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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-08-04
BEAUTY AND THE BEAU.
The Show OF Gal1antry Rebuked by
Genuine Courtesy.

The Show OF Ga11antry Rebuked by
Genuine Courtesy.
The car was crowded. 1t happened
that only men were standing, with the
exception of a colored woman in the
middle of the car. But at corner
woman dressed in the top Of the mode
got on. She stood next the door, and
plainly here was chance for some
masculine person to be gallant. An
old beau, who was seated near the CEN
ter, was obviously fascinated by the
appearance Of this beauteous female,
and bobbed his head to catch her eye.
Finally succeeding he arose, beckoned
to her, and murmured:
won't you take my seat, madam"
The colored woman, standing direct
" in front of him, heard this, and,
turning, thanked him gratefully as she
made movement toward the vacant
space. With Indignation wrinkling his
tinted nose, and spelling for moment
the gracious air which he had assumed,
he pushed her back, with both hands
at her elbows, as he exclaimed:
ooh, no; not for you, ma'am!'
His adjustment of expression was
rapid as he turned once more to her of
the handsome face and fashionable
clothes and made way. Then, with a
smile at his neighbors which plainly
said, Didn't manage that wellT' he
leaned comfortably on his stick.
The favored one had not noticed the
little play which had been enacted for
her benefit, but young girl who sat
in the next seat was an observer, and
saw the warm red deeply flush under
the black skin of the other woman and
the tears come In the dark eyes. She
saw the mouth Quivering, and her own
eyes snapped. With a glance at His
Competency" Enthusiastically express
i've of her scorn and indignation, she
quickly rose, touched the woman on
the arm, and gently said:
'"Take my seat; I'm getting out at the
next corner"
Then flashing look at the man, I'M
der which his expression of self-con-
graduation rapidly changed to some
thing near to sheepishness, she passed
out of the car; and more than one man
there would have bet that she had not
intended to get off at that corner
New York Sun.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-08-04
IRON HEATED IN COLD WATER.
Novel Operation in Which Old smithy
Theories Are Reversed.

Few operations look more like a mira
Gle than heating a piece of iron to a
cherry hue, or an even more dazzling,
incandescent, by thrusting it into a
tank of cold water. None of Herr
mann's illusions could be More start
ling than this feat, which, as now per-
formed, is practical reality, and not
merely an entertaining trick. Hitherto
the blacksmith has plunged horseshoe
or other product of his art into bath
beside his forge to lower the tempera-
ture Of a piece of metal which has al
ready been heated in the fire. 1t is now
proposed to do away with the broad
hearth, the Goals, the blaze and the bel
lows, but to retain the tank and its con-
tents. Then, simply by immersing the
iron therein, it will be quickly brought
to the desired temperature.
Over in Newark the other day, when
tests of the device were being made, it
was found that railroad spike fully
an inch in diameter acquired a cherry
tint fifty seconds after it was dipped
into the cold bath, while q half-inch
screw bolt came to a white heat in
eighteen seconds.
The general arrangement of this Won
derful apparatus is as follows: The
tank is about as big as kitchen sink,
and stands on four legs. 1t is porta-
BILE affair. Two carefully insulated
wires, proceeding either from a dyna-
mo on the premises or from some gen.
eral power and lighting circuit outside,
are led into the room. The positive"
wire is connected with the metal lining
Of the reservoir. The other wire is Sc
cured, by welding or solder, or other
wise, to pair of tongs, whose handles
are covered with insulating material.
The negative wire is long enough and
flexible enough to allow considerable
movement by the workman. The lat
ter merely grasps with these insulated
tongs the spike bolt, horseshoe or other
object which is to be heated and dips it
into the liquid. That's all. When it is
hot enough he turns to his anvil and
hammers the thing, or drops it where
another workman can pick it up, and
then uses his magic tongs afresh to
handle something else.-New York
Tribune.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-08-04
How Slate Pencils Are Made.

Slate pencils undergo a number Of
processes before they are ready for use.
and in making them nearly all of the
manual labor is done by boys. First
broken pieces of slate are put into q
mortar run by steam and are crushed
to powder, which Is then bolted In a
machine such as is used in Touring
mills. A fine slate flour results, which
is thoroughly mixed In large tub with
steatite -four and other materials, the
whole making a stiff dough. The dough
is kneaded by being passed between
iron rollers number of times, and It
Is then taken to table, where it is
made into short cylinders four or five
inches In thickness and containing
from eight to ten pounds of material
each.
Four of these cylinders are placed in
strong iron retort which has
changeable nozzle so that the size of
the pencils may be regulated. In the
retort the material is subjected to great
hydraulic pressure and is thus pushed
through the nozzle in the shape of a
long cord. AS the cord comes through
the nozzle is passes over a knife and Is
cut into the desired lengths. The
lengths are laid on boards to dry and
are then placed on sheets of corrugated
zinc, the corrugation preventing the
pencils from warping during the bak-
ing process. The baking is done In a
kiln which superheated steam is passed
through pipes.
The pencils go from the kiln to the
and packing room, where the
ends are held Tor an instant under n
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-08-04
they retired and purchased their pres
ent home at Bath Beach.

they retired and purchased their pres
ent home at Bath Beach.
The two children were sent to first
class school in Brooklyn, from which
they recently graduated with marked
credit. From their earliest childhood
they were carefully trained by Mr..
Austin, his object being to develop
their frames so as to make them
healthy and hearty young women. In
this he has been entirely successful,
but the training the girls received in
the spacious gymnasium at Bath Beach
also developed the love for such exer-
else, which they inherited from their
parents, and last fall they obtained per-
mission to prepare themselves for pub
lie appearance. Now they show daily
IN a daring trapeze act and also as
ceiling walkers. The latter perform
ance Is especially thrilling.
The girls make charming modest
picture when seen together dressed for
their act. Aimee, the elder girl. has
great mass Of chestnut hair, beautiful
blue-gray eyes, and an exceedingly
dainty appearance. Marie, the younger.
a real beauty, was born in Vienna. Her
eyes are dark and she wears her hair
pompadoured over her face. The girls
are attended by their father at all per-
formances and are at present attract
Ing much attention by their toosy-
turvy feats.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-08-04
THEY WALK ON THE CEILING.
Two Heiresses with Inherited Love
for Gymnastics.

for Gymnastics.
Perhaps the most daring perform
ance to be seen in all the many places
of entertainment at Coney Island, New
York, is that given by two girls, who
seem to be altogether out Of harmony
with their surroundings. These are
the Austin sisters, each of them re-
fined, we'll educated and Of charming
personality in every way. Their home
is a beautiful place at Bath Beach,
L. l.. where their parents live. The
latter are persons of good manners and
easy department. many years Of travel
in all parts of the world having given
them the indefnable polish which your
stay-at-home can never hope to attain.
Mr.. and Mrs. Austin were trapeZe per-
formers since early childhood. In the
course of their professional journey
ings they met and married, travelling
and performing together for years. I'm
like many others in the same business,
they took care Of their earnings, in
creasing the same handsomely by sew
eral judicious investments. When their
two daughters were still little girls
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-08-04

The Cleveland Leader has been inter,
viewing the census reports and presents
some facts in regard to the proportions
Of native and foreign born citizens that
ought to clear away great deal of mis-,
apprehension. It shows that in 1890
Al, 946, 204 inhabitants Of this country
were native born and wholly Of native
parentage. Only 3,664,2 were born
Of one foreign and one native parent
and only 17,011, 7S1 were Of foreign par
ents. OF these 100000, about half
tionalities 4,142, 100 were Irish, 5,776,-
1855 German, 1,33O,12 English, 300, 159
Scotch, 169,S32 Welsh, 5O3, 300 English
Canadians, making the British element
about 100000, or more than all the
Italians, Hungarians, Poles, Bohemi-
ans, French and Russian and Austrian
Slavs together. OF Swedes there were
690,401, Of Norwegians 55O,227, Of
Danes 194, 449, or total Scandinavian
population Of about 100000. OF other
nationalities, it appears that the Rus
sian element leads with 249,165. The
Bohemians numbered 205, 1865, the Ital-
fans 296,0O9, the French 177,0o7, and
the Hungarians 69,761. Other minor
foreign elements numbered 961 200.
The only unpleasant feature about this
presentation Is that the Germanic or
SaKon-Celtic and Scandinavian ele-
ments, which are easily assimilated, no
longer form 80 large proportion Of the
immigration as formerly. Slavs, Hun
garfans and Italians have been sweep
ing in in numbers 80 large that the CEN
sus Of 1900 will show much larger
proportion Of these elements than the
1890 figures.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-08-04

There are a few misguided Amer1-
cans who are impressed with the belief
that the American volunteers would not
be able TO hold their own with the train
ed regulars of Europe. This belief has
been shattered, and most happily, too.
The plains and hills around Santiago
tell the story. Outnumbered, the volun-
teers fought an offensive battle, and
that's a terrible handicap Of itself,
against trained European soldiers be-
hind breastworks; against men who
were acclimated; against even the ele-
ments, for a tropical sun and tropical
rains are more terrible than cold lead;
and in the face Of all they drove these
trained European soldiers back, and
back, and back, until they We're almost
within the gates Of Santiago and IN
der the protection OF feet the pride Of
Spain. Small wonder, then, that the
Americans rested and withdrew for a
time, without single soldier Of this
trained lot to follow them, even single
step. But there is another case In his
tory where the Americans met the
trained soldiers Of Europe. That was
more than a hundred years ago, when
some hired Hessfans were brought over
here. They were supposed to be the
best fighters IN Europe, real fiends for
fighting. And what was their fate? An
army to fight must be actuated by patrd-
otto sentiment sufficiently deep to stir
the blood, to quicken the pulse. 1t must
be actuated by something else than
mere mechanical love of fighting. And
these the American volunteer army has
in the highest degree, and against it the
trained soldiers Of Europe can not pre-
vail.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-08-04

John Albion Andrew, the great war
Governor of Massachusetts. had the
good fortune to spend his boyhood ON a
farm In the State of Maine. HIS father
and mother. though of genial humor,
were rigid disciplinardans; and he had
occasion in after life to thank them for
training him to orderly habits IN small.
everyday matters. One Of his sisters
related not long before her death, which
occurred in 1897, that Albion was sum
moned home from school one day by his
mother. who merely pointed to the
boys cap, which he had carelesSly left
on the floor. The hint was enough.
Without word, he picked up the cap.
hung 1t on the proper peg. and promptly
went back to school. The father also
strictly enforced the rule, "a place for
everything, and everything in IT'S
place" pftchfork. in common use for
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-08-04

The tax dodger violates every princL
pie Of the social compact and defes ev-
cry principle of justice. He seeks the
protection of a Government the ex-
penses of maintaining which he re-
fuses to assist in paying. The fact that
the tax rate is always too high can only
Justify everyone in seeking to reduce II,
not to dodge it, and the man who
lodges it because his opportunities to
do so are better than those Of his neigh
Dor, whose burdens he increases by his
dishonor, is an anarchist and defies the
laws as much as the loud-mouthed de-
claimer who advocates overthrowing
the Government
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-08-04

The Iron Age, the organ Of the iron
and steel trade, one of the leading trade
journals in the land, says editorially:
Manufacturers are taking great inter-
est in the progress of mechanical edu-
cation. Evidence to this effect Is con-
tinually coming to light in the proceed
ings Of the various manufacturers as
sociations. The students Of the manual
training schools are making their i'm
press in numerous lines, and employers
cannot help expressing their gratifica-
ton at the manner in which the stand
ard of every craft is being raised by the
superior intelligence which has been
thus infused into the mass. While the
benefits of the training schools are shar-
ed both by the students and by those
who become their employers, 1t is be-
Heved that the latter should display in
q more practical way than hitherto the
deep interest felt by them In the sue
cess of this system Of improving our
mechanical trades" It is manual train
ing, practical technical and CONNER.
cial training, that has enabled Germany
to push her products into all quarters
o e75oe, in spite of the greater nat
ural uiowment OF the American and
Britisher for manufacturing and trade.
West of us lies the Pacific ocean, to the
development Of whose commerce all
eyes are turning. To whom will fall
the lions share of this vast trade ia
largely question, not Of armies or ma.
ynl
business capacity. Whether the DOR.
ton of the United States shall be large
or small is solely questioned brains,
since the advantage In location Is ours
already.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-08-04

The military authorities have done
well in this war for setting the stand
ard of physical qualifications Of the re-
cruit so high, for physical endurance is
the foundation Of a good army. The
surprisingly small amount of sickness
among our forces in Cuba-small con-
sidering the trying climatic conditions
to which they have been exposedAis,
no doubt, due in large measure to the
sound constitutions Of the men COM
posing them.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-08-04
SCHOOLING OUTSIDE scHoo, :
Germany's Bands of Tramp Studen..
Have a Good Time.

GermaMy's BANDS or tramp Studen+
Have Good Time.
A bicycle tour last July brought "a
our notice a feature Of public educa.
ton in Germany which might wisely
be initiated in this country. We Ar,
rived one day at Goslar, on the north.
ern edge Of the Harz mountains. Thu
proprietor of our hotel was busy nra
pairing for the coming Of sixty bows
They arrived the next evening with
their knapsacks, on foot, and accom-.
panied by three or four teachers. In
the large dining hall, after their bread
and beer, brief addresses were made to
them and they sang Justify several pa.
triotic and folk songs. They We're a
lively but orderly company. Next
morning they gathered in the public
square, near the most ancient historic
building in the town. The events Of
interest which had there tranSpired
were recounted to them, and other
songs were sung in praise Of the Fa-
therland. We afterWard saw them in
various excursions in the neighborhood.
Such companies of students We're
often met with in the HarZ and in the
Thuringian forest. We learned that
these journeys are an important part
of school life. The pupils come some
times from small villages, sometimes
from the larger towns. The proposed
route is laid out weeks or even months
beforehand. The pupils draw maps Of
the region through which they are to
pass. It's features of geographic, his
toric, literary and geological interest
are pointed out to them. They are told
what they may expect to see and how
to see it.
Usually each pupil makes a weekly
contribution toward the cost of the trip
till the amount needed is secured. Of
course strict economy is practiced and
the expense is small. Often they sleep
in barns or in large halls, covered with
straw. They are instructed as to their
outfits, and each boy carries what lie
requires strapped on his shoulders.
They divide into several groups-one
group marching as leaders, another
scouts, and so on. They study botany,
natural history, the roads and how
they were made, the raising and NOV
ing of crops and many other things.
They visit the homes where men IA
nous in war, government or literature
have lived. They learn poems asso-
ciated with places. From such jour
ney, lasting from three days to three
weeks, they return to their own COM
munities with many new things of in
terest to talk about and much valuable
information. They write essays on
their travels and observations. This
outdoor study in Germany is consider
ed important enough to be made the
subject Of an extended report in vol
ume just issued by the English educa-
ton Office.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-08-04

An American in Hamburg recently
made the acquaintance Of a retired
army officer, with his wife and little
son. The boy had just entered mill
tary school and wore a uniform. On
one occasion, writes the American, the
mother punished the boy for some mis-
behavior, when he suddenly took Off
his coat saying, "You may strike me,
but you must not strike my emperor's
coat" Does the American Dag receive
as loyal respect at the hands Of Ameri-
can schoolboys?
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-08-04
Chat of the War.

Spain has $4,000 Gypsies.
Patti made her rebut in Cuba,
Frisco to Manila-6,6O miles.
Cadiz to New York-2,8OO miles.
Key West to Havana-ninety miles.
Spain has 2S922,6O9 inhabitants.
Russia's common soldier gets 1925 q
year.
Our daily output Of powder Is 10000
tons.
Cuba has 100000 acres of virgin
forest.
War has doubled the price of army
horses.
Frisco Chinese are making soldiers
clothes.
During our civil war there were 1925
battles.
Italy's war department utilizes S45.-
100000 year.
Cuba has 1861, 900 inhabitants; Phil
adelphia 1,35O,OOO.
Prior to the war the annual net rev.
enue of Cuba was $SO,OOO,OOO.
Every Spaniard is liable to be called
to military service on attaining 20
years of age.
Policemen In Boston have been in
structed to salute the flag whenever it
Is carried past them In parade.
A Cuban insurgent, in order to get
cigarettes, risked death by going into
a town with Spanish soldiers.
A Salt-Laker who writes poetry first
rate thinks there was a Merry Mac in
the White House when the news came
that the Santiago bottle had been
corked by that coal ship Philadelphia
Record.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-08-04

foddering the cattle, was always to be
kept standing in certain corner of the
barn, where he could lay his hand ON it
in the might without lantern. On one
occasion he felt for it In vain, and called
the boys to account. With mixture
of ohagrin and amusement, they report
ed that Father was mighty particular;
for the fork wasn't more'n two inches
out of placer
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-08-04
Plea for Beer on SUNDAYS

An extraordinary argument for Sun.
day opening was quoted by one of the
speakers recently at a temperance con.
Vention. He related that at a public
meeting once held In Coventry. En-.
gland, an orator urged that public
houses should be opened at noon on
Sunday, In order that workingmen
should have an opportunity of discuss.
Ing together the sermons they had
heard in the morning.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-08-04

The immense and growing business
of the great lakes is one OF the extra
ordinary incidents Of our national pro-
gress. Nearly 100000 tons of freight
passed into and out of Lake Superior
last year, its value being shade under
$220,0OO00O. This was an increase on
the preceding year of % per cent. The
proportion carried in Canadian ships
was only one-thirty- eighth of the whole,
the fraction diminishing year by year.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-08-04
Chicago Times-Herald.
ENLISTED AS A PRIVATE.
Louis III. Carpenter Has Now Risen to
BriEadier General.

Brigadier General.
One Of the most striking examples of
the democracy of the United States
army is presented by the career Of
Louis II. Carpenter, who entered the
army as private and has risen to be
brigadier general. Carpenter was at
the University Of Pennsylvania In 1851,
when he was seized with the war fever
and enlisted in the regular cavalry.
Within six months his soldterly quail
ties won him a commission as second
lieutenant in the regular cavalry. Be
fore the civil war closed he was repeat
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-08-04

Lieut.. Hobson of Merrimac fame is
said to have given an order several
months ago to news-clipping bureau
for all newspaper mention Of him. AS
these are now being collected at the
rate Of about 400 day it is to be feared
the gallant lieutenant will find himself
q bankrupt when he comes to pay the
bill
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-08-04

rapidly revolving emery wheel, which
neatly points them.
Finally they are packed in paste
board boxes, 100 pencils in each box,
then 100 of the pasteboard boxes are
packed in a wooden box, and they are
ready for shipment. - Philadelphia
Times
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-08-04

By the way, what does Rudyard Kip
ling now think Of "the big, fat republic
whose entire seacoast Is bound to be
ravished in the event of war;?
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-08-04
TO CORRESPONDENTS.

An eoumuu,casions Cor this paper should be accom-
snied BY the name Of the author not necessarily fs
qualification evidence Of good faith on the part
If th. writer Write only on side of the paper h
nsrticuarly careful In giving and dates. to ha
ths letters andHgures plain and distinct
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-08-04

They have just decided in England
that If a man marries his deceased
wifes sister in a colony, where such
marriage is legal, the union will be re-
garded as legal in the British Isles. Our
English cousins have good many
claims to our favorable opinion, but we
still have a lingering notion that in
some respects they are just trife slow.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-08-04

One of the Eastern universities has
made President Mckinley a doctor of
laws. The doctor, we believe, expects
to practice for a while on the Spanish
laws in Cuba.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-08-04

The Spaniards asserted at the time
the Maine was destroyed that disci-
pline was so lax on American vessels
that such accidents" were apt at any
time to occur. American sailors have
given a pretty fair refutation to that
SANDER.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-08-04

The rescue Of every passenger and
the entire crew Of the burning ship
Delaware off Barnegat light strikingly
recalls the Bourgogne disaster; it was
so different.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-08-04

The old phrase, current in Europe q
hundred years ago, africa begins at
the Pyrenees," is respectfully COM
mended to Spain as an explanation Of
certain recent events in history.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-08-04

Dewey did them on Sunday and so
did Sampson and Schley-Sunday is
the great day in the American calen-
dar