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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-12-05

ALL rejoined Tim, scratching his
head. But tbs shame we can't throw
her in, now. Nanny a time I've
wondered what twas all about in here.
Why shud strangers be so anxious as
to-"
'She luks like a patent gate in
fince, as much as anything else"
commented Jim. "But as fer THROWN
her in, how cud we? She's attached
to nothin' at all, SO there's nothin' to
throw her into. She's got no wire or
cord runnin' to her unless belize it
comes up through the flure She
looks like she was some sort of motor,
but how she's to run | dunno. Now il
she was geared to anything. you cud
throw her in. mostiike, by this thing
here 1t luks like she was done, and
if she is, don't know why the boss
wud go away and leave the roof open
over her" He pointed to a sliding
window in the roof directly above the
machine. He then reached out and
swung some of his weight upon the
end of the engaged arm or lever
Then, to the joint surprise Of the two
observers. a very singular thing forth
with occurred.
What happened. as nearly as either
of them later could describe it, might
have been called a duplication in large
OF the phenomena Of Halsey's, original
motor, with which he burst the fan in
the railway Office at St Louis. There
Jnr oT.oo Iylincr IN, -
dancing series of blue flame points
along the toothed ridge. Then began
a low purr, as of q motor in full on
Grafton They could see sparks emit
ted. somewhere at the interior of the
intricate machinery living. split
ting. cracking roar filled the air about
them-the roar of the shackled river.
Tar away. raging at the violence done
it. A projecting shaft. fitted with a
pulley head, began to revolve, faster
and faster, until its speed left it appar-
emily motionless.
Something had happened, they knew
not what. The machine was alivei
Some force seemed % come down out
of the air, to locate itself somewhere
within this intricate mechanism. They
stood. two bullet-AeaSed. hairy. pow
erful men. looking at what they had
done.
DO ye mind that now ?" gasped Jim
Sullivan. and wrenehed al the lever
restoring it to It's original position
The purrfng Of the motor ceased. the
blue sparks disappeared. the roar sub
sided growlingly
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III ~ EIzEl1SQY AQLIQW

81 dunno; that's why I'm calm
you"
Has amy wan broke into tn
placer"
Not as I know, but sometimes hap
pened here. I'm figurin' twas the boss
done it. Come in and have lux, now.
He's gone home"
They stepped gingerly on across the
floor, along the row of unfinished ma
chimes, and paused at the one farthest
from the door, which had excited
Jim's curiosity.
Here's where the boss worked all
last night" whispered the foreman
hoarsely. "Twas daybreak when he
come home, an he was all In. He's
been workin' on her before now,
know that. I'm thinkin' she's about
done, belike!"
Whatever kind of spook joint is
this, anyhow, Jim?" demanded the
Waterman. Whats she for, do We
think now?" They two, bullet-headed,
hairy, heavy and powerful, stood look
ing at this continuance, whose growth
through many months they had been
watching. The value of it either could
measure in comprehensive terms. 1t
was worth ten thousand dollars to
either of them who woodland could
tell a certain man how it was made.
Il dunno what she's for" answered
Jim slowly, "but I'm thinkin' it's no
good at ak It's the devil, maylike.
Not that she's SO big neither. could
almost turn her over with a pinch
bar" He pointed to an arm, or lever.
which stood at the side Of the ma
chine. "She looks somethin' like one
O. them drills used to run in tn tun-
mel, time Hogan was mayor, do We
mind? Whin we wanted to throw her
in we pushed down an arm, somethin'
like this
Sure, jim, it's you have the head
fer machines. l dunno about thin at
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-12-05
NUTMEG AS A PROPHYLAcTlc
MANY Encllshmen Are Taking Up an
Ancient Old American Rheu-
matism preventive.

London.-An extraordinary alleged
"cure" for rheumatism is being talked
of here. The cult of nutmeg carrying
as a sort of charm against the disease
has increased rapidly of late.
For a good many years writes a
clubman to the Daily Mirror, "a few
people have been carrying nutmegs as
a kind of protection against rheuma-
tism, and now many others are follow
ing their example. Consequently there
has been an increased demand for
nutmegs. although the price of them
has not gone up so far. Those VINO
have adopted the cult declare that,
however severely they suffered from
rheumatism before, all traces of the
trouble ceased as soon as they began
to wear the charm and that they new
err have any recurrence OF the COM
plant SO long as they continue to car
nv a nutmeg on their person. Some
have the nut attached to the watch
chain by gold clasp and keep it con-
stantly in the watch pocket; others IN
neat leather receptacles, which are be-
ing made for this express purpose by
up-to-date Bond street shops.
'Women-and there are many who
have caught the nutmeg-wearing craze
often have the aromatic charm fixed
in a gold or platinum claw and sus-
pended by light chain from the waist
or garter"
A Church of England dignitary who
has worn a nutmeg for many years,
said that the belief in the efficiency of
the nut to cure and prevent rheuma-
tism was no mere superstition. He at
tributed it's power to the carminative
properties of the oils contained in the
kernel-properties which from time
immemorial have been known to the
natives of the Banda islands, whence
come nutmegs.
A London doctor was very skeptlcal
'It is evidently an old fetish revived"
he said. 1t is absurd to imagine that
by carrying nutmeg you can ward
off rheumatism. You might as well
carry stone and put your belief in
that Still, the nutmeg has certain
properties as an antidote to rheuma-
tism. Mixed with rum, it's essential
oils make liniment that have known
used with success in what is called
tropical sore throat-a form of tropical
rheumatism"
The representative of a firm of spice
merchants said that he had heard Of
the belief in the nutmeg 'antidote."
"As a matter of fact" he said, "a
leading member of our firm carries a
nutmeg about with him and swears by
it as a warder-off' OF rheumatism.
No New Highlander needs to be re-
minded that the nutmeg as rheuma-
tism prophylactic has been venerated
for centuries in the Eastern United
States.
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ONE OF FREAKS OF NATURE
stick-lnsect Passes Into a State of
Catalepsy Instead cf SIunber
During Daylight Hours.

London.-Professor Schmidt of the
Imperial university of St. Petersburg
has been experimenting with spe-
cies of Phasmid, or "stick-insect" AS
result of his investigations he has
discovered that these insects pass
daily into state of catalepsy, or
trance, and that they do not merely
slumber, or remain instinctively qui-
escent, during the hours of daylight,
as has been supposed. The photo
graphs show the normal pose of the
stick-insect when in cataleptical
state, and some of the extraordinary
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-12-05
CHAPTER XII.
The Bakers DAUGHTER.

A large part of our ambitious
American population is prone boast.
fully to ascribe its origin to one OF
other Of those highly respectable, il
really little known monarchs to whom
is commonly accorded the foundation
Of old world nobilities. We have built
UP a pretty fiction regarding so-called
blue blood, on the f1attering, but who'll
ly unsupported superstition that royal
qualities are transmissible to the thir
tieth and fortieth generation; so that
It's a poor American family indeed
cannot boast its coat of arms. barking
back to royal days of Charlemagne or
William the Conqueror. 1t may be,
Their majesties were active, morgan,
atically at least no doubt. much-mar.
ried men!
But continually there arise disturb
ing instances to upset us in our beliefs
regarding aristocracy. There are so
very many worthless aristocrats, in
whom the theory of descent did not
work out according to accepted SEIZED
ule; and there are so very many wor.
lily UuL I1A3 11Cu wiz
are not aristocrats- continually do
Lincolns arise who, claiming nothing
of birth or breeding. show themselves
10 be possessed of manhood, show
themselves, moreover, masters OF
those instincts and practices which
go with the much-abused title of
gentleman. a matter in which
not all descendants of Charles or Viii
liam join them.
It is well known among theatrical
managers that no real lady can imi
tate a real lady. The highest salaries
in ladies' theatrical roles are paid to
ladies who are not ladies, but who
play the parts of ladies as they think
ladies really would act in actual life.
If you seek a woman to carry off a
gown, one to assume such really regal
air as shall bring the name Of William
or Charlemagne impulsive to your
lips, find one still owning not more
than one of the requisite three gen
erations which are set as the lowest
limit for the production of gentle
man or a lady.
(TO BE CONTINUED)
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power now definite. sergeant. -mer

pO"OI Low -u0HAlte, Sc6tS51AAt
chantable!
Halsey Kicked in the gear and rolled
out into the street. Pale. preoccupied
he hardly noted where he was going;
but found maze of ill-paved. crowded
thoroughfares; until at length ne
reached the West side boulevard sys
TEN. Thence he crossed the river to
the east, and headed north. Strong
and true, under limit charge. the mo
tor purred beneath him. The mechan
ism of the car operated without de-
feet. Nothing in the least seemed
wrong at any particular, nor did the
car in any particular differ in appear
ance from others of its humble and IN
conspicuous class.
None the less, midway of one OF the
large parks along the lake shore
young Halsey suddenly disengaged the
gear, cut off his power, and applied
the brakes. He was perhaps half way
from his home on the journey to Gray
stone hall -. For a little time
he sat in the car, pale, almost motion
less, deep in thought; careless OF the
passing throng OF other vehicles. the
occupants Of which regarded him
curiously. Then, suddenly, he threw
in the gear again, turned on the cur
rent; and. quickly turning about. re
traced his course. He had been gone
less than an hour when he stood once
more at the curb of his cottage near
the factory in the western suburb Oh
the city
$50 you're back again, sir" com.
mented Jim Sullivan. -sAn did We get
all that sudden wealth re was tellin
me about at all?"
Halsey sat staring at him for
time. NO" said he, 1--WE changed my
mind. I'm going to wait while.
The foreman turned and tiptoed of
to find his wife. Annie" said he, his
voice low and anxious. try if We can
get the boss to bed, an make him
sleep as long as ever he can. He's
goin' off his head. an talkin' like a
fool Sometimes wrong here, that's
sure! Hells goin' to break loose. in
yon facthr'y some day. But whativel
comes. the boss is crazy!"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-12-05
MADE IT MATTER OF RECORD
Mark Twain Bound to Satisfy His
Setter Half That He Had Obeyed
Her Injunction.

Samuel L. Clemens immensely adj
mired Grover Cleveland, also his
young wife. and his visits to Wash
ington were not infrequent. Mrs.
Clemens was not always able to ac-
company him, and he has told us how
once lit was his first visit after the
presidents marriage) she put little
note in the pocket of his evening
waistcoat, which he would be sure to
find when dressing. warning him
about his department. Being present
ed to Mrs. Cleveland. he handed her
a card on which he had written, He
didn't. and asked her to sign her
name below those words. Mrs. Cleye-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-12-05
Ancient Definitions Of Beauty.

He used to say that personal beauty
was a better introduction than any let.
ter; but others say that it was Di.
ogenes who gave this description of it,
while Aristotle called beauty "the gift
of Cod" that Socrates called it "a
short-lived tyranny;" Theophrastus. "a
silent deceit" Theocritus IAN ivory
mischief" Carneades, "a sovereignty
which stood in need of no guards. p
Diogenes Laertius. A. D. 200.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-12-05

land protested that she couldn't sign
it unless she knew what it was he
hadn't done; but he insisted, and she
promised to sign it if he would tell
her Immediately afterward all about
it. She signed. and he handed her
Mrs. Clemens note. which was very
brief It said:
Don't wear your arctics in the
White House
Mrs. Cleveland summoned a mes
senger and had the card she had
signed mailed at once to Mrs. Glenn
ems at Hartford. BigeIoy
Paine, in Harper's Magazine.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-12-05

resolved to try them. I did, and took
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and we'll / regard my cure as remark
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Hints, also music of National Anthem
english and German words) and reel.
pes for dainty dishes. All sent free
Adv.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-12-05

Mrs. Charles Anspaugh, R.
Kimmell, Noble Co., Indiana, writes. =
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Those who object to liquid m.s
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Ask Your Druggist for Free Perm,
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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-12-05

to quit work, and
doctors failed to do
me any good. l kept
getting worse all the
time, and it at last
turned to infamma.
ton Of the Bladder,
and I had given up
all hope, when one
day PERCEIVED your
little booklet adveT.
- -.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-12-05
UncaIIed-Fo Alarm.

Senior Partner (returning from va
cation) -"Who brought dot ting in Ou
store? Take it oud, right avaym
Junior Partner-"Vot's der matter,
Dots a new patent water cooler
bought last week" Senior Partpe,
(much relieved)-"Oh Dots oyih
different! l thought it was fire es
stinguisher! Exchange.
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TRY che left

Il often WISH" mourned Senator
Spouter. that l were ambidextrous
then could go on writing my speech
es without being interrupted by these
pestiferous handshakeTs."
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Exhibit Fiftv-Pound sa,e.,

Springfield. Mass-A 5O-pound
SQUASH raised in the garden of q. P.
lliton' a local policeman, by his
eleven-year-old daughter, Ruby. was
placed on exhibition here.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-12-05

During two years $4,000 Of i'm
proved roads were constructed in this
country, which is more than all the
roads Of France.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-12-05
SUFFERED FOR IS YEARS.

Mr.. r. M. Fleenor, r. F. D. 80, Otter
bein, Ind, writes: 81 had been a suffer
er from Kidney Trouble for about %
years. I finally got SO bad that had
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-12-05

postures which Professor schmnit
made the creatures assume They re-
NAMED IN these abnormal positions,
without movement of any kind, for
from one to four and half hours;
ana Wnen their catalepsy passed, they
showed no signs of muscular fatigue.
It should be added that these stick.
insects feed at night, on the foliage
OF the plants which they frequent. As
Professor Schmidt points out. their
cataleptic state may be regarded as
an accommodation to a highly de-
yeloped protective resemblance. TIE
Phasmlds can only be awakened arti-
nclally by prolonged excitation of the
nervous system; for example. by con
tlnuous pinching with forceps, or by
electric shocks from an induction
coil.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-12-05

A married woman says the way to
be happy with a husband is to learn
to be happy without him most OF tne
tina
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-12-05
USE ALIENS Foo1.EAsE,

the Antiseptic powder to be shaken into the shoes
for Tender aching feet. 1t takes the sting out 81
corns and bunioDs and makes walking delight. soG
everywhere, 25c. Refuse Substitutes. ForFREEual
package, address A. 8. a. SIZED, lie Roy, N. y AdV
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-04-24
THEY DO ALL THIs FOE 500 EACH PER YEAR!

The board of education met in Boise the first of
the week They will study up the various state nsttu
tons until June when they will meet to select executive
go the possibilities of unfyng the state
schools and hear and probably act upon report from
mittee state text books.
The creation of this OF the biggest
things the legislature has done years The school system
is still in the grip Of the centuriesod notion of an education
end in itself instead of only to end When
Solomon urged the getting of WISDOM he did not get
education which for past has usually meant most
y parrotke ability to repeat the words and the thoughts
of men who died two thousand years ago They gathered
first hand of the wisdom commended of Soomon
but they able to bequeath only nnessma part of
it to the millions of mental and moral slaves who have mum
bed their lives away their dead languages acquiring
education like that of the maserswhen the books Of
science, of humanity of nature of real Wisdom open
and inviting every hand Save for ecclesiastical schools
there is hardly college left in America that insists the
old classical gh brow buncombe) and where
classical is given is marvellous metamorphosls
from the Greek and Latin bugaboos of few decades
Yet with these great and rapid changes at the top the rate
OF change at the bottom astonshngy slow The popular
idea of education still very close the deadanguage
standard of century ago. least however the standards
may have changed theory the teaching practice and net
result IS much it was long ago.
sincere business attempt to find way to teach
the wisdom of things worth while instead of 'educa
ton in rubbish will make the Idaho school system
teacher the boadand there should be- They have
control the of study they with business
mans drecnes sweep away the traditions and cobwebs that
have made culture farce They make the schools
prove that botany and plant growth than the
of dead languages that the training of hands to be skill
full at least good mental discipline the higher mathe
MATES many take only for this discpne that stu
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-04-24
A FAIR TEST OF FREE TRADE.

There little doubt that the present administration will
close establishing actual free trade with the outside
world At least it will be free trade in such raw mater
as WOOL of the greatest of Idahos products 1t
should be fair put manufactured goods also the free
Shoes CLOTH machinery -four everythngso that ift
is saving buy goods lower price, should all have
chance at it. 1t yet undetermined just what part of
the financial disaster of the Cleveland free trade regime
due the normal faacy of free trade how much due to
the secret sinister warfare of the powerful interests that had
profted amazingly under high protective tariff and hop
ed for its restoration Neither the result be definitely
proportional from the two to the probable effect
But it safe guess that if there much evidence of
hand made panic this time there then it will be the
very last of the kind that person living will
The for Wilson and Roosevelt last fall showed how r
the people had diagnosed the of concentrated wealth
through the abuse of special privileges Also the strength of
The people now know what and how fight better than
they did in Clevelands time. The full dinner pail slogan
will excite few in the that nseated Privilege tries by
panic methods to restore itself to power The existence of
Money Trust has just been proven the full of gossip of
the great industrial kings like Carnegie and Rockefeller who
prospered through laws framed to suit themselves You
could Washington today and by proving conspiracy
the protected Interests bring trade panic
pass and vengefu antmonopoy iconspiracy code
that would annihae every fortune gained by privilege
dynamite explosion levels bank of earth laws to make the
old Blue Laws look like pirates license Knowing which,
Privilege altogether likely to be good and shall have
Trade tested it's merits If the comparatively few
sheep Idaho get less money for their wool and the
many -sheepmen who clothes buy clothing much
cheaper the tariff reduced will be possible figure
the total gain loss without artificial panic beog the
real issue
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-04-24

shall be five feet wide, excepting
that portion AUDITING Block &C
which shall be ten feet wide, also
excepting that all cross walks shall
be constructed of lumber. The es-
innate cost of such Improvements is
thirty-five hundred ($350O) dollars,
being twenty cents per square foot
for the cement walks.
Section 3. Such improvements
provided for in the preceding sec
tion shall be made and the cost
and expense thereof shall be taxed
and assessed upon all property in
such Local improvement District,
which cost shall be assessed in pro-
portion to the number of feet of such
lands and lots fronting thereon, or
abutting, contiguous or tributary
thereto and included in said i'm
provement district and in proper
zion to the benefits derived by said
improvement, each lot and parcel
of land shall be separately assess
ed for the full debt thereof in pro-
portion to the number of feet of
such lands and lots fronting there
on and included in the improvement
district, sufficient to cover the to-
tai cost thereof, exclusive of the
expense Of all improvements in the
space formed by the junction of
one or more streets, or wherein
one main street terminates in or
crosses another main street. and all
street crossings and crosswalks. and
all walks along and abutting the
Public Park.
Passed by the Board of Trustees
this 18th day Of April, 1913.
R. E. MICKELWAIT.
Chairman of the Board of Trus-
tees.
Attest: A. L. FLETCHER.
(Seal) Clerk.