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The Coconino sun., 1901-02-09

The claim of other cough medicines to be as good as Chamberlain x are ef- fectually set at rest in the following testimonial of Mr. C. D. Glass. an em- ploye of Bartlett X Dennis Co.,. Gard ner, Me. He says: ''l had kept adding 10 cold and cough in the winter Of 1884, trying every cough medicine ever heard of without permanent help, until one day 1 was in the drug store of Mir. Houlehan and he advised me to try Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and offered to pay back my money if I was not cured. My lungs and bronchial tubes were very sore at this time, but l was comletely cured by this remedy and have since always turned to it when l got a cold, and soon find relief. l also recommend it to my friends and am glad to say it is the best of all cough remedies" For sale by Pioneer Drug Store.
The Coconino sun., 1901-02-09

ALL WORK STRICTLY FIRST CLASS
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-08-17

/. Constant and careful written
translations from Latin or Greek into
English.
2. Practice In good debating So
ciety.
1t has been said that all the greatest
parliamentary orators of England are
either men whom Lord North saw, or
men who saw Lord North-that is, men
who were conspicuous as public speak
ers in Lord North's youth, his contem-
poraries and the men who saw him as
an old man when they were young
themselves, says the Senator in Serb
ner's. This would include BolingbrOke
and would come down only to the year
of Lord John RusselPs birth. So we
should have to add few names, espe-
cially Gladstone, Disraeli, John Bright
and Palmerston. There Is no great
parliamentary orator in England since
Gladstone died. I once a good many
years ago looked at the biographies of
the men who belonged to that period
who were famous as great orators in
the Parliament or in court, to find If
could the secret Of their power. With
the exception of Lord Erskine and of
John Bright. I believe every one Of
them trained himself by careful and
constant translation from Latin or
Greek and frequented good debating
society in his youth.
Brougham trained himself for ex-
temporaneous speaking in the Specula-
tive Society, the greater theater Of de-
bate for the University of Edinburgh.
He also improved his English style by
translations from Greek, among which
Is his well-known version of the Ora
ton on the Crown"
Canning's attention while at Elton
was strongly turned to extemporane-
Gus speaking. They had debating So
ciety, in which the Marquis Of Welles-
ley and Charles, Earl Grey had been
trained before him, in which they had
all the forms of the House of Commons
speaker, treasury benches and an OPP
position. Canning also was disciplined
by the habit of translation.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-08-17
His Scheme Paid

An enterprising hotelkeeper hit on a
clever scheme to increase the popularity
of his house. He engaged a gentleman
ly detective to stay at the hotel for the
sole purpose Of listening to the COM
plants of visitors. The visitors. of
course, imagined he was fellow guest.
The detective would lead the converse
ton to the merits or dement's Of the
hotel, and If a man complained of his
accommodations the complaint was
soon reported to the landlord. If a
guest complained that he liked to sleep
late In the morning, and could not do
it because he had room with an east
ern exposure, the detective would re-
port it to the landlord. Later the land
lord would say to the guest: do YOU
like to sleep late in the morning? If so
the sun in the room you now occupv
must disturb you. I will give you a bet
ter room on the north side of the
house" That made the guest a friend
Of the house for life This detective
found out what particular dishes the
guests enjoyed, and all their hobbies
and notions and likes and disIikes. and
the landlord acted ON this information
1t paid so well that the house was AL
ways full.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-08-17
Complaint of a Golf Widower


Concerning golf the story is told that
a man who took but little interest in his
wife's exploits with the clubs. was
aroused from the fog of his business by
hearing her name continually coupled
with a certain colonel. She was al
ways playing with this colonel. who did
not seem very polite person, for he
never allowed her to beat him. Still
the husband did not like this constant
association. He began to be alarmed
with the idea that the colonePs attrac
lions might be as irresistible as his
play. He plunged into the fray and
taxed his wife with the colonel. She
denied Indignantly, with tears. They
tumbled about in web of angry words
till at last light dawned on her. and she
burst out laughing Then she explain
ed as we'll as she could to her amazed
spouse what golf readers have already
divined-that the colonel was Colonel
Bogey," and that playing against "tbe
colonel means trying to equal the rec
ord!
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-08-17

as transformations as day laborer. He
came to Bloomington in 1886 from New
Jersey. He was without means, but
opened wagon shop. In 1S43 he
bought the land on which the Peoples
Bank Block now stands for $75 and a
wagon. Twenty years later he sold
one-half Of this tract for $4,000.
For half century he worked at his
trade Of pillow maker, and has rarely
missed a day at the bench. Rigid econ
omy with constant activity of mort
cages has brought him a million or
more. He has steadfastly refused to
encourage any public enterprise, and
has been deaf to all solicitations to con-
tribute to the city's welfare. He pre-
fers to live in humble home, without
servants, and in primitive simplicity.
He is without children, and his wife is
as old as himself and shares his eccen-
trio and economical ideas.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-08-17
THIS MILLIONAIRE
HAS UNIQUE IDEAS.

Bloomington, ILL.,, has unique mil
lionaire. He is Abram Brokaw, 80, and
his eccentricity and quaint, homely
garb are familiar in Bloomington. He
plods along with the same stolid move
ment of half dozen decades ago, and
is apparently going to reach the century
mark. He walked into the County
Treasurer's office the other day and laid
down check for 5000, which repre-
scented the payment on this years taxes
on his possessions in Mclean County
alone. He has extensive interests in
other Central Illinois counties.
He is said to be the heaviest personal
property owner in Illinois, as his wealth
Is tied up largely in real estate mort
cages. With all his vast wealth he is
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-08-17

At the beginning of the new fiscal
year the pneumatic tubes which have
been employed in the postal service
of New York, Brooklyn, Philadelphia
and Boston went out of operation and
the mail-wagon has taken their place.
This looks like a step backward. 1t is
probably only temporary. Congress
seems to have refused to continue the
appropriation solely on account Of it's
unwillingness to foster a private mo-
nopoly. Doubtless a pneumatic tube
service built and owned by the gov
eminent will yet be established and
maintained in all large cities, although
several ingenious rival contrivances for
doing the same work deserve consider
alton before final decision is made.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-08-17
TOO GOOD TO BE WELL.

A Hospital Doctors Experience with
an Out Patient.
There is an interval Of silence; then
a sudden peal as the accident bell is
heard, and the next moment an agi-
tated parent is seen running down the
passage with child tucked under her
arm, its bare legs streaming behind it
in the wind of it's mothers rapidity.
Whats the matter, missis? Has she
swallowed some poison?"
NO. sir; it amt that" she pants; "but
I'm that scared, l don't know 'ardly
which way to turn"
"Well, but what's happened? Has
she hurt herself?''
mo, sir; and er father 'e's that upset
e couldn't do nothink, else amt used
to running like that, and ed ave
brought 'er up, but he says as 'ow e
daren't touch 'er, and I've run all the
way, an me cart
Come now, missis, JUS tell me quiet
~ what's the matter with the child"
The patient, pretty little thing of 4,
looks inquiringly at her alarmed par
ent; there seems to be little the matter
with her.
Its all very well yer a-sittin' there
and a-tellin' of me to be quiet" cries
the mother; 'if yer 'ad any children of
yer own, yer wouldn't like ter see 'em
die afore yer eyes. Oh, dear, oh dear,
and there amt only two more and the
baby"'
The doctor in despair examines the
little girl, but fails to discover any
thing wrong. Now look here" says
he firmly, Il can't find anything the
matter with your child, so you'll have
to go away unless you tell me why you
brought her up to the hospital
''Well, doctor, we was all a-havin'
our tea minute ago as it might be,
and 'er father was eatin' a nice bit of
tripe as was over from dinner, when
Susy, that's 'er, says as 'ow she loved
God, and was goin' to 'eaying when she
doied. What!' in tones Of horror,
"ain't yer goin' to give 'er no medi-
cine -Macmillan's Magazine.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-08-17
Healthy Island.

A physician who has lived t&9
seven years in Tasmania aScl7
healthfulness of that island, TN
cording to his testimony, cOnS7
and bronchitis are almost unhD'
large part to the influence OF |.
lyptus trees, whose odor is e'''I
apparent. The volatile esseog1
eucalyptus oil appears to haFepI
tic effect upon deleteriOus geEpI
kinds. The trees sometime
great size. One that has pea
ured is $50 feet high, and "
said to attain a height Of 40l"I
climate of Tasmania is also III
ally fine, with much sunSnlH
very pure air.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-08-17

Frank s. Willard, who makes his
basing point for fame on the fact that
he is related to 1.-THE" Miss Willard, is
in London, and announces that he will
establish a cOrOnet exchange, where
American heiresses can swap their
Yankee dollars for husbands who have
no money but are blessed with titles.
Why not? There has never been much
love in these foreign marriages. The
woman who has an insane desire to be-
come the wife of a furnished duke or
lord seldom develops affection for any
thing more exalted than perfumed
pug dog. Why keep up the old "they-
are-devoted-to-eac other" fiction? 1t
isn't love; it is ambition, and an I'M
worthy ambition, from an American
standpoint. Make a trade matter of it.
The men with the titles should be will
ing. Some Of them scarcely know
where their next meal is coming from.
A depot where blue blood and poverty
can be turned into an income, even with
the incumbrance of silly woman
should fill long-felt want on both sides
of the Atlantic. And always there will
be left the real love that makes mar
riage a thing divine. 1t is the beacon
light in the cottage. 1t draws manly
men and glorious women together. 1t
is far and apart from any business ar
rangement. It is the great secret that
proves to one man that plain woman
is beautiful; that teaches a woman how
to find noble qualities in the most ordi-
nary man. Money never plays a great
part in such marriages. If wealth comes
there is the joy Of sharing it with loved
ones. If wealth departs, love is still
left, and often grows strongest when
adversely knocks at the door of the
home. Make marriages Of conyeniences
and ambition commercial affairs. Let
them stand for what they really are
Keep them separate and distinct from
affairs Of the heart. The right kind Of
marriage makes a man more tender,
true, loving, charitable and kind. 1t de-
yelops the good citizen. 1t means to
the good woman even more. 1t is her
career. II rounds out her life. 1t de-
velops all her good impulses and makes
of her a companion, friend and sweet
heart-truly a glorious trinity. 1t is
good to know that Of the millions Of
women who are to be the wives and
mothers of the next generation only
few will ever be found at the bargain
counter for cheap titles in the worlds
greatest city.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-08-17

Whatever benefits come from the pos
session Of millions, privacy, which IS
after all one of the most desirable pos
sessions, is almost completely delied 10
the millionaire. 1t may readily be i'm
agined that the great financiers who
had the bad luck to return from Eu-
rope by the same steamer would have
given some of their surplus millions
for the privilege Of travelling quietly,
free from prying curiosity. No really
practical measure of relief has been
suggested. To travel incognito would
appear an unWarranted assumption Of
the habits of royalty, but 1t is conceiy-
able that the very wealthy may yet be
driven to such a shift.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-08-17
They Had a Lively Time.

James Stillman, the millionaire bank
er. has the reputation of being a very
close-mouthed man. Mr. Stillman is
the owner of a yacht, and one day he
asked Frederick D. Tappen, of the
Gallatin National bank, to go out with
him on a cruise. When Mr.. Tappen
returned, friend asked him how he
had enjoyed himself. "Oh," said Mr..
Happen, I'VE had a very lively time.
We were out five days and Stillman
spoke to me twice. New York Times.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-08-17
Primitive Agricultural Methods.

There is no market in Southern Chi
ma for American harvesting machinery.
The agricultural land is divided into
small holdings, many Of which are not
over an acre in size, and very few run
ming over ten acres. Every available
inch Of land is under cultivation, and
the planting and reaping is all done
are Of home manufacture and are as
primitive as those of Biblical times.
The majority Of the peasantry live at
the rate of from two to five cents a
day, and even if they could afford to
purchase modern American farm
machinery there would be no room to
use it. The nearest thing to such ma
chinery is tanning mill, which is cas-
lily constructed by the ingenious Chi
naman. The grain is either trod out
of the straw by the water buffaloes or
whipped over an open tub. Even if an
entire village should combine to buy an
American thrasbing machine, it would
be used but once, as it would be con-
sidered too wasteful both in the way
it mangles the straw and the grain and
in it's expensive upkeep. In Southern
China there are no horses except the
diminutive China pony, and, as the ag-
ricultural country Is mostly fiat, there
is no way to utilize water power AS
for steam, it is an impossibility, fuel
being one of the most expensive Chi.
nese luxuries.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-08-17
ORIGIN or RAG TIME.
One Ben Harvey Said to Have Invented
1t and It's Name at Louisville.

1 One Ben Harvey Said to Have Invented
1t and It's Name at Louisville.
'The approaching end of rag time
suggests the true story of the origin OF
the name" said music publisher. 1T
has never been printed. About ten
years ago a young fellow named Ben
Harvey went to party given by color
| ed folks in a suburb of Louisville.
While he was there two darkies, who
were experts on the banjo, began play
ing.
while they were playing Harvey no.
ticed that the rhythm produced by the
two banjos was peculiar, but very
| catchy. So after a while, when called
| upon to play something, Harvey ran
| his fingers carelessly over the keys of
the piano and tried to initiate the time
| made by the two banjos.
eat first he failed, but before the
night had passed he had acquired the
time and kept the crowd entertained
with snatches from popular songs play
ed in this fashion. One Of the darkies
who had performed on the banjo be-
came suddenly interested in Harney's
playing. Approaching Harvey he in
quired:
"'Marsa Ben, wha' am yo' playin'
dar? Dat am de funniest kim OBJ tune
Use ebber heerd.'
81 don't know what it is myself"
replied Harvey, in an offhand way.
suppose If 1 had a dress suit on, like
af of I
might give it a nice, fashionable name.
But as it is I can't think Of any name
In these rags and you will have to let
1t go at that
"The darkey sized Harvey from head
to foot. Harney's clothes were neat
and fitted him well. The negro
thought the argument a poor one and
said:
"'What's the diffrunce wha' kim oh
rags yo' plays in, Marsa Ben? Yo' kin
allus git err name fo' it. Use tells yer
Marsa Ben, dat All aim very much in
lobe wild dat tune"
"About a week later there was an
other party in the neighborhood. Har-
ney was present and had to play. The
two banjo players were also there and
they thumped away together, playing
all sorts of tunes. The same darkey
who week previous wanted to know
the name of the measure Ben was play
ing abruptly arose and, turning to the
guests with merry laugh, said:
Ladies an ge'man. Marsa Ben
Harvey has got some oh de most Pc
culiarist kim OBJ music dat eber heerd
afo'. All Use begs yo' kim diligence
TO- t. hyar it. Use dom know de name
OBJ de tune, but it am de lobliest Use
ebber herd
"Ben thought the remark very funny
and replied: What do you mean, JAS
per? That music I played in those
rags last week.
ayes returned Jasper enthusiastic
ally, dat rag time" music
'Well, after that rag-time became the
real thing in the town, and when Har-
ney came east he introduced it in New
York, and it soon was the rage all over
the country. And the name rag-time
has chung to it ever since" New York
Sun.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-08-17

MRS. M'KEOwN. the coast
McKeown was just p when
married. Six months thereaftgI
spent all Of his inheritance Of
600, and he is now pennileSs. NJ
Keown, when her husbands Id
had been squandered, adOE'a
stage, where her talent and bel
made her a success. AS II
present she received from herN
husband a necklace that cost
and about 100000 in pearls Y
monds. The night before the 4
young McKeown made known
by f1inging $40 gold pieces toal
His father, the late John Mal
was one Of the largest manuaI
in Pennsylvania and left an 81
$10,O0O,0O0.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-08-17

Speaking Of the summer and winter
Journeys wealthy people make to vari-
Gus resorts" here aud abroad, a shrewd
observer Of city lie remarks that "the
finer the house on the avenue, the less
It Is occupied" In so far DIS that is
true, it is to be regretted. At every
season, in some favored region, nature
spreads a fairer ROOF than ever archi-
tect devised; but we may leave paradise
behind us when W. set out to lind a bet
ter place than home
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-08-17

The busy bee at best gets a day off
about as seldom as n country boy in
haying-time, but the modern apiarist
has contrived to make her even more in
dustrious than she is when left to her
self. The orchards of the Sacramento
and San Joaquin valleys blossom some
months before the southern sage-brush
The bee-farmer, therefore, carts his
bees about from place to place as the
seasons advance, and thus by keeping
them busy months of the year, gets 3
crops of honey. The difficulty of NOV
ing bees during their active season is
overcome by travelling at night. AS
the bees help to pollenize the flowers
and thus produce superior fruit, the
owners Of the orchards regard them
with favor. In results the plan is even
better than that Of the enterprising
farmer who crossed his bees with fire.
flies so that they could work nights.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-08-17
A superabundance of Intellect.

HAS your country any really great
thinkers?" asked the tourist skepti-
cally.
TOO many of 'em," answered the
Kansas agriculturist. Every once in a
while we run across a man that's mas
querading as a farm hand. but who
doesn't want to do thing but think. -
Washington Star.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-08-17

The Englishman who dares to be q
bigamist fares much better when he
has a seat in the House of Lords than
when he is a commoner. Earl Russell
was tried by jury of his peers and
was sentenced to three months impris-
onment as a first-claSS miSdemeanant
That kind of an offender does not get
IN English prisons either first-class food
or lodging. But if judge instead of
the House Of Lords had tried him he
would have had a severer sentence
Earl Russell pleaded guilty. His coun-
sci explained that the Earl and the
woman with whom he contracted the
bigamous alliance had acted on the
best legal ADVICE obtainable in Nevada
where Ire got his divorce and did NOT
know they were doing wrong. 1t was
thought, before the trial, that the ones.
ton of the validity In England of a
Nevada divorce would be raised. The
adult portion of the A., $50 inhabitants
of that sovereign State was waiting i'm.
patiently to learn whether the DEGREES
OF its Sourts were TO be treated as .
pullity by the insolent GEistocrats of
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-08-17
MEAT CATTLE SHE
SUIT NATTONI'

That it is possible fo,
to exercise a most potont
the development of Amin
used for food has lately h.
the difference between PrsI
glish cattle.
The English are very NJ
meat and show q marb,,.
for those portions of q con
fiilet, that are in the repion
whereas the French like NJ
than "pot-au-feu," which
soup and boiled meat, tNs
the part Of the animal frm'
meat is taken. Thus, if T.,
steak is the most populs,
gland, so it is equally trs
au-feu" or beef a la mod
popular dish in France,
Being well aware of n
breeders of cattle in IN,
have naturally done tbet
develop those parts of the
are most appreciated. As
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-08-17

A rich farmer who died recently IN
Erie County, Pennsylvania, provided IN
his will for the foundation and main
tenance Of library at a crossroads,
remote from any village. The building
which will shelter it is designed to
serve many other intellectual and So
cial uses. It will contain a kitchen, re-
ceptionroom and a hall that may be
utilized for lectures, entertainments
and religious gatherings. This action
is hailed by the Independent as ndl-
eating the growth Of a belief that
wealth which has been accumulated In
the country should be used for the ben
eft Of the country. Our grandfathers
felt this more strongly, perhaps, than
our fathers did, or than we have. R1ch
farmers-and poor farmers, too-bore
manful parts in establishing the older
colleges. When they could not give
money they gave labor, realizing, doubt
less, that the first students at these col
leges would be the lads from the farms.
The farmer Of that earlier day never
dreamed that, because he was twelve
miles from a lemon" he must forego
intellectual stimulus and social recrea-
ton. But the movement toward the
cities and toward the West affected
seriously many little neighborhoods
which had been centers Of wholesome
and vigorous life. Pending the read
justment to changed conditions in the
East, and the success Of the first
pitched battle with nature in the West,
it seemed that the farmer must needs
be man Of one idea-to "hold on" The
general demand for rural free delivery
showed that the evil days are over for
both sections. The farmer knows where
he stands. He has leisure to renew
relations with the world, and he means
to do so. The will of the Pennsylvania
suggests the spirit in which to meet
the reasonable demands of the people In
the "outlying regions" If the farmer
cannot go to the library, take the Ii
brary to him.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-08-17

been representing Hawaii at the Pan
American Exposition. To be sure, the
young women are as brown as Cuban
perfectos, but they are said to be good
looking. Miss Davidson, who lives in
Honolulu, gives assurance that the
agriculrT lgl attractions of the country
are quite as alluring as the feminine
charms, and that fortunes as well as
wives await ambitious foreigners.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-08-17

Half a century ago a thin stream of
Niagara Falls was first led aside to turn
a grist mill. To day larger stream,
which diminishes seriously the amount
Of water that passes over the fall, fur
nishes almost half million horse pow
er. Father Hennepin was doubtless the
first white man 10 see the mighty cat
aract. What Father Time will yet be-
hold there passes all computation.