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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-01-11

JOHN SWINTON. paper Work, ne TOOK
up the study of law and medicine. In
1860 he held position as chief editor
ial writer with the New York Times,
which he filed for ten years. For
IL years he was editorial writer on the
New York Sun. In 1888 he established
John Swinton's Paper, which he con-
Quoted four years. He first appeared
as an orator in 1874, when he adj
dressed a turbulent crowd in Temp
kins square, a meeting which the po-
lice finally dispersed. From that time
Mr.. Swinton was busy as an orator
and writer, championing the cause OF
the poor and oppressed. In the fall or
the same year he was nominated for
Mayor of New York by a small force
of men who took the name of the lu-
dustrial Political Party, but he re-
ceived very few votes. He was also
a candidate for Senator and came near
being elected He was speaker at
many meetings He fought the tene-
ment house cigar evil and organized
support for the great Fall River strike
in 1915, and assisted Worklngmen S
movements of every kind with money
as we'll as with his pen and voice.
He was never afraid to speak what
he believed boldly and unreservedly.
Being a Scotch Calvinist, he was
strongly impregnated with the idea
that Divine Providence was on the
side he espoused. 1t was his boast
that he never no matter what the
ideas of his employers were, wrote a
line contrary to his honest convictions
as uttered on the stump.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-01-11
DISCOVERIES of Ceylon.

The Portuguese, who in the days Of
their commercial greatness had Won
derful keen eye for anything like gold
that comes from successful commercial
pursuits, were the first Europeans to
discover Ceylon and to make use of
the island. They occupied the desir-
able ports from early in the sixteenth
century to the middle of the seven
teenth. Then the Dutch came along
and ousted them. This was in 1856.
And for 140 years the Dutch admins
tered the maritime provinces. In 1896
the English took from them this last
remaining stronghold 1t was not I'M
til 1915 that the British hold on the
island was clinched by the departure
Of the King Of Handy. Up to that
time, despite the impress that they had
made on the coast, the Europeans had
been entirely unable to get into the in
terror, and the kings of Handy had
felgned over several million people who
paid tribute to them. Great kings thew
must have been, some of them. for
there are many evidences to show that
the civilization Of those days was
something worth while. In area the
island is about the same size as Hol-
lana or Belgium. 1t is 271 miles long
and l37 miles across at extreme
breadth. It's area is 1896 square miles.
In singalese the island is Lanka. It's
later names We're Serendib and Tapro-
bane
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-01-11

would lcok fec an unbiased opinion Of
the Chinese coolie on the Pacific coast!
Aud yet what people more than the
Califorpians admit the Chinese to their
households? How many planters in
the cotton states believe the negro has
a soul? Note how aristocratic dwell
ers in athens" religiously stand by
Bostonese as good Englist. "Can any
good come out of Chicago?" asks the
New York City provincial. The Mis-
sourian has to be Shown" when Iowa
is concerned. We are coming to be
broad nation in many particulars, but
we remain very narrow in spots.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-01-11
PASSING OF LEGERDEMAIN.
SIeight of Hand Performers Turn to
Mechanical Tricks.

SIeight of Hand Performers Turn to
Mechanical Tricks.
One Of a group of three men who
were seated at the Palmer House cafe
last Friday night was amusing the 9TH
er two with some clever sleight of
hand tricks performed with silver
dollar that appeared and disappeared in
quite mysterious manner.
where did you learn that clever
ness?" asked one of the spectators.
"In Philadelphia, forty years ago."
he answered, during the days of Sig
nor Blitz, who was my teacher. l was
very young man then and lived next
door to Blitz. He took fancy to me
and taught me many sleight of hand
tricks that have not forgotten.
''Blitz was one Of the men who helped
to bring juggling to its perfection, and
paved the way for the great prestidigi-
tators who followed him.
"Now the profession is in it's deca-
dence. 1t has passed its zenith and it's
performances fail to excite to wonder.
1t still survives as an adjunct to other
performances, particularly for the
amusement of children, and that is
about all.
"Blitz gave performance, entirely
In legerdemain, six nights in the week
and two matinees. That cannot be
done in Philadelphia now, or at any
place else, and draw paying houses.
You remember the wonderful narforTn
ances of Houdin, the Frenchman, and
how he startled the world with his
wonders and dumfounded his specta-
tors with his astounding second sight.
Then came Anderson, the Wizard of
the North, who drew full houses all
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-01-11
Goldfish, Eggs and Meat

The mother Goldfish is prOlI1V 'D''
of a large one containing as llan
100000 eggs. Nature seems u ~
provided for much larger Sapp !,
cod than we are obtaining Ou ;
eggs, floating on the surface o. y. a
water to hatch, are DESTROYED .! ',r :
lions. Goldfish eat anything tDa' w. !,
along-from tacks to sharks tes'I Z
the stomach of a large specimen = ),
ducks were found. The hSn VICE. t's,t
much as $50 pounds, and the j., D'i M
are four and a half feet in lenstn ,,,,a
man has caught 600 in a day o. t.. w., "A
hours on the Newfoundland banks " !,
a hand line. Eighty men taA' n :,
average of 1000 a day on the D ,aa,,
bank. Newfoundland is the nea ~, i
ters for dried cod. Consul ''15 +sa
St. Johns, says the quantity he'll aod VI y,
before the present season 0pen .S ,,jI
$780, 1000 pounds. The STOCK toe , ~
q year before was 42,560'000 p''
New York Press.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-01-11

From the settlers cabin may come
a Clay. From the towpath of the ca
nal may come a Garfield. From the
woods may emerge a Lincoln. From
the cornfelds may rise a poet and a
scholar. But who looks to the tene-
ments of New York and Boston and
Philadelphia for our future presidents
and our future masters of literature
and art and finance? Who looks to
the slums of the great cities and to
their fetid sweatshops for the worlds
leaders and torchbearers? Yet the
drift of this country is steadily toward
the tenement, and the drift from the
tenement is toward the slum.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-01-11

The Judge who sustained ruling OF
the Treasury Department that imml-
grants afflicted with tuberculosis had
no right to enter the country did not
go into the merits Of the case. He sim
ply held that the matter was one for
the Treasury officials to decide. But
it is clear that the Treasury decided
wisely, that it Is doing no more than 1t
should to protect the health of the
country. Tuberculosis is the most de-
structiye disease known. In Europe, as
we'll as in the United States, it is the
cause of more deaths than any other.
Epidemics of plague and fever are re-
sponsible for more scares and sensa-
tons, and occasionally produce high
death rate and a large mortality ust'
but tuberculosis works steadily year IN
and year out with the persistence OF
fate. It cannot be cured like the cpl
denies, and though new and prom1s-
ing remedies are announced every little
while the one thing of a remedial nature
upon which the best medical minds
agree and insist is that the greatest
care should be taken to prevent it's in
ception and spread. There is no doubt
that it is communicable; that the agent
for it's dissemination is the sputum of
patients; that without strict regula-
tons this agent is apt to be found ev-
eTyWhere. The seed Of the disease is in
the street Of every town and city, In
the workshop and on the farm. Hence
the recommendations for the segrega-
ton Of consumptiyes and the erection
of public hospitals for their special
care. When the dread of the disease Is
so great and such extraordinary pre-
cautions are urged against it within
the country it is certainly reasonable
that official precautions should be
taken to prevent it's importation. They
are fully as justifable as the measures
which are taken to keep the sufferers
from contagious diseases in quaran-
tine.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-01-11
Broke His Circuit.

The shades Of the goose and the tur-
key We're discussing the circumstances
which had attended their respective
takings off.
did you offer any objection when
first the cruel farmer laid hands on
you?" alphabetically inquired the
gobbler.
"Yes," replied his gooseship; Il cried
out: Hello, what's this?'
what did you say next?' inquired
the now thoroughly interested fowl.
"Oh," the goose replied, Il did not
say anything more; just then l was
wrung off."-Michigan Tyre.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-01-11

1t appears that the punishment
melted out to the reckless bicyclist is
quite inadequate to impress upon the
reckless automobilist the seriousness
of his offense. To a man able to own
an automobile valued at say $1,000
what is a $40 fine to him? A mere
bagatelle If for each violation of the
speed limit law he should be mulcted
in the sum Of from 5000 to $500 per-
haps it might make some impression
on him. A still more salutary effect
would be secured by a brief term Of
lmprisonment-for the lawbreaker the
oretically stands in the same light be-
fore the bar Of justice, be he million
aire or yagrant.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-01-11
THE LARGEST AND THE
SMALLEST ROAD COMMISSIONERS.

The largest and the smallest road
commissioners in America are shown
in the accompanying illustration.
Samuel Wise, the little man, is the
popular official who looks after good
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-01-11

dHU LuUIOuoH III his NUIICS.
The larger man is Frederick Creb-
bin, of Detroit, Mich He Is six feet,
one inch tall, and very large in pro-
portion to his height. Crebbin is 4S
years old and Wise is 80. Crebbin
weighs over $50 pounds, while Wise
scarcely tips the beam at IS. Thus,
Crebbin is just six times as large as
Wise, although their duties are about
the same. Both are obliged to have
their garments made to their special
orders
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-01-11

has taken no account of sJpan 1,.|
forgotten when meal time comes
latter thing is what, in the onri,l
his physicians, has done most IA n
mine his headth, Hundreds Of \
within the past few years he Ia, !
only one meal a day, and this h
breakfast. The result is 2 disors,
the stomach.
He is determined to work or
many as possible of the png
which are ye1ing his mind and
friends have no doubt that be
keep at it until the end.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-01-11

The daughters of cabinet officers
when their approaching marriages are
announced get rather more prominence
before the public than do their dis
tinguisked papas.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-01-11

George Horton, author Oh 'pr rstbg
cessful book, "The Tempting, - u r a
Anthony" does much Of n Lllsi+ n o.
work with the aid of type"i"
chine ,.,obt ltg
Mr.. Horton also has Or'g sftpp y
daughter, a1a years old, VINO 0, tl sD3
tertains guests when her :, t"s st boDs
mother do not happen to " Miss ii Dor
The other day a caller aSkeu 49, copra
othy, by way of keeping up 'u'
sation: ,...o one? CD
"What is your papa, little 0'
you tell me?" .oorriter,' y
piled Dorothy, without an! ,ocret
about giving away a family W.
you can fool yourself for Ot ~ boz
hut the second day you Oesln n-s goq
a suspicion that maybe you }i, O.
to a lot of trouble for n0'DlDS
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-01-11
Very Likely.

"Why does Mrs. Gazely persist in
wearing that old-rose waist?"
"She says it's the prevailing tint
wonder if her husband wears his
old-rose complexion for the same rea-
son ?"-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-01-11

German doctors may get excited be-
cause of the enormous increase of
quacks, but they do not seem to rise
to the profuudity Of truth that adyer-
Using pays. According to the regular
school a "quack" is a doctor who is
short on professional ethics and long
on practice.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-01-11

A peculiar phenomena is observable
In the fact that while the nation.
through the policy of expansion, is
growing more cosmopolitan, in spots it
is growing more provincial. 1t is true
that certain districts in the United
States are becoming more and more
isolated because of certain conditions
Evidences may be discovered in the
mountain districts of Kentucky where
the feud OF the middle ages is as strong
as it was years ago. Regions in Tennes-
see, northern Georgia and West Vir-
ginia are untouched by the swift move
ment Of modern thought. Peculiarities,
customs and modes OF thought bind
communities of this sort into narrow
ness and isolation. Even our language
Is distorted into dialects, SO that as in
scriptural times, a mans speech betray-
eth him. You can tell the down East
Yankee by his omission of the IT." the
Southerner by his concessions to ne
gro dialect, and the rounder of the
city by bis patois. Communities are
provincial in many things. WHO
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-01-11

An editor whose types converted
spider web social into spindle leg
social has taken to the hills, wan
derer upon the face of the earth, not
through fear Of the ladies who attend
ed the party, but because his amazon
Ian wife is so unreasonable as to insist
upon being shown how he secured the
information
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-01-11

An old bachelor says there Is moth
ing at all remarkable about the fact
that only the female mosquitoes annoy
MS
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-01-11
TO CORRESPONDENCE

Al communicates for this paper should b aecsaA
panied By the name of the Auhor not necessarily fol
publication evidence Of gecd ssaa on the pAr
Of the writer Write only side e. the paper "a
particularly careful giving and dates to have
tbs letters and figures plain and distinct
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-01-11

when the son was
very young. John
Swinton learned the
printers trade, after
spending a good
deal of time on our
Western frontier. In
the early SOS as a
preparation for news
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-01-11
A Question in Astronomy

DO you believe In the nebular n.y.
pothesis, Brother Dickey?"
mo, sub" was the reply after a mo-
ment's thought II nebber wuz posi-
tive bout anything 'cept hellfre fer
sinners!'-Atlanta Constitution.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-01-11

The injunction is a handy thing to
have about the house. 1t has been in
voked by New Jersey girl to restrain
a young man whom she says promised
to marry her from marrying another
girl,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-01-11
All Surprised.

Bessie-I was surprised when Mr..
Dashleigh asked me to marry him.
Tessie-Everybody else was-Ohis
State journal.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-01-11

Another war has broken out in South
America, probably to prevent an In
terruption of the sequence.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-01-11

If King Edwards coronation is any
thing like it's prospectus it will at
least add to the gayety Of nations.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-01-11
His Private Opinion.

Some months ago the father of a
young map who had recently entered
the married state had occasion to dis
patch his faithful but somewhat out
spoken old servant to his sons resi-
dence.
When he returned, eager to learn the
old mans opinion of the lady, he asked:
well, you saw the bride, Thomas?"
"Yigh; Aw seed her."
shes very rich lady, Thomas"
"Yigh; so she is, Awe yerd."
well, then, what's your own private
opinion, Thomas, eh?'
Jaw thing she's reyt bonny wench
to tawk to, as weel as bein' rich and
oliver, but maisther, iv beauty's sin,
she WANT ha' that to onswer fur!'-
London Spare Moments.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-01-11
Bath Tubs of GIaes

Bath tubs Of glass are now being
made very cheaply in Germany by the
use of compressed air.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-01-11
JOHN sWlNToN,
Labor's Able Champion, Who Recently
Passed Away in New York.

Passed Away in New York.
John Swinton, for over quarter Of
century one of the best known ora
tors and political and socialistic writ
ers of the country, died at his home
In New York, not long since.
MI. Swinton was born in Scotland
72 years ago, and was educated there,
and in Massachusetts,. His father died
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-01-11

The successful utilization Of waste
products has been large factor in the
solution Of the problem of production
worked out by this generation. The
meat-packing industry Is notable IL
lustration. Should the packers only
make expenses from the packing busl-
ness the waste product would afford
ample profit. However, the utillza-
ton of waste, the turning Of refuse
into profit is only in its infancy. 1t is
no fancy, that story of the chemist
who turned a pair of boots into fine
quality of jelly. In the Middle Ages
such man would have been magician.
He would have examined the entra1ls,
watched the flight of birds or noticed
which way the smoke blew ere he an
nounced such a metamorphosis. To
day the magician converts old skirts
Into glucose, makes ink from an old
copper coffee pot and writing paper
from old collars. The possibilities OF the
future transcend present belief. A New
York physician says that good milk can
be made from the sewage Of the city.
He could furnish as much from the
present sewage volume as can be pro-
duced from a hundred thousand cows.
It is simply a question of producing
the milk more cheaply than from cows.
When it is remembered that the smoke
from smelters is carefully converted
into white lead and the waste soap
suds from large wooden factories is
now converted into pressed brick, some
conception is afforded of the apparent
ly fantastic, but really useful adapta-
tons, of modern chemistry.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-01-11

When you meet man with scheme
proceed to get In hurry.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-01-11

People differ as to what's good; soma
men like 6 dirty old pipe.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-01-11
EDISON IN POOR ,

The Great re. Electrical w.,
Working Himself t ia d
According to a New vaO w Os't
ent Thomas F, Ediso 13S' eoa|
worrying his friends. ~, eoadl
ventor has recently beam 1ns fap|
several , distinguished p SSyp aarl|
work, but he pays pp no S@s,
counsel. He is engrossa5 Ie \, /
tigation of several I dsSed IN u
and refuses to rest. For sl Il p ,
years Mr.. Edison has ho NnI
the candle at both ends DStl Z
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-01-11

During the courtship a young man
coaxes his best girl to sing; after mar
riage he coaxes her not to sing.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-01-11

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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-01-04
Met With a 8, rious Accident

Mr.. James Henderson, who lives on
his ranch on the north fork Of French
creek, met with an accident on Sunday
last which was quite serious, though not
80 bad as it might have been. He was
engaged with his team in hauling load
of furniture from Berne station on the
B. & M. r. r. to the North Star mine,
when in crossing little gully he slipped
and fell forward between the two horses
and from indications he must haye been
dragged some distance. He was found
on the road by Mr.. Oliver Craig who
brought him to town where he now
occupies room at the Kleemann house.
When found he was unconcious and can
give but very little of the accident. He
was very much bruised about the head
and left arm and side. His head was
cut in several places requiring a good
many stitches, while his face was badly
disfgured. He is however now resting
easy in bed, and as no bones were
broken and no internal injuries indicat
ed it is hoped and presumed that he will
soon recover. His friends and the Mas
ons were promptly on hand and every
thing which could be done for him has
been done. The team of course run
away, and made sad havoc with the
furniture, which belonged to Supt. Lem
mon, who is fitting up his residence at
the mine. The team was not injured.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-01-04
South Dakota at the Exposition.

Mr.. Joseph Mills Hanson, in letter
to the Yankton Press and Oak kotan, after
celebrating on the importance and raag-
nitude Of the st. Louis exposition oi
1908, has this to say in regard to the ad-
visibility of South Dakota taking action
in the matter of securing desirable site
for its exhibit:
1.-THE matter requiring the most imme-
diate attention from South Dakota is the
selection of site for her building. Dur.
ing the past three months committees OF
single commissioners have been arriving
in st. Louis almost daily from various
states and selecting sites for their res.
pective buildings. Thus week by week
the choice locations are growing less
According to the agreement with the
National Government, Gall applications
for space for buildings must be filed
with the company on or before July
1902" South Dakota's site must be Sc,
lected before that time or she will get
none. 1t is of the utmost importance
that Governor Herreid appoint someone
to attend to this matter at once"