davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-10-12
REAvER FARM NO oilers HOME
curry Co1onists Drive OF Those !" NJ
VIII Not Work.

FURRY COlOm1sTS DEA'C va
VIII Not work.
On the farm of the Rev. w. Z. Cnris'
mas few miles from this town. eA-
ISIS one of the few beaver Iarlns VI
canada saws a New York Post writer
Of Oxhov. Sask. Within the limits OF
the farm are five large dams, peopleu
nv some 200 beavers. The Danks VI
the Souris river, which runs through
tho farm. are fringed with poplar trees'
supplving the beaver with the pesl VI
hulding mateial and also with MS
daily bread. According to law pass
ed in 1896, it is illegal to XIII beavers
until the fall Of 1908, consequently lnls
COLONY is waxing strong and multi
plying very rapidly. Having been pro
te,ted from the trappers for the past
ten years, they are becoming very tame
and do not seem to mind a casual on
locker, although they do most or thelr
work by moonlight One night these
beavers cut down fifty-two trees, ac-
cording to the Rev. Mr.. Christmas, VINO
takes a great deal of interest in his
little tenants and watches carefully to
see no harm comes to them.
These beavers are very industrious,
and have no use for one of their num-
Der who refuses to do his share of the
work. When such a member Of the
flock is noticed the others drive him
away to live in solitude, and when SUCH
a beaver is found by trapper they
are known as bachelors. 1t takes the
beavers but a short time to fell a large
sized tree and they are able to throw
it in any direction desired. When once
felled the tree is quickly cut up into
lengths for houses, dams, or food, as
may be required. The house of the
beaver is built on the bank Of the
river, with it's entrance under water.
Once having built the entrance the
rest of the house is started, the whole
colony working at the house until it
is finished, and when completed it is
warm, dry and cozy. Although it is
impossible for beavers to live for long
under water, the entrance is built for
some distance under the water, and
then there is a long tunnel connecting
the house with the water.
A beaver family usually consists of
four or five, and comes into the world
with it's eyes wide open. The young
ones live with their parents for two
years and then they are made to shift
for themselves. The full-grown beaver
measures about two feet in length,
with tail some ten inches long, which
he can use as a spade or a trowel as
we'll as a paddle. The average age is
10 years, although some have been
known to be as old as 20, but such
cases are said to be rare. When the
animal is years of age it's pelt is at
it's prime, and will fetch from $40
to $12 in Minneapolis.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-10-12

ments. For the love Of woI n there
has been no limit to which men have
not gone Murder ard suicide, home
breaking and life-wTecking, and every
single act in the long catalogue Of
crime have attended the relationships
which mans love for woman has pro-
dUced. But in actual experience men
seldom love one another dey0tedly.
There are stories which have come
down from remote ages telling of the
devotion Of Jonathan to David or of
the sweet and lasting friendship of
Damon for Pythias, but, even when
used as examples worthy Of emulation,
these tales have had little influence in
bringing men of to-day into relation
ships of special or unusual personal
c.oseness. The days of chivalry were
often marked by the devotion of one
to the interest of another, a devotion
in which intense admiration and will
ingness to serve came pretty close to
worship, but as the romance of such
an era faded away in the advent Of
the stern and practical life of a COM
mercial age, and the notions of per
sOnal independence came into violent
conflict with the idea of service under
a feudal lord, the finer sense of real
admiration disappeared, lest such a
feeling should be counted sign of de-
pendence and inferiority. In the same
way, in American political life, it has
been no uncommon thing to see men so
devoted to the interests of q party
leader as to be willing to make sacri-
fee Of all sorts in order to have that
leader Win-time, money, strength and
enthusiasm being given without stint.
Clay, or Blaine, or Jackson could count
many such admirers, but such interest
in leader rarely approximates real
love. Men trust their fellows in bust
ness. They have every confidence in
them when matters of moment are to
be considered in secret or when finan-
cial interests are involved. They enjoy
their cOmpanionship in clubroom or
lodge, Or on outings for health or pleas
ure. They will use all honorable eff
forts for promoting the welfare of one
another. They will risk life to save
another from danger or death, but
when it comes to the deeper feeling it
is surprising how few the cases have
been where one man has cared much
for the affectionate regard of another.
The exception is the more noteworthy
because Of the ordinary rule of life.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-10-12

Every fresh collapse Of a plantation
company, every new scheme for fleeing
iIl-advised poor folks out of their little
savings by roseate promises Of wealth
that they cannot possibly gain, every
shakedOWn in Wall street, and, indeed,
every collapse of a savings bank in
which small depositors have placed
their money gives new impetus to the
demand that safe opportunities for safe
investments be in some way provided
those citizens who do not know how
rightly to safeguard themselves. The
movement for the postal savings bank
is one result Of this demand. The
movement for publicity in corporation
affairs is another. The movements for
municipal and government ownership
of public utilities also gather a certain
amount of strength from this quarter.
In general the need for safe investment
of small savings seems bound to play
a prominent place among the factors
which Will determine our future in
dustrial tendencies. In England the
government has undertaken to make in
vestment in certain safe securities easy
TO all citizens, and, strangely enough, the
extent of the facilities it offers are very
little known outside the ranks Of those
who utilize them. 1t is through the
postofIice that these investments are
made; the fOrmalities are no greater
than in the purchase of an ordinary
Dp1nl, onI tho UOVnpnn1nnt
charges for it's service as a broker an
exceedingly moderate fee. Four stocks
may be bought in this way-namely,
cOnsols, 2% per cent annuities, 212 per
cent annunities and local loans. Not
more than $1,000 may be invested in
this way in a single year, nor more
than $500 altogether by any one per-
son. But from these limits at the top
to a 25-cent limit at the bottom the
invesor has free scope. If only a shill
ing or two is to be invested the depos-
itOr receives a document called an "in-
vestment certificate" When he has in
vested E10O he can get a certificate to
bearer with coupons attached. So long
as he has less invested than the lowest
denomination of the securities issued
he is dependent on a transfer of his
account on the books of the postoffice
for purchase and sale. AS he gets
more money invested he can take his
securities himself in the ordinary way.
BY this device, however small a sum
the investor may have, he can place it
in, fn rnpDtiona6 of
current prices and sell out whenever
he wishes at prices current at the time
of SALE The government no doubt es-
tablished this system mainly to widen
the market for its own securities, but
system may we'll be capable Of future
elaboration.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-10-12
No Extra Trouble

It was in the dead of night "Du
cold night at that. Mr.. Sml'n r '
away and Peterson Smith, aged o. W.
getting over the measles ,o5
Mother, may 1 have a drILlA u NJ,
cold water?" he asked, WAKING
Smith from a refreshing sIullOe| .
''rurn right over and go 10 Ss'p
commanded Mrs. Smith. YOU ar .bt
naughty boy to wake mother W ror.
she put a pitcher of water on ~ ID,
table the very last thing oel0''
went to bed" =, rois
Ten minutes later the smaH , W. /
piped up again; "Mother' l "'D
drink of water" 49,, .+sr
Peterson" said Mrs. Sml'n II Il
ly, "if you say that again l 'D'"
up and spank you." . md
There was five minutes sliVH''
again Peterson spoke. arbs
Mother" he said, cheerful" s,a|
you get up to spank me- may cao,nr
drink of water ?'-YoutnS ''D
ion
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-10-12

Premier Etolypin. For daring reckless
ness this attempt has few parallels.
even in Russia.
NJ. Stolypin was holding reception
at st. Petersburg in his summer resi-
dence in Apothecary Island, wooden
building. The guests had assembled
when there arrived four men, to all
appearances ordinary visitors. But, as
the list of intending visitors had been
closed. the servants would not allow
them to enter. They thereupon at
tempted to force an entry into a room
adjoining that in which the guests
were assembled. In the struggle one
Of the men let fall a bomb, which ex
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-10-12

Stolypin is only one of many others,
some of them successful, made upon
high officials sin the Russian public
service. Almost every day the revolu-
tionists strike at some official some
where in the empire One day it is
in st. Petersburg another day in Mos
COW, again it is in Finland, again in
Poland. Official assassination is open
" preached and practiced, so that the
upholders of Russian autocracy are
trembling for their lives Neither life
nor property is safe, and even the Car
on his throne has been singled out for
slaughter. Never in any land, nor in
auy age, with the possible exception
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-10-12

\ youth who thought it was fun to
alarm his companions swan round the
boat in which they were fishing and
sank under water several times, pre-
tending that he was drowning. At last
he went down with a shout for help,
and no attention was paid to him.
This time he did not reappear on the
surface and searchers were unable to
find his body. This is the old story of
the boy who cried Wolf. Wolf" so
often that when wolf finally did at
tack him, he was left to his fate.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-10-12

When does Il girl become IN old
maid? This question, blunt and shorn
~ delicate innuendO, is now figuring
in the discussion of Philadelphia So
ciety, One might say that girl be-
comes an old maid when she fails to
marry betimeS, but that is not the
point. What is the exact year that
ushers in spinsterhood and closes for
ever the gates of youth? OF course
this is not matter in which man has
any word to say. No rational wearer
of trousers would tempt fate and the
scorn of femininity by attempting a
suggestion. for any arbitrary dead line
would necessarily brin,: down upon the
lucklesS masculine head q storm of
reprobation. 1t has been left to the
women themselves to brave the peril.
And they have placed the age at 40
years. Under this ruling a woman is q
tender bud until two score years have
counted their gloomy litany of days
and the hair near the scalp begins to
whiten.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-10-12

ploded with terrible force. Thirty peo-
pie were killed and thirty were in
il1red NJ. Stolypin escaped unhurt, but
his daughter and little son were badly
injured, the girl having had both of
her legs shattered. Among the killed
were a prince, general, a colonel, a
captain and two court officials. Of the
four terrorists three were killed and
the fourth was promptly arrested.
This attempt upon the life of Premier
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-10-12

While it is true that our public lands
have been recklessly wasted and that
the area and productiveness of our
wheat lands have been greatly re-
duced, we do not think the situation
at ali alarming. The public lands
granted to railroads and sold to graz
crs and ranchmen have not been spirit
ed away They are all here, as fertile
us nature made them. and before many
years they will ali be owned, occupied
and cultivated by private owners. AS
for lands whose productivity has di-
unfinished through unscientitic farming
they can easily be brought up again by
proper fertiliziug. The so-called
WORKOUT" lands for wheat purposes
are not dead; they are only oyerwork-
ed and tired.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-10-12

A philanthropic person ne"l n Il
negro family that was repor'eu, ,pa
titute circumstances, and, cam, roo,
their domicile, he found the ., MA.
true. The family consisted OF US ,,+a
err, son nearing mannoou ,onsr
and two young children, Inc , ~
lent old gentleman after Ie't .or
mothers story gave her eldest ,.s sgr
to get a chicken for the Ina't NJ .d
dinner and took his departure Nv ~. d
er was he gone than the neg rib b
to her son, "sambo, you done s,I sg !
dat dollah and go get dat GU. Ips
de maternal way l"-Chlca7'
0cQn1o
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-10-12
Juan FERNANDEZ L0ST
| scene ofAlexaDder Selkirks
! Hermitage perPerU atl4
| CONFUSED wilh isle Oh which
DeEoe put his
! Ro2r ssog9 Rlga8g

avail, they fed, leaving behind the black
man who reappears in story as Crusoe
man Friday. The English vessel, the
Cirque Ports, arrived in 1904, having
for mate Alexander Selkirk, the orig
inal Of Robinson Crusoe No need to
go into the familiar story of his adven-
lures, nor to question how closely the
novelist adheres to tact in what is I'M
doubtedly the most fascinating story OF
adventure ever written.
The narrow ridge where Selklrk
watched is now called The Saddle, be-
cause at either end of it a big rocky
hummock rises like pommel. Boys and
girls of two or four generations ago
will recall very readily those lines OF
Cowper on the life of Alexander Sell
kirk, beginning as follows:
| am monarch of all | survey,
My right there is none to dispute;
From the center all round to the sea,
l am lord of the fowl and the brute.
O solitude where are the charms
That sages have seen in thy face!
Better dwell in the midst of alarms,
Than reign in this horrible place.
On one of these rocky hummocks
there had been placed a large tablet
with inscriptions commemorating Alex
ander Selkirk's long and lonely stay. 1t
was placed there in 1868 by the officers
of the British ship Topaze and reads
as follows:
In Memory of Alexander Selkirk,
Mariner.
A Native of Largo, in the County of
Fife, Scotland.
Who Lived on This Island in Complete
Solitude for -Four Years and
Four Months.
He Was Landed from the Cirque
Ports, Galley, So tons, 16 guns, A.
D. 1904. and was taken off in
The Duke Privateer, 18th
Feb, 1909.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-10-12
TERRORISM IN RUSSIA.

The Frenzy of the Attack Made on
Premier Stolypin's Life.
The desperate frenzy which fills the
minds Of the Russian revolutionary
party, leading it to any extreme in
order to visit punishment upon those
whom it accuses of obstructing the at
tainment of political rights and fuller
measure of freedom. is we'll illustrated
in the recent attempt upon the life Of
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-10-12
Old Graveyard Inscriptions.

At Worcester, England, the slab
erected over a departed auctioneer is
inscribed with a single wrod, Gone y
In Sussex the initials and date of the
death of the deceased are followed by
two words. HE was" The most re-
markable inscription is at Cane Hill
Cemetery, Belfast, where the inscrip-
ton saws. Left till called for"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-10-12

\ Georgia judge has decided that it
is every mans duty to kiss his wife at
least once a day, the best time being
when he gets home at night. There
are some mean men, though, who will
prefer to do it the first thing in the
morning so us to have it over with.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-10-12

1t is not often that one man cares so
much for another as to desire to end
his own life when his friend is taken
away. The account of such q case,
which was printed few days ago. only
emphasizes the rarity of such attach
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-10-12

A Philadelphia manicurist is to be-
come the wife Of 4 millionaire brewer.
She says their romance began when
they first held hands. 1t isn't always
necessary, however, for a lady to be
Il nanicurist in order to start a ro-
nance by holding hands
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-10-12

John d. Rockefeller gave orders to
bore for water under his big office
building in Cleveland in the expecta-
ton Of saving few dollars on water
rents. Instead of water he struck gas
and oil Is John d. sort of modern
Midas, that he cannot bore hole in
the ground anywhere without striking
oil?
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-10-12

Of France during its revolutionary out
h,,rs+ in the eighteenth century, mas
such reign of terror prevailed as no"
reigns in Russia.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-10-12
Balls of All Seasons.

Thou hast all seasons for tune own,
0 bail. In the autumn we have foot
ball. in the winter the social ball. in
the spring baseball. and in the sum
mer the moth ball.-FourTrack News.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-10-12
Her Position.

''Do you think your latest matrimo-
NAL venture will be for the better or
the worse?'
81 can't say" answered the sensa-
tional actress with look of resigna-
ton. Everything is now in the hands
of my press agent. Washington Star
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-10-12

The Importance of the saying that
murder will OUT is largely compro-
missed by the probability that the MUIR
derer will get out.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-10-12

Philadelphia has a social organiza-
ton which is trying to make it appear
that woman is a girl until she is 40.
Julia Ward Howe is probably ready to
admit that woman of 40 is a mere
child.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-10-12

Canada is a good neighbor and
good customer SiXty-one per cent OF
all the purchases which Canada made
last year from other countries were
from this nation, and they amounted
to nearly two hundred million dollars.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-10-12

\ boy of II was married the other
day to a girl of. 16 with the consent
of her guardian. The guardian ought
to have a guardian.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-10-12

In the latest French duel one of the
antagonists missed and the other
wouldn't shoot. They can do that we'll
on almost any vaudeville stage.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-10-12

In the case of that Philadelphia
bank, too, the bank examiner found a
rotten state of affairs-after it was all
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-10-12

Somebody with memory has witt
ly dubbed the new bobtailed spelling
"joshbillingsgate,"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-10-12

4 New York millionaire recently
asked his typewriter to marry him and
was refused. Perhaps she thought it
would be easier to run his Office than
to try to keep a cook.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-10-12

It's an easy matter to size up a
man if his dog crawls under the house
every time he sees him approaching.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-10-12

What a man would call "enthusi
asm'' as applied to himself he dubs
"gush' in others.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-10-12

Every mother pats herself on the
back when her daughter marries the
man she selected.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-10-12

The first three lines of a weddino
notice, stating who married whom. is
all the information there is in tha
item.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-10-12

This Tablet is erected near Selkirk' S
lookout by Commodore Powell and the
officers of the H. NJ. S. Topaze, A d.
1868.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-10-12

Uneasy lies the head that runs a
trust.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-10-12

Ever notice that funny" looking
people have funny" looking company :?
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-10-12

He Died Lieutenant of Fl. NJ. s. Wey-
mouth, A. D. 1923, aged Al years.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-10-12

He Was Landed from the Cinque
Ports, Galley, SO tons, 16 guns, A.
D. 1904, and was taken off in
The Duke Privateer, 18th
Feb, 1909.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-06-19
TRYING TO SAVE MUROERERS
Clcmcncy Asked for Woman Who
Sent Husband To Death.
AFA0aUTElY FcJa2

KANSAS CITY. June ls.-Tho move
ment TO save Mrs. Agne- M5erS from
the gallows IL growing in force. She
has been sentenced 10 be executed at
Liberty. No, near here. on June y,
FOR the murder OF her husband, Clar-
ence Myers. on the same date that
Frank Hoffman. her companion In the
crime. is 20 be hanged at Kansas city.
Applications for new trials probably
viii be passed upon tomorrow by the
state Supreme court, which previously
affirmed the decision OF the lower court.
III new trials are denied. II is expected
that the usual thirty days stay OF ex
e.ution will be granted, when renewed
efforts viii be made 10 save the wo-
man.
No effort Is being made 10 prevent
the hanging OF Hoffman. Many let
ters are being sent 10 Gov. Folk urging
him 10 commute Mrs. Myers's sentence
TO life Imprisonment \ brother or
Clarence Myers. however. has sent the
Governor a letter expressing the beller
that his slster-in-law Is as guilty a.
Hoffman. and " Hoffman is hanged
the woman also should pay the eN-
trcme penalty.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-06-19
GOES TO CHAUTAUQUA.
Milne VIII Assist In Gymnasium Work
at New York Summer school.

f. ]. Milne. athletic director at the
I. u. S. university, left yesterday for
Chautauoua where he Will act as as
sIstant instructor in gymnastic work
during the coming session OF the IA
NOUS summer school Mr.. Milne is -
ITtnh boy, born and raised, and Is the
first person from this section OF the
country TO be honored with a position
In the Chautauqua school
Mr.. Milne Will confne most OF his In
struction TO the students in the clinic
department as he has made a speciality
of this line OF work, and Is very pro-
flcIent in II. He VIII also have chargo
OF two departments OF the Boys club
and may direct squad of basketball
players,
Both before and since graduating from
Chautaqua, Milne has made a great
record in athletics While student ar
the University here he was known as
a fast quarter miller. Going to Chau-
tauuua he graduated from a three
years course as president of his clasA
and also won second prize In the annual
contest for the best ull-around athlete.
Against "A field OF twenty-four he woIi
the lOO-yard dash IN ten seconds fiat.
In the college year Just closing MllnI
put a big feather in his cap by win
ming second place for the Saints In the
annual State track meet The place
had virtually been conceded 70 Logan
all along and the showing made by
rho Saints, who had been working con-
sistently and saying nothing, was d
complete surprise Milne VIII resums
his work az athletic director At the l.
d, 8 university next September.