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ton. seized the goat undid it's bell tied it round
his own neck and commenced to push his way
on all fours through the bushes, t1nkl1ng the DeA
and rustling among them as he went. Nearer
and nearer the gendarmes he came, but he just
went boldly on in the dark, acting the goat to
such good purpose that the unsuspecting SEN
tinels merely thought that an old goat was eating
it's way along among the bushes in the erraelc
way goats have So Bellacoscia passed right
through the guarding gendarmes and clear away.
When morning dawned the certain capture was
not effected and Bellacoscia was free To give
more trouble in the future Another time ne
was flying from capture, the gendarmes close on
his heels when he found the way blocked by
river in flood, and escape seemed 1mpasslpie
Every minute his pursuers were gaining. he
could not cross and to go back meant certain
capture. Again his wits saved him. He scram-
bled down to the marshy banks OF the river where
there were some dark, reedy pools, cut hollow
reed put one end in his mouth, and sank himself
down into the Shiny black water till ne was
completely covered with only the broken end
of the reed projecting into the air, and through
this he breathed in comfort. The gendarmes
came rushing down to the river, where mo-
ment before they had seen the fugitive, put now,
when they reached the place. Bellacoscia was
gone-clean vanished, if he had beer, spirited
away, and they went back to report that the
devil had certainly got him for he had undoubt-
eddy been there he had never gone away, and ne
certainly was not there now!
Towards evening we reached Evisa, aappy
little village rejoicing in grand position and
we'll worth visit. If it were only to see the
view looking down the gorge to the Gulf of Porto,
that alone would be worth the journey. Just be-
fore the forest of Atone commences one slould
leave the road and scramble across field to
projecting mass of rocks, for there be seen
a sight that must equal many Of the finest pros
poets in the world for majestic beauty. An i'm
mense gorge enclosed by magnifeent1y shaped
mountains extends below, crowned at the end by
that king of them all, Cappo d'Orto and away
beyond lies the blue sea, all hazy and soft i'll the
distance. While standing on the rocky projection
overlooking this impressive scene q sense of
lttleness comes over the beholder and ona eeels
almost like an intruder in this solitary spot
Where silent Nature reigns alone
Majestic on her craggy throne.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-11-08

There is widespread use of the va
por, or Turkish bath. Even in arctic
Lapland the use of Turkish bath of
very primitive form is common 1t
consists of hut attached to every
farm, says Harper's Weekly. In the
middle of the hut is raised a kind Of
beehive of the rough stones and in
this a fire is lighted When the
stones become red hot they are drench-
ed with water, so that the place is
filled with vapor. Then enter the
bathers, who are armed with birch
twigs. with which they belabor one
another until all are in a state of pro-
fuse perspiration Then all leave the
hut and roll in the snow outside This
last function, it will be observed, is
equivalent to the cold plunge which is
the final experience in the Turkish
bath as known to us all.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-11-08
EEdcHANT FOR THE TELEPHONE.

RTC liant FOR THE TELEPHONE.
OF the 22.OOc,0OO, 900 telephone calls
that passed through the central Offices
d~the world during 1911 no less than
14.500,000000, or so per cent, were
from Americans. In other words,
Uncle Sam took down the receiver
just about twice as often as all the
rest of the world combined. With
this fact in mind, it is not at all sur
prising to learn that of the 12.453,00O
telephones in the world the United
States has no fewer than 1852, 000 or
that the American telephone invest
ment is $1.025. 100000, compared with
worlds total of $1.729 100000 Most
of these things should occasion no as
constituent. The telephone is an
American invention, its utility was
first appreciated by Americans. and
Americans have been most persistent
in employing it and making it an i'm
portant factor in their everyday lives
Everybody knows this, says the Gin
cinnati Times-Star But one thing
not SO generally known is that the
wide use of the telephone in this coun-
try has been accompanied by CORE
spending neglect of that other and
earlier American invention for elm
mating distance-the telegraph. When
the figures concerning the worlds en-
ployment of the telegraph are given
1t is a different story. Only II per
cent of the 579,0OO,OO0 kilograms sent
in the world in 1910 were forwarded
in this country.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-11-08
WHY THE GERMANS LEAD.
influence Exerted by the Continuation School"
in the Fatherland.

An American manufacturer who had wondered
at the success of his German competitors was
struck by certain big, flaming oficiallooking
ings in Berlin. He might have seen similar
posters in every city and town in Germany
Twice year these official posters summon the
youth of the land to obligatory attendance at the
trade and commercial schools, Hubert Evans
writes in Harper's Weekly Indirectly they tell
why the American or the English manufacturer
finds in the German such dangerous competitor.
They reveal the secret of Germany's wonderful
commercial and industrial prosperity and of her
ding position as world power To the
philosorhically inclined they suggest interesting
reflections the transformation of ldealists and
dreamers into nation of materialists and doers
There is scarcely anything in all Germany so
new and modern as the continuation schools
This whole movement has been matter of only
a few years and in it's present form the continual
ton school is child of yesterday. These inst1
tutions receive from the nation more care and
solictude than is bestowed upon the children of
the imperial family. They are still in a rapid
process of change and development Their very
success has encouraged further changes and
more stringent legislation in their behalf 1t is
only few years ago that imperial industrial
law was passed giving community authority to
establish and maintain obligatory continuation
schools for youths, thus making good the failure
Of certain German state governments to provide
for such school by state law. One of the last
acts OF the reichstag last December to amend
this law so as to make It apply to all girls en-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-11-08

Statistics recently compiled at
Washington show that the value of
the American farm land is now over
$4l,000,000 900, an increase in value OF
SCI, OOO.OOO,oOO in 20 years. There are
over 100000 farms, covering close
to 9OO,OOO,OOO,O0O acres. A large ma
lority of these farms are worked by
their owners. the small farmers, who
number in round figures over 5,000,-
600 voters. forming the largest single
class Of voters in the United States
and the one that is least likely to be
reached by socialistic appeals.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-11-08

society of Gotham brides have
organized an antinagging club, with
rules denouncing the new woman who
knows nothing of housekeeping, and
prescribing that husbands shall have
their breakfasts at any old hour,
served by neatly dressed wives, that
husbands shall be kissed duly on their
return, and have an evening off every
week to spend how and where they
please. The praises of this club will
be fervently sung throughout the land
and its members will be held up as
exemplars for their sex, but the pess-
imistic will recall that these members
will not stay brides
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-11-08
"PRoUD AND GLAD
Because Mother Looked 30
After Quitting Coffee.

An Ohio woman was alIlo'' /
tracted with coffee dyspepsia
heart trouble. )
Like thousands Of others, the !
-cGfeine-in coffee was slOSp
steadily undermining her ns-
system and interfering WIN r.,
digestion of food. (Tea IS Ju''
furious as coffee because it eOlIl
caffeine, the poisonous drug I0'''
coffee.) 81 "a
used coffee. Have always ps0.
y-had heart trouble and ayss s
with ulcers in stomach and mOa1
bad, sometimes, I was allIo'
tracted and could hardly eau
for a week. "a,
Il could not sleep for nervous
and when / would lie down a. Il
I'd belch up coffee and my my ii
would trouble me. 1t was llAT ,ai
to me. l was thin-only "si sae,r
lbs, when I quit coffee anu -
use Postum. lid
From the first day that ~ ~,
and burning in my stomach s@ aaa
1 could sleep as soundLy a. .ssreI
and. after the first month ga y,
/ met any friends they woa aa,sr
what was making me SO H'
looking so well. IA srd
"Sometimes, before I coulG i,drspl
quick enough, one Of the ecu, Gn hi
my husband would say, W. -
what Postum is doing tor IL
were all so proud and slao M
when I recommend it Ito, 10
/ always tell them to lol. 4 81
lions in making Postum a. ars
good to taste if weak Ou. ab III
it has the flavor and Tls+
color" Name given by P05'uD
Battle Creek, Mich. ,,. Rcsi|
Read the little book, y 4
MELVILLE" in pkgs. n''
son." ..,e
Ever read the above Iett fine.
one appears from tIns S fuIl Of
are genuine. true, and '"N
interest. Adv.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-11-08

forth and plumber the passer-by. He is, in fact,
outlaw, a who has, perhaps, killed an
other in vendetta private act of vengeance
according to Corsican's idea of justice, but who
has thereby broken the French law and is com
PEELED to take to the "maquis" to hide from the
gendarmes we'll as from the relations of the
man he has killed. In country rough as this
the gendarmes have very poor chance, and
many exciting tales told of their encounters
with the bandits On occasion when old
Bellacoscia, the renowned bandit, was hard
pressed the gendarmes managed to get him into
a ravine from which there was outlet but the
entrance, and there he was, trapped, with the
gendarmes guarding the approach. It was late
evening, and they felt confident of getting
their quarry that they thought it safe to wait
till morning to close in upon him and make an
easy capture. So they set themselves to watch
the entrance through the night and make their
capture at dawn. Things must have looked black
for Bellacoscia that night as he waited in the
dark, the stiffness only broken by the tfnkling
bells of the goats that feeding among the
''maquis But he was man OF resource and
as he waited there an idea occurred to him. An
old goat browsing kept tinkling its bell as
it fed and Bellacoscia, in a moment of inspira-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-11-08

There has always existed in Ameri-
ca a strong admiration for the Spanish
people, a sentiment of good will as
persistent as it is difficult to define or
account for on materialistic grounds
One can only record that a hustling
new world people, busy at the task
of conquering primitive continent.
have felt more than ordinary good
will for a reserved and dignified race
no longer the first in military power
but excessively proud Of its gloriow
history
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-11-08
Fable for Borrowers.

An Arab went to his neighbor a
said: Lend me your rope"
Il can't" said the neighbor.
why can't your"
Because I want to use the ~
myself"
For what purpose?" the either p
sisted.
q want to tie up five cubic feel
water with it."
How On earth" sneered the Toll
be borrower, "can you tie up wal
with a roper"
my friend" said the neighbar, a
lah is great and he permits US W'
strange things with rope Wlel
don't want to lend it."-Bostol "
ming Transcript.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-11-08

Today the free lunch is one of the
deepest-rooted trees in our forest of
hardy conventions. Occasional eff
forts have been made to tear it up
from the friendly American soil, but
without avail, says the New York Sun.
TO be sure, some of its greatest lux
uriance has been Topped off; such free
lunches as some set forth in that
Augustan age known as the Jim Fisk
Renaissance" no longer stimulate the
vitals of the casual visitor to even the
most open-handed caterers to the pub
lie thirst
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-11-08
Situations Vacant.
Ehe rich bachelor sighed and IN

The rich bachelor sighed and @1
ed flxedly at the beautiful girl
Things with me-" he said, are
skies and sevens. l feel the ga
need of a woman in my hone-]
who would straighten out my Eals'1
affairs and make life worth HlI
once again.
Her soft glance spoke her e4u1
inert and expectation.
''Yes?" she queried gently
do you know" he contlnued
any good, ab1e-bodied woman "p''
could get to clean the house!
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-11-08

There is m u C h
that is worthy Of
note on the forty
five miles of road
leading to Piana,
but on arriving
at the top of the
hill overlooking
the village, all
that has gone be-
fore is eclipsed.
Suddenly the Gulf
of Porto, with
Piana in the
f. o re GU n d
comes into view.
We greete ! this
first glimpse of
Porto with a gasp
of surprise and
delight.
Seen through
t b e translucent
yet slightly hazy
atmosphere of q
perfect day it is
a marvelously
beautiful scene.
Away down be-
meath us the blue
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-11-08

while all lesser heads remained uncovered In
early spring the neighborhood of Ajaccio is very
beautiful There Is a fascinating daintiness
about the almond blossom, and you may look
from it's delicate pink the SOFT gray olives
and the shining blue water to the purple haze
of the mountains beyond Many lovely walks
are to be had all around but to see the full beau
ties of the island must go further afeld.
Soon after our arrival we engaged tiny car
riage and started 20 explore the wonders of
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-11-08

ployed in Offices stores and factories as well as
to boys. The whole subject is still so new and
fresh that every day the German press has some
interesting item of continuation school news
the opening of more domestic science schools for
girls, the establishment of training colleges for
continuation school teachers, the publication of
new laws and material DEGREES
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-11-08

Mona Lisa, the picture that so mys-
teriously vanished from Paris. is now
reported to be in Russia Given a lit
tie more time and patience, the lady
of the inscrutable smile will be found
finally to have circumnavigated thu
globe.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-11-08
A Good Thino.

Now this portable garage began the sales
man.
Il see the advantages interrupted tbs pros
pectiye customer. when the machine stalls I
haul the garage out and cover 1t up What
are they worth?"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-11-08

A Cincinnati woman claims to have
married a man without a fault She
may yet get up barefooted some night
and discover that he throws his wood.
en- laundry studs on the floor.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-11-08
His Trade.

Our doctor wishes well to everybody
Then he's a hypocrite."
How you say so?"
Because how can he want his practice Is grow
if he wishes everybody weII?"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-11-08
Prudent Preealltinna

There is a greet gulf separating the laws vio
lators from the laws protection
Not If the violators are willing to come
across"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-11-08
The Fittino Case.

How harmonious are some condolences
Such as what?"
Didn't you notice that with tie decrease :,
the lobster supply came chorus ei.I sa,1nea~
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-11-08

N a perfect sunny morning in Feb
ruary we stood on the hillside over
looking the town of Ajaccio and
rejoiced that we had come to Cor
sica. The magnificent gulf lay be-
fore us with grand range of
mountains on the opposite shore,
and, best of them all, Monte d'Oro
rose up eight thousand feet into
the sky, his peak decked with just
a sprinkling of snow, as if he alone
could wear that plittprinq crown
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-11-08
Our Best PcouIe.

The marriage took place in prison"
I don't believe in jail birds being allowed to
marry
You mistake your people This was promt-
nent banker and militant suffragette"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-14
NITA'S NEW
YORK FASHIONS
A Swell Spring Rig for $40
All Hail the Peplum

When once we have grown tired of
the endless dishes Of potatoes, turn ps
and canned peas that form the basis
of our winter menu, how gladly we
welcome a little bunch of watercress!
How surprisingly lovely is the first
box of strawberries! What a soulful
symphony appears to be that first
head of real garden lettuce or bunch
of little rosy radishes!
So We are, when we become thor
Oughly disguised with heavy clothes
and velvets, and long for the light
ness of lingerie and lace. This &C
counts very largely for the ability of
prices for their first seasons offerings.
know myself, that I will pay TWEEN
ty-five cents for an organdie in March
that I would think dear at fifteen
cents in midsummer
With this preamble, any particularly
maudlin praise of some of the new
modes will be excused, know
cutter than the new waists? They
have the peplum effect that does
away with that sore problem of the
majority of women-the belt. Unless
you happen to be slim, or svelte, &C
cOrding to your own estimate of your
figure, the waist line will be as seri-
Gus a proposition to contend with as
1.-THE dead line" to the criminal, whose
Limitations have been reached and rec
ognized by the city officials.
I have a dear little friend so ultra
stylish, that she doesn't feel that she
is quite right unless a pin sticks into
her somewhere. She confides that she
can battle with, and overcome the un-
duly high collar, and equally stilted
shoes. But she goes down before
belts that will contrive to creep away
from the proper ''V" shaped front
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-14
LAFOLLETTE To
SAY ROOSEVELT
BROKE FAITH
Especial from United Press.

especial from OulLeu 1T0SS.J
/ Washington, March Ex-senator Rob
ert M. LaFollette is on his way tc
North Dakota to tell the voters that
Theodore Roosevelt broke faith with
him.
LaFollette will declare that Roose-
welt sent him word by Clifford Pin
chot that. under no circumstances
would he be a Presidential candidate
that he probably would take no active
steps in the campaign and that La
Toilette would have his unqualified
public endorsement.
This message, friends of the Senator
today said, was delivered to LaFol-
lette at a conference with half a dozen
of his supporters, shortly before the
Wisconsin leader publicly proclaimed
his candidacy. Among those at the
conference, it was said. were LaFol-
lette, Medill Mccormick, Colonel Johr
Hannah, Walter Hauser and Clifford
Pinchot The direct result Of this
message Of endorsement was the pub
i lie announcement that LaFoMette was
the chosen leader of the Republican
progressives.
Two of the participants in the con-
ference at which LaFOllette says he
| was advised of Roosevelt's intention
| to stay out Of the race, are now Roose-
welt ampaigmers-Giford PinchOt and
Medill Mccormick.
LaFollette has practically recovered
from his recent nervous breakdown,
but his physicians wanted him to rest
for at least q week more. The only
concession the fighting Senator would
make was that Mrs. LaF'ollette should
accompany him. 1t was said here to-
day that if the Senator's physical con-
| dition permits he will extend his
Stumping tour to Nebraska and sew.
eral other Western States where pri-
maries are to be held early next
month.
Roosevelt supporters here, while ad-
| hitting that Pinchot may have
| brought a message from Roosevelt
congratulating LaFollette on his pro.
gressive stand, denied that the Colone
ever had, absolutely and definitely
declared himself out of the progressive
| arena,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-14

line, and become in consequence an
eye sore to the feminine with whom
figure is her first consideration.
Therefore, Cali hail the Peplum." 1t
the draperies of an ancient Goddess at
all. 1t is more like a little abbre-
Waited curtain, set on at the waist
line, and slashed at the sides. It
forms a sort of overskirt that does
away entirely with the too decided
which was only slightly improved up
on when the sash was introduced.
Do you know that you can make a
tremendously dashing appearance this
year for ten dollar bill? I just
counted it up. A Peplum waist Of all
over embroidery can be bought for
81. You can add a white corduroy
linen skirt, in the best possible shape,
for 50 more The wide corded welt
is very smart IN these new models.
AS they are most delightfully."- wash
able, service combines with style. All
the new skirts button either in front
or on the side, and do not exceed two
member this, for even though you pay
only 50, you can get the latest if you
only look.
Then $3.50 will buy stylish white
pumps with silk Msle stockings of that
appealing thinness that every woman
loves, Tor InIrly-HVe cents. Here IS
$685. so far. A linen parasol at 81
comes next
Of course you will think this leaves
very little margin for a hat. But I
saw one of the smartest turbans that
would just top off phoebe Snow to
perfection, and it was only $1.9S, leav-
ing enough for soda as you see.
Now this hat, about which I know
you are dying to hear, was a. twisted
coarse straw. 1t had only a big straw
bow and white quill for trimming.
But it's shape gave it the style and
smartness that you couldn't get in a
twenty dollar willow bedecked Gains
borough.
Perhaps some one will say-"How
about gloves?"
Oh little piggies! to want everything
for $10 Besides in summer don't you
go barehanded most of the time?
But if you insist-long elbow length
gloves in chamoisette can be bought
for half a dollar, and even the crossest
bear Of father or husband wouldn't
object to $1,000 when he saw how
fetching vision in white this expen-
diture had created
NTTA.