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A FEW
INTERESTING
FACTS

When people are contemplating q trit
whether on business or pleasure, the,
naturally want the best service OBJ
tainable 80 far a. speed, comfort and
safety is concerned. Employees Of the
WISCONSIN CENTRAL L1NEL are
uaid to serve the public and our trains
are operated 80 81 TO make close COZ
nectIops with diyerging lines at al
Juncvtion points.
Pullman Palace Sleeping ana Chair Cara
on through trains.
Dining Car service uneKcelied. Meals
served q Ia carte.
In order TO obtain this fi7st class service,
ask the ticket agent to sell you ticket
The Wisconsin Central Lines.
and you will make direct connections al
81 Paul for Chicago, Milwaukee and
all points east.
For any further information call on ani
ticket agent or correspond with
JAS. c. POND. Gen. Pass. Agent.
or JAS A CLOCK. Milwaukee, Wis.
General Agent
As Stark st.. FOrtand ore.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-08-25
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The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-08-25

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PETER HARVEY,
PSeane Coast Agent, san TranSSoo
Room q. Mills Building.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-02-09

Belgium, like Holland, is little king
dom surrounded by powerful states
with mighty armies. 1t is what is known
as a neutral buffer state between the
two great rivals, Germany and France.
European treaty law has done what it
can to protect it's territory against inva-
sion from any quarter, but the fate of
Denmark in 1864, when Prussia and
Austria united in attackingit, is a warn
ing that the most solemn pledges of
diplomacy are sometimes wantonly
broken. Belgian policies are Identical
with those Of Holland. The kingdom
has no foreign alliances, is absorbed in
it's own affairs, avoids any occasion for
giving offence to any great power, and
devotes it's energies to the enlargement
of it's commerce. 1t has an empire in
the heart of Africa known as the Kongo
Free State, and it is anxious to buy the
Canary Islands from Spain and to
strengthen it's navy. 1t is forced to acl
cautiously from fear of creating ill
feeling in France, Germany or England.
The King of the Belgians is one of the
wisest rulers in Europe, and the nation
owes much to his sagacity. He has
travelled widely, and he has used his
eyes wherever he has gone. His one
disappointment, as he is never weary
of telling American ministers in Brus-
sells, is his inability to plan long jour-
ney to the United States. ut may not
yet be too late" he usually adds, with
smile. King Leopold II. is the founder
of the Kongo Free State. Without this
vast project Belgium would have been
inferior to Holland as a colonial power.
He was ridiculed as royal india-rub-
Der merchant when he starter that
great undertaking, but he was in reality
the only far-sighted Belgian. The inn
portance of Belgium has been largely
increased and her position in Europe
has been strengthened by her African
possessions. The King is a man with a
capacity for large ideas. His minis
tiers are always frightened by his plans.
He is not obstinate, but is always Will
ing to bide his time. After trying to
substitute projects of their own for
those favored by him, his ministers usu-
ally confess that his Judgment was bet
ter than theirs. This has happened not
only in the Kongo enterprise, but also
in the recent undertakings for improv-
ing Brussels and converting it into a
handsome, spacious capital. The King
at 60 is the most useful citizen in Bel
gium-a wise ruler, with real genius
for the business of state.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-02-09

ing bellies, her sweet disposition ana
womanly graces making her then what
she is now, a great social favorite. She
married DR.. D. P. Hickling, an emin-
ent physician of Washington, and they
have two bright little ones, a dainty
daughter of and robust boy of 2.
By his second marriage Gov. Stone has
had six children, four of whom are liv-
ing. Miss Jean, a vivacious girl OF IA
and her younger sister, Miss Margaret,
are attending boarding school at Lake
Forest. John, a handsome lad OF II,
is very like his distinguished father
both in looks and manner, while lsa-
bella, the baby of Z, completes this IN
teresting family group.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-02-09
Children's Eyesight.

Official tests of the eyesight of Baltl-
more school children-tests ordinarily
used by oculists-to the number OF o.
OCT show some interesting and suggest
i've results. More than 5000 pupils
were found to have such defects in
these organs as to make school work
unsafe, while So per cent of the chill
dren were found not to be in the en-
joyment of normal vision. Curiously
enough, this percentage of defective
eyesight steadily decreased with the
age of the pupils. The percentage Of
normal vision was found to be as fol-
lows in the different grades: First
grade, 35; second, Al; third, At; fourth,
40; fifth, 4S; sixth, 4S; seventh, "a;
eighth, Sc. No explanation is offered
for this improvement in eyesight with
age and the use of the eyes under
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-02-09
THE COTTON KING.
Robert knight a Product of the
Growth of Modern Industry,

Robert knight a Product of the
Growth of Modern Industry.
Robert knight is one OF the most re-
markable products of the growth Of
modern industry. He is commonly
called the Cotton King" and he de
serves the name, inasmuCh as he is the
largest mill owner in the world. Hell
the individual proprietor of 100000
spindles, 1900 looms, and fifteen vii.
lagos. He owns everything in these
villages, and to all intents and pur
poses the villagers, too. Bob Knight
as he is Familiarity known, is now I
years old, and would never be taken
for the absolute master Of the cotton
industry. His living expenses are Gov
cred by a sum the equivalent OF 3
clerks salary. When Knight was lad
he was bobbin boy in New England
mill. Summer and winter he went
barefooted to his work. His brotM
Brayton opened a small store in one Of
the mill towns and prospered. He took
Robert in as a partner. The future
mill owner was thrifty. He had saved
much and was in comfortable clrcun'
stances when a took a position as .
clerk in Pontiac cotton mill. His EN-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-02-09

ecutive TO one of the greatest common
wealths of the Union.
The executive mansion at Harris
burg is sure to be the scene of many
brilliant social functions under the
regime of it's new mistress. Mrs. Stone
loves society and is never happier thai
when dispensing the hospitality Of her
home. Their Washington residence
was not nearly so pretentious as the
executive mansion, of which we pre-
sent our readers a picture, but during
the eight years in which Gov. Stone
was in Congress it was always favor
tie resort with society, and Mrs. Stones
dinners and receptions were among the
notable ones of the season.
Gov. Stone has been married twice.
By his first marriage there were two
children, Stephen Stone, a Pittsburg
attorney, and Mrs. Hickling, Of Wash
ingtoa. AS Miss Harriet Stone, Mrs.
Kicking was one Of the capitals reign
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-02-09

flags to the various schools of the city.
Principals, teachers, scholars-even the
small lads of the orphan asylum-all
were there. Marching at the head of
each school was a youthful and-who
can oubt?~~supremely proud bearer of
the standard-the emblem of new
hopes, aspirations and wider possibili-
ties. There are, it is stated, six hun
dred schools-public and private-on
the island and to each a flag is to be
given. Is it too much to hope that, IN
due season, childish voices will make
it's significance vocal in mind and
heart?
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-02-09
Titles for Officials.

Why does every official VINO u's' ia
nose into the government trough u pa r
extent of $4,000 or $4,000 per yea .. Nv
a handle to his name? The ASS sl'ont,
Secretaries Of the various dep"i u a.es
are never called by their proper D''D'
It is always "Mr. Secretary. uorer
The chief of a $4,000 bureau 10 en,ith
addressed as Mr.. Jones or Nj. LIANT is
but as Chief" The Vice PreSIu 'aI'e,.
not addressed as his station 49,, ~ The
but always as "Mr. PresIden.. It,, AZ
First. Second, Third and ou.' seer
sistant Postmaster Generals aIs ore aI
eral." In and cut of office lr tT!orh
dressed as such.-New VOTE WV
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-02-09

English justice has long been laudec
especially by American Anglomani-
acs-as ideal. And as between two
commoners the British courts undoubt-
eddy dispense a good article of justice.
But when lord or a nobleman of high
er rank is involved it is different. The
sensational suit against the Duke OF
Portland illustrates the point. Inc
Dukes title is challenged by Sidney
bruce, O. sailor, who may or may not be
another Arthur Orion. bruce claims
to be the real duke, and, without going
into details, the case may be said to
hinge upon one fact: Whether certain
coffin contains the body Of the fifth
Duke of Portland, or whether it is filled
with bricks. In the latter case Druce's
case will be greatly strengthened. But
though the court has made an initial
order for the opening Of the coffin other
courts have interposed, and now it is
announced that an act Of parliament
will be necessary to authorize the pro-
ceeding. If the case had been reversed
will anyone doubt the result? Would an
act of parliament have been necessary
to open a commoner's coffin? And in the
meantime will anyone doubt that the
Duke in possession will take advan-
tage of the delay to arrange for body
to be found in the coffin, providing 1t
does not contain one already?
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-02-09
DIR. NEWELL DWIGHT HILLS.

sity, and at Mccormick Seminary. For
three years after leaving his theological
studies he was pastor Of the First Pres
byterian Church of Peoria, Ill. Within
that time he built a new church at a
cost of $4,000. From 1890 to 1894 he
preached from the pulpit of the First
Church Of Evanston, Ind, where he
likewise upreared a new church build
ing. In December, 1894, he succeeded
Prof. Swing, of Central Church, Chi
cago. The new pastor of Plymouth will
preach in Brooklyn the same creed he
has preached in Chicago. 1t is the creed
Of broadest Christianity and humanity,
the creed of Beecher. DR.. Hills is also
writer and has been we'll called "the
poet-preacher Of the end of the CEN
tury."
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-02-09
HILLS GOES TO BROOKLYN.

Chica go's Brilliant Preacher Called to
the Pulpit of Plymouth Church.
Chicago's brilliant preacher has been
called to the pulpit of Plymouth
Church, Brooklyn, made famous by
Henry Ward Beecher and recently va
Gated by Lyman Abbott. The friends
of Rev. DIR. Newton Dwight Hills eX-
pect that he will achieve the same
measure of renown and popularity as
did the illustrious men whom he sue
ceeds.
DR.. Hills is a native of Iowa and 40
years old. He was educated at Grin
nell Academy, at Lake Forest Univer-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-02-09
BEECHER RIFLES C4lyQc,,
One of the Oldest in Kansas
of the Most Iu+aro,&. Au ont

One of the Oldest in Kansas apao
of the Most INTERESTING s"0 One
One of the most intereYtinp ch,,u,
In Kansas and striking remind sDes y
the character of Henry Ward Pooa, "
stands in the little town Of Wah,un sDet
1t is the Beecher Rifles Church oro ,see
by the men who went out fran u tea
ford, Conn, in 1854 to helm froa III
sas. Beecher went to the mept,nn n'u-
which the company was organized "a, az
standing before the large audience s,, N
scribed enough to buy a rifle for wv
of the men. He went home to Rev.
Ign and raised enough in his own oos
gregation to purchase a rifle, = pn1.
and a hymn-book for every membor as
the company, and these were carr,os
away when the 125 men marched Nv,
of their home city toward the Woat
They built the church soon after fonns
ing their colony, and called il aftn.
their regiment, the Beecher Rifles Tho.
went to church carrying the rifles ons
stored them in the vestibuo. Once tbo,
were called upon to attack Indians ana
Southerners while the service wac -
progress. The preacher adioumoa
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-02-09
ROBERT KNIGHT,

ployer was elected to the United o'd'.
Senate. Knight rented the mH ~.
$4,000 a year. At the end oil n rSa
years he bought it out for $14,OOO' l tnn
was the nest egg Of his TREMENDOUS lU na
tune. In business Robert is close au'
exacting. He likes to drive goou "a.
gains, and even looks with great '~ ""
after the grocery bills Of his own nC " M
hold. He has no yacht, no tiger ~
oil paintings. He never gives "" 81,
anything he can use, and hnd9 u''
everything he has.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-02-09
"PROPHETESS OF EVIL"
The High Priestcss of the Dreyfusards
Predicts Frances Ruin.

Georgiana Weldon is the latest Paris
ian sensation. She has written a
pamphlet which involves those army
men who have said that Dreyfus is
guilty, and in which she predicts the
downfall of the nation.
This woman has been the scourge of
a few great men in her time and the
puzzle of courts and specialists in psy-
chistry. In 1872 she was a concert
singer in London, and on the occasion
Of Gounod's visit there she spread the
report that the German composer was
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-02-09

about to become British subject. It
was all Gounod could do to persuade
his fellow countrymen to the contrary.
She claimed Gounod's compositions as
her own and secured a judgment
against him for $4,000 in the English
courts. She sued Rochefort for libels
was committed to insane asylums,
which she sued Immediately on being
released. She was sent to a convent
where she still resides, but there are
Dreyfusards who desire to carry her
through the streets of Paris in a
chariot
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-02-09

a Havana paper the Discussion de-
scribes the finding of fifty human skele-
tons in a well near Maguito, Cuba, and
says that their attitude and appear
ances were such as to convey the i'm
preston that the persons were thrown
in while alive. The same paper also
says that the remains Of between two
and three hundred people were found
in we'll near Matanzas. Thus the evil
dence accumulates that the United
States was justified In kicking the
Spaniaris out of the island and ending
the reign of medieval barbarity at our
doors
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-02-09

The enormous expense of the i'm
movements in armament which are
seen to be imperatiyely needed unless
some international agreement to re-
strict military and naval expenditures
can be reached is in itself very good
reason for believing that practical re-
suits may not be far distant. No mill
tary or naval authority can presume to
set limits to the demands for money to
be used in preparations for war, if the
present competition is TO go on without
check. That is enough to stagger states
men and create an effective public sen
hment in favor of some concerted
movement in the direction of disarma-
ment
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-02-09

A writer in the Forum, who an
nounces himself as having been a
tramp, with no literary or sociolog-
ical motives" defines and differentiates
that particular genus as follows: "a
tramp is not a hobo; a hobo is not a
tramp; a vagrant IS neither, and a
criminal is none of these" The tramp's
sole object in life is to ''have a little
fun" but without that work which
most of us find a necessary prelude to
true enjoyment. Work he despises,
and not even the pangs of hunger will
induce him to engage in 1t when it is
made preliminary to promised meal.
The hobo is, in most cases, a man who
is driven to the road from want Of that
which the tramp loathes-work. He is
a victim Of circumstances, and not a
social parasite. The vagrant is
loafer in towns and cities so long as he
finds it safe and profitable. He is
often "grafter'-that is, a creature
who stimulates lameness and cutaneous
diseases in order to excite pity and
charity, and is apt to be addicted either
to drink or opium. The hobo is never
a CRATER" the tramp rarely. The
writer thinks "the tramp should be
given up as hopeless" to be helped or
denied, as those to whom he appeals
may feel inclined. But he pleads for
the hobo. "He is young" he says; she
can work; he is inclined to work"
Manhood and self-respect are not dead
within him, and sympathy and oppor-
tunity given him may save for society
a worthy member.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-02-09
THE ROMANS.
Built Aqueducts Solely Because They
Had No Suitable Pipes,

Had No Suitable Pipes,
People forgetful of the real status of
mechanical economy in the time of the
Romans have often expressed wonder
that they built expensive aqueducts
when, it is proved, they knew the n.y.
drostatfc principle that water rises al
ways to it's own level.
The principle reason undoubtedly
was that they had no suitable material
to make pipes which would stand the
enormous pressure inseparable from an
underground system. Lead was out of
the question for the purpose because
the pipes would have to be made so
disproportionately thick, and, besides,
water flowing for miles through lead
would be poisonous. Short lead and
clay pipes We're used by them in their
cities and houses for the supply Of
baths, but without cast iron, which
they did not possess, they could not
have made pipes to carry water long
distances. Lastly, the water brought
to Rome was strongly impregnated
with lime, and this would have caused
great incrustation in pipes and neces-
STATED frequent opening and cleaning,
whereas an aqueduct, once built,
would as events have proved, last for
a very long time with very moderate
amount of repairs.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-02-09
GOVERNOR OF PENNSYLVANIA.
His Rise from Poverty and Obscurity
to Wealth and Distinction.

When Hon. w. A. Stone, newly elect
ed Governor of Pennsylvania, took the
oath of office and assumed the reins
of State government there entered the
executive mansion at Harrisburg a
man who has climbed to his present
high position over unusual obstacles of
poverty and difficulties and who may
truthfully be called "a self-made man."
His parents were Pennsylvania
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-02-09

farmers, highly respected, but poor;
Through all of the early years of his
boyhood he had but three months Of
each year at school, and that a little
country one; the remaining nine
months he bore his share of the bur-
dens incident to farm. At II he en-
listed in the war, and came out, at the
close of hostilities, two years later, a
second lieutenant Then for several
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-02-09
Bible Kisses.
Chariot.

There are eight kinds of kisses men
toned in scripture: Salvation q Sam
xx.41, Thess. V. 26); valediction (RutI
i. 81; reconciliation e Sam. xiv. 33)
subsection Cps. ii. 12); appreciation
prov. xiv. 26); alteration Il Kings xiv
49,; treachery Matt. XVI. 49); affec
ton Gen. xiv. 15).
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-02-09
TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Ali communications for this paper should be
panied by the of the author; not necessarily fol-
publication but evidence of good faith the part
of the writer. Write only side of the paper Be
particularly CAREFUL in giving and dates to have
the letters and figures plain and distinct.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-02-09
rho Presbvterian Churc"E.

Rev. DR.. r. NJ. Patterson, oro tbs
study of reports, finds thai , l1o Of ii
half the Presbyterian c'''-I-, If lie:
country have a Membership If tb
than 100 each. One-SeYeI'Ir tbp Cot
Presbyterian and one-ill'n 49,, " tTen!!
gregationalist have less 'H"
five each.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-02-09

A society has been formed in Paris
whose business it will be to furnish a
fourteenth guest for dinner parties
numbering thirteen guests. Alas, how
seriously those frivolous Parisians take
the little amenities of life.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-02-09

A man who got tired of carrying
around $45O,OOO,O00 in greenbacks and
bonds applied at the Chicago subtreas-
ury for relief and was respectfully re-
ferred to the banks. Merely as an eX-
pertinent a great many people would
not object to having a tired feeling
of that kind for time.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-02-09

No one can study the food supply of
the British isles without feeling certain
that English statesmen will always go
to extreme lengths to prevent war or
serious trouble of any kind with the
United States. They must avoid, at all
hazards, the loss Of American food for
the swarming millions of British cities.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-02-09

terms he taught school during the day
time and at night studied until the wee
sma hours fitting himself for his pro-
fession, the law. He was admitted to
practice in 1870. For the next twenty
years he was an active factor in the
politics of his State and in 1890 he was
elected to Congress, where he remained
until he resigned to become chief eX
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-02-09

Queer things: In England a candi-
date stands" for an office; in this
country he runs" The supposition is
that with us any man who waits for an
office to run after him might have to
wait for long time.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-02-09

school conditions. 1t was found, how
ever, that many blackboards and maps
in the schools were not placed in the
proper light, and the report of the ocu-
lists recommends yearly examinations
hereafter of the pupils eyesight; also
the adoption of a uniform system of
adjustable seats and desks adapted to
the heights of the children.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-02-09

Modern methods Of advanced instruc-
ton in our schools have changed the
three RS to the three Hs-the hand,
the head, the heart.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-02-09

An agricu1turist is advocating the
treatment Of country roads with Pc
troleum. If by this means it's use can
be diverted from the lighting of kitchen
fires the experiment would be worthy
of encoura cement.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-02-09

Enforced idleness is assigned as the
cause Of six New York convicts going
insane. Weary Willie remarks that he
has heard Of people going crazy with
low
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-02-09

II has been said by a great thinker
that money is the great trouble in
America" and yet most everybody is
out hunting trouble.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-02-09

If anybody is in doubt as to when
the twentieth century begins let him
borrow on his note payable on the first
day Of the new century. The bank will
do the rest
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-02-09

It is now understood that Don Carlos
Is ready to take the throne just as soon
as somebody else has performed the
mental labor of conducting revolu-
ton