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occurred
AGED DOG Commits Suicide.

There's old Tige; he's Is years old,
really blind, and a nuisance" said the
proprietor of the hotel at Afford, Pa,
the other day. Il haven't the heart to
kill him, but if some fellow will shoot
him and bury him up on the hill, will
give him a dollar"
A. barroom lounger Immediately ac-
cepted, the offer, and left for his home
to get a gun. Old Tige arose from the
floor near the stove, gave a pitiful
whine, and went out of doors. In half
an hour the man returned with a gun,
but the dog was nowhere to be found.
A persistent search all the afternoon
failed to reveal his presence, and the
barroom crowd gave up the chase at
nightfall.
Next morning the milkman discover
ed the mangled body of old Tige on the
railroad tracks. He had committed sui
eide to escape being shot to death
Chicago Inter Ocean.
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CHICAGO RUBBER-NECKS.

The Sandwich Mans New Profess
siOua1 Rival.
For a year or two a company has
been in existence in Chicago the bust
ness of which is to carry big advertis-
ing signs high up into the air by
means of teams Of box kites. Most
people have noticed the long canvas
banners swinging in the clouds hun
dreds of feet above the tall skyscrap-
ers, and consequently have some idea
of the size Of the signs which can be
handled in this way.
Perhaps the greatest difficulty with
which the company has had to deal in
it's business has been that Of attract
ing the attention of the people on the
streets to it's floating banners. Street
crowds rarely look up. They are busy
watching trucks and cable trains and
lodging pedestrians coming in the 9TH
err direction.
If one man happens to catch
glimpse of the sign in the sky and
attract a crowd, and thereafter there
is no trouble about securing an audi
ence. But a corporation cannot de-
pend on a chance of this kind in talk
ing to advertisers, and consequently
they have adopted a new plan and pro-
vided new occupation for men who
don't like to work hard.
In the language of the street the kite
company has hired corps Of rubber
neckers," and turned them loose on
State and other crowded streets. These
men walk down the streets in couples.
They stop at each corner, and pointing
upward at the floating sign call atten-
ton to it in a way which attracts other
people. At once a crowd gathers and
the professional "rubber-neckers''
move on to the next corner, where they
repeat their performance.
"a couple of us can cover a good
share of the downtown district in a
day." said one Of the fraternity yester-
day. 1--WE make our $3.50 out of it,
and it's certainly better than working
on water pipe extension. 1 don't want
any softer snap, though the first two
weeks I was at it 1 had a crick in my
neck all the time"-Chicago Tribune.
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SALMON P. cHAsE's CARRIAGE.
Still Preserved in the Shop of Wash
ington Dealer.

ington Dealer.
The carriage which was in 1862 the
handsomest equipage in Washington,
and which transported through it's
streets the reigning society queen of
that day-the daughter of Salmon P.
Chase, or, as she is now remembered,
Mrs. Kate Chase Sprague-has for the
last eighteen years occupied an in
conspicuous place in the salesroom of
Thomas E. Young's carriage house in
that city.
The huge vehicle is now quaint and
out of date in many ways, though
traces Of it's departed elegance are not
lacking. A well-worn footboard in the
rear gives evidence of the military ap-
pearance of two liveried footmen who
gripped with tenacity at the black
strap handles in order to maintain
their equilibrium. In front is a box
seat for the driver, draped somewhat
in the fashion of hearse of the pres
ent day.
The interior of the carriage, with it's
ample seating capacity for six persons,
is lined with heavy lilac satin, while
the handles and door latches are OF
silver and ivory. The carriage is jet
black and it's heavy running gear, to-
gether with it's ponderous body and
substantial trappings, gives the i'm
preston that it is looking with
naughty disdain on the glossy traps
which surround it IN the salesroom,
never admitting for a moment that its
former glory has been lessened whit
by the vagaries of fashion.
Mrs. Kate Chase Sprague gave the
carriage in trade for a more modern
vehicle about eighteen years ago. Its
value now is simply that of a relic
but in the estimation of Mr.. Young
this value is increasing each year.
Mr.. Young also has stored away in
his lofts the Seward carriage, which
is an exact counterpart Of the carriage
shown at Buffalo as the equipage OF
Abraham Lincoln. This, with the car.
riage of Gen. Tecumseh Sherman
says the Washington Star, he pur
chased about twenty years ago.
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Spoiled Servants.

In France it is said that Americans
spoil their servants; they are careless
as to money, too good-natured, and law
ish with holidays, and the French SER
want who returns from service in the
United States is regarded as one that is
spoiled. In France, or, rather, in Paris,
where the highest wages are paid for
general Homework, the girls receive
at the most ten dollars a month, and
they are allowed but one afternoon a
month out. They do a great deal of
work never asked of a girl in this coun-
try-brushing clothes, household mend
ing, doing of errands, and the daily
marketing. On the other hand, they do
no family washing, all bread, cakes,
and desserts are gotten outside of the
house. as well as many entrees, meat
and fowls, and it is even possible to
buy cooked vegetables, so that really
there is much less work in the kitchen.
Then, too, with hardwood floors and
rugs there is less, or at least lighter,
work IL caring for the apartments,
which offsets the household mending.
-blacking and marketing. The last,
however, is not hardship, for this con-
stitutes the girls daily outing.
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A FEARFUL JOY.
Chief Justice of England a Difficult
Man to Talk With.

Chief Justice of England Difficult
Man to Talk With.
Lord Russell of Killowen, the late
Lord Chief Justice Of England, was
very brusque in manner, and to call
upon him was sometimes "a fearful
joy" A visitor, a Mr.. Wilkins, once
appeared in Lord RusSell's office to ask
a favor. The conversation which en-
sued would be regarded anywhere as
sufficient evidence of Lord Russelfs &C.
centricity, to use a mild term.
How do you do, Sir Charles?' said
Wilkins. Il think l had the honor OF
meeting you with Lord"
What do you want?" interrupted
Lord Russell.
'Well, Sir Charles, have endeavored
to state in my letter."
Eyes, have your letter. said Lord
Russell, brusquely, ''and you write a
very slovenly hand"
''The fact is, Sir Charles, wrote that
letter in a hurry in your waiting
ROOM"
Not at all, not at all. You had plen-
~ VI t1l4C W NLILS a 1CS1D1S AOlC ANOS
you are careless. Go on!''
"Well, vacancy has occurred in
began the visitor.
you are very untidy in your appear
ance," broke in Sir Charles.
81 was travelling all night. l only
"Nonsensew again interrupted Lord
Russell. you had plenty of time to
make yourself tidy. No; you are nat
urally careless about your appearance.
Go on!'
"Well, Sir Charles, this vacancy has
occurred in"
''And you are very fat!' interrupted
the Chief Justice, irritably.
THAT is hereditary, l am afraid ~
said the visitor, not a little discomfort
ed by the criticisms of Sir Charles.
"My father was very fat"
Not at ALL" said the Chief Justice.
81 knew your father well. He wasn't
fat. It's laziness."
But Lord Russell helped the man to
the position he desired His bark was
often worse than his bite.
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ROTARY CLOTHESLINE HANGER.

The illustration shows a new form of
pulley for use with endless clothes
lines, the invention of Fred Wright, of
Coldwater, Mich. With the ordinary
pulley it is only possible to use half
the line, and in taking in the clothes
no discrimination can be made in favor
of those garments which dry more
rapidly than others. but each must be
removed in it's turn. With the new
pulley any number of garments may
be passed over and only the drier ones
selected, and that, too, without fear of
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When Language Failed.

Teuton met Teuton in the office Of
the United States Civil Service Com
mission the other day when German
reporter called to ask what appointees
to the government service were to sail
for the Philippines on the transport
Mcclellan.
"Aboud du hundred deechers," said a
German clerk.
''Joost laborers?" inquired the re-
porter, whose ear is more anglicized
than his speech.
mo, deechers," replied the clerk.
"Oh, for der engineer corps" said the
reporter; men for der bubble improve
mends."
mo, for der schools
"Oh, deechers," said the reporter. Il
understood you wrong. New York
Post.
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soiling the clothes in their passage
around the pulleys, as, with the aid of
the new hanger and pin which forms
part of the invention, the clothes do
not come in contact with either the pull
ley or the rope.
In hanging out the clothes the entire
length of the line may be used, and
by the time the last Of the wash is at
taChed to the line the clothes first hung
out are coming down the 'home
stretch" ready for the ironing. An
other feature is the line tightener,
which is also shown in the picture, con-
sisting of a pivoted tongue meshing in
notches in the side of the swinging
arm which supports the pulley.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-04-19

In such a commercial and industrial
age as this it is natural that discussion
of the old question as to 1.-The value Of a
college or academic education in BUSH
ness should be revived with intensi-
fed earnestness. Instead Of resting con-
tent with the generally accepted fact
that the college education embellishes
our common life with the refnements
of liberal culture, the public now ap-
pears to be seriously demanding an an
swer to the question as to whether it
really has any bearing upon individual
success or upon the industrial and COM
mercial progress Of the race. President
G. Stanley Hall of Clark University has
said that ut depends largely upon what
kind of an academic course is taken
On such a scale, he fancied, the old
classical course would mark very low,
while "some Of the modern technical
and commercial courses and many OF
those in the sciences would mark very
high" In his recent inaugural address
President Remsen of Johns Hopkins
University calls attention to the fact
that the connection between the prac-
teal work of the world and the work car
ried ON in the laboratories of the univer-
sites is more intimate than is general
ly known. The most striking example
of the practical value Of education in
the material development Of a nation
has been seen in the growth Of Ger
many during the last twenty years.
The German universities, through their
great investigators and the facilities
they have afforded for original re
search, President Remsen believes
have done more for Germany's indus
trial advancement than any other sim
gle agency. President Remsen in
stanced the wonderful development Of
the coal tar industry as an example Of
the contributions made to the worlds
industrial progress by the university
laboratory. The university, through
patient research and experiment, IN
locked from this apparently useless by
product elements that have not only
been a blessing to humanity but which
have been the source of great wealth.
It is doubtless a fact that very many Of
the great advances of recent years in
manufacture and commerce may be
traced to the patient investigation of a
university professor in a university
workshop. We are now entering upon
the greatest industrial age in all human
history, when all the civilized nations
are coming into free competition in the
worlds markets. In this worldwide
industrial contest the nation will be su-
preme where the manufacturer is put
in closest touch with the forces Of ma
ture, which are the sources Of wealth,
and in this work the university labora-
tory will be more important factor
than ever before
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-04-19

It is said that the American feminine
countenance is one that leans toward
smiles, and If foreign testimony is to
be trusted there is cause for a smiling
complacency in the recently demon
strated facts that American women are
the best dressed as well as the most
independent and problem free of aid
women To have the right things on
ones body and the wrong things of
ones mind is certainly to be as happy
as it is possible for womankind to be.
But as for the necessity for smiling in
all situations and under all circum-
stances that must rest with the inds-
vidual, who will probably decide that
he will look as he feels and smile when
he pleases.
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D,;rbt Have Been King.

Lord Munster, who was ao'iu. a
killed near Kroonstadt, only Su. ~.
to the earldom last April He wa wa
grandson of William ~ anu The The
dan, and bore the royal arms c1s,,, aD'
Earl was Colonel Fitz-CLaIe tno a
had a distinguished career IL 'r pon nj
being beu 2 with wi Wellington in the T. FEN II
lar war and subsequehuy mai
After his retirement he | WAN '
peer in 1881 and died t.. el ot the =
later. But for the passing J " 7
marriage act-assumlns n ntberr
JAMS marriage to have DesL "
regular-the Earl OF NL uro
have been King of LnsI"DU
Tattler.
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ing that in case of sudden death the
impression does not vanish. The eye
has been used as Photographic cam
era, says the Philadelphia Record, and
by the application of potash alum the
retina has been made to hold an i'm
age. Unfortunately for perple1ed cor
oners, however, nature does not treat
the eye with potash alum, and the i'm
age Of the murdered soon disappears
from the retina of his victim.
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One of Helen Keller's Franks.

About this time l found out the use
Of key, and one day l locked my
mother up in the pantry, where she
was obliged to remain three hours, as
the servants were in a detached part
Of the house. She kept pounding on
the door, while / sat outside on the
porch steps and laughed with glee az
l felt the jar of the pounding. This
most naughty prank of mine convinced
nay parents that l must be taught as
soon as possible. After my teacher,
Miss Annie NJ Sullivan, came to me-
| sought an early opportunity to lock
her in her room. 1 went upstairs with
something which my mother made me
understand I was to give to Miss Sulli-
van; but no sooner had l given it to
her than slammed the door to, locked
it, and hid the key under the WARDROBE
in the hall. | could not be induced to
tell where the key was. Ny father
was obliged to get a ladder and take
my teacher out through the window
much to my delight Months after I
produced the key.-Helen Keller, IN
Ladies Home Journal.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-04-19

Certain kindly disposed persons are
In the habit of advising mankind. in a
phrase peculiar to photographers, to
look pleasant whatever be their state
and condition, and to insist that even
aching hearts should be carried beneath
smiling countenanceS. Yet Just as there
are people who object TO those regions
where perpetual sunshine prevails and
where clouds and storms are unknown.
so there are those who would find mo-
notonous an ever cloudless counte-
nance. As an antidote to melancholy
Keats suggested that when ones be
loved exhibited some rich anger" to
1mprison her soft hand and let her rave,
And feed deep, deep upon her peerless
eges.
OF course there are smiles more heart
rending than tears and tears more
cheering than smiles, while the Chesh-
ire cat variety of expression is pleas
ant TO the point of evaporation. The
smile upon the face of Leonardo da
Vincis celebrated Norma Lisa is I'M
endurable to some people, while over
others 1t casts spell not to be resisted.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-04-19
THE AMERICAN FATHER
Average Man of Family Gives ToI
tie Time to His Children.

Tie 4 line 10 Ills ShAAul Nhs
Is it right to the child that hs
and knows so little Of his fathe1
all this commercial strife WortI
price Of a child being almost SLY
to his own father? Men are some
surprised that their children Z
stinctively to their mothers ~
little to them. But aside from tha
ural instinct which draws every
to his mother, why should theI
cause any wonder? \ child aIl'
himself to those who give him tneI
attention, to the one who JOINS y
his play. And if, as so many Ia
do, a man places business hrSF
life all during the week. anu Y
himself in those modern curSeSI
Sunday newspapers, on the I'd!
he is at home, what can he ezpec'
his child? 1t is a case OF tue cum
seeing the father during the WeeA'
the father not seeing the child OIL
day. A man must be the Wa9es1
and the family supporter. IIa' |
duty laid out for him. But "Dsn
is accomplished is it worth DIS W.,
push on into the commercial m'A
the expense of the sweetenlng
should come into the life Of every
In short, what profteth it nan nal
pose he gain the whole %o'lo ..
not know his own cHIiu'
Home Journal.
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FALLACY ABOUT EYES OF DEAD
The Retina Does Not Retain the I'm
age Last Seen.

age Last Seen.
Wonderful as are many of it's achieve.
ments, science is often distinctly dis
appointing. Charles Dickens was never
reconciled to the scientific dictum that
the spontaneous combustion of the
rum-soaked Mr.. Krook was impossible
To the day of his death the great nov.
elist doubted the thoroughness of sci,
entists.
The coroner of Rochester, n. Y, is
keenly disappointed over the failure OF
science to photograph from the retina
Of a murdered jeweler the image OF
the murderer, who must have been the
last person to make an impression on
the retina. Mr.. Linkering, a photog-
rapher of thirty-fve years experience,
was employed to do the work with
powerful magnifying glasses, but all
that could be made out was a small
elongated blot. The coroner had count
ed positively on conclusive evidence
as to the identity of the murderer.
The popular fallacy that the retina,
or sensitive inner surface of the eye
ball. of dead person will retain an
image of the object on which the vision
was last directed is of ancient origin,
and it has persisted in spite of the
positive statement of scientists that
the thing is impossible. Although no
image ever has been found in a dead
persons eye, story tellers refuse to
relin0uish so valuable a scheme for the
detection OF fictional murderers. Even
kipling, with all his originality, finds
use for it in the story of an English
officers suicide in India. The officer
had seemed to be troubled by the vision
of some horror, and when he was found
dead doctor took a kodak, and, with
out the use of a microscopic lens, OBJ
tanned a negative Of the retina On this
he saw the unspeakable horror.
1t is easy TO understand that the
fallacy had its birth in the fact that
the eye is fitted with a lens, and that
the image of an object is impressed on
the retina- The mistake is in assum-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-04-19

The Russian government has given
Novelist Cork an advertisement likely
to make his writings as popular in and
out of Russia as Tolstoi's 1t has
threatened Agitator Cork with exile
or imprisonment for the political opin-
ions in his novels. 1t may be that
there is a shrewd literary trust in Rus
sia which knows how to advertise
without resort to the ordinary meth
DDS.
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Was He Dead2

Old black Kate had been absent from
the Parkers' kitchen for some DAYS in
attendance on her sick husband, a Her.
bert Spencer looking individual, whom
she never called by any more familiar
title than Mr.. Tilman."
One evening Mr.. Parker went to see
how the sick man was getting along.
The unexpected sight of streamers of
woe on the bell handle so confused him
that when Kate herself opened the door
he blunderingly asked:
How is Mr.. Tilman, Kate?"
Kate, always serious, was solemnity
personified as she answered:
Mr.. Tilman, sir, is laid ut."-Lip-
pincott's Magazine
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had
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that's ucha would certainly popular
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-04-19

A chaplain IL the navy begins with
$4,000 as sea pay and after five years
receives $500 The pay carries with it
many perquisites of lodging, cheapness
of food and the like and it is far and
away above the average that the indi-
yidual would receive were he engaged
In ordinary pastoral work. The duties
are not onerous as 8 rule, and the fact
that the positions are eagerly sought
after is proof positive that the emolu-
mentS are adequate.
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BIGGEST DRUM ON EARTH
HAS TONE LIKE

:. The I biggest bass drum in .
Is in st, Louis. 1t is ~. III
NJ. Waechtler, official has NV
of the Symphony orebe s1Ss
structor of the Social Tn ~
corps. ]u'n
The drum is so large that :,
men would be required to o. .,
parade, the player waIkinr - ~
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-04-19

Bend a match in the center s.
it forms an acute angle, and pI
over the neck of a large bottle;
Of the match place a piece of md
cent, for instance, as shown in
The trick is to put the money id
bottle without touching the mai
the bottle. Dip your finger in
holding it over the place wheI
match is bent, and allow one o
drops of water to fall on that
The two sides of the angle will
slowly, allowing the money to
into the bottle.
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Presidents Estimate of Daughter.

In speaking of his daughter Alice to
a friend President Roosevelt once said:
''She does not stay in the house and
fold her hands and do nothing. Sbs
takes a tramp Of several miles at thu
pace I set for her. She can ride, drive
skee, shoot-though she doesn't care
much for the shooting. [ don't mind
that. 1t isn't necessary for her health,
but the outdoor exercise is, and she
has plenty of it. Ladies Home Jour-
nal
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-04-19

BILLY" Rice, the minstrel who was
buried at the expense of a charitable
institution the other day, drew a sal
airy Of 81, 900 a week in his palmy days
Evidently Billy didn't discover until
too late that back of every joke there
is a touch of pathos.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-04-19

A nerve specialist asserts that the
desire for alcoholic stimulants is often
caused by pepper, mustard and the
like. 1t is also caused sometimes by
the views of nerve specialists.
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editions of Famous "

In the last three years, ,o an, there
the e. English Book catalog gu sb sai
published 17S editions o. 40 Of
1s4 of Scott, 50 of Dickens al.sra ~ q
andre Dumas, So of Thae 6 7ere ~
of Captain MarryaI aH1
and 10 of George Eliot
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Struck Oil.

Ted-What's that peculiar odor about
Miss Cobwigger?
Ned-Tm not sure whether she's been
riding in an auto or cleaning her dress
with benzine.-New York Sun.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-04-19

The bankers of this country have
finally decided to go into the money
order business in opposition to the
post office and the express companies.
The express companies should retail