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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-09-27
SOLID AIR RESISTS HAMMER.

While it is known that air can be
made solid as well as liquid, up to the
present comparatively few experiments
have been made in this direction. A
scientist recently converted a certain
quantity of liquid air into small
solid mass, and on examining it found
1t was as transparent as clear ice, and
as elastic as rubber. To test it's elias
ticity he struck it with hammer and
the latter Immediately rebounded That
solid air may prove to be Of CONNER
cial value is the opinion of some scien-
lists In Germany, but 1t is admitted
that many more experiments will have
to be made before any certainty on
this point can be arrived at.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-09-27

Horace Walpole complained that o
caller at Strawberry Hill broke off the
bill of beautiful marble eagle, and
then to cover the accident carried the
piece away in his pocket The modern
sightscer is perhaps more prone 10
leave something behind him. The gen.
erous citizen who opens his grounds to
the public is too often repaid with in
gratitude and orange peel" In public
grounds empty bottles are broken into
bits which are dangerous to other pic
nickers and to animals; pieces of paper
are strewn over lawns, flower beds and
ornamental ponds; names are carved on
fences and inscriptions written on sum-
mer houses. To say don't" Is ever n
thankless task; but If every tourist In
private or public grounds would make
a point of gathering up with glove or
stick a few banana skins, papers and
broken bottles, and hiding them under
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-09-27
NOW IT'S HORSELESS VEHICLES
FOR THE FARMERS USE,

The inventors seem to be striving
faithfully to relieve the horse Of all the
heavy hauling which it has in the past
been called upon to perform. The latest
thing along the line of horseleSs vehi-
cles is the farmers trolley road, which
will make it possible for the raiser Of
produce to go to town with his load,
dispose Of it and return home without
the aid of his team, the electric current
being the medium of the apparatus
shown in the Illustration.
The inventor contemplates the install
lation of private lines by the farmers
in a certain locality, or the rental Of
electric service from one of the subur-
ban trolley companies which now cover
the country around every large city. AS
will be seen, an electric motor is placed
on the wagon, and power is obtained
from the overhead wire, the connecting
pole having a flexible adjustment to
overcome all inequalities in the road
way.
The horizontal portion of the conduc-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-09-27
REFUGE FOR SLAVES.
ONE OF THE STATIONS ON THE
UNDERGROUND RAILROAD"
Located in the Hills of West Virginia,
Where Fugitive Blacks from the
South Were Given Shelter and AS
Sistance-MicheII's Log Cabin.

Scattered here and there throughout
the States which border on Mason and
Dixon's line are many relics of the IA
nous underground railroad" which
furnished fleeing slaves a means of es-
cape to the next station and thence
onward until they reached their ulti-
mate destination and place of refuge in
Canada. One of these is an old log
house In West Virginia, which once
connected with the celebrated rail
road" and it's mysterious apartments
are characteristic Of the stations along
the route.
Hidden away in the hills is this relic
IF slave days. The house was kept
in the '40s by John Mitchell, an aboli-
zionist, who made a practice Of shelter
ing negroes till they could be passed
along to the next station. The build
ing is two stories in height, with an
opening through the middle of the low
er story. The cellar takes up all the
space under one end, the rest standing
on solid ground. The mystery to-day
is how the house could ever have con-
cealed anybody. This was explained by
Bentley, one of the present residents,
who said the other day to a visitor
who was examining the premises:
Look here" pointing downward to
the broad, thick doorsill; chat sill looks
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-09-27

Many traveller in desert lands :,
In danger Of dying from thirst
been saved by the plant known o.,
water or fishhook cactus. Durn,l
moist season it stores up large Il
tity Of water for the subspoupp
one, when all the ground is nov,
with heat and only channels filled
stones mark the course of former
let's.
SO well has this cactus provl1aI
the safety of it's precious LIQUID
it is no easy task to obtain 1t. Thu
terror skin is more impenetrabh
the toughest leather and besides
protected with long why spines m
into hooks at the end, yet 50 ~
and springy that If a large m4
thrown against them they remain
jured.
If the spines be burned off, One
by long and tedious effort, cut TIM :
the rind with a stout knife; other
nothing but an axe will enable h
get at the interior Of this welI.am
plant. When the top is Removed
a hollow made by scooping out soD
the soft inner part it immediateIy
with water-cool and refres
though a blistering sun may have
beating upon the tough skin abr
all day. The water when first
tanned has o whitish or smoky tint
when settled is as clear as crysn
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-09-27

A good many of the boys and girls
who have taken diplomas from high
schools and academies and colleges this
year have been talked to by various
persons, from the President of the
United States to the selectmen of the
town, but have had no chance to talk
back" There are still some schools
that cling to the oden fashion Of
holding commencement day as the OPP
portunity for youth and it's dreams
not for age and it's wisdom. The
commencement program Of one New
England academy shows an extraordi-
nary devotion to this idea. The exer-
cises began at half-past nine in the
morning. They consisted first of TWEEN
ty-seyen essays by members Of the
graduating class. Then there was an
intermlssiOn, and in the afternoon there
were fifteen more essays. The subjects
covered wide range-eulogies on
George Washington, Hannibal Hamlin,
William Mckinley and Theodore
Roosevelt; studies Of 'The Ship Sub
sidy Bill" of Submarine Navigation"
of THE Marconi System" of "The
Uses of a Library" of "The Bible in
Tennyson," of THE Holy rail- and Of
Moses" OF the forty-two subjects
there was not one of a trivial or sensa-
tional character, not one that would
not invite to a fuller knowledge and
promise reward for study. Now, sure
ly, those forty-two boys and girls, in
writing for this notable day with its
rapt audience and friendly applause
must have gained much good knowl-
edge and some power of thinking
clearly and of speaking IucidIy and
fOrcibiy. Meantime, a widening circle
was instructed and inspired. Mary
does not read and write on The Holy
Grail without interesting father,
mother and sister in the mystic story.
John does not study the career Of Han
nibal Hamlin without reviving grand
fathers memories of the stirring sos,
and setting the whole family to read
ing aloud a life of Lincoln. Altogether
is it not probable that the hundreds
of parents and friends who sat patient
ly through those somewhat long and
arduous hours Of the old-fashioned
commencement had gained something
when the day was over that even the
most polished orator in his happiest Pc
RODS might have failed to impart?
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-09-27
Puloue for Consumpt''

One of the reasons why MeA4
ing the lead as a health FeS'''
the national intOXicant u
pulque, made from the asa,, :.
fury plant, is one Of the O'" -,
in cases Of asthma ana ty~ J
known. Unfortunately, pu'g'
good when freshly fermen''1, /
not bear transportation an -
reason one has to go to MeA'V \
it. The value of pulque u I'd
ton was discovered seyef'' \
by American invalidS, wiz WI, 81
Mexico for their health "Dr Ina
almost cured by drinking ' ~.sI
ties of liquor at stated ln's .l,,y|
now recommended by pny'. ,,,
persons troubled with pun
plants.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-09-27

erect, the entire body being
veloped. They are never tau
sess perfect back lines. Ihe%
are fully developed at 10, anu
tain their splendid carriage a.'
full curves, many of them 70 |"
years. Their only raiment :
spun piece of goods wrapped ~
waist and hanging quite to 'n
On days of worship-they anew ~,
they adorn their arms anu " !.
heads Of silver, gold ana ?.
stones
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-09-27
house. OF course they're rotted away
now an caved in, but they was all
right when ole Mitchell lived yer"
Clever Deception.


Houses like Mitchell's, with tunnels
leading to places Of safety, were com
mon throughout the border States in
slavery days. When the band Of sher.
ifs would come in pursuit of the es.
Gaping negroes, with bloodhounds to
aid them, the people about the house
would resort to clever expedient to
save whatever negroes were there.
When the news of an approaching
posse reached the house the negroes
would be led to the river and then
back to the house, their tracks being
obscured by vilelysmelling turpentine
There were twenty-seven stopping
places between Mitchelrs and Ohio.
Mitchell was arrested at least half
dozen times. Once he was taken to
Va, where mob wanted to
hang him. Another time he was taken
to Wythe County, where a mob broke
into the Jail and took him out, but the
sheriff saved him just as they were
putting rope around his neck.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-09-27

Prof. e. Benz Andrews declares that
parentage among the poor should be
discouraged. The multiplication of this
class of citizens Prof. Andrews lists
among the social evils that should be
eliminated. He insists that it is one
of the duties Of society to discourage
the birth Of children under conditions
which render 1t unlikely that they will
become self-supporting citizens" This
Is good enough theory to create
sensation but beyond that end 1t has
no merit whatever. Had this theory
been in force the world would have had
no Lincoln, no Franklin, no Sturgeon,
no Gladstone, no Homer, no Shak-
speare. The best In literature, philos-
ophy, science, theology. craftsmanship,
music, art would be unborn. Erase
from history the names and accom-
plishments Of all born in poverty and
muItitudinOus volumes would shrink to
a lean pamphlet. The brilliant galaxy
of the worlds luminaries would be OBJ
liberated, their reflected light would be
gone, and remaining would be only In
teaches that the child born healthy has
no limit set upon it's opportunities.
None can foretell what strength and
precision of grasp may be developed in
those tiny hands, what power may
grow In that eager brain, what stamp
may be slowly, surely pressed upon the
character Poverty Is no obstacle to
character building; it is positive help.
Early toll becomes a fixed habit and
deprivation teaches soul deep the di-
vine lessons Of wholesale aspiration, Of
self-denial. Conditions which render
it unlikely that they will become self
supporting citizens" is rot. The elder
Rothschfld, the elder Vanderbilt, Jay
Gould, Cyrus w. Field. John w. Mac
kay and host of others, most eminent
ly capable Of sclf-support, were born
under just such conditions, If there be
such. The unrestrained breeding Of dis
ease and vice Is another question, and
one Of vital Importance. But poverty
is not hereditary.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-09-27
Cunning Siberian 'I :,

When compelled to tl", ar,
the Siberian natives "i% ,'fot,
practice of stopping just w =,
and allowing their dogs u ID, i
They argue that if the aOs -,
while it is yet dark ana S ,,.a..
hour and finds the sun sD nGi
suppose that he has n"I Az
rest and will travel az 0nf
thinking of being tlreu, oths
two hours stop at a,' az. dor
perfectly useless, as 'ps tIas
uncomfortable from lnu, n III
until they are perHi'tsn cp b 4
they think a full aIIo"'
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-09-27

Voodoo
ordinary The
chief Papa Pres
with killing with
Vood festivities but gained
The
with
sides the
drinking
Voodooism
O
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-09-27

1t Is said that the Duke of Marl-
borough has vowed never to set foot
ON American soil again. Oh, we'll, he
can make that kind of VOW without
running any serious risk. The Van
derbilts will no doubt be willing to
send the money to him regularly if he
seriously objects to coming after it.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-09-27

In recent test of accuracy in firing
torpedoCs the vessels of the torpedo
boat tiotilla in the North Atlantic made
some remarkable hits of Il floating tar
get 1000 yards away AS each hit
would have meant utter destruction in
time of actual war the Importance of
these Wasps of the navy is being her
aided abroad as valuable discovery
1t is well to shoot straight of course,
whether with popgun or with automat-
ic tOrpedoes, but the main thing in
these high explosive days is to get
close enough to an enemy to lodge
shot. Long before any torpedo boat
could have approached within 1000
yards of an enemy it would have been
blown out of the water.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-09-27

SChWab's riches came so quickly that
he was not able to keep pace in the cul-
aviation of a millionaire stomach and
nerves. These, when not born in one
must be carefully acquired. Inability to
manage course dinners has wrecked
many a promising career.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-09-27

Mr.. Steads saying that 1.-The English
workman fights machines, whilst the
American workman improves them,"
explains a great deal of Americas
prosperity.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-09-27

The young gentleman with an attenu-
ated cash balance will indorse with en-
thsuiasm the statement of the food
commission that ice cream soda is q
most dangerous and pernicious bever-
age, unfit for human consumption.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-09-27
I'D CORRESPONDENCE

All communications for this pa per should be Aou~n
s.a.,d nv the name of the author not necessarily TO
pusicaeon bat as an evde of good faith on tho
u tbs writer Write only one side oil ID" paper %
1articulAriy careful In giving names ana o@"s I"
aha jsttsr..and figures plain and disttHct
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-09-27

The German editor who writes so
witheringly of American arrogance" Is
doubtless bothered somewhat by our
commercial expansion.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-09-27

How inequitable sometimes seem the
DEGREES of fate! A poor woman who
merely feared that she might become
insane killed herself the o$her day,
while dozens of people who are I'M
doubtcdly crazy not only refuse to kill
themselves but insist upon publishing
historical novels, Iecturing- on English
literature or getting up political con-
VentionS
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-09-27

, Hall Caine has been showing King
Edward the sights on the Isle of Man.
OF course Hall exhibited himself as the
most important of them.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-09-27
"Gems of Current Thoupht ;,

The example of the newspaper which
has begun the issue of the Bible as a
serial Ga process that will require about
fifty years. recalls the Texas editor
who came across the Ten Command.
ments somewhere and was so struck
with their excellence that he clipped
the passage and ran it under the head
of Gems of Current Thought
Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-09-27

The ruins of the campanile at Venice
have been cleared away Under them
was found the building inspector.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-09-27
Allnying the Panic.

Mr.. Pogram-It's all right, pahson;
go on wild de sermon. My wife jes'
made me carry de alahm clock SOS I'd
recollect to tax NAH pill at quarter.
past leven.-Chicago Daily News.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-09-27
BELLIES OF THE PHILIPPINE

IGrotes Take First Rank for Bed
in the Islands.
In the mountains of Luzon is n
Of people known as the IgrotpS II
women are famed for their bean\
figure. There women never grova|
lent, but are well-roUnded and Old
proportions. They stand and \
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-09-27

once begins to yell for clothes, and
she never gets over the habit
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-09-27

what costs nothing is worth moth
ing" which is also true Of much which
costs much.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-09-27

The man who has seen every Presi-
dent since Andrew Jackson is begin
ming to blow around again.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-09-27

Some automobiles can travel 100
miles without being repaired if they are
shipped by train.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-09-27

the shrubbery, sentiment Of public
tidness might be created which would
force reform upon the careless.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-09-27
A Purisf.

Teacher-What are you drawing?
Tommy-A locomotive
Teacher-Why don't you draw the
cars, too?
Tommy-'Cos de locomotive draws de
cars.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-09-27

Cuba is free, but it should not over
look the fact that we are its rich uncle.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-09-27

p A fat man has more trouble than he
has sympathizers.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-09-27

A good many elderly people marry
for domestic convenience. A man ID
lost without woman to look after his
home, and woman is lost without a
home to look after.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-09-27

The way Of the transgressor may be
hard; but a good deal of it seems to be
asphalted.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-09-27

If a man finds that marriage is fail
ure he puts it all in his wife's name.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-09-27

A woman never knows her own
mind until she wants something she
can't get
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-09-27

Professional hypocrites confess the
sins of others and overlook their own.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-08-14

\ certain north country miner was
particularly proud Of clever little
dog he possessed At times he was apt
to claim little too much for his pet.
and one morning neighbor was eI.
deavor.ng To pa.nt out the difference
between instinct and reason when an
amusing interruption occurred.
\ seedy looAng tramp turned the
corner. and the dog without so much
ms Il word from his master sprang into
the road and offered battle.
There yon are" laughed the miner
as the dog snapped and snarled round
the heels o. the tramp; &c don't like
the look Of lie chap. That's instinct"
Suddenly tie tramp turned and kick
ed tile dog INFO an adjacent field.
"ThCrc you are" calculated the min.
er's friend Timly THE chap don't
like tie look OF the dog. An that's
reason" London Tit-Bits.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-08-14

When Macmonnies, the American
sculptor, was a young man working In
Paris, Falguiera, the famous French
sculptor. ON one occasion entered his
atelier and found there beautiful
Diana that had been for months ION
the stocks and was approaching
perfection N asuyably satisfactory to
the sculptor himself
Falguisre became so absorbed I'm the
work before him as To forget that il
was not his own. lie began to twist
and pull the dainty limbs of Diana this
way and that. to punch her In the ribs,
turn her quecnly head-for she was
then only in clay. of course, and sus-
ccptlble to Impressions until at last
he had produc d the very pose he de
sired. "Therc, my friend: ! like her
better So he crlad and skipped out of
the studio
He had really intcnced to do Mac
monnies n favor and had indeed paid
him the greatest compliment Of which
he was capable but the young sculp
tor was IN distr IS. for on comparing
the remodelcd Diana with photo
graph of Faleuicre's statue of the
same character lac found the French
man had unccEaciousx made prac-
teal replica of the Cher. Macmon-
MES did not st until Ia had restored
his statue to IFS original pose
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-08-14
Flowers of the Cranberry.

One of the daintiest of wild flowers
of June is the blossom of that time
honored concomitant of roast turkey,
the cranberry. While, however, every
body knows the berry, few are ac-
quainted with the flower, for the peat
Dogs where 1t blows in the choice fell
lowship of the stately pitcher plant
and the golden club and of many
rare orchid are quite remote from the
beaten paths of travel. The cranberry
plant is a small slender somewhat
trailing shrub, with the neatest of
evergreen leaves, from amid which
few threadlike stalks lift their nodding
flowers. When fully expanded, the
pink lohes Of each corolla are curled
back like lily's, and from the heart
of them the compressed stamens pro
trude I'm the shape of n spear point or
beak. The imaginative may see in
this long beaked little blossom a re-
semblance to a tiny cranes head,
whence some hard pressed etymologist
has thought to derive the word cram
berry-that is, crane-berry. Country
Life In America"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-08-14

people In frontier towns" said
Klondike pioneer, get used to paying
big money for trifies, and 81 for box
OF sardines and So for a pound OF bad
coffee become reasonable prices. l
kicked once upon a time because the
price asked was too small. 1t was like
this: had a jumping toothache, was
nearly wild with ii, when | went to
the shanty where | was told there was
dentist. A rough looking fellow told
me that he was ii, and l asked him to
draw my tooth. He looked me over,
got his forceps fastened on my tooth
and yanked il ont after couple OF
hard twists.
allow muchT | asked.
"'Well. 81, | guess said the dentist.
81 paid him, although my jaw still
ached pretty badly.
That's the cheapest thing I've seen
around here | said.
well he said, Il thought I'd make
II low because on account OF the bad
light. pulled the wrong tooth
81 had to 20 the next day to have
the bad tooth out, and he made mat
tiers square by charging me $1O."-
New York Tribune.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-08-14

Among French writer's no one car
ried the profession of the literary brig
and to such i'm extent as Nine. de Gen
lis. In 1880 h,r evil ways brought her
into the courts of law under very dis.
creditable circumstances. Bout, the
publisher OF series Ct manuals. en-
gagged her for the sum Of ZIG to write
a Manuel Encyclopadique de ZEN
fance." The manuscript, which had
been paid for. was on the point of be
ing printed when it was discovered to
he an exact copy Of n book of the same
kind published in 1920 by NJ. Dasscha.
| do not fine II easy TO understand tire
audacity Of 1 writer who would perpe-
trate Il fraud of such enormity or the
imbecility which would suppose that
1t would not easily be detected
Another time she contributed to a
Paris newspaper a fcuilleton which
turned out 20 be a close reproduction
Of Il romance printed some twenty
years before. Surely the poor woman
suffered from literary kl,ptomania.-
Gentlcman's Magazine