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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-09-16
A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT.

Many Lives Lost In "a Railroad Wreck in
Colorado.

Colorado.
Denver, COL, Sept. III. IA head end
collision occurred at l O'Clock this
morning a mile west OF Now Castle,
Col, between Denver & Rio Grande
passenger train and freight train Of
the Colorado Midland.
So thoroughly are the trains de-
molished that but few of those caught
in the wreck escaped alive, those not
killed by the shock of the collision
being burned to death 10 the ruins of
the cars.
The wreck occurred OH what is
called the Rio Grande Junction road,
which runs from Now Castle to Grand
junction. 1t belongs Jointly to the
Denver & Rio Grande and the Colorado
Midland. Two cars of stock were COM
pletely demolished, and the right of
way il strewn with dead stock and
debris.
Conductor BurbRnks' explanation of
the wreck is that in looking at the pas.
senger trainu leaving time on the card
he looked at tho wrong column of
figures.
The train dispatcher claims to have
given orders correctly, but the freight
conductor, instead Of stopping at Silt,
Nhe miles west Ut nereI CHUle uu idst "
the scene Of thu collision, which is a
sharp turn in the road and whore two
previous wrecks occurred.
The freight engine tore through the
passenger engine up to the bell. The
trash was followed by an explosion.
Flames shot up from the ruins, and IN
a short rime the wreckage was burn
ing mass. The groans and cries of the
imprisoned passengers were heartrend
ing. Those who ESCAPED injury set to
work rescuing those who weru caught
iD the wreck.
The latest information from the wreck
makes it almost certain that % persons
are dead aud dozen badly injured.
Two Italians we're caught IN the aci
Of robbing a trunk, and were placed
under arrest.
/ New Castle, Col, Sept. 1l.-Coronel
) Clark says that only 10 bodies have
been taken from the ruins of tho Den
] yer e Rio Grande train wrecked nea
, this place. These. with Keenan,, Hol
3 land, Iiinea and Gordon, make IA il
{ all, but there ia no doubt that tni
number is less than half OF those whit
+ persisted. The most conservative est
, mate places the list of dead at from 9
. to 20.
This remains of what are supposed +
be 10 persons arc confined in two larg
caskets, with nothing to identify them
t and it is expected they will be buriet
{ here.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-09
The Prisoners Friend.

BENJAMIN G. Clark of Boston is a
generous man, whose motive is to help
friendless prisoners in their defense.
While Mr.. Clark is one of Boston's
most liberal and practical philanthro-
pists, says ''Leslie's Weekly" and is
a most borntiful giver, especially to
the poor children of the city, he is also
a clubman, an enthusiastic sportsman,
the head of an immense cordage con-
Germ, class mate of President Eliot
of Harvard, and is the Haytian Consul
at Boston. Yet it is doubtful if q
thousand Bostonians know him per-
sonally, or have heard of him through
the papers. He is such modest man
that is with difficulty that he can be
induced to talk about himself, and
then he will tell you that he is not a
public character, and what he does
for charity and humanity he likes to
do without any show whatever. Mr..
Clark comes from good old Boston
family, his great-grandfather having
been one of those engaged in the fam
Gus Boston Tea Party" But Mr..
Clark is we'll known to the poor and
unfortunates inmates of the penal in
situations of the State, whom he visits
and consoles with presents and flowers
and trinkets, cheering them up with
kind words and pointing out the way
to do better
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-09
Queer Names.

A traveller who spent some time in
the wilds of Texas says that he found
families who named the children to in
dorse sentiment after this peculiar
fashion, Zone Too Many Harry" or
ssNot Wanted James," It is to be
hoped that the names did not embar-
rass their owners with more than one
sense of superfuity. The negroes OF
the south, when left to their own
methods of naming their progeny,
strive for the most romantic and poetic
or historic names they can find, and a
good long string of them, too. A col
ored girl in Laurena county, South
Carolina, is named ssFair Rose Beauty
Spot Temptation Touch Me Not. 2
The youths struggling under the pa
tronymics of George Washington
Henry Clay Benjamin Franklin An
drew Jackson are so numerous as to
excite no comment.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-09
TWENTY.FOUR O'CLOCK.
New System OF Noting the Days Time Is
Gaining Ground.

NEW 0ySkSii VI iNOIiHg IHS LAY iitiS 10
Gaining Ground.
The new system of noting the time
of the day is gaining ground. Under
this system the day, as at present, be-
gins at midnight, and the hours are
numbered to the end without prefix Or
suffix of any kind. just a clean, clear
enumeration. Noon will still be noon,
and morning, afternoon and evening
will, of course, abide with us. An
hour after noon will, it is true, be Ii
o'clock, but the use of the word thir-
teen would not be compulsory, espe-
cially in the trying first month OF the
new notation.
The Canadian railroads have adopted
the system tentatively. Astronomers
of all lands have long discarded the
confusing notation that calls for a. m.
and p. m. as key to calculation. The
Italian railroads have used the "a hour
system several years, and no one in
that populous country desires rail-
way timetable of the old sort. The
Belgian railways came into line a
month or two ago. It is surprising
that the Germans, who delight in
helpful innovations, have not adopted
the palmer, simpler method of time
keeping. Switzerland is now consid-
ering the subject.
The change, if it comes at all in this
broad country, will doubtless be in
augurated by the railroads same
railroads that instituted the orderly
notations Of standard time by employ
ing even hours at given meridians-a
blessing in itself. Trains are now
sent the length and breadth of the
land on Geographic orders. The new
notation would be an additional safe
guard against error in such orders.
But it's advantages need not be
enumerated. It's simplicity and orderly
sequence will commend it, and at some
not very distant day, without much
ado, we will find ourselves going to
dinner at 10 o'clock, to bed at %
o'clock, and to search for the time
honored man under the bed or the
prompt burglar at "a o'clock. But we
will rise at the usual hour of the clock,
and the cocks will crow as they have
crowed time out of mind, for the null
titudinous strokes of the town clock
will not be heard in the morning
hours. Atlanta Journal.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-09
ALIVE SONG.

l. away in a sunset town;
the flowers blooming fair;
w orld looks up and the sky
Inds down; ~.
Girl with golden hair.
Rosebud sweet!
B flower fair /!
blue-eyed maid
Eith golden hair,
Tbere's one to think OF thee
| away in the crimson west,
the song-birds' voices rise;
. world is glad and the people
p. r'waetest bird in that dream
d west, $50
bong bird sweet !!
b flower fair !
blue-eyed maid
With golden hair h,
~ ~ world shall sing Of thee !
w. HUMPHREYS, IN At
% Constitution.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-09
New Market for Horses,

new MARKET fOT TOFSSS
The Klondike rush may incidentally
furnish a solution Of the old problem,
What shall we do with our horses?'
The bicycle and trolley car have SO les
sened the demand for them that fair
~ good one may now be purchased for
what would once have been regarded
as an absurdly low price, but if the
shipments now in progress from Seat
tie continue the market value will once
more rise. Hundreds of horses are be-
ing sent north from Washington, and
thousands will be required to satisfy
the requirements of the new country.
1t will be long time before the wheel
and the trolley GUST them from this
new field of usefulness.-Providen
Journal.
Fal, the Best Time for Tree Planting.
early fall is an excellent time for
planting trees" writes Thomas Nee
han in the Ladies Home Journal. by
early is meant as soon as the wood is
ripe and the winter buds fully formed.
This is usually month before the reg
ular fall of the leaf. The leaves are
stripped by hand. After the wood is
ripe it makes no difference whether
the leaves are taken off by Jack Frost,
the wind or the human hand. In the
eastern part CT Pennsylvania this
would be usually about the first Of
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-09
FACTS FOR FARMERS.
HELPFUL SUGGESTIONS FOR
THE AGRiCuLTuRiSTS
Description of Two Ways of Tying
Corn Fodder Shocks-A Convenient
Feed Rock for Catt1e-Device for
Ditching in Insecure Soil.
Good Corn Ties.

The Rural New Yorker describes a
corn tie as shown in the center illustra-
ton. To make it, set short length Of
iron rod about three-fourths of an inch
in diameter into a block Of wood, or
wherever convenient, so that it will be
firmly fixed with, say, three inches pro-
jecting free. Alongside, with just
enough space between to allow No. 10
steel wire to pass freely, drive in q
stout nail all but about half an inch.
With this apparatus bend a length of
No. 10 steel wire into a succession Of
circles or loops three inches apart, and
then, with the aid Of cold chisel, cut
through the center of each three-inch
space and divide it into as many Sec
tons as there are circles, each section
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-09

driven at one side OF the proposed
trench and is anchored from it's upper
end as shown in the sketch. AS the
trench is deepened, board is slipped
down behind the stake, another stake.
secured in the same way, holding the
is deepened, the board is pressed down,
and another added above it, the stakes
also being driven down and so On tilAs
the required depth is reached. The
same plan will probably have to be
used on both sides.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-09

September, and the work OF planting
can be kept up during October, and
often to November or December. But
late fall planting in cold climates is an,
risky as late spring planting. ThB
moisture is dried out By cold winds aF
hot suns before the new fbers RTE
formed to replenish the great evapexa-
ton. In milder climates planting may
be q success all winter"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-09

that he had acted for the best, and
that the sergeant's heroism offset his
crime.
A few days afterward, on arriving
at my Office, [ found Vidal there, and
he handed me paper so folded that
one item only was visible, murmuring
gravoly: "What did I tell you?" ]
took the paper and read the following
ANOTHER VICTIM OF INTEMPERANCE.
Yesterday afternoon a man named NAL
let, called La Soft, a sergeant of the I'M
perial Guards, after having drank freely
at wine shop on Grenelle street, was
suddenly attacked with fit of delirium
while looking at some old uniforms ex
posed for sale at a second ha nd store.
Becoming frantic, he fourished his
saber and rushed about causing panic
His two comrades with great difficulty
succeeded in overpowering him, but he
kept on shrieking: II am not murderer,
tell you! | captured an Austrian flag at
Melegnano" We learn that Mallet had
been decorated for his brave deed, aud
that his intemperance alone prevented
him from becoming an officer.
Mallet was taken to the military hos
pital at Gros-Caillon, from which he will
be transported to the lunatic asylum at
Clarendon, in Corsica. as he will pro badly
never regain his reason.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-09
Tires and Roads.

Broad tires and good roads ftly be.
long together. Narrow tires, heavy
loads and wet weather will ruin the
best dirt roads that may be construct
ed On the farm broad tires should DE
used on wagons that bear heavy bur
dens. Roads and fields have been bad
II cut up by narrow tires.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-09

2x6. These racks have been used at
Sunny Slope for four years, and have
been the most satisfactory of any we
have SEEN
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-09
Feeding,

The business of stock feeding has
never yet been oyerdone. Home pro-
duction of food and the feeding of IN
to good stock is a remuneratiye
branch of agriculture, and one who fol-
lows it steadily and intelligently rare
~ has reason to complain that his CALI
ing deea not pay.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-09

Alta steam shearing plant in Wyo-
ming recently, fifty men sheared 3, 400
sheep in one day.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-09
The Secret of Wealth.

Here is a German legend of an old
farmer calling his three idle sons
around him when on his deathbed, to
impart to them an important secret
"NIy sons,' said he, "a great treasure
lies hid in the estate which am ahoue
to leave you" The old man gasped.
where is it hid?" exclaimed the SONS.
in breath. 81 am about to tell you"
said the old man; you will have to,
dig for it" But his breath failed him
before he could impart the weighty Sc
cret, and he died. Forthwith the sonss
set to work with spade and mattock
upon the long neglected fields, and they
turned up every sod and clod upon the.
estate. They discovered no treasure.
but they learned to work; and when
the fields were sown and the harvest
came, 10! the yield was prodigious, IN
consequence Of the thorough tilIags.
which they had undergone. Then il
was that they discovered the treasure
concealed in the estate, Of which their
wise old father had advised them.
David Summers.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-09
Plenty of Strings

The farmer who produces oats
wheat, barley, corn, buckwheat, hay,
clover seed, potatoes, apples, honey,
butter, eggs, poultry, wool, mutton,
beef, pork, beans and sorghum has a
good many strings to his bow, and in
would be an extreme condition Of
things that would make him hard up.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-09
Ditchinr I'm insecure Soil.

It is occasionally necessary to cut e.
trench through soil that will not stand
up in the wall of the ditch. Sandy
soil is of this nature. To keep the ditch
open until a pipe can be laid, the plan
shown in the accompanying diagram
can be used to advantage. A stake fs.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-09
Thus the Ground Breatbes.

Some experimenters have lately
brought out Interesting facts about the
circulation of air in the soil. 1t ap
pears that considerable oxygen is Rb
sorbed by the roots Of the plants, and
the supply of this oxygen is maintain
ed by air penetrating through the min
ute interstices Of the soil. When the
ground is covered with water, or when
the molecules, or grains, of soil are dis
solved in water and packed into an ind
mense mass, then air cannot circulate
below the surface, and vegetation sufs
fers. The experiments referred to
show that lime or salt in the soil solids-
1es the earthly molecules and prevent
their being dissolved and packed by
the action of water; hence the import
ance OF lime in keeping the ground
open and permeable for the circulatioas>
of both air and water.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-09

consisting of circle with q 11ainch
arm extending from each side in a
straight line The cord is to be knot
ted around the circumference Of the
circle, where the wire intersects. In
applying it around shock of corn 1t
is drawn tightly and the loose end Of
the cord is then passed around the
arms in a figure s and tucked under
the band.
Another plan is given by farmer,
who writes: Into large block Of hard
wood drive three 20-penny wire nails
after removing the heads, as shown at
Fig. 2. Then insert one end of piece
of wire between the two spikes at A,
which should be just far enough apart
to admit the wire. Bend the wire
around the outside one at A, and then
continue through between the center
spike and B, then around B and to-
ward the center spike again. Then cut
it off at that point, and we have
hook like the one shown at Fig. 3.
Feed Racks.
In the southern belt of this country
cattle need little shelter in winter. In
the middle belt they need stable for
severe weather, but for their own
health should be allowed outdoors
when the temperature is moderate.
That is the leading idea of the Kansas
stockman who devised the feed rack
shown in the illustration. In addition
to corn the Kansas stockman feeds his
cattle hay, roots, sorghum and alfalfa,
thus giving the variety so necessary to
man or beast.
In the Breeders Gazette the manager
of the Kansas stock farm describes
the rack as follows: We named it an
ark because it looked a little like boat
and can be moved from one place to
another. By hitching team of horses
ON one end it can be moved very easily.
The 18-foot ark holds 1000 pounds Of
hay Or one ton of sorghum. We make
them Is and IS feet, but prefer the
1S-foot, as it can be made cheaper. The
framework is made mostly out of 2X4
plank, except the runners, which are
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-09

AS [ returned the paper to Vidal he
gave me knowing look and said:
Captain Gentle was Corsican,
He is avenged. From the French
in Short Stories.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-09
Live tnck Notes.

Vaseline is fine remedy for sores GIN
the horse.
The swill barrel on wheels is great
convenience.
Harness that is crusted with sweaA
and dirt should be cleaned.
Soaked corn, instead OF meal, may be
fed to the pigs during summer.
Feed the pigs when weaned one
third corn meal and two-thirds shoeas-
The horse that works six days in thu
week earns a rest on the seventh.
Ill-fitting harness is to the horse like
an ill-ftting, pinching garment to a
man.
1t is claimed that hogs will eat sofa
bean hay as eagerly as COW viii eat
clover hay.
Pigs that do not have enough goo0
milk will be stunted. Feed the sow
bountifully.
Keeping horse on corn alone Ira
summer is like building a fire in the
psrlor stove in August.
Cow peas, unless wanted for pasture
alone, should not be planted on rich or
naturally moist ground.
Ground wheat, mixed with milk,
pretty thick, or as thick as will pour
makes excellent feed for the pigs.
The bicycle has undoubtedly injured
the livery business and consequently
been an injury to scrub horse breeding
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-09

I ouieted Father Vidal as we'll as
could, for the recital of his story had
greatly excited him. I assured him
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-09

consisting of circle with 11ainch
arm extending from each side in a
straight line. The cord is to be knot
ted around the circumference Of the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-13

1t is not generally known that Cen
eral Washington was killed in a most
cruel and barbarous manner, but it is,
nevertheless, a fact
AT the time of his death, Washington
was in his sixty-eighth year, a strong,
robust man. On December II, 1899, he
contracted a severe cold and pneu-
nlonia threatened. Two doctors were
summoned, and, in accordance with
the absurd custom of those days, they
proceeded to bleed their patient. Near
ly quart of blood was taken from
his veins, until at last he begged them
to let him die in peace. He died that
same day-not from disease, but actu-
ally from loss of blood. He was killed
by ignorancel
In these days, any doctor who treat
ed patient as Washington was treat
ed, would be indicted for manslaughter
The world has moved since then, and
there has been a complete revolution
in the practice of medicine Instead
of lowering the vital forces by thin
ming the blood, advanced physicians
now endeavor to build up the strength
of their patients. They employ only
the latest and most scientific remedies
And yet, in spite of this fact. we find
thousands of people endeavoring to i'm
prove their health by taking old-fash-
toned medicines. They forget that
chemists and scientists have made
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-13
Care of Fowls In the Winter.

Farm News: All domestic fowls, and
especially chickens, should be well pro-
tected in the winter, if they are to do
their best work. Nature recognizes the
need of the chicken, as of all the rest
of the feathered tribe in northern lat
itudes, of q warmer covering for win
ter than for summer, and, therefore, on
the approach of cold weather they COM
mence moulting. The old feathers
which they have worn for a year be-
gin to drop out and new ones in in
creased numbers take their place; this
process goes on until the bird has
new and thicker coat of feathers for
the coming winter. The pullets of the
spring do not need this entire change,
because their first coat is new and
warm, but these also grow thicker as
the winter approaches.
This process of making new and
warmer coats for the winter is exhaus-
tive TO the bird, as the feathers must
grow out of the body and their com
position requires some of the most vi
talizing elements of the blood Chick
ems, therefore, always cease laying eggs
when they are moulting, and pullets
never begin to lay in full earnest until
they are we'll feathered. This is ma
lures way of protecting the fowls of
the air. which must meet cold weather.
The thoughtful poultryman should
learn from this that hens that are ex-
pected to produce eggs in the winter
should be we'll protected so that their
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-13
TALES OF THE DAY.
The Qniet Mans Came.

Detroit Free Press: Don't mention my
name in connection with this story, pre-
missed the. millionaire who was among the
adventurous spirits that laid the founda-
tion of their fortunes in 40. L was one
Of the fortunate, and seven years later L
had a voice in some of the greatest enter
prise on the continent. The events which
make this story occurred in a little coast
town in 81.
eve had secured a franchise and
financed q railroad that linked the oceans.
There were with us several of the wealth.
lest men in the potion, and among them
q very quiet gen0leman rom Philadel-
phia, who seemed to have the character
.istics generally associated with that re-
hinder OF Penn and Quakerism. We
learned when our business had been
transacted that we could not leave the
place until the next morning. and it was
a New Yorker who proposed a game of
poker to shorten the wait. The Phila-
very superficial knowledge of the game.
But he was willing to contribute toward
making the delay less irksome.
II learned it all from friend whom
we all trusted and who was privileged to
see hands as he liked throughout the
play. Until a dozen pots had been raken
down our Quaker friend did nothing but
toss in chips. At length he came in.
There was a phenomenal lot of hands
around the board. There was no limit,
and betting was not only brisk, but heavy,
for money was plenty and there was not a
novice around the board, unless it was the
Pennsylvsnian. One by one they dropped
out, until he and [ were fighting for the
pot. I bet $4,000. He sent out for a
check, asked if there was any limit placed
upon his credit. and raised me $4,000.
studied his face and saw him trying to
conceal . smile of triumph. Hepulled
six months later than the Quaker only
had nine-SpOt high.