davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-12-20
High Time She Came Home.

The old saying that praise to the
face is open disgrace" is still firmly be-
lieved by some people, A young woman
who was brought up by her New Eng
land grandmother, a notable house
keeper and example of thrift, says that
the adage was a household guide in her
family.
One day her grandmother went Off to
pay visit, and the ambitious girl OF
sixteen scrubbed and polished swept
and busted until it seemed as II there
were nothing left to do. Her heart beat
high with the hope Of word of COM
mendation as she sat in the kitchen
doorway, waiting for her grandmoth-
er'S return.
When the old lady arrived she looked
about her with Keen eyes, but there
seemed no chance for criticism, until,
STOPPING down under the kitchen table,
which stood near the open door, she saw
that the south wind had waited in bit
of fluff from the hen-yard.
With eyes that would twinkle in spite
of herself, she pointed an accusing
finger at this evidence of carelessness,
and said soberly:
Janet, my dear, see there's feath-
err In the kitchen. It's high time came
| homer
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-12-20
Interesting News Items.

J. G. Loving secretary of the Texas
Cattle Association, is dead in Fort
Worth He was an old resident of Texas,
having lived there since 1914. Mr.. Low
ing was &C years of age.
The control of the Manhattan Railway
Company in New York City has passed
to the Subway Company, giving the lat,
ter company ninety seven and three.
fourths miles of street railway.
While attempting to board moving
street car, John Chinski, Jr., a clerk EN-.
ployed at the Nelson Morris packing
house plant in South st. Joseph, Mo-, lost
his life. Chinski came to this country
from Russia four months ago.
C. r. Smith was seriously hurt in the
Marshall mine at Galena, Kan, by large
boulder falling from the roof Both his
arms were broken, his head and back
badly bruised and he was also hurt in
ternally.
Wayne Brumfeld was instantly killed
near Guyan Falls, w. Va, during a pis-
toll duel with Henry Tiller. Twenty
wears ago the fathers of these two men
engaged in a shooting ARRAY which re-
suited in Tiler being killed. Friday
trouble is traced to the old tragedy.
Jules Mason, vice-president of the
PLEASANT Valley Company at Hammonds
mort, N. Y, died at the age of so years
He was considered the leading cham
payne expert in America.
r.. r. Root. a brakeman on the Kan.
sas CITY Southern, who sued the com.
pany for $4,000 damages for personal
injuries. was awarded $4,000 by jury
in the Circuit Court at Butler. Mo.
New York capitalists are to expend
S25. OOO, 900 in construction of the Sar
Diego and Eastern Railway from Sar
Diego, Cal, to Yuma, and thence TO q
transcontinental connection in Arizona
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-12-20
REUNION OF WAR NURSES.
They Recently Held a Grand Encampa
meut at Washington.

They Recently Held a Grand Encamp p
ment at Washington.
The first week of December in Wash.
ington belonged to the women-the
nurses who have been helping Uncle Sam
in his war work during the last four
years. They had grand encampment
and reunion at the national capital. Pres
ident Roosevelt received them in due
form; special reception was rendered to
them by the Secretary of War, and an
elaborate program was carried out for
their entertainment.
These are the women who took care
of our soldiers in the camps at Montauk
Chattanooga and Jacksonville, in Cuba
and at Porto Rico, ut Tien-tsin, at Pekin
and in the Philippines. They are all
members of the Society of Spanish-Amer-
lean War Nurses, and each member must
have served at least one month in the
year 1898, under contract with the sur
geon general of the army. Picturesque
ness was lent to the occasion by the pres
ence of four Indian women, belonging to
Catholic ssterhood Grained graduate
nurses and members of the organization),
who were with the Seventh army corps
at Jacksonville and in Cuba.
During the Spanish conflict, no fewer
than 1900 contract nurses were en-
ployed by the War Department. DR.. Nc
Gee, their chief, was appointed as an
acting assistant surgeon, ranked relative
ly as first lieutenant, and had the right to
wear shoulder straps if she had so de-
sired. She was the only woman officer
in the United States army. 1t was she
who wrote the paragraph in the hill
which. when passed by Congress and APP
proved by President Mckinley, estab-
lished the Army Nurse Corps.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-12-20

ter of Gov. Gage christened the cable,
breaking a bottle of California wine. The
company paid the custom house So, 100
as duty on the cable instruments for this
end and on the first three miles of line.
Buildings have been rented in Manila
for offices of the telegraph company ond
concessions for the underground connec
ton have been secured. Honolulu will
be the base for the operation of the cable
to the Philippines. 1t is the purpose to
relieve frequently the relay operators at
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-12-20

Canada She was unable to stand up,
and found it impossible to eat while in
bed. Consequently she had to be lifted
to chair and back again, and she had
been practically helpless during the last
three months. For nearly a month Mrs.
Grant had been failing.
kilograms were sent to Mrs. Grant s
sons-General Fred -. Grant, u. s. A.
commanding the department of Texas
Ulysses S. Grant, Jr., and Jesse Grant,
both of whom were at San Diego. CAL
informing them of the sad event. Mrs.
Sartoris, Mrs Grants daughter, was the
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-12-20
MRS. U. S. GRANT DIES.
Widow of President and General Gran

Widow of President and General Grant
Passes Away at Washington.
Mrs. Julia Dent Grant, widow of Gen
eral Ulysses S. Grant, former President
of the United States, died at her resi-
dcrce in Washington, d. c., Sunday
night, in the seventy-seventh year OF
her age.
Mrs. Grant suffered from an old kid
ney trouble, which of late became decid-
eddy aggravated. She also had decided
symptoms of valvular disease of the
heart. Recently Mrs. Grant was attack
ed by a cold, which aggravated the bron-
chial ailment of years standing.
She has been critically i'll since Fri
day, but had been confined to her bed for
greater part of the time since last Oc-
tober, when she returned from COburg,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-12-20
BEGIN TO LAY CABLE.
SHIP LEAVES SAN FRANCISCO
FOR HONOLULU.
Wire Which Is to Span the Pacific Be-
Ing Uncoiled-Ceremon Mark the
Splicing in California Governors
Daughter Breaks Wine Bottle.

The long, thin cable that will connect
this country with the Philippines and
complete connection by wire around Shc
world was made fast at San Francisco
Friday and the cable ship started for
Honolulu. Ceremonies marked the sphc-
lng of the cable to the land wires.
Speeches were made and the little daugh-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-12-20
Lake Claims 14o Victims.

In the navigation season of 1902 40
lives were lost on the five great lakes.
This is the largest death harvest record
ed. Last year the number was 49,. In
1900 there were 40 persons drowned,
and in 1889 the list numbered an even
hundred. Prior to that year less than a
hundred persons were lost on the lakes
each season. Statistics show that Lake
Michigan was the safest of the lakes this
year. Lake Erie leads with fifty-nine.
Lake Superior comes next with forty,
Lake Ontario with FIVE, Lake Huron
twenty-five and Lake Michigan fourteen.
Ten sailors were lost in Detroit and st.
Clair rivers.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-12-20

A list of articles lost in the nails dur
ing October has been compiled and sent
cut by the Postofiice Department. These
range in value from % cents to 800, and
include pocketkniveS, kodak film, electro
plate, package of hairpins, scissors, play
Ing cards pipe, hardware, keys, beads,
flower bulbs, seeds, apron dress goods,
samples, toy watch, fountain pen, watch
chain, razor, box of salve, spectacles, gar
ters, toy telephone, promissory note for
$3.50, surgical instruments, brass buttons,
safety pins, hat feathers, yarn, butcher
knife, three tablespoons, part of clock,
type, hair brushes, match boxes, samples
of pills, and combs.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-12-20

Towne-It's a shame the way these
big corporations put the screws on the
people.
Rrovne-Never mind--theyll have
hot time in the next world.
Towne-If 1 could believe that
there'd be some consolation in that
thought, but corporations, you know
have no souls.-Philadelph Press.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-12-20

Guam and the smaller Sandwich Islands.
The lonely posts are hard on operators
Messages from all the world will go
through their hands, yet they will hear
nothing but the waves, the rustic of the
palms and the shouts of naked children
at play. Their part will be strange
.one, and in selecting men for this service
great care was taken to secure operators
wFo can stand the strain of loneliness
an1 hard work.
Circuitous Route of Words.
Few people who read in the newspa-
pers the dispatches from Manila realize
what q circuitous route the words have
taken. A message from Manila now goes
through India, the Suez canal, Mediter-
ranean sea, Portugal England and New
foundland. Seventeen relays are passed,
yet with all this work dispatches have
been sent the long distance in less than
an hour.
In 1896 an experiment was made.
Chauncey Depew sent a message $4,000
miles in less than an hour. THIS message
was transmitted from New York via Chi
cago to San Francisco (4, 100 miles), to
Canso. n. S., via Vancouver (4.90O miles,,
via Commercial cables (2,S00 miles, to
London, to Lands End (250 miles. to
Lisbon Portugal (S56 miles), to Gihral-
tar 1896 niles, to Malta (913 miles|, to
Alexandria 054 miles, to Suez (lol
miles). to Alden Il, 403 miles,, to Bonn
bay Q,S5O miles,, to Madras 600 mil"sl,
to Penang q ,497 miles,, to Singapore
(3OS miles,, to Saigon $3.50 miles), to
Hongkong (991 miles), to Foo Chow t4I3
miles,, to Shanghai Q,241 miles,, to To-
kyo 600 miles,. Thus, adding the dis
tances from London to Tokyo we have
1867 miles, returning to London, we
have 27,354 miles, plus the distance TO
London via Vancouver we reach the enor-
nous distance of 80, 754 miles, plus the
distance London returning to New York
we have roughly $4,000 miles.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-12-20

part OF lulpoCtduC
witnesses to submit
to the elimination of
the provision for an
educational t e s t
should such action
prove necessary to
secure the success
of the bill. Commits
sioner General of
Immigration Frank
Sargent spoke espe-
cially of the neces-
sity for increased
xr.vt aY,AA nyN fhN
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-12-20
Probably True.

Wabash wonder what makes OLD
Gotrox dress so stability?
Monroe-His pride, my boy.
Wabash--Why, how's thatf
Monroe-He's afraid his customers
will mistake him for one Of his clerks.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-12-20
Sacrifice Sale.

The handsome young man halted at
the beauty tent in the church fair.
$50 you are selling kisses at 81 for
the benefit of the church?' he asked.
YES" said the pretty girl, blushlns.
"Any reduction"
"Well, If the right man came along
might sell one for 80 cents"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-12-20

only one of her children at the bedside
when the end came. Mrs. Grant was con-
scious almost to the last, and realized
from the time of the change for the
worse in her condition that there was
little chance of her recovery.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-12-20

A London dispatch says it is stated
that Mai. Ross, principal of the Liver
pool School of Tropical Medicine, VIII be
awarded the Noble malaria research
prize of $4,000. Maj Ross conducted
several expeditions into the mosquito
breeding districts of West Africa.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-12-20

The death of Luke Mclaughlin OF
Muscatine, Iowa, ends an existence or
lO3 years His wife, whom he married
seventy eight years ago, survives MN
Mr.. Mclaughlin was an eccentric IRISH
man known to almost every resident OF
Muscatine He was born in Galway, Ire
land. in 1899.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-12-20

Congress is in imminent danger of be-
ing forced to suspend business on account
of the shortage Of the coal supply and
the uncertainty of securing enough fuel
to heat the capitol, furnish it with light,
and run the elevators. Early in the sum
mer contracts were made for coal in suili-
cient quantities to supply the capitol, but
great fear is entertained that this fuel
will not be delivered. especially us the
railroads are confiscating coal to keep
fires under the boilers of their engines,
and the coal dealers of the Northern
cities are refusing to let any coal come
as far south rs Washington. Owing to
the great demand for coal that consigned
to the government for the capitol is be-
ing watched carefully to make sure that
all of it reaches it's proper destination.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-12-20

He who believes In nobody knows
that he himself Is not to be trusted
Auerbach.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-12-20

Sing Doyle, city marshal OF Platte
City, Mo-, committed suicide by shooting
himself Domestic trouble is gwen as the
cause for his act. Although a bullet
pierced Doyle's heart he lived from .
o'clock Sunday evening until O'Clock
Monday morning.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-12-20

Secretary of State Hay has begun in
formal negotiations with the governments
of Nicaragua and Costa Rica with the
intention of forming n tentative canal
treaty to be submitted to the Senate if
the Colombian government does not
promptly allow the United States COM
plete control of the Panama canal terri
tory. The other two countries are said
to be anxious for the Nicaragua canal
and ready to make liberal concessions.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-12-20
1}gssl|E||l|k||Zazppa.
l@DNsg1Ep

At the hearings on the immigration
bill by the Senate committee on immigra-
tion q willingness was manifested on the
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-12-20

When President Roosevelt created the
anthracite coal strike commission, it look
ed as though its members were about en-
tering on wholly thanllless task, which
would require a good deal of hard work
while yielding no compensation beyond.
of course, the purely philanthropic honor
of bringing to an end an industrial situa-
ton that was becoming intolerable. The
Presidents act was not official and there
fore was outside the law. Now, however,
Congress is appropriating $4,000 to de-
fray the expenses Of the commission. The
federal employees, who are members of
the board or who are attached to it as
recorders, are to receive no salary, hut
will be allowed S15 Il day Tor expenses.
The non-federal members are to receive
$4,000 in salary. And thus membership
in the commission is not such thankless
task after all.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-12-20

The West Indian medal, awarded by
Congress in March, 1901, to participants
in the Spanish war, is now ready for dis
tribution. The bureau of navigation has
decided to publish the lists of men by
vessels, commencing with the Indiana
This is to avoid being overcrowded with
requests.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-12-20

Secretary Hay and British Ambassa-
dor Herbert signed the ondHay treaty,
providing for reciprocity between the
United States and Newfoundland, cover
ing fish products and bait. Until passed
upon by the Senate the details Of the
treaty are not made public.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-12-20

A request from the Doukhobors, who
are now located in Canada, to the Presi-
dent, asking permission to settle in the
United States, has been refused by As
sistant Commissioner Richards or the
general land Office, because their letter
states that they can yield obedience to
the spirit of God only and cannot submit
to any human laws or become the sub
jects Of any sovereign.
-
The Comptroller of the Currency has
chartered q national bank in Porto Rico
D!hich can issue circulating notes.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-12-20

Mexican frontier and said that he re-
Gently had secured information by per-
sonal observation of the smuggling into
this country of large number of the
most undesirable element of Mexico,
poems, who were willing to work at from
20 cents to 35 cents per day. These peo-
pie, he said were fed from troughs, as
hogs might be, and were treated just as
slaves. Mr.. Sargent declared there is
now in this country plenty of labor at
the proper remuneration.
-
Land frauds in Nebraska and other
Western States led to the introduction
of bills by Senator Quarles of Wiscon
sin and Representative Powers of Mas
sachusetts repeating the timber and stone
act, the desert land act and the commu-
tation clause of the homestead act. The
frauds are made possible by violating
these laws. Seventy million acres of
public land have passed from government
into private control during the last five
years Millions of acres have been alb
sorbed in Western States, where there
has been no corresponding increase i'll
population. Oklahoma and the Dakotas
are notable exceptions, as the imnigra-
ton of homeseekers into these States has
been large. Cattle men and sheep men,
financed by their local banks and through
the packing house combinations in Chi
cago, are hiring persons in droves to hle
homestead, timber and desert land claims
along their illegal fence lines. Every
person filing claim for that purpose
violates the law, but the laws have be-
come a dead letter
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1902-12-10

Has All the Strategy and scrapping Of
Our own Strenuous Game.

Has All the Strategy and Scrapping of
Our Own Strenuous Game.
The new game Of calcio (footbalD
is taking on in Milan, says the Paris
Messenger. Some people compare
it with the old Italian game of calcio,
but there is great difference be-
tween the two. The Italian game is
played in an open space divided in
two equal parts, with rs players on
the fenced round spot. On each side
there are four groups Of players; the
innanzi in front and all in line close
to the boundary. After these come
the sconciatori, then the datorlin-
nanzi, and then the datorlindietro,
who closed the lines. The players on
each side wear different colors. This
year, when the game was played in
Florence, the colors were red and
blue.
The game itself consists of neutral
throwing ball against a slab on one
Of the walls around the place where
the game is played. The innanzi inn
mediately try to catch the ball when
it reaches their lines and throw it
to the sconciatori at their back;
who in their time, throw it to the
datorlinnanzi, who must then try to
send it over the fence of the opposing
party, but, as there is usually a bat
tie to fight with the opposing party
before this can be done, the dartor-
linnanzi throw the ball to the dator-
lindietro, who are in more protect
ed place and have a greater chance
of success. When the ball is thrown
over the fence of the opposing party,
that finishes the game.
Sometimes a clever innanzi may
win the game by himself by siezing
the ball and reaching the enemy's
fence, by lodging backward and for
ward among the lines. But this is
very difficult and seldom successful.
In olden times the game often ended
in real battle, in which one at least
of the players was killed. The game
Of calcio is always played in medieval
costumes. Like a tournament, ii
used always to be played on the oc-
casion of princely marriage. 1t
had not been played, however, since
1899; but in 1898 it was again played
in honor of the visit of King Hum
bert and Queen Margherita to Flor
ence, and the most noble families Of
the city took part in it. 1t was again
played this year in Florence, and the
most noble families Of the city took
part in it. The English game Of foot
ball is but a poor imitation Of the
Italian calcio; nevertheless, even as
such, it is taking well in Milan.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1902-12-10
Red bead.

Under the auspices of the Won
ads Club an interesting illustrated
lecture on "The Story of Red
head" was rrgiven at the Court
House by Mr.. James Speed, OF
Louisville, on Monday evening
Many beautiful stereoptican, views
of birds and forestry, true to life,
were given. He Efollowed Mr.
Woodpecker from his advent into
this world through his varied ex-
periences, and told what birdie
Tlought and said. 1t was much
enjoyed by the audience, young
and old.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1902-12-10
BULGARIAN PEOPLE.
Characteristics of the Farmer and Peas
ant-A Party of Turks.

CnatdCterlStlCS OF tne FARMER ana FodS-
ant-A Party of Turks.
1t is a strange country of contrasts,
this Bulgaria that people have so
long watched as a danger spot. The
peasant, says the Era, is a heavily
built fellow, with Kalmuk nose, if
he happens to be pure bred from the
original Samoyede stock, which is
not likely. His language has become
Slavic, which means a language in
which "beefsteak" is Hmpiphteki''
and "omelet soufle" is "omlet
cuphle." The Bulgarian is a peas
ant OF a soldier; he knows no other
trade. AS farmer the sheep is all
in all to him, wood and clothing and
companionship. He lives in hoyel,
does not understand why he should
be taxed and makes his women slave
in the fields. He is called close-fst-
ed, churlish and suspicious, and has
some of the virtues that often GO
with those qualities.
When Bulgaria became practically
free of the sultan there were many
Turks left in the country. These
are gradually being crowded out.
but there is still a mosque in Chris.
tian Sofa, and in the palace of the
sobranje, or parliament, where the
members have better accommoda-
tions than the lords of Britain on
the Thames embankment, some 20
Turkish deputies always sit together
and exert an influence that they
never could do in their own land by
voting always with the party in pow
er. Every Saturday the members Of
the sobranje are paid at the rate Of
Is francs day, all in silver FIVE
franc pieces. These peasant law
makers knot it up in their handker-
chiefs, grin slowly and shake the
jingling pieces playfully in one an
others faces. They are playing al
craftsmanship yet, but fairly well OF
the whole.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1902-12-10
NAMES OF FISH.
Curious Inconsistencies in the Use of the
Plural Form.


Plural Form.
A few days ago l was asked by
foreigner: "Why do you say two
herrings' and two soles' and not two
Gods and two salmonsY" I do not
think my answer was very satisfac-
tory, but the question suggested the
thought that there are several cases
in which it would be difficult to say
whether there is anything like con-
sensus of opinion as to whether a
plural form of the name of a fish is
admissible. We all speak of soles,
herrings, sprats, lampreys and an
chovies, the singular form never, 1
believe, doing service for the plural.
No one, I think, says mackerels, Gods,
salmons, trouts, Dreams, shads, carps,
places, BASES, barbels. Sturgeon,
perch, mullet, pike, turbot, tunns
and skate have not unusually the
plural form in "s."
Fishermen and fishmongers are in
clined to avoid the plural form in
some instances where it is employed
by the majority of educated people.
In some cases there is considerable
uncertainty. This have ascertained
by means of fair number of tests.
Among them are carps, shads,
tenches. Compilers of English
grammars, SO far as my experience
goes, in treating of plural forms of
nouns make no note of the names Of
fish which do not vary in the plural.
Notes and Queries.