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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-07-12

from second husband twenty years
after her first marriage, and within
year after that married third. she
saw life in camps and military prisons,
was a prisoner on shipboard, was ban
ished from the country, and after re-
turning to it lived in various States IN
the East, West and South; was in an
insane asylum for time, and after
wards lectured throughout the country,
often under the auspices of Grand
Army posts. She was about I'VE rect
five inches tall, with bright eyes and
aquiline nose, and when she was young
her hair was described as Of "a reddish
golden hue
Belle Boyd was born in Martinsburg,
w. Va, in 1S43. Not quite Is years
old at the opening of the war, she en-
tered with all her heart and spirit into
the service of the Confederate cause.
She was resident within the Federal
lines and knew many of the officers,
and she used her acquaintance and her
Establishments to gain from them in
formatio which would be Of service
to her friends in the Southern armies,
to whom she conveyed it at every OPP
portunity. Many of her messages she
sent to Gen. j. e. 3. Stuart. At favor
able opportunities she distracted the
side arms of her Federal acquaintance
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-07-12

the party. Harding had called small
boat alongside preparatory to going
ashore and this boat had dropped I'M
der the quarter. At moment she
thought suitable the girl nodded to
Capt. Henry, whom she had planned to
have escaped. He left the wine party
and stepping into the shore boat which
was soon handy he was soon on his
way to Boston. When later Harding
came aft he asked Belle where his pa
pers were and she told him that prob
ably they were in the lower cabin,
where he had been dressing, and he
went after them, while the small boat
got farther away.
Her After Career.
For allowing the escape of his -prls-
oner Harding was arrested and tried,
but he was not convicted. Belle Boyd
was banished by Lincoln and went to
England. Harding deserted shortly
afterward and went to England, where
he and the spy were married on Aug.
25, 1864. Harding returned to this
COuuLy duu DcCdluO q COuIcuCAdtC SpJ
His wife became an actress in England
and returned to America after the proc
lamation of general amnesty. She
played under the name Of Nina Ben
jamin in different cities, and at one
time lobbied successfully to put bill
through the "black and tan" Legisla-
ture of Texas.
In 1869 she married Col. John SWANS
ton Hammond, quit the stage, went, in
ill health, with her husband to Cali
fornia and was obliged to enter an in
sane asylum. In 1884 she obtained
divorce from Hammond and soon after
ward married Nat r. High, an actor,
with whom she went on the road CIV
ing dramatic recitations in costume.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-07-12
PASSING or Gas LIGHTERS
r-...;r. rrse of Electric Lamps A.
Tsay;nr 4 hem without Work: .

Yucr~asinr Use of Electric lamps -
- T-a.;n. 4 hem without Work.
Thav are getting after the nimDie
Young man who trofs around the streets
in the cleaning with torch on the enu
~ alono mole. touching of the gas
lamns one BY one and leaving trali
Of more or less light after him, says w
chicago Chronicle. The irresistipie
march Of science and progress and
the other things which are makins
changes in the world IS sweeping the
lamp-lighter out Of the way
In 1887. before there were any munic-
ipal electric street lights in service ~
Chicago, about 400 young men, ola men
and barefoot boys truuged nign.iy
through all the city streets Lighting the
gas lamps. In the chill dawn they mace
the rounds again, putting out tne iign.s'
Now a handful of employees III the
electrical department Of the city thro"
a few switches in the electric light sta-
lions every evening and instantly 3,oOo
electric arc lights spring to life along
the streets which the boys formerly
paced SO laboriously, and 10 the morn
ing the switches are thrown back once
more and the lights die out. 1t IS al
done by simple turn Of the wrist.
But the lamp-lighter has not been en-
tirely superseded as yet, notW1thstanu-
ing City Electrician Ellicott's anxiety
to extend the electric lighting system
until it includes the entire city. which
is to he done as soon as machinery can
be installed to use the water power Oh
the drainage channel at Lockport
There are still tbout 1880 gas lamps
in nightly operation, and, as each llght-
er cares for an average Of 100 OF these,
there are still nearly 200 lighters max
ing their rounds nightly.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-07-12

when they left them carelessly about,
She was suspected after a time, and
then one of her notes fell into the Fed
eral hands and she was arrested, repri-
manded and threatened, but Gen.
Shields set her at liberty. Gen. Shields,
she said afterward, was completely off
of his staff
Sentenced to Be Shot.
The night before Shields set out after
Stonewall Jackson he announced that
he was going to whip Jackson and a
council of war was held in what had
been the drawing room of Bellies aunt's
house. Through the floor of closet
off a bedroom above the drawing room
a hole had been bored. Belle crept up
to the closet and applied her ear to it
when the council assembled. She was
able to be of such service to Jackson
that he sent her letter after his de-
feat of Gen. Banks, dated May %,
1862, thanking her for her Immense
services" On Jackson's advice she re-
moved to Winchester, and Jackson
made her an aide on his staff with the
rank of captain. While at Winchester
she was made aware of several very
suspicious Northern plans which would
destroy the counter movements of the
armies Of her beloved Confederacy.
Without a thought of the danger to
herself she instantly started from the
town to the point of land occupied by
General Jackson and the Southern
troopers, a point she gained after a
most perilous and narrowing run
through the fires of both armies. Dur
ing her career as a spy she was twice
sentenced to be shot, and was for II
months a prisoner in the Carroll and
Capitol prisons at Washington.
Belle Boyd's career in the military
service ended in 1864, when she was
captured with dispatches on a block
ade runner. Lieut.. Sam Wylde Hard
ing. of the navy, was put in charge of
the blockade runner, which was or
dered to Boston. The lieutenant and
Belle Boyd were thrown together a
good deal and left largely to them
selves. He quoted from Shakespeare
and Byron to her, she tells in her au-
photography. When he began to talk
of tender subjects she thought he
might become useful to her cause, so
when he asked her to become his wife
she told him that it might involve seri-
Gus consequences. He was ready to
faco them annarentIy and renewed his
proposal while the ship was in Long
Island sound on the way to Boston.
So she told him she would be his wife.
When they were coming to ancIar
off the Boston navy yard Lieut.. Hard
ing went forward to give some orders
and his fiancee invited the two Yankee
pilots who were aboard to come down
to the cabin and have some wine, which
they did. The captain of the blockade
runner, whom she called in her book
Capt. Henry, and another man were OF
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-07-12

In the fuss and furry made over the
sweet girl graduate the boy who grad
yates at the same time hardly gets
the attention which he deserves. In
the years to come, if he does his duty,
he will earn money for the support Of
the girl, who at graduation is the GEN.
ter of all eyes. He will be elected to
the City Council and possibly to Con-
gress; he will preach the gospel and
practice law. he will start factory or
open business. In large degree the
future welfare of the country will de-
pend upon his intelligent and honest ac-
tivity. The prejudice against the coli
iege graduate. which never had sound
foundation in fact. is gradually disap-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-07-12
Self-Education.

Sir Walter Scott, whose authority is
indsputable, once remarked that the
best part of mans education is that
which he gives himself, and the biog-
raphies of many of our greatest genius
es afford ample proof of tlp nth of the
statement. Bacon declarei bat stud
les teach not their own e,Tut that is
wisdom without them, and above
them, won by observation" and again
and again in the long roll of fame, of
which as a nation we are justly proud,
appear the names of those who, indie
pendent of tutors, universities and col
leges, have given themselves the finest
education, developed intellectual pow
ers in the face of insuperable Difficult
ties and attained positions of the high
est eminence.
God has lowered rich and poor alike
with gifts of mind and heart, so tina
distinction and culture, genius and tai
emit, are not the prerOgatiye OF one class
alone. The men who have achieved
the greatest triumphs in science, art OF
literature have frequently been severe
az handicapped at the outset OF thelf
careers by poverty and uncongenial en-
vironment; but these hindrances, III
atead Of lettering them or diminishing
ttleir enthusiasm, have served as wings
OH which they rose to higher attain
nEents.- Eng) Chronicle.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-07-12

RI stopped over in Nevada Oh my wa!
Ehst," said William Percival. OF san
Francisco, at the Hoffman House yes
tekday, 'to look after some mining III
tek-ests have there, and at Carson Cltv
a Nnan told me a capital story. MIN
in4 strike had been made in nearby
noH tion of the State which turned out 10
bel of such promise that a Respectable
ca 10 soon sprang up around it. Inc
twd principal mine owners were re-
she N,tiyely an Irishman and Jew, ana
as III delicate compliment to these leao-
ing E,itizens the rest of the miners lett 1t
to tNhem to bestow a name upon INC
newV camp. The two had many con
fere1M ces but could not reach an agree
mant for the Irishman stood out FOR
nan, H. taken from the Emerald Isle,
whilSAe the Jew was for one that woulo
he s,& Apoestiye of the chosen people. Inc
REST If the miners finally became rest
lnss 81 ia threatened to name the camp
tham salves if an end was not put TO
tho IA Nav and this led the pair to com
promi lie and name the new camp lip
nar,ss lem Rather neat and suggest
iva ~ mo don't YOU think New YORK
Trjbul he
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-07-12

pe3ifg He has shown his force in az
most every department Of life. until it
has come to be admitted that, the So
called self-made man does not hold a
monopoly of all the brains and energy
in the country. So, while all will unite
in drinking toast to the maiden in
her white frock and blue ribbons, a
similar if not an equal honor is due to
the newly made bachelor Of arts. The
college man of to-day knows as we'll as
any one can tell him that all his future
success depends most largely upon his
own unaided efforts. The world is his
apple and his education is simply the
knife with which he must peel it.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-07-12
Russian Mines Exaggerated.

United States Consul Holloway at ST.
Petersburg has this to say on gold
mining in Siberia: THE value of Rus
sian gold mines has been greatly exag-
gerated Several experienced Ameri-
can mining engineers, who are admit
ted to be the best in the world, have
visited Siberia in the interests of Eng
lish. as well as American, capitalists
during the past three years and made
extensive examinations of the condi-
tions, and I have not heard of a single
company being organized as a result
of their reports. The mining is almost
all placer, there being but two small
quartz mines in the Ural Mountains,
which are owned by French capitalists
and are said to be losing money. There
is very little foreign capital in Siberia.
No advantages are offered to or discrim-
nations made in favor of Americans
engaging in any kind of business in
Russia"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-07-12

It does not take the statistics Of col
lege classes, nor the statements of pro-
fessors and deans of institutions of
learning to show that the professions
are rapidly becoming overcroWded.
There are nearly fifty States in the
Union, none of them so poor as not to
boast of an institution Of collegiate de-
gree, and some of them have many.
All of these temples of philosophy and
knowledge are turning out neyer-ceas
ing streams of professionals. Law and
medicine and theology are the gentle
manly callings, and these claim the
majority of the college men. But if you
are contemplating a college course, or
if you have son or daughter bent on
such q course, think oyer the situation
before you determine to have a preach
err, or a doctor or lawyer in the fam
lily. Medicine, perhaps, is less crowded
than either of the other professions;
but in any of them it will be difficult
thing for a young man to make living
and retain his self-respect. But there
are other avenues for the college man
III callings not whit less dignified,
and which not only promise greater
material results, but give to man the
satisfaction of knowing that he is a
worker-a creator in this great and
busy world of never-ending creations.
The civil and constructing engineer has
an ever widening field opening before
him; the chemist, whose opera tons are
in nvaial limos has nnSSihi1ifiac
of the greatest degree awaiting his re-
searches and discoveries; the skilled
machinist becomes daily more and
more important parsonage in the
worlds development, in short men and
women with trained minds and hands
are the sort of people there is a demand
for now A sandy-haired doctor of %,
a lily-fngered lawyer of similar age,
or q weak-eyed theolOgian of % are
about the most useless individuals in
the great human family to-day. Hands
that are SineWy, eyes that are alert for
the possibilities of the individual and
the race, minds trained to value the
concrete things of the world, are what
the nation, the world need; they are
what must be had. The care of estates
and last testaments, of weak livers and
deranged stomachs, of sin-harried
souls, have occupied the attention of
the trained mind exclusively long
enough; the field has grown too small
The wise young man who is on the
threshold of life will not calculate
upon gaining living by taking care
of either. He will aspire to do some
thing, where such great things as ca
nails, warships, tunnels, powerful ex-
plosives, new chemical compounds, are
being evolved by the combination of
trained brains and hands, for that is
the sort of professional man who will
occupy the worlds attention in the
future.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-07-12
FOUND AT LAST.
The AK with Which Charles /. Was
Beheaded.

Beheaded.
The yexed question, so much in evil
dence in the papers recently, Where is
the present location of the ak with
which King Charles |. was beheaded!'
has finally been answered. The famous
relic now reDoses in the Museo Bor-
bonico, at Naples, Italy. One who has
rummaged much among the archives
of the British Museum furnishes these
particulars regarding it: The execu-
toner of Charles (Giles Dekker) sur
vived the monarch SO years, dying in
1855. His claim to the ak, which he
appears to have regarded as his per-
quisite was, after considerable discus
sion, granted by Parliament, and it re-
manned his until his death. He always
refused to make an exhibition of the
instrument, but his son, however, de-
void of such scruples, placed it on show
at the tavern in Lambeth, and this
coming to the new Kings ears, a raid
was made, the ak was confiScated and
James II. became it's custodian. When
compelled to fly from the kingdom in
1858 he took it with him to France, and
at st. German it remained until bis
death, in 1901. Louis XIV. became it's
next possessor and later on the Regent
Duke of Orleans, who parted with it
for a consideration" to Ferdinand,
King of Naples. Treasured by that
family for upward of 60 years, it was
finally deposited in the Naples Mu-
scum.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-07-12

The responsibilities of citizenship is
well-worn subject for an address, but
in discussing the topic before the
League of Wisconsin municipalities
Governor Scofield gave expression to
some ideas, one of which was that as
the man who neglects his family is an
object of reproach, SO should be the
man who ignores his obligations to the
State which protects him and makes it
possible for him to provide for his fam
lily. Governor Scofield thinks that the
lack of proper sense Of responsibility
Is shown most clearly in the matter OF
taxpaying. The American citizen does
his best to avoid payment of direct
taxation, and even when he pays his
taxes indirectly he does not seem to
care much what becomes of the money.
He protests also against the tendency
to increase the public revenue through
taxation. ''There is a serious danger
here" he declared every dollar
raised by taxation beyond the legiti-
mate needs of the government invites
corruption and extravaganza, and thus
ieopardiZes the welfare of the State or
nation. Every time dollar of the pub
lie money is wrongly expended 1t is our
fault. And the real evil is not merely
that there may be public money ex-
travagantly used, or that there may be
corruption in it's expenditure, but for
every dollar that is wrongly expended
the beneficiaries Of the State, the help
less classes for which it seeks to pro-
vide, are wronged and public morals
are debauched."
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-07-12
Irish Moss.

One of the many useful things which
absolute privation has been the means
of making known to the world is irish
moss. The poorest of the inhabitants
Of the Irish coast were driven to its use
by the pangs of hunger When boiled
it produced a thick, nourishing and not
unpalatable jelly. 1t is most bene-
fetal for diseases of the throat and
lungs.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-07-12
Pie.

The prejudice against pies, more i'm
aginative than real, is dying out.
Many persons now eat pie for break
fast. Combined with coffee or milk
it furnishes fine repast. and athletes.
after sumptuous meal of this charac-
ter, easily digest it in ten minutes ac-
tive exercise-so some people say;
others do not indorse the assertion
Pittsburg Dispatch.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-07-12

Some frisky donkey at Harvard put
enough dynamite in the college pump
to destroy the fine building before
which it is located, to say nothing OF
what would have happened to the per-
son or persons who would have been so
unfortunate as to have exploded It.
Such murderous pranks betray an in
stinct discreditable to the American
youth and severe punishment in the
criminal courts should follow the ex-
posure.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-07-12

She had just left
school when the
civil war began.
She had a lover in
theConfederate SER
vice without whom
she thought she
could not live, but
she married an
other before the
war was over and
made him a trail
tor. was divorced
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-07-12
Servants in China

In China a rich man gets as many
servants as he wants, and yet he paws
them no wages, while the common peo-
pie have to pay them well. Even then
they are hard to get, for the reason that
the employe of the rich man can make
more than triple the ordinary wages
in perquisites.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-07-12

The recently published dairy of the
Duchess of Fife contains this remark
able quotation from Queen Victoria, a
signalling for young and old: God
has been so good to me that now, in my
old age, l want to confess that l have
not any dislikes." One of the greatest
generals of Victoria's whole reign,
Charles Napier, once made a similar
statement: Il never feel angry at any
one-beyond wishing to break their
bones with a broomstickv' Then, as If
repenting of even his laughing excep-
ton, Napier added: THAT was not my
mind that spoke. l am child in the
hands Of God"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-07-12

DR.. J. G. Jackson, an expert has
been working on the problem why
hair comes out?" OF 800 cases studied
by him the majority were of men. The
great majority of these persons were
Of those who led indoor lives. Nearly
all belong to the intellectual classes.
Lawyers, doctors. students, professors,
newspaper men, figure in large num-
bers. DR.. Jackson's conclusion is that
mental work especially where accom-
panied by worry or nervous strain, is
the principal cause Of badness. The
question arises, why are SO few Of the
women bald? Will they admit that
they are less intellectual than men? Or
will they accept badness as the badge
of mentality? Woman's chief glory,
according to Scripture, is her hair. AS
between intellectual accomplishments
and a notable absence of personal
glory, which will woman choose?
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-07-12
eouRTED BY MEANS OF SIGNS
Couple that Never Spoke Until rh.x
Stood Before the Altar.

DEOOSA r,
"A marriage took place in Boston tho
other evening, the parties to which had
never spoken until few minutes ba.
fore they stood before the clergyman
who pronounced them man and wife
They had been counting for nearly
three months at that, and they were
both in full possession Of the facultv
Of speech.
One day young woman employed in
one Of the department stores and
young man holding a clerkship in a
music store engaged rooms on Shaw
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-07-12

A New York man with an income of
$4,000 a year has committed suicide.
He was probably respondent because
of the poor prospect of making it $780,
600 and thus getting into position
where the strain of living would be
eased somewhat.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-07-12

As associated with marriage, there is
also an unpatriotic side to this small
gain in population. 1t proves a grow
ing disregard for the united state.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-07-12

Unmarried men who linger trembling
on the brink will be pointing at this
episode a long time: A Chicago man
named Booth went with his wife to
millinery store. She bought a hat. He
dropped dead.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-07-12

A woman Is much more likely to for
get her birthday than to leave the
pickles behind when she goes to a pic
mic.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-07-12
Hearing Under SNOW

People buried in an avalanche hear
distinctly every wor. uttered by those
who are seeking them, while the hnr;od
ones most strenuous shouts fail to
penetrate even few feet Of snew.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-07-12

A French doctor says love is a dis
ease that can be cured by tonics for
the nervous system. But who that has
it wants it cured?
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-07-12
Pennsylvania Railway Emn,ove.

Hereafter no new employee will he
taken on the Pennsylvania railway who
has passed the age of 35. The COM
pany's new pension system makes this
precaution necessary
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-07-12

Antiseptic sword blades for French
duels simply mean whatever bad blood
there may have been before the fight,
1t won't continue after in the remote
case of one being hit.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-07-12

Some men can't find words for their
thoughts and some women can't find
thoughts for their words.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-07-12

The more poetry we read of Mr.. Aus
tins the more we are convinced that he
ought to be put into Westminster Alb
bey-at once!