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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-03-17

The recent destruction Of the battle
ship Maine has directed public atten-
ton anew to the armored man-of-War
as an engine of destruction, and al
though Captain Mahan has pointed out
that the chance of accident on battle
ship in time of peace is infinitely be-
low that of a first-class Atlantic liner
in passenger service, the modern man
of-war Is practically an unknown guam
tity in actual warfare. There have
been only three opportunities in recent
years to test the practical worth of
fighting crafts. The war between Tur-
key and Greece last year had no naval
incidents worth mentioning. In the
Chilean, the Brazilian and the Chinese
wars, however, armOred cruisers were
brought into action, and it is signifi-
cant that in those wars the chief dana
age was wrought by torpedoes and not
by battle ships. In the Chilean war
the Blanco Encalada, an ironclad of
$500 tons, was struck by q torpedo in
night attack and sank in nine min
utes, with $50 members of it's crew.
In the Brazilian war the Aquidaban,
an ironclad of 5,791 tons, was render
ed useless by two torpedoes. The first
sent the cruiser to the bottom, but, as
the engagement occurred in shallow
water, the upper battery could still be
worked. The second torpedo practic-
ally lifted the Aquidaban out of the
water. In the Chinese war the Chen
Yuen, the most formidable vessel of
China's insignificant navy, was wreck
ed by torpedo and was only saved
from sinking by being beached and
abandoned to the enemy. These Incl
dents point to the conclusion that the
effective naval fighting of the future
will be done not by heavy ironclads
but by torpedo boats. These boats are
comparatively inexpensive, and they
can be built and equipped in hurry
two very important points Of superior
ity in the event Of war with foreign
power. "Give me 100000 for the
construction of torpedo boats,'' remark
ed a naval engineer in Washington the
other day, land I cannot only protect
the American seaboard from attack but
also destroy $5O,OOO,OOO of Spanish
commerce within month from the
commencement of hostilities." The
Maine alone cost 100000.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-03-17

A Madrid cablegram states on the au-
thority of Spanish newspaper that
the last two descendants of Christopher
Columbus are now occupants of poor
house at Cadiz. There seems to be a
sort of historic fitness in the fact that
the last descendants Of the discoverer
of America should be closing their lives
In q poorhouSe, while the feeble sur
yival Of the once powerful Spanish en-
pine Is fastening toward bankruptcy in
q vain effort to retain one small island
out OF its once vast possessions in the
western hemisphere.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-03-17
Wanderers of the Sea.

Nearly all of the>old-time pirates have
disappeared from the seas, but there
are yet many ocean marauders that
are almost as much dreaded as these
outlaws of the black flag. Oftentimes
when a ship goes down at sea 1t is de-
serted by it's crew and left at the mercy
of the waves. If it is a wooden ship
and turns over in just the proper way
or fails to fill entirely, it will sometimes
float for years, the sport of every storm.
1t is then known as a derelict, and ev-
cry seaman fears it, for should he steer
his craft into 1t on some dark night it
might stave a hole in his prov, and
derelict and ship go down together.
There is ne chart that can place these
wanderers, no telling just where they
may be, and they are therefore doub1y
dangerous. Oftentimes a derelict will
remain wandering about the ocean for
many years. 1t will get into the gulf
stream and be swept across the Allan
tic, and up to the coast of England;
then it will sweep down the shores of
Europe in the vast ocean eddy, recross
the Atlantic and go northward again
in the gulf stream. Every mariner that
sights it reports to the naval authori-
ties and it is marked on the monthly
charts so that ship captains may look
sut for it. Sometimes, If it is big dere-
lict, gunboat is sent out on a chase
to look for it, and If it is found the
sailors charge it with dynamite and it
is blown off the face of the seas forever.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-03-17
The in Dorado Myth.

Ell Dorado is the term now heard on
every side in connection with the placer
mines of Alaska and the Northwest
Territory of Canada. Its derivation Is
of interest. In the fifteenth century it
was rumored that there existed in the
northern part of South America city
of great wealth called Manoa, whose
king, Ell Dorado by name, was period
ically smeared with gold dust, until his
whole body had gilded appearance.
II vas said that on these occasions he
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-03-17

A member of the New York bar in
sists that not more than one-half of the
witnesses before judicial tribunals tell
the truth under oath, and that the 9th
er half are conscious and deliberate per-
jurers. Other lawyers who have spok-
en- on the subject agree with his general
statement, although they do not place
the number so high, and all Of them say
that this lack of veracity is compare
lively recent weakness.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-03-17

The State of New York is about to
begin great work which will eventu-
ally have to be performed in every part
of the United States at an aggregate
cost Of probably more than hundred
million dollars. We refer to the aboii-
ton Of grade crossings, of which there
are 1900 in New York, only 1000 OF
which are protected by gates or flag
men. In other words there are, in a
single State, 5000 places where rail
roads intersect with highways at grade
and where there is no arrangement for
giving warning of approaching trains.
Fatal accidents at such crossings are
almost every day occurrences, and the
people of the Empire State realize that
such condition Is disgraceful by rea-
son of it's reckless inhumanity. The
enormous cost incident to this work
will be divided, so per cent. going to
the railroads, 20 per cent. to the State,
and % per cent. to the municipality Or
county. 1t is estimated that the State
will eventually be called upon for not
less than $3,OO0,OOO, but the present
Legislature Will Deg1n WIN al dppro-
priatien of 100000 to be expended in
putting the railroads above or below
grade at the more dangerous intersec-
lions. 1t may be many decades before
this reform will be accomplished in all
the States, for this country has an I'M
mense total of railway mileage in
which there are probably not less than
100000 unprotected grade crossings. 1t
would have been wiser and, in the end,
cheaper, to have avoided such inter-
sections from the beginning of our rail
way constructions, but the mistake
having been made, it will have to be
corrected. Hindsight is clearer than
foresight, although it is often more
costly.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-03-17

Lewis Carroll" who was a great
mathematician as we'll as the author
of the delightful "Alice" books, once
published a series of 'propositions"
that sounded like Euclid. The follow
ing was one of them: ga discussion
may be raised upon any point at any
distance from that point" This con-
venient but time-consuming principle
seems to be in high favor in our vari-
GUS legislative bodies.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-03-17

The presidents of two important New
England universities agree that "few
college men really go wrong" Few
college men are excusable for not go
ing right. There is no excuse for a
college man to come out of college un-
educated: and one Of the results Of edu-
cation is ability to see the folly, to say
nothing of the sin, of wrong-doing.
Purely as matter of policy, the col
lege-bred man. If anybody, should
avoid going wrong.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-03-17
GREAT NAVAL TRAGEDY.
Explosion on the Su1tana that Killed
1900 American Troops.

Dreadful as is the loss Of more than
25O lives on the Maine, this fatality Is
not the worst in the naval annals Of
the United States. By far the greatest
loss of life from one American vessel,
and probably unsurpassed in the his
tory of the world, was when, at the
close of the civil war, the Mississippi
steamer Sultana blew up her boilers
near Memphis and hurled 1900 Union
soldiers to death.
The Sultana was fine, large vessel,
285 feet long, which piled between st.
Louis and New Orleans. She left New
Orleans one fine April morning in 1860
on her return to st. Louis with heavy
cargo. She touched at Vicksburg, on
her trip up the river, and took on board
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-03-17

A New Jersey farmer shot the i'm
ported fox which some Anglomaniacs
were hunting across his fields. In Or
der to properly conduct the sport of fox
hunting in this country our rural
classes will have to be set back about
two centuries in their education.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-03-17
~ CORRESPONDENTS.

An communications for this paper should &c Accom-
lied by the name of the author; not necesari! so'
boation but evidence Of good faisa on the par
the writsz Write only one side of the paper. 6s
ticulary careful in giving names ana dates to have
= isttsrs and figures plain and distinct.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-03-17
IoWA's OLDEST HOUSE.
Fort and Scene of determination Of
Browns Outlaws.

Browns Outlaws.
In Iowa, Or anywhere in the West,
If building is fifty years old it is ven
Grated as belonging to the dim and
hoary past. In Bellevue, Iowa, is a
house which was put up in 1887. Work
on its destruction was recently COM
pleted, and the oldest Inhabitants Of
the town are telling to the youngsters
its bloody history. 1t was the head
quarters of as ugly a gang of despera-
does as ever infested a town in the
Middle West. w. w. Brown built the
house and intended it for hotel, but
no reputable persons ever stopped
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-03-17

A special dispatch from New York
says that the latest fad in the exclus-
i've circles of Gotham society is "get-
ting up family trees and tracing ances-
try back as far as possible" Some of
those exclusive Gothamites, however,
probably will prefer to keep their fam
lily trees shady.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-03-17
Docs Not Grow Wild.

Tobacco is indigenous to the Western
Hemisphere, but, curiously enough, has
never been found growing wild. The
Indian tribes which first produced it
were those living in Virginia, the Caro-
linas and the Southern Appalachian
region.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-03-17
A Potato Digger.

A new potato digging machine has a
steel-pointed scoop to raise the pota-
toes and earth on to a. slotter elevator,
over which cylinder brush Is revolv-
ing to separate the potatoes from the
dirt, after which the tubers are carried
to screen, which allows the small no
tatoes to fall into one box and carries
the large ones into another box.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-03-17

New Jersey proposes to tax bachelors
81 year. That bill evidently has been
introduced by some henpecked hus-
band, who has mistaken a misfortune
for a luxury.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-03-17
ISAAC 3. POTTER.

New President Of the League of Amer
lean Whee1men.
Isaac B. Potter, the new president of
the League of American Wheelmen, is
q lawyer and one of New York's most
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-03-17

since a countess was released from
prison, where she had served her time
for criminal libel. When the Prince or
Wales became mixed into the Tranby
Croft baccarat scandal and got into
court as a witness no Difference was
shown him that would not be shown
any well-dressed man who bore about
him the outward seeming of gentility.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-03-17

Kaiser William has found employ
ment for his army at last. He is said
to have 1000 men and officers at work
on his game preserves at Rominten
making war upon the caterpillars, with
which the forests are infested. And
thus it is that his majesty is conquer
ing nature at home as well as adding to
his dominions abroad.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-03-17

We kave had lately many proofs of
the infiex1ble nature of British justice.
Oscar Wilde, sprig Of nobility, per-
son Of much literary repute, having u
powerful family pull, was sent to pris-
on, condemned fe hard labor, and he
went and he served out his time; so
@il Lord Neyill. It Is but q few months
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-03-17

Young Thomas A. Edison says he in
tends to devote his attention henceforth
exclusively to inventing an air ship.
We're afraid it's all up with him, then.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-03-17

The Chemical National Bank of New
York has a new cashier, with a bald
head, who is warranted to be proof
against hypnotism.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-03-17

Letters other name is Joseph. In this
connection it will be remembered that
what might be considered the first grain
corner on record was managed by a
person of that name.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-03-17

One of the big nail works has ordered
a wage cut of Is per cent. That is
style of cut nail industry not appreciat-
ed by the wage worker.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-03-17

Perhaps it's because they are where
they are that in the present excitement
over the Maine those at the Klondike at
least are keeping cool.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-03-17

A Yale man has given the recipe for
q famous jam as follows: Tomatoes,
aniline dye and hayseed." This is prob
ably a jam lie.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-03-17

The Atchison Globe is trying to figure
out the relation of domestic surround
ings to patriotism. 1t says: "The first
Atchison man to express thirst for
Spanish gore is keeping his mother-in-
law and three aunts."
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-03-17

Gail the poets of my acquaintance"
remakrs Hamlin Garland, "are short"
AS q financial fact that statement Is
almost automatic.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-03-17
Ruving Titles.

Since 1860 only twelve Americans
have married English peers, and OF
these four were second or third wives.
There are about 100 peers.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-03-17

A Utah contemporary tells Of resi-
dent out there who recently died ''full
Of years and HONOR" but close read
ing of the obituary notice proves that
whisky should also be added to that
list
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-03-17

The news that the earth has two
moons instead Of one is not surprising.
Many men have seen them.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-03-17
In Island of @ylon.

Railway building has been carried on
with vigor Of late in the Island of Cey-
lon.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-03-17

A large head is about as o tI
aenee Of brains as a paper c0''''
q shirt.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-03-17

lola evidently picked up the poker
" the hot end.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-03-17
ron.cco Chewers Taxed.

Tobacco Cne"0 of 4
Tobacco chewing members ,,,1e Al
Methodist Church in Alpel.'' atewa
have h.a been levied upon by the Stew
for a special tax of $40 a se1
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-03-17

Everybody seems to know just where
the north pole Is and yet no one is able
to find 1t.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-03-17

The heads Of some men are like va
cant rooms-they lack furniture.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-03-17

Growth of the City of Boston.
The city of Boston, which now has g
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The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-08-25
mAHANOY CITY.

Letters have been received here from Camp
Alger to the effect that considerable home
sickness prevails among the boys in camp. If
permission were granted to muster out,
great many of them would receive it with
favorable comment The health Of the
Mahanoy City boys with the exception of
Private Bachert is good. He is confined to
the deficiency hospital. There is less sick
ness in the regiment now than there has been
at any time heretofore.
ID. t. Phillips, composer of the song
CUBA Must be Free, has sent several copies
to Porto Rico where it will be arranged for
drum corps,
The Kaier Grand opera house is undergoing
many repairs and improvements prior to ITS
opeuiug on Monday, 2gth inst.
Justice Brennan, of Mahanoy township,
did n land office business last evening,
nrhitrating and dsposiug of the cases OF
township bulligercnts. Four cases were
heard, all of them being assault and battery.
On July ith the house of Andrew Tomko,
Of East Pine street. was broken into and
revolver razor scissors and numerous other
articles were stolen. Suspicion rested on
Albert Elliott. warrant was placed in the
hands of a constable to arrest Elliott, but
when he arrived at his home the rObber bad
escaped Until yesterday all attempts to
capture him proved futile, although Elliott
had been home on different occasions While
the heavy rain storm was in progress yester-
day afternoon Officer Lightenberger and
Constable Jones raided Elliotts home and
succeeded in capturing the fugitive. He was
given hearing before Justice Kepner, where
the case was settled by Elliott paying the
fine and costs and promising to return the
stolen property.
Mrs Louis Armstrong returned home from
New York yesterday. While there she
visited her husband who is private in Co.
f., 4th.. Pa. Vol, now in camp at Montauk
l.. !. Mr. Armstrong is inst recovering from
an attack of fcver contracted while in Porto
Rico. His condition is improving daily.
A number Of colliorics about here are losing
time this week by being compelled to shut
down ON account of the shortage of cars. The
railroad tracks are blocked with loaded coal
ears while the empty ears are at a premium.
John Cariin. an cmploye of the Swift Beef
Company, had his right hand painfully
mashed yesterday afternoon. lie was en-
gagged in unloading heavy box of meat.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-08-25
FINNEY REWARDED.
The schuyIlsin Republican Made Sub
Treasurer at Philadelphia.

The President yesterday appointed John
+. Finney. of Pottsvlle, to be assistant
Treasurer of the United States at Philadel-
phia, succeeding w. II. Biegler, whose term
expired last saturday.
The announcement of the appointment was
received with much satisfaction among both
Republicans and Democrats, who had come
to believe, from the long delay, that Schuyl-
kill county was to receive no recognition at
the hands of the powers that be- Major
Finney is well known to the readers of the
HERALD. among whom he has done effective
work for the Republican cause while a resid-
ent of this town. Finney was born at Read
ing, aud has resided in this county 35 years /;
attended Republican state conventions. rep
resented this county in the national con-
vention at st. Louis; served in the State
Treasurer's office; secretary Of the Republic
can county committee several times; was
member of shenandoah Council, and is now
School Director az Pottsville, and is at present
publisher of the Miners journal.
The position to which he has been ap-
pointed carries with it "a salary of s., 800 and
his bond $3.50, 600, has already been arranged
for. Mr. Finney controls 80 appointments
in connection with his office, most of which
are governed by civil service rules.
He will assume the duties of his office or
September 1st. 1t will be remembered that
Finuey was strongly endorsed for Nava
officer, and then for Surveyor, and finally
for the position to which he has been ap
pointed.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-08-25
PITHY POINTS.
happenings Throughout the Count

happenings Throughout the Country
Chronloled for Hasty Perusal.
The Board OF Health will meet tomorrow
evening.
The Shenandoah 400" will hold select
dance at High Point park this evening.
S. G. Seager of Mahanoy City, has pur
chased Fleets novelty store at Shamokin.
The Schuylkill county Veterinary Associa
tion will meet at Ashland on September 9TH
The Wesley League will meet at Girard-
Vile next Tuesday. Miss Lizzie Mates Of
Mahanoy City, will sing solo.
The one mile race between Sommers, of st.
Clair, and Desmond, of New Philadelphia,
Will be run in the MahanOy City park on
Saturday.
Jefferson Yost, of Tamaqua, employed as a
brakeman on the p. & X. road, was overcome
by the heat while at Lakeside yesterday,
The meeting of the taxpayers will be held
in Robbins opera house this evening, TO pro
test against the erection of the proposed
dam.
The superb accommodation furnished by
the Pennsylvania railroad company on lis
sea shore excursions, makes the trip very
delightful one The next and last excursion
goes Thursday, September lst
Mystery surrounds the death of IN un-
known man whose body was found in a barn
near HazetOn.
By fall of coal at the Wyoming colliery,
Luzene county, Joseph Kinoski was fatally
injured.
The famous Bucktail veterans, Of the civil
war, will hold a regimental reunion at
Gettysburg on September g. 10 and II.
Barber Walter Sillman of Scranton, has
been held for court, to answer the charge Of
pulling teeth in defiance Of the new law for
the protection of dentists.