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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-05-25
sparks from the Wires.

There will be no strike of miners at
present in the Pittsburg district.
Mrs. Matilda Nolan. 100. New York
died from injuries received in fall.
August Ault, 10, Bellaire, Ohio, was
ground up in the cogs in the steel works.
Stanton Sickles, New York, has been ap-
pointed secretary of the United States
legation at Madrid.
Commander Smith, London, will survey
q route for Pacific cable from Victoria,
B. c., to Sidney, via Tanning, Fiji Isl
ends and New Zealand.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-05-25
WEST is SURE TO WIN.
Either Hopkins or Henderson Will
Be the Next Speaker.

Either Hopkins Or Henderson Will
Be the Next Speaker.
A Washington correspondent says that
as time passes on the opinion grows that
the speakership will go to the West. Old
politicians assert that Sherman is becom-
ing steadily weaker and that there is no
longer the slightest chance of his having
united East behind him. Between Hop
kins and Henderson, this correspondent
asserts, the chances at present seem
slightly in favor of the latter. Hender-
sons election would be continuation in
power of the Reed element. Henderson
is a member of the Committee on Rules,
which runs Congress. 1t makes orders
Of business under the rules or it refuses
to make orders. 1t suggests changes in
the rules and then steers them through.
OF course, if the House does not like the
work of the Committee ON Rules, it can
reject it. but it seldom does so. Many
elements of popularity are held by Hen
derson and some qualifications for the
speakership are admitted to be his. His
loyalty to the administration is not less
than his loyalty to the rules of the House.
Hopkins, it is claimed by many, would
make better Speaker
AS between Hopkins and Henderson,
the East would be pretty evenly divided.
Both have warm personal friends among
the Eastern members, and it will be as
difficult for the managers to throw the
Eastern vote as a whole to either as it
would to combine them for an Eastern
candidate.
The seven Republican Congressman
from Kansas claim that they control the
contest for speakership of the national
House of Representatives as between a
Western and Eastern man. Four Of the
seven are for Henderson of Iowa, two for
Hopkins Of Illinois and one, Curtis, for
Sherman Of New York. A caucus is to be
held within ten days and if the majority
rules Henderson will have the seven Kan
sas votes. These votes, the Kansans
claim, will be the balance of power be-
tween the East and West.
Edwin McSortie, laborer, found dead In
= 81 .0uiS tenement house
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-05-25

persons of the passengers and crew es-
capped. The Mohegan struck the rocks on
q clear night in fair weather, and how
she got out Of her course far enough to
throw her on the rocks has never been
satisfactorily cleared up.
The rocks themselves are connected by
hedges. They lie about three-quarters of
q mile from the shore, at Manacle point,
and all but one are covered at high water.
Penwin, the outermost rock, is marked by
a black bell buoy with a staff and ball
with the word "Manacles' on it's head.
The Mohegan struck on the Vase rock,
which is close to Penwin, where bare
twelve feet of water covered the rocks.
Before her the Manacles could count their
victims by the score.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-05-25
Unfortunate simiIe.

There are times when a lawyer 10
grets the use of an illustration "h'on
. moment before has appeared espec'"1
~ felicitous. and
"The argument of my learned anu
brilliant brother" said the counsel lol
the plaintiff in suit for damages ii W.
a street-car corporation, sis IKE 'no
snow now falling outside-it is sca'''l
ed here, there and everywhere.
"All can say" remarked the oppos
mo counsel when his opportunity came
"is that / think the gentleman WIZ
lfkened nv argument to the snow now
falling outside may have neglected "
observe one little point to which na..
ter myself the similarity extends' !.
has covered all the ground in very
short time" (
yo11gH
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-05-25

The malaria microbe, as we'll as many
other disease germs, is an animal en-
dowed with probably all the attributes
Of higher brute life. To Nature mere
size is nothing. A microbe therefore
may be, for all we poor clumsy beings
may know, a more perfect being than
we ourselves are. Now the question is,
should not the Society for the Proven
ton of Cruelty to Animals, the anti
vivisectionists, ETC., pounce on the men
who are using these poor little microbes
50 roughly? We are all microbes.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-05-25


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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-05-25

tain picture and contrasted 1t with a
modern work by the same artist His
memory had not failed him nor his crit
ical acumen. The portrait is from the
latest photograph, taken by Mr.. Nc
Clelland, discard, and has not pre-
viously ben published. 1t was taken
in Mr.. Ruskin's study at Brentwood,
and shows him with all his recent
wealth Of hair and silvery beard.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-05-25

The rule against the wearing of hats
in a place Of public amusement has
now become sufficiently a matter Of
course that the woman who keeps on
q hat-especially a hat of the present
season-throughout a concert or play
stamps herself as lacking in breeding.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-05-25

a palmist says that he read Kipling's
palm before he became famous, and
that. he knew, throughout the poets
illness last winter, that he would get
well. If he had seen fit to announce
the fact it might have relieved very
widespread anxiety.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-05-25

and her voyage was
without incident
until 2 o'clock Sun
day morning. The
passengers W e r e
suddenly aroused
by a loud and pecu-
liar sound, which
denoted to those
who had knowledge
of maritime affairs
that the vessel was
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-05-25

The impenetrable secrecy of the pro-
ceedings of the conference has caused dis
satisfaction. The press representatives
complain that the methods adopted
would be justiiable only if the press were
the implacable enemy of peace arbitration.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-05-25

realization of COM
pulsory arbitration,
whether by a SUI
preme tribunal of
several of the great
powers or a private
tribunal composed
by the pow e r s
whose interests are
at stake, with the
subsequent friendly
mediation Of a third
power
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-05-25

An eminent singer has recently or
dered her tombstone. While possibly
no press agents story, it certainly has
q positively last farewell look
about it,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-05-25

A new telescope now being built for
the Paris exposition is warranted to
bring the moon within forty-one miles
Of u.s. At too short range there may be
some danger that we are all become
iunatics.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-05-25
no NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

Al sonmunieasasss fer this pspss shouM b accom-
Panied by tie aas Of tas sathsr; nos nseaasazy to
puhncaoa bat e svidsnss Of good faith on ths pa
Il tbs wrstss writs only ode ct The papsc b
parculaziy sarsfal. - giving Names and dasss to havs
the lettsrs aud figures plain and distinct
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-05-25

The latest idea is to build warship
to be called "The American Girl" It
seems natural to think of strong
armor round it's waist.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-05-25

We are not inclined to the opinion
that the man who wants to marry
Helen Gould is insane.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-05-25
STRIFE IN PEACE CONGRESS.

Secrecy of The Hague Sessions Causes
Dissatisfaction.
Baron de Staal, president of the peace
congress, on Sunday received final instruc-
tons from the Gar. These deal with the
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-05-25

No. The tile and the hat trust have
no connection with each other.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-05-25
STEAMER PARIS ON THE ROCKS.
American Liner Goes on the Manac1es
Off the Cornwall Coast.

OFF the CORNWALL Coast.
The American line steamer Paris, for
merly the United States auxiliary cruiser
Yale, which went ashore while en- route
from Southampton for New York, strand
ed on Lowland point, inside the Manacle
rocks, near the scene Of the recent fatal
wreck of the Atlantic transport line
steamer Mohegan.
The Paris left Southampton punctually
ct the time set for her sailing Saturday
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-05-25

The laundry combine recently incor-
porated In New Jersey will put up the
emoothest front Of them all.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-05-25

Will the formation of the copper
trust be likely to affect the price Of
cents?
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-05-25

An editorial commentator in London,
in reviewing the recent Vanderbilt
Fair wedding in New York, puts forth
the following reflections: THE we'd
ding presents are said to be worth
100000, and the description Of them
reads, as one lady irreverently said,
like a chapter in Revelation, all big
pearls and gold. The incident would
not be worth mention but for three
facts of some social Importance. One
is that the plutocracy in America ex-
cites at least as much attention as the
aristocracy in Europe; another is that
plutocracy thinks it advisable to adver-
tise it's splendor; and the third is that
the democracy, instead of envying this
wealth, evidently enjoys the profusion
1t produces as a sort of highly colored
picture that breaks the deadly monot-
ony of the scene around. The wedding
is a masque with a continent for spec
tators'
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-05-25

German newspapers of the United
States viii form publishing association.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-05-25

Some of our foremost educators are
In favor of saving time by shortening
the spelling of certain words. The idea
1s not new, and many newspapers have
long been accustomed to shorten such
words as programme" into program"
and prologue" into 'prolog." Recent
~ Superintendent Andrews has recon-
mended to teachers in the public
schools of Chicago the following list of
words for amended spelling: Program
programme, tho though, thoro thor
ough), thorofare Thoroughbred, thru
Through, turnout throughout, cata-
log (catalogue), prolog (prologue), deca-
log (decalogue), demagog (demagogue),
pedagog pedagogue). OF course this
list is simply a starter in the pathway
of reform. Just where the matter will
end it is difficult to say. John Billings
was a pioneer in this line of endeavor,
and his "fonetic" spelling, which used
to cause great amusement, and which
was the foundation of his fame as
humorist, may become the scientific
method Of the future. Billings tried to
prove that he could be funny without
'fonetics," and wrote a lot of humor-
GUS paragraphs for the old Scribner's
Magazine, entitled ''Uncle Eseck's Wis
DOME" but they failed to make a hit,
and Billings experiment was failure.
No doubt the present spelling of many
words is cumbersome, but reformers
will find their task little short of the
impossible.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-05-25

The trouble with many married peo-
pie is that they married their first love,
and the trouble with the rest of them
is that they didn't.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-05-25
CONQUERED by the Heat.

Having eaten breakfast, the Amer-
can in Cuba goes about the affairs of
the day. He generally starts in with
a good American rush, perspires for
two hours, gets exhausted and irritat-
ed and lands in hammock or at the
American Club before o'clock. And
if there is any one to listen to him he
gives it as his best judgment that any
one who would live in Cuba or even al
low himself to be born there is a fool.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-05-25

If delays are dangerous lawyers nu''
be brave lot.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-05-25

Edwin McSortie, laborer, found dead In
st. Louis tenement house.
The Lambertville record., 1899-03-08
Dickens. Characters.

Dickens simply revelcd in Mr.. Peck
sniff and in what is perhaps his great
est creation. Mrs Camp. That admir-
able lady is worthy of the creator Of
Dame Quickly, SO mastcrly, so large is
the handling SO flowing in her contour.
for Sairey in her way has IAN outline"
which Mr. Mnntalini desiderated Ia n
person Of quality Near her, but not
actually on her level. Is the friendly
Mr. Swiveller whose Marchioness ex-
hibits right pathos which does not har-
row, boing bathed in humor. Mr. Swiy-
eller no doubt is IA raft aud would have
been proud Of the title but raft Of
delicacy. with tho kindest heart, and
in the matter of poetry he finds in it all
the consolation and counsel which, In
Mr. Matthew Arnold = opinion, make
poetry an eligible substitute for re-
ligion.
One thinks of those enchanted char
acters down to Miss Walckes and
Quilp's boy with an inexpressible aifec
tion. Our hearts are simply peOpled
with those creations which gathered
round Dickens when no wrote like
amiable spirits summoned by one sweep
Of a magician 3 wand Could there be
WEAKNESS in the brain which bubbled
up, as it We're, with these creatures Of
delight--with Mrs. Todgers and Bailey,
Jr., the Mantalinis, aud Betsey Prig,
and Hannibal Chollop and the Literary
Ladies, and Jefferson Brick 2 Andrew
Lang in Fortnightly Review
The Lambertville record., 1899-03-08

The shades of night were deepening
and the sky was overcast. The girl
stood at the easement, watching the
raindrops which dotted the white
pavement hcralds of the storm which
soon was To follow. She knew that
very soon u youth would pass on the
opposite side of the strect-a youth,
who would wave his hand and who
would smile TO see the flutter OF her
handkerchief in reply.
herbert quit work at half-past five.
Low pltilessly the rain beat down,
Soon she SOW n figure in the distance.
The ovcrcont wus buttoned up 10 its
owners chlu aud the hat was pulled
down over his ears. but she recognized
the walk. She held her handkerchief
iu rcldlpcss to be iluttcred. but he did
not pause AK usual. With II low cry of
joy she saw that he was crossing the
street. She ran to fling open the door
aud AZ he asconded the steps exclaimed
Il knew you could live down these
calumnies. Come
Where tof"
lDto the library. | want my father
10 meet You face 10 face"
"I'ut I'm all wet"
Veg hurry before you dry off, or he
may not believe us. II wasn't twenty
minutes ago, Herbert, that he was say
Ing you hudn't sense enough to come
In out Of the rain, and want him to
see how cruelty he has wronged your
The Lambertville record., 1899-03-08
Wealth. Making HaDnnus.

When we see "A ragged European.
Italian or Greek-sellIng bananas
across cheap looking curbstone stand
1t seems absurd that anyone could
make vast fortune by dealing Ia
the cheap fruit. Owners of banana
groves, however are often the masters
of great wealth, nll derived from their
truit possessions. This money has not
been made exclusively through the
sale of bananas. The leaves of the ba-
mana tree are used for packing, and SO
have ready sale. The juice of the
tree Is strong In tannln, and makes
fine indelible ink or shoe backing.
wax found on the under side of
the leaves Is II valuable article of com
merce. Manila hemp Is made from the
stems, this hemp being used in max
Ing mats, plated work and handker-
chiefs of the tiuest texture. Bananas
are also made Into -four, which has
ready sale in some parts of the world
All the fruit shipped to America Is
cut green from the parent palm and
Is rlpened by the dry warmth of gas
Jets In places of storage where the
fruit Is prepared for the market The
island of Jamaica produces enormous
crops of this valuable fruit
The Lambertville record., 1899-03-08

A wreck at sea Is not the only place
where life line is of importance,
There is a life line for the sick, as well as
for the drowning man. II is DIR. pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery. 1t is not
cure-all, but it is scientific medicine that
goes to the fountain head of number of
serious and fatal diseases. When a man
gets seriously sick, he can generally be
cured by the right course of treatment.
The treatment that cures many obstinate
chronic diseases consists of pure air good
food, rational exercise, and the use of
remedy that will strengthen the weak
stomach, correct the impaired digestion
invigorate the liver and promote the as
similation of the live-giving elements of
the food. The Golden Medical Discov-
cry accomplishes all these things.
A young man lay pale and motioness upon
(what ueghhors cailed1 his dying bed, Disease
Of the lungs, liver complaint, kidney trouble, and
pleutisy were fast fastening him TO the grave
The doctors had given him up to die The
ncighbors said. he cannot live oh, would
my dear wife aud little child, but know that
must die brother had presented him with
three bottles of medicine, but he had no faith in
patent medicines but, after the doctors had
gwen him up 10 die and he had banished every
hope OF recovery, he said to his wife, dear wife,
am going to die there can he no harm now III
taking that medicine. | will begin It's use al
once lie did begin to use II ana az hrst nc
grew worse but there CAME change
Slowly but surely he got better. To-day that
man is strong and healthy and he owes his lite
10 that medicine What was the medicines II
was DE- pierces Golden Medical Discovery, aud
l. Luther Martin the cured man. Dr.
Pierce | thank You from the very depth OF my
heart, for rescuing me from the grave The
foregoing Is from Luther Martin, Esq. promi-
nent citizen of Lubec, Wood Co, ". Va.
The Lambertville record., 1899-03-08
Largest silver Mine.

The biggest silver producer in the
world at present is the Broken Hill
Proprietary Company in New South
Wales. The output of that company's
mines for the fiscal year ending on
May 81, 1898. was 6,122,270 fine ounces
of silver The Anaconda Copper Min
ing Company in Montana came second,
with n production of 507i 036 ounces
OF silver. 1t is worth noting that in
both of these mines the silver is pro-
ducod In connection with other metals
-at Broken Hin with lead and at Ana
conda with copper. The latter is prn-
clpaly copper mine. since the metal
forms the greater part of the value of
It's ores.
The Compania iluanchaca de Bolivia
has had the operation OF its mines seri-
ously interfered with for the last two
years by water and other mlshaps. Its
production in 1897 was l5l 1896 kilo-
grams, or 1886 673 ounces, OF silver.
This is not much more than one-half
of the maximum output which was
reached in 1893 and was 2Si ,O07 kilo-
grams. or 9,03i 3S5 ounces.
The Lambertville record., 1899-03-08
THE IMPURE METAL.
SOME VERY CURIOUS SUPERsTlTloNt
ABOUT IRON

They We're Prevalent in Ancient Times.
and to This Day Have Local Existence
Iron Tools Forbidden In the Construc-
tion OF tho Temple at Jerusalem.
In Egypt iron was nominally occurs.
ed, even when people used il all day
long and every day Ii was the I'M
pure metal"-"the bones of Typhon,"
father of evil. No man could touch it
without sin; he must do penance and
make atonement. That was the theory
as long as the Egyptian race endured;
in practice iron had been handled free
ly for several thousand years. The
only piece of metal found In the great
pyramid WAS an iron bar. The same
conflict of ancient faith with growing
eonveniences was urged everywhere,
no doubt, but the record does not eX-
list: II was lost before the classic time.
aud so Greek and Roman sages puzzled
over odd little customs handed down
from days of old. Cicero asked in vain
why tool of iron must not be brought
into the sacred grove of the Arvnls-or
If brought by accident must be cX-
plated by the sacrifice OF II pig or II
lamb and Pmtnrch wondered why
the Archioh of I'lataca might not touch
iron except ut the yearly festival com
mcmoratng the triumph of Greece.
There was no end To such Instances.
The sacred old pouS Subliclus had To
be repaired without using iron; so had
the ancient temple of Jupiter Liber-
In imperial times, when the meaning of
such rules was lost. II special law alb
rogHted them.
one may survey mankind from
China TO Peru and ind the same super
stition everywhere. Iron tools were
forbidden In the building of the temple
at Jerusalem, The late Rujah Nlzann-
gram, a member of the council, n man
of great learning and enlightenment,
would not allow Iron 10 be used in any
building throughout his territory. lie
believed thnt an epidemic would fol-
low. Negroes of the gold coast must
remove any articles of iron on their
persons when consulting the fetish.
Upon the other hand, II sikh must al
ways have piece of steel or iron
about him. Burton tells how "the
pious Moaelcm stretches out II finger
exclnlmlng, Iron! oh, thou ili-omencd
one" when Il dust storm approaches
the caravan believing II to be directed
by the Djlnn.
In Scotland many tfaces survive. To
use iron in kindling the ''needfrc" was
awful implety. When fisherman
swears during bad weather ut sea his
comrades still grasp the nearest bit of
metal, crying, "Cauld IRON II Is not
80 long since people thrust nall or II
knitting needle through each article of
food In the house. or dipped II In llq
uor, when II person died. This Is en-
ough-persons interested In the subject
"A In h... a
The Lambertville record., 1899-03-08

The three gilded balls used by pawn
brokers are the three gilded pills which
the Florontine banking house of the
Medlci assumed az their arms when
they became wealthy. The founder OF
the family had been Il medicus: his
children went into banking and got
rich; they assumed the canting coat
of arms of the pills. and hung them
out to show where their bank was
their business being largely in the ma
ture OF pawnbroking Their rivals
caught on TO the idea and hung up
three golden balls. and SO their sue
cessors, having given up banking. re-
tain the balls as the emblem of the
side OF the business.
The Lambertville record., 1899-03-08

81 notice there's good deal of ague
In this part of the country" said the
tourist, who had stopped at the farm
house for a drink of water That's
a great drawback. 1t units man for
work entirely. does II not?,'
"Genedly it does" said the sallow
woman who handed him n tin cup
still, when John has n right hard fit
of the shAkes we fasten the churn
dasher to him, and he brings the butter
inside of fifteen minutes"
The Lambertville record., 1899-03-08
Hidden Beauty.

Cholly (mournfully) Aim nevah
going TO weah such high collahs any
more.
Willie Good gracious. why not, my
denh boyf
ChOlly Because when me fawtha
asked me millionaire uncle II ah was
MT II flne-looking fellah, doneheno. he
said he weally couldn't tell--he didn't
like to turn down my collah and look
at me because nh might think he was
cuwious Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Lambertville record., 1899-03-08

Dolly who IL 6, was sent to boarding
school just before Christmas. When
sho came home for the holidays, she
voiced her many objections to the tenn
pie Of learning where her guardian had
placed her
81 don't like TO stand in straight
row, she said, "ahd | don't like TO
drink out Of mug with n big Be
Good on it, and don't like to have
my face washed round and round as If
it was "a plate -" New York CONNER
cial Advertiser