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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-01-05
Three Is Valuable at Sea.

Marine underwriters have been hit
hard by recent disasters and they pro-
pose to urge upon the masters Of ships
the necessity of saying daily on ship
board what is known as the three
..L's' in the sailors maXim," which
reads in part: II believe in the lead,
as it warns me against dangers which
the eye cannot see. l believe in the.
log, as it checks my distance run. Z
believe in the lookout, as it warns me
against dangers to be seen. And
hereby warn Sseamen and tell them
that if they neglect any Of these three
things, either the lead, the log or the
lookout, they or their fellows will
surely some day perish
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-01-05
A Mystery Spoiled.

AS a venerable Detroit minister tells
this one it would be ungracious and
superfuous to adduce farther evidence
of it's trutnfulness.
Il went to a new parish that year"
he relates. ''In looking about for
house l came upon a very handsome
residence that was charmingly located.
But everything indicated that the
place had long been without tenant,
and made inquiry. The house was
haunted, according to neighborhood
tradition, and no one would rent it.
l saw the landlord and he was glad
to let the place on any terms. 1t
would be worth much to him if
would exercise the hoodoo placed
there by popular superstition. We
moved in and l admit that we had
very creepy experience; one that my
wife could not long have endured.
"When everything would settle
down to the quiet of the night we
would frequently hear the most dis
tressing means and the sound of
some one walking heavily in the attic.
I made several day visits to the
gloomy part of the house, but could
find nothing to account for the I'M
canny noises. The next night that we
were disturbed | went up there with
q determination to fathom the mys-
terry. And I did it. The means were
produced by the sounding of wires
that were numerous on one side Of the
roof. The heavy walking was ac-
counted for by a loose single, flap
ped by the same winds that did the
moaning. Next morning I had the
wires removed and the roof repaired"
sAnd that was all?''
mot quite. The landlord at once
advanced my rent one hundred per
cent. Detroit Free Press.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-01-05
French Uniforms Ahs1rd.

Every one who has examined tina
campaign. uniform of the French sok
der has found it, to say the least
picturesque. The dingy eOl0rs OF their
clothing, the absurd knausack, the I'M
shapely cartridge box, the ugly head
gear, the trousers turned up, all COM
bine to make a spectacle of him not
to be found elsewhere in Europe. And
the clumsiness Of it aIE is the first
thing to strike even the most unob-
servant spectator.
Writers for the French press have
long since pointed out these facts and
have shown how such infection in the
way of outfit is sufficient alone to use
up the strength of the strongest man
and crush down the energy of the
stoutest heart. The headgcar of =
French infantryman is something on
the order of an old-fasGioRed helmet
worn by English iremen.
This instrument of torture peculiar
to the French army exposes the wear
er to sunstroke during the summer
and is entirely insufficient for protec
ton in the winter months. 1t also
acts as a gutter spout when it rains
and lets the water pour down the sol
diers back.
The French infantryrnan is about
as bad off in other respects. His
shoes allow both the dust and mois-
ture to penetrate to the skin and his
knapsack becomes a verStable instrU
ment of torture The French writer's
point out that fatigue ana exposure to-
such trials are much more dangerous
than the bullets of the enemy. They
add that a battle is the exception.
while troops are always CA the move.
and that the general, who, through
the proper clothing and equipment OF
his troops can put them un the field OF
battle in a better physical condition.
than the enemy, already has the bat
tie half won, the other conditions be-
ing equal-Pittsburg Dispatch.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-01-05
Cnurtship in Mexico.

If the young woman fayors the SUN
she gradually advances, from Occas-
ional glimpses Of herself behind a
half closed shutter, to a position on
the balcony at certain hours of the
day Then love is made in the most
ardent fashion, either by the finger
alphabet or by a little telephone es-
pecially manufactured and sold for the
purpose, one part of which the young
girl retains while she drops the other
to the lover waiting below. When she
has signified her willingness he enters
the home and addresses the parents
If they have~no objections to him he
is then permitted to visit the house
perhaps twice a week and see his
sweetheart, always in the presence of
one or more members of the family,
until the day of the wedding arrives.
The breaking of an engagement is
the rarest of all rare things in Mex
leo, and an insincere lover is an an
omaly.
Plenty there are who are not worthy
and who are unsuccessful in their
suits, because, often, Of the wisdom OF
the parents, but the Mexican lover has
nothing to gain by insincere atten-
tions.-New York Tribune.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-01-05
TIE SHARKS FRIEND.

The habit of the pilot fish to accom-
pany the shark is familiar; it swims
along beside it, and keeps up with it
at just about such distance wherever
it goes. In one of the wall tanks at
the Aquarium there are two sharks,
eachss3 feet or SO in length; and in
this tank there are also half dozen
pilot fishes. The skin of the shark
is rough and sand-papery. When
dried and properly prepared it is often
used by fishermen for sand-paper.
One of the pilot fishes in this tank
the other day wanted to rub itself
against something, as fishes often do;
it is not unusual i'll all Aquarium tank
to see fish turn on it's side and make
dash at the gravel on the bottom.
The pilot fish rubbed itself against
the sand-parery side Of one of the
sharks. The shark stopped swim
ming, as though it enjoyed it, too; as
cat might stop if somebody scratched
its side. The pilot fish rubbed both
of it's sides against the shark, heading
up with the shark and rubbing the
side thus presented, and then turn
ing, end for end, and rubbing the
other side, and then they swan on
again.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-01-05
,apx YOU'RE AWAY FROM HOME

,,,ro feelin' blue ez indigo,
When ; Sv rnu're away from home,
WY an't familiar Oh the new
I'll s+~aets that you roam :,
-, co1 them all a-fadin' en- they'll
'0u :, disappear from view, .. -,
Won roI, rim acr0st a Teller from the
"n'I same OF town ez YOU
,of,,+ been the best of friends
Il '' if softens up your heart
80 rz,armin' to him that'H kind
or give 4 start
long en- lastin' friendship that
y voun alus cart aroun'.
,.., rool word for the Teller from
"'''' the same OF leetIe town.
-, find his voice soun's sWeeter
l'' az be mentions some OF name
o,,or i rs+er when you'd meet him
a;rIv m0rnin's in the lane;
r. r.Ton vou say good by en- part ez
somehow folks must DO,
-, bota to leave the Teller from the
-' same OF town ez you.
r5warI Singer in the Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-01-05
OUR YOUNG FOLKS
A poNKEy coNvERsAz1oNE.

Some donkeys met on hill one day,
And there they joined in friendly
bray,
Or shall it be called friendly chat I?
They talked of this and they talked
of that,
Said one: ST recall storm in May
That nearly carried our ears away,
1t blew us into the garden plots
And screwed our tails into double
knots.
A funnier sight I never saw p
And then they all laughed: '.Hee-
haw Hee- haw r
Then said another: 'tDo you remem-
Der
A sight we saw one cold November ?
A bunch of carrots doll had got
10 coax her mule that refused to trot,
But all in vain, for it would not start
And draw the Goals in the wooden
cart.
A funnier sight I never saw !"
And then they all laughed: "Hee-
haw! Eee-haw -
i Mabel Merriman.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-01-05
Easily ArrangeG.

An English traveller in Persia is
sure to be more or less annoyed by the
frequency of local customhouses and
by the petty eXactions Of the officials
in charge of them. 1n the story OF
his journey 'From Batum TO Bagdad'
Mr.. Harris tells how he settled a ques-
ton as to what was due from him to
the Persian government
/ had hired a mule to carry our sad
dlebags as far as Baghdad, using the
owner, willy old Arab, rs guide. :
and these two, mule ana man, the
guards absolutely refused to let pass
without my bestowing a perfectly
Illegal and illogical bakshish.
This l stoutly refused to do; and
knowing that in the east show of
temper is of no avail, | swallowed my
wrath and argued cooIly and collect
edlv. with the soldiers, with the re-
suit that they confessed that they had
no right to touch either me or any ami
NAL of mine, but that the mule ana
rider were both Arabs, and therefore
| could not intervene.
This was all that | wanted, and
solved the matter in minute. L PUT
he Arab Oh my horse and l rode ms
mule. There was no question about
it then; the guards, on their own con-
fession, could stop neither me nor my
horse, and we rode quietly on, amidst
the laughter of the men at having
been outwitted, to change our mounts
again when we were fifty yards past
the customhOuse.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-01-05
Three Island Cities.

The city Of Client, in Belgium, is
built on twenty-siX islands. These is
lands are connected with each other
by eighty bridges. The city has three
hundred streets and thirty public
squares. It is noted for being the
birthplace of Charles V, and of John
of Gaunt, whom Shakespeare called
''time-honored Lancaster" and as the
scene of the pacification of Client, No
vember s, 1876, and of several insur
rections, sieges, and executions of well
known personages.
1t is associated with American his
tory by the treaty made there Deem
Der "a, 1914, terminating the second
war between England and the United
States, known as the war of 1912.
Amsterdam, in Holland, is built on
piles driven far below the water into
the earth. The city is intersected by
many canals, which are spanned by
nearly three hundred bridges, and re-
sembles Venice in the mingling Of
land and water, though it is consid-
erably larger than that city. The ca
nails divide the city, which is about
ten miles in circumference, into ninety
islands.
The city of Venice is built on eighty
islets, which are connected by nearly
400 bridges. The circumference Of
the city is about eight miles.
The Venetians joined the Lombard
league against the German emperor,
and in lit gained a great victory in
defense of Pope. Alexander III over
the fleet of war vessels headed bv
Otto, son Of Frederic Barbarossa. In
gratitude for this victory the pope
gave the Doge Ziani ring, and insti-
tuted the world famous ceremony of
'Venice marrying the Adriatic sea-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-01-05
The Diving SPIDER.

There is nothing new in the diving
bell. Long before man thought he in.
vented it, the water spider knew all
about it. The water spider shins
down a reed, dragging his diving bell
with him, and anchors it under water
on a level keel, so that the air it con.
tains keeps the water out. When this
air becomes foul, the spider swims to
the top, captures bubble with a f1irt
of it's tail and carries it down to the
bell for future reference. There the
spider lives in snug comfort and no
storm disturbs his lowly home.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-01-05
DOG HELPS WRITE A BOOK.

Dr. N. E. Jones, in "The Squirrel
Hunters of Ohio" tells q story of
Arches, good little cocker-spaniel,
who followed him and worked with
him for eight summers in field and
forest. To the industry and sagacity
of this little creature is due 40 small
part of the success Of work entitled
illustrations of the Nests and Eggs
of Birds of Ohio"
Many of the small, rare birds build
on or near the ground, in thick cover,
and these nests Arches was especially
valuable in finding. He knew the
object of pursuit quite as we'll as his
master, and would stand firmly be-
side him, pointing, until his master
could attend TO the case
He evidently knew the meaning of
almost all the words used in ordin-
airy conversation, and could transact
business for which an order had been
given him with admirable accuracy.
Out one day quail shooting with a
friend, Mr.. Jones sat down in shady
corner to rest. The little dog was
there, painting with heat, and evident
ly enjoying the interval as much as
his master. Suddenly the friend s
voice came from the other side of q
large field:
''Send Arches over here. I have a
dead bird and my dog can't find it. y
Archos paid no attention, but lay
still, taking his well-earned rest.
"Archos!" said his master in a
conversational tone. Arches ceased
painting and fixed his great dark eyes
on the speaker.
''Ed has lost dead bird He can t
find it. You go out there and get it. -
Off the little fellow started through
the tall ragweed which covered the
field, and quite unknown to the other
man over there went to work. He
scented the dead bird, brought it
back and laid it at his masters feet,
wagging his tail and smiling, as much
as to say:
'I'd like to tell you how nicely
that was done, but [ can't talk-or
[ dare not"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-01-05
HOW SHEEP CAPTURED A TOWN.


In the very heart of old Spain, half
way between Madrid and Valencia, is
the queer, quaint and curious old city
of Cuenca. It is built on a rocky
hill. The houses rise, tier above
tier, roof above roof, to the cathedral,
which occupies almost the only level
space. The buildings and courts,
and the pleasant walk, planted with
chestnuts and evergreen oaks, seem
to hang over the precipice, and the
walls of the town look as if cut from
the crag itself.
The city is shut in by cliffs and
mountains. Below are green valleys,
watered by the Huecar and the Jucar.
These streams come down through
the ravines clear and green-tinted,
and are crossed by old Moorish
bridges. The city itself was built by
the Moors, and for long time was
one of the strongest buttresses of their
power in Spain.
In the eleventh century of our era,
Cuenca was one of the possessions Of
Aben Abed, the Sultan of Seville.
At this time the Moorish power was
in its wane, and when Aben Abed
heard of the advance of the dreaded
Almorayides, who were marching from
the deserts of Africa to attack him,
he fastened to ally himself with Al
phonso, the Christian king of Leon.
The Sultan had daughter, who
was peerless among Spanish beauties
She had been sought by many king,
but her father had refused topart with
her. Now, in his sore distress, he
offered the fair Zarillah to his Christ
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-01-05
booty. The remainder If the band

booty. The remainder IF the band
brought each similar parcel.
AS we approached the end one or
TWO squeals ESCAPED, but fortune IA
vored us and no alarm was given. BY
some means the last man but one to
cross took alarm as he reached the
bank and yelled out a warning. He
was quickly pulled down and secured
but his successor, just about to reach
up his hand to Hosein, hesitated and
retreated
II heard a big splash and Hosein
disappeared. He had jumped in after
the man and engaged in a struggle
which we could hear, but only dimly
see. climbed down the bank and
slipped into the water, followed by
one of my men. AS we approached
the thug uttered furious sentence in
dialect which did not understand
and the next moment he was free and
hurrying away. The sepoy and
dashed after the escaping thug and
held him.
with this we had them all-thirty-
three murderers and twenty bales Of
spoil-a fine haul.
Following our usual Irecaution, Ho.
sein Travelled with the rear guard, so
that the prisoners should not see more
Of him than was necessary, though
more than suspected that he had been
recognized by the old thug. Some
thing had changed him anyhow. He
was strangely thoughtful, even mo
rose.
"In a couple of days the case against
them was presented. The proofs of
their guilt were overwhelming, and as
they thought more of defiance than
defense they were soon convicted and
sentenced, fifteen of them, including
the old man who had so nearly es-
capped. to be hanged, the rest to trans
portation to Penang.
''The following morning was fixed
for the execution. AS they stood in
the centre Of the clearing before as
cending the platform Hosein Ali Gre
ated a sensation by slipping forward
and kneeling humbly and contritely
before the old thug. The latter, with
an indescribable accent Of scorn, ut
tered a couple Of words and spat de-
risively on the informer.
1.-THE next moment the culprits had
mounted the gallows. The excite
ment of this scene was not over when
fresh sensation was caused by the
discovery of a man lying short dis
tance from the gallows with bay
onet through his heart, having killed
himself by falling on the blade. 1t was
Hosein Ali.
zone Of the bystanders turned to-
ward the still swinging bodies of the
thugs, and pointing to the old man
said:
"'That was his fatherv IF. w.
Evans, in Chambers Journal
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-01-05
The Tuatara Lizard.

The Oldest living inhabitant of the
earth is probably a curious lizard
which makes its home in New Zea-
land This venerable inhabitant,
whose ancestors have been crawling
about for upward Of a million years,
is called the tuatara lizard, and his
family delights in the name of rhyn-
choceDhalia. The present form of
lizard has spotted skin, a crest of
separate white spines and three sets
of teeth.
The tuatara lizard is shy and little
has been known of its habits. For
the last two years Professor Dendy,
Of Canterbury College, New Zealand,
has been Investigating the life of the
lizard and has sent report to Enc
land.
The tuatara lizard was first men
toned by Captain Cook, and a de-
tailed account reached England in
1913. The lizard has been so rare that
a law in New Zealand makes it IN
lawful for any one to kill it.
A few years ago the Government
granted special permission to Profes-
sor Dendy to collect eggs and adults.
The lizard lays it's eggs in Noyem-
Der and thirteen months are required
to hatch the baby lizards.
The egg requires more time to hatch
than any other egg known to science.
American girls are said to be grow
ing taller. This fact seems all the
more strange when we remember that
the titled foreigners that seek then are
ALWAYS short.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-04-15
Remedial Measures.-A Fable

30, sir = cried one of the pris-
opers in the 'Black Hole of Cal
cutta," to the Maharala, as he
came to visit the jall, "pray let
us out of this-we are ia great
distress and dying by the dozen. .
"DYing!" replied the prince,
.''tnc2n something must be done !
We must tirstt ind TIC extent and
then the cause OF g0pf distress. 3"
So he sent . friendly visitor,
who took the measure and the
weight of each one in the hole,
and figured ont how many feet Of
air be breathed; he made a scien-
tific study of the case and noted
the following valuable and inter-
esting sociologic conclusions.
lThe friendly visitor had a large
family:
First Competition is at the
root Of all this suffering. Had
The prisoners taken turns at the
peep hole tn the door of the cell. |
I'll could have lived till now.
"SecOnd-Underlying this is
human greed; for the stronger
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-04-15
An International Illness.

In speaking of Mr.. Kipling's re-
cent illness, the Spectator says
that England felt that she would
lose in him her chief interpreter,
the man who, best of all in the
present generation, could make
her understand herself, her duties
and her destiny. For three special
acts of Interpretation, it continues,
we must be grateful to Mr.. Kip
ling. He has interpreted, so that
we may understand, the common
soldier, the tortoise on whom, in
last resort, the globe of English
empire rests. And then he has
interpreted India, or at any rate
made partly luminous the rides
cent and mysterious mist in which
the Englishman in India moves.
And, finally, he has interpreted
for Englishmen the white men of
her colonial empire. "Uncon-
sciously, perhaps, but none the
less strongly, the nation has felt
that in Mr.. Kipling it would lose
a great force in public life and
great force for good an
influence which, while bright, liy-
ing, concentrated, attractive, is
also an influence that makes for
national righteousness, which
helps to build up the national
character and makes us think less
of the material and petty things
Of life and more of the great and
lasting issues" 1t was natural,
therefore, to regard his illness as
an international event.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-04-15
WEISS & GoLDsTEIN.
ORDER OF NOTICE THEREON.
Mestern Division of the Southern 60
District of Mississippi. %

Western Division of the Southern &c
District Of Mississippi, %
On this 23rd day OF March, a. d
1899, on reading the foregoing petition
it is
Ordered by the court, that hearing
be had upon the same on the 18th day
of April, A. D. 1890, before said court,
at Vicksburg, in said district, at II
o'clock in the forenoon; and that notice
thereof be published in The Greenville
Times. a dewspagep printed IN said
district, and that all knQwp creditors
and other persons IN interest may az.
pear at the said time and place and
show cause, If any they have, why the
PRAYER o. said petitioners should not be
9r4A,ed,
And itd7 ufther ordered by the coIi,~ 49, 7
that the clerk sT1aA send by mail to all
known creditors copies Of said petition
and this order, addressed to them at
their places Of residence as stated.
Witness the Honorable H.. G, Niles,
Judge OF the said court, ana .i ne seal
thereof, at Vicksburg, in said division.
u said district, on the 23rd day of
March, 1892
( Seal of the L. B. MosELEY. clerk
| court. w. B. BANKS, D. O.