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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-12-07
AMONG THE BIG ONES.
CHICAGO BRANCH POSTOFFICES
RANK WITH BIG CITIES.
Amount of Business Done at Board OF
Trade Station, Which Is the Largest
SURPRISES That of Buffalo, Detroit,
Kansas City and Minneapolis.

In the 100 square miles covered by
Chicago's letter carriers there are Tor
ty-six postoffices known as stations,
the building on the lake front known
as the postoftice being the mother instl-
tuition. The fact that they are only
stations does not clothe some Of them
with the dignity they should have, for
when the business Of the Board OF
Trade station alone is considered it
ranks with many of the great cities of
the country.
The ten largest postofices Of the
United States, not counting Chicago as
a whole, are, in their order, New York.
Philadelphia, Boston, st. Louis, Brook
Ign, Cincinnati, Baltimore, San Fran
cisco, Pittsburg and Cleveland. Then
comes Chicago's Board of Trade sta
ton, the business of which in 1900 was
$4,000. This figure exceeds the post
office business of the city of Buffalo by
$4,000, Detroit by $4,000, Kansas
City by $4,000, and Minneapolis by
$4,000.
Next in volume Of business transact
ed Is the Monadnock Building station,
with a business of $650,0O0, followed
by Milwaukee with $638,0OO. Inciden-
tally the Chicago and Milwaukee post
masters receive the same salary. Chi
cagos Stock Exchange station Is the
next postoffice in size, and ranks with
New Orleans, Indianapolis, Rochester,
Denver and Newark. The "Crilly" sta
ton, at 167 Dearborn street, with a
business last year of $408O0O, and the
Masonic Temple station, with $403, 900,
rank with Omaha, Providence, Column
BUS and Toledo. South Water street
station leads Hartford, New Haven,
Richmond, Jersey City, Dayton, Los
Angeles and Memphis. The station at
the Union depot is in the same class
with Albany and Syracuse.
The next largest postoffice in the
United States is substation No. 10,
away out on West Polk street, which
has the honor Of being presided over
by Clerk Jane Adams of Hull House.
Although there are few people in that
neighborhood who carry on extensive
correspondence, Miss Adams station
did a business last year Of $223,0OO,
putting it in the same class with Nash
vile, Tenn.
The Stockyards station does the same
volume of business as Seattle and
Scranton. The station at 42S West
Madison street travels with Troy, Uti-
ca and Salt Lake City. The one at
Lincoln Park ranks with Trenton, Du-
luth, Houston, Harrisburg, Mobile Gal
weston and Spokane.
At this point offices doing business
above 100000 practically end, the
Odd street station coming next with
about $4,000 of business, and ranking
with Springfield, Ill; Elmira, N. Y,
and Little Rock, Ark.-Chicago Post.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-12-07
Had Been There All the Time.

One of the ''fy men" at the central
police station was given instructions
several weeks ago to "bring i'm young
man who had a criminal record The
detective knew his man and had re-
ceived information that he was in the
city.
A detective working under an instruc-
ton to arrest man when found does
not usually devote all his time to the
search. He puts the warrant into his
pocket and depends upon encountering
his man sooner or later. If he has no
other work on hand he occasionally
drops into the resorts such as are usual
ly favored with the presence of men
who have been photographed side and
front.
One morning the ely man." while on
his way to his room, met the long
sought crook at the front stairway Of
the building.
Il want YOU he said good-naturedly,
"but l didn't expect to find you here"
"This is where l live"
For how long?"
Since | came back, six weeks ago
"Wen, you're bird. 1 live here,
too" Both men were touched in their
professional pride-one that he could
search for weeks to arrest man in the
same building, the other that he should
rent a room next to a "f1y man."-MiI
Waukee Sentinel.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-12-07
Two Kinds Of JurieS.

Two P1ttSburgerS intereStedl E
ing met in front Of an art store
dow downtown and fell into colT
ton regarding the jury that S1
upon the paintings submitted fol-
bition in the coming display atlR
negie Institute.
"There is" said one, "a SimIIa'
tween the functions OF an Jul!
those of the twelve men whose %
is to try defendants indicted la
der"
"Where is the similarity" aSa
other.
"Well, both juries decide ThPil'
object of their investigators
hang"
"That is true, but there Is 'A
strong dissimilarity.'
GLOW do you make that ontE
"The art jury hangs the De.
lures and murder juries hang 'N
men,"
81 don't know that what you
always true to an art jury II
whose pictures are rejected ny ID,
but perhaps we had better 0'
subject"
And it was thereupon droppso
burg Commercial Gazette
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Serving a Double Purnose.

The proprietors Of a Hartford res
taurant utilize their garbage in a profit
able way. Three years ago they bought
an outlying farm. 1t was in a run
down condition, unsightly, and over
grown with weeds and bushes. A drove
of hogs was placed upon the farm, and
the table refuse carted out daily in
cans and fed to them in yard of sew
eral acres in the edge Of a dense wood.
half mile from the road. Since then
the farm has been brought into good
condition, moving lots cutting nearly
five tons to the acre, the old bush pas-
ture' burdened with heavy growth
of millet, fourteen acres showing corn
seven feet high, and ten thousand cab.
bage plants making a fine growth.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-12-07
Rubber Heels for Soldiers

From a regimental surgeon in the
French army comes the suggestion that
all military boots should have rubber
heels. He has been investigating the
effect on soldiers of marching with the
regular step as they do in disciplined
body, and finds that it causes an in
definite repetition Of a shock to brain
and bones. This is much more harmful
than an irregular walk, and to it he
attributes the peculiar aches and pains
to which the men are subject Expert
ments made with the rubber heel boots
show that the brain jar and other I'm.
pleasant effects are so much diminished
as to give the men great relief.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-12-07
RUssIA'S VAST GRAIN AREA.
Fertile Plain in Siberia Twice as Large
as Japan.

Fertile Plain in Siberia Twice as Large
as Japan.
The Trans Siberian Road has been en-
gineered so that it runs through the
richest part Of the territory, writes
Rev. Peter MacQueen in Leslie's Week
ly. The name Siberia stands for all the
Asiatic dominions Of Russia except
Transcaucasia, Transcaspia and Tur
kestan. 1t is at present divided into
the following provinces: Western ST.
IBERIA, including the governments Of
Tobolsk and Tomsk, in the basin of the
OBJ River. Its area is $4,000 square
geographical miles. The southern part
of these regions, lying Immediately east
Of the Trails, stretches far south to-
ward the Khirgiz Steppe @borderland
and the region known as Barbara. Over
an area twice as large as Japan this
Western Siberia plain is composed of
black earth, and has scarcely rock Or
stone This black earth, or chernoziom,
Is the real treasure Of Siberia, and
makes the western plain the granary of
Russia. Wheat, rye, oats and barley
are grown in large quantities; crops of
many fold were reaped last year. The
two things that initiate against the
crops are the late frosts and the want
of snow in winter. But when l rode
through the wheat fields in June the
land seemed as rich and prosperous as
Dakota. For hundreds of miles, even
up as far north as Toblsz, at 50 degrees
1 saw nothing but grain fields growing
green. Winter wheat is seldom sown
but spring wheat is sown from April 10.
Frosts in the wheat area generally be-
gin in September. The land is titled by
the fallow-Iand system; that is, one sec
ton is sown without fertilizing for ten
years, and then allowed to lie fallow for
ten years.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-12-07

and the dollar to get It to them. Ths
story never had much point for those
familiar with missions, and has lost
what little it possessed. At the meet
ing Of the American Board the other
day some interesting figures were CIV
en-. The net cost of administering the
whole work of the board is six and one
half per cent-one-half the lowest eX-
pense Of any life insurance company
fire insurance company. In other words,
Of every dollar contributed to foreign
missions through this board ninety
three and one-half cents go directly to
the work itself.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-12-07
Three Times and Ont.

Mrs. Fosdick was sure she heard the
crash Of breaking china in the kitchen,
but she felt she must be mistaken when
she entered and saw the joyous face Of
her cook.
'I'm so glad Owe broke it, num-
Bridget said, trimming with delight.
"Why, it's one Of my best cups" said
Mrs. Fosdick, surveying the remains.
''Yes'm," added Bridget, cheerfully,
"but Orm SO glad it's done. Ye see,
had broke two of 'em before, an I
knew Old have to break another be-
fore Oh quit, an it's a great comfort to
have it all DONE"
"Well, see that you don't begin on
another three said Mrs. Fosdick,
sternly.-Detroit Free Press.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-12-07

A wealthy business man who runs a
farm for pleasure, but on business prin-
ciples, refused to buy corn-reaper that
left tall stubble. The Maine Farmer
explains that on well-grown corn the
reaper that leaves six inches of stalk
standing wastes at least a ton to the
acre Of valuable fodder, one-tenth of the
crop. Beside this illuminative incident
we place the brief but pointed speech
Mr.. Schwab made when he assumed the
presidency of the United States Steel
Company: There must be constant
effort to look after the little things. -
That is business" whether a man con-
trolls bilEon-dollar corporation or a
ten-acre farm.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-12-07

The feminal leaders of France would
confound confusion. Because mon
sieur" is applied to boys and men
alike, alike to unmarried and married
they would abolish "mademoiseIle"
and call all women, single and married.
young and old. madam" By courte-
sy madam" is always employed now
IN this manner when direct address is
required. But If the unmarried daugh-
tiers of John Smith are also to be one
and all Mime" Smith, what is to be-
come Of the real or conventional prece-
dence of their mother? Our word
miss" is Indispensable to clearness,
and its triumphant wear by many dis
tingufshed women is PROOF that not to
be married is no longer EeSroach up
on q good woman.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-12-07

We have the comforting assurance
from Prof. George Vincent, Of the Uni
versity Of Chicago that the efforts Of a
man or woman to be Sin fashion" are
not q sign Of moral depravity or mental
declension. Once in a while college
professor clarifies a situation that has
been hazy with doubt for centuries.
Many man has taken to himself much
credit for being able to resist the al
lurements Of fashion. He has prided
himself upon his studied Indifference to
the canons Of fashion in dress and in
manners, believing that such indiffer-
ence was the expression Of much sturdy
individuality. He has defied the tailor
and the mandates Of the drawing-room,
even at the risk of being regarded as
odd and eccentric. He has declined to
wear the garb Of the cOlored waiter at
social functions and has stubbornly re-
fused to saw off his chin with high
standing collars. Once in q while some
cheerful Philistine, holder than the rest,
insists upon eating his pie with a knife.
All Of which has been generally re-
garded as evidences Of sterling individ-
uanty and force Of character. Now
comes Prof. Vincent in an address be-
fore the Daughters Of the American
Revolution with the declaration that
those who are unable to fit into the
ion are "snobs" and Doors" His sub
ject was the Psychology Of Fashion"
Said the professor: 1.-THE basis Of fash
ion in this country is competitive imi-
tation. Each person, in whatever sta
ton Of life, but more particularly in
the upper and middle classes, attempts
to Guido a neighbor in the style Of gar
ments and architecture of manners laid
down by some leader" If a man makes
seventeen kinds of an ass Of himself
by adopting some fashion that has no
basis in sense or civilization and some
fellow wants to go him one better and
make it eighteen it is a matter of 'com-
petitive imitation" and should not be
ridiculed or discouraged according to
the professor. If a woman can make
ISh AOoCo anu AOuA DtANhCS VI SldpSS
and one bullfinch grow on a hat where
only one poppy and bluejay grew be-
fore she is participating in the psyche
logical game Of competitive imita-
ton" 1t may come high for the man
who pays the bills, and it may cause
much amusement to the savages whom
we sometimes try to 'civilize," but the
DEGREES Of fashion cannot be set at
naught. Man is essentially an imitator,
and he doesn't care very much what he
initiates so long as the game is compel
tive
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-12-07

The American boy is ahead Of the
English boy, in the judgment of Sir
Thomas Upton, because he gets bet
ter chance to show what is In him. In
America the managers of large con-
Germs are often very youthful. In Eng
land their youth would be a disqualiti-
cation, since there a man must look old
before he is thought to look wise. Sir
Thomas believes that to be "a great
error Of policy in the affairs Of ma
ton, a business firm or family" He
himself came to this country when he
was fifteen years old. He declares his
experience here "the best commercial
training I ever had" and holds that
ut would be good thing to send ey-
cry English boy to America when he
is seventeen, and to keep him there
for couple of years" This is gener-
Gus and even fattering to US, but Sir
Thomas countrymen may find flaw
In the argument, reasoning from their
point of view-that after the English
boy had been here two years they
might not be able to get him back.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-12-07

There We're many well-deseryed trib-
utes to old Yale at the bicentennial Of
that noble institution, but there was
none that meant more than the words
Of President Roosevelt: Il have never
yet worked at a task worth doing that
I did not find myself working shoulder
to shoulder with some son Of Yale. l
have never yet been in a struggle for
righteousness and decency that there
were not men Of Yale to aid me and
give me strength and courage"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-12-07
SOME DIVORCE FIGURES.
Percentage of Separation in Europe
and Australia.

Percentage of Separation in Europe
and Australia.
Happy marriages are commOner in
England and Wales than in any other
country, if the statistics Of divorce are
any criterion. These statistics at least
show that comparatively few mar
riages are SO unhappy as to occasion an
appeal to the divorce courts. John Mac
donell, the editor Of the civil judicial
statistics, has added to that publica-
ton the results of a foreign statisti-
clans inquiry, showing the proportions
Of divorces to every thousand mar
riages in various countries. In SwitZer-
land they were 40, in France they were
q, in Roumania 20, In Prussia 10, in
the whole German empire II, in Den
mark Is, in Holland u, in Belgium II,
in Sweden less than II Q0.6) and in
Austria under as, but in England
and Wales they were we'll under per
1,000-that is 16. The figures for Rus
STA are given in form unavailable for
comparison, as the country is divided
up into religions. Catholic divorces are
naturally as low as or, divorces of Or
thodox church people II and Protes-
tant divorces 81. Mr.. Macdonell has
supplied the number Of divorce petit
ton in the Australian colonies for ev-
cry 100000 population. According to
this there is q remarkable preponder-
ance Of divorce in New South Wales.
For 26.5 petitions granted in that col
ony there were only rs granted in Vic
toria, in Western Australia, 81 in
New ZEALAND, 2.7 in Tasmania, 1.6 in
South Australia and one in Queensland.
There has also been a great increase
In recent years in the number of di-
vorces and separations in the Austria
liam colonies grouped as whole.-Lon-
don News.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-12-07
INDIAN PRAIRIE DOG MIN
The Little Animals Are Deeme1o
Dish by the Nayaios.

Dish by the Navajo.,
The Navajo Indian, while Ia l
be prevailed upon to eat a MID
greedily fond of fat prairie DOS \
communities Of these small Al,
abound on the western plains nj
Navajo has resOrted to many jDss
methods for trapping his coyepli
". One of them is by the add,
Of mirror placed at the entalg
burroW. When the animal m
from his bedroom, deep undgg
he sees a familiar image mOcEl,
at the front door, and he hurieo
confront the impudent intruder
he is pinned to the ground with
row.
But the most effective meth,
what the Indians call the rain
AS soon as the steady dOWnv
summer rain begins every Naval
can walk repairs to the pTaried
lage with hoes, sharp sticks, Ga
ging implement. With these thg
low out trenches, that will Ia
storm water into as many bunv
possible. Soon a little stream \
ing down each small home, andt
mate, much disturbed, pops out
what the matter can be. Many
animals remain under ground
they are drowned, and their bod'
to the surface. After such a h
which many pounds Of prairie d
generally secured, there is a tai
many days in the Navajo huS'
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-12-07

carry storage devices ia NM
necessary power, as an alo,,,'
is used and the current draw,
from the feed cable located h,,
car. AS the cables are M,
traction purposes they noa5
heavy, and the supporting br,S
tween stations are also ratbo.~7
set the car in motion the ovaa''
peller is first started to lift :
Of the weight from the WIN,
when this is attained the sc,,r.
rear is set in motion and tbD /,
begins. The passengers find o.,
dations in seats arranged ANN,
interior of the car, and il il ma
able that the company which N
this passenger line will allow i
rons of the road to hang on An,
edges after the manner Of II,
car companies of the present a.
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No Ksop's Fables in lns ;.

George AIDE, whose "FaOieS .l ~
have brought him into pron IL II
a humorist, is from Indiana u u, i, !,
with a lady recently, she aSAsu 4 4
he had ever noticed how nl'D'
people came from that S'a {, ;.
Indeed l have, madam th,,
"and I have noticed, too ,D,
brighter they are, the SO0n'
come" ,s i;
On another occasion Ade Sp ,ts
ing to a restaurant orchestra ~ NJ nd
friends when the band began ~ /;
intermezzo from "Rusticana' -. t
first few bars were pIa!eu "
listeners asked: .,otq
Didn't De Koven WrlIe T Sr1
"Not yet" said Ade'-NS'
Times.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-12-07

Italy. Cecil Rhodes is his only guest,
and he will invite no woman, be she
mother or maid, to his retreat.
Belt was born in Hamburg in 1853.
He went to Kimberley in 1875, attract
ed by tales of the vast wealth of the
diamond mines, and it was he who first
organized the gigantic monopoly that
has made fabulous fortunes for him
self, Rhodes and their associates.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-12-07

h a V e di S g u S t.
ed him with their
attempts to marry
him to their
daughters. There
is hardly an I'M
married woman of
noble birth of
prominence in Eu-
rope whom he has
not been reported
as engaged to
wed. At last, it
is reported, he has
declared mis- rage
at it all and has
fed to his villa at
Salsa MapOinrR
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j. D. RICHARDSON.
Scottish Rite Masons Of the Southern

Scottish Rite Masons Of the Southern
Jurisdiction
Grand Commander Richardson has
already completed arrangements for
moving into the building. The offices
Of the Supreme Council are located
here, and Frederick Weber, Secretary
General, is always in charge. The Sec
retaryship, like the office Of Comman-
der, is a life position.
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The "VfgiIant Dragon. >,

Nervous folk will welcome the so
called "vigilant dragon which is not
unlike small brass shelled tortoise. ri
IS, IN fact, dome gong table bell, with
spiked legs, and with a spiked dragon
head. When bedroom door is closed
the spikes are placed in the floor and
against the door and then the dragons
tail just touches the floor. This tail
is connected with the bell clapper, SO
that II any one endeavors to omen the
uoor from outside an obstacle is met
with, and the alarm given. When the
anxious watches of the night are over
the "vigilant dragon becomes a re-.
posefuI bell for the writing table.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-12-07

President Roosevelt will not have
locked horses attached to his carriage.
The President has had experience
enough to know what constitutes beau
ty in q horse when he sees it.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-12-07

A bargain-counter rush at Charleston,
S. c., resulted in severe injuries to a
number of women participating in the
race for marked-down commodities.
This indicates that feminine pastimes
have the same element of danger that
pertains to masculine sports.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-12-07
Strong Men.

Miss Touriste-You have some strong
and rugged types Of manhood out in
this Western country?
Stage Driver-Yaas, miss, we hev
men out here tibet don't think it's nuth-
in t. hold up a railroad train.-Obio
State Journal.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-12-07

A report Of the decision of the Indi-
ana Supreme Court upholding the con-
Stitutionality of the act DISTINGUISHING
the man who sells his vote closes with
the statement: THE law provides pun
lshment for the seller and not for the
buyer" OF the two parties in vote
buying transaction the buyer is the
worst morally and as threat to the
public.
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She Doe.n,t Deserve 1t.

ION what grounds does she seek a
pension? Her late husband wasn't in
the war"
well, 1 don't know She certainly
didn't give him much peace, and he
had the reputation Of being a kitchen
colonel. "-Philadelphia Bulletin.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-12-07

A Texas farmer had a suggestive
bunch last spring and planted 300 acres
to Irish potatoes. Now he could run
for Congress or do any other foolish
thing he wanted to without exciting adj
verse comment
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TO CORRESPONDENT.

An communications for thin paper should be scce@
panied by the of the author; not necessarily fol
publication but evidence of good faith on the part
Of the writer Write only side of the paper Be
particularly careful in giving and dates to have
tbs letters and figures plain and distinct
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-12-07

There is an old story Of man who
enclosed one dollar and one cent In the
envelope which he put into the mission
airy collection plate, and explained in
o note that the cent was for the heather
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-12-07

A Hungarian killed himself on his
wife's advice. And yet there are people
who claim that women are losing their
influence in the home.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-12-07

Editors who smoke need not fear can
GER. An English physician says the can
Ger comes from smoking the high
priced cigars that royalty uses-say the
81 apiece kind.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-12-07

There are various ways Of breaking
banks, but the burglarious route is not
the most destructive of public conf
dence.