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

1t used to be the mere fact of having
written book was sufficient to confer
distinction upon a man and to know
that a person had got into print was to
be conscious of a certain awe for that
individual. But now people first ask,
what kind of book and what is the
nature of the print for which the author
is responsible, and they decline to turn
their heads to gaze at literary medioc
rity. A little pallor in the face and a
few ink stains on the fingers are no
longer accepted as the indications of
greatness, and there seems to be re-
action in favor of sunburn and earth
stains. The man who digs and grows
brown seems never to be working in
vain, but he who grows wan in the
production of short-lived literature is a
pathetically ineffective figure.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-07-12

She who has to make over papa's
in mind that as We sew, so shall We rip.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-07-12
physician. in GERMANY.

In the last eleven years the number
of physicians in Germany increased Sc
sser cent, while the population in
creased only II per cent.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-07-12

The man who cuts the pages of
book with his finger doesn't understand
why it is wrong to eat with his knife.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-07-12

With time and patience the mulberry
leaf becomes silk, which in turn be-
comes q woman.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-07-12

Truth is stranger than fiction. Rich
ard Harding Davis books do not sell so
well since he became married.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-07-12
WAS A REBEL SPY. !"
BELLE BOYD. A NOTED CIVIL
WAR CHARACTER.
She Was Once Exiled by President
Lincoln and Twice Sentenced to Be
Shot She Also Made One Man a
Traitor to His Country.

The career of Belle Boyd, known as
the rebel spy" and who died in Wis
consin not long ago, was thrilling one.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-07-12
ohreyd Enumerator.

.Welf h, madam, if you positively Re,
fuse toNA tell me your age, suppose
can inql kuire of the lady next door an'
let her kuess at it. us. s4,t
.Youn, = man, you stand right stu
there VII here you are, I'll be back IN :,
mament &E with the family Bible
Clevelan& IA Plain Dealer.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-07-12

The man who gets tired too easily
makes other people tired, too.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-07-12

A fool praises himself, but wise
man turns the job over to a friend
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-04-07

the tract. Moreover, Col. Jones says
that the buffalo is the greatest of all
liberty loving animals, and close con-
fnement has caused many a one to
die of broken heart. go A4
II am not a phi1anthropist," says
Col. Jones. 81 am simply trying to
do what seems to me a duty. No man
has killed so many buffaloes as I have
killed, for my victims number many
thousands. For years I made it my
business to kill them, and make money
out of their hides. Moreover, in my
early days, I used to kill them for
sport. Now I deem it my duty to the
buffalo, and also to mankind on this
continent, to preserve the American
bison from extinction. Only a few
years ago countless millions of these an
i1nals roamed over the plains of North
America. They had an absolute title
to, and possession of, many millions of
miles, as the Indians had to their hunt
ing grounds. They were the invincible
tribes of the plains and prairies. They
would never have been subdued but
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-04-07
A Drummer.

Judge Clark, of the North Carolins
supreme court, had to open court al
Oxford one winter. When he got tt
Henderson he found a deep snow or
the ground, and the railroad from thai
place to Oxford in those days did not
run in such weather. So the Judge set
out in a buggy, with driver whose
customers had heretofore been com.
mercial tourists. He took the Judge
for drummer, and tried to beguile
the tedium by talking over the hard
ware line. Not finding him exactly
well posted on that he took up the
dry goods business. Not doing much
better with that he successfully tried
him on notions, groceries, liquors an6
others. Having exhausted all the
Zines" he could think of, he finally
asked: "You are a drummer, are yor
not?" Yes" said the judge Il an
somewhat in that 1ine.' s'WeIl, what
is your line?" said the driver. 81 an
a drummer for the state peniten
tiary.S The driver, saying to himself
half aloud: @You are the first one in
that line that ever came along here
drove the rest of the way in silence
When the conveyance drove up to thu
hotel in Oxford the landlord ran ou.
to greet his guest. When the driver
heard his passenger called sjudge" the
point dawned on him, and he dashed
around the house, scattering cloud
of snow with his wheels.-N. Y. Trib
;i1na &4
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-04-07

shaped much like a cigar. No bullet
could penetrate its thick sides, which
for better protection are rounded SO
as to defect all striking missiles. A
solid shoS from a cannon, If not turned
aside, might penetrate the armor.
The only real danger to the gunners,
however. is from the shock of shell
bursting above or below which might
disable or overturn the car.
Science seems not to be very con-
sistent. While some of its devotees
are giving all their efforts towards de-
stroying as many as possible of their
fellow-beings, others are laboring as
assiduously to prolong the lives of in
.diyiduals. A recent death in Russia
furnished opportunity for post-mor-
tenn, a sequel to an operation per-
formed five years ago Whica was OF
especial interest. It was done by DR..
Kramtsky, one of the greatest of sur.
geons. A wealthy reindeer farmer
named Poitinkosh, living north Of st.
Petersburg, was thrown violently
from his sleigh. His right thigh,
striking snag, received a jagged
wound about four inches long, in
line with the feInora1 artery, which
supplies the leg with blood This ar
tery was exposed and badly bruised.
In a short time a blush tint became
visible at the end of the. great toe,
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-04-07

Take one pint of any cold veal, either
roasted or boiled; chop it fine, and sea
son with salt, pepper and lemon juice;
add two or three tablespoonfuls OF
cracker crumbs and moisten with soup
stock or hot water. Take one-third as
much finely chopped ham as of veal;
season with mustard and cayenne; add
one tablespoonful of cracker crumbs
and moisten with hot stock or water.
Butter mold and line it with slices OF
hard-boiled egg. Put in the two mix
lures irregularly, SO that when cut it
will have a mottled appearance; press
in closely and steam three-quarters OF
an hour. Set away to cool; remove
from the mold and slice before serving.
This is an excellent dish for lunch o,
tea.-Philadelphia Press.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-04-07
tered the rails from rail fences.

tered the rails from rail fences.
stretched barb wires around a Sec
tion of $40 acres of land, and kept 150
buffaloes for year, without any diff
fculty. The wire itself might have
been broken by them, but they ac-
cepted it as the limit of their range,
and they had no desire to break it.
The wire offered no obstruction to
their vision, and hence, as long as they
could have freedom of sight around
them, they had no fear of danger, and
no desire to break loose from con-
fnement which was made agreeable to
them.
81 have demonstrated that the buff
falo can be domesticated. have buff
falo milk which is sweeter, richer and
more nourishing than the milk of any
other breed of cows. The meat of the
buffalo is better than any produced by
the cattlemen of this country. The
tallow is better than any butter that
has ever been made, except butter
churned from the cream of buffalo
milk. With the aid of the government
I hope to be able to preserve for pos
terity the finest domestic animal given
to man for this continent. Inside OF
20 years there will be ten full genera
tions of buffalo growing into domes-
tic habits. Their wildness will disap-
pear, and their domesticity will in
crease by heredity with each genera
tion.
81 have had considerable experience
in tanning these animals and teaching
them to work in yokes like steers. 1t
takes time and perfect patience. But
when they are properly and completely
broken they become accustomed to
restraint, and they exceed in courage
and strength any animal subjected by
man to assist in his burden or labor. I
have a team of seven-year-old bulls,
one of whom killed keeper who did
not know how to hahdle him. They
are gentle and work well together.
They draw feed to the other animals
on my ranch in winter, and are used in
blowing with excellent results in sum-
mer time.
= 1T was very difficult to teach the
vicious fellows to carry bits in their
mouths. But they do it now all right.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-04-07
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Stamm sring is practically unknown
among uncivilized people.
The animal that first succumbs to
extreme cold is the horse.
Stammering men are four times as
Numerous as stammering women.
For calling another man a liar
through the telephone, citizen of
Boone county, Ia, had to pay fine
of two dollars.
Architects of the big steel frame
sky-scrapers do not allow for CON
traction or expansion by cold or heat
the outside variations in temperature,
as the columns are entirely bricked
in. Therefore, their temperature
practically never changes.
Enchanting smiles frightened the
face of a divorced woman in Kansas
City when she was able to renew the
acquaintance of her former husband,
from whom she had been separated
two years. He wooed her ardently for
a few months, and then abruptly
ceased his visits. Now she is suing
him for breach of promise.
An agricultural expert ventures to
prophesy that before the twentieth
century reaches middle age farming
in England will be mostly carried on
by syndicates. His conclusion is that
the laborer's dislike to the soil is root
ed and permanent, and that the only
way to get on will be by cultivating
large areas and making free use
of machinery.
The smell of pure prussic acid is al
ways fatal, the discoverer of the pois-
on himself having been instantly
killed by one whiff of it. 1t kills the
instant it enters the lungs as gas.
Pure prussic acid is never sold nor
handled. Atropine, though it has not
a harmful odor, is SO deadly that as
much of it as will adhere to the end
of moistened fore-fnger will in-
stantIy cause death. Nitric acid will
burn wood; eat through iron plates;
in fact, it will destroy whatever i
touches.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-04-07

I have hemp rope lines of the best ma
terial attached to heavy forged iron
bits. Formerly I had a small windlass
attached to each line, and by turning
the crank I could control the bulls, no
matter how hard they might pull.
Nowadays, however, I drive them
without the use of windlass, with as
much ease and pleasure as though
they were pair of carriage horses.
SIN addition to the superiority of the
buffalo cow over any of the standard
breeds now generally regarded as the
best in the world, her longevity must
be considered. I have seen some of
them so old that their horns had de-
cayed and dropped off. saW.a buffalo
cow in a geological garden which was
known to be 81 years old, and am
sure have seen wild cows 10 or Is
years older. They are good milk cows
as long as they live. They are. very in
telligent, too, and there is no domestic
animal that is more affectionate."
The Lacey bill, after carefully de-
scribing the metes and bounds Of the
proposed preserve for the American
bison," fixes the status of the contract
in the following words: s'The secretary
of the interior is hereby authorized
and directed to lease to Charles J.
Jones, of Topeka, Kan, his heirs and
assigns, the tract of land described in
section one of this act for period Of
20 years, free of rental charge. Said
lease shall provide that the said
Charles j. Jones, his heirs and assigns.
shall place upon said tract of land,
within one year from the passage OF
this act, suitable Enclosures for bison,
and no less than 100 full blooded Amer
ican bison, of sufficient number Of
males and females for breeding pur-
poses; that it shall be unlawful to sell,
kill, MAIN or destroy, or otherwise
dispose of or remove from said tract o :
land by the said Charles j. Jones, his
heirs or assigns, or any other person or
persons whomsoever, any female bison
except for sanitary, scientific or hui
name purposes, during the continu-
ance of this lease, unless the increase
should be in excess of one bison to each
500 acres of land in said tract, and ex-
eept the excess of one male to every
20 female bison.'
. The bill is a long one, but this extract
shows how carefully it has been drawn,
in order that the government may be
protected, and the bison protected,
from any possibility of Jones or any
other person being tempted to take
undue advantage of the privilege grant
ed. A penalty is also provided that any
person violating any of the provisiShs
of the act shall be deemed guilty of a
and upon conviction
shall be punished by fine not exceed
ing $500 or imprisonment of not exceed
ing so days, or both fine and imprison-
ment."
The proposed safeguards in the bill
meet with my entire approval" says
Col. Jones. While may be honest my
self, and the committee may have per-
feet confidence in my integrity, my life
is like all other lives. and may not last
another day. / am Sc years of age. and
hope to live another 20 years at least.
But if my life should be snuffed outI
want the work to go on, and I want 1t
SO guarded that nobody can wilIfully
use this grant or lease for any personal
gain. SMITH %. FRY.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-04-07
ENDLESS CHAIN OF ToRPEDoEs.

ciously arranged would protect the
largest seaport. Four blocks of stone
are set in the harbor bottom, upon
which are mounted four wheels. An
endless chain is stretched around
these wheels, forming a large square.
Along this chain, atregular intervals,
. about 16 cables are attached, which at
their other end are joined to large
fish torpedoes. These float below the
surface at just the height required for
striking an enemy's vessel, but are SO
arranged as to be harmless and leave
the harbor open when the chain is not
in motion. But when protection is de-
sired machinery on shore moves the
chain continuously and the apparatus
is ready for its deadly work. If a ship
escape one torpedo in the field of a
chain, the progressive movement
brings another Immediately into its
place.
The Boer war has stimulated the
brains of inventors of war machinery
to unwonted exertion. Machine guns
behind almost any kind of fortifca-
tion have been found effectual for
moving down the largest attacking
forces both of cavalry and infantry,
and great need has developed of
some means of protecting gunners
within range of the fire of an enemy
whom they wish to dislodge.
The arnored trains used by the
British have given very satisfactory
results but, running along a narrow
track, are at best only useful for de-
fense. Experts have long been Civ
ing their attention, towards perfect
ing an automobile which would serve
the same purpose on land that war
ship does upon the sea, and which
could be easily transported over rough
roads or up steep grades. The first to
succeed, however, seems to be Fred
eriek r. Simms, of London, England,
and he is said to have already secured
patents in this country. His engine.
has two revolving turrets, protected
with strong steel plates, as are those.
on shipboard. A man sits inside each
turret and operates a Gatling gun.
Below are the men who keep him sup
piled with ammunition. The car is
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-04-07
MAN NEVER WEARS A HAT.
The Eccentric Freak of Joseph Dietz
Living at Pine Bluff,
Arkansas.

Joseph Dietz, of Pine Bluff, Ark, is
probably the only living American
who has not given a morbidly GU
rious public occasion to make frequent
injuries of "Where did you get that
hat?"
Dietz has gone bareheaded for 80
wears. He is now Sc years old, having
come to this country from Germany
when he was boy. Rarely does a
day pass but that some person with
kind intentions offers Dietz hat, mis-
taking his condition for one of pow
erty. Dietz is wagon maker of great
skill. At present he is with the Saw
yer & Austin Lumber company's plant
near this city. 1t is probable that he
will remain with them in the position
of wagon maker.
Dietz wears a heavy suit of hair the
year round. When he arises in the
morning, regardless of the condition
of the weather, Dietz thoroughly
dampens his hair. In summer, it
quickly dries; in winter, it freezes to
his head, and, according to Dietz,
keeps it quite comfortable. Thirty
years ago Dietz suffered intensely from
neuralgia. He discovered that by leav-
ing off his hat his head became much
more comfortable, and the pain ceased.
Neither the SHOWS of winter nor the
torrid sun of summer have any effect
on Dietz. He refuses to wear pair OF
gloves or an overcoat. His work COM
pels him to spend most of his time
in the open air. and despite this his
complexion is quite fair. Of temper
ate habits, Dietz enjoys exceptionally
good health.
Throughout the vicinity of Cedar
Rapids, Ia, where Dietz lived before
coming here, he was widely known for
his eccentricity. At one time but few
theatrical entertainments passed
through the city without making some
jocular remarks about Dietz's failure
to wear hat. At various times he
was presented with hat by actors,
and on one occasion, when De Wolf
Hopper made his appearance in the
town, he addressed some lines to
Dietz from the stage.--Chicago Intey
Ocean.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-04-07
WOMAN WHO DIDN'T WORRY.

She was a member of club
Whose motto was: Don't worryE"
And daily to her flowing hub"
She sweetly said: Don't worrym
"Your hair" she told her mate one day
''Is falling cut and getting gray
How fast the seasons pass away!-
But never mind-Don't worryG
"We haven't much put by she said,
For rainy days-Don,t worryl
The hopes we used to have are dead,
Our plans are wreeked-Don't worryl
few years more and you'll be told
To step aside because you're old,
And then some younger man will hold
The place you fiIl-Don't worry!
''They tax us more from day to day
And year to year-Don't worry!
They'll take our little home away,
And drive us forth-DonI worry!
Your overeoat will never last
Another year-its style is past
My sealskin, too, is going fast,
But what of that?-Don't worryi
when you are 55 and
Am 50-there, don't worry!
Well have no hope but just to die
And be at rest-Don't worry!
There's nothing for us on ahead,
No help to be Inherited
Well have to beg our daily bread,
But never mind-Don't Worry!'
Day after day she took his hand
In hers and said: Don't worry!'
She kept his woes before him, and
Implored him not to worry!
From dawn till dark she harped away,
And, worried and worn out, one day,
His spirit, fleeing, heard her say
Unto his corpse: Don't worry!'
IS. E. kiser, in Chicago Times-4erald.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-04-07

forerunner OF gangrene. The injured
man was at once removed TO an oper-
ating room. DR.. Kramtsky had been
watching the case closely and was pre-
pared with an appliance for a novel
experiment.
After an anesthetic had been admin
istered the wound was cleansed and the
tissue dissected away from the bruised
portion of the artery, which was ais
most in a condition of disintegration.
A clamp was placed upon it about an
inch above where sound tisuue began
and the healthy portion severed from
the diseased part. DR.. KramtslSy then
took a small, elastic, colorless tube
about five inches long, and of his own
manufacture, from an antiseptic case
and slipped the end of the severed ar
terry into it to the distance of aninch,
keeping the hollow tube collapsed to
prevent air from entering. The same
process was repeated at the lower end
of the artery and the lower clamp re-
moved. The clamp above was now taken
away, allowing the blood to stream
through. The tube was laid in the hol-
low, whence the injured part of the
artery had been removed, and the pres
sure of the muscles and tissues held it
in position and kept the walls from
pouching from the pressure of the
blood The wound was closed, and in
SO hours the toe had regained its usual
color. In two months the patient was
around as usual, showing no inconven-
fence from the wound. After his death
from pneumonia, examination showed
that the composition tube had been abs !
sorbed by the blood after being en-
cysted with sound tissue, the latter
forming walls for the artery equal in
every respect to those which had been
cut away five years before. 5s
Another surgical triumph, this time
by a dentist, has attracted quite an :
amount of attention, both because the
operation has always been considered
impossible, and from the local proni-
nence of the patient, Rev. A. B. Liver
more, rector of the leading Episcopal
church at Delhi, N Y, and q graduate
of Princeton, III. About 18 months )
ago a swelling, accompanied by severe
pain, appeared on the right side Of the
clergyman's face. It forced him to re-
sign his charge. He was advised to go
to the Massachusetts, homeopathic hos
pital where small piece of the jaW-
bone was taken out for meteorological
examination. He was informed by the
surgeons that he was suffering from
that rare disease, endothelioma, which
attacks the bones of the head in man
ner resembling cancer. It causes the
bones to decay and disintegrate until
the brain is attacked when death super
venes. It has always been considered
fatal. In the case of Mr.. Livermore it
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-04-07

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was believed that he might. live six
months. He was told, however, that he
had one chance for recovery in one hum
dred il the whole right side Of his lower
jaw were removed. 1t was thiekened to
about four times its normal size. If he
survived the operation, he would not
be able to articulate plainly or masti-
cate solid food, as there had not been
any means found for successfully ap-
plying a substitute for lower jaw.
The operation was successful in stop
ping the progress of the disease, but
Mr.. Livermore was unable to speak
and compelled to live upon liquids, as
the remaining portion of his jaw
sagged. His health suffered and his
mental condition was terrible. The
surgeon who had removed his jaw con-
suited young dentist, DR.. Frederick
Freeman, of Boston, in regard to the
case. He had already executed some
most excellent work in dental surgery.
After examining the patient, the
dentist made the necessary plaster
casts of the parts of themouth remain
ing and worked day and night for over
o month, trying to make an artificial
lower jaw that would perform the
work of natural one. A horizontal
rotary movement was demanded as
well as the up and down motion. All
of the patients teeth were filed to uni
form regularity and those in the lower
jaw crowned. Those in the new gutta
percha jaw were placed in such man
ner as to obtain the best results by com
tact with the natural ones. The yer-f
tical motion was given by q ball and
socket joint riyeted at the rear Of the
artificial jaw and the rotary movement
by small bar sliding in tube at
tached to this. In November the work
was complete, and after d little prac-
tice Mr.. Livermore was able to speak
freely and to masticate the hardest of
foods. It had taken four models and
a large part of two months spent In d
dental chair, unrelieyed by any anes-
thetie, to accomplish this result. With
in week after the new jaw was finally
in place the clergyman preached SER
mon of thanksgiving in st. Johns
Episcopal church in Boston. He is now
master of a preparatory school for
boys in Nashotah, Wis.
EDWARD JULIAN.