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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-09-13
THE LATE GEN. FRANZ slGEL.
A Veteran of German Instructions
and Our Civil War.

Gen. Franz Sigel, who died at his
home in New York recently, was vet
eran both Of the German revolution
of 1889 and Of the Americal Civil
War. Of late years he had been prom
inent in civil life. Gen. Sigel was born
at Sinsheim. in Baden, November 1S,
1924 His preliminary education was
gained at the gymnasium of Bruchsal,
and at the age of 10 he graduated from
the military school at Carlsruhe. The
years 1913 to 1847 he spent as lieu
tenant in the army of Baden, and
while stationed at Mannheim got into
disputes with his fellow officers, the
result Of writings in which he assail
ed the standing army. In 1S47, after
a duel in which he killed his man, he
resigned from the army. In February,
1S4S, Sigeps service with the German
insurrectionists began. Raising a corps
of volunteers he organized the lake dis
trict, and with 1000 troops attacked
Freiburg, being twice defeated. He
then escaped to Switzerland. In the
Instruction of 1S49 Franz Sigel finally
He fought at Heppenheim on May 80,
1S49; was several times on - "a *, unuer
Gen. Louis Mieroslawski, and on July
II led a retreating army of $4,000 men
across the Rhine into Switzerland,
after having brought them through
three army corps Of the enemy. At
Lugano in 1851 he was arrested, but
went to England.
Gen. Sigel came to New York in May,
1852. He taught and published mill
tary magazine from 1852 to 1858. In
1858 he went to st. Louis, taught math-
ematics and history, and was elected
a director Of the public schools. He
also edited military journal, and
wrote newspaper articles opposing Sc
cession. When the Civil War broke
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-09-13

Sixteen million dollars was the ag-
gregate of money given to American
public libraries during the past year,
and more than two thousand new IL
brarieS were opened. 1t would be well
If In each of them were placed a tab
let engraved with the words of the late
Lord Acton, recommending great books
to an English youth: "To perfect his
mind and open windows in every di-
rectiOn; to raise him to the level of his
age so that he may know the forces
that have made our world what it is
and still reign over it; to guard him
against surprises and the constant
sources of errors within; to supply him
both with the strongest stimulants and
the surest guides; to give force and
fitness and clearneSS and sincerity and
independence and elevation and gener-
osity and serenity to his mind, that he
may know the law of process by which
error is conquered and truth won. dis
corning knowledge from probability
and prejudice from belief; that he may
learn to master what he rejects as
fully as what he adopts; to steel him
against the charm of literary beauty
and talent, so that each book thorough
ly taken in shall be the beginning of
a new life, and shall make a new man
of him"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-09-13
Wall Paper from ola Sa'

Old shoes are not waste III
standpoint Of modern Indus1r
they have done their service
discarded by the first Weaie'
ond-hand dealer restores 'H
shoes to something like tDsn
appearance, and they are sou \
be worn a little by the pOoIS,
When the shoes are tnaIIy y
by them they are still good ~ N
purposes. In France SucD
bought up in quantities by 10 !,
and sold to factories, WhVlT
are first taken apart and su9 Il
long processes, which turn ~,
paste, from which the n,
transformed into an inllIa'"ss a..
appearing very much like u, IA
rocco. Upon this materISI -, Il
signs are stamped, and Sn
trunk coverings and similar %
manufactured from it.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-09-13

out Gen. Sigel backed up his words by
organizing a regiment of infantry and
a battery, and Fight NIT Sigel' be-
came rallying cry. With his regi-
ment and two batteries he was sent to
Rolla, and soon afterward compelled
the retreat Of Gen. Price into Arkan-
sas. He was made a Brigadier Gen
eral. He then fought creditably at
Carthage and at Dug Springs. At Pea
Ridge, with the right wing of Gen.
Curtis army, he won the day by a
well-timed assault. He was then made
a Major General and was sent East
In the line of operations beginning
with Cedar Greek and ending with
Bull Run he was in command of the
First Corps of the Army of Virginia,
and at Bull Run he opposed Gen. Jack.
son with notable success. On account
Of i'll health he took sick leave.
Gen. Sigel entered active service
again in 1868, taking command of the
reserve army of Pennsylvania in Nav
of that year, and organizing a corps of
10000 men to help defend the State
against Lee. In 1864 he fitted out Gen,
Crooks Kanawha Valley expedition
and himself led 1000 men through the
Shenandoah. At New Market Gen.
Breckenridge defeated him. At Mary
land Heights he repealed Gen Early
Relieved of his command and sent ia
Bethlehem, Pa, for his health. he re.
signed his commission in May, 1865.
Since the war he had lived in New
York and had held various offices.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-09-13

handle is adjustable to various incli-
the paper rolls, and brush adjustable
on the hehad so as to bear upon the
unrolled part of the paper with differ
ent degrees Of firmness. In using this
device the wall is first supplied with
a coating Of paste over that part Of
the surface to Immediately receive one
or more lengths of the paper. The
length of the paper wound upon the
roller is approximately equal to the
height of the wall, but number Of
these lengths may be carried at one
time by the roller. The brush is adjust
ed to bear with sufficient firmness on
the paper, which is unwound a suit
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-09-13
On the Right Track.

A self-conscious and egotistical
young clergyman was Supplying the
pulpit of country church. After the
service, says the New York Evening
Post, he asked one of the deacons, a
grizzled, plainspoken man, what he
thought of this mornings effort"
WAL, answered the old man, slow
ly, I'm tell We; III tell We in a kind
O parable. 1t reminded me of Sim
Peck's fust deer-hunt, when he was
green. He follered the deer's tracks all
right, but he follered 'em all day in
the wrong direction"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-09-13

instance, 1 can see that door knob
across the room, and can go over and
put my hand on it." Here he arose,
walked over to the door knob without
faltering, and grasped it with one OF
his hands. The noted turfman is al
most childish in his joy over his great
fortune. The other day, while at din
ner with some friends, he took several
berries and amused himself by rolling
them about on the table and then pick
ing them up suddenly to test the accu-
racy Of his returning sight.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-09-13

Stop laughing at the people of Jamai-
ca for holding coronation festivals
whereat they expressed nearly unani-
nous desire to be annexed to the Uni
ted States. Their conduct and their
conversation reflected credit upon their
good judgment. Their destiny is either
to continue TO be subjects of Great
Britain or to come under the American
flag. Therefore they do well to cult
vate a feeling Of cordiality In both
quarters. The sailor who in a storm
offered up prayers to each of two in
visible deities who are understood to
be antagonistic to each other, because
he did not know whose hands he would
fall into if anything should happen,
was not more discreet than were those
festive citizens of Jamaica.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-09-13

What an amount of sorrow there Is
bound up in the word ingratitude!
Twenty years ago "puddler" In New
York lost his wife. He mourned and
gave to his child, a girl, double guam
tity of love. He toiled and saved. All
the tenderness of his nature was poured
out on his baby. 1t was almost wor
ship. The feel Of her arms about his
neck took the tired from his bones,
drove sadness from his heart and made
him realize that God had indeed been
good to him. He wanted her to have
more education, greater advantages,
than he had. That is the way Of par
ents. Some Of them are too good to
their children. They carry kindness
beyond the bounds of appreciation.
Twelve years ago he sold his property
and sent his girl to Europe to study
music. She did study. She gained
fame, and her beauty appealed to the
artists Of the Old World. One day she
came back to New York a polished
woman, worldly, proud and heartless.
She didn't go to the old man and throw
ISI dUOuI LIS IlSCh. LIZ w DIS SLd1 "
ing for a kind word, for one kiss, even
look and She disoWned him. She
would have been kinder had she killed
him. He skunk away to a howell on
the East Side and there lives on a pit
lance in order that he can each week
send to her 500. She accepts it and
spends it. He is proud and sad and
miserable and happy by turns-the
most wretched man in New York-Who
has left only a great love that fills his
good heart and the memory of the little
girl who kissed him in those old days
and was not ashamed of her father.
And there is Maurice Bernhard, son
of the greatest actress in the world.
How did he repay the woman who gave
him life? He has changed his name
and disowned his mother. He would
not forget what the world has forgiven.
He was less charitable than strangers.
Love for children! 1t is the best thing
that life contains. 1t is the happiness
that no words can tell. Bring them up
to honor and respect as well as love
their parents, to the end that the sor-
row of the puddler and the actress
shall never be yours.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-09-13
clothes. Mostly in this world we want
what we can't get.

In her new book, "a Pasteboard
Crown" Clara Morris, who writes as
beautifully as she once acted, says:
"For it is the almost sterile soil Of
poverty that oftenest produces that
cactus-like plant of Ambition whose
splendid and dazzling flowers are, alas
so often without perfume" The smile
is we'll selected. The desert Is Ma
lures poverty. The desert has been
denied water. Therefore everything it
grows, cactus, mesquit, yucca, bear
grass, shows marks of the struggle
with hard conditions, and, owing moth
ing, it presents prickly independence.
In its armed suspicion it says Hands
off," And SO Of the human cactus
grown on the plains Of poverty. 1t has
thrived in spite Of the lack of nour-
ishment and culture. 1t Is beautiful
to look upon. But it has thorns as you
will discover if you try to pluck 1t.
And it is without perfume. There is
nothing of the rose smell about these
hardy human plants. They haven't
| had the advantages of the rose. Abra-
ham Lincoln was cactus. Kind at
heart, he was rough and prickly out
side. Douglas found those thorns.
Ulysses S. Grant was another Of this
type. A kindly nature was hedged
about by an indurated growth that
produced keen points Of defense.
And so of all self made" men. Bril-
liant to the look, and like the cactus,
which the desert dweller knows is one
of the most useful and generous Of
all plants when you know It's uses,
these human flowers are wondrous
kind, but rugged, strong, unbending
to outside influences, keen as needles
Ambition grown in the Desert Of
Life.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-09-13

When the new ships now building or
contracted for are completed, twenty
eight States will be represented in the
new navy by namesakes. The armored
cruiser Pennsylvania, which is soon to
be launched, will be the third naval
vessel to bear the name of the Key
stone State. The first was a wooden
three-decker of 3,4OO tons, built in
1887. The latest is a steel fighting ma
chine of $4,000 tons.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-09-13

woman scorner to gaze at her with
much more than fleeing glance. Dark
dark in hair and eyes and complex
ion-and muscularly formed, she shows
the ideal American girl, the type from
the West, nurtured in Nebraska breezeS
and taught no fear of even cyclones.
She has her father's broad mouth and
firm jaws, her mothers low forehead,
with ripping brown hair, dressed low,
but has Der own eyes. Miss Bryan Is
now 1S.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-09-13

a good education and early joIl
Carmelites, becoming in time
that order. His ability attract
attention Of Pope Leo, who en-.
him with several important n
and finally created him a caFap
is generally thought that P@f
strongly desires that Card'DD
shall be his successor,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-09-13
BRYAN'S DAUGHTER POPULAR.

Miss Ruth Bryan, who has grown
into a young woman, at cted great
deal of attention while IN the East with
her father on his recent New England
trip. In New York she kept up a run
ming fire of conversation with her faith
er's visitors.
In face Miss Bryan Is not beautiful,
vet she compels even the most blase
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-09-13

dent of Tomah.
Despite the fact
that he has been
totally blind since
he was II years
Of age, he travels
alone through the
States Of Wiscon-
sin, Illinois, and
Michigan, a II d
sells goods to
scores of mer-
chants. He has
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-09-13
CARDINAL GOTH, WHO
MAY BE TIE NEXT PO

Cardinal Gotti, recently eleyad
Pope Leo to the prefecture Of
Propaganda, is an able man whOa5
to his present position has been
expected by those most familiar /
his attainments. He was the son
Genoese laborer. He managed I'd
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-09-13

able length for starting purposes. The
operator applies the paper to the wall,
beginning at the foot board, and grad
ually eleyates the machine in proper
alignment with the strips Of paper
which may have been applied.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-09-13
TO CoKREsPoNDENTs,

All communications for this pa per should be A"c~n
sansd by the name of the author; not necessarily 10
szacatlon bat evidence of good faith On tho par
81 the writer Write only side OF the paper 81
careful in giving and dates to haT'
tba Isttsrs and figures plain and disttact
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-09-13

Germany has been experimenting
with the American system of checking
baggage, and likes it so well that il is
to be more generally used on the rail
ways. Under the old German system
every man had to look after and iden-
tify his own baggage, as is the custom
here on country stage coaches.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-09-13

More than 800 seventh daughters Of
seventh daughters who jumped in and
predicted that Edward would never nc
crowned are now claiming that they
added Gin June"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-09-13

The story that the Egyptian SphinE
is disintegrating on account of climatic
changes is interesting but not neces-
sarily alarming. The disintegration be-
gan long ago. Look at the poor things
n0Sp
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-09-13
PAPER-HANGING MACHINE

Invented by Mr.. c. Holmes Is an In.
genious Continuance.
Mr.. Cuthbert Holmes of Montgom-
cry, W. Va, has invented and patent
ed clever contrivance for hanging pa
per by machine The device compris-
es handle. head upon which the
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-09-13

Napoleon, having lost Ia u.
Waterloo, bitterly exclaIH''
missed my destiny" ID,
Perhaps" replied the =, ~ d
"but I'll guarantee you don I
destination" ,in D
Whereupon he tagsea ~ 81
ped him by fast frei9N'
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-09-13
Merely NIisnlaced-

Captain" said the cabin boy, sis a
thing lost when you know where it is?'
mo, you FOOL answered the captain,
who, being wise man, abhorred frivo-
lous questions.
''Well, sir, your silver teapot is at
the bottom of the sea-"
Exeunt cabin boy.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-09-13

The fortune teller who said Edward
would reign but never be crowned has
decided not to use that prediction for
advertising purposes.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-09-13

The advertiser should rememha, q
just as one swallow does not mob y
summer neither does one dose Of odS
Using secure great returns.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-09-13

The faithfulness of the dog under
the wagon is particularly touching, be-
cause the owner of the wagon never
worries that he may not be there.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-09-13

Tho girls mother says that story
about the princes infatuation isn't
true. But do girls mothers always
know2
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-09-13

in
fred
fired with apty and either ny
al
1T combines
caHb be
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-09-13
A BLIND TRAVELLING MAN,

E. L. Hitchcock, of Wisconsin, on the
Road Thirty-five Years.
The only blind travelling man in the
world lives in Wisconsin. His name is
Eugene L. Hitchcock and he is a resi-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-09-13
English Crowding ou'

English is more anu ~ ~ bs
place of French as 'n' rbs
Russian court circles sr
speaks English constan ..s. j
Gear, too, likes to eApl
the same tongue.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-09-13

Advertising Is a trade tonic that y.
be depended upon to remove slupsl
stocks if given in doses of the nrs1
size at the right intervals througb n
proper mediums.-Printers' Ink
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-09-13

Guam has a new Governor. The ma
ture of his offense is not stated.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-09-13

Perhaps King Edward merely turned
over one of his castles in order to dodge
the taxes.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-09-13

In some houses they NJ ii
to get ready for COMP y. onj
assistance Of a caoDaS'
ping bowl.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-09-13

Get a catch phrase for your eyc,r.
use, if you can catch one Tbor
more scarce than buffaloes.-pnbp5
by Specialists.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-09-13

There are two things essential
success in advertising. The first
common sense, and the second is M,
Perhaps in most cases nerve is Am
of common sense, so that l might
there is only one thing necess,
Nerve in advertising implies the n
session of sufficient wisdom to SEQ
ACCESSIBILITY Of spending one dollar
the purpose of making two-New
gland Grocer.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-09-13

Two hundred prominent mercbn
of Reading, Pa, have declared that,
vertising in the newspapers is %
enough for them and that hencetr
they will use only the newspapers
such advertisements as they NAV n
lish. They will have nothing bI
hereafter with schemes for ads mi
tel registers, desks, billboardS, coj
keyboards, charts, programs, tied
cookbooks, moving pictures, enmJ
tors, curtain advertisements, oil m5
ings and pamphlets. Merchants /
business men everywhere are read
this sensible conclusion.
New-York tribune., 1902-12-31
fNEW-YORK THE EMPIRE CITY.
Has T4KEN THE LEAD rs n COMNERCIaL IND
FINANCIAL CENTRE
ITS Great Buildings sndd Hotels and Other Institutions Er Those
Found IN Any Other Part Qfhe U@4d

for the country: and there we're no less than
30. .0o0000 gallons of petroleum shipped from
New-York as against 500 100000 gallons for
the entire country. OF the entire export and
import trade of the country. New-York re
ceved more than one-half of the imports that
came into the United States. and there IS
shipped from this city A little less than one
third of the exports that to foreign countries.
Here is also situated the great industry of the
manufacture of women's and mems clothing, in
which capital of SIS, 600 600 is invested and in
which 10000 wage earners are employed.
The capital. surplus and reserve funds and
the great life insurance companies which have
their headquarters in New-York run up to the
billions
The greatest single commercial industry IN
New-York however is undoubtedly the whole
sale drygoods trade. The scenes of its activity
have gradually spread out until it now reaches
from Duane-st on the south to Twenty-thrd-
ST on the north. a distance of some two miles;
from West Broadway the west to Eim-st
on the east in the lower half of the district;
and from Sixth-ave. on the west to Fourth-aVe
on the east in the upper half of the district,
width of from one-quarter to one-third OF
mile
It is absolutely impossible to estimate the
amount of business done by the drygoods in
terests of New-York City. From census statis-
New-York tribune., 1902-12-31
CHARLES 7. WILLS.

In view Of the unequaIled facilities anordea DS
the citys leading contractors and builders 1Ne"
York is able to introduce building Improvements
which would otherwise be unobtainabie- Inc IA
ciIities referred have forctole ulustralIon -
the extended operations OF Charles T. WiLls OF w.
156 Fffth-ave. whose success has been due III q
great measure. to special equipment on the VdL!!-
Gus branches of his businesS-pracrlcal eApTL1 p.5,
ence with materials which enter INTO constr T,;I
and personal knowledge of details Inat ~: ~
possesses both the practical ana pIoLsSSSoJ4iII5 :
knovrIedge TO carry to successful termina Jon ouq
ing operations of any magnitude and claracLsL. Is
evidenced by the work he has done IN the !dSt
years including the American Surety bulldins 'G IN
Johnson Building, a sixteen story stILStuL0 49,
Broad-st; the Bank of Commerce ouiIoIlsS' 80 80
6iiilender Building. AT the corner or NaIl anu 90
sau sts the New-York Life Insurance ,3-a ~
pany's building which is the wonder and adInlIS
ton of every traveller UP and down broadHd{
the Appellate Division courthouse oel4e'SS,
Madison Square; the artistic homes OF AHuIS5 -
Carnegie, Grant B. Schey. Henry /. Sloans, ,is e.
ward ]. Berwind Z. c. Converse. James b NIcIOiS'
DR.. e K Dunham. DR.. c A Herter anu - =,
Lewisohn. Prominent among the recent conIraseo ce g.
that have been awarded to Mr. wills are th9sS ~
the New-York Stock Exchange the Cnalll,JT r5s,Ik
Commerce Building and the Hanover Nauohal D0''
Building.
New-York tribune., 1902-12-31
WILSON. ADAMS & co.

If every house and building in New-York which
contains piece of lumber in it that came
from the yard and mills OF Wilson. Adams Co..
was separated from the other structures, there
would be enough OF them 10 constitute the strucr-
ural equipment OF large city. history of this
firm would be largely the history OF the lumber in
erests of the country. and Of the lumber trade IN
New-York. When the firm of Smith & Wilson.
OF which Wilson. Adams & Co. are the success
sors started business. in 1860 at Thirty-plnth-st
and Ffrst-ave their location was way uptown.
Where the Grand Central Station now stanos
there were then vacant lots and cattle yaros-
Through all the changes and vtcisstudes OF the
lumber interests the firm or Wilson. AGA %AGdns I-i
Co has steadily prospered and extended It's puSl-
ness a lumber yard and SeneraI LIIt mn = "
Grated at Mount Vernon In tne various 49,, 49,
and mills which equipped with every moderIi
Improvement. about one hundred men are I'm IN
ploved With their splendid facilities ana import
connections Wilson Adams & Co are aole 20
offer the trade Inducements which cannot Ds ~
bv ordinary competition. The memoers OF IHls %
representative firm are Charles H wilson nd .,s v
L, Adams Allen w Adams, Walter h NaIOuS
and J. ;. CarValhO.