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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-11-19

His spare moments at this period were
spent in experimenting with high ex-
plosives.
From his first job, at 81 day,
William E. Corey advanced rapidly in
the great Carnegie steel works at
Pittsburg. His twenty-frst year was
spent in perfecting the famous Car
negie REINFORCED armor-plate. Shortly
afterward he was appointed superin-
tendent of the plate mills.
Charles NJ. SchWab started to earn
his living as farm hand. Next he
became the driver of a coach, and
later a clerk in a grocery store. At
10 he became civil engineers assist
ant at 81 day. At 81 young Schwab
was working hard in the field with
an engineer corps. Five years later
he was appointed chief assistant Of the
division engineer, and under his direc-
ton the famous plant at Homestead
was built.
An orphan at the oge OF 5, Thomas
F. Ryan was cared for by his grand
mother, and at an early age sought
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-11-19

newspaper Office, working first as a
compositor, later occupying an edi-
torial position. He was appointed news
editor Of the local paper In his twen-
ty-second year. His appointment as
consul to Venice followed two years
later.
After graduating from the English
high school OF Boston ]. P. Morgan
went abroad to study higher mathe-
mates at the University Of Gottingen.
He returned to New York and began
his business career just before reach
ing his twenty-first year.
In his twenty-first year August Bel
mont was graduated from Harvard.
He spent several months thereafter In
q trip abroad, when he returned to
New York and entered his fathers
banking house.
Following an academic education
Nelson W. Aldrich plunged into mer-
camille pursuits. He was an ardent
Republican from his first vote, and
early took an active part in local poll
tics. He became president Of the COM
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-11-19
MAct We'll Your Part. -

But there is one great, striking diff
ference between the theatrical stage
and the great drama of human life.
On the former. as a rule, the leading
lights-the star actors and actresses
get most of the applause; those who
are forced to play the lesser rules
often get but scant notice. But on
the great, wide stage where the
Author of our being is both judge and
audience, it matters not what part we
play-whether it be prominent or OBJ
scure-provided we play it we'll. The
hod carrier and the poor washwoman,
who perform conscientiously and ex.
actly the duties of their lowly state,
may be far more pleasing to their
Maker than the professional man, the
monarch or the certainly a
consoling reflection.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-11-19

Service in the medical corps Of the
army does not appeal to young physi-
clans, or they are not aware of the at
tractive pay offered and of the number
of vacancies. At an examination re-
Gently, to test the qualifications of can
didates for one hundred and four va
cancies, only forty two passed. The
successful candidates begin with the
rank of first lieutenant, at cash sal
AIRY Of two thousand dollars a year, and
with quarters, furniture, horse, fuel
and other allowances, which make the
pay equivalent to thirty-four hundred
dollars. This increases with length Of
service and promotion; and after the
retiring age the officer receives about
two-thirds pay for the rest Of his life.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-11-19

Twenty years ago the cotton-boll
weevil, having completely wiped out
the cotton culture in many parts of
Mexico, crossed the border and began
it's ravages In Texas. At about the
same time fruit-growers in California
awoke to the fact that a minute scale
like insect was threatening to destroy
their apple, peach, pear and plum or
chards In spite of every effort, these
two pests spread rapidly. Only the
cotton-felds of the Atlantic coast have
SO far escaped the weevil's attack; the
San Jose scale Is domesticated in al
most every State in the Union. Some
persons predicted the complete de-
struct1on Of both cotton-felds and or
chards, and 1t Is certain that good
many planters and fruft-growers were
ruined. But the intelligence and in
genuity of man are proving equal to
the emergency; and incidentally there
are appearing certain of the blessings
which always follow adversely cour-
ageously met. The Southern farmer
AAH1o ACo1 leu IAS OC10AIS vi q P1ORCI
crop rotation, and close and careful
cultivation Of his fields. In the boil
weevil country the old system Of mort
gaging the ungrown cotton crop to
get the money with which to raise
1t has gone. There may not be any
crop at all unless the planter Is vigt-
liant and Industrious. There is more
and harder work to be done, but there
are the rewards of hard work to be
had. Texas raises about as much cot
ton as ever, and more general crops.
The banks show increased deposits.
In one community the farm mortgages
have fallen from twenty-eight hundred
to four hundred. The orchardist has
found that he can save his trees by
thorough spraying. The scale is de-
stroyed, and with it other pests, which
were not dangerous enough to per-
suade the grower to the practice of
spraying, but the destruction of which
greatly improves the quantity and
quality of the yield. The experience
has been alarming and costly, but it
has left both industries on a sounder
basis, and has taught their practi-
TONERS much that will be of lasting
value to them.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-11-19
Occupations Of WeII-Known Men
Of To-Day at Time of Their
Majority.
TAFT WAS 4 YALE GRADUATE
Beginning Of Careers Of Belmont,
Maxim, Corey, Ryan, Choate,
SUhwab and Others.

At the age Of 81 William Howard
Taft was graduated from Yale, and
second in q large class, says the New
York Times. He was safutatorian, re-
ceived Phi Beta Kappa honors and d.
vided the first prize On his graduation
In law. His plans for the future study
OF law we're undertaken the same year
In his twenty-first year the future
Rear Admiral Evans was serving as
lieutenant In the United States navy
He became lieutenant commander In
his twenty-second year.
At 81 William Dean Howells WIS an
active newspaper man in a small Ohio
community. He entered his fathers
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-11-19

1t Is now less than four years since
the issue by London publisher of
the first volumes in a series of re-
prints of the works of standard au-
thors, which marked an interesting
experiment in providing the public
with the worlds best literature in
handy and inexpensive form. The
books were clearly printed and taste
fully bound and sold for a shilling.
On the recent addition of the four
hundredth volume to the list the an
nouncement was made that more than
100000 separate copies had been dis
posed Of That is, fully five times
the number of books in the Library
of Congress, more than double the
number of volumes in the Bibliotheque
Rationale of Paris, the worlds largest
hbrary-books all of a substantial
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-11-19

employment His first position was
with a dry goods commission house
tn Baltimore. He had saved enough
money By his nineteenth year to come
to New York. He entered business
actively and became a member OF the
stock exchange In his twenty-fourtn
year.
The study Of law was engaging the
time Of Joseph H. Choate In his TWEEN
ty-arst year and for several years
thereafter. He was graduated at Il
from Harvard, with Phi Beta Kappa
honors, and entered the law school at
Harvard. He was graduated With the
degree OF Ii. B. at 2s.
A variety Of occupations had been
followed by Samuel L. Clemens before
he had reached his twenty-drst year.
The greater part Of his time had been
spent in a printing Office, where he
became an expert compositor. At the
age Of 81 he was threading the diff
cult channels of the Mississippi river
as a regularly licensed pilot. His
newspaper career followed
At 81 the future Senator Tillman
was living on a farm with no ambi-
lions for a political career. He had
entered the Confederate army when
but II years old and had been retired
after injuries which caused the loss
Of his eye.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-11-19

discovery Of q black smudgs ~.
program on the tip of en "Oa y
had his spike-tailed coat sF 81
with black braid like gold , Sscoats
court uniform. He crossed n.y. %
when in full regalia. too, with ~. \ i'op
gold watch chain. with bic - d.; a as'r
stuck between the links, Fitas
notorious for his bad taste - Ny
told that he crammed his tow, w
full OF Junk which he had hon. aoos
fabulous prices for art treasures
that finally a friend who knaw . "
thing about art values cleared ~ a 9
place, altered the wall decos" ~, y
gave a harmonious whole, And ~
the house look presentah,o %
stable Of Fitch's country home !, ~ ~
Of near-art objects picked rn ~ ~
Europe. The playwright was on ~ U
mark for the picture men ANA Wy
antique dealers, and, oddly enor M y
this respect, he was imposed uOo, !
the same way as Richard Manss, y
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-11-19

character-have been absorbed within
this brief time by reading public
whose intelligence is too often meas
ured by the sales of popular fiction.
The proof given that the worlds great
masters of literature are still the
"best sellers that works published
in Athens and Rome before the Chris
tian era or in Weimar or Florence
centuries ago are to-day in lively de-
mand, is an agreeable tribute to the
quality and correctness of modern
popular taste in literature.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-11-19

commodations for ID bodies In the cUl
crete inches. But the section can "
extended underground IN four a".s
lions, and at any time an addition ~.
70 more bodies can be made ~. -,
cryptal burial there is lift SET NV
the floor of the chapel to lower ~ ~
body to the level Of the crypts. -.
record for burials at Calvary indlC"'S !.
that the mortuary chapel Will 10
almost constant USE The burialS s' ,.s
age 70 a day and often run aS H'0
as 120.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-11-19
A Remarkable Chaus,

The most remarkable mortr..
chapel in America is located N ~
vary Cemetery, Long Island DIV \
Y, and cost $4,000. The cryDt, :.
catacombs are for the burial Of nr,.,,
of the diocese of New York nra
the charge Of which the cemetarv
maintained. says Popular Mechan,,.
At present, but one section Of !.
catacombs has been completed with !
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-11-19

mon council Of Providence shortly af-
ter reaching his majority.
Joseph G. Cannon was busily en-
gagged in studying law in his twenty
first year, and for several years there
after. Following an education In the
common schools and in law, he was
admitted to the Illinois bar.
Long before his twenty first year,
John D. Rockefeller was we'll estab-
lished in business, and had given evi-
He went to Cleveland when IL years
old and obtained his first position.
Two years later he was engaged In an
oil commission house. At Il he was
partner in the commission house OF
Clarke & Rockefeller, where he had
been established for more than two
years.
James J. Hill was educated with the
idea OF becoming physician. His tath-
er's death compelled him to enter bust
ness, when he obtained position In
a country store at the age of Is. Later
he moved to st. Paul, and In his TWEEN
ty-hrst year was engaged as shipping
clerk in that city, with the Mississippi
Packet Company.
First as a school teacher, then a
printer, Hudson Maxim fought his way
yainst unusual odds. BY the time
he had reached his twenty-hrst year
he had become printer and publisher
Of subscription books, and In selling
these he travelled about the country.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-11-19

An important suggestion, and one
we'll worthy of consideration, was made
by a formal resolution of the Grand
Army of the Republic at it's last ma
tionaI encampment. 1t was urged that
one school under the jurisdiction of
every local board of education in the
country should be named the Lincoln
School, in commemoration of the great
President.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-11-19

A Boston publisher of schoolbooks
has decided to contribute $1,000,000 to
the cause of peace. People who have
complained because of the high prices
they were compelled to pay for school
books may be comforted by the
thought that at least some of their
money is to be well spent; &C.,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-11-19

A Columbus, Ohio, lady has written
a letter of complaint to the newspapers
because she was compelled when she
went to church last Sunday to sit be-
side a woman who had so thoroughly
saturated herself with perfume as to
be disgustingly odoriferous. 1t will
never be possible to make church-going
pleasant for some people
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-11-19
Clyde Fftch,s BAD Taste.

Clyde Fitch manicured and was as
careful of his hands as prima donna.
Once he amused several rows in
theater by expressing horror at the
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-11-19
A Little Late.

81 see the Fourth Of July la."..~
statistics have been compiled anu
now out" IN.
Yes; but we are not huon ~,
pressed by fatality statistics al'1l ,,Ie
owns burns are healed. '-Lou'''
Courier Journal.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-11-19
A Not Infrequent Occurrence.

GAS a witness I was required to
promise that I would tell the whole
TRUTH" said the indignant citizen as
he was leaving the court house.
"Of course"
And every time I started to tell II
the lawyers on the other side proved
that such procedure would be en-.
tirely improper" Washington Star.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-11-19

And now Explorer Baldwin wants to
reach the pole. So long as there Is a
choice apple which bears that name.
why cannot the Baldwin family be
satisfied without seeking further
fame?
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-11-19

A man who has reached the age OF
80 says a steady diet Of pie did 1t.
What a splendid tribute to the woman
who made the pies!
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-11-19

A st. Louis man is advocating the
shortening of the months. That might
be all right if all the extra days could
be added to October.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-11-19

Not every boy can become a foot
ball hero, but there seems to be no
reason why he should not wear his
hair long during the season If he
wants to.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-11-19

A Connecticut mother spanked her
daughter and the young man with
whom she eloped. That is one way Of
spelling a beautiful romance.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-11-19

A 12-year-old Baltimore girl stole
for the purpose of going to a moving
picture show Could depravity sink to
a lower depth?
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-11-19

1t now appears that the Hartman
patriotism was more amply rewarded
than we had supposed. The estate
totals about $30,000,000.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-11-19

The man who knows it all will tell
it if he can get somebody to listen to
him for five or ten minutes.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-11-19

Alaska wants a legislature. And
If she ever gets one she'll probably
wish she hadn't
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-11-19

Anyway, the next minister des1g-
nate to Pekin will know what not to
do at the very outset.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-11-19

A woman's ambition Is not On'. go,
have both ends meet, but TO lay
and have enough for her Kin
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-11-19

Whether he's right or wrong, row
with a woman will ruin man. Rather
than submit to it, run away.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-11-19

If the farms will only produce big
ger crops, ]. J. Hill will furnish the
freight cars to haul them to market.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-11-19

A magazine writer is wasting his
time in telling how to spoil a boy.
Let Grandma do 1t.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-11-19

When European monarchs meet they
don't seem to take any stock in the
kissing germ theory.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-11-19

Calling man a liar won't always
settle an argument.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-11-19

Wilbur Wright says the 60-miles-an
hour aeroplane is practically here
And there are no telephone poles
ahead
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-11-19

Mr.. Harrimans was rare case
He was richer than generally sup
rOEpd
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-11-19

If there's one thing worse than be-
ing poor, it's having poor relations.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-11-19

A woman says unprintable things
about as gracefully as she throws a
brick.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-11-19

We have an idea that some men
Quit smoking to get their names in the
paper.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-11-19

A Fearless Woman.
soliman, the dreaded Turkish sui
tan, in 1921 was going to besiege Bel
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-12-09
Strike About Over.

st. Paul, Mimi, Special.-With L.
500 men imported to take the place
of the striking switchmen who are
members of the Switchmen's s Union
of North America and those strikers
who are members of the Brotherhood
of Railway Trainmen, returning to
work. managers of the Great North
ern Railway Friday night asserted
that the strike was about over. The
strike leaders, however, despite the
desertion, asserted that the strike had
only begun. Freight congestion is
not apprecably relieved.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-12-09
&gM@SaS.
2S1lpL S|||l| q j
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x r,se.s-5Te1 ~
Sa1Ss% SH~~ GYS
Good Roads in the South.

1t is a very exceptional ne;ghbc
hood in the South that does not ne
better roads, and il is an equally
ceptional community that cannot h,
better roads. While many sectit
cannot hope to have the best roads
macadam or gravel-for 4 long ii
10 come, there is no excuse for
locality allowing its roads to rem
positively and permanently bad.
A good road is D hard.
smooth road, (S) free from he3
grades. Any road which answer
these requirements Will insure \
and quick travelling. and permit
the hauling of lIrS" loads-and that
is all that is required of a read. OF
course. the best road is the hardest
ard SmoO;hcst che. the riacadam road
being superior TO the gravel road; but
remember tnat even the earth road
need not be bad This is the thing we
wish this good reads special to say
to ever" man who reads it. There Is
way for you to improve the road
over which You travel. and it will pay
YOU to do it. If we can only Get our
readers to realize this fact we be-
lieTe that they will not be content to
longer waste the strength OF their
teams, their own time, and their
money by dragging, over rocks, pull
ing through deep sand, jolting across
bitches. splash!ag about in mudholes.
and climbing steep hills Every road
cannot be macadamized, or even grav-
elcd; but many moro could be than
are. Few bond issues for good roads
IN our territory have been bad invest
ments, while the cases in which they
would be good investments could be
numbered by the hundreds. The tax
the ordinary farmer would have to
pay to build and maintain stone
roads, in any moderately settled COM
munity, is much smaller than the tax
he now pays TO bad roads in the in
! creased cost Of his hauling. Over a
large section of the south sand-clay
roads could be built at very sm. y
| cost, indeed, compared to what tho
| would be worth to the communit
through which they run. Thousa5
and thousands of miles OF earth TO:
could be redeemed from their chrol
state OF badness by the persistent use
| or the split-lOg road drag, and the
! cost of doing the work would be so
small that no one would feel it. And
! everywhere that there :, q ,n,,;; =,
it could be improved if the men
work it would simply remembs"
the surface of the road should
be kept smooth and free f.
structions, ana that the fisr
do with the water that fallt r. roso
Is to get it off ana away lleigb
(N. c. Progressive Farmer.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-12-09
COTTON MEN WRONGED.
Commissioner of Corporations De-
nounces the Practice of Dealing in
r,,furae

Futures.
Washington. Special.-Both the
producers of cotton and the dealers in
that commodity are the victims of
the system of trading in vogue OH the
cotton exchange of the country.
This is the burden of parts and
OF the report Of Commissioner of
Corporations Herbert Knox Smith on
the conduct Of such exchanges. The
practice of dealing in futures. as it is
CARED Oh at present, is condemned,
carried on at present. is condemned,
the existence of the exchange.
The brief discussion of general
speculation in this report says Mr..
Smith. recognizes the possibilities
for good inherent in great central
market like q cotton exchange, and
the need that this good be developed
and evils eliminated by regulations in
line with economic law
The report is especially condemna-
tory of the dealings in futures. brand
ing this form of speculation as pure
gambling and highly injurious to legi-
innate trade. In quotations for ''fu-
ture' deliveries of cotton. the market
is so uncertain and so many elements
OF change enter into the transaction
that all bids are made at much
lower figure than those offered for
cotton actually in existence.
The effect of these fictitious quota
tions, the report points out, tends to
mslead the cotton planted as to the
trne value of his crop. honestly
grown. In addition it leads brokers
to 'play' both sides of the market
to protect themselves against loss in
such trades, with the rsult that the
producer is forced to pay in the end,
while the farmer loses likewise.
The report, while recognizing that
the exchanges in New Orleans and
New York are necessary, does not
mince words in criticising the New
Re- York exchange. After declaring that
the New Orleans methods of conduct
ing the transactions in cotton follow
ell natural lines, the report draws at
tention to the fact that it has been
proven that the abnormal depressions
Ill the future price in New York
were almost wholly due to improper
artificial conditions now maintained
by the New York cotton exchange. By
maintaining them the New York ex-
change is responsible for a very real
INJURY to the producer and mer-
chant.'
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-12-09
Naval School for Charleston.

Charleston. Special.-A new iuSti-
tuition has just been established at
the Charleston Navy Yard. and is the
only one OF its kind at any of the
yards i'll the country. 1t is school
for the training of young midship-
men IN torpedo boat work and engi-
neerlng. OF such importance is the
school that all youn" men doing tor
pedo boat work will he ordered here
FOR instruction. There will be a reg
ular course of lectures by officers at
the yard and weekly routine will be
followed. The head of the school is
Lieut.. Commander Freeman. Lee
lures will be given by Surgeon Edgar
Thompson. medical officer at the
yard. Past Assistant Paymaster
o Mara and several of the ensigns
stationed with the reserve tlotilla.