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appointed for his coronation.
King Peters position has been q
peculiarly delicate one. For years as
an aspirant to the throne of Servia he
lived in Punishment and poverty. Then
came the brutal butchery of Alexander
and his queen In the palace at Bel
grade and the call to Peter to ascend
the throne. No one knows to this day
whether or not he was party to the
double assassination. He did not dare
elevate the butchers of his predeces-
sors to the high positions which they
craved; he was equally powerless to
visit upon them the punishment they
so richly deserved He has tried to
pursue q middle course, and in this
he has pleased the adherents Of neither
party. He tries to win the affection
of his subjects by his democratic ways,
and is as easy Of approach to the
swinehered as to the prime minister,
but his careworn, weakened face does
not beget confidence, and there are
plenty who say that "the last Of the
Black Georges will never be crowned
He lives in the new palace, but di
rectly across the royal grounds there
faces him the open window through
which the mangled bodies of Alexan-
der and Draga were hurled after their
assassination-a window which for
some reason has never been closed
since the tragic event.
Peter bears no resemblance to the
first Black George, whose great thews
and sinews could break the bones OF
an ordinary man as though they were
fiimsy fagots. He Is little mite Of a
man, with sad, careworn face. He
can hardly be FIVE feet two inches in
height or weigh 100 pounds. He seems
to dread the gloom Of his palace and
to seek relief in the streets, taking long
walks in the company of an adjutant.
On such walks he wears the uniform
cfa Servian general and meets the eyes
of all whom he passes with look that
is pathetic.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-06-10
DOMAIN OF VAST RESOURCES

Mississippi Valley Is a Vast Region of
sas- Great Fertility.
Members Of the Commercial Club Of
Boston met at the New Algonquin
Club and listened to an address on
'"The Wonderful Development Of the
Mississippi Valley" by DIR. Thomas E.
Green, of Cedar Rapids, Ia, who was
the special guest Of the club, says the
Boston Transcript.
The speaker said in part:
Prom an agricultural point Of view
teristics. Crops In Iowa never fail.
For that vast deposit rests broad and
deep upon q foundation of limestone
rock. When the heavy SHOWS melt
and the rains pour out their foods, the
water sinks deep through the soil,
down until 1t reaches the rock itself.
Here it lies and soaks and disinte-
CRATES the limestone, loosening and dis
solving tons of soluble lime, the rich
est fertilizer on earth. Then when the
heat of summer comes and the ripen-
ing harvest absorbs the surface naois-
ture there begins that capillary suction
of the drying surface and the growing
vegetation. Nothing can pull harder
than thirsty ground. When up from
the depths rises this deep stored wa
ter, making possible centuries Of album
dant harvest in the granary Of the
world.
Last year Kansas threshed 102, &c.,
600 bushels of wheat. The wheat belt
marches steadily westward, and when
you step off the wheat land you are
In the alfalfa country. And an alfalfa
field will cut three crops every season
one for hay, one for seed and anoth-
er for hay-and then they will pasture
the stubble until Christmas. Down be-
meath those acres lie apparently ex-
haustless stores Of Oil and gas.
"On the western edge Is Colorado,
whose agricultural output last year
was $5,O0O,000 more than all her min
eral yield. She mined 28,0O0,0OO in
gold, $26,OOO,OO0 in silver, lead and
coal, but her agricultural! yield was
100000 more than it all.
Texas is an empire. You can give
every man, woman and child in the
world town lot in Texas SO feet by
$50 feet and still have room to march
the standing armies of the world in
regimental front around the whole ag-
gregation."
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-06-10

Some day, perhaps, we will return
to sane methods In the teaching of chill
dren. Speed that day. At the present
time the little ones are the victims Of
education gone mad Their small heads
are troubled with things beyond their
understanding and they are made to
say things like parrot. Fancy little
grammar student of 10 attempting to
diagram a sentence taken from a his
tory os mythology! And fancy child
of struggling to read ancient history,
with all the latter's unpronounceabie
names! 1t IS all-all wrong. We are
not teaching children in these days.
We are simply attacking their nervous
systems and racking their undeveloped
brains
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Family Discipline.

The Rev. Elijah kellogg was most
unconventional minister. There are
many stories of his daring on sea end
land. SO undaunted was he that his
influence over sailors and other men
of adventurous life was very great.
When he was settled at Harpswell he
had on his farm a bull that had be-
come exceedingly trying and even dam
gerous to visitors, who liked to take a
short cut across the pasture. The bull,
said Mr.. Kellogg, must be disciplined,
and taught some slight respect foT
humankind.
He therefore harnessed the animal
to the front wheels of a heavy cart,
preparatory to driving him over the
road and showing him who was mas
ter. But before the guiding ropes had
been adequately arranged the bull took
to the weeds in mad rush, leaving
fragments of the cart-wheels and har-
ness on its trail.
The little minister was not to be out
done. The next day at fiood-tlde he
lured the bull to the end of the wharf
by a tempting display of fodder, and
watching his opportunity showed him
back into the bay. Then he Jumped
astride his back, and with the prowcss
of a ''bronco-buster" thrust his head
under water until the creature was
conquered Thereafter he was law
abiding beast.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-06-10

A hammock recently exhibited at n
free industrial school In Philadelphia
was labeled, Made by deaf boy who
was taught by q one-armed boy" The
little teacher was helpless, when he
entered the school, even TO amuse him
self Unable with one hand to make
hammocks himself, lie yet begged to
be shown how, and subsequently he
taught over thirty boys to make them.
When lie entered the school he shame
facedly told the teacher he was only
half boy" When he left 1t six weeks
later to take his own support he
was changed lad. self-respecting and
self reliant Benjamin Franklin called
the left hand 1.-The neglected half-broth-
err" and society has just been formed
in London for the promotion of amhl-
dexterity The boy with only one hand
is often not so much 'only half boy"
as the lad who, blessed with two, fails
to train them both. The ambidextrous
person is twice a man.
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much to be dangerous as point Of
attack, and the bank, on which the
fort stood, too high for intruding
floods.
Approaching from the Madison
County side, one winds down the
rugged hill, over the smooth, macad-
umized pike, much in the same path
that the pioneer used in returning from
the hunt in the wilderness to the west
1t is wild, picturesque spot, and when
one has descended to the waters edge
and observes the towering hills on all
sides, covered by the self-same trees
that hid the warriors of pioneer days,
feeling Of kinship and sympathy
with the brave souls who dwelt there
steals over one unawares.
In the dead of night, standing OH
the bank Of the stream, or in the
shadow of the majestic sycamores
which line the waters edge on either
side, one can almost see In the unccr-
tain, pickering moonlight, the stealthy,
silent approach of warning Indians In
birchbark canoes. The cry of proving
fox or inquisitive hound on the slopes
above lead us unconsciously to listen
for the blood-curdling yell and crash
| Ing Of brush by the hands of midnight
marauders who made life interesting
| for the settlers. One can but admire
and respect the fortitude and courage
shown by these men and their wives,
| living here In the midst Of all these
Unknown dangers, cut off by 800 miles
| Of unbroken forest from succor Of any
kind. For this was the picket line Of
advance into the wilderness, and their
own strength and courage must needs
| they perish, for no friendly hand was
stretched out to aid them, and none
was closer than the settlements in Old
Virginia, too far away to be counted
on.
Until the smoke from another's
chimney, far over the hills to the
| north, warned the Indian fighter that
civilization was fast crowding on his
heels, Boone and his little band lived
strenuous life, laboring with the
wilderness and the Indians. But the
man loved adventure and danger, and
| the proximity of so many white men
robbed the wilderness of its romance.
The restless spirit was depressed by
the peaceful quiet of a settlers life.
and so he gathered together his follow
ers and turned once more to the West,
to the great Mississippi valley, whore
new lands were to be explored and
new conquests to be made, leaving to
posterity the glorious country he had
opened to settlement.
Inside the leveled ruins Of this first
stockade to be built in the old COM
monwealth visitors may observe
grateful States testimonial to her
great PIONEER. Hard by the old fort,
In the welcome shade OF the few re-
naming trees Of ancient lineage, he
may drink with the pioneer at the old
spring without apprehension of attack
from lurking savage. It will always
be place of interest to Kentuckians.
The last Legislature has honored itself
ana Kentucky by thus honoring the
great pioneer. A miniature reproduc-
don of the old fort has been pL,ced ON
exhibition ut the St Louis Worlds
Fair by the Boonesboro Chapter OF the
| Daughters of the Revolution.
l
IShv Thav GET Fires
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MAHARAJAH WILL AID the
BRITISH MISSION IN IHlBET.

Fifty years ago some shrewd Brit
ish statesmen invited Jung Bahadur,
prime minister of Nepal, to visit Eng
land. He did so, and after q long
drive through the crowded streets or
London, exclaimed: II have seen
enough. England has no more faith
full ally than l." To-day his successor,
the Maharajah Chandra Shum Shere
Jung, who Is shown in the accompany
ing picture, is furnishing evidence of
his adhesion to the same policy by
giving his moral support to the Brit
ish expedition into Thibet. He has
intimated that he viii give material
support if necessary, which is crafty
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-06-10

Do you even family appreciate the
growth Of this glorious country Of
yours? Statistics are generally con
sidered dry reading. Here are some
that should be read in every school
room in the land, If for no other pur
pose than to arouse pride and interest
In nation that is still on the upgrade:
In forty years exports of agricultural
products have jumped from 74OO0,-
900 to 1878 100000; manufacturers ex
ported from Sal 100000 to $407, 0O0,
0U0. Then there were 100000 farms;
now there are over 100000. The
farms we're worth $S,200,OO0,000 then,
and are valued at over $4,000, 100000
now. Then there were 10000 facto-
ries; now there are $4,000, and in
place of the 100000 employees toiling
In the factories In 1868, there are now
100000. Their wages then were
$4OO, 100000 annually, and now they
are paid $3,OOO,OOO,000. The value Of
the factory products has leaped from
81, 600 100000 to $14,00o,O00,O In
forty years the cotton crop has more
than doubled, and the manufactured
cotton product is worth 100000, 900,
as against $115,OOO,0OO then. The per
capita wealth has jumped from 1925
to $1,000, and the interest charge a..
the national debt, which amounted to
$412 per capita in 1866, is now 80
cents per capita. From a position far
down In the list of nations we have
taken first place in the matter Of live
stock production, in silver, in steel, in
copper, and in those forty years the
money in circulation has increased
from 1896 ,OOO,OOJ to $2,367 100000
Then the nationw was storm-tossed, dis
united, war-swept. Since then we
have endured storms, financial Ills
strikes, one war, business unrest, and
every instant the progress Of this ma
ton onward and upward has been con-
slant. Read the statistics. Think Of
the great good that has come to this
land in countless ways, that cannot be
measured in figures, and be glad that
you are a citizen of the best country
the sun shines on,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-06-10

person engaged in the wax In the east,
either as a spectator or as parucl-
pant. Prince Adalbert,- third son OK
the German Emperor, Is aboard Ger
man warship in the China Sea; Grand
Duke Boris Of Russia, and Prince
Jayne of Bourbon, son of the Spanish
pretender, are on the staff Of General
Kouropatkin; and Don Jayme's sister,
Princess Alice, is serving as nurse
In the Russian Red Cross Society.
Prince Louis Napoleon was put In
command Of the Russian cavalry, but
the appointment was Cancelled before
he Joined the army in the east.
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Ready for the Emergcnc'

"Not able scholars, but capaONI
en-" is what the girl students y
colleges desire chiefly to Oec'r rs,
Miss Elizabeth McCracken' N
lege- bred woman should DE- a.
generally is, a person OF reso~
''Not long ago." writes MIS-
Cracker in the Outlook, aH 'Wl
ance, to whom l had just tolo
news of the continuous au'""
Of a mutual friend in her cnV'
patton, said, In comment
1T is not so much becau%
brilliant that she succeeds as
cause she is always prepar'u "
gencies, however great,
"'Or SMALL I added. "A
".You are thinking Of tie 'Y
the quick reply.
The magnet?' I question:,
Yes my Acquaintance, , ,,s
'One day Mt college one Oh ' in
girls dropped her eye gIaS'' ..,,Is
row opening between TWO W" had
couldn't reach them, anu 81 a
nearly decided that they n'
permanently out of reach, .ooe,4
"'Our successful friend N'rs ri:
remember that their frame N
Of steel. She went 10 IN, nd
laboratory, borrowed a ln ''s
a string to it, and lo"elm a re,
fully into the openlns' b"
up the eye glasses. nd
Miss McCrackon, VINO W."
study OF American co i've ftd
passed along the anecuo ,%o III
institution to another ID ~ noeb
her Investigations, ana az 'r1os
tied the same compent'
like a college girl!'
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-06-10

Apropos Of the discussion in the
fruit sections as to the value of the
robin, an article appearing in recent
issue of Recreation Is of timely inter
est. The writer has given the SUBJ
ject Of the value Of birds to the farm
er and fruit grower close study and Is
prepared to show they are a great
help. An examination he made Of the
crop of a quail showed 101 potato
bugs. In the crop Of another he found
500 cbinch bugs. In yellow billed
cuckoo, killed at o'clock in the morn
ing, were found forty three tent cater
pillars and in another PIT web worms.
Getting down to the maligned robin he
does not hesitate to declare this birds
great usefulness. In the crop OF one
robin were It's caterpillars. -Four chick.
ADDE'S had eaten 1,02S eggs Of the cank-
err worm, and it is asserted this bird
will destroy 5000 canker worms in q
single day. A barn swallow eats from
5000 to 10000 flies and other insects
in q week, while dove eats as many
weed seeds In the same time. Near
the nest Of q horned owl the writer
quoted once found the remains of 113
house rats which it had killed that
season. Barns owls destroy meadow
mice, which are extremely destructive
to young trees. A distinguished natur-
alist Is said to have made the state
ment that if all the birds were forever
wiped out OF existence, in seven years
the earth would not be habitable to
mankind because Of the increase Of in
sects and kindred pests on which the
feathered tribes feed. Whether this Is
or is not an extreme statement, it does
not require the testimony of scien-
fist to convince us that birds, with
hardly an exception, are of the great
est value to the human race and
should be protected by the rigid en-
forcement of the laws.
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tride a turtle. The feat has caused
great interest in scientific circles. NJ.
de Rougemont is versed in the science
Of animal magnetism, and succeeds in
making his strange charge do exactly
as he pleased by the power Of hypno-
tism. Five hundred dollars per week
was the sum received by the French
man for his original and amusing trick.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-06-10

Is a source of anX-
iety and misery to
h i m constantly
haunted by t h c
ghosts of the muir
dered King Alex
ander and Queen
Ora ga. ASA ssina-
ton stares him in
the face, and it is
extremely doubtful
if he is permitted
to live to the day
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-06-10
A Text Against polxgamx.

Senator Hoar, after one Of the Nor
mon hearings in Washington, said:
"a Mormon once argued polygamy
with Mark Twain. The Mormon in
sisted that poivgamy was moral, and
he defed Twain to cite any passage
of scripture that forbade the practice.
WELL said the humorist how
about that passage that tells us no
man can serve two masters 2 New
York Tribune.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-06-10

In Rochester, N. Y, a patent tofH
was issued May s, 1879. AOou
little machine Is raging the ~
war between the licensed anu
censed automobile makers, anu
the outcome Of the legal paul
Ponds the disposition Of many nu
of thousands Of dollars in roySip'
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just Truthful.

He-You needn't talk to me. You
say Hilda is always truthful, never
told fib In her life. but know she
has lied persistently about her age.
She-I said she was truthful, not &C.
centric.-Boston Transcript
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-06-10

A Vermont clergyman, complaining
of the small salaries paid to ministers,
Is reported to have said that man
cannot support a sealskin wife on n
muSkrat income. The answer to that
is that every preacher of the gospel
should make up his mind to be content
with muskrat if it keeps out the wind.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-06-10

Miss Marion Talbot, dean of the
woman's department at the University
of Chicago, declares that "only cooks
and the maids go walking with their
gentlemen friends on moonlight
nights" We have strong convlc-
ton that Miss Marion Is not getting
out Of life all that there Is in it.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-06-10
These Are Dangerous Jobs.

The examination paper of a pupil
in school near West Liberty, Ia,
was found to contain the following:
1t is hazardous occupation:
To be run over by a train.
To be struck by lightning.
To fall from a balloon.
To be blown up in battleship.
To be killed in battle.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-06-10

Baltimore has pretty well cleared
away the wreckage which its recent
fire produced. Rebuilding has been
somewhat delayed by discussion over
plans for STRENGTHENING, which pre-
sent many difficulties even after fire
has removed they buildings along the
line. Wide streets are most economical
ly laid out when a city Is new.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-06-10

Ing at this time to Great Britain, since
he has an army Of $4,000 men, the
gallant Goorkas, at his disposal. He
visited Delhi in person some little time
ago and assured Lord Curzon of his
sympathetic accord with the British.
His dominion extends over $4,000
square miles of territory.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-06-10

One of the sons Of President LouDet
gets a salary OF $500 year as clerk
in the Bank Of France. Evidently he
wants to learn the business from the
bottom uD.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-06-10

Some Of the Russians complain that
the Japs have an unfair advantage in
being SO little that it's hard to hit
them. Mere bigness has some very
disagreeable drawbacks.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-06-10

To his sons Bible class John ID.
Rockefeller confided the information
that, at the tender age Of years
he was taught to milk a COW. The art
In milking a cow, rs everyone knows,
is to squeeze out all that there is.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-06-10

Panama now talks of disbandIng it's
army. This would seem to he an easy
matter. All that is necessary is TO
charter an omnibus and distribute the
soldiers around at their several homes
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-06-10

King Peter of Servia has had
dreams and is becoming a nervous
wreck because of lack of sleep. Why
doesn't he have his bed set up in the
safety vault?
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-06-10

A new poison has been discovered
in Germany. This will be boon to
the cigarette manufacturer The boys
are getting hardened to the old poi
sons
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-06-10

The trouble is that the young people
of the Methodist church think the bish-
ops and elders are fully a generation
in the rear of the procession.
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TO CORRESPONDENTS.

All Communications for this paper should be Aecs.A
panied by the of the author not necessarily sss
pubcstoa but evidence OF good faith on the pan
Of the writer. WHta only side OF the paper BE
particularly careful in giving and dates to have
shs letters and figures plain and distinct
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-06-10

The Japs say they are yellow men
with white faces, which perhaps Is
better than being white men with yell
low faces.
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Sinner Intelligence.

Fuddy-I suppose you agree with
me that Baxter is man Of superior
intelligence
Duddy-Oh, yes-that is to say, he
was before he began to read the war
news from the east. Boston Tran
script.
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A Fair Show Wanted.

Smiley-What kind of a show dc
you like best?
Grumphy-The kind never had We,
"a fair Observation-Disclosures Bulletin,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-06-10

They have a health food called
"nutose" "Steakose" and "bakedpo-
tatose' meets our present demand.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-06-10

Grand Duke Cyril. who was injured
In the explosion which destroyed the
Russian warship Petropavloysk at
Port Arthur. was not the only royal
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-06-10

Columbus got the short end of II
socially by not coming over to this
country in the Mayflower.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-06-10

News from the theater of war indi-
Gates that Russia's asbestos curtain
failed to work at the critical time.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-06-10

The average man spends too much
time making money and too little en-
joying 1t.
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UNHAPPY KING PETER.

The Occupant of the Blood-Stained
Throne of Servia.
Probably the most unhappy man in
Europe is King Peter of Servia. The
hlaod stained throne which he occupies
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-06-10

Old bachelors in India are indeed
fortunate. Widows there are not pes.
mitted to marry again.
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RIDING TURTLEBACK.

London is always looking out for
something new, and its latest sensa.
ton has been in watching French
man, named de Rougemont, ride as