the eyes be-
came more accustomed to the darkness l
saw the outlines of cars on the tracks,
some full of coal, to be presently lifted
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-08-05

Lynch law admits no defense. View
are bad. 1t may be granted that as a
rule the object of mob violence de-
serves the fate which overtakes him;
but every outbreak Of popular fury
brutalizes the community and weak
ems respect for law and order. The
true remedy for mob violence is the
cultivation of confidence in the ability
and certainty of the courts to punish
adequately all forms of crime.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-08-05
HERO AND MAN.
Duke of Wellington Wop,d :.
Take an Unfair Adva,+

LUKE VI ellington WOuId ~
Take an Unfair Advantage.
The worlds of "Reminiscences an,
tory agree that there was soma,
about the Duke of Wellington W
rendered empty pretence quito :" "u
sible in his company. He was I w
lutely genuine, a man without c a.s
or desire of display. He was insa
bly, courteous to women, but th,t
not prevent him from STAYING ofr :.
as were bores. One of them pnsh,s
asked him to give her an account ~
Battle of Waterloo.
"Oh," said he, ''it's very easiH L..
We pummelled them, they pummon
us, and l suppose we pummepad
hardest; so we gained the day."
Yet he was a great sticklar
punctilio in what seemed to him
proper places. When the regiment
his son, Lord Douro, was Quarters
Dover, the Duke was staying at nj
mer Castle, and the officers rode ~
and left their cards, as a matter
form. Soon after came an inyitaa
from the Duke of Wellington inys
all the officers to dine, but ipno,,
his own son. When Lord Douro ash
for an explanation the Duke gave 5
thus, with great good-humor:
Il make no distinctions in the sert
Those gentlemen had paid me the ca
pliment Of a visit, and 1 invited Nm
to dinner. You were not among tho
so I omitted you in the invitations
Thus he. could always hold his ON
with an imperturbability which mic
we'll have served him ON the field
battle. At q dinner ONE day he w
talking with the dogmatic John Wills
Croker, who contradicted him 6aR
about something which had occursi
at Waterloo. The Duke, knowing
man, submitted quietly; but not leI
afterward Croker again became ofa|
sively assertive in regard to percnI
sion-caps.
"My dear Croker said the Dusl
with unruf1ed good-humor, Il can yie]
to your superior information on mod
points, and you may perhaps know
great deal more Of what passed n
Waterloo than myself; but as a sporz
man, I will maintain my point abOu
the percussion-caps!'
But of all stories about him, there!
one which best proves his almost quiz
otto honesty. At one time he bousl
a farm lying near his estate, and thes
fore very valuable to him. When ii
purchase was concluded, his stewal
congratulated him ON having got sue
a bargain; for, as he explained, Il
owner was in difficulties, and had bet
forced to part with the land.
"What do you mean by a bargain
asked the Duke.
'It was valued at 911O0," said
steward, "and we got it for $780,"
LIN that case," said the Duke, "y
will be kind enough to carry the ext
$500 to the late owner, and never
talk to me of cheap land again."
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-08-05

The New York Press has a very live
" Imagination indeed. It says that
genius, like Shakspeare's toad, may
be out at the elbows and down at the
heel, yet all the while wearing pre-
cious jewel in it's head" If Shak-
speare ever had toad that was out at
the elbows and down at the heel we
don't recall it.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-08-05

A young Kentucky boy who married
q widow of so the other day was given
$1,000 in cash and told to go away
somewhere alone and enjoy a honey
moon trip. He'll probably forgot to re-
turn the change.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-08-05

The japanese attach their prayers to
the arms of windmill, and believe
that every revolution counts in their ia
yor. They have also learned to emboss
them on the tires of their bicycles, and
no doubt are happy in the conviction
that he prayeth best who scorcheth
hnSt
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-08-05

Colonel Fitzsimmons evidently Is
wrong in saying that Colonel Sullivan
'tcan stand only two or three stiff
punches" He is standing more than
that right along every day, to say moth
ing about cocktails and straight
whisky
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-08-05

In New York the other day several
deaf mutes sang several popular Sc
lections by gracefully utilizing their
fingers. The attention Of the young
man who thinks that Sweet Rosie
O'Grady" loves him is respectfully di-
rected to this method Of expression.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-08-05
Hit 1t Tandem Fashion.

All! my gallant boy" said the father
OF the child Rushem had just pulled
from beneath trolley car. THAT was
brave rescue. But didn't the car
strike your
NO. replied Rnshem, whose foot
ball days only closed last November:
but I struck it" And he blushinglv
pointed to the shattered wreck.-Phila-
delphfa North American.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-08-05

The last French survivor Of Water
loo was banqueted last month at his
home in France. His name is Ballot,
and his age is 1O4. He was % at the
time Of the battle, and, though many
OF the French troops were younger
than himself, he alone is left Of Ma
poleon's host of 81 900.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-08-05
TO CORRESPONDENCE.

An seumunications for this paper should Do aeosn
sasd By the name of the author; not necessarily foi
ubcation but a. an evidence Of good faith on the part
u the writer Write only side of the paper ~
.srticuary careful in giving and dates to have
ne letters and figures plain and distinct
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-08-05

It is said that the late Mrs. Oliphant
was informed fourteen months ago that
she was suffering from fatal malady,
vet she wrote steadily on almost to the
last day of her life. Stephen Girard
once remarked, eff l knew that L
should die tomorrow 1 would, never
theless. plant tree to-day
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-08-05

A Jersey City boy, II years of age, is
threatened with death because of ex-
cessive cigarette smoking. The climax
60 busy life in this respect was reach
ID when he rounded out special feat
~ smoking ITO Of the things in ITO con-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-08-05
Locks Thief in an Ice Box.

Gustave Stab, who keeps Du'cDs
and grocery store at TompkinsVlle, y
l., did not have much trouble In cap' y.
ing a burglar the other morning W
unlocking the door of his store he ~
a man packing up articles. StalD s'a.s
ed through the store, and the lnis =
who had seen him, opened the oool =.
the icebox and stepped inside. Wneu' :,
he did this with the idea OF escalF a, n
cooling off Stab does not know. o'a,
went to the icebox and put the las. n
ing on. Staib then walked leisure. ~
police headquarters and inforneo n
police that he had a thief on nee. .hp
officer returned with him and nan' N
thief a prisoner. He was very ~
when taken out of the Refrigerator
after he was in a small cell LII TX
quarters for awhile he asked
taken back to the icebox.
A woman walking on the strees. y" h.a