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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-02-08
Foundation Under a Building.

Foundation Under Building.
1t is often desired to put tight foun
dalton under barn or other structure,
already built. This is a difficult mat
ter, particularly if the building is close
to the ground. The foundation should
extend down below the frost line. How
shall the ditch be dug under the edge
Of the barn? The illustration, from the
New England Farmer, shows an excel
lent plan. Dig a trench close to the
barn, and then dig in under the barn
to the required distance to accommo-
date the foundation stones. Exactly
under the edge of the barn, at the bot
tom Of the wide trench, drive stakes
and put down a rough board. Now fill
in behind the board with loose stones,
put on another old board and continue
to fill in the loose stones until they
stand level with the surface Of the
ground. The part of the trench outside
the boards can now be filed in with
earth, packing it down solidly, leaving
the old boards where they are. The fat
stones above the ground can then be
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-02-08
ALL OVER THE STATE
ITEMS OF INTEREST IN BADGER
DOM.
Lawsuit i'm a Suicide Case-Prisoncrs
Escape from Waupun-Thieves Crack
Racine Postoffice Safe-Gir1 Commits
Suicide-Be1oit Student Drowned.

Papers have been served by United
States District Attorney David Il. Jones
of Sparta on Attorneys Doherty and
Baldwin of La Crosse in an unusual civil
action, which is sequel to suicide that
occurred last October in Wilton. James
Llewellan, whose home was in Waterloo.
went to Wilton with several hundred dol
lars, with which he intended to purchase
farm and make home for his young
bride. While there and before he closed
the deal Llewellan got into game of
poker and lost every cent Of his money.
He Immediately went to his room and
killed himself. Relatives of the young
man now bring suit against man, alleg-
ed to be the one who won the money
from LleWellan.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-02-08
State Items of Interest.

Work on the new gas plant at Stevens
Point has been begun. 1t will be COM
pleted in six weeks.
Lesser Brothers, shoe dealers of Bara-
boo, have been adjudged bankrupt, with
5000 liabilities and no assets.
A barn belonging to Phil Dougherty OF
Cascade was burned with contents Of hay
and grain. The loss was about $500, no
insurance.
The La Crosse Common Council order
ed forty blocks of brick paving to be laid
this coming season. The work means an
expenditure of not less than 100000.
The 12-year-old son of John Grass, in
the town of Waumandee, in sliding down
from hay NOW. was impaled on a brok-
en- fork handle He died four days after
the accident.
At River Falls the Prairie Mill eleva-
tor, containing about 10000 bushels of
grain, was destroyed by fire. The loss
on building and contents is about $4,000,
partially insured.
Kate Brinkman of Racine has begun
action against the Milwaukee Electric
Railway and Light Company for $1,000
damages for injuries alleged to have been
sustained in collision Dec. 16 last.
Fred Wadell, clam digger at Lynx
vile, exhibits the finest pearl YET found
in the river. It weighs twenty-five
grains. It is red and remarkably bril-
liant. Its estimated worth is 81 900.
Traffic was tied up for a few hours on
the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy by
a wreck at Ferryville. An engine struck
a large boulder, which rolled down from
the bluff. Sixteen freight cars were piled
up.
At the Superior mine, just west of
Hurley, the timber gave way on the
eighth level and killed Fred Lind, Victor
Frederickson and Walter Grazesky.
Charles Nitlerbad and Joseph Enamo
were injured.
w. A. Meyers, accused of deserving his
wife and three small children at Stevens
Point last November, was found in Chi
cago. The fugitive was placed on train
in charge Of an officer and taken back to
his home.
An interesting malpractice case in
which a Mrs. Peterson was plaintiff and
DIR. j. T.. Callahan the defendant, has
inst been settled at la Crosse. The plain
tiff sued to recover $4,000 damages, and
was awarded a verdict for $500. Notice
of appeal was taken, but through the in
teryention of the defendants wife, the
Judgment has been settled.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-02-08
=. o.FAs HioNED GIRL.

~ ~old-fashioned girl" she
i enough to disgraceD
fd.fasbioaed girl with womaniy
|. 'y rinsome and womanly face;
-" Is innocent, modest and sweet,
f. sensible, honest and true
III that will surely be obsolete
rotbpr short year or two.
|. ambitious for questionable fame,
HASN'T ape man in her dress,
(osn'r read books that have a bad
'Snraid her views" in the press;
hasn't use slang nor smoke cigar
| ondIv expound "Woman's Rights,
Inns all the fads of the fashion
! bile sets"
Enry an "old-fashioned girl" you
Zee,
mai in the least "up-to-date,"
i is the kind of a girl for me,
! tbp kind that | want for a mate.
it's very ''old-fashioned' to say
, wife is saint from above
lawn | am fond Of her "old-fash-
Oned' way,
nrond of her "old fashioned" love.
Louis Republic.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-02-08
Stygian Humor.

The shades of Caesar and Brutus
met at the landing, where Charon
awaited him.
'Et tu, Brutus,'' said Caesar.
Eyes. Going over?'
yep. I'll shake you to see who goes
first"
The murmur of the waves was
drowned by the rattle of the dice.
well, that's one horse on me- said
Caesar.
"Then / win," observed Brutus,
pocketing the dice.
.sHow's that?''
.sIts twice you've been stuck.
81 rather opine it Silk 'em both, OBJ
served Charon as he unshipped MS
oars.-Omaha World Herald.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-02-08
FAMILIAR VOICE.


As not worthy of you, Douglas,
Not half worthy the like of you:
Wv all men besides are to me like
shadows.
Douglas! Douglas! tender and
true"
voice of the singer rose clear and
on the still night air, attracting
Eention Of a young man Of per-
%, evidently a stranger in town.
Is followed by a small boy carry
"Trip. and was on his way to the
|guar. he soliloquized, exceed
Singular, how familiar that voice
i I'm positive I've heard it
khprp. Sounds like Judith How
but Of course it can't be. She
b sing that song. 1 wonder if
How unspeakably absurd to
I Of such a thing! 1t is hardly to
spoSed that she would be out here
! place. The last [ heard she
Moad. I'm not exactly fool
b 10 imagine she would think of
tcept with contempt, after all
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-02-08
Postoffice Broken Into at Racine.

Burglars entered the postoffice at Ia
cine through cellar window. Making
their way to the private Office of Post
master Case they drilled into his private
safe, which they cracked with dynamite.
There was some valuable family silver
belonging to Mr.. Cases mother in the
safe, but this was not taken. No money
was in the safe, SO the cracksmen turned
their attention to the large office vault
The vault was nearly drilled through,
when for some reason the men stopped
and left the office without taking any
thing
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-02-08
Three Prisoners Break Jail.

Three convicts have escaped from the
States prison at Waupun, and Warden
McClaughry things they had help from
the outside, bars being cut in one of the
outside gratings. The men who escaped
are John Wilson, Edward Ratigan and
Ferdinand Knaak Ratigan is one of the
Amherst bank robbers and he is suspect
ed of having procured the cutting of the
bars. Owing to the arrangement at
Waupun grated openings in the walls,
accessible to anyone outside, are numer-
Gus. All the prisoners had to do was to
watch their chance and get into the open
space between the cell houses and the
oI1tar wall
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-02-08
Foul Seeds.

Tests made of seeds by the United
States Department of Agriculture
show, among other results, that lot
Of fox-tail seed from Germany was
only 1875 per cent pure. It cost 35
cents a pound and was adulterated
with seed worth only 10 cents. OF
many seeds purchased in the open mar
ket, a sample of orchard grass was
found to be So per cent bad a batch Of
redtop clover, 73 per cent; lot Of Grim
son clover, SO per cent bad, and some
Hungarian bronze grass that failed to
terminate at all. 1t is to be hoped that
this investigation will improve the
quality offered on the market.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-02-08

years Of silence. To be sure, if
fWOunded business had not called
lS' Just when l had begun to
IFFnapS she reciprocated my re-
Ill night have been different. l
speak then, when everything
Uncertain. When l returned she
que. However"
'lne' turning to the small boy
aar.
ZANE amt Johnnie, mister"
Gtis it,"
Ties Augustus Johnson"
men, Charles, can you tell me
sS IN that house we passed a
Yuen'S ago-the one with the
q The front Window"
vie yer mean where Their lady
sngin'!"
'ue Their fine lady, though!
y mother help clean Their house
y! :, come n l come ey'ry Mon
h, Vi cIoes. Me mothers tn
ss~ ny Bridget Ann lem'me STAN
@ =. listen wen she wuz prac'-
n, sS What Bridget Ann sed she
! H., Tee mister, she jist hol-
Ssa' III band! Made me feel
as ,auay' 5 if there wuz a snow
Yes, understand; can YOU
aeir names:"
ne Ne see. There's two OF ,uns.
b. n Rowland, n tn old lady,
4 a 1in n tn young lady,
b,5 rasS' she's Mis- Gordon"
nj ~ reached the hotel and he
btN
H. uousht,' he unused, "she's
es, ~ sn' an entertainment for
n, y, d certain charitable asso-
Ohm % be given. Tickets were
aaorr S NJ the young matron who
bin Williams to buy one, in
~ =. Because" she explain
&rn,..1a EXCEPTIONALLY fortunate in
tao ~ ~ TIE services of a prima
D., , ~ East, who is spending
sodon 'ne town. Her name?
st' thought every one
BY f Sn' a ticket, then waited
si ,oE evening.
a .bs following he presented
y sdn,,l hoWland's door. The
q No. ueFher the ladies would
qges,", out She took his card
sNonesu after first ushering
secamaS the right of the hall.
u end :. Trough the doorway
VI Tie room, while he
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-02-08
whitewashing Peach Trees.

Those who have peach trees will do
we'll to remember that in Missouri they
have decided that spraying peach trees
is an efficient protection for them
against the early starting of the buds,
and killing afterward by frosts. Use
thin whitewash and cover trunk,
branch and twigs, and renew when the
weather had washed it off. They say
that it makes the fruit but little, if any,
later, but makes a sure crop of 1T,
which is what peach growers most
want.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-02-08
College Student Is Drowned.

A. d. Burns, a student at Beloit Col
legt, was drowned in the river while skat-
ing. A searching party found his body
at the northern outskirts of the city, "
ing in ten feet of water. Mr.. Burns was
president of the college Y. M. c. A, bust
ness manager of the Round Table, the
college journal, and was a substitute end
ton the football team. His parents re-
side at Sweetwater, Ill.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-02-08
Servant Girl Kills Herself.

Lena Miersch, domestic employed in
the home of A. D. Curtis, a prominent
Marinette lumberman, committed suicide.
She took corrosive sublimate, which was
in the house to be used in developing ko-
dak pictures, and died in few hours.
She refused to take antidotes. Disap-
pointment over love affair was the
cause.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-02-08
Winter Work.


There is but little to do In the fields
during this season, but the time for
planting corn will soon arrive, while
such garden crops as onions and peas
go into the ground very early. II the
weather permits the manure should be
hauled and spread on the ground before
spring, and the application Of fertilizer
should not be delayed, especially If
potash is to be applied. 1t is better to
put fertilizer on the stra wberry, rasp-
berry and blackberry locations while
the ground Is cold than to delay, as to
apply too late may cause injury in some
cases. This is the time for using crude
petroleum on fruit trees as remedy
for the San Jose scale. and grapes, rasp-
berries and blackberries should be CIV
en- attention while the weather is cold.
Sometimes the spring opens early, and
it will then be too late to cut back the
grape vines. The old canes of blackber-
ries should always be removed in win
ter. The manure heaps should now be
worked over SO as to get the materials
in as fine condition as possible. Well
rotted manure gives more immediate
benefit to plants than does coarse litter,
and the winter is the season for prepar-
ing it,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-02-08
jeanne Deans.

Cross-bred ileifer. Aged years IL
months weeks 2 days. Bred by
Charles Kemp, Auchencrieve, Huntly.
Property of the Earl of Rosebery, X. G.,
Dalmeny Champion Of the Scottish Ma
tional, 2Sth, November, 1899. Aberdeen
Angus sire, Shorthorn dam. Weight,
1G cwt ~ Id.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-02-08
Charge Not Sustained.

Frank Poplanski, who was arrested in
Minneapolis Jan. /, charged with muir
dering Martin Meegus in Chippewa Coun-
ty, Nov. 3, 1899, has been released from
custody, as the body of Meegus could not
be found. There is not enough evidence
to hold the prisoner. Poplanski will re-
turn to Minneapolis, and his marriage
there, which was necessarily postponed,
will take place
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-02-08
Railroad Station Is Robbed.

Unknown person or persons entered the
ticket office of the Northwestern Railroad
station at Kenosha and opening the safe
took away $500 in cash and several rail
way tickets. There is a mystery about
the affair and the robbery must have been
committed by a person acquainted with
the movements of the night operator.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-02-08
Shade Trees.

Shade Trees.
1t Is not the lack Of means that some
farmers fail to ornament their farms
with trees, evergreens and paint. 1t
costs but a small sum to plant ever
green's to serve as wind brakes, and
they very much beautify home when
placed along the roads. Even around
the barnyard, evergreens are useful
and are superior to fences on the di-
viding lines of farms. Cattle in the
fields, both in summer and winter, will
seek shade and protection, and these
and evergreens will serve them admira-
bly,.
Dairy Suggestions.
In the winter keep the COW warm and
dry.
Never use rusty cans under any con-
sideration.
Don't keep hard milking COW, if you
value your time.
Always milk as quickly as possible,
and do it with clean, dry hands.
Cream should be taken off the milk
while it is still sweet, IL possible.
Clean, bright food, in sufficient vari-
ETY., is what is needed for the dairy.
Two or three degrees of temperature
will make a great difference in churn-
ing.
Be ON friendly terms with the calves
from the very first. Talk to them and
pet them.
Never disturb milk when cream is
rising or the butter globules will sink
never to rise again.
The good looking, round-bodied COW
is never a good one. The best. dairy
cow is hardly pretty.
Whenever cow drinks water that
you would not drink yourelf she is rob-
bling you of profits.
The COW can have no better food than
shredded corn fodder, if it is good fod-
der, or ensilage.
First rinse cans in cold water, theA
wash them in warm water, then scald
with boiling water and dry.
A COW is both machine and a very
sensitive, delicate organism. Do MOI
make the mistake Of supposing that slf
is simply an inanimate machine. Wesx
ern Plowman.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-02-08

Scarf I Fever in Tropical lions.
A medical paper directs attention TO
the curious fact that scarlet fever mas
never been observed in an epidemlcai
form in the tropical or su0topicai
regions of Asia or Africa.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-02-08

put in and cemented. Perhaps they
can be put in more conveniently before
filling i'm the outside trench.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-02-08

this is more true of perishable crops
than Of one that can be held over like
broom corn.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-02-08
Profit i'm the Cow.

There is a large difference In the prof
it's on cows, even when the same kinds
of foods are given. The majority of
tlairymen are we'll satisfied with a COW
that will give as much as ten quarts
of milk a day for 800 days, and, allow
ing fifteen quarts OF milk for each
mound of butter. she would produce
5000 quarts of milk and 200 pounds OF
butter. Many cows do not approach
such Yields of milk and butter, but
there are cows which give twice as
much milk as the quantity mentioned
and also produce twice as much butter
The profit is therefore large, because
the greater the yield Of an animal the
smaller the cost proportionately.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-02-08

It takes an authority on ways auu
miens to compile book of etiaueff~
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-02-08
Preventing Freezing in Cellars.

There are times when it seems al
most impossible to prevent vegetables
from freezing in the cellar. OF course,
having doors and windows tight and
banking around the walls on the cold
sides does much to prevent this, but
when that coolest day since we can
remember comes unexpectedly, as it
does SO many times, the chances are
that many are not we'll prepared for it..
A small oil stove, or even one or two
lanterns, lighted and burning, will do
much to give a warmer temperature,
and one or two tubs Of water put down
there will do nearly as much. The
first throw off an active heat and the
water latent heat. Not until the wat
er is frozen will anything else freeze
there. Set the stove or lanterns on the
bottom of the cellar, as heat rises, and
see that they cannot set fire TO any
thing.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-02-08
Growing Broom Corn.

Waldo F. Brown in the Prairie Farm
er gives good advice to farmers in say
ing that they should not begin the
growing Of broom corn unless they can
arrange to grow quite quantity and
hold it for from one to three years for
a rise when the price is low. He pre-
diets that when the crop for 1900 is
ready for market the price will be be-
low the cost OF production. He has
known it to sell for $500 one year and
$40 the next, and at the latter price
there was no profit. 1t is never good
policy TO go largely into the production
ef any crop the next season after an
IRA of high prices. There arc so many
.sho will do so that those who try some
ether crop viii he the wiser ones. And
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-20
S7x-YEA R-0LD.
GirI swims Mile in Remarkably Fast
 Time.

Chicago Chronicle: Little stx-year- old May Huhn proved herself one of the greatest juvenile swimmers in the world at the north side natatorium. She swan mile in 1:07:17 3-5. The girl made worlds record, for no child has ever accomplished the feat before tn such a short time. The child is not large for her age, nor does she seem to have muscles developed to a much greater extent than other girls as young as she, but it is the opinion of all that if she keeps at the game she will in time be one of the greatest fe- male swimmers ill the world. George Gaidzik lowered another worlds mark for boys under 16 years old when he swan two miles in 1:12: 15. The record was formerly held by Ralph Uhlendorf, who made the same dis tanee in 1:14:G9 3-5. Other good per- formances by juveniles were as follows: walter Horn, F years old, two miles in1.25:54; Lottie Mayer. F years old. two miles in TAO; Charles Arens, Il years old, one and a half miles in 1:13:54; Arthur Gaidzik, 12 years old. one and a half miles in 1:15, and Rob- ert Arens, years old, one and half miles in 1:35.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-20
Men Cat Shorter on Mountains.

A singular result Of the recent e1s periments of Prof. Angelo Mosso on the physiological effects of high alti- tudes is that a mountain ascent may produce such a f1attening of the lum- bar curve that man may be an inch and half shorter on the summit of Monte Rosa than when he is in the valley beneath. The height of Monte Rosa. the second loftiest peak of the Alps, is 15,215 feet. The cause of the shortening Is partly the exertion ot climbing. The human stature always diminishes slightly during the day.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-20
THE BICYCLE TRADE.
Examination Cannot Keep Up the rFlco
 of Wheels

The reduction in the price of bicycles from $50 to less than a third of that amount has weighed heavily upon the minds of the manufacturers who en- tered the wheel trust. The eombina. ton was undoubtedly made with the purpose of advancing prices to point that would restore at least a part of the old fabulous profits, but it is doubtful | 1t can be made a success. Too many independent manufacturers are in ex- istenee who are free to extend their trade by offering every possible induce ment in the way of price and quality, such as individual competition sug gests. One of these has just issued circular, in which he has the following to Say: We have a thoroughly or ganized and profitable business, both in firearms and bicycles, and there is DO necessity for our joining any move ment to attempt to monopolize or manipulate the bicycle trade, or to as- sist some of the tep-heavy' firms to dispose of their factories at fancy prices and thus avoid a probable .col- lapse. We are and shall remain per- fectly independent and free to act ae- cording to our business judgment and our sense of justice and fairness to the agents who have assisted US in building ap= our present large business. No one T buy better material or build high
 ade bicycles cheaper than we can, .gnd ve have completed our plans and our new line of bicycles much earlier than usual, so ass to make this state ment frankly and squarely to our agents, and we announce our line and prices for the coming season as fol- lows; Medium grade roadster, S25; hjgh-grade roadster, $25; with coaster brake, $40; with cushion frame. $o0; ehainless, $G0 As these prices arc a cut of SIS Oil each srade, and as the manufacturer is ore of high repute in the trade, it is manifest that the trust will not b. able to advance the cost of wheels next season. Besides, the day has passed when the wheelman could be persuaded that his machine, beautiful and delicate as it is, can be more costly than small steam engine Louisville Courier-Journal
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-20
 BURIED HIS LEG,
And Had an Expensive Tombstone Placed
 Over the Grave.

Calumet (Mich.) Correspondence of the Detroit Journal: In the little yil- lage of L'Anse lives a shoemaker named Peter Murphy, who is one of the most eccentric men in northern Michigan on just one subject. Ten years ago the physicians found it nec- essary to ampntate one of his legs just above the knee. When he recovered from the operation he decided that the part of his leg which had been taken off was dead and therefore it should be buried, and he arranged to have funeral service. The amputated mem Der was placed in a small coffin and buried with all the pomp and cere- mony MT. Murphy would have eX. pected if it had been his own funeral He attended the funeral himself and wept genuine tears as the earth was shoveled on top of the rough box. But this didn't end his devotion to that part of his body which was dead. He purchased an expensive tombstone, had a likeness of the leg cut into the stone, and then had it inscribed With the facts of the case, telling that it was Peter Murphy's leg, and the date of the funeral. Although this all hap pened ten years ago, MT. Murphy never negleets the sacred spot where his leg is buried, and every week he hobbies out to the cemetery, where in the sum mer time he keeps the grave prettily decorated with flowers. His wish IS that when he dies the remainder of hls body shall be inferred with hls leg. Murphy is a veteran of the civil war, and his injuries during one of the bat ties were the indirect cause of his nav ing the leg cut off.