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or the ''rakish fore-and-aftness'' of that
one, and the men with him wonder where
the wise boy has picked 1t all UP. The
latter, however usually finishes just be-
fore the trumpet call of the horses to the
POST, by creeping up to q stable hand IT
one Of the Jockeys Wallets and whispering
ly tnquiring what he knows?" The jock
ey's valet or the STRENGTHENING stable hand
splutters out the name of thu first horse
about to run that enters his mind, and the
wise boy rushes out into the betting ring
and puts his bet down in accordance with
the dead-Straight, on-the-Quiet informa-
tion." Curtously enough be does not seem
to study over 1t when the horse the Jock
ey's valet or the stable hand has mention
ed finishes twelfth in a field of twelve but
HES him to the paddock and does the same
thing all over again before the very next
race.
Plays Only Favorftes.
The man who plays fayorites altogether
Is always good-natured chap. who quite
frankly confesses that he don't know any
thing about 'em'i-the horses that is IF
all the rest of the fellows are putting down
their dust on that horse" he argues, why,
they must know what they're doing, and
the horse is good enough for me. / don't
know race horse from a ton of coal, and
I'm just following the push"
The favorite player is not, oddly enough,
SO hard a loser" as the long-shot player,
and even on those rare days when not even
a. single fayorite gets under the wire first
the occasional race-goer who has backed
all OF them rides home just as contented,
broke" apparently, as IL he had driven
half a dozen bookmakers out of business;
while. on the contrary, the wise men with
the dope books" who have relied upon
their own horse judgment and gone
broke" too, rarely seem to take their
''hanmering by the boofies'' with any no.
uceable degree of philosophy.
The system players. by the way, who bet
on the horses, are interesting people to
watch. They spend almost the whole of
racing afternoon In figuring with a pencil
and pad, and. thus employed. they appear
dead to adj passing sights and sounds They
are yariously called ''handieappers." form
players" and dope fiends." and they con-
stitute an element of the talent" that Is
very ren,uneratiye to the books, as a rule
The dope book" used by them in making
their selections OF horses Is q thick collec-
ton of racing charts. showing the perform
anees Tor many previous months OF all the
horses in training. which the "handicap-
pers" cut out of a New York racing paper
and bind together with religious care for
ready reference. II they like" certain
horse to win race, they look over their
dope sheets" In order to study the nags
recent performances, and II the brate
''dopes" to win they play him. If he
doesn't dope" to win. they fasten their
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Only Way to Win.

He couldn't have lost. tell you,"
Says the depressed loser. eager to vindi-
cate the judgment of his selection and to
throw the responsibility for failure some-
where else than on the horse:
THAT just shows the difference between
a shoemaker and jockey, that race. My
horse was all right, but he got a putrid
ride
The writer once asked "Plunger'' Walton
than whom no man since his day has ever
bet on horse races on a more gigantic scale
If there was any way known to science
to beat the horses
Yes" replied Walton, dreamily-he had
been losing an average OF S50O0o a day for
several days-"don't play EN-. and you'll
win
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the last race" what's the use of working
Tor a living when you can pick 'em like
that?'-this is the left motif OF the buzz in
the grand stand. II always comes to
sudden termination in that swelling in
spiriting cry:
They're off,
When that cry echoes through the stand
the philosophic observer who doesn't bet
seizes upon the opportunity to study big
throng of men and women in the very final
stage of excited tension. The remarks
made in the stand this or that horse
shoots to the fore, only TO be gradually
worn down by some other brute OF finer
staying qualities. are short. sharp. gasp
ing. incoherent. all at once and when the
Held of runners finally round into the
stretch ready TO dash past the stand the
strain is at its height. The hettors who
perceive that they are beaten turn away
their heads so as not to see the finish under
the wire, but the men whose horse is at
the fore strain their eyes after the flying
or tiring runner to mark every inch OF his
progress until he shoots under the wire.
says the excited winner, with the flush of
victory on his face.
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Types Of Men Who Go Up Against
the Bookmakers.
THEY KNOW ALL ABOUT TEE PONIES
Never Realize Their Mistake Unit
1t is Too Late.
SCENES AROUND THE TRACK
Written for The Evening Star.

- . - - k'-h l. - AND<h
the fall race meeting
at Benning begins.
Already a number of
the famous strings"
of horSes-b o u n d
hence. at the close of
the Benning meeting.
for the race courses
at New Orleans and
San Francisco-a e
stabbed at the track
conditioning them
selves for the rum
ming ahead. Horse
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A Reasonable Desire.

From tho Cincinnati Enquirer.
Justice Ito negro prison er)-''You are
charged with stealing chickens. Do you
want a lawyer"
Prisoner-"No, your honor"
Justice-'Why not?'
Prisoner-"If II pleases de cot I'd like, II
yer honor pleases, ter keep dem chickens
myself, after habbin de trouble er gIttin'
EN-
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minds upon some other horse in the race,
and dope up" on that one. The childish
belief OF the dope players In the infalli
oility OF their handicapping system h
something pathetic to observe.
Horse Talk.
Up in the grand stand the talk Of the
spectators, many of whom may never be-
lore have seen as many as half a dozen
horse races, is always exceedingly horse
learned, nevertheless. He won't GO the
distance" he'll chuck IL in the last six
teenth:" hes not a stretch runner" the
colts distance is two miles, / tell you. and
he can carry 200 pounds that route II
wouldn't play that filly with counterfeit
money or Brazilian bonds" Il saw her
quit like as II she was shot in a mile race
at Srayesend last summer" II win S25 on
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of the plungers are, and when the conn
miSsonerS" are making the rounds of the
bookles stands, putting down bets for their
chiefs. they are always closely followed
by swarms of non-professional bettors who
want to ascertain the names of the horses
the plungers are 'ton." The plunger never
visits the bookmakers himself. and some
of the biggest plungers remain out of the
betting ring altogether. Their betting is
done fer them by personal aids called
commissioners, and even these commits
sioners don't have to hand any money over
to the bookmakers when they register bets
with the layers" All of the bookmakers
know the commissioners, and when one
of the latter hurries up to bookmaker's
stand, with a note book in his hand and
says, 800 on this or that horse" the
book1e knows for whom the bet is being
made, and has his sheetwriter register it,
without even expecting any money. If the
plungers horse wins the bookie is so much
out If the plune ers nag loses the plunger
squares up all f his losing bets at the
close of the days racing
The Knowing Youth.
The local oitizen-generally young-who is
anxious to achieve reputation for "sporti-
ness who Knows little or nothing about
racing or race horses, and who bets i'm
partially on every race on the card is
generally to De found in the paddock done
up in approved racing togs swinging field
glasses and all, and trying to look turfish-
ly wise. He examines, with his hat on
the back of his head and his head critical
ly to one side, the blanketed horses as they
are walked to and fro in the paddock by
stable hands just before they are sent to
the post and he makes would-be wise re-
marks to the men with him about the lack
of fitness" of this colt, the "staleness"
of that ons, the nifty looks of this filly
Evening star., 1898-11-05

Thousands of situations have been OBJ
tained through the want columns of The
Star.
Evening star., 1898-11-05

isn't you gas stove expensive?'
cit wasn't until the gas company found
out we had it."-Chicago Record.
Evening star., 1898-11-05

Thousands of situations have been OBJ
tained through the want columns Of The
Star.
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his horse is going to win. The great body
OF race followers, however. don't do any
thing of the sort. Most of them want bet
ter than even money for their wagers, and
most of them have got the patience and
GOODNESS to bide their time. A well-known
race track follower-not a plunger-came
from New York to the Benning meeting last
spring. for example. for the purpose of
playing just one horse in one of the races
that was to be run. He sat calmly In the
grand stand and watched 'em rum until
only few days before the meeting closed
the horse on which he figured to make a
hog killing" went to the post in n big field.
The narre of the horse was Thomas Cat.
and the bockmakers laid 10 to against his
chances of winning. The waiting profess
sional put his money down on Thomas Cat
in humps of 800 all over the ring at that
figure. Thonlas Cat won I'm a common cam
ter, and the man who had had the patience
to New Orleans many thousands to the
good. .t,
Heavy PIuneers.
The plunger is a very great man indeed
down TT Benning, as he is at all of the
tracks, chiefly on account of the multi
tude's appreciation of his purely meteoric
attributes. The plunger is of today. Of
tomorrow he is only problematical: that
is why his movements excite such interest
at the race track. He is so non-enduring
that all hands study him while they may
feeling that their opportunity to observe
bettor whose racing transactions are per-
formed on the scale Of thousands and tens
of thousands may not come again. Mem
bers of the first division of plungers-the
"Pittsburg Phtls'' and Riley Grannans-do
not often attend the Washington race meet
ings. but plungers whose killings or
dumps are often on quite as huge scale
as those of men more famous are almost
always to be seen in the Benning betting
ring or paddock. The interest which the
movements of a Bob Rose or Joe"
Fendig excite among men eager to get in
to the know on the outcome of a race
is worth watching. The plungers are al
ways men of exceedingly taciturn DISPOSE
ton, and they rarely tell even their inti-
mates what horses they are ''on'' before
race. Many of the small battors. how
ever, find out who the commissioners
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-07-21
w AR NOTES.

The surrender of Santiago is an ac-
complished fact. The Spanish soldiers
have marched out of the city and sur
rendered their arms to the Americans.
The surrender included all of the gar
risons in the province of Santiago as
we'll as in the city itself. At present
all OF the troops have not submitted but
the different detachments are being no.
titled of the terms of the surrender and
they are being brought in as rapidly as
possible. The forces surrendered to
Gen. Shafter amount to about twenty
tive Thousand men and as he at no
time had more than thatnumber of men
before the city it makes his campaign
a very brilliant achievement.
Porto Rico is the next objective point
OF the United States troops, and the ex-
petition which is to be sent against that
island is under the personal supervision
OF Gen. Miles. 1t is composed of all the
regular troops which were at Santiago
and will be assisted by the volunteers
now at Tampa and Charleston. Gen.
Miles and aportion of the troops. have
already embarked and are on their way
from Santiago.
Watson s fleet has not sailed for Spain
as yet but is being got ready as.rapidly
as possible. This fleet will be much
stronger then was first intended as the
destruction of Cevera's feet has re-
leaved large part of SIMPSONS fleet
from duty.
Matters at Manila remain about the
same as they have for several weeks
fThe Germans seem to be giving Dewey
J some trouble but he seems to consider
himself master and won't take any back
| talk.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-07-21

Madison, Wis, Special, July LEX
Congressman r. M. La Toilette has
again thrown down the gauntlet to the
Republican machine" in Wisconsin
and the hottest campaign for a nomina-
ton ever waged in the state will be on
from tomorrow morning until the state
convention ends at Milwaukee Aug. II.
In a remarkable and sensational pro-
nunciament issued tonight he announ-
ces his candidacy for governor, and
Gov. Scofeld, who is supposed to repre-
sent the machine" or the so-called
Sawyer-Payne-Spooner combination,
which LaF'ollette has SO brilliantly and
vigorously fought for the last half dozen
years, has also announced his candidacy
for reelection. Two years ago he de-
feated LaFollette for the nomination
after most exciting campaign. 1t re-
quired considerable persuasion on the
part of Mr.. LaFollett'es adher.
ents to induce him to run, but as no
one else could be agreed upon he finally
acquiesced. In his announcement he
calls attention to the reforms which he
has SO stoutly championed. He in
part:
"The presence at the state capitol OF
powerful lobbyists for special interests,
with their private legislative chambers,
the operation of which by sort of con-
tagion extends beyond the scope of their
original employment the defeat of every
good measure possible, demands the
enactment and enforcement of laws
that shall make this method of influence
ing Legislators punishable otfense in
the same manner as improperly APP
preaching judge or jury in a court of
Justice; and the good name of the Re-
publican party, as well as the public
welfare, demands that persons who ac-
cept and hold important political posi-
tions should not engage in influencing
legislation in behalf of personal or cor
poration interest"
That measures to make untaxed prop
erty bear part of the burden of the
government, to effectively prohibit COR
rupt practices in compaigns and cleo
tions, to secure all possible relief from
combinations and trusts that destroy
competition and to restrain and prohibit
the acceptance and use of railroad
epasses, sleeping car passes, express
telephone and telegraph franks by pub
lie officials, have not found place on
the statute books of our state that an
all powerful influence, hostile to the
common interests, controls official
ion.-Pioneer Press.
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What an exhibition of pettipess is al

What an exhibition of pettiness is all
this endeavor to award the laurels for
the Santiago victory to any one man.
to neither Sampson nor Schley was due
the humiliation of Cevera's formidable
squadron. Sampson did his share in
having outlined the work that each
ship should do in case of just such a
dash for liberty. Schley did his share
in signaling the other ships to follow
and i'll bringing the Brooklyn 81 e1fec-
lively into action. But no less credit
is due to Capt. Clark, of the Oregon, or
to Wainwright, of the Gloucester. And
scarcely less to Capt. Taylor, of the
Indiana; Capt. Philip, of the Texas, or
Capt. Evans, of the Iowa. When the
fight began each captain acted chiefly
on his own Judgment. He needed no
assignment to tell him what to do, and
though Schley, Clark and Wainwright
supplied more of the dramatic interest,
the conditions of the fight were such
that it is childish to attempt to give
any one commander, no matter what
his rank, all the glory of that unequaled
achievement.-Ex
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CATHOLIC CHURCH.

Sundays: LIST, High Mass, 10 A. NJ.
End: Catechism, Scriptural History, 2
IN. 3rd; Vespers, instruction, Ben
ediction, 1880 P. M.
First Sunday of each Month, Masses
s and 10 A. NJ.
Holy Days of Obligations: Jan. 1st;
Ascension Day: Aug. Is: Dec. 8th;
(Dec. 25th: special Christmas regu-
lation and celebration:) High Mass;
Epistle and Gospel, with Minutes
Sermon, or homely and benediction
at 1880 A. NJ. In Lent, Stations on
Fridays at 7:30 p, NJ. Special regu-
lation for the Holy Week. MASS Oh
week days at 1880.
REV. PROSPER GoEPFERT, G. S. SIP.
Rector.
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TEACHERS HIRED.

The executive board of school direc-
tors have finally engaged all of the
teachers required in the different
schools of the town for the ensuing year.
They had considerable difficulty in
reaching determination caused by the
large number of applications which
they had to consider and it took squite
a number of meetings and good deal
of time before the teachers were all
engaged. l.
The teachers as finally decided upon
are as follows: Principal, O. L. Dent;
Grammar Room, Mae Weigand; First
Intermediate, Marie Dwyer; Second
intermediate, Marian Garrison; Pri-
mary, Francis Slattery; Kindergarten,
Mary Vought. ;
The teachers engaged for the outside
districts are Crokers district, frankie
Diamond; Mud Creek, Jonas Radcliff;
Thomas district, Fannie Garrison; Con-
over. Maggie Mcleod. The school in
the Bent district was discontinued.
By the above it will be seen that the
board has decided on one less teacher
in the school in the village, while the
schools in the country remain the same
in number the one at Conover taking
the place of the one at Bent's which
was discontinued.
There were large number OF appli-
cations for the position of janitor .of
the high school building, George Thorn
son finally securing the appointment.
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LODGES

II g. A. Eagle River Lodge
r meets every second and fourth
L Tuesday, at their hall over Dick
ems on & Cooks store. Visiting broth
ers cordially invited. Chas. Wisner,
O. W. Avery, w. NJ. Sec'y.
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Republican Caucus.

Notice is hereby given that caucus
of the republican voters of the town OF
Eagle River will be held at the town
hall in the village of Eagle River at
eight o'clock Thursday evening July
%, for the purpose of electing five del
egates to the republican county con-
vention which is called to meet at
Minocqua July %, for the purpose of
electing delegates to the republican
state, congressional and assembly con-
ventions.
Dated this 18th day of July, 1898.
By order of Town Committee.
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PERSONAL and GENERAL .
Personal and General Happen
ings Of the Week.


WALL PAPER at Beardsley's.
New stock, and low prices.
Tin Donahue is making a trip up
in Minnesota looking over the country.
Frank Beardsley is giving the in
terror of the drug store new coat of
paint.
Mrs. F. C. Tambling has been hay
ing another sick spell but is somewhat
better again.
If in need of wall paper, call on
Beardsley's before purchasing else
where.
Clark Thomas Of State Line spent
couple Of days in town the latter part
of last week.
-Chas. La Forge Of Rhinelander
spenta couple of days in town the lat
ter part of last week.
William Persohn and Joseph Nema-
check were enjoying the fishing at
Meteor lake yesterday.
The smoke stack of the Gerry Lum-
Der Co.'S. planning mill was blown down
during the storm Tuesday.
j. J. Roderick has been on the sick
list since Monday. A part of the time
he has benn confined to his bed.
One of the Gerry Lumber Co.'S,
heavy horses fell through the side walk
on the bridge Monday evening.
Mrs. Geo. A. Balm came down from
Rummels Saturday and spent Sunday
visiting her brother, James Langill.
Robert Stewart returned Tuesday
from visit to Pennington where he
was looking over his logging operations.
u DIR. H. c. O'Connor is spending a
few days in town visiting relatives. He
came over from Rhinelander yesterday
-Neville's mill was closed down for
couple of days the fore part of the
week while some repairs were being
made.
Mr.. Diddock of Wittenberg arrived
in town Tuesday and will spend few
days visiting his brother-in-law, B. F..
Jones.
The passenger train from the south
was nearly three hours late Tuesday
afternoon. The delay was caused by a
washout.
Rev. H. W. Carter, Secretary of
the Wisconsin Home Missionary So
ciety, was in town Monday on short
visit to Rev. Fl. G.. Todd.
Frank Markee of Woodruff was
transacting business in this city yester-
day. Mr. Markee is one of Woodruff s
prominent business men.
Red rasp berries are beginning to
ripen. They are very plenty this year
and the surrounding woods are full of
women and children picking them.
Jas. Morgan has just received a
new line of dry goods. He has fine
assortment which he is selling cheap.
Call and examine while stock is com
plete.
Coon s. Mathews took contract
to do considerable logging in this
vicinity for Gilkey, Arson & Co. They
have now sublet the greater part OF it
to Jas. Langill.
WIN Sparry, book-keeper for r.
Otto at State Line, spent couple OF
DAYS in town the latter part OF last week
visiting his uncle and aunt, Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Stewart.
S. Aldrich of Three Lakes was in
town Monday and Tuesday. He had
lust returned from week or ten days
trip in the woods over east of here
where he had been looking over tim
Der.
Attorney John Barnes OF Rhinelan-
der was in town Monday and Tuesday.
He came over to appear for the defen-
dent Brown in his examination for the
killing of Welsh near Arbor Vitae the
Fourth.
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LA TOILETTE
A CANDIDATE
HE IS AFTER The GOVERNOR
SHIP OF WISCONSIN.

In Fiery Eddress attacking the
So-Ca11ed Machine, the Former
Congressman Ennouncee himself
an Hspirant for the Republican
Nonin ation-One of the Bitterest
Rnte-ConventionB Battles the BADGER
State Ever Knew Is On Until the
Milwaukee Convention.
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dred dollars which was furnished. At
tornies John Barnes of Rhinelander
and D. D. E. Riordan of this place
appeared for the defendent while in the
absence OF the district attorney the in
terest OF the state was looked after by
Attorney Silverthorn
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ell for responsible, established house in
Wisconsin. Monthly, $1,000 and ex-
penses. Position steady. Reference.
Enclose self-addressed stamped envel-
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The Fideliey Mutual Aid Association is
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We pay 81 90 per hour and give them
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ticles. Send stamp for full particulars,
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CHURCHES.
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.

e-ervices at the Church every Sunday at
O1o3o a. m, and 1880 p. M. Prayer meet
ing Wednesday, evenings at 7:3O. sunday
school Immediately after morning service,
1oung peoples Christian Endeavor one hour
Sunday afternoon at $3.50,
Fl, C, ToDD Pastor,
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M w. A.-Eagle Waters Camp No.
WI 900, meets each Friday at Jones'
We Hall Visiting Neighbors are cor
daily invited
John Smith, n M. Emmons.
Ven. Consul. Clerk.