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The st. Louis Special made its
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1899 Seventeenth st Denver.
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|: 40 p, m, arrives St. Joseph and
Kansas City next morning; ST
Louis next evening.
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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-01-19

Nothing can stop this country but our
own folly. Within ten months the
Baldwin Locomotive Works has re-
ceived two orders from China, the Sec
ond being for sixteen engines. When
we think how vast are the possibilities
of railroad building in China and how
difficult it has been to make start
there these evidences Of present act1v-
ity are most gratifying. The first road
constructed in the empire ran from
Shanghai to Woosung, distance OF
only twelve niles. 1t was built without
the sanction Of the government, and
was purchased by the authorities and
taken up after it had been in operation
about a year. This was as late as
1S76-'77, or only about twenty years
ago. The experiment was not encOur-
aging to the glorious fellowship Of pro-
moters. But out of small railway,
whose first section was short coal car
rier, line of considerable length has
been developed, which low runs from
Tien-Tsin, a short distance south of
Picking, down to and along the coast of
the Gulf of Pechili. 1t was in 1889 that
the Emperor ordered the construction
of line from the capital to Hankow,
on the Yang-Tze River, and confded
the task in part to Ii Hung Chang.
Since then the country has been alive
with would-be concessionaires, but
their major work has been in the way
Of wire-pulling rather than in that of
rail-laying, and Ii Hung Changes i'm
perial road has been one Of the best ex-
amples imaginable of compliance with
the maxim make haste slowly" But
it is the beginnings that are most try
ing in combating oriental methods and
oriental prejudice, and those sixteen
Baldwin locomotives may be regarded
as effective pioneers Of civilization. 1t
will not be long before railways are
considered to be Indispensable in Chi
na as they are elsewhere, and the great
empire should become the paradise of
builders and Of manufacturers of rail
and rolling stock. The United States
must get the chief benefits from this
progression, as we can now successful
ly compete against the world. In every
avenue Of human activity Uncle Sam
leads the procession. Nothing can stop
u.s."
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-01-19

are put together in machine, nall
holes are bored and enough nails are
put in to hold the heel together, all with
a single motion Of the machine. An
other machines cut the rough piece
which has been hewn out Of the sole
into the exact shape and size needed
for the shoe desired. This is done by
a pattern of the sole in question gov
erning the cutter of the machine. An
other machine cuts what is known as
a "channeI' in the top of the n-sole
and around the edge and it is this chan
mel to which the upper is to be seWed.
Other machines cut out the pieces OF
the sole between the heel and the ball
of the foot.
Wonderful Machines.
In the next department most OF the
lighter sewing is done, as well as the
pasting together of the Innings and the
uppers. Scores of girls are busy at the
sewing machines, fastening the differ
ent parts of the upper together. Here,
too, are the button-hole machines
which do their work with lightning
rapidity. Another sort of machine,
with din and hubbub, cuts the holes
for the eyelets and the hooks of laced
shoes, and stamps them in securely
with marvellous quickness, and the
sound of Gatling gun. Still another
sort sews on the buttons, fastening the
buttons on as many as 1000 pairs
day. Beside these is the newest in
yention, machine for riveting the
buttons on. Seventy-five pairs an hour
can be finished on this machine.
Thus, far, the uppers and the heels
and soles have been making their way
separately through the processes, but
they are soon to come together. And
now the "last'' Is to come into play
This is put inside the upper, with the
in-sole; the edges of the upper are turn
ed over the edges and tackled down on
the sole. Then the out-sole is tackled
on by machinery with few nails, the
noise resembling the report of mus
kerry in the distance. Each Of the nails
in this machine as we'll as in all the
others Is made from wire as it is need
ed, the nails being made and driven at
the same instant. But there are still
more wonderful machines to be seen.
Here, for instance, is one which sews
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-01-19

President had given him a colonies
commission he was selected by Gen,
Porfrio DiaZ as his chief Of staff. Pres
ident Juarez, after the war, made him
minister to the United States, and he
remained in that capacity for five
years.
From 1868 to 1872 Senior Romero was
secretary of the Mxican treasury. Ills
health failing in the latter year he gave
up his public life to retire into the.
country and devote himself to asri5
culture. He returned to the capitaSD
1877 and served again as secretary OF
the treasury and later as postmaStef
general. In 1882 he returned to the
friendships he had made in America
envoy extraordinary from his govern
ment. This post he held without q
break, and even without absence, save
for short time, until his death.
Senior Romero was a prolific writer
and published upward of fifty volumes
A short time before his death oen|
Romero was promoted to be amOaSSF
dor and would soon have presented LIN
credentials as such.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-01-19
Young Skaters Lesson.

The Cleveland Leader gives the rec
ipe by which General Shafter learned
self-reliance, saying that the story is
told in the officers own words.
Once, when I was a boy at school,
our teacher called up the class in
mental arithmetic, and began putting
questions, beginning with the pupil at
the head. I stood somewhere near the
middle, and next below me was boy
who was three years older, and CON-
siderably ahead Of me in our various
studies.
''How many are thirteen and nine
and eighth asked the teacher.
One after another the boys and girls
guessed and failed; meantime / thought
it out. The question had just got to
me, when l heard the big boy, who
stood next, whispering, apparently to
himself:
Twenty nine, twenty-nine, twenty
nine.'
well, Willie" said the teacher, '1et
us see If you know. Come, now, be
prompt" I cooked my head on one
side, and said, triumphantly, Twenty
nine!"
''Next! How many are thirteen and
nine and eighth
Thirty" said the big boy below.
That was just what had figured it
to be, myself; and made up my mind,
then and there, to depend on my own
judgment for the future. Ever since
when have had anything to do, and
have figured out what thought to be
the best way Of doing it, have gone
ahead, remembering, when people
criticised, or tried to throw me off the
track, how that big boy made fool of
me In the mental arithmetic class.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-01-19

the real manufacturer Of the shoe is
about to begin. From skins of the
proper kind and patterns of the proper
shape the cutters start the work. Lay
ing the patterns down on the skins they
quickly cut the skins the shape of the
outlines Of the patterns, their knives
being razor-edged. The cutters, as well
as all the other workers throughout the
factory, are guided in their labors by a
system of cards issued from the office.
When an order comes into the house
kind Of shoe wanted, showing the num-
Der, kind, the size, the last, the finish,
and so on, giving every detail about the
shoe which is to be turned out. This
card follows that lot of shoes wherever
it goes in it's wanderings through the
factory. So that the cutter knows just
what patterns they are to use. When
all the necessary parts of the upper
portion of the shoe have been cut, in
Guiding the Innings and the fancy tips
and tidbits, the lot is sent on to the bot
toming department. Here are cut the
heels, in-soles and out-soles and various
other strange operations are gone
through with. The heels and soles are
cut by hand with dies. Before each
worker is an immense section of tree
trunk, on the top Of which the hide is
laid. The sharp edged die is placed on
the hide and the worker with fell
swoop of his hammer throws out what
is to be ere long the sole or the heel of
a shoe. The process is exactly like that
which mother used in making cookies,
with the addition of the extra strength
necessary. In an ordinary heel there
are six pieces instead Of the one which
Is apparent to the person who examines
. finished pair OF shoes. These pieces
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-01-19

A soft answer turneth away divorce.
A womans logic is far above mans
morals.
With most women belief is better
than proof.
The longest way home is the shortest
way to trouble.
A husband doesn't know good thing
when he hasn't got it.
Husbands are necessary only once a
month-when the bills come in.
It makes a woman shudder to think
how happy she could have made you.
The devil shows you the worst side
first. The rest makes it seem better.
If women's good intentions were jew
els they wouldn't wear anything else.
Love is divided into quarters-one-
quarter vanity, three-quarters jealousy.
Eve wanted to put on clothes merely
to be able to have hat to go with
them.
When a woman is convicted she ac-
quits herself by saying she has been
misjudged.
Goodness wouldn't seem half so I'M
interest ting to women if it didn't wear
such plain clothes.
When q woman likes a man her idea
Of having him happy is not having him
belong to some other woman.
Every married woman would like to
see you happy with some other woman,
and they'd scratch out her eyes if you
were.
admit that Adam deserved to fall be-
cause he did not increase Ewes allow
ance for pin money.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-01-19

If the French navy has really Sc
cured q practicable submarine torpedo
boat the craft will give France a dis
tinct advantage over other naval pow
ers. But it will require more than
harbor experiments to demonstrate the
value of the destroyer. Inventors have
been working on submarine boats for
fifty years, and while some of them
notably Holland - have apparently
solved the problem theoretically, the
fact remains that no navy yet possesses
a vessel of the submarine type which
has proved its adaptability to the con-
ditions Of actual warfare. 1t is one
thing to make trial trips in landlocked
harbors, under favorable conditions. 1t
is quite another to face the perils of
the open sea and a vigilant foe. If the
French have boat capable Of facing
those conditions they have the whip
hand even of Great Britain. 1t will,
hewever, take actual war to demon
strate the fact.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-01-19

the in-sole onto the upper. This is the
welt machine and does 400 pairs day,
whereas a mans work was formerly
twelve pairs. Not less wonderful is the
stitching machine which punctures the
heavy out-soles and sews them at the
same time to the upper and in-sole,
tying knot in the most human fash
ion at every stitch. The awl which
makes the punctures, and the needle
which does the sewing are curved, and
together form almost a semi-circle, the
hole being made with one stroke and
the thread inserted with the next The
heel is still to be fastened to the sole,
and this is done by a ponderous look
ing machine which drives all the nails
in at one time.
Other Processes.
There are still dozens of processes to
be gone through-the trimming down of
the heels, which is done by machine
driving curved cutter, trimming the
edges of the sole, sand papering the
heels and soles, furnishing and coloring
the edges, and SO on. No detailed de-
scription of the processes could be at
tempted. Suffice it to say that the
workings of iron and steel in shoe
factory would astonish the wisest man
who has not seen them every day. I'M
provements are constantly being made
and machines which last week were
considered maryels are next week
thrown out for old iron, as useless In
comparison with the new invention. A
Detroit man has just invented joint
ed last which is said to excel anything
else for the ease with which it can be
inserted and taken out OF shoe. When
once inside the shoe, 1t can be straight
ened out and thus made much larger
than before. Throughout the many
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-01-19
Object TO MuzzIea Dogs.

In England the objection 10 'n ,u,ld
requiring that dogs shall be mu' l. 80
during certain months OF the YEA IN 8
great that it is beginning to 'aNe ,otirs
political significance. Con'" a+ find
members running for ParllaLnen an,
the opposition Of the dog o"nSi no te
more especially the influence Oh ~ The
male owners, of serious mohenI liant %
latter in particular are most ' Il u u theft
their abuse of the order an" u.s. >. fan
influence with the voters III 'hei ~ 10
flies to turn out the present p' ;hora:
the fallacious hope that the i ,J apj
may allow dogs to go uninu h "
hydrophobia take care OF l'9eii'
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-01-19

medicine, law, dentistry and civil en-.
cheering. 1t appears that the practice
of these professions in Brazil requires
a diploma or degree, and as the for.
eign article is very acceptable, some
Brazilians prefer to buy the "sheep-
skin" rather than spend the time and
study in acquiring the knowledge
which it represents. Doctor Johnson,
in commenting once upon an institu-
ton that was selling it's honors, re-
marked that it was getting rich by
degrees" This is the opportunity that
the Brazilian importer offers, but it is
probable that the authorities there will
be alert enough promptly to suppress
such a fraud.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-01-19

Did you ever realize that planting d" y,
vertising was like planting fruit llF's'
You couldn't expect whole way,
load of apples the first year Ne'D'
would you tear the tree up by Tile lO san
at the end Of the season, if that Was w.
load of fruit were not Forthcoming. ~
you run big Christmas ad.' anu h.
pect a carload of sales, ana 1uS' , ~
cause you didn't do as much ds 'v wv,
neighbor over in the other orchard WI ror
has been tending his tree for years W. ~.
yank your advertisement out o. ,I
paper, and say, "Advertisins uo', al
paw" We wouldn't expect you |" I'M. IN
married to advertising the nf'' y"
you made it's acquaintance any ~ M
than we would expect you 70 ili"i'' thp
first girl who winked at you VI
street. -NeWSpaDerdOm,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-01-19

New occasions teach new duties"
and it may we'll be that the new duties
of peace will prove harder to learn and
more difficult to fulfil than those of
war. In time of war it is comparative
~ easy to rally all men to the support
of the fatherland, and the one thing
to do is to win the victory. But in
peace counsels are divided, and there is
a call, not for the heroic virtues Of the
warrior, but for the tact and wisdom,
and above all, the justice and truth, of
the statesman. Our country has not
been lacking in either, and it will not
do for it to be lacking in either now.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-01-19

Mr.. Stead reports in the London
Daily Chronicle that wherever he goes
In Europe he finds the governing
classes understanding, and to some ex-
tent using, the English language. At
the court of st. Petersburg it is the
household tongue; the Car, the Gar
ina and their children habitually use
IT in conversation with each other.
There is an old saying that the tongues
of earth are many, but of heaven only
one. Then the growth of one language
toward universal use-and the English
language is making it-may we'll be
reckoned a growth toward the divine
ideal.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-01-19
TIE MAKING OF A SHOE.
Inventive Genius Has Made Wonderful
improvements in the Operation.


1t is a far cry from the cobbler of
fifty years ago, sitting on his little
bench pegging away at the pair of shoes
for his neighbor, which must be done
on the morrow, to the modern methods
and machines for shoe manufacture.
Notwithstanding the fact that science
has made tremendous advances and
invention has done mighty things in al
most every branch of industrial life,
somehow or other, most people still
keep in their minds the vision of the
shoemaker Of old, bending over his
task and patiently boring and stitching,
now and then stopping to wax over
his thread. But far different is it now.
Machines, with the most astonishing ac-
complishments, pound and hammer and
stitch in place of the human hands
which lent themselves to this work in
the former time. And yet it seems to
one watching the processes, as il hui
man hands were somewhere concealed
in these cases Of iron, so deft and won
derful are the parts. Fancy machine
which can cut and sew $500 button
holes a day and then revolve in your
mind the long and weary toiling Of the
tired fingers which might have the
same amount Of work to do. In some
cases a pair of shoes goes through 139
distinct processes in the course of it's
manufacture. A pair of shoes has
been turned out in twenty-eight min
utes, but that is exceptional, and the
manufacturers like better to take time
for the goods to rest a bit after some
of the processes. A trip by a Free
Press was made through one of De-
troit's big factories the other day, and
some interesting things were noted.
The factory has a capacity Of 1000
pairs a day, although this limit has
never been reached, and 5000 a day,
or six pairs a minute, is keeping the
hands pretty busy.
The hides and skins come in with
ragged edges, some with holes here and
there, others with unbroken surfaces.
1t is necessary in some way to get at
the quantity of leather in these pieces,
a puZzling job. But brains have solved
the problem, and there stands ma
chine for doing the entire work. The
skin is put into the machine as into a
planer and the number of square feet
and inches in it's surface is indicated
on a dial. The amount of labor saved
on account of the irregular edges of the
leather can.be imagined.
Making the Patterns.
It seems as If the theoretical side Of
the manufacture of pair Of shoes
should begin with the making of the
patterns, at which one to five men are
kept constantly working. These are
cut out Of stiff pasteboard, and are
smoothly edged with tin. Each part
of the shoe must have its pattern
Somesof these seem to have very little
resemblance to anything an ordinary
observer might see in pair of shoes.
For instance, the pattern for the upper
looks like large horseshoe magnet in
shape. With these patterns in hand,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-01-19
ADtlv Criticised.

One of the best criticisms of SCOTS
novels was given by an Irish cobbler,
as related in the biography of civilian
Stokes"
Doctor Stokes had often loaned the
oobbler odd volumes of Scott to read.
Walking beside him one day on the
road, the doctor said:
well, Denny, what did you think Of
the last book / lent your
Its a great book, intirely, docther,
an Sir Walter Scott's a thrue his
torian."
I'm inclined to agree with you" re-
piled Doctor Stokes. "But what do YOU
mean exactly by calling him a true his
torianT'
II name, your honor, he's thrue his
torian because he makes you love your
kind"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-01-19
SENIOR MATIAS ROMEpo
A Gifted Mexican and DfD,o..
Recently Passed. -at VII

Recent,v r ps ana Diplomat WI,
Don Matias Romero who A.,
Washington not long since wo wv IN
the best known foreign dipIon oae Of
this country, not only on acconn ,''s IN
long occupancy of the Meyfcan VI his
ton, but also through his nn ,n lesa-
contributions to American nar 4s5oHs
literature, which rendered his NAVY, Oui.al
miliar to the reading public H. Ia
very popular in Washington and wa, was
ed the regard of many nro,r, earn
Americans, notably Of Grant ana I,'l ~.
coin. He was man of large how. ''a
generous impulses, as was dor' aug
strated at the time Of the fannrl 0l
1884 Of the banking firm of Cran. u
Ward, of which Gen Grant WAS ~
ner, when Senior Romero went On r. fa'"
Washington and offered his entira ~,
tune to the general in order 10 unat'
him to tide over his personal pecnnior
difficulties-an offer that was grotaf.;
ly declined, and was said to b,r,
moved the general TO tears.
Senior Romero was g. years old U,
was born in the City Of Oaxaca Nav,
co, and was given such education >,
the competent colleges Of the Civ ~
Mexico had to offer the youth of h,
nation at that time. He was gra1n,t,1
as a lawyer and began his political AM
diplomatic career in 1865, when Dp r,'
entered in the foreign Office.
In 1859 he came first TO Waslirco,
as secretary Of legation, and fora timn
was charge d'affaires. He returned IA
Mexico in 1868 to fight for his coupty
against the French invaders. AftqrtR
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-01-19

The Pail Mall Gazette remarks: sit
takes bold man to get up and say that
it is possible to have too much techni-
cal education, but DR.. Creighton goes
nigh saying it." The remarks to which
the Gazette refers were made by the
bishop of London in his recent address
to the college of that city, In which he
remarked upon his bewilderment at
finding how many subjects of knowl-
edge there are in the world. Special
ism in knowledge has come to take the
place of an all-round education Of for
mer days, when, as the bishop says, he
studied things in general" That there
are certain benefits in this specialized
ton Of knowledge DR.. Creighton read
lily admits, but he reminded his hearers
that the training in these special sub
jects was, after all, only part of and
subordinate to the training Of life. 100
much specialization is apt to obscure a
sense of proportion, and also, as the
bishop says, to dull that mental alert
ness" the attainment Of which is one Of
the highest requirements Of true edu-
cation. No one is more helpless than
an average expert or specialist when
circumstances interfere with his fol-
lowing his chosen pursuit. His train
ing has given him a special, not a gen
eral, aptitude, which, while at times OF
the highest value, IS also at other times
of practically no value. There is too
much reliance upon specialism and not
enough upon individualism as factor
in success in the great school of life
q fact which not a few clear-headed
thinkers of the day are beginning to
appreciate.