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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-01-06

no more and no less tendency to lava
lessness than we" In three years
there were $4,000 homicides in the
United States, while the loss of the
British army in Africa from all causes
for the same length of time were only
$1,000. DR.. Doyle cannot understand
why the single States of South Caro-,
lima and Georgia should each have
more murders than the British EN-
pire. The novelist does not say, as
some Englishmen have in the past
that American lawlessness is the nee
essary result of democratic institu
tons. He likes Americans. He has
faith that they with their energy and
adaptability" will find some way OF
stamping out this "hideous growth OF
crime" This friendly critic of condi
tons, which every American should
admit are deplorable, believes he un
derstands their cause. He says "the
law is loosely administered" He pre-
sumes the judges are not so free as in
England and are Influenced by political
motives-"ther is a pull hither and
thither, and justice is not administer
ed" SO he suggests that ''in the es
adjustment of pure, Independent jul
dietary throughout America there Is
the best possible scope for the energy
Of Roosevelt" If Sir Arthur Conan
Doyle had a superficial acquaintance
with the American system of govern
ment he would not suggest that the
President undertake the impossible
task Of providing an independent judi
ciary for the state courts, in which
most murder cases are tried. If he
had lived more than four months in
this country and had studied American
criminal Jurisprudence he would have
found that American judges are not so
free as British judges in that they
have less authority, but that political
motives and Influence do not affect
them in murder cases. If judges here
had the authority they have in En-
gland there would be more convictions.
The trouble Is that juries prefer to ac-
quit If any plausible reason for doing
so can be found The same people
who take human life so recklessly in
personal or industrial quarreIs seem
to be beset by the notion that the
state ought not to take the life Of a
man or keep him in prison till he dies
because he has murdered somebody.
The citizens of a state, when ashamed
of the murder record it has made, will
provide better police system for the
prevention Of crime and apprehension
Of criminals. They will revise and
strengthen their weak and lax crimi-
nal jurisprudence. When drawn as jul
rors they will have fewer maud1in
scruples about finding men guilty Of
murder. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
should study the subject Of crime in
America more thoroughly before he
makes specific recommendations on the
subject.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-01-06
PRISON RECORD WON'T DOWN.
Cruel Blow to Man Who Was Honest
Thirty Years.

Thirty Years.
After 80 years Of effort to live down
his record as a convict and when he
thought everyone had forgotten all
about it, James Mcguire of 1923 East
23d street hung his head before Magis-
tate Whitman in the TOmbs police
court recently and pleaded guilty to
illegal registration. When he went into
the registrar ton booth Of his voting
precinct In the Eighteenth Assembly
District, of which Chas. F. Murphy is
the Democratic leader, he was chal-
lenged.
This man has no right to register"
exclaimed a deputy. He is an ex-
convict"
At the words Mcguire turned white
and tottered from the place. Stumbling
into a saloon, he drank the first glass
of whisky he had tasted in 80 years.
who would have thought" he NUT
tered, that that would come back at
ter all these years"
That night he was arrested and the
examina ton was postponed until yes
terday, when Police Captain Langan of
the detective bureau testified that In
1873 Mcguire was convicted OF stealing
0 harness valued at $50 from his em-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-01-06

Every sailor in the South Seas, de-
clares writer In the Washington Star,
knows that the shark is a coward. A
man who has served many years in the
navy tells Of an experience with sharks
at Tahiti. A crew of seamen gunners
had obtained permission to take a
beach swim, and had not given a
thought to sharks, although they had
seen numbers Of them about the har-
Dor.
In addition to being young, writes
the sailor, I was more self-contident
than I've ever been since, because
there wasn't man or boy on board
that could teach me anything about
swimming. That's how it came about
that as soon as we jumped into the
water on the Papete beach I proceeded
to outswim all the rest, just to show
'em.
l didn't turn to look back until /
was about three hundred yards from
the beach. The only reason why l
turned then was because heard lot
of noise from the beach.
When l turned, saw about hun
dred naked native and all Of the fell
lows from our ship lined up on the
beach at the edge Of the water, jump
ing UP and down and waving their
arms at me, and yelling with all their
might But l saw something more
important than that. There were, it
seemed to me, about a million huge,
wet and shiny shark-nns between me
and the beach. Some Of them weren't
more than ten yards from me.
/ stopped and trod water, and nerv-
ously slapped the surface of the water
with my hands. I noticed that when
1 slapped the water particularly hard
the sharks that were nearest to me
edged back and circled at greater
distance from me. So l kept on slap
ping the water.
The sharks were waiting for me to
get tired, and they took it easy. Forty
natives put out after me in one Of
those sixty -foot-long and two-foot-wide
canoes with the outrigger arrangement
familiar in the South Seas; and in the
bow Of the boat and directing them
was an old quartermaster from a Brit
ish trading schooner in the harbor.
Splash, keep a-splashing, you Yam
kee pup idiotv' he bawled at me as the
canoe approached where was in the
middle of the semi-circle of waiting
sharks.
1 was a good deal scared, but as the
canoe approached noticed that all Of
the natives that weren't helping to pull
the canoe were leaning over the side,
and slapping and churning the water
with all their might and main. That
settled it. The sharks dispersed like
a bunch Of sta,lpeded mountain goats,
and I was hauled into the canoe, and
scolded by the British Quartermaster
for my folly until we pulled up on the
beach. That was my first experience
with the cowardice Of sharks.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-01-06
The WORLDS MlLLlonAlREs.
Enelishman Makes List of Kings in the
Financial Empire.

No two compilers have made simi'
lar lists Of the millionaires OF the
world. China, England, France, Rus
STA and the United States each claim
to be the home of the richest man.
The list compiled by James Burnley,
the English author, is as follows: Al
fred Belt, diamonds, London, $4,000 Co.,
600; +. 3. Robinson, gold and dia-
nonds, London, $4O0,000,O00; J. D.
Rockefeller, oil, New York, $25O,O0O,-
600; w. w. Astor, land, London, $780,
OO0, 900; Prince Demidoff; land, st.
Petersburg, 5000, 600; Andrew Car
negie, steel, New York, $125,OOooo0;
W. *. Vanderbilt, railroads, New YORK,
S1OO, 100000; William Rockefeller, Oil,
New York, $10O,0O0O00; ]. J. Astor.
land, New York, $75,000,OO0; Lord
Rothschild, money lending, London,
100000; Duke Of Westminster,
land, London, $75,000,000; ]. Pierpont
Morgan, banking, New York, $4,000
600; Lord Iveagh, beer, Dublin, $7o-
OO0. 900; Sonora Isidora Cousino, mines
and railroads, Chile, $70000,000; M.
Heine, silk, Paris, $70,000,0OO; Baron
Alphonse Rothschild, money lending,
Paris, $7O,OOO,000; Baron Nathaniel
Rothschild, money lending, Vienna,
$4,000, 900; Archduke Frederick OF
Austria, land, Vienna, $70,0O0,OOO;
George J. Gould, railroads, New York,
100000; Mrs. Hetty Green, bank
ing, New York, $50, 100000; James III.
Smith, banking, New York, $5O,OO0,-
600; Duke Of Devonshire, land London,
$4,000, 600; Duke of Bedford, land,
London, $4,000, 900; Henry O. Have
meyer. sugar, New York, $5O,OOO,O00;
John Smith, mines, Mexico, $4o,OOO,-
600; Claus Spreckles, sugar, San Fran
cisco, $4O,OOO,OO0; Archbishop Conn,
land, Vienna, $4O.OO0,O0O; Russell Sage,
money lending, New York, $25,OOo,O 900;
Sir Thomas Upton, groceries, London,
$50 100000.
Mr.. Burnley places Americas John
D. Rockefeller third in the list and
gives first and second class respective
" to Alfred Belt and j. B. Robinson.
There is but little doubt that the ar
rangement made by Mr.. Burnley is
wrong. The visible assets Of Mr.. Rock
efeller clearly entitle him to the pri-
macy among millionaires if the great
est fortune outside of America is esti-
mated at only $5OO,0OO,0OO. But the
purchasing power of money in Europe
is greater than it Is in America, and
consequently it takes less Of it to make
big showing there than here. In
England John D. Rockefeller would be
rated in class by himself.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-01-06

The dispatches recently have told
the world much about the German en-
peror and his shooting party. We do
not remember how many hundreds OF
birds the Emperor himself brought
down, but the episode reminded one
of slaughter. To the American sports
man it would not be exciting to stand
comfortably by while a dozen sery1-
tors load and pass guns to the shooter
and an army of men beat tom-toms
and drive unsuspecting birds within
range of the guns. This sort of sport
is comparable to sticking pigs in a
slaughter house.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-01-06

The belief that educated Indians re-
lapse into savagery when no longer
under the influence Of government
schools Is not borne out by statistics
which, happily, the schools are now
taking pains to keep. At least one In
dian is mayor Of city, and another is
vice president Of bank; but these
men do not count for so much. when
one views the question in a large
way, as the hundreds of graduates
who are earning living as farmers,
carpenters, shoemakers and black
smiths. A disposition to work and
stick to it marks the distinction be-
tween the civilized man and the "sav-
age Of any color.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-01-06

Attempts are being MADE III ll :.
to train oxen for saddle riding IN" !,
eral races have been organized ~ :
their capacity. They have oee a.t =" /
not only as racers on 1.-The ,n ns' M
also as successful jumpers Inv Il
illustration is from phoIosl"pr d1
well-known French sportslnani, ,a \
his OK at a leap-off, The Oliu,s
saddle used are similar IN s taD. a
sign to those used for nul. 1.orful
the exception that very poWe e+snd
is employed. AS in their - Ems Ioss ID
the animals are supposed to l loSS
tempers, the precau1on - horns
studding the points of nelr ~
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-01-06
SMALL BOYS DELIVERY TEAM.

he bought out newspaper delivery
route in his town from a man who had
delivered the papers on foot. Ivor
trained his two dogs to act as trotters,
and rugged up his wagon with ball
bearing wheels, cushion tires, and ev-
erything else in the latest speed style.
He is making money and delivers the
papers on schedule time, having made
a regular express service of it.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-01-06

No department of the national adj
ministration pays its way" quite so
manfully as does the Department of
Agriculture. Congress has recognized
this fact in liberal appropriations. In
the bureau of forestry alone, accord
ing to Secretary Wilson'S report, these
appropriations have permitted in six
years s. sixteen-fold increase in the
working force and a twelve-fold in
crease In expenditures. Yet a single
discovery made by the bureau, and
now applied to the production of tur-
pent1ne, is effecting an annual saving
equal to the total expenditure of the
bureau for six years. The department
is the farmers Aladdin's lamp. Rub
1t and its genius produces anything
called for.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-01-06

In an address at Wilmington the
other day Alfred Paschall Of the adj
vertising department of Wanamaker's
Philadelphia store said, "For general
publicity making In America nothing
advertising problem, the introducing of
the merchandise by the merchant to
the consumer. generally comes back to
the question of using newspaper space
with every man of business who de-
ponds upon the general public for his
transactions"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-01-06
Boys DELIVERY TEAM.

Pair of Dogs Who Do Service for Their
Youthful Owner.
The two dogs in this picture are
named Jack and Box Car Bill. They
are not hitched to the wagon for fun
not even for the fun of the youthful
owner. 1t is strictly matter of bust
ness.
The driver is a smart Western boy
named Ivor Gordon. A few years ago
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-01-06
No National Russian Of" ~

It is curious that in ,v .nits
OVERLOOKING with loyalty u stasp
nihilists, very few of the s'I' IA,
formances have any na'io nasidppt
but SO it is. An American I lsS dpr
some time in Mosco" Sd! .o hut
all his stay there did be SEE gee NOT
play with Russian charac, aaoI to B
he hear one stage song appea or, G.
sian sentiment as the onuIar }
or "Dixie Land" appeal TO p'p
4iment in this country
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-01-06
The New Thames Tunnel.

The Notwithstanding tunnel now
being built under the Thames will take
five years to construct. It's length will
be 6.SS3 feet, with an external diane
ter of sixteen feet and two footways
four feet eight and one-half inches
wide. When 1t Is finished there will
be three tunnels under the Thames at
London.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-01-06
TO CORRESPONDENTS.

All communications for this paper should be accom-
nsped by the name of the author not necessarily foi
publication but evidence of good faith on
of the writer Write only side OF the paper os
particularly careful in giving and dates, to havs
the letters and figures plain and distinct
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-01-06

The barefoot boy who said There
amt going to be no core" appears to
have been a true prophet, judging
from from the reports Of discoveries
made by the expert fruit growers who
are producing coreless apples.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-01-06

The Porte promised a few days ago
to quit preventing the circulation OF
Bibles in Turkish possessions. The
promise has already been broken. But
this is not surprising. 1t merely shows
that the Porte continues to have the
same old idea of promise.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-01-06
More Likely to GET IL.

Nocash-Wonder where l can Dor
row some money?
Hardupp do you want it for?
"Oh, I've got a sure thing In the
fifth race tomorrow"
you don't want money; you want
to borrow trouble. "-Cincinnati Trib-
une.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-01-06

Professor Alexander Graham Bell
thinks he has solved the aerial navi-
CATION problem. 1t is to be hoped that
he has at least provided himself with
a feather bed upon which to fall.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-01-06

The Igorrotes at the st. Louis expo
eitIon proved to be one of the best pay
ing of the attractions, the admission
fees amounting to more than $2Oo,OoO.
The margin Of profit must have been
large. 1t cost next to nothing to feed
and clothe them.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-01-06

Counting his retired pay and his sal
airy as adjutant general Of Massachu-
sets, General Miles will receive more
than $4,000 q year. Verify, peace
hath its compensations no less re-
nowned than war.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-01-06

When a man gets discouraged and
quits, the doctor says afterward that
that was just the time when he
should have held on.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-01-06
Judgment suanended.

Esmarelda-Yes, he told me that I
was the only girl he ever loved.
Cordelia-Well, don't Judge him TOO
harshly, dear. His grandfather died
In lunatic asylum.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-01-06

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is Mortified
by what he justly calls "the appalling
number" Of homicides in the United
States. He says Americans are our
own stock"-that is not SO true SIS It
Wss efU years ago-and "cau have
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-01-06

Whenever a rich American girl
makes I'D her mind that she wants
one there seems to be an earl, or
marquis, or a duke, or something left
somewhere.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-01-06
His Negative.

Bunsby-They speak of Multby's
negative virtues. What are they2
Dawson-They're something don't
like. He always says no when you
want to borrow anything from him
Boston Transcript.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-01-06

All the newspapers are gleeful over
the passing of the circus poster, but
little Johnny is wearing long face.
Johnny has always thought the posters
nearly as much fun as the parade.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-01-06

Thomas P. Wood Chicago carpen-
ter, has asked the courts for an in
junction restraining his wife from
talking. Does he want the woman to
burst?
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-01-06

1t often happens that the woman
who has reputation far and wide as
judge Of good bargain, seems to
fall down when she picks out hus-
band.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-01-06
u;s Version.

Miss Fafrface-A dog ~. che sigp
home this morning. Is ti"'
good luck? s.- the dog>
Admirer-Good luck loi
you invited him In!
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-01-06

In some parts of this glorious land
of the free weddings are almost as nu-
merous as divorces.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-01-06

The Japs have shown that q navy is
not necessarily required to destroy q
navy.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-01-06

One of the incest things about
French duels is that even the innocent
bystanders don't get hit.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-01-06

A new play, entitled IAN Honest
Politician" was produced in New
York. Realism on the stage is mort
bund.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-01-06

Coxey was rich when everybody else
was grumbling about hard times. 1t
is just like him to go into bankruptcy
when the country is prosperous.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-01-06

Kleptomania is disease for which
the victims are always taking some
thing.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-01-06

Constipation.-Hot water. if fol-.
freely half an hour before hpdt,r' 'e
one Of the best possible cathorHa
severe cases Of constipation wbn
has a soothing effect upon tho sta,
ach and bowels.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-01-06

When man has fame he does not
know it.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-01-06

When Mixing a Poultice.-TD :,
Ing a mustard poultice add tbo ll
OF an egg instead of water, ana Wy !.
though the effect will be tba aa
will not blister the skin. 'ue
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-01-06

Country merchants could greatly In
crease the value of the space they use
in the local papers by paying more at
>tention to their advertising Under
pressure of the solicitor they grab a
piece Of brown paper and scribble off
an advertisement, which Is inserted
and allowed to stand until the pub
Usher gets ashamed of it and insists
upon a change of copy. AS every
change costs the publisher something,
he is not apt to insist upon it very
often. The advertising portions, there
fore, of the country press are unat.
tractive, and, to large extent value
less. If the country merchant would
change his copy every issue and adj
vertise bargain days and special sales,
the readers would soon discover that
it paid them in dollars and cents to
read the advertisements in their local
paper. There would then be less said
by country merchants about advertis.
ing not paying. 1t is their own fault
that it does not pay better.-Ad Sense.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-01-06

Foot Sprains.-Slide the fingers :,
der the foot, and, having greaso1 ~,
thumbs, press them successivp,v n,'
increasing force over the painful navy
for about quarter of an hour m
application should be repeated sqyar
times, or until the patient is AHA
walk. This is a simple remedy fo,'
very frequent accident, and can /
performed by the most inexperienoa
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-01-06

Fake advertising Is thing Of the
past in La Crosse, Wis. Business men
will not buy tickets to church bazaars
If they do not want to attend. FUND.-
for furthering elaborate schemes for
the relief Of the unfortunate will be
ignored, Henceforth this money will
go to improving commercial conditions
in the city. These are the purposes Of
the La Crosse Retail Merchants Asso-
citation, formed by thirty Of the promi-
nent merchants of the city. The So
ciety is to be permanent and will pro-
tect the merchants against fake
schemes.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-01-06

A two-faced baby has been born in
Massachusetts. Yes, it's a girl.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-01-06

Women are more critical with dry
goods than they are with men.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-01-06

It is not hard to believe in the total
depravity of the rest of the race.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-01-06

The nearest approach to perpetual
motion is a ceaseless, increasing de-
mand by purchasers for a sound ar
ticle. Good advertising starts the mo-
ton and keeps it perpetual.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-01-06

Hoarseness.-Break six fresh pgl
and put them, shells and all, into h
juice Of six goodsized lemons, and Sd
the mixture daily. In four days tn
the lemon Juice will have dissolved d
shells. Strain through muslin and ad
half a pound of sugar candy, preyiou
ly boiled in half a pint of water. Whe
finished, pour in pint of rum, al
take a wineglassful every mOrnn
Keep the eggs and lemon in dad
place while dissolving.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-01-06

Necessary Precaution.-In case
scarlet fever, all the clothes that b.,
been worn by the patient before holm
taken i'll should be soaked in carhol
acid, boiled, and hung out of doors
the open air for some days. All towel
busters, caps, etc, used in a Scarf
fever patients room must be kent
it, and no food that has been in n
sick-room must be touched by anyOr
but the patient.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-01-06

For Burns and Scalds.-AlWaySk ee
carbonate Of soda in the house-t
useful for so many purposes N
burns and scalds it is an exceIel
remedy; the surface Of the burn shou
be covered with it, either dry or ju
damped. 1t relieves the pain caust
by the bites or stings Of insects
small saltspoonful in half tumOl
OF water will relieve heartburn al
indigestion, and if taken with tep
water last thing at night will \
quently induce sleep In restless pe
sons.
Value of Sulphur.-FOr a sore thrO|
sip a cupful Of hot milk into when
teaspoonful Of flowers Of sulphur "
been stirred. For q feveriSh COZ
sprinkle a teaspoonful Of sulphur Vp9
a hot shovel. While the air OF yO|
room is full Of the fumes take y
bath in which a Tablespoonful Of Y
phur has been thrown; 60 to y
warmly wrapped up, and drink \
milk and sulphur as above AVOID l
posture to cold for twenty-four lOo1
Sulphur used frequently as a medlel1
will keep the skin fine and easy
and the hair abundant, glossy y
free from grayness.