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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-11-30
race with a bicycle and well-known
trotter. Oliver W. beat both man and
horse in a one-mile sprint in the re-
markably fast time of 2:11.
MRS. DEWEY.
Charming Personality of the Woman
Who Is Now the Admira1's Wife.

Charming Personality of the Woman
Who Is Now the Admira1's Wife.
Admiral Dewey has known the wom-
an who recently became his wife since
she was a chubby, rosy-cheeked girl,
with two long brown braids of hair
hanging down her back. Mildred Nc
Lean was beautiful and joyous. Life
to her was roseate. She had never
known care. She was simply merry,
light-hearted girl, with infinite posi-
bilities. About this time she met Will
lam Babcock HaZen, afterward briga-
dier general, who was known as sol
der and an author. He fell at once in
love with the charming girl. She loved
him in return. They were married soon
after and went to his post to live.
Life in an army post is somewhat
narrow. The years passed quietly for
Mildred Hazen. Her marriage was
very happy. A daughter was born to
her and died. Then there was a son,
and Mrs. Hazen lived in those early
years for her husband and child. Her
life flowed smoothly on until twelve
y tdIS dSO, WHICH, hOI AuSOduu OlOO
She was left a widow, still young,
beautiful and rich. She went to live
with her mother, Mrs. Washington Nc
Lean.
Again Mrs. Hazen met Dewey. She
was older and sorrow-chastened now,
but to him she was thousand times
lovelier than the light-hearted girl he
had formerly known.
Mrs. Hazen made distinct place for
herself in the gay life at the capital
She soon became known as the most
brilliant in Washington society. Her
extraordinary conversational powers,
her aptness at repartee and her ready
wit caused her to be sought by the
most prominent men in political life.
Through it all she retained the gentle.
unassuming manner that has made her
SO especially lovable. Admiral Dewey
was frequent visitor-but so were
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-11-30
Chair and DasE

The height of the chair you sit in
Whlle writing and that of the desk you
write at are matters of some imnor-
lance. Every person who writes habit
uaIly ought to have a chair specially
made to suit his or her height. and the
seat OF the chair should be exactly one
quarter Of your height from the floor.
Inus, II you are six feet high, the chair
seat should be eighteen inches. The
width OF the seat should exactly equal
It's height, and it should slope back
neutrality-suspicious. of an inch to the
TOOL. Inc back should be trifle higher
than the seat and sloped slightly. not
TOO much. Finally, your desk should
De tWo-thirds as high again as the seat
OF your chair. Thus, if your chair seat
IS tWenty-four inches, the desk should
De forty inches in height. When YOU
nave attended to all these little details
you can sit and write all day without
feellng that backache that comes from
cnalrs and desks that don't fit you.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-11-30
ONLY PACING OSTRICH IN THE WORLD.
not guaranteed to wash. Of this kind
is the little penny flag which the small

not guaranteed to wash. OF this kind
is the little penny flag which the small
boy wears on the lapel of his coat.
Such flags are put through a printing
press like calico skirts, and come out all
colored at the rate Of one hundred q
minute. Anybody is at liberty to make
United States flags. Thus it comes
about that all sorts of patterns of the
national ensign are on the market, and
in use. But if any one desires to have
the colors as they ought to be, refer
ence must be made to the standard
adopted by the army and navy. This
standard, altered from time to time by
the addition of fresh stars, is preserved,
and will continue to be kept by the
secretaries of war and navy. The prop
er design for the blue field of Old Glory
is fixed and absolute; other arrange
ments of the stars, which commonly
are distributed more or less higgledy-
piggledy, are wrong.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-11-30
DEMANDED HER SHARE.
Would Not Sign Until She Was Prom.
ised Stated Sum.

Would Not Sign Until She Was Prom.
ised Stated Sum.
She was tall, spare woman, salloW
of coloring, lusterless of eye, with
STOPPING shoulders and hard, gnarled
hands. For forty years she had been
the wife of the man who sat beside her
in the lawyers office, and those forty
years had been spent in the hard man
ual labor, the perennial baking and
brewing, the almost ceaseless round Of
toll that belongs to the lot of farmers
wives.
Their joint home had been a small
vania, which had been hardly reclaim
ed from the wilderness, but which now,
in the light of some recent coal findings,
had become valuable and salable
property. It was to execute such a
deed of sale that the two had come to
the attorneys office, and they waited
passively and quietly while the law
yer's clerk prepared it.
Presently it was ready, and true to
the custom Of their married life, it was
father" who first took the pen, and,
with much labor and pains, produced
his signature.
Then mother was asked to put her
was made for her at the office desk
But she did not move. Her hands fun
bled nervously, and she cleared her
throat of some choking emotion.
Before I sign that paper" she said,
and her voice grew steady and firm, II
want to know what my shares to be.
I've worked as hard as father all these
years on the farm, and I've pinched and
managed and earned whatever's to be
paid for it as much as he, and want
set sum that's all mine, and that I can
hold in my own hands, and have belong
to me alone
Husband and lawyer were both
amazed at this outburst, but her man
ner indicated so much resolution be-
hind it that the legal man proposed at
once not to combat her, but to accede
to>her request. In a conciliatory speech
he acknowledged the reasonableness Of
her demand, and wished to know what
she would consider a fair estimate of
her share, her husband sitting by dazed
and speeches. at this most unexpected
turn of affairs.
The woman did not hesitate.
.I thought of that, too" she said;
s.it's been forty years, a good forty
years, for we took the farm in the fall,
and this is spring, and it seems to me-"
her voice broke little at this critical
moment-''it seems to me-" she repeat
ed, "as If I'd ought to have twenty
ed, .as if I'd ought to have $2O."-New
York Tribune.
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@saRs
against q fate i cannot resist? God
knows that / did not want to love you.
But because you live and breathe and
move and have your being have no pow
er to help it. My fate is in your hands,
Edith! You remind me of my name. my
family, all I have at stake, and tell me
to 60 away and forget you. All! you know
it is impossible! | can part with every
thing save you. 1t is too late to think OF
right and wrong of what the world may
say-of the ruin it may bring by-and-by.
I am mad, Edith; drunk and mad with
the beauty of your face. Night and day
it haunts me-you will go away with me,
then, as you have promised, to some place
where, seeing you-loVing you, l shall
learn to know fully what it is-to live.
= "ENNISFORD."
Bella drops the burning missive as if it
scorches her fingers, and looking at her
vis-a-vis, sees wild, scared face-so wild
and scared that it is barely recognizable.
For once the milk of human kindness
springs up in her breast, and she feels a
certain remorse for having removed the
bandage of blessed belief and faith from
those poor brown eyes that stare at her
so blankly.
''Don't look like that, Frances" she
says, quite gently, mo man living is
worth that.' and she snaps her fingers.
But Lady Ennisford is past hearing,
and even as Bella speaks she drops I'M
conscious to the floor.
Calling the maid to Lady Ennisford' 8
assistance, Bella runs upstairs to her own
room, opens her writing desk and, put
hn fo4o al lott mt
dresses it:
Lord Aylmer,
With the Supreme Government,
Simla, East Indies.
Then she filings on her bonnet and
cloak, needless of her appearance, and
runs out to the nearest pillar-box.
".I'll teach that Aylmer woman to take
him from me- she mutters, with white
face and blazing eyes.
Lord Aylmer will fling her on him, Of
course. Frances will never hear Of a
divorce; she isn't the sort for that. And
when he finds he has got her on his hands
and doesn't know what to do with her, he
will hate her, just as he hates everything
that gives him trouble or disturbs the
even tenor Of his ways. Then she'll go to
the WALL and serve her right, too!'
With this satisfactory conclusion her
face grows placid again, and she meets
Lord Ennisford at luncheon with smile.
where's Frances?" he asks.
''Not well, as usual!'
81 think I'll run up and see her." he
says, pushing his chair back.
"No, don't! She particularly said no
one should disturb her, and has locked
her door,"
"Ohv' and, flushing angrily, he sits
down again, silent and sulky.
Go be continued)
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-11-30

Mrs Dewey confessesto 40 years Du !
they dwell lightly upon ner. s she Z "a :
woman OF perfect manner. sne nas
sSa,,isita grace and a really arlsto-
oratic hearing. The years of expert
ence she has had In washington ~ :.
ciety have brought her unequaied tac'
and culture. together with rare CONVEX
ational ability. There is in her taik
tbe very slightest suggestion OF the Tor
aipner. She is as enthusiastic and tanks
az ranidly as a French woman. Inere
are moments when her gesticuia. ions
are even more eloquentfhan her words.
She is never at loss to convey ner
meaning.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-11-30
4 PACING OSTRICH.
Jacksonville Boasts Bird that Hsees
in Harness.


The most unique steed ever a'.a.n0 :
to harness is Oliver w, OF floilua, ~
4OO-pound, fulEblooded African os.l a;nr
Not only has the distinction OF Deins
the first pacing ostrich ever known,
but he can get up a speed that Wouiu
trouble the fastest of horses.
Hitched to light carriage, driven ny
his keeper and manager, the big pacing
ostrich may be seen daily in'fhe foau
near Jacksonville and it is doubtful Il
ever a more peculiar and Interesting
sight was seen. His speed is Simply re-
markable and nothing on the ROAD eau
pass or even hold him. He has gone
mile in 2:O2 several times and once II Is
said went below the two-minute marx.
He has already won several big matcn
races and also came out first IN the
most unique trial Of speed ever per
formed in this part of the country,
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CHAPTER MI.

Bella runs upstairs few days after
this into Lady Ennisford's boudoir, her
face brighter than usual, and an open let
ter futtering in her hand.
"Bertie will be here tomorrow, Fran
ces," she cries, in satisfied tone ''Fortu-
nately his colleague has not stayed away
the full time of his leave. so the embassy
can spare him."
81 am so glad" Lady Ennisford an
swers, gently, going on with her diurrfal
lesson to her children, a labor Of love
which she would not give up for the
world to a governess; May, darling,
spell Papa
Mice" May hsps, with an utter
disregard of sound, but with fully de-
fined knowledge of her own idea of him.
Lady Ennisford laughs, and as she does
so, catches sight of Bella's face. The
sight Of it arrests her mirth at once
$ / am so gladp Is that all you have
got to say, Frances? Why, Bertie's COM
ing is our chief weapon against that
woman"
''That woman-oh but, Bella, we don't
want weapon, you know! Ennisford
says he and Lady Aylmer are nothing to
each other-nothing whatever
"And you-believe him?''
Believe him? OF course do! don't
think Ennisford would tell an untruth to
me- and besides, [ want to believe it.
Bella, with all my soul!''
"Good heavens! there are fools in this
worldp' Bella says, bluntly and rudely,
two red spots of anger glowing on her
sallow cheeks, ''but where ignorance is
bliss twere folly to be wise!'
bella, why do you want to set me
against Ennisford? 1t can't be for his
happiness or for mine! Even if there are
faults and follies on both sides, would it
not be kinder to make the best of them,
instead of adding fuel to the fire? He
told me there was nothing between him
and that woman, and why should doubt
him?''
do you doubt your own eyes eyer?"
Bella questions, with an evil sheer which
does not add to her beauty.
Doubt my own eyes! Why do you say
that?" asks voice that trembles with an
indefinable fear and dread.
Because, perhaps this will show you
how much Lord Ennisford sticks to the
TRUTH And, taking paper out of her
pocket, she filings it on the table.
Loyal and honorable, Lady Ennisford
hesitates before she takes it up.
'sWhat is this, Bella? 2"
"a letter"
From whom"
From your husband.
ITO whom?"
ITO Lady Aylmer."
From my husband how did you get
it?''
II took it out of his desk.
Bella, won't read iti'' Lady Enuis
ford says, decidedly, but in a low voice
that rings with infinite pain.
You won't. Well, j have not such a
fine sense of honor, 50 LII read it to you.
And snatching it up. she begins:
Ny Love: Life is vaIueless without
you. Why should struggle any longer
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Old Glory.

one may pay anything from a cent
70 one hundred and fifty dollars, for q
40 Of the United States. The cheap
EST flags are stamped on muslin with
the colors red and blue, and are then
tackled or pasted upon sticks; they are
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-11-30

a bridegroom can get good deal ,f
cfeolt Tor helping his wife with the
houseWork, by going out once or twice
week, and upsetting few things ia
the kitchen,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-11-30
The Pope's Roons

of the vatican's II, 700 rooms Pope
Leo mas reserved for his personal use
only three-a small parlor. little din
lng-room and bedroom.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-11-30

4 IS q sign Of weakness to venomous-
" hate people
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-11-30

Women have the most to wear. bu,
men have the most to eat.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-11-30
"cooKED" FOR "
Apples "A

Chicago Dealers Suffer
Apples IA
Chicago commission ns sss|
S o oo,ooo lost in apples s,th rr'
exceptionally hot - V stoct 81
cream of the winter T, an and b1|
Michigan, New York X, i inrjty u
ers, eUtst so badly that t s's !
a age could not save them .11p 1t
The national loss . on " T5bdl
10 between we nu Oct. 10 and S >+,s.t y
some South Water 5oa os s(lf npt
run past the 81, OoV'OO
A Los Angelo, :5j afsdi tba
~
their wild state nay not raDp
ed with dogs, but ltt,aas se ~
confinement and rel'd
John Y. Fillmore ees-p',' , y
west s1iI Point and fe saatss o.,
to hold the rank o.
vaal army. ~ y
Bremen took . lotto .ottop
United United States last
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With these awful words tolling knell
in her ears, she is down on the floor at
his feet, with the tears running down her
cheeks and her arms clinging to him.
George, for heavens sake don't say
it is easy-to partp' she sobs. 'I'll bear
anything, everything, only don't let any
one take you from me. Don't hate me
gutter
Where is her dignity now-the dignity
Bella has advised? 1t is only silly
babyish appeal from silly babyish wom-
an as Bella would think; but somehow,
such appeals have more weight sometimes
with man, unless he is brute, than all
the grandiloquence of a clever woman.
For a moment he waivers. The pink
flush is still ON his face, and the long
sweeping blond mustache does not hide
the bad temper on his mouth; then he
stoops and just picks her up as if she
were doll, and perches her on his knee.
Don't cry, little woman! and don't try
on grandeur, it isn't in your line. / dare
say you did not mean to rail me, only,
you see, fellow can't stand being blown
hot and cold on by his wife. when he can
have surfeit of kindness from other
women" he says, still harping on that
success that has gone far to spoil his ma
ture, making him contemptibly vainglori-
Gus Of his good looks.
II never blow hot and cold," she an
swers in a choky, gasping voice; II love
you always, George; love you so much
that it kills me to think you care for any
one else!'
"Who told you l did?' he questions,
with the air Of an injured martyr; Belle,
of course! She is frebrand, fend!
and has never forgiven me for"
He stops abruptly, remembering that
that episode is sealed book to his wife.
Never forgive you for what, George"
she asks, with wondering eyes.
"For heaps Of things! First and fore
most because she knows / think her SO
out of the way plain-headed.'
.'She cannot help that. Bella is much
nicer than she used to be. She is quite
sorry now because she fancies l am so
unhappy"
rs she?' he replies, obviously; "and
why does she think SOP
Because I have been, you know. l
thought Lady Aylmer would take you
away from me, George, she whispers.
Rubbish! Lady Aylmer and | are
nothing to one another-nothing.
She lifts up her face and looks straight
into his eyes, and as they meet hers
steadily, she gives great sigh of relief.
THANK heaven" she says, simply.
And newell, he has not much rever-
ence for sacred things, but he thinks he
would rather she had disbelieved his as
sertion than have responded to it so.
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Bremen took : eottop 2
100000 bales OF Of , yssr.
United States las'
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CHAPTER XII.

Don't go to any more balls, Frances"
Bella says the next morning, when Lady
.Ennisford walks into the breakfast room,
white as a sheet, and wan and limp.
Arizona silver belt., 1899-10-05
AN ARTIFICIAL MINE.
How the Treasury Department Checks
 the Waste at the Minus.

In one corner of the melting room at the Now Orleans mlnt IS Il large Iron tank m winch the newiycast silver bars are dropped, hisslng, to cool off, says the Iimes-Demucrut At the end ot hurd days work the surface ot the water shows fulnt rainbow-hued scum, hke the metulnc lustre of stuynant pools seen near dye house. lt comes Tn part from microscopic flakes of sil' yer thut have sealed of III the cooling. The water, when changed, rms down pipe that terminates III the bottom of clstefn which contains q layer of mud couple of feet deep, As the water seeps up and through, the mud acts as IL inter and catches the particles of precious metal, so In time It becomes an artificial silver mine Once every quarter the stuff is scooped out and passed through n reduction process. The result Is silver brick, worth may be $50.
 When it comes to money making, UnciC Sam cun beat the world for stugiuess. The artlicml silver mine in the yard of the oid mlnt premises Is only one of his numerous schemes for checking waste When the casters raise their glowing ladies from the smeltIng pots shower of sparks fly from the molten surface. They arc mostly in candcscent particles of carbon, but among them are pm npolhts of silver, ,l, r.il tI., auhes and clinkers beneath the tur- nuces, and when the fire-boNes are ruked out at night the contents are scrupuluusly preserved, Down below, m the basement, is great revolving crushor that grinds the debris into fine powder, and when enough accumulates It is sold ivy sample to northern shelter and treated like ordinary ore Nor is this all. Every evening the floor of the smelling room is swept fur more carefully than ever lady's parlor, and the sweepings are preserved along with the ashes. Once in three months or so the soot is scraped out of the tlues and chimneys, and finds its way to the same receptacle. From the ashes, clinkers, sweepings and soot of the New Orleans mint Uncle Sam de- rlves larger income than the average bank president. The erucibles used in melting are good for about three charges; then they are wheeled down to the basement, crushed, and share the fate of the clinkers. The pores of their earthern sides are full of virgin silver and the gritty brown powder into which they are ground yields an average of s200 ton X worn out crucihle Is really worth more than a new one
Arizona silver belt., 1899-10-05
Wanted d YOb.

He was Swede, and had trumped 1t across from Pearce all the way to Metcali, says the Solomonyille Bulle- tin.
 Alex Mclean, the genial superin. tendent at the mines, was seated on his front porch in the twilight as the Swede opened the gate and walked mp through the yard Under his arms he carried two half-grown pups that he had beg ged from rancher along the road. There was nothing remarkable about these two pups In fact they were O! the commonest type of the yellow va riety. As he gained the porch he doifed his cap, and with the two pups well in the foreground. sail Me want yob; the pup you keep him; l bring for yon
 He had smile on his face that cx- tended from ear to ear as he turned those pups loose, and they made straight for Alex. The trick was done. The Swcdc went on shift next morning and pups now ndorn the front yard of Alexs home at Metcalf
 It Is an old saying in every mining camp iu southern Arizona, Take Alex Mclean, at Metcalf, good dog and you go to work the next shift.
 The Swede heard of this In Pearce and started across country us hard as he could go Just to make himself safe, he presented two instead of one, and has sent for his ''brudder, in the ould country"
Arizona silver belt., 1899-10-05
IN THE ANTIPODES.
Mining on the Yukon Dawson City
 q "Red- Hot" Gambling Town.

Attorney T. C. Forest of Prescott is in receipt of letter from J. II. Lee, who wrote under date of August l5, 1899, from No. F, Eldorado creek, Yukon territory, about as follows;
 |. After years stay in the antipodes l will try to describe this country to you, though it would take an abler pen than mine to describe it iutcili. gently and perfectly.
 "The conditions here are all changed. Here stiffness reigns supreme and q man can be heard talking half mlie away The hills are all covered with verdure, the soil being from one to three feet deep, and willows grow as profusely on the kills as in the valleys The weather Is very hot and yegeta- ton is very rank, the grass growing as high as ones waist lt would only re' quire little stretch of the imagina- ton to make one believe that they were in the tropics instead of few miles of the Arctic region, lt rains almost every day, but the nights are cool. went to Dawson day before yesterday (a distance of : mllesl, and back yesterday l must say it IS one continual round of pleasure to go to town and back in two days. At times there is fairly good trail but most of the way you are obliged to tramp through mud six inches deep, running over dumps, crawling over Humes, sluice. boxes and counting logs over the creek.
 ''Some of the creek and bench claims here are very rich. It is not uncom. mon to find rockers making from $50 to $500 day on the benches. Wagons are high-90 cents to Sl n hour, and board IS B per day. Freight IS high from Dawson--i pay lJ cents pound. Goods of all kind are cheap to what they formerly were here. Potatoes r cents, flour SS and Sl0 per 100 pounds, bacon 25 cents Clothing, boots and shoes cell at Prescott prices, very cheapt9.
 Although Dawson is a large, red-hot drinking and gambling town, It is very orderly, as the police are strict and vigilant. There is a great deal of busi- ness done iu Dawson. Sometimes there are as many as a dozen large steamers at the wharf at one time, up.riyer and down-rIvcr boats One can go out now to Seattle in eight days for SS0. It Is about the same price up and down the river, Parties have re- gently come through to Dawson ifom New York city in fifteen days.
 As for gold, there is more of 1t here than in any camp 1 ever saw or heard of. A rich spot on one side of the bench claims on Big Stockim, two miles from here, was struck and they took out over $500 to the pan. One of the nuggets l saw at Grand Forks today and it weighed over 80 ounces. Ground that is rich is generally very rich indeed IL is just as common 10 see men carrying down sacks of from three to five hundred ounces as 1t is to see prospectors iu Arizona showing quartz with gold in it for the drinks.