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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-30
Ripenine Tomatoes Under Cover.

It is the habit Of many tomato grow
ers as the danger Of frost becomes i'm
minent to pull up number Of tomato
vines with little earth attached, and
throw them with their unripe fruit into
some building where the unripe toma-
toes will gradually turn, and the small
err ones will increase in size and finally
ripen also. In this way it is possible
to have tomatoes fresh from the vine
until near the Christmas holidays. To
matoes fully grown will color If picked
and laid on the shelf. But they are
not nearly as good as fruit that is
ripened on the vine, which apparently
continues to perfect the fruit even after
It's roots have been pulled from the
ground.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-30
HOME MADE JRLLY soUEEZER.

ed fruit by hand power. The contriv-
ance, which Is homemade, extracts
the juice from the jelly bag without
touching it with the hands. Hang up
the bag and insert it between the curv-
ed faces of the blocks, and the handles
will apply sufficient strength. AS the
bag grows thinner turn up the nut to
bring the handles nearer together.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-30
Farms Under Glass,

It Is prophesied that the farmer of the
future will grow his crops under glass.
Hot-house fruits and vegetables may
then be raised for the poor and needy
on very cheap scale. Vast sections
Of land may be rooted over 18th glass,
and a perpetual summer climate will
make the plants and trees and vines
flourish as in the tropics.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-30
Tn Cold Weather.

A swinging door for the entrance for
swine in winter they soon learn to oper-
ate, and it keeps out snow and much
cold. It IL hung from the top and rubs
on both sides as it swings in and out.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-30

ground freezes to the sides OF the posts
and thus raises them. Put square
box about the posts as shown in the
cut. The frost will then lift the box,
but cannot disturb the posts.-Orange
Judd Farmer.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-30
Makinp Theu1 Fami1iar.

Heifers that are to be In milk by and
by ought to be kept with the milking
herd that they may get accustomed to
the sounds and excitement of domesti-
cation. Their product will vary less
by and by at the pail
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-30
Thresbinp DamD Grain.

1T is never good economy to thresh
grain while the straw is damp. So
long as grain Is in its chaff, that
protects it from heating either in
NOV or stack. So long as threshing was
done by hand there was no temptation
to thresh it until frost had dried it out.
Now that eteam power for threshing
has replaced the horse power, it does
not seem so much waste to thresh
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-30
Rolled Oil.

A gallon of boiled oil well soaked
in will furnish a protecting cover for
all the farm wagons, plow handles,
horse rakes, etc, on the farm, keeping
the weather from them and thus saw
ing the cost dozen times. 1t should
ha n1If on hot
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-30
chickens in Hot Weather.

The sudden dying of young chicks in
hot weather is almost always caused
BY lice. Look around the head and
neck, and few big fellows may be
seen which torment the chicken SO
that it cannot be thrifty. Rub some
grease Of any kind about the head and
neck and under the wings. This is
sure death to the pests and does the
chicks no harm. 1t is well to use it as
preventive, for if lice get on the
chicks in hot weather, many chicks
will die before the remedy can be APP
Piled
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-30
Objections to Late Hayinx.

The Late cut hay, even if secured
without rain, has lost much Of it's nutri-
tive value. It has also impaired the
yigor Of the root, so that next years
hay crop will be lighter than IL the
grass this year had been cut early.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-30

According to recent government re-
port there are, In the United States.
1900 male teachers and 100000 fe-
male teachers.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-30
Culinary Ideas.

When the white and not the yolk OF
an egg is required for use 1t is puzzle
how to preserve the yolk indefinitely.
It is very simple. Make small hole
in the shell, let the white run out and
stand the egg in an egg cup, which
should be set in a cool place. The yOlk~,
will keep it's color and it's freshness for
some days.
In buying fish be sure that the eyes
are clear and rather sunken, flesh firm,
gills red and moist, the skin tight and
the scales, if any, shiny. If you do
this your fish course at dinner CANNOT
fail to be a success unless your cook
is at fault.
The method for making labels sticks
on tin cans on covers Is simple. First,
the part Of the tin which is to be la
beled must be scrubbed with strong
soda water. Then make a paste Witha
good starch and water in which some
carpenters glue should be dissolved
Labels applied in this manner will not
come off.
Here is patent process for restoring.
to cracked earthenware its water-tight
properties Make a paste with finely
sifted wood ash and emery powder
moistening it with the white Of egg
rub this over the crack on the outside
and let it dry in the open air.
Lemons can be kept from becoming
moldy if they are strung singly on e.
coarse thread and hung up on differ
ent nails with few inches Of space
intervening.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-30
For Making Jelly,

Rural New Yorker not long ago illus
trated an aid to the housewife when
making jelly. 1t is both hard and I'M
comfortable work to extract the juice
from a jelly bag filled with hot, cook
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-30

work upon build
ings thus support
ed lifting them or
Of position and
rack,ing them. It
does this when
the posts extend
below the frost
line since the
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-30
Ounce Hedges.

In the English colonies Of Africa
hedges are commonly made Of ounce
trees. The branches, being planted
and interviewer by hand, form an inn
penetrable barrier to cattle, and they
annually bear an immense crop of large
fruit
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-30

and from B / to B /. White pine or
cypress will be strong enough for the
dimensions given. If heavier wood Is
used, use smaller size.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-30
Burning Weeds.

It Is far better to rot the weeds by
burying them under the soil while green
than to rely on burning them after they
have ripeped their seeds. 1t is COM
monty supposed that when a weed is
burned, it's seed also perishes. Only If
piled on brush, which will make Goals
of fire at the bottom Of the heap, Is
this the case. The weed seed drops as
the pod which encloses it shrivels with
heat, and as carbonic acid gas settles
to the bottom of the heap, the noxious
seed Is preserved from burning.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-30

win be green with grain wasted be-
cause even the steam threshing ma
chine cannot get it out. Besides, after
threshing, the damp grain is much
more liable to injury by heating than
1t was before.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-30
Posta as Foundations.

Cedar posts are often used to support
buildings and doubtless would be more
frequently used If the frost did not
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-30

Kahn vs.. 1rr1XafiOn.
It Is sometimes said that the farmer
who depends wholly on irrigation is
really better off than those who farm
where rainfall is usually sufficient.
The man who irrigates has the control
of moisture supply in his own hands.
But this does not wholly apply to fruit
growing. In arid climates air, as we'll
as soil, must be kept moist to develop
the best fruit. For many years Cali
fornia fruit was dry and poor in quail
ity, though fine looking. Now Califor-
MIA air in the dry season is less arid
than it used to be, and it's fruit is bet
ter.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-30
Chestnut Trees Profitab1e.


Those who have chestnut grove and
keep it free from depredators may find
it a source Of profit. We know one or
two such groves which yield returns
with no labor except for gath
ering the nuts better than could
be got for usual farm crops. But
to secure profitable returns the
public must be excluded. Men and
boys who club the trees while the nuts
are green to bring them down will dis
figure and injure the trees, so that after
a few years the trees will yield little
or nothing. Chestnut trees, If the fruit
Is Of good quality are valuable proper
ty, and their fruit should be protected.
There are several improved varieties
Of chestnut, some of which will begin
bearing when three years old. These
should be chosen If new plantations Of
chestnuts are to be made, Or scions of
the new varieties should be grated in
to native stock.-American Cultivator.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-30
Value of Grain Chat.

When threshing grain trainers should
appreciate the necessity Of separating
ter feeding. If the straw is to be sold
for bedding or used for bedding at
home it will go farther If free from
chat. The latter is much the best part
Of the straw to feed. When nature
makes the grain, all the valuable nutri-
ton is concentrated in or near the head.
Some Of this remains in the chaff.
There are besides some light grains that
are usually blown out with the chaf
in cleaning.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-03-24
A Heavy Seizure.
Inspector Crosslapd Catches
Thirty Tons of Cotton
Seed Meal.

. der the Law relating to tax tags
foe fertilizers, State Fertillzs lospec-
tore Grassland yesterday made notable
seizure al Bennettsviile The seized
stuff consists of 80 tons Of cotton seed
meal shipped by New York concern.
whose uame is not yet koowo here. to
business men in ADD arouod Bennetts-
vile. The stuff did DOT have the State
tax tags attached to it.
Governor Elerbe was ooti6ed of the
seizure aad asked TO release the meal
upon tbe tag tax Of 25 cents per ton
This be refused TO do ADD instructed
the attorney general to Immediately
enter sui, agaiost the shippers to recov
er the tax and the value of the goods
S18.25 per ton. Under the act when
suob stnff is found without tags attach
ed the State is entitled to the value Of
the goods Isis thus seen that Inspec
tor Crossland's catch will amount to
considerable The State
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-03-24

lily: IAis thing has been done'Dy mil
lions of people since William Bradford
and VILLAIN Brewster leaned how to Go
it in the sNing Of 1921 by instructions
which they received from a man Of cop
per color, by name SGuaEto. Atthis nc
ment Mr.. Atkinson tells Us mat, where
capital and science and enterprise coz
bine, one man can in oae day produce
wheat enough to keep him alive for a
year. 1t would seem rs # there must be
some way in which. il country sc
barren of population that an eagle flying
over it hardly sees the cultivated spots:
a good fellow, willing to work go days
in the year, might be able to produce
bread enough to keep him il the world
In southern Florida l have seen the con-
Portable ho1.se which one man, with .
hole in his lungs, having the assistance
of three or four children, none Of WHOM
was Is years old, had created. But :!
never saw anything Of the sort any
where else, and 10 one laid down for me
the process by which be had wrought
this miracle.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-03-24
FLOOD GROWS WORSE.
Heavy Rains Further Swell
the Mississippi River.

Memphis, Tenn, March l7.-Hun-
dreds of people. mostly negroes. were
landed on the Memphis levee this after
noon by the relief steamers that are
daily visiting the flooded districts ad
jaoent to Memphis Vague reports
reach this city tonight of the drowning
of several people 10 Arkansas to-dry,
but these caupot be verified For the
first time in many days the river to-
night is Stationary marking 80 g.. bat
the rise at Cairo and the heavy rains
10 Missouri and other States will ooly
serve to increase the broad expapse
of water 10 this vicinity. There has
been steady dowopour OF ralu 10 Ar
kansas add West Tennessee all day.
The gauge at Memphis this moFnlng 'n-
dicated 26.6 feet. this being 'lse of
foot 10 the twenty four hours erdius
at Z O'Clock this morning. At Cairo
at the same time the gauge lud'e'ted
40 6 feet. rise Of two tent5s of tont
ln the same period. a f1e'eoa' rise
of fourrenths of foot occurred ia the
last ,wenty-four hours. the gauge
showing IS 9 feet Heavy salns
,hrougbous the district paever' apy
promise Of speedy relief. At Green
vile, the height is 80 2 feet. aud at
Vicksbure Al 9 fse,. At lbe latter riace
the rise mas been two s.xteen;hs Of a 'ooi
ia the last tweoty-four hours fhe
water at tbi. point is DOW oine.ten'hs
of foot above see dagger line AT
Shreveport aud poiuts below the rise
continues. The situation 10 the food
ed districts remains practically 40
changed Steamboats, arriving from
the South report all levess 10 foe con-
di;ion.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-03-24
Senator Earle Talks.

The New York World has been
curious to know some of the facts
connected with the newly elected
United States Senators, and asked
them the following question Glow
did you make your way to the Sen
ate ~ To this inquiry Senator 10
seph a. Earle, of South Carolina, re-
sponded:
81 attribute my success to my
friends. / nave been true to them,
and they have been true to me.
am Democrat of the Calhoun and
Jefferson stamp.
sI believe in arbitration as prin-
ciple l fully endorse the position
taken by the President in his inaugu
raj address He stated the case ad-
mirably. 1t would be great thing
to have arbitration treaties with all
the nations of the world
81 sympathize with the Cubans in
their struggle for liberty, but am not
ready yet to say whether we should
recognize the belligerency or inde-
pendence of the island.
81 am for free silver, but do not
favor fat money. We must remone-
tie silver. Free coinage will be the
dominant issue in 1900
Il am not a high protectionist, but
believe in tariff for revenue only
II am against all kinds of trusts
and monopolies
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-03-24
THE FAMINE IN INDIA THE RESULT OF
GREED.

Probably most ffarlines in the world
are caused by greed. We have all been
mourning ever the large loss Of life in
India. and most CT rs imagining that it
was altogether due to short crops. But
there is another and juster view of tie
matter The British government de-
monetized silver in India. This reduced
the circulating medium, increased the
value of money and decreased the value
of commodities. The British govern
ment is expensive. They rule India and
charge as much IS they can for the serv-
ice. They collect annually 500, ,00o,-
900 in taxes. IN a country where man
earns from to cents per day this IS
q grievous burden. At 5 cents q day it
takes 2, ,oCO, oCc, coo days toll to earn
this tax, CT the entire time Of G66, 666
men. Any nation who must part with
the labor Of this large number Of men
annually cannot but bo pccr. What is
returned for this waste? A little educa-
tion and some military pomp and dis
play.
In ITO, just after the terrible famine
in Bengal, the tax CT salt vas raised 40
per cent; i'll 1896, while the Hindoos
live On almost s:n exclusive vegetable
diet, tax Of nearly 1900 per cent IS
collected on salt.
Interest is paid ca money that is in
vested in public works. These works
scarcely pay 5 per cent, set tie interest
on the money is from - to 60 per cent.
In the recent famine ever 6.000, Geo
people perished il southern Irdia, not
because there was Il aa;;,,i;.:iEc. Tut because
they lave hccn systelna' :eally robbed.
The war against taxation IS an old
one. AL nen chsecs so p.:ying taxes
because they feel that =, g is Ecver &
Yull return n service fcr; &c mcacy thus
taken.
We cla,nor fer n.c-c lav, and every
aew law c1ae@@ed 3ac:..,s .norc taxes
Our cvn tax svstc1:l is unjust. 1t IS
claimed by competent persons that IL
ST. Louis many valaablc pieces CT prep
erty ere assessed very low; that there
is a prevailing favoritism. What Is
true Of this city is quite probably true
of Others. The gradual increase Of the
salaries of officers is an evil, as it tends
toward extravaganza in government,
and extravaganza is tyranny on the one
hand and poverty on the other; for it
is not money, but hard toll that finally
pays all the bills
The sending of a few poor mission
aries will hardly suffice for this great
waste Of life
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-03-24

To the terrors of famine and pesti
lence in India has been added the
distress of financial stringency aud
widespread business depression
Trade and industry are Frustrated.
labor is idle, the people are unspeaka.
bly, poor, and the prospects are
gloomy and discouraging Condi-
tons are such that nothing short of
prompt and lavish expenditures by
Great Britain can save the country
from absolute desperation and ruin,
and relief from that quarter is unfor,
tunately not forthcoming in any ade-
quate volume.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-03-24
The Special School Tax.

There are seSera! pUZz.es just now
that are dangling around the office OF
the Comptroller General One o!
them is the pension law, which has
been complicated by the creation OF
new counties, and ':sase new coun.
ties not now being able to take
charge of the machinery that the law
provides. Another matter Of serious
consequence, aud which vii! be de-
cided in "a few days, is the assess,
ment of the special school tax. 1t
will be remembered that at the re-
cent session of the General Assem-
sbiy Mr.. Gage proposed resolution
to direct the Comptroller Genera! to
levy a special tax so that the So per
capita for each school child il tn
State was raised There is a rnanda
tory constitutional provision on the
question. requiring the Comptroller
eneral to assess a special levy to
raise the So per capita, and Mr. Nor.
ton proposes to pay due regard to
this provision of the Constitution.
The Constitution does not specifically
saw that the So per capita should be
by counties ~r for the State at large.
If the basis be for the State at large
the number of children enrolled multi.
piled by So will run over the amount
of scho6 taxes raised. but the inten-
tioa of The Constitution and the inter
pre,a,ion Mr. Norton is now ready to
ACCEPT is that 50 per capita is to be
provided for each county Under
this consiru ;tion there are about
thirteen counties that do not show
S3 per capita. and. according to the
figures given by the Superintendent
Of Education, about $4,000 will
have to be raised
The special point involved is how
much will have to be raised by spe
cial levy to be fixed by the Comptrol-
Ter General ? The Treasurer report
ed as available for the school fund
$2l 900 from the dlspensary. Inc
question is, whether this money can
be actually realized this year, as the
dispensary must first pay into the
general fund about sSl 900 before
any payments can be made to the
credit of the school fund. There is
considerable profit on the books OF
the dispensary to the credit OF the
school fund, but it is as yet on the
books, or, as bankers would express
it, "on paper'' The Comptroller
General will have to decide whether
to count in this $21. 600 of dispensary
money and what other money again
is the $S1 900 which will be neces-
sary to give the s. per capita to the
thirteen counties that have not them
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-03-24

selves raised So per capita for their
school children Whatever tax is
decided upon will be reported to the
auditors in time for them to pot it on
their reports and sheets in time for
the collection cf taxes beginning
October. lS97-.his is the next tax
to be colIected.-Columbia Cores
pondert News and Courier.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-03-24
PENSION MUDDLES.
The Pensioners Must Wait
for Their Money.

The new pension law has had the
scomptroiler general scratching his
head aud wondering where the State
board of pensions is. at. There are
some provisions in it that would pnz
zle anyone. As result. even con-
strung the set as it was evidently
Intended it should pass. the pension.
ers of the State will of necessity be
compelled TO wait, possibly TIL
August, before they can get their
money. and it is no fault of the au-
thorities charged with the execution
Of the law.
In the fret place, in the section
providing for the time for the pay
ment of the pensions the figures fix
ing the year were left reading
1896 instead of .'1897. !" OF
conrse the intention is clear, bus
unless the law is construed in that
light nothing at all can be paid until
the general assembly meets again
Then township boards have been
provided for aud other complex ma
chinery as to the form Of applications.
There are something over 1000
townships in the State 1t would be
Is physical impossibility to get the
boards organized in every township
n the State and have the applica-
lions 90 through all the machinery
provided in time for the payment Of
the pensions by the 18th of June, as
is provided Comptroller General
Norton, who has had much expert
ence with this pension matter, de-
clares that leaving everything else
aside It would be impossible to get
the warrants out to the pena!oners in
{ tie several counties before the mid
die Of July or August
He is going to prepare set OF in-
structions and rules governing the
organization Of the township and
county boards aud simplifying the
law SO that they can work in a uni
! form manner, but does not think that
this will facilitate matters very much.
He Will endeavor to remodel the
former blanks in such way that they
can be used
II, addition to these troubles. there
is the matter OF the formation OF new
counties. Scarcely one of them will
be il working order in time for the
township boards even to be formed
There is but one way left open for
the pensioners in these counties to
get their money along With the 9TH
.ers, aud the Others cannot get theirs
until it is known how many there are
in the several new counties, mas
much as the amounts have to be pro
rated THE is by a loose construc-
ton Of the law, requiring the boards
in thea several old counties to act
upon the applications of those resid
ing in the new counties or leaving
the pensioners in the new counties
out altogether, letting the Legislature
help them when it reconvenes-The
State