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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-08

served the same grim purpose. The
names of the distinguished men who
have been imprisoned in Newgate
would fill volume. Among them are
William Penn, founder of Pennsyl-
vania; Defoe, author of Robinson
Crusoe;" and Sir Robert Wright, Lord
Chief Justice of England.
Inside Newgate Prison many prison
ers have been tortured. In fact, as
late as 1923 torture was used, and I'M
til 1868 the executions were public and
were made the occasion of holiday.
In 1907, when 10000 people had gath
cred to see one Hollway, a murderer,
executed, panic ensued, and 100 men,
women, and children were trampled
to death. AS late as 1888 women
were burned to death in front Of New
gate prison for counterfeiting, and the
stocks and pillories were always full
of unfortunates. Dickens Numbered
against the abomination of the public
executions at Newgate, and it is large
ly due to his great influence that the re-
form was accomplished in 1868.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-08

the sun a chance. Let him get a good
square whack at you early in the season.
To avoid the sun with an umbrella when
he first burns savagely is to invite the
heat prostration habit. Therefore get out
and mingle with the rays as soon as the
season opens. This will do three things
give you a beautiful tinting, fill your
lungs with fresh air and adjust your hide
to the incoming heat. Custom rules in
this as in other things. II you accustom
yourself to the sun he will be your friend.
The baseball man plays when the Their
mometer speaks Of 104 and does not abate
his exertions trif1e. Any man or wom-
an who so wishes may do the same thing
in smaller degree without the hard train
ing Of athletes. Having thus prepared
your system for sunlight and lots of it see
that your health is kept up properly. Let
the vascular systematic circulation, ar
terial, venous and capillary-and the ali
mentary system be in proper running Or
der and you will suffer little from heat.
Having thus laid the foundation for a
successful season do not spoil it all by in
sanely rushing about your undertakings
under the apparent belief that to-day is
the last on earth. If you do it may be
the last. Hurry never accomplishes any
| thing but the discontinue of him who
rushes unduly. A sunstroke usually
comes from exposure directly due to the
rays Of the sun. Heat prostrati0n may
overtake a man who has been in the
shade all day. Do not overeat, do not
overdrink, do not overdress. Take exer-
else in moderation. Do not fear the sun,
for unless sick or reduced in vitality by
oyerindulgence it is your friend rather
than your enemy. Garry out the forego,
ing indefinite rules and you will finish
winner in a summer of scorching heat.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-08

- ROM hygienic standpoint, to be
IL come overheated is as great an err
q ror as for an infelder to mess
ground hit. Equatorial climes with their
dazzling heat do not destroy their peoples.
Down close to the equator, where the sun
gets full tilt at the earth, sunstrokes are
comparatively rare. Up here, where a
temperature of 100 degrees Fahrenheit is
rare, sunstrokes or their twin Affections,
heat prostrations, are very common. Why
it should be so is topic Of interest. When
it is known that in neither case, the health
being good, should a person be in any
grave danger, the frequency Of death in
summer from such causes is a marvel. 1t
all depends on the man. Some persons
will walk smoothly and placidly along the
street without an umbrella, with the sun
making ridges of heat across the avenue.
Collar and cuffs will not wilt and the man
seems unconscious that the weather is
playing any unusual FRANKS. He may car
ry pounds too much weight, yet suffer but
little, if at all. Another man of thin figure
will pant and moan and mop his fevered
brow in an agony Of heat. Why this Is
thus is what a correspondent would term
a mystery. But there is no mystery about
it. One knows he is not hot, the other
thinks he is. Keeping cool is not mat
ter of clothes or their lack. There are
men on earth who wear nothing but a
brow clothed in thought, whose sunburned
pelts indicate the advantage of garments,
even if the garden of Eden had not pre-.
maturely discovered the same thing.
Some positive directions apply to the
art of keeping cool. The first is the most
important and if we'll observed srobs the
weather Of nine-tenths of it's terrors. That
rule is a simple one and is merely to give
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-08

The more a woman has her way the
less her way is worth having.
Love has a thousand eyes and five
hundred pairs of smoked glasses.
Every woman thinks life is most Sc
rious for the men till after she gets
married.
One reason women can have so
many griefs is that they get over them
so quickly.
A woman can love so many different
ways it is no wonder she is doubtful as
to which is the man.
Flirting is a good deal like squirrel
hunting; you don't get much game, but
it's mighty good exercise.
The harder a girl tries to marry q
man the surer he is that he wants to
marry some girl who won't have him.
If women were worse and men bet
ter, it still would be toss-up as to
which were the bigger fool to get mar
ried.
A man can never understand why a
woman will insist on remembering the
soft things he said to her and think
they were sensible.
A man has no idea what an magma
ton his wife has till he sees how many
different ways she can get up Of ar
ranging the parlor furniture.
When man is bordering deeply as
to whether he shall bet a horse straight
or for place, his wife feels sorry that
his business makes him think so hard.
The more a man lets on that he IS
wicked the more a woman thinks he is
only trying to conceal some virtues; if
he keeps still about it she is sure he is
plotting deyikry.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-08

of 100000 gallons daily, 35 miles Of
railroad and 1000 cars. Eleven thou
sand men were on the pay rolls Of the
company then. On the death of David
A. Stewart, in December, 1888, An
drew Carnegie offered Mr.. Frick an in
terest in the firm of Carnegie Bros. &
Co., which Mr.. Prick accepted and paid
for. He was at once made chairman OF
the directors of Carnegie Bros. & Co.
AS an employer Of labor Mr.. Prick
earned the everlasting hatred of the
Amalgamated Association. When he
was put at the head of all of the Car
negie steel interests, the Amalgamated
Association felt that the fight for it's
life had come, and in June, 1892, came
the bloody Homestead riots.
It was a time of great political ex-
element and party managers brought
the greatest influence to bear on Mr..
Prick to get him to agree to the terms
demanded by the men. But he was
deaf to all entreaty. The only question
lie would consider was how to defeat
the strikers. He thought Of nothing
else, even after the Anarchist Berkman
had shot him and he was upon a bed
from which it was feared he would
never rise. The bloody battle of Home
stead, when the Pennsylvania State
troops were called out to protect the
Carnegie Works, and in which so many
lives were lost, did not swerve Mr..
Prick in his purpose. He fought the
vi ont and won If
Mr.. Prick and others were indicted
for manslaughter as a result of the
Homestead riots, but the indictments
were afterward dismissed on the mo-
ton of the prosecuting officers. Since
that time other anarchists have threat
ened to kill Mr.. Prick. 1t is fact that
he has been nervous on that score. He
is always very careful whom he re-
ceives, either at his home, his Office or
his hotel. Up to the time the Anarchist
Berkman made an attempt to kill him,
and succeeded in wounding him seri-
ously, Mr. Frick gave little heed to the
threats made against him, but since
then he has shown more concern for
his personal safety. Personally Mr..
Frick is very pleasant man. He
spends very little time in social pleas
ures and is wrapped up completely in
his business.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-08
Stop That Cough.

For troublesome hacking coughs with
which many people are constantly af-
fiicted, especially tobacco smokers, for
Inflammation of the mucus membrane
of the throat and larynx, there is no
remedy superior to the following:
Take the Juice of three fresh lemons,
add an equal quantity of hot water,
one-quarter of level teaspoonful Of
powdered alum, enough granulated
white sugar to make syrup; put the
solution in clean vessel, put 1t on the
fire and bring it to boil. When cool
it will be ready for use. Dose, one tea
spoonful every hour until relieved.
Caution: This is a very powerful
solution and should be taken exactly
according to directions. 1t should be
measured in a teaspoon and not taken
by guess.
II bottled and corked tightly it can
be kept any length of time.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-08

roads, In the construction of this ma
chine the stem of the steering wheel
is supplied with a rearwardly extend
ing steadying bar, having a spring
causing it to bear slightly on a support
This pressure is sufficient to hold the
wheel steady, but not great enough 10
interfere with it's free motion, so that IL
Yields to every motion OF the DouS.
The fork of the front wheel is turned
slightly under instead of outward anu
the steering wheel is slightly smaller
than the other, whereby the guiding ol
the machine is rendered more easy
The steadying bar also offers Il ine"n1
of steering by the hand in case Oh any
sudden emergency.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-08
OLD NEWGATE PRISON.
This thousand Year-O1d Building to
Give Way to a New Structure.

O1Ve W0y co New structure
Newgate prison, the cable dispatches
say, is to be torn down. On it's site q
new court building is to be erected.
Newgate is a place of bloody memories.
Standing in the heart of London, it has
been for a thousand years the scene
of tortures and executions. English
men will probably be glad to see it's an
cient walls give way to new structure
which will stand for more civilized and
merciful methods of punishment.
Newgate has not been used since
1881, except for the detention Of pris-
oners awaiting trial or execution. 1t
is one of the oldest buildings in Lon
don-how old no one knows. 1t was
used as a prison as far back as 1883,
as the records of those times show. 1t
was probably built several hundred
years before. Hundreds of thousands
of prisoners have been executed within
it's walls. In 1866 1t was almost alto
gether destroyed by fire and again in
1880, but was rebuilt, and has always
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-08
HENRY CLAY FRICK.
NEW HEAD OF THE CARNEGIE
STEEL COMPANY.
A Poor Bookkeeper in 1870, He Is
Now a Multimi11ionaire and Con-
trolls Enterprises Involving Hun
dreds of Millions of Dollars.

AS the head of the new Carnegie
Steel Company, the greatest of all the
recently consolidated industrial con-
Germs, Henry Clay Frick has become a
man of worldwide interest. He is a
man of uncommon mould. At q he
was poorly paid bookkeeper in dis
tillery, To-day, at so, he is the owner
Of the greatest coke-making plants in
the world, has private fortune
amounting to SIS, OOO,O or more, and is
the active head of enterprises involv-
ing the use Of hundreds of millions of
dollars in capital. A man who can
make this kind of a record for himself
can be truthfully described as ''un-
common" Mr.. Frick is the builder of
his own fortune. He secured what lie
has without the aid of family Influence
or wealth-and it is the creation of his
own brain and industry.
Henry Clay Prick was born in Fay
cite County, Ohio, in 1S49. His father
was a farmer in moderate circum-
stances, who had lived in West Over
ton, Pa. With nothing but common
school education young Prick went to
work as dry goods clerk, but soon
gave up that to become bookkeeper
in the distillery owned by his grand
father at Bradford, Pa.
This took young Prick into the very
heart Of the coke region. Although he
was only Fl years Of age then, he had
developed the habit of accommodating
money, and saved most of his earnings
He took great interest in the manu-
facture Of coke. studied the process,
and made up his mind that he would
some day go into the business. At this
time, too, he was a close. student of the
labor situation in the coal and coke
regions.
A short time after passing his ma
jority Frick and two other young men
scraped up enough money between
them to buy 300 acres Of land and so
coke ovens. They began to manufac-
ture coke under the firm name of Prick
& Co. Frick succeeded so we'll in the
coke business that within four years
he increased his ovens from fifty to
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-08

Gold and silver are poured abundant
ly into the lap of the nation; but our
material wealth and strength is rath-
err in iron, the most useful of all the
metals. Within the last few years the
inventive genius of our people has ap-
piled such processes to mining, smelt-
ing and manufacture that we are able
to furnish the world with bar-iron,
steel and hardware in infinite variety,
at lower prices than were ever known
before. And just now American loco
motive builders are receiving orders
Great Britain.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-08

Of the thirty-two Speakers Of the
national House of Representatives,
fifteen have come from States south of
Mason and DiXon's line, thirteen from
north of that line and east of the Allie
ghanies, and the remaining four from
1.-THE West" if Indiana and Ohio may
now be so designated. The States
which have contributed the most tai
ent in this line are Kentucky, Virginia
and Massachusetts, which have given
four Speakers each. James X. Polk
was the only Speaker of the House
who became President of the United
States. Frederick A. Muhlenberg. of
Pennsylvania, was the first Speaker,
and his statue may now be seen in the
Capitol in the famous statuary hall.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-08

The crime of wife-beating has be-
come so common of late that some ex-
traordinary punishment seems to be
needed for it's suppression. When gar
roting became common in the streets
of London some years ago the restora-
ton of the whipping post for those con-
victed of the crime proved an effectual
remedy. Perhaps temporary resort
to it here in the case of wife heaters
would prove efficacious.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-08

one hundred. The coke business kept
on booming at great rate until 3,673
ovens had been built in the region.
Then came the panic of 1873. The
price Of pig iron declined enormously,
the price Of coke fell in sympathy, and
everybody wanted to get out of the
coke business. Not so with Mr.. Prick.
He invested every dollar that he had
or could raise in purchasing the coke
properties and ovens which others
were so ready to sell at low prices. All
through the panic he kept his ovens
going. In 1875 he separated from his
old partners and took e. Nj. Ferguson
as a new partner. Real success came
to this new firm in 1879, when there
came an unprecedented demand for
coke, and prices went up from 81 to SIS
ton.
Under the impetus of this boom Mr..
Frick continued to buy coke ovens and
coke lands until in 1882 his firm had
5000 acres of coal land and 1,O26 coke
ovens. 1t was that year that Carnegie
Bros. & Co. QimiteO became partners
in the firm of Ell. c. Prick & Co.
The success of the firm from 1882 to
1890 was phenomenal, and it is gen
orally acknowledged that it was in
the greatest degree due to the energy
and push of Mr.. Frick himself. In
1890 the corporation owned and con-
trolled $4,000 acres of coal lands ~ of
the 80 coke plants in the region, with
an aggregate of 1O,O46 ovens, three
water plants and a pumping capacity
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-08
TlLDENS HOME.
The Historic Gramercy Park Res,
dence Lately Sold at Auction.

II
dence Lately Sold at Auction.
The old residence OF Samuel J. Tilden
In Gramercy Park, New York, which
was recently sold at auction for $3.50.
600, is one of the interesting places Of 4
historic neighborhNod. Nearby are the
residences Of such famous men an
David Dudley Field and his brother
Cyrus; Hamilton Fish and ex-Mayol
Hewitt.
Tilden's house is rich with traditions
of the campaign of 1876. Here he re.
ceived the notification Of his nomina.
ton for the Presidency. Here came
that memorable and momentous com.
mittee to advise with him in respect ia
the ACCESSIBILITY of agreeing to the pro.
posed commission by which the con,
tested election was to be submitted to
an arbitrating tribunal Here, in a
richly-decorated back parlor, before q
noble fireplace with logs big enough to
crafty a lumberman in his camp. Til.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-08

that You Saw Me- 81 Believe It for
My Mother Told Me &c." and other
soul-stirring lyrics of similar nature.
White claims that the money is due
him on a contract with Dresser, the
former putting in the money and the
latter the talent for the production of
these gems. The Chicago Tribune, in
an editorial referring to Whites action,
says it has no knowledge of the merits
Of the case, but the statement that
Dresser has realized between 5000, 900
and 100000 from the publication Of
these ditties will create some surprise
and should provoke the query whether
musical education has made much
progress. When Dresser can pocket a
quarter of a million dollars for the sale
of such songs and Sousa's monotonous
two-steps return him many thousands
year in royalties what is the outlook
for the composer who writes music?
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-08

1t is not unworthy of notice that one
of the most serious disasters that have
befallen our troops in the Philippines
occurred to those who were going to
the relief of beleagured Spanish gar
rison. They were under no legal obli-
cation to go thither, the Spanish Gov
eminent itself being responsible for
the safe withdrawal of all it's men.
They went on the perilous expedition
at the simple call of humanity, more
ready to succor their late foes than
they would have been last year to fight
them. Such deed should go far to-
ward restoring friendly feeling in the
Spaniards toward this country.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-08
Official Report of the Killing.

Santa Fe section foreman "orhIn9
near that town recently macs Tue ~
lowing report to the roadmaster' "a IA
whorter's bull struck at the long S!u.
ING and was killed. We tound n' n+
alongside the track, and, as he was NV
quite dead then, | borrowed gun a.:
shot him three times, killing MN as' -
Dennis Sullivan then struck him aho'n
er blow on the head with p1'h
finished him. The bun is now dedu'
Usage MOI Public Opinion.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-08
BIKE WITHOUT HANDLE. BARS.

Wheel Is Steered by the Motion of the.
Riders Body.
A bicycle without any semblance Of a,
handle-bar, but which is steered entire
~ by the motion of the riders body, Is
the invention of Simon MetZger, OF
Lima, Iowa. Many wheelmen have the
present type of wheel so completely
under their control that they can guide
the machine in this way, but only ON
smooth ground, whereas with the bicy-
Gle of Mr.. Metzger this feat is rendered
not only easy, but absolutely safe on all
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-08

During the years 1896, 1897, 1898 and
1899 more than $2O,OO0,OOO worth of
bicycles were shipped from America
to foreign countries and Sold Now If
the tack manufacturers in this country
could get the foreigners interested in
the puncturing business another indus
try might reap big benefits.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-08
HOW the Human Race Lives

OF the entire human race II 10 o,otb.
mated that 5ooOoo,Ooo are well cl0' of
ed-that is, they wear garmen.1 On
so,,o Find: 25O,O0O,0O0 habitually ~
naked n and 700, 100000 only cover p iS'ion
of their body! Five hundred n - and
I'VE in houses, 7oo,oOoO00 in huts a
caves and 25O,oOo,0oo have Vlrr
no shelter at all.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-08
What n TPilliOn Is.

People often speak of a trillion as a
POSSIBLE number. The fact is, not a
trillion Of seconds has elapsed since
the creation of Adam; nor will that
number have elapsed until Feb. 1, in
the year of our Lord 1895; for in a
trillion of seconds there are 1857
years 80 days 1 hour 46 minutes and 40
seconds.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-08

The test of the Gathman shell dem
onstrated at least that if one Of them
should be carefully buried in the in
sides Of an ironclad and touched off
there would be nothing more to do to
that ironclad.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-08

A writer connected with Boston
newspaper asks: "Why shouldn't wo-
men smoke cigarettes if they want to?"
The question seems to be badly con-
structed; it should be put thus: "What
is to prevent a woman from smoking
cigarettes if she has the inclinationW
The writer goes on to say that cigar
cite smoking blackens the teeth and
materially impairs the feminine
charms, and adds that with the depar-
ture of the charms the prospects of the
lady in the matrimonial market van
ish. This argument has been met by a
young woman of Chicago who has
promised her mother that she will not
smoke until she is 40 years Of age.
After that time she will consider her
self released from all filial obligation.
This would appear to be a perfectly
fair arrangement. If young woman
is not married by the time she is 40
her chances are not likely to be i'm
periled by an occasional cigarette, and
if her teeth have stood by her nobly
until her fortieth year they will prob
ably be proof against the pernicious in
fuences Of the nicotine of after life.
Really, the attitude of the woman of
the present day is most deplorable; she
must not wear corsets because they
are vainly feminine, and she must not
smoke because it is distinctly mascu-
line. It would seem that the only dev-
ilish thing left for woman is to put on
shirt waist with a fat scarf and chew
gum.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-08

"Does the new -four trust, with a cap
italization of $4O,OOO,OOO, need bis
cuit? asks the st. Paul Globe. Not ex-
actly. But it needs dough.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-08

Study, it is alleged, tends to lessen
personal beauty. A case in point is the
man who, after fooling with a mule,
was not so good-looking, but knew a
great deal more.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-08

1t is a little odd that, although cap
ital punishment for burglary would be
monstrous, the shooting Of burglar
by policeman leaves the most hui
name of us with an under-conscious-
ness that it served the burglar right.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-08

A suit has been brought by Martin
White to recover S25, 1000 from Paul
Dresser, the composer of ION the
Banks of the Wabash" The Letter
that Never Came" Just Tell Them
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-08

The heir to the Keely motor seems
to have discovered the sawdust stuff
ing concealed within the bosom Of the
beuuest. Thus ends the tale.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-08
New Arc Lamp.

An electric arc lamp for use under
water-a consummation that has BAT
fed electricians for years-has beer
produced by German firm.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-08

Climbing trees and swimming rivers
seem to be natural attributes Of the
American soldier. Wheeler and Fun
ston, for instance.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-08

An armor-piercing projectile having
been perfected, the next thing in order
is another invention of projectile proof
armOr
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-08

1t is not considered good form for a
red-headed girl to ride a white bicycle.
This Is important and should be re-
membered.