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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-01-27
Drainage for House Plants.

The holes in the bottoms of flower
pots are to let out the surplus water,
and should never be entirely closed. A
few small stones over them, with fine
gravel over that, will keep the soil from
being washed out, as it may be when
the plants are injudiciously watered-
The right way to water either flowers
or other plants kept in a pot is to fill
the small dish in which the pot sits;
with warm water, and allow it to rise
by capillary attraction. No more will
then be taken by the soil than the
plants require. If this is done once or
twice week during winter all kinds
Of flowers except the lily will get suf-
ficient watering. The lily requires to
be watered every other day at least,
and If the room is kept reasonably
warm it will be better for being wa
tered every day.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-01-27
Wheat Is Always Growing.

in the southern as well as in the north
ern hemisphere, and, as the winter of
the southern half Of the world occurs
when we have our summer, the Chill
ians and Australians are sowing and
reaping wheat while the northern hem
isphere is wrapped in snow. In SO many
countries is wheat grown and under
such diverse conditions that there is no
month in the year during which wheat
sowing or wheat harvest is not going
on in some part of the world.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-01-27

Farmers and stockmen agree that
stock ought to have either a quantity
of salt mingled in their feed or else
fed to them direct. A writer in the
Iowa Homestead who has experiment
ed with several kinds of salt boxes
gives the following illustrated descrip-
ltion of one that is especially designed
for horses and COWS. The Illustration
here produced requires but little expla-
nation.
1t may be placed UP against the fence
or on the side of the barn or shed. 1t is
filled with salt, and an opening placed
in the front as will be seen from the
sketch. The hid is hung on hinges and
is kept weighed down by an old horse
shoe, which is for luck. The stock soon
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-01-27
Mating for Floor-covering.

If only all houSekeepers knew the
value and comfort of mating, how
much worry and work would be saved,
CHEEKY! II you own your home and
have hardwood floors, thank kindly
destiny and dismiss the subject. But
If you live in a rented house, or cannot
afford hard floors, if for any reason
you are considering the subject Of floor
coverings, pause long before passing
over the advantages of mating. 1t is
clean, fresh and easily cared for. 1t IS
a perfect floor-covering in summer and
an excellent background for rugs in
winter-from the cheapest to the rich
est-adding to the cheerfulness of a
room, yielding all accumulated dust to
light brushing, possessing indeed al
most every advantage that Il fiOor-cOy-
ering can have, with no disadvantages
In making a move or retitting house,
every yard of it can be utilized 1t is
easily renovated (by soap and salt wa
teri, and can be matched or pieced,
using the whole parts in two rooms to
make one good complete room. Lastly,
it is cheap, its growing popularity hav-
ing so encouraged it's manufacture or
Importation that it is to be had almost
everywhere in great variety at moder-
ate cost. To sum up its merits, mat
ting gives a house fresh, clean feel
Ing, sense of cheerfulness that no 9th
er floor-coyering gives. Its soft, new
colorings make it available in the most
carefully studied color schemes; it is
pleasant to walk upon, is a practical
protest against dust and microbes, is.
in fact, both wholesome and satsfac-
tory-Home Companion.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-01-27
.o1r.s AND o5CA l.

Glacier heaveaward
topnost
/ climbs aoehing leap on high,
puntal-Iias forests leafy shade'
!, dark O inas in lowly glade
pity .y',P PlntI to the sky: .,so
'@'y1ture hlgn''
10 must l. ,,n ,oud and free,
ripds hanging AN icebergs freeze,
/. The eel cnl opsan's throbbing breast
4, pighty hove her dead at rest,
r. o1 I'D, r rivers swell the seas.
h stOrnS ,ot man be striving more
!. ,' spc5 as these:
.t rock by lightning struck
b ni ssEs and quiv'ring fragments
b. ,,.t trees will fall some day,
. e ss,san hopes, and loves IS, decay.
bau saIIen world must die,
lob l CIV nroud heads in the dust,
~ must Ida !. Rowe in Madame.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-01-27
PUNCTUATION.

Perhaps but a small per cent. OF
portance of a thorough fning of the
SOIL Nature provided for this in vir-
gin soils, by filling them with roots or
plants, but we must do it to quite an
extent by mechanical means. Many
soils called barren are simply com
pacted and heavy, so that the feeding
roots of plants cannot penetrate them
A clod yields no nourisIhment to plants
till crushed
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-01-27

amount of power, unless much hand
digging is given beforehand. The
sketch herewith, from the American
stone as it is dragged out by team of
horses or oxen. The inclined stick can
be placed as near to the boulder as is
practicable, and as it rises to the per-
pendicular it of course lifts the stone.
The height Of the prop will depend
upon the size and depth of the stone.
The knack of knowing how to do
such things often saves vast amount
of work.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-01-27
Painted Walls Desirable.

Painted walls are considered very de-
sirable for the kitchen. A hard7finished
wall is very easy to paint, not great
deal of paint being required, as the fin
ish prevents it from striking into the
wall. A light golden brown or soft
shade of gray are, perhaps, as suitable
shades as could be chosen. Light blue
and pink are, however, sometimes used
for sleeping rooms. When painted In
this way walls are easily washed on
becoming dingy. Painting wall does
not make it difficult to paper after
wards, if desired, as would be the case
if thee wallis were calcimined. A little
care, in opening the outside door when
meat, griddle cakes, ETC., are being
cooked will greatly diminish the guam
tity of smoke deposited on walls.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-01-27
To IIse Snnr Milk.

When sour milk is to be used in cook
ing, a few vigorous whisks with the
egg beater in the bowl Or pitcher will
mix the curd and whey SO thoroughly
that It can be poured as easily as
cream and will obviate the unpleasant
ness of finding the cakes or mullins in
terspersed with particles of curd. Soda
used with sour milk should not be put
into milk, but be sifted into the -four
like baking powder.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-01-27
Brief Hints.

Brushes of all kinds should be rested
on the bristles to dry as otherwise the
water will rot the brush.
To clean furnished brass, but lem.
on in two; take one-half and rub on the,
brass. then wash with warm water
and rub with leather.
The yelks of eggs dry almost as SOON
as they come in contact with the air,
but if dropped into cup of cold water
and set in the refrigerator they Will
keep for two days at least.
If you prefer soft soap in your laun-
dry work, remember that a bar of hard
SOAP sliced fine and dissolved in q cOu--
pie of quarts of hot soft water, Is far
better than the strong black soap made
of wood ash I've, and more economical
than hard soap.
It is important that bed, even il
kept against the wall during the day..
should be moved out a few inches at
night. A layer of air lies against the
walls, which is subject to little move
ment even when there is strong circu-
lation in the middle of the room.
Cleaning lamp chimneys is vexed
question. If they are washed and inn
perfectly dried they are apt to break
when the wick is lighted. New Chin
news. if put in cold water and gradu-
ally boiled, are not SO apt to break af-
terward. Burners must be kept abso-
lutely clean and fresh, and at intervals
should he boiled in soda a nd water.
To cleanse and stiffen silk, WOODEN
and cotton fabrics use the following
recipe: Crate two good-sized potatoes
into pint of clear, clean, soft water
Strain through a coarse sieve into .
gallon of water and let the liquid settle.
Pour the starchy fluid from the sedi-
ment, rub the articles gently In tho
liquid, rinse them thoroughly in clear
wateE then dry and press.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-01-27

ing and good digestive organs. Where
the peanuts can be grown they are of.
ten sown the same as peas, and hogs
are allowed to harvest the crop. Be
sides thus fed on the land, the soil rap
idly gains in fertility, and after a crop
of peanuts it is ready to produce good
crop of anything else that is planted.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-01-27
Mu1ching a strawberry Bed. q

The chief object of a mulch is to hold
the frost in the ground, not to keep it
out. It is the freezing and thawing in
spring that injure the plants by lifting
or IElling the roots and leaving them
exposed Wait till the ground is frozen
hard enough to bear up wagon and
then cover and leave the mulch until
the plants grow through it in the
spring.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-01-27
Treatment of Cows.

make them any better. While beat
ing does not prevent a cow from
switching her tail, it is direct loss to
her owner by lessening the flow Of
milk then and afterward through fear.
Perfect ease and comfort are essentials
to the greatest production in the dairy.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-01-27
Peanuts a Renoyating Crop.

The peanut belongs to the order of
leguminous crops, and, like the cloyers,
It has the power Through nodules on it's
roots to decompose air In the soil.
There is considerable nitrogenous mat
ter in the peanut, and this, with hds oil,
makes 1t very nutritious food for any
purpose, though It requires much cAART.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-01-27
GraDeyines.

Plant a few grapevines this year;
that is, If you take care Of those now
growing. No use II you expect them to
fight their own battles. Manure, cul-
ture, spraying three perquisites to SUI
cess.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-01-27
L;ftinpJarpe Rocks.

Lifting Large Rocks.
Field boulderS are usually buried
either wholly or in part in the surface
Of the ground. To pull such boulder
out of the ground requires an enormous
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-01-27

learn to lift up the lid and help them
selves, and as soon as they are done 1T
will return to position again to exclude
rain. This is much better plan than
to salt stock at stated periods, or, what
is worse, semi stated periods, or not at
oil
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-01-27

ting them in through chute at one Of
the small windoWs.-Orange judd
Farmer.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-03-12
CHAPTER VIII.

CAPT. Welsh showed considerable ex-
citement when he read the note of warn
ingwhich the mayor placed in his hands.
Mr.. Minard Hendricks was looking over a
buadle of New York papers which had
been sent to him, and did not look up
when the mayor entered the room.
Without word, Capt. Welsh held the
note before his eyes, and waited for him
TO speak. After reading it, Hendricks
stroked his beard thoughtfully for
moment, and then said:
Il don't think you need have any fear
up at your place, Mr.. Roundtree, but un-
der such circumstances women are
usually uneasy, so l should advise you,
Capt. Welsh, to have a couple of police
men in citizen clothes hang about the
grounds for few days"
This was done for a week, but, as
nothing occurred to indicate the pres
ence of danger, the men were ordered
away Everything went on smoothly
till the day following Col. Warrenton's
visit to WILDLY. Mayor Round
tree, accompanied by Fred Walters,
had gone downtown, leaving his wife
and Mrs. Walters alone with the serv-
ants. Mrs. Roundtree was in the sit
ting-room giving orders to the cook,
and Mrs. Walters had strolled down the
grayeled walk among the rose-bushes.
The cook had just left her. when Mrs,
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-03-12
HOW IT HAPPENS,
Interesting Admission by an English
Free Trade Authority.

In its review of the. iron and steel
trade for 1897 the London Economist
free trade) of January considers that
the most potent factor of depression in
the English market has been the COM
petition of American iron and steel.
Searching for reason for this wholly
unexpected development, the Econ
omist remarks:
It Is unnecessary now to explain how the
American manufacturer has so suddenly
come to the front and manifested so con-
trolling an influence over the iron and
steel trade of the world. The changes
which have taken place in the cost of pro-
duction In the United States during the
last four years are simply marvellous, and
could scarcely be credited were II not
vouched for on the very best authority.
| Much Is, no doubt, due to the free use or
the wealth accumulated during the period
of high prices, and which has been spent
| in the extension and erection OF new works,
securing every possible improvement in
| labor-saving machinery, coupled with econ
omy in every department
| This is only another way of saying
that under the American policy of pro-
lection the production of iron and steel
in the United States has so broadened
and enlarged that not only is the home
market secure against outside competi-
ton, but the markets of the world were
invaded by American iron and steel to
the extent of over 100000 tons during
the business year of 1897. Deprived of
"the free use of the wealth accumulated
during the period of high prices"
American ironmasters would have been
powerless to extend and develop their
works to their present stage of eff
cheney.
Cheap transportation and cheap coal
have aided materially in placing the
trade in America in position to sue
cessfully compete with the furnaces
and mills of Great Britain, but the main
factor has been the giant strength of an
industry built up and supported by a
protective tariff. This is why the
United States can undersell the world
and still maintain the American stand
ard of wages.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-03-12
Acted In Time.

It is not to be forgotten that the
present good showing of government
receipts, activity in private business,
enlarged employment and better.
wages, are year in advance because
of President McKinley's calling of the
Fifty-fifth congress into extraordinary
session. The settlement of the tariff
then removed it from consideration
now. Had not the special session been
called the period of waiting would have
been prolonged till the present time in
every business which must know the
tariff rates before il ventures beyond
present needs of the market One of
the greatest services the Mckinley adj
ministration and republican congress
were, or will be, able TO render the
country was their prompt attention to
the revenues and restoration of the
protective policy.-Utica Herald.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-03-12
PROMOTED FOR BATHING,
A Young French Soldiers Piece OF
Good Fortune.

An incident related by the late Mar
shall Canrobert, French general, OF
his own experiences in the Crimean war,
sheds a curious light on the French
character; it shows how much the
French like a picturesque incident-and
also, perhaps, how heroic an episode
might appear to them which was at
least not far from the ordinary to o
northern people.
In the Crimea, during the winter, Gen.
Canrobert was in the habit OF going out
among the men of his command, incog-
nito, to see what they were about, and
to learn their wants and encourage the
soldiers if they needed encouragement.
One morning, on one of these tours, he
came upon a young conscript who had
stripped himself to the waist, and was
bathing his body with handfuls of snow.
That's an odd sort of soap you are
using" exclaimed the general.
"Oh, it's good enough" said the sol
der. "You see Pm young, and, more
than that, I'm Lorrainer, from Nancy,
and fellow provincial of Gen. Druot,
who shaved himself with snow on the
march from Moscow, you know, with
the mercury 30 degrees below freezing.
The old fellows in my company, you see,
bother me and make fun of me because
haven't any beard, and, since can't
shave out of doors, like Druot, have
to do this to show those old fellows that
I'm no more afraid of cold than l am
of the enemy!"
"Well," said Canrobert, "what if
should give you another way of getting
even with those old fellows?"
"Why, / shouldn't mind" answered
the young soldier.
"Tll make you corporal" said the
general.
The soldier laughed. 81 guess that
won't CO." said he. you'd find my
colonel wouldn't have it,"
I'm higher than your colonel; am
Gen. Canrobert."
| The soldier was in transports-espe'
cially as the same day he was made q
corporal in the presence of the regi
ment.
The story is authentic, and it is 6
good illustration of the ways which
served to make Canrobert the most pop
ular general in the French army; but i
is unsatisfactory in the respect that il
does not tell whether the young cor
poral went on taking baths in the snow
in the hope of being made sergeant
Youths Companion.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-03-12
THE WORLD WILL BUY OF US.
Large and Growing Demand for
American Horses.

Among the exports not diminished
by the operation of the Dingley tariff
may be mentioned American horses.
Recent auction sales in New York,
Cleveland and Chicago indicate much
larger foreign demand for horses of
speed, style and finish than ever be-
fore known. 1t is also noticeable that
the home market for fine horses has
improved as a consequence of better
times and more money to spend for
luxuries.
The increased foreign demand is only
another proof of the fact that protec-
ton erects no barriers against trade
that are not easily surmounted by SUI
periority in the quality of the articles
offered for sale.
If we have what the world wants, and
if the price suits. the world will buy of
us, whether it be horses, bicycles, loco
motives, sewing machines, watches, or
foodstuffs, tariff or no tariff.
Proof of this is found in the largely
increased volume of trade with foreign
countries since the enactment of the
Dingley law.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-03-12

replied, with a smile. Then his smile
vanished. and he bent his piercing gray
eyes upon her so steadily that her own
wavered a little, and she dropped her
hand to arrange her skirt. "You were
on the lawn ?" he said, glancing out at a
window, as if to relieve her embarrass-
ment.
Mrs. Walters instantly recovered her
self-possession and looked him coldly
in the eyes.
"Yes, on the right of the walk, among
the rose bushes. was gathering roses.
The bullet passed through my sleeve.
See it was near enough, wasn't it?'
"Quite, should think. 1t must have
surprised you"
at did, of course" answered Mrs.
Walters, holding her roses to her nose.
81 heard the report, and then felt some
thing like a little, a very little, tug at
my sleeve"
"You are sure about that?" asked
Hendricks, in an Indifferent tone. "You
are sure that you heard the report be-
fore you felt the ball touch your
sleeve?"
"Quite sure" said she; 'but why"
"He was not inside the fence?" went
on the detective, looking through the
window again.
mo; outside the fence, at the corner
Of the lot"
"Ah, yes, see." he replied, in nom
committal tone. "He must have been
100 yards from you. Permit me, please"
Ard, taking silver-mounted lens from
his pocket, he carefully examined the
bullet-hole. For a moment no one
spoke; then he said: II wonder if we
could find that little piece of lead.
Would you mind coming with us and
showing me exactly where you stood?''
"Not at ALL" Mrs. Walters rose with
gratified smile.
"Don't you think we are losing time
Mr.. Hendricks?" asked Capt. Welsh, in
an undertone., 81 am afraid" But
Hendricks pinched the captains arm
warningly, and the remark was not fin
ished.
They had reached the lawn, when
Hendricks stopped Mrs. Walters and
examined her sleeve again.
"Not satisfied yet?" she laughed.
81 can see better here in the sun
light" he answered. 81 have made g
study of the effect of bullets, fired al
different distances, on various stuffs.'
81 have often thought your profession
must be fascinating one" Mrs. Wal
tiers remarked, as they started down the
walk.
ut is getting to be rather uninterest
ing employment. 1t is so easy to catcl
up with people unskilled in our craft
If would-be criminals only knew thai
we understood half we do, they would
not commit crime so often"
81 had not thought of that" sale
Mrs. Walters, curiously studying hi
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-03-12

features. "But here is the spot. Now,
don't let anyone come here but Mr..
Hendricks" she added to the others;
you ought not to track it up till he sees
my footprints. There they are, MIR.
Hendricks: don't you see where my
sharp heels went in? You can see that
l was facing that way. The man stood
over at the corner of the fence"
81 see," said Hendricks. what did
he look like? How was he dressed?"
81 am afraid l can't describe him ac
curately. He seemed of medium height,
had on gray clothes, and wore long
dark beard"
"The smoke may have given you the
impression that his clothes were
gray" said Hendricks. "May take
your place moment?"
. She stepped back, smiling at the
others, who stood ON the walk, and he
changed places with her. He stuck his
umbrella in one of her tracks and left
it there "Only to mark the spot" he
said, indifferently. "Now let's all go
over to the fence, and see if the rascal
left any footprints there"
They all walked to the corner of the
fence, and looked over towards the
trees near by. 81 think" Mrs. Wal
ters caught the sudden, sharp glance of
Hendricks, and paused. 81 started to
say that it looks as if there were foot
prints over there" she said, pointing to
q spot where the yellow clay showed in
the short grass; shut may be mis-
taken"
Hendricks moved into her place, low
cred his height to hers, and gazed at the
spot for moment, then he looked at
her sharply. "Your eyes are better
than mine, Mrs. Walters. can't make
out anything"
"Yau have the keenest eyesight in
America" said Capt. Welsh, with q
smile. I'VE have all heard about your
experience with the Brooklyn blood
! specks-"
"Now think l see what Mrs. Walters
MEANS" Hendricks broke in, with a
slight frown. at is easy to see what
we know exists. Heput his hands on
the rail of the fence, and, with the grace
and ease of an acrobat, sprang over the
sharp-pointed palings. The Others
passed through gate near by, and
came round to him as he was on his
hands and knees, examining two deep
ly marked tracks in the yellow clay.
"Wore number ten," he said. "Had
any rain out here in the last two days?'
He was looking up at Fred Walters.
81 think not-none for week." re-