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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-08-28

Thimble Light Shoal, of Old Point
Comfort, and anchored about midway
between Cape Charles and Cape Hen
ry. The Arkansas took position
about $50 yards westward, so that the
shots, after passing through the Flo
rida's military mast, would fall into
the open sea. The shots were fired
at range OF about $50 yards with a
reduced charge, so that the effect was
practically the same as range of
5000 yards with full charge of pow
der.
1t was the first time in the history
of the United States Navy that actu-
al conditions of warfare were repro
duced for experimental purposes.
Three tests were ordered: one to de-
termine the effect of shell fire upon
turret armor and turret fittings. one
for the purpose Of showing the use
fulness, if any, OF crinoline nets as a
protection against torpedoes, and an
| other, regarded by naval men as the
most important of the series, intended
to test the relapse safety or new
type of skeleton mast
The mast is described as mesh of
steel, 96 feet in height, and carried
near the stern of the monitor. 1t was
built upon double spiral principle,
each set of spiral columns running in
an opposite direction. At the top was
a platform upon which We're two dunn
mics weighted and wired for record
ing the shock of the projectile. The
steel rods which form the mast are
two inches in diameter at the base,
narrowing at the top. The experts
who had designed it had employed all
of their mechanical skill to construct
framework that would still remain
erect though pierced by many shot.
The mast was subjected to a thorough
test and emerged successful.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-08-28
ZURICH A MODEL MODERN CITY
| One of the Best Orga and Most
| Perfectly Equipped Towns.

Perfectly Equipped Towns.
\. Seventy years ago, as we may see
in the national gallery cellars, Turner
found at Zurich one of the most love
Nv subjects of his brush, says the Bos-
ton Transcript. 1t is no longer ro-
mantle old relic of middle ages, but IT
is one of the best organized and most
perfectly equipped of European cities.
It's magnificent situation and rare nat
ural opportunities have been used to
the full by its energetic citizens. Ii
one is interested in municipal organiza-
ton. let him study the institution and
pdility of Zurich -- its boulevards,
quayS. electric tram lines. its water
supply, its public gardens, its lighting.
it's railways and its post office. Zurich
is now model modern city III size III
construction and arrangement the ideal
of what a city should be to live in and
work in.
But / wish especially to call atten-
ton to its new national museum of To-
cal antiquities. 1t is barely ten years
old, but as a monumental history of
Switzerland for 5000 years it is far the
most complete collection i'll Europe.
Neither London. nor Berlin. nor Vienna,
with all their splendid collections, eau
show anything Mt all equal in historic
continuity for single country as Swiss
patriotism has done at Zurich. Its fifty
rooms record the evolution of the ma
tional life from the age of the lake
dwcllers to our own day. And the
value of such q systematic collection
of national monuments, industry and
art can hardly be overrated. The his
torian and the artist might spend
weeks of study in mastering its varied
contents.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-08-28

ties and quaint conceits of form with
which nature has SO lavishly adorned
this Colorado museum.
The garden comprises an area of $40
acres. The titanic forces Of nature con-
spired TO make it one of the ruggedest
yet most beautiful spots on earth. 1t
has attracted tourists by hundreds of
thousands from all parts of the world,
rivalfng in this respect the Yellowstone
National Park itself. and its fame has
done much to build up that region as
the playground of the republic.
The Garden of the Gods is remark
able for the strange forms which the
red and white sandstone rocks here as
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-08-28

Killed him. Success, like health, lies
not In outward things but within. We
must not walt until everything is
right for us to do some particular
thing. We rust and rot away, awaiting
chances, which never can be ours until
we create them ourselves. Conova at
one time, having no clay, modelled one
Of his divinest figures in butter. See
what Bret Harte got out Of the barren
sands and sage of California. 1t was
finer assay than gold miner ever
dreamed of. But the riches lay within
himself The one whose purposes are
right has only to dig, dig-contident
that the gold is there and remains only
to be uncovered.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-08-28
Nurse for shoppers.

II haven't had regular case for
three months" said a trained nurse,
but three or four times a week l have
peculiar special calls. l go shopping
with women who have weak hearts OF
some other organic trouble which
makes them afraid to brave the periis
of a department store alone. Shopping
is with these women too serious an I'M
dertaking to be delegated to a friend,
or even a professional buyer. At the
risk of dying on the spot, they insist
upon picking out their own hats and
their own dresses. The only conces-
sion they will make to deranged ply
steal system is the companionship of q
trained nurse. So far none of my GUS
toners have fallen by the wayside. but
in order that l may have the proper
restoratives at hand in case any OF
them should keel over | go shopping
nowadays looking and smelling like a
peripatetic drug store. Chicago Inter
Ocean
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-08-28

complete in every outline, and as d.
mure as though about to finish the
Matching Of brood Of duckIings Then
comes an alligator stretched out ri full
length and SO natural that one iuyoIuu-
tarily wonders if the gigantic sa,rian is
not waiting for q meal--a small one
off the duck. Further advance into TINS
museum of wonders reveals new sights
to charm or impress the behodcr. ~
these there may be mentioned the re''
sentinel that guards the north portals
of the Garden. fianked on either side ny
cathedrals and fortresSeS Of amazing
size, and af1ame with brilliant r"ofiIE.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-08-28

In the long warfare between the
the housewife for it's auxiliary and
friend, The flies have been tolerated
even fed and nurtured, while the spi
ders and their webs have been ruth
iessly destroyed. This unremitting anC
spider population down, while the flies
increase and multiply by the millions
and tens Of millions, almost unchecked
The spider is ugly and his web is un
slightly in the estimation of most PEG
pie, but spiders hurt no human crea
ture. They feed on flies. which are tht
foes Of mankind and do mankind :
service.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-08-28
GARDEN OF THE GODS
Colorado Wonderland, Where
Nature Displays Her Most
Fantastic Moods.


One of the worlds greatest natural
wonders. the famous Garden OF the
Gods In Colorado. has been presented
by C.. B. Perkins. who has been Its own
err for a quarter of century, to COL
orado Springs to become part or the
city's 3,OOO-ac park system. 1t IS
notable acquisition and the people OF
Colorado Springs are to be congratu-
lated In thus securing feature tnal
has called forth the admiration of tour
tsts from all over the world, who have
invariably grown enthusiastic in their
praises when beholding the scenic beau
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-08-28

There are many elements that enter
into success-but it is easier to cata-
lOgue the elements of failure We main
tain health by guarding against the
causes of disease, and on the same prin-
ciple we may attain success by knowing
ana guarding against the causes of
failure. In the cemetery Of Failure are
many epitaphs. Here are some of them ::
He lacked tact. Was too sensitive
Could not say No" Did not find his
place. Didn't care how he looked Did
not guard his weak point Was too
proud to take advice. Didn't fall in
love with his work. Got In rut and
couldn't get out Never learned to do
things to finish. Loved his ease and
didn't like to struggle Was the victim
of the last mans advice Was loaded
down with useless baggage. Lacked the
faculty Of getting along with others.
Gould not transmute his knowledge in
to power. Tried to pick only the How
ers of his occupation. Knew a good
deal, but couldn't make it practical. 4
little success paralyzed him. Worry
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-08-28

John Henniker Heaton has been
praised in England because of the sue
cess OF his long campaign for the re-
duction of the rates Of ocean postage
between Great Britain ana the United
States, but the Englishmen do not for
get the efforts of Elihu Burritt. the
Connecticut blacksmith, on behalf OF
cheap ocean postage.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-08-28

The latest song success is entitled
whats the Use of Jumping If You
Can't Stay Up:" The writer evidently
never experienced the pleasure of jump
Ing on somebody he cordially disliked.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-08-28

Nine. Annals eyes were red with
weeping when she became the bride of
Prince Helie. Poor lady! She must
have at least partly realized what she
was doing
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-08-28

There are thin slabs of sandStoAt S''''N
ing ON edge and lifting their hea'lS h'-1 >,
dreds of feet high, on which TIE gu,
or witches have sculptured thiaee'
birds and animals; and many s'I"n= s'
shapes such as needle rocks. oS'''s,
other localities In the mountains 49,
the Garden of the Gods afford S''il''"'
wonders s-.t..-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-08-28

1t is not comforting thought, but
1t is nevertheless true that we can't
keep an ex-President in this country
half as long as we would wish.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-08-28

Why can't we have society COM
posed of gentlemen who have positively
declined to permit themselves to be
nominated for the vice presidency?
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-08-28
Physical Hardshfps.

Its q pity that the bands tour is
n failure, but don't be too much cast
down Come, face the music"
How can I. when I'm backing it?"
Baltimore American.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-08-28

A University of Chicago professor de-
MES miracles. How would he explain
the case of a pretty girl worth million
who falls in love with her fathers bald
headed bookkeeper earning 500 a
month";
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-08-28
Keeping I'm.

1t is said that South American news
papers have to. be printed on rotary
presses in order to print accounts of
the many revolutions down there. Yet,
of Blade.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-08-28

Much is being said about the Pennsyl-
vania man who swallowed knife while
eating. OF course, the proper thing
would have been to swallow fork.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-08-28
Thanks for His Money.

Weekle-So Slippsy is a defaulter,
Ell?
Deekle-So they say.
Weekle-By George. I always won
dered why he said THANK YOU so
pleasantly every time / made depos-
it.-Bohemian Magazine.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-08-28

The Standard is no doubt fully con
WINGED that 1t pays, III the long run, to
hire good lawyers and lots of them.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-08-28

The wonder is that the Simplified
spoilers don't get together and put Il
presidential ticket in the field.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-08-28
A Po~I Anyhow.

A Fo0I Anyhow
II don't suppose he would ''
boat"
II hope not" p,
"Stiil, he might see how la '' 1ar
could Swim. . Birmingham As
aid.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-08-28

'Simplified spelling gaining in Ell
rope" 1t has magnificent opportunl
ty in Russia.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-08-28

OF course, you would not confess it,
card to mail, don't you always read it:
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-08-28
PubIish

Even cold cash at times seems TO
burn i'm mans pocket.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-08-28

After a new political party gets big
enough to capture Il few offices there
is always danger of Il split.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-08-28

1t is now believed that the report
that the sun is cooling off Is mere
rumOr.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-08-28

II seems to cost some people lot
more to live than they are worth to the
community.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-08-28

Some people are as miserly with
truth as others are with money.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-08-28

No, girls; the attack on the powder
trust will not affect the prices on toile
articles.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-08-28

Women who take anti-lean remedies
try to make the most of themselves.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-08-28

Beauty may be a snare, but most
people are willing to take chances.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-08-28

The man who Is really wiser than his
wife acts as If he thought otherwise.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-19
By Marvin Dana

auctions in the warehouse,
the chief buyers of the
different nations assem- bled.
His wealth became enormous.
BY reason of his business interests he had
early become a British subject. He was
stanch in his advocacy of the Atlantic cable
and in its behalf lavished energy and money
When disaster seemed to be imminent, Samp-
son saved the day. His deed is matter of
record, and it was in reward of this that Queen
Victoria made him Baronet. In this con-
nection, it is interesting to note that Cyrus
Field and Sampson were intimate friends
The death of the American banker occurred
in the Baronets London mansion.
But always, through his years of labor and
of success, Sampson mourned his lack of early
education. Doubtless, as is so often the case.
he magnifed the value of that which he
lacked. Indeed, his natural aptitude and in
dustry were such that in his maturity he en-
joyed reputation for the elegance of his man
ners and the extent of his knowledge. He
appeared to be polished aristocrat
At last he determined to build a school
house in the place of his birth, and in due
time a costly structure was erected in this
forlorn nook of the Green Mountains. Along
with it, he donated large and carefully
selected Library. The books are there to-day
practically unread. He was resolved that no
other boy in his childhood's home should suffer
as he suffered for lack of means of learning
Such is the monument in Vermont of one
among her sons who achieved success. Sir
Curtis's son, the present Baronet, still carries
on the business in London. And in the Yankee
hamlet still looms the temple he built to learn
ing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-19

one general store, one Shall
factory, and a cluster of
humble dwellings Towering over these in
massive dignity, large enough to shelter all the
villagers, to contain the store and most of the
factory, stands a schoolhouse. 1t has been
there for more than a generation, building
singularly inappropriate to its surroundings,
even an absurdity in its uselessness. In its
history is revealed something of pathos, more
of romance; for this pretentious structure in
the obscure Yankee hamlet was the gift of a
British Baronet.
Curtis Sampson came of the best New Eng
land stock. This Vermont boy had good blood,
brain, and Drawn; nothing more, not even
education beyond the rudiments of the three
RS. At eighteen, he was working for farmer
relative, who paid him five dollars a month.
But the lad had his dreams, his ambitions,
which reached far beyond the tedious routine
of his environment. And at last came day
when in the potato field he dropped his hoe,
in sudden determination to follow his Dreams
his ambitions, out into the world beyond the
wall of mountains. At once he set forth
With little money, with less learning, he
trudged away to the north.
Sampson found employment with the fur
traders. For years he toiled in the frozen
wilderness, steadily rising. He became ulti-
mately one of the most important workers for
Astors company. 1t was under his direction
that the company first established its own
line of ships. Then, with capital and expert
ence gained, he went into the fur business for
himself.
As time passed, he prospered amazingly. His
depot for peltry in London was the largest in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-19

teIuCe, over WHICH jill
demned prisoners passed to their execution,
was built in $50, and stands as one of the most
important historic relics of that ancient city.
HOW LONG THEY LIVE
SCIENTISTS have been studying for years to
ascertain the average age of different ami
mails, and in the list thus prepared it appears
that man is about midway between them in the
point of longevity, though physicians believe
that he has in himself the power to extend this
period rather indefinitely
The whale leads all animals in point of
longevity, his age being placed conservatively
at eight hundred to one thousand years. The
tortoise comes next. with an age limit extend
ing from one hundred to two hundred years
The elephant, the camel, the eagle, and the
crocodile each credited with one hundred
years and upward. The carp is elusive
creature. it's age having been figured at from
seventy-five to a hundred and fifty years
Tigers, 1eopards jaguars, and hyenas live some
twenty-five years in confinement, and probably
much longer in the wilderness. Swans, par
pelicans, forty to fifty years; hawks. thirty to
forty; geese, eighty years; monkeys and bab-
oons sixteen to eighteen; squirrels and rabbits,
seven years; queen bees, four years; working
bees, six months; and drones four months
From study of such periods of longevity, it
would seem as if Nature had made sort of
Chinese puzzle out of the whole thing. There
is apparently no discoverable law that deter
mines the age of the different animals and
birds. Why the tortoise and eagle should live
some ten or fifteen times longer than cats
dogs or pigeons is something that no man
has yet fathomed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-19
FACTS ABOUT TREES


THE tallest trees in the world are the Aus
traian eucalyptus, reaching a total alti-
tude of four hundred and eighty feet. The
biggest are the mammoth trees of California;
some of which are two hundred and seventy-six
to three hundred and seventy-six feet in height,
and a hundred and eight feet in circumference
at the base. From measurements of the rings
it is believed that some of these trees are from
two thousand to twenty-five hundred years
old. The oldest tree in the world is said to be
on the island of Kos off the coast of Asia Minor
1t is several thousand years old; but just how
many no one has dared to say The tree is
carefully preserved by wall of masonry round
it, and the trunk is thirty feet in circumference
But there are parts of trees in the form of
useful timber which are even older, probably,
than any on the stump. Beams in old build
ings are preserved to-day which are known to
be over a thousand years old. Piles driven by
the Romans prior to the Christian era are per-
fectly sound to-day, and it is known that they
have been immersed in the water for upward of
two thousand years.
Some woods have remarkably durable prop
critics when immersed in water. They decay
rapidly on the stump, many rotting in from
five to ten years; but when immersed in water
they last longer than iron STEEL An effort
is now being made by the Government to
preserve woods indefinitely by treating them
with oils and tar products. Already telegraph
poles and railroad ties have had their average
life extended from five to ten years by this
process.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-19
A YANKEE BARONET

is a hamlet
~ in Vermont. 1t boasts
one general store, one small
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-19

built in 1891, and designed
by Michelangelo.
The Bridge of Signs, at
Nonica ox,or which m
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-19

the world. At the annual
auctions in the warehouse,
the chief buyers of the
different nations assembled
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-06
BURY 214 VICTIMS.
Horror of Situation Added to by Fire
I'm Russia.

Yszova, European Russia, July g.
The bodies of PA persons recovered
from the Rikovsky mine. which was
the scene of an explosion of gas Fri
day, were buried Sunday.
The horror of the situation was
added to by fire which broke out. 1t
pentrated the inner galleries where
$50 men were imprisoned and made
the efforts of the rescuers almost
useless. In the distance from behind
heaps OF fallen debris could be heard
cries for helf all day. Fifty-three
bodies have been taken out today, all
terribly mutilated.
Some of the men had been burned
to death, while the heads and limbs
of others had been torn off by the
force of the explosion. Seventy-five
wounded were also taken out and re-
moved to hospitals. OF these, 10 sue
cumbed during the day and many
others are in a precarious condition.
Three women who stood at the mouth
of the pit and recognized the bodies
of their husbands dropped dead from
the shock. A number of others have
gone mad.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-06
BATTLE SHIPS
READY FOR FIGHT
ATLANTIC FLEET NEEDS
BUT A MOMENTS NOTICE
Sixteen Big Seafighters VIII Weigh
Anchor Tomorrow Afternoon
Prospect of Trouble In Orient Has
Caused Full Enlistment-VeSsels
Equipped With Fire Control Sta
tions-Prepared for Action.

San Francisco, July 6.-With both
mechanical and human equipment
working up to the most perfect eff
cheney, 16 great battleships are to-
day marking time, awaiting the sig
nal for departure to the far east to-
morrow afternoon.
Every pound of stores and ammu-
milton is stored away in the massive
steel hulls.
Rumors of possible trouble in the
far east has brought innumerable ap-
plications for enlistment. The COM
plement of each ship is up to the
maximum. Many applicants have
gone to Mare Island TO enlist for SER
vice on the cruiser squadron.
All the ships were equipped with
perfect fire control stations during
the past month and are prepared for
the first time, since leaving Hampton
roads to go into action at a moments
notice.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-06
FOUR PERSONS BADLY HURT.
Runaway Mars Baker City's Celebra-
ton,

Baker City, July 6.-One man and
two women are lying unconscious
with fear for their recovery, while
another woman is badly injured as a
result of an accident that happened
to one of the floats as the closing pa
rade was being formed.
A large team drawing the hand
some float Of Hamblin Camp, No. so,
Royal Neighbors, became frightened
at the confusion and ran away. Stew
art Aver, who was driving, was thrown
from the float and received internal
injuries about the chest, besides hav-
ing his teeth knocked out. Mrs.
Joseph Truesdale and Mrs. Briggsultz
occupants of the float, were injured
seriously and remain unconscious.
There is fear that they will not re-
cover.
Mrs. Laura Hill. another member or
the lodge in the float, was injured
seriously. Miss Elsie Emele and Miss
Gaimer escaped from the wreck un-
injured, although they apparently oc.
cupled as dangerous a place as the
other women.
Fully $4,000 people had assembled
on Front street to witness the gala
event, and when the runaway took
place, changing the float from a
handsome piece OF art to pile Of
wreckage, a gloom overlook the large
crowd from which II did not recover
during the entire evening.