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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-10-25
CHINESE NEWSPAPERS.
Cheapest in the World and Dear at the Price.
Except as CuriOS,


The lot of the Chinese editor is not
one to be envied by those who follow
the calling of literature in this coun
try; indeed, it is said to be little short
of martyrdom, says writer III the
London Express. He has very re-
mote chance Of living long life unless
the organ he conducts is powerful
one, and an equally remote chance Of
dying a natural death.
If a newspaper run by Chinaman
returns profit equivalent to f1OO per
annum the proprietor must think him
self an exceedingly lucky man, but not
10 per cent. are SO successful as this.
The price of these news sheets, as
they might be more aptly trmed, is
absurdly low, owing to the small
wages asked by native Workmen. A
Chinese compositor is perfectly salts
fed with 2 taels two ounces of silver
a month, and, failing that, a small
quantity of rice. Again, paper can be
purchased for next to nothing, being
made from the refuse collected in the
rice and cotton mills Knowing this,
no person would think of paying more
than cash (the tenth of a penny for
current copy of paper.
The advantages of the free press
are, of course, unknown, and the edi
tor who attacks the government or
any officials of high degree in his col
Rv,I IN az
any moment, with a warrant issued
for his decapitation without trial in
a few days time. In the large towns
these measures are to a certain extent
fectly aware that to behead an editor
unless his offense is a very grave one
would be to incur the anger of his
comrades, who would promptly re-
venge his death by stirring up an i'll
surrection at the risk of being tor--S
tured to death for doing SO. But they
can and do imprison an obnoxious edi-
tor whenever they think fit, and in
order that such a calamity should not
affect journal man is always en-
piOyeQ dL Suldll salary WIZ Is Will
ing to take the blame upon himself
and go to prison in the EDITORS stead.
Thus, the literary lights in China con
tinue to flourish while their substi-
tutes frequently spend half their lives
in confinement
War news seldom finds it's way into
these obscure papers, and when it
does it is based on rumor solely, for
no war correspondents are employed,
and such institutions as press agen-
cies are altogether unknown. There
is not the slightest doubt therefore
that thousands Of people in the remote
parts of China will read their paper
regularly during the present trouble,
and yet be unaware that their country
is at war. OF course, several of the
largest papers are conducted by Euro
peans upon modern lines, but they are
allowed more freedom and do not
come under this category.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-10-25

Ned tainted from less of blood, and
when he came back to life his bonds
had been removed, and he lay npon
the green sod, his head pillowed upon
the knee of Isola Mendez.
do not move,'' she said, softly.
/ .'Yo tie amo." q love YOU.
Ned Wilson recovered from bis
wounds, but not soon enough to sail in
the Vesper Instead, he never left
Chill, and is now rich ranchero, and
the name of his wife was once Isola
Mendez.-New York News.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-10-25
Choose the bright days for opening
during the middle Of the day.
With the hest of conditions and hest

curing the mluQie Oh the Gay.
With the best of conditions and best
Of care there is quite a loss and more
depends upon time and manner of
gathering crop than all else. Because
the squash has hard shell and does
not show the effects of slight frost,
it is often left too long ON the vine.
| plan to gather them just before the
first frost. This can usually be ac-
complished if / am ready to put all
my help to work as soon as I think a
frost is on the way. | pick them and
place in piles about six rods apart,
covering them with their own vines.
AS the weather becomes colder draw
them on truck wagon with springs
and hay rack with about six inches of
marsh hay on that. / handle them as
carefully as possible, loading only three
or four deep on the wagon and carry
ing them into the cellar in baskets and
placing on shelves two deep. / am
careful to sort them, using the soft and
bruised ones for feed or sell them for
immediate consumption. Delbert OF
ter, in New England Homestead.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-10-25
The cucumber's Foes.

Professor Charles D. Woods, direc-
tor of the Maine Experiment Station,
has issued a valuable leafiet dealing
with cucumber enemies. The essay
takes up the striped beetle as follows:
This well-known insect, with it's vel
low coat and black stripes on the wing
covers, feeds on all kinds of cucurbi-
taceous plants cucumber, melon,
squash, pumpkin, ETC., and often ap-
pears in such numbers as to ruin the
entire growing crop.
Remedies: l. Plow out and destroy
all cucumber and squash vines as soon
as the crop is off to destroy any larvae
that may then be in the roots.
2. Planting an excess of seed, to dis
tribute the injury, is common prac-
tice, as is also the system of starting
the seed in pots, boxes or sods, and
transferring the plants to the field af-
ter they are well established.
g. A free use of tobacco dust, lime
or land plaster about the bases of the
young plants is often recommended.
= 4. In large fields driving is some
times practiced. Before the middle of
the day the farmers sow air slaked
lime with the wind, and this seems
sufficient to drive most of the insects
to the leeward.
5. The planting of few large hills
of squash among the cucumbers, as
traps, is sometimes recommended
since the insects seem specially partial
to the squash.
6. Spray the plants with Bordeaux
mixture and paris-green formula 2,
being careful to reach the under sides
of the leaves.
Z. One of the surest preyentives is
to cover the hill at the time of plant
ing with box over which is placed
mosquito netting.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-10-25
Artificial Broilers.

A flock of four or five hundred broil-
ers pays handsome profit if one raises
them in time for the best markets, and
then gets his price. Broilers sell from
$1.5O to So per pair in the best season,
but the one who raises them rarely
averages more than Is cents to 81 per
pair There are those who get the lat
ter on the average right along. That
is, they receive more than this in the
best season, and less during the sea-
son of plenty, but they average the
sales of 81 per pair.
But on the other hand there are some
who find broiler raising a total failure,
and they do not get their money back
from the investment. Some reasons
for this success or failure should be
apparent To start a good colony OF
broilers for the early markets the in
cubators should be started to work
early in November, and then the broil-
ers will be ready for market early in
March, the season when the highest
prices are paid. For 400 broilers one
needs at least 800 eggs, for one cannot
depend on more than so per cent.
Matching. These eggs should cost all
the way from $40 to SIS, according to
the price of fresh eggs in the. locality.
The cost for time, labor and similar
items cannot be taken into account, for
these represent the working capital Of
the farmer, and must be given in re-
turn for living and anything over.
Careful attention to business details is
necessary for success with the broilers
from the time the eggs are purchased
until they are sold. The chickens can
not be fed for nothing, and the ques
ton of profits will largely depend upon
how this work is done. 1t is here that
profits are cut down and actually
turned into losses at times. One must
study the economy of winter feeding
more than anything else. Granted that
the whole expense of winter feeding
and raising should amount to 500, we
then have profit of 500 to show for
120 days or three months. This is not
great, and would be very unsatisfac-
tory if one had to depend upon it alone
for a living. But added to the other
profits from eggs, and the farm crops
in summer, it will do to encourage us
to make more of our winters. Usual
" this seems to be season of idle
ness on the farm, and if we can con-
vert it into a season when we can
make 500 there is no reason to CONF
plain. Annie G. Webster. in American
Cultivator.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-10-25
Farm AND GARDEN NOTES.
ITEMS or INTEREST ON AcRlcUL-
Tu7AL TOPICS.
indication Of Bad Management Portable
Racks Preventing Hog Cholera When
Horse is Worth Most Clipping Clover
FieIds-Etc.. Etc.
Indication Of Bad Management.

Lice on animals indicates bad man
agement. Horses or cattle in good
condition seldom are afflicted with lice,
but a low condition of the animal, the
skin being hidebound, affords excellent
inducements for lice. Good feed ana
the use of brush will rid animals OF
parasites, with the aid of other rene
dies.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-10-25
Wise Iceland.

Iceland, in the eleventh century one
of the most learned countries in the
world. is soon to have easy and quick
communication with the modern out
side world. The proposed cable from
Copenhagen to Iceland will be 404
niles and win cost $3.50, 900.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-10-25
Short and Useful Pointers.

a farmer can always profit by OBJ
servation as well as experience.
4 1T does not take long for the reck-
less farmer to realize his foolishness.
Some farmers feed celery to their
hens to improve the flavor of the meat.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-10-25

tie same evidence, the same shall be adx
mftted iii any conFt as prima facie evidence
81 such facts 40 recited. ANY VIII Ct real
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-10-25

.kxys,<, ia III rU4Aon Ux nax1nR
s..ssiffsT From such ordinance any part 0r
nsrfs Sc said chapter 4oa, no new assess
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-10-25

1 section 81 saction 1886 or the wisconsin
sfafl1fes af 1898. III hereby amended so as
80 ras1d IL fnlI0Wss Section 2S26. The ex-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-10-25

Surgeon McKenna, who has passed
the last six months on the Island Of
Mindanao, does not hesitate to main
tain that the number of quadrupeds
and insects enjoying existence in the
moon light Of the tropics exceeds that
of their daylight rivals; so much so.
indeed, that whole species and groups
Of species are represented only by noe
turnal creatures. Forests that re-
NAMED as still as the grave under the
glare of the vertical sun are all in an
uproar within an hour after sunset.
indianapolis Press.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-10-25

The Nikado Of Japan has under his
subsection population of over 46, co.,
900 people. and they are about as
happy as the average people ii any
part of the world.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-10-25

section There III hereby appropriated.
ont az money IN the state treasury not
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-09-28
Too Much For the Tiger.

A keeper ut the Philadelphia ZOO told
the following Interesting story of an
encounter he once had with n tiger In
India:
with several companions | was on
my way to visit some native friends
In 4 ueighboring village. and as the
Jungle paths were the shortest route
we made the trip in chairs slung on
carriers shoulders. I was about half
asleep from the swinging motion when
r was pitched out by the native drop
ping the poles and scampering off.
That's how | met my tiger. With a
bound he was on me and had taken a
mouthful of my coat. intending. no
doubt TO carry me into the dense I'M
dergrowth.
fortunately for me had big bot
tie OF ammonia In my coat pocket. car
ried II for snake bites, you know, and
when the brute took the mouthful he
broke the bottle. The Whit he got
made his whiskers curl, and one was
enough. He rolled over a couple Of
times, gasping and waving his paws,
and then made Off as quickly as he
appeared. Hurt? No. only few
bruises from the fall. but the close
shave took my nerves for some
months"
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-09-28
Indian Repnrtee.

An Indian agent who was a militia
colonel desired to impress the Indians
with the magnitude of his dignity.
He dressed himself in full uniform,
with his sword by his side, and rising
in the council told them that one rea-
son why the great father had had so
much trouble with his red children
was that he had sent civilians to
them.
"You are warriors" he said, "and
when the great father saw me he said,
I will send this man, who Is a great
warrior, to my red children, who are
warriors, and they will hear his
Words"
An old chief arose and, surveying
the speaker from head to foot, said
calmly: "Since l was a small boy
have heard that white men have great
warriors. have always wanted to see
one. I have looked upon one, and
now I am ready to die."-"Reminis-
cences of the Bishop of Minnesota"
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-09-28
DOES HONESTY PAYg
A SUBJECT DISCUSSED BY THE JeR-
lcHO DEBATING SOCIETY.

Pap Perkins, the Postmrrter, Tells
How the Organization Was Started
and How Ii Came to an UntimeIy
and ingiorious End.
Copyright. 1900. by C. B. Lewis.l
The Jericho Debatin society was
Squar Joslyn's idea. 1t dawned on
him one afternoon as he was hoein in
his garden, and that evenin he come
over to the postoffice and made n
speech and started the ball rollin. A
week later the society had its first
meetin. There was hot time fur
about an hour. OF the 40 men present
30 wanted to be president, but after
awhile, and by putin in two votes fur
himself, the sQuar was duly elected.
Deacon Spooner was made referee, and
the other offices wasn't struggled after
to any extent. There wasn't any de-
batin at the first meetin, but Squar
Joslyn made a speech Of acceptance
which raised the price Of butter In
Jericho 10 cents a pound. After sayin
that he wouldn't exchange places with
the president of the United States he
began with the year $50 b. c., and the
way he come whirlin along down to
the year 1900 made the glass in the
windows rattle. He excited the crowd
rs he hit Nero, brought applause as he
touched on Columbus, and when he
got through with Washington there
wasn't no holdin Enos Williams, and
Jonas Bebee and Aaron Bradshaw was
In tears. After the speech was over
Elder Spooner figgered 1t up and de-
clared that the squar had made q diff
ferent p'ints In his grafton, which was
four p'ints more than Demosthenes or
Cicero had ever made.
The subject fur debate at the next
meetin was "Does Honesty Pay?" The
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-09-28
CYCLONE KILLS EIGHT.
Picks Up n Barn and Wrecks saloon I,
Minnesota.

minnesota.
Faribault. Mimi. Sept. 25.-Eight
lives were crushed out and several per-
sons were injured through the freak
of a cyclone that struck the village of
Morristown, Il short distance west Of
here. between ) and 6 o'clock in the
evening. y barn was lifted intact
frCm its foundation, carried consider
able distance, and dropped upon the
top Of the saloon of Paul Gatzke.
where sixteen persons had taken refuge
from the storm.
The casualties, which We're the only
ones in the town. were rs follows:
Killed-Harry $. Wait, farmer, aged
40, leaves wife and family; Otto
Gatzke, son of Paul Gatzke, aged 10;
Frank Eittman of Waterville. aged 80:
John Rohrer, aged %; Elmer Brooks,
aged 20; Jacob Miller, Jr., aged %; ia
cob Weber, aged %; - Peterson, q
hired man. Injured-Paul Gatzke,
proprietor OF the saloon, injured inter-
nally, may die; Frank e. Wilder, in
jured internally, may die; Frank Pitt
man, ~ years old, and son Of Frank
Pittman, may die; Porter A. White,
head bruised, condition serious: Ber-
nard A. Schmidt, slightly; William
Brooks, slightly.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-09-28
THEY BUILT THE ROAD.
And Gould Knew where To Get the
Rails 10 Dol


Jay Gould once wanted to build a
short line to certain place and found
rivals in the field IT, Sylvester T..
Smith he gave imperative orders. &c, :
out as big force as possible and com
plete the road before the other fellows
get wind of IT, and we'll head 'rni of. -
Smith reported presently, "Mr
Gould. we can get all the ties. fish
plates bolts, nuts and spikes we want
but we can't get the rails" ''Tele-
graph to every mill In the country, and
pay any price" said Gould. ~ have
done SO. and there is no chance for
delivery under IL months" Then"
said the little wizard. "go somewhere
and tear up something. We've got
to have rails" He indicated the road
to destroy. branch or feeder of the
Union Pacific.
Smith soon had the old road torn up
and the new one laid down. Then
came war Stockholders OF the Union
Pacific learned of the enterprise and
hailed Smith to court to answer for
tearing up railroad that belonged to
them. To their questioning he admit
ted all and had no excuse but that Jay
Gould ordered him to do it.
"Who Is Jay GouldT some asked.
"What has he got to do with itr'
Up rose a young lawyer from New
York to inform them that Mr.. Gould
owned all the bonds Of the Union Pa
cific road, though not a dollar of its
stock and that no uvas absolute Dro-
prietor Of the feeder that Mr.. Smith
had torn up. There never was more
surprised and mystified lot Of men.
They had nothing more to say.-San
Francisco Argonaut.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-09-28
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

Many a so-called absent-minded ma
remembers the poor.
Only an idiot INDUCES in violent eX.
ercise when he needs rest.
A dog fight is the only kind in which
the real outrage is displayed.
The letter Z, like the selfish friend,
Is first in pity and last in help.
No man has right to do as he
pleases except when he pleases to do
right.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-09-28

| number on the affirmative and negative
White was appointed to lead off and
tell how honesty paid him. Each
| speaker was to be limited to ten min
Its. Ebenezer had been thinkin 1t
| over fur three or four days, and when
he got up he began with:
"Foller me back to the days Of julius
Caesar. When Caesar was young man
of %, he hadn't dollar to his. name
and no show to strike job. He had
about made up his mind to commit
suicide when he found a five dollar
goldpiece In the road. His first thought
was to use the money to start In bust
ness, but 1t was only a temptation.
His honesty wouldn't permit such a
thing. He went around inquirln who
had lost S. and at length found the
owner, and the owner took likin to
him and pushed him along until he was
finally made king"
"That's one tally mark fur the affirm
alive side," said the deacon as the
speaker sat down, land l decide that
Ebenezer has made five p'ints. We
will now hear from Jonas Bebee on
the negative side"
"Foller me back to the days of Julius
Cesar" began Jonas as he rose up.
81 object!" protested Ebenezer "Hav-
In follered me back, the meetin can't
foller Jonas. l appeal to the referee"
81 shall have to override the objec-
tion," said the deacon. "We follered
Ebenezer back. and we must give 10
mas jest as good a show. If he's got
anything new about Julius Caesar, we'd
like to hear it."
"When Caesar was young man Of
%, he hadn't dollar to bis name,"
continued Jonas. land. though he Of
fered to dig out stumps fur Is cents a
day, he couldn't hit q. job. He had
made up his mind to hang himself
when he found stray mewl In the
woods. He knew he ought to advertise
the mewl and restore him to his owner,
but dishonesty carried the day. He
sold the critter to the first man who
would buy. and with the S12 he re-
ceived he went into politics and pushed
along until he finally became one Of the
greatest men of his time. He lived
fur 30 years after stealth that mewl,
and he was honored and respected
and had a good time and died lamented
by ALL
THAT'S tally mark on the negative
SIDE" said the deacon. 'and the p'ints
seem to be about even"
"But whar did Jonas git his factsT
asks Ebenezer
'whar did you git yours?" asked Jo-
mas in reply.
The deacon said the speakin had best
continue. and he called upon Aaron
Bradshaw, who was Oh the affirmative
side, fur his argument
"Foller me back to the days Of julius
Caesar" began Aaron. with wave Of
his hand. but when he had got that fur
both Ebenezer and Jonas tried to yell
BIN down and appeal to the referee.
1--WE got to give Aaron fair show"
replied the deacon. eff he wants to be
follered back to the days of julius
Caesar, this society has got to tag along
behind him. It's rather a Gurus coin
cidence that the three of you want to
be fo!,crcd back to the same man. but
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-09-28
that's none of my business. Go on.

Aaron"
Aaron went on. He had 1t that C@-
sar was poor and out of a Job and dis
couraged when he happened to find a
diamond ring in mudhole. He could
have got an advance of $50 on 1t at a
pawnbroker's. but he actually went
hungry fur three days while huntin up
the loser. Struck by such display Of
unselfish honesty. the owner presented
him with SIS, took him under his wing
and In time made him king"
That's another tally fur the affirma-
tive" said the deacon, land l guess
I'll give Aaron the same number Of
p'ints as the rest. Alvin Bidwell, Of
the negatives. is hitchin around in an
anxious way, and Wen hear what he's
got to say in favor of dishonesty"
"Foller me back to the days of julius
Cesar" began Alvin In his ramblin
voice, but thar was yells and whoops
and protests from Ebenezer, Jonas and
Aaron.
ITS GURUS coincidence, I'll admit"
said the deacon when he could be
heard, "but l don't see how we kin
help but foller Alvin back If he insists
upon 1t. Everybody must have a fair
show. Alvin hadn't you as lief be fol-
Tered back to the garden of Eden or
Danl In the lions den"
Alvin stuck fur Julius Cesar and
went ahead. He found Julius poor and
discouraged and livin on turnips, and
he related how the young man sat
down and thought 1t all over and then
decided to steal hog. He stole one,
sold him for So, doubled his money on
a boss race and finally made a place
and name for himself. Had he con-
tinued to be honest he would have
starved to death and been buried at the
expense of the town. His dishonesty
enabled him to become king and to do
good to millions.
"The tallies are even so fur" said the
deacon as Alvin sat down, land we'll
now hear from Philetus Johnson on the
affirmative side"
"Foller me back to the days Of julius
Cesar" began Philetus as he rose up,
and then thar was a row. 1t was a
full ten minits before order was re-
stored, and durin that time most ev-
erybody got his head punched at least
once and his coat torn up the back.
BY and by Deacon Spooner said:
Its d shame and a disgrace. to the
town Of Jericho to carry on in this
way. | notice that Lish Billings, who
don't belong on either side, has jest
come in. Llsh, do you want to say
''Not very much," replied Lish as he
looked around. "I'd simply like to ask
If anybody here has lost this half dol
lar"
He held up the coin in his fingers
There was AZ men in the room. and
deacon and the squar, replied that II
was his.
'As to the Debatin society. it may
be good thing" said Lish as a grin
spread over his face; "but, as to the
subject Of discussion tonight, l guess
you'd better drop 1t and let 1t stay
dropped. This half dollar has bin in
one of you was willin to lie to git hold
Of it."
Then Lish moved softly down stairs
and went home, and after the rest of
the crowd had sat and looked at each
other fur two or three minlts in an
way the president put
on his hat and said:
Instead of follerin anybody else
back to the days of Julius Caesar, !
guess we'd better foller Lish Billings
down stairs and call the thing bust
ed" M. QUAD.