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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-04-15
CHESAPEAKE CITY.

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i" visiting her sister. Ms. John Banks.
VT. and Mr.. Byron \. R"urh"lIr and
san are Speeding some tim" in Baltimore
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Richard Maxwell have been visiting rel
atiyrS here:
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Wilmington.
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IT, Spcr"lA" several! days with Miss Alice
Clark.
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iigI.lIui visit in New York.
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time with her mother in Baltimore.
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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-04-15
SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS.

SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS.
The Board of School Commissioners
met Tuesday. Present-Messrs. Blake
and Carey. Minutes read and ap-
proved.
The following bills were ordered to
be paid
Bennett Steele, coal, No. ., Second........Sl6 25
William Iolper, furniture, Elkton High
School OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. W
H. II. Boulder, stoves, No. IL, Third .-.-.. 90
Academy ........... w
" " High School....... l 90
c. Price, Manual Training School.......... 40
Taylor II Reynolds, Industrial ............... 81
Woolley Il Bennett, repairs, No. ,, col
ored, Second. ...."... | %
Maryland Water Co., rent, Academy. %
" " High School. ) 90
d" /" No. IL, Third %
" Industrial.... = 50
]. 4. Ewing, stoves, No, 5 Fourth 3 90
NJ. Biddle, Pension ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 10 90
J. A. Pearce, cleaning, No s. First........ 50
c. L. f. Mearns, repairs, No. 4, Fifth ...... 203
" ), Fifth. % II
w. H. Abrams, repairs, No. 5, Fifth. % 70
Jesse II. Slmpers repairs, No. >, Fifth. Is 90
r. II. Jaquette, No &, Third ................. Al
J. Ross & Co., Manual Training School. rs
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-02-03
New Photographic Device.

An italian named Luciano Butt has
perfected Photographic apparatus
capable of registering the incredible
number of 1900 Photographic impress
sions per second. The most minute
and least rapid and casual movements
of birds and insects on the wing.
which have hitherto defed science,
can, it is claimed to be registered with
accuracy, thus opening a new world Of
natural observation to ornithologists.
The films used cost $40 a second for
the 1000 impressions.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-02-03

of the original purchase price. When
the acquisition was made it was felt
that we had paid $7,2O0,000 more than
the territory was worth; to-day it's
mineral wealth Is unknown, but has
been conservatively estimated by fair
" competent authorities at $3OO,0OO,-
600. a realization in one item alone Of
considerably more than 1000 per cent
on our original investment. It's fur,
fish and oil industry is worth not less
than S75,OoO,OOO, or over 1000 per cent
more than we paid for the entire terri
tory. Thirty-seyen years ago it was
not believed that Alaska would pro-
duce any crop, but one, Of ice and
snow: to-day, as result of expert
ments conducted by the United States
Department of Agriculture, it is
known that it has not less than 3d.
100000 acres of tillable land, which
will be worth about $40 an acre when
fully brought under cultivation, add
ing to the value of the country 81 ,2OO,-
600, 900, or 1900 times what it cost
us to buy the country thirty seven
years ago.
The reiteration of that purchase
price in tables of comparison is good
thing. It shows what a harvest we
have with the expenditure of a hand
ful of seed, In 1909 the fish catch OF
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-02-03

all sorts was worth over $9,OOO0OO,
and the amount of gold produced near
" S11,oOO,OOO. Compare those two
items alone with the original price OF
Stewards ice box" yet thirty-seVen
years ago had anyone asserted that
it would produce anything having an
annual value of $4,000 they would
have been dubbed crazy. And the
treasure box of the Territory has only
been scratched at that No one
ever dreamed it's trade would ever give
employment to a single ship, but it is
now one of the greatest stimulants to
the shipping trade of the Pacific coast
last year over TOO vessels having
cleared from it's several ports.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-02-03

gress frothed at the mouth when the
deed of acquisition was laid before 1t
for ratification, and the fight was won
by the administration only after en-
countering the most strenuous OPPOSE
ton. The price, $7,2O0,OOO, was paid
out, so the general verdict had it, for
a huge expanse of territory that would
always be burden to the govern
ment. The idea that it would ever
yield a dollar to the citizens OF this
country was pooh-poohed.
It is not necessary to dwell on the
history of Alaska-to tell the story or
the discovery of its gold and thou
sand and one other sources Of wealth.
A resume of the facts as they are to-
day is sufficient to make the story i'm
pressive and to show that the future
of Alaska has only begun.
In 1867 it imported nothing from
and exported nothing to the United
States. In 1908 it bought from the
people of the United States $685. O4
worth of all kinds Of merchandise and
sent us $21 ,167,7S7 worth of gold cop
per, tin, silver, fish, furs, fertilizers,
wool and numerous other products of
the country. In other words, in one
wear alone it paid back to us nearly
100000 more than the government
paid for the territory in 1867, and
added to the actual wealth Of the
United States during the same period
approximately three times the amount
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-02-03
AFFECTION IN JAPAN.
1t Is Deep and Lasting, but, as Rule,
Not Outspoken.

1t Is Deep and Lasting, but, as Rule,
Not Outspoken.
Public demonstration of affection is
most repugnant to the good taste of
the Japanese, and it is the absence Of
this which is SO generally mistaken
for a lack of genuine feeling. | recall
one man who was so devoted to his
mother though | doubt whether he
could ever have been said to have
talked about herr that when she
died, while he was abroad, his depres-
sion was so profound that my hus-
band watched him with anxiety lest
he should commit suicide. The stoical
training may render more unsympa
thetic a coarse nature, but repression
to the refined soul brings an exquisite
capacity for pain scarcely conceivable
by those who are free to give utter
ance to every emotion.
Another man said to me, Il rarely
speak of my mother, for a foreigner
does not understand that Japanese
mother may be just as dear to her son
as his to him and by the Japanese it
is not expected that one should utter
ones deepest feeling That same
son tainted with grief when his moth
err died and when consciousness re-
turned rose to make light of little
dizziness" without reference to its
cause. To this day, whenever he goes
from home, he carries with him his
mothers letters, mounted on a beauti-
full roll Of ivory and brocade, and on
the anniversary Of her passing beyond
his mortal ken quietly devotes a por-
ton of the day to meditation and spe-
cial thought of her. Even to his wife,
despite the closest bond Of love, he
says not, This is the day of my moth
er's death. Outlook.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-02-03

EARL BEAUCHAMP. colony. Inc an
tipodeans, who have much less respect
for hereditary titles than English folk,
did not take very kindly to him. 1t
was long supposed that he would
never marry, because, according to ira
ditions, a curse had been laid on the
family. It was directed against. the
eldest son of an eldest son, and de-
clared that such an one would never
inherit the wealth of the family be-
cause it had been derived from the
spoils Of the church. The Earl is an
eldest son, but in 1902 he decided to
risk the curse, so far as any future
heir might be involved, by marrying
Lady Lettice Grosvenor, daughter Of
the late Earl Grosnevor and sister Of
the second Duke Of Westminster. 1t
was what is called brilliant match.
In his younger days he was regarded
as the dude of the peerage, and is
still considered the best dressed man
in the House of Lords.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-02-03

ton Of talent, integrity and good luck,
became the friend Of princes and the
financial hacker Of an empire. His five
sons were made barons by the EN-
peror of Austria in 1922. These able
young men became the financial heads
of five strong banking establishments
in leading European capitals, Jacob,
the father of Alphonse being assigned
to Paris. Baron Alphonse is promi-
nent In French social and educational
circles and is the possessor of $500.
100000.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-02-03

4 few decades ago the position of
United States Senator was looked upon
as so dignified and exalted that it pro-
tected the incumbent even from re-
proach. Many Senators have shown
political bias and bad judgment, but
the number who have been impugned
for personal dishonesty has been very
small. In recent years, however, the
Senate seems to be falling somewhat
in the estimation Of the people. A
man is no longer considered great and
honorable merely because he is a Sen
ator. His position simply gives him a
fine opportunity to prove himself as
such, and in some cases the most has
not been made of this opportunity.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-02-03
Tenement Cooking Glasses.

Teachers of cooking classes in tene-
ment house kitchens say that about
so per cent of their pupils are Ger
mans, and that SWedes and Irish fol-
low next, with only now and then
an American. Possibly this may rep
resent about the proper percentage as
to the nationalities in the tenement
houses; but 1t is at least significant
that Germans lead. The Germans are
great homemakers.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-02-03

Professor Triggs' plan of arranging
congenial pursuits for every sort Of
person would soon drive most people
to distraction. Inquiry was made of
twenty clergymen whether or not they
would choose the ministry if they
could live their lives over again. Nine
replied in the negative. The same
question was put to eleven expert
enced teachers, with the result that
only one stood out in favor of the pro-
fession. If these are specimens of
the sentiments of scholarly men who
ought to know their own mind what
would be the status OF things among
people OF Lesser stability who have lit
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-02-03
FLOWERS OF THE. OCEAN.
Anemones and Sea Cncumbers that
Grow In Neptune's Garden.

Auemones and Sea Cucumbers that
Grow In Neptune's Garden.
The sea anemone is one OF the COM
monest of towering animals. 1t is
found clinging to rocks IN sheitereo
places along shore in practically every
part Of the world, for it is not conHneu
to any special region. 1t grows only
In comparatively Shallow water, thaI
is. in depths Of less than 800 fathoms,
although there is one species that LVes
In the open sea, but wherever 1ouho
It is essentially the same III structure.
1T Is a tough, leathery tube, spread
ont below into "base" that fastens
It to rock or other foundation, ana ex-
banding above into the hoWerliKe
"disk" with the mouth in the center.
All around the opening of the mouth
are curling tentacles, not unlike the
METALS of a modern chrysanthemum
Some varieties are almost or entirely
colorless. while in some others the
tentacles are gorgeously tinted, ana
rival the flowers in the field; but IN
all turks death in certain ana nor
rible form. Watch some little creature
touch the curying arm, and they Will
he seen to curl inward ana wrap the
intruder in their folds as they push IL
toward the mouth. The inner sides or
the tentacles are covered by poison
glands that sting the prey to lnsensl-
bilitv or death, and so stop the suuS-
giles that might prove disastrous TO the
anemone. When the mouth IS reached
the captive is pushed into the hollow
interior, and the anemone shuts up
into a reddish-brown ball until It's
meal Is digested, when it spreads It's
fatal beauties for another victim.
Another great family of Towering
animals Is that including the sea Gu
cumbers," very plentiful in the shallow
waters Of Pearl harbor The ANIMALS
have long, fattened bodies OF dark
color that ranges from brown to red
dish-purple and their most active move
| ment is slow creeping along the Dot
tom. At one end is the mouth, sur
rounded by the petal-like tentacles that
push into it the mud and sand on
which the organism lives The mud
4
| of the bottom is filled with tiny beings
| that really furnish the food, but it ap-
pears to subsist on the inorganic mud
itself.
The most curious thing about the
| cucumber" is that it takes dodgers IN
a way. 1t has a large cavity within
| it's body that is filled with water ana
into this cavity a little fish called the
| fierasfer works it's way and then lives
within the helpless host. 1t is not a
| parasite, for 1t leaves its lodgings to
seek food, but it merely lodges in the
| holothurian for shelter, as the power
of stinging that sea cucumbers possess
to a high degree renders them fairly
| safe from molestation. The little lodg-
| ers do not seek to do any harm to
their landlord, says the Honolulu Star,
| except when several take quarters in
the same one, and then they may in
| f1ict fatal damage by overcroWding.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-02-03

The total vote for President in the
46O,07S less than the vote in 1900, not
withstanding an estimated increase of
nearly 100000 in population and Of
100000 in eligible voters. What
should the total vote have been in No
vember had the interest of citizens in
the result been profound and their
preference between the candidates
sharply defined? The fullest vote in
proportion to population ever cast in a
Presidential election was in 1896, when
the ratio was l to 3. By this ratio the
vote in November would have been 49,
100000. The vote actually polled was
100000 short of this.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-02-03

A man who never subscribed to a
newspaper in his life went to an ed
ttor the other day and asked him to
let the public know through the paper
that he had sewing machine to trade
for two hogs. He wanted the lad"
free. The editor looked at the man a
moment and then replied: Il can't see
what you want the hogs for as long
AS you are around home so much your
self"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-02-03
E,r,;,,re as u Presen"

Since it is the fashion 10 ''" ..., m
ding presents of artistic or anl'! !,, n
niture. brides are taking more , n'
count where they are to I'VE W." r.r,sI
a suburban villa or tiny 'p' ,,b, 4
in come of the human lio'''s # I'D
suited best to the future income os. !, d
happy pair. 1t is great IDEA ,,,,, n@
it helps out the furnlshins ',l n, in tha|
No shame is felt by the ilanS'o a. nd
having their housekeepIns A' MAT II
and it was a matter for HUI .,,, md
English girl of high degree n, ,rs ad|
ried the heir of noble house ,, ,g
er day. had lovely artistic -, '' .r.sl
sent her instead Of jeWti' 90" ~
There were tables, chairs e., ,,.iel|
boards and sofas, inlaid a .,s,, "a "a tp.I
0f IN sa draw Gng4 and other ts,.,s
o Oee,asa t. ON NTH the ~nurneroas and o
plo, received by an elder sister and nd tl1
marriage a few seasons ago. 49,. Toploa
consequence is that some 0.ny ID to ID
brides are looking 10, . can't Fea1
furniture" cry these helpless piles o ,snd 4
adore gauds and wampu'+ the srin..
would rather not be IN tn the reol
N Never in England and. wi, what BE-
goes. and brides must take poston 81
aid. nfef
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-02-03

him. and soon afterwafd ne io""~ ,,r.
publication of his own, "nt" ?, A
wonderfully successful lie y ,D' for
owner of nine daily newspapers, -, ~, a
weekly newspapers, nine weekly ,,'r,f ;@
odicals and six monthly paol'", MI
Beside, he conducts a large Io"@ ,,I rn,
fishing business. -Four OF n" , "g
ners are among the greatest d' I.r !,
London. one of them having IA ,,,., me-
CAPACITY of s750,000 yearly re-, ,,9,
have risen so rapidly as '">
London publisher.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-02-03

speeches than any
other living Eng
lishman. It is cers
tain that he is the
m os t loquacious
member Of t h e
aristocracy. When
he was % years
old a conservative
government ship
ped him off to New
South Wales as
Governor Of that
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-02-03

1.-The church survives only as ira
dition; the real pulpit of to-day is the
newspaper" So says prominent
lawyer. But he is nightly mistaken.
Had he said that the power of the
mates even the secular newspapers he
would have spoken the exact truth.
The newspaper represents the public
thought and feeling and action. 1t is
mirror that reflects mankind as 1t
is. The world may look in it and see
itself The bad is there as we'll as the
good, and more bad than good because
truth requires it. If moral sentiment
is there it is because moral sentiment
OF the public demands it. The pro-
gresive newspaper must keep pace
with public morals, though 1t does not
create them. 1t must note and reflect
and appeal to mans increasing love
for man, which other agencies than it
SELF however, have promoted. The
pulpit still appeals to those whose
ideal is perfect morality. 1t steadily
eIevates that ideal and cultiyates en-
thusiasm and activity in making the
ideal applicable in the everyday lives
Of those who accept it. This is the
leaven in the human loaf. The news
paper knows nothing Of morality as
it's prime purpose. But it IS neyerthe-
less great leveler. To the vast mass
that the pulpit cannot directly reach
the newspaper carries the leaven that
n nil rriIv To 81 hTinOo
all men into knowledge Of the ideal,
whether they seek it Or not, because
it is in the life that is reflected. The
torch that the pulpit keeps burning
the press waves on the mountain tops,
carries through the valleys and thrusts
into the darkest shadows of human
existence. If the torch burns true, it
may be said that the press gives moral
light to the world; but it does not sup
ply the torch-it does not take the
place of the pulpit. It is true that the
newspaper may 1nculcate moral prin-
ciples without direct relation to re-
ligion, just as an infidel may lead q
clean life; but it must be remembered
that it is all due to the influences Of
religious civilization that has been
promoted and Is being promoted now,
more than ever before, by the pulpit.
The newspaper is one Of the most
matter of-fact institutions i'll the
world. Good people are prone to COM
plain against it sometimes because it
does not preach more and portray
less. They mistake its mission and
misunderstood its conditions. The
newspaper is a ceaseless series Of iv-
ing pictures Of the punishments that
follow crime, of the suicides that fol-
low sins, of the want and despair
that come Of appropriateness or unjust
conditions, of the successes that come
Of right endeayors, of the joys that
are linked with honest loves, and of
the sweet and serene old age that
ripens with right living. But the IL
Illumination, the clear vision and the
sense of discrimination between right
and wrong come through the pulpit.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-02-03
ONE OF THE GREATEST
FiNANClERS IN The WORLD.

Baron Alphonse de Rothschild, born
in Paris, July 2, 1927, is the head Of
the great banking business established
by his grandfather, Mayer Anselm, at
Frankfurt-am-Main in 1743. This re-
markable founder Of q remarkable
family, born in comparative obscurity,
as the result of a fortunate combina-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-02-03
WONDERFUL ALASKA.

How Stewards Ice Box 1s Contributing
to the Nations Wealth.
When the treaty for the purchase OF
Alaska was negotiated with Russia
in 1867 the act met with practically
general opposition from all sources IN
the United States A few far-seelng,
almost prophetic, officers of state pre-
dicted a great future of wealth ana
Importance for the country, but Con-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-02-03
Keeping Track ofTrackwa,eer.

Trackwalkers for certain Massachu-
sets railroads are now required to
wind registering clock at certain
points every hour, and records are
kept, to be examined weekly by the
superintendent
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-02-03

If there are 6OO,OOO,0O0 practically
useless silver dollars piled up in Uni
ted States vaults there would seem to
be 6OO,O0O,O00 good reasons for coin
ing them over into the fractional cur
rency for which the business interests
Of the country are bowling so Justify.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-02-03
A Suggestion.

I'm glad you like your suit, said
the tailor.
Yes, it's fine piece of work. said
Slopay, much pleased. Its certainly
credit to you.''
HIM! I-er-hope you won't for
get that it's debt to you.''-Philadel.
phia Press.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-02-03

London. Mr., Iea'
son is now )
years old, and b
gan life without
penny and with a
ordinary ecIuraIiol
His first positio
paid him $40
week, and he va
then 10 years Ok
Soon he was To
Il.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-02-03
Sorry He Spoke.

Boarder (warmly)-Oh, l know ev-
cry one Of the tricks of your trade. Do
you think | have lived in boarding
houses 20 years for nothing? :
Landlady (frigidly)-I shouldn't ha
at all surprised.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-02-03

tie idea of what they wish TO do and
still less purpose Of staying in any
line of work when once work begins
to be trksome? Professor TriggS
means we'll when he plans his Utopias,
but he is sadly ignorant Of human ma
ture and the real means of regenera-
ton
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-02-03

DR.. spitzka says the brains Of crimi-
nails are in no sense abnormal. If the
whole truth were known it would
probably appear that a majority OF
the criminals are merely too lazy to
work.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-02-03

A professor says no woman should
marry until she is able to support her
husband. He does not go so far, how
ever, as to insist that it must be ac-
cording to the style in which his moth
er supported him.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-02-03

Dr. Chadwick says the public has
misunderstood his wife. Fri Reynolds
may have misunderstood her when he
thought she said that package Of
brown paper was worth $15,0O0,OOO.