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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-06-27

band. 1t was also adduced at the trial
that the dead man was an habitual
user of arsenic, and on this ground the
residents of the American colony in
London and mCCy leading Englishmen
believed that the woman was innocent.
Many efforts were maze to induce the
late Queen Victoria to pardon Mrs.
Maybrick, but they were uniformly
unsuccessful. At the time of King Ed
wards accession to the throne it was
rumored that he would extend pardon
to the American woman.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-06-27

Sarah Bernhardt, whose ignorance Of
family life in America is as great as her
artistic fame, has undertaken to give
her fellow countrymen her ideas of fe-
male education on this side of the At
lantic. She begins by making the graf
flying admission that the American
woman leads a very different life from
her French sister. 1t will be news
throughout the millions of homes or
this continent to learn from our recent
visitor that Gin America home scarcely
exists. People live in hotels or employ
housekeepers. This is so many leagues
from the truth that it merely provokes
a smile, but what do our readers OF
the gentler sex say to Sarah's asser,
ton that the American woman mar
ries as late as possible" and that while
in Europe the girls make haste ''to
escape from the family hearth and get
married" in America the girls are in
no hurry to enter the bonds of matri-
mony, because to them marriage brings
an obligation from which the unmar.
ried are free" 1t would be interesting
to know from what shallow gossip
about American family life the divine
but lax Sarah derived her stock of mis-
information in regard to American
homes and American girls. So far as
our girls are concerned, no one has ever
known them to show any backward,
ness about assuming the obligations OF
the married state. It is only a ques-
ton with the great majority of them
of meeting the desirable and desired
mate. Instead of marrying as late as
possible our girls are great deal more
prone to marry in haste, in spite of
the ancient injunction about repenting
at leisure, than their cautious an0
canny brothers. The American girl
guided by an instinct that seldom fails
her, regards the fresh bloom of early
womanh0od as the most fascinating
possession of her sex. 1t is the charm
that brings the suitors to her side in
droves so she can choose After it has
passed she knows that, save in excep-
tional cases, her matrimonial fate will
be summed up in the aged spinster's
prayer, Good Lord, any man."
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-06-27

The white mans burden has been prose and poetry me
Chnas of TINS
shoulders
Cests Wiamspot Pa9 Grit Cna credit remains good 50 0ng as
display
of while needed internal
yellow financial
the
Dishonesty
in official
Chinas real
which
make China
will
Still
the phase Of the yellow
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-06-27

the surprising genius of hard Won
He was a newsboy until he had d
CURED capital enough to become
street vender. He prospered an
branched out as merchant. Scheu
invented process for shredding coed
nut that gave him monopoly of ii
trade. He advertised widely and b
came rich. In 1888 he bought a seat
the Stock Exchange for $4,000. 81
did not gamble in stocks, but bougI
and sold them on his own account. A
member of the exchange he wa
obliged to pay only one-sixteenth pe
cent commission, while outsiders pa
quarter of one per cent. He was on
of the founders of the glucose trus
He has retired from the stock markd
but, after trip of several months 4
Europe, will resume the general supeI
vision of his business interests.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-06-27

winter was cold and wet, and the set
tiers suffered for clothing. Buckskin
was sufficient while the weather kept
dry, but there was one great objection
to it as a rainy day garment.
One afternoon certain Jimmie, who
had not been long in the country, was
out with a surveying party, when there
came up drenching rain. Before they
could reach shelter the buckskin
breeches of the men were thoroughly
saturated. A hospitable house, rem
dered delightful by daughters and
young lady guests. opened it's doors,
and the surveyors took shelter.
Jimmie was not acquainted with the
vagaries of buckskin, and on alighting
from his horse he was distressed to find
his feet enveloped in the Shiny folds
of trouser legs which had mysteriously
heightened, and become as unmanage-
able as jellyfsh. So he took out his
knife and cut off the extra length.
A rousing fire had been built in the
great open fireplace, and the boys drew
up in front of it to dry their clothing.
AS the buckskin dried it began to
shrink, and the breeches made a per-
ceptibly retrograde movement
Jim perceived it, and, bending down,
stretched them, to the ill-concealed
amusement of those who had witnessed
the amputation. But the buckskins
were on the retreat, and presently had
put an alarming distance between their
lower edge and the top of Jim's shoes.
He did not wait for the rain to stop.
He got out his horse and rode away.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-06-27
Electric Eel,s Victim.

At the Geological Gardens large
electric eel was swimming in it's tank
with more activity than usual, when a
big cockroach fell into the water, and
in it's efforts to get out made a dis
turbance of the surface, which attract
ed the attention Of the eel. The eel
turned round, swan past it, discharg-
ed it's battery at about eight inches
off, and the cockroach instantly stop
ped stone dead. 1t did not even move
its antennae after. The eel then pro-
ceeded to swallow its victim, and the
narrator goes on to point out the Gu
rious circumstance that the fish,
which weighed about twelve pounds,
should find it worth while to fire it's
heavy artillery at creature an inch
and a half long, when it could easily
have swallowed it sans facon.-Cham-
bers' Journal.
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Remarkable Tree in Germany.

Naturalists in Germany are much in
terested in wonderful old tree which
has been discovered near Homburg.
1t is an oak, and is notable not only on
account of it's great bulk, but also for
the fact that at the base of the trunk
it is entirely hollow. The trunk, indeed,
is not more than eight or nine feet high,
but it is more than twenty feet in cir
conference. Some idea of the size of
it's interior may be gathered from the
fact that four persons recently found
ample room in it.
In winter the old oak looks very bare
and gaunt, but, according to peasants
in the neighborhood, who have known
it for many years, it regularly puts
forth new twigs and foliage every
spring, so that, ancient and decayed
though its trunk may be. it is neverthe-
less crowned and surrounded with
masses of green leaves. just as it was
in the days of its youth. The people
of Homburg are very proud of this nat
ural curiosity.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-06-27

at the end of fifteen years the author
lost no less than 5000 through his pub
locations. The strongest man, however,
is the man who can wait, and Herbert
Spencer waited. The scientific method
of studying human life began to find
willing pupils, not only among scien-
lists, but also among young students
of philosophy at the universities and
workingmen, who gave up their even
ings to the study of technical or social
sciences. Few books of philosophy
have enjoyed so wide a popularity or
sale as the Data of Ethics" where
flowing and persuasive argument de-
light and enchant the reader.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-06-27
Feudal Warfare in Kentucky.

Almost every mountain county in
Kentucky has, or has had, it's feud On
one side is a leader whose authority is
rarely questioned. Each leader has his
band of retainers. Always he arms
them; usually he feeds them; some
times he houses and clothes them. and
sometimes, even, he hires them. In one
local war 81 per day were the wages of
the fighting man, and the leader on one
occasion, while besieging his enemies
in the county courthouse tried to pur-
chase a cannon, and from no other
parsonage than the governor himself
Scribner's Magazine.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-06-27

The real wealth of nations is not to
be computed by statisticians, who can
do no more than make rows Of figures
representing what they judge to be the
value of it's material possessions and
resources and foot up the items to a
grand total. The character and capa-
city of nation rather than it's stores of
wealth. whether in one form or another,
make and keep it great. The editor of
the London Statist a few days ago OBJ
served that the natural resources of the
United States do not wholly account
for its present keen industrial rivalry
with European nations. He keenly re-
marks that the red men had the same
country and the same resources, though
they never seriously competed for the
trade and commerce of Europe.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-06-27
FAME AND POVERTY
Have Walked Hand-in- Hand through
Herbert Spencer's Career.


Herbert Spencer, whose name will
live in the world of thought as that Of
one Of the nineteenth century's greatest
thinkers, has recently passed his S1st
birthday. After lifetime of self sacri-
fee and privations, the great philoso-
pher finds himself at the threshold of
the grave almost as poor in worldly
possessions as when he started the ca
reer that has brought him so much
fame, but so little pecuniary recogni-
ton. There is something almost pa
thetic in the lifework of a man like
Herbert Spencer. The son of school
master, Mr.. Spencer was educated very
largely at home by his father, though
he also went to school at Bath, the
head-master of which was his uncle.
From 1887 to 1916 he piled the profess
sion of a civil engineer, and for five
years later acted as sub-editor of the
Economist before he turned to the
work with which his name will always
be identified.
1t is as a popular philosopher that
Herbert Spencer seems to hold his rep
utation, and yet one must read the ac-
count of his self-sacrifice and priyatlon
before one can realize the tremendous
battle which the best known philoso-
pher of this century fought before he
found any readers at ALL Social
Statics," certainly a rather unhandy
book, took fourteen years to sell, al
though tho edition ran ONLY to 15U
copies. The principles of Psycholo-
gy,' with a first edition of 750 copies,
did not sell out for twelve years, and
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-06-27
A NOTABLE AUTHOR DEAD.
Sir Walter Besant, the English Nov
elist and Historiographer.

Sir Walter Besant, the English Nov
e1ist ana Historiographer.
A notable English novelist and his
Photographer, Sir Walter Besant, who
was warm friend of America and
an admirer of Americans, has been laid
to rest at Hampstead, in the north of
London, where he had long made his
home Sir Walters death followed an
illness of short duration.
Walter Besant, in the minds of Eng
lishmen, was the nearest approach to
Dickens the country ever produced. He
was born in 1888 and was the son of a
we'll TODD merchant. Entering Cam
bridge, he took up the study of mathe-
matics but, becoming interested in
Dickens works, determined to emulate
the great writer's example and enter
the field of literature. All his time
could not then be devoted to writing
however, so he secured a colonial ap-
pointment and, when opportunity
offered, wrote a novel. Two years
passed before his work was finished
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-06-27

The refusal of the Secretary of War
to remit the penalties imposed by court
martial on the rowdy West Point ca
diets will do much to enforce the whole
some reign of discipline and good order
In that institution. His course is ap-
proved by the President. United States
Senators Of the highest influence inter
Geded Gnsdctc7ssssfuliy in behalf Of the
cashfered cadets. The offenders must
take their medicine, some in expulsion
some in suspension for different periods
and others in loss of rank. The penal
ties appear to have been equitably dis
tributed according to the demands Of
Justice in each case. If the egregious
violations of discipline at the military
academy had been condoned the stu
dents there at school to learn the duties
of q soldier-the first duty being obedi-
ence-would have been corrupted by a
taInt which would have been virulent
throughout their future careers. They
never would have unlearned the bad
lesson. The education of students at
West Point is to fit them for the future
duties Of commanding officers in the
army. If they do not learn first to obey
they never will learn to command. The
outbreak at the school was nothing less
than mutiny The mutineers were just
~ punished.
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HALF A CENTURY YET.
When Will the National Pension Roll
Come to an End?

Come to an End?
A pension official in Washington has
been trying to figure how long it will be
before the national pension roll comes
to an end He practically admits that
he is unable to solve the problem
owing to the fact that there is a differ
ence from year to year in the increase
and decrease of pensions, and there are
also the Spanish war pensions to be
considered, for which, outside of the
Philippine service, there have already
been filed twO-thirds as many app1ica
lions as there We're troops atually en-
gagged in the war. According to his
figures, there were at the close of the
year a total of 993,529 names on the
roll, an increase of 2,O10 from the pre-
vious year. During that year the
names of 1884 pensioners were drop
ped from the list but this was more
than offset by the 1894 that were add
ed 4,099 of these being names restored
that had been previously dropped for
various reasons, says the Boston Her
aid. He then figured that if there was
no increase at all and an annual aver
age decrease of $4,000 year, the pen
sion roll would be exhausted in about
twenty-three years, or in 1924 AS
throwing a little light on the question
the statistics of the Mexican war pen
sioners may be quoted. This war ended
ffty-five years ago, and yet there are
to-day 1852 survivors on the roll, as
we'll as S,151 widows, with total num-
Der of benefciaries amounting to 49,
464, while on June 80, 1900, there was
still on the pension list one survivor
and 1,742 widows of the war of 1912.
If the civil war pensions and those for
the Spanish war are to run on anything
like the same rate, the present century
will be more than half gone before
there is any promise of the wiping out
of all pensions resulting from our wars
of the past; and 1t may be stated that
from 1861 to 1900 the pension system
has cost Uncle Sam no less than $685.
974,010.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-06-27
Railroads Want Brainy Youths.

The history of railroading in this
country is the history of self-made
men, writes Chauncey M. Depew, in
Success. In this, as in all other bust
nesses, the "plums'' are comparatively
few, but they are, nevertheless, obtain
able through the medium of faithful
endeavor and persistent work. The
New York Central Railroad Company
is always on the lookout for bright
brainy young Americans to enter it's
employ. This is one profession that is
never overcrowded. We can't get
enough of the hustling sort to suit US.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-06-27
Women Need a Simple Life.

In writing Of the boosted progress OF
the last century, ''An American MoIh1
err asks in the Ladies Home JourhaIi
What has the nineteenth century
done to the woman herself? Are he1
school training, her colleges ana He1
work in art and literature making he1
a more womanly woman, more hi 10 W
a wife and mother? If not, they arg
losses to her, not gains. The chItH
change which the last century hlau'
in the American woman was tlat Y
tempted her to give up for the new Oc7
equations of art, reform ana money
making, her own real work as holD'l
maker, wife and mother. Inc hlN'
teenth century has dragged our WON
en- from their natural base. 1t mas sr
en- them noble surroundings for 'lle"
lives: literature, art. social power DU1
they are not content. Iney are nei
Gus and restless beyond any toineI
race of women. The food given 'heA'
is too light. They look out Oh 'n'
world with starved eyes. The WISE.
among them are finding out that via
they want is not show and pubhc WOp|
and applause, but simple life repV''I
and the homely affections OF NOME
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-06-27

1t is reasonable to suppose that the
first successful attempt to travel by
automobile from New York to Chicago
will cause other automobilists to make
similar experiments until the perform
ance will cease to be regarded as un-
usual. The Chicago gentleman who,
with his wife and a maehinist, enjoys
the honor of establishing the record,
succeeded in covering the distance in
less than eleven days, while the time
actually consumed in travelling was
only about ninety-eightg hours. In 9TH
er words, the automobile, if it had pro-
ceeded continuously, would have COW
cred the distance from New York in
only little more than four days. The
success of this experiment may be TAX
en- both as a sign that the American
roadways are probably improving and
as another inducement for continuing
the good-roads movement. If the iour-
ney can be made now in approximately
ten days, allowing for stoppages, break
downs and delays due to imperfect
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and then it was rejected by pub
Usher with the result that it was placed
in the fire. Then Sir Walter set to
work publishing studies in French lit
erature and also engaged in journal
ism. Becoming acquainted with mag
azine editor named James Rice, he
Joined with him and together they pro-
duced in ten years twelve successful
books.
While celebrated as an historical
writer, a greater reputation was gained
by Mr.. Besant in a class of novels
which added something of a purpose to
the narrative. He was one of the first
to discover for the present generation
the East End Of London, an industrial
city whose millions pass an apparently
dull, uneventful existence.
The Peoples Palace, which it was his
idea should be the center of wholesome
pleasure amid sordid surroundings,
took concrete shape, and has been the
parent of many similar institutions 1t
was in recognition of his work in this
connection that knighthood was con-
ferBed upon him in 1895. So compre-
hensive and thorough was his knowl-
edge of the topography and history of
London that he was chosen to direct
the preparation of new survey which
should picture the history, traditions
and institutions of the vast metropo-
lis.
Sir Walter twice visited America, the
second occasion being in 1893, when he
read paper at the Worlds Congress Of
Authors at the Chicago Exposition.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-06-27

1t may or may not be true that King
Humbert's assassin, Bresci, was tur-
tured by his guards. Probably he was
not dealt with very gently. But no
amount of mere physical suffering
which his keepers could have inflicted
without running the risk Of kill
ing him could have been worse
than that made necessary by the
very nature OF his sentence. He was
in solitary confinement, with nothing
to do and just sufficient food and exer-
else to make it impossible for him to
sicken and die. The human mind can
not get along without occupation and
remain sane. To be placed in a small
chamber with only stone walls to look
at would soon shatter the strongest
nerves. To be confined thus with the
certainty that the confinement is for
life probably would result in partial or
total arrangement for almost any per-
son living. Italy considers the death
penalty too severe measure for any
crime, but it may well be doubted If
the few minutes of terror before guillo-
tine or scaffold is not less fearful
punishment than the slow process
which drove Bresci to madness and
then to suicide.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-06-27

leaving them on the pulpit Bible. ShI
directed that the mOurners, pallbea1
ers and choir singers should be attired
in white, without ornaments; that /
should be a white casket, white hearse
white horses, everything plain white
She selected the minister, choir, place
and time Of the burial, all of Whicf
were observed minutely, as she laC
planned. 1t was a beautiful and I'M
pressiye service.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-06-27

Vicious tendencies in children, if IN
checked, develop alarmingly, and the
career that begins in mere loaferism
and the bullying and plaguing of neigh
bors is liable to end in prison. Corporal
punishment may no longer be admins
tered in the institutions of the State,
but the law does not reach into the
home, and a good spanking just at the
right time and place may save shoot
Ing later.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-06-27
HER SUICIDE DRAMATIC.

Miss Aggie Long, Is, quit the worl
dramatically. She had a mania for al
propriate funerals and committed sd
eide to demonstrate the proper thing
obsequies. She shot herself throug
the heart while at prayer in the pulp
of the NJ e. Church, at Sycamore, SAY
a Kokomo, Ind, dispatch, first writiI
out full directions for the funeral a1
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-06-27

roads, the time schedule should be rei
duced much further when the roads
have been brought to the standard Of
perfection of European roads With
cheap and rapid automobiles, good
roads and well-appointed inns lining
the route. what would a few hundred
miles matter to the traveller bent on see
ing the country?
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is STILL IN PRISON.
Published Report of Mrs. Maybrick's
Release Was Untrue.

Published Report OF Mrs. May briCk's
Release Was Untrue.
Several American newspapers recent
ly published the statement, emanating
from London, that Mrs. Maybrick had
been secretly released from Woking
prison by order of King Edward, and
that she had sailed for the United
States. The report, like many others
of it's kind, proved untrue.
About ten years ago Mrs. Maybrick
was tried in London and found guilty
of having poisoned her husband. The
evidence went to show that she pur-
chased arsenic and gave it to her hus.