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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-05-30

Better illustrated than in the farm ma
ohinery industry. Thousands Of foun-
iers, iron workers, molders. wood
sEorkers. cabinet-workers, painters and
Other craftsmen. all pre-eminently city
JEWELLERS, are engaged day in and day
out in hot, smoky workshops making
Implements for the farmers to use in
quitting their grain. Connected with
heSe artisans there Is vast army OF
advertisers. printers and business men
I'm various capacities. In return for
The machines the farmers send part
of their wheat to feed those who serve
them.
h Probably the greatest mandatory Of
farm machinery in world is located in
chicago The material comes in crude
N-pig-iron in blocks and lumber in
eplanks 1t passes to some one of the
SB|ore of buildings covering tifty-one
acres of ground in the northwestern
Mart of the city and is made into tens
M0f thousands of small parts which are
Smally assembled. fitting together eX-
#sactly. and the acknowledgements
GeaperS. mowers and hay-rakes-go out
beautifully painted and ready for work.
i These devices are not alone used in
4 This country. whore they have rendered
bonanza farming possibility. but they
are sent all over the world. Harvesters
made in Chicago click through wheat
1eds in Argentine. in India, in the
farms of the Sultan of Turkey, in South
Africa, in Australia. IN Russia and
Everywhere else that grain is grown.
The iron is unloaded from trains or
u boats at one end Of the immense fac
tory buildings, and it goes at once TO
Nhe foundry. This is a great, high
@lafted room with smoky windows and
The earth for floor. 1t bangles full of
hopes. chains and pulleys connected
With devices for lifting the heavy molds
. and castings. Overhead are the tracks
1 Of a railroad with numberless switches
and curves. From it swing great ket-
Ties containing hundreds of pounds of
molten metal which is being trundled
) here and there to fill the molds. Over
tie entire surface of the ground as
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-05-30

Siter along behind to do the shocking.
8ll of the eXhausting work of hand
hiding has been dome away with, to-
either with the necessity of preparing
heavy harvest-dinners for the workers.
|, Of course some of the romance of
farming is lost i'm reducing it's opera
Mons to machinery, but fifty years
Ihg, binding and thrashing the grain
Rnd then grinding it into flour on the
pot so that it can be taken from the
field in barrels, future generations may
l0k back and mourn for the romance
4 the tWine binder days.
The complete interdependence of
buntry and city is perhaps nowhere
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-05-30

the incorporation of the home thirty
six unfortunate men have been cared
for, and some Of them, who were so in
jured as to be totally incapacitated for
railroad work, have been taught an,
other trade. There are at present nine
inmates of this home, which is located
at No. 45 WaShtenaW avenue, Chicago,
three of whom have been confined to
their beds for over three years. DR..
ingalls,, the founder, is an old mem
Der Of the Brotherhood of Railroad
Trainmen, and the board of directors
is composed of members of the railroad
unions. The present building is now
full, and fund has already been
started for the purpose of erecting
large and commodious building in a
suitable locality for the purpose Of do
ing a work that will be far-reaching in
it's power for good. The railroad or
CARNATIONS are now beginning to ap-
preciate the value of such an institu-
ton, and the time is not far distant
when they will undoubtedly make ar
engagements for the maintenance of the
home out of the general funds of their
orders. The Hon. l.. s. Coffin, an eX-
railroad commissioner of Iowa, start
ed the building fund with a donation
Of $1,000 and the following labor CT
CARNATIONS are now contributing to
the support of the present home: Broth
erhood of Locomotive Engineers, Or
der Railway Conductors, Railroad Tel
egraphers, Railway Trainmen, Loco
motive Firemen, and their ladies' aux
iliaries It should be stated, however,
that this home is also being assisted
by private subscriptions, and many
prominent railroad and express COM
pany officials have made liberal con-
tributions.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-05-30
SETH LOW, OF COLUMBIA.
Who Recently Presented That Uni
versity with ST. 100000.

Who Recently Presented That Uni
versity with ST. 100000.
Columbia College has recently been pre-
sented by it's president, Seth Low, with
the magnificent sum of 81 100000; or
rather, Mr.. Low has personally assumed
the cost Of the new library building Of
the college in New York, which is esri-
mated at that amount The library is
to be memorial to his father, the late
Abel Abbot Low Connected with the
gift are three conditions, one of which
is that college privileges be extended
to some Of the boys and girls Of his
native city-Brooklyn. Accordingly
twelve Brooklyn scholarships will be
established. Another condition is that
eight presidents university annual
scholarships be established. Another
condition is the formation of fellow
ship in honor Of his class-that of 70.
President Seth Low was born in
Brooklyn, Jan. Is, 1850. His father was
a merchant and the young man, after
graduating from Columbia College, be
came a clerk in his store. In 1875 he
was admitted to partnership. Mr.. Low
was founder of the Brooklyn Bureau
of Charities and its first president in
1881 he was nominated for the Mayor
atty of the City of Churches as re-
form candidate and was elected. gain
ing much praise during his administra-
ton. He was reelected in 1888.
Hon. Seth Low was installed presi-
dent of Columbia College in February.
1890. George William Curtis, writing
upon that occasion, called him "a man
of scholarly accomplishment and train
ing, of great experience in public and
commercial affairs, Of singularly
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-05-30

facture of tongues, whinetrees and
though the wood part of the industry
IS bagatelle as compared with the
ironwork. About 100000 feet are
used yearly, simply for packing and
Grating the machines for shipment.
Two whole floors of an immense build
ing are devoted to the woodwork, and
here, in an atmosphere Of sawdust, the
planners screech, the saws spin and 100
men work with drawshaves, planes
and hammers. Highly seasoned oak,
second growth hickory, ash, maple and
poplar are most largely used.
Most of the wood parts are smoothed
on great wheels covered with sand
paper before they so to the paint-shop.
In another great room the bolts and
screws are made, bitten by clever little
machines from solid rods of metal. One
great room in the works is devoted en-
tirely to canvas work, for each har-
vester has numerous canvas parts. One
set of girls cuts the pieces out, another
hens them and third puts on the Stats
the buckles and the straps. In this
one factory ITO acres of duck are used
every year. This would make q strip
three feet wide and 452 miles long.
One of the most important processes
in the whole manufacture is the max
ing Of the knives and sickles which cut
the hay and grain. The raw steel comes
into the works in long narrow strips,
and an ingenious machine cuts it up
instantly into the proper shapes at the
rate of two every second. After being
beveled they are tempered by an in
teresting process. The pyramid-shaped
pieces of steel are heated over fires fed
with fuel oil, and at the proper mo-
ment they are lifted off and plunged
into an oil bath. From this, as soon
as they are cool, they are tished out and
shoveled into the tempering ovens,
which deprive them of their brittleness.
From this room they go 10 the grinding
room, where a score Of huge grind
stones whirl noiselessly from daylight
to dark.
The sections are fitted into swinging
brackets, which hold them at an angle
against the stone. Water pOurs down
over them in stream, but so great is
the friction that showers of sparks
shoot off and mingle with the water,
giving the appearance of liquid fire.
The parts are now assembled and put
together by skilled workmen, each part
being tested. Now they are ready for
the paint. They go first to the white
room, where all the floors and the men
and the tools are daubed with white
paint. Here they are ducked by means
of pneumatic lifts into bath of paint
and are then dried off. After being
striped and lettered in blue and red
they are beautifully vanished and
sent out to the shipping room. The
capacity of the shops is one machine
minute. One-half of these are binders
and the other half are reapers and
mowers.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-05-30

facturef actually made larger profits
out of Ais repair department than he
did from the sale of new machines. One
of thehargest concerns has cable and
telegraph code word for each casting.
so TINT repairs can be ordered from
onywalere in the world in the shortest
possible space of time.
Rack of the mandatory and facing
on tbe river is the lumber yard. More
than 1Aoo0. 900 feet of pine and hard
wood stick is used yearly in the manu-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-05-30
The Vinegar Habit Hard to Cure

The Vinegar Habit Hard to Cure.
"One of the most difficult habits to
cure is that Of drinking vinegar" said
DR.. L. C. Aiken. at the Emery. "a good
many women drink vinegar for the
complexion, and in some cases it creates
a craving for it even more insatiate
than that for liquor. AS the habit grows
the victim is no longer contenteG with
ordinary vinegar, but demands it
stronger until they drink acetic acid
with very little dilution. It burns out
the stomach within very few years,
and it is seldom that vinegar fiend
lives even until middle age. It can be
detected by the peculiar pallor of the
countenance, but no antidote has ever
been discovered by which the habit
can be cured. Enquirer.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-05-30

Inds that a machine would soon be in
|nted to entirely supersede their slow
Sing cradles would have been laughed
hit Of cOuntenaRce- Brit the miracle
las been wrought. A man may sit in
be harvester-seat and go clicking
lrough the grain with only an occa-
,onal chirrup to his horses, and at the
hl of the day he VIII have cut eight or
IN times as much as the brawniest
kadler could have done. Besides that
be wheat has not only been cut but
athered up and tied with Irvine in
Mt bundles, ready for the hands who
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-05-30
An Odd Gem.

A precious stone which at the pres
ent time is very valuable, because it is
the stone of the hour, is the peridot. or
"evening emerald" 1t is a lovely stone,
with it's exquisite shades of transpar-
ent green, the best suggestion of whose
hue is the effect produced by looking
at the light through delicate leaf.
jewelers. say that the peridot is spe-
cies of Divine, of the same class as the
beryl, aqua marine, and topaz; anI
that it is, in fact, the ancient "topa-
zion," otherwise known as chrysolite.
1t is found in Egypt, Ceylon, and Bra
I'll, good crystals being exceedingly
rare. OF the various shades Of green
olive, leaf, pistachio, or leek, the clear
leaf green is the most admired.
OF all the precious stones, the peri
dot is the most difficult to polish. The
final touch is given on copper wheel
moistened with sulphuric acid, pro-
cess which requires the greatest care,
for, if dipped into the acid the stone
has the popularity of becoming solu
BILE. Sometimes it is cut in rose form,
or like a carbuncle but it is better and
more valuable when worked in small
steps, as the brilliance is thus increas-
ed.
Owing to the quality of softness, the
peridot has been considered of little
value. but now that it is the fashion,
fabulous prices are charged for the
stone.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-05-30
A NEW TROLLEY.

An Underground System That Prom
Uses Success.
The Metropolitan Traction Company
believes it has found On underground
trolley system of street car locomotion
that can be operated successfully, and
it will be put in use on the new line in
Lenox avenue. The road is already
built. The surface construction is eX
sons thought the motive power would
be cable. although the company Off
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-05-30
Razors Made nv Machinery.

The manufacture of razors by ma
chinery has now become fixed Iact in
Germany, and the quality of the article
is said to compare favorably with the
best Sheffield product, the process being
also applicable to scissors making.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-05-30

outwardly pressing springs, which are
secured to positive and negative con-
tact shores. The trolleys are attached
to the car by crossbars attached to the
side frames of the wheel trucks.-Elec-
trical Review.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-05-30
A HOME TO BE BUILT.

For Aged and Disabled Railroad EN-
p1Oyes.
In the spring Of 1890, DR.. Frank In
gals, of Chicago, founded home for
aged and disabled railroad employees,
which home is being largely supported
by voluntary contributions from the
several railroad brotherhoods Since
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-05-30
AKING MACHINERY.
w REkPERS AND MOWERS
ARE MANUFACTURED.

tusands of Men Work Day After
nay ia Smoky City Shops Making
IN pIegnents for the Farmers to Use
n Harvesting Their Grain.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-05-30
An Important Industry.

L q Il L. e, scytlle
cradle, re a p e T,
tWinebinder-such
are the steps of
progress in grain
harvesting devices.
Fifty years ago a
man who had ven
tured to prophesy
in any gathering
Of bent-back farm
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-05-30

sound and wise judgment. of tried adj
ministrative skill and of tranquil indie
pendence and courage, blended with ad-
mirabIe moderation"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-05-30
OUR BUDGET OF FUN.
HUMOROUS SAYINGS AND o.
iNGS HERE AND THERE.

Jokes and Jokelets that Arc Supposed
to Have Been Recently Born-Sayings
and Doinxs that Are Odd, Curious and
LauShable-The Weeks Humor.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-05-30
Moynihan Was "Scairt."

zone of the funniest things ever saw
in a theater,' said Frank Lane, the
actor, happened in town not far from
Chicago. Our company was snow
bound and had lost two or three dates,
so we filled in one night at this town.
The theater was really big town hall
with no gallery, but having a lot of
raised seats at the rear. When it came
time to begin the show there were only
five or six persons in the main body OF
the hall, but the cheap seats at the rear
We're crowded. Our manager thought
it would be better to have the audience
within hearing distance of the stage,
so he told the ushers to notify the peo-
pie in the back seats that as soon as the
curtain went III IS could go forward
and occupy as of the front seats not
already taken. Well, the curtain went
up and Frank Moynihan, who lives in
Chicago, was discovered on the stage
He was playing an Irish servant. His
lines were, Here it is, half hour past
the time and master not yet returned,
or something like that. He had spoken
about four words when the whole mob
in the rear of the house arose as one
man and rushed wildly toward him,
climbing over chairs, knocking each
other down in their haste and bowling
like Indians. Mcynihan dropped his
feather buster, gave one yell of trror
and ran from the stage. He thought
they were going to kill him. sure. II
was several minutes before he recov-
cred sufficiently to go back and take
up his part
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-05-30
Mummies Make Good Onion Manure

In view of the fact that Egypt was
once the center of civiliza ton and
learning, whence science radiated to
every corner of the globe yestiges of
Egyptian lore being found even in
this h. ..lisphcre, it is somewhat pain
full to think that the only item which
the land of IT, Pharaohs now contrib
utes to the world is onions. which are
being shipped in huge quantities to the
United States. And to make matters
worse. we are informed that the popu-
lar "baeli," as the Egyptian onion is
called, owes it's fine flavor as we'll as
its size to the fact that the fields in
which it is grown are fortified with
the powdered mummies of the sages
who fiourished on the banks of the
Nile 1000 and 1000 years ago.-New
York Tribune.
All men consider themselves licensed
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-05-30

All men consider themselves licensed
to lie about their approaching wedding.
The Delta independent., 1895-10-23

The editor OF this paper is commenc-
ing TO realize some of the benefits of the
editorial chair. During the past month
he has been the recipient OF several
boxes of choice peaches andpea from
the fruit farm OF W. o. Stephens, of Delta
Colo. The editor generously shared
these luSurics with his assistant, Mrs.
Gill, who frequ entity comes into the edi-
tors sanctum 10 give some much need
ed advice, which is very helpful and ac-
cordingly priced. During one OF these
visits the fruit was discovered and as a
consequence the greater part was car
ried off, and we are credibly informed
that even the little Gills and the visit
ing public also came in for a share.
Well, it was fine fruit, and all We can
say is, that il they all enjoyed it as much
as We editor did the little he managed to
get from each lot, then we are reconciled,
and they are doubtless satisfied.
Thanks. Sister Stephens, most pleasant
reminder of old days, when we used to
60 foraging in aud around dDelta.-Aspeu
Methodist Visitor.
Charles Greenfield, who bought 10
acres OF the o. MaGdox place in the
Gunnison valley was in yesterday ac-
companied by IL. S. Tai. WHO ,wns 20
acres adioiaing uio'. and made this Of
flee social call. This is the!w first sea-
son in Delta county, lld they have de-
voted their attention principally 10 gar
doning, T.. sire Nbout an acre each OF
cucuInoers, 4 lsr,sc pc ION of shei- crop
being solI 10 the Delta caun.ls factory
Tor pickles. They also hCa a large crop
OF melons, I car loa i ulilg let to rol on
the ground. F'out toas of cabbage were
grown 90 one ac.e O; g:Jund, and an
acse o; onioas Yielded u tous. Their
tomato crop was very good and taeir
celery, OF which tIey g'ew a quarter of
al acso. is SIMPLY isnEeuse. They have
I fine Young orchu;G, asG will soon be
liked yery comfortably.
r. r. Mills & Co. of Coorow have pur-
chased the stock OF dry goods, notions,
etc, remaining in The Fair store. and
will take it to Colorow, where they in
tend to carry full stock in that line of
goods in the future. Colorow seems to
be coming to the front in good shape. -
Montrose Enterprise.
The receipts for local freight at the
Delta depot are averaging $4,000 day,
The Delta independent., 1895-10-23
STATE AND GENERAL.

J. n. Pearse, Mr.. Morgan and w. H.
Nelson are gathering lot of shipping
cattle from the Lone Cone, Paradox and
Disappointment ranges, and on Sunday
they will leave with the cattle for Dallas,
the nearest railroad stock yards. On or
about October 9th these parties will ship
los cars of cattle from Dallas bound for
the Kansas City markets. When the
cash value Of this bunch of cattle is
figured into collars and cents, the eastern
contingent can realize that there are
other interests in San Miguel county be-
sides mining and agriculture. After that
number is shipped it will hardly be
noticed, there are so many more left on
the same ranges.-Telluride Journal
The Delta independent., 1895-10-23
A Good Country.
NJ. 4 B.

We are Justly proud of the record al
ready made by Delta in the fruit grow.
ing line, and we consider it the banner
town and county for fruit in the state.
Delta was the home Of the editor OF this
paper for two years. We are glad to see
she is still forging to the front. as the
following from TIE DELTA INDEPENDENT
will show.
Delta county, as usual, has scooped
the prizes at the State Horticultural
show in Denver, securing the first and
third for best general displays of fruit.
and first and second for best display OF
apples. These were secured solely
through the efforts OF w. S. Coburn and
E. ]. Mathews, OF Paonia, and these gen.
telman are entitled to the warmest ap-
probation on the part of the other fruit
growers for their public spirit in doing
this work"
We have ten acre apple orchard in
embryo near Delta and look forward to
the time when having crossed the dead
line in the ministry we shall again be-
come with our family, residents of Delta
CO unty.-Aspen Methodist Visitor.
The Delta independent., 1895-10-23
Protestant Episcopal Missions, Diocese Of
Western Colorado.

Services will be held regularly on the
End and 4th Sundays in each month, as
follows:
Upper Gunnison school house at 4:l5
p. m. Mission Room, Delta, at p.m III,
When there are five Sundays in a
month, morning service and celebra.
tion of Holy Communion will be held in
Delta at IL a. m, in addition to the
evening service
All baptized persons. who desire to re.
ceive this sacrament, are eligible to par.
take.
The public is cordially invited to be
present at all the services.
Parents who wish to have their child
rem baptized, and unbaptized adults who
desire 10 be baptized, will please consult
with me.
ARNoLpUs MILLER.
Priest in Charge
The Delta independent., 1895-10-23
Try This Experiment.

We would like TO suggest an expert
ment for our fruit growers to try next
season with their Strawberries. As
soon as the price of this excellent fruit
begins to fall from an over supply, take
small part of the patch, NOW the
plants close down to the ground, allow
the cutting to lie on the ground for
week. Then, if possible, plow under
as a fertilizer Cultivate and water and
give the plants the same care given them
in the spring, and we will venture they
will yield crop of choice fruit for market
during the latter part of August and
September instead OF a month later as
usual. There are enough green berries
on the vines now to make good second
crop but the frost kills them before they
ripen. We trust this experiment will be
tried in a small way and improved on &C.
cording to the Judgment of the grower
as we fully believe it will prove profit.
able.-Fruita Enterprise.
The Delta independent., 1895-10-23
District No. 10.
.Gnl
Special Correspondence.

Special Correspondence.
October 10, 1895.
Mrs Robt Thomas. Mrs. John Ellis
and Mrs. Grier went to Hotchkiss Sun.
day.
The annual meeting of the Relief
ditch company took place on Friday.
In the future the Ladies' Aid society
will meet on Saturday from . to o'clock
in the school house.
Mr. Yarncll, from North Fork, has
come down with his mill to make sor-
ghum.
Messrs. Fleming and Shores have gone
to the Grand mesa for logs.
John Jacquot has begun work on a
house on Mr., Whitehurst's place, hav-
ing rented it for the season.
Mr. and Mrs Yomans, who have been
guests at j. Il. Whinnery's for few
days, returned TO their home in Lake
City Tuesday.
Sunday school is held in the Upper
Gunnisou school house at 10 a. m. All
cordially invited.
A. NJ. Daniels. OF Peach valley. is plas-
tering his house, getting ready for
winter.
John Walker has a No. crop OF
pumpkins.
The lectures given in the school house
on phrenology were well attended.
The Ellis Eros have dissolved part.
uership. The box factory will hereafter
be run by John Ellis.