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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-06-17
Elenhant as a Nurse.

A woman in India tells this story. of
an elephants skill as a nurse: "Thou
art hungry, big mother" said Remmi,
emerging from the hut with the baby
in her arms "Ishta, beautiful elephant,
take care of baby; | am going to see
to your dinner" She put the little
restless brown bundle down on the
ground between Ishta's two feet Then
she fetched the earthenware jar Of I'M
glazed red clay and filed it with live
charcoal, setting it down to get heated
through while she mixed -four and wa
ter into dough. With the skill of fire.
quent practice she spread the rough
mixture three or four inches thick all
over the inside Of the Jar. While the
dough was slowly baked by the heat
from the embers inside, Ishta, patient
and docile, as was her wont, cared for
baby, gently restraining the little tru-
ant, who would have crawled away.
Now and again, when the baby limbs
moved quicker and achieved a few
PAGES Of freedom, Ishta's trunk would
carefully wind around the little body
and lift it back to safety between the
huge barriers Of her feet, and the tin
would gently pet and fondle away
baby's fretfulness and impatience nj
controL-Hour Glass.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-06-17
NO DUSTY ROADS in FRANCE.
Tar Coating Has Proved Successful In
Abating a Crying Evil.

Tar Coating Has Proved Successful In
Abating Crying Evil.
How to obtain dustless highways
has long been a problem to which
municipal supervisors in all parts Of
the world have been devoting a great
deal Of attention. An official report
Of the department of bridges and roads
in France shows the continuance of
the good results obtained in rendering
surface with tar.
The engineer for the Seine and
Marine departments reports that after
an unsuccessful trial Of a mixture Of
oil and petroleum coating of tar was
III the summer of 1902 laid down on
seven different lengths of road. After
carefully observing these during u
period of twelve months, he finds that
dust and mud have wholly disappear
ed and the cost of maintenance Of the
roads has been considerably reduced.
Further comparing the previous out
lay on the roads with that Of those
with tarred surface, he says:
at appears that the tarring method
requires no greater outlay and at the
same time very considerably improves
the condition of the roadway. In La
Cher two lengths of the Chausee Ma
tionals were coated with tar in June
and August of 1902. Both these ex-
periments have been entirely success
full. the road now being covered with
an elastic skin, while the sound of
foot passengers tread is muffled and
horses and draugLt oxen require only
one-half the effort they put forth be-
fore. The noise and vibration caused
by vehicular traffic is much reduced
and neither dust nor mud is formed on
the tarred surface.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-06-17

Boys who, when they are speaking
their pieces" suddenly discover that
they have forgotten what they were
going to say, may comfort themselves
with the knowledge that they are in
distinguished company. So experienced
a debater as Winston Churchill was
lately obliged to sit down in the midst
of q speech in the House of Commons
because his memory failed him. The
10y may be sure that hi s audience
will treat him as the House treated
Mr.. Churchill-with sympathy and con
6ideratiOn.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-06-17

when he grows to be man. The child
that mends a broken wing does not
grow to torture prisoners and mutilate
their living bodies What the unhappy
prince did when he was boy was to
burn cats alive, tear the toe nails from
dogs, cut off their tails and inf1ict other
exquisite tortures. Small wonder that
he grew to be a murderer. It was but
the natural outcome Of those sports of
his childhood In which he took delight.
Look to the little boy that finds pleas
ure In abusing dumb animals! Watch
the child that watches pain and suffer
ing with eager eyes. Those children
are learning to be murderers. Break
up the habit Of cruelty before it is too
late
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-06-17
NEW WAY TO TELL TIME.

This Clock Will Show the Exact Hour
and Minute in Figures.
With all the modern products of tho
twentieth century clockmakers before
the world and clocks and watches no
longer a luxury, it seems somewhat
surprising, as well as ardacious, for
any one to declare that he will pro-
nounce all clocks back numbers and
revolutionize all systems Of recording
the hours, minutes and seconds as they
go feeting past
Yet a man from Connecticut, the
home Of the clockmakers and the land
Of clocks, has the precocity to make
such an announcement He is not a
clockmaker, but just plain Yankee
genius.
Samuel Powers Thrasher, Of New
Haven, Conn.,, has an invention that
bids fair to make Yankee clockmakers
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-06-17
Joe Jefferson,s Memory

At the Authors Club on Illufsua
night Joseph Jefferson was talklls " "
the Importance of memory Ills ~ ~
not always stand by him, ne , saas
"Once 1 was standing in the rn ~,
Avenue Hotel lobby when lltee we We
came up to me and said: why wv
are you, Mr.. Jefferson? ~
Every well, SIR replied, 'Ou' "
have the advantage Of me.
"I'm Gen. Grant he said -.
1--WE went UP in the elevator "a =,
you living in the hotel?' | asKeH !
gave me his house number NV" "a
knew he didn't live in the holel -
knew where his house was, pu' 'V =,
how / couldn't manage my lnlnu.
got out on the second floor for i'a ~,
would ask him where he had peen -
ing the New York Noriu'
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-06-17

are written for women and NOT ~
The charge was an unusual one n
journalists the country through Or1
ably would not indorse the ASSERT
Of the Chicagoan- Yellow iourDss,
Is not distinctiycly for the femipjnan
petite.
Mr.. Stone is a typical Chicacoan !.
the time Of the great fire he wan,
young man and was at the head If,
small iron foundry. The fire vipa
him and he went to work as nov,
paper reporter. In 1875 he and M
others established the News the Az
one cent daily in the country. III
venture was expensive and would ha,
failed but for friendly capital. N
Stone continued as editor until in
experiencing fair degree of succes
and then retired. Eventually he b
came manager Of the Associated Pres
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-06-17
OUR LUMBER INDUSTRY.
More Highly Developed Here than
Any Other Country.

More Highly Developed Here than NJ
Any Other Country.
Russia leads the world in the plr
ing Of forests; the United States n
their wholesale destruction. Yet Till
vast destruction means vast wealth ii
the nation, and is the result in part II
that cry going up over the entire t
ilized world: 'More woodw
Few Americans-in fact, few Ml
bermen-realize the extent of the wi
Der industry of this -ne'-~.|-g
with wonder the value OF the iron, VI
coal and the petroleum produced inv
United States. Likewise, the prOkl
ton Of American gold and silver meIA1
tremendous wealth. The vastness n
the wheat crop is almost beyond Cob
ception- Yet the value of all iron, COAL
petroleum, gold, silver, platinum, nick
ell, aluminium, zinc, lead, copper ADO
wheat produced in the United Stats
during 1895 was $116,000,000 less than
the value Of the timber crop five yean
earlier.
In 1900 numbering ranked fouln
among the great manufacturing lndus
tries Of America, exceeding even tne
leader, iron and steel, in the numOa
Of men employed and the capital Id
vested. In America this indusu!
more highly developed than in any ou
er part of the world.
There are four distinct lumber pN
ducing districts in the United States
namely, the northeastern, comprlst
the northern New England States, M'
York and Pennsylvania; the lake, c0n
prising the States Of Wisconsin, MICE
igan and Minnesota; the Pacific COW
prising the States Of Washington Wv
gon and California, and the soulDeA
yellow pine, included in eleven e'a'S
Virginia, North Carolina, South va a
'olina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama An
sissippi, Louisiana, Texas, Arkan -
and ouri.-American Monthly Nv
view OF Reviews.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-06-17

against his own clan Of the Samurals,
and many stories are told in Japan Of
his achievements in hand to hand con-
bats. Ten years later he helped to
suppress the instruction. In the
China Japanese war he commanded
the division which captured the dozens
Of forts defending Wei-Hai-Wei. In
the Boxer war Of 1900 he commanded
a part Of the Japanese force that SO
distinguished itself in the relief of the
legations at Pekin.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-06-17

ing in given space at the proper time,
give us the hours and minutes on this
wonderful new clock A pointer con-
stantly travelling in a graduated
circle tells the exact seconds. The
pointer and the rolls tnterlock and the
whole is impelled by device which Is
simpler than the simplest clock mech
anism ever made, which seems impcs-
sible to get out Of order and never
needs winding.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-06-17


submarine
the Dattesp
ships
their haor preventative That the late Admiral
examinations of the
which he shortly before the terrible fatality which
his showed
Of o
the movements Of
the
considered by the combaant
hoslies between effort will be
this
accomplished
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-06-17

green with envy. In fact, Mr.. -Thrasher
proposes to tell time in figures the
same as we read on the time tables Of
every road in the country. No longer
would he have us say it is quarter of
81 or "half-past g." but as we look at
his invention he proposes and insists
that we must say 2:45 or 2:3O. In the
twentieth century hustle and hustle
this proposal seems likely to meet with
more than mere approval Mr.. Thrash
er proposes to reconstruct the familiar
face with which Father Time has beer
wont to remind us of the passing
hours and do away entirely with the
quaint old dial with its Roman numer
ais In use from the middle ages, and
likewise take away the old clocks
hands. Instead of pointing the way
and letting us figure out the time fo:
ourselves, Mr.. Thrasher's new time
piece will tell us in plain figures at a
glance just what time it is. 1t will
lie no more trouble to tell the hour. the
minute and the second than to read
the A, B. C's or see at a glance in the
time tables the hour and the minute
Any one with eyes and the ability to
use them can tell time. and mere
comparison with time table and a
knowledge of figures and the ability to
read them will be the only essential
to know the precise moment when a
train is supposed to arrive or depart
OF any event is to take place.
Three sets of figures, one each for
the hours, the tens and the units of
minutes, revolving on separate rolls
with measured accuracy and appear
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-06-17

The Pacific slope has flowers Of its
own, but Eastern people there some
times long for even the weeds Of their
old home. A Pennsylvania bred wom-
an, visiting in New England in the
spring, said she wished that she had
some goldenrod at her home in Wash
ington. Amid all the luxuriance Of
that Western State. where they raise
roses by the bushel and cherries 10y
the ton, she missed the yellow plume
of the wayside weed of the other side
of the Rocky Mountains. So when the
frost was out of the ground her host
dug up clump of goldenrod roots and
sent them to her, and now they are
sprouting near the shore Of Puget
Sound, the first plant of the kind in
that part of the world 1t was in Just
this way that many Of the common
garden flowers were introduced into
America-the seeds were sent by
friends in the Old World.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-06-17
A Good Dog Story.

From Prague is reported an amusing
trial in which dog played the leading
part The owner Of the dog was sued
by an engineer, who claimed damages
for a bite from the animal. He also
denounced the dog as vicious. At the
trial a veterinary surgeon who was
called In tried the utmost to irritate
the dog by teasing him, but the animal
kept his temper. The complainant
then demanded that in order to test
the dogs real disposition his owner
should be turned out of court and tho
dog let loose among the audience. This
was done after the dog had been muz-
zled. The dog. however, continued to
display the greatest good humor, hold
ing up one paw after another and
wagging his tail. Finally he ran to
the Judge, before whom he sat on his
hind legs begging in most pathetic
manner. The Judge thereupon pro-
pounced the dog to be veritable
lamb, and gave judgment for his
owner.
Some things are pretty bad, but tho
worst has never hammered
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-06-17

A prince across the water was re-
Gently tried and found guilty of muir
der. The account which tells OF his
crime tells also Of his childhood. What
would you expect to find was the story
of that princes life? Would you ex-
pect to be told that when child he
was playing In the forest where he
found a bird with broken wing, and
tended it until 1t could fly away?
Would you expect that when a child
this murderer washed the blood from
a dogs crushed foot and nursed the
little fellow back to health? Would
you expect that one who could drive a
knife through n mans heart spent his
early days caring for his dumb pets
and doctorlng their bruises? The child
that is tender and thoughtful and hui
name does nc coolly commit murder
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-06-17
An Organ Withont sfana

There Is man living in an Eleventh
street fiat who has no music in his
soul, and there is man on the lower
floor whose soul is full Of it. The lower
floor man not long ago added a four
lung parlor organ to his lares and
penates, and two healthy daughters of
his began to practice on it. Several
nights later friend paid visit to the
first man, and as soon as he got inside
the apartment he heard the parlor
organ on the lower floor.
"Fine-toned instrument that he
said, because he, too, had some music
In his soul.
The musicless man grunted.
Whose make is it?" the visitor
asked
Don't know was the ungracious
answer.
How many stops has it?''
The host pulled himself up for a
powerful effort
We'll" he replied, 'its been in the
house for about week now. and in
that time it hasn't had any that have
been able to discover
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-06-17
GENERAL KUROKi.

Gen. Kuroki commander Of the Jap
anese army which pursued the Rus
SLAMS across the Yalu, is veteran Of
four wars. He is known for his per-
sonal bravery and his GOODNESS and i'm
perturbability on the battlefield In
the war for the restoration Of the Mi
kado in 1868 he fought for the Mikad0
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-06-17

In the sweet sisterhood of states
Utah excels in plural marriages, South
Dakota in plural divorces, New Jersey
in plural corporations, and New York
in plural politics.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-06-17
Impertinent.

Sonny said the good old man, md,
surprised that you should tease
cat in that way" -,,s b
Why replied the boy pa"s ,r AT
his inhuman work, "do you hnom
better y?"-Philadelphia freS''
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-06-17

During the progress Of a breach Of
promise suit at Wichita, Kan, it was
brought out that the defendant sent to
the plaintiff ten million-million-m million
kisses, and all that it cost him for their
shipment was a 2-cent postage stamp.
Still we have to pay about the same
old rates on coal and furniture.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-06-17

The Princess. of Wales Is one of the
most expert typewriters in England.
She can rattle off 100 words a minute.
If anything ever happens to make the
British people quit supporting their
royal family the Princess needn't wor-
rV
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-06-17
TO CORRESPONDENTS.

All communications for this paper should b assasA
panied By the of the author not necessarily fe
publication but evidence Of good faith on The pan
" the writer Write only side of the papcf Ne
particularly careful In giving and dates to have
the letters and figures plain and distinct
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-06-17

Is it possible that in giving bril-
liant description Of how he escaped
and what he did when the Petropav-
lovsk went down Grand Duke Cyril
hopes to butt into the Carnegie hero
fund.-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-06-17

The lady who Is suing a gentleman
for breach Of promise because he did
not make good on the ten million-mil-
lion-million kisses he promised her
ought to have suspected that lie was
oYerestimating his capacity.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-06-17

The mumps germ has been definite
ly isolated" Won't somebody please
gun for the microbe which causes that
swelling a little higher up?
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-06-17
LAYS THE ELAINE ON ~,
For the Yellow Journa1;s
Present Day.

Melville E. Stone, general =,
Of the. Associated Press croo4 Iaaaes
sation in an address before III. : \
eral Federation of Women's c, ' v
st. Louis, when he declared ~ ~,uos
en- were largely responsible f0s s Soa
Is known as yellow Journals wy
asserted that the feminine deman, \
salacious news and gossip, sArna.
In the daily newspaper, was tSa =. ~
cause Of sensationalism. Tho t ~
which moralists inveigh against ual
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-06-17

A Texas man has been sentenced to
the penitentiary for an accumulatve
term Of 396. years. He hopes to get
the ninety six years off for good beha-
viOr
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-06-17

In Korea widows are not permitted
to remarry. Homely widows needn't
feel that they ought to offer excuses
over there.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-06-17

Now that rubber ribs have proved
successful awful possibilities threaten
in the literal adaptation Of rubber
necks
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-06-17

In fighting desperately in a snow
storm the British and Tibetans showed
how it is possible to have hot time
under adverse conditions.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-06-17

By the time a man thoroughly I'M
derstands the ways of woman he is
so old that he doesn't care anything
about them.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-06-17
Easily Disposed or

THE man who called here this
morning said the secretary, ssaid
that you promised him something"
Well" answered Senator Sorghum,
find out what is was and then as
sumo the responsibility Of promising
1t over again. Washington Star.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-06-17

London has a hospital where women
are trained as nurses for dogs. This
is throwing physic to the dogs literally
as well as figuratively.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-06-17

The winnings Of the bank of Monte
Carlo are said to average $50 min
ute. This may account for the fact
that there are so many poor fools in
the world
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-06-17

England may be the mother 'V w. ii,
but the United States seems "
father-in-law country.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-06-17

It frequently happens that a man
who pays as he goes doesn't go very
far.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-06-17

Preachers who marry for nnon
the only ones who get as n''
they expected.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-06-17
some Small Screws.

There is factory in She1le'o ooo d
makes screws so small that w. min.
them can be held in an ordlnai'
hln
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-06-17

It had to come. Togo Jensen was
born In South Dakota the other day.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-06-17

Some bachelors sigh because they
are lonely, and some married men sigh
because they have no chance to be.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-06-17

Consider also the grass-how every
spire Of it that grows has to hustle for
a living
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-06-17

A wise girl is known by the com.
pany she doesn't keep.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-06-17

Girls, brace up and get busy; it's q
long time between leap years.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-06-17

Some things are pretty bad, but tho
worst has never happened.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-04-16

Mr.. S. r. Geise, who has been alb
sent several weeks sojourning in
California for his health, returned
home last Monday greatly improved.
He is loud in his praises OF that
State. especially about the climate,
scenery and people near Hollywood.
where he spent several weeks at the
hume of former Mississippi friend
and county citizen, Mr.. B. G. Ed.
wards, no, Mr.. Geise says, is dong
we'll and prospecting. Mr.. Geise,
like other friends of the Times. wants
this paper to be read in California
and subscribed for it to be sent to Mr..
Edwards.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-04-16
TO OUR ADVERTISERS

We call your attention to the signed
statement of the A. n. kellogg News
paper Co., of Memphis, which APP
pears on the first page of this issue,
regarding tie circulation OF the
Times. Pages ?. 3, :, and Z are
printed in Memphis by the above
company who do nearly all OF the
epateut inside" printing for the
weekly newspapers in the State of
Mississippi. and their statement is
very 2 ,od evidence that our adver-
t1sers are getting the full worth OF
tleir money, if not lit more.
We are informed by Mr.. McCallum,
the manager Of the A. n. Kellogg