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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-04-19

Reports from pOndentS lead the
Minneapolis Journal to predict that
1900 will be the great year in the
Northwest for immigration. Reports
from the registers Of the land office
and from the land agents of the vari-
GUS railways trayersing the section tell
q story Of unprecedented demand for
land and rapidly swelling tide of i'm
migration. Thus homestead claims
filed at the principal land offices in
Minnesota and the Dakotas numbered
1922 for the three months ending Feb.
%. 1900, as against 1,315 during the
same period Of the preceding year-an
increase of 1913 per cent. The winter
months are the dullest of the year.
The Great Northern Railway estimates
that immigration will be so per cent
larger than in 1899, when it was 90
per cent larger than the preceding year.
From less than 100000 persons in 1860
the four States of Minnesota, North
and South Dakota and Montana In
creased to about 100000 inhabitants
in 1890, one Of the most remarkable
instances Of rapid development on rec
ord. The figures in 1900 are difficult
to estimate, but are not likely to be
disappointing. This increase has been
directly due to immigration, train at
ter train load of people fastening to
take up the lands the news of whose
wonderful productivity had gone forth.
The Immigration of Fasteners ceased
in great measure about $780, although
the influx from northern Europe has
continued unabated. Now the foreign
immigration is greater than ever. A
larger proportion than ever is going to
the Northwest. Meanwhile the immi-
grafton from the East and middle West
has revived. The Minneapolis Journal
estimates that the number Of immi-
grants of the present year will be in
excess of 100000. There is plenty of
room in the Northwest, and the East
and middle West are willing to contrib.
ute to it's growth.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-04-19
why He Failed to score.

Bryan says he cannot explain the fact
that in cities where he addressed the
largest audiences in 1896 he received
the smallest vote in proportion to the
number voting. Wherever Bryan
spoke he virtually proposed to pay off
wage earners in 5O-cent silver dollars
Wherever Mckinley spoke he never
failed to tell the people of the vast i'm
portance of work and wages for every
American who needs a job. And it
wouldn't surprise some people to be
told that these little statements might
account for quite large proportion Of
the result at the polls.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-04-19

Porto Rico's expectation of coffee Is
larger in volume than that Of any Of
the other native products Of the island,
and according to Gen. Roy Stone much
of the coffee is sold as genuine Mocha
and Java. The average Porto Rican
agriculturist, whatever his depriva-
lions otherwise, is usually the posses
sor of a coffee-patch, which he cult
Yates and from which he secures suf
ficiency of the berry to supply the
needs of his family. He bakes the ber-
ries till black, and pounds them into
powder in a mortar. The beverage re-
sulting therefrom has the color of ink
and the consistence of broth. Since the
close of the war some of the natives
have learned to prepare coffee for
drinking purposes after the American
fashion: but most of them practice the
ways of their fathers.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-04-19
A sEvEN-RooM Cottage.
and Roomy House at a Cost
Not to Exceed 81 200.

Convenient and Roomy House at Cost
Not to Exceed 81 200.
On every side we see In the pictur-
esque homes that dot the landscape the
result Of education in architecture, for
the man who ten years ago would have
been satisfied with q plain. square
house has now seen examples of what
can be done In designing a neat con-
venient and roomy, yet cheap cottage.
The plan here offered has four rooms
downstairs and three above, besides
the accessories, such as a pantry, en-
tries and closets, and q large attic
over the kitchen, which could be I'm
ished and made good room IL neces-
sary. 1t has been erected and fully
finished complete in Carthage, ILL.,, at
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-04-19

That there is much room for civil SER
vice reform in Turkey is newly empha-
sized by recent experience there. An
American traveller, wishing to mail a
magazine, was told by head postmas-
ter that while a good Mussulman
might mail it as periodical for eight
cents, hereto would be charged book
post, IS cents. Just outside the door
a clerk whispered, do not mind him!
He is an ass! Give me your paper, and
I will send it off when he is not look
ing" While this was service, it could
hardly be called civil, and surely there
is need of reform.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-04-19
Novel BOOTY Taken by In'''l

There are some remarAaol b.
that the police are called ''pon o j
down, but two of the strung e01
cheapest robberies that e'' q, HI
the notice Of the seYeh'een'aao rl
officers were reported rev ", \
In one of these a ragman n" and
his cart up an alley at l''n o oa
streets and left his conVes'n ootl
contained two bags of rags "" orp
rear of a house in search ~ nse
When he came out of the aO ,ass|
minutes later his two bags ~ ~ 90 ear
gone. There stood the elnp ,,,o tbI
trace could be found u the
Not a square away, aOV ~ q tubl
time. there was carried on 4 heel
infants clothes, when Naa snincl
ont to soak previous to a " ~ ere|
thieves took the tub anu a,oS w. were
water in which the cio'n
ino-Philadelphia Record
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-04-19
No Escaping Rrv..

d. - bryan.
BUT the chances that Bryan !
beaten in the convention d. -"
to us to be strong. There is mna u
hostility to him among the non1.
The shrewder men of his side 81.
his candidacy will mean cor.s,
overwhelming defeat for their
But there is nobody to nut IN II
him in the convention. No man !
been suggested on whom the onn0I
to Bryan can concentrate. Unless
body is put in the field before N
vention meets who can get tho
of the men who are hostile 70 !,
hraskan he is certain to be nom,,
No such man has vet been named
man, Of course, is impossible. n
mated he would carry fewer |
even than Bryan. Nor is Hill so,'
mentioned Dy anybody. 1t is
necessary to say that neither Oba|
any other of the honest money n
Gratis would get 100 votes in tha
vention. From present indicl
there is no way that the Democrat
escape from Bryan. They wi
forced to nominate him in Kansas
even though not a single man hi
party whose judgment is worth
thing imagines for an instant III
has any chance to carry the col
Not until the Democracy's crushi5
feat on Nov. 6, 1900, can that uni
party get rid of Bryan.-St
Globe-Democrat.
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COULD NOT REACH HER,MoNEY.
Dilemma of the Girl with Lunch ss g
and a Back Buttoned Waists

Dilemma of the Girl with q Lunch xsall
and a Back Buttoned Waists
She had listened to a long and Inn
pressive lecture concerning the wicked
ness OF tempting thieves and pickpock-
cts by carrying well filled pocketDook
in the open hand the night before, ana
had resolved to be no longer guilty IN
this direction. So only just sumclent
money to carry her through the morn
ing's shopping, as she supposed, Went
into the purse which she carried: the
rest Of her worldly wealth she disposed
Of in a different manner. Then sne
went down town, proud with the con-
seriousness Of having proved herselr
strictly humanitarian and up to date.
BY the time the shopping operations
had been completed the sum Of money
in her purse had been reduced to very
slender proportions Quite forgetful OF
this, however, the fair student of So
cial economy entered a fashionable
'lunch-room, and, being hungry, ordered
an expensive luncheon and ate it. But
when the time came for paying for the
same TO4Gu dFOuuu a ClcdI anu dSeOA
fishing nervous shock came with it.
In her pocketbook rested in lonesome
state dime, nickel, and two pennies,
while the check for the luncheon footed
up to three figures. All the other money
which she had about her reposed In
the little money bag Of chamois skin
which hung around her neck, beneath
her outer. clothing, and the bodice
which she wore was buttoned up the
back!
An intimate friend who providential-
~ passed by at that moment rescued
the unfortunate young woman from
her uncomfortable predicament, and
also loaned her a nickel to ride home
on. But the bag of chamois skin went
flying just as soon as she reached her
own chamber, and this particular stu.
dent of social science has gone back to
carrying all the money she possesses
in her pocketbook, for good and all, she
says.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-04-19
A Benefactor.

James" whispered the good wom-
an, there is burglar in the parlor.
He stumbled against the piano in the
dark. 1 heard several of the keys
struck"
.sAll rightv' said James, .Ill go
down.
ssOh! James, you're not going to do
anything rashY"
Certainly not. I'm going to help
him. You don't suppose he can get that
piano out of the house without assist
ance, do your philadelphia Press.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-04-19

moves around the earth. presenting lts
usual monthly phases The pnenom,
enon Of the eclipses are visible. All
these celestial movements are accom-
plished with scientific precision.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-04-19


the human family. #
The present open door policy for mar
rage in America cannot exist much
longer, writes Edward Box in the La
dies Home Journal. The question must
be met, and it should be met sQuarely.
Amy discussion of divorce is untimely;
it is futile at the moment. 1t is Crap
pling with the question at the wrong
end. Whether divorce is right or
wrong; whether there should be di-
vorce at all, and on what grounds a
decree of divorce should be granted
these are not the pressing questions of
the hour. The whole matter of divorce
does not begin to stand in such urgent
need of discussion as does the question
of the laws of marriage. When we adj
just marriage as we should adjust 1T,
then we can give our attention to Oh
yorce. And then we shall find that in
adjusting the one we shall have come
pretty close to the wisest and best adj
justment of the other. The practical
solution Of both, in short, lies in the
proper adjustment and rigid enforce
ment of laws which shall make mar
riage more difficult of accomplishment.
Bishop Fallows' parody, wherein he
made man express longing to be a
kicker rather than an angel, contains
a deeper note than appears to the SUI
perficial observer, says the Chicago
Tribune. 1t is the cry of the age-the
masculine cry-and one for Which
there is the hope of an earthly con-
summation. Man already stands with
the "kickers," and it is natural that
he should desire to be among them in
the world to come. Moreover, the
bishops parody is protest against the
inanity of angels. 1t is not, as the
author declares, that humankind feel
that the wish to be an angel is too
modest expression Of their souls long
ing, but simply that the insipidity OF
angels, their cloying perfection and
negative goodness, excite revolt rather
than admiration. It is SO in fiction,
and the sanity Agnes in Dickens "Da-
vid Copperfield" richly merits the an
tipathy Of great critic like Saints
bury, who, when he CHANGED upon the
assertion that agnes is perhaps the
most charming character in the whole
range of felton," declared that no de-
cent violence of expletive, no reason
able artifice of Typography, could ex-
press the depths of his feeling. Mod
ern readers do yawn over Agnes and
over Amelia Sed1ey, and it was not the
latter lady who received the tribute OF
a recent dramatization but her faulty
friend, Becky Sharp. So it is well for
man to recognize that his place is
among-the PROFESSIONALISM that nose
gears rather than crowns must become
him.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-04-19

When asked if he were Dem
Admiral Dewey replied: "Yes; 4
i can answer that. Yes, | am a \
crat." There is an intimation Of
in the Admiral's response that
one wonder whether Dewey is q
dubious in interpreting his own
.ments, or whether he is not quita
as to the definition of the word |
ocrat. Sioux City Journal.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-04-19
TO CORRESPONDENTS.

All Communications for this paper should be acecns
panied by the name Of the author not necessarily foi
publication evidence Of good faith on 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, 1900-04-19
One of the Essentials.

The manufacturing jewelers. y
United States are strongly lot Y
ton. This is amply proved Oyl
protests against any Lowering u
tective rates on their goods NJ
among nine-tenths of all pia|
Americans protection is consluei1
of the essentials of business plo'l]
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-04-19

as dishonest az the do,,.,, :.
purchasing power. We wau a'
dollar A gruff voice in the Y
the hall asked: "Well, HOW ~ ,ue %!
you're going to get itw A. ,0D
failed to answer. He dno,os '
bag was punctured. The a.
that the silver dollar falls in 1r nn!
ing power was fatal to Rrvaa pu1
ment. Benton un.) Republioan
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-04-19
Senator pettiprew Ashamed

Senator Petigrew declares 'na')
ashamed he was born in New hn1
Providence News.
And New England, by way III
procity, is thoroughly asilan''
Pettigrew was born at all.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-04-19
WHY the Heather RACES.

During the first three years o.
Kiniey's administration our el
over imports were nearly one
and a half. Moreover, the natul
suit is that our markets are not 8
and everybody can get WORK
state Of things is owing to protq
Therefore do the heather rasY
mere theorizers imagine vain thl1
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-04-19
viii Prove Satisfactory.

The President and the Republican
majority in the House have shown,
however, their real good will toward
both the people of the United States
and of Porto Rico in manner that will
prove entirely satisfactory to a large
majority Of the voters of the country.
Pittsburg Times.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-04-19

A popular preacher has had his
church wired so as to offer a sermon
telephone service to all who wish to
listen while enjoying the comfort and
privacy of their homes. What would
Cotton Mather say to that if he could
come to life? :.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-04-19
THEBIGGERQU,.Es; ST ! !.
REAL ISSUE INVOLVED IN PORTO
RICO PROBLEM,
Whether Our Newly Acquired Fos'
sess;ons Are or Are Not Already In
texra1 Parts of the American Nation
Under the Constitutions.

"Keep the real issue in sight, and let
the President and the party be judged
by that. is the wise conclusion OF
very able article in the Seattle Post
Intelligencer on the Porto Rican ques-
ton. Obviously this excellent editorial
treatment Of much-discussed suDJect
is the product of some knowledge and
some thinking. Unfortunately the
same cannot be said of a vast volume
of matter that has found it's way into
print relative to the Porto Rican topic.
No writer has stated the issue more
clearly or more intelligently than 1t is
stated by the Post-Intelligencer, thus:
ut is not question whether we
ought to to impose duty of 20 per
cent or one Of 10 per cent. or none at
all upon commerce between that island
and the United States. 1t is whether
this Government has constitutional
power to levy such tax under any cir
cumstances; whether Porto Rico is ter
ritory to be governed as all other terri
tory added has been, by the disposition
Of Congress, or whether Its people &C.
quired, by the treaty of Paris, consti-
tutional rights within the United
States that compel recognition by us
and leave us no chance but to acknOwl-
edge the new possessions as an integral
part of the nation under the COnstitu-
ton, and finally to admit them as
States
Rightly the Post-Intelligencer insists
that the contest is not waged on the
question whether Porto Rican trade
should be free or untaxed. The Oppo-
sition to the pending bill is based upon
no such consideration. 1t cares moth
ing about the question either of tariff
or of revenue. Engineered by clever
free trade and anti-imperialist .strate-
gists, the movement, intended solely to
"put the administration in a hole" has.
secured the adhesion Of a considerable
number of Republicans who seem to be
unable to discover the use that is being
made of them. They are apparently
blind to the fact, SO clearly pointed out
by the acknowledgements, that
'"The constitutional question is the
real DOllc Ol COulcuLlOu. i lie hcpuUll-
can party cannot abandon its position
upon that without reversing all our
precedents and destroying the practi-
cal possibility Of building up mighty
commerce in the far East by exchang-
ing for the open door in the Philippines
the open door in the vast portion of
Asia under European control.
1--WE believe that those who have diff
fered honestly from the party's policy
in this particular will agree with it
when they come to see what is in,
volved; and how cunningly the advo-
Gates of retirement from the Philim-
pines have sought to make that neces-
sary by pretended fight over the
Porto Rican tariff
If only the army Of dissenters from
the policy of the Republican admins
tration and the Republican party could
once grasp the idea that a much bigger
and more portentous question. than
that Of IS per cent, Is per cent, or no
tariff at all is involved in the Porto
Rican proposition, it would nightly
help to clear up the situation. Ameri-
can Economist.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-04-19

Miss Grace M Dodge finds three
faults in the business woman-she I'M
dercuts men in wages, she is not sutfi-
GENTLY thorough, and she eats cream
puffs instead of beefsteak for luncheon.
Any butcher will tell you that the last
weakness is the worst.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-04-19

A young lover in New Orleans paid
S12O to hear his sweetheart sing to him
from Philadelphia over telephone
wire. At all events, he made his money
go q long way.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-04-19

Nineteen hundred is a year that can
be divided by 4, but nevertheless mocks
the fond longings of many an eager
spinster.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-04-19

There is a fiction that above the land
ing place at st. Helena is written the
words Of Dante's vision, "All hope
abandon, We who enter here" 1t is not
quite so bad as that, but it is bad
enough.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-04-19

Pews of non-paying holders in Ra-
cine church were nailed up. 1t would
be much better if the trustees had at
the proper time nailed the pew-holders
down.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-04-19

There are 6,15O,O0O volumes in the IL
braries of American colleges-and the
freshman generally knows it all.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-04-19
GREAT CELESTIAL GLOBE.

One of the Many Side Shows at the
Paris Exposition.
The Celestial Globe is a side show
at the Paris exhibition. 1t is sphere
145 feet in diameter, and surrounded
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-04-19

Discussing the ACCESSIBILITY of short
engagements recalls that the summer
girl brought them into vogue seasons
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-04-19

The report of the death of Osman
Pasha, like that of Mark Twain, seems
to have been greatly exaggerated.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-04-19

The evil that men do lives after them,
but the ones who preach the funeral
sermons are careful not to mention it.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-04-19

The Dowager Empress persists in be-
ing reactionary for all she must know
that so long as China wears the queue
1T will hang behind.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-04-19

Europe's coal famine is a, feast for
American mine owners.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-04-19

1t is wrong to judge by appearances
when the gun doesn't seem to be load
ed.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-04-19
Bryan Ducked.

While speaking in New York the
other night Mr.. Bryan said: "A dollar
that rises in purchasing power is just
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-04-19
proud TO kno" "a,

"The other night, salu ~ tI q gel
err. II slept in a room WI, 'ibly-i1
gentleman. 1 snore no' hack. I
I'm a snorer from way Va when We
tired. In the morn,n ~ me- a silre
this gentleman handed '''
dollar. .. said /.
whats that 1or "a You
".oh, take it, he rep III,
won it. You deserve ~ ~,
But what for: sane and s.
Inv yourself several fiFs nsst one |
7 II ike YOU. You are the n Osn ecs|
saw. You are the only 1s,. thai tI,an c'I
w Sa could snore louder 'I,t tila
, Mn0 ,' All constitntl0D , %
inches dns u Wids, and. 5 in pssffStf'
toned face, the distant 'a,idtp Of OBJ
ewes is equal to the "i'
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-04-19

Happy is the youth whose cron Of
wild oats isn't worth harvesting.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-04-19

Of the priests letters quite seriously
and a Western man Of prominence Is
reported to be on the point of claim
ing 'legacy" left him by hitherto
unheard-of Spanish relative. The
fools are still a numerous branch Of
the human family.
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