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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-11-17
F shine for Anchors.

One of the queer occupations of man
kind is that of dragging for lost an
chors. 1t is carried on in bays and
rivers, and even in the open sea along
the coast. Several sloops and schoon-
ers are engaged almost exclusively in
this pursuit. The hunters are as IA
miliar with the ground where anchors
are to be found as fishermen are with
the fayorite hauntS of the living in
habitants of the sea. The matter of
fishing for lost anchors is most sim
pie. A chain is let down in loop long
enough to drag along the bottom, and
the vessel goes on her way with all
hands on board alert for a bite, and a
bite usually ends in a catch. The re-
covered anchors are generally sold
again at price of about twO-pence a
pound, which is a half-penny under
the market price for new anchors. A
big anchor will weigh six thousand
pounds, so that the fishermen make
fifty pounds out of it. More often,
however. the anchors fshed up weigh
from one thousand to two thousand
pounds. and there is pretty profit in
the business even then.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-11-17
Family Influence.

They are telling good story against
the Boston child, which may be chest
nut for aught one knows; but if It mas
been going the rounds, have not mel
it until the other day. It seems BoS-
ton mamma was instructing her HUE
daughter how to behave when she WeH'
to luncheon at the bishops house
"Now, dear, when the butler hands you
something the first time, take HUE
on your plate. When he comes The Sec
ond time, you may help yourself to Nv
tie more; but, the third time you mus
say, No, thank you,' just as you always
do at home" So the little Boston cnllu
went to the bishops house to luncn
and came home much delighted VIII
her visit. did you do just as 'ol'
you, darling?' inquired mamma ann
iously. Eyes, I did," was the reply
took something very nice when 1t wa
handed to me the first time, and tnen'
when the butler came again, L TOOK =, "
little more, but the third time Sau'
No, thank YOU But when he came NV
fourth time, you hadn't told me Wna' "
do, so just thought Of papa, ana S"'''
NO, d-n Boston Herald.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-11-17
A Twenty-one Hundred Dollar Cat.

In London and Paris cats are more
highly priced than in the United States,
and there are frequent sales there of
tabbies at two hundred and fifty dollars
each. Some choice cats, with rare
markings" and points," are disposed
of at five hundred dollars each.
One Of the most famous cats in Amer
lea is Ajax, owned by D. w. Stevens, of
Westfield, Mass. His actual value has
been estimated, says the Philadelphia
press, at from one hundred to three
hundred dollars, yet it is doubtful if
the owner would take several times the
larger sum for him.
The famous cat Nicodemus, which
won the first prize for beauty at a New
York cat show, cost it's owner, who
purchased it of a street urchin in Hes
ter street, New York, the sum of ten
cents. After the close of the exhibition
the gentleman received dozen offers
of fifteen hundred dollars for it, and
one woman bid twenty-one hundred
dollars. A lady who controls a cat
farm in California paid $1,000 for a cat
in Paris and considered it bargain.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-11-17

Sometimes people are inclined to sheer
at England and some other European
countries for fighting so much with
aborigine but it is evident that we
have done quite little in that line our
selves. An English magazine writer
not long since showed to his own salts
faction that America has spent more
than Great Britain in war with abo-
riginal races during the last two gener-
ations 1t would not be surprising if
this were so. A frontier war does not
command the attention that an expe-
dition to another country does, and is
sooner forgotten.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-11-17
CHINESE BORROWING
A Peculiar Habit Which Son,..
Brings Astonishing Resu1+.

A Pecul1ar HABIT W hlch Somo%.
Brings Astonishing Results,
Chinese buffers have wav ~,
their own supplies fail short. Of t
rowing from the neighbors. At ,oo wv
this was a very common custom tU'@
ty-five years ago, and goods chann',
hands, over the garden wall, with y"
tonishing celebrity, the buffers, mass
time, keeping a strict account A.
American lady residing in China writss
thus in the Atlantic:
At the first large dinner party =,
which I was invited-I went as hs1.
Il found myself eating with nv orn
brand-new knives, forks and SPOONS
stared at them very hard; there cona
me no mistake, for [ could See N,
fresh monograms.
I was dreadfully distressed, but as
not dare to say anything. When
reached home I told my husband. rath
err tremblingly, for l was quite sure
they had been stolen. TO my amaze
ment he only laughed, and said:
ooh, you will get used to that soon
and when you have too many guests
you will find that, instead of asking
you to get more supplies, the butls
will just borrow your neighbors' and
always make up the deficiency"
And so it proved. I can well remen
Der once, when my husband had asked
eight guests in to dinner only half an
hour before the usual time Zone for
each Of the delicious spring snipe lie
had shot, that there appeared, later
splendid roast leg OF mutton as one
of our courses.
Now I knew we had 10 mutton, for
earlier in the day the cook had been
bewailing the non-arriyal Of the Shang
hal steamer, by which it always came.
Turning to the gentleman on my left l
asked, did your steamer come from
Shanghai to-day!"
Eyes; why?"
l looked down to the other end of the
table, where my husband was carving
the unexpected treasure-roye with
very evident enjoyment.
"Well, ours did not" said I, land
yet"
He caught sight Of the mutton. "OhY
he laughed. II suppose that is mine
No doubt yours will come tomorrow
and probably be much better; so I shall
be the gamer this time, and enjoy i
all the more"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-11-17
His Strange Resemblance

A certain farmer, who is by no means
noted for his resemblance to Apollo,
has a son of seven, who possesses more
wit than pedigree. One day a stranger
came to the farm, and, seeing the lad,
asked:
Sonny, where's your father?''
I'm the pig pen,'' was the reply.
"In the pig pen? Thanksv'
And as the man moved in the direc-
ton indicated, the boy shouted:
II say! You'll know him, cause he's
got hat on"-Tit-Bits.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-11-17
For NaDOleOn's Sake.

Some people are very fond OF 1el,'n 10.
story that has a catch in it, anu ~
taking their listeners in. Here % "
sample of what l mean: "a
Once, when in Paris, Napoleon par
visit to a hospital for old soiul'a,
Among the inmates was an olu in nor-
who had lost an arm. The knp0i'
asked him:
'Where did you lose your arm
cat Austerlitz, sire" r,,,.
'"Then, no doubt, you curse tHe 4ag-
peror and your country for your Law. .or
ION the contrary" said the 'e,e ar /
''for the Emperor and my counD'
would sacrifice my other arm. I'm.
81 can hardly believe it," said 1nV ~
peror. .ohpr
The soldier Immediately drew s4 4bpr
from it's sheath and Topped oft@he w.
arm. .sca
"a most sublime act of self-sacl ,..ton.
said the old lady who had been cen ~ the
ing to the yarn, totally forge1tlns mt.
impossibility of one-armed m@ nndon-
ting off his remaining arm
Tid-BitS.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-11-17

down. Caravans of mules and don
keys, with their high wooden saddles,
stand patiently in the squares and al
legs and similar caravans pass by to
the sound of loud cursing and the
whacking Of cudgels on ribs and bones
Soldiers of the various nations in
their different uniforms are seen and
every now and then squad Of regu-
lars or of marines dashes down the
street at double-quick time, the sun
shining on casque and bayonet and
their bugles sounding merrily. This is
to let the natives know the foreigners
are still there.
Crete is turbulent because Turkey
cannot manage it. The sturdy noun
taineers and country people of the ISL
and will never yield to Mohammeda1D
rule. Hatred of that rule is imbibed
by the babe at the mothers breast and
is instilled into the heart of the child
with the first words that he can under
stand. The Turks are massed in and
around the villages, generally within
running distance of the cannon Of the
fort
Greece could manage Crete, because
the Cretans themselves are Greeks and
look upon Helas as their fatherland.
Under Greek law the renegades would
all turn Christian and the Turks would
settle down and be quiet.
The Greeks have shown themselves
capable of establishing a good govern
ment by the way they have stamped
out brigandage in their own country
and the efficient manner in which they
have policed the entire territory be-
longing to them.
Why do not the powers give Crete to
Greece and end this narrowing spect-
acle of continued revolt, murder and
incendiarism once for all? Because of
a diplomatic phrase: ''The integrity of
the Turkish empire" Crete won her
freedom at the time of the revolution
and has won it since, but she has been
persistently given back to Turkey.
The situation is this: Certain of the
great powers stand around the Otto
man empire as crows might stand
around a dying horse. They know that
if the horse does die they will fall upon
each other over the division of the
spoil and will tear each other to pieces.
They say: 'It is better for Armenians
and Christians to be murdered than
that a general European war should
take place"
Crete is important on account of Suda
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-11-17

Admiral Sampson as an Inventor
The following story is told OF Ad'
miral SIMPSONS inventive genius
was in the early days Of the new navy
when the incident occurred. The Ad-
miral was at the time q lieutenant, and
was in command Of a small sailing YES
sci. For many years he had worked On
a kind of thermometer, or wind gauge
It was his hobby, and was nearer and
dearer to him than all else in the world.
Finally it was complete, and one day II
stood on the roof of the cabin, that pro
truded for some distance above tn
deck. The little boat was rocking idly
to and fro in a calm. Lieut.. Sampson
was below enjoying a siesta. Suddenly
a gust OF wind rippled the water; the
mainsail boom swung violently across
the deck. Smash! and over into the
fathomless deep went that precious
thermometer.
Orderly" called the officer Of the
deck.
eyes, SIR responded the blue-jacket
saluting.
Inform the commander Of the ship,
that his thermometer has gone over
board"
Eyes, sir" The orderly made for the
cabin companionway.
"And, orderly"
eyes, sir.''
"Break it to him ently."-Saturday
Evening Post.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-11-17

When war was declared against
Spain, young girl just emerging into
womanhood, Natalie Schenck, of Baby
lon. Long Island, conceived the idea of
raising money, for the relief of our
soldiers who might become sick or
wounded, by means Of a chain Of let
tiers, each asking for a contribution of
ten cents. She accordingly wrote let
tiers to four friends, numbering each
one, and asking that each recipient
should also write four similar letters,
also numbered. and in turn requesting
each recipient to send out four more.
The scheme worked admirably. Miss
Schenck, in blissful ignorance of the
mathematical progression involved in
her plan. soon began to receive heavy
mail daily. The number of letters in
creased rapidly, and before many
weeks she was receiving more than
$4,000 a day. Enclosures in postage
stamps. pennies. nickels, dimes, quar-
tiers, half-dollars, bills and checks
ranging from one cent to $4,000, and
when the ninety-eighth series began
coming in the amount aggregated over
$4,000. 1t was estimated that If the
chain was kept up till the one hun
dredth series of letters was received in
full, the total number of letters would
have exceeded the total population of
the world
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-11-17

footholds. That is why the powers all
maintain warships in Crete. They are
not watching the islands so much as
each other.
Meanwhile Crete is in a very unhappy
position. 1t has no regular government
and it is small wonder that anarchy
prevails. The powers have established
a joint protectorate, as they well know
that "protectorate" by any one power,
especially England, means possession.
When any trouble occurs the Warships
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-11-17

s'The Daughter of the Confederacy''
and of its late President was the OBJ
ject of sentimental attachment,
which, had it CHANGED to fall upon a
weak or Il designing woman, might
easily have been perverted into a ma
tional menace. Happily Miss Davis
was 4 strong. unselfsh woman and a
true American. and the North can sor-
row with the South over the death of
one who loved and honored her coun-
try
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-11-17
cRETE.s UNHAPPY POSITION.
Harried by the Turks and the Envy
of the Powers.


of the Powers.
Crete is a Greek igland, additionally
and historically as well as by position.
The tabled birth of Zeus, father OF
classic gods and men, took place on
Mount Ida. Minos, the Moses Of Greek
law, was king of Crete. From her in
accessible gorges and her mountain
peaks the spirit Of liberty has never
been driven. The Sphakiote shep-
herds, at least, claim that the con-
queror has never set foot upon their
native heath.
For this reason the Cretan mountain
GERS approach more nearly to the ideal
of the ancient Greek than any of the
other inhabitants of either the main
land or the isles of that ancient coun-
try. They are light in complexion, with
the regular features and straight noses
that one has learned to associate with
classic ideals. The men attract atten-
ton wherever they appear, both on ac-
count of their splendid physique and
their striking costume, which bring
out to the best advantage the magnifi-
cent forms which it envelops. The
women of the peasant class are fair
skinned, erect, deep chested-almost as
athletic appearing as the men.
Cretan cities are at present the most
picturesque places in the world. Look
ing down a street Of Gambia, or Canea,
one sees Mohammedan women, closely
yelled; Turkish priests, with brightly
colored turbans wound about their
brows; groups of ragged Arabs, Greek
priests in their majestic, flowing robes
and queerly shaped hats and Cretan
! mountaineers. Donkeys driven by
street vendors of fruit and vegetables
and laden till their backs bend with
enormous creaking baskets pass up and
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-11-17

endowed by his Creator With
Victoria New Bridge street and the
of great railway corpora
Then the depth of twenty feet from the
of
the underground railway
great channel c
int
pipes and electric light
Of cheering skill
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-11-17
A Temperance Thirst Ouenche,

Rev. George Charles, the clerical sec
rotary Of the Church of England TEN
perance Society in the Diocese of Can
terbury, states that the best ''sustainer
and thirst quencher'' he knows of is
made Of this formula: 'sFour ounces
Of white oatmeal -four, six ounces of
lump sugar, and the juice of one lemon.
Pour one gallon of boiling water upon
it in a large jar. Drink when cool. II
is best made overnight for the next
day."
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-11-17

DR.. Frederick Humphreys, of New
York, who has spent several winters at
Thomasville, Ga, has published an in
teresting pamphlet on ''The Future of
the Colored People Of the United
States" based upon facts gathered in
Thomas County. He finds by compar-
ing the returns of white and colored
taxpayers that the colored man is rap
idly acquiring property, thereby assur-
ing good citizenship, according to the
maxim that che that lives with his fam
lily in his own house has given host
ages to society for his good behavior"
The reports of the public schools of the
county give gratifying evidence of the
educational progress of the race, the
attendance of colored children being
one-fourth larger than the whites. The
writer refers to the decennial statistics
of the United States census to correct
the impression enormously formed
from the mortality statistics of the
large cities. The latter show that the
death rate among the colored popula-
ton is about double that of the Whites
DuL the 1OIulcI SHOW ludC Iue percent
age of increase from 1860 to 1890 was
almost as great among the colored as
among the white population. He also
shows that fifteen-siXteentls of the
colored population of the United States
is in the Southern States, and that they
are not likely to seek a less congenial
cline, where they would be liable to
physical ills. Admitting that the ex-
hibit Of Thomasville is above the aver
age, DR.. Humphreys concludes never
theless that the present status and out
look of the colored people of the United
States is encouraging and that there is
no good cause for keeping alive the
ancient fear that they would prove a
menace to the white race. 1t is idle to
discuss schemes for the deportation Of
our colored people which harassed our
statesmen in the early days has been
solved, and by the colored people them
selves
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-11-17
The National Game.

''Oh, yes" I understand the game
now,' exclaimed the girl on the grand
stand, beaming on her escort with a
glad smile. 1.-THE man you call the UNI
pire says something. Then everybody
yells at him. It's very simple
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-11-17

An Eastern millionaire has just paid
S1O5, 900 for a batch of letters which he
recently wrote to a girl who was
thoughtful enough to preserve them for
use in court And yet they say literary
work in this country doesn't pay.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-11-17

That little scrap with the Indians of
Lake Leech in Minnesota started some
of the old heads to talking about In
dian wars, and the Governments policy
of administering Indian affairs. With
in the last seventy years there have
been some twenty wars with Indian
tribes. to say nothing about the innu-
merable disturbances like this Mime
sofa affair These twenty wars, or
most of them. have not been insignifi-
cant; they are not held in public recol-
lection simply because they were mere
1y incident to the spread of civilization
and in no particular sense history max
ing. And yet they have cost the Uni
ted States S11O, 1857 according to re-
Gently published figures, to say nothing
OF the loss of life and property. 1t is
ESTIMATED that for every Indian killed
Al tnese wars the lives of fifteen Ameri-
"a" soldiers have been sacrificed.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-11-17

There are no longer reconcentrados
in Cuba. The infamous order of Wey-
yer has done it's perfect work. The
rccOncentradOs are all dead. Spanish
warfare was only able to infiict death
on non-combatants. What an indict-
ment against Spain,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-11-17

The Boston Herald says: "When a
man has reached the age of discretion
he should be permitted to marry whom
soever he pleases." Good; it would be
too bad to marry him off to somebody
whom he doesn't please.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-11-17

An Eastern exchange complains that
actors and actresses nowadays 90 not
talk loudly enough. Their talk in New
York may not be loud enough, but 1t
certainly is too broad at times.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-11-17
Having 1t Understood.

Mistress-And, remember, Mary; /
never allow my girls to entertain their
beauX in the kitchen.
New servant-Very well, ma'am.
What nights does your daughter use
the Darlor?
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-11-17

A Western woman was made to pay
damages to the extent of SIG tor say
ing that her neighbours beauty was ar
tificial. But it probably was worth
that to her.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-11-17
TO CORRESPONDENTS.

All communications for this paper should be ACCOM-
panied by the of the author; necessarily fol
publication, but evidence of good faith the part
Of the 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, 1898-11-17

Rudyard Kipling in his much-discuss-
edpoem says that 'Adamzad looks like
a bear" There can be no harm in
speaking Of this as "Adam-zad spec
tacle."
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-11-17

In France the sword of Damocles as
symbolic of perilous circumstances
might gave way temporarily to the
sword of DreyfuS.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-11-17

With 100000 packs of playing cards
manufactured every year it seems GU
rious that ''four of kind are so hard
n
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-11-17

Some say from the number of Ii
censes issued marriages are falling off.
Others assert that marriages are really
doubling
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-11-17

With thirty or forty wives to look
after, one can readily excuse the Chi
nese emperor if he so far forgot him
self as to commit suicide.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-11-17

After a man is left a. widower, you
can hear as many things about him as
about Cuba
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-11-17

Wouldn't it be a good idea to send a
soldier or two to Guam to garrison the
island and suppress instructions?
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-11-17

It is said that the Indians are greatly
puzzled over the Krag-Jorgensen bull
lets. But they are kind of puzzle that
no man cares to get through his head.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-11-17

The monthly magazines are now full
of military stores, and the fighting will
begin at once.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-11-17

The Department of the Interior has
issued a valuable and exhaustive re-
port on the production of coal in 1897.
1t contains a mass of information, well
calculated to give Americans some
new ideas of the Importance of their
own country. 1t is Well-accepted
saying that the consumption of coal in
dicates nations rank and power. II
it is absolutely true, America and En-
gland lead the world to-day, for these
two mine tWo-thirds of the amount
produced by the entire world. Last
year this country, for the first time in
it's life, mined more than 200,000,00O
tons. England leads, but the margin
is narrow, as her output was but &c.
900, 900 tons in excess of that of the
United States. The Importance of this
industry is more clearly understood
when it is known that thirty-tWo States
and Territories are miners of coal.
Pennsylvania leads, of course, as her
anthracite beds are called upon to
warm a dense population of millions
within a radius of a few hundred miles,
with New York for a center. But, al
together, bituminous or soft coal is
produced in larger quantities. The
growth in mining has been along this
line. In fact, the production of an
thracite must be close to the maximum,
| though there is no immediate danger
of the exhaustion of the supply for
many years. 1t is a source of pride to
know that this country is so near the
top as a coal producer. 1t is conclu-
siye evidence that our manufacturing
industries are taking gigantic strides,
for in this direction goes most of the
coal mined. And as we are producing
cheaper coal than any other nation, we
must soon be the leading manufacture
ing nation, as we are now the leader in
agricultural products.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-11-17

In French military circles suicide
sometimes is not voluntary but compul
sorry.