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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-02-02
Here Is an Issue for Bryan.

An exchange suggests that II Bry an
shall discover that 16 to 1 and anti
expansion do not promise to be profit
able issues for the campaign of next
year, he take up the question whether
the twentieth century begins in 1900 or
1901. Surely the suggestion is a good
one, and the forcing of that issue
would promptly result in division OF
the people on lines more distinctly
marked than those which divided them
on the silver issue in 1896. The cam
paign would be one of the most eXcit-
ing ever waged in this country.
Of course, Bryan would take the side
of those who believe that the next CEN
fury begins on Jan. /, 1900, and we
have no doubt that the logic and el0-
quence of the Boy Orator would suff1ce
to convince the people that he was
right. 1t would be as easy for him to
convince Americans that ninety-n1ne
years make a century as it was for him
to prove that sixteen ounces of silver
were worth as much as one ounce of
gold in 1896, when, as matter OF fact,
it took about thirty-twO ounces of sill
yer to buy an ounce of gold in the open
market. The fixing of wrong and
arbitrary time for the ending OF the
nineteenth century would not be task
at which the Boy Orator would hest
tate, for did not the French revolution
lists, who made the same sort of ap-
peals to the populace that he has made,
change the calendar and rename the
months of the year?
1t is to be hoped that Bryan will con-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-02-02

pose of the government to overthrow
or interfere with the rights or institu-
lions of the seeded States, but simply
to preserve the Union. Nevertheless
the Emancipation Proclamation was
subsequently issued, and slavery, the
dearest institution of the seeded
States, was destroyed.
These two instances serve to prove
that great nation can change the pur-
pose of a war after it has been begun
without laying itself liable to the
charge of being inconsistent, and they
relieve the expansion policy, which
was adopted as an incident of the war,
from the charge of being Immoral and
wicked" as Senator Hoar gravely char
acteriZed it.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-02-02
JUbTIFIES A CHANGE.
EXPANSION POLICY SHOWN NOT
TO BE INCONSISTENT.
Two Notable Instances Serve to Prove
that Great Nation Can Alter the
Purpose of a War After 1t Has Been
Begun.

Senator Hoar and some of the other
anti-expansionists declare that, be-
cause the Congressional resolution de-
claring war against Spain dlsayoWed
the purpose of making it war of con-
quest, we cannot consistently take and
keep any of the territory that has been
wrested from Spain. The anti-expan-
sionists say we should stand by our
first proposition.
The st. Louis Globe-Democrat justd-
fies the change in this nations position
by pointing to two former instances in
which the purposes Of the American
people were changed after they had be-
gun war. On the 9th Of July, 1775, the
American Congress, after the battles of
Lexington, Concord and Bunker Hill
had been fought, Mconderoga and
Grown Point had been captured, and
an army of 10000 men raised, with
Washington as commandments,
formally disavowed any intention on
the part of the colonists to separate
from Great Britain. Yet a year later
Congress reversed its action and de-
clared for separation from Great Brit
ain.
Again, in 1861, when the war OF the
rebellion had been in progress for
three months, resolution was passed
by Congress, which President Lincoln
signed, declaring it not to be the pur-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-02-02
Shrewd Return.

Many stories are told of Mcdonald
Clarke, known fifty years ago in New
York as the mad Poet" which show
that he had a vein of great shrewdness,
such as is often possessed by people
who are counted insane.
One day he was seated at table in
New York hotel quietly eating his
simple dinner, when two young men
took their seats at the same table.
Mcdonald Clarke was a well-known
|. figure, and the young men at once rec
ognized him though he did not know
them.
They were not gentlemen in the best
sense of the word, and it occurred to
them that they might have some sport
with the poor poet. Consequently one
of them said in an unnecessarily clear
tone:
81 have seen almost everything and
everybody in New York, except Nc
Donald Clarke. / have a great adj
miration for his poems, and would
give great deal to see him.
When he paused, the mad poet lean
ed forward, and said with evident
qualification:
sSir, / am Mcdonald Clark, whom
you say you wish to see.'
The young man stared at him with
much rudeness for moment, and then
drawing a quarter from his pocket he
laid it ON the poets plate, saying,
That's for the sightv'
Clarke looked at the coin for an in
slant, and then placing it in his pocket,
he took out "York shilling" twelve
and a half cents. This he handed to
the young man, saying gravely, Chill
dren half price"
Eyes, always take my Thanksgiving
dinner at some restaurant"
''Why is that?''
Il wouldn't feel that it was Thanks
giving if didn't have turkey, and we
couldn't get anything bigger than Q
bantam rooster into our fat"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-02-02
Abraham Linco1n,s Preferences,

No one ever made better argument
in favor Of protection to American la
Dor than was made by Abraham Lin
coin fifty years ago. Said Mr.. Lincoln:
81 do not pretend to know much about
the tariff question, but we are import
ing from Europe great deal Of rail
way rails and paying gold for them.
If we buy, say, fifty tons Of foreign
rails at $40 per ton, for a mile Of iron
rails we pay the European worlmen
$4,000 of gold and get the metal. That
is the Democratic plane The Republi-
can plan is different. 1t is for those
rails to be made, say, in Pittsburg.
Then our worknen get the gold and
we have the rails besides and they pay
out that money to other Americans for
food, clothing and other necessaries
and comforts of life. Which policy,
gentlemen, do you think is best for the
good of this country, the Democratic Or
the Republican? For my part, prefer
the Republican policy. "-Freeport Qll)
Journal.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-02-02
EAGAN FOUND GUILTY
VERDICT OF THE couR1.M,,
TIAL is DIsMlssA, MAR
Famous Military Trial g.
End, and Decision Is Reao, an
Few Minutes-Dismissa, g..
Service Is Recommended The

Brig. Gen. Charles P. Easar 49,
sary general Of subsistence bo .Omnis
found guilty by a court martial IS been
duct unbecoming an officer and VI Con-
man and also conduct to the nra;rS seaue'
good order and military discinlinn au'c e. o.
finding of the court is that he ho A.. LIE
ed, and there is no recommendo utslnlss'
executive clemency. ''Oa 70
There were two charges on which a..
Eagan was tried, and a single sna,' Tea
ton under each which referred pt ~ y
language used in his statement snhus.t@
to the War Investigating Commis a'ea
The use of the language was praot fsS
admitted by Gen. Eagan, whose n,0a
not guilty did not contravene tba pl "a q
but related solely to the fact Of imn ,ass
for his evidence and what he alloco1
gross provocation on the part Of Wv o.,
Miles. The first charge of conduct n ua
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-02-02
The Rise in Prices,

The level of prices of staple articles
of general use was higher at the begin
ming of January than it had been at any
former period since the fall of 1893,
more than five years ago. AS compared
with the period when Bryan's cam
paign for the Presidency was at it's
height, there has been rise of about
10 per cent. in a little more than two
years.
In view of the fact that improve
ments in machinery, the larger use of
capital and the changes from retail to
wholesale methods of production which
have been going on steadily in many
branches of industry, all tend power
fully to keep prices from rising and
even to force them down, this advance
is remarkable. It would be very note
worthy if there had been no frantic as
sertions, believed apparently by more
than 100000 voters, that there could
be no rise in prices unless the money
standard of the country were lowered
by silver imitation. That political
phase Of the question makes the very
important advance in the last two
years of double significance. When all
phases of the subject are taken into ac-
count it becomes evident that the up
ward tendency in values, which is still
going on, is one Of the most significant
and hopeful signs of the times.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-02-02
Mormon "Apost1e,s" Bravado.

Apostle Heber Grant, of the Nor
mon church, has assumed a Boss
Tweed position in regard to the cleo
ton of Mormon Roberts as a member
of Congress, and the apostle" asks:
''What are the people of the United
States going to do about it?' Wei,
''the people of the United States are
going to decide that matter under the
following portion Of Section of the
Constitution: Each House shall be the
judge of the elections, returns, and
qualifications of it's own members"
We do not quote from memory this
time, but give the exact words by
which the next House can GUST Three
Wives Roberts in spite of all the Nor
mon apostles outside of hades.-Des
Moines Register.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-02-02
DENY USE OF CHEMICALS
Chicago Packers Invite 1nspec'l'99
and offer 100000 Forfeit

anu OHCT PlOoyoJO AoA
Chicago packers have replied to the
balming beef charges in the shape Vi j
offer to donate 100000 to any deslgnp]
charity if a commission sent by n
Miles can find any evidence of the use
chemicals in the preparation OF mea
them for the army or for their traue
packing firms deny that there was
thing done to preserve meat In Ivr
countries except the usual precaullOp'
sending and storing it in retrlst.a
They declare that they used ho'nln'
water and cold air in dressing 'n'
and assert that all shipments Wele
from their regular stock,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-02-02
Tears. Idle Tears.

All Of the weeping and wailing and
crashing of teeth by the faithful over
the losses and disasters which the
Dingley bill was to bring to our foreign
commerce proved to be only an idle
waste of words and useless briny tears.
-Carmi IH) Times.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-02-02
THEY'VE MONEf ""
The Moorcs, of DiamoEu ~"
nLoir Feet.

The Moorcs, of DiamoEu US
on Their Feet ch;,sS1
w. H. and ]. II. Moore ;, J hiscdi
of Diamond match, NatIona .ritb aDa
tin plate fame, have settle cav wi ther
creditors. Within ten days Ts eI Il,
paid out $500, 900 in cash IL ~ ress
motors, who, two and a lnSan ,s bpd
failed for 100000 and ID, c'a ayscbaps
ing of the Chicago stock , . fpc
three months, have now d 70 scco1
bill of health. The means securej
th;s result have all been ''
February, 1883. .cI
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-02-02
WATERSHEDS FIERY o'

ror Makes
1nsinuations Of b arnsted ID
Senator Whiteside was va, s 1ro p3
Montana Legislature ~ tho fight ~
used in connection with ia tD the Cllb
were bribe-takers' &llu cached tosDI
causing a riot when ,.hns he [fat c'S'
hip pocket and kepfeS' =
cd toward him.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-02-02
The President,s policy.

The expansion policy of the President
is not the permanent occupation of the
recent Spanish possessions; it is not the
annexing of them into the United States.
1t is not an expansion which will make
the natives citizens of the United
States. 1t is simply the exercise of the
authority and good will of this country
over peoples which have no govern
ment because of the driving out of
Spain, to continue until stable govern
ment of the natives can be organized.
1t prevents the anarchy which the emo
tiOnal Senator Mason mistakes for hui
man liberty and assists the well-dispos-
ed natives to establish local govern
ments upon the basis of social order,
which is the result of the intelligent
exercise of freedom. The real expan-
sion of those who advocate this policy
is broadening of the influence of the
United States with the nations with
which we hold commercial relations.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-02-02
CIinginp To the Past.

Colonel Bryan clings to the past" is
the remark of gold Democratic news
paper. Why not cling to the past, when
1t Is his only chance? Mr.. Bryan knows
that to ignore 16 to is to commit po-
litical hari-kari.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-02-02

To that end the United States may hold
enough of the Philippines to afford am
Die naval stations, not for the intimida-
ton of the natives, but to be footholds
for our expanding traffic in the East
Indianapolis Journal.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-02-02

slider this suggestion and feel the pulse
of his party concerning it's availability
for use in the closing year of the CEN
fury, when it would certainly be time
ly subject of discussion.-Cleveland
Leader.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-02-02
TWENTY GOLD SEEKERS W.
Miners and Prospectors Are fi'
'AAAANA y -- Il rinn,

the Copper hlFol .uo mi
The news which reached oea'Ils n u
death of twenty or more miners a., "II .
pectors on Valdez glacier mas n .bo M
pressing effect on that part u s sI 4
lation interested in the Copper lG tioa 4
fields of the north. The lniorni"Ir ots1
t Brought ht down by the steamer 4 I'll n
City from Alaska, The nal TSrnn
known to be dead are Charles n ,n. 0e|I
York City; G. =. Smith Dnl' ssrson,
ien, Baldwin, Wis; Mr.. Helluy Now ID
cons.n. and George SweeHeE' we
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-02-02
Warning to the scnate.

The New York Herald warns the
Senate that every day it palters about
the ratification of the Spanish treaty
increases our difficulties with the Fill
pinos. Unfortunately, there are men
in the Senate who are intent on compli-
eating affairs.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-02-02
SOLDIERS IN Wv -

r'''a 'e out Work or r,' sns,e' disp,s',
According to a staring ID Z,
s sss1 pstu Pos5DiH11so ), so' s'
being sheltered in 1b ,n1 barraecks, :. y y
closed and the so Most CT Se.r
s as'e good ss POSITION, ;sssa t. tss +: 6;
others ;l,s $ ss sinss employment
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-02-02

He places his arm round her and half
carries half leads her away, marveling in
his own mind what can have occurred
to alarm her so much.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-03-17

which other figures with drums ana
c%astanets mark the time. Additional
equally splendid panels are taken up
by reproductions Of scene from favor
tie operas; more are occupied with ex-
presslve allegorical pictures. including
Romance. Lyric and Song, and the va
rious movements OF music. Allegro.
Andante, Adagio and others. Among
the various backgrounds furnished
these figures nj particularly noticea-
BILE is a silhouette OF Paris seen
through an o%verhanging fog.
other panels are taken up by his
torical features Of interest. One par
ticularly interesting represents the
Fair OF st. Laurent. Here Columbine.
Clown and Harlequin are making a
fantastic parade, surrounded by a
group Of artisans. grisettes, laborers,
French officers, soldiers and other in
dividualities.
That the general effect Of the paint
ings and the ornamentation Of the
new Opera Comique is what II Is
should naturally result from the artist
ic genius that has expended its best eff
forts upon It. Among the artists OF
distinction who have taken more OF
less part in its construction and orna-
mentation are M. Louis Berniere, Mar
son, Maignan, Flameng, GARNER, Fier-
e~ns-Geveart, Allard, Michel, Peynot,
Toudouze. Marqueste. Benjamin Con-
slant and others Of the leading paint
ers and sculptors of France. Wherever
taste suggested or opportunity afford
ed busts are placed honoring the mem
DRY Of Gretry. Mehul. Boleldieu, Au-
Der, AMBROSE Thomas and other IA
nous composers. This is only a sketch
the merest glance at the almost in
describably beautiful sculpture, paint
ing and other art features that make
this theater possibly the handsomest
in this respect that the world contains.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-03-17
A CATHEDRAL KING ARTHUR.

There are few that have not heard
Of King Arthur's Round Table, which,
history informs us, was preserved at
Winchester, and shown by Henry VIII.
to Francis l. Of France. There are
few also that have not read the i'm
mortal poems of Tennyson, showing
Arthur to have been one of the noblest
and greatest Of hero kings and con-
querors. But there are comparatively
fewer still who have had the pleasure
of seeing the magnificent efigy in
bronze erected to his memory in the
h~ofkirche, at Innsbruck.
The church was built in compliance
with the will Of the Emperor Maxi
milan l., A. D. 155S-69. His own i'm
posing and splendid monument stands
in the center of the nave, and on each
side, like a guard Of honor, a row Of
colossal figures in bronze, both male
and female. Some are in armor Of
various types, and the women in
quaint but gorgeous attire, according
to the time in which they lived.
There are no fewer than twenty-eight
Of these noble OF royal p%ersonages,
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-03-17

0O4 O0G jill LIZ E9 4OOa
topics of conversation. A remark on
the weather, for instance, did not APP
pear to her r the rank sacrilege that
It did to his, tingling with celestial
music. For a long time he comforted
himself with the reflection that his in
come Of love was sufficient for two,
though the process of halving he would
fain attempt was not an easy n How
to set about it?
In his %perplexity Preston did the
very worst thing possible; he consult
ed another girl. Now every one vers-
ed in the sex knows the insanity Of
that proceeding. But Preston in con-
tessional mood saw nothing but the
necessity Of relieving his mind.
AS the recipient of his trouble he
chose Mary Culliford, his oldest girl
friend. He had run races with her
when in short frocks-the girl, / mean.
He had grown up side by side with her,
and knew her with an intimacy that
rendered ridiculous any notion Of ro-
nance between them. A plain, natter
of-fact girl, she would look at the af-
fair In a common-sense light, and give
him golden advice. He could talk
to her as to a sister. Yet even Pres
tons knowledge of her sex had limita-
tions, for this is what happened.
He called for her one Saturday az
ternoon, when he had put office work
away from him and was free to live
Until Monday morning the unhamper-
ed life Of the sentiments. 1t was a
glorious day. and she made no demur
to a walk.
They wendell their way to a park,
not unknown to North Londoners,
whose natural loveliness the county
council has wisely left alone. For such
a conversation as Preston contemplate
ed atmosphere and surroundings were
everything. He chose a shady seat
that overlooked the lower Of the two
ponds, across whose surface some
swans and ducks sported. In the back
ground there was a rustic bridge cross
ing a miniature waterfall, to border
which a pretty rockery had been CON
structed. Had Preston been a scien-
list, he could not have studied more
closely the relation Of the environment
to the subject in hand.
After freely cutting up the gravel
with his walking stick. al act which,
instead Of Disgusting, only further be-
trayed his agitation TO the girl, he
preached the topic nearest his heart.
Suppose. Mary, that you loved some
one-a man, / mean-very deeply, and
we're not sure that love was, returned,
how would you act?"
Diver in icy serpentine on a winters
morning never plunged so darlngly
The sentence wound itself on like a
reel. She looked up surprised. buI
sighted the passion in his question
and sought the depths In herself
whence alone the answer could htly
come.
u am afraid. being a girl, I should
simply have 10 wait In silence"
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-03-17

well, suppose you we're ], then
man-and loved a girl with every atom
Of your being. Suppose Il choked you
to keep quiet. and yet you dreaded her
possible answer like the plague. Sup
pose-but there, you can see how feel.
What would / not give to know that
she shared these feelings, too"
Preston spoke with such ardor and
warmth that the Misunderstanding
which ensued was not in the least
extraordinary. Mary had never heard
such a speech from a mans lips be-
fore, and, knowing nothing Of Preston's
other affair, she took It to refer to her
self. She was a modest girl. and her
FIRST disposition was to fee. Totally
unread in those popular weeklies that
minister to the needs Of sentimental
misses, she could recall no guide to
conduct in this dificult crisis. And
she cared for Preston-cared for him
far more deeply than she had ever sup
posed. In this moment Of revelation
her heart stood clearly forth n she
let it speak for her. In a voice thin,
quavering, yet rich with sincerity she
replied:
Suppose she loves you, after all?'
Preston could not mistake the per-
sonal infection in the tones. He
turned sharply round, and caught her
eyes before they went down. There
was an open declarQtion in them that
yet in no way shamdd her womanhood.
What had he done7 How should he act
now? He might point out the misun-
derstanding, but it would be terrible
for her; she would feel that she could
never look him in the face again. For
her honor's sake, he must not retract.
There we're doubtless other consider
atoms at work. Perhaps he was sick
of the turmoil OF his emotions. Perhaps
he had begun to suspect that ideals
were unmarketable, and that that other
great love of his would never have full
iillment. Perhaps he was tired of chaff-
about his butterfly n~ropensities, and
yearned for engaged responsibility
Perhaps Mary's eyes hat moment at
tanned a depth of blue he had never
seen elsewhere, and her heartfelt words
had laid a rosiness on his lips unknown
there before. The inner facts we shall
never know; the outer were that Pres
ton caught her hand in his, and poured
into her ears a confession that FIVE
minutes before had been intended for
another girl.
Next day the whole Of our little world
knew that Arnold Preston was engaged
to Mary Culliford. A %considerate friend
Of his posted us with the news as we
went into church, SO we we're delight
fully Independent of the sermon for a
source Of reflection. In the light of the
details herein set forth, midsummer
madness seems a light term to apply to
the affair; but from a quiet observation
Of the pair concerned, 1 opine that
heaven sometimes eonnives at a mar
riage by Observation-Disclosures.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-03-17
I.u.lrr for nsaahs,. tooth.

The solitary tooth OF Buddha is to
be contained in what win probably be
the most valuable Golfer in the world.
A Shan chieftain recently sent 70
Moulmein, in Burmah, an emerald
worth, Il is declared, two lakhs OF ru-
PEGS. In order that the Burmese Bud
dhists might include it among the jew
els which they are going to send to
Ceylon In order to adorn the tooth
holding Golfer. Jewelry worth $4,000
rupees had been already received from
Rangoon and Mandalay, and the Moul-
mein Buddhists have themselves Sc
cured iewelry to the value Of $1,000
rupees Thus the total value Of the jew
elry adorning the Golfer viii be about
three and a half lakhs 817O,OOO).