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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-01-31
Peril of Young Pianists

German physicians are considering
the best modes of treating a disease
which they have found to affect many
young pianists in that music-loyinp
country. At the recent medical CON
gress in Berlin considerable attention
was devoted to this subject by the as
sembled scientists. Many of them de-
clared that the disease is one of the
brain and analogous to that which az
hicts copyists, who write much and
vioAnists, who use their fingers a great
deal. One distinguished surgeon do
clared that he had several times dis
covered an excessive inflammation nf
the nerves of the arms, which was the
direct result Of too much piano PLAYING
He also said that young girls who at
tend Conservatives of music are Hahla
to suffer from special weakness no.
cause their hands are not large enough
for the exercises which they are ra-
quired to practice, and that for this
reason It might be advisable to con-
struct pianos somewhat smaller than
the ordinary ones specially adapted for
the use Of young girls who are reouir-
ed TO practice good deal.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-01-31
1t Took No Notice.

The New England Free Trade League
has again kindly offered to furnish the
Chronicle a series of articles which IL
promises will demonstrate that protec-
ton is responsible for the formation OF
trusts in the United States. The Chron-
icle on former occasion when a SIM
liar offer was made agreed to publish
the Leagues articles provided it would
first answer certain questions, the
scope Of which were outlined. AS the
League took no notice Of our counter
offer, which was challenge to discuss
the proposition, we must assume that 1t
felt difident about it's ability to an
swer. Our proposition is still open, and
if the League and it's members care to
take it the Chronicle will cheerfully
welcome them to discussion In which
the champions of free trade will be
shown up as humbugs.-San Francisco
Chronicle.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-01-31
British War once Methods.

1t will not be Sir Evelyn Woods fault
If there is any red tape at the war office
while he is in charge. When Sir Evelyn
was captain In the Seventeenth Lam
GERS he devised an improved cavalry
saddle and sent it to the war office. The
latter and parcel were politely acknowl.
edged at the time, and the matter rest
ed-for nearly twenty years. Then
when Sir Evelyn was quartermastel
general of the forces he came by chance
across parcel addressed in his own
handwriting to the war Office. 1t was
unopened. and on cutting the string he
found his saddle!-St. James Gazette.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-01-31
Lost Their Good Clothes.

The Democrats did not appreciate
good issues when they saw them. They
could have got on the right side of the
currency and 'imperialst' questions as
well as the Republicans could. But
they wandered off after strange gods, y
as Mr.. Cleveland puts it. To change the
figure, they are like little boys who
have been swimming in unclean wa
tiers, who weary of their venture after
a while and want to be good" but on
emerging from their brackish pool find
that certain other little boys, who have
had no desire to swim in disagreeable
waters, have appropriated their clothes.
There appears to be nothing left for the
Democracy to do but to be as good as 1t
can and hope for new habiliments.-
Providence, r. l., Journal.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-01-31

dicative Of prosperity among the non
capitalistic classes. Railroads have
come to constitute an excellent barom-
eter Of the condition of general busi-
ness. If the railroads are crowded with
freight and passengers, earning a sur
plus, paying good wages to their en-
ployes and good dividends to their
stockholders, it may be taken for grant
ed that the people and the industries
upon which the railroads depend for
business are also prosperous. There
never was time in the history of the
country when the railroads, as whole,
were doing such an immense and re-
munerative business as now, or when
their stocks and bonds were in more
eager demand at advancing prices
Minneapolis Tribune.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-01-31
Great Fortificat:ons.

The strongest fortress in Europe. .a
Russia is Cronstadt. It is the huS''"'
naval depot of the Baltic Sea.
The earliest known system OF lol., a,
cation was the stockade. 1t mas w. W.
employed, at one time or ano'hei rr =.
all nations, but is still in use III -
key. ..
Offa's dixie was defensive Wall 0' n
by the Romans against the "elSp' ,a.
was an earthen fertilization, Ito l ..an
long, and entirely cut off Wales Nv
England.
The only fortress in the United ga, :. !,
is Fortress Monroe, in Virginia lot.
surrounded by moat filed WIN ". and
er from eight to fifteen feet deep
from seyenty-five to 100 feet Woe s..
The southern entrance of the rev don
Is commanded by the fortress o. Of
and the fort on the little lsiaus aab
Perrin, in the Straits of Babel Mao ooy.
the gums Of the latter compieteN fort
ering the narrow channel, and Tue the
ress dominating the entrance y
sea.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-01-31
Tall Shooting.

The armies Of Bragg and Rosecra|
were confronting one another at Mul'
freesboro. One day there was a Truce
between the two hostile picket lines,
2 sHo, Yank" called out a lank MIS-
sissippian, who had just been pos'eu
"Can you fellows shoot?'
oval. Johnny, guess we can, SOME
Can your
''Shoot?'' shouted back the Conleu,
crate. "Why, down in Mississippi VIC
knock humble bee off thistle olo"
at 800 yards!"
"Oh, that's nothin' to the way We
shoot up in Yarmouth! l belonged "
a company up there of hunoieu
men, and every week we used 10 ~
out to practice. The Capn "oui"
draw us up in single file, ana SET
cider barrel rollin' down hill ha'n
man took a shot at the bung hole d. ~
turned up. The barrel was then ca
amined, and If there was a shot loun'
that didn't go into the bung hole, INV
man that fired it was expelled. oe
longed to that company for ten yeals
and there amt been nobody eApe''''
yet"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-01-31
Prosperity for Ali.

During the late campaign the oppo-
sition charged that the boosted INC
Kinley prosperity was only among the
capitalistic classes, and that little or
none Of it filtered down through the
masses of the people. The majority of
the people did not accept this view, as
was evidenced by the result Of the
voting. The election is now over. and
there is no object in disappearing
the situation, therefore the following
dispatch, which was recently sent from
Omaha, Neb., is interesting:
$50 scarce has manual labor become
through the West that employment
agents representing railroads operating
west of the Missouri have been sent to
New York and other Eastern cities to
secure men to work on the tracks and
grades through Nebraska, Wyoming
and Utah. Wages Of railroad
workers are now $3.50 per day and
board throughout the West. This is
double what this form Of labor has
commanded In past years. = Not
in the history of the West has railroad
labor been so difficult to secure as TO-
day. On every hand railroad work has
been suspended because the labor can
not be secured
Prosperity for workingmen has been
sometimes described as that condition
where two or more jobs are looking for
one man, instead of two or more men
looking for one job. If this is d cor
rect diagnosis, the situation described
y the Omaha dispatch is certainly in
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-01-31
there will at least be chance for hardy
colonists to make living on this other
wise desolate isle.

A novel case has been decided by q
New York court. A passenger brought
suit against the New York Central
Railroad for being deprived of his seat
In the car. The question involved was
whether man, when he puts his valise
or any hand baggage into seat, there
by reserving it for his own occupancy,
Is legally and morally entitled to It.
The court decided that when a passen-
ger buys ticket he presumes that he
Is to get seat, and unless there Is
some unusual condition he is legally en-.
titled to it. If he enters an ordinary
coach where no seats are reserved and
there is no trainman to usher him to a
seat, it is the custom of railway COM
panies to allow the passenger to choose
his own seat. This practically amounts
to regulation of the company. There
fore, the court ruled, If a person occu-
pied a seat and then for any reason
left it without in some way marking
1t as reserved by himself and returned
to find 1t occupied by another passenr
ger, he has no right to ask that passenr
ger to give up the seat. If, however.
he leaves his cane, umbrella or hand
bag in his seat when he goes to the
platform to buy paper, or for any
purpose, and finds his baggage moved
and the seat occupied by another, he
has legal right as well as moral right
to that seat. The court further held
that a passenger was entitled to but
one seat, and could not reserve one
seat in an ordinary coach while occu.
plying another seat in smoking car.
This decides a point which has been
raised thousands Of times on railway
trains.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-01-31

The first American deep-sea cable
was laid last summer across one Of the
broad Alaskan bays, and the work OF
continuing the connecting land line UP
the Yukon valley is now going forward
Iron masts are used in place of timber
A hole is chopped in the eternal ice
and the pole soon firmly set by pouring
a little water around it into the hole.
This rapidly congeals, and unless dis
turbed in some other way will remain
frozen forever Evidently, unstable as
water, thou shalt not excel" was not
spoken Of Alaska!
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-01-31
Sheridan Defended so,a;a-

A rev Illinois veterans were together
one day telling war stories and rev<g-
Ing memories of particularly striking
episodes of the great strife between
North and South. One of the veterans
who had been through the whole war
and was we'll acquainted with MANY
prominent leaders on the Union side
among other stories told the following
Characteristic one about one of tbo
greatest generals of the North:
1t was toward the close of tho war
The Union troops had already taken
possession Of considerable territorv
and the railroad lines leading east from
Chattanooga We're in their hands and
under control of the military author;.
ties. My regiment had gone east while
l was in the hospital at Chattanoopa
and when was in condition to travel
l made haste to rejoin my comrades
! went by railroad, and my heart hlad
when ! saw the traces OF terrible 10
vastation all along the line.
There were but few passengers r.
my car. A few soldiers, some Of them
wounded and all evidently anxious q
return to their regiments. In corner
4 noticed something that resembled 4
bundle wrapped up Id military cloak
! supposed that there was some person
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-01-31

In Its broadcast statement the prob
lem of the worlds economy Is to de-
velop and give scope of individual orig
inality, the benefits of whose exercise
are registered in individual character
as well as in objective results. The
English economist, Marshall, however,
declares that one-half of the power Of
human initiative Is suppressed by the
present social ORDER and it is not diff
cult to accept the statement The hap
py instances where individuals manipu-
striking results are rendered the more
conspicuous by the number Of other in
dividuals who entirely fail not only Of
such achievement but of anything COM
parable thereto. And yet it is known
that these others grade only somewhat
below the first in capacity. OF all the
stupendous waste exhibited In the
physical and moral world this is per-
haps the most tragic in character and
consequences. Yet it is enacted unob-
trusively and with little dramatic eff
feet. 1t Is typified by the circum-
scribed career Of the working class boy
who, at IA years, passes from the infiu-
ence Of the graded" system of educa-
ton to tend a machine" for ten hours
day. The lot of the few who enjoy
more elastic and extended educational
opportunities and more adequate field
of action thereafter is more in the pub
lie eye. Theirs, however, is not the lot
-
latter there is no inconsiderable pro-
portion whose power of individual mi
tiative is but meagerly developed mad
whose potential contribution to the
worlds enterprise is never realized.
There can be no doubt that the domi-
nant aim of the century which has just
closed has been commercial rather than
humanistic. 1t has been the century
of matchmaking. It has launched an
entire series of worlds fairs. 1t has
established free public schools and
abolished slavery, both Of which acts
mean accelerated material develop
ment.- 1t has built great cities with
their lack of art. 1t has gone haltingly
forward with it's newly demanded fac
tory laws. 1t has neglected persons as
conscious objects. 1t has trusted for
salvation to the instinct of gain. 1t has
perhaps with some twinges of con-
science-assured all men that the cur
rent waste of flesh and brain was in
evitable and that there could be no bet
ter way. The problem Of this century
is to work out that higher economy in
which there shall not only be still
better directed effort to effect material
saving but in which the emphasis shall
be shifted from the material product to
the human agent-in which social adj
vance rather than the instinct of profit
making or even of vast organization
shall more effectually dictate action.
This does not mean the retarding Of
material progress. Quite the contrary
The better the man the better his prod |
uct. And century whose conscious
effort shall be to make all existing prog
ress converge upon the development of
its people and upon insuring scope to |
their capacities will realize a peculiar |
quality anu profusion of productive ex-
preston.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-01-31

1t conveys a rather striking idea of
the growth of the country in popula-
ton to consider that the two States of
Iowa and Minnesota contain together
more inhabitants than did the country
over which Washington became Presi-
dent in 1889.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-01-31
Opposition IL Unwarrante J.

Is it not strange that nobody should
question the granting of subsidy Of
between sixty and eighty millions Of
dollars year for our rivers and har-
bors, and the commerce they accommo-
date, while there should be such dis
play Of opposition to the proposition to
spend nine millions for the accommoda-
ton of our foreign commerce, when car
ried in American bottoms?
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-01-31

Heredity does not determine courage,
or it's opposite, but the constitutional
tendency may be clearly marked
through generations A recent rescue
of shipwrecked persons off Grand Ma
nan is the subject of a report from our
consul at ST. John, New Brunswick.
During a period Of more than seventy
five years, grandfather, father and sons
of a certain family have repeatedly
saved life or piloted vessels out Of dan
ger. It is said that the Canadian gov
eminent Is to give the rescuers suitable
testimonials The whole world is a
debtor to its heroes of peace. To
strengthen the courageous purpose OF
others by brave doing or enduring Is
TO fulfill one purpose Of living.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-01-31

With a man dead from being hanged
in joke and a woman killed by sit
ting down at chair that Was pulled
away, we do not need didn'tknow-it-
was-loaded case to remind us that some
folk are getting just too funny for any
thing but the penitentiary.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-01-31
Principle Is the Same.

The principle involved in the deepen
ing and widening of our rivers and har-
bors for the better accommodation and
the greater cheapening Of our COM
merce carriers, is not one whit different
from that involved in better accommo-
dating and cheapening the carrying of
our foreign commerce by the subsidiza-
ton of American vessels.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-01-31
Difficult to Explain.

1t will be difficult for anyone to ex-
plain why We should not spend few
millions year in building UP our ship
ping in the foreign trade, and in cheap
ening the carrying of our exports
abroad, while at the same time adyoca-
ting the expenditure of anywhere from
sixty to eighty millions of dollars for
the improvement of our rivers and har
bors.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-01-31

Does Ignatius Donnelly know abso-
lutely now whether there really was a
Baconian cipher in Mr.. Shakspeare's
plays or not?
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-01-31
THE BOOMING CANNON
REclTALs or CAMP AND BAT
TIE INCIDENTS.
Survivors of the Rebellion Relate
Many Amusing and Startling Incl
dents of Marches, Camp Life, Forag-
ar~ Experieuces and Battle Scenes.

e
HAT story of the
soldier who lost his
leg in a thrashing
machine, 2 said the
Colonel, reminded
me Of the expert
e n C e of Corporal
Sam Copeland of
Company G, Fifty
second Ohio. At
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-01-31

Instead of giving the expression a
bicycle flavor by remarking man has
wheels, the up-to-date terms is he's off
on his automobile.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-01-31
~ coxnEsronpKNra.

An ssuuuHicatssns for this paper shssiA - Asss1.
vsnisd sy the nans Of ths author; not necessarily IN
eublcatao bus - evidence Of good faith on the par
a the writer Write only on side Of the papsr -
psrculary earsful In giving names and dates 70 hass
,athe letters and figures plain and distinct
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-01-31

The man who invented the photo
graphic film died the other day in New
Jersey. To the uninitiated this may
seem like thin excuse for fame.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-01-31

: People are so impressed with the
wondrous possibilities Of the new
century they are asking where will they
end. About the only answer at hand is
they'll end in precisely hundred years
from date.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-01-31

A vaudeville trust has been organ
lied, but there is little reason to hope
that it will throw out any Of the old
Jokes.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-01-31
The Extremity of Curiosity.

The 14-year-old son Of respectable
Jew in Warsaw hanged himself the
other day. He left q note, saying. az
have hanged myself out of mere curl
osity. could not help myself. had
to find out what they were doing In the
other world. Jewish World.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-01-31
The greatest book Of the century, says
an exchange, is the check book.

Now that even telephoning without
wires is spoken of, there's certainly
something in the air.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-01-31

An illustration of the present eager
ness of practically all nations for
oceanic islands is furnished by France
In its attempt at introducing sheep-rais-
ing on Kerguelen Island, about half
way between Africa and Australia.
These new sheep-raisers will be nearer
the south pole than any other Pacific
islanders and the most southerly people
ON an oceanic island. The island of
Kerguelen for many years was claimed
by both British and French geogra-
pliers, but as 1t was not supposed to be
of any special value no steps were
taken by either government for the for
NAL occupation of the lonely isle. In
1893 France formally annexed the ISL
and, owing to accounts from the
French island of Reunion. Inhabitants
of the latter found that Kerguelen had
an abundance of fish. that 1t was q re-
sort for sea lions, valuable on account
of their oil; that there were a number
Of good harbors, that Ignite for fuel
had been found. Moreover, as the ISL
and lies near the sailing route between
Australia, the East Indies and Chinese
waters, 1t would be good place for a
supply station. Although the annual
temperature Is only 10 or II degrees
above the freezing point there is strip
or zone of grass ON the island, and
now the attempt will be made to begin
1ne sheep-raising industry. If this can
oe combined with the other advantages
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-01-31

The general impression seems to be
that the worlds nineteenth century
run was very fair accomplishment.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-01-31

It must be quite unhealthful to live
over 100 years, judging from the way
persons above the age are dying OF.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-01-31

A politician without patronage Is like
4 cat without claws.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-01-31

It cannot possibly make man. of
a boy to pour a peppery sauce down his
throat; to pour hot grease on his feet;
to pull him at night out of bed into the
dirt and mire of the street; to compel
him to persist in gesture or movement
till he faints from agony; to make him
stand on his head in a bathtub; or ride
logs and sing senseless verses; to goad
him into offensive replies and then
challenge him to fight a higher-class
man of more experience, with the re-
suit of being Knocked out by blow
in the stomach and disfigured with cuts
about the face; to bedevil him night
ard lay so that his nerves shall be I'M
strung and study and success in exam
nations will become impossible, caus-
ing him to be expelled finally.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1901-04-19
Trustee,s Sale.

Whereas. Mary l., dia Yorr. u single per.
soi. did ly her ceriain deed ~ trust. dated
frbtuar, D. 1907. aud recorded March n.
1900. IA mortgage Hook 81. page ~ 10 ~. IN
the office NJ liz Recorder OF Deeds &c Mont
goinrg, rnuntN BISCUIT convey "a Thomas
T. Moroh,. rus,rr the I lowing described
real state Ning and beng In the county of
N"ntgnner, tni : t' ~ Missouri. to-wIt 2
~ III the west n,li ~ io eight tsi ~ block
iva t!l IN The avn ~ bansillr, said lot
lies nor h II Main II eel.
which .aid ayry ancr was made tu securo
rri lain pioinissof, NOTES ~ sail II ed de-
scribrd Ani wirr-a.. larry Lydia NOrc.
having ariaul ed a. ihe pay nent III said
nutr nni nIerc-, ,ct r,,u now, therefore.
nj the r.It' II NJ The legal holder III said
NOE the trustee. Thom = u Nur,ny there
IN named. refusing act such l. charles
" wilson Shtufi Il ruinerN county
Missouri will IN pur nance ~ tue proyi.
si"hr oi Hnin deed ~ aust. sell IN
SATURDAY. ApiiI 20. 1901.
VI thu cuur, HOUSE door. ~ the city Of
DinNilir. county "f No 'gninrry. and state
oi " ssouri. briw-rn iie i"ur- OF nine
u'clnck IN The fptr' uou aud i've o'clnck In
the afternoon III tea dsy NJ public yendne
Ia the highest idder ior rnsl. The above
described real estate To- .,isi, -aid note aud
Interest tisr.nn. ! griirr with the cost Of
executing this trust
CHARLES ". WILSON. sheriff
- ~ M~"rtg"n"r, conni,. No.
March 20 IVnl,-lt.