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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-12-29
GIeaniIsCs,

The farmer who buys bran and lin
seed meal never makes mistake, as
those substances will enrich his ma
nure heap, as we'll as add to the thrift
Of his stock.
When meal is fed to hogs, either as
slop or dry, it is impossible to prevent
waste; if meal is worked out of the
trough or the slop spilled, it is hardly
possible to gather it again. If whole
corn is fed the last grain is devoured.
The food properties of corn are not
changed by grinding it; it is still corn,
whether served as meal, mush or slop.
When feeding hogs, grind only for the
aged sows which have lost their teeth,
and it is doubtful if they will pay the.
miller.
Each field of the farm is fitted for
some special use. Have due considera
ton of the soil, the past rotation and
fertilization and needs of the proposed
crop. There should be no haphazard
way, but some forethought, in adapting
the crops to the land.
Low heads for trees are preferred by
some, as they lessen the work of har-
vesting the crop and enable the grower
to combat insects with advantage, but
closer cultivation can be given when
the trees are tall and the lower
branches trimmed off.
There is positive scarcity OF all
kinds of good stock, especially of the
high grades, for the best and most pro-
fitable feeding for the best home mar
ket and export trade. Thus overpro-
duction of grain or live stock corrects
itself by being Improbable.
1t is best to keep wethers growing in
stead of fattening them, unless they are
Intended for market soon. An allow
ance of three pounds of clover hay
day for sheep weighing 100 pounds.
using no grain, should be sufficient, but
to fatben rapidly give two pounds Of
hay and pound of cornmeal daily.
1t requires about twenty pounds O.
milk to make pound of butter, and
fourteen pounds of milk to make (
pound of cheese. More labor and care
are necessary to make cheese, hOwe@ee,
but good cheese brings a high price
especially when the parties making IL
are known and reliable, and make
specially Of 0 choice article.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-12-29
Damp Beds

At any time damp bed is to be
avoided. In no household should the
precaution of airing the bed linen be-
fore taking it into use be emitted, and
it will make the bed more healthy and
more comfortable if an Indian rubber
hot water bottle, or a stone bottle cased
in flannel, be put in just before bedtime
AS a final test of dampness 5n bed, put
a small looking-glass Between the
sheets. Leave it there fog about Ave
minutes, and if it is then taken out with
a cloud or mist upon its surface it is a
sure sign that the linen, is not thor
oughly dry. In such case do not at
tempt to sleep between it, for damp
bed linen is fruitful source Of rheu-
matism and lung affections
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-12-29
SLAVES IN ANCIENT GREECE.
Alexander Sold All the Inhabitants of Thebes
into Slavery.

into Slavery.
In the second inStallment of Prof.
Benjamin Ide Wheelers Life of Alex
hnder the Great" in the Century.
Professor Wheeler writes of Alaxan-
der's efforts in subduing the rebellion
that followed the assassination of
Philip. Professor Wheeler says:
At last, after much long suffering,
the strong hand of the Macedonian
power, contrary to all its purposes
and policy, had laid itself with vio-
lence upon one of the great Greek
cities. Once and again it had forgiv-
en-, but Thebes had transgressed the
bounds of endurance and could eX-
Dect no mercy. She obtained none.
The city was RACED to the ground,
only the house of Pindar being spared;
the territory was distributed among
the allies, and the inhabitants who
survived, some thirty thousand in
number, excepting only the priest and
the priestess, the descendants of Pin
dar, and the guests, friends of Philip
and Alexander, We're sold into slavery,
making a slave market so vast that,
as we hear, the standard price of
slaves in the market of the Aegean
was seriously depressed in conse-
quence.
The ordinary price for slave was
from twenty to thirty-fve dollars.
Abundant supply kept the price low.
Society was built on slavery. Slaves,
or, as in Sparta and Crete, serfs
attached to the soil, were the farm
laborers; in manufactures they took
the place of machinery; they were a
form Of investment, being often rent
ed out in gangs, as for work in the
mines; large numbers We're used, too,
for domestic service, seven being an
average number for an ordinary house.
Corinth is said to have had 100000
slaves. Angina 100000, and a census
of the year 800 B. G. showed 100000
in Attica. These figures have some
times been doubted, but other known
facts go to confirm them. Most of
the slaves apparently came from out
side Greece, as from Lydia, Syria,
Bithynia, Thrace, and Illyria. but
there were also among them Italians,
Egyptians, and Jews. The supply
from outside was maintained by the
slave-traders, who obtained them
either in barter or by robbery along
the coasts of Aegean and the EuXine.
The slave-market was a feature of
every city agora, and especially of
the temple fairs. Captives in war
were, like the rest Of the booty, treated
as merchandise. They were disposed
of chiefly by professional traders and
sold mostly abroad. Thus men of cul-
ture and education often appeared in
the condition of slaves. Employed as
teachers, readers, secretaries, must
clans, they often served the purpose
Of spreading the knowledge of art,
manners, and life among other peoples
and aided in mixing the soils and for
warding the interests Of cosmopolitan
ism.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-12-29
Ham and Eggs

Here is new version of ham and
eggs. The end Of a boiled ham, or Il,
ham that has passed the siicing stage,
is sometimes difficult to dispose of with
out waste. Chop very fne a cupfuls
mix with equal quantities of cracker OK
fine bread crumbs and moisten to q sofS
paste with cream; put in q fat buttered
dish, take a small, round bottomed cof-
fee cup and make depressiOns in the
mixture, break an egg in each. dot the
whole with bits of butter and place in
a good oven until the eggs are set. Suf-
ticient for four persons. The ham and
cracker should be made hot before put
ting in the baking dish--The Home
stead.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-12-29
How to Fro1one Life.

Dr. W. Kinnear, in the Humanitarian,
says that right living WIZ prOlong hu
man life almost indefinitely. and sums
up a long and able argument on the
subject as follows: ''To sum up: Avoid
all foods rich in the earth soils, use
much fruit, especially juicy, uncOoked
apples, and take daily two Gr three tum-
blerfuls of distilled water with about
ten or fifteen drops of diluted phos-
phoric acid in each glassful. Thus wiz
our days be prolonged, old age delayed,
and health insured
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-12-29
The Knowing Oyster.

Oysters have a wonderful knowledge
Of the times Of tide, and if they are
taken away from the sea they will
open their shells as the tide begins to
flow, although they may be miles
away. This is more wonderful, be-
cause the ttde-time changes by the
hour every day. Also the long legged
wading birds, such as redshank and
curlew, that haunt salt marshes, dart
inland. as rule, when the tide
covers their feeding grounds, but al
ways turn up when the ebb bares the
saItinas once more.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-12-29

This device for butchering, described
by correspondent of the Ohio Farm
er, is made so plain by the Illustration
as to require little explanation. The
standards A A are 2x4 hardwood scant-
lings, s feet in length; the upright B,
Pinch plank about foot wide at the
bottom and inches at the top, S1a feet
long. These are hinged together on top
with a half-inch bolt running through
a hole bored through both plank and
scantling, and in the center of this the
pulley D is placed. slot of course be-
ing cut in the plank for pulley to play
in.
The crank G is an old well crank, and
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-12-29
A Kitchen Hint.

In every kitchen there should be IA
very high chair or stool. and also a
very low chair. Plain ironing and much
other work can be done as well seated
on high stool as standing, and at a
great saving of strength to the worker.
The low chair is useful for resting, OF
for sitting to shell peas, OF string cur
rants, when it is convenient to have the
bowl ON ones lap into which to put
either one or the other when separated
from shells or stalks
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-12-29
r,.,sI,RE HALL AND POVERTY INN.

eide tney stand to-day,
side Ol s'I Inn and Treasure Hall.
-l PoseI niJgrms sad and travellers !, gay y
Where here eat pf= their honey and drink their
san' If righteousness, shelter OF
81, Hall and Poverty lnn'
81. by side they will ever g stand
SIDE " Inn and Treasure HAIL.
Poye e,. E5m rn- and palace grand
Ricke'S ,'.ab holds the most of honey
or gall: -;r+,,o or sin
M o.dosnrc Hall or Poverty Inn!
TreasuIV Life.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-12-29
Orchard Manuriuc.

A covering Of manure around trees
serves as mulch, and the Jumps in the
manure are broken fine by frost, while
the soluble portions leach out and go
to the roots of the trees. Such work
as applying manure to trees in winter
saves them in spring, for if the orchard
is then cultivated the hurried work of
spreading manure will have been done,
and there is more complete incorpora-
ton of the manure with the soil.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-12-29
A Handy Manager,

The illustration shows a ladder
frame hinged in the manger at both
ends, which can be tipped up when
hay or fodder is being put in, and let
Down again. This device prevents the
waste of feed, which is pushed out and
trodden under foot, and saves stock
that are sometimes horned into man
ger or In their backs. For cattle the
crossbolts or rounds should be strong
and close enough together to prevent
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-12-29

may be made of value for strings, etc,
may be tanned by soaking them in I've
made Of wood ashes or lime until the
halr can be easily rubbed off, then soak
them in running water until the I've is
soaked out. Then soak in a solution of
alum and salt in the proportion of three
pounds of alum to one-half pound Of
salt. The solution should be sufficient
to cover the skin. Soak for about three
days, then hang up to dry in the shade.
Rub the skin every day until it is dry
soft and pliable.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-12-29
To Cure Collie.

george Il. Hogan, writing to the Ag-
rlcultural Epitomist, says: II would
like to have every farmer and breeder
OF tine stock know how to cure collie
or hoven, in cattle. Instead of punctur-
ing, as recommended by some, just get
piece Of an old broom handle. or some
round stick as large, and about twelve
to fourteen inches long, and fasten in
the animals mouth so as to keep it
Working at the stick with it's tongue,
and it will soon pump up all the extra
gas accumulated in the first stomach.
Had | known this several years ago 1
would have been several hundred dol
lars better off in cattle to-day | have
been curing cattle for the last five
years, and have not lost a single case
YETI
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-12-29
AT1casant Tooth Povd,r

Ten teaspoonfuls precipftated chalk,
three teaspoonfuls powdered borax,
three teaspoonfuls powdered orris root.
one-half teaspoonful myrrh. These can
be purchased at any drug store and cost
but little One may ask for prepared
or powdered chalk If preferred. The
druggist will understand and give ex-
actly the same ingredients as in this
prescription.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-12-29
Corn in Germany.

A large share of the 100000 worth
of American corn that now goes week
ly to Europe is for the German farmer.
For the past two years the German
GARNER has been learning how to feed
his corn to his stock. 1t is estimated
that there will be yearly market for
15OOO,OOO bushels of American corn
for this purpose in the German agri-
cultural districts alone. Previously the
German farmers had fed oats, Russian
barley and other cheap imported grains.
Their own land is too valuable to per-
NIT them to grow feed.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-12-29
For SpraiuS.

If ankle, keep your sock on and fill il
with dry flour; if knee, wrist or elbow,
put the -four on cloth and wrap it up
1t will ease the pain in short time. Il
have tried it on my ankle and knee
Each was badly sprained. and got inn
mediate relief from pain ia each case.
and have not suffered any from them
since. 1t took some time for them to-
get we'll and strong again
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-12-29

as indicated is attached to the plank
21h feet from the base. The whole ap-
paratus is easily portable, very con-
venient and cheap in construction, and
every farmer who keeps pigs should
have one either of this kind or Similar
to it, for use at butchering time.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-12-29
Aunt Mary,s DougIauuts.

Three eggs. one and a-half cups of
sugar. half cup Of butter. one cup or
sweet milk, three teaspoonfuls OF good
baking powder, spice to taste. and dour
to roll. An unfailiDG recipe.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-12-29
Champion Butter Cow.

A picture is given here of the won
derful Jersey cow, Signals Lily Flagg,
which has the championship record of
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-12-29

1,O47 pounds ounces of butter in one
year. The cut is reproduced from
drawing from life made by Mr.. Webb
Donnell, for the Country Gentleman.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-12-29

on, but when customers have conf
dence in the one furnishing them ponl-
try this is not necessary
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-12-29
To Tan Skina.

A. j. Legg, in the Epttomist, gfvesi
The following instructions: Dog skins,
asee3 skinR saA sUsA snaaU skins %
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-12-29

Them from getting their horns caught
.rnder the rounds-Practical Farmer.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-02-11
A PROMISED Mex can Road.

Mexico continues coming to the front
in railroad building, as we'll "a other
enterpr ises, and especially is this fact
to be noted in the State of G .ahui a,
whose governor, Miguel Cardenas, by
his liberal policy, is developing the re-
sources of bis state in q marked man.
ner. Probably no state in the Repub1;c
of Mexico is as rich in mineral as well
as agricultural lands, as Coahuila. Its
gold. silver, copper and lead mine
only need developing to assure their
values, and it's fertile valleys. a means
of transportation to market of their
products to demonstrate the.r richness.
To meet these requirements. the state,
through it's governor, has given val
liable concessions to q company, who
have contracted with q St. Louisan, j.
II. Taylor, $40 Roe building, to build
and equip, q standard gauge railroad
from Saltillo, the capital of the state,
to its western border, a distance OF
about 240 miles, passing through the
richest mining and agricultural land
of the state. In connection with the
railroad. and to take care of tbe ore
freighted from the mines, large
smelter is to be bui at Saltiilo, and
which ia stipulated to be ready for
operation as soon as the first 60 miles
of road is completed, thus assuring a
revenue to the railroad from the out
set.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-02-11
Railroad Building in Texas

There will be more railroad building
in Texas this year than for long time
past. Surveyors are now in the field
running preliminary lines for the Fort
W orth and Northwestern, line tina t
will eventually be extended into New
Mexico-possibly to Albuquerque. An
other important railre ad extension is
contemplated by the Gulf, Colorado
and Santa Fe, whereby the Gulf COM
pany may secure control of the Mineral
Wells, Weatherford and Northwest
ern, and later on will build line to
Albuquerque, N. M, to a connection
with the California branch of the At
c. ison, Topeka aud Santa Fee. This
will shorten the distance from the Pa
cifc coast to the gulf coast of Mexico
fully 500 miles. This projected i'm
provement by the Santa Fee is said tc
be practically determined. but just
when the work will begin has not yet
been announced.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-02-11

posed to unite under one mansgement
the two roads, and the result was thai
the directors voted without dissent to
apce with their plans, the directors
used an issue of $500, 600, 900 of 1oo-year
81 per cent collateral gold bonds, of
which 800, 900, 600 is to be g ven In ex-
change for five shares of Lake Shore
stock. The operation which this an
nouncement brings on involves the
S49, 466. 500 of Lake Shore stock out
staudiug. The Wand erbilt holdings
constitute considerable majority of
the outstanding stock, SO that their as
sent to take the bonds for their shares
with it.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-02-11
Big Undertakings.

The new Stickeen-Teslin railway
will be, all things considered, one of
the greatest railrosding feats ever &C
complished. Its projectors expect to
put through between 25O,OOO and 3oO,-
low calculation to say that there will
be about,l5O, 900 people ventu' ing into
Yukon this year. Without this read
it would he impossible to get supplies
through, and many would Gle and many
more would suffer dire privations. To
get relief in to them would cost the
government more than the cOnstruc-
ton of the road will cost.
1.-THE contractors will build 15O miles
in 12O days They have also to estab-
lish a route by steamboats, aud other
wise to D ,wson, for which they get o
additional graft"
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-02-11
Lake Shore Alb Orbed.

The Lake S ore railroad hos become
the property of he New York Central
aud Hudson River Railroad company.
The final ARA gements for the ira sfer
of The Like Shore system to the cor
troll of the c. ntral, were made when
the directors of the Central met to
consider the proposition made some
time ago for the union of the two roads
into one system, to e operated here
after as one stretching from New Yo, k
to Chica O.
Chauncey M. Depew, president Of tn a
Central, presided and repre-, euted the
Vanderb 1t interests in both the Lake
Store and the Central. Francis Tynd g
S son was there as a repre- senta i've
of the Morgan interests. There was a
full and free discussion of the plan pro-
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-02-11
The New Fort Bliss Road.

Within a short time, the new wagon
road to Fort Bliss from this city will
be completed. and then there will be
no further occasion fer extended use OF
a vida and varied assortment of en-
phatic vernacular from tourists be-
tween Ell Paso and the post at the ad-
verse conditions that initiate against
ira ffic between the two points. There
has always been a good road from the
postoffice to COncordis cemetery: but
on leaving the latter quet and un-
obstructive pob1aciop, the road Is q
harrow to the soul, Sand paper to the
temper, and acid on the patience. In
fact the act providing for the building
of the new road might have been aptly
headed, "An act to m nj miZe profanity
among the people of Ell Pa.o and the
Fort B ISIS garrison"
Contractor A. L. Roy has half com.
pleted the task which he contract d
to do at $3.50 35. The road has
been plowed and the subway finished
for the whole distance, and now there
mairs to be placed upon this the six
inch top dressing of atural cement
which will make the new thorough
fare like parlor floor. The road be
gins little distance east OF the I. d p
crossing of the county road and makes
a straight shoot up the hill for one
mile almost directly north, and then
there is curve of three quarters of q
mile to the right in the direction OF
the militarv reservation. This part OF
the road follows the line of the old
county road, and ends at the hard par
wagon way into the fort proper. The
road is twenty-one feet wide on the
top, and is about three and hal
miles long. 1t will be finished in thir=
ty days. Quartermaster Griffith has
suparyisorv charge of the work.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-02-11

The Rode Island locomotive works
has fl ed petition in insolvency, plac-
ing its assets a. $51S,00O, and is liza
bilit es at 1915. ZOO. Chas. H. Wilson
Has been appointed custodian.
The legislature of the state of Yucca
tan is studying the question of increas-
ing the taxes on alcoholic beverages,
will view to checking the increasing
drunkenness in that state.-Monterey
Globe.
It is going to cost $3.50 for every
Klondike dog that is sent from Chica-
go to Seattle. So many of these ami
mails have been brought to railroads
for shipment of late that they have
been forced to make a through rate
on dogs TO the Nor b Pacific coast
points.
1t is reported that the Southern Pa
cific Is short of engines, partly on &C
count of the extra traffic occ stoned by
the Santa Fe trains running over. some
OF its line while the johnson tunnel is
being repaired, and the Santa Fe has
loaned it ten e. eires to assist while
the extra ,work co ntinues.
A special from Chicago rays; The
first Chicago special on the Burlington
route pulled into Chicago today on
time to the tick of second, having
AVERAGED thirty eight miles an hour,
and that without any apparent effort
AT most of the stations on the western
divisions the train came in from thre e
to six m ngtes ahe&d of time.
Trains on the Santa Fe Pacific are
now running as usual, the tram fers be-
ing made at tunnel No. 20. The order
| sending passengers trains via Phoenix
ard peming, has been Cancelled and
only freight wi be carried that wav.
The t. ansfer at the tunnel includes
passer gers, baggage and express mat
ter.
The Santa Fee is fitting up it's coaches
with electric lig hts rs last possible,
and a number of cars runL log ic to this
city are now thus equipped The stor-
age system of batteries is used
There are two sets of t. csc located in
boxes under the car body, and the mo-
tor is placed " thin the nearest truck,
and worked by a heavy canvas bet
| running over one of the axles. The
electricity dOes not generate unless tn
| car is running over eightmiles an hour.
and when both batteries are charged
to the safety point, the bat cries are
d sconnected, and no further quantity
of the fluid is stored. By a switch
| board at one end of the Car, the electri
citp is turne On or off. the cnrre Mt
| reduced SO as to re duce the intensity OF
! the light and o e ba' terry is cut off and
| the ether turned on There are fifteen
| lamps in each Ger. The first COST OF
| equipment is rob ng very great, while
| the cost OF mainter ance is very small