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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-08-29
Fears Death Blow to Genius.

At the International Medical congress
In London yesterday Prof. Bateson, the
celebrated biologist, made a protest
against the wildcat" eugenism Of the
United States. Prof Bateson said:
1--WE cannot hear without disquietude
of the violent measures adopted In GER
tain parts of America. 1t is one thing
to check the production of hopeless de-
fectives, but another to organize a
wholesale tampering with the structure
Of population such as will follow il any
marriage not officially regarded as eu-
genie is liable to prohibition, as is ac-
tually proposed in Pennsylvania and
New Jersey.
Nothing yet ascertained by genetic
science justifies such a course, and we
may as we'll wonder how genius and
art will fare in community construct
ed according to such ideas. / anticipate
if such measures are adopted that we
may. while Kidding the community of
mania, leave it gravely affected by dull
ness"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-08-29
Operation Makes Mind Blank.

Miss Lulu Morse, daughter of H. B.
Morse of Chico, former school teach
er, met her father in sanitarium at
Stockton, CAL, after an absence from
her home for FIVE days. but failed to rec
ognize him or recall anything in her life
prior to her entry to a hospital.
Miss Morse underwent an operation
at Chico for adenoids and was given an
anaesthetic She returned to her home
and the next morning disappeared She
arrived in Stockton on the following
afternoon and was turned over to the
Salvation army upon being round wan.
dering about the streets.
The patient, who is "a years old, has
distinct recollection of all details of
her reception and treatment at the
Stockton sanitarium, but does not recog-
nize her father or recall any phase of
her home life or existence prior to her
arrival at the Stockton institution.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-08-29
STREET CAR LETTER BOXES.
In Successful Operation in a Small
English City.


Some years ago." writes the United
States consul at Huddersfeld, England,
"the Huddersfeld corporation inaugural
ed, under special contract with the gov
eminent postoffice department, a system
for gathering letters in boxes on tram
ears which has proved a great conven-
ience. 1t has not been possible to ascer-
tain the names of any other English cities
or towns which employ such a system,
although there may be some that have
copied the Huddersield plan.
Regular street cars to the number of
sixty carry an iron letter box hung on
rail at the rear of the car, easily re-
moved and attached. The slot in these
boxes is large enough to receive any
letter or single parcel AS often as once
an hour, from o'clock in the morning
until 10 o'clock at night, the conductor
on the car removes the box and takes it
into a special office devoted to that pur-
pose by the tram line department, at a
central point which is passed by all cars
during their regular runs. The conduc-
tor there places the box on shelf desig-
mated for that purpose, takes from an
other shelf an empty box and attaches
It to his car, and then proceeds on his
way. AS this is done at a regular wait
ing point no time is lost by this addi-
tiOnal work of the conductor. Every hour
special collectors gather all the letters
from boxes thus left and carry them to
the postoffice.
Not only do passengers make use Of
this means of posting their letters, but
people along the routes can be in waiting
at any regular stopping place and deposit
their letters in the box during the brief
time necessary for passengers to get on
or off the cars, and it is not prohibited
for the conductor, in case the car is
moving, to take letters from person
and put them in this box, which is hung
over the rear rail, and in easy reach
from the platform of the car, as well as
from the road; or person may signal
the tram to stop, as if he were intending
to board the car, and then mail his let
ter, giving the conductor a penny q
centsl the usual single fare, the conduct
or punching ticket the same as for a
ride. The outlying districts, to which
the cars on some of the lines run, make
much use Of the system In this way
letters may be mailed and delivered at
the postof1ce every hour during the day,
whereas, if deposited in pillar boxes or
branch offices they would be gathered
much less frequently.
THE corporation owns and furnishes
lne boxes ana the pOStOHCe department
pays 1,500 a year for the service and
free transportation on cars of collectors
who have to travel some of their routes
by car. 1t cannot be called source of
revenue, to the tram line department but
is generally recognized as very great
convenience to a large number of citi-
zens. The chairman of the tram line
department. states that there has never
been any complaint made of the letters
or delays of letters deposited in these
ear boxes.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-08-29
Perfect Diamond Exceedingly Rare.

IT was demonstrated at the jewelers.
exhibition in London that the perfect
diamond is rare.
One dealer produced very large dia-
mond which he was prepared to sell fol
$500.
IF nature" he said, had not tinged
it with that tint of yellow the stone
would be worth $4,000.
'"To those who have no knowledge OF
gems would say: DO not buy as rea
for S25 diamond that is pure crysta
without blemish, for it would not be
real
"Women are the best judges of the
value of precious stones because they
treasures them more than men. 1t is a
matter of instinct"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-08-29

valuation OF appointments, under city commission =,
government ...s....-... 4ss
valuation Of city contracts. emergency when... S62
Valuation fraternal benedt societies. basis for 25l
Venue. change Of. circuit courts ss1
Venue change OF. in county court, when Judge IN
terested in case ~
Venue change Of, in Milwaukee civil court. 2sl
veterans validating erecting Of memorials BY
counties .... az
vice-maycr. election of, in cities. ..-...... z7s
vicksburg park commission. appropriation to... =
Village boards appropriations to school districts q
Village boards appointment OF park commissions :,
by :. :. =
Village bonds sinking fund for liquidation o. e07
village ofncers expenses Of actions against- SSs
Village officers. vote to nix salaries Of ols
Village tax for sewers In validating proceedings
Village treasurers. bond Of lsS
Villages and cities, improvement OF streets ana -,
alleys Aos
villages cost OF sidewalks in. lien property. III
Villages construction and maintenance Of utilities
by .......s.'. As
Villages may lease grounds for cemeteries , q
Villages. may levy tax to improve roads ana -.
bridges, when, $780,. ate
villages In Milwaukee county. building and re-
villages release Of title to bridges and highway
by. TO towns '...'. S o1
villages salaries assessors in. 2aa
villages sprinkling and oiIing Of streets. BIS
villages power TO license electricians. 43S
villages Improvement of streets in. powers of
board 49, u
villages oiling OF streets in. .............-, Sl
villages issuance of improvement bonds By. for
sewers and drains ...s........' oV1
villas and Forest countless boundaries cf....... 81
villas county municipal court. powers and duties
of judge ..s.. ''..'...', AS'
violation Of automobile laws penalty b7e
nratson for expenses 2sS
visiting nurses county boards employ Q;
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-08-29

Chapter
Towns. vested with control Of cemeteries. when
abandoned i've years lSs
Towns construction and maintenance cf utilities
by ~
Towns organizations Of. along great lakes..... 2ss
Towns laying Of water pipe in streets of..... 1886
Towns authorized to build sidewalks. when. n. 4IC
Township libraries. books for list Of. cost... IA!
Track connections railroads to make. when. ... IS.
Tracks and bridges. railroad. safe construction As:
Tracks, railroad. joint Of when required. 6:
Training schools for teachers. number Of. In
creased 2Ss
Training school teachers state to pay when... 4ss
Trains to be equipped with medical supplies. 46s
Transfer and assignment Of merchandise ETC.. 27t
Transfer Of cooperative stock. when uniform. 45s
Treasurer. county. bonds Observation-Disclosures. Z.
Treasures county retention Of money from do
pesitory amount 1s'
Treasurers Of towns, cities and Villages. amount Of
bond ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 19I
Treasury department. appropriation. 81;
Trial, new. supreme court may order. when. 81
Trial Of garnishee actions .......... 900
Trials, of depositions when witness present 24t
Trout taken by spears. when. III
Truancy officers appointment and compensation. 23t
Truancy. report Of compensation Of officers. 6ot
Trunk roads. counties establish. tax for,.. As;
Trust deeds and mortgages held by unlicensed
foreign corporations. validated 24e
Trust funds farm loans FROM appropriation. 64l
Trust funds investment Of. reclamation Of lands TIA
Tubercular cattle. quarantine farms for....... S9t
tuberculosis expenses incurred by cities legal. 544
Tubercular insane Of board Of control 227
Tuberculosis patients. county may build asylum.
appropriation Szs
tuberculosis camp and farm established. apprO-
prlalloh OH
tuberculosis victims, to sputum TASKS penalty S0S
Tuition. in free high schools when ............ 32s
Tuition In high schools town. city or village to
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-08-29
Origin of Mephistopheles.

There has been much discussion con-
corning the origin of the word "Mephis-
topheles" in the past, which has, more
over, as vet ended in no very satisfactory
conclusion. Some very bizarre explana-
tons had been propounded before the
time if Goethe, who was himself forced
to own to the musician Zelter in letter
of November 20, 1929: 81 cannot give
any definite answer to the question,
Whence comes the name Mephis-
topheles ?
According to one theory is was n.y.
brid Graeco-Hebraic formation of me-
phis and tophel (the Iiar); according to
another it's etymology was entirely Greek
very dubious Greek-mephostoph
'he who does not love the light" Though
this derivation is hardly acceptable, it
appears that this was the original form
of the name, the second vowel being re-
placed by at first in England, whence
it was taken in to the popular German
mysteries.
In the last number of the Goethe
Jahrbuch" Herr Oelhke gives an entirely
novel derivation which, if far fetched,
has at least the merit of originality. 1t
is based on two names found in chapters
Nv. and XIV. of the Second Book of
Samuel Mephiboschetu and Architophel.
He reminds us that it was customary in
the Middle Ages when giving names to
evil spirits to refer to the Old Tesla
NEST. Hence the combination "Mephis-
topheles."
The explanation is not perceptibly
more absurd than others. Goethe him
self had a trick of using the abbreviated
form "Mephisto" when it suited the ext
gencies of his meter. 1t may be remem-
bered that this particularly irritated
Schopenhauer, who wrote in his pam
phlet ION the Murder (Verhunzung) of
the German Language" 1.-THE foolish
desire for brevity goes so far as to cut
off even the devils tail by writing Me
phisto' for 'Mephistopheles. Westmin-
ster Gazette.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-08-29

that Mozart begins as an infant phe-
nomenon-and dies as young man.
Literature, as music, can show its
precocious boys. At the ripe old age of
z Macaulay began compendium Of uni
versal history, and at he completed a
treatise designed to convert the natives
Of Malabar to Christianity. None Of
these, however, found their way into
print; but Douglass Jerrold achieved
success on the stage with farce writ
ten when he was IA, and William Henry
Ireland produced his Shakespeare for
geries and for time deceived the
learned when he was only 17--London
Chronicle
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-08-29

valuable booty, according to Charles E.
Pearce's new book, THE Beggar's
Opera" A member of this fraternity
dressed as baker would walk along the
street carrying huge bakers basket
on his head as the custom of the baker
then was, With small boy concealed
therein. An unsuspecting gentleman
would suddenly have his wig spirited
away by the Boy whipping out his hand
for the plundsr, and never imagine that
the thief was the innocent looking
bakers man. When the trick oozed
out, the bakefs, to preserve their repu-
tation for honestly, no longer carried the
basket on taeir heads, but at their
backs.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-08-29
Faahion.s Cruelty to Animals.

Docking the tails of horses to make
them look smarter is about on par
with putting out the eyes of birds to-
make them sing better. 1t undoubtedly
requires degenerate nature to perform
or in any way approve Of either act.
The jaded delivery horse with its tail
cut off and the blinded bird that sings
away it's darkened life are fit monu=
ments to the false dictates Of fashion.
Checking back the heads OF horses to
an unnatural angle and slaughtering
harmless birds for the purpose of deco;
rating Feminine headgear are deprayed
practices which come very close to be-
ing in the same category of criminal in
clinations ss.lE
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-08-29
Care Of Umbrella.

When coming in with wet umbrella
stand it handle down to dry, then wipe
off the handle and ferrule and furl the
silk sections. If the silk gets spot on
ii. remove it with silk rag, warm wa
ter and soap. Clean a gold or silver
handle with whiting, wash a china han
die in warm soap suds rub up a wooden
handle with very slightly oiled rag
a good way to mend silk umbrella IS
to wet piece Of black court plaster
and fasten it to the silk just under the
tear and let it dry.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-08-29
Start Of irish Lace Making.

at may not be known generally" says
Dress Essentials, ''that modern Irish
lace making had its origin in the failure
of the Irish potato crop that caused the
famine of 1916. The abbess of con-
vent in County Cork, looking about for
some lucrative employment to help the
half starved children who attended her
schools, unraveled, thread by thread, a
scrap Of point de Milan, and finally mas.
tered the complicated details. She then
selected the girls who were quickest al
neediework and taught them what she
had SO painfully learned. The new
industry prospered, and one of the pu-
pills, in characteristic bull declared
that if it had not been for the famine
we would all have starved.
w:r Sre<.1ax. ~ 1l4 r.o..s.,s
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-08-29
PIGS Drunk il Dry Country.

Lake. Mich, fears he may be arrested
for violating the local option law. Mr..
Fox Internationally manufactured some
LIQUOR and his hogs went on q spree.
During the recent hot spell pail
of candy melted in Fox's store and
was thrown into a box. A short time
afte-ward some grain was also thrown
in the box That night it rained and the
next day the sun shone brightly. As a
result the mixture fermented, and as
the, pigs had access to the box, It was
NOT long before they were intoxicated.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-08-29
Rich Gold Strike In Oregon.

The biggest gold strike ever made in
southern Oregon has just been reported
hy Elmer Higgenbotham on the mine
owned by him and NJ. G. Womack on
Kane's creek The ore will run 100000
to the tom. according to assays of sam
pies made at Medford-
Higginbotham had been common
laborer for many years until Womack
offered to grub stake him on a pros
pecting trip up Kane's creek.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-08-29
Chair from Ancient Wreck.

Walking on the beach of Lake Su-
perior near Marquette, Mich, A.. A.
Cole found the remains of an old chair
apparently washed up in recent storm
and which he carried to his summer cot
tage. With the addition of few pieces
of wood and coat of paint Mr.. Cole
transformed his find into presentable
rocker.
While making the repairs he discov-
cred in stenciled levters on the bottom
underneath the seat the words, Str
ST Claire" Pioneer residents OF the
upper peninsula we'll remember the boat
which foundered in the western end OF
Lake Superior, with all hands, in 9
storm nearly forty years ago.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-08-29
HOW the Price Of ouinine Is Kept up

How the Price or Vufn1ne Is Kept Up.
The principal feature of the drug
market during the past week relates to
the advance in the price of quinine. AS
early as January such result was pre-
dicted as a sequel to an agreement be-
tween the Java growers and the leading
manufacturers of Europe to regulate the
price of the bark and thereby maintain
prices at relatively higher level The
advance was not, therefore, unexpected.
The conditions which brought about the
agreement are explained in British con-
sular advices to the effect that the low
unit price for cinchona bark at the Am
sterdam auctions has long been cause
of complaint to Java planters, and a
meeting was held at which it was re-
solved that if certain value per unit
were not guaranteed by manufacturers
in Europe, planters would erect their
own factories and desist from shipping
bark to England After protracted ne
gotiations the manufacturers in Europe
agreed to the terms of the planters, the
average unit price being fixed at 2.O1
cents american currency. The arrange
ment has the appearance Of permanency,
and it is unlikely that quinine will go
back to the low prices of recent years.
pharmaceutical Era.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-08-29

Chdlter.
Tobacco sale Of. TO minors. prohibited. ., rs
Towels. individual in public buildings. require "A
Town boards Of supervisors powers of......... 6z2
Town Of Pembine created. Marinette COUNT u. 4ls
Town Of Round Lake, created. Sawyer county =. 55l
Town Of Quincy. Iron county. created. $1,000. sss
Town Of Bradley. territory from Rock Falls TO- so7
Town Of Eimball created. Iron county .. 10
Town OF Draper, created. Sawyer county. .... 80
Town of Edgewater. created. Sawyer county - SO
Town Of Russell. created BAYFIELD, county...... IS
Town Of BAYFIELD, created BAYFIELD, county. -. 80
Town OF Goetz. created. .......... 6ss
Town Of Long Lake. created us
Town Of Wilson. created. Rusk county...... SO
Town OF hurry. created Rusk county -. ..... 81
Town. OF Kelly created ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1877
Town Of Wilson. created. Lincoln county. ~ 263
Town Of Namekagen created. Bayfield, county 2s7
Town bonds. sinking fund for. liquidation o. - 607
Town drains. construction Of etc......... 5Tg
Towns. salary Of supervisors. in Milwaukee county 4ss
Towns. payment for care of INDECENT SICK 444
Town. division Of property. when village incor-
pora'ed .r....+--.-.-. AIS
Towns. Limit Of highway tax. in.............. 4s2
Towns, construction Of sewers by. in Milwaukee
county .----........ .......: 1872. 437
Town officers expenses Of trials against, when
ana now paid Observation-Disclosures. 1888
Town and village health officers how appointed s54
Town. validating proceedings to create. ........ Z
Town mutual insurance mpanies territory Of. 43
Town mutuals financial reports Of. ............ III
Town insurance companies, maximum singls risk. 15e
Town boards. refusal to permit construction Of
electric lines. appeal from. Observation-Disclosures. 215
Town officers compensation Of. how fixed. ..... 256
Town. power to raise liquor licenses in........ 271
Town and village officers. time for nomination
by caucus NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. ESQ
Towns div1son Of physical property. ......... Ter
TowDs. may guaranty railroad bond Interest,". So
Towns may lease ground for cemeteries. ....... 10
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-08-29
Woman in Japan.

!. SO much interest has been taken IN
!ae question of rights of japanese
women that important publications have
ksthered a symposium of views of prom
nent men. The great majority favor an
Stension of privileges to women.
. Eiscount Uehida, former ambassador
\. Washington, declared it is quite JUS
..1sble for EDUCATED japanese women to
eSterS ~, claf.tSiao s,o{itical riohfs He
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-08-29


s.es, assessment and collection Of. salary and
fees OF treasurer. 665
,xss assessment. etc. duties Of tax commission 7es
,1ss. between Erantor and grantee, payment o. 541
axes, highway. assessment and collection or J.. 2s1
qzes, highway payment Of in money or services ssr
faxes in Milwaukee. special when. deficit. read-
flstmeut, etc ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. COG
axes In Milwaukee. lot and block numbers
maps reInedleS .-..--.-...-.... 3l3
ozes lands sold for redemption OF ... 2ee
axes lands sold for in Milwaukee county 49, 5sl
r,yes recovery OF. when unlawfuy paid ~ Ats
f1es for street improvements cities fourth class,
,res repeal OF exempting railroad property sss
axes village and city levy to improve roads
and bridges. .............. 776
rsschers oral, for deaf appropriation. . 4s
Tsachers examination and licensing Of, repeal OF
law Observation-Disclosures. l29
Tssehers examination Of. third grade certificates
ulhects required ................... I44
rsaehers required teach accident prevention 21s
rsachers attending of school board convention by
holiday 295
rsachers county semi annual examination for . sOl
rscbers qualification of candidates for - AIT
Tsschers salary. apportionment Of school fund . 4s4
reachers training cAhse in high schools when 474
rchers licenses and certificates issuance o. ETC. 5l4
r,.ehers retirement fund. payments to- by whom,
etc ......--,.....s........ sac
rssrhers training course for. in high schools. ap-
proprauoh bo0
Telegraph messenger companies public utilities,
failroad commission control ................. al
rslephones. physical connections. extensions etc 6lu
farms Of county courts. special. where held. $500 594
Vru OF county Judges. dix years. SO
rr1ns Of court, seventh judicial circuit. ..... 2
T,,n of sheriff. power after expiration Of. 1853
testimony. transcripts Of. In criminal actions and
commitments ......................... 4s4
nns limit for clsims for fees................. 21e
nus to hOmesteads and real estate By descent. 4Ss
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-08-29
His Uucle's Teeth.

The admiration entertained by a Tren-
ton how for his uncle includes all the
Iatfer's attributes and even possessions
which the uncle himself Is not wont to
deem desirable. -.
he had been studying his uncle in laugh
inc conversation with his father, Il
don't care much for plain teeth like
mine. I wish / had some copper toed
ones like yours"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-08-29
Would Let Swiss Guards Co.

The rebellion of the Swiss guards in
the vatican is nearly ended. Three of
the mutinous men have been dismissed,
four have resigned and two others prob
ably viii do so. reducing the total mum
Der in service to fifty.
II am sorry" said the Pope when he
was told of the designations, that good
Catholic Swiss should behave so badly,
INT after all we can easily do without
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-08-29
American yicereine for ireland.

The Earl and Countess Of Granard. the
latter formerly Beatrice Mills Of New
York, have left for Castle Forbes, IN I ire
land. There are rumors that the EeaI1
Is slated for the Viceroyalty OF lTelana3
under home rule. The fact that he e y s.
- II IL 80
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-08-29
infant Musicians and Writer'S

Are we once more in for admiration
of the infant phenomenon? There is a
hint of a child who can slam piano keys
to perfection almost before it can talk.
which seems to prove only that music IS
the elemental longing of the child.
hove IN short life seen and heard