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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-01
Ditch Scraper.

Thls scraper, TO clean out a large
open ditch, so far as l know, is not
patented and may be constructed at
nome with the help of blacksmith. 1t
Is to 3 feet wide and about 21a feet
high, made of good tough inch boards
and shod with strip of steel; an old
crosscut saw is just the thing. Two
handles should be bolted on the back
old pillow handles will do, or something
similar. The draft rods should be
made something like a badly shaped S,
and pass through slots cut in the
scraper and are attached on back side
of scraper, just over saw plate, with
heavy eyebolts or other device that will
allow of swivel motion. They should
be made of heavy iron and be about 20
inches long, the front ends connected
with feet of chain with ring in cen
ter as shown in cut. To operate scraper
when the ditch can not be crossed with
team requires driver. He should have
about 8 feet of chain attached to team,
the big hook hanging loose. The man
at the scraper drags it to bottom of
ditch and sets it quickly in the mud, or
behind a furrow or two that must al
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-01
UNIQUE Wedding Gift.

A girl who for nine years has worked
in certain Norristown mill was mar
ried recently, and from the carding,
spinning and weaving overseers, be-
cause she had worked so faithfully,
she received a present as delicate and
rare aRl beautiful as ever graced the
nuptials of a princess. The men gave
her three handkerchiefs, each of them
so light that with a breath they could
be blown to the ceiling, for they were
woven Of thistledown.
This stuff is common on the Norris
town meadows, and on the plant, or
floating slowly through the air, it re-
sembles a ball of cobweb brushed with
powdered silver. The gathering of it
is a task, and it is romantic to think
of the three overseers, corpulent and
gray, scurrying in the young girls hon.
or over the green fields after the float
ing balls on pleasant Sunday mornings
But to card, spin and weave thistle
down-to wind it on bobbins and to
make warp of it-these were the real
tasks, and there were months of fail
ure and Despair before they were
achieved. Yet certainly the fabric is
delicate enough to reward the men for
all their trouble. A square yard of the
beautiful. shimmering, silver-gray
stuff could be crushed between the
thumb and finger tips into a ball no
bigger than Philadelphia Rec
ord.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-01

ways be turned out, not in, to scrape
right. By this time the driver should
have his team in position, exactly at
right angle to the ditch; hook to
scraper ring and drive steady, the man
at the handles holding them nearly per-
pendicular till ready to dump, then I'M
hook and repeat. Though this may
sound slow it is the practical way to
clean out or deepen large open bitches,
and two good men and team will make
good progress when once accustomed
to the work.-Silas II. French, in Ohio
Farmer
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-01
Hav Baths the Latest Fad.

Latest of all bathing fads is the hay
bath. Some one or other in the Iyrol
devised it when he wasn't thinking or
ANYTHING else. 1t is a simple process,
consisting merely of being immersed
in fresh, uncured mountain hay. Inc
hay must be in burning" condition
that is. not cured. The bath is taken
under roof, and not in the open air.
The peasants of the TyrOl, the Etsch-
landers especially, attach great value
to the hay bath, and they consider the
short hay of the mountains to be par
ticulariy beneficial.
One of these cures is on the top Of
the Schlern, near Voels, at an elevation
of mile and half. AT this place the
baths are free to the villagers, put
others are charged about twenty cents,
American money, a week.
To take a hay bath one digs a hole
in the hay and crawls into it, after
having Invested himself Of all his
clothing. The covering up process Is
done by a friend or regular attend
ant, and only the head is left exposed.
Some one must stay with the patient
during the bath, to give relief, for the
effect of the heat and other influences
is likely to be severe. The heart or
some other organ occasionally is hard
hit during this curing process. When
the patient has perspired enough he is
dug out by the attendant and rubbed
down, for by this time he usually is
too weak to exert himself, though he
may be able to get into his clothes I'M
aided At the Alden bath two patients
have been found unconscious, and
their condition was serious, it being
not due to a mere fainting ft.-New
York Press.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-01
Making Sweet Soap Grease.

In many farmhouses all the scraps
of fat, cooked and uncooked, are
thrown together in large tub or ket-
tie, where, exposed to air, it quickly
becomes exceedingly offensive to the
senses. One wonders how it can be
that such sinking grease can be
changed into good, cleansing soap. But
it is, and the explanation is that the
thorough boiling which the grease with
the ley receives destroys all the offens'
i've germs. But it only does this after
much Of the value Of the grease has
been destroyed. Get cake of potash
and make a strong ley of it. Throw
this over the grease and fat, entirely
covering it. The grease will be partly
turned into soap by this, and will KEEP
sweet without any waste.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-01
Posts in Sandy Soil.

There is great difference in the dura-
bility of different kinds of posts and
also in the soil where they are placed.
Contrary to the general impression, a
sandy or gravelly soil, which is usual
" dry, is much more liable to rot out
posts than one which is always wet.
In the dry soil there are frequent
changes from wet to dry, by which
more air is brought in contact with the
wood and this introduces the germs of
decay. In an always wet soil the water
Is probably stagnant and contains little
air. Oxygen is necessary to all de-
composition. An old farmer who had
owned both sandy farms and those that
had a clay subsoil once told rs that
posts on the sand had to be removed
more than twice on clay subsoil.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-01
The Painters Took the Hint.

Occupying lovely situation near a
northern city there stands a mansion
with fiat roof. Last autumn the
owner decided to have it thoroughly
overhauled, and gave instructions to
different tradesmen to proceed with
the work.
The plumbers had a good deal to do
upon the roof, and being out of sight,
as they thought, did not overwork
themselves.
When the painters came to do their
part the owner of the mansion called
the foreman aside and showed him
a number of snapshot photographs,
representing men on the roof of his
house. Some were sitting, smoking.
some were reading, and others were
lying on their backs.
why" said the astonished foreman,
s'these are IS plumbersv'
Exactly" responded the owner,
land these snapshots explain why
they took such loeg time over the
job"
The painters did not waste any more
time.-Waverley Magazine.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-01
Picked Sweet Corn.

Those who wish to put up sweet
corn the coming season should try my
plan. pull good firm ears not too hard,
pick as clean of silk as possible and
pour boiling water on tub full of the
ears thus prepared. Now have bar
rel or key half full of good strong
brine, take ears from the tub and fill
key to within four or five inches Of
top. Make good strong cover to fit
within the keg, weight it down and the
job is completed. The corn will not be
as salty as you might expect, as the
cob absorbs the salt. When wanted
for use, take out as much as needed,
cut off the cob and soak over night.
One who did not know would think
that corn kept for two years in this
way was just from the field.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-01
HOW WAR INDkMNITlEs ARE PAID.
France Settled with Germany by the ABB
ssrptiOn of Her Own Bonds.

In an article in the New York indie
pendent on How War Indemnities
Are Paid" George e. Roberts, Direc-
tor of the United States Mint, says:
1.-THE gold indemnity exacted of France
by Germany in the treaty of May 10,
1871, was the most stupendous under
taking of the kind that has ever been
seen. France obligated herself to pay
in all $1,OOO,OOO,OOO OF this about
$400, 100000 was to be paid within one
year and the remaining 5000, 100000
on March 2, 1874. To persons who al
ways think of a payment as requiring
delivery of cash it seemed that
France, if it had not undertaken the
impossible, must be greatly distressed
in discharging this debt. The total
stock of coin in France at that time
in banks and in private hands was es-
timated at little more than 81 1000, OOO,-
900. Hence it was supposed that
France would lose practically her en-.
tire store of metallic money.
Including interest, the actual
amount due from France was $1,06O,-
229,O16, and after deducting the value
allowed for the State railway in AL
SAGE and some minor offsets the amount
paid was equal to 1898, 1872, 091. OF
this $14S,473,S1S was paid in coin and
bank notes, and $S49,65S,273 was set
tied in bills of exchange. To provide
funds the French Government made
two loans aggregating a little over
the above total. To place the loan,
all of the great banks of Europe were
invited to become agents and receive
subscriptions. The bulk of the loans,
however, were placed at home, with
the French people, and Of the rentes
(bonds) sold abroad it was calculated
at the close of 1874 that practically
all had returned to France and be-
come the property of Frenchmen.
Great as was the achievement OF the
French people in thus absorbing IN
three years Government securities
amounting to $1,OOO,00O, 900, it is
worthy Of remark that the American
| people surpassed it in the summer OF
1898, when in response to one invita-
ton to take $2OO,OO0,00O of United
States bonds, they subscribed for over
$1,4OOOOO,O00.
France was rich country. Its
citizens held quantities of stocks and
bonds representing investments III
Germany, Austria, Turkey, Italy,
Spain, Egypt and America, and other
parts of the world. When the loans
| of their own Government were put on
the market these people sold these Sc
curities on the foreign bourses and
| turned the bills of exchange thus re-
ceived over to the French Government
or it's agents in payment for its issues.
| These bills of exchange, under the Oil
rection of skilful bankers, soon found
their way into tills of bankers acting
as agents for the German Government.
Thus the obligation was discharged
by a shifting of credits and in the
ownership of certain paper securities.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-01

If you wish to oil or paint the kitchen
floor and there are cracks that need
filling, tear several newspapers into
small pieces and soak them in water.
Mix one pound Of flour and one quart
of water together, beating it until it is
smooth and free from Jumps, then stir
in a tablespoon of alum and two
quarts boiling water. Set it on the
stove where the paste will cook and
mix the paper with it. Boil until it is
quite thick and press it into the cracks
with knife 1t will soon harden and
makes the floor smooth.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-01

A bulletin Of the Georgia station on
watermelons describes a simple method
of rendering concentrated fertilizer as
similable or available and preventing
the hill from firing. This is by the
application of water artifcially, when
the rainfall proves insufficient. For
this purpose a joint of two-inch terra
Gotta sewer pipe is perpendicularly
sunk in the hill before planting to the
depth of six or eight inches, bell up
ward, as indicated in the figure.
The seeds are planted around the
pipe and the stand subsequently
thinned down to one vine, whose roots
will eventually surround the bottom of
the pipe for quite distance in all
directions. The pipe itself should be
filed with water late in the afternoon
every day, if the weather is dry, or as
often as may be found necessary. The
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-01
Clothes Pin Aprons.

Take two pieces of ticking-denim or
other strong material, 16X31 inches.
Shape into round apron. Sew together
like a bag, except that you put right
side of one piece to the wrong of the
other. In top piece cut out two pocket
holes and bind with tape. Put on band
of desired size, setting it down on to
the apron to secure strength, and fasten
with button and button-hole. When
hanging out clothes, button this around
your waist 1t also serves as place
to keep pins when not in USE.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-01
Household Lininent.

To make the most useful household
liniment, especially for the lungs, break
two eggs and put into a quart bottle,
put two handfuls fine table salt in this
and shake well until the eggs are cut
up. Add two tablespoonfuls each Of
turpentine, kerosene oil and ammonia,
and fill bottle with strong vinegar,
shake we'll before using. For cold on
the lungs, wet flannel and apply warm;
it will give immediate relief. Can be
used on infants without blistering.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-01
Making Apple Butter,

My first experience in making apple
butter was an entire failure. | boiled
the cider down in a new galvanized
iron boiler (neighbor said she did not
think it would spoil it, and emptied it
as soon as possible into jars. Had the
apples all cooked and mixing them
with the cider we boiled the butter in
small brass kettle. The result was
eight gallons of butter to pour on the
ground, as it was too poisonous even
for pig feed, ruined boiler, and, worst
of all, no apple butter for winter use,
and we are very fond of it.-Mrs.
Alfred Burns.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-01
Spinach Salad.

Ingredients: One peck spinach, one
head lettuce, two hard cooked eggs,
French dressing, mayonnaise. Wash
and pick over the spinach until free
from grit; put to cook with one-half
cup Of water and cook until tender;
drain and chop very fine; add the chop
ped white of one egg and the French
dressing made as follows: Two table
spoonfuls olive oil, four tablespoonfuls
vinegar, one-half teaspoonful salt, one
quarter teaspoonful white pepper; mix
the oil, salt and pepper together; add
the vinegar slowly; when blended mix
with the chopped spinach; cut the 9TH
er egg into thin slices: mold in individ-
ual molds with slice of egg in the
bottom of each; set in cold place to
get thoroughly cold. Wash and crisp
the lettuce; arrange as garnish. Dress
salad with mayonnaise and serve.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-01
GARRISON DUTY.

T.. transports decks we wind
20 the I.eP,ndred men and more;
T'e ', sne'1 weeping crowd behind
cbeerIDI5 opg voyage before.
AOpg' ,Or old chap!" Farewell, dear
Dea' If, Hurra, hurra!'
'Nere w. 1 bows the ripples part
Be ., nst we're under way
Young lieutenant signs,
Inl u 9 Kinks of yester eve;
ADd 'D'r Drivate wipes his eyes
rPo L,rr heart is brave and true,
But s ,,.s with duty's call;
u lupS and kindred fade from
let home DIV
w, VIZ soldiers are we all.
ashore post and mountain fort,
Der s' son1 and prairie flowers,
Anu ; I'D, that with the colors sport
II n,a "- miss the kiss OF ours;
NIn non who chased Apache Kid,
NDls t s, at Wounded Knee,
,,5 n4' now recount I'll. the de deeds they did
N ~. oars across the sea.
q, change the oak and pine for PALM
We ~, ,D cactus spike for cane;
nd 1I' taps" the soldiers evening
psalm,
Inv w, mid alien scenes we stand,
IN alien sky above,
. nn boro rs from our motherland,
'r that's out the flag we love.
cI1vfn L. sabin, in Youths Com
o3niOn.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-01
The Sessor for Strawberries.

Small fruit dealers are more enter
prising in seeking markets than aver
age farmers, probably because they
have to be more intelligent and enter.
prising to succeed in their business
This is especially true Of strawberry
growers, who begin very early in spring
to forward their fruit northward. By
the time we get Virginia and New Jer-
sey strawberries, the price comes with.
in everybody's reach, though higher
than most of our home growers can
get for their product. Instead Of z
season of three to four weeks we can
now have strawberries four to five
months in the year, or even more
American Cultivator.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-01
Narrowing Pastures.

Nothing is more beneficial to an old
pasture than to harrow it thoroughly
every spring. A few roots may be
broken off, but the stirring which the
surface soil receives opens it to air and
20 receive the rains which will set them
20 growing more vigorously than be-
fore. Another good effect of the har-
rowing is to break up the excrement
dropped by the stock the previous year,
and scatter it so that it can fertilize a
greater number of plants.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-01
Lemon Ice.

Put three pints Of water into a sauce
pan with one quart of cutloaf sugar
and let it simmer over a slow fire until
it is reduced to a generous quart of
syrup. When cold, add the strained
Juice of five lemons and the whites Of
four eggs beaten to a stiff froth. If
the syrup seems very thick little wa
ted may be added. Stir the ingredients
well together and pour into freezer to
be treated like ice cream.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-01

ness methods. He knows what each
animal is doing, and whether she gains
or loses on particular kinds of feed.
Guesswork is poor business on the
farm, as elsewhere. And in this con-
nection it may be mentioned that the
pleasing, clearly and economical prac-
tice of delivering milk in glass bottles
is steadily increasing.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-01
For Growth of Hair.

Recipe for the growth, luster and
preservation of the hair: Take one
quart New England rum, 10 cents
worth bitter apple and cents worth
of camphor; cut the apple into small
bits; also break the camphor into small
pieces, and put the rum, apple and
camphor in jar together tightly
closed. Use two or three times weekly
on the head. Rub it into the scalp
with a brush.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-01

w LAW WV w
doing. He will
weigh each cows
milk as it is
drawn, and then
put it down on the
paper in black and
white-the m i l K
record for each
week. The pros
pero US farmer
makes use of bust
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-01

continuous supply of moisture thus af-
forded will have a most noticeable eff
feet by rendering every particle Of
plant food within reach capable Of as
similation Ordinary drain tile may
be used in place Of sewer pipe.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-01
Effective Farm Help.

Every spring at the beginning of farm
work an army of hoboes flock to the
country claiming to be in search OF
work. They remind one of the old
English story Of two tramps who said
they had walked all over England try
ing to get work, but hoping all the
time they would be refused. Such help
is worse than useless, yet it is the
kind that the farmer is apt to get who
puts off hiring help until he gets be-
midland with work, and then seeks
the cheapest farm help, that is, the
lowest price per month that he can
find. Generally these hoboes give them
selves away by asking in considera-
ton of their low wages that they be set
only at the easiest jobs. They most
always want to manage the horses, as
that they think involves little labor.
Such men are dear even if they would
work for nothing. The only help that
will do the farmer any good Is help
that understands the business Of farm
ing, and is not afraid to tackle any
kind of work, however hard and dis
agreeable it may be. Such help is al
ways gobbled up early in the season,
or kept on yearly contracts, so as to be
sure of them when hiring-out time
comes
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-01
Flax Fibre for Grain Bags.

The farmers of Oregon have found a
new industry, which at the same time
In the State penitentiary can be set to
work at. They are to weave the cloth
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-01

In Brittany a certain mineral known
as "stauroite'' is imagined to have
mysterious power for good. Amulets Of
this material are sure preventives
against shipwreck, drowning and n.y.
drophobia.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-01

from fax which Oregon farmers will
grow, and make it into grain bags in
which to market their surplus wheat.
These linen grain Bags will be stronger
and more durable than those of cotton,
and as the coarsest fibre such as can
be got from flax for seed can be used,
it is believed they will not be expen-
sive. 1t is a good beginning for the
faxgrowing and inen-making indus
tries. The manufacture of the finest
linen fabrics will doubtless follow in
due time. 1t is a great gain anyway
for Oregon farmers to diversity their
industries. They have been growing
wheat too Observation-Disclosures
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-01

A good Arabian horse can canter in
the desert for twenty-four hours in
summer and forty eight hours in win
ter without drinking.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-01
Weigh the Milk.

The owner of this device, which was
originally illustrated in the Farm Jour-
nal, is going to know hereafter just
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-01
Uld-Fashioned Johnny Cake.

Two tablespoonful lard, two table
spoonfuls butter, two tablespoonfuls
molasses, two eggs, one-half cup
sugar; beat all together; two cups
sweet milk, two cups cornmeal, two
cups -four; mix with three teaspoonfuls
baking powder. Bake in large dripping
pan for twenty minutes in hot oven.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-01

Queen Elizabeth made her break
fasts and suppsrs OF of salt beef and
ale.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-01
The Proper Mustard Plaster.

To make a mustard plaster, mix the
mustard with the white of one egg
Hntil it forms a smooth paste, then
gpread 1t between two thicknesses Of
soft muslin before placing it upon the
affected part.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-14

The injunction proceedings of the Mon
tana Ore Purchasing company against
the Butte & Boston company, which We're
commenced in Judge Clancy's court Sat-
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-14
SONS Of HERMANN BALL.
IT WAS ONE OF THE ENJOYABLE
EVENTS OF THE SEASON.

The Sons of Hermann gave an enjoy
able masquerade ball. at Renshaw hall
last night. The ball was crOwded with
the members of the order, their wives
and sweethearts and friends. The cos
tunes were the SWEETEST things seen in
Butte in many years, and this fact rem
dered it most difficult for the judges to
make, a decision. The music was excel
lent and the merry dancers enjoyed them
selves to the INIT. -
The prizes awarded were as ollows:
Ladies' first prize-Finest costume and
best sustained character, Mrs. Creeping
of South Butte, representing a snow
queen.
Ladies' second prize-Best sustained
character, Lucy Nichols, in Scotch CO.'S
tune.
Ladies' third prize-Best comical cos
tune, Mrs. Moody.
Gentlemen's first prize-Best costume,
Charles Heckler.
costume, NJ. c.. Gambling of South
Butte.
Gentlemen's third prize-Best comical
costume. Dick Lewis.
The committee of arrangements was
composed of Mrs. Adolph Heller, chair
man.; Henry Rathelmiller, William Reck-
sack. Andrew Alberts and William Glor'
enfo. Mr.. Nick Jahreiss officiated as ar
eX-officio member.
The judges who awarded the prizes
were selected outside the lodges, and were
DR.. Weyerhorst, Emil Zschan and Rober
Policy.
The order of the Sons of ha!
had a phenomenal growth in Butte. leu
tonia lodge has now a membership of 10
and Louisa and Thusnelda lodges eacl
have a membership of 70.