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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-03-26
Lime for Celery.

Those who have a heavy soil to deal
with, says Popular Gardening, in grow
ing this crop will have no difficulty in
obtaining robust plants. The crop looks
we'll until it is dug and washed, when it
is often damaged by small black slugs
Many are the plans recommended for
the prevention of this evil, coal ashes,
etc, as we'll as using quantities of SCOT
in earthing-up and also enveloping each
stick in drain pipes. The wrapping the
stems with paper plan is successful, but
too tedious. The failing with many
heavy soils as we'll as many old gardens
which are dressed with leaves and litter,
is exhaustion of calcareous matter. The
remedy for this is the free use of lime.
We have tried all antidotes, but now
resort to lime for the whole Of the celery
crop. Dust it over the ground, making
both celery and ground quite white a
day or two before banking, and this we
DO about three times during the season,
or day or two in advance of the first,
second and final earthing up. Since we
have adopted this plan we have had no
anxiety about the plants, as they have
always come out clean and free from dis
agreement. Not only does the lime kill
the vermin, but it improves the soil in
favor of future groupings.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-03-26
The Picture Was Left

William M. Chase, the famous po1
painter in New York, tells in rel
interview in the Philadelphia n
this remarkable story. His unmPe1
able character must vouch for Its Vf|
cit is a well-known fact that |
models and sometimes pay wei
a fine photograph of a subject
day man came to me WIN
negatives, one representing lazy
Italian peasant. and the other pic'u
the same lady III a Striking
position. The man though
negatives represented proletSssD'
models. My breath was almost u
away from me because | lns''
recognized the lady as the vile
dear friend ofmine. He was an an,'
photographer and had the cra1c
years. His wife was young, DeSu"
and highly accomplished, and why
man was peddling negatives E .,
around | could not surmlse. ! MY IL
had to proceed cautiously, Ior
man once suspected that | knew new,
two negatives pictured a p'" "a
society lady instead of re rec IL ntn me-
he would have asked a small i9 on, M
them. CarelessIy | asked HIM MS i,
When he said $50 ! took out my ior -
book and gave him a cheek Io' 70
amount. Then | asked nm ., M"' q
got the negatives. He SAD tleI h;a
found in house in Phllauelp "neu
those who had moved in it , IecfI
Then | remembered that my irle lem
his wife, who lived in PhiladelpndI"'
once resided in the house, ana 10.
moved. Well, / sent the nega, t M
nv friend and told him how got ~ ;
He sent me a check for the sum naa, /
out, and said he would have chG Ief
paid 81 900. He had somehoNWt o ,c
negatives when he moved. M .,'re d
von must take your wife's picture .
IN n raparv Galore
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-03-26
FARM AND FIRESIDE.
Marigold Seeds.

o. as white sheet was the meadow with
FROST
And the birch trees we're bare on the hill,
While the arigolds-orange and yellow ana
brown
In the garden were poisoning still.
But now colder and colder and colder it grows,
And the grounds frozen hard as rock,
And the winds whoop and cry and the CLOUDS
hurry by,
Like the sheep of a wolf driven flock,
And the leaves in witch dance are whirl1nS
around,
And the blossoms lie dead with the weeds,
And there's nothing that's left of my marigold
flowers
But a handful of marigold seeds.
But the little dwarf winter time days Will go by,
And the dreary black nights will depart,
And the pewee will call in the alder again.
And the grass by the brookside will start,
And the blossoms will feel the warm touch OF
the sun,
And will hear the soft voice of the showers,
For all hidden away in the marigold seeds
Are the souls of new marigold flowers.
Marian Douglass IN Harper's Bo=dr
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-03-26
Profit in Calves.

The disposal of the calves is always a
matter of interest to the dairy farmer,
and many and diverse are the opinions
as to how the best profit may be had
from this generally undesirable pro-
duct. The dairy farmers of Holland
and Denmark keep their own calves
and feed them until large enough for
market. The calves rarely have a drop
of new milk, but the quality of new
cream for making into butter is par
TALLY made up by adding corn flour as a
heat producing and fattening substance:
This corn flour, although of course not
equal to butter fat, answers the>purpose
we'll enough for producing veal of a
quality sufficient to command fairly
good price. Calves kept and fed thus
until or 8 months of age not only pay
for their feed but return fair profit.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-03-26
F,tteninr Lambs for Market.

lambs which are designed for the
butcher should be supplied with grain
every day and be protected from cold
storms. If their dams are large, are
good mixers and are we'll fed, the
lambs will make a pretty fair growth,
even if they receive no grain ration
But this gain will be deceptive 1t
will be directed almost wholly to an in
crease in size but comparatively little
flesh will be laid on. Thus it will come
to pass that when the lambs are large
enough to be sold to the butcher they
will not be well tattened. This means
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-03-26
A Wonderful TRANSFORMS"

1t is on record in medlcaI III, LID NJ
that in the year 1881 poor o' Nap
residing at Tarentum, ne 1ars cha
was the subject of a marIg i,, "a vel
when at the age of nearly Ivy 20 and
His skin peeled off and a I hS mus
skin supplied its place; J ninmp;
wrinkles disappeared from 81 h ms I>' BIZ
the white hairs from ms = la aoain,
curly hair grew on his heau f roh
his complexion became 4or he ..
Youthful. Sixty years later old i
became decrepit with seeo ne bnDd
and died after passing his OILY
and sixtieth wear. ,o
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-03-26
Profits III Cartoon Papers.

The printing of cartoon papers must
be profitable. j. Ottmann, who was
one of the partners in the publication of
Puck, left his only daughter, a young
lady of Il years of age, a fortune of
about $3.50, 600. 1t was entirly accumu-
lated through his connection with that
publication. -NeW York Press.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-03-26
a TRUE BOST0NiAN,

~ so,,I from earth to heaven Went
To whom the saint as he drew near,
sid ,.Sfr, what claim do you present
To Us to be admitted here!
lin Boston was born ana 9rea .od.
And in her schools was educa'o''
5aftcrward ut Harvard reaui .od
And was with honOrs graduated
jim Trinity pew own: .,,,.,, rosncct
Where Brooks is held in Such reSpc''
md the society is known ~
"a I've the cream Of the select.
..Ja fair Nahant-a charming spot
fowu villa, lawns, arcaGeS'
And last, q handsome burial i IIa,od shades -
}r dead Mount Auburn halloween S''"'''''
- Peter unused and shook his head
Then as II gentle sigh ne q drew rev. oid
',jI cave, isn't good enough for you. ,,.,,,,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-03-26

A MoLDER in Bridgeport, Conn. is re-
garded as wonder by his fellow,work-
men on account of his apparent I'M
munlty from burns The other Jav he
acclde n,taliy sat in pan of molten
metal, and, while his clotbinn was
jury. ~ ~ N
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-03-26
Several Seasonable Reminders.

Road making and repairing are mat
ters of importance just now, and every
farmer should do his duty in that direc-
tion-at least by making the highway
passable in front of his own premises.
Make side drains to prevent washouts,
and mend the roads in other respects as
soon rs settled weather permits. Speak
ing of drainage, see to the outlet of
drains on your premises that may be OBJ
structed by ice, snow, or otherwise.
Surface drains to carry water from grain
fields often get clogged up by leaves,
etc, and need cleaning out. Winter
wheat will often pay in increased yield
tor top-dressing of some quick-acting
fertilizer. Many good farmers practice
narrowing wheat in the spring and find
it beneficial. AS soon as the fear of
heavy frosts is past open the potato
heaps or bins, and spread the tubers on
a dry floor if any rot appears, for drying
will suspend the disease. Overhaul and
assert apples as warm weather comes
on, for one rotten one affects all it
touches and destroys the flavor of a
whole barrel. Look also to the vegeta-
bles in the cellar, and so assert as to save
what may be disable.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-03-26
4 PHANTOM PORTRAIT.

rs evening"? OuiIlcr IS in town and is
.rojng 10 dine with me at the cup. can
stand an evening of HIM alohc, p'iC IL y: Vu
md Teddy O'Brien will support me WIN
gspcs and potatiOns / THINK we Sn%ll w "
match for him. Come early and I'm your
1891 f"I life DICK GRAVES"
had nothing particular to do, 80 /
sent word round to Dick that should
eurn up, having first made sure that
Teddy O'Brien, whose studio was IN the
sane block, would 90 also. CUTLER we
knew of old, as all the world knew him
81 man who had seen everything, done
,.vervthing, been every where-and these
occasional visits Of his were perpetual
9error to Graves. Why he paid them
we never knew. There was kind OF
traditional friendship between the famI-
Lies certainly, but CUTLER was man
yVho scoiIed at tradition. lie was In
every way out of sympathy with q set
e1f ardent and impecunlous painters.
NJ journalist, rs traveller, as man of the
zy9rld. he had outlived his enthusiasm.
z life contained no new experiences, no
surprises for him. 1t was only q mo-
rlotrnOus round of the known and the
expected.
Dick Graves, who usually shOne as Il
nost. was not at his best that evening.
Fgrw as nervous ut first and rather 81
fnn3. leaving the burden of talk to
Teddy and myself: and we had the i'll
lack. as the punch circulated, to light on
4 vein of humorous stories at winch we
laughed consumedly ourselves without
-aVoking even u smile from the guest
-pf the evening.
,'Wil YOU fellows look over my Corn
jsh sketches ?" said Graves, suddenly
umping up in desperation. 81 think
2herc are some you have not seen -
and he began to rumage about among
EhlG of old canvas IS.
Ouilcr resumed his seat and sat half
thsently half contemptuousy, watching
us as we turned over the paintings
POSSIBLY he was amused by our iargon
IF tone" and Equality" and the rest.
vt length | picked up from the heap
painting that caught my eye and
dropped it up on the easel near the
4anD. 1t was quite unlike Graves
usual work, and stood looking at it for
st moment, not quite knowing why |
did so. 1t was the head Of young
woman, pale and slightly worn. She
%as leaning little forward, looking out
~ I'm" picture, her mouth parted by Il
~l'Eh1 trCmulous Smlie, ana IN her
yves took that was strange mlngllng
~ ,' @nononF, Us II ,it new " e. nope ann nap
, 'V';,t i,i'0 ho I've y,
-ooN nan NISt'uI llNll oNul'"nt -, !
e@F!iSa 10 s peak 10 NraNGS ana saw Inal
'(0tiler i'ai EoI up ana was S'an III r
&S,Al,iE III the picture WIN VII Il look OF laS-
''3n4',Qn or OF iear. mere at las' was
.S"mGIh'hg mat Interested nm
Where dId you get mat ne asked
''', ,TPtl. !, , u;.,. = =. q, ..:,
nat 40 you thIhk OF II? SAID
Graves slowly.
,,ni:s good mead, SAID Teddy
h[leh. $3.50,
"A a" s : q Nohd n monei' sald L.
=. N t I@r" 20 H"uns one, salo 0ul!erl
1't 'o''e unlike his ordinary cyhlcal
S''t; ,.., 49,, .v,
,,,. Nu t,, ,n'"I ; II, S"'o ''raVes' II
fAOTC lhuu human.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-03-26
praar deal Of shrinkage when they

a great deal of shrinkage when thev
are dressed and poor quality OF meat,
which must be sold for a low price per
nound. and even then it will not give
satisfaction. On some farms where
sheen are kept the case is even worse
than this. The ewes are not well led,
and sometimes for this reason alone
they do not yield sufficient milk TO
keep the lambs doing we'll Coarse
hay, with little or no grain or roots, VIII
keep sheep alive, but it will not enable
them to supply anything like the guam
titv of nourishment which the lamos
should receive. The ewes when nave
lambs should receive liberal quantities
of fine hay-we have found roWen the
best for this purpose-and either small
Quantity of grain or some roots each
day. This in order to keep the sheep IN
vigorous health and increase their yleid
of milk. In addition to this, the lambs
which are to be fattened should De
regularly grained. A small pen should
be fenced off from the large one IN
which the flock is confined, and there
should be an opening large enough to
admit the lambs, but too small to ADMIT
the sheep. In this small pen troughs
should be placed, from which the meal
is to be fed. Probably the old process
oil meal is the best kind of grain tor
lambs; but if this is not to be had, In
dian meal, if we'll ground, answers very
we'll. The quantity given should, be
small at first, but is to be increased as
the lambs become larger and get accus-
toned to the grain. This course of grain
feeding should be continued until the
animals are ready for the butcher.
There few. if any, other kinds of farm
stock which give such prompt and large
returns for liberal feeding as Is made by
lambs which are properly fattened for
the market. Dairymon.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-03-26

Ir is reported that "a oj'ij in
British capital are invested
quay.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-03-26
The Farmers Fowl.

Mrs. John Gaillard, writing in the
Ohio Farmer, says: "What breed of
fowls is the best for the average farmer
This question is often asked by young
people just beginning. Everyone must
determine for himself what breed is
best for his purpose and his immediate
surroundings. IF farmer has no yard
for his fowls, the Asiatic breeds will
give the best satisfaction, with the ex-
ception of the Plymouth Rock, which is
purely an American production. These
fowls give less trouble in the grain
fields and gardens, for almost any kind
Of fence will keep them out, while the
Light Brahma, if raised for eggs and
broilers, cannot be beaten, as they lay a
arge red egg and make good winter
layers, the young chickens grow fast
and make good marketable Jroilers at
4 months old, but when matured and
dressed for market the carcass is too
large for ordinary customers, they hav-
ing a uniform weight of about six and
one half pounds for the hens and eight
pounds for the males.
eff one is breeding for eggs alone, the
Leghorn and Minorca are excellent.
The Silver Spangled Hamburgs are
admired by all; they have beautiful
notified plumage; lay white egg equal
in size Ito the Leghorn; will bear con-
finement we'll; are great foragers and
non-sitters; and more beautiful fowl
would be hard to find. Where one is
breeding for eggs alone he could make
no better selection than the Silver
Spangled Hamburg, For an all-pur-
pose fowl. for eggs, early broilers,
beauty of plumage and good medium
sized market fowl. the Plymouth Rock
takes the lead. The Plymouth Rock
is better setter than the Asiatic
breeds, as the medium hen will not
crush the eggs like the heavier hens
But care must be taken that the nests
are free from lice when the hens be-
gin to sit, for they will accumulate on
the little chicks as soon as they leave
the she'll If the chicks trail their
wings you may be sure they are infest-
ed with vermin, and a great many more
are lost when small from this disease
than from any other"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-04-29
Some Scraps Of Science.

DIR. BARRON says that town life leads
TO degeneracy on account OF the bad air.
An immense blast of granite was re.
Gently made in Scotland, displacing 75,-
900 tons.
THE bridge over the Indus at Sukkur
is at present the largest railroad bridge
i'm the world
ASBESTOS has been found to work adj
mrably when used as fireproof screen
I'm the theaters.
ACRoPHoDIA is a new term used to
describe an exaggerated condition of fear
when in high places.
PAINT made with turpcntine is bet
ter protector for iron work than when
mixed with linsecd oil.
UGANDA, i'm the eastern part of Africa,
has an area of $4,000 square miles and a
population Of 5,e00,0 600.
Coat dust, flour dust, starch and flour
are all explosives when mixed with GER
tain proportions of air
COMPLAINTS come from New Zealand
that many species of birds have disap-
peared wi hin late years
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-04-29
Held by Etiuuette.

A good story is related by the Wash.
ington ApthrOpoiogist. 1t seems that
at official and diplomatic dinners there
is sometimes difficulty in determining
whose duty it is to rise and break up the
entertainment
When Dom Pedro, the Emperor of
Brazil, was entertained at the White
House, he had been told by a confused
Senator that it would be expected that
he, the Emperor, should be the last OF
the guests to depart.
The Presidents wife. however, in
formed her other guests that they would
be expected to follow, not precede, the
royal perty in leaving the house.
The result was that no one dared to
go for fear of breach of etiquette. But
at 3 O'Clock in the morning tired wo-
man pretended illness, and the deadlock
was broken.
Great is etiquette. but common sense
is sometimes allowable.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-04-29
Grocerle. aud the 1arin.

Last fall, before the new tariff act
went into effect, there was "A great deal
said about the advance in prices 10 con-
sumers i'm many, ii not all, the neces-
sarifs Of life. 1t is well undel stood that
il was political dodge, and one that
was most successfully worked. But the
surprising part of the thing is that some
editors of grocery papers should have
been deludcd by the c'y of higher prices,
and they actually urged upon retailers
the policy of stocking up heavily so as
TO profit by the coming advance.
The St Louis GlOcsr never believed in
such an advance, and cautioned its read
erS not to be fooled by the urging of job
bers' organs to load up The predicted
advance never came, and, in fact, there
has been more of decline, except in "a
few imported articles which have no COM
petition in this country. After six
months of the new tariff law, groceries
are cheaper TO the consumer than they
were before the law went into effect AS
a dispenser of facts and not of theories,
we lay before our readers the ruling
prices of long list of grocery articles
on October | last before the new tariff
went into effect, and the prices on April
10, 1891, six months after the law went
into force. The figures were obtained
from the leading retail grocer in ST.
Louis, and represent the usual selling
prices. Special bargains, which would
give lower figures in some cases. have
not been taken into account. In all
cases the comparison of prices is made
on exactly the same grade of articles, so
that the showing is an absolutely Impair
finl nun
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-04-29
THE ITALIAN TROUBLE.
A MlSAPPLICATION OF FREE
TRADE ACTIVITY.

No Danger of Canadian Reciprocity
Americans should Buy American Goods
II rogress OF Ballot Reform-The Presi-
dents Letter-Tarif Pictures.
For day or SO after the recall of Bar
on Fava by the Italian Government there
was talk of our helplesSness in case war
should result It was Immediately seen
that we were nearly defenseless, and
that ii Italy could raise the money 10 pay
for the coal consumed by her ironclads
she could exact almost any ransom she
chose from the cities on the Atlantic and
Gulf coasts, and il seemed probable they
would come To New York rather than tO
New Orleans.
New York, which contains so many
agencies for the sale of English goods
and ideas, has been closely governed by
the wishes of England rs TO defenses,
and England wishes us TO remain UNI
armed, both that her emssaries might
present more powerful arguments
against opposition TO her demands and
that our iron industries might not re-
ceive the stimulus a large demand for
ships and guns would give Under Ler
teachings our newspapers and most OF
our pubic men wrote and spoke of the
high moral aspect we presented by offer.
the late Samuel j. Tilden wrote advising
the armament Of our coasts
But Tilden's power rs leader OF the
Democracy was naught compared with
the barrel English interests tap so law
ishly on the approach of an election,
and the governing party in this city,
setting their faces like flint against
any armament on our part, prevented,
until this last Congress, appropriations
which were disquieting to the interests
which had so much in common with the
last administration and spent money so
freely for its retention in power.
But the appearance on the scene OF a
belligerent power without either an In
dia or a Canada TO guard, a power
which had not waited year after year
for additional improvements in attack
and defense to be made by others, Il
power which had not aspired TO the con-
troll of American opinion and was un-
backed by Mugwumps, placed this city
in an unexpected position, and the
WOrid (Which is typical of large class,
after regretting the death of our sailors
by Shipwreck at Apia, on the ground
that the worst part of the situation was
that an imperative demand for more
ships would grow ont of the loss, says
ut is humiiating beyond endurance
that our great country in some respects
the strongest power in the word, should
be thus crippled for want of adequate
means of defense against second-rate
European power.
If the Re Umberto, for instance,
should explode one of its 17-inch shells in
the lower stories of the "PuiitZer Build
ing" tumbling the structure to the
ground, no paper in the country would
denounce the result it contributed so
much to obtain with greater patriot c
severity than the VorLd, or plead more
earnestly for contribution from city,
State and National Governments.-Anler-
dcdn Economist
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-04-29
| Ha==-
ReadY-Made clothing.

The general public have vague
knowledge of the fact that rcady-made
clothing is better and cheaper in the
United States than i'm any country in the
world, says n Western exchange, but
they do not know what tremendous
lead we have in that line. 1t is simply
incomprehensibl To the uninitiated how
a very presentable suit of clothes can be
sold at retail for so bill, and suit fit
TO wear on any occasion furnished at a
cost of from S25 to S3j. The reason is
that American clothing manufacturers
have not only kept up with the process
sion in the wonderful advancement in
America, but have led il.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-04-29
Prices and the Farmers,

The aggregate Of all farm products
which cost 500 in 1860 would cost at
this time in the same market 800. 70,
cent But the aggregate Of all other
products, less the internal taxes above
specified which would have cost 500 i'm
1860 would cost now only S76.43 for the
same articles i'm the same market, de-
cline OF SOS. 81 on every 500. On what
the farmer sells, therefore, he is getting
about as much i'm New York wholesale
markets as he received thirty-one years
ago, but on al the products that he
buys, taken together, he is paying 241
per cent. less than he paid in 1860.
1t ought to be observed that the gain
for the farmers in nearly all parts of the
country is much greater than these fig
ureS indicate, because the cost of trans
portation has also been greatly reduced,
thus giving TO him larger share of the
price obtanable in the seaboard markets
Tor his products, and also giving To him
imported and manufactured products at
less advance above their cost at the sea-
board. But if such has been the general
result Of Il protective policy, extended
over period of thirty years, have not
the protectionists some right TO graft
tude If 1.-The farmer is on top?" For 1t
is their policy which has opened mills
and mi""S factories and shops, employ
ing millions Of workers. and thus has
enormously increased the home demand
for farm products -NCtC York Tribune