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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-05-03

cost of such train of ponderous har-
vest machinery is $4,000; and it is
cheaper, in proportion to it's capabili-
ties, than was the old-fashioned
cradle at SIS. To do the same amount
of work by animal power would re-
quire at least fifty horses and also a
great many more men. 1t will thus
be seen that although the first cost of
such harvesting machine is greater,
it is after all, the least expensive ap-
pliance that exists for harvesting
large areas
To show the absolute necessity Of
such machinery in these days of enor-
nous production OF cereals, we have
only to cite the fact that the farmers
of the United States harvested last
wear "a, 629, AIS acres Of wheat OF
this immense acreage 1920, 400 acres
were harvested in California, $685.
O92 in Kansas, 1858, 904 in Ohio,
2,523,3 62 in Indiana, 1,34s, 462 in
illinois, 3,l97, 1863 in Minnesota,
2,414,2s1 in South Dakota and 2, 1885,
$50 in North Dakota. The entire
wheat crop of the United States in
1898 was 800, 131, 1875 bushels
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-05-03
THE ANCIENT DINNER TABLE.
Why Its Ceremonies Were Rigidly OBJ
served.

Why Its Ceremonies Were Rigidly OBJ
In studying the service Of the an
Gent dinner table, the amount of
ceremony which invested the meals Of
our forefathers is one of the first
things which strikes us-a peculiari-
ty, however, which is easily account
ed for when we recollect that, during
the middle ages, men separated from
one another in rank 50 widely as were
the feudal baron and his retainers
were accustomed to eat together in
common, practice which could
scarcely fail to have resulted in the
growth of an elaborate system Of ETH
Quette, says the Quarterly Review.
The ancient fashion of arranging
the tables for a meal is still preserved
in college halls, where the high ia
BILE" stands transversely on raised
platform at the upper end of the
room. 1t was the further side Of this
table of dais" which at a feudal
feast was alone occupied, the master
of the house and his chief guests
thus emphatically dining in public be-
fore his vassals. Everything pertain
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-05-03
CALIFORNIA HARVEST SCENE.
A Machine That Cuts, Threshes, and Sacks
the Grain.

A Machine That Cuts, Threshes, and Sacks
the Grain.
The accompanying illustration
shows scene on a large California
wheat ranch 10 harvest time. Many
men not SO very old can easily remem-
Der when the best known manner Of
harvesting wheat anywhere in the
world was by means Of the cradle"
swung from right to left by one man,
who thus cut the grain and laid it in
a continuous swath, whence it was
raked up and bound in sheaves by
the man who followed close behind
the GRADER with a wooden tooth d
hand rake. Two men thus equipped
could cut and bind from two to five
acres in one day, but to keep up the
work for a week or two in succession
with an average Of three acres per
day was called good record. To be
sure, the cradle" was vast advance
over the sickle which preceded it,
and which had been used in the har-
vest for thousands of years, but to
the wheat farmers of to-day both are
as antiquate7 as the ark of Noah.
The machine here shown is the
latest triumph in harvesting ma
chinery known tn the harvest fields
of California. It is marvel OF
power and efficiency and will no doubt
long remain at or very near the head
of the list. The great traction en-
CINE which moves the whole weighs
twelve tons. 1t moves at speed OF
three and half miles per hour, cuts
swath twenty-five feet wide and
harvests hundred acres per day. It
not only cuts the grain, but threshes
it, sacks it and piles it in heaps Of
nine sacks each. Only eight men are
required to do all this, and they work
under the shade of an awning. The
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-05-03
LOST AND FOUND.

A Little Story About PocketboOk That
Was Told in the Cars.
"On the cars the other day." said
a traveller to a New York Sun man,
II heard a little story about a lost
pocketbook:
al am going to Europe said one
of two young men who were sitting
together; going to start Saturday.
81 hope you won't lose your peck.
etbook, as Ronty did, said the other,
and then he went on to tell how
Bonty had lost his pocketbook.
at seems that Mr.. Bonty had his
return ticket, his foreign money. and
other valuables in that pocketbook,
and somehow he lost it. He didn't
90 on board the steamer until just be.
fore the sailing time, and the steamer
sailed promptly, as steamers nova.
days do, and Bonty didn't discover
his loss until the steamer was out at
sea. He had expected to sit around
comfortably in a steamer chair and
to enjoy perfect rest. In fact he had
set great store on this happy begin
ming of his vacation; but now he had
lost his pocketbook, and, instead of
the calm enjoyment which he had an
ticipated, he had ahead of him a
week of comparative discomfort. To
be sure, he could cable when he got
to the other side and walt and all
that, but he had lost his money and
it wasn't pleasant prospect.
"But among those who went down
to see friends off by the same steamer
that Bonty sailed on was man who,
after waving his handkerchief at the
steamer until it was out in the
stream, saw upon the pier, as he
turned to go, a observation-disclosures
nocketbook. of course. He found
Bonty's name in it, but not his ad-
dress. There was in it, however, the
address of a young lady who lived in
Forty-fourthst street, with whom Bonty
had a slight acquaintance. The ind.
er of the pocketbook went straight
to the young lady. She didn't know
Ronty's address, but fortunately she
brought to mind gentleman IN
Philadelphia who did know it. The n
the finder of the pocketbook tele-
erapned the Philadelphia friend, and
the Philadelphia cabled Bonty at
Queenstown, and he gave the finder
the address of Bonty's friends IN
New York.
aThe result of all this was that
when the tender came alongside the
steamer at Queenstown. Bonty, IN
stead of sending the message winch
be had prepared, received dispatch
saying that his lost pocketoook was a,
fo,nd and giving the address to which
it. had been sent in London.
"This was very simple little story.
Won know. but it seemed to interest
tbe passengers who heard it, and
everybody was glad that Bonty mao
recovered his pocketbook.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-05-03
ny DRIVE OUT MEN
.NcEMENT MADE BY THE
|nhlJGHTERS OF PARIS.
Taking Their Places In Walks Of
Where the Steiner Sex Hitherto
Monopoly, as Doctors, Financiers
Lawyers.
women In New Roles.

Women In New Roles.
his is never weary of making fun
advanced daughters" They
] loot the phrase in London now,
while they apply it somewhat
Lpptly, the general meaning is
|sme Women are gradually TAX
ank in professions and in bust
INTO which it was once supposed
they could never enter. The
sonervative classes in France,
riallv profess to regret this, and
fhat it will end in the destruc-
Of the home. But the 1000, 900
lOmen in France have long done,
heir own sphere, and in many
res to which only man is admit
In other countries, as much work
he men. To this, according to
New York Journal, is due the
that France is to-day the richest
3try in Europe.
|Cmeu are tookkeepers and shop
tprs throughout France. They
We money and disburse it in post
Is and country banks; they liter
khare the toll of their mates. In
kafe, the BARRIERS shop, the gro
store, even at the wine counter,
4 presence lends refinement and
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-05-03

b. Then why should they not
|nSpicuols in the public profess
for which the new and higher
btOn has fitted them? France
EOng allowed women students in
medical schools. Why, then,
d not the lady doctor be prom
in Paris? Here she is, as a
Plan artist imagines her-the
\ and interesting doctress of the
future. Here she is engaged in
fair of the heart which concerns
Patient much more than it does
One can imagine her giving the
fellow her verdict and his medi-
and then gracefully adjusting
2Ott hat on her tresses and call
Ter carriage to proceed on her
round of visits. Paris laughs
Idea, but does it dare to say
twill not come?
At the Bar and in the Senate.
here is the "lawyeress, clad
traditional cap and flowing
OF the French barrister. She
not unlike Portia, but the client
ing to her has nothing Venetian
appearance. What would
oe homogeneous in the appari-
one Of these charming lawyer
u the great hall of the last
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-05-03
Snoiled 1t All.

Not long ago, Edmund Russeli
dawned upon certain Western cry
and the blanks gave a large recep-
tion. Among the plans for the en-,
tertainment of the guests was scene
from Macbeth" rendered by a young
woman of local Evolutionary lame'
The head of the family was s. MOI 20 the M,
formed of the especial part OF tne
nrocramme. At the proper mome a.
Macbeth appeared at the END OF ,,i ine
drawing-room, dressed IN lfa a.ah.
rohe of white and bearink l'ens.
She moved slowly forward an ,o GA.
nectant hush falling upon tne assem
p1aoe The host looked up saw. aa ad
whollv misunderstood. lie nesi a tor'
onIv a moment, then hastene aw ~,
var ward with hospitable zeal: WI" Wy,
Miss smith, good-evening. In , va;,
o e1aS1 to see you. May | relieve you
of YOUR candle?"
praa1R-aHave you copper you
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-05-03
BURGLARS TOOLS.
They Are Generally Made by Mechanics
Who Are Respectable.

They Are Generally Made by Mechanics
Who Are Respectable.
Every little while the police arrest
a man with a kit of burglars tools in
his possession, and one naturally
wonders where they all come from.
It is easy to buy a gun of any descrip-
tion. and the most reputable citizen
wonld not be ashamed to be seen pur-
chasing the most wicked looking
knife ever made; but who would
know where to get slungshot, or a
iimmie. or a device for drilling into a
safe, or any of the many tools used
by the professional burglar IN the
pursuit of his calling!
There probably are places In many
large cities where these things are
made and sold to the users, but such
places are scarce. Once in a while
the nolice find such factory, and
then things 60 hard for the proprle-
tors It may seem a little strange
W learn that most of the tools used
in burglaries are made Dy mecnanlcs
who are respectable men IN Inc COM
munity.
when a burglar wants any particu-
,or tool made he goes to a mechanic
wbo can do the Job ard pays him per-
.ans Ave times what it is actually
morth for making the tool and keep
,ng still about it. Supt. ElDrldge, OF
.he police Department, recalls many
o caS of this kind that have come to
,;aht in Boston. One in particular
~ nssa -, three years ago. when an
o osoaned convict named Williams
$50 tn a blacksmith in Roxbury and
rS him to make lot Of drills to be
nes in safe cracking. He PERSONAL
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-05-03

ly superintendent the temperinS oi
the steel, and when the joo was near
ly completed it leaked out, and Will
Jams was arrested. In this instance
the blacksmith knew nothing of the
use to which the tools were to be put,
and escaped punishment. In the
opinion Of >upt. Elbridge most of the
tools used by burglars are secured IN
this way. The only regular estab-
lishment where they were made ever
discovered in Boston was at the West
End. This was years ago, and the
place was soon broken up.-Boston
Globe.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-05-03

aHave you q coppe. y yo,,
can spare, sir?' carle sa.anen making es' ip
vd And him in the kitchen 11a maA
, WIN 1ot the cook Spare Moments
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-05-03

the "hnancieress?" This is how the
french artists think she would look
But why should woman sacrifice the
especial air and peculiar garb which
SO enhances her beauty, simply be-
cause she goes into medicine law
politics or business? Did NOT, the an !,
clients 90 all these things passing
VII when they wore robes? Strange
IT is, but the French mind can con.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-05-03

s raefe advocates come to con-
'sIh their clients in the Paris
|nn We justice? A woman deputy
T peeh thought a possibility in
hest LUIS Il Is because women have
kleato' 70 :, protect; they have helped
/ tho ' VI lne wealth and ought to
kositiopnS iSlledge of voting as to it's
ben ca Women representing
|tino ffooussltuents and faithfully
b na ~, Their rights would seem
kd t aaoS after a while, and it
! ties ~ the French masculine
i lanswv,oe trife more choice in
|aolsee n Oage when they get angry.
rG VIA paudet may some day write
Ia kn lrn a a lady deputy in it. He
spinp'' no" to make her very
Dsn the woman OF affairs, .
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-05-03

JUDGING from the good will the
French are showing the Gar, Alex
ander of Russia could have a nowling
old time were he able to spend
night in Paris
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1894-11-29

A few months now for the intellectual
man.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1894-11-29

dred dollars were so paid. but by Judge
Ross decision all funds in the district S
hands belong to the town and the town
authorities think they have good case
against such districts.
Work on the Bennington & Woodford
electric railway will begin in the spring.
road bed of the abandoned Bennington
& Glastonbury railroad will be used, ex-
cept a small portion in Bennington vii
lage. because the depot was previously
reached by using a short portion of the
Bennington & Rutland track.
A copy of the prospectus of the new
Vermont Medical Monthly is out. The
magazine is to be published at Burling-
ton, the first issue to appear Jan. I,
1895.
Bennington trustees have ordered
every tobacco and cigar store, fruit
store, barber shop, meat market, fish
and oyster market in the village closed
during every Sunday. This is the out
come of a petition presented to the
trustees by the local Law and Order
league.
At the annual meeting of the Vermont
Association of Road and Trotting Horse
Breeders at Rutland last week these of
fcers were elected: President, F. H.
harrington of Brandon; first vice presi-
dent, H. T. Cults of Orwell; second vice
president, g. W. Hendee Of Morrisville
secretary, D. c. Brown of Brandon
treasurer, c. A. Chapman of Ferris
burgh. An attempt to have pool selling
at the next meeting was defeated by a
vote Of 10 to 5.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1894-11-29
ORLEANS COUNTY NOTES.

Barton is to have a lecture course this
winter beginning December Z. Among
the speakers are such well known
orators as Horr, Williams, Willets and
Conwell
Albert Warren Clark of Derby died
Saturday after a brief illness with
typhoid fever. He had recently entered
V. M. Seminary last June. In his death,
the community loses very affectionate,
obedient and loyal young man.
Rev. Frank E. Healy of Barre delivered
a lecture at 6. A. r. Hall, Newport Tues
day evening.
Mr.. Magoon of West Derby was run
into by a train recently and seriously
injured. He is doing well as could be ex-
pected.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1894-11-29
ITS WONDERFUL EFFICACY.
Newspapers A Omit DIR. David Kennedy'S
Favorite Remedy is all it is Claimed

Newspapers Omit DIR. David Kennedy'S
Favorite Remedy is all it is Claimed.
The intense interest taken in the almost
miraculous cures made by DR.. Kennedy's
Favorite Remedy, at Athens. N. Y, and
other places, resulted in the Albany, N. V,
Journal. sending special representative to
Athens to investigate the cases, and it was
found that many of the cures made by this
medicine We're simply wonderful.
In the cases of Mr.. Lewis Glow, who had
chronic kidney disease, Mrs. Casper Brooks
suffering from female troubles and kidney
disease, and Mrs. VIM. Tiffany who suffered
from general prostration, all of these cases
were abandoned by their attending ply
sicians. DR.. Kennedy's Favorite Remedy
was then used by them and in every case an
absolute cure was effected.
Mr.. c. E. Bartholomew, Ka1kaska, Mich.
writes: ''Dr. David Kennedy's Favorite
Remedy saved my life when 1 was a victim
of Brights disease
81 had been troubled since 1862" writes
S. N. Arnold of Rochester, N. Y. with gravel
and catarrh of the bladder. Tried several
doctors, but got no relief. Finally used Dr.
David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy. The re-
suit was marvellous; after using a few bottles
I was entirely cured"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1894-11-29
WHISKEY IN VERMONT,

There are no rattlesnakes in our state,
hence whiskey is an unknown quality
among us. DIR. Bales Hustena, the
great German discovery for consump-
ton, cannot and does not raise the dead,
but it is guaranteed to cure the severest
cough, tickling in the throat and lung
troubles. Try it, for sale by leading
druooiStS: 35 cents and ST 90
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1894-11-29

tone and energy to the whole system
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup" for
children teething is pleasant to the taste
and is the prescription of one of tn, old
est and best female physicians and nurses
in the United States. Price twenty-five
cents a bottle. Sold by all druggists
throughout the world. Be sure and ask
for Mrs. Winslow Soothing Syrup"
Is the ventilation of your barn what it
should be?
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1894-11-29
VERMONT NE VS..

A large number of voters of Barre may
have to stand suit from the town, owing
to Judge Ross decision regarding school
funds. Prior to April 1, 1898, the time
when the system went into effect, several
local districts met and voted to return
the surplus funds in the treasury to the
individual taxpayers and several hun
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-08

marks, said the gentleman from Illinois,
MIR, Black, had been successful in draw
ing the fire of all the gentlemen on the
other side who had not yet done render
ing military service to the country. And,
last of all he had been charged with
using dagger If he had used such
weapon, 1t was the dagger of truth.
Against that dagger had been raised
on the other side the shield
ne would not say of un-
truthfulness-bu of assertion; and
II was painted red with slander. The
gentleman from Iowa had, as usual,
brought fire brand into the debate The
brand had evidently been lighted at the
funeral pyre of truth, for he brought
nothing of truth into the discussion Evi-
dence had been produced to prove the al
legation of fraud respecting the pension
roll, and Mr.. Enloe said he could show no
man anything who would not see. who
shut his eyes and kept them closed; but
he had shown to the House the proof of
fraud from tho records of the bureau it
self
An amendment making the reports of
the local examining boards open to claim
ants and their attorney, offered by MIR.
Picker was adopted.
GROW GENEROUS TO A FAULT.
Mr.. Grow, rep, of Pennsylvania,
offered an amendment making the lowest
monthly pension rate for disability sl2 If
the government were to do anything for
the old soldier, he said, it should do some
Thing substantial. Dollars and cents
should not be weighed on the national
scale against the heroic deeds
and services of the defenders of
their country. The magnitude of
the struggle of 1S6l-65, and
the magnanimity of the vic
tors to the vanquished were the
subject of an eloquent five minute out
burst by the ex-speaker. II was his first
speech since re-entering the House, and
he was listened to with close, attention.
His voice was fun, round and impressive
and his stirring sentiments evoked a
round of applause The amendment,
however, was obnoxious 10 the point of
order that 1t changed the existing law.
The committee then rose, and the bill
was reported TO the House The Pickler
amendment was agreed to and the bill
passed without division, substantially as
il was reported from the committee.
At 4;l0 o'clock tho House adjourned I'M
til tomorrow at IL o'clock.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-08
RussELL,s SPEECH.
The Georgia Member Talks on the
Pension Question.

Ine georgia member Talks on the
Pension Question.
Washington, March Representative
Russell, from Georgia's Second district,
scored a point In the House to-day in dis
cussing the pension appropriation bill
He made a strong speech, and the way he
put republicans on the defensive showed
it to be a strong one. He was continual Y
interrupted by Mr.. Reed and his follow
ers, but he never became ratified, aud In
every way proved himself thoroughly up
on his subject. He declared that the
south did pay its share towards tho pen.
siops, and aided its own ex-confederate
soldiers to boot also Let the northern
states follow the example of the south
ern," J." he declared, land pay their own
war indebtedness
"Uncle Ben" he is called by his Georgia
colleagues, and he had a majority of the
members of all the southeastern states
sitting around him. He had a good au-
dience in the galleries and more than a
fair one on the floor His speech to-day
was possibly the best he has ever made
on the floor, and in every way show him
To be one of the strong members In the
delegation. His defense of Secretary
Smith was not fulsome, but strong, and
his witty replies to questions from the
opposition kept the House laughing and
in good humor.