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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-08-02
Minneapolis Journal.
BLAMEs CONGRESS FOR WASTE.
Missouri River Commission Tells of
Extravagant Expenditures.

Extravagant Expenditures.
| Reports from officers in charge of river
and harbor improvements, with estimates
for the fiscal year 1904, received by the
chief of engineers include that of the
Missouri river commission, which ceased
to exist June 80. The commission has
| been in existence since 1884. The re-
port states that the policy Of the com
mission, which has remained unchanged
was for a continuous, progressive control
Of the river, contracting it where neces-
sary, giving the channel proper direction
and securely holding it in place, but that
unfortunately the commission has not
been permitted to carry that plan out.
The report enters into an elaborate de-
Tense of the commission, based upon criti-
cisms in the press and in the report of
the House committee on rivers and har-
| bors. It is asserted that Congress spe-
officially directed the expenditure Of funds
for local work unconnected with the gem
eral improvement of the river to the
amount of $2,21S,000. The commission
has been at expense, the report states,
to maintain improvements.
Since the organization of the commits
sion 81, 15O, 900 has been appropriated for
Work unQer IL, OF "nlcn 9Z4O,OOO mas
been expended on the river above Sioux
City, Iowa; 50, 1874 1864 on detached locali-
ties, $3SO,Oo2 on snagging operations,
S469,5 $50 for surveys and gauges, $780,
765 for plant, Office work and expenses of
the commission, leaving but So, $50, POI
for effective, progressive and systematic
improvement Of &he river extending over
a period Of eighteen years, part of this
amount being expended near Kansas City
and the remainder in the first reach. The
report says that this expenditure has pro-
duced good results, although there is now
danger attending the navigation of the
river as attested by the wrecks of 300
steamboats, lying imbedded in the sand.
1t is claimed that no sufficient improve
ment Of the river has been made to dem
onstrate what could be done for the ben
eft of commerce.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-08-02
( S{Gsg${ ~;
The News ~

Beware of the soft drink in too large
quantities.
In regard to Mr.. Cleveland, is Col.
Watterson all in?
What will President John Mitchell do
with all his bouquets?
Hobson should enter a caveat against
the whole of womankind.
Gen. Smith may be glad that retirement
from the army was all he got.
Is the Chicago safety-deposit box really
no better than the old stocking?
Farmers along the Mississippi River
are having the water cure" administered
to their crops.
1t may be that the coal trust is keep
Ing up the strike just to get the people
used to high prices.
By this time the Mayor of Minneapolis
is prejudiccd body.
Mary MacLane does not read all that
Is printed about her. The poor girl has
to have some sleep.
While collecting her scattered diamonds
May Yohe made no attempt to gather up
her scattered husbands.
Gen. Bragg should hasten to demon
strate that it is an easy chore to make
q whistle from q pigs tail.
With its Mayor far away in one direc-
ton and its chief of police in another,
Minneapolis breathes easier.
Bandit Tracy's method of paying for
his meals would never become popular
| with timid eastern landladies.
We may be able to live without Mr..
| WI, but for the first week it will seem
as though something were lacking.
Midsummer floods and spring droughts
| demonstrate that the old reliable patent
medicine almanac is no longer running
/ the weather.
Gen. Bragg thinks letters to his wife
| should be private communications. He
| ehould labor with the lady to make her
see it that way.
| Chicago bookmakers who put their
money in those Masonic Temple safety
deposit vaults now know how people feel
when they have deposited money on sure
| thing tips with the bookmakers.
Down at Evansville, Ind, a baseball
| umpire shot a pitcher who took excep-
tons to his rulings. This shows that
there is none 50 downtrodden but that
ne viii turn when the pressure becomes
too great.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-08-02
Kindness succeeded-Cruelty Failed.

Kindness Succeeded-Cruelty Failed.
Broadway cars and vehicles were
blocked in "a jam. The old horse
wouldn't move. His driver stood alter
nately staring at him in despair and
beating him with a heavy whip. But
neither blows nor words would move
him; he laid back his ears and stood
stock still. A crowd gathered, watch
ed and commented.
Build a fire under him." suggested
one.
"Stick e pin in him." advised an
other.
Again the driver laid on the whip
more heavily than before. But it was
no go. Just then a man stepped out
of the crowd.
"Let me have try" he said.
"Come, old boy, buckle down to 1t, !"
and he patted him gently. The horse
turned his old head and looked at the
stranger.
Come" he continued, "have another
try; buckle down to it." and he stroked
his neck.
The old horse understood at last. His
limbs gave a culver and the truck
moved ahead.-New York Tribune.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-08-02
He Meant Well.

I was laid up in the cabin of North
Carolina mountaineer, with a sprained
ankle, and, though he would willingly
have provided me with the best, the fare
consisted OF pones, fried squirrel and
corn coffee every meal. On the fifth day
must have let slip some sign that
things were growing monotonous, for he
looked over at me and said:
Stranger, I reckoned to make a
change in this yere fodder, but it didn't
come about"
''Oh, the fodder Is all right" replied.
"But l don't skassly think it is, and 1
was gwine to make change. Sorry to
say l couldn't do it, but the drafted
woodchuck got clean away"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-08-02
HIr. CleveIaud's Quiet Life.

The home Of ex-President Grover
Cleveland, In Princeton, N. j., Is q
modest place for a man so renowned
to reside, but 1t Is quiet and comfort
able. It Is one of the most homelike
dwellings In Princeton. The white
house is surrounded by lawn of sew
eral acres in extent, studded with pines
and elms, the growth Of century or
more. Near the entrance to the grounds
is a large clump Of rhododendra Of
various colors. This beautiful cluster
Of shrubs is always greatly admired,
as 1t Is rarely that they can be success
fully transplanted from the wild state.
The interior of the house is furnished
in plain elegance. 1t gives the sense
Of the proportion Of things.
There Is an evident distaste on the
part Of the owner for snowy or gaudy
furnishings. The woodwork is in white
enamel and most of the furniture is in
dainty and delicate colors. The parlor
is especially attractive. One Of the
most attractive and beautiful articles
Of furniture and ornamentation Is a
life-size painting Of Mrs. Cleveland,
mistress of Westland, once the mis-
tress Of the White House. Mr.. and Mrs
Cleveland live quietly in their home.
They mingle in Princeton society lit
tie, and once in awhile there is a din
ner at Westland for few friends. Mrs.
Cleveland is very popular and is much
interested in works for improving the
village, and in charitable and philan-
thropic works.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-08-02
RUSH FOR PENSIONS.
Flood of Applications Filed by Span
ish War Veterans.

Pension Commissioner Ware was very
much astonished when the pension appli-
cations growing out of the Spanish-Amer-
lean war were submitted to him. A COM
parative statement of the records of FIVE
regiments of volunteers and five regi-
ments of regulars which were before
Santiago shows that there has been great
industry on the part of the pension at
torneys.
Commissioner Ware had heard that
there were many applications from vet
Grams of the Spanish war, but
the figures were far greater than he had
imagined.
Western and Southern regiments have
been much less active than Northern and
Eastern regiments in their attempts to
draw money from the United States
treasury. When the Eighth Ohio landed
in Cuba it had 1880 members. Veterans
Of this regiment and relatives of deceased
members have filed 7O5 pension claims.
The government is asked to pay pensions
for the services of 53 per cent of the men
who served in that regiment. This regi-
ment- was much larger than most regi-
ments which served in the Spanish war.
Consequently its greater number of pen
sion applications will not bring the per-
centage of applicants above that Of many
others.
A company which served in a certain
volunteer regiment of a Northern State
had a captain who was pension attor-
ney. He did not forget his former pro-
fession when he left the service, and it is
said that practically every member Of
that company has an application filed for
a pension.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-08-02
Knights Pythias Biennial Meeting

For this gathering in San Francisco in
August next excursion tickets will be sold
via the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Los Angeles for $50 for the round trip
with final return limit September 30.
The Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul.
railway is the Short Line between Chi
cago and Omaha Two through trains
daily in each direction with the best
Sleeping Car and Dining Car Service
and all regular travellers know and appre-
ciate the merits of the Chicago, Milwau.
kee & st. Paul Railways Short Line be-
tween the East and the West.
Time tables, maps and information
furnished on application to f. A. Miller,
General Passenger Agent, Chicago.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-08-02
AIM TO GUST JACKSON.
Miners Want Impeachment Proceed.
ings Against Judge.

y
An effort will be made by the officials
Of the United Mine Workers to bring
impeachment proceedings against Judge
John Jay Jackson of the federal court
of West Virginia if, upon final hear
ing, the judge refuses to dissolve his
blanket injunction restraining the miners
from agitating in favor of strike.
Secretary Wilson of the miners union
said that preparations were now being
made to submit to President Roosevelt
and the Senate complete copy Of the
court proceedings, which terminated in
the issue of the injunction by which the
unions were forbidden to hold meetings
for the purpose Of inducing men to- leave
their work in the mines. The public, too,
will be fully informed as to the precise
grounds upon which the West Virginia
jurist issued his restraining order. Mr..
| Wilson says that the evidence in the case
will be published and the people left to
| judge for themselves whether or not the
| injunction is just. 1t is asserted by the
officers Of the union that they have ex-
cellent grounds for the Impeachment Of
Judge Jackson.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-08-02

DR. LLEWELLYN JORDAN, MedL
Zeal Examiner of the u. s. Treas
ury Department, graduate of Colum
bia College, and who served three years
at West Point, has the following to say
Of Peruna:
'"AHow me to express my gratitude
to you for the benefit derived from
your wonderful remedy. One short
month has brought forth a vast change
and now consider myself well man
after months of suffering. Fellow
sufferers, Peruna will cure you"
Peruna Immediately invigorates the
nerve-centers which give vitality to the
mucous membranes. Then catarrh dis
appears. Then catarrh Is permanently
cured
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-08-02
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The 50th Year will open September 9, 1904
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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-08-02
For n Days Outing or Your Sum
mer Vacation.

Go to Gray's Lake, Round Lake, Lake
villa, Fox Lake, Lake Marie, Channel
Lake, Camp Lake, Silver Lake,
Browns Lake, Lake Beulah, Phantom
Lake, Waukesha, Waupaca, or one of
the many other resorts located on the
lines Of the Wisconsin Central Rail
way. For copy of summer booklet,
time tables, rates and other inforna-
ton, call or address G. K. Thompson,
@. P. & T. A, $50 S. Clark street.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-08-02
Millinery Fits.

But, observed the fool man who had
mitted his wife to take him along on
|, search for a spring bonnet, THE hat
.sn't see to fit. Now, l think a
man bat should conform to her head
same as a mans"
OhlF Filtered the merry milliner
'tere IRE no fits connected with
ing hats. They generally develop in
men when the bill comes home. y
:aygagO Journal.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-08-02
We Modern Hawkshaw.

Police Official (New England town.
Any clews to that mysterious murder?
Detective-Yes, sir; Eve arrested al
the living members Of the family.
you?
Detective-When 1 accused them of the
murder, some Of them turned white and
some turned red. Now. all We have to
do Is to find out which color means guilt.
New York Weekly.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-08-02
Sad Mistake.

Visitor-Pardon my curiosity, my good
man, but what are you in prison for?
Prisoner-I am serving time for steal
ing $50, 900 from the bank I worked for.
Visitor-That was sad mistake.
Prisoner-I know it. Curse the day I
didn't steal 500, 00O.-Ohio State Jour
nal.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-08-02
FOrethOu0ht.

"Mr. Crimes" said the rector to the
vestryman, "we had better take up the
collection before the sermon this morn
ing"
"Indeed?'
eyes; I'm going to preach on Econ
omy.' "-Philadelphia Press.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-08-02

The American Shipbuilding Company
has closed contracts at Chicago for the
building of ten steel steamships to be
used in carrying cargoes from lake points
to Quebec for transfer to Atlantic steam
ships. Their dimensions are to be PSI
feet length by 43 feet beam and 4G feet
depth They are to form the nucleus Of
the fleet, which is expected to control
all lake transportation.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-08-02
DO Your Feet Ache and Burn?

Shake into your shoes Aliens Foot
Ease, a powder for the feet. 1t makes
tight or New Shoes feel Easy: Cures
Sweating Feet. At all Druggists and
Shoe Stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE.
Address Allen S. Olmsted, Leroy, N. Z.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-08-02

can recommend Piso's Cure for Com
sumption for Asthma. 1t has given me
great relief.-W. L. Wood. Farmersburg,
Ind, Sept. 8, 1901.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-08-02

Anyone attending a spiritualistic seance
In Bohemia is liable to fine of $40, ac-
cording to a decree which has been is
sued by the Governor Of the province.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-08-02

First Suburbanite-Don't you believe
in the literal inspiration of the Scrip
lures?
Second Suburbanite-WeI, hardly!
There's that text that what a man sows
he shall reap.-Puck.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-08-02
True Genius.

III tel you that poet is a genius"
"a genius? Why, his stuff is the worst
very read"
gTI know
But why do you call him a genius
Because he succeeds in selling it,
e.iladelphia Record.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-08-02

Texas oil is to be used by the great
MINNEAPOLIS -four mills instead of coal. A
street railway company of Minneapolis
Is conducting tests with oil.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-08-02

h Quickly the dragon-fy starts for the
s tant mountain, but as quickly returns
"A japanese Miscellany" by Lafcadio
sarn.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-08-02

II you wish beautiful, clear, white clothes
package, 5 cents.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-08-02

After the surrender of the Turks at
Plevna the Russians took possession OF
ST. 100000 worth of arms.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-08-02

There is no blessing equal to the pos
session of a stout heart.-Smiles.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-08-02
On the Wrong Track.

ord Stonebrook-Miss Pyle, may I
Il you angelina? It's such a charm
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-08-02

Halls Catarrh Cure.
AIKEN internally. Price rs cents.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-08-02

ARE YOUR CLOTHES FADED?
Dse Red Gross Ball Blue and make them
ate again. Large 2 or. package, 8 cents.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-08-02
To YOUNG LADIES.
kom ne Treasurer Of the
d Yong Peoples Christian Tenn.
perance Association, Elizabeth
. Oaluos Fond du Lac, Wis.

naAn Mrs. PNKHAM:-1 want to
in you nnd all the young ladies Of the
suntry low grateful am to you for
4n fhe benefts I have received from
anfnQ I4Ydia e. Pinkham's Vege-
able compound. / suffered for
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-08-02

del5heIt Isl But it's my sisters, not
r in ne.-Punch.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-08-02

WHEN WRITING TO ADVERTISERS PLEASE AX
w Yea saw the eAvsrlsemest In this paDG.
New-York tribune., 1902-02-09

old friend. Captain Wilder, for whom he ex-
pressed the warmest affection and admiration
II should like to have his portrait remem-
brance." said Webster "and if you have here
in Bar1=- a good artist 1 will have him paint
the portr-!t at my expense"
There was in Bangor at that time portrait
painter of decided genius, named Hoyt, and to
him, through Jacob McGaw. Webster's commits
sion given to paint the features of Captain
Wilder. In course of time the portrait was
completed and the artist waited patiently for
Webster to claim his picture and pay for it, but
years went by and never word from the great
man. Finally, in conversation one day with the
artist Mr.. McGaw declared:
We'll, Mr.. HOyt, I guess Dan has forgotten
all about the picture, and l don't believe he will
ever take it
The artist agreed with the lawyer. and the
result of the talk was the purchase of the pict-
ure by Mr.. McGaw who kept it until his death,
twenty-five years ago when he directed that it
be given to his niece, Mrs. Hassard
Tne background of the portrait is dark
with age, but the figure is quite distinct and
the features are yet clearly defined and IumIn-
ous. The subject in his eighty fourth year
when he sat for the portrait
New-York tribune., 1902-02-09
cor As NEAR TO IT As HHE COTLD.

Mrs (. is an old woman who has always
greatly Irid,d herself on her excellent memory
for names. Until recently her pride was just
hed. but within the last year or two her ad-
v"n0ed ar" has considerably weakened her pct
faculty Fortunately for he own peace Of mind
she is entirely unaware Of this. and stiII thinks
that thcr" is n" name which she cannot rcnem-
her correctly after hearing it once.
Not long ago there came to live at the house
IA which she boards "a man who rejliced in the
rather unusual suruamc of Michigan. When
he was introduced to Mrs. $ she was quite I'm
pressed by the regularity Of the name. ard re-
marked att"rWard To one of the other boarders
that even - person with very poor memory
ought to hc able To recall it, The next morning
when She came down to breakfast. there sat
the new hoarder with the 20. graphical name
Now was Mrs SIS chance. Smiling in serene
confidence. sAc waited until he looked up. and
then said in chcerfu!Iy distinct t5;c Good
morning. Mt Chicago"
New-York tribune., 1902-02-09
BLEACHED AMERICAN BEEF.
A SIMPLE BRITISHERS NEEDLESS ALARM
ABOUT THE SUPPLIES FOR
HIS LARDER.
HIS LARDER.

When some people go abroad those funny fell
lows the foreigners always saying curious
things to them. When others go they never
hear anything of the sort. One of the former
kind came home the other day and reported
progress. AT a dinner" he said. Il sat next
to a writer for a provincial English paper, and
there weren't many things that he didn't know.
We got to talking about the use of American
beef in England.
You know the English reef' he said. is
much better than the Ameri. an. and you k q e.
it's perfectly easy to tell tho English from the
American. l don't know what the cause is but
the fat Of the American beef has r'C!--0
tiuec, while that Of the English beef is n.uan
whittier. SO in buying beef all we have to g.
is to pick out that which has the fat clear white,
and We know that We are getting the English
Why. my dear sir said /, do you suppose
the American shippers don't know that? Why
on all the piers where beef is shipped nov they
have great watts filled with peroXiGe-the kind
that makes hleached hloudes-and all the beef
is soak d in it till tha fat comes out whittier
than the English. So if you go to market and
buy the beef with the very whtest fat YOU can
hrd YOU a.e sure to get American beef
" Bless my I. NJ" sad tn Englistman. And
he went of and wrot- IN article for his paper
on the disclosure of another wicked American
trade trick"
This story teaches that difference OF taste
in jok.s may caus. strained relations among
nations, a. wei as in families.
New-York tribune., 1902-02-09
cHEcEED coIT BY rrrrNG IT N rlWy.

paWnbroker with a shop uptown thinks
that after all there may he something new under
the sun. although the adage says differently.
A man wearing a rather handsome fur lined
"vercoat came into my store Yesterday" said
he one day last week, ''and after removing his
outside coat handed it over To be put in pawn.
1 suppose you'll allow me a dollar on it,
won't YOU? he asked.
Il said that he could have that much and
more, too if ne wanted it, He declined any
thing above a dollar advance on the garment
ard after getting II " mt away. on the evening
of the same day he came back for his coat.
and asked how much the interest on the loan
would te. ! told him three cents. This he paid
ana as he going away | said to him:
1 leg your pardon, but do you mind telling
me why you put that coat in pawn and took it
ut on the same day?
Certainly III tell YOU said he, grinning
mischievousIy, I merely wanted to check my
Goa, for safekceping for the day. At the Grand
Central station parcel room they wanted 10
cents. out YOU kindly did it br three That's
an"
New-York tribune., 1902-02-09
WEBSTER AND A PORTRAIT.
TIE STATESMAN ORDERED PICTURE OF
HIS FRIEND, BUT NEVER PAID.

Bangor, Nc, Feb. Upon the sitting room
wall in the old Bruce farmhouse, near Bangor
hangs an oil portrait, dimmed and mellowed by
age, that recalls to some of the older residents
Of this region a story, long forgotten. Of Daniel
Webster. his impulsiveness and his carelessness.
This portrait is that of a hero Of the American
Northumberland Luke Wilder-whO was a
chum of Webster's father, Ebenezer the latter
also having been an officer in the Continental
Army. Wilder of the closest friends
of the great orator
Captain Luke Wilder was born in Lancaster,
Mass and afterward moved to Salisbury, N. H,
The home of the Websters, and where the states