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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-04-12

their living, would tell you that they
never had a chance that they were
kept back; that circumstances were
against them; that they had no oppor-
tunities, such as other boys around
them had, or that they did not have the
proper schooling, or else plead some
similar excuse.
The probabilities are that opportunity
die visit every one of these men more
than once in their youth or early man
hood, but that they did net see that all
good chances consisted in doing every
thing they undertook cheerfully,
promptly, and just as well as it could
be done.
AS boys they did not look upon every
errand as q chance to be polite, prompt,
energetic; on every lesson in school as
foundation stone in their success
structure. They did not think that the
demoralizing hours Of Incidence and
shiftlessness which they were weaving
into the web Of their lives would mar
the fabric forever, and reproach them
through all time. They did not realize
that the impudent reply to their en-
ployer, the carelessness and indiffer-
ence which they slipped into their
tasks, would come out as ghosts, in the
| future, to mar their happiness and sue
cess. They looked upon every duty
shirked, the minutes they could cut off
from each end Of a day, as so much
gain. They did not realize that these
things, which seemed so innocent,
would go grow into giant defects which
would mar their future success.
They did not think that their slipshod
methods, their careless attire, and their
aggressive manners, would lie as great
bars across the path Of their future sue
cess, and keep them back from the goal
of their ambitions.
They did not think that all these
things were the real causes Of their be-
ing fixtures at salaries of $40 or SIS a
week.
They did not think that these seem
ing trif1es in youth would doom them
to be perpetual janitors, clerks or farm
hands, and that it would be almost i'm
possible in maturity to outgrow the de-
fects Of their youth.-Success.
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ter, and, having procured all the neces-
sary parts of the costume, he arranged
that lady should wear them in the
presence of some friends. This she
did, and many were the expressions
of surprise at the announcement that
the necklace, bracelets, hair comb, gold
rings, white sandals, and all the other
parts Of the attire were genuine, hav-
ing been manufactured in the land of
the Pharaohs at least 1000 years ago.
Even the soft woollen garments had
lost little of their old brilliant color.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-04-12
WAS A BELLE IN OLD EGYPT.

According to European archaeolog-
lists, the exact manner in which Egyp-
tan ladies attired themselves 1000
years ago is shown in the accompany
Ing picture. This question was raised
recently owing to the discovery of the
mummy of the famous That's, who was
SO beautiful that she charmed even AL
exander the Great, and afterward be-
came the wife of Ptolemy I. From this
mummy it was easy to obtain an excel
lent idea as to the costume worn in life
by the noted beauty and in this way
all adequate information in regard to
the fashion that prevailed in Egypt
during her epoch was soon secured.
NJ Gaget, a distinguished archaeolo-
gist, took special interest in the mat.
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AGAINST Another Flood

Derrignan lived in a crlppLVu
which stood in a field near tue
highway. The foundations OF tn l5.
were lower than the ROAD u
which ran a great waterman !
living floor of the, house was Ian La>
posts to make it level with lIe
way, it left a large cellar uluS 81
where Derrigan kept a dozen l'
One day the Waterman ouLS Eo
ed the cellar and drowned lnS n'
Derrigan Immediately put IL i,1o
for damages. After a long ag.a
much trouble, influential frlen os,1
ed the old man to get twenty doll
settlement of his claim. p.
That evening he saw MIS- Mrs.. "a q
his next-door neighbor, sitting
back steps. ~, cfty
81 got me money IRON 'D'
called to her. u,oorq
"Did ye, then, Mr.. D De IL re .,
glad I am. How much dlu -
"Twinty dollars" ~. name
GLORY be! An HOY re lDS ID'D
Il Gi how not; but I had it.. it."
what did ye do wild it; ;,,r,,,,
"Sure, I bought t"in'! u
Of ducks wild it"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-04-12

with was raised in the same county,
and was on exhibition at Santa Paula
until few weeks ago. This pumpkin,
though it weighs only 230 pounds, is
even more distinguished than its neigh
doubtedly is the most extensive fam
lily of its kind that ever sprung up. On
the vine, which grew in the middle of
a large walnut orchard without fertil-
izing or special cultivation, were u
age of $50 pounds.
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with Spain. Some Of the taxes were
removed. Nevertheless the abolition Of
all the war taxes will not remove the
burden of the war, for it was neces-
gary to borrow $500 100000 or more in
addition to what was raised under the
revenue laws to meet the expenses In
cident to arming and maintaining
large body of men. The load Of debt
that was put on the country by the
Civil War has not all been discharged,
and it will be many years before we
stop paying interest on the Spanish
War bonds Whether particular war
is justifiable or not, the people en-
gagged in it have to pay for it. Those
who defend the war always say that
the money is wisely spent, and those
who opposed it include the wicked
waste of money" among the reasons
for their opposition. But neither ad-
vocates nor opponents deny that In
any event war is a burden. AS we re-
| feet on this phase of the subject the
advantages of arbitration become In
| ,creasingly apparent.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-04-12
That Dread Uncertainty

A local real estate firm had occasion
recently to send large number Of cir
culars throughout the country. They
had no mailing list Of their own, but
succeeded in getting one from another
firm that succeeding events showed
was sadly in need of revision. Among
the many returned envelopes was one
that was addressed to Rev. J. B. Simp.
son, Kosciusko, Mo. On the face Of it
was stamped. the usual Returned to
writer" The name and address had
been ,scratehed.of, and underneath was
the following:
Party dead for eight years. Present
address Observation-Disclosures Sen.
,tinel.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-04-12
A Wise Dog.
That closed the discussio

A farmer who had sold a flock OF
sheep to dealer lent him dog to drive
them q distance Of thirty miles, desir-
ing him to give the dog meal at the
journeys end and tell it to go home -
The droyer found the dog so useful that
he resolved to steal 1t, and instead Of
sending it back, locked it up. The ami
NAL grew sulky, and at last effected its
escape. Evidently deeming the droyer
had no more right to detain the sheep
than he had TO detain itself, the dog
went into the field, collected all the
sheep that had belonged to its master,
and, to that persons Intense astanish.
ment, drove the whole flock hssne
againt
HOW TsxSoT1lxa 1iyp RI ha ray11
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ANCIENT ANCESTOR Or
The MoDFp,

The accompanying ILLUSTRATE
produced from a photogranh -
ter color, painted by Cbal
Knight. 1t is based unoD -
skeleton of the animal in ~
can Museum of Natural Ht tue|
represents, according to tba
IDEA what the oldest known
of the modern horse lootod ii
1t roamed over our country i
lions of years ago. This anino
oy the scientists protorobinn :,
only sixteen inches in beic5t
moreover, had four toes m it.I
differed. therefore, markedly :,
existing horse, so much 81
that If the intermediate for,.
not known not even scientist,
suspect any relationship betw
two. But the horse is tho ar
lists show animal. Its aDcost
has been better worked ONT ~
of any other mammal, and
strange to relate, the evidence,
ancestry are more complete in
than in any other country
the present horse is NOT indoo
the soil, the horse line on this G,
having become extinct in pIa
times before, so far as We kn
advent of man.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-04-12

General Ira P. Jones, who was for
many years the very efficient manager
Of the Nashville (Tenn.) American. was
wont to say that the advertising col
umns We're the most interesting parts
Of a newspaper. He said that they
were evidence Of the thrift, the enter
prise, energy and prosperity Of peo-
pie; that advertisers are men who are
too busy to mind anybodys else's BUSH
ness and that advertisements told buy
ers where to go for what they wished
thus being great economizers of time
as well as savers of money. He added
that men who were away from home
for years could learn through the ad>
vertisements in their home papers who
Of their former friends were alive and
kicking.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-04-12

or less anaemic, and disease Of the kid
neys is a common complaint. Very few
Of the men live beyond 20.
In the manufacture Of bleaching pow
der, chlorine gas is pumped into Stake
lime, and this gas is so poisonous that
the men whose work it is to fill the
barrels with bleaching powder have to
wear goggles over their eyes and some
twenty thicknesses of flannel over the
nose and mouth. They even have to
cover all openings in their dress, so
that no particle of dust could possibly
find it's way to the skin.
Danger of quite q different character
is encountered by the workpeople en-
gagged in bottling aerated waters. Here
the danger arises from the liability of
the bottles to burst. The pressure of
the condensed gas is very great, and
if the bottle contains the slightest flaw
Or weak place it is pretty certain to 60
All the bottlers wear wire-gauze he'll
NETS, and their arms are protected
with full-length gauntlets.
The workers in explosive factories.
too, run great risks. They are scat
tered in sheds, only two or three men
working together, with the sheds
placed far apart. No iron is allowed
ia these Buildings. Visitors appearing
IN ordinary boots dare not enter, be-
cause of the nails in their footwear
All the workers wear wooden guern-
seys and specially constructed: over
shoes and the gas jets are in lamps
hung: outside the windows.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-04-12
What Becomes of the Pins2

'Pins simply vanish said a dress
maker the other day. and yet every
one of them ought to do service several
times over, except, Of course, the pins
that are used upon white goods. Moth
ing in white must ever be touched by
a pin that has been used before" It
is estimated that the average dress
maker uses a pound Of pins a week.
The pound is divided into quarter pound
boxes, Of which four are consumed
regularly AS the boxes cost % cents
each. the pin expense amounts to a
dollar weekly.
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HUMAN EVEN TO SNAK
Naturalist Ashamed of His RI
in Killing a RattIer

IN Milling a Rather.
Few naturalists have loved
and her wild offspring as well (
Muir loves her. He respects +h4
of the humblest of Gods cra
Gould anything better iIlustraI
type OF man he is than his accd
the killing Of a rattlesnake?
Before l learned to respect
snakes, he says, | killed two. III
was coiled comfortably around al
bunch-grass on the San JOAQUIN
and | discovered him as | was 81
over him. He held his head doJ
did not attempt to strike. althd
danger of being trampIed. At thl
thirty years ago, l imagined It'd
tlesnakeS should be killed vi
found.
l had no weapon of any sort.
the smooth plain there was net
or a stone within miles; 50 II
ready to jump on him as deer Al
to do. He saw | meant miSchid
quickly cast himself into a coil, I'd
strike in defense. | knew he cod
strike when travelling, therefore 4
dirt and grass s0ds at him, to teal
out of coil. He held his ground
minutes, threatening and Sriki1
then started off to get rid Of me-
Iran forward and jumped on h4
he drew back his head so quick
heel missed, and he also MISE
stroke at me. Prosecuted, torn
again and again he tried to get
bravely striking out to protect u
but at last my heel came SO
down. sorely wounding him, and
more brutal stampings crushed lI
1 felt degraded by the killing Op
less of a man and farther from
en-: and l made up my mind to Try
at least as fair and charitable
snakes themselves, and to XIII n'
save in self-defense.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-04-12
TURNING SMOKE INTO GOLD.
Clever Way in Which Raleigh Defeated
Queen Elizabeth.

Clever Way in Which Raleigh Defeated
Queen Elizabeth.
Queen Elizabeth of England was not
a thoroughgoing spinster, for she had so
little prejudice against the practice Of
smoking that she permitted Sir Walter
Raleigh his pipe in the royal presence.
She was sufficiently woman, however,
to twit him openly on his devotion to
the weed, and it was on one Of these
occasions-or SO the author Of 1.-THE
Soverane Herbe' shrewdly surmises-
that the knight replied:
Il can assure your majesty that l
have so well experienced the nature Of
it that can tell even the weight of the
smoke in any quantity consume"
81 doubt it much, Sir Walter" replied
Elizabeth, holding it was impossible to
weigh smoke, and mayhap seeming a
joke, "and 1 win wager you twenty gold
angels that you do not solve my doubt"
Calamity accepting the wager, Raj
eigh filed his pipe with a weighed
quantity of tobacco, smoked it out, and
then, weighing the resultant ashes, an
nounced the weight he had smoked
away.
Your majesty cannot deny that the
difference has disappeared in smoke"
Truly l cannot" answered the queen.
Ordering the wager to be paid, she
turned to the courtiers around her and
said: MANY alchemists have heard Of
who turned gold into smoke, but Raj
eigh is the first man who has turned
cpoal-o into u01d -
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A Retentixe Memory.

Actual conversation overheard at the
matinee performance of CAS- You Like
tt at the Theater Republic in New
York:
She-Who is that playing the part Of
the banished Duke?
He-That's Barton Hill, one of the
veterans Of the profession.
Shells he very old?
Well-er-I don't know. But he
created that paTt-NeW York News.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-04-12

Since March l the torch in the hand
Of the Statue OF Liberty EnLghtening
the World, in New York harhor, has
not been lighted. This does not mean
that the statue has lost its significance
as the symbol and personifca ton of
the broad political and Industrial free
dom which is enjoyed in the United
States. 1t simply means that no salts
factory method Of lighting the torch
has been devised, and that the Light
house Board does not think it worth
while to continue an inadequate elec-
tic lamp. The other harbor lights
serve all the needs of the mariners. and
the statue itself, without it's own light.
will show more plainly in the darkness
than before.
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Ont of His ProFln''

A soap-maker and a 0aI .sa Chr.
wagner concert, says 5 snS nj
REGISTER. The program ulI ,t
them, and they began to ,o saIl, "
every man." said the pau If bis
to do something OUTSIDE u
work" ,oop-mabel
manufacture good soap 40
always wanted to be q Oad2 one.
You wouldn't be a s9Oe olrays
a successful banker Ou. !. I'd 1' now
o cd to write a book. Anu his har
This man Wagner tries ~ stuff!
music. Just listen to In ns good pi
vet we all know he Ooliu'
cars"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-04-12

a nation is much like Christian in
his journey to the wicket gate: it is
borne down by a heavy burden. under
which it stumbles forward toward the
light. Some day war will cease, and
as the nations pass through the gate
of peaceful arbitration the bundle will
roll from their shoulders and they will
stand erect. For four years the people
OF the United States have been paying
taxes to meet the expenses Of the war
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-04-12

It must be confessed that the injuries
received in railway work in this coun-
try, relatively to the army Of train
men employed, are far more numerous
than they ought to be. There is evil
dence IN the bare figures of much gross
careiessness and it is painfully appar-
ent that the managers of great rail-
ways are often too intent upon earn
tngs and too little mindful of the lives
and limbs of the men who operate their
lines. In this direction there is room
for vast Improvement, and the pro-
gress made recently has been misera-
bly, slow.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-04-12

and In gas works and factories where
fumes of ammonia, ETC., are liable to
escape it is often necessary for kind
of diving apparatus to be worn by the
men who have to enter such places.
Another kind of danger arises where
the grinding of metal or stone is car
ried on. The fine dust gets into the
lungs of the workpeople and is apt
to produce a species Of pneumonia.
Many devices are used to prevent this.
Specially constructed fans are used to
carry off as much dust as possible, but
this is not sufficient in the case Of sand
blasting, which is a process Of engrav-
ing or polishing by means Of power
full blast Of fine sand directed against
the object. The workers here have to
wear a helmet and jacket, much like a
fireman.
1t would hardly appear on the sur
face that The handling Of skins is at
tended by any great danger, yet, as a
matter of fact, persons engaged in the
tanning and Undressing trades are
frequently exposed to grave peril.
There is a peculiar kind Of dust, min
gIed with minute fragments Of hair,
which gets Into the lungs and sets up
special form of irritation, which
sometimes results in serious illness. In
the flax spinning and other trades con-
nected with the making Of textile IA
brics great danger, as we all know,
from irritant and poisoned dust, is of
ten present, and has to be guarded
against by various precautions in the
way of ventilation and personal clean
liness.
One of the most perilous Of all man
ufactures IS seen in the alkali indus
try, which is carried on principally
around Widnes and st. Helena. The
testimony of medical men, says
Harmsworth's Magazine, is unanimous
that men employed in the alkaH works
rarely live to an old age. Their appe-
tites disappear, the foul gases destroy
the tone of the bronchial tubes and
bring on asthma; all the men are more
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-04-12

The public has had it's attention called
lately to two questions which are both
concerned with the end Of a mans
working life, but which bring into
strong contrast the variety of charac-
ter that end may have. In the first
place, the trades unions have been ask
ing: What shall be done with the
man over 45?" Employers no longer
allow him, they say, to compete with
younger men and take him from the
bench and put him on the shelf. In
his case, retirement, while 1t means
leisure, also means possible destltu-
ton. Here we have, therefore, some
what serious economic difficulty. But
it is not only the workingman who IS
meditating upon old age. 1t is also
the millionaire. Not long ago the mem
hers of the Chicago Board of Trade
had an animated newspaper discussion
on the propriety of early withdrawal
from the pit Some men thought one
way and some another. The same d.
versity of opinion now appears In
New York Mr. Whitney thinks that
at 60 a man should cease to chase
money and give himself up to better
things. SO, apparently, does Mr.. Car
negie. John D. Rockefeller, on the con-
trary, does not see how he can ever let
go, aid Mr.. Hewitt remarks cautious
ly that this IS matter in which every
man must use his own judgment. Mr..
Hewitt hits the nail precisely on the
head. To begin with, some men are
fitted for leisure and some men are
not. A man like Mr. Whitney enjoys
building a large country house, scoop
ing away hills in the course of the en-
terprise, planting whole forests and
stocking them with game, directing the
course of streams and filling them with
strange fish, maintaining troops Of SER
wants, and getting finally a residence
like Kubla Khan's in Kanadu. Other
men might find all this deadly bore.
Mr.. Carnegie, again, enjoys reading
and writing and encouraging scholar
ship. He is fortunate. He does not
prove, however, that every other man
ufacturer could lead the same kind Of
lie WITH LQe same KIM OIL SdIISIdCl1OlI~
If man has hobbies and avocations,
we'll and good. Let him give himself
up to them. His neighbor, however,
may prefer his business to everything
else. He may be happier there than
anywhere else. He may be doing more
good there than anywhere else. 1t
would be foolish, then, for him to say
to himself: The minute I am such and
such an age will give up my present
employment and pass the residue Of
my time in rest and quietness." 1t is
better for him to continue to catch the
1888 and to keep his stenographers
busy. There is no general rule for
these things. Interest and duty may
lead man to retire. Interest and
duty may lead another man not to re-
tire. One mans meat is another mans
poison. All that can be said is what
Mr.. Hewitt said. Let each man pro
nounce either" as he pleases and re-
tire when he wants to.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-04-12

In & family where the father is deaf,
a wise mother has taught the children,
when they address him, always to go
directly to him, get his attention by a
touch, look in his face and speak slow
~ in a clear, normal voice. Not only
Is the courtesy exquisite, but it has
cultivated throughout a large family
a musical speaking-voice such as one
seldom hears and must ever admire.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-04-12

The pIeasantest fact which descen-
dants of the Irish race have to contem-
plate is that emigration has materially
decreased. The island is capable Of
supporting 100000 in comfort, leay-
ing a surplus Of food for export
Brighter conditions at home and disap-
pointing experience abroad are combin-
ing to induce the young to remain in
their native land.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-04-12

General Taft says there are from
$4,000 to 100000 human beings held in
slavery in the Philippines. An Uncle
Tom Cabins company ought to draw
well there. The Governor says the
worst Of it is that the slaves them
selves are opposed to acknowledgements.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-04-12

If addressing women, make your ad-
vertisement as specific as you can. Go
into details, and let your description
be as infinitely accurate as you can
make it. Women like details, and you
cannot describe a thing in which they
are interested too closely to suit them.
tfsement to them as brief as possible.
Printers Ink.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-04-12

4 farmer living near Tarkio, Mo-,
pays $4,000 taxes, or one-sixteenth of
the entire taxes collected in that coun-
". Don't worry about the man with
the hoe"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-04-12

Ella Wheeler Wilcox advises the la
dies. when they have inattentive hus-
bands, to make themselves attractive
to other men. Elias pen ought to wear
a muzzIe if it really wrote that.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-04-12
TO CORRESPONDENTS.

An sop.uuuiesszsas SsT Gaia pager should - EeeesA
szisd Ay the nAus Of the Aztor; not rvesssars Eea
OuhHeaton Aus 81 an sviAsass Of good faA the par
Of the writer Write sEl&SA sds Of tho pspsf De
..rscularly sagsfa in avzg AEd dates TO hAEs
IL. fettsrs and figures nlaIM ana district
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-04-12

Professor Triggs is being quoted that
''the fine arts are dying out That state
Of mind comes of having an open-faced
baby loose in the house at night.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-04-12

Mrs. Astor's definition of a gentleman
bars Ben Franklin and Abraham Lin
coin, but lets in Harry Lehr and Ward
McA1lister.