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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-12-24
Steam Railroad Mileage.

The total mileage of steam railroads,
including narrow guage railroads III
Maine, is 2,300.S7 miles, decrease of
sc of mile over the preceding year.
There are five narrow or two feet,
guage steam railroads in the State
with a mileage of 1926 miles, a de-
nrea sc during the wear Of 9 s. miles
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-12-25
The Blind Need Windows.

Light has use, even if men cannot
or will not see it. Baring-Gould tells
of an institution for the blind that
was built in England without win
dows. Why" argued the committee,
Should we provide windows for those
that cannot see out of them?" So
scientific ventilation and heating were
provided, but the walls were left I'M
pierced by any pane Of glass. But
soon the poor inmates grew pale, and
a great languor fell upon them. They
fell sick, and one or two died. Then
it was that the committee decided to
open windows in the walls. In came
the healing light, and the human
plants responded to it at once in re-
vived spirits, rudy cheeks and re-
stored health. Light is good, the
Light of the World is good, even for
those who shut their eyes. Christian
Herald.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-12-25
DispeIIed All Doubt.

Speaking of the unsophisticated the
other night, Congressman Robert l..
Henry of Texas related how a young
wife went to butcher shop to buy a
turkey.
The price named for the bird, the
congressman said, was &c cents a
pound, whereat the young wife hest
tated.
isn't &c cents rather high?" she
timidly queried. eff remember right
ly, the price across the way is %
cents"
with the feet on, I suppose was
the quick response of the butcher.
NO." hesitatingly returned the Gus
toner, Il think the feet were cut
off,"
That's just what thought" was
the confident declaration Of the butch
er, as he began to wrap up the bird
When we sell a turkey. madam, We
sell feet and all! '-Philadelphi Tele-
graph.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-12-25
PROTECTION FOR THE BIRDS
6lue Jay Devours Many crasshopuers
Saterplliars, Bugs, WeeviIs, Cut
Worms and Other Insects,

Some Of our sweet song and n.
sectlvorous birds threatened with ~.
junction have at last found sanct,,arv
IN Gods acres, in the City Of Brother
~ Love, through the untiring efforts
OF the Liberty Bell Bird club Of the
Farm Journal, which has arranged
to install bird houses, feeding baskets
and bird baths in West Laurel Hill
cemetery in Philadelphia. These will
De constructed after models most ap-
proved by bird families and arranged
In an artistic manner to beautify the
grounds. The richly colored plumage
OF the happy songsters will add a hit
OF brightness to the place of peace.
and it is hoped. their songs Of thanks
giving will uplift the heavy heart that
comes to mourn.
Mr. and Mrs. Bird are very particu-
lar tenants, according to the reports Of
the many members of the Farm .Iour-
nal Liberty Bell Bird club who have
been putting up houses for them to oc-
cupy. Complaints are daily received
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-12-25

to do anything else. and this was
about the only thing they could do
without preparation.
How often we see men who spend
most Of their lives as day laborers
working on the street, on railroads
| and ships, on farms, in all sorts of
places, where they get only very small
wages, who have the natural ability
to do something infinitely better and
to earn many times as much money,
but they never learned to do anything
in particular, and so they drifted into
the only positions they could fill with
out special preparation.
On the other hand, there are a
great many who are in a position to
prepare for their chosen lifework, who
destroy all their chances of success
by overriding or by neglecting the
laws OF health. Through ignorance,
Indifference or carelessness their fac
ulties, their tools, are so dulled that
they are unable to do what they long
to.
How often we see young people
starting in life with great ambitions
to make place for themselves in
the world and to do something worth
while, and yet they are running the pos
sibility of their doing anything very i'm
portant by ignoring the laws of health,
in all sorts of ways lowering their
physical standards, devitalizing them
selves so that they do not have sufi-
cient force for any great accomplish
ment. The very thing that they are
most dependent upon for attaining
their object, a strong and vigorous vi
tality, they sacrifice.
One can accomplish wonderful
things with no other capital than ro-
bust health and the determination to
make something of oneself, but no
matter how much ambition one has,
if he devitalizes himself, if he ruins
his health by vicious habits, devital-
ICES himself by an abnormal or irregu-
lar life, he knows that his only chance
of accomplishing anything very impor-
tant is gone.
Everything man does gravitates
to his physical condition. All of his
physical defects, physical weaknesses,
will reappear in whatever he dpes, and
his mental condition will always har-
monte with his physical state.
Plenty of good people who are cap
able of doing good work do very poor
work because they do not keep them
selves in condition to bring out the
best thing that is in them Unless a
man has kept his tools sharp, kept
himself at the top of his condition, the
best that is in him will not respond
to his efforts. He may be satisfied
with even a second or third best if
his physical standards are down, if he
is devitalized by violating the laws
of existence or by irregularities of
living.
The stream cannot rise higher than
it's fountain head. If the physical con-
dition is low, if one. is devitalized, his
ambition suffers, his ideals are cloudy,
his energies lag, his work is poor.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-12-25
MN ADVICE FOR THE BOYS
o,,,oraphs Could Well Become a
iE' - Equipment of Every EN-
n D,,s.s of Every Organization.

.cs he courteous and willing
A"' I'll YOU can for everyone,
w a member or not. If he is
'a . member, show him the spirit OF
~ sarganization; if he is member,
% ~, S-0 keen the opinion you gave him
lss nb he was not a member.
'1 ~ .orn as much as you can about
IN inst ahead of you, and show
" allow III lust behind as much about
MINIS as you can"
lp wo had an Office boy. He came up
w. Norfolk. Va. He had never done
w. .t,oke of work in his life, and so
undertook to train him. In three
.,tbs he was advanced to a posi-
a ns1, of telephone operator. He learned
!. ~ mn the typewriter and did neat
~,t He learned to run the files.
= ool1od I'D committees. He was
rs,tod 10 do a thousand things a day.
rrsrv man was his boss, and with it
n he was invariably courteous,
.bsprful smiling and efficient. He
..vpr sDent any time fooling around,
10 didn't play practical jokes, he
sdnt esteem himself to be the Office
mnedian, and when he found it nee
s,ar to go back home, he left with
m very best wishes and honest re-
getS.
W. asked him to set down certain
things for the use of his successor,
md among them we found two para
raDhs quoted above. They are both
GEMS and they apply not only to this
chamber of commerce, but to all
businesses and to all men. We are
dad, Of course, that an office boy per-
siyes the spirit of the chamber of
rnmerce. We are pleased that we
have had a hand in training that boy,
because wherever he goes, he is going
lobe we'll thought of, and we feel that
the members of the chamber should
know some of the things that were
going on in that boys mind. The two
paragraphs quoted above could well
become a part of the equipment of
every employee of every organization,
and would advantage both the en-
ICee and the employer.-Off1cial
Bulletin, Rochester Chamber of Com
MERGE.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-12-25
AS to- KISSING.

The kings and high officials Of Eu-
rope, when they meet, always embrace
and kiss each other, no matter what
their relations have been in the past
or may be in the Immediate future.
This is a kiss Of respect. It may be
given on the lips, the cheek, the brow
or the beard and is nicely adjusted, ac-
cording to the age and rank of the
giyer. From this close personal con-
tact it passes through many forms;
kissing the hand, parts of the clothing
and even the ground trodden upon,
according to the idea of respect or
fear inspiring the one who performs
the act.-Christian Herald
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-12-25
COSTLY METHOD OF REVENGE
Procedure in Europe Reminded An
drew Carnegie of a Somewhat
Humorous Incident.

Andrew Carnegie, in a recent inter
view on peace. said to New York
reporter:
"A lad of twenty killed man and
woman in Sarajevo. All Europe is now
fighting to avenge this wrong. Eng
land alone is spending $4,000 a min
ute, according to Sidney Webb, on gun
powder.
well, this is such an expensive way
to avenge wrong that it reminds me
of the man at the banquet.
"A man entered the cloakroom, at
the end of banquet, and began to
smash in silk hat after silk hat.
Hold on, boss! What TO- yo' smash
in all dem high hats% demanded the
attendant.
I'm looking for my own" the gen
tleman answered It's an opera hat
collapsible, you know. None of these
seem to be it.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-12-25
Suited Either Way.

Miss Lucy Price, Cleveland's lead
ing antisuffrage speaker, tells of a
funny incident which happened in New
England while she was campaigning
there. She was walking down the
street after having made what she
thought was particularly effective
talk against suffrage when a woman
stopped her.
Miss Price," she said, IT want to
tell you how much liked your speech.
1t was one of the best ever heard
Il am so glad you are with US" re-
sponded Miss Price, "and I hope you
will come to our other antisuffrage
meetings.
"Oh," exclaimed the astonished
woman, 81 thought that was a suffrage
meeting you spoke at"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-12-25
WORKING WITH DULL TOOLS.

| criticized a carpenter working for
me recently for using dull tools. He
excused himself by saying that he had
been too busy to sharpen them. He
had been working for weeks with a
dull saw and with plane which had
notches in it, leaving ugly ridges on
the boards he was planning. This man
had probably wasted more time in
working with dull tools than it would
have taken to sharpen them several
times, to say nothing of the inferior
work he was turning out
There are multitudes of people who
never do good work because they
never prepare for it, never put them
selves in position to do good work
they never sharpened their tools;
never trained themselves for it, and
they go through life botching their
jobs.
Every youth should put himself in
success. He should prepare himself
to do the best work of which he is
capable.
One great reason why so many
people make botches of their lives is
because they didn't start right, they
never learned their life trade It
does not matter what youth decides
to do in life, he should endeavor to
be an expert in it, an artist instead
of an artisan.
Our intelligence Offices are con-
stantly filled with people, no matter
how good the times, who have never
half learned to do any particular thing,
never learned any trade. The great
majority of house servants do domes
&c work because they never learned
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-12-25

at the headquarters of the club in
Philadelphia, that Mr.. Robin greatly
prefers house of his own structure,
while Mrs. Wren, or the Martins, will
look in upon a new bird house built
with much care and decide not to take
it at all, or if they move in, they will
stay little while, then suddenly leave
without notice or apparent reason.
Some older members of the club
who are patient bird lovers and stu
dents, have found out that bird resi-
dents like individuals, have decided
tastes in the matter of homes, which
must be catered to-. 1t has been dis
covered that the blue jay, who has es-
tablished her independent, economic
status by the number of grasshoppers,
caterpillars, bugs, beetles, cutworms,
weevils, ticks and plant lice she con-
sumes is a fierce little militant who
demands a separate establishment far
removed from any neighbors, with
which she refuses to associate. On
the other hand, the beautiful purple
martin maintains dove-like DISPOSE
ton in spite of steady wasp and
other aggressive insect diet, and must
have company or she will move. She
is happiest in a cooperative establish
ment of some thirty or more apart
ments. She lives up to the nonre-
sistance theory to such an extent if
not protected she is easily driven
away by the quarrelsome English
sparrow.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-12-25
What to Learn.

There are five things in life which
We ought to learn. Here they are:
l. Learn to laugh. A good laugh is
better than medicine.
Learn how to tell helpful story.
AVell-told story is as welcome as a
sunbeam in a sickroom.
Learn to keep your troubles to
Yourself. The world is too busy to
fnger over your ills and sorrows.
l. Learn to stop croaking. If you
cannot see any good in this world, keep
The bad to yourself.
SLearn to greet your friends with a
smile They carry too many frowns
ID Their own hearts to be bothered with
my Of yours.-Brooklyn Eagle.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-12-25
Wouldn't Stand for 1t.

She wore a determined look as she
entered the drug store.
Look here, young man, if tab
man with red mustache comes and
asks you for prescription you're not
to let him have it."
Really, madam, T."
mo, you mustn't let him have it
on any account. He's come here for
a month, and says he wants some
thing to improve his appetite. He's
boarding at my establishment, young
man."
And with a muttered threat the
landlady passed from the shop leav-
ing the druggists assistant pale and
trembling.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-12-25
Starting the pay Wronu

There was gloom on the face of the
farmer.
Whats the matter, Elijah?'' asked
his nearest neighbor "Flapiacks given
out over to your house?"
'sWorse'n that" said Elijah. "You
know, 'twasn't apple year, and wife
says we can't have any more apple
pie for breakfast"
Cant you make out if you have
apple pie noon and night?"
Il can, because I've got to-" said
Elijah, "but, l tell you, it upsets me,
starting the day wrong like that"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-12-25
At the First sians

OF falling hair get Cuticura. It
works wonders. Touch spots of dam
druff and itching with Cuticura ONT
ment, and follow next morning with a
hot shampoo of Cuticura Soap. This
at once arrests falling hair and pro-
notes hair growth. For free sample
each with 32-p. Skin Book, address
post card: Cuticura, Dept. K, Boston.
Sold everywhere.-Adv.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-12-25

h. mere is no better way of interest
ss,. .-e boys in farm life than to get
sort started in some part of the
snt l. Let them form clubs of differ
Hbra nus' Clubs for the protection
snd otS cubs for growing pigs, corn
diSc n,4ef products. 1t should not be
Chm ~ 70 get them interested in a
snOle the purpose of securing an
Ne i,, supply or wood for the winter.
b poa a,uslratIon shows a boys club
eulna ''s yiVania, actively engaged in
cheerT9 - 1'unps. There is nothing more
O a oo Ian a bright fire in the CRATE
tOnna winters night and the old
- scattered around the average
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-12-25
Siuns of War.

So many of our busy burghers are
standing in front of the war maps,
arguing and declaiming, that dozens
Of safes and pianos are being hoisted
into high buildings with almost no.
body to observe the phenomenon.
And on Broadway man repaired a
tire to gallery of four boys.-New
York Tribune.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-12-25
Failures as Stepping Stones.

John Wanamaker, in a recent ad-
dress in Philadelphia, urged his audi
ence to persevere.
Every successful man." he said,
has probably had more failures, far
more failures, than the nonentity has
had.
Success, after all, is nothing more
than failure with new coat of paint. +"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-12-25
unsettinn His Theory.

1.-THE heavy explosions of battle
always cause rain 1t rained after Wa
terloo; it rained after Fontenoy; it
rained after Marathon"
"But Marathon was fought with
spears and arrows, my dear"
There you go. Always throwing
cold water on anything have to say
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-12-25
pistorted veuetarianIsm.

$50 long as you find the cost of liv-
ing high" said the friendly adviser,
why don't you and your husband be-
come vegetarians?"
What do you mean?" asked the
worried-looking woman.
why, eat only vegetable prod
ucts."
Couldn't think of it. What I'm try
in to do now is to persuade John to
take to beefsteak and quit tryin' to
live on liquor and tobacco
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-12-25
The PeeIinc Kind.

Mamma" said a little boy, the
place where got stung last Sunday
down at Uncle Jim's is all peeling
off,"
Brother Bruce took a look at the
injury.
That's So" he grinned, 81 guess
you must have been stung by husk-
ing bee"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-12-25

farm are excellent for that purpose.
It is a good thing to get up the
supply of wood for the winter, before
the deep snow comes on. Skid the
logs out and haul them down to the
house. Roll them in good sized snug
niles handy to the sawmill. if you
have one, or to the skidway, IT you
cut them up with a cross-cut saw.
It's nice to have the log-way near the
woodhouse, so you can throw the
blocks in and split them up in there
IF the house is behind the barn or
some other building, it viii help to
keep off the hard winds while you
are at work.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-12-25
Poor BURGLAR.

"A burglar got into my house about
three o'clock this morning when | was
on my way home from the club" said
Jones.
did he get anything?" asked
Brown.
II should say he did get something .
replied Jones. The poor devil is in
the hospital. My wife thought it was
me" Cincinnati Enquirer
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-12-25
Generous Consideration

- ''N' V~S NOIIStN1NI AIIVETs
nave you said your prayers !"
asked the mother.
VI course replied the child.
And did you ask to be made a bet
ter little girl?"
Yes And put in a word for you
md father, too"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-12-25
SIiahted.

Il saw Blobson out this morning
with his wife and her dog"
WAS he trailing behind his wife
and her dog?"
Why, no.
4 guess she was making a conces-
sion for the sake of appearances. That
is his usual status at hon :"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-12-25
Iineal Descendant.

PA, what is lineal descendants"
"A lineal descendant is person.
who. has to fall back on some praise
worthy ancestor for his own import
aDce"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-12-25

Few of us get more happiness out of
life than the amount we make our
selves.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-12-25

YOUR own DRUGGIsTwILL TELL You
Try Murine Bye Remedy for, for Rel, Weak, Watery
lust Eye comfort. Write for Book of the Eye
by mail Free. Murine Eye Remedy Co. Chicago.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-12-25

Many a girl is a gem. in spite Of
the fact that she refuses to be cut.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-12-25

What will his Satanic majesty do
when the fuel supply is exhausted.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-12-25
Conscientious.

Hes one of the most conscientious
men / know
"Sn2"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-12-25
Marble to Retain.

Knicker-Jones has a remarkable
memory.
Booker Wonderful; he remembers
a winter that wasn't just like this.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-12-25

Eyes. He always says Give me a
match, please instead of Lend me a
match Detroit Free Press.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-12-25
important to Mothers

important to Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle OF
CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that it
Signature 9ssBl sr Of l@>NAzzzu
In Use For Over 80 Years.
Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-12-25

We RIIY sell farms, unimproved lands business
" = 0O properties from owner any kind. any
where. Write Interstate Realty Co, Durango Iowa
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-12-25

RAFEMFN WATSON z. Coleman.
HEkW "a Patent Lawyer, NJ ashington,
DC. Advice and books free.
Rates reasonable. Highest references Best sereices
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-12-25

And some women are never happy
unless they are heartbroken.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-19

The fight for second place between Walker Memorial and the First Presby- terian was close one, but the former team managed to forge ahead toward the latter part of the season and successfully defended the position.
 trophy will be presented to the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian team during the com- ing weeks.
 The final standing was:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-19

WINERY knock is boost averred some wise old philosopher. of A the past, and in many respects the old fellow was correct. A knock opens wide our yese to glaring faults and weaknesses, thereby giving us chance to remedy them and start anew. A conscientious knock should be accepted with the. best of grace but one prema aturely reflects more on the knocker than upon the one at whom the shaft is directed. To put it more explicitly, the fans here in Birmingham who have already begun to grumble and howl for the sealps of certain Baron veterans because the Gulls copped three out of the first four games, are not doing the players any harm but are proving themselves chronic grumblers whose tirades and advice should be unheeded.
 True the Barons did not display much championship calibre in the opening series just concluded, but the season has only begun and all is not lost because the Mobile Gulls, thanks to the sensational performances of Briscoe Lord. succeeded in captureing three games. There is plenty of time for the Barons to repay the debt and this is not the time for the grumblers and knockers to get in their work. If the Barons fail to show any improve ment during the coming several weeks or month and retain a preference to the cellar rather than the first divl- sion, then that is the time for the fans to howl for new blood. Even then it is unnecessary for Rick Wood ward, Manager Molesworth and the other worthy officials who are at the head of the local association realize just as comprehensively as do the fans the weaknesses and seeds of the team and they will make every effort to remedy them.
 Knocking of the local team has already commenced, but what is the use. Poor pitching, not weak hit hitting and wobbly fielding, has been the main cause for the Baron defeats and the fans should all re- main loyal and give the moundsmen a chance to get in good shape and then let the team demonstrate it's ability.
 The team as whole is not in the best of condition because of the poor weather encountered during spring training. The pitchers have had very few chances to give their wings strenuous tests and it is no wonder that they are failing here at the start Indictment weather was even experienced during the last five days of training and the play CTS were retarded in their work when they should have been putting on finishing touches. A week of the warm and balmy weather that is now being dished out by the wealth CT man will be sufficient for the hurlers to get into shape and then watch the Barons. Nothing is the