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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-03-16
Noted COurt-Martials.

No less person than General Win
field Scott was once tried for abusing
the ranking officer in the service, Gen
eral Wilkinson, says the Chicago Trib-
une. General Scott went into retire
ment for a year to learn to bride his
tongue and blunt his pen. General
John G. Fremont was sentenced to be
dismissed for insubordinate conduct,
but the President RENTED his SEN
tence. Other Brigadier and Major
Generals have been tried for various
offenses. General Wilkinson, the
commanding officer, was tried for
treason and was acquitted. He was
charged with completely in the Burr
Scheme General Hull was sentenced
to be shot for cowardice. The ex-
IRENE sentence was not carried out,
though it was never revoked.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-03-16
TRAVELS OF A THIMBLE.
Found In a Mans Shoulder Forty Years
After II was Swallowed.

Found In Mans Shoulder Forty Years
After 1t was Swallowed.
Lucillius Miller, who for long time
resided in this city, believes he is
carrying in his left shoulder silver
thimble that he swallowed forty years
ago. He will soon submit to an opera
ton to have the supposed thimble re-
moved, according to the San Francisco
Can.
Forty years ago Miller was very
little fellow. He was playing around
his mothers feet while she was doing
some sewing. A knock was heard at
the door. Mrs. Miller answered it, and
when she returned her silver thimble
could not be found. The little boy said
he had swallowed it, but his story
was hardly credited, although nothing
more was ever seen of the thimble.
A generation passed away, and
Miller began to be troubled with a
slight swelling at the back Of his left
shoulder. Little by little the swelling
grew and hardened, and it was sup
posed that cancer was growing. He
was examined by some doctors, and it
was suggested that the trouble might
be caused by the long-lost silver Thin
BILE. During the last three months
it has been possible to move the source
of the trouble between the fingers and
to be assured that it is a thoroughly
hard substance. Mr. Miller and his Sis
ter, Miss Lavonia Miller, are now stay
ing in Treat avenue, San Francisco,
! and they are both convinced that the
silver thimbln has worked up into his
shoulder.
"There can be no doubt" said Miss
Miller, "that the little thimble so long
lost has been found, although we can
not understand how it could get into
his shoulder. The thimble was very
small one, and we believe that my
brothers trouble is caused by it,"
Not long ago Mr. Miller decided to
have the thimble-or whatever it is
removed. He decided to go to the
Cooper Medical college and have 1t
cut out. He went to the college, and
as soon as he entered he heard the
| groans of a man on the operating
| table. Miller at once concluded that
it was more comfortable to carry the
| thimble around in his shoulder than
to submit to the knives of the sur
geons on the operating table. He
walked quickly to his wheel, flew
away from the hospital, and now his
relatives are persuading him to make
another attempt.
| Some doctors to whom the incident
has been told declare that if the thin.
bic shall be found in Miller's shout
| der it will Re one of the most remark
able things ever chronicled in surgery
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-03-16
Currants for Profit.

There is no kind of small fruit that is
SO sure q crop if kept from the worm as
the currant. 1t also generally sells at
q good price, with the advantage to the
grower that the currants will remain
on the bushes two or three weeks, not
only without injury, but each day
growing better after they are colored.
This may not altogether prevent g1ut
in the market, but it at least gives the
currant grower more time in which to
market his fruit. The only drawback
to currant growing is the currant
worm, but this is SO easily killed by
timely applications Of hellebore pow
der that it is really an advantage to the
grower who uses it in time, as it de-
stroys the curranrs of so many others
who would otherwise be his competi-
tors. There is nothing usually to be
made in what everybody can produce
very easily.-American Cultivator.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-03-16
Feeding cotton-seed Meal.

Cotton-seed meal is extremely diff
ficult of digestion, and should never be
given to young animals or those which
from advanced age have weak diges-
ton. The hull which is shown by dark
spots in the meal is almost entirely in
digestible Calves and pigs have been
killed by eating small amounts of dark
cotton-seed meal. Ruminant animals
can digest it better, but it is so concen-
trated food that it ought always to be
fed with some bulky but less nutri-
tious ration. A small amount OF cot.
ton-seed meal in a pailful of bran mash
can be eatea safely By COW.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-03-16

through the small openings under the
top, out into the brooder. A cloth cur
tain is hung around the edge of the
broad top of the drum, forming hover,
into which the chicks go for warmth.
This curtain is 'slashed" up every few
inches. Openings in the sides of the
brooder admit air to the lamp to the
space between the sheet iron and the
floor above, and also ventilate the
brooder chamber. These openings
from the brooder chamber can be con-
trolled by corks in very cold weather.
The brooder can be made any size up
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-03-16
Trees by the Roadside.

Many farmers when setting out trees
by the roadside make the mistake of
planting only one variety, which hap
pens to be the one that they particu-
larry admire. But variety of scenery
adds much to it's attractiveness, and a
row of trees of different kinds shows in
the varying foliage far more beauty
than a single variety could do. Besides,
where there is a long row Of trees,
some will be on low and wet SOIL and
others. on that which is high and dry.
Besides, each kind of tree should have
the particular soil that it is best adapt
ed to. An exception to this rule of in
terspersing varieties is found where
rows Of sugar naples are planted along
roadsides, to be tapped for sap when
old enough. 1t is then economy to have
the trees in unbroken rows, so that the
sap may be gathered more easily. A
row or grove of naples near the house
will usually be tapped every spring,
while the more distant sugar bush may
be neglected, when the woods are full
of deep snow and it is hard work to get
into them.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-03-16
A Household p1a gue.

An old-fashioned housekeeper detail
ing her conflicts with and triumphs
over the various household plaques to
which all homes are soon or late sub
ject had this to say concerning her
summary disposal of that disgusting
human parasite, the cimex lectularius,
or bedbug: 81 was unfortunate enough.
at one time" she said, ito move into
a furnished house which proved to be
swarming with this tribe, whose very
name is tabooed in polite society. After
trying everything could hear Of, fell
back on ordinary salt. l washed the
floors, the woodwork and the beds with
strong salt water. l sprinkled dry salt
on the bed Stats and in all cracks and
crevices. But did not stop at one or
two applications. l kept it up for
weeks. 1t was hard and tiresome
work, but success crowned the end, and,
the enemy was routed"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-03-16
To Preserve Flower Seeds.

Flower seeds should always be gath
cred on a perfectly fine, dry day, and
never before they are perfectly ripe.
The seeds should be perfectly formed,
as if they are not they will not come to
anything, and it will be waste Of
space to preserve them.
Each kind of seed should be gathered
separately, and put at once into an
open box for day to thoroughly dry.
Then they should be put into small
boxes or into paper bags, and carefully
marked with the name and date, and
on no account left exposed to the air
or the light.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-03-16
REORGANIZATION for CLOVER.

Usually there is not much difficulty
in securing a stand of clover, but ow-
ing to diversity of soils there are oc-
casionally small areas upon which the
Young clover plants fail to grow. To
guard against this failure haul manure
direct from the horse stable and scat
ter it thinly over those places. Straw
should be used literally for bedding,
and during the winter enough manure
will be made to cover several acres.
The soluble parts of the manure are
washed into the surface soil, where
they are easily available for the young
clover plant. The straw serves as a
mulch. affording considerable protec-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-03-16
Suicide of q Canary.

George Marth, of Carmel, N. Y, had
a canary which committed suicide the
other day. The bird was valuable and
his wife thought the world of it. A
short time ago it's mate died from old
age and ever after that the little song
ster appeared to be morose and acted
strangely. On the day of the birds
death Mrs. Marth gave him a dish Of
water in which it daily took bath.
Instead of doing so, and while it's
mistress was out of sight, the canary
buried it's head beneath the water and
droWned.--NeW York Press.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-03-16

Never use new bread for making any
kind of toast, as it renders it heavy and
is extravaganza. A loaf two days old is
the best material. 1t should be eaten
as soon as possible after leaving the
fire. While awaiting it's turn on the
table each piece of toast should stand
alone, on no account being laid fat or
placed so close to another piece that
they touch. 1t should be thin, crisp
and wafer-like as we'll as embrowned,
fresh and hot. The butter should not
be spread upon the piece, but applied
to each mouthful in turn.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-03-16
Home Made Cheese for Farmers.

Home-Ma Cheese For FARMERS.
A great deal of the complaint of over
production of dairy products would be
obviated if more farmers made prac-
tice each year Of using enough milk for
cheese to have supply always on the
family table. There is no better, cheap
er or more healthful nutrition than can
be found in cheese 1t contains all the
strengthening nutrition for which
meat is often eaten, and even when
bought at retail, the cheese gives this
much more cheaply than meat could
do. Almost everybody likes cheese, and
if more farmers made and used it, they
would avoid the necessity of eating an
excess of meat, as many now do, in
hot weather.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-03-16

lie orange uuu 4 drLner gives COM
prehensive illustrations of an improved
brooder.
Fig. shows the brooder complete
with cover raised. The hover is shown
within the top. The upper dotted line
shows the position of the matched
board floor and the lower dotted line
shows the position of the sheet iron
beneath which the lamp stove is placed
Fig. 2 shows the drum of sheet iron.
or galvanized iron, which is attached
to the edge of circular opening in the
floor, as shown in Fig. 3. This cut
shows the floor, the sheet iron and the
two inch space between them with the
lamp underneath the sheet iron. The
air above the sheet iron is warmer and
rises through the drum, escaping
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-03-16
How to Secure arge Potatoes.

How to Secure I arge Potatoes.
1t will pay to thin potatoes to one
stalk in a place and so give all the
strength and moisture of the land to
those that remain. 1t might be well
to cut all eyes Of the potatoes when
planted, except such as are desired to
grow. and so save the trouble of thin
ming out the field to some extent. There
is no profit in growing a large crop of
potatoes unless they are of merchant
able size. The largest potatoes are al
ways found where the largest and
strongest stalks grow, and the small
ones where they are small and weak.
1t is mistake to plant small seed, or
to cut the large ones to one or two eyes
to save seed and to reduce the number
of plants, as the common practice is.
1t is much better to plant whole pota.
toes of good size, or, if large, to cut
it will cost more to seed field, but
with good seed properly lnlnned, much
better results can be obtained.
It one desires to raise the largest
quantity possible from a few seed,
great results can be obtained by taking
off the shoots and transplanting, but
the potatoes will not grow large. II
may not be known to some people that
each eye in potato is capable of pro
ducing a large number of shoots; as
fast as taken off others will grow. Usu-
ally not more than two or three to each
eye will start when planted, but that
number is far too many to be left to
grOw-Orange Judd Farmer
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-03-16
Parmesan Pota toes.

Put one cup of milk, tablespoonful
of butter, half teaspoonful Of salt and
one-fourth teaspoonful Of pepper In a
saucepan over the fire. When hot add
a quart of sliced cold boiled potatoes;
cover, and heat for five minutes. Then
butter baking dish, place in it layer
Of potatoes, layer of grated cheese,
then potatoes, and SO on till all are
used, making the last layer of cheese.
Do not use more than two tablespoon
fuls of the cheese. Bake in hot oven
til slightly brown, and serve in the dish
in which it is baked.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-03-16
At NIGHT

..u that I owned the cas''e''
SsSe y 'p ny livelong days s.uo+s
III j.! o. mat n9 Far their turr ,'1o
es gt.se i ip the s' crate fires blaze
$, with lads and lasses'
Pssplso ~ fi them past sixteen
NJ s's ef the b great ro%an ees seen.
A. greatest "a st the worlds ere seeH'
orory one gallant
Lads, tasr' of sturdier heart
Co our to love and honor
T earipg t the Fates to part
=, lovely lass a princess
Ea 11'n lvss' of joy and grace o,.,no
Prlnct eson a heart that's melting
si I'.ating each fairy face
,.uo,Id be worth the l1Vlng-
Then s'!, i life~for millions of days
r IDS Int MT the world we live IN
were tss+ Vo Of the CRATE fires blaze
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-03-16

This frame can be quickly made and
from 1t the wire can be unreeled as
rapidly as man can walk, pulling the
framework after him. When his COM
panion is ready to staple the wire to a
stake, the pin is put through the side
of the frame, locking the reel, when
the wire can be pulled up as taut as
desired.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-03-16


Good sponge cake, served with sweet
cream or a glass of milk, is.an excellent
lunch for an invalid. A simple and eX-
cellent rule calls for 2 cupfuls OF pastry
-four, ~ cups of powdered sugar,
eggs, teaspoonful cream tartar, and
a scant half teaspoonful of soda,
tablespoonfuls Of lemon juice and a
half cup of cold water, or, if preferred,
halfcupful of boiling water put in
last. Measure the -four after sitting
once, then sift four times. Beat the
yolks until lemon colored and creamy
and the whites until stiff, adding the
cream tartar to the whites. When very
stiff, add the sugar to the whites, stir
we'll, then the yolks, fiavoring soda dis
solved in the water and flour. Beat
until light and bake from 20 to 30
minutes in moderate oven.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-03-16
Rubber Shoes for Dogs.

Storm shoes for dogs is the latest fad
imported from Frances cratic capital.
The shoes are made of a superior
quality Of rubber and are constructed
to order in every case. The patient
pup has had to put up with many ridic-
ulous pamperings at the hands of mis-
guided masters in the past, so it is
quite likely that the newest infliction
will do him no great harm.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-03-16

ton should an early drouth follow.
Clover haulm can be used the same
way, thereby getting the benefit of any
seed remaining in it. Whatever the
method employed, we cannot be too
thorough in the preparation for the
clover crop.-Orange Judd Farmer.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-03-16
Potatoes with Fish.

The potatoes that go with fish at a.
course dinner are either plain boiled or
notatoes percillade. The latter are the.
ordinary potatoes cut into small balls
with a potato scoop that comes for that
purpose, boiled in slightly sailed water,
drained dry and served with melted
butter aud chopped parsely poured
over them.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-03-16
Duchassa Cake.

One and a half cupfuls butter, l cup
full sugar, eggs, teaspoonful baking
powder, 1 pint flour, teaspoonful ex-
tract cinnamon. Rub the butter and
sugar to a light cream; add the eggs.
2 at a time, beating 10 minutes be-
tween each addition. Sift together
-four and powder, add to the butter,
etc., with the extract; mix into me-
dunn thick batter, and bake in small,
shallow, square pans, lined with thin
white paper, in steady oven 30 min
utes. When they are taken from the
oven, ice them.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-03-16
Stretching Barbed Wire.

Barbed wire is uncomfortable stuff
at the best. One of the easiest ways,
perhaps, to handle it when placing it
upon posts is with the device shown in
the accompanying illustration, which
is from the American Agriculturist.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-03-16
Corn.


But for the great corn crop made in
the South last season the price would
be mountain high, and the cotton States
would be badly stranded. The escape
from the peril incident to being caught
between the rocks of ACCENT cotton
and 81 corn, should afford warning
never to be forgotten.
1t is among the probabilities of the
near future that the Gulf States will
be called upon to reverse the old order
Of things and ship to the West for the
unfertilized lands Of that section are
not responding with their old-time har-
vest of that cereal.
For the next few years, and perhaps
always, there will be splendid mar
ket for corn and hay in Cuba and Porto
Rico, that we ought to capture and con-
troll; and when the work begins on the
Nicaragua Canal the Gulf States should
supply the corn and forage consumed
in course Of construction, as we'll as the
cattle, mules and lumber; and later on
we should make enormous shipments
Of these products through the great
canal.-Aberdeen Elk.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-03-16

The first printing press established
west of the Rocky Mountains was set
up in 1889 at Walla Walla, in Oregon,
place founded by some Preshy terian
missionaries
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-03-16
Cost of the Electric Wagon.

Experiments made in Paris snow
that an electric wagon costs forty
seven per cent. less to run than horse
wagon. and thirty-two per cent. less
than petroleum motor.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-03-16
Variation of Cultivated Plants.

Most of the forest trees have very lit
tie variation from their original stock
when grown from seed. With trees
that have been long in cultivation, the
variation is so much greater that the
only way to secure the identical va
riety desired is by budding and graft
ing. 1t is probable that cultivation and
better care given to trees and plants
has much to do with making new and
better varieties 1t is after seasons
that are unusually favorable to fruit of
all kinds that the best varieties have
been originated. 1t is always worth
while to plant the seed of extra choice
fruit and see what variety will come
from it.-Exchange.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-03-16

to 3x4 feet, which is large enough for
seventy-f7e chicks. 1t can be heated
with an incubator lamp or any good
lamp with No. burner and large oil
chamber.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-03-16

She was strangely quiet as she gaz-
ed up into his face and smiled. A
quickly spreading stain over her far
Young breast told bin the reason at
glance. That last bullet of Don Jose's
had found a mark, and as the shouts
of alarm reached them from the VII
lage. whittier the horse had gone, the
l;oht faded slowly from Juanita's eyes
and they closed forever.
For some moments Harding did not
move, then he laid her gently down
beneath a lonely little willow, kissed
once the fair bloodless lips. and mount
ing his pony rode out of the ravlne
past the dead bodies of the two Mexi-
cans, and with his head sunk deep Oh
his breast turned his horses nose TO
ward the distant mountains. on whose
SUBMITS the last beams of the wan
ing moon still nngered.-H. A. Wed
ster in Yale Courant.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-11-02
Crop EuIret,n October.
y Telegraph to vlrgfnian-Pllot,

10y ieIeBrapn 10 NlrE1nfan- Pllot)
Washington, Nov. 1.-The climate
and crop bulletin for October. issued
to-day by the Weather Bureau. saws:
In the districts east OF the Rocky
Mountains the month of October has
been very mild and the first half gem
enerally dry. These conditions proved
very favorable for maturing and gath
ering late crops, but We're not favor
able for blowing, fall seeding and germ
nation Of sown grain over Il large part
OF the winter wheat region.
During the latter part of the month
the droughty conditions were largely
relieved. although Iowa and portions of
Eastern Nebraska. Northern Missouri
and the Central Gulf States were suf-
ferng for rain at the close of the month.
The weather conditions on the Pacific
Coast have been very favorable.
Under exceptionally favorable wealth
err conditions, cutting. husking. and
cribbing corn have made rapid pro.
gross. 81
Only very small part Of tho cotton
crop remained ungathered at the close
OF the month. Although the top crop
has been very light one. the absence
Of frost. especially over the Eastern
part of the cotton belt, has permitted
much TO mature.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-11-02
PHILIPPINE coMm,ssloN.
WILL MAKE PRELIMINARY RE-
PORT THIS WEEK.
tB% Telegraph 10 V,rw,alan-rnofN

(BT Telegraph 10 Nirwininn- pNoiN
Washington, Nov. 1.-The members VI
the Philippine Commission. Admiral
Dewey. Prof. Schirman and Worcestcr,
ana Colonel DENLY. Will make a pre-
liminary report ~ The President before
the end of this: week, and il is under-
stood the report MIL be immediately
giVc'; 10 the public. This report will
be prepared At The request OF the Pres
idcnt aS result of a conference be-
tween the Presidnt and'thc commission
at the White House to-day. The Pres
ident personally summoned tha> COM
miSsionerS. and an hour was spent in
consultation. during which he explain
eli tho points he desired covered in the
preliminary report. 1t may he weeks.
possibly months, before the complete
rcpor; is ready.
Prof. Schurman. who is president Of
The commission, said after the members
LETT the White House tina; the report
to be made this week would cover Ger
tain phases of the situation which the
President desired cleared up ut this
time.
When asked ii the report would touch
upon the so-called Sulu treaty Che ar
rangcmcnt made between General 3atcs
and tho Sultan of Sulu), Prof. Schur-
man replied in the negative.
That Was purely o military arrange
tnent, Saiu he, with winch the COM
mission had nothing to do"
Secretary Hay and Secretary Root
We're .ent at the conference
The significant feature of this morn
ing's conference was the rcvelatio
that the commission is absolutely ma a.
imous iii its view respecting the proper
Lire % treatment of the islands.
y member Of the Cabinet. speaking
OF the verbal report. said:
In advance of the completion of
the report ii is not deemed proper to
make any statement relative to the
nature Of the commissions disclosures
n Tho President this morning beyond
the general one. tha: they tend 10 con-
firm the administration Mt every point
III he course Of treatment 1t has out
lined for the islands. and to remove the
least doubt as 10 che attitude that the
Government should assume upon the
question of the retention of the archi-
pelago.'