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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-14

onions 'about as big as a grave" beet
root, lettuce, turnips, sweet potatoes
and other crops occupy the rest of the
area. The farmer examines his grow
ing crops every morning, just as an en-
gineer inspects his machinery, and II
anything is wrong he puts 1t right. II
a weed appears in the bean patch he
pulls 1t up; il hill Of potatoes or any
thing else fails 1t Is at once replanted.
When he cuts down a tree he always
plants another. AS soon as one crop Is
harvested the soil Is worked over, ma
nured and forthwith resown to another
crop 1t is estimated that nine-tenths
of the agricultural land Of Japan Is de-
voted to rice. and as this Is a crop re-
quiring much water the paddy fields
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-14
1t is the practical aspect of civil serv.

1t Is the practical aspect of civil serv-
ice reform that makes 1t unassailable.
Great as it's benefits are to the public
service, they might not be able to pro-
tect It against Il combined attack In
Congr YihAaf the spoils system were
really, as 1t was once thought to be, IL
strong tower of defense for the poll
tlcian. He has learned that 1t is the
weakest point In his armor. He, In self
defense Is now ranged with the friends
OF good government on the side Of civil
service reform.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-14
rabpx Docs the Housework.

Bildad Is the name to which a cat be-
longing to Miss Angie Eddis, of Stock
ton, Cal, answers Miss Eddis owns a
little ranch just outside the city, which
she cares for herself, and also comforts
her crippled father and exercises SUI
pervisory care over Bildad. Miss An
gle has Il dozen fine bearing almond
trees that bring In no inconsiderable
amount, and Bildad Is Invaluable to her
in taking care OF the nuts. Every morn
ing in falling time Miss Angie sets a
large basket out In the orchard and Bill
dad begins work, frisking about back
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-14

are banked up into terraces, one above
the other, and divided off into small
plots twenty-five feet or thirty feet
square, with ridges Of earth between
them to prevent the water from flowing
away when they are flooded. All farm
ing lands are irrigated by system that
Is thousand years old. Some OF the
bitches are walled up with bamboo
wicker work and some with tiles and
stone. Nearly half the total population
of Japan Is engaged In agriculture.
Silk and tea, the two chief exports of
the country, are raised almost entirely
by the work Of women.-London Times.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-14
One of the largest nuggets of pu'

One of the largest nuggets of pure
gold Of which record has been made
that was ever found In either North
or South America is, says the New
York Sun, now in the office of Carter,
Hawley & Co, William street and Ex-
change place. 1t was found on n
placer mine In Dutch Guiana, ON the
north coast OF South America, In No
yember last. 1t Is In the shape of an
irregular honeycombed triangular
plate that Is about ten inches long on
the base line, by six and half inches
high to the apex and an inch and half
thick. 1t weighs 1864 pounds troy, and
seems to be pure enough to sell for $40
an ounce, or $3,753.60 for the whole
mass.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-14
Cultivate Small Farms.

Japan. and not France or Belgium,
would appear to be the land Of petite
culture. According to n recent Ameri-
can bulletin couple OF acres Is consid-
cred large tract for farming pur-
poses. Most of the farms are smaller,
and on little plot surprising variety
of crops Is cultivated few square
feet OF wheat, barley, maize and millet;
q plot OF beans, perhaps ten feet wide
by twenty feet long. similar area OF
potatoes and peas, and patch Of
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-14

and forth under the trees, picking up
the plump brown nuts, never ceasing
till the basket Is full, when he goes in,
letting his mistress know. by pulling
at her apron, that he needs help. Aside
from thus relieving Miss Angie of all
the trouble of gathering the nuts. Bill
dads services are called into requisi-
ton to protect them from rats, which
otherwise would begin to ravage the
trees as soon as the young almonds
show evidences OF maturity.
Another one OF Bildad's accomplish
ments is that of churning, at which he
Is quite an adept. Old Mr. Eddis, who
has quite an inventive faculty, has
manufactured little churn. with n
unique. light-running treadle, upon
which Bildad mounts and treads away
with the most praiseworthy industry
till the work Is done. So expert has the
cat become that he can tell by the sound
of the milk when the butter has come.
and strikes with his paw on the little
bell which is attached to the churn to
let his mistress know.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-14

Mr.. Slower had his clothes badly torn
and his face and hands were scratched
by the bushes like the results of II
scrimmage with wildcats. He Is una
Die to tell how he escaped serious In.
jury while going down the side Of the
rough hill ut breakneck speed After
the deer was dead. an examination
showed that the bullet had struck him
square upon the horns near the head,
which caused him to fall over in n
stunned condition.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-14

Simon Cooper ,,.,
ilercd three mer Moi'n Wv -
fly and a coloe Ehsiauu o'ousn' Win nei'
near Sumter, S.r curiosities collected dur
captured by thesidence abroad. piece of
being taken to- which was purchased at a
fcred. &c charity bazaar In London.
ted shawl about half a yard
rh. rnrl,.T.d its color Is pink. The ex-
landed Mt rs Indifferent, the usefulness or
1896 was uty of this article Is not appar-
cabin past the present possessor values 1t
New yond price. 1t is the handiwork OF
ne Queen OF England. and sent by her
% the bazaar. where 1t was rallied for.
This royal handmade shawl has a
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-14

Nearly everybody learns to do some.
thing nowadays. The man or woman
OF fashion usually plays on some must
cal instrument or recites. The newest
thing, however is the mastering of the
art of the prestdlgitateur. Many of
the swell men have become adopts and
entertain their guests with tricks OF
conjuring To do this well quick eye.
a dextrous hand and ready tongue are
necessary.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-14

draft by the various machines made for
that purpose. With the nippers which
are curiously and dellcately pointed, the
nlinutest particle Of paper can be picked
up and deftly handled. The width of
the figure Is measured. and then the
expert knows, provided he does not
recognize it ut glance, which he gem
orally does, just exactly what machine
cut 1t. With his own corresponding
machine he cuts the same figure from
the same kind of paper-for stock OF
every variety Of paper used Is part OF
his euuipment-and fills In the cut-out
figures by the aid OF the nippers and
his materials for dressing and harden
lnS down the surface after his work Is
done.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-14

The sending Of cotton from the South
to San Francisco for reshipment thence
to China and Japan is one of the anom-
allies OF commerce. Cotton for the ORR
from New Orleans and Mobile, but the
demand has increased so enormously
In the last year that those ports alone
can no longer supply 1t, and 1t has been
found necessary to send vast quantities
overland by rail to California
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-14
--.--r~@~J
Senator Davis, OF Minnesota. $;

Senator Davis, OF Minnesota, says
that the country has never experienced
such hard times rs In 1867. money
was not only scarce, but there was no
money In circulation-none to be had
anywhere Along the Chippewa, Black,
Mississippi. and other rivers sawlogs
were legal tender. In fact, everything
that possessed any sort of value passed
as token money. Up In Northern Wis
consin copper was mined, and copper
cents were minted and issued by pri-
waite individuals. The general store
I keepers issued their own scrip, and 1t
2assed for money many time. We
has been cry kind of token money except
Garrison and We didn't get quite that far
distance. ne primitive method and me-
change"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-14
NELSON DlNGLEY.
Talked of for Secretary of the treasury
Under Mckinley.

Nelson Dingley, Congressman from
Maine. has made some long leaps to-
ward national prominence during the
past year. notably as the author OF the
tariff bill which bears his name. MT.
Dingley is talked OF for Secretary or
the Treasury in the Mckinley cabinet.
Mr.. Dingley comes Of an old Yankee
family and was born in Maine 60 years
ago. He Is slight of figure, thin OF race
sharp of eye, quick Of speech. he
Is not rugged, and some people have
thought Mr.. Dingley not physically able
To stand the wear and tear Of the treas
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-14

Twenty-Five turkey gobblers at New
Brunswick, n. j.. attacked tramp
who had entered their Enclosure with
felonious intent, and when he got away
he had no turkey, nor as much clothes
or cuticle as whom he started in.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-14
A New COLLEGE.

Yes said Mr.. spiffin, II never had
no such chance at an education myself
but am determined that my SON An.
ner shall have the best there is going.
shall send him to college,"
Yale, Harvard or prlnceton?o
1 haven't decided yet. Whats th,s
electoral college see mentioned In the
newspapers SO neutrality-suspicious.,
Chronicle.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-14

There Is no royal road to wealth, and
there Is no way to shoe horse except
to nail on the shoe. SO says a black.
smith, and, in proof Of his assertion,
he states that while nearly 200 patents
have issued for horseshoes and $4,000
paid into the patent office at Washing
ton, not one Of the inventions has ever
been used
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-14

guaranteed historette attached, and
though not signed by the Lord Cham
berlain or the Prime Minister, there is
n real Countess, not to mention the
original owner, to swear to the genu-
ineness of the document going with
the article.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-14
Critical Moment.

Whittier, the poet, and Lucy Larcom
We're once driving in buggy drawn by
restless animal. The horse become
more and more vicious, and the buggy
swayed like ship In storm. But
never n word would Lucy spare on the
high-erected theme which then engaged
her mind. AT last Whittier could stand
1t no longer, and as he redoubled his
enorts with the reins, he exclaimed:
Lucy! II thee do not stop talking tilR
get this horse In hand, thee will be In
heaven before thee wants tor
We defy any man on earth 70 do mn
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-14

Dreadful how the bicycle is run
ming oats out Of the market. isn't it?i
Eyes, 1t Is; but the crop of wild oata
seems to be coming along about as usu-
aL"-Ch!cago News.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-14

A New York Clergyman who recently
conducted Sunday morning service
on Blackwell's Island learned that
there are at present fifteen college
graduates wearing the stripes" in that
penitentiary.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-14
TO CORRESPONDENTS.

All communications for this paper should be
panied by the Of the author not necessarily for
publication but evidence Of good faith the part
of tue writer Write only side Of the paper Be
particularly careful in giving and dates to have
the letters and figures plain and distinct.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-14
PRINCE OF MAGlCIANs.
The Great Hermann Couid Non
Jugg1e with Death.

The theatrical world and the thou
sands who had witnessed his wonder
ful art were shocked by the news that
Prof. Alexander Hermann, the great
magician, had died suddenly. He was
In his private car on the Buffalo, Roch-
ester and pittsburg Railroad and was
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-14

Magistrate-Do you mean to sov
such physical wreck as he Is gave Won
1nat black eye? Complaining WIFE
shure, yer honor. he wasn't a phvs,cal
wreck till after he give me IN, h,aos,
eye.-Puck
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-14

We doa't much care for tragedy maa.
70 order We have enough n real life.
Think Of the blu collectors.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-14

It Is because the press gallery is just
underneath the ladies' gallery In the
House of Commons that the parlia-
mentary Journalist Is said to be only a
little lower than the angels.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-14

we defy any man on earth to do up
2 package the way a woman does It
Arizona republican., 1897-11-25

The popular rendezvous Is at Wake lin's pharmacy, the coolest room in town.
Arizona republican., 1897-11-25
PERSONAL MENTION.

Hon. N. o. Murphy left last night for Prescott.
 O.. H. Jackson of Prescott is a late arrival at the Ford. <'a
 V. l. Bell of Tucson arrived in the city yesterday morning.
 Charles Davis and his bride, from Stanton, Ariz, are guests at the Ford.
 Martin Quigley, one of Leadville's mine managers, is guest at the Ford.
 Mrs. Jotham Bixby and w. L. Bixby of Los Angeles are at the Hotel Ad- ans.
 R. B. Hatch, Kansas City travel ing man, was at the Hotel Adams yes terday.
 Edward F. Rice. president of the Rochester Brewing company, is a late arrival at the Ford
 A. w. Lewis, the big wine merchant and commercial man from San Fran cisco, is at the Ford
 John Lyons of Kansas, who is op- erating the Dead Dog mine near Hot Springs, is at the Ford.
 MT. J. George Hilzinger left last night for Tucson to spend Thanksgiv- ing with his family
 J. A. Yeaitman of San Francisco ar
Arizona republican., 1897-11-25

excess, many of them are thoroughly regular in their habits, but they lack the training the Indians have had. Manager Tritle of the Prescott eleven arrived in town yesterday morning and the team came last night.
 The teams will line up as follows: Prescott Grumpke, center; Roberts, right guard Redwine, left guard; Sparks, left tackle; T. Campbell, cap tain, right tackle; Myers, left end Kaufman, right end; H. Campbell and B. F. DeLaniy, half backs; Smith, fu7l back; W DeLanty, quarter back; Heath, Bolden, Anderson, Cowley and Vines, substitutes.
 Indian school-William Steven, cen- ter; Leonard Mendoza, right guard, Earl Pittman, left guard; George Head, right tackle; Hendrix, left tackle; George Pratt, right end; James Ross, left end; Oliver Wellington, quarter back; Cyrus Sun, full back; Grouse Perkins and Zavados Buck. half backs; Campbell, substitute.
 The coin will be tossed promptly at 3 o'clock.
Arizona republican., 1897-11-25

abstract principle of right, lawyer told them that they could collect $4 day apiece They accordingly made out formal claims against the county to be presented to the board of supervisors at the next meeting
 The third and last trial of this case was marked by a warm incident. In the course of an argument Mir. Kings bury, attorney for the defense, criti- cfsed the persistency with which the district attorneys office was follow ing the matter and said that it was unprecedented, that in a case of this sort the prosecution should be maintained after two juries had dis agreed. Judge Kibbey replied that it would have been dismissed but for the fact that the last jury was hung by a man who had been tempered with. The lone juryman was B. J. Bonsall and his friends felt aggrieved at the imputation. Mir. Bonsall speaking Of the matter last night, said that when he went on the jury he had never seen either of the defendants, had had no conversation regarding te case and knew absolutely nothing about it. He Is not now acquainted with either of the defendants. He contends that the sheep held by Smith, the prosecuting witness, never legally passed cut of the hands of the defendants and that consequently they could not have been guilty of forci,nle entry as charged. The testimony showed that the prose- cutting witness, whatever his provoca- tion might have been, had obtained control by intimidating the Mexican herder with a ShOtg Regarding the verdict of yesterday Mr. Bonsa1 said it might be charged with as great reasona bleness as it had been charged against him, that nine members of the i jury had been tempered with.
Arizona republican., 1897-11-25

rived in town yesterday morning and is a guest of the Hotel Adams.
 President B. B. Gage of the Phoenix National bank arrived from Prescott yesterday morning. He is stopping at the Hotel Adams.
 Lawrence E. Bell and family, from Detroit, Mich, registered last night at the Ford. Mr Bell is manager of one of the large dry zoe is houses in that city.
 Mrs. George w. Cheney of Tucson arrived in town yesterday morning on her way to Congress ito visit her sis ter, Mrs. Stanton. She is a guest of the Hotel Adams
 Charles P. Streeter of Ottawa, Ill.,, is a guest at the Ford with his wife. MT. Streeter is connected with the management O. the glass works at Ottawa.
Arizona republican., 1897-11-25
IT NEVER FAZED HIM.
A Phoenician, Sprinkling Cart and a
 Control of Feelings.

Some men are emotionless or as ca pablo of harboring strong emct. ons with as little outward manifestation as that Spartan youth exhibited while stolen fox was making an excavation into his enltrails. Late yesterday af- ternoon Phoenician was riding a wheel up Monroe street with a quart of cranberries in the hamper and live turkey attached to the handlebar by light string around one leg. The sprinl1ling wagon had passed along in it's devastating course just before him. Suddenly the wheel shot out sideways from under the rider. For moment the heavens were obscured by conglomerate mass of man. tur- key and cranberrses. When disinte- grafton of the mass was compete the man was standing dazed by the road side, the cranberries were loosely sown over a section of ground half as big as town lot and the turkey was on the topmost branch of a tree in an adjacent yard insanely cacklirg. The man looked around for minute. eWincing no special interest in the catastrophe. Attracted by the cack- hing of the turkey he gazed in that dt- rection. Next he saw a Battered and muddy derby hat in the middle of the road. It merely afforded suggestion and he put his hand on his own bare mead His eye caught red blotches on the ground; he stopped and picked up three or four cranberries, tasted one and threw the rest away. He next spled his bicycle on the other side of the road. It's appearance there did not strike him as unusual or unexpected. Then he put his hand on his thigh and withdrew it, smeared with mud. He spoke for the first time in a soft. even tone. Well, by God; I'm here yet, with a slight accent on 'I'm. " The oath was not vainly uttered and will not be reckoned against him. IL was earnestly expressive of surprise rather than of anger He picked LID his hat, stood his bicycle against a curbstone and began to devise a plan for recapturing the turkey. He was assisted in this moveme t by F. w. Hill, who was passing when the cata- clysm occurred. The legs of the tur- key were tied together securely this time and the man began scraping up the cranberries where they lay the
 thickest, saying that the mud would wash off.
 The only reference he made to the accident was indirect. He said he was
 a democrat, as his father had been be fore him, and he had been accustomed
 to reading democratic literature and
 newspapers. His politics, he said
 would not prevent him from subscrib- ing to The Republican as early as pos. sible, because he believed it's views
 regarding purely local affairs to be sound. Not long ago, he said, he had
 read in it an editorial animadver- sion against the reprehensible habii
 many of the drivers of sprinkling carts
 had of unnecessarily flushing the
 streets, rendering them unpleasant, il
 not actually unsafe. By this time ke had gathered up all the available cral-
 berries and much unavailable mud He thanked MT. Hill for his assistance ir
 recovering the turkey, which was again tied to the handlebars HG
 mounted the wheel and continued his journey up the street muddy, but se
 rene.
Arizona republican., 1897-11-25
HEWINs VS. EWINs.
A Suit Growing Out of Contempt for
 the Letter "H."

A verdict was found for the p.ain- tiff in district court yesterday in the case of L. E. Hewins vs l.. E. Ewins and various unknown persons It was an action to establish identity and the plaintiffs position as legatee un- der the will of D. J. Edwards, who died at Hot Springs, Ark, last sum- mer, leaving his estate consisting of property in Phoenix valued at about 5000 to MT. Hewins, or at any rate, he intended to leave it to MT. Hewns, whom, though he was net a relative, he had known intimately for many years. MT. Edwards was an English man, one of the kind to whom the let ter 'fh" is a superluous character and who contemptuously disregarded it by employing the soft aspiration in all words beginning with it. IA soft as- piration is, as Greek scholars know, none at all. Consequently MT. Ed wards only krew the legatee as MT. Ewins. If MT. Edwards wrote his own will he carried his prejudices against the letter 'h' to the extent of "slur- ring" it with his pen If lawyer wrote it he was deceived by MT. Ed wards soft aspiration, so that in either event the apparent beneficiary was one l.. B. Ewins. Hence the suit, which if not ex parte, was wholly friendly. A part of the property de- scribed in the will lies on the west side of First street between Adams and Monroe. Mr Edwards was an early owner of the Gold Hill mine.
Arizona republican., 1897-11-25
THANKSGIVING DAY.
Proclamation By the Governor of
 Arizona.

Another seed time and harvest have brought Ito the husbandman their golden reward for his labor, and an- other year of peace has given to the merchant and tradesman a revival of trade and a more confident hope for the future Another year of health and prosperity has enabled all classes and professions to pursue their daily avocations with a cheering measure of success, and afforded all good cilti- Eens of the territory abundant cause for gratitude to the Giver of all good. Now, therefore, mindful of a time honored custom, and in compliance with recent proclamation of the president of the United States, ap- pointing a day of national thanksgiv- ing, I, Myron H. McCord, governor of the territory of Arizona, do hereby appoint Thursday, the 25th day of No vember, A. D., 1897, as a day of thanks giving and praise, and I recommen to all the people of the territory, Hhat laying aside the ordinary cares and pursuits of life, they on that day re pair to their usual places of worship, and in solemn assembly return thanks to Almighty God for His goodenss and lowing kindness to us as a people, and humbly s,1pplicate Him for a con- tinuance of His divine favor, to the end that civil and religious liberty, moral and material prosperity, en- frightened and free government may be vouchsafed to us for ever.
 In testimony whereof I have here
 unto set my hand and (SeaO caused Hhe great seal of
 the Territory of Arizona
 to be affixed.
 Done at the City of Phoenix this 9th day of November, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seWen.
 By the governor,
 MYRON H. M'CORD CHARLES H. AKERS,
 Secretary of the Territory.