Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-12-20

uTeTy service covering large ayeas
different parts Of the con1trv. Mi.
in the mechanism OF the g3verDnar, :
been so surprising as the successful
plication OF the free deliver sprg;..
small farming communities. The pyss4.
hitherto has been to take iD1;ris@
routes along certain well-letjped ,,,S
but now an effort is to b ~
TO extend the service 10 whole eeprl'
Hitherto the only complete couDtr !
vice has been in Maryland, where :.
cial postal wagon or travelling roS,as.
has been operated in Carr0l. C0un-y
is proposed now to inaugura-e The ,n
lar rural delivery service w;thon, !.
use Of any specially CONSTRUCTED y4s9
in Washington County, Tenn: H.
County, Delaware; Fairfield Cogs.E
Connecticut: Niagara C0uuty, y II
Washington County, Pa, and Keog5h
County, Iowa. These different coprss
have been selected with spec;a. refe,as,l
to varying conditions which obtain
over the United States, and when The :.
vice is satisfactory in these isOIstaI
towns it can readily be extended. Il
believed that by a year from now /,
experiment viii have proceeded so far
to allow OF an attempt 10 deliver
mail everywhere in the United Sut,
where the population per mile vii! q,
justify it,
The official returns Of the late presi1s
tial election are beginning 10 come
The electoral vote of Ohio was the IA
TO arrive, and then Alabama and Mss
sippi. Those are the only States be,
from, but it is expected that the remsr
der viii come with a rush within \
next few weeks. One set is sent By md
and duplicate By messenger, the form
going to the Secretary Of State and
latter to the Vice-President The ceuI
viii take place in the presence of ta
houses of Congress al l O'Clock Oh
second Wednesday in February in
hall of representatives 1t IS singd
fact that there is no provision of ID
for notifying the President and Va
President OF their election. but il Ii;
do not hear OF it it is their OWE fault
It is a singular fact that the only bad
thirsty communications received at
White House and the Department
State on the Chinese question come I'd
ministers Of the gospel, especially IN
missionaries. Forgetting the cent
teachings Of Christ, they insist upon
application OF the old Mosaic law ID
punishment Of the Chinese-an eye
an eye and a tooth for a to0th-and
utter destruction Of the cities in VIII
the wickedness has been committed. III
demand the lives Of the Emperor
Empress dowager, and all the membs
OF the court and the wholesale slausi
of the officials of the government Ma
of them demand that Pekin shall be bl
ed to the ground and the site sown
salt.
The Postofice Department has leda
upon six special stamps for the beneH
the Pan.American exposition at Bull
The 1-cent stamp, Of green color
have a picture Of a lake steamer ton
resent the great transportation indus
of the inland seas in which Buffalo !
much interested. The 2-cent sts7
printed in red, will have a railway tn1
the 4-eent stamp, in red brown, an u
mobile: the 5-eent stamp. in blue,
ture of the new bridge at Niagara IL
the Scent stamp, in lilac, a pict1H
the lock at Sault Ste. Marie. and tN
cent stamp, of light brown, IN oa
steamer.
The census bureau issued buls
giving the results Of the enumeraiill
the domestic animals in Enclosures
not on farms or ranges. OF l.SA
barns or Enclosures reporting t9ns
animals, which was substantially
third of the total number OF farms
United States, 7S4.50 contained ~ y
$40 neat cattle, 1855. $50 incosura
porting horses aggregating 2.S33SIt
the aggregate of other animals Teis
follows: Mules, 1872. asses, IA
sheep, 156.4TO; swine, 1,59296l'
goats, 1852.
Secretary Wilson believes that ithl
sible to raise the same crops in -
that are raised in Finland, wheN
natural conditions are similar and
ulation of $500, 900 people is supp
by agricultural industries. H. has'a
ed this conclusion after three yan
exploration and experiment By conf
agents. While the area suScePzs
cultivation in Alaska is very smal
pared with the vast extent of thai
tory, the agricultural POSSIBILITIES 7
longer a matter of doubt, and The !
soil is scattered in small tracts y
1t may serve to supply large ISS
mand if properly cultivated
There Is now in the treasuF!
United States STA. los. 1886 il goS
an increase of ST6.000y0o0 durils
year. The increase during the laS
months has been over s45, 600, UM y
$3.50, 755, 800 is held 10 :
gold certificates. ~ ~
amounting to $243, V''"e
longs to the government. It Is eI ",
that the national banks hold wv.
which. in addition to that in tas
"a a