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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-10-05
Fresh Facts Concerning the Tide OF
Events in the Political
Arena.
scllY TRICKS OF REPUBLICAN, LEADERS
NJ the Trusts by Hanna's
Hcnchmen ush'"s
Workmen MCKINNEY
Ready for Piundrr-ihe f"''P''"s
War Not over
Especial correspondence

,.,r ranks over Iianna's Chicago \
speech. in which he said he cid mol
know OF any trusts.
In Indiana the republicans fear
that This wild statement has lost
them their last chance OF success
Gov. Mount openly criticises hahn''
But the mischief is done
Hanna now lamely explains that ne
used trusts in technical sense iha'
does not better his position. because
in that apeech he failed 10 say woru
which indicated that he knew OF
any sort of a combination hurttui 10
the people. He failed 10 Indicate 'ha'
be or his party were IN favor OF re.
siraining trusts CT combinations Oh
any sort.
The gas belt OF Indiana has suffered
especially from trusts. and the men
who have been rendered idle by them
are furious at Hanna's selfish inoii-
ference TO their troubles.
Right on the heels Of Hanna's mas
co comes a campaign report prepared
for the republicans by Carroll u.
Wright OF the bureau of labor sta
tis,ics. which assumes to show mat
trusts pay higher wages and employ
more skilled men than did the sep
araie industries
He takes IA selected" trusts Very
carefully selected. The Standard OIL
and coal combine. for instance are
omitted.
If there is not such things as trusts
why this defense from CARROLL d.
Wright?
The bureau Of labor statistics like
the Industrial commission and every
other governmental bureau. = being
messed into service by the admins
tration. Statistics are manufactured
TO order to prove anything that the
republicans desire.
Ii j. not necessary 70 show the
flaws in Wright's statistics thongh
there are plenty of them-let every
workingman judge for himself IL
he Is working for trust Is ne get
ting higher wages than before the
trusts came into existence. IL M
4. does the slight increase in wages
rover the increased cost OF living?
, let the strike of 10000 coal miner'
. against one of the greatest trusts OF
: earth answer Carroll ID. Wright. lhes'
|, men are striking for living wages
! They do not aspire 10 prosperity o.
|. the full dinner pail.
Let the parade Of hundreds OF chill
dren from the coal mines OF Pennsyl
i vania answer the republican conten
e ton about the blessings which trust
: bring 10 workingmen.
r No man puts his eight-year-oi'
9 child into coal mine 10 work. un
/ les forced 10 do so by the starva
ton wages paid to himself.
Let the reduction of wages made I
the 10000 employees OF the steel an
iron trusts answer Carroll ID. Wright
statistics.
These men have been idle since Jun
30. locked out while their trust en-
moves decided whether or not he
N would pay fair wages.
n Now. having been starved into sui
mission. the men are invited TO G
III back 10 work at a reduction The
ne are glad to 20. in order to live. by
~ they are not going to vote for q
Us party which puts into the hands
trust the power to starve the
into submission.
W. The Miners strike.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-10-05
Less Than Usual showed Up.

If ANYTHING, less men showed up AZ
the Reading company's working than
at other operations. owing to tho
strikers and their leaders having can
vassed the worlsmen thoroughly al
ter the posting Of the companys no.
tices informing the miners of the con-
cession. The canvassers pointed out
that nothing was said about a reason
able reduction of the cost OF powder.
the adjustment of the sliding scale
or the granting of other important
concessions.
Long before daybreak all of the
Reading company's men had deter
mined not to 20 10 work. II IS gen.
orally agreed by most. II not all OIL
the strikers. that they vii! not go 70
work until unofiicially advised b,
President Mitchell.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-10-05

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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-10-05
THEY WERE DISAPPOINTED.
Expectations that Men W""id TO 10
work NotsRcniixcd.

Shamolxin. Pa. Oct. although
srpcrintcndents of the numerous col
lieries in this portion OF the NINTH
United Mine Workers district at
temp,ed to start up their mines, few
If tiny, men went to work. few ousi-
ness people expected there would he
a stampede of employees of the Read
inc Coal and Iron Co. TO 60 under
ground on account Of the company
granting an increase OF ten per cent
but they were disappointed.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-10-05

Teacher ipointlng II problem l-Nsv.
James. What comes alter the col-2r.
Jame~-ps says st's the collectors, rnaa-a-
Syracuse Herald
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-10-05

The administration has executed
rather clumsy back-down on the Chi
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-07-12
Big City Without Lawyers.

The Sun, weekly published in Mel
bourne, Australia. says that the people
of that city are largely dispensing with
the services of courts and lawyers as
costly luxuries that honest people can
very well do without. After the boom
burst in 1888 the sunny Southern city
ut the Antipodes found that money was
pretty scarce and hard to get hold of.
AS consequence. the people held on
to every penny they could get like grim
death Lawyers charges there, as here,
were high. BY a sort of common con-
sent men began to try to get along
without lawyers, with SO much sue
ess that it is now reported that many
the courts are without a single case
their calendars, that most of the
Judges are idle. and that all but few
of the lawyers have had to seek other
occupations. What a blissful .eXper-
fence for honest people. to be sure
San Francisco Wave.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-07-12
He Was Too Good for the ices"

A few weeks ago two detectives, one
from London and the other a Glas-
gov man, were discussing their profess
sional experiences in one of the streets
in Glasgow. An argument ensued on
the respective abilities of English and
Scottish thieves, and the smart one
from London, on their parting at q
street corner, said that if the London
thieves, especially pickpockets, were as
harmless as the Scottish ones, they
would soon be cleared out.
Taking this as an aspersion cast on
the astuteness of the Scottish police as
WELL the Glasgow detective was net
tied. and thirsted for revenge. Look
ing round, he espied little fellow
who had been logging them, and who
was known as an expert pickpocket.
Crossing the street, he addressed the
boy, and pointing to the retreating
figure of the English detective, he ask
ed if he would know him again.
aye replied the boy. what ABBOTT
it 2"
Il want you to lift his ticker. He
says no one in Glasgow can relieve
him of it."
''Ah, it's a'richt-see ony green?'
Honor bright, Tommy. I'll give you
half crown when you deliver up the
watch to me-
"Ye will; an what else?'
Nothing else"
Lets see, then. I'm to lift the
ticker, an you're to pay half crown
fart on the spot?'
Yes, that's it,"
San wad We ken it if We seen it?
II would among thousand"
rs that it, them and the boy, div
ing into his trousers pocket, display
ed the identical watch, and explained
that he had secured it while the gent
was chaftin' ABBOTT the prigs.'
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-07-12

mi asssa'y bearing: Not that that, 81 l.
<-os really thought herself made OF
any better clay than the other men,
bers of the human family, but she was
sometimes given that credit. Often
had she been censured on that account
by those who did not understand her.
Oh. the agonies of being misunder-
stood. But to those who knew her, she
was cordially itself, and every girl in
the dormitory worshiped at her shrine.
Jean was exceedingly pretty. In
fact, she was very beautiful. Her nose
was as straight as Venus own. A GU
pid's bow Tor a mouth, about whose
corners a smile so bitten played. Her
chin wore mischievous dimple in it,
and her eyes-wortls fail. ThesBwon-
drous wealth of hair that crowned her
high forehead might have riVaied that
of Apollo. She was hardly fair enough
to be called fair, nor yet dark enough
Ito be called dark. After all, the charm
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-07-12
Sweet Potatoes.


Have any of the readers tried per.
fectly fiat culture for sweet potatoes?
We should as soon ridge up and soil
for onions as for sweet potatoes. Ex
perimenting along this line, we first
made beds or 10 feet wide by back
On these beds the plants
yellow Jersey were set out in rows 33
inches apart. 4 small one-horse cult
vator, supplemented by a small amount
of hand work, kept the plants free from
weeds and in excellent condition until
the runners took full possession of the
beds.
Later, it was found that even the bed
system was superfuous, and for some
years the ground is prepared as for
onions, the plants put in rows 33 inches
apart. At harvest time the vines are
cut between sets of three rows, and
with weed hooks and prong hoes rolled
like strips of carpet into punches and
dried for fodder. If you have never
tried sweet potato forage, well cured,
for your cows, horses and swine, there
is new experience in agriculture for
you.-Farmers' Advocate.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-07-12
Winter Killed Clover.

Much clover gets winter killed be
cause the frost lifts it up when the
ground freezes, and when it thaws
again the soil settles away from the
roots and leaves them bare to be dried
up By the sun. A going over with a
heavy roller would press these roots
down into the soil aud firm the soil up
10 them, SO that they would take hold
again and grow. The more porous the
soil the greater the liability of frost
throwing and killing the roots of clover
and grass. Even the trampling Of cattle
alld sheep over 4 field may help to save
the reaEs DC the clover, though the roll.
II Is preferred, as 1t can be made tc
reach every part Of the field.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-07-12
THE Bridge.


"What is his bridge to heaven?' they
cried
And tue warriors held their breath,
As the grizzled king eff hundred fights :
Went down to the river Of death.
Wharf is his bridge to heaven?r they
criedI
rs it bsstioned with buckles and
And glrdle strong with the iron blades
OF the b tiles of bygone years?
"And What are the voices he hears in his
dreams?
Are they the clamors of fight,
Or the echoes of splendid victories that
come
AS he stands by the river at night?
'Nay, nay" and they stand by in wonder
and awe,
For all that he builds on there
Are withered blossoms, baby's shoe
And the lock OF swomar's hair.
And the only voice he hears in his
dreams,
As the world dies out in his ears,
Are an old love-ballad, baby's laugh,
And the sob of dead wife's tears.
-Pearson's Magazine.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-07-12
Points Good on Wash Day.

A very hot iron should never be used
for fiannels or woolens.
Clothes lines are made much more
durable by boiling for ten minutes be-
fore they are used.
Table linen should be ironed when
quite damp and ironed with hot and
very heavy iron.
Embroideries should be ironed on a
thin, smooth surface over thick flannel,
and only on the wrong side.
Wash fabrics that are inclined to fade
should be soaked and rinsed in very
salty water, to set the color, before
washing in suds.
Silken fabrics, especially white silk
handkerchiefs, should not be dam
pened, but ironed with moderately
warm iron when taken from the line
Irons should not be allowed to be-
come red hot, as they will never retain
the heat properly afterwards. journal
of Health.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-07-12

grows oats for home use will find "a
profit in cutting them while the grain
is lin the dough-" or soft enough ito
crush between the thumb and finger
and curing them for hay. Beth horses
and cattle eat them greedily, leaving
no straw, and seem to keep in quite as
good working condition as if FED on
timothy hay and dry oats. 1t is saying
also of the labor of threshing, and there
may be another saving they mfy De
harvested before they begin to ri BY
the way, how many know that r rust
OH the oats and that on the bfDerry
bush are identical, and that to sly oats
near bunch Or hedge of baperrles
is to invite the rust to attack item. we
were told SO many years ago, ana we
have seen facts that seemed to prove 1t.
Exchange
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-07-12
The Mule made.

For January, 1900, tlAre We're export
ed $3.50 mules, against 53S head in
January, last year. THE export of
mules for the seven npnths ended Jan
uary, 1900, comprisesa total of 22,264
head, against 1884 Mules for the cor
responding period in :S9S, the former
valued at $1,947,214. md the latter at
$431,372. Evidently thu wars are Of adj
vantage to the horse and the mule
growers, and the end 4 the wars will
not end all, because tie whole horse
and mule supply is reaching low point
and it will take number Of years to
catch up with the demad.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-07-12
Loo JAM MYSTERIES.
II is Difficult 10 Explain How They Begiu
or End.

II Is Difficult to Explain How They Begiu
or End.
"A log jam is one of the most formld-
able problems we have to encounter
in our line Of business" said Missi-
ssippi lumberman. I'VE had several
big ones on the Pascagoula and It's tri-
butaries this year and a tremendous
jam some distance above Moss Point
was dynamited only last week.
How they begin is difficult to ex-
plain: A few dozen logs will become
Wedged for an instant in a narrow
part Of a stream and in less time than
it takes me to tell it hundreds of
others will come swooping down and
pack themselves in an intricate, close
knit span, reaching from bank to bank,
and almost as solid as rock. The
force they exert is something marvel
louS. During recent jam in my sec
ton | saw lot of logs plunge under
the edge of the blockade. and few
seconds later they pushed their way up
through the very middle of the pack,
tossing timbers as big around as a
mans waist into the air like so many
toothpicks. The noise they made as
they drove through the mass was SIM
ply deafening. 1t sounded as if the
solid earth was being torn up by it's
foundations. When the logs passed
under the jam they were evidently
caught in such a way as to still fur.
Their obstruct the imprisoned stream.
and We're hurried upward with all the
irresistible energy of millions of gal
Ions Of rushing water.
'The breaking of a jam is a very
ticklish operation and seems to be
largely matter Of instinct with old
rivermen The lines and angles of
strain in such blockade are so com
plicated that the best engineer in the
world is apt to go wrong in indicating
the proper point Of attack. A veteran
lumberman, on the contrary, Will OK
ten take a long look at the mass and
then point out the key log The key
log is the timber on which the strain
centres, and when it is blown out or
pried out, the pack, in almost every in
stance, will break up of itself. | had
an old fellow in my employ few
years ago who could locate key log
nine times out of ten. He couldn
read or write; knew nothing about en-
cheering and was unable to explain
how, ha arrived at his conclusions lie
said it came kinder nach'rul. .
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-07-12
Experimental farming.

Why, says correspondent, shall not
each farmer in 1900 So aside plot on
which to test Seeding of his own rails
ing or those secured fom others? One
of the most interestilg experiments is
starting new sorts f grapes. Take
seed of any good variety, plant in bed,
and the second yearsransplant. have
secured from Concrd all colors and
many very choice sorts. But it does
not so much matte, what we work at
whether potatoes, orn, grapes, berries,
or beans-it gives feat zest to farm life
to create new ting. Start your boys
and girls ON that ne, and they will not
hate farm life.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-07-12
Se1ecting Seed Wheat.

This very good suggestion comes
from the Kansas Experiment Station,
and wheat growers should bear it in
mind. 1t is also applicable to other
grain crops, as barley and oats. 1t is
common among corn raisers to main
tain or improve a given variety by Sc
lection of the seed Ears showing de-
sirable characters are set aside, and
furnish seed for the succeeding crop.
Though not SO convenient, this method
can be applied with equal success to
the selection of seed wheat. The Ex-
pertinent Station of the Kansas State
Agricultural College is endeavoring to
breed up improved varieties of wheat.
There is no reason why the simple
method of selection should not be APP
piled by the individual wheat raiser.
We would advise the following pro-
cedure: Before harvesting, the grower
should go into the wheat field and Sc
lect number Of the most desirable
heads. The basis of selection depends
upon the wishes of the individual, but
is carried on as in the case of corn.
Usually it will be upon the basis of
yield and quality In this case the
heads selected should be large, well
formed, and with plump, uniform
grains. The grain derived from these
heads should be grown upon plot of
ground under the most favorable con-
ditions. The grain gathered from this
plot furnishes the seed for the third
year. But, before harvesting, selec-
ton of suitable heads should be made
from this for the next seed plot. In
this way the seed is each year i'm
proved or at least maintained at it's
present standard. The size of the seed
plot depends upon the total area of
wheat to be grown. Furthermore the
seed plot may be given much more
careful treatment than is applicable to
the field. 1t is best to have the seed
plot within the main field so as to be
entirely surrounded by wheat. This
lessons the loss from grasshoppers and
other insects, and gives the plants bet
ter protection.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-07-12
Ironing Shirt Waists,

When ironing colorcd waist, either
of silk or cotton fabric, one should not
use too hot an iron. and yet it must be
hot enough to iron smoothly, without
blistering or sticking to the starch. AB
oyerheated iron Injuries bright colors
In ironing a silk waist, place a piece OF
cheese cloth over the garment. and iron;
as any ordinary article By doing this,
the natural appearance Of the silk is
preserved, and this would be impossi-
BILE if the iron were brought in direct
contact with it-Woman's Home Com
panion.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-07-12
Lightning Bread.

To make the yeast, boil eight medium
sized potatoes very soft; drain and
mash fine; add half cup of sugar, one
tablespoonful of salt, two softened
yeast cakes and one gallon warm
water. Put this in warm place for
twenty-four hours when it will be,
ready for use. If kept in cool place
it will keep long time. To make the
bread: In the morning take one cup of
the yeast and one and one-half cups of
warm water for each loaf Mix in
enough -four to make a soft, velvety
dough. Let it rise and put into loayes
or make into biscuits.-W. T.. Turner
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-07-12
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SHIRT Wais1s in Africa.

Helen oaddick, bne Of the few white
women who have sentured into the
heart of Africa, has recently written
about her trip from zambesi to the
great lakesa trip for pleasure.
gha cotton blouses or waists which
she lpre were washed and ssironed' by
her sAtive boy and the process was
extrY tdinary.
TIL aadryman first spread q mat
on I'd Found Next the clothes to be
.sironl'f were placed on It and smooth
ed ousaYs well as possible. Then, plac-
/ ing aldwel or some large cloth over
the giSnent, he rubbed lis feet back
and fAh over it dnsiI he thought it
was snboth enough .s
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-07-12
poughIlHtS.

Put half pound of flour in a basin,
with little salt and a dessertspoonful
of baking powder. Mix these well to-
gether; add one whole egg, mixing it
into a nice soft dough with little cold
milk. Have ready deep pan of nice,
sweet dripping. With well-fioured
hands make the dough into little balls,
no larger than marble; as soon as the
fat smokes put in the doughnuts-not
too many, or they will stick together.
Keep turning them about with fork
to let them brown all over alike; drain
on kitchen paper; serve ION a napkin)
well busted with lemon or cinnamon
sugar.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-07-12
Wasting Wool.

Sheepmen ar quite generally aban-
doning the wishing Of wool on the
sheep or any yther way. The price re-
ceiyed for wished over unwashed wool
is now not el,ugh to pay for the work
and for expolng the sheep from colds
from the wser. The centrifugal ma
chimes that lash the wool so quickly
and thorou1ly are too keen competi-
tors Of til shepherd. Perhaps the
washed vol is really a little more val
liable, bI if it is the buyer is unwill-
ing to nike inducements in the way of
better YiceS
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-07-12
Cauliflower Au Gratin.

For caulifI0wer an gratin soak head
Of caulifiower in cold, sailed water, top
downward, for one hour. Then tie it
in white cheesecloth and boil in sailed
water until tender. Serve it in shall
low dish and cover with a white sauce
made of one cup of milk, one table
spoonful of butter and one tablespoons
rul of -four. Sprinkle grated cheese
over tue top, cover with buttefed bread
crumbs, and bake until it is Drowned
On top.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-07-12
Care of Ice Box.

Housekeepers are learning that the
cleaning of the ice box like the clean
Ing Of the house, should be constant
the refrigerator should be carefully
looked over every morning, all spoiled
food removed, the wastepipe flushed
out, unnecessary moisture wiped off,
and the same care given that is ex-
pended at the weekly renoyating. The
HIGHLANDER should have nothing in 1t
but the ice, unless bottles of water or
other drinks are put there. 1t is the
opening and shutting of this chamber
that wastes the ice, particularly where
refrigerator Is built in, i'm passage
with door opening directly in front of
a range, asis often the case. For the
better preservation of the ice it should
be covered with newspaper when the
chest is filled in the morning. The
lower chamber is cooler for all foods, as
cold air falls, but it is difficult to con-
vince the average cook that this is the
case. A small dish of charcoal is nee
essary in each chamber, and the waste
pipe should have very hot, strong
washing soda water poured through it
often. A trick of many kitchen maids
is to chop ice in the refrigerator; it is
necessary sometimes to split piece,
but this should be done with an ice
pick with a movable weight, which
forces the point of the pick through
without any risk of its chipping the
zine lining of the chest.-New York
Post.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-07-12
Pearl Barley Pudding.

All baked cereals should be cooked
in very slow oven to enable the grain
to swell to its utmost capacity and so
become creamy; two ounces of the
cereal to the pint of milk is ample, and
where a very soft pudding is liked the
proportion of grain may be even re-
duced This quantity, with slow cook
cry. allows the grain to swell to its ut
most capacity and to burst. whereas If
a larger proportion to the quantity of
LIQUID is used the latter is too quickly
absorbed, and the grain hardens, not
to mention the waste. Try this and
see how YOU like it.