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Uses of Weather Forecasts.

The weather forecasts are Of value in
a great many ways not thought of by
most people. For example, they are
ing fresh meats by rail, the tempera-
ture Of the cars being regulated in ac-
cordance with the predictions. The
same method is employed in carrying
fruit, and, in case of freeze adver-
tised in advance, car loads Of such per-
ishable merchandise are apt to be de-
tanned in a southern latitude, even af-
ter they have started, rather than for
ward them northward under unfavor-
able conditions. Even the heating of
large office buildings is managed now.
adays with reference to the weather
bureaus forecast. Fuel companies and
ice companies find it to their interest
to watch the predictions carefully, and
growers Of cranberries solicit and re-
ceive special warnings Of cold waves.
Some very funny cranks write to the
weather bureau from time to time. On
one occasion Chief Moore received a
letter from q rich but very ignorant old
woman who had a notion that he could
make 1t rain or not as he desired. She
wanted to give a lawn party on a GER
tain date, and wrote to ask if the
weather could not be clear on that af-
ternoon, so that her guests would enjoy
themselves. To make her communica-
ton more impressive, she inclosed a
list Of the names Of several prominent
people whom she intended to invite.
II entered into the humor Of the
thing" says Prof. Moore, land sent her
an answer to the effect that the after
noon she designated had already been
bespoken by poor washerwoman who
wanted to obtain some rainwater with
which to wash clothes, and that on this
account l could not possibly make it
clear on that date"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-03-29

emulation in front of it, until it bursts
through and strews fragments in all
directions as it makes it's exit in the
softer and less resistant tissues beyond.
Bone, is the dust bin in which the bull
tets energy is spent.
All the small-bore bullets, at high We
locities, can rid themselves on bone Of
sufficient energy to work damage abso-
lutely fatal to the future Of limb. The
dum-dum bullet only differs from the
others in that the destruction wrought
is infinitely greater and, therefore, the
fatality doubly sure.
A bullet entering the brain at low
velocity drives the contents against the
walls of the carnial cavity, but it has
not momentum enough to drive them
with rupturing force. A f1at-nosed
bullet. like the dum-dum, is able to
transfer it's momentum more rapidly
and more effectually than a fully man
tied bullet-hence its greater explosive
effect. The grotesquely shaped bullets
depicted, tell story Of the fearfully
destructive power Of modern rifle bull
let's. Some of them have been taken
from the MANNED living subjects. both
men and animals, whose flesh and
bones caused the bullets to double up
and talk. the forms portrayed.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-03-29

and economically arranged, with an e1.
terror conceived in a picturesque Du'
chaste style of design, free from cur
rent extravagances. The effect obtain
ed is hardly rendered by the lllustra'
tons on account of their small scale,
but it is very prominent in the actuai
building and very readily felt as tne
eye is passed around the neighbornooa
wherein are houses of the usual type.
The rooms are well shaped and proper
toned to each other, and general AT
of light and cheerfulness pervades tne
house.
The building is set well above the
grade and entered from the front by
porch into the sitting room or pariof'
To the rear of the parlor and sltting
room are two bed rooms. with pain
room between, and to the left OF the
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-03-29
BULLETS THAT TEAR.
|EFFECTs OF BoER AND BRITISH
PROJECTlLES.
Take Queer Shapes When They Come
in Contact with Substances that
Cause Them to Defect and Change
Their Line of Rotation.

The worst thing q soldier has to
dread is to be hit by a bullet from a
small-bore rife. In the war in South
Africa, if he is Boer, he has reason to
shudder at the thought of being struck
by the Mark Nv. bullet; if he is Brit
ish soldier he has almost equal cause
to dread the frightful wounds made by
the Mauser bullets. All are doubtless
aware Of the unenyiable notoriety
which the dum-dum bullet has already
gained, experts having, probably with
out a single exception, characterized it
as unnecessarily cruel, detestable, and
inhuman." The destructive power of
any bullet is represented by the amount
Of force it can dispose of on its passage
through the body, and the greater the
expansibility the greater the force
spent in the tissues, and the greater
the destruction produced. The ideal
destructive bullet is one which expends
all it's force in the tissues on impact,
and the modified British service bullet
comes very near perfection.
Perhaps third factor in the destruct-
i've power of bullets is the corkscrew-
like spin of the bullet round its axis of
projection. The spin IS slight in the
Mauser bullet and the Mark Nv. bullet,
but it is very considerable when the
mantle is open in front. Undoubtedly
this spin is the immediate cause of
much Of the debris that occurs in
wounds. The service bullet has a de-
structive effect more than half as much
again as the Mauser-the bullet Of the
Beers; but it must not be forgotten
that either may be made easily into j
dunn dunn, and then the destructive ef-
feet is increased by threefold, but the
increase in destructive effect is much
greater in the Mauser.
In comparing the destructive effects
of bullets on the human body three
types Of wounds have to be distinguish
ed: Pure flesh wounds, wounds in
which bone is involved and crushing
effects are produced, and wounds in
which the bullet has passed through a
cavity with fluid contents, such as the
capsule Of the liver containing blood
and hepatic substance, the medullary
cavity of long bone containing mar
row, or the skull containing brain and
blood. Further, it is important to rec
ognize clearly that neither the wound
of entrance nor the wound Of exit is
any index to the amount Of destruction
wrought. The entrance and exit
wounds Of fully mantled bullets are
almost invariably equal to the diameter
of the bullet. Arteries. tendons, or
nerves situated in the axis Of the pro-
lection are cut through, but if outside
that axis and yet in the destructive
track Of the bullet they are left prac-
tically uninjured. But the results are
quite different when a bullet meets
with bone. 1t crashes into it like a
steamer into wide and thin ice foe,
carrying ever a wider and greater ac-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-03-29
A Test of Amiabilfty.

"Ordinarily," said Col. Stillwell, Il
object to the conundrum. regard it
as a primitive form Of humor. [ also
resent these constant gibes at the State
Of Kentucky. They represent both de-
ficiency of taste and poverty Of re-
source. But just to show" he contin-
ued deliberately, ''that 1 am a broad
minded man who can accept a joke
amiably / will ask you a question
What is the difference between the
State Of Massachusetts, and Ken
tucky:"
"Give it up, Colonel
Massachusetts produces boots and
shoes and Kentucky produces shoots
and booze. And I want to say I'm
glad thought Of it first, for if anybody
else had sprung remark like that on
me unexpectedly wouldn't care to an
swer for the consequences" Washing
ton Star.
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1t Is said that the ever-increasing lee
ture habit and the growing number of
people who feel called upon to reveal
the "whimsies" in their brains has
caused the commonplace, listening soul
to develop into mere sponge, the
clammy recipient of the unfiltered
waters of knowledge. AS reaction
against this attitude some specialists,
with the fires Of real genius in their
brains, refuse to spread the flames, sor
to contribute one more bee to the bon
nets already filled with the hum of
these insects. These protesters so SO
far as to disapprove Of the university
extension movement, and to look upon
it as an unwise method Of distributing
crumbs of culture that are calculated
to create dangerous cravings. There is
no doubt that people are being lectured
to death and that the minds Of versa
tile listeners resemble junk shop, or
the ragbag that is filled with hand
some but useless scraps. Yet there is
something to be said for the sponge. 1t
is a responsive thing, and, If it takes
in with greediness, it gives out as free
". But here the analogy fails. Too
many people are occupied solely with
taking in and are too little concerned
with the thought that it is their duty
to give out at least part of that which
they have taken in.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-03-29
One free in the Square.

In Nassau, the capital city of the
Bahama Islands, they say "the tree in
the public square" not the trees. Now,
the public square of Nassau is quite as
large as that Of most cities Of the size,
but there is only one tree in it, and that
tree literally fills the square and
spreads it's shade over all the public
buildings in the neighborhood. For it
is the largest tree in the world at it's
base, although it is hardly taller than
q three-story house. It is variously
known as ceiba, or silk cotton tree,
but the people Of the low islands Of the
West Indies call it the hurricane tree.
For no matter how hard the wind
blows it cannot disturb the mighty but
tressed trunk Of the ceiba.
In the hurricane of last spring all the
palms and many Of the other trees Of
Nassau were overturned, but the great
hurricane tree, although it lost all it's
leaves, did not lose SO much as a
branch. Its trunk throws out great
curving, wind-like braces, some of them
twenty feet wide and nearly as high.
These extend into the ground on all
sides and brace the tree against all at
tack, while the great branches spread
thick shade overhead. In the tropic
sunshine Of midsummer hundreds,
even thousands, of people may gather
in the cool of it's shadow. No one knows
how old the great tree is, but it must
have been growing hundreds, If not
thousands, Of years.-Washingto Post
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-03-29

st. Joseph, Mo-, and left it in |
be consecrated bishop of Dubuq|
1898 he was chosen archbishop
province of which Dubuque Is |
clesiastical see.
His zeal in Catholic educato1
him distinguished. During bis
hood hundreds Of structures wer}
ed to develop Catholic instruct
forward Catholic influence. Butt
q theologian, orator and thinker
will be best remembered. HiSeT
and oratory placed him alongi
the greatest churchmen of the q
And it was = source of inexp1
pleasure to see his labors so abu1
rewarded. When he first went 4
the Catholic population was very
Largely to his energy it grew
and from n few thousands sprea!
to-day it's membership exceeds
in the State.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-03-29

bury College and for a time practiced
law in his native town. subsequently
removing to Burlington. Under Presl-
dent Fillmore he was second comptrOl-
Ter Of the Treasury. In 1870 he was
delegate to the Vermont Constitutional
Convention. In 1880 he was the unsuc-
cessful candidate Of the Democracy for
Governor Of Vermont. and the same
year he was president Of the American
Bar Association. In 1881 he became
professor Of law in Yale University.
From 1886 to 1889 he was minister to
Great Britain, and in 1890 was the can
didate of the Democrats of Vermont
for a seat in the United States Senate
an ambition he failed to realize.
He was one of the Boring Sea Arbi-
tration Commission, which settled the
points at issue between the United
States and Great Britain, thus remov-
ing source of much friction between
the two countries.
Prof. Phelps gained some distinction
as q poet. His lectures on medical
Jurisprudence and other subjects were
we'll received, and his articles on "the
Constitution of the United States" were
mastery productions. The Professor
had keen Yankee wit and was always
in demand as brilliant after-dinner
speaker.
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ers s13,75O, 1000. The pension fund, to
which compulsory contribution had
been made, amounted to $500, 900. The
deficit was furnished by the govern
ment. But n system that embodied the
principles Of life insurance and was
also based upon incomes would sup
ply the whole amount, and prevent the
irritation which the taxpayer often
feels when thinking that he is COM
PEELED to support an old man who has
been wasting his means during his
whole life.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-03-29

The care Of the aged and the infrm
whose poverty prevents them from pro-
viding for themselves Is a matter of
importance to every taxpayer. While
the support Of our almshouses and pub
lie homes is an expensive item In our
system Of charities. many of them fur
nish provision for their inmates that
borders upon the barbarous, and at
best the system seems something IKE
consigning people to Imprisonment for
the crime of being old and poor. Ger
many and Denmark pay old age PEN
sions. In Germany there is a system
OF compulsory insurance against old
age, and that would seem to be the
proper method. Dependent old age is
very largely the result of improvident
living. The average man could save
enough between the ages of is and IS
to enable him to live better for the bal
ance Of his life than he could live in
the average almshouse, if he would. In
1898 Germany paid to 100000 pension
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-03-29
School for scandal closed

Springfield, Mo-, women have organ
lied don't speak evil'' society, each
member signing this agreement: 81 do
hereby solemnly pledge my word to
speak no evil of any woman, whether
such report be true or not. Any viola
ton of this pledge, however, does not
release me from its subsequent obliga-
tons, which are to continue for all
time to come" This is interpreted to
mean: IF at first you don't succeed,
try, try again."
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-03-29
ARCHBISHOP HeNnr.
The Deceased Eminep+Cot
man of To-

The Deceased Eminentca tbou. :,
man of Iowa.
The third Catholic bisho,
first archbishop Of Dubponn :, aal
John Hennessy. He was *
The archbishop was born :; s'aI
ick, Ireland, in 1926. INVENT
later he came to Americ, .s IVY
his studies for the priesthoos ANU ~
delet Seminary near St. Ionis
orders was conferred upon b,a ~
years later. His first mjssion
New Madrid and Gravois, Nh n
covered 5000 miles of territOr,
a railroad and he endured o,'I
privations in trying to cover y 4
lister to the scattered Catbo,,o,
parish. In 1854 he became nrns,
dogmatic history at Caronde,s.
1857 it's president. In 1874 n
made pastor Of st. Joseph's Chr
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-03-29
Snake Bite in India.

Fully twenty thousand Of the lpopu-
lation of India are annually killed by
snake bites. The most deadly of all
Indian reptiles appears to be the cobra
oil capello, which is greatly dreaded by
the bare-legged Hindoos. With view
to reducing the mortality, the govern
ment tried the effect of offering re-
ward for snakes heads; but, instead of
diminishing the number Of these rep
tiles, it only increased it, as it was dis
covered that the natives were breeding
the snakes in order to secure the re-
ward.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-03-29

A girl who was married to a man
after an acquaintance Of three days
complains because he turns out to be
convict and not the naval captain he
represented himself to be. While she
undoubtedly has cause to mourn, 1t IS
hardly right that she should receive all
the sympathy. The man, on his part,
ran some risk. He was probably led to
believe that he was getting wife who
possessed reasoning powers.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-03-29

--------------~-~---
In Great Britain the ministers of the
crown have larger war-making powers
than an American President employs
at the opening of hostilties. They can
give the signal for war without consult
ing Parliament-altho Parliament
must be summoned within ten days
after the reserves are called out
whereas the President cannot enter
upon a military campaign without the
consent of Congress. In 1857 the House
Of Commons expressed disapproval Of
Lord PalmerstOn's war measures
against China. He did not retire from
Office, but dissolved Parliament, ap-
pealed to the country, and after gen
eral election was able to command a
majority in the new House of Com
mons. Parliament can withhold the
money required for the expenses OF
war, but this is seldom done, since the
ministers can almost always enlist the
support Of the Commons when a cam
paign is considered necessary. The
ministers Of the crown are responsible
for the declaration of war, and at the
close Of hostilities they can negotiate
peace without the consent of Parlia-
ment. They have, therefore, supreme
authority in the opening and closing
stages Of war with foreign state.
Parliament can pass votes Of censure,
move addresses to the crown, and with
hold the money required for the mill
tary and naval services, but each of
these acts can be made challenge to
general election, in which the coun-
try will stand by the government. I'm
der the American Constitution Con-
gress alone is empowered to declare
war, and at the close Of campaign
the treaty of peace must be sanctioned
by two-thirds of the Senate. The Presi-
dent does not have so free a hand in
wartime as the British premier. War
is, however, so terrible a calamity that
the responsibility for it ought to be
shared with the national legislature
and not carried by any group Of cabi-
net ministers. The American method
may not offer any additional safeguard
against unjust or unnecessary warfare,
but it is in closer accord than the Eng
lish system with the genius of represen-
tative government.
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FLOOR PLANS.

The painting outside is three-coat work
in colors we'll selected. The house is
heated by furnace. Dimensions are As
feet wide by 40 feet deep, including
projection Of the front porch. The
height Of stories, 10 and 8 feet, re-
spectively. The house can be built
thus in most localities for from $4,000
to $500, according to style and quality
of finish employed.-E. A. Payne.
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DESIRABLE COUNTRY HOME.

House of Ten Rooms Conveniently and
Economically Arranged.
The most convenient houses are those
which are planned with special refer
ence to the needs Of the occupants and
so as to avoid all useless expenditures,
and we might add, those are the most
pleasing in point Of aspect for the sim
ple reason that they clearly show the
purpose for which they are built
show herewith view and floor plans Of
n house Of ten rooms, very conveniently
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-03-29
The Kew Gardens.

The finest gardens in the world are
the Royal Gardens, at Kew, England.
They cover an area of about 27O acres,
and are visited by about 1905 900 per-
sons year. The gardens contain the
finest collection of exotic plants in the
world. palm house, winter garden,
a museum, an observatory, and school
for gardeners.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-03-29
CHORE BOY TO MILLION
Interesting Life Story of One O
ana's Wea1thiest Men.

Interesting Life Story OF One
ana's Wea1thiest Men.
To advance from the humble
of "chore boy" on a farm, recel
cents a week, to be one of the
business men of Il State is indeed
step, but this is what has been
plished by James Oliver, OF
Bend, Ind. He has fought 0
alone and unaided from poVerlv
es and now holds a prominent
social and industrial circles
Mr.. Oliver was born in sco'I
1923 and came to America W
years of age. He located III
N. Y, and secured a place on
SO cents a week. His father anu
had preceded him to America ~
located on another farm near
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To CORRESPONDENTS.

An communications for this paper should be accom-
,anaa hv the name Of the authors not necessarily fof
qualification but evidence OF good faith on the par
of the writer Write only one side Of the paper. be
n.rticularly careful In giving and dates to have
the letters and figures plain and distinct
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-03-29

A man who rescued widow from
death was married to her three days
after his heroic act. When they have
their first quarrel there will be an op-
portunity for him to say things that
will cut her to the quick.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-03-29

Silk handkerchiefs are now being
made up into shirt waists. Last years
shirt waists can be ripped up into
handkerchiefs.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-03-29

In England the sexes seem to be
changing places. While women are
going into the professions London pa
per reports hundreds Of young men
from France, Austria, Switzerland and
other continental countries seeking
Homework. The young men, 1t is said,
are both faithful and competent.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-03-29

Conan Doyle claims to have invented
a gunsight that will enable an English
man to shoot as straight as Boer.
This fiction has less color Of plausible
fly than any tale the noted novelist
ever concocted.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-03-29
Rr,tain in America.

British landlords are said to own 20,
600 acres of land in the United States,
an area larger than that OF ireland.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-03-29

That the -four trust should be among
the first to go under is significant. 1t
typifies the people between the upper
and the neither milestone.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-03-29

When a school teacher is found who
is a good cook, the impression IS ere
ated that the general superintendent OF
destinies somehow got things badly
mixed.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-03-29

Emperor Williams play. "The Iron
Tooth" is reported to be failure. Ii
must be decent.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-03-29

With coal at $125 ton in Alaska the
man who discovers q mine OF the
"black diamonds" can laugh at the eff
forts Of the gold miners to acquire
wealth.
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a BRILLIANT JuRlsT.

Passed Away in thc UcHtH Uh
lister Phe1ps. 4
The recent death in New HaVen,
Conn. Of Hon. Edward J. Phelps, ex-
ambassador to the Court of st. James.
has removed from the nations puDlc
activities brilliant jurist. an able ora
tor, keen politician and glfted
writer.
Mr.. Phelps was native of Vermont
where he was born, in 1922. at Middle
bury. He was graduate Of Middle
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-03-29

Evidently it is the desire Of Mr.. F'rick
to get Mr.. Carnegies surplus library
fund into a circulating form.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-03-29

An oyster combine is typical of the
trust idea because the shelling out IS
one of it's primary principles.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-03-29

Who ran away with the century
question?
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-03-29
Growing It's own Ties.

The Big -Four Railroad has planted a
large tract of land in Indiana with
quick growing trees, which will be con-
yerted into cross ties.
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Origin of Hurrah.

w. j. Spratley thinks there can be no
doubt that the Egyptian soldiers in
ancient times went into the battle to
the inspiring cheer of the Hoo Ra;
Hoo Raj Hoo Row And IL the average
questioning man asks why, he replies
with this: Because Hoo Ra Tin the
tongue Of the Thotmes and the Ra-
meses) means the King! the King! the
Kingv"