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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-12-23
WICKLYS WOODS
By II. w.
By II. w. TAYLOR

!, cents by which the road, no longer rail-
walled lane, led gradually over gentle
knobs to the sharp wooded ridges of the
river bluffs.
As Lizzy concluded her invective she
turned and glanced back toward the vii
lage. At that distance figures of people
in little groups on the street or at doors
and windows could be seen fixed and mo-
tionless, with faces toward the two stroll
ers. Mr.. Mason turned also, and both
being struck by something ludicrous in
the situation, laughed very heartily.
II confess that a laugh is a great
handicapping of a philosophical PROPOSE
ton. Nevertheless, l must say that SO
far nobody has read the riddle of the
| Sphinx Alright. The progressive world
sets itself about the instantaneous re-
forming, developing and lifting of the
lower stratum of society up to the higher
| level of each epoch. In very fact, Miss
| Wickly, such a proceeding is as unphilo-
sophical and materially impossible as
that those apple trees should bear their
fruit before the flowers and leaves, and
even the twigs'
He paused again and looked at her
scrutinizingly, and little apprehensive-
| ly, but with the apprehensive element
| slipping out rapidly.
81 think I catch your meaning-totally
new and strange as it is to- me. Would
you, for instance, have me give up my
| effort to instruct and enlighten the very
ignorant children of the still more ignor-
ant people of Sandtown? Or, more com
prehensively, would you have all effort at
| instruction and advancement of the lower
classes, the poor and uneducated, stopped
for once and allT
| Now, indeed, the element Of apprehen-
siveness had disappeared entirely from
the look which Mr.. Will Mason cast upon
| his fair and serious, but skeptical ques-
| toner. In it's place was a half-suppress-
! ed eager delighted anticipation, which
| she saw there so distinctly, so unmls-
takably, that she could not restrain the
| involuntary smile of instant recognition
Mr.. Mason flushed q little, and his
smile had something Of embarrassment
In it. Were his unuttered thoughts to be
seen at single glance of this girl OF
nineteen years? "You can hardly have
an idea, Miss Lizzy," he said, apoleget'
ically, and looking away while he made
| broadsword cuts at the very Vulnerable
heads of the Unison weeds with his hick-
DRY walking stick, "how hungry [ get for
the companionship of educated and re
fined people. Or, rather, isn't 1t for
sort of intellectual combat that we pine
| in a solitude of observations on the price
of wheat, the next election, and what
your friend Redden's last acquisition in
Attorney COWS cost him? If l hadn't
discovered you and your father and moth
er here in this secluded spot to which
have been condemned by fortune,
should have been tempted to try conclu-
sions with fate by resigning my position
and fleeing back to the city"
mot in the face of such lovely scene
as this, Mr.. Mason, surely"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-12-23
Fifty Years AGO.

The king Of the Sandwich II
to prevent the overthrow Of M,
eminent by lawless violence, sQ
the aid of the naval forces Of The
ed States and France.
The Spanish minister Of foNi'
fairs declared in the cOrtes "IAa
sale Of the island of Cuba wOa
the sale of Spanish honor ITSELF"
Peace was restored at the b
gold diggings, Australia, after a
of terror lasting weeks, in which
ty miners had been killed and NJ
law established.
Commercial reciprocity had be-
ranged between the United State
Great Britain. 1t opened to Ama
the sea fisheries in British prov
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-12-23
Forty Years Ago.

General Dix issued an order
prisals on Canadians because
st. Adams raid. 1t was annulla
by Lincoln.
Sherman stormed Fort McA
near Savannah, Ga.
Cook County, Illinois, voted q
ty of $500 for every man who
enlist for army service.
Springfield Qll.) citizens were
alarmed over a report that the !
Central Railway was ready %
the State a bonus to have the
removed to Decatur.
A number of soldiers were kln
many wounded in the blowing
the transport Maria at st. I0uA
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-12-23
One Hundred Years Aoo

The British under Admir-, =.
attacked Fort Rouge at tha NV
of Calais harbor. wy
Russia had seventy sail Of n,
in commission in her navv W
The French ambassador len
stantinople, as the Ottoman n,..
fused to acknowledge NanoI',' S
hereditary emperor.
The surveyor of public bDia,,
Washington reported to COn,,D1'
$57,665.72 had been spent in o,,
on the Capitol and White Hons.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-12-23
CHAPTER ".


They had reached the summit of the
highest of the sand mounds that lie as it
in little eddies of that mighty stream
that once swept from the great lakes
down the valley of the Wabash toward
the ocean.
"Was there ever anything so lovely ?
Look at that faint golden green Of the
fringing willows of this bright, bright
river! And the darker green deepening
into blue and purple of the patches OF
woodland on the other side. And then
beyond that, the upward sweep of the
strange, fair, lonely, lonely, solemn prai-
ric. | could never be unhappy nor great
" discontinued in the presence of a scene
like this"
Lizzy had involuntarily turned away
from him, holding her hand outstretched,
in a sort of girlish ecstasy OF admiration
toward the wide river bottom and the
boundless prairie beyond.
They stood in silence for almost a min
ute. their eyes resting upon a bright
reach of limpid, sparkling river cut off by
mass of the distant blue green wood
land, now upon q dim and misty light
blue vista of valley that from the dark
and defined border of diminishing line of
woodland drawn up in martial array to
witness the passage of the unceasing
food of waters, led on and on into the
underlined dominions of northern sky,
islanded with banks of unmoving clouds
Of creamy white.
you are a poet, Miss Lizzy. And
am not" said the assistant geologist,
presently. 81 think this fact fully ex-
plains the great difference between us.
You can never weary of the beautiful
things of wood and field and food. I, OH
the other hand. must have the beautiful
and the good in some human creature"
He spoke this last sentence almost in
an inaudible murmur, and now with his
head turned away and the cane making
broadsword sweeps among the ranks of
hostile jimsons.
1--WE must go on. Mr.. Philosopher or
we shall be too late to make a very thor
ough inspection of the field of your spring
labors. And | have not forgotten, too,
that l had put you upon dangerous
ground by my question few moments
ago. How do you answer itT'
They began the walk again, now dis
appearing from the vision of the three
hundred pairs of eyes, in the thickest of
hazel and dwarf oak that intermediated
between the sandy prairie land of the
river bottom and the primeval forest of
the upland hills. Unconsciously they had
quickened their pace as if it had been
the beauty of the valley and prairie that
had held them back heretofore.
Il meant to express my view that the
proletary is that immovable, imperish-
able. immutable, base and germinal of
the slender and comparatively sparse.
delicate and perishable roots and flowers
the educated, the refined, the inteIlec-
tual men and women. and even cities and
communities of the earth. But I'm afraid
you will look upon this as a lecture, Miss
I.izzy. And if l remember, you have
stipulated against lectures"
Then your lecture at Mount Zion four
weeks ago"
WAS aimed at You, Miss Lizzy, l must
canfess. | thought that | saw in you
great possibilities, if only there were
behind you the motive power of necessity
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-12-23
Thirty Years Ago.

An exchange of notes TOOK pa
tween Washington, D. C' anu
concerning the Virginlus auai'
A Congressional invesdga'Dl
Pacific mail subsidy increase .
bribery charges connected VaD :
commenced at Washington "
The watch presented 10 May l'.
Lafayette by Washington aAu Ia
len from him, having been lF' y
was presented to the flsn w,
grandson by the American u'D'
France. g.,
King Kalakaua OF tne ' ~
Islands was in Chicago en -
Washington, D. g., TO peii''
mercial treaty. ;, n,
The taking Of evidence IL i
of Count Won Armin TOT Wv 4
ton of official documents liU~ ~,
ords of the German goVelnD'
in Berlin.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-12-23

ton to dismiss the defendant from Gus
tody because of an alleged misstatement
of Attorney McMillen in his opening re-
marks to the jury. Judge Cornet took
the motion under advisement, and or
dered testimony to proceed.
The introduction of evidence began
with calling Mrs. Gillespie, mother of
the defendant and victim. She is 81
years old. She told of her daughters
household work, the shooting and finding
the body on the floor.
The charge against James Gillespie is
that he killed his twin sister Elizabeth.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-12-23
War News in Brief.

The japanese cruiser Saiyen was sunk
ny Russian mine in front of Port Ar.
thur At
Japan is preparing to dispose of Rus.
sla Baltic fleet when it reaches Asiatie
waters.
Inc japanese cruiser Adsuma is re-.
ported to have been blown up by Rus
The japanese blew up Rihling Hill
Fort at Fort Arthur killing several HIM.
ored Russians and rendering twenty gun.
useless. SUNS
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-12-23
Twenty Years Ago.

The announcement was n n n
York of the gift of S9O0,o su,,,
Mary G. Caldwell to the i hoI d
Ollie Church for the purpO''
ing a university. ,,oo d
President Diaz Of Mems ,'au,,,
closed all Of the gaming D'
City of Mexico. IL.
The President sent " oons
with a note of review anu ~ h
ton the commercial t oois
the United States and Sp' 0,sl
The superintendent Of IT,. 5' b
struction in Illinois rep0i IN tbsI
enrolment of the puplls t ~ I'd
schools of the State loi
been 72S,6S1.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-12-23
Seventy-five Years Aan.

A Canadian priest ordered M,
Catholics in his parish who b,i1
married by Yankee ministers q, n
trates be lawfully remarked bv
Slaves were selling for nearlv
ing at New Orleans. Almost eysr
brought them to that port, and b
to the failure of crops the planas
little money to buy them.
A civil war began in Chile,
The reduction of wages Caas
strike among the Weavers Of Non
England.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-12-23
GILLESPIE HEARING OPENS.

Indications Point to Stubborn Legal
Fight at Rising Sun, Ind.
The famous James Gillespie murder
trial at Rising Sun, Ind, is on again,
and developed new sensational features
right at the beginning of the taking of
testimony. Before jury was secured
26S talesmen were examined. The jury
was on the first day taken to the scene
of the murder and after the customary
instructions of the court Acting Prose
cutting Attorney Harry McNillen pre-
sented the States case. Immediately
on his conclusion and before the taking
of testimony began attorneys for the de-
tense caused a sensation by filing mo-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-12-23
Ten Years Ago.

Ten Years ago. .,o Il
Two hundred persons ,o;ritf
an earthquake in the Vl''
sina, Italy. . chicago, ,
Nelson Morris, OF oaamages
suit for over $5OO'oVv, w. and
the American DistiI Iln snhistl
Feeding Company que s+rset
alleging breach Of &c e0P n1 'rlepp'
The Socialists, leu 4o =. conpd,,
gan, started a ngn' .mericsn
convention of the
ton I'm Deliver. -
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-12-23
Progress of the Baltic Fleet.

It is almost three months and a half
since the Baltic fleet was officially de-
clared to have sailed from Cronstadt
for the far East. However, the fleet
fingered at Reval and Libau for over
a month after that, and the real be-
ginning Of its voyage must be dated
from Oct. 16.
1t covered the first 1900 miles of
its 17,5OO-mile journey at the average
speed of about four miles an hour.
Then, at Tangier, it divided into two
squadrons, one Of which, under Vice
Admiral Rojestvensky, started around
the Cape of Good Hope and the other,
under Rear Admiral Voelkersam. went
by way of the Suez Canal
Rojestyenskys squadron is now
coasting along German Southwest At
RIGA. In forty days, since leaving Tan
gier, it has covered about 5000 miles.
at the average speed of five and 4 half
miles an hour. Noelkersam's squadron
has left Jubutil, in French SomaIiland
with a speed record up to date of
about three miles an hour.
The Chagos Islands in the Indian
Ocean are generally assumed to be the
rendezvous for the fleets. At the pres
ent rate of speed Admiral Roiestyens-
ky should be there about the 18th of
January, the distance he has to cover
being something less than 1000 miles
Then, assuming that the second SQUAD
ron has arrived and that third snuad-
ron which left Libau in November has
caught UP, he will be ready to take up
the serious part of his adventure.
1t is $500 miles from the Cbaoos
Islands to VlaGiyostok by way of the
Tsugaru Straits, or, for a feet aver
aging five and a half miles an bour
about fifty days steaming. The feet
ought to cover this distance it is truo
III thirty to forty days, but experience
up to date is sufficient to show that if
it ever approaches Vladivostok at all
it will not be till the month OF March
at the earliest.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-12-23
WAR IN THE ORIENT.
COLD WEATHER PREVENTS
ACTIVE OPERATIONS.
Roth Armies Occupy Substantially the
Positions They Have Held for Weeks
Progress of the Baltic F1eet-Next
Battle May Be on the Sea.

A Mukden dispatch says that tine
extreme cold keeps things quiet alohs
the 'front.' When the thermometer is
below zero one cannot look Tor actlVe
and continued military operations.
There are reports of movements OF
Russian and Japanese flying columns
particularly on General Kuropatklns
left faux, but both sides occupy SUP
stantiaIly the positions they have held
for weeks.
If it be the intention Of the japanese
to take their time henceforth ABOUT
the reduction of Port Arthur it Will
be in their power to send Marquis Oya-
ma strong enforcement. Inc low
est estimate of General Stoesseps force
is 1000 men. That probably is TOO
low, but if he should have three times
as many the Japanese can safely seno
away a considerable portion of their
Port Arthur army.
In the opinion of the Chicago Trib-
une, if Marquis Oyama, after having
been REINFORCED from that quarter,
does not take the offensive speedily ne
probably never will. His army will
have reached the highest point OF et1-
cheney after the arrival of the trained
soldiers who have been fighting under
General Nogi. The men whom he may
receive from Japan will not be OF SO
good quality. On the other hand, the
troops now reaching General Kuropat-
kin are drawn from the garrisons on
the western frontier of the empire and
are superior to many of those prevl-
ously sent to him. Before long Gen
eral Kuropatkin should have at his
disposal all the troops the carrying ca
pacity of the Transsiberian railroad
will permit him to keep supplied with
provisions. The road is constantly be-
ing made more efficient by the con-
struction of new sidings and the sub
stitution of iron for wooden bridges.
1t would not be surprising to hear
that the Japanese have given up the
plan of assuming the aggressive for a
policy less prodigal of the lives of the
soldiers. In that event Marquis Oya-
ma could choose between holding his
present position after fortifying it
more extensively, or he could fall back
upon some point nearer his base and
await his enemy there.
1t is admitted that the Russian ships
at Port Arthur are destroyed, or are so
badly damaged as to be unserviceable.
The Japanese ships which have been
blockading Port Arthur have gone
home to reft and get ready to meet
an advancing Russian fleet, which,
though superior on paper, certainly is
inferior in personnel Naval officers
Of all nations have turned their eyes
to the orient and are waiting eagerly
for the result of the impending con-
test between great fleets of armored
vessels. They have a professional in
terest in the matter aside from the
general interest felt by ALL
General Stoessel has given General
Nogi a map showing the positions of
the hospitals in Port Arthur, so that
they may be safe from Japanese fire.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-12-23

Business men are not judged so
much by how they advertise as wherA
Yazoo City herald. [volume] (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1976, 1904-04-01

Japanese cooks in New York are
demanding from $40 to $50 a
mouth, and those of special skill
get good deal more. A yacht
cook expects at least $75 month.
aud when the yachting season
opens they will be hard to find
even at that price The only Jap
anese coachman in New York gets
$50 a month. You may still have
a general homework Japanese who
will do everything for small fam
lily, but wash, at from S25 to $40 a
month. If the family is larger
than 3 or 4 the Japanese general
houseworkmau will have none of
YOU.
Yazoo City herald. [volume] (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1976, 1904-04-01
BUBBLES.

4 word that doesn't mean much
-"little"
Drpssmakers don't advertise 70
! furnish mail trains.
gwen t'e living skeletons may
'cted with the ills Of the
ae>h.
The polltic.d candidates prefer
30 ride in carr val.
Some Young meu are oo' 50 fast
after they get tied
Most sopranos have high toned
opinion of their voice
10 be a scene shIfter a man
must be able to shift for himself
The successful teacher Of math.
ematics calculates to please.
Today was tomorrow yesterday,
but It will be yesterday when to-
morrow is today.
Some day, somewhere, somehow,
somebody will sometime find some
thug better, somewhat.
1t would take more than an x
raw to find the best there Is IN
some men.
Nothing wears on some women
20 much as not having what they
want to wear.
A Joke about salt and pepper
suit is never out of season.
Does the copiest who copies
wrong break the copyright law.
The long and short of 1t is the
| SIX footer without a cent.
The man who insures high
Office building writes continued
stories.
The streets have a right to be
mad at the street ear conductors
for calling them such names
Even, the skillful bookeeper ma
he delinquent when 1t G ,omes
keeping a diary.
The Mormon's <tves woul
doubtless object to mis- being callt
4 collector OF ar .dques.
There's no dse quoting Shake
peare to an Old sheep, for he wonl
pay no a deution even IT you sale
= Butt me no butts -Pkiladelphi
Bulletin.
Yazoo City herald. [volume] (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1976, 1904-04-01

Pill THAT nnN'T GgIs -s1FOR Is
asK fsr GraYe's Painlsss liver pins
Yazoo City herald. [volume] (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1976, 1904-04-01

one Of our authorized representatives,
will call upon you sometime during this
season with new line of RARE AND spE
c1A1 VARIETIES OF eELEcrED FRUITS. some
of which are attracting widespread aiten'
ton We respectfully AK that You hold
vour orders until our salesman secs Won.
Thanking you for your liberal patron
age in the past, we beg to remain very
respectfully,
J. VAN LINpLEY NrgsERY CO..
feb26-6t Per q u. GBAERER.
Yazoo City herald. [volume] (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1976, 1904-04-01

Miss Bird, in her book entitled
"Unbeateu Tracks in Japan pub
hshed nearly p years ago, describ-
ed the men she saw as "small, ug-
Is, kindly looking, shuvelled,
banty-legged, round-shouldered,
concave chested, pin looking be-
ings, while the women "are, as a
rule, small, aud very small - Rus
slams. however, who have had oc-
casion to see the Japanese do not
agree with Miss Bird.
Yazoo City herald. [volume] (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1976, 1904-04-01
Ruling Passion.

4 think, she said, that be ha'
deceived us all. ! don't think b.
is anything more than Il clerk,
Why
Because, right in the middle OF
a proposal last night, his mind
wandered aud he said 'Gou coule
wear a smaller size, Miss, wllhou.
INV trouble ut all. | jerked my
toot back, Of course, but ! knee
ught AWAY why 1t WAS 50 easy Ton
nm 10 get 0n his knees before 4
girl.
Yazoo City herald. [volume] (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1976, 1904-04-01

Mother: Il declare, am posi-
lively provoked at your father. J
syn doug my best to secure you =
ts.ied husband. aud he hasn't the
beast sympathy with my plans.
Daughter: Perhaps he is keen
auE his sympathy for me, in cast
Won succeed in carrying ont your
plans. brooklyn Life.
Yazoo City herald. [volume] (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1976, 1904-04-01

Prompt Adjustments and settlements Of
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mics represented by N. p & J. B. Doher
tvs Insurancy Of Yazoo City. selS-tf
Yazoo City herald. [volume] (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1976, 1904-04-01
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81 have been subject TO seiatic rhen-
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Yazoo City herald. [volume] (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1976, 1904-04-01
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Army. From an ordinary doctor
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space Of five years is what might
be called going up at Sky-rocket
speed. There is nothing like be-
ING pet of the Powers.
Yazoo City herald. [volume] (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1976, 1904-04-01
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Yazoo City herald. [volume] (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1976, 1904-04-01

He told his son to milk the cows
feed the horses, slop the pigs, hunt
the eggs. catch the colt and pat
him in the stable. split some kind
ling. get IN some wood, stir the
cream. put some fresh wafer IN
the creamery after supper, aud bee
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Yazoo City herald. [volume] (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1976, 1904-04-01

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