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Burton'. Committee IBspeetiHs Rivers.

New Orleans. Nov F.-congrss
Theodore r. Burton. Of Ohio, chairman 4
the Rivers ana HarbOrs Committee ~ ~
House. arrived in this city last night acc
companied by the members o. thg A----s.
glppi River committee. with whom ne hAa
been on a trip OF inspection Of the sis'-
isslppi River and OF the Atcnata-ay-
River. The congressmen viii leave MOE
day nignt for Gadsden. Ala, where 20
viii 90 over the coosa River with "a pai-
OF local business men. This river s ol'
which Il Il desired 20 open Alabama y
order 10 give a deep waterway o-lll "
the ssa from the Alabama coal fields.
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most severe punishment provided By
Chinese Jaw. forgetting that the princes
lie beyond the reach OF Chinese common
law
M. Piehon. the French Ambassador.
has resumed his duties
More re3ssuring messages come from
the southern provinces"
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Two Asaiasi Oae Ia Cs,bo, Duel.

Cheyenne. Wye, Nov. Is-John and Al
bert Alderice and Tobias Borner. eowboys.
fought a duel In the mountains near Otto.
By0. Three horses were killed and the
Alderiee brothers were seriously wounded
John received q ball In the shoulder ana
Albert MAS shot in the stomach. The two
families have been q, var for some time.
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Dissraceful ARRAY in Croatian Diet.

London, Nov. ia disgraceful con-
fiict took place Saturday at Agram in
the Croatian Diet" says a dispatch from
Vienna TO the Daily Express ''The op-
posing parties engaged in a free fight and
wrecked the furniture and windows One
member emptied a six-chambered revolver
at the opposition benches, and his col
leagues nearly lynched him. Many depu-
ties were wounded"
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Tive Dealh. In Chanee,. Command.
Tsku. NOVEMBER II.

The following casualty report from Gen.
chaifee has been received at the War De-
partment.
Taku. November r.
The ioiloSinE ezAaalties have occurred since last
report November ,. al Tiea,asa cslHora D. BED
ford Company 4. FoaTtsonth Infantry, typhoid
fever November Il. AZ Pekin. Edward J. Jennings
civilian tsasslss. esIsass lsgsezss.aEl.is.
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csuays..man f,ailry selilBs Il. @iablf.

Lexington, KY, Nov. B.-~hile Eefe y
day Congressman Joseph Bailey mace =.
rangements s@r the shipping o. lae 80 80,
part OF his tEotting horses 70 Ne" lo.-
Saturday for sale al Madison square ,'-t
den. Electric Belle. b. Electi93,s''' ~
among the number. He VIII retain .-.rx -.x
OF about ave colts bg Wiggins' lSi '-
purposes.
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No Delay In vaa Llew Murder Trial.

Van Vert. Ohio. Nov. 1s.--Judge Mooney
to-day refused 20 quash the Indictment for
murder against Mrs. Van Lew. HhO Is
charged with having thrown vitrioi in the
face Of Miss Alice Hamma. Miss HammeI
died as the result Of her injuries. Mrs.
Van Lew. who IS the wife OF a proni-
nent banker. has been In Jan here since
her arrest two months ago.
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sIOo. 600 Fire Dayeuuert.

Davenport, Iowa. Nov lS.-The Rem
wick Block, occupied by the Davenport
Furniture and Carpet Company and ad-
jacent buildings occupied by the Harold
Peterson Wall Paper Company, the Jar
Wis White Art Company. and the Perry
Shoe house were burned this afternoon.
Loss. SIO1.no: insurance. $50 O10
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CFuslonl has plurality of 2.zss FOR gov
error ard Glenn tFusionl for Congress
man bats Morrison hN la
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rn.len Plaralllle. In Idaho.

Boise. Idaho Nov. iS.-complete returns
from the election show an average piur-
any OF 1855 Tor Bryan electors. Hunt
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Less Than sixty Thousand Votes Cast.

Special to The Washington Post.
Jackson, Miss, Nov. 19-Returns from
all counties here to-day. showing total
electoral vote, 59,103, of which highest
Democrat received 81, zoo; Republican, 5,75S;
POpulist l6i4.
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81. Petersburg. Nov. is.-coGht 2''.D. =
besleged By numerous impor'1na'o =,
fishers and theatrical agents Wh9 -
obtain exclusive privileges "a N''
drama. The Corpse"
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To rehuiid wasted tissue and fortify the syrsem
against the sufden changes Of fall and siEieF DE
tcss Eseonns-a DR. SiEGEHIS AAgsgg!a BiiIsgs.
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THE WORK OF CONGRESS
incoming Statesmen Talk Of
Proposed Legislation.
SENATOR LODGE GIVES HIS VIEWS

lie says that the SpssHer Bill fer the Cow
ernmeat Of the Philippines ouEht to be
Passed -CoREressmaR GrssveHoF says
The shipping Rili Will Pass the House.
bat lie VIII Net Undertaks 20 Predict Its
Fate in SeHate--Changes in Committees.
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Hooss's Sas.Sanariiia

Promises TO cure and keeps the
promise. Accept no substitute. but
get Hoods today
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= he Stimulus
of Pure EEo0Ey

That Is what is required by every
organ OF the body. for the proper per-
formance Of its functions.
1t prevents bilIousness, dyspepsia.
constipation. kidney complaint. rheu-
matism. catarrh. nervousness, weak
ness. taintness. pimples. blotches. and
all cutaneous eruptions.
1t perfects all the vital processes.
". ?. Keeton. Woodstock. Ala, took Hoe ~
Sarsaparilla 10 make his blood pure. he
writes that be bad net felt well bat tired for
some time. Before be had finished the first
bottle Of this medicine be felt better snd
when be had taken the second was Ike
another mar free from that tired feeling
and able 20 do his work.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-06-14

I suppose have given IN 4 LOT -.
my selfishness. 1t might De nice to have
a wife always waiting for me and nIan.
ming little surprises for nv comforts
and enjoyment, if she were sweet end
nice and charming, like she would no
before | married her. And to ALWAYS
have some one to take out with mo
whenever Tor rather she-care to go.
And to entertain my friends as some
women can do. And to see great tall
boys and gentle girls-my children
growing up about me. But man must
nave lot of nerve to ask a woman to
give herself to him alone.''
mot necessarily" Mildred's lips were
parted in smile
Her freedom, her childhood home.
her name, all girlish pastimes. every bit
Of Browning went on, answering
his own question.
''She regards it all as a pleasant sac
rifice, if she loves the man, Mr.. Brown
ing.'
And If she loves the man will she
want to do all this if he asks her toY'
Men are positive and women mega
tive"
$50 you advise me to marryY'
Il advise all men to marry"
Then why are you single, Mildred p
Il? Oh, l am a woman And she
laughed softly.
Browning watched the gay scene Of
the ballroom in silence for a moment.
Then he said:
Mildred, shall tell you why l never
| married!'
The girl buried her face again in the
roses.
"Yes," she said.
Because l never thought you would
have me. You were so bright and gay,
| and ten years younger than -
Mildred leaned forward until he felt
her breath on his cheek. She spoke
rapidly, for she saw Mr. Bixby coming
to claim waltz.
"Shall tell you why never married,
PaulY'
YES"
Because you never asked me-"
Mildred
Browning sprang forward from the
silken cushions and caught her hand.
But she withdrew it hurriedly, and
| with her face all wreathed in smiles
| caught up her flowers and fan and lace
handkerchief, and said, as she walked
| away:
Come to me tomorrow afternoon at
3, Mr.. Browning"
And a moment later Browning saw
her floating through the steps Of the
waltz on the arm of George Bixby.-St.
Louis Star.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-06-14
Government Lands.

1t is reported that there are, or will
be when the war is over, many millions
Of government land to dispose of in the
Philippine Islands, but we do not think
we shall care to settle on them while
we live. 1t is too hard to get a clear
title, or to get the government to war
rant and defend" against hostile neigh
bors, or so it was in the new States and
Territories in the Northwest. We
should prefer to take up homestead
in some of the five States of Alabama,
Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana and Mis-
sissippi, where not long ago there were
said to be about 100000 acres yet
subject to entry under the homestead
law. We should prefer the people of
those States as neighbors to those of
the Philippines, from what we hear of
them.-American Cultivator.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-06-14
WIsCONSIN's RECORD.
FAITHFULLY TOLD IN READABLE
SHAPE.
British Flag Causes Riot at Waupun-
New Lisbon Bank Looted-Farmers
Compelled to Aid Aged Parents
Serious Runaway at Grand Rapids.

Because of large British flag flying
from one of the buildings connected with
the State penitentiary, Waupun under
went tremendous excitement. In the
morning Warden McClaughry flung a
British flag to the breeze on the princi-
pal street. In the afternoon Aid. David
son, a soldier of the Spanish war, called
on the warden and requested the removal
of the flag as offensive to old soldiers
and liable to incite riot. The request
was refused At o'clock large COM
mittee of Grand Army men called on the
warden and requested the removal of the
flag. This request was refused and the
committee was ordered off the premises.
The committee refused to go. The war
den said no power on earth could make
him remove the flag. A crowd of hun
dreds began to gather. Mayor Green was
called and he warned McClaughry he was
melting riot and in his official position as
Mayor he demanded the flag be forth
with hauled down in the interests of law
and order. McClaughry again refused,
but Mrs. McClaughry called negro SER
want and he by her orders removed the
flag. The crowd then dispersed.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-06-14
EASY OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

Em p1Oyment of Amanuenses Causes
Men to Forget How to Spell.
''The practice of using an amanuensis
busy men of affairs" said a Magazine
street wholesaler, land it's death on
photography. l defy any man who has
dictated to a stenographer for as long
a period of time as two years to sit
down and write an ordinary business
letter without making at least four or
five ridiculous blunders in spelling.
Skill in English photography is purely
an arbitrary accomplishment. It's
feat in mnemonics and doesn't neces-
sarily presuppose the possession of any
special intellectual gifts. The only way
that the average man retains his ability
to spell with reasonable correctness is
by keeping constantly in practice and
seeing the written words before his
eyes. Let him suspend that mental
exercise for a short time and the first
thing you know he'll be spelling ele-
plant with two rs.
THE stenographer habit is as bad as
cocaine-when once you begin it you've
got to keep it up or you're lost. If
attempted to write letter of any
length at present my correspondent
would be certain to set me down as
scandalous ignoramus, and | believe
nine-tenths of the business men in the
CITY are in the same boat. The memory
of most people, by the way, is chiefly
graphic, as far as spelling is concerned
/ mean by that that they have to write
a word down on paper and see how 1t
looks before they are certain about its
photography. That is why they become
rusty SO quick as soon as they give up
the personal handling of the pen. In
medieval times the upper classes
didn't pretend to know how to write.
They left that to professional scriven-
ers. and we appear to be drifting back
to that happy condition of affairs. =
Pittsburg News.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-06-14
In the Great Northwest.

Where in the woody west are the
sombreroed ruffians with pistols. and
knives in their boots and cartridge
belts around their waists? Where are
tho Alkali Ikes, Lariat Bills, ct al,
who fire at the decanters in barrooms
and at the silk hats of tenderfoot
strangers-the yillainous desperadoes
whose lynching bees and other harrow
ing anecdotes make up considerable
Of tbe stock in trade of our eastern
comic illustrators? l do not know.
For many years l have wandered
through the. great northwest on horse
back. stage coach and in canoes, as
well as in the palatial Pullman sleep
or of the great transcontinental lines,
and T have never discovered any OF
the fierce. bewhiskered dime-novel
heroes. Fasteners have an erroneous
immersion about the vast plains coun-
trv that stretches eastward from the
tanks of the Rockies to the wheat
fields of the Dakotas. In reality. IL
;s q region where crimes are far less
numerous in proportion to population
than they are in the densely settled
REGIONS of the Eastern and Middle
States.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-06-14

should be found and the trouble RENE
died. Is the point Of the pillow dull OF
the cutter that is used in front Of it in
sward land? 1t would be cheaper to
get a new plow than to wear out plow-
men and team with pillow in poor con-
dition. But quite often the trouble
arises from the line of draught not
being right. 1t would seem that any
farmer should know IL his pillow run
her nose into the ground" so that he
found he had to bear his weight on the
handles, or pulled out SO he had to lift
on it to keep it in, or whether it took
too wide furrow or too narrow one,
and should know how to remedy it, yet,
says farm writer, we have known a
farm hand to work all day with plow
when he was putting out more strength
every hour than he would have used
in a days work with the same plow
after he had hitched the team properly.
And the team was as tired as he.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-06-14
"Insu1atins" the Roosts.

Ordinary roosts in henhouses are
nailed directly to the walls. This con-
nection gives vermin a chance to reach
the roosts very readily from the cracks
in the walls, where they gather often
in large numbers. There is manu-
featured continuance in the form of
bracket, with an oil cup in it, that
gives no connection between the roosts
and the wall except over the oil that is
in the cup. A homemade arrange
ment for securing much the same re-
suit is shown in this cut. A stout wire
passes through the ends of the roosts
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-06-14
Raising Sweet Potatoes.

Select rich, sandy soil and plow deep.
Be sure that the ground is fine, and
then throw it up in small ridges about
three feet apart. These ridges can
quickly be shaped up with hoe to
uniform size. / think it best to leave
the ridges stand several days SO that
the moisture will get more evenly dis
tributed through them. AS soon as the
danger of frost is past in the spring,
and the ground is warm, select the
plants. Take the plant in one hand and
with the other hand make hole pretty
we'll down in the top Of the ridge, SO
that permanent moisture may be Sc
cured to the roots Press the dirt rather
firmly around the roots. Set the plants
Is to 10 inches apart. | would not
water the plants unless the ground is
very dry. Set the plants out in the
evening, or, still better, during cloudy
weather. When all the plants begin to
grow and the weeds appear, with a
hoe, shave the surface of the ridge
away from the plants, and when the
plants begni to vine, hoe the dirt up
around them and the tending is done.
Dig before frost and pack in dry saw
dust Avoid letting the potatoes get
chilled, and you can have sweet pota-
toes until spring.-Mrs. Charles e. Nor
riS
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-06-14

and is drawn taut between two pieces
of studding into which screweyes
have been inserted in the way shown
in the illustra ton. A cut is made in
the studding SO that the screweyes may
be inserted in nearly upright posi-
ton. The base of the screweye is
wound with tow, which is kept satu-
rated with oil. In this way the roosts
are perfectly insulated" from any APP
proach by vermin, except such as are
brought to the roosts by the fowls, and
these can be kept under control by
frequent busting with insect powder.
Prize Shorthorn Bull.
The most successful exhibitor at the
Dublin Society's spring show was the
queen, who exhibited three Shorthorns
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-06-14
Cheap HAY Barn,

The accompanying cut shows how a
light hay barn may be constructed very
cheaply, and yet it will serve every
purpose of storage for hay or grain, if
necessary. 1t is made of 2 by 4 stuff
for small building, or 2 by 6 for a
larger one. The posts are 16 feet high,
and the building is "a feet wide. The
drawing shows one of the bents, of
which there may be four for a barn "a
feet square; for longer one the bents
may be set six or eight feet apart.
All that is necessary is to set up the
bents and connect them together by
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-06-14
Burglars Rob Another Bank.

The Bank Of New Lisbon, owned by w.
III. HI. Cash, was robbed and several
thousand dollars in cash taken. The
whole front of the safe was blown out
with nitroglycerin and the front of the
building was partially wrecked. The ex
plosion was terrific. There is no clew to
the perpetrators, although it is suspected
that couple of strangers who had been
hanging around town for two days may
have been the guilty parties. The bank
will suspend business pending temporary
repairs, when business will be resumed.
President Cash says none of the deposit
ors will lose a cent
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-06-14
Killing Weeds.

When we went to school we were
taught that if ten men could do GER
tain piece of work in one day, one man
could do it in ten days, but we were
taught by experience that this would
not apply to weed killing and many
other bits of farm work. In hoeing a
field large enough to keep ten men at
it all day, it would take a smart man
to get it done all summer. The growth
of weeds ahead of him would make
each days work smaller, while behind
him they would grow so that he would
find those places he hoed the first day
would be in need of being hoed again
before he reached the end. This, of
course, applies to rich land, where
weeds grow rank and rapidly. There
fore, it will pay to get extra labor to
finish a field quickly when it needs hoe
ing. And remember, too, that the man
who lost his railway train said he ran
fast enough. but the trouble was that
he did not start soon enough. Begin in
season.-American Cultivator.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-06-14
Compel1ed to Help Parents.

John and Leo Koelbel, well-to-do farm
ers residing in the town of Newton, had
a hearing at Manitowoc in the County
Court before Judge Anderson, having
been cited to appear there ON charge of
contempt for failing to comply with an
order of the court commanding them to
pay so cents week each for the sup
port Of their aged parents. The town
board last December presented a petition
to the County Court asking it to issue an
order compelling the two Koelbels to sup
port their parents, both of whom We're
aged and infirm, and the sons being able
to do so. The court issued the order to
take effect Jan. 1, 1900, but the two sons
have positively refused to give single
cent toward the support of their father
and mother. The court ordered them both
to be committed to the county Jail until
they saw fit to comply with the order to
pay the specific amount for the support
of their parents.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-06-14
Kenosha Plants United.

All the public utilities in Kenosha are
now under one management. A deal was
closed the other day by the Kenosha
Electric Light and Power Company and
the Kenosha Public Heating plant. The
price paid was 100000. At the same
time as the purchase was placed on rec
ord the company filed articles of organiza-
ton incorporating the new company, with
a capital stock of 100000. The com
pany will make great changes in the
plants and will do a regular electric light
ing and gas business.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-06-14
G1eanings.


For Woodworking horses all grain
should be ground and fed upon moist
ened chafed hay. Food thus prepared
is readily masticated.
Burrowing animals are driven out of
their holes or suffocated by Califor-
MANS compound, which is formed of
sulphur, tar and petroleum, applied by
fibrous, infiammable material, being.ig-
nited and inserted in the burrow by a
pair of slender tongs.
The agricultural experiment station
at saltwater, Okla, has issued a bulle-
tin reporting the results of field expert
ments in 1899. Tests of different meth
DDS of growing corn, Kaffir corn, cot
ton and castor beans are reported. The
bulletin is sent free to all who apply.
Potatoes are rapidly dug, cleaned and
sacked by new apparatus which has
a pillow to unearth the tubers, the dirt
and potatoes falling into an endless
chain elevator, which delivers them
into hopper with slat sides, which re-
moves the dirt and drops the potatoes
into bag.
Continued effort should be made to
increase the acreage Of alfalfa. This
should be regarded as crop for hay
rather than for pasture. Spring SOW
ing on clean, well prepared soil has 10
many cases given good results. II
sowing at this time fails, it may be re-
peated in August or early September,
which is the most favorable time for
fall sowing.
Trees dying from injury by fires or
weakened in vitality offer favorable
conditions for the manipulation of vast
numbers of destructive insects. More.
over, the trees which have been killed
by insects furnish in their fallen
branches and partially decayed trunks
and dry bark most favorable propa-
eating ground for the starting, spread
and perpetuation OF forest fires
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-06-14
Brief state happenings.


New London is now free from small
pox.
A new break of scarlet fever is prevail
ing at Harvard.
Joshua Rhodes. farmer of Caledonia,
has discovered he is a cousin of Cecil
Rhodes Of South African fame.
Ernest Tryrer, Is years old, was
drowned in a whirlpool at Calamine,
while on Sunday school excursion.
James E. Keelyn of Evanston, ILL.,, filed
a petition in bankruptcy at Milwaukee,
with liabilities 1923, rs and assets ST.
1917
William A. Hanson of Fort Dodge,
Iowa, was sentenced at Racine to one
wear in the reformatory at Green Bay
for larceny.
A. Ell. Hull, aged %, an operator for the
Northwestern road at Dellsplain, Iowa,
was killed by train. Up to last April
he was the agent at Baraboo.
The Green Bay and Western road has
lust awarded a contract for the building
OF three bridges along its lines Mt Duck
Greek, Manawa and Grand Rapids.
A large black bear caught John Olson,
a farmer living nine miles north of Cum
berland, by the hand and chewed that
member completely off. swallowing the
hand Mr.. Olson's brother shot the bear
and saved his brothers life.
George Kussow of Depere fell between
the cars of freight train at Winnebago
and received injuries that caused his
death He was 16 years of age.
Capt. Henry Sanford of Manitowoc,
clerk in the adjutant generals office at
Madison. has been appointed to clerk
ship in the census bureau at Washing
ton.
Elsie Whitsan, 4 years old, child of
Henry Whitsan, died at Neenah of grief.
Her mother died few days before and
from then until her death the child cried
without stopping. Physicians say that
death was causd bv broken heart.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-06-14
FRAME OF HAY BARN.

plates spiked to the posts, and then
board up the sides with clap boards,
or with common boards. The building
may be strengthened by diagonal
braces, and the roof boards will add
to it's strength. AS there is no weight
on the building, the contents of it
resting on the ground, the timber will
be quite light With shorter posts such
a building as this will make an excel
lent sheep or cattle barn.