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sliding doors. to be thrown together on

sliding doors, to be thrown together ON
occasion. The dining-room is connect
ed with the kitchen through passage,
from which the inside stairs go to the
cellar. The pantry, to the left OF the
kitchen, is fitted with pastry table, hour
bins and ample cupboards. A cellar
under the whole house is fitted with
furnace room, laundry and other nee
essary apartments. The construction Is
of the best throughout. The t1mDers
are Of sound pine, well-seasoned ana
free from damaging defects. The stud
ding Of outside walls are 2x6, sheathed
and papered outside and covered with
half-inch pine siding. Inside is plas-
tered with cement plaster. The size or
the building is 311ax5411a feet, not In
GLIDING the front porth and steps.
Height of ceilings: Cellar, 8 feet; first
story, 10 feet; second story, 8 feet. The
foundation is Of good stone, eighteen
inches thick. All outside work usually
painted has three coats best paint; IN
side filled and finished with hard oil.
The house is heated by furnace and
has been built complete, including foun-
dalton, plumbing and heating, for 49,
OOO.-E. A. Payne.
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floor plans here given will, from the
standpoint of living in the house, con-
firm anyone in his ideas of the care
and consideration given to this sub
ject. Such houses as this are In de-
mand all over the country and can be
built by the hundreds if placed In the
proper localities, especially suburbs of
large cities.
The convenience Of the arrangement
of this design is apparent on examina-
ton of the floor plans. 1t all depends
on the inmates of such house whether
1t improves with age, or, on the other
hand, from carelessness and indiffer-
ence it is allowed to go to rack and
ruin. The principal architectural fea-
ture Of the front hall, which is Of good
size, is an ornamental staircase of neat
design. The parlor on the right is quite
large, and the hall, parlor, library and
dining-room are all connected by wide
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-03-09
An index of Civilization

There is no question that diet has
much to do with civilization. If life
was rude and violent in early COM
munities, the kind of food eaten and
the way Of eating it made it even more
SO. How could one gorge an OK roasted
whole, carving it up with rude weap-
ons, or even like Falstaff, on fat capons
and an intolerable deal of sack, with
out being heavy, earthly, and probably
from our point of view, noisy and ILL
bred? The fine manners of the Eliza
bethan court are problematical; they
certainly would not pass muster now.
Food is both an index of the civiliza-
ton attained and factor in the attain
ment. A singular instance of both Is
afforded by the rapid growth of man
ners in Russia. Less than two centu-
ries ago Peter the Great gnawed meat
like wild beast and drank brandy
like savage. To-day the elegant meth
cd Of dining "a la Russo" Is admired
over the civilized world.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-03-09
Effect of an " H.

A cockney whose name was 20 M
| which he, following the usage W., W Al
| class, pronounced HogtoWn' Se.u .tur
the beginning Of the present 't ha Id
In the city of New York, Whele ,ns d
business as a trader. His prenA' ncst
the 'h" was the occasion OF d an II
office story, which Dunlap, Ine nf De
of the History Of the Af'' y"
sign," tells. .ostOss
knew Ogton, he called day a,I. .tars tt
inquire If there were ANY ie'''
John Hogtown. ,.,oble 40
"None, SIR" was the ln''' Ia"
swer. Cooling ID
easv about the goods he hau W n 8
from England, and the DID
change he had RENTED ouestd'
One day after the usuat +or VI By
"Any letters for John Hog p3,cpd tbd
eve, following the clerk, nO ,'tters Be
he was looking among NV
ginning with Fl. a,ot are f@
"'Ollov' cried he, VIA 1ohp BG
looking there for? l Salu
town" ram looking ~ ~,
81 know it, sir, and l am ~ n1Ootblps~
John Hogtown; and there , ~
you" tod JohD; w. ~
look among the hal'cns't me o. Fas
the hoes" And anio'ls ADDRESSED
found a pile of letters h a accap'
John john ogton, which had OSVD
lating for many Weeh' AZ
Always provide for ~, er' itself
baat Is able to provide ~
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-03-09

Few features of Congressional work
are more interesting than the private
claims, of which hundreds are present
ed annually. These are the claims Of
individual citizens for some alleged
debts of the government which cannot,
by law, be collected in the regular way,
and so a special act of Congress is nee
essary If the Secretary of the Treasury
is to pay them. Many Of the claims
presented are fraudulent, while others
are so meritorious that were Uncle
Sam an individual he would blush with
shame to allow them to remain for any
length Of time unsettled. But good and
bad alike are usually kept waiting
many years, for Congress acts slowly.
Oftentimes these claims are so evenly
balanced that it takes a long time for
Congress to make up it's mind whether
they should be paid or not. The inter-
esting case of John Veeley, which has
just been settled in his favor, is one Of
long standing. In 1868, as a carpenter
employed by the Louisville and Nash
Vile Railroad, he found five one-hun-
dred- dollar bills in the end of an old
box car which he had been repairing.
The bills were badly torn, and had been
used by the rats in building a nest.
Veeley made no secret of how he came
into possession of this money, and ap-
piled to the government to exchange
these bills for new ones. This was re-
fused. He then sold the bills to q
broker for three hundred dollars, who
sent them to Washington again, and
asked for an opinion Of the Comptroller
of the Treasury, who decided that the
government had right to keep the
bills without paying for them. The
broker came back to Veeley for the
three hundred dollars. AS the poor man
had spent the money, he had great diff
ficulty in getting the sum together
again, and was only able to pay it in in
stalments. A committee of Congress
recently investigated the case and de-
cided that as Veeley was the honest
finder Of the notes, which were payable
to bearer, and no one else in the thirty
years had come forward to claim them,
he should be compensated. According
ly, bill allowed him five hundred dol
lars has been passed, and after long de-
lay, he is once more in possession of the
cash. In this case patient waiter has
lost nothing but the interest on his
money.
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served as Secretary Of War, Secretary
Of the Navy and Secretary of Ireland
to use American terms, and yet mas
never made the slightest impression az
an executive, as a statute writer or as
an orator. His father was a rcD
Scotch merchant, who sat for the un'
versities Of Glasgow and Aberdeen
but had never entered either The SOL
with a Cambridge degree, became q
pet Of Mr.. Gladstone, who held 'n
father in strong friendship; and one VI
the Bannermans of Manchester aD
uncle on the mothers side, bequeatnN
the nephew fortune and name h'
had everything in his favor-educaoO4
leisure, freedom from cark ana cav
ambition even, connection win 'D'
Ashburnhams, marriage into the lan
lily of Gen. Bruce, Inherited opium,
long detached from need of defense az.
Gladstone for a patron, yet al 'I
even the precincts of WeS'lliIu'' =,
know Of the announced leader-eiec'
the minority in the House OF Coni~ Sad
is that he has held various ofnceS' 49,
that he is 'safe."
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CAN THIS BE TRUE7
Every Living Being Said to Be Par
italy Blind.

Every Living Being Said to Be Par.
italy Blind.
1t will probably be shock to many
to learn that, without any exception,
they are all partially blind and insensi-
BILE to pain.
1t has been clearly demonstrated by
exhaustive experiments that every
human eye is blind in one particular
part, varying in locality and size with
the individual. This can be easily
proved by tracing 100 curved and par
allel lines on a large sheet of paper,
and passing up and down each merid-
ian in turn disc Of black paper one
inch in diameter, until the white area
of the sheet of paper has been covered.
In following the movements of the disc
it will be found that at certain parts
of it's progress it cannot be seen at all,
and this is when the "blind spot" in
the eye is focused on it.
This blind spot, which is irregular in
shape, is caused by the optic nerve,
which enters the retina, and thus OBJ
scures part of the picture photograph
ed las it were) on it. The entire scene
looked upon is clearly depicted with
the exception of the part which should
appear on the point of the retina COW
cred by the optic nerve at it's point Of
entry.
Similarly, scientific experiment proves
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made constant warfare upon the lndl.
ans of Mendocino, Humboldt and Trim
ity Counties. A careful count of the
grewsome Indian scalp trophies OF
Farley's valor would render an esti
mate for startling total Chairs bot
toned with Indian hide and razor
strops cut from the back of some un-
duly ferocious 'buck" are among his
trophies, and together with countless
tomahawks, bows, arrows and skins
from bears and panthers make an un-
commonly striking feature of the N
terror Of his cabin.
Farley settled among the lonely
and his life for considerably over half
a century has there been spent. His
only companions have been dogs.
During his life in the wilderness Far
ley has probably killed 100 Indians, the
most of whom he afterward scalped.
established in Mendocino County, Far
ley entered the Government service.
Acting as a special scout for the sol
diers, he made excursions into the in
terror, from which they drove the In
dams into the reservation as they
would have driven as many wild hogs
or cattle. 1t was immaterial whether
the redskins were hostile or not. All
Indians were considered legitimate
game for these agents of the govern
ment.
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MAY BE AN EMPEROR'S BRIDE.

Isabelle of Orleans, Who May Wed
Franz Joseph of Austria.
1t has been reported that when the
season Of mourning for his assassi-
mated wife, Elizabeth, is over, old
Franz Joseph, Emperor of Austria, will
marry again. The line of the Haps-
burgs is almost extinct. The present
heir to the Austrian throne is Archduke
Franz Ferdinand, nephew Of the EN-
peror, and should he die-which is a
threatening possibility in view Of his
sickly condition-the throne would pass
away from the Hapsburg family, which
has occupied it for many centuries.
Franz Joseph has ever been a good
judge of female beauty, and it is not at
all surprising that he should select as
his future bride one of Europe's most
charming young princesses. She is Isa-
belle Of Orleans, who, although barely
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-03-09
AMERICA IN HISTORY
anings the English schoo,bor,
About the Revo,,,.. heARn

About +hs D. sehoolboy Lea,n,
The American school lStory b,s,
tne man bar to friendliness with U Uet''
iand, by reason of It's comman+' Eng
wars of our independence ana 90 vi lO 1le
was very curious when tirst ,, Isl2.
England in 1889 to see how tho n listed
tionary war was treated in p se,U'u'
school histories, but the only hIs.s snSn
found, in little village school tHa |
visited, dismissed the matter witr s' |
mere statement that In certo,r IN
we separated from the mother con Se8F
and set up republican form Of no
eminent. The Biographies paid soo sO''
ly more attention to our countrr "'Se'
came away with the imnross,a "D0 l
many Americans have, that tho ~ !"
lish schoolboy is taught far leSs o aug
our country than its importance s I0Ou'
warrant. Within a month bavo 1 o,u
across a "School History of Eno,onl ls
for boys of what we would cali l,Ol
N"iu Ndll llph
school age, and have been moro tH"
astonished at the manner in which ~
writer, Cunningham Geikie tro.ta t '
subjects which have so long roma;.1
open sores with us, largely, became
have supposed that the English wo W.
either willfully ignorant of the wro "ne
we suffered at their hands or ~ ,oass
were unrepentant. | found tb0, ~,
history, one of a well-known sprfas ~
school books, condemns the polc0s y,
England's governments, at the timas ~
our ruptures with them, more sevoror
and in harsher language than romom
Der ever to have seen in an Amorioo,
school book. After cnumeratnc tha
burdens, just and unjust, which Gron
vile forced upon us, the historian coos
on to declare the insanity of the kiDo
and the illness of Pitt at later d,ta
Q166). He says that the members NJ
the government were i'll fitted To bEs
Pitts place, and one especially, Charles
Townshend, chancellor of the o,
chequer, wanting In prudence and SELF
restraint, was destined to be the evil
genius of England at this crisis
From "Anglo-Saxon Affinites," BY j.
liam Ralph, in Harper's Magazine.
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of work is necessary in the prelimi-
naries of the erection of a good house,
and what a large amount of hard think
ing must be done before the subject
mortar. Every man about to build
should have years good solid think
ing on the subject. He must first get
settled down to the matter Of site. The
subject of site is the first Importance.
and too much caution cannot be exer-
cised in the selection.
The duty Of every workingman is to
secure a home. 1t comes before all
others. 1t is duty he owes to his lit
tie ones, to his wife, to himself. Once
you have home you are an independ
ent mana free man.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-03-09

that there are thousands of minute
parts Of the body which are incapable
of feeling. You may touch them with
a hot needle, or even, to push the ex-
pertinent further, you may thrust the
needle deeply into the part without any
pain being felt. All parts of the body
share this peculiar insensibility to pain,
but the unfortunate thing is THAI these
dead points" are so mixed up with
parts that are keenly alive that, unless
the point of contact is confined to the
dead point, the pain is all too manifest.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-03-09

Statistics demonstrate the fact that
during the last year our trade increased
with China, Japan and South America
In a ratio that indicates the beginning
Of the same commercial invasion of
those countries that we have made an
accomplished fact in Europe, and there
would seem every indication Of the fact
that the next few years will find the
United States occupying the position
held so long by England as the trade
center of the world.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-03-09

Precept and practice do not go hand
In hand always and the injunction to
forgive the penitent sinner Is some
times forgotten. An example to the
contrary has been set by the congrega-
ton of the First Baptist Church Of
Easton, Pa. The young pastor of the
church confessed that he had sinned
grievously and offered his resignation.
1t was voted unanimously not to accept
the resignation. This is practical Chris
tianity, sufficiently rare to be remark
able
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-03-09

We Americans demand our laugh at
the expense of everything new or old
that we are called upon to consider; but
in the end we measure conscientiously
and carefully; and what at first look
seems almost reckless jocundity turns
out to be but blithe temper working
joyously at serious task. This is the
opinion expressed by an editorial
writer in the Saturday Evening Post.
It may be that our wonderful national
growth owes much to mere light-heart-
edness maintained under the most diff
cult and depressing circumstances.
We have whistled merrily and kept up
our courage through many a dark day;
not for the sake of the WhiStling, but
because 1t was not in us to nope and
whine. A sense of humor purifies and
freshens every mental state into which
1t is projected, so that under it's inf1u-
ence ones view Of adversities and per-
plexities borrows wholesome colors,
and ones judgment harks back to reck-
on with the original elements of happi-
ness. Optimism is badge of youth,
shown the world how to make play of
work; how to enjoy conquering a vast
wilderness and an Astounding crude
ness; how to grow great with laugh
on your lips and jest in every intona-
ton; how to chaff at science and yet
sieze upon it's every secret for the ad-
vancement of our purposes. Our incli-
nation to laugh, to amuse ourselves
with crude yet telling humor, in the
midst of epic changes and powerfully
stimulating readjustments in the
worlds attitude toward us, Is not nee
essarily Of the same nature as the in
stinctive gambols and grotesqueries Of
well-fed and healthy young animal,
as some critics have thought; for al
though our diplomatic methods have
recently passed under the fiery test of
European experience, there has been no
failure in comprehensiveness, firmneSs
and efficacy. We see the lines of carica-
behind all our lightness the alert bust
ness faculty stands. ready. The clear
sighted student of history sees that we
are, in the main, developing as England
developed, but incomparably faster.
Our jocund youth is similar to what the
mother country's was, but more clean
and of firmer moral tone, as any reader
may gather from Chaucer, Spenser,
Jonson and Shakespeare, who reflected
England's morning freshness. Perhaps
the very rapidfty of our progress, the
exceeding stress of our inner and out
ward development, and the surprises Of
our practical inventions have occasion
ally shocked us into undue hilarity-
and at times we may guffaw in the face
of august and solemn presences, yet we
can point to the record. History is do
ing more than merely repeating itself
in our swift dash to the fore; 1T is
adding new meaning to Greek joyous
ness and Roman strength. The incre-
ment speaks for more than the addition
of what may be called natural accumu-
lation of experiences; 1t is racial, and
has been enlarged and enriched by the
forces of freedom and true concep-
ton of civilization. From the first we
have chosen to be happy, and so we are
sometimes almost jovial, but we are
nightly in earnest.
About the greatest drawback TO 9
MANS horninosS Is himself
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-03-09

Only once in a while, 1t seems, do the
people wake up to the fact that they
are masters and not serfs. For much Of
the time they so along bowling and
scraping to their magistrates and their
mayors and their Governors and their
legislators and their off1ce-holding fell
lows In general. For practically all Of
the time they are under a sense of
hopeless subseryiency to the persons
not at all above their own status in citi-
zenship whom they have themselves
clothed with official authority.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-03-09

While the Legislatures Of several
States were leisurely debating bills
making it a misdemeanor to deface by
advertising or otherwise the State or
National flags, French garrison expe-
rienced the mordant of practical appli-
cation. A drunken soldier, having in
suited the French flag, was reported,
and all the troops of Toulon were form
ed in hollow square on the parade
ground, with the flag in the middle.
Then the general called the luckless sol
der by name. He fell out of the ranks,
marched to the flag, saluted it, and ut
tered a faltering apology. 1T is well,'
was the brief comment of the general;
and even the United States, whose flag
Is defaced with such impunity by its
own people, echoes well"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-03-09

Minnesota is the first State that has
succeeded in checking the rush of
young men from the country to the big
cities. This result has been brought
about through the influence of State
school that is agricultural in fact as
we'll as in name. An institution that
can so impress its work on students
that an average of ninety-five out of
every hundred of them are willing to
return to farm life, and put into prac-
tice the advanced methods practically
taught In the school, is deserving of
high commentator. 1t is evident that
the secret of the Minnesota school lies
In it's organization and management,
for there are many other institutions in
the country of supposed like charac-
ter that cannot show anything near
such results. There are now sixty five
coheges of agriculture and the me-
Shahic arts in the United States that
naVe been endowed by Acts of Con-
' siess' ana forty-eight States and Terri
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-03-09
A Deep Lake.

The deepest lake in the world SO far
as known Is Lake Baikal, in Siberia
While 1900 square miles in area, O.
nearly as large as Lake Erie, it is 1900
feet to $500 feet deep, so that it con
tains nearly as much water as Lake Su.
perior. Its surface is 1850 feet above
sea level, and it's bottom nearly 1900
feet below it.
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HAS scALes BY THE SCORE.
Old Indian Fighter Whose Life Has
Been Spent in Killing Red Men.

Been Spent in killing Red Men.
One of the most peculiar characters
of the far West is Jackson Farley, In
dian fighter and Government scout,
who now in his 92d year is living quiet
" on his ranch in Mendocino County,
California. Farley, who has killed
more Indians and coyotes than any
other man on the Pacific coast, went
to California from Virginia when a
young man, partly for adventure and
partly to avenge the murder Of his best
friend, who was massacred by the In
dams while crossing the plains. 1t
would be difficult to estimate the num-
Der of Indians who afterward fell vic
tins to his rife in consequence. During
the period between 1849 and 1866 he
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tories received each $4,000 from the
Federal Treasury last year for the pro-
motion Of practical agricultural and
mechanical education. An examina-
ton of the reports of these institutions
leads to the belief that in many in
stances such schools have been created
as departments of existing colleges
more to secure the government appro-
priation than to make practical farm
ers and mechanics.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-03-09

Millionaire Letter has gone into the
milk business in Chicago. Once our
financial aristocracy spurned any con-
tact with small trade, but now any
thing that will bring in money Is in
style. Doubtless we shall yet see mem
bers of our fiscal gentry laying up snug
fortunes out of the soap grease and old
bottle industry. But after all it Is a
good American sign when we see ma
hobs who are not afraid Of work.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-03-09

The only overfowing State treasury
in the Union is that Of New Jersey, and
the overflow there is from money paid
by the trusts for the privilege of prey
ing on other States.
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TO CORRESPONDENT.

All communications for this paper should be accom-
panied by ths OF the suthor not necessarily foa
publication but evidence of good faith the part
of the writer. Write only side Of the paper. Be
particularly careful in giving names and dates to have
the letters and figures plain and distinct
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SENSIBLE SUBURBAN HOUSE.
This Design Makes a Suitable Home
for the Well. to-dO Nottingham.

This Design Makes Suitable Home
for the Well. to-dO Nottingham.
Within the last quarter century ar
chitecture has made great progress,
and the American architectural talent
has been greatly developed. We per-
ceive the change in the appearance of
the towns and cities here and there
over the country. There is still much
to be desired, but beginning has been
made, and great advances are observ-
able. The architects object should be,
If his genius be equal to his task, to so
design building as to give it an air
either Of sublimity or beauty.
No one who has not had the expert
ence can realize what large amount