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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-01-20
WILL walk OVER THE OCEAN.
A Bostonian Expects to Accom- pllsn
This Feat Next ummer.

This Feat Next Summer'
Capt. William G. Oldrieve, Of Boston,
makes announcement of remarkable
intention. He says he will walk across
the Atlantic ocean next summer. he
will begin his journey on July T. anu
will be accompanied by Capt. Wlillam
A. Andrews, famous for reason OF MS
VOYAGE across the Atlantic IN smali
boat. Oldrieve will sleep and eat IN
Andrews boat.
The seagoing shoes of Mr. Oldrleye
are the most wonderful part OF the
whole affair. They are really pair OF
cedar boxes five feet long, with fms on
the bottom and sides. They are very
light and are capable Of sustaining 40
pounds, but as Oldrieve. weighs only
100 they are as good to him as steam
er's deck. In each of these wooden
shoes the water walkers feet are
thrust deep down, and rubber garter
like affair is fastened to the leg, thus
effectuany keeping out the water. Rub
Der boots reaching to the thigh are also
worn. When thus equipped Oldrieye is
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-01-20
BEACON IN A FOG.
London Policemen to Be Topped Of
with an Electric Light.

London Policemen to be Topped On
with an Electric Light.
One who has never encountered
London fog has no conception of just
what it is, but it is fact that it fire.
quently happens that person will get
lost trying to find his way across the
street. In such position one is liable
to be ground under the wheels Of many
vehicles feeling their way through the
almost impenentrable mist. A propo-
sition is now being considered to top
off the policeman at the Crossings
with an electric light fixed on his he'll
met. The glass Is of peculiar red
dish tint, which shade is said to shine
out a greater distance through the fog
than any other color. This will be per-
ceptible when the policeman himself
is out Of sight, and will act also as a
guide, as he stands at his post in the
middle Of two busy thoroughfares to
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-01-20

father volunteered to pay his bankrupt
sons proportion of the very large liza
bilities of an insolyent partnership.
These debts had already been regular
ly discharged" by process of law. No
man-made obligation rested on the gen
tleman who paid them. But the sense
of honor is higher and finer thing
than insolvency statutes, and it is well
to be reminded that the fierce pressure
of commercial competition does not
necessarily crush it out.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-01-20
Along Yardstiok.

Chief Webster, of the Philadelphia
Survey Bureau, confirms the statement
that the entire city plan was laid out
by Thomas Holme, PENIS surveyor, by
standard which was three inches
longer in 100 feet than the United
States standard. The extension of the
streets en- the lines then laid down nee
essarily perpetuated this original error
and extended it into the outlying dis
tricts.
The statute law Of Pennsylvania pro-
vides that .ethe standard unit of all
measure Of length shall be the yard, to
conform to that in use in the Common
wealth at the date of the declaration
Of independence"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-01-20
Railroad Logic.

A sleeper is one who sleeps. A sleep
er is that in which the sleeper sleeps.
sleeper is that on which the sleeper
which carries the sleeper while he
sleeps runs. Therefore, while the sleep
er sleeps in the sleeper the sleeper car
rles the sleeper over the sleeper under
the sleeper until the sleeper which car
RES the sleeper jumps off the sleeper
and wakes the sleeper in the sleeper by
striking the sleeper under the sleeper.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-01-20
How He Won Her.
Fast he held her hand in his'n

Fast he held her hand in his'n,
In sort of Overlooked prison,
While he told the burning story of the love
that rent his breast.
And the maiden sat and listened.
While her eyes with triumph glistened.
AS his all-consuming passion he in trem-
bling tones confessed.
But she tenderly repulsed him.
How her words with pain convulsed
him.
But he'd often heard that fainting heart
ne'er won fair lady yet.
And with eyes upon that beacon,
Hoping that she might yet weaken.
Every point of her objection he with val.
liant vigor met.
Yet the maid was unrelenting,
Gave no token of repenting,
Though the burning words he uttered
seemed to almost SINCE her ears!
To his every plea emphatic,
She would shake her curI-topped attic
And his feeling overcame him till he al.
most burst in tears;
Then a thrill of hope ran through him
AS a happy thought came to him,
And the bells of joy within him rang n
wild and merry peal
As she fell upon his bosom,
Rugged him as in fear S,he'd lose him
He had promised that his bridal gifs
would be chainless wheel.
Toledo Evening News.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-01-20

Gen. Robert e. Lees birthday ami
versary is celebrated with great eclat
in some of the Southern cities, the
movement being promoted by the
Daughters of the Coufederacy and the
Veterans Associations. There are rea-
sons why the Southern people should
admire Gen. Lee and cherish his men,
Dry. He was great soldier and his
tory accords him -enown without stint
Northern as we'll as Southern history.
1t would be a poor compliment to COM
manders like Grant, Sherman, Sheri-
dan, Thomas, Meade and Hancock to
depreciate the military genius and fight
ing qualities of Confederates like Lee,
Stonewall Jackson, the two Hills,
Hood, Longstreet and others, who had
to be met and conquered before the
Union could be restored. Honoring the
memory of Lee and other Confederate
chieftains who fought the battles Of the
Confederacy is all right. It would be
creditabIe to the North to show the
same regard for the memory of our own
great military commanders who shed
luster on the stars and stripes.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-01-20

and cousins persisted in wheeling
around the country lanes of Germany
but they were forced to permit IT.
Princesses cannot do as other morals
and so they had to forego bloomels ana|
cling to the drop frame bicycle But
now Princess Louise has thrown over
the conventions and rides in comfort
The Princess is the wife Of George lHe|
heir to the throne and a brother OF 'hF|
King. She herself is an archducnes.
of Austria Hungary. She is % years VI
age and has two sons.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-01-20

Prince Bismarck drops down through
his old age gracefully. He has a fair
degree OF physical ability and head
that enables him to study affairs with
out OvertaXing himself. When he
thinks of the old William and looks
upon William, Jr., it must be a great
satisfaction to him to reflect that he is
en- the retired list and has no RESPONSE
bility for the present administration.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-01-20

There can be no objection to a bill
,prOhibiting the use of the United States
nag for advertising purposes. The beer
brewers and laundry soap men and the
like have employed the emblem to bruit
their wares about long enough.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-01-20

The modern moralists who think of
business" as an INSCRIPTIONS scram-
BILE for wealth may probably consider
New York within a single week. In one
case gentleman who of late Years has
prospered. paid his share many thou
sands of doilars-of the debts az firm
Anat tailed in 1861. In the Other,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-01-20

"A Massachusetts man has succeeded
In making lightning, bolt Of which
would knock man down. For many
years New Jersey has been turning out
a brand of lightning which not only
knocks a man down but keeps him
down until the patrol wagon comes.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-01-20

Bermuda is fast becoming the Nice
of the United States. The little island,
the land Of the lily and the rose, is dis
York by steamer and the change from
frost and ice to a summer cline is a
most grateful one to those seeking rest
and quiet and mild climate in the
winter season. That more tourists do
not seek the charms of this Eden of the
Atlantic coast is probably due to the
present inadequate steamer service and
the rough seas which are nearly always
experienced in the late fall and early
winter. Once arrived, however, there
is every inducement to relaxation and
rest. There are perfect coral roads for
bicycling and the lover of the wheel
will probably vote it paradise for his
favorite sport Within few minutes
after rain the roads are dry and in
splendid condition for cycling and there
are all kinds of quaint hooks and pic
turesque places to visit. A writer in
the Bicycling World says of these
roads that they are simply perfection,
while Of the climate he adds: 1.-THE
nights are soft and balmy and free
from malarial horrors. One may
smoke ones cigar on the lawn after
dinner in the light of bland round
moon that comes shimmering up over
the sea and indulge in pleasant mem
cries of the past, just as though New
York and it's frost were fifty days
away instead of two and newspapers
a thing Of the Imagination.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-01-20
Knew What It Was.

every man has his vice." said Ten
spot to Tenterhook, who was fond of
Offering unsought counsel to his ac-
quaintanceS.
What is my vice, prayy' asked Ten
textbook.
advice replied Tenspot, unhesita-
tingly.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-01-20

Political history tells us that when a
bolt is resorted to it's generally due to
there being a screw loose somewhere
In the machine.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-01-20

1t seems to be the fashion in certain
quarters to laugh at young William Ho-
henzollern, but it will also be noticed
that in China he is getting there consid-
erably ahead of the procession.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-01-20

Bacteriology is advancing so far that
for those who thoroughly understand
the science it is becoming exceedingly
dangerous just to be alive.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-01-20

the s
example with its regular service @
whose fixed charge for the @
which located has color of its own Inc th
placed by the of the M @
the with which the carts are supplied
Fhe work satisfactorily and IS pens
exend
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-01-20

| One of those minor consequences that
generally follow the formation of a
trust, only incidentally, Of course, has
already materialized from the new
cracker trust-that is to say, the price
of crackers has been advanced.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-01-20
TO CORRESPONDENTS.

An communications this paper should be accom-
.ussd By the name of the author not necessarily fo
uublieaon evidence of good faith on the par
n .te writer Write only side of the paper bs
rtculary careful In giving names and dates to nave
a. lettsrs and figures plain and distinct
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-01-20

Kansas has a 7-year-old lawyer and
Georgia has a 3-year-old preacher. Yet
there are people who continue to Won
der what Is the matter with Kansas
and Georgia.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-01-20

the stranded wayfarer, just as the
coast light does to the tempest-tossed
vessel. It will also be means of pre-
venting the running down Of police
men, as has occurred several times, by
wagons. The light will be supplied by
batteries carried in the coat pocket.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-01-20

Germany, Russia and England seem
10 have determined to put the ''Son of
Heaven" into a partial eclipse.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-01-20

A Philadelphia contemporary notes a
~igreat demand for $40 gold pieces. -
There is also a pretty lively demand
hereabouts for all other United States
coins
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-01-20

All Europe appears to have agreed
npon a policy Of international spolia-
Hion for plumber only.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-01-20

1t is more blessed to give than to re-
ceive. Besides, the other fellow nova
days generally likes that plan best.
Try it.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-01-20

Some will insist on looking gift
.horses In the mouth. 1t appears there's
"A bit Of satisfaction in it.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-01-20

The safe trust has gone to pieces. The
business world, of course, has lost that
combination.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-01-20
Did His Best.

Il am told that Dinguss has made
considerable of hit in society,"
Perhaps I know he has touched
nearly everybody in It."
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-01-20
RIDES IN BLOOMERS.
Louise the First Princess to Wear the
Bifurcated Garments.

Princess Louise Of Saxony is the first
princess to wear boomers. The bcy.
cling craze early took hold of the Won.
en- Of European royal families, Just as
it has Of women everywhere. The King
of Italy was opposed to it and Emperor
William became angry when his sisters
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-01-20

Weyler says "Cuba is lost" and he
ought to know, as he was the man who
had 1t last.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-01-20

An acquired taste frequently results
IA an acquired headache.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-01-20

The recording angel never credits
man with what his tombstone says in
his favor.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-01-20
Tough Little Beasts.

Two cowboys rode into Sioux V'9
the other day from Sheridan N!or
distance said to be about 2,ooo ll'i''j
They rode all the way upon '~"|
bronchos for the purpose OF letting 'n'|
Secretary Of Agriculture kno" r' u
powers of endurance Of those N'DYI
beasts. .,r
The speed attained was about '"'D'l
miles day, but that was MOI ~
markajble as the fact that no feeu vs.
carried or obtained for them uu''D'
the entire trip. -. AN
The bronchos picked up Their ~,
fodder where they could find IL a%1S
the way, and ait the end OF the UP , ts
appeared as fresh as when 'n''
ed. ,.mou
The Secretarys idea IS 10 u
strate the advantage the ANEW"
broncho would be to European V
airy. :. Tho miGI
Ut is doubtful, however, - hind
tary people of Europe VIII ' .ha Vesl
" to the bucking broncho of the .s WV
They are very fond of large a, ha nafa
horses in the cavalry across 'ne ~n
The idea Of the cavalry there seen D,
be force, both in the men anu LD col sprvi.es
r. ,s Tho sword arm of the Tl, SEW
while with us it has Oecoii' ~
collection of mounted carblllet .ha Ge
The proud eavalryman u a,1d uepe
man and French arlieS aar I
consent to bestride the sllas sssund
lean little bronchos which are e. 49,
efficient on our Western p'"''
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-01-20

A Beggar and His Hump"
We have heard of the London beg
gar who kept his carriage and pair, and,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-01-20
Where Blue law RnIes

An ordinance being enforced in New
bern, N. c., prohibits anyone, proprie-
tors and employees included, from go
ing in or out Of place of business be-
tween Saturday midnight and Sunday
midnight
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-01-20

The poetical muse sometimes keeps
the poet awake, but it is the news of
Inc cat that disturb the slumbers o.
other people.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-01-20

A competent witness, connected with
. State board Of charities, lately said
that thirty years Of close official contact
with the Legislature of the Common
wealth in which he lives convince him
that the moral tone of legislators and
legislation is improving and not deter
iOrating. The legislative corruption
which actually exists is a menace to the
republic, but it does not help matters
to exaggerate the evil and fancy it
where it does not exist. Some people
believe every evil report they hear. Ac-
cused persons should be presumed to be
innocent until they are proved guilty
even such maligned creatures as
judges, Senators and Congressman.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-01-20
NOT Rea1Th;r3o

Biggs-Does Wiley observe the gold.
en- rule?
Diggs-Well, not exactly; the one he
uses is only electroplated.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-01-20

The attention which the athletic COM
mittee of Harvard's board of overseers
Is now paying to the matter of reform
Ing college athletes so as to bring them
back to simpler and less Objectionable
form should result in correcting some
Of these abuses. College sports have
their legitimate value and it should be
the aim of the college authorities to res
cue them if possible from the plane of
the professional athletic exhibition,
where quibbling and money-making
are the most prominent features, and
place them where they will serve use
xul purpose in the all-around develop
ment Of college young men and women.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-01-20
Distant Relatives

"She promised to be siS''-
Eyes" fronl GU
.Then she married a man !. l for thst
fornia and | haven't seen Nv
years." 81
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-01-20

The Chinese laundrynl"n aravs D
jec cts to your cuffs, but he draw
line at kicks. ~
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-01-20

It's about as hard for , man sol
a diary as for a Wolllan -
lead pencil.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-14

Herbert NJ. Heath. of Augusta, the
quickest man at repartee before the Maine
bar, has been at the capitol for two days,
says the Washington Post He is here in
the interest of a romantic old war claim of
about $1,000 held by an aged man of Gard
iner, Ne, on account of the destruction of
a wagon train of supplies in Texas at the
outbreak of civil strife
Just before Mr. Heath came to Wash
ington he betook himself to the head
waters of the Kennebec river, where he
met some guests from Hallowell, a city
near Augusta. To one of the ladies' in
the party he declared that he was there
entirely for rest. Later in the day the Hal
lowell people observed a man returning
from climb up the mountain side, and
showing unmistakable signs of fatigue. He
was dressed in cap pulled well over his
face and genuine woodman's garb. AS he
came nearer the gentleman was recognized
as Mr. Heath
why" exclaimed the lady, "can this
really be you? L thought you came here to
rest"
80 did" was the quick response. i've
rested twenty times"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-14

1t was third-class compartment of one
of the expresses running from London to
the north, says Tit-Bits. A long-nosed.
thin-lipped man, with pointed chin, a
SLOUGH hat and a hungry expression of
countenance, was resting his feet on the
opposite seat of the carriage, which seat
was partly occupied by a passenger in a
gray check suit.
Coin far, mister?" asked the long-nos-
ed man of the other.
The passenger addressed turned slightly
around and took long look at the uues-
toner.
Yes I'm going to Crewe," he replied
my business there is to sell four shares
of bank stock, dispose of my interest in
a farm of eighty acres ten miles from the
town, and invest the proceeds in a cloth
ing establishment. 1 am from st. Adams,
in Hertfordshire. l got into the train
there at 9:35 this morning. 1t was forty
five minutes behind time My ticket from
Euston costs me 1Ss I'd. Had my break
fast about an hour ago. Paid Is Sd for it,
This cigar cost me Sd, or five Is. My
name is William Page I am 80 years old,
have wife and four children, and am a
member of the Congregational Church. /
was formerly a chemist, but sold out to
a man named Morris, and am not in any
business now. L am worth, perhaps, &c.
600. My father was a cooper, and my
grandfather was sea captain. My wife
name was Nash before 1 married her
When 1 reach Crewe l expect to stop at
a hotel"
He stopped. The long -nosed man re-
garded him for a moment with interest,
and then asked in a dissatisfied way:
What did your great-grandfather do for
a liVin'?'
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-14
Good story Of Napolcon.

Napoleon had at one time many admir-
ers in England, especially among the COM
commercial classes, who suffered deeply
from the war, says Household Words, but
he alienated the sympathies of all such
by his cruel arrest of the English who
were in France at the time of the rupture
of the peace of Amiens, in 1893. Some
twelve thousand English, of either sex,
were thus detained in irksome captivity
till the close of the war, and hardly a fam
lily in the middle and upper classes but had
to bewail the absence of some friend or
connection.
Yet, in individual cases, Napoleon show
ed some magnanimity. A young Scotch
man, one Robert Hendry, from Glasgow,
a scientific dyer and chemist, had taken
advantage of the peace to visit the great
manufacturing houses of France, and he
was staying at Jouy, where Oberkampf
had established a huge cotton printing fac
tory, when war suddenly broke out Hen
dry was thereupon constituted a prisoner
by the authorities, but allowed to remain
on parole at Jouy.
Napoleon one day visited the factory UNI
eXpectedly, accompanied by Josephine; he
made rapid progress through the works
villagers and work people, and latter num-
bering 1,400, assembled to witness his de-
parture, cheering the cortege and cheer
ing still louder when the emperor was seen
to take the cross from his own breast and
affiX it to that of the modest Oberkampf
Isabey painted the scene, and the picture
is still to be found upon the walls of Yer
sales. But Oberkampf had still something
to ask. Napoleon smiled propitiousIy but
made a wry face when he heard the petit
ton, which was for the release of the pris-
oner AN Englishman?" mo, sire. a
Scotchman. His mother, his sisters, depend
on his labors." "Well, he shall be free
them said the Emperor.