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Safety in Descent.

Six-year-old Max has a staid and
dignlfied aunt, a close copy of that
historical Boston spinster who, when
about to take a dip in the surf at the
beach, on being reminded by her niece
that she had not removed her
glasses, replied:
MY dear, positively refuse to take
OF another thing!'
"Auntie," said the youngster in ques-
ton the other day, "do you want to
know how to come downstairs when it
is dark?"
why, yes, dear; should much like
to learn"
"Well, you know it's awful dam
gerous to come downstairs in the
dark" pursued the youth, bound that
the value Of his information should be
fully appreciated, "'cause you can't
see and can't tell where you're going.
So you just jump onto the banisters
and slide right down, cause they know
where they're going always, no mat
ter how dark it is. That's the way I
do. You Just try It, auntie."
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Beats a Confidence Man,

The classical confidence trick has
been neatly played on would-be
swindler in Paris by his intended vic
Atlantic liner, had been done himself
before and was too old bird to be-.
caught again. He struck up an &C
quaintance with an engaging but OBJ
viously sham American millionaire in
the train to Paris, confding to him
that he had 10000 francs in his bag
and meant to amuse himself on the
boulevards. "Well met, indeed" said
the millionaire; II have also made my
pile and intend seeing the merry side
Of life In gay Paree."
They started the evening with an
expensive dinner, paid for by the
American millionaire. At coffee the
latter exclaimed: "Hullo, I have not
any cigars; suppose you go and buy
some. You can leave your bag here,
where it will be quite safe. But, as
you might be suspicious here's my
pocketbook. Keep it till you join ME
again.
AS soon as the cooks back was
turned the American millionaire, of
course, bolted with the bag, but the
latter only contained old newspapers
and the cooks card, with the words
II have been had before; you have
met your match this time" In the
would-be swindler's pocketbook was
sum of f24 in French notes, which the
cook took to the police station, asking
the officer to whom he told his tale
with understandable relish to give the
money to the poor.
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~~~~~

Paratyphoid fever is new disease
| or rather a newly discovered disease
| which has been considerably discussed
Of late in the medical world. It is an
interesting affection, and its discovery
has served to clear up many puzzling
points in relation to typhoid fever Or.
| iginally typhus and typhoid fevers
were thought to be identical, but early
In the last century close observers de-
tected certain differences in the symp,
toms which served to mark two groups
of cases. and soon they found that
they really had to do with two dis
tinct diseases-typhus and typhoid
feyers Now, nearly one hundred years
later they find that there are two ty.
phoid fevers, but the distinction in this
case lies less in differences In the
symptoms than in the fact that the
microbes associated with the two dis,
eases differ.
The newly differentiated disease is
called paratyphoid fever, and the germ
associated with it the paratyphoid ba-
cillus. Although typhoid fever occurs
as a rule but once in the same person,
one attack comforting an immunity
which lasts for the rest Of life, there
have seemed to be so many exceptions
that some authorities have even doubt.
ed the existence Of any rule, and have
asserted that second attacks OF the
disease are common. But these ex-
ceptions are easily explained now, for
it is likely that an attack Of typhoid
fever will not protect against sub
sequent exposure to parat typhoid infec-
ton, and vice versa.
The symptoms differ but little from
those of typhoid fever, and often it is
possible to make an absolute diagnosis
only by means of a blood test. The
malady begins with the usual loss Of
appetite, headache and muscle-ache
and out of-sorts feelings common to all
beginning feyers. The fever comes
and goes, being higher in the evening,
but is not SO regular in it's up-and-
down movements as in true typhoid.
The tongue is coated, some gurgllng IS
heard in the bowels when pressure is
made in the right groin, and there Is
almost always some diarrhoea. The
spleen is enlarged, and there is often
all eruption like that Of typhoid fever.
There may be sore throat at the start.
and cough is common.
The disease lasts about three weeks,
and there may be relapses, as in true
typhoid. 1t Is apparently less danger
GUS than typhoid, the mortality being
only between three and four per cent
instead Of between fifteen and twenty
The treatment is practically the same
In both disorders, consisting chiefly in
good nursing and in combating posi-
BILE complications. Compan-
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AooDwINklNo A LION.
How a Hunter Saved His Life by
Ruse.

How a Hunter Saved His Life by .
Ruse.
Lions, 1t seems, take to man-eatlng
only as a means of self-defense or
when they become too old to be a
match for the wild prey, the flavor OF
which they so much prefer, says the
Hour Glass. Old hunters declare that
they never knew lion really to
"stalk" a man; that, as rule. they
rather turn up their noses at ciylllz-
ed flesh and are more or less easily
diverted from the scent. In Days
and Nights by the Desert" Parker Gill
more tells Of a trick he once played
on one of these animals.
II was hunting ostriches, he says.
cat a bend in the ravine the bird dis
appeared and was about to follow 1t
when by the merest chance | looked
behind me and, to my surprise ana
horror, saw that large lion was NOT
only 20 yards behind me and evidently
stalking me as carefully as | had been
stalking the bird. If | could have
gained a tree | should certainly have
climbed it in hurry; but no tree was
near. To make run for it would
have brought the lion upon me at once
I kept steadily along the edge OF the
rayine till came to place that prom
ised shelter: it was a drop OF four feet
to a ledge about thirty inches wide,
and afterward a perpendicular descent
20 n in n H.
tity of broken powders and jagged
stones.
with as little appearance of alarm
as could assume / sat down on the
edge Of the precipice, ever and anon
taking careful glance behind me to
see where my foe was. About 20 rods
behind me were a few ragged bushes
Behind these the lion had taken shelter
and was keeping careful scrutiny
upon my every movement. Darkness
was rapidly coming on, when slipped
from my seat and dropped down to the
ledge. Instantly I slipped off my coat
and hung it on the nuZzle of my mus
ket and showed it up over the upper
ledge where l had so lately been sit
ting. Scarcely was this done when
my coat was torn away and my gun
hurled to the bottom Of the gully. But
they did not go alone. No; my assail-
ant was with them, and there he re-
NAMED all night, grnmbling over his
disappointment at not having me for
supper. A colder night have never
passed, but l had to make the best of
it. In the morning found my assail-
ant had smashed his foreleg in the fall.
The musket was not much injured and
/ soon ended his suffering"
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town when the miners, with their
wives and families, were celebrating
the Fourth Of July. The young men
and women wore all manner of gro
tesque and gaudy costumes, and among
them was one who attracted the at
tention of the multi-millionaire. She
represented the Goddess of Liberty.
She was mountain girl-lithe, sup
pie, dark-eyed, .dark-haired, with white
teeth and radiant smile-and her
age was about 15. The Senator was
told that her name was La ChapeIle
and that her father was a French
Canadian medical practitioner who
had gotten into trouble because he had
not been licensed to practice. The
Senator took an interest In the fam
lily, helped the father and when he
died extended financial assistance to
the widowed mother and the chill
dren. The girl was endowed with I'M
usual intelligence and the rich Sena-
tor sent her to seminaries in this<coun-
try and colleges abroad. She has lived
at Paris for some time and the little
mountain girl from Butte is now said
to be polished, gracious woman who
viii shine In any circle of society.
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with physical charms may be pardon
ed for building air castles, in which
she sees herself living like princess.
1t is an era Of new women, Of indie
pendent femininity, and it is none the
less an era Of alluring matrimonial
possibilities.
Something Of a sensation was Gre
ated by the announcement that Sena-
tor Clark and Anna e. La Chapelle
were married in Marseilles May 25,
1901, and that they have child now
2 years old. The information had up
to this time been withheld both from
the world and from the Senator's i'm
mediate family. The events leading
up to the marriage are unusually in
teresting. About nine years ago Sen
ator Clark was in a Montana mining
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when suddenly about twenty rods
ahead of me little girl not more than
s years old toddled onto the track. You
can't even imagine my feelings. There
was no way to save her. 1t was i'm
possible to stop, or even slack much,
at that distance, as the train was
heavy and the grade descending In
ten seconds it would have been all
over, and after reversing and applying
the brake I shut my eyes. 1 didn't
want to see any more.
'As we slowed down my fireman
stuck his head out OF the cab window
to see what I'd stopped for, when he
laughed and shouted at me: Jim, look
herer I looked, and there was a big
black Newfoundland dog, leisurely
walking toward the house where she
evidently belonged. She was kicking
and crying, so that knew she wasn't
hurt, and the dog had saved her MY
fireman thought it funny and kept
laughing, but cried like a woman.
just couldn't help 1t. I had a little
girl Of my own at home"
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limit, girls.

The most interesting and the most
remarkable feature of present electri-
cal development is the invasion Of far
away, semi-civilized lands by tele-
phone. traction and power transmits
sion systems and other agencies for
the application of electrical forces to
the uses Of mankind And not the
least interesting phase Of this invasion
Of benighted lands is the difficulties
that are encountered by the engineers
who have, in hand the practical work
Of blazing the way for the march of
electrical science. In Abyssinia nearly
500 miles Of telephone wires are al
ready erected and about a thousand
miles are IN course of construction.
The first difficulty encountered was the
white ant The poles were devoured
SO rapidly by this pest that it was soon
necessary to substitute iron poles.
These were so attractive to the ma
tives that they began tearing them out
and converting them into tools, prac-
tive that was finally stopped by met
ing out severe punishment to the Of
tenders. Elephants and monkeys now
constitute the principal source Of trou-
bic. The elephants use the poles as
scratching posts and the monkeys find
that the wires make good swings. In
far-aWay India electrical development
Is progressing with wonderful rapidity
In spite of the many obstacles that are
presented. In The Electrical Review
correspondent, writing from Sivasamu-
dram, describes many important cleo
trical projects about to be inaugurated.
The Mysore State government has
sanctioned the proposal to supply cleo
trio light and power to the city Of
Bangalore from the generating station
at the Cauvery Falls. There is al
ready a 92-mile transmission line from
the Falls power plant to the Kolar
gold fields. 1t is also proposed to sup
ply the city of Mysore with light and
power from these falls. A 1oO0-horse
power steam-electric plant is being
constructed on the Kolar gold fields for
operating hoists and for lighting the
entire fields. A project is also On foot
to electrify the Kolar gold fields rail
way. Minor installations in other prov
inces Of India are being proposed
among them being an electric power
and lighting plant near Srinagar,
Kashmir, in the northern part of In
Ola, power for which will be taken
from the falls in the Sind river. The
chief difficulty with which the engi-
neers have to contend in India is the
fondness of the natives for copper
wire. which they fashion into jewelry
and ornaments. To keep them from
appropriating the telephone wires it is
necessary to carry very high voltage,
which is suspended automatically
when person who desires to talk
gives the signal.
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court to answer to a charge OF stealing
q SILK waist valued at $40 from
store. Miss Curran is college grad
uate and a student of medicine. sac
had an allowance from her father SUI
feieut for modest living, but she
yearned for the clothes she could not
afford. She was young and pretty and
pleaded that this was her first offense
and was released on payment ofFa line
of 500. The weakness Of Miss Cufran
for fine clothes is the weakness of
many a girls character. Young girls
need warning along this line Of temp
tation They should know that fine
feathers do not make fine birds. They
ought to know that modest apparel
and a rich character are more to be
desired than rich clothes and an envi-
Gus spirit. Girls: A simple gown neat
~ fitted to your person as we'll as to
YOUR purse is better than rich raiment
which you or your parents can lily at
ford. Do you not know that the
woman, young or old, who dresses be-
yond her means subjects herself not
only to comment but also to suspicion?
Every young woman ought to dress as
well as she can afford and look as
handsome as possible. But-there's
limit, girls.
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The thread which binds Australia to

The thread which binds Australia to
the British empire is hardly visible.
Australia is practically as independent,
as a country can be. England has
given her full swing to do as she
pleases and the way this far away col
ony has used this liberty has not been
entirely creditable to the English
speaking race. Whether it be ewing to
the climate or to innate peculiarities in
the immigrants and their descendants
is not known, but whatever the cause
may be, the Australians seem to have
developed into as fanatical and hair
Drained race of people as there is on
earth. Every fanatic has good chance
to get a following in Australia. The
island is the hotbed of isms.
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MONT PELEE PHENOMENA.
Biologists Interested in Enormou
Column in the Crater.

Biologists Interested in Enormous
Column in the Crater.
For more than year the biologists
have been specializing about the origin
Of the enormous column which rose
above the crater Of Mont Pelee early
in 1903, and which had almost entirely
disappeared by August. At no time
did it reach an elevation Of more than
1000 feet above the summit of the vol
cano proper, but when allowance is
made for crumbling it is believed that
thrice as much material was forced
upward altogether as was visible on
any single day. 1t is not remarkable
that the experts should have been
puzzled by so strange phenomenon,
says the New York Tribune.
The latest contribution Of the dis
cussion is made in Science, by Prof
Grover X. Gilbert of the United States
geological survey. He regards the slow
extrusion Of the mass as true volcanic
eruption, it's unique feature being the
rate at which the lava cooled. Had
this been faster or slower than 1t was,
the effects would have been different
AS it was, the molten rock was chilled
just fast enough to keep it rigid when
it rose out OF the throat of the vol
cano. Though it had a dark exterior,
the column was, in Prof. Gilbert's
opinion, incandescent within. This ex-
pert further suggests that the loss Of
heat resulted less from contact with
the walls Of the passage through
which the lava issued, or with the air.
than from the cooling of the contained
gases by expansion when pressure OH
them was relaxed.
Whatever may be thought about the
latter part Of this explanation, the
former will certainly commend itself
to the approval Of the uninitiated
From the escape of steam and the
rapid disintegration Of the obeliak. it
seems probable that it was intensely
hot, and therefore had been manufac-
tured recently-that is to say, soon
after the outbreak Of May, 1902, be-
gan. Prof. Heilprin, of Philadelphia,
expressed the opinion two OF three
months ago that perhaps the column
was a plug of old lava which had
served as stopper to the crater ever
since the eruption Of 1851. Perhaps it
is to combat that view that Prof. Gil
bert now writes to Science, though he
makes no specific reference to Prof.
Heilprin. Whether or not it is now
feasible to obtain definite evidence on
the age of the column is doubtful. The
Washington geologist suggests that
proof or disproof might result from an
inspection Of the remnant, but such
an examination, even if made in the
near future, might not dispel uncer-
tainty on any other point.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-08-05

Syrian farmers do not depend wholly
on dams for raising water for irriga-
Non purposes. They frequently use
enormous wheels, sometimes 80 feet in
diameter, which have buckets and pad
dies along the rim, and are turned by
oxen and mules or by the force Of the
current Of the stream increased by low
dams. The buckets lift the water and
pour it out into troughs leading to the
fields. 1t has been said that more wa
ter Is raised at less expense in this
way than by any other hydraulic ma
chine in the world.
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Distinction of La Crosse.

Hamlin Garland tells story Of over
hearing two men talking in railroad
car. Zone of them" he says, "was CIV
ing an account of q recent trip to Wis
consin, and mentioned having visited
La Crosse.
LA Crosse? La Crosse?' repeated
the other, trying to place 1t in his
mind. Let's see; what's it noted forF
La Crosse replied the first speak
er, is famous for two things: as be-
ing the only town in the United States
where all the passenger trains back
in, and as having been the birthplace
Of Hamlin Garland. The people made
an awful kick last fall, and the rail-
road company Is trying to fix it so the
trains won't have to back In
I'm waiting in fear and trembling,
adds Mr.. Garland, expecting every
day that another awful kick will re-.
move its other distinction and I'll be.
left without birthplace"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-08-05

The sea and the soil are so far from
the office Of the professional man or
the counting room of the man Of bust
ness that it requires time to reach
them, but the experience Of those who
have tried these friends OF health,
these soothers Of the nerves, is that
they not only prolong life, but MAIN
tain strength and health. There are
vitality and healing in the waters and
winds Of the sea and in close contact
with the soil rich with all growing
things. The closer men Of any age get
to nature the more contented and the
more humble they are likely to be, and,
says Shakespeare, content is rich"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-08-05

The stethoscope is an important In
strument in the hands Of science, but
It is not usually regarded as an aid to
photography. A young medical stu
dent, however, has demonstrated its
usefulness In making picture. His
attempts to induce a 2-year-old kins-
man to sit still for Photographic pur-
poses had utterly failed. Then he had
an inspiration. He placed the ear
pieces Of his stethoscope in the small
boys ears and the sounder on the vic
Tins stomach. The faithful instru-
ment reproduced loudly what the di-
gestive system had to report. The boy
was filled with an absorbing interest
in the result, and the camera did the
rest
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Makes avn che Dinarence.

81 want a policeman to come over
and shoot my dog" said a man to the
sergeant in charge of the police sta
ton.
Whose dog is it?''
mime"
your dog? The one you wouldn't
let us shoot when he bit neighbours
boy?'
Yes. but it's different now"
How so?''
"He bit me-" Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
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Why THE ENGINEER CRIED.
Forced to It by Newfoundland Dog,
Life Saving Act.

Forced to It by Newfoundland Dogs
Life Saving Act.
Eyes, indeed, we have some queer
little incidents happen to U.S. said the
fat engineer "Queer things happened
to me about year ago. You'd think
it queer for rough man like me to
cry for ten minutes and nobody hurt,
either, would you? Well, did, and
l can almost cry every time I think
Of it.
II was running along one afternoon
pretty lively, when approached lit
tie village where the track cuts
through the streets. I Stacked up a
little, but was still making good speed,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-08-05

Onward, Christian Soldiers! is a
favorite hymn of the Young Mems
Christian Association in the new lum-
Der camps Of Mississippi. The asso-
citation is using buildings transporta-
bic on cars, and wherever through the
vast forests the thousands Of work
men so, the association building goes,
too
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Not Active Service.

your husband doesn't seem to like
work very much,'' said the summer
boarder.
That's where you wrong him." said
the woman with the sunbonnet on.
He likes work fine. Only he always
wants it done by me or one of the
girls. '-Washington Star.
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Students of economics are beginning
to suspect that the large number Of
June weddings in this country every
year has something to do with the
scarcity of rice which is reported in
China and Japan every year about that
time
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To CORRESPONDENTS.

AL Communications for this paper should be aceans
oaned tv the name OF the author; not necessarily foa
publication but evidence of good faith on the part
of the writer Wte only side OF the paper %
particularly ca1efs giving and dates to have
the letters and figures plain and distinct
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-08-05

A lawyer has no right to do anything
as a lawyer which he would scorn to
do as a man and citizen. His obliga-
ton to the court and to the public Is
and must be paramount to his ebliga-
ton to his client Unless this is rec
ognized the lawyers would be the most
dangerous class IN the community.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-08-05

Give the men credit; every Sunday
they make the sacrifice OF giving up
attendance at church that they may
stay at home to let the ice man In, and
look after the house.
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any woman. When
that union Is &C.
companied by ro-
M a II tic circum-
stances S NC b as
those attending the
marriage Of Sena-
tor W I'LL "a m A.
Clark, of Montana,
fiction Is outdone,
and every pretty
girl in this broad
land who combines
uraca ond talent
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1t Is reported that Charlie Ross has
been discovered in Philadelphia. Ross
has been found so often that we sus-
pect him.
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Strictly Within the Truth.

Didn't you say you had all the COM
forts Of homer asked the indignant
guest.
WELL" answered Farmer Corntos-
sci, latter you folks are gone we do
have 'em. That's what we take board
ers for."-Washington Star.
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An ArtfuI Man.

He-What is the meaning Of the LOT.
tiers D. A. R. on that pin you are
wearing?
She-Daughters Of the American
Revolution. | thought every one knew
that.
He-Oh, thought perhaps it was
the Authorization of Darling"