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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-08-28
The uDhp Of Superstitions
By II lRDING KING

By II. lRDlNG KING

The fish, on high authority, was 'the
most obvious and ancient symbol OF
the reproductive power of water" The
formulation of the earth by water Is
the basis of some of the most ancient
and prominent NEUROLOGICAL cults.
Thus burying the sign Of Pisces in the
earth results in production. The
names on the paper represent human
sacrifices to. say Fammuz and Ishtar.
who, in the ancient Semitic legend
were the god and goddess typifying
this union of water and earth and who
were thus invoked. 1t is well known
that human sacrifice, once universal,
was replaced as civilization developed,
into the sacrifice Of substitute for the
human victim.
30 by Mcclure Newspaper syndicats-)
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-08-28
By MILDRED
MARSHALL
OPHELIA

0F ALL the fanciful names which
~ appeal to feminine taste, Ophelia
possesses perhaps the tenderest mem
cries Though the name signifies
serpent" only romance, youth, and
tragedy are connected with it.
Etymologists declare that Ophelia Is
an out-and-out invention of Shake
speare Certainly her claim to inn
mortality is based upon the touching
story of the bard Of Avon who makes
the gentle maiden striking contrast
for the melancholy Dane of Hamlet"
Without her rosemary for remem-
brance," Ophelia would still exist
among the readers Of Shakespeare.
1t is possible that Ophelia is trans
lation of the old Ormilda, northern
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-08-28
THE BURIED PAPER

q VERY interesting superstition is
4 = found among children in some sec
tons OF the country. They write the
names of two or three hundred-in
some sections it is one hundred-per-
sons on a paper and ask each person
whose name is written to bow to the
document AS the bow is made it is
recorded opposite the name by sign
which resembles a crude capital H.
The collection of names and signs be-
ing completed, the paper is buried face
down in the ground. After two or
three months it is dug up with the ex-
pectation of finding money under it ;
or, some say, left there until it is de-
cayed when whatever you wished for
at it's burial will "come true" 1t has
been suggested that the sign placed
after the names on the paper was
originally the zodiacal sign for Pisces,
the fishes.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-08-28
WHY DRUGGISTS RECOMMEND
SWAMP ROOT

For many years druggists have watched
with much interest the remarkable record
maintained by DR.. Kilmer's Swamp Root,
the great kidney, liver and bladder medi-
cine.
Il is a physicians prescription.
Swamp Root is a Strengthening medi-
cine. It helps the kidneys, liver and
bladder do the work nature intended they
should do.
Swamp Root has stood the test of years.
It is sold by all druggists on its merit and
it should help you. No other kidney medi-
cine has SO many friends.
Be sure to get Swamp-Root and start
treatment at once.
However, if you wish first to test this
great preparation, send ten cents to DIR.
Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y, for a
sample bottle. When writing, be sure
and mention this paper -Advertisement.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-08-28
dI5 Observation-Disclosures
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nave you to say for yourself? I'm
less you can give good reason for
being here, very good one, mind you,
you will have to be punished, for by
fairy law anyone who enters our dell
on feast nights must be punished in
some way. Now, what have you to
say?s
Slippy Goblin was busy trying to
get the sweet, nice frothy pudding OF
of his clothes, and l am sorry to have
to tell it. but he licked his fingers and
ate every bit he could, for butterfly
egg pudding is one of the most de-
licious dishes the fairies make
Slippy was frightened, but not so
frightened he could not eat, though
when the queen spoke in such stern
tone he stopped eating and replied, Il
have an excuse, your majesty, for be-
ing in the dell, though not for having
fallen into the pudding" he said
Il came with some of our band to
put back a birds egg some bad boys
had stolen, and when it was laid on
the ground we took it. oh, how those
boys hunted and wondered what had
happened" Slippy laughed as he re-
membered how funny it was.
"That is my excuse for being in the
dell, but, your majesty, your table was
what tempted me to lose my hold on
the branch. and you know what hap
pened."
What shall his punishment be. my
children" the queen asked her fairies,
and Slippy's eyes grew big as he
waited
HE shall be sentenced to stay and
have supper with us" said all the
fairies He was doing a good deed
and no wonder he tumbled when he
saw all the nice things we are to
have for supper"
"That is just what / expected you
tc say" replied the queen.
"Slippy's brothers were pretty sorry
when they heard of the feast he had
with the fairies, for perhaps they, too,
might have been invited to have some
of the good things if they had not run
away and left him when he tumbled
into the fairy pudding.
20. 1924, Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.)
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-08-28

We direct the attention of our gram.
mar sharps to the flat statement by
the editor Of the London Saturday Re.
view that there are no such words
In English as reliable and laugh
able and no scrupulous writer would
use them or any similar compounds
Of able with intransitive verbs"
The above dictum was brought out
by letter from correspondent who
said that the late provost Of Trinity
college, Dublin, did not like the word
reliable" and one day at lunch OBJ
served that since you cannot rely a
thing, the adjective shouIdsbe rely
on-able"
'That," replied friend present.
"is a very laugh-at-able remark
Boston Transcript.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-08-28
GOBLIN AND THE FAIRIES

THE fairies were holding very
grand picnic one night in a dell. It
was very large and grand affair. be-
cause all Of the fairies were there.
All the mortals were good on that
night. No one was in trouble; the
mortal children had all gone to bed
ON time and so all the fairy folk were
free to enjoy themselves.
A big feast was prepared on a fiat
rock with lacy cobweb covering.
Dewdrops crystalline glistened in the
moonlight, making a beautiful table
decoration.
Pond-lily dishes held all the fairy
dainties, and the firefies and the
moonlight made fairyland picture,
which of course 1t was.
The COLLINS were out, too, but as
their woods were not anywhere near
the picnic ground of the fairies no
one had thought thing about them.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-08-28

appellative derived from the serpent
names through the Greek "ophis."
There is no other explanation Of her
existence, unless she was purely an
invention of Shakespeare, although a
woman does appear in the old story Of
Amleth. THE curious coincidence u.s.,
however, that the master dramatist
should have placed her in the land
chiefly favoring serpentine names
The opal is the gem assigned to
Ophelia. The unfortunate influence
which it is said to exert for others will
prove talisman against that very
evil if Ophelia wears it. 1t will bring
her good fortune and her hearts desire.
Monday is her lucky day and 5 heE
lucky number. The chrysanthemum is
her flower.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-08-28

terms of the agreement, said: 'The
treaty was not signed without
scratches, as it's birth was most COM
plicated."
It's terms, he pointed out, did not
infringe the principles of the Soviet
laws regarding naturalization and the
annulment Of debts, as the concessions
made were only of a practical charac-
ter. Only claims which the govern
ment considered practical or acknowl-
edged to be necessary in compensation
to social justice would be paid.
Foreign Minister Tchitcherin said
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-08-28

had never used It herself, but she SAID
one of her neighbors suffered just like
L did, and it cured her. After had
taken four bottles the pain left my side.
1 had a fine appetite to eat anything
that was put before me, and | began to
do all my work and my washing, some
thing hadn't done for years. ! am q
dressmaker, and this last fall began
suffering with my side again, 50 began
taking the Vegetable Compound again.
/ am on my fourth bottle, which makes
eight in all have taken. feel so much
better when / take it and everybody
tells me / look better. My appetite
improves and / feel stronger in every
way. am very nervous woman and
it seems to help my nerves so much. -
Mrs. MAGGIE WALLER, Glasgow. Ky.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-08-28
Haze uou Z his Habit
By Margaret Morrison

Ten years later, when the Prince
greenhouses. were becoming known, a
reporter called upon Jacqueline Prince
to interview her and get the story of
her success. Great stress was laid in
the forthcoming article upon Miss
Princes philosophy of production:
Everything that receives sunlight and
food and shelter must produce, she
said. Then she abruptly changed her
figure of speech. The habit of pulling
ones own weight in the boat is essen
tial, she ended.
HAVE YOU THIS HABIT?
10 hu Mathematician Newsnaper Sarvica
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-08-28
sfReds" Jubilant OUer
Treaty With Britain

Moscow negotiation of a treaty
between Soviet Russia and the Brit
fsh government at the recent con-
ference in8 London was hailed as a
triumph for the Red diplomacy at a
nlenary meeting of the Moscow Soviet.
Christian Ral1ovsky, who headed the
London delegation, and Foreign Minis
ter Tchitcherin spoke at the meeting.
M. SKY. after recapitulating the
pr re negotiations and the
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-08-28

cutIcura Soap for the Complexion.
Nothing better than Cuticura Soap
daily and Ointment now and then as
needed to make the complexion clear.
scalp clean and hands soft and white.
Add to this the fascinating, fragrant
Cuticura TalcuIn, and you have the
Cuticura Toilet observation-disclosures
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-08-28

Yisitor-Can you tell ne If Bill
Jones is up in his room?
Frosh-- Sorry. There's nobody In
the top story.
Visitor-Oh, excuse me. I'll ask
some one else.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-08-28
What About opp"

What are the two most potent let
tiers ii the alphabet? The quick an
swer is ~. S." There is something
to be said, however, in favor Of 20.
K."-El Paso Herald.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-08-28

size mao given ul6
trouble for five or
six years. AT times
it was all I could do
to live, and the doc
tor said l couldn't
live but 8 short time
longer without an
operation. That was
two years ago. My
sister-in-law recon-
m ended Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegeta-
.hle COMPOUND. ShO
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-08-28
WHY He DisdpproDed

Friend-Do you approve of coedu-
cation in the school you attend?
Student-Not at ALL have to shave
every morning before class.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-08-28

1t is the custom in many Of the
towns in Brittany for all couples who
become engaged during the year to
be married the same day.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-08-28

the treaty would serve as basis to
further relationships with other coun-
tries. would help consolidate the inter-
national situation of Russia, affirming
at the same time the principles of the
Bolshevik revolution. He attached
great Importance to the fact that a
capitalistic country had agreed to
guarantee a loan to Russia, which
should be considered as backing up
the credit of the Socialist federation.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-08-28
Make II Attractiue

Hast thou virtue? Acquire also the
graces and beauties of virtue. Ben
iamin Franklin.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-08-28
AFRAID She
COULD NOT LIVE
Operation Advis,d, But Lydia Z.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
Made 1t Unnecessary

Glasgow, Kentucky. 81 was run
down, nervous, with 10 appetite. My
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-08-28

Japan does a large export business
IN peanuts.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-08-28
whats in a Narne?'

FACTS about Jour name; its history;
meaning; whence it Was derived; sisnif-
canoe; your lucky day and lucky jewel
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-08-28

HIERCE fighting has been going on
L in Trans-Jordania between the gov
eminent troops and the Wahabis. who
do not recognize the rule of Emir Abb
dullah, second son of King Hussein of
the Hedjaz, The Wahabis seized sew
eral towns, including Tarash, but the
government forces In counter-at-
tack drove them out, killed 300 and
took many prisoners.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-08-28

ID by wheeler syndicate. Inc.l
Evening star., 1924-10-12

II can't see it brought him much
luck" shifted Natalie.
Maybe you have to rub it. like
Aladdin's lamp" smiled Marion. Then
maybe you make a wish, or some
thing"
Natalie looked with some scorn at
her dreamy sister. SO like her i'm
practical father. We'll. wishing new
er gets any one anywhere. II 1t did
you'd be taking those dancing les
sons you always talked about Father
always said he wished you could,
but that's all it got you. Well, I'm
going to pack up these things. You
can keep the old idol, if you like"
Natalie" Marion's voice trembled
with anger and tears. Don't you
dare talk that way about father. He
was SO good to us. OF course, he
he'd have given us anything. He al
ways wanted me to study dancing
and felt badly because ] couldn't And
Aunt Florence is SO set against it
Her shoulders shook, and as she
raised one hand to wipe her tears
the idol slipped from her trembling
f1ngers-slipped and fell to the floor,
breaking in little pieces. "Natalie!"
Marion was down on her knees among
the pieces She held UP a shining
yellow lump of gold. Natalie. look,
inside the lucky idol! 1t must have
been hidden there when the idol was
made by the priests. 1t must be
WORTH"
"Oh!" Natalie stopped beside her
"Its yours, Marion" she said quietly.
1T means your dancing lessons. And
-and 1 guess it serves me right"
Evening star., 1924-10-12

Immediately under the carved edge.
run a straight line from that corner
to the diagonal corner.
10. With your pencil held as a
gauge, the point ss inch away from
your thumb nail. turn the block over
so the pin is pointing toward the
floor, then make pencil mark paral-
lei to the carved edge from the end to
the hub. That q inch strip on each
blade of the propeller will never be
carved. for it is the thick or leading
edge.
II. Where this line comes out on
the q inch end, draw a convex line to
the corner of the end where 1t Will
meet the other line drawn in No. 9.
Let the maximum thickness between
these lines be Il inch.
IL. Turn the propeller over in the
ori iginal position Gas in No 81 and
carve from an inch from the pin along
the edge already carved. until the en-
tire blade seems to be fiat or slightly
convex from tip to hub. Do not carve
into either the lower right or the
upper left edges, but carve right down
to them.
49, When this process is completed
carefully, turn the propeller over
with the pin pointing to the floor.
IA. Now carve the convex side OF
the propeller blades in the same man.
ner that you carved the fat or con-
cave side in No. and No. 12, using
the curved line on the end as guide
and the 3-S inch strip at the left and
the trailing edge at the right as
boundaries.
is. Be sure the propeller blades
are the same curvature from the hub
| to each end.
Is. Now carve off thin shavings
| from each side of the propeller until IT
| is about 3-16 inch thick. and OF
| course q inch at the point Of the
shaft.
| II Sandpaper off the edges until
the hub blends into each blade with
| nice looking curves.
| lS Now wind silk thread around
! the hub and cement all around it
with a. band perhaps e inch wide Of
cement over the thread.
| 19. Let the cement dry, then carve
the tips of the propeller into halt
| circle, with the curve extending
| nearer the hub on the leading edge.
20. Shave the blunt edge down un-
| til the end at the fiat or concave side
| is almost a knife edge in thinness
| 81. To make the propeller shine,
apply six coats of banana oil with 10
minutes between each application and
sandpapering gently after each ap-
plication.
| %. Bend the pins sharp pointed
end into a 4 inch open loop, then put
on the bead or thin washer.
Evening star., 1924-10-12
BY TERRENCE VINCENT.
rector, Miniature Aircraft Flyers.

Director, Miniature Aircraft Flyers.
Straight grained balsawood bass
wood, white pine or popular may be
used for the propeller OH the Lahann
No. I miniature monoplane.
For this particular monoplane you
shall try to carve a propeller inches
long from block of wood 4 inch
by Z inch by 3 II inches.
Tho process is as follows:
/. Carve the propeller block ex-
actly in two triangles z inch by 3k
inches.
.. An inch from the sharp end of
the triangle, on the long side OF the
right angle. imbed the curved head
Of the pin which is to be the propel-
ler- shaft. so that at least y inch of
the pin remains out of the wood and
at right angles to the face of the
& inch by 3 II Inch triangle.
). For inches along the ainch
side at the point Of the triangle. on
the long edge of the right angle.
apply glue or airplainc cement lib
orally.
4. Stick together the ends of the
X inch side of the right angle with
the pin exactly in the middle Of what
is then a 6-inch block with the Z
inch by Y Inch at each end.
5. Wind dozen rounds of silk
thread over this joint; lay it fiat to
dry for a half-hour.
Hold one end of the glued block in
your left hand with the right angle
facing right and the a Inch edge par
allel to the floor.
S. Carve a shaving from the edge
On the far side of the pin, starting an
inch away from tho pin on the hy-
potenuse of the right triangle.
Z. Turn the block end for end, and
carve similar shaving from the long
end of the other triangle of wood in
the same manner.
s. You have now marked the fiat
or concave side of your propeller.
mel, h. i,,nf
Evening star., 1924-10-12

"T finds a miserable bunch Of in
corrigible sinnahs,' d. Parson says
to 'em. I finds you all sunk in d
abysmal depths of d. most elothful
mire of wickedness! And-I gwine to
clean up dis mess he says. MAN
he was talkin' to um!
After he had got 'em all so dey
would jump through hoop, and
walk lame. an roll over and play
dead-so to speak, d. Parson an
nounces dat he gwine to give 'em
all one last chance to attain salvation.
"T gwine to have a Grand Bap-
tism,', he says. and l wants every
last livin' shilly-shallyin'. sloo-footed,
pussy footin' one of you to garb
yo'self in a white robe and an air
of humility, and get yo'selves down
to d. brink Of d. Creek Branch, to-
morrow mornin' as d. sun rises!
Oats how d. big baptism began"
said Tommy. "And next Sunday-if
I see you-all about gwine to tell
you about Nancy Shanks, and how
she rot everlastin' light on d. banks
of 4 crystal River"
Copyright, 1924, By Edward Mccandiish.) }
Evening star., 1924-10-12
Lightning Does Strike
Twice.

Lightning does strike in the same
place, in spite of the popular saying
which declares it doesn't. In some or
the national forests trees have been
found that bear the scars of as many
as seven or eight separate lightning
strokes.
Lightning is hard on our forests, as
sometimes the trees struck by light
ming catch on fire. the fire spreads
and the result is a great loss of valu-
able lumber.
There is no tree that is especially
subject to lightning, nor is there any
kind of tree that is immune. 1t used
to be a popular belief that the safest
tree to take refuge under during
storm was the beech. Scientists, how
ever, have proved that the beech
really does not escape lightning any
more than any other tree.
There are certain zones in the for
ests which seem to be especially sub
ject to the ravages of lightning. The
special belt of trouble in North Amer
ica is in Arizona and New Mexico.
In Arizona, on the cinder fiat east of
San Francisco Mountain, half of the
trees have been killed or injured at
some time by this enemy of the for
eStS
Evening star., 1924-10-12

Y v WHEN it. became. generally
n felt that no radical change
HN in Silhouette or cut OF
women's clothes was to
take place this Autumn,
when dressmakers and designers deh-
nitely realized that the big change
that dress prophets are predicting
wasn't really to come, at least TINS
season, then to save the mode iioui
monotony dressmakers or originality
and daring turned to and thought or
new means of trimming and nnlsnins.
The French dressmaker who DID not
contribute at least one form or orig
inal trimming, or one new trick In
the way of manipulating fabrics,
would have felt most unprogresslVe.
As a matter of fact they all did con-
tribute someting-and some or the
contributions were most ingenious.
Ostrich is still important as dress
trimming, and is never better ilkeo
than when it shows trailing or hang-
ing ends. One wonders how this regal
plumage that once used to yield moth
ing but "plumes," can be made into
such long and trailing garlands as
now trim some of the smartest eve
ming gowns. Ostrich fringe does not
seem to have lost any favor, only the
fringe is longer than ever. The full
low placed skirt flounce Of new
evening frock is edged all round with
wide ostrich fringe.
why stop with ostrich? Why
shouldn't the dresSmakers rob the
milliners Of other plumage, once
considered proper trimming only for
hats? The answer to the question is
that some ingenious dressmaker ac-
,ually started the fad for using COZ
feathers, and one really charming
frock l have seen recently has a
band of coo feathers all around the
hem.
1t is a long time now since milliners
have had any monopoly on artificial
flowers. In fact the tendency seems
rather to take them from our mats
Evening star., 1924-10-12
The Lucky Idol.

"If only dear father had left US
something besides all this junk"
sighed Natalie.
The two girls were sadly cleaning
out their fathers library, the week
following his sudden death. They
were orphans now, and since they
couldn't very we'll run the house
themselves. they were being packed
up to go home with Aunt Florence.
who had promised their father to
look after them.
Anyway" said Natalie" it's nice
for Prof. Atkins to agree to buy
fathers collection. It's no use to US"
She looked scornfully at the strange
bowls and daggers and idols which
Prof. Davis, their father. had picked
up in his travels.
Marion took up a queer looking
little clay idol, oddly painted. II
think I'm going to keep this one.
Father was especially proud of 1t.
It's some rare kind of lucky idol he
got in . hidden temple in the hill
country"