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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-11-22
AMERICAN OARS THE BEST.
They Are Popular in All Countries
The Woods Used.

They Are Popular i'm All Countries
The Woods Used.
every few people, except, perhaps,
professional and amateur boatmen, are
aware that American-made oars are the
finest in the world" said a leading
wholesale dealer in oars to Washing
ton Star writer recently. Sat home and
abroad, wherever there are water and
small boats used, our oars are cele-
brated for their nghtness, strength,
durability and beauty Of finish, and as
many as 100000 pairs, or about 6,OOO,-
600 feet Of oars, are manufactured in
this country every year. Nearly two
thirds of the product is sold to boatmen
and fishermen living on the borders of
the great lakes and seacoast towns and
cities of the United States, and the rest
is exported to England, Germany, Rus
STA, France, Italy and Scotland. In all
of those countries the superior quail
ties of our oars are, among oarsmen,
freely acknowledged, and in many of
the foreign navies they are SO highly
esteemed that they are either largely or
EXCLUSIVELY uScu IOl lAStuACt, O,OOO
pieces, or all the oars used on British
war vessels, are purchased in this coun-
try. The next largest foreign buyers
of our oars are the French and Italian
governments, each of which has a
standing order with New York dealer
to supply it's navy with $500 pieces an
nually.
American oars are made in twenty
or twenty-five factories situated prin-
cipally in the Western States east CO
the Mississippi River, where large for
ests furnish the best timber for their
manufacture. Oars are made almost
wholly by machinery, only small
amount of handwork being done in fin
fishing them. There are three varieties
of woods used for making oars. Those
intended for working purposes are
made of ash and oak in lengths varying
from six to twenty-four feet, while
those used by people for pleasure are
made of spruce in lengths varying
from six to fourteen feet. Oars are sold
by the length and are worth from four
cents to fifteen cents per foot, accord
ing to the quality and finish Of the ar
ticle."
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-11-22
About the Cruets.

Breakfast cruets and some luncheon
cruets contain a salt cellar; but,
whether belonging to the cruet or not,
a salt cellar should never be put on a
table without having the surface of the
salt gmoothed. 1t is best to buy fine
table salt, as it is less likely to cake
than is the salt which Is used for house
hold purposes. A little corn flour mixed
with the salt willsprevent it caking. It
is important to remember that salt is
a real food and is not condiment, as
are vinegar, pepper and mustard. Part
Of the salt helps to form the hydro
chloric acid which is found in the di
gestiye juices of the stomach, and the
other part helps to form the blood. 1t is
found in every part Of the body, and
without it's use the body cannot be kept
in health.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-11-22
Clover Sick Land.

We used to hear much of land getting
clover sick, or so that while rich
enough for corn or most of the usual
farm crops, it seemed not to be suit
able for clover. Either the seed would
fail to catch or the plants would die
out before they had attained size
enough to show them above the other
grasses. Perhaps on a poor field near
by there would be good crop Of clover
growing, sown with seed from the
same bag and under the same condi-
tons of season. When we first noticed
this we saw that the farmers who had
used wood ashes on their fields had no
trouble in growing clover, and that in
pastures where bushes had been cut
and burned there were often punches
of clover, most frequently of white
clover, that came in and remained until
they were killed out by being fed too
closely. This led us to believe the clover
would be benefited by the use of wood
ashes or any form of potash. Then we
noticed that farmers who used COM
mercial fertilizer in addition to their
manure had no trouble in growing
clover. Later studies showed us that
lime formed a considerable part Of both
ashes and the superphosphates, and
thus we do not hesitate to advise any
one to apply lime where they wish to
grow clover, and to use acid phosphate
and muriate of potash when they sow
the seed Or as topdressing afterward
We think these are a sure remedy for
clover-sick soil-Exchange.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-11-22
CHAPTER xxx.

It is not unusual to read of some man
or men who have fired tenement, a fac
tory or a hotel, and so endangered and
in many cases destroyed human life, just
to get the insurance. 1t has been proved
in England, that merchants, supposed to
be reputable, have sent sailors to sea in
floating collins to get the amount of the
marine policies. Cheatham considered
these facts when he deliberately planned
to fire the tenement in Puella street, and
by one blow to destroy every life that
stood between him and the property he
now enjoyed-that is, every life but Car
penter's, and for his disposition he had
made a special provision.
II must act with decision" thought
Cheatham 'Tf I do not strike now, I
am ruined"
Two Of Smugg's crew-desperate men
adopts in crime-were selected to do
the work, and now the night had come
when the thoroughly matured and care
fully deliberated plans were to be put
into execution.
After supper this evening Charles Car
penter, who Of late had become more
reckless and desperate, and if possible
more dissipated, left the house, saying
he was going to the lower end of the city
and would not be back till early the next
morning.
The moment he was out of sight
Smugg and two sailors-they looked to be
sailors, and had been wawtching near the
gate-went down to the house and were
met at the door by Cheatham.
ITO no continued
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The cut tells it's own story. The pump
Is thus inclosed at slight cost of labor
and kept from freezing up" during
cold snaps in winter. If stock is to be
watered, a spout can pass through the
rear side of the covering, to be removed
and the opening closed when not in use.
Scores of hours are consumed on many
farms in winter 'thawing OUT pumps.
A little protection Of this sort will save
much labor. The water in a well from
which cattle are to be watered can also
be kept much warmer if the platform
is closely banked with hay to keep out
the cold air. 1t is essential not only to
keep the pump from freezing up" but
also to keep the temperature of the
water in the well as high as possible,
since very cold water is undesirable for
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-11-22
Death to House Bugs,

A family moving into an old house
a year or so ago was unpleasantly sur
prised to find that the former occupants
had been lacking in housewifely quail
ties, and after sleeping in the house a
night OF SO it was discovered that there
was more insect life than was agree
able. To follow old-fashioned methods
was too slow, and instead three sulphur
candles were purchased, the house
was shut up after the candles had been
lighted, and left to itself for three
hours. AT the end of that time every
thing living inside had been killed, and
there was no trouble afterwards. The
family moved to another floor in the
same house, repeated the same opera
ton, with the same success, and, re-
moving again to their original floor, for
a third time repeated the operation. 1t
worked without fail, but metal of any
kind in the room had to be taken out,
or it would have turned black-The
Republic.
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sween to the Center.

The housewife who is thrifty has all
her sweeping converge to the center OF
the room. Sweeping toward doors or
corners, as is usually the case, means
an unnecessary bringing in contact the
clean parts of floor or carpet with dirt
accumulated from the remoter portions
Of the room-useless soil and useless
toll. Focus toward the center, letting
each section be kept free from the trend
of dirt of all the others. Also, in sweep
ing stairsteps, one should always brush
away from the corners rather than to-
ward them, where the dust naturally
collects, and from which it is most
troublesome to be removed.
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Healthy Cows, Wholesome Food.

Healthy COWS, w hOIeSOme Food
Good butter, pure butter, so well made
that it does not need to be renovated,
and that has the aroma and flavor
which it can obtain only from healthy
cows, fed upon wholesome food, and
which will be destroyed by uncleanly
surroundings, is the most palatable Of
all the fat foods that man can take, or
most of men, and it is also one of the
most digestible. There may be eXcep-
tons among the pure vegetable oils,
says the American Cultivator, but there
is none among the animal fats that we
know. It should be regarded as ne
cessity rather than luxury, particular
" for children and inyalids, and we
think that many of them would be ben
Gifted by more liberal use of it. Good
food is cheaper than the use of medi
cine, and we think the dose of cod liver
oil so often advised by physicians
might we'll be given up and liberal
use Of pure cream and good butter be
taken in it's place to the advantage of
the health of the patient in many eases.
1t is not economy to limit the use Of
any wholesome food product that the
stomach can digest at the risk Of en-
feebled health.
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vile. j haze Deem wanting SO mucn to
thank you for your great Kindness.
And | am very glad to see you" He
still held her hand. And I am happy
to think you are better
Very much better. / shall soon be as
strong as ever, and ready again for the
active battle of life.
'sYes, each should do his duty. Labor
is only a delight where the companion
ship is delightful Much of my life has
been spent on the sea. Look away to
the south at the bay and the ships. On
der those white sails I have felt happy
and free. Shall go to them again?"
He looked into her eyes; they dropped
beneath his eager gaze, and for an in
slant the semi-transparent lips were
tremulous. She responded without look-
ing up.
Eyes, if yon would be happier there"
"But would not be happier, Miss Her.
mann. Away from you | can never be
happy again! Do not turn away from
me. do not know the smooth phrases
Of the books, and can only speak straight
from my heart. Miriam, love you. I
love you more than do my life, and |
have yearned for this chance to tell you.
Speak to me, for II mean you no Of
Yense, Miriam. If you do not return my
love shall not blame you, any more
than can forget you."
He stopped and did not dare to look at
her as she replied:
'You have paid me the greatest honor
a man can pay a woman, and coming
from you, whom I so honor and respect,
it would be very precious but for the pain
l must give you. 1t is better that we
should part, forever and at once. There
is that shadow on my life which must
leave me forever in the path L have chos-
en-. Go down to your ship, and let me
turn to my work. Better this than
worse"
''You give me no hope?" he cried.
II have no hope to give" she respond
ad
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To Know Good Meat.


Let us imagine ourselves before 3
butchers block having on it four pieces
of beef presenting faces from the round
or sirloin. One is dull red, the lean be-
ing close-grained and the fat very
white; the next is dark red, .he lean
lo,se-g grained and sinewy, and the fat
white and shining; the third is dull red.
the lean loose grained and sinewy and
the fat yellow; the fourth is bright
cherry-red, the lean smooth and me-
dunn grained, with fiecks of white
through it, and the fat creamy neither
white nor yellow. The first of these is
cow beef; the second, bull beef; the
third, beef from an old or ill-condition-
ed animal; and the last is OK beef. Ok
beef-that from steer-is the juicieSt,
finest favored, sweetest and most
economical to buy of all beef 1t is
called prime" when the lean is very
much notified with the white fat
f1ecks, and when it is from a heavy,
young animal (about years old), stall
fed on corn. Beef from young cow
that has been we'll fed and fattened is
next in merit to OK beef. Beef from an
unmatured animal is never satisfac-
tory, being tough and juiceless. 1t may
be easily recognized, as it's color is pale
and its bones small.-Woman's Home
Companion.
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Grain WeeyiIs.

Those who are troubled by weevils in
the grain bins or their barns should not
forget that bisulphide Of carbon is a
sure preventive of their ravages. About
one ounce Of it is sure death to all that
would be in hundred pounds of grain
and other seed, and Walls Of that size
just thrust down into the surface and
uncorked will go to the bottom of the
bin, as its fumes are heavier than the
air. AS it is explosive take care not to
carry any light near it. 1t is also sure
death to other insects and to squirrels
and rats. Do not use more than the
above amount, as it may prevent GER
mination of the seed.
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CHAPTER xxx.

Paul Neville and Lem Dodd, with Tom
pes were promptly on hand at Judge
fnner's court at ten the following
arning. There they were informed that
4. Cheatham had withdrawn all
Rrses, and they returned home.
AlrS. Hope, looking very pale and re-
ned. was sitting up. She did not ask
y questions; she reasoned that if they
any good news they would commune
Re it.
om Bines, aided by many promptings
2m Lem Dodd, was narrating to his
Rther the way in which they were lib
Ated when Kitty Boyne. who had been
fening attentively. though she was
King down at the street, Interrupted
ms heavy narration by jumping up,
Piping her hands, and after a joyous
put bursting into hysterical laugh.
ENhy, bless the child" said Hannah,
PES gone stark, starin' crazy, like the
y of the world"
No, no." replied Kitty, ''didn't you
Pr the carriage?"
an instant the two windows were
ed with faces peering down at the
eet.
Eles," said Lem, there's carriage,
fe enough; but that's nothing unusual.
Neville and | sported up this street
night in much nobbier turnout"
but she's coming!" exclaimed Kitty.
mere they are on the stairs. OH"
Nhd she turned and dashed out of the
PM and all the faces were withdrawn,
with increasing wonder on them they
re carried by their respective owners
me head of the stairs.
~ saw a gentleman and two ladies
70 mad just reached the top landing,
&ere they were halted by Kitty, who
crying and hugging them with great
of and impartiality.
Old not take long to see that the
ueman was DIR. Mathison, and this
companions were Mary, and Miriam
Rpe.
tty fell back to make room for the
et OF Hannah and Mrs. Bines. And
hope, whose quick ears had caught
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-11-22
Drilling Grain.

The Minnesota experiment station
tried for several years drilled wheat by
the side of wheat sown broadcast.
These were field tests on considerable
areas, and they found as an average
that the drilled wheat yielded so per
cent more than that which was broad
casted. The results were most marked
in seasons when the soil was dry, as
the seeds were we'll covered at uni
form depth by the drill, and thus ger
minated more freely and evenly.
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Steamed Rice.

A good method of cooking rice is to
steam it first, then finish by cooking it
in hot butter. Steam it so that, though
tender, each grain shall be distinct and
separate from every other Then Pot
a tablespoonful of butter in a pan and
let it get very hot before adding the
rice. Put in only a little Of this at a
time, cook it till tinged with brown,
then remove it and add some more OF
the rice to the butter in the pan. Season
finally with paprica and with salt and
serve at once.
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Teeth on the Tongue.

The common garden snail, a natural
list states, has sometimes as many as
3O,OOO minutes saw-like teeth on its
tongue, but only uses 1900 to 5000 of
them at time. 1T is a fortunate thing
for man and the rest" says the Chicago
naturalist, that no large, wild animal
has a mouth constructed with the de-
vouring apparatus built on the plan. of
the Insignificant looking snail's mouth,
for that animal could out-devour any
thing that lives
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To Prevent Calves Sucking.

To prevent calves and young stock
from sucking the cows and the COWS
from sucking themselves, procure at
your grocer's or druggists one pound
Of cayenne pepper, pour one-half pint
boiling water on one tablespoonful and
let it steep Few minutes. Tie soft
piece of cloth on the end of long stock,
and with this swab rub the pepper So
luton over the cows udder. Il this is
persevered in you will have no more
trouble.-Mrs. J. Coffee, Farmers Adj
yocate.
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Chocolate Loaf Cake.

Cream together cup of sugar and Q
half-cup of butter; add cup Of milk,
four beaten eggs and three ounces OF
grated chocolate dissolved in little
milk. Beat all hard, then stir in quickly
two cups of sifted prepared flour, flavor
with vanilla and turn all into creased
cake tin. Bake in a steady oven until
a straw comes out clean from the thick
est part of the loaf.
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Cracks in the Range.

Filling for cracks in range is made
by taking common wood ashes, adding
an eighth or more the quantity OF sat-
mixing the whole to a thick paste with
cold water. Fill the crack, and usually
the filling will remain until the stove
is useless. Should it crumble OFT, try,
try again. Backing can be applied to
it as well as to the stoye.-Good House
keeping.
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the fodder freely from the rack. The
outside rack will catch the surplus and
stock will pick that over later on when
the supply runs short in the rack. It is
built on runners SO it can be moved
from place to place with team. The
outside rack should be made of heavy
poles, as the reaching of the cattle will
break ordinary lumber
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Make No Chance

If farmer is in good condition for
dairying, he had better keep along with
it. always striving for excellence in
the business, while, if grazing and beef
producing are his preference and in
his line, they should be followed up
with equal diligence and carefulness.-
American CultiyatOr.
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candied Honey.

At the approach o. winter, says
American Gardening, extracted honey
will candy or crystalline unless kept in
a temperature above so degrees, and
even then with some kinds Of honey it
is difficult to prevent it from candying.
This is regarded by most beekeepers as
q test OF its purity. Honey that has
been adulterated with glucose or other
foreign matter as rule will not gran
ulafe or crystalline when kept In mod
erately cool place. Honey tlsat has
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Winter Work.

The farmer should rejoice at the aD-
prOaeh of winter, not because it will be
season of rest, but because it will give
him an opportunity to do so many
things that he has neglected in the
hurry of planting, cultivating and har-
vesting. There are many little things
for which there seems to be no great
haste. They can be done at any time,
and that means that they are never
done, or done in great haste when they
reach the point where they must be
done. When we were farming we used
the days when it was not suitable
weather to work out of doors in putting
all tools and machinery in good condi-
ton, including farm wagons and carts,
and they We're painted, if they needed
1t, WHICH most of them did even after
one years use. The work might not
have been done very artistically, but
the paint served to protect the wood
from the weather. Then harnesses
We're cleaned, mended and oiled, and
repairs made on gates, fences, etc.,
while during the pleasant days manure
was drawn out, and the summer wood
brought home. All this so helped when
the spring work began that If we de-
sired to go on a farm again we should
much prefer to take it in November
than March, unless we were sure that
our predecessor had been one who
spent the winter days in getting ready
for the coming eason.-American Gull
~tiyator.
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Creme An 1ifron.

Blanch and chop two dozen almonds;
put them in a jug with 4 pint of cream;
in a secondH;ug put three wineglassfuls
of sherry, the rind and Juice Of a lemon
and pounded sugar to taste. Pour ralss
idly from one jug to the other till tho
mixture is well frothed, then pour lima
jelly glasses. leaving out the ienl.A
rtnd.
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Rack for Fodder.

A very good fodder rack for cattle is
made either Of poles or Of lumber A
plank will answer for the bottom Of
the rock proper, and the boards should
be far enough apart to let the cattle get
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Sheenss Faces,.

The face Of a sheep does not only in
dicate elegance of form generally, but
it Is the more sure and certain indica-
ton OF the best feeding quality Sheep
Breeder.
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gaanulated may be restored to its
liquid form By placing the bottle or jar
in a nan and setting on the kitchen
stove ar range. The pan should be
partly filed with water and heated
slowly until the honey is melted. If
melted gradually and only heated
enough to restore it to its liquid state,
it does not injure or impair the flavor
in the least.
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CROTHERS PEACH. W Win LIZ N"Aio1y
that he mentions it as without an equal
of it's color and season combined. 1t
has also been fruiting at the expert.
ment station at South Haven, Mich,
for several years. where it is much
liked The tree is very abundant and
regular bearer, strong growth and
somewhat dropping form. The fruit is
of medium size, nearly round in shape,
not pointed, and has slight suture on
one side; color, creamy white, with a
bright red cheek, making handsome
appearance; flesh, creamy white, red at
pit, very juicy, melting; flavor, rich, yet
mild, vinous and very pleasant.-Rura
New Yorker.
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Heap honors on some people and Jos
crush their character.
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any stock, and particularly undesir-
able for cows in milk and growing
young stock.-New York Tribune.
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TIE same evidence. the same shall be M
I sniffed is NV court as prinia facfe evidence
81 such facts - reeited Any VIII of real
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The Crothers Peach.

Prof. H. E. Van Deman, while living
in Kansas came across peach called
Crothers, which he thinks worthy to
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Section There III hereby appropriated,
ont of money IL the state treasury not
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s h o W It's merits
among t b e b e S t
peaches of the coun-
try. He procured
buds and put the
peach into his trial
orchard, and has
been so much pleas
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t.;S. s :sss Nus sS.,, "
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BY MAI. ALFRED ROcHEFOR7
Copyright, 1880. by Robert Bonner. So,

CHAPTER I1.-(Continued.)
|"Did you take her to the doctor's-Dr.
[athison's, l believer" asked the mat