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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-11-04
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The Office Cat
Copyright, 1910, by Associated Literary Press

The judge had always looked upon
Miss Staley as a machine. Every
morning she took his dictation for
an hour and later she brought the
letters to be signed. That was the
beginning and the end of their inter
course. The judge was very busy
man, and it was only when some one
interrupted his routine that he gave
exasperated attention. EXPERIENCES
was the price of Indifference. Hence
the first time he saw the human side
of a shock
She was feeding the office cat.
That forlorn feline, as far back as
the judge could remember, had been
a thin-bodied reproach to the COM
munity. There was a tradition that
she lived by catching rats. But such
living was evidently precarious, for
she had always gone about lean and
lank, and somewhat plaintive. On
warm days she took her airings in a
restricted back court, but i'll cold
weather she curled herself, apologet-
icaliy, near radiator in corner of
the hall, subject always to the moods
OF the janitor.
Today, however, things were
changed There was bottle of milk
on Miss Staley's desk and her sponge
cup had been converted into a feed
ing dish, from which the cat ate raw
enously while the little lady watched
her with a tender smile on her lips
and tired relaxing OF her slender
figure which made her seem, for the
first time, to the judges eyes ex-
qufsitely feminine.
The judges post of observation
was his window, which looked across
an airshaft into Miss Staley's small
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-11-04
Swim by Machinery
sweetness.

A ten pound swimming nacnlDs =
may be packed in a suitcase Is u. N
yention of a Frenchman. It Is
and rapid semi-craft for the man ~ h
.swins or the man who doesn T. =.
the front of the apparatus IS a. Iyn
drical metal float, with conlca' P .,,,
and a depending rudder. Al 1ls ,,,,
is another metal float, with suF III
acting upon a propeller. the two -. tIr
connected by a wooden bar. on gl .,,
the swimmer lies as if on the "a ,.,
kicking with his feet and aItoIlI ~
pushing and pulling with cross a ~
die bar just back Of the for"aT" n,
the swimmer on the swimmlhs ,.ei,s
chine gets a maximum Of s .5rs t
while making a speed imposslD" ri,
the ordinary swimmer on the
water
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-11-04
His One Regret.

There's no use trying to deny it, y
remarked Mrs. DeFlatt, this is the
worst cock we've had yet. There posi-
lively isn't a decent thing to eat on
the table,
That's right" rejoined DeFlatt.
But" continued his wife, there's
one thing in her favor. She can't be
beat when it comes to washing"
PITY we can't eat the washing,
sighed the hungry husband
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-11-04

py firecracker, 9A1R
I'm very, very thankful that Pm .
afraid to die, ID
For when I see the flying flags and
the cannons booming. "7a'
Fourth of this July" Vi l'
Said the snappy frecracker to the r,s.-
graham cracker, '~-
You really need not pride vonrs.,.
being taken first. %
For when / hear the children sben-
gay torpedoes swapping aa'
I shall feel so patriotic I am sr-. =,
l shall burst ~a'
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-11-04
Spring in the Mouth.

the little device shown in the accom-,
panying sketch. writes F. S. Cumming,
in Popular Mechanics. The sDrDp
shown will do the work very niceI7
and the hook can be easily removed
with disgorger, thus saving NAM
broken lines and cut fingers This de
vice is especially useful to the ladies
who enjoy fishing, but dislike the op
GRAFTON of removing the hook.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-11-04
The Lamb and the Clam.

The lamb frisked about the fields of May:
The clam kept his house in the depths Of
the bay;
The lamb always had new secret to
tell:
The clam kept his secrets inside of his
shell.
And though I'd a certain respect for the
clam,
I always enjoyed more my talks with the
lamb.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-11-04
ThouchtfuInesS.

Senior Partner (of automobile FIRM
You're going to send Roxley a book
let about our new $4,000 machine
Why, don't you know he's hopelessly
bankrupt?
Junior Partner-CertainIy I do; but
when he gets that booklet he'll think
we haven't found it out yet, and that'll
make him happy for at least five min
utes.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-11-04
Choice of Evils.

Don't you know" said the young
widow, that a bachelor is an object
or public derision?"
L have heard So" rejoined the old
bachelor, and / have also heard that
a married man gets his at home"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-11-04
The Sight of SnaiIs

Snails have eyes connected with the
antennae (the ''feelers'l. They may
usually be seen as black spots. gen.
orally, believe. near the base of thc
feelers. They are rather simpAe eyes.
but are certainly of use How much
they can see with them is no. known
st Nicholas
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-11-04
Motorcycle Stand.

strain on the elbows B, two pieces c
of No II galvanized wire should be
used to connect the pipes A. In the
elbows B, notches may be cut to hold
the motorcycle axle.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-11-04
Lack of Courtesy.

Did the official in the case make
an excuse to his convict client for
not getting his release?"
No excuse; didn't even beg his
pardon"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-11-04
Contrary Opinions.

Aren't some people funny?"
What's the matter now?"
The row those officers at West
Point are making, when lots of neigh
borhoods would give the eyes out of
their head to have college students
give them the silence"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-11-04
Have Us BIuffed.

You give your opponent an ad-
vantage if you let him know you are
afraid" remarked the moralizer.
Perhaps" rejoined the demoralizer.
that is why the microbes find us
such easy marks"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-11-04
Pessimistic.

Il think my boy will be a poet when
he grows up"
"Oh. don't be pessimistic; he may
turn out to be a useful citizen"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-11-04
Another Prosperity Victim.

All the summer long you were
growing about hard times. but how
does the world look now?"
"Ah, me-" he groaned. There's no
hope in *. We air now afflicted with
more prosperity than we kin git away
With"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-11-04
Had the Goods,

See here, old chap" said the irate
summer boarder, you advertised
plenty of shade. Where is it?'
In tn parlor. mister" explained
the rural landlord. 'Ev'ry one NV tn
three lamps in thar's got a shade, by
grass"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-11-04
No Stint.
invariably

Miss Gabbles-Yes, I invariably
weigh my words.
Mr.. Blunt-WelI. it's a safe bet that
you have never been accused of Civ
ing short weight.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-11-04
A Hard Feat.

Harry is going to perform very
paradoxical action tonight"
What is it?"
He is anxious to know if the girl
who is so popular here will accept
him, so when he calls on her he is
going quietly to sound the BELLE
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-11-04
Its N allure.

1T is a wonder that oil is such q
big affair in the days news"
Why should it not be?"
Because it is such a puerile mat
ter"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-11-04
On the Wane.

joint"
Well, honeybunch!"
You are smoking"
Why, come to notice it, so l ami"
You promised me that you would
give up smoking the day we were
married."
And I did give it up, dear-the
day we were married"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-11-04
One of MANY.

He-So she's a business woman
What business is she interested in?
She-Oh, eyerybody's.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-11-04
REMOVING HOOK FROM FIN
Neat Little Device, Especially for !,
dies, Will Save Many Lines
and Cut Fingers.

Fishermen who have trouble tao,
ing the mouth of a fish open While :,
moving the hook, will be interested !,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-11-04
Obiiaing.

Is this where John Jones Hves?"
No, this Is his home; but you can
come IN and call up his club II you
want to-"
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-09-23

The theory that the first born child
Is always the best olive branch of the
family is disputed by Dr. J. W. Hunter
of the British Medical association.
Many first born children come into
the world before their parents have
attained real maturity" he said re-
Gently, "and It stands to reason that
they cannot be of the same healthy
stuff as children born later. when
physically and mentally, the parents
are filter.
THE early upbringing of the first
child, especially in working class fam
lilies, is often a sort of experiment in
child rearing for the young wife. She
has everybody giving her advice. good,
bad and Indifferent, and she has her
own fancies as we'll. The infant sub
iect of all this bother is not the one
that comes of best. With later chill
dren the mother has greater skill, con-
idence and understanding. and the
child is, therefore, better reared, profit
ing by the experiments. so to speak,
on its predecessors"
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-09-23

Another interesting link with the
past is brought to light by the recent
discovery Of the exact spot where lies
St Chad's Well. once a famous Chaly-
beate spring in Kings Cross In the
eighteenth century people came here
to drink the waters, which were sup.
posed to be especially useful in cases
Of dropsy, scrofula and liver com.
plants. Gradually, like all fashion
able spas, st. Chad's was deserted.
and residential houses, then ware
houses, were erected on the site of the
well.
A few Gays ago the builders in lay.
ing the foundations for a new struc-
ture in Grays Inn road discovered an
arch some 20 feet underground, and
this has been identified as forming
part of the old well From the arch
to a spot 30 yards away stretched the
waters once famous for their medi-
cinai properties 1t has been ascer.
tanned that the spring still exists, and
it would be decidedly worth while to
have the water analysed and find
whether it still retains It's pristine
virtues.-London Daily News.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-09-23
LARGE JOB AHEAD OF HIM.

The belated and slightly obfuscated
individual with the weary feet walked
haltingly up the steps of th1 two-story
brick house and rang the bell
Nobody appeared. and he hammered
on the door
Then an upper window was raised,
and voice called out;
What do you want?"
Does Mr.. Johnson live here?" In
quired the caller.
No; are you looking for a man
named Johnson?"
Yes"
We'll. see by the new city direc.
tory that you have s,2O5 chances to
hnd him. Keep on looking. my friend.
Goodnight"
Then the window closed with bang.
the inquirer slowly made his way down
the steps and disappeared in the. dark
ness, and all was silence save for the
occasional exploding of an automobile
tire over on the boulevard three or
four blocks away.
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PLATA, MARYLAND, FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER %, 1910.

some big summer hotel and see II men
called her fair, then she would
marry Angus with a clear conscience
She would know then that It was
love and not mere reaching out for
a home and hearthst0ne that caused
her to accept him.
In August, while Angus went ODE
diently abroad. she began her cam.
paign Of conquest
She was not flirt, however, nor
hard hearted Il am not going to
let any man really fall in love with
me" she said, but l do want to be
sure that am not wronging Angus
by letting him tie himself to an unat-
tractiye wiIe"
NO one would have called her un.
attractive as she entered the dining
room the morning after her arrival.
She was in rose-colored linen, with
hat sailor nat which hid the white
lock in front Her slender figure.
her ease Of manner the charm OF her
direct giance. made the women look
at her with some curiosity and the
men SIT up and take notice.
But all day long. she was alone.
She walked Oh the beach, or read a
novel in shady corner of the porch,
and spoke to no one Only when
night came did she permit any ap.
Proach from the guests in the house,
and then. a dream in white and
silver, she met TIE men and con
quered them.
She was chaperoned by a sedate
aunt. and her introductions were all
that could be desired. In her own
town her charm had been undervaIued
because people had known her al.
ways. but here. where the keenness
OF her wit came Unexpectedly. where
her grace was revelation, and
where her womanliness. which was
tinged with old-fashioned sweetness,
was new to the worldly-wise, she be.
came al once the vogue.
And she enjoyed it. II was a re
newal of her youth to have her card
filled at all the dances, to have
violets and candy again offered at
her shrine. to be the much desired
guest on all motor trips and yachting
parties.
There was count from Austria who
raved about her; a millionaire from
the west began a masterful wooing,
and a famous playwright wrote son.
nets TO her eyebrows.
Then. in the midst of her popularity.
Beatrice ran away.
She explained her conduct in a let
ter to Angus.
They were beginning to fall in
love with me. and of course | couldn't
have that. No nice woman wants to
hurt man. and so | left And now.
II you please. I'll marry you, Angus.
because you are really the only man
who understands me, and who will
know how to keep me from being un-
happ9. as my mother was. And while
am a girl Of yesterday, and have a
patch Of white in my pompadour,
know you are going to love me just
as well when my whole head is
snowy. and you won't care whether
| am old and wrinkled and bent. be
cause love laughs at those things
doesn't it2 Love such as you VIII
give me. and which know now that
| can give to you. Angus"
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whiskbroom for Corn.

The shopper who knows just what
she wants and insists upon having it
unearths many a department store Sc
cret A search for a whiskbroom of
unusually fine straw took one persist
ent buyer into the kitchen department
of big store. where she saw a coun-
ter full Of brooms labeled, "whisk-
brooms for sill1ing corn" Inquiry
brought out the Information that
many housekeepers whose families
are fond of corn on the cob have dis
covered that fine whiskbroom is the
best thing known for brushing SILK
from the ears and that it pays to keep
supply Of extra fine brooms in the
regular kitchen department,
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-09-23
HOME OF ANDRE AT BATH
Historical Personsae's House Is stiR
Standing, and Oddly Enough
II Is No. 23.

Bath. England, is a city OF ancient
mansions. so Major Andres house Is
still standing in the Circus. which
consists of three blocks. In which
every house has at come time been
occupied by some historical person.
age. Oddly enough Andres house is
No. %. 1t is exactly like all the 9th,
er houses in the Circus, where every
building is the exact duplicate of the
other. red brick. with veather-stained
white cornices. dilapidated window
boxes filled with sickly geraniums that
rarely show a blossom, and the inev.
table ivy trained over the front An
air of profound melancholy and musty
gentility broods over these crumbling
mansions, each one Of which can tell
tragic story OF fallen greatness.
They are tenanted by people in a
state of deeayed gentility. mostly re-
tired army and navy officers, or their
widows, with a sprinkling of profes.
sors. doctors and music teachers.
At the end Of the Circus and facing
up the street is the house occupied
- .'oPotNSA III thiDlSu part nA us
exile. The interior is partly burned
out and full of rates. Louis XVIII
resided near, In a house afterward the
abode of Lady Hamilton. and said to
be haunted by her ghost Nelson and
Charles X. of France also lived in the
Circus.
Just at the gates of Lord Dudley's
park, near by. is another haunted
house. 1t was owned by the first
earfs brother, a fighting drinking,
swashbuckling guardsman, who when
in his cups and hard up for money to
pay his gambling debts. sold his
beautiful young wife to the earl The
house is fine old red brick structure
yelled in ivy. The guardsman's unholy
revels are said to be repeated there
nightly, and carriages are heard
rolling in and out OF the weedy old
garden until the wee sma' hours"
Andres house also is reputed to be
haunted. not by the British officer, but
by yelled woman in white, who
walks the halls at midnight wringing
her hands.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-09-23

Turn which way one viii. the FIVE
cent piece bobs up at every turn as
the most necessary coin Of the realm.
Its discontinuance would inevitably
increase the cost Of thousand things
of everyday life, which no dealer now
has the daring to change because OF
riveted custom. There is no ikeli-
hood that the government will soon
consider the elimination of this coin
as such action would result in howl
OF disapproyal. nationwide.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-09-23

tuous temperaments, until she had
decl. led. passionately: 'I'n never
ver-neyer-neveri" Until
now she had kept her word
But 1t was not easy to face her
future alone. Ten years ago her
beautiful mother had died, and five
years previous TO that her father had
killed himself. 1t was all very
tragic. and the daughter had asserted
repeatedly when Angus had pleaded
the happy married life OF his own
parents: But how do we know that
we would be like your father and
mother? 1t might happen that we
would be like mine"
We would be happy Angus stated
gravely. Il am not tyrannical and you
are not jealous. 1t was tyranny and
jealousy that caused your father and
mother to draw apart"
/ Mother. was such a beanty." Bea.
trice defended, and father loved her
So"
And you are not beauty" Angus
told her. laughing at the fash that
lighted her eyes. you are simply
lovely, and sweet. but men don't toast
you in three states, thank heaven"
Il know what you mean" Beatrice's
tone matched his in gravity. You
mean that mothers beauty made her
abnormal, and she expected as much
adulation as she had before her mar
riage from a world OF lovers, and
father wasn't willing to stand that.
He wanted her to think only of him.
Every man wants his wife to think
only of him." Angus said. @and If
win you | shall not be afraid"
Yet. he had not won her, and now
she was nearly s5, and her beauty was
waning. and soon other men wouldn't
care for her.
She said something of the kind in
her letter to Angus.
Il am so blue that II you were
here and were masterful enough, /
am afraid l would say yes, and
that is why | don't want you to visit
me in August. I know my weak
nesses. and l know that have been
so near giving in.. that | shant be
able to hold my own this time. So
please go to Europe instead Of com
ing up here. You can't want to mar.
ry girl simply because she is afraid
to face future OF old-maidlsm."
The answer that she received made
her smile "As If you needed to mar
ry to escape single blessedness. Every
man know would be glad to sail
away with you to the end of the
world"
But Beatrice knew better She
had reached the point where at
dances she sat occasionally among
the wall flowers To be sure, that
was because most of the men in her
small town were younger than she,
and to them she was an old story,
but she was not sure that it would
not be the same with the older men in
a larger community.
Anyhow. she wouldn't accept Angus |
as last resort. 1t wouldn't be fair !
TO him. And so she came to q
strange conclusion. She would test
her sttraetiyeness. She would go to |
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A GIRL OF
YESTERDAY
ny TEMPLE BAILEY

One day some one said; "A woman
Of your age" and then Beatrice real
lied that she was no longer a girl.
She went to her room. looked at her
self squarely in the mirror. and dis
covered a patch Of white in her pom
padour There was also little sag
gtng OF flesh beneath her chin. and a
wrinkle or two between her eyes.
"oh. you girl of yesterday" Bea-
trice said to the face in the mirror.
why can't you make up your mind
that you will soon be fair and forty,
even If you aren't fat7"
But the face in the glass looked at
her sadly. and answered never a
word.
That night Beatrice wrote TO Angus
March. He was a Scotchman who
had loved her for years. Beatrice
had grown so accustomed to the mo-
notony Of being asked to marry him
that she would shake her head weari-
ly and demand: why don't you say
It some new way. Angus2" and he
would reply, with his whimsical
smile: There's only one way to say
I love you. and that is to say it."
Il should think you would ge
tired she would retort. and then he
would answer: Il shall never get
tired. and some day you will say
yes
'Perhaps-when get too old to
charm any other man." was her cruel
summing up.
But she could not hurt him. You
love me" he said. "and no other man
can win you away from mel am will
ing to let any one enter the field. It
is marriage you fear. not me-
And deep in her heart Beatrice
knew that he spoke the truth.
Her father and mother had been
very unhappy All her little girl life
she had been tossed between tempes-
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-09-23

Il like you better since you mar
ried. said frank old lady TO a young
man. and he laughed and answered;
4 used to know great many things
but they were all wrong, every one Of
them 1t takes a sensible wife to
,stralghten out a mans mental dister-
Itions." Doubtless his wife could have
reversed the compliment.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-09-23

There are 200 dukes. 900 marquis
and thousands of counts in Spain. <
cording to a recent count. Legitim
Spanish nobility, or. better. artist,
racy, is called the grandezza. in E.
lish the grandees. 1t was institut
by Emperor Charles V. in 1920,
that Spain could be Just like 9th
countries in one respect
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-09-23

"The Link that connects labor with
capital is not broken but we may not
deny that 1t is less cohesive than II
should be or than conditions war.
rant Financially, the country is
stronger than ever before in It's his
tory Recovery from a panic SO
severe as that of three years ago was
never before so prompt and compare
lively complete. The masses are
practically free from debt Money is
held by the banks in abundance and
rates are low.
why. then. does capital pause
upon the threshold of Investment?
The answer, we believe, to be plain.
1t awaits adjustment Of the relations
of government to business. The
sole problem consists Of determining
how government can maintain an
even balance between aggregations
of interests, on the one hand, and the
whole people. on the other, protect
ing the latter against extortion and
saving the former from mad assaults,
The solution is not easy to find
for the simple reason that the situ-
alton is without precedent. But is
not progress being made along sane
and cautious lines?
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-09-23

Dear mel" said the pretty giri 10
the orchard Peaches always cause
me to smack my lips"
Indeed" laughed the young man at
ner side. well. there are some
peaches that cause me to smack their
lips" And then he got busy.