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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-22
Quite High

Mrs. Wall says she is interested IL
high art"
mo doubt. Her husband is a fires
coer."- Philadelphia Bulletin
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-22

Halls Catarrh Cure.
Is constitutional cure. Price rs cents.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-22
Hrs. HI. A., I24 Cedar Street,

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Owosso, rIich., writes:
Nearly three years ago I wrote
to you asking advice in regard
to my health. I was so miserable
suffered from painful menstru-
alton and backache, was nervous,
dizzy and faint. I received such
a kind letter from you, telling me
just what to do. l followed your
advice and l now am recommend
ing Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound. I thank God
for this pain destroyer"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-22
Chicago Great Western In

Chicago Great Western Increase.
The earnings of Chicago Great Western
Railway, Maple Leaf Route" for the
first week of June, 1899. shows an in
crease of $31 ,O2397 Total increase since
beginning of fiscal year July II to date,
S456, S45. O5.
The higher the character or rank, the
less the pretense, because there is less
to pretend tO-BulWer.
Eight feet is the usual width of a
street in China.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-22
Mrs. Maggie p. Slime, New

MRS. Maggie +. Stlnes new
Berlin, Pa, writes:
II have suffered with terrible
backache in the small of my back
for about seven years. and could
never get anything to help me.
l tried several physicians, but
found no help. I have now taken
three bottles of Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, and
feel like a different woman.
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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-07-06
HIGH-cLAss cHEsEE.
Experience Has Proved That ut Can
De Produced with Success in
This Country.
The popularity of the imported fancy

The popularity of the imported fancy
cheeses in this country has induced
many home manufacturers to initiate
these. Thus we have the western SWISS
imitation cheese, the American Stilton,
and other limitations. But there is a
more fertile field for the cheese-maker
than initiating these foreign standard
articles of the cheese-maker' art and
skill. Good American cheese will estab-
ish itself in the favor of the people who
can pay good prices for it, but the
trouble is that not sufficient attention is
given to the subject by the majority.
There are some makers, however, who
seem to have grasped the situation and
they are making fancy American cheese
and putting it upon the market in
dainty little packages. The most pop
ular package seems to be the china and
earthenware cup, which besides looking
attractive keeps the cheese in good con-
dition for long time and is very handy
for the buyer. There are other makers
who simply wrap the cheese in squares
or rolls in prepared paper and then
with tin foil. This is just as good as
the more expensive china receptacles.
The point to be observed is that the
packages keep the cheese in a moist,
sweet condition indefinitely and that
they are not expensive. The quality of
this cheese is considerably higher than
that of the ordinary cream cheese that
comes from the average cheese factory
in this country. 1t is made of rich
cream and milk, is cured better, is not
4n1Inh an6 oil ctia lint soft and Mia hle
and is perfectly adapted to spreading
on bread or using with pie. 1t has more
taste and flavor than most of our COM
mon cheese. The great fault with our
ordinary full cream or part cream
cheese is that it is fiavorless. One might
eat it and not know just what he was
chewing. The trouble all comes in the
curing. Our methods are probably all
right, but we hurry the cheese to mar
ket in such a short time after it has
been made that it has neither taste nor
flavor. We cannot expect it to improve
in flavor in the ordinary store or ware
house. The curing must be done and
perfected at home under the most APP
proved conditions, and under constant
watchfulness. 1t cannot be made
sweet and highly favored otherwise.
We have cheese-makers who can do this,
but they are unwilling, as a rule, to
take the time. There is consequently
an opening for enterprising farmers
who will take the time to cure highly
favored cheese and ship it to market
in neat, fancy packages. Such cheese
would in time get a line of customers
who would take it regularly in pref
erence to others and the price would
be double what our common cheese
brings.-James Ridgeway, in Massa-
chuSetts Ploughman.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-07-06
when the Seasons Change.

The emperor of China has some
strange duties. One of these is the or
dering of the seasons. 1t is summer in
America when the sun warns the earth,
and not till then, but in China it is
summer when the emperor says it is
summer. AS soon as the emperor de-
clares that summer has come, every
body in China puts off winter clothing,
and arrays himself in summer garb, no
matter what his feelings say on the
subject. All domestic arrangements
are made to suit the season, as pro-
claimed by the emperor, although they
NAV not suit the individual at all. The
nearest approach to the Chinese custom
of ordering the seasons is the practice
observed in France in all public build
ings. There it is winter on and after
October 1. Fires are then lighted in all
government Offices. and the servants
exchange their white summer waist
coats for the thicker and darker ones
of winter AT that date the public Ii
braries are closed at four, and in the
streets the sellers of roasted chestnuts
make their appearance. In official
France it is winter, no matter what the
weather may say, and no matter what
unofficial France may think.-Youth's
Cornpapiou
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-07-06
TIE pRIx DE ROME.
The Ordeal That Art Students Have
to Undergo in Order to
Obtain 1t.

A promise has been made to lodge
art students competing for the Prix
de Rome in the Palace to Compiegne.
but has not as yet been kept. The
ten selected to compete must mediate
in cells at the Ecole des Beaux Arts.
The ordeal to which competitors are
| subjected was begun the other day.
They are to work in solitary confine-
ment during 72 days, but the first SO
hours are the most trying. The cell
is barer than any in monastery, where
the crucifix relieves the darkness of
the walls. All the furniture would not
fetch 100 francs at the auction mart.
1t consists of a mattress, pillow and
bolster, rush mat, an easel, chair
and a small table. There is nothing
else. As light comes from above, there
is no outlook.
The competitor is thrown completely
upon himself, but especially during the
first three days. He is then deprived
of all communication with the outside
world, and is to all intents and purposes
in Jail. The sketch of his competing
picture must be made in that time. He
may subsequently, modify his design,
but must not change the main features.
The figures are to keep their original
attitudes, no figure is to be withdrawn,
and the design is to be duplicated. One
of the two drawings is sealed up and
sent to a jury. The student keeps the
other This done, the door of the cell
is unlocked, the occupant can go in and
out, pay but not receive visits, and is
free to take his meals where he pleases.
He may take his drawing to his master,
and consult with him as to the best
means of hiding general defects or
enhancing what is meritorious by
means of changes liz detail and by eff
fects of color.
1t sometimes happens that there is
triplicate, so that copy may be given
to the professor should he be disposed
to work it up. But this is against the
spirit of the rules. In point of fact, it
is rare not to see the masters hand in
the PriX de Rome paintings when they
are finished and ready to be exhibited.
The subjects are chosen by the jury,
and generally are classical or historical,
and demand what is termed here a
noble style of treatment. Plutarch's
Tacitus and Caesar are the great pur-
veyors of subjects. Scenes from sacred
history are sometimes chosen. There
is no more uninteresting exhibition
than that of the PriX de Rome. Seldom
indeed is originality shown, or the
promise of future excellence given.
Most of the pictures are, so to speak,
cooked according to recipe, wanting in
expression and crude in coloring.
To obtain Prix de Rome enables the
student to complete his art education in
Italy at the cost of the state. When
there he lives at theNilla de Medici,
and is under the special patronage of
the French ambassador. The stay in
Rome widens his esthetic views, and
awakens, perhaps, the historical sense,
for Rome is a museum city. 1t is of the
most service to students who devote
themselves to religious art and por-
traits. 1t certainly helps them to I'M
derstand Italian art of the grand period.
Paris Cor. London News.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-07-06
AN INEXPENSIVE SILO.
Description of One That. Although
Built for Only 500, Has Given
General Satisfaction.

Speaking of silos and cheap built ones.
we were greatly interested in stave
silo in Tompkins county, holding about
80 tons and costing all told $50, and as
fine silage as need be is now being fed
from it, writes John Gould in Hoard g
Dairyman. The novel thing about it is
that instead of using iron rod hoops,
four bands of 52-inch wire fencing were
used instead, and with entire satisfac-
ton. A band of fencing is cut, of suffi-
cient length, so that each end is
wrapped about 4 by finch oak
scantling, so that when put round the
silo the end pieces will come within
about 10 inches of each other and are
tied together with two 1-inch bolts
with double burrs. The pull of this
band is simply immense, and the coil
of the wire takes up all slack when
the silo shrinks when empty, and ex-
pands when the slaves swell, so pull
all the time. The bands are placed far
enough apart so that three manholes
are sawed in between the bands. The
foundation is simply little trench in
which the lower ends of the slaves are
set. and then filled in-inside and out
with cement, and the inside dirt il
drawn up against the walls of the silo
so as to make the center the lowest
The roof is just given little pitch and
covered with boards battened and the
silo is complete, and doing as good work
as a $1,000 structure. And the cost of
this Cotton silo was only $50.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-07-06
Choice and Ordinary Butter.

Dairymen should not forget that the
discrimination between choice and or
binary grades of butter is becoming
more clearly and sharply defined each
year. 1t is only the best that is always
in demand and will sell at good prices
when there is surplus of the inferior
grades, that either are not wanted at
all or else must be sold at a sacrifice.
We can hardly expect that under these
circumstances this order of things will
be changed or improved upon; it is
merit that is going to win, and if the
dairyman expects to come out satisfac-
torily at the end of the year. it is of
the greatest importance that he start
right. To try and do a little better
than ever before should be the watch
word of the day.-Progressive Farmer
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-07-06
FISH IN SAMOA.
Migratory SHarms That Come with
Phenomenal Promptness and
Regularity Every Year.

One strange feature of this sea life
of the tropics is the regular occurrence
of migratory swarms of fish of very
small size, that return in huge mum
bers year after year with such abso-
lutte regularity that the natives calcu-
late on the event on a certain day in
each year, and even within an hour or
two of the day. One such swarm OF
fish forms the occasion of an annual
holiday and feast at Samoa. The fish
is not unlike the whitehall for which
the English Thames has so long been
celebrated. and each year it arrives at
Samoa on the same day in the month
of October, remains for a day. or at
the most two days, and then disappears
entirely till the same day of the follow
ing year. Why it comes. or whence,
no curious naturalist has yet discov-
cred, nor has anybody traced its on
ward course when it leaves the Samoan
group; but the fact is uRquestionable
that suddenly. without notice, the still
waters of the lagoon which surrounds
each island within the fringing reef
becomes alive with millions of fishes,
passing through them for n single day
and night, and then disappearing for
q year as though they had never come.
A visit to Samoa enabled me to see
this strange phenomenon myself, and
to witness the native feast by which it
is celebrated year by year. / had
been in Samoa for a month, and in that
month L had enjoyed almost a surfeit
of beauty. l had coasted the shores
of its islands in native canoes; / had
bathed in the warm, still waters of its
lagoons, fringed to seaward by the
white reef on which the ocean broke
in golden spray, and to landward by the
silver beach of coral sand, flecked with
the tremulous shadows of the swaying
palms l had climbed with my ma
tive guide to the abrupt hills, covered
with dense forests of tropical luxur-
lance, through the arcades of which l
caught glimpses of the fash and lus
ter of the oceans myriad smile; and
again we had plunged into deep val
leys among the hills, where little head
long streams murmur under the shade
of the wide-spreading bread-fruit trees,
and wave the broad leaves of the great
water lily of the Pacific islands.-Owen
Hall, in Lippincott's.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-07-06
pIra AED POINT.

The lawyer deals in brains and dls.
poses of then by the case.-Chicagc
Daily News.
Electricity in Franklin's time was a
wonder; now we make light of it,
Golden Days.
The feeling that he viii be talked
about if he is not present to prevent it
Is what prompts lots of people to 60 into
society.-Atchison Globe.
I'D like to look over some of your
collars" said the young man, in the
haberdasher's. ''Oh! then you want tc
see some of the low styles?'' replied the
dealer.-Gonktrs Statesman.
Parson Goodman ''Oh, brethren!
what shall we do to be saved ?'' Deacon
Joslyn Gust back from New York trip.
and very tired)-''Don't blow out the
gas, and use the rope in case of fire.
Judge.
Mother Clearing Ethel say her
prayers -"And let us all live to good
old age" Ethel-'I'll not pray for
aun1y to live to a old age" Mother (as-
tOunded)-"Why? Ethel = "'Cause
she's ashamed of her age now.''-Puck.
Arthur-'Hiss Sweetzer came mighty
near accepting me last night" Harry
THAT so?@ Arthur asked her il
she cared enough for me to marry me
and she said yes, indeed, but there were
times when she ought to practice self
denial. Boston Transcript.
The English Law.-Old Lady-"I de-
sire to leave all my property to char.
ity." Lawyer-''Your relatives might
try to break the will; why not give the
property to charity at once?" Old Lady
oh, dear no! They'd put me in 6
lunatic asylum. Funny Cuts.
The great detective paused. 1.-THE
horseless carriage containing the muir.
deser passed here just 90 minutes ago.
he said. The other man looked aston.
ished. But l see no wheel tracks, he
cried. No said the great detective
calmly, but if you'll sniff little you'll
get the odor of the kerosene" -Cleve
land Plain Dealer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-07-06
Remedy for Tree BOrers.

Prof. Bogue, of the Oklahoma expert
ment station, recommends the follow
ing remedy for borers in trees: 1t is
made with ordinary soft soap, diluted
or made thinner with a strong solution
of common washing soda. Make the solu-
ton of washing soda as strong as pos
sible; then thin the soft soap with that.
If this wash is painted on the trees on a
clear warm day it will leave a thin, var
nish-like coating on the trunks which
will stay there for a number of weeks.
and will prevent the female beetles
from laying their eggs on the bark.
The borers are grubs of beetles which
hatch from eggs laid on the bark; if this
coating of soft soap and soda is paint
ed on the trees the mother beetles will
not lay eggs there and the trees are
safe. Other washes are sometimes
recommended, but this is as good as
any.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-07-06
SCIENCE OF PRUNING.
branches Should BE So Clipped THAI
the Tree VIII Become More
Perfect Each Year.

The man who undertakes to train up
tree accepts something of a moral re-
sponsibiIity, and should remember this
when he begins to prune it. l stood a
few days ago and saw a gardener prun-
ing some plum trees, and soon saw he
was cutting them back simply because
it is common practice TO do so. When
he was done with a tree it was SYM
metrical and well shaped, but most of
those he pruned were left so they will
need pruning next year in order to
bring them into shape again.
In pruning a tree the orchardist
should have in mind the shape the tree
should have at maturity and so clip its
branches that each year it will become
more perfect. This is not task for
thoughtless and careless man. The ter
minal bud on each branch shortened
should point toward the place that
needs filling worst. If the tree is one
sided it should be so pruned that it will
grow into a well-balanced head. This
does not always leave the tree as nice
looking as it would be if pruning were
a matter for to-day or for a week or
month. The buds on branch grow out
so as to form a spiral, and with care
the branch may be shortened so as to
have bud pointing the way the tip of
the branch should grow to make the
tree most slightly. 1t is possible by pay
ing attention to this to grow trees in
any shape desired, and the Chinese and
Japanese are fond of SO pruning trees
that they will present various odd
shapes. In this country we have an
ideal for each kind of tree, and if we
are careful in training them by proper
~ pruning the head we can make the
worst-formed tree shapely and slightly.
The man who so prunes tree this
year that it must be done over again
next year does not understand his bust
ness. The skillful orchardist prunes his
trees in such manner that no two
year-old wood ever need be cut out of
it. This is the secret of proper prun-
ing, but there are very few who under
stand and fewer who follow strictly the
best models.-Bert Carroll, in Farmers
Voice
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-07-06
POTTAWAToMIE PoWWOW.
Council of the Tribe Held in Mich.
igan in the Ancient
Way.

Under the old council tree, close by
| the home of Indian Mix, the Potta-
watomie Indians held two days pow
DOW in Van Buren, county, Michigan,
recently. 1t was the first meeting of
the tribe since the death of the old
Chief Pokagon. Some of the Indians
present were heard to say with sigh:
This is the first council that we ever
attended that Pokagon was not pres
ent to council and advise"
The tree is a grand old maple whose
branches spread out, covering circle
of ground 20 feet in diameter. About
100 of the Pokagon band were present.
Joseph Cushway, of Ludington, Mich,
was chosen chairman, and he an
nounced in clear voice that the object
of the meeting was to fill vacancies in
the business committee caused by the
death of their late chief and his son,
William Pokagon. 1t was proposed to
elect Charles Pokagon chief, in place
of his late father. 1t was claimed, how
ever. that his son was born chief and
that he inherited the title as his father,
Simon Pokagon, had before him.
~
the oldest Indians as honorary chief
of the band. Two old men were then
nominated and it was proposed that the
council proceed to vote for them by bal
lot. At this point a middle-aged man
arose and remarked that although they
were civilized they were Indians still,
and proposed to proceed according to
their ancient custom and vote as their
fathers did, which was adopted by the
council without a dissenting voice. The
chairman then said: "Wesaw, one can
didate, will take his position on the west
side of the tree. and Toposh will take
his place on the east side" After the
two candidates had taken their posi-
tions the chairman again said, both in
English and in the Indian tongues:
''Now let the friends of the two men
form in line around their choice" which
was done and the count made. Wesaw,
an Indian almost blind, Is years old,
was declared to be the choice by the
council and was hailed by some voice:
'This is our old war chief; greet him."
The business committee was elected
by the above rule. Where more than
two candidates were nominated by the
council they took their position at diff
ferent points about the tree. and the
one who had the fewest men standing
about him withdrew from the contest.
until only two contestants were in the
field, and the one receiving the strong
er support was declared elected. All
speeches were, interpreted in English
and in the Indian language. as many of
word of English, while some of the
young ones were not familiar with their
native tongue.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-07-06
John Was Ready.

In these days of proposed interna-
ional alliances it is interesting to read
CT the little difficulty in which a Chi
cago newsboy found himself involved,
and how he eXtricated himself there
from.
He had wandered over into one of the
foreign quarters" on the West side,
where one can hear almost every lam
guage except our vernacular, and he
was set upon by two or three boys.
He defended himself bravely, and was
holding his own fairly well, until the
two or three were joined by as many
more, and then the battle began to go
against him.
SAY" he yelled to group of boys
watching the fight from the sidewalk,
lis there an English boy in the
crowd?"
Yes" shouted stockily built ur-
chin of about his own size
Come yere, them" painted the young
American, laying about him with all
his might, IAN We'll clean out the hull
gang!"
And they did.-Youth's Companion.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-07-06
Driving piles by Water Jets.

A new and expeditions method for
driving piles is described in the instruc-
tions as to technical works for the Rus
sian engineer corps. On two sides of the
pile to be driven are made longitudinal
grooves of sufficient width and depth
TO receive ordinary iron gas pipes, ter
minating in nozzles like those of hose
pipes. and turned toward the point of
the pile, being fixed toit by light staples,
while the upper ends are connected by
gutta percha pipes with force pump
capable of injecting water under pres
sure of five atmospheres-71 pounds
per square inch. 1t is said that the
outflow of this water at the point of the
nile causes the latter to sink three or
four times more quickly than it would
under the action of pile driver. A few
blows are. however, given when the pile
has attained the desired depth, in or
der to secure the necessary cousoiida-
ton, and the gas pipes are then drawn
out in order to serve for driving another
pile.-PhiladelDhia Press
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-07-06
nd they did.-Youth' Companion.
Siberian Railways.

Siberia is ahead of this country in
some things, according to John W
Bookwalter, who says: ''At every sta
ton on the railway there i; placed in
front of the station, at point con-
venient of access by the passengers, a
large cask of cool water that has been
boiled, and it is the duty of the station
master to see that the supply is kept
up. This is free to all passengers, even
to the poorest emigrant. whose COM
fort and welfare are provided for in
many ways with thoughtful care."-
Chicago Tribune