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Omaha daily bee., 1907-08-08

at the Mckinley club dinner Tuseday night
when Senator LaFollette was the guest of
honor and the speaker. Perfect harmony
seemed to prevail among the contestants,
indicating that the animated stage Of the
campaign had not yet been reached; at least
not for the public. Men running for nomi-
nation for the same office actually sat side
by side and talked just sweetly as If
they might have been boosting each other.
The democrats had trouble In getting
men to accept nominations for the voters
| to act on at the county primaries. but 1t
! seems this trouble was nothing beside that
of persuading the unterrihed to stand
| hitched. AS the day Of battle draws nigh
hopes are fading and nerve falling and
candidates getting weak in the knees. Lee
| Bridges. who finally consented to act the
role OF candidate for sheriff, is now re-
| ported as being among the backsliders.
| It is said the councilman has been unable
| to figure out the exact size of his majority
and in view of the fact that he is man
who believes in having definite knowl-
! edge of everything he does not care to
| take chances such as must be incurred In
| this case. He therefore is said to be
! turning n willing ear to the proposition OF
Withdrawing from the ticket entirely In
favor OF that old warhorse. John Power.
| ex-sheriff. Whether the former sheriff
| would accept the place is not known; he
doesn't seem certain of 1t himself. but many
Of his admirers insist he would take 1t II
properly approached and there is move
ment now on foot to have the proffer passed
over to him in the correct style.
Another brother who is getting to see
! things whenever the matter of election Is
mentioned is Fred II Cosgrove, running for
county assessor. He is reported to have
expressed the belief that II an equally good
man could be secured he would find 1t pos
| sible to persuade himself not to run.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-08-08
NEBRASKA.

Testimony given by Prof. A. H. Whedon.
food and dairy commissioner of South
Dakota, before the Nebraska Railway
commission is that special rates on cream
favor the centralized creameries. Page 3
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-07-19

Not since the time Of the DuZZling
Chevalier Eon, in the eighteenth cen
tury, has there come to public attention
such a sex riddle as has been presented
in the case of Nicolai de Raglan, who
masqueraded eighteen years as man
and was found to be woman only
after her death in Phoenix, Ariz., last
December. A diary and a bundle Of
correspondence, in the Office of the Chi
cago public administrator, reveal an
amazing story.
De Raglan, it appears, was started
on her career of deception in an at
tempt to blackmail her mother, at
whom she was incensed because the
paternity of the girl was kept a secret.
De Raglan adopted male attire and
tried to prove that she had been mas
queraded as a girl by her mother in
violation of the laws of Russia, which
provide heavy punishment for such an
offense. A feature of the story is the
fact that De Raglan interested the late
M. Constantine Petrovitch Pobiedonost-
eff, procurator Of the holy synod, in
her case, and prevailed on him to start
suit against her mother.
The diary, which covers the period
between 1888 and 1892, shows that the
real family name of De Raglan was
Taletsky. The first entries depict her
as a school girl 10 years old, about to
graduate from a seminary at Kiev,
Russia At this time the girls mother
suddenly acquires wealth to the
amount of 100000 rubles (about $685.
O0O), and Nicolai, the only name by
which De Raglan is known to have been
called, discovers that the money has
been settled on her parent as trustee
by a member Of the nobility, to be con-
served in the interests of Nicolai The
girl becomes curious as to the reason
for the settlement and suspects that
the unknown nobleman is her father,
but fails to drag information on the
point from her mother. Then comes
the inspiration that resulted in eighteen
years of pseudo-masculinity for De
Raglan.
In Russia the law makes it crime
punishable by Imprisonment for any
person to gain entrance for boy into
a girls school and also, under the mill
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-07-19
New Treatment of Typhoid.

People who used to suffer torments
of thirst in typhoid fever will wish
they had postponed the attack until the
present day, when such theories of
treatment as the following from the
Medical Brief prevail
IF I were asked to name the cardl-
nal features in the management of ty-
phod fever, l would say proper feeding,
the prevention of excessive waste incl
dent to high temperature, by the use
of water externally and internally, and
elimination, through the skin, kidneys
and intestinal tract, by supplying the
pateint with an abundance of water
and keeping the body clean and COM
Portable.
Il make it an invariable rule to in
sist that the patient drink frequently
and freely of water, thereby aiding
elimination through the intervention OF
the skin and kidneys, keeping the gen
eral tone of the patient at the highest
standard. and the temperature is held
more readily in check. In fact, l re-
gard the internal use Of an abundance
of water of so much Importance that
always instruct the nurse to record the
quantity of water given, just as assidu-
ously as she does the medicine and
food"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-07-19

BY vote of its board of directors. an
important English corporation has late
" made a fine moral distinction which
shows in most pleasing fashion the 11p-
ward tendency in business life and
sets an example to other corporations.
The action of the board had to do with
the disclosing of board room secrets
and with the use of what is commonly
called inside information" for the
financial benefit of directors. 1t was
voted, after some discussion, that no
member Of the board shall buy or sell
any stock or shares Of the company
without previously announcing his in
tention 10 the directors, or shall have
any indirect holding of the stock or
shares without disclosing the fact to
the board" 1t was also declared that
no director having special knowledge
of the company's trading results should
buy or sell shares until such knowledge
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-07-19
MUTUAL SERVICE.

The experience Of Capt. Robert Ben
ham, during troubles with the Indians
in Ohio in 177S, is one Of the strangest
in the history Of Indian warfare. The
author of The Ohio River" gives a
description of it. Having broken
through the line Of Indians during a
battle, Benham made his escape, though
wounded by musket-ball in both legs
near the loins. He reached an i'm
mense fallen tree, crawled under it,
and lay still through the ensuing night
and the next day, in bitterest pain.
con the evening Of the second day
he shot a raccOOn On a tree near by,
hoping by some means to get and cook
it. At the crack of his musket the
sound Of a human voice reached him.
In a moments time he reloaded and
awaited the Indians approach, resolv-
ed to fight to the last extremity. The
voice sounded nearer.
Whoever you are were the be-
seeching words, answer me- And at
the words a borderer, shot through
both arms, came into sight.
1.-The comrades were unspeakably
pleased each to find the other, for be
tween them they had a pair of arms
and a pair Of legs, and therefore some
hope Of life and escape. AS best he
could. Benham dressed all the wounds,
and then proceeded to cook some food );
all that could be done with arms and
hands Benham did, cooking, loading
and firing the gun
His comrade, having the rims Of
hat placed between his feet by Ben
ham. waded into the river and secured
sufficient water for their needs he also
drove wild turkeys near enough to Ben
ham to allow him to bring some down,
and then he kept tossing them with
the toe of his boot toward camp until
they were within Benham's reach BY
the same means he kept his partner
supplied with wood.
"When the wounds healed and the
men could travel, they camped at the
mouth of Licking River in the hope
Of being picked up by a passing fat
boat. Near the last of November a
boat was hailed, and although it took
some time to prove that they We're
not such savages as their appearance
indicated, they were taken on board
and carried to Louisville"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-07-19

dore Estes Houston the ground
defense resembd Thaw
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drink that led Evelyn Thaw condition
shooting
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his will
caused the death innocent specific
tragedies
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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-07-19

Great Britain's colonial conference is
likely, whether it accomplishes any i'm
mediate political results or not, to edu-
cate the people of England to a sense
Of the size, value, Importance and OPP
portunities of the girdle of self-govern-
ing colonies which belt the world The
conference has given the English news
papers a new theme to discuss and
ehey have discussed 1t so extensively
that not even the casual English reader.
who is usually as ignorant of the Brit
Ssh colonies as he is of America, can
help absorbing some information about
'he great English-speaking domains
kcross the sea. This is kind of ad-
tertising which pays.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-07-19

is in the hands of the general body Of
shareholders. The evil of the use by
directors, for their own profit, Of in
formation which is theirs by virtue of
their position is not confined to Great
Britain. 1t is a wholesome sign that
the injustice of it is beginning to be
noticed. There is another side Of the
matter in which the public Is directly
interested. In the meeting of the Eng
lish corporation referred to, there was
a reference to the fact that recent
considerable advance in the price Of
the stock had taken place with no ap-
parent reason and without Justification
by the present business or future out
look. The inference was that inside
information" had been allowed to get
out which was not information at all,
but misleading statements put forth for
the purpose Of enabling some one to
make a turn in the market. Private
tips" cannot be trusted. Such action
as that taken by the British corpora
ton would prohibit no legitimate trad
ing by any person, whether a director
or not who, by the maintenance of a
corps of informing agents or staff of
correspondents, or through any other
outside channel, becomes possessed Of
information which is likely to affect the
price of shares. That method is honest
and above board, and entities a man
to tho DrOfits Of his arorpv and FORE
sight.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-07-19
fao5DE RAM RAY!
TIE MYSTERY Or
4GM TIE CENTURY ..

tary statutes, makes it a serious crime
for mother to hide the sex of a male
child. Young De Raglan, according to
the journal, schemed to blackmail her
own mother by aid Of these laws, and
to this end took into her confidence her
French goyerness, Louise Ratone. Two
years were spent in preparing for the
assumption Of the male disguise and in
1891 Louise Ratone wrote to the late
NJ Pobiedonosteff, procurator of the
holy synod, telling in detail the alleged
facts in the case. The churchman in
sisted on starting criminal proceedings
against the mother. At his instance
Nicolai swore out complaint against
her mother in Odessa. The woman was
arrested and preparations started for
the trial.
This, however, was too swift a pro-
ceeding for Nicolai, and, fearing detec-
ton, she procured money from Fancy
Rosdorhney, a woman living in st. Pc
tersburg with whom she had professed
to fall in love, and fed to Helsinfors,
Finland, leaving letter for NJ Po-
biedonosteff, telling him that filial de-
votion prevented her appearance against
her mother. The procurator was
chagrined, but ordered the officials to
proceed with the case The mother pro-
duced evidence that Nicolai was a girl.
The procurator was enraged.
From Helsinfors Nicolai soon fed to
Antwerp, Belgium, changing her name
to Nicolai Konstantinevitch. At At
werp a banker, NJ. Citizens, sent her to
the United States. Arrived in Chicago.
Nicolai was presented to Charles Hen
rotin. Belgian consul, who introduced
her to the Russian consul, and, after
taking out naturalization papers, Nj
colai eventually became secretary to
Baron Schlippenbach, Russian consul.
The life Of De Raglan in Chicago
was disclosed after her death in Phoe-
nix. She smoked and drank hard used
profane language and Travelled with a
rapid set of young men. She married
her first wife" when 20 years old.
Nine years later the wife" obtained a
divorce, and then married Francis P
Bradchulis, De RayIan's business part
ner. Nicolai at once went to New York
and married Anna Davidson, an act
ress, who brought suit to get posses
sion of the estate after De Raylan's
death and sought to establish that De
Raglan was a man. Letters discovered
in the strong wooden chest in which
the dairy was found indicate that Mrs
secret.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-07-19
OLD "PINoCHLE."
Odd Character Who Is Getting Rich
on Needs of Cornell Students

Odd Character Who Is Getting Rich
On Needs of Cornell Students.
With the close Of the school year at
Cornell University, Aaron Wells, more.
widely known at "Pinochle," reaps a
golden harvest. Stnudents who are
hard up go to him at this time and
borrow money, sometimes on notes and,
frequently ION honor" only, but they.
one and all have to pay old Pinochle'
fat interest.
Wells began business there ten years
ago practically without a dollar. Too
poor to pay rent, he stood on the street
offering to buy secondhand wearing
apparel Of any kind. Now he has a
pretentious clothing store and it is as
much of a landmark as the Dutch
Kitchen or the Office of the registrar of
the university. Five men are now en-
ployed by the Industrious clothier, who
makes a small fortune in this business
alone.
His agents still hang around on the
corners, but PinochIe only goes up the
hill when telephoned for. Every once
in while swell fraternity men will
summon him up to the house and there
is a grand clearance sale. Suits that
have only been worn for one season,
dress clothes that are bit too small,
overcoatS of the most fashionable
styles all are thrown toward the little
clothing man with the query What
T 10
fairly worn out; more often the owner
is pretty hard up, and in both cases
they are sold for ridiculously low
price.
A suit that cost $40 will go to Pin
ochle for 50, and dress coats and over
coats bring from So to $40. Sometimes
the student will kick, but the best he
can get out Of the imperturbable dealer
is: well, I'll match you. Five dol
lars or nothing" And even at this
game he usually wins He makes about
800 per cent on every article he buys,
but the students need the money, so
they let it go.
But it is in the money-lending bust
ness that Wells has acquired the great
est celebrity. Almost any fraternity
man in Ithaca with whom he has done
business in clothes, or any well-to-do
student who can get an Introduction to
him, can make touch when he is
hard up. and thousands of dollars are
loaned out every year. Money to go
home on, to bet on football, baseball
and track games and crew races, to
pay bills that are about to be sued on,
to play poker within fact, money for
everything can be obtained from Wells.
In small sums or large it makes little
difference Sometimes the men leave
town without paying up; there have
been cases of loans as high as $500
standing out for years, but in the end
they are collected Either the borrow
ers themselves pay or their parents pay
for them as Pinochle keeps close watch
and knows the addresses of all his
clients He is the best pinochle player
in Ithaca
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-07-19
Sardine Salad.

Sardine salad is a delicious luncheon
or tea dish. Remove the skin and bones
from six big sardines and cut into tiny
pieces. Place these in a salad bowl
with six cold boiled eggs cut in quar-
tiers and one big, firm apple cut into
strips and three cold boiled potatoes,
cut into dice If you like the flavor
add half a teaspoonful of finely
chopped chives and then faur table
spoons of French dressing. Serve very
cold.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-07-19
Short suggestions.

Pewterware should be washed in hot
water with a fine silver sand and at
terward polished with leather
A crust of bread put into the water
in which green's are boiled will absorb
all Objectionable rankness of flavor.
When ivory handles have turned
yellow rub them with turpentine and
it will very shortly restore their color.
When ironing colored clothes see to
it that the irons are not too hot. Elk
cessive heat will fade the clothes. Iron
on the wrong side.
The rollers of clothes wringer may
be easily and effectively cleaned by
rubbing them with cloth which has
been dipped in coal oil.
A piece of pumice stone is the very
best thing to scrape and scour iron
kettles or any utensil that will not be
injured by scratching.
Sweeping with the carpet sweeper
will be more effectual If the sweeper
is pushed in the same direction as the
warp of rug-not against it.
When too much salt accidentally has
been used, the effect may be counter
acted by adding a tablespoonful Of vim
egar and tablespoonful of sugar.
If the clothes line becomes kinked
or twisted when it is being taken down
wind the line toward you, instead OF
away from you, and it will wind
smoothly.
If -four sacks are to be washed, turn
them wrong side out and put In cold
water. Wash and rinse in cold water.
The use of hot water for this purpose
will make the -four sticky and hard to
wash out.
Badly discolored brass should first
OF all be washed In hot soapsuds to
which little washing soda has been
added, and then secured with parattin
and whiting. If afterwards polished
with brass paste in the usual way
beautiful luster will be the result
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-07-19

When a young woman's heart is
broken by a tickle sutton she is consid-
cred justified IN claiming damages in a
good round sum for the breakage With
superior masculine business instinct a
young man in New York has started a
precedent by handing in an itemized
bill of the expenses of courtship when
the fair one proved false. The male
heart may be tougher in its breakage
than that of the more susceptible sex,
but the money plaster is quite as eff
cacious in the one case as in the other
and it does seem that it is hardly fair
to leave the unlucky swain with an
empty purse as well as with a denuded
heart.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-07-19

To each medium sized pineapple take
one teacupful of granulated sugar. Pare
and core the pineapple, cut in slices
or in squares. Mix some sugar with
the pineapple, adding enough water to
melt the sugar. Boil briskly for fifteen
minutes. Then fill the can almost full
of fruit Then pour on melted par
affin. Use new tops and rubbers, if
possible When the can has cooled
sufficiently, dip the top of each can in
melted paraffin.
Wash and stem the strawberries. To
each quart of berries allow one quart
of granulated sugar. Boil briskly for
fifteen minutes Then almost fill the
can with the berries, pouring on top
melted paraffin. Scald. When cool dip
each top in melted paraffin Strawber-
ries canned in this way are delicious
and will keep their color.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-07-19

Do you remember the story of the
sOt who was picked up in the street,
taken to the dukes house, put into the
dukes bed, and found himself, when
he aWoke, surrounded by a bowling and
0bsequious throng? He stared at them.
He could not understand. There were
silken clothes lying on the chair. His
morning meal was being handed him on
a gold tray. He fell back in bed, and
exclaimed, oh! l am dreaming. This
is not me! 1t cannot possibly be me
1t must be somebody elseI" Why did
because he knew he was not duke.
The real reason for his establishment
lay deeper than that. He thought so
little of himself that he knew nobody
else could think very much Of him. At
heart, the poor sot had no self-respect.
People never think any more of you
than you think of yourself. This does
not mean that you are to pretend, or
that you are to be proud, and go along
thinking only of what a superior per
son you are. But it does mean that
people will never take off their hats to
you unless you hold up your head.
Don't apologize for what you are. One
of the saddest spectacles in the world
Is that of a man who is too humble to
demand respect, or too apologize to
command attention, or too much of
moral weakling to assert his rights.
The world will never search you out,
and drag you into the limelight, and
say, Here he is! We have been want
ing to find him, so that we could show
him respect, and reward him, and give
him all the Difference and honor he de-
serves :" No; the world will let you
stay in your obscure corner, and will
give it's honor and rewards to the man
with half your ability and twice your
self-respect. Say, Il know what l am.
| know what l can do. l know how
good my work is. | know, too, that L
am struggling daily to make myself
more complete man, to increase my field
of effort, and to do better work.
will not be puffed up with false pride,
but | will not be obscured by mock
modesty. l am not the best man in
the world, nor yet the most able man,
or the most skilled workman; but / am
what 1 am, and no one shall dare to
take from me one smallest portion of
my self-respect, or fail to give me the
fullest measure of the recognition that
is mine"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-07-19
Concerning Eggs.

A fresh egg will sink when placed in
water and rest on its side; if three
weeks old it will incline slightly with
the small end down; if three months.
old it will stand on the small end, and
if older it will float with large end
out of water more or less, according
to age. Popular Mechanics having APP
parently made experiments with aged
eggs, is responsible for these state
mentS
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-07-19

A Jewish banker who died in Paris
not long ago left $5,OOO,OOO to the Pas
teur Institute, Notwithstanding the fact
that the total value of his estate was
only $13,OOO,0O0. In this country peo-
pie who are not worth any more than
that usually think they ought to have
tall monuments if they leave $4,000 or
100000 to charitable or public institu-
tons.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-07-19

Four cups of sifted flour, or enough
for a stiff dough; one teacupful of
butter, two cups of sugar, the juice Of
one lemon and the grated peel from
the outside, three eggs, whipped very
light. Beat thoroughly each ingredi
ent, adding, after all Is in, half a
teaspoonful Of soda dissolved in a ia
blespoonful Of milk. Boil out as any
cookies and bake a light brown.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-07-19
Too Much of a Good Thing.

buyer?" demanded the head Of the
firm.
NO." replied the salesman, you see,
1 didn't begin to talk business to him
until I'd given him a good big din
ner.''
Maybe the dinner wasn't good
enough
Il think it was too good. It gave
him dyspepsia. Philadelphia Press.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-07-19

London society women are taking
lessons FOR the purpose of learning to
walk as American women do. Is it
possible that the London ladies think
it Is the manner in which they walk
that enables American girls to get the
dukes and earls?
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-07-19
Chocolate Waters.

One-half of a cupful Of light brown
sugar, one-half of cupful Of granu-
lated sugar, one-half of cup Of grated
bitter chocolate, one and one-half cup
fuls of -four, one-quarter of a teaspoon
full of salt, one teaspoon E vanilla.
Mix to a soft dough, roll out-a little
at a time-thin and cut into circles.
Bake in moderate oven.