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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-05-04
ID. Graham.
Secretary.
Eagle River Feb, II. 1893.


Meeting Of tie executive board of
School directoru OF the town Of Eagle
River,
All members present.
Minutes of previous meeting read
approved. Bill OF Mrs. Elsie Smiley
OF $50 90 for extra services in teach
ing the Eagle River School for the
year 1888 disalloweI
On motion the following bills were
allowed and President and Secretary
instructed to draw orders for saIne:
y f Howard iurat OF s proof
OF loss 50 0G
J 0berholtZer cash and services y IS
\ A Garrison services iii adjust
ing Insurance 2 90
VIM Hicks organ 20 OO
James Longill drayage hauling
wood IA 90
Geo O'Connor wood as per con-
tract 2l3 90
Motion made and carried that the
President and Secretary be appoint
ed committee to procure stone for
basement for school building,
On motion board adjourned to the
call of Secretary.
ID Graham,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-05-04
SCHOOL BOARD PROCEEDINGS.
Eagle River. Tan. 1So3

Ieetino of tbe execu+iva hoard of
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49,,
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-. 49,.
:, ~ 49, : = '''' ~ " . ' "
On motion tho fnl,ovino hills rara
allowed.
Donahue & Hennebery school
s"pp.;eo pa r Pot 30
A U;mr;ns Snrvic,, ~ ;h,r;,n * M
III J Mack hardware 1915
Earl Stevens labor 90
James White 10
a Membeck 90
ID Diamond 9 90
Freight on school furniture IS 90
j Oberholtzer cash and services AZ IS
w y Oimsted school supplies IL 80
On motion board adjourned to the
can OF the SECRETARY.
y Va S sa.,'h'
Eau]e River Tan ii 1904
Meeting Of the executive board OF
school directors of the town of Ea ole
River.
Quorum present.
On motion Secretary instructed to
make schedule OF furniture school
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-05-04
u Glmhan,
Secretary.
I.agle River, Jan. IS. 1893.

T.aGle River Jan. %. 1893.
Meeting Of executive board as per
Adjournment. All members present.
Board met Mir. James Clancy OF
Iron Mountain Michigan in regard to
the drawing Of plans ana specifica-
tons for Il new school building.
Motion made and carried that the
board adopt the propositions Of
James Clancy architect to draw plans
and specifications for Il new school
building. Said proposition now on
file in the office OF the : ecretary OF the
school board.
On motion board adjourned to the
call Of the Secretary
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-05-04
ID Graham,
Secretary.


Eagle River, Jan. q, 1893.
Meeting OF the executive Board Of
School directors Of the town OF Eagle
River.
Quorum present.
On motion the following bills We're
allowed ana President and Secretary
instructed to draw orders for same.
L W McIntyre school supplies 50
United States furniture Com
pany Chicago furniture 1899 IS
NJ l. S & w X Il freight 100
John TOOley rent Of chairs 5 90
W A OlmstCad school supplies 81 So
Motion made and carried that
board invite proposals for plans and
specifications for Il new school build
ing to be erected on site OF one des-
destroyed by fire Dec. s. 1892.
Motion made and carried that the
Secretary be instructed to file 4; Ne.
rfied claims Of the loss OF the differ
ent Insurance companies and to mott
~ them that the insurance must be
paid forthwith. On motion board
adjourned until = all. 18th 1893 at Z
o'clock y III.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-05-04

Terms, $3.50 Per Year in Advance.
$500 after Six Months.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-05-04

Published every Thursday at Eagle River
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-11-24
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
MUCK AS A FERTILIZER

Many farmers have an unsuspectea
mine of wealth in an ill-looking
swamp, which they despise as so much
wdste land. Every ton Of the muck
may have five dollars worth of nitro
gen in it, and it will rarely have less
than one dollars worth. An acre will
have about two thousand tons in 1t II
the muck is three feet deep. when
the muck is dug out the land Is there
still, and, being drained, will, under
proper cultivation, make the richest
grass meadow, good for two tons oil
hav to the acre. Or, it may be ditched
and planted with water cress; or Will
lows, which give a profit OF several
times as much as the grass. Or, II
there is abundance of water IN the
bottom, it will make pond valuable
for ice. If a pond is made OF 1t, 1t
will only 60 back to its first con-
dition. for every swamp has once been
a pond filled up by aquatic vegetation
and it may easily be that under 1t IS a
valuable body of mari, which Is worth
much money as a fertilizer. 1t will
paw the owner of any swamp to take
what Nature has given to him. Amer
lean Agriculturist.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-11-24
IYneseiiinn Machines.

In typesetting machinery the appli-
cation of mechanics to the art of print
ing is reaching a elimination. 1t Is
stated that during the last twenty
years upward of nine million dollars
have been expended in bringing the
art of setting types by machinery up
to its present state. Now, for all plain
work, typesetting machines are avail
able. In the London Times office a
curious arrangement has been adopted
for the composition of the stenographic
notes of the Parliamentary reporters
in the House of Commons, in which
typesetting machines play an impor-
tant part. The stenographic notes are
read directly to the operators of the
machines, instead of being transcribed,
as was formerly the case. Men at tel
ephones in the House of Commons
read these notes to men stationed at
receivers in the Times composing
rooms. who in turn read them to the
typesetters. In this way these notes
can be set up almost as rapidly as they
could be transcribed by an expert
typewriter; and it is said that the
number of errors that creep mare not
so numerous as to make the work Of
correcting proof much greater than
by the old system, while n consider
able saving in time and expense is ef-
fected Engineering Magazine.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-11-24
RECIPES.

Sponge Cske-Beat separately the
volhs and whites Of four eggs, the lat
ter until stiff enough to cut, when
whip together and add gradually one
cup of graduated sugar and one cup
Of -four with which a teaspoonful OF
baking powder has been sifted; and
last. two cooking spoonfuls of boiling
water
Oysters and Eggs--Toss finely minced
parsley and mushrooms in little but
ter till the latter is melted, then add
dozen oysters with their liquor; when
heated through add a couple OF hard
boiled eggs sliced; simmer all together
for fifteen minutes; then place IN a
dish. strew it thickly with grated bread
crumbs. and brown in the oven.
A Supper Dish-TOke three pounds
of lean, finely Clipped beef one dozen
rolled butter crackers, four beaten
eggs. one tablespoonful of black pep
per, one tablespoonful of salt and but
ter the size Of sn egg. Mix thoroughly,
mould into two bricks and bake like q
roast When cold serve in thin slices.
A little sage may be added.
Potato Pancakes-To three large
boiled mashed potatoes add two table
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-11-24

and acquired a beautiful estate in
that region. DR.. Webb is still a
young man and started in life praC-
tically pennilcss. The cost Of the
structure which he proposes to erect
will be at least 81, 800 000.
This palatial castle will cover very
nearly half an acre Of ground and
will lie built Of granite. There will
be numerous turrets, and the fortiH-
cation style Of architecture will be
carried out in the upper part Of the
mammoth structure. Tapestries and
silks, mosaics and woods from for
eign lands will he used regardless Of
expense in this mammoth country
home. 1t will be filed with curiOs
and bric-a brac from many countries,
and the picture gallery will be en-
rlched by many old masters. This
house will have 107 rooms. 1t will
take three years TO build it, Among
the other magnificent homes, either
contemplated or already in process Uf
erection, are those Of Cornelius Van.
derbilt and Coils p. Huntington, on
Fifth avenue, New York. to cost
about a million each; the Fifth ave-
nue. home OF Charles r. Yerkes, the
Chicago cable king; n million-dollar
summer palace for Herman Oelrichs
at Newport, and also magnificent
cottages at the same place for COrnc-
Illus Vanderbilt and Ogden Goelet.
A single ceiling in Nanderbilt's New
York palace, painted by a French
artist, cost $50, 900.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-11-24

spoonfuls of butter and two small tea
spoonfuls of SALT beat these well to-
gether and add gill of cream or milk,
two well beaten eggs and about two
cupfuls of Aour-enough to make a
batter thick enough to fry as pancakes,
and fry on hot griddle. Serve these
hot, as you would any pancakes.
Birds Nests-Toast small slices Of
bread, butter and place them on a
platter. Break as many eggs as there
are slices Of toast, keeping the whites
and yolks separate. Beat the whites
stiff, seasoning with a little salt. Place
q spoonful of the stiffened whites on
each slice of toast and lay yolk in the
center of each. Set the dish in a hot
oven until the yolks are sufficiently
cooked, then serve hot.
The Southern Silver Cake-Thrce-
fourths of pound of butter. ono pound
of white sugar, three-fourths OF pound
Of -four, one-fourth Of pound of corn
starch, the whites Of eighteen eggs,
one good teaspoonful of baking pow
der sifted with the -four Cream the
butter, then sift the flour; corn starch
gradually put into the butter: add the
sugar loaf sugar pounded and sifted
is best, and last of all the beaten
whites. Flavor with almond or vanilla.
This cake requires a slow oven.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-11-24
rAEM AND GARDEN NOTES.

1t pays to feed the young stock we'll
Properly ground wheat is an excel
lent food for horses.
Wintnr wheat and rye make good
fall pastures for stock.
Ii corn fodder is cut or crushed, the
cattle will eat almost ell of it.
Hay for horses should always be
made from well-ripened grass.
Naphthaline is reported to be al
efficient remedy for foul brood
There is nothing better than comb;
of sealed honey for winter food.
Standardized horses possessing
speed and merit still bring good prices.
Bran Is an excellent food either
mixed with oats or given alternately.
Do not keep any stock over winter
that will not pay for good care and
food.
The grade Shire is generally consii-
cred the best breed of horse for farm
work.
Fewer horses of better quality, with
extra care and feed, will give better re-
turns.
A suitable place must he provided
to keep tho hives during the cold
weather.
Do not allow the cattle TO drink
from ponds that are covered with
green scum.
There is constant demand for fine
saddle horses if breeders would only
try to fill it.
There is no more useless and I'M
profitable animal than a weedy, I'M
salable horse.
Repair the fences around the corn
field before the cattle get in and dam
age the crop.
The man who goes into the pork bus
mess with the idea that the pig is a
pig anyway, and that all are alike, will
probably give it mp wiser and poorer
than when he started in.
Some men are always buying things
and always selling things at just the
right time; they use brains. They are
lucky because they are thoughtful and
intelligent Other men are everlast-
ingly getting on the wrong side of
things. They do not think; they have
brains, but they don't use them.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-11-24
Renaud's Exploits.

In February, 1913, when the French
capital was in the thTOes OF revOlu.
lion. a mob surrounded the Hotel de
Vile and menaced the deliberations
Of the Assembly, which was sitting
within. At the Theatre HistorlQue,
where Chateau-Renaud, an actor
IF no great consequence at the time,
happened to be, he heard OF the tur-
moil, and a bright thought came TO
him. He put on a costume OF a
representative OF the people in the
year 1898. Then he hunted up an
DID white horse, mounted IL, and,
with a small crowd at his heels, rode
straight TO the Hotel de Vile and
through the mob which was shouting
about its doors. Dismounting, he
went into the hall, where Lemartine
was presiding. Citizens, he
shouted, deliberate in peace. No
one shall come in while l am here"
lie went out and remounted his
white horse, and no one did come In.
One fantastically atJired man, with
4 terrible countenance, had complete
liz overawed the crowd. which proba-
bly, would have de1ed successfully a
regiment Of soldiers.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-11-24
The Tinkers OF Mexico.

The City of Mexico Two Republics
says: At one of the monev-changing
Offices close to the Iturbide Hotel
there might have been seen, about
noon yesterday, four picturesque-look-
ing individuals, apparently of Austro-
Hungarian nationality, and known 10
the average English-speaking people
as gypsies and to the Mexicans as
"turcos.' Their hair was as long as
n woman's, very black and glossy and
done up in a knot at the back of their
heads. The boards of such as had
boards were also long and unkempt,
and the clean-shaved men of the party
seemed to run to velveteen jackets
with enormous mother-of-pearl but
tons, gaudy neckerchiefs and high
boots. On the floor of the exchange
shop, in their midst, was a cloth with
several hundred dollars in silver in it,
which they we're exchanging for gold.
These men are coppersmiths and
thinkers by trade. They travelon foot
throughout this Republic, choosing by
preference the sugar districts, and
making their living by patching boil
ers, fixing stills. and generally repair
ing metal utensils of all kinds. They
live miserably, their expenses ayerag-
ing twenty-five cents day. and they
will take only silver in payment Of
their service, having no confidence in
notes. This fact, combined with the
loneliness and savagery of much Of the
country through which they travel, and
the other fact that they carry all their
money about them, makes them a ia
vorite prey of the evil.disposed native,
and not a few of them disappear in
consequence.
A pair Of these itinerant copper
smiths will pass the night at some out.
Wing hamlet or "rancheria. They are
credited with having money about
them, whether they have it or not, and
they are "turcos, anyhow. Accord
inglv, when they start out in the gray
dawn next morning a brace of the
neer-do-wells of the place may happen
to ride out after them, their lariats
hanging suspiciously ready at their
saddle-bows. Some deep-cut canyon
or lonely hollow is reached, the swish
of a pair of "reotas' is heard and be-
fore our "turcos' know where they
are they are being jerked across COIN
try, each with the moose ola stout hair
rope cutting savagely into his neck;
and the next thing they know they
don't know anything.
Those of them who do not come to
such, or the like, untimely ends, re-
pair to the large cities at intervals Of
six months and there change their sill
yer for gold, paying good prices and
generally sweeping the market Of the
yellow metal. When they have
amsssed thousand dollars or so they
60 home across the water, and, it is
to be hoped, live happy ever after
wards.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-11-24
SHIPS AND WHALES.
Many Encounters Between the Two Are
Recorded.

II
Recorded.
The steamship Petersburg OF the
Russian volunteer feet had unique
experience near MlnicOy, 10 the South
Indian Ocean. A sharp shock was
felt by all on board and she stopped
as though Clipped in a wise. The sea
was found to be colored with the life
blood Of two huge whales, which lay
floating in their last agony. One
was cut through by the steamers
sharp stem, and the other killed by
repeated blows Of the screw pro-
peller.
The German steamship Waesland,
bound from Antwerp to New York,
ran into and killed a sleeping whale.
A smaller steamer, the Kelloe, col
lided with a whale near Seaham
Harbor. and wounded it badly. The
celebrated yacht Genesta narrowly
avoided collision with dead ceta.
Cean during the jubilee race around
our islands. In 1889 Shields steam
ship, the James Turpie, nearly cut
a whale in two one starlight night
The schooner 0. NJ Marrett was
almost wrecked by passing whales In
the North Atlantic. Many OF the
school struck her repeatedly with
such violence that her whole hull
shook and articles in the officers
rooms were thrown to the floor.
In 1890 a small sailing vessel, the
Ocean Spray, bound from Galveston
to England, struck a sleeping whale
and received damage. On the morn
ing Of the 18th Of July, whale fifty
feet long made his appearance close
alongside the steamship Port Adel-
aide, Capt. c. NJ. Hepworth, r. n.
r., in forty-twO degrees south,
seyenty-hye degrees east. He fol-
lowed the vessel for four days, never
more than seventy yards away, and
generally close astern, much to the
edifcation Of numerous passengers.
He threw up the sponge In forty. one
degrees south, ninety-seven degrees
east, after travelling $50 statute
miles, certainly without resting, and
apparently fasting
In November the ship Earnock,
Capt Parson, was under sail In
Twenty-Five degrees south, twenty
one degrees west, when a large
whale dashed the sea into foam with
his tail, so near the ship that the
chief officer, who happened to be be-
low forward, came quickly on deck
to see what had happened. He
actually felt the impact Of the water
against her bows.
In June, 1891, while her majesty's
ship Immortalite was steaming from
Arosa Bay TO Gibraltar at the rate
Of twelve knots an hour. she stopped
short as though a submerged danger
had been located. 1t was presently
found that she had cut deeply into
a whale, and it became necessary &c
90 astern in order 10 get rid OF the
| incumbrance. Four months later the
Anchor Line steamship Ethiopia
/ cOllided with whale when about
500 miles from New YOrk.-Cham'
bers' Journal.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-11-24
ASPARAGUS PLANTING.

OF ell the early vegetables none find
q reader sale than asparagus. as 1t
comes into the market soon after the
frost has left the ground, and from
that time until the early peas appear
will always find purchasers at good
prices. Ground intended for aspara-
gus should be thoroughly drained,
either naturally or artifcially Manure
should be worked into the soil to the
depth of at least two feet by trenching,
and the plant set 50 their crowns are
at least three inches below the surface
Fall planting is preferable TO spring,
as the roots become set, will start much
sooner. and make a better growth that
year than if the planting is delayed
until spring. Plants of one or two
wears Growth can be bought Of any
seedman very cheaply, but if the
farmer prefers to raise his own plants
the seed may be sown in the fall or
early in the spring, as soon as the
Ground can be worked, in drills one
foot apart, and covered with an inch
of soil. Thin the plants to three
inches apart in the drillas soon as they
become of good size. The roots can
be removed to the permanent bed
either the first or second year. -Ameri-
can Farmer.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-11-24
The Letters j and W.

1t is fact not so well known but
that it may be said to be curious that
the letters ] aud W are modern addi-
tiOns to our alphabet, says the St
Louis Republic The use OF the ]
may b. said to have become general
during the time Of the common
wealth, say between l649 and 1853.
From 1880 to 1916 its use is exceed
ingly rare, and l have never as yet
seen a book printed prior to 1922 in
which it appeared. In the century
Immediately preceding the seven.
tenth it became the fashion to tail
the last i when Roman numerals
were used, as in this example: viii.
for eight, or xii. in place OF twelve.
This fashion still fingers, but only 10
physicians prescriptions, l believe.
Where the French use it has the
power of 5, as we use it in the word
vision" What nation was the first
to use it as a new letter is an inter
esting but, perhaps, unanswerable
query.
In a like manner the printers
and language-makers Of the latter
part of the sixteenth century began
to recognize the fact that thc,e was
a sound in spoken English which was
without a representative in the
shape of an alphabetical sign, or
character, as the first sound OF the
work wet" Prior to that time II
had always been spelled as "vet," the
having the long Sourd Of u, or Of
two us together. In order to convey
an idea of the new sound they began
10 spell such words las wet, )"
weather" web" etc, with two
us, and as the of that date was
typical We, the three words in quota
tions above looked like this: "Vvet, "
.'yyeather," web" After awhile
the type founders recognized the fact
that the double u had come TO stay
20 they joined the two VS. together,
and made the character now so well
AuOwn as the W. have one book in
which three forms 0. the are given.
The first is the old double WV, the
next is one in which the last stroke
ot the first Y crosses the first stroke
II the second, and the third is the
common W as used to-day.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-11-24

take up with his mouth a piece Of
sugar, placed on the edge of the back
OF the chair 1t will appear very
simple at first sight, but II the per-
son who is trying the experiment is
not very careful to retain his center
e gravity the chair will most assur-
edly upset, and this new Tantalus will
see ;he piece Of sugar evade him at
the minute he expects to take it be-
tween his lips.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-11-24
formulating II.

Baron DOwse once was Judge where
the accused could only understand
Irish, and an interpreter was accord
ingly sworn. The prisoner said some.
thing to the interpreter, and the lat
ter replied.
What does he say?" demanded the
Judge
Nothing, my lOId.'
How dare you say that when we
all heard him? Come, sir, what was
it,"
"My lord, said the interpreter, be.
ginning to tremble, 1T HAD nothing
TO do with the case"
IF you don't answer I'll commit
YOU, sir. Now, what did he say?"
"Well, my lord, You'll excuse me,
but be said, who's that ould woman,
with the red bed-curtain round her,
sitting up there?"
At which the court rOared.
And what did you say?" asked the
baron, looking a little uncomfortable.
II said, Whist, We spalpeen!
That's the ould boy that's going
TO hang yez,"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-11-24
august.
Flower

Eight doctors treated me for Heart
Disease and one for Rheumatism,
but did me no good. l could not
speak aloud. Everything that took
into the Stomrch distressed ne. |
could not sleep. 1 had taken all
kinds of medicines. Through a
neighbor got one of your books.
procured bottle of Green's Aug
ust Flower and took it. am to-day
stout, hearty and strong and enjoy
the best of health. August Flower
savedmy life and gave me my health.
Mrs. Sarah J Cox, Defiance, O. .
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-11-24
Curious Annual PAYMENT.

The sheriff of London annually pays
into the British exchequer six horse
shoes with the proper number of nails
as rent for a piece of ground in the
Parish of st. Clements. In 1884 this
lot was rented from the crown by a
blacksmith to build a shop on, and
afterward the property came into the
hands OF city corporation at the same
rental. The horseshoes and nails have
beer annually paid ever since the
date mentioned.