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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-10-25
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THOUGHT lie KNEW GERMAN
Observation-Disclosures.

Most people think, until taught :,
ingly and painfully by experience .Ip
because they have learned ~ qa
language in school or taught thams.,
by the Ollendorff system, thev ma
have little difficulty in travelling .b, Vp
but it requires but a few DAYS ~
themselves in the dilemma Of tbo -
ward graduate who tells the folIon,
story on himself: ''The summor ".
graduation was travelling ar
through Germany. Before land,na
the country I had thought that b.
considerable about the language h.
ing spent two years in the study ~
with a finish Of Goethe and Schm,
But / soon found that reading ~ y
poets or the Niebelungen Lied did =
help me when wanted to order h.s
steak at hotel 90 was inqurtn, \
distance to the next town. Indeed
/ went further up the Rhine for,
myself more and more confused
what heard and had finally mado
my mind that an American cap,s
learn the German language out Of n
textbooks, or even by weeks soiom
among the German people themsqlys
II had reached this sober copcp,.
when I entered one evening a small M
or 'gasthaus,' just outside the town
Heidelberg. Thirsty from the hot q
and dusty road, | managed to order
glass of beer. While the heavy Germs
innkeeper was drawing another NJ
my feet on the table to better ease NJ
legs. At the other end of the tabs n
a number Of German soldiers driDkh
and smoking together. A few momgh
later one of the soldiers arose bssh
and, taking off his cap, addressed NJ
at some length. Not knowing vmI
that was said, l concluded that D
would be a proper answer, and 50 ISg
politely: Yah, yah! There was u
PAUSE anu IhC1l q SeCUUu SUQRRS1
sprang to his feet. He repeated overt
speech of the first soldier, and then d
the group in uniform stared at me-
a natural inference l now decided ha
If yah was wrong a negative answ
must fit the question, so smiled plea
aStly, and, taking off my hat, ansWaA
'Nein, nein, nimmer.'
Cali the soldiers now sprang to ta
feet, and there might have been ine
national complications at the preset
time between the United States adj
Germany If the hotelkeeper, who EN
a bit of English, had not said YMg u
man, they have asked you twice OuR
your feet off the table and threaten
you do not that they will throw yOua
of the house, At this the stars a
stripes were pulled down before | red
lied that 1 had beaten a retreat"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-10-25
CANTON'S ROTARY DOG.
Puzzles All Observers by the Natur,
of His Morning Exercise.

Puzzles All Observers by the Nature
of His Morning Exercise.
A mysterious dog has appeared in
the vicinity of Baltimore with terrify-
ing effects upon some of the persons
who are said to have seen it. The ne
gro stevedores employed in loading
and unloading the ships at the North
ern Central Railroads iron ore piers.
Lower Canton, are in a fever of ex-
element about the existence and pc
culiar actions of this strange canine.
which each day goes through a most
remarkable proceedings in the woods
near the piers and in the rear of Pa
tapsco PARK The dog is known among
the stevedores as 1.-The spook dog of
Cooksie's woods" and that particular
patch of forest where the canine is
said to have his stamping ground is
as carefully avoided by the negroes
as though a family of rattlesnakes had
taken up quarters there.
Near the southern edge of the woods,
about $50 feet north of the Northern
CentraPs weighing station, Is circu-
lar path, well marked by the patter
of feet. Around this path the dog is
said to run between the hours of 6 and
7 each morning. How the animal came
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-10-25

a boy in short trousers hired out as a
messenger in Pittsburg. He and An
drew Carnegie ran errands together
for several years and as messenger
boys formed the partnership which has
always existed between them. They
schemed together as youths and while
very young men embarked in the bust
ness which has made them both multi
millionaireS-the making Of steel.
Many years ago Mr.. Phipps' fortune
had expanded to the million mark and
his influence was felt in the financial
world; but he was habitually modest
and shrank from publicity, wherefore
his name was but seldom heard. In
the steel business he became factor
almost as powerful as his associate,
Mr.. Carnegie, and his fortune grew
apace. In 1901 he was publicly classed
with the 1897 other American million
aires and since that time he has been,
ranked with the country's wealthiest
men.
Two years ago he left Pittsburg,
which had been his home as well as
the scene Of his successful operations,
and settled in New York. He at once
bought nearly the entire block on 9TH
avenue, between 87th and SSth streets,
and secured plans for palace to cost
approximately $1,O0O,O00. Work on
this magnificent palace is now under
way
His donation to the Beers created no
surprise to those who are we'll ac-
quainted with Mr.. Phipps. Numerous
institutions in Pittsburg, Allegheny
City and other cities have been bene-
flied by his charities and innumerable
unfortunate persons have been aided
by him.
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accomplished by
OF
Of
being xcaVated
Greece
the
King
all the exposed was
ertok Pompeian SERIES
rocheted
characteristic of
Mno his
Oldest
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-10-25
New Names for Warships.

While other countries in Europe are
combining themselves mostly to con-
ventional names for their ships of war,
such as those Of sovereigns, battles,
naval and military heroes, rivers and
cities the French have struck out in
a new line. The new battleships. build
ing and about to be laid down in &C.
cordance with the restored program
of 1900 are to receive names suggestive
of the principles of the revolution.
Two, the battleships Republique and
Patrie, are now in hand; and four
others of the largest class, to be named
Democratic, Liberte, Justice and We
rite. are about to be commenced. Be-
sides these, a number of powerful
cruisers. some of which are already
launched, are to be added to the
French navy. They are called after
illustrious statesmen and literary men,
the latter most unusual thing They
are the Leon Gambetta, Jules Ferry,
Victor Hugo. Jules Michelet, and Err,
nest Renan.-New York Sun.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-10-25

In controlling the rivers Of the coun.
try the government employs two oppo.
site processes; if the volume of water
is large and the stream sluggish, so
that the river tends to overflow its
banks, levees are constructed to con-
fine the water in the channel. But if
the WATERWAYS is small and the slope
rapid, systems Of dams and locks are
built to hold the water back and raise
the level, so that the river may be nav
igated. The result is termed ''slack-
water navigation" A stream so treated
is often described as a "canalized
river" because the dams represent a
series of steps but for which the water
would all run out in the dry season.
When the water is high the locks are
thrown open, the boatmen preferring
to use the natural stream. But for
slack altering in the Ohio and Monon-
gahela, Pittsburg would be a dry-land
city in the summer months. On ac
count of it's enormous coal traffic this
would be especially calamitous. Ac
cordfngly the river system has been
improved and will be improved still
further New locks are now in course
of construction below Pittsburg, and in
the Allegheny and Monongahela.
Among other rivers which are so
treated may be named the Warrior and
Black Warrior, the Kanawha and the
Kentucky The Mississippi is slack
ened in it's pace at Keokuk, Iowa, and
the construction of waterway be-
tween two fresh water lakes and Pu-
get Sound has been begun near Seattle.
1t Is perhaps easier to put the brakes
on a river that tends at seasons to run
out too fast than to hurry along to the
sea one that would otherwise devas-
tate the country with it's overflow.
More than thirty million dollars have
been expended on levees in the lower
Mississippi, and much more remains
to be done. Other remedies like reser-
voirs and artificial outlets have proved
either inadequate or impracticable.
Although about the same quantity of
rainwater falls now as in the past, it's
flow in the rivers is much more irregu-
lar, in consequence of the tilling of the
soil and the cutting away Of the for
ests. Modern engineering improve
ments in q sense restore nature, and
for purposes of navigation go much
further, providing a better waterway
than the primeval forests ever shaded.
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to perform this peculiar feat is not
known, but that it does SO is stoutly
affirmed by a hundred or more men
who have witnessed the exhibition,
which has been repeated almost every
morning since June.
Several gentlemen, after witnessing
the dogs movements, have concluded
that the quadruped was at one time
connected with a show in which his
duty was to run about an arena at a
certain hour each day. They think
that the habit contracted there has
chung to the dog and cannot be shaken
off. The performance usually lasts
about an hour, and of late there is
frequently a number of spectators on
hand. Attempts have been made to
capture the beast, but it eludes all eff
forts and persists in taking it's morn
ing exercise unless frightened off by
an attempt to interfere.
The animal is said to be black, with
tan legs, somewhat resembling col
lie, and is about as large as a setter.
A few weeks ago the path was filled
up with dirt to determine If the dog
could find the place again. The next
day when the canine returned he be-
gan the usual race with himself in pre-
cisely the same spot and a few days
later the path was again clearly mark
ed. 1t is now worn about two inches
deep. Tree roots which cross it are
worn like secured planks. In the cen
ter Of the circle are several trees
Baltimore Sun.
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in the United States who mas u''
nearly all their money, not lf0lD u 4
countrymen, but from tofelSntI' ;, !
vast fortune has been accumola''9
most wholly in the South A~'''l
trade. He is also one of the re" AD
lean millionaires whose eHor's
cumulate money have not WreVh's
health. This is very Largely wv
the constant care Of his VIE
Mrs. Flint, not his business aSS"r
who dictates his hours OF laOol' ~
alton and rest. She decides hoS
he may remain in his office "n.
when he must eat, how long q"
what way he shall play, ana "ND
how long he shall sleep. 1nen M
acquaintance is, of course, very
but such merry-making as tney ~
must begin and end early in luz
ing. 1t is said that Mr.. Ell" ~,
outside his own home later w.
O'Clock at night. Mr.. Flint y -, an
uct of Maine, having been w.
Themaston in 1850.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-10-25
a Strapoe Animal

The okapi, the strange anllla 1l n
time ago discovered in cen'f'i
by Sir Henry JOhnst0ne' /, M
thought to have been known ~ ,'as
Client Egyptians. The old n no u
show a so-called animal Oh ,'arg
desert quadruped variousl ;s,o s'a Il
to have been fox, a nluSAla' ,aS
a camel and even a fao0lo ,ocs,
A study of the animal con''D srpss
lessor Wiedeman that W., ,,otpr
was the okapi, which early D''
Terminated in Egypt.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-10-25

1t is said that Americans are becom-
Ing, like the French, childless race.
The Journal of the American Medical
Association says the number of Amer
lean births has steadily declined since
1880 and Is now near the statistical
level of France. Among the laboring
classes PIP per cent of American born
are childless and among the so-called
higher classes 23.6 per cent Meantime
among the foreign born married women
In America the portion that Is childless
is only HOP per cent. Small families
are the rule among Americans. If,
however, the dictum of a recent maya
zine writer is correct. the important
fact, so far as the progress of the race
Is concerned is not the number of
births but the quality of the births
This writer on THE New Republican
ism" In the Cosmopolitan, seeks to find
a basis upon which we can account for
the reason of existence and the pur-
pose of living He reduces the whole
matter to this: ITO get better births
and to get better results from the births
We get" That Is what we are here for
In his view. That view certainly sim
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-10-25
OUR SOIL is RICH IN GEMS.

Where American Precious Stones Have
Been Found by Miners.
The report of the geological survey,
just compiled for 1901, shows that DUR
ing that year there were mined in the
United States precious stones to the
value Of about 100000. When talking
about rare and beautiful gems ones
thoughts naturally revert to South At
RIGA or the Orient or the mountains Of
Asia and Europe, or perhaps to South
America, but one is not likely to think
Of our own land yielding them; but
the fact is thatsno insignificant value
in gems is taken from the soil right
here at home. The report Of the geo.
logical survey shows that during that
year we mined in the United States
precious stones to the value of about
100000.
Diamonds represent only 500 of this
amount, but the fact that they are
found at all gives encouragement to
the hope that paying fields of them
may some time be found. Last year
one diamond was found in Lee County.
Georgia, where diamonds were not be-
fore known to exist. New Mexico fur.
nished $118,00O in turquoises, and these
have been placed on the market. Mon.
tana gave us $4,000 in sapphires.
which come next. They come from
Fergus County. Granite County is
now being explored for fancy colored
SapphireS, that give evidences Of
being there in paying quaint.
ties. Fine and extensive rhodolite
garnet deposits are found in Macon
County, North Carolina. Many dark.
green, blue and yellow beryls, as well
as amethysts and emeralds, were
found in that State. There is hardly
State of the Union in which there is
not some trace of precious stones and
it appears not at all unlikely that be.
fore many years we may be competing
with the old world in furnishing gems
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-10-25

Opinion will be divided, although it
ought not to be, concerning the wisdom
of the young woman who gave up her
position in the government printing Of
flee in Washington rather than change
the style of dressing her hair. She
liked 1t fluffy" but the foreman Of
the press-rOom where she was employ
ed insisted that it be brushed smooth,
as the fiutfiness interfered with the
proper feeding Of the press, and led to
the spelling of paper. Girls may find
tho incident suggestive.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-10-25

1t may not be true that good health
and good morals, clean living and clean
thinking and acting go always hand in
hand. Indeed, it is quite true they do
not. But the converse of the PROPOSE
can be no product of good citizenship
FROM q slum. If the men it evolves are
negatively honest they are so hope
iessly weak and ignorant as to become
the easy prey and the dangerous tools
of every designing demagogue who
comes their way.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-10-25
LEAPIN6 SALMON s.SNAPSHOT."
Photographically speaking, nothing

Photographically speaking, nothing
imaginable can be more difficult to
snapshot than a leaping salmon.
Nobody can tell when, or just where,
he is going to jump, and accurate focus
Is out of the question. Probably the
accompanying picture is the most sue
eessful photo Of leaping salmon ever
taken. 1t was made by an officer OF
the United States fish commission on
the island of Afognak, off the coast of
Alaska, and the big fish is jumping up
fall to get to the spawning grounds
in the headwaters of the stream.
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pIifies the problem. The only way by
which the race can be improved is by
producing better specimens of the race
We are conservators of life for time.
It is our duty to pass it on perfected,
to see that our children are stronger,
purer. nobier than we are. This new
way of looking at things is not dis
turbed by statistics concerning the
birth rate. Not how many births, but
how good. This new philosophy Is
worth your attention.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-10-25

The report of the Census Bureau,
which declares that since 1910 the
median of American longevity has in
creased IA years, points to many vital
conclusions. Among these, it proves
that with the introduction and enor-
nous patronage of the railroads, steam
boats, electric cars, and all other means
of rapid transit, we have reached and
safely passed that stage in mechanical
development when the attendant loss
Of human life Is at the maximum. 1t
also speaks eloquently of the progress
in the science Of medicine and surgery,
the Improvement and increase in the
number of hospitals and public places
of refuge 1t shows the triumph of
law and order, the approximate perfec-
ton of our police system and the
growth Of all those safeguards with
which society surrounds itself. But
above these things, it gives the lie to
the blatant alarmist who all these years
has narrowed us with his cry that the
ceaseless commercial activity of the
day, the rush for fortune and fame, are
burning the candle of longevity at both
ends. We have been ponderously
warned that the American race was so
rapidly consuming it's vital energy that
each of us would soon be, at the age
of so, tottering wreck, mentally and
physically incapable. But the triumph
over the world in commercial, scien-
tific, and economical progress, we are
now told on indisputable authority. has
not been achieved at such a sacrifice.
1t seems that the harder we work, the
lustier we wax and the longer We live.
Anteus-Hke, we rise after each fall
with added vigor and accumulated ag
erosion. This may be disqufeting news
to our European competitors. but it is
certainly reassuring to us and crafty
ing to guardians of the human vessel.
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AN AMERICAN BEAUTY.
Countess Perigord Will Show Husband
the Greatness of Uncle Sam.

One of the prettiest Of American girls
who b we found foreign husband is
home on a long vacation and society
in New York has made great plans for
her entertainment She is the Countess
Bosom De Talleyrand Perigord and was
formerly Miss Helen Morton, daughter
Of Hon. Levi P. Morton, once Vice
President of the United States. The
countess is an acknowledged beauty.
Before her marriage she was as well
known in the society Of Paris and Lon
don as in New York. 1t is said that
Mr.. Morton told her and each of her
four sisters that they were to marry
for love-an object that is not often
realized in society weddings nowadays.
Two of the countess sisters are mar
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-10-25

Magistrate-Did understand you to
say that the parties used high words?
Witness-Yes, your worship; their
voices We're unusually high, and their
language was extremely low.-Glas.
Cow Evening Times.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-10-25
JEFFERSON DAVIS MEMORIAL.

Arch Erected in Rich ond by Daugh-
ters of Confederacy.
A beautiful memorial arch is being
erected in Richmond Va, to Jefferson
Davis by the United Daughters of the
Confederacy. It was designed by Lou
is A. Gudebrod and the cost will be
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-10-25

Swearing over telephone line is an
unseemly proceeding, as the telephone
officials truly point out. 1t may be sug-
gested, however, that If the service
were entirely satisfactory there would
be nothing to swear about.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-10-25
Merely a Guess.

II see that young man can get a
college degree now in three years.
Whats that for?"
II dunno. Maybe it's to enable him
to get street-car conductors lob a
year earlier" -Cleveland Plain Dealer
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-10-25

The Argentine Republic seems to be
afraid that Uncle Sam Is going to an
mex it. Why will those South Ameri-
can countries keep on borrowing trou-
BILE when they have so much of it reg
ularly on tap?
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-10-25

After reading the various interviews
and treatises on the care and manage
ment OF automobiles, one can readily
see that the automobilist has no time
to experience ennui. Indeed, one won
ders when he finds time to sleep.
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TO CORRESPONDENTS.

All communications for this paper should be accom-
panied by the name the author not necessarily fol
publication but evidence of good faith the part
of the writer Write only side of the paper BE
particularly careful in giving and dates to have
the letters and figures plain and distinct.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-10-25

A western minister leaves his church
because, he says, another church offers
more salary. That Is his sole reason.
The exceeding frankness Of the preach
er almost disarms criticism.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-10-25

tracted wide atten-
ton, is one Of the
directors Of t b e
G a rn e G | e Steel
Company and is
reckoned o q e of
Americas richest
men. His fortune
is e S t m a t ed at
$50 600, 600.
Mr.. Phipps was
born of poor pa
rents in Allegheny
@Ns1 n LsN
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-10-25

A New York man has q scarf pin
with small piece of coal set as dia-
mond. This ostentatious display Of
wealth ought to be frowned upon.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-10-25

Peary says he could discover the
north pole if he had 100000. But If
he had 100000 why should he ever
want to do anything as disagreeable as
discovering the pole?
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-10-25

In certain parts of the country small
farms are now offered in exchange for
moderate quantities of hard coal. A
Yankee 'swap" between agriculture
and anthracite!
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-10-25

A man who can sit and fish for six
hours at a stretch without a bite
would get all out of patience if he had
to mind the baby ten minutes.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-10-25

1t is reported that the Cubans are
f1Rding 1t difficult to obtain work. What
happiness the average Cuban must be
ENJOYING
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-10-25

the "tatnef Vi Y
trusts, and NJ
perform ans 4
whose yacht, Y
Arrow, in traT1
ing at the rate |
over forty'@|
miles an hour, n
brought him y
temporary pronlI
enCe.
Mr.. Flint Is q
of the few lola'
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-10-25

The egg dealers, 1t is said, are getting
together, which probably means that
eggs and the people will be farther
0n0rt
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-10-25

When a man succeeds in making his
stack Of dollars so high that he can't
see over 1t he Is likely to be short
sighted
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-10-25

about $4,000, which it has taken the
daughters several years to get together.
The site of the monument is the
choice Of Mrs. Jefferson Davis, who,
though opposed to the memorial at
first, finally consented, and the arch
will be unveiled in Monroe Park at
Richmond in the early spring.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-10-25
Cats in SWITZERLAND.

Swiss ornithologists declare that cats
have become so numerous in Switzer-
land as to threaten the determination
Of all birds of the country.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-10-25

Emperor William says electric cars
are enemies to humanity. He should
mobilize few at critical points on his
frontier.