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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-13
We're Direct Importers

-of our Woolens-save middle
mems profits and give our patrons
exclusive styles. Reasonable prices.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-13
Special.

Special.
Just received-a large in
voice of those delicious
French Glaze Fruits-put up
in nice slick hardwood boxes
five pounds each-a hand
some Christmas gift for your
best friend-not expensive,
either.
Elphonzo Youngs Company,
AS Ninth Street.
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CITY ITEMS.

Tree ornaments,open evenings,J. Jay Gould.
de9-12t+
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A Little Girl can make tree toys. Gould's.
de11-11t*
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row will return for the first time since their
successful week at the Grand last season
with their sand drawing, smoke pictures
and shadowgraphs. thinner, the droll Jug
gler, is another strong card. The biograph
pictures will conclude the bill. Next weeks
bill and the reduced prices should continue
the full houses" that are prevailing this
week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-13
Fuel for the Christmas Baking.

Ladies' luncheon, II to 2, for % cts. Cafe
Rochelle, All 18th st-Advt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-13

Give Yourself a Xmas Gift.
Have US paper the parlor dining ROOM
Finest work. Nolte, $40 9th st. 1t
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-13

Hoods Pills liver ills; the Irritating and
only cathartlc to take with Hoods sarsaparilla
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-13

THE JOHN BLAIR PLAYS-Paul Her
vieu's Ties" Ies Tenailles), the second
play in John Blair's course of modern dra-
mas, will be given in Washington at the
National Theater on the afternoon of De-
cember %. Miss Florence Kahn, who made
such fine impression as Christina in Eel
Gran Galeoto' last month returns with Mr..
Blair, as does also Mr. P. Augustus An
derson, who was the Don Severo'' in the
Spanish play. New members of the com
Pany are Miss Alice Harrington, Frederick
G. Lewis and Gage Bennett.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-12-28
An Incident of Fast Railway Travel.

The other day when two miles from
Treaty. Ind, Conductor Brooks, of the
northbound FLYER stepped to the
rear platform of the last coach and
nulled two ten-dollar bills from the
depth of his vest pocket. The stiff
breeze blowing carried them from his
hands and back along the track.
He frantically grasped the bell cord
and gave it a mighty pull, but Engi-
neer John Critz, supposing that it was
a signal to stop at Treaty to let off q
passenger, responded with two blasts
Of his whistle. and did not slackeI
speed. Treaty was soon reached. and
whan the train halted Conductor
Brooks fastened around to the engine
and related the tale of his loss. The
return trip was begun, viii the CON
ductor and brakeman on the rear OF
the train eagerly scanning the track II
the hope of finding the currency
Finally the train was stopped and the
crew cot off and prosecuted the search
all over the right of way, sympathetic
passengers joining in the quest. The
saarch was abandoned and the con
ductor told all hands to get on the
train. when the brakeman came upon
both bills lying within three feet Of
each other, and then the train sped on
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-12-28
A New HYBRID,

The Brazilian minister at Washington
has communicatedao the United States
department the fact that Baron de
Parana in Rio Janeiro has succeeded in
producing cross between the zebra
and the mare, a hybrid which is much
larger and handsomer than the mule.
The male used is what is known as
BurchelFs zebra, native of South
Africa, which is naturally less wild and
more tractable than the mountain
zebra, and which has been SO far do
mesticated as to work in teams of six,
eight or more together, or with the
same number of horses. though 1t does
not work kindly singly or in pairs, as In
It's native haunts it went in large droves
for protection against other wild
beasts. The baron claims that they are
more doeiIe and gentle than the ordin-
airy mule, quicker, softer mouthed, with
no tendency to kick, remarkably
sprfghtly. have extraordinary muscular
strength, and are much less subject to
disease and far easier cared for than
the mule.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-12-28
Hay in Better Demand

Hay in Better Demand.
Canadian papers are Boosting that
the war in the Transvaal has created
a demand for hay, and that prices have
already advanced from so cents to 81
a ton in Montreal, and If there were
more vessels to take it and lower rates
Of freight there would be further ad-
vance. So many British vessels were
taken as transports for the troops en-
route for South Africa, and for their
equipments and supplies, that 1t has
been almost impossible to send forward
the amount of goods that Great Britain
wants from America. It is reported
that one cargo of Canadian hay has
been sent direct to South Africa by the
way of Boston, and that other vessels
are on the way to Montreal for cargo.
Hay is now In good demand in the
United States, and prices are more like
ly to advance than to decline. If farm
ers here and in Canada will next year
increase their fodder crops as they
may, they will find ready market for
all the hay they have to spare, at bet
ter prices than they have realized for
some years, or we cannot read the signs
of the times Alright. A little planning
for silage and fodder crops will enable
them to feed more cattle at home and
have hay to sell.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-12-28
THE GREAT TREK.
Causes Which Lid to the First Nigga ion o.
the Beers.

1t Is most important to understand
the causes which led to the Great
Trek of the Beers, says Alleyne IRE
| land in the Atlantic. They were the
misguided Zeal of the English mis-
siOnaries, the abolition of slavery
| with the safeguarding of the natives
| interests, and lastly, what Canon
Knox Little describes as "England's
| fatuous policy of yacillation, betrayal
friction, irritation, postponing, chang
ing, doing and undoing"
The troubles with the missionaries
began even before the colony was
| coded to England. In 1911 certain
Mr. Read, Of the London Missionary
| Society, wrote letter which was
widely circulated in England, in which
he asserted that over one hundred
murders of natives by the Dutch had
been brought to his notice in his dis
trict, and that the Governor of the
| Colony remained deaf to the cry for
justice. An inquiry was ordered by
the government, and every facility
was given the natives of proving Mr..
Reads charges. After throwing the
| whole district into confusion by sum-
moning over thousand witnesses,
many of whom were under arms on
the frontier in expectation of Rosa
raid, the Circuit Court found that the
| charges were grossly exaggerated
The net result was the sending up for
trial of five Dutchmen. George Nc
Call Theal, in his History Of South At
RIGA, says in regard to this affair:
''The Black Circuit, as it was called,
produced a lasting impression amongst
the Dutch. 1t was no use telling the
people that the trials had shown the
missionaries to have been the dupes
of idle story tellers. The extraordinary
efforts made to search for cases and
to conduct the prosecutions appeared
in their eyes as a fixed determination
on the part of the English authorities
to punish them if by any means pre-
text could be found. AS for the mis-
sionaries of the London Society, from
that time they were held by the from
| tier cOlonists to be slanderers and pub
lie enemies" That the actions of the
Missionaries really Influenced the Dutch
| in their determination to leave the
colony is shown by a manifesto pub
lished by PETER Retief, one OF the
most prominent trekkers, in which
were set forth the reasons why British
rule was no longer endurable. The
fourth paragraph of the manifesto
says: "We complain of the unJustlh-
able odium which has been cast upon
MS by interested and dishonest per-
sons, under the name of religion,
whose testimony is believed in Eng
land to the exclusion of all evidence In
our favor; and we can foresee, as the
result Of this prejudice, nothing but
| the total ruin of the country
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-12-28
Farmers Children.

Farms are places for raising crops,
not only crops Of grain, but crops OF
men and women. From the farmers
boys and girls come not only the phys
zeal health and strength, but also many,
aye, most of the brightest minds In the
various walks of life. Farmers boys
and girls have ample opportunity for
the education and development of their
mental faculties. Good schools are
abundant and easily accessible. the
high schools in the smaller cities are
now nearly or quite as good as were
many of the colleges fifty years ago,
while State normal schools, agricul-
tural colleges and universities furnish
wonderful opportunities for the educa-
ton of the youth of the present day
Farmers Advocate.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-12-28
DON'T TELL YOUR TROUBLES.
Little Sympathy for Men Who Are Always
"Feeling Way Off To-day"

eff" said man of mature years, Il
was going to give word of advice to
a young man, one of the things that |
should say to him would be this:
Don't be sick. That is, don't be an
ailing man, not feeling well, and all
that sort of thing. Keep your little
ills to yourself To tell how bad we
feel does not, as q rule, awaken SYM
pathy. AS a matter of fact-and It's
all right so, too-we don't cotton much
to a man that wants or expects to be
coddled all the time; We like better
the chap made of sterner stuff, who
doesn't worry other people about
them.
'"This does not mean that man
wants to say he's well, when really he
is sick. That would be foolish. as it
would be for man to work III sucn
condition. But nobody likes to see
man going around with woe-begone
expression on his countenance, and the
words. I'm way off to-day on his
Inns, and if this is his habit whenever
he isn't feeling just right, why, he
thereby just counts himself out OF it.
.aThere's a large stock of sympathy
ON hand in the world, and it's always
beautifully offered where it is really
needed. but there's mighty little OF 1t
expended on people suffering from
snitfles. The fact is the world ISM
drawn much toward men that are al
WAYS ailing; but it just hollers Tor
ioy over men who are fit and able.
Moral: Don't make it point to
tell people how miserable you're reel
ing to-dayv'-New York Sun.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-12-28
Planting Tree Seeds.

Apple seed and plum and cherry pits
can be kept in the cellar in condition
to grow with proper attention to water
ing. But in any ordinary dry cellar the
sand gets too dry to prepare the seeds
for terminating the first season. 1t Is
much safer to bury outside, where they
will have regular moisture and more or
less freezing and thawing. It is also
safe to plant these seeds and pits in the
fall, if properly managed. Cover the
seed at least three inches deep in drills
by mounding two inches about the sur
face. Early in spring rake off the
mound, leaving the seed one inch deep
with mellow surface for seed bed.
In this way the surface is not packed
and the plants will make larger growth
the first season than we secure with
spring planting.-Farmers' Advocate.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-12-28
To Remove Paint and Ink Spots.

Paint spots, when new, are easily
taken out with turpentine. This viii
make the goods stiff if allowed to dry
in, so remove it with naphtha, and the
naphtha with water. If the paint spot
is old, allow it to soak in the turpentine
until the paint is softened, then remove
with naphtha.
The plotting paper and warm fatiron
are also useful in removing grease
from wallpaper or carpet. The fatiron
must be warm enough to melt the fat,
when the blotting paper will absorb it.
When the carpet has been solled by
ink, instantly apply blotting paper,
then milk, then blotting paper, and SO
on until the spot is out. Don't rub.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-12-28

Berries should be cultivated from
planting time to fruiting season, keep
ing the ground pulverized between the
rows; strawberries, however, should be
mulched with straw, which takes the
place of cultivation. Blackberries,
which often dry up on the bushes be
fore the crop is all matured, can be
saved, in most cases, by frequent sur
face cultivation between the rows, re
tanning moisture, which nourishes the
plants and natures late blooms. The
roots Of trees spread on every side the
same distance as the limbs extend, and
therefore cultivation should cover the
entire surface; in the case Of large
trees, none but shallow blowing should
be done, 80 as not to injure the roots
Farmers Voice.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-12-28
The Sponge Animal.

If the SPONGE as brought up fresh
from the sea bottom, were familiar
object, says DR.. Ledekker, few would
be in doubt as to it's being an animal.
When fresh it is a feshy-looking sub
stance, covered with firm skin, and If
cut it presents somewhat the appear
ance Of raw meat It's cavities are filed
with q gelatinous substance called
milk" American sponges and those
of all other parts of the world are in
ferior to the sponges of the Eastern.
shores Of the Mediterranean. The
finest of all sponges is the Turkey toilet
sponge, which is cup-shaped. The
American sponge most nearly ap-
preaching it in quality is the West In
dian glove sponge.-Youth's Compan-
ion.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-12-28


Nobody Knows but Mother.
How many buttons are missing to-day!
Nobody knows but mother.
How many playthings are strewn in hsx
way?
Nobody knows but mother.
How many thimbles and spools has She
missed,
How many burns on each fat little fist,
How many bumps to be cuddled and
kissed?
Nobody knows but mother.
How many hats has she hunted to-dayF
Nobody knows but mother.
Carelessly hiding themselves in the hay,
Nobody knows but mother.
How many handkerchiefs willfully
strayed,
How many ribbons for each little maid.
How, for her care, can mother be paidf
Nobody knows but mother
How many muddy shoes all in row?
Nobody knows but mother.
How many stockings to darn, do YOU
know?
Nobody knows but mother
How many little torn aprons to mend,
How many hours of toll must she SPEND
What is the time when her days work
will end?
Nobody knows but mother.
How many lunches for Tommy and Samf
Nobody knows but mother.
Cookies and apples and blackberry JAM
Nobody knows but mother.
Nourishing dainties for every sweet
tooth
Toddling Dottie or dignifed Ruth,
How much love sweetens, the labor, for
sooth?
Nobody knows but mother.
How many cares does a mothers heart
know?
Nobody knows but mother.
How many joys from her mother love
flow?
Nobody knows but mother.
How many prayers for each little white
bed,
How many tears for her babies has she
shed,
How many kisses for each curly head2
Nobody knows but mother.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-12-28
Getting Rid of Rats.

Mix corn meal and plaster of paris
together, about one-third plaster of
paris. The rats will eat the corn meal,
also some of the dry plaster. AS they
pick the corn meal out, add a little
more meal to it, and mix together, put
it in shallow dishes and set it around
in different places. Also have some
water convenient for them to drink
And in three or four days you will not
be troubled with rats.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-12-28
Farm Notes.
Shelter sheep from cold rains.

Shelter sheep from cold rains.
Do not allow manure to accumulate
in the stables.
Sheep as much as any other stock re-
quire dry bedding.
As the roads get bad the loads should
be made lighter.
Old stock of any kind decrease in
value as they become older.
The most profitable stock to feed is
young, thrifty, growing aniamls.
1t IS safe rule on very cold days to
increase the grain rations.
1t is q loss not TO feed sufficient to
maintain. a good, thrifty condition.
Late fall blowing helps materially in
destroying the white grub.
Young animals are easily kept thrifty
liz they are well sheltered.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-12-28

WINTER GATE. the hinge is mace
of a rod of iron that will turn easily in
the eye of the other part of the hinge.
In the lower hinge have three or four
holes drilled through the iron rod, as
shown. When the gate is to be raised
slip 2O-penny wire nail through the
required hole beneath the part contain
ing the eye, and the gate will stand at
the elevation required. When the snow
is gone the gate can be returned to its
natural position.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-12-28

likely to suffer from this cause there
will be people who for humanity's sake
will furnish food for them. A handful
OF oats, millet seed and other small
grains thrown out every day in winter
will supply vast number Of small
birds, and if we were rid of the detesta-
BILE English sparrow, we could have the
trees around our houses thronged with
song sparrows, fnches, chickadees.
wrens, snow birds, and hosts Of other
birds both winter and summer
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-12-28
Single sashes Double Glazed.

SIH2Ie SaSHes DUuDIe UIaZeus
One of the ways in which poultry and
other stock suffer is from the rapid
radiation of heat from the windows at
night. Double windows are sometimes
used, but these are expensive, some
what of a bother to put on and hard
to keep clean.
The cut shows single sash, double
glazed, which a poultryman has recent
~ described. The sash is made so that
the glass can be set on both sides Of
the wooden bars, leaving a half inch or
more Of space between. This gives a
double window and the cost is said to
be not more than % cents extra per
sash for the glass and the labor of set
ting. The glazing must be tight and
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-12-28

but with pure buff plumage. The full
color is hard to get and every hatch in
cludes birds with black or white in the
plumage. This difficulty is perhaps the
chief cause Of lack of popularity. Buff
turkeys are seldom kept on farms, al
though they are considered equal to the
other small breeds for general pur-
poses.-Orange Judd Farmer.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-12-28
To Keep Apples.

An experiment made by a Michigan
grower of apples shows that If apples
are packed in Kindred clean sand, and
the apples not allowed to touch, they
may be put into bins and kept for
MONTHS provided the bins are in cool,
dry place and the apples not bruised
Success has been obtained by the use
Of well-dried corn and oats also, es-
pecially in keeping with beets, turnips
and potatoes.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-12-28
Hints.

Hints.
Eggs are best twelve hours after laid
Never feed a baby directly before its
| bath.
The cradle is returning to popular
| favor.
Clear boiling water will remove tea
| stains.
Sugar burnt in gas fame is death to
mice.
In Austria they make -four out OF
potatoes.
Some alleged olive oil is made from
peanuts.
not cold.
The colder eggs are the quicker they
will froth.
The saucer of charcoal purifes the
refrigerator.
Onions peeled under water will not
disturb the eyes.
The X-ray is used to detect the adult
iteration of -four.
Germany makes a celery oil.
Meat should always be cooked with
the fat downward.
Raw cabbage is more easily digested
than when cooked.
Stewed cucumbers are as nice a.
cream caulifiower.
Princess Victoria Of England is an ac-
complished cook.
Burlap, when stained, makes an ar
tistic floor covering.
Never shut thessunshine out. Sun
shine means health.
Half q lemon dipped in salt viii keep.
copper vessels bright.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-12-28
Weed Seed for Birds.

Some one has said that il weeds Were
kept down birds Of many kinds must
become extinct for lack of food. OF
this there appears no immediate dan
ger, and we hope that when birds are
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-12-28

provide yourself with
one Of these conven-
lent clothes dryers
which may be used in
doors or out. 1t may
be suspended outside
any window, where it.
will easily take any
ordinary wash. They
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-12-28

hinges are made
according to the
plan shown in the
a C C ompanying IL
lustration the gate
can be raised con-
tinually as t h e
SHOWS b e C O m e
deeper and deeper.
The long part of
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-12-28
Buff Turkeys.

Buff turkeys probably resulted from
selected crosses of the bronze and
white breeds. In size and general quail
tiles they resemble the White Holland,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-12-28
"A
hurting for the Captain.
I%A~N~~~N~

.HN~~H~@
Ira was probably no more youth
saror of 4 colonel's commission in
|fvf War Than myself.
in a family of soldiers, edu-
and drilled from infancy as a
gained high rank as a boy
has able to perform it's duties to
Satisfaction of my superiors.
aside from duty, l was as
/" as any young college chap in
Orld.
box of goods made by the kind
of loyal women reached my
lent through the United States
#tian Commission. The quarter
u, who superintendent distribu-
bf the comforts, brought me one
b. Il note he had found pinned
pair of wooden stockings. Some
|sbying Girl wrote that she would,
LEI charity, correspond with the
br receiving those foot coverings.
Better was signed Dolly Miller"
&hc post office address was given.
box the slip of paper and when
huagtermastcr had departed in
note in my best style to the
IS lady. The name l placed at the
8 though, WAS not my own, but
#Of Capt. T. b. Reid, in command
5e Of my companies. A fine fell
zhandsome, brave and young, was
a great favorite also with the
!, He had won his rank by gal
Service and was a soldier all
Rgh. Though he always could
up his end in conversation, yet
&arly education had been neglect
lle wrote Il villainous fist, and all
IeaS froZe before they reached the
of his pen.
Pdded Y to the initials of my
fade, so as to identify the answer
be camel when it reached the adj
It's tent where all mail matter
&deliyerod,
Pee weeks after there was a note
Iapt I. b. Y. Reid from a town
|lIO. OF course, the screed was de-
FL MO my hands. A very sweet,
st little letter it was. The con-
Told that some lively girl chum
written the original and signed
Dolly MjIicr's name thereto; but
eal young lady said that "the let
le received was so gentlemanly in
so interesting in contents, that
PatfNiIc in the extreme, could
out the promise made in her be-
anu II Capt. Reid could find
SeAeat or pleasure in correspond
WIN her She was willing to do
she could To cheer him in his du-
and dangers.
So1FSe, | answered and spread
I'll, No fools letter would do for
F,sHt honest Miss Dolly, and,
Aatjerol ny her high estimate
early work, | put in my best
"a> not long before letters came
went by each mail. l was really
S'1d III the true, kindly maiden
newer met aud had it not been
'F ~.I left behind me" might
Explained my first deception and
III 'of myself. AS it was, | felt
conSr,ruge stricken when l
- " what extent my gush and ro-
N1U IaAeu hold on the dear
: '3dI~ feelings. But 1 kept it
Ill the same.
W.ed mp The agony" on the
Any,, S> 0t soldiers life and gave
loving won'nm 7-I'7 iol solle 'en-
ar, 9,"' ana It's trials. Miss Dolly's
=, '''0INe more and more affec-
and suggestive. She wrote
Size Was nm ,,.,,1,ar ~
Honey in r.,. ' '',,''H ,,, nau consider
could love- ,'' ,..., "Nn rIgnt' ana that
sentlcmar x r,4'e IS soldier IN, and hon,
pt Reid ia bn ," r,.,,' is she conceived
R& '- Tue 'one oi us
Sent her Ruf,l,s ,,,,.,..
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