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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-03-08

Maternity hospital records in Boston
show that while boy babies born there
maintain the average height and
weight, girl babies are becoming taller
at birth and increasing in vitality. The
statistics do violence to certain ac-
cepted notions of race degeneration
due to women's alleged neglect OF the
home for outside interests, whether
serious or frivolous. They have been
charged with abandoning their sacred
mission for public life or for pleasure
and of menacing the country's future
by their devotion to activities antag-
onistic to maternity. Yet neither their
addiction to bridge parties and hobbie
skirts nor their pursuit OF careers,
nor yet whether they smoke cigarettes
and occupy themselves with club al
fairs, appears to have made any dit
ference. They have gone on their way
regardless, in spite Of reproof and ad-
monition, and point to their healthier
and heartier children in proof of their
better understanding of what is good
for them. The fact will afford small
comfort to the reformers who have
made woman's dereliction of domestic
duties their grave concern. But the in
creasing size and vitality OF girl ba-
bies may well excite masculine fore
bodings.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-03-08
MARKET REPORT.
Milwaukee. March 5. 1872

Butter-Creamery, extras, Csc.
prints. 29c; firsts. 25 q zee; seconds.
20@23c; renovated, 25@ 26c; dairy.
fancy, FAC.
Cheese-American, full cream,
Twins, tic; daisies, new. 17017He:
Young Americas, 17h @1Sc; long
horns, 19c; Swiss, 1501712c.
Eggs-Current receipts fresh as
to quality. 21@22c; recandled, ex-
tras. 4@25c; seconds, 17@lSc.
Live Poultry-Fowls, Size; roos.
tiers, Sc; springers, 41ac.
Potatoes Wisconsin. sacked, on
track, 1.OO@1.O5.
Hay-No. 1 timothy. 21OO; clo-
yer, 1850; No. 1 prairie. 1850,
Wheat-No. northern, 1.1O@
1.12; No. 2 northern. 1880
1.1O1s; No. northern. 1.0461O7
Corn-No. 3, yellow, Size.
Oats-No. 3 white. 5Sc; standard
53Ac.
Wisconsin. 1.23; No. 2
1.29; No. A. 124.
Cattle-Butchers steers. 5000
6.75; heifers, 3.4005.25; cows
3.75 @525; feeders, S.5OQ4.OOt
Calves, 5.25@7.O0.
Hogs Good heavy butchers, 6.5(
@6.65; fair to best light. $3.50
6.45; pigs, 5.00@5.75.
Sheep LAMBS. 5.0006.OO; ewes
3.OOM3.75.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-03-08
FRANKLIN IS FINED $4,000
Mcnamara Detective Severely Scored
by Los Angeles Judge While
Passing Sentence.

Los Angeles. Cal-Bert H. Frank
lin, former chief detective OF the Nc
Namara defense, who confessed last
week to using money for the purpose
of corrupting jurors in the celebrated
case, was fined $4,000 and given a
severe castigation by Judge George
Cabaniss here
In passing sentence, Judge Caba-
Miss told Franklin he was sorry he
could not give him state prison SEN
tence, as the act of corrupting jurors
was nothing short Of damnable How
ever. he must be governed by recon-
mendatjons from the district attorney
and therefore would impose fine Of
$4,000.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-03-08
SAM WELLER REVERSED.

The British postal authorities take
no stock in Sam Weller's advice about
bewaring of widows. Instead they
prefer them-as telephone operators
the hello system over there being a
postal institution. Fifty per cent of
the present operators. young girls,
have been found to be suffering from
anemia and nervous debility and
this, taken with the constant demand
for the training of others to fill vacan-
cies, has brought out the official opin-
ion that widows should be preferred.
Widows, between 80 and 40. who
have been mothers, are not liable to
anemia," says the report. Their ner-
vous systems are much steadier and
besides, women who have been mar
ried would be better able to deal with
fractions subscribers" Now there
may be something to this last when
you come to think of it, says the Pitts
burg Dispatch. Experience in manag-
ing a husband might be of service in
soothing or talking back to irate sub
scribers. Imagine, for instance, the
chill which must fall upon the most
cIamorous caller when he is informed
with the crisp incisiveness and de-
cision of wifely authority that the line
is busy He will recognize at once
the futility of trying to argue the
point and subside, to the relief of the
overburdened line.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-03-08
SUGAR TRUST MAN ON TRIAL
John &. Parsons, Former Director,
Faces Federal Judge for Violation
of Sherman Act.

New York.-John E. Parsons, for
mer legal adviser and director of the
sugar trust, was placed on trial here
in the United States district court, on
the charge that he and others con-
spired to restrain trade in violation OF
the Sherman antitrust law.
Mr.. Parsons was indicted on this
chargs in July, 1863, nearly three
years ago. Six days after he was in
dicted he pleaded not guilty. The le-
gal battle waged by Gustav S. Kissel
and Thomas B. Harmed, indicted with
Mr.. Parsons, held OF his trial
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-03-08
sneed Jury Is Dismissed.

Fort Worth. Textile jury which
has been trying to decide the fate OF
John Beal Sneed. the millionaire
Amarillo banker, who killed Capt A.
C. Boyce here January Ii. was dis
charged by Judge Swayne. The twelve
men had the case four days. and they
announced they stood seven to five
for acuuittal on the first ballot to the
last.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-03-08
Coal Conference Hail

Chicago-Coal operators and min
ers of western Pennsylvania, Ohio, In
diana and Illinois, met at the Great
Northern hotel to decide on date
for joint conference OF the scale
committees to consider the wages for
next year.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-03-08

Having now ceased the contempla-
ton Of the man from Wilkesbarre,
Pc, who spent $4,000 in two days. we
may pause and consider that while q
man need spend only little money to
get his name in the papers, it takes
considerable of miser to attract an.
attention.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-03-08
MOVE Is ouash Lewis Jury.

St Louis. "A motion to Quash the
Jury impaneled to try E. G Lewis on
the charge Of using the mails to de-
fraud was fled by his attorneys here
The jury panel was excused to give
the attorneys an opportunity to be
heard on the motion.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-03-08
,..+ Maine Relic Donated.

Washington The last scrap OF the
old battleship Maine which could De
used as a relic has been given away.
All the pieces which have been al
iotted to patriotic societies and other
organizations have arrived at the
Washington navy yard. The fortu-
nate ones can have them by paying
the cost OF transportation and pack
ing.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-03-08
E,..nor 500 secomes suffraeIst.

San Diego, Cal.-Eleanor Sears, Bos-
tons millionaire society bachelor maid,
best horsewoman, tennis player. pedes-
TRAN and swimmer in New England Ill
tra-fashionabIe circles. has announced
herself as q sufragist.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-03-08
Easiest Train In Wreck.

Bucyrus, Oh.o-Both engines. the
baggage car aud q combination coach
of the 18-hour New York-Chicago
Pennsylvania special left the rails four
miles west of here, after the breaking
Of a wheel on the second engine. No
body was injured.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-03-08

Four aviators have been sworn in as
deputy sheriffs in southern California,
to hunt two fugitives from justice in
country where automobiles could not
be used. This is one OF the best Illus
trations yet of the possible practical
usefulness of the flying machine.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-03-08
a,l,zard Exposure Fatal TO Two.

Hobart. Okla-As result OF ex
posure while lost in blizzard. James
Shaddock, aged thirty, and Boyle Ken
nedy. aged eighteen. are dead here q
pneumonia
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-03-08

Jacksonville. Ind.-After managing
an insane asylum fourteen years, Sis
ter Mary Regina Kerr. in charge OF
Mercy hospital, near here, suddenly
haramn violent At the institution.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-03-08
ooo nno factory Men out.

Tondon.-Factory after factory Is
elosine down all over the United King
dom as q result Of the national coal
strike. It is now estimated that 2OO.-
100 workers in other industries are
die
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-03-08

Washington women have started a
crusade against high street car steps.
Evidently there were not many silk
stockings among Washington women's
Christmas presents.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-03-08
VIE "a. sues Husband IS.

Paris.-The tribunal of Auxerre has
a rather unusual suit for divorce be-
fore it. Nine. Poulet. eighty-four. is
suing Der husband. Francois. ninety
three.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-03-08
Chicago. Marcn S. 1912.

Cattle eeyes, 5,OO0S5O; stock
ers and feeders, 4OO@6.30; COWS
and heifers, 2.2O@67O; calves.
5.50@7.75.
Hogs-Light, 6.3006.55; heavy.
6.3O@6.60; rough. 6.3O0G.4O; pigs,
4.20@6.35.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-03-08

Washington, D. C.-RepreseDt,l
tive Arthur w. Kopp, Platteville bal
issued a statement eliminating biml
self from the race for congress n
the third Wisconsin district. Thil
leaves the field to Representatiyl
John M. Nelson, who, under the re-
districting, was put in the same dis.
trict with Kopp. Mr.. Kopp says bs
is standing by the declaration thai
he would not be a candidate for !
third term. He will resume Law
practice at Platteville.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-03-08

Minneapolis, March 5. 1912
Wheat-No. 1, hard. 1,OSA; No
1. northern, 1851; No. 2, northern.
1861; Corn-No. 3. yellow. 66c.
Oats-No. 8, white, soc. Rye-No
2, 871ac.
The Sentinel=record., 1912-04-06
THE GODDARD HOTEL

European $500 and up American $500 and ID Room 75c and $Ioo Per Day
 One Block From Bath Houses
 Centrally Located For All Points MRS. J. w. HUTSELL, Prop. 150 outside rooms, electric lights, call bells, hot and cold running water, sta tionary wash stands.
 Apartments for light housekeeping in connection with hotel.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-04-25

gan to wriggle and sqiirm
strangely.
@Here lam" answered a small,
mufled, piping voice as a tiny
head bobbedeup through the pill
lows,
81 don't want to talk to the re-
( porterl I'm tired of talking to
reporters. Pm sick of being
stared at, talked about and ex-
amined."
The publicity man sat her on
top of cushion
Tell him." he said, ":about the
time King Manuel fell in love
with you, and about the Russian.
duke, and how the Sultan of Mo-
rocco wanted to make you First
Lady4of the Harem-"
81 wont" snapped Princess
Victoria. "This is going to be
the first truthful interview / ever
handed out.
Here's her story:
I was born in Australia p
years ago. | weigh 25Ez pounds,
and am 1874 inches tall. My par
ents were full size.
"For long time I've been on
exhibition. We came to this
country from England"
= "It, isn't true that King Man
uel shook Gaby De what's-herz
name for me. 1t isn't true that a \
Russian duke fought a, duel with
a Balkan prince for love of me,
and the Sultan of Morocco never
saw me in hi. life. Those gags
are played outP
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-04-25

you ever hear him?5 / can sing
enough to carry a tune, and can
rattle the keys pretty well con-,
sidering my hands are no bigger
than baby's, but-forget all
that press agent stuff
"And while I'm ON the job, just
put a nail in that tale about my
being of royal blood. Father was
a plumber!
"In conclusion, let me say that
I wish I were not the littlest
dwarf in the world. I wish L
were 5 feet tail, married to a
prosperous grocer and had three
children-two boys and girl. l
wish l had nothing to do. but
mend clothes, wash dishes, sweep
floors, go to market and cook.
That's all l wishP'
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-02-19
ROOM CAREFULLY SEALED.

An eerie tradition is recalled b.
the death a few days ago OF Squire
Thomas Green Of the Old Hall, Poul
ton-Lancelyn, Cheshire, England
whose family have been in possession
lof the estate since q period prior Il
THE Norman conquest There is In
POuiton Old Hall q mysterioui
Iloaked room which has never beer
Iopened except by q representative O.
1.-THE Green family. The hall and It'll
lands have sometimes been let, bu'
the Green family have always re
itained possession Of this mysterious
room, which Is supposed to contain
several relics and other family treas
urcs. The last tenant would haw
igiven an increased rent for II If h
could have had access TO this room
FOR could have cleared away the mys
Iterious contents, but the owners re
fused to give up possession, and %
the tenant left
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-02-19

He n the most economical Of al
animals: his flesh 10 the puFest Of
foods and has always been an accept
able sacrifice 20 the gods: his fleece
makes the finest OF raiments and has
clothed mankind since the creation Of
the world. He IL a very prolific AMI
NAL and while furnishing food and
clothing rapidly ~replenishes his kind.
He Is the only animal that possesses
three natural and unfaBing sources OF
revenue-food. clothing and ~reproduc-
tion-and he has 70 successfully man.
aged these gigantic lines OF industry
since the beginning OF time that to-
day ne % a captain Of industry among
the animals.
The sheep IL the only animal that
has been Inundated by being com
PEELED sD compete with vegetable fibre
on the markets. but Notwithstanding
the progress OF his powerful rival. King
Cotton. ne has held his and to-
day ne - worth more on the market
than Al n time during the past
half q century and his fleece LAY tho
yard-stick for computing values OF an
vegetable fibres. and King Cotton must
ret prices from the sheep before enter
lng the market.
According to the Federal agricui-
tural department census report on Jan
I. 1910. we had 1000. 900 head or sheep
and the latest estimate placed upon
them IL ts.sss.ooo. During the past
decade We have shown an Increase IN
number or sheep OF half a million head
In total value OF approximately t1.5oo.-
600.
Texas 10 the home OF the sheep and
the mountain regions afford cheap
grazing and the mild climate IL well
adapted 70 sheep raising and woel
growing
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-02-19

chamelson's Capabilities In Line OF
Changing Color, Contrary 70 Pop
ular Belisfi Are Limited

Il 10 popularity supposed hat the
chameleon possesses the power OF as.
Stunning all the colors Of the rain
bow, but, a. q matter OF fact, its
capabilities in that line are restrict
ed, inasmuch as certain colors are
quite beyond its attainment.
The chameleon can, however, pass
through q series OF yellows, grayS
greens and browns until it reaches a
color almost black; and, unlike the
leopard, the chameleon can and does
change its spots. The chief causes
OF these rapid changes are anger, ex-
element, fear, heat and cold.
Tn the full blaze Of the summer
sun the chameleon takes on a black
ish hue, with pale, pinkish-yellOw
spots and q central stripe.
The chameleon presents, perhaps,
the quaintest physical features in all
lanimaldom, for he resembles nothing
90 much 10 one of the medieval
cargoyles, such as adorn the foyer
Of Notre Dame. His toes, in their
arrangement Of three on one side
and two Of the other Of each band
and foot, are most suggestive Of 9
birds ~ Ia also the manner in Which
they grasp the bough upon which the
little fellow is resting or climbing.
The expression of sardonic humor
that seems to play about the mouth
of the chameleon 10 curiously height
Iened by the weird effects Of the in
ldependently moving eyes.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-02-19
WHEN The EYEsIeHr FAILS
Then Things Look Good 70 One That
Everyone Else IL c%rltlelslne
Harshly.

Everything has its cCmpeDsaticns.'
declared the man whose hair is graz
inx over his ears and who can't reaG
nne print as easily as he could ten
years go. yes. slrl Things look
rood 10 me that ! hear other people
~crlticislng like the mischief. Every
girl has q GawIess companion: ev-
erybody's hair looks as u II grew
thsro and didn't have 70 be pinned on;
al my friends are handsome; the
streets seem clean and my clothes
lock new.
sThen. when I put on my sDectscies
- But I've learned not 20. except
when / want to read. When my straw
hat gets too spotty my good wife
uunches ms up and says It's time to
buy A new one. and when she needs
a frock she just quietly hauls ny
rpecs out or my pocket. hands them 10
me polntedly. and stands before me IN
4 good light. Rose-coiored s~pectaclea
are ali right. she tells me. when Tn
looking at her face. but she prefers
me 10 inspect her last summers gown
with my strongest. clearest lenseA"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-02-19
boaAcIc ACID m COMMERCE
lDolentlsts Finally Have Devised 4
Way to Produce Commodity
Comparatively cheaply.

irmerly all the boracic. or bor1c,
OF commerce was obtained from
AZ BY heating II with calcinsd fer
~ sulphate In closed vessels. where
sodoforic acid was formed. and
oracle acid was carried on with the
Eatery vapors. which escaped.
This was q long and tedious pro-
less. and not much progress was made
lmtil Il was discovered that boracic
lcid could be obtained from the boil
hg springs and tets of vapor In Tus-
eany. Long after the discovery Of
boracic acid I'm these springs. the bril-
liant idea struck the physicist as well
- the chemist 20 employ the heat
vi the natural steam Jets. This
method had the effect Of converting
an Improbable branch Of industry
INTO one OF the most successful.
The lagoons arc situated near the
nod OF one OF the highest hills. Az
he volcanic vapors pass through the
eaters OF the lagoona the boracic acid
a arrested By the water. which be-
comes impregnated with IT, In Cali
lorn.a II occurs az the mineral Easso-
ate. and az a saline incrustation on
ne crater OF q mountain In the Lpar1
u0up. north OF Sicily.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-02-19

The sheep In the greatest politiciaa
Of all animals. He has entered every
campaign since the beginning OF gov
srnment and IN q number Of elections
bic fleece has been the paramount Is
sue. Sheep have been mentioned In
the platform Of every political party
and wool haa been listed IN the tariff
schedules OF every nation on the globe
A a statesman ne has pretty well held
his own and although occasionally
beaten AZ the polls and elected from
legislative halls. his friends invariably
resubmit the issue. and today his
fleece 10 protected BY q tariff or Al
cents per pound
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-02-19

1 sheep saved a battalion Of French
soldiers from q GOLD night m the
mountains and perhaps from o more
serious disaster In the neighborhood
Of Mentone.
A battalion Of an Alpine regiment
had started from Sospel. q plateau
IN the hills above Mentone. where
there are picturesque golf links. ana
was lost IN q heavy fog.
Nobody had q compass. and know
ing the dangers or the mountain the
oficer in charge OF the battalion gave
orders 20 his men TO hafi and make
the best OF things until the fog lifted.
But a stray sheep saved the sltua-
ton. With vivid recollection Of the
grass OF the Sospel golf links the
sheep was hurrying down the noun
tain side aud plunged right through
the battalion.
The soldiers followed. and they a.
rived nc Sospel In hour later.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-02-19
NEAR TO INSANITY


Where my eugenio friend goes
wrong Is in failing to realize that
great many of the maladies which
he calls degeneracy are just too much
of the highly developed sys
tenn which is the special endowment
of the gifted families.
0~vercharge the battery ever g
little and genius becomes insanity
Igive one member Of the family Z
volt too much and the delicate bal
ance Of physical and mental quail.
titles on which sanity depends Il
broken down. Extinguish the fam
lily and you viii rid the world Of
some degenerate. but you viii also
and at the same time rob it Of it,
most gifted men.
My eugenist would never have lei
lCowper, Lamb, Coleridge, Steven
son, Keats, Ruskin, Henley or ID
Quincy see the light,
The doctrine Of heredity should
never be forgotten by parents o.
surrendered by children. To thu
first II is the assertion OF their re
lsPonsibility to the second a TO
,mbinder of their helplessness.J. A
Spander in the Westminster Ga
xette.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-02-19

Or. William I'll. WEIGH, president
Of the American Medical association,
was defending the cause Of vivisec-
ton, and arguing that many thou
sands OF lives have been saved by
the knowledge gathered from cutting
up animals. Then he made IN
'1rish bull"
81 deny" he said, with emphasis,
shat the animals suffer unspeakabls
agoniea"-Popular Magazine.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-02-19
Western Farm Land Company
Chicago Illinois and Pharr Texas.

Geh1GmE--
During the trip Of Dnmbe 5h to Phn Texas from Chicago there wss some 40 rouru m
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he dhg every mmut Of very day; the banquet given By hsn t the Hotel Pr um a. most
enjoyable and instructive function at which all facts pertaining 70 points o. and and general interest " ~
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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-02-19

II 10 not coumon to find a person
who can correctly estimate the lapse
81 q single second. But In these days
OF speeding automobiles. the exact
time when each OF two colliding W
hIcles must have occupied particular
spots may be q matter Of great I'm
portance. In a recent experiment q
car took nearly two seconds TO step
after brakes were applied. and in thai
time II moved nineteen feet SO even
fractions OF a second are important.
One can train himself to estimate ever
tenths OF q second. Try II with .
watch. and II will be found that Il 10
just possible 70 count ten In the lapse
Of a single second. But q must
count very fast 20 do it-9cientiGo
American
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-02-19

The manager Of one OF the electric
light companies or the western part
Of the country has greatly facilitated
The business on making the monthly
readings OF meters By having these
instruments placed on the rear
porches OF houses instead OF IN the
cellars. About half OF the meters OF
this company are now located IN some
convenient and protected place in tbs
rear on the house. &here II Ia always
accessible without rkgard 10 the pres
ence or absence on the inmates or the
house. The resuls 4 that the average
time formerly c0nsamed BY the En-
sDectcr has been CO. about IN haiE