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THURSDAY. WAY Il. 1900.
THE REPUBLICAN STATE CONvEN
TION.

In many respects the republican
state convention held at Cheyenne May
10th was he most notable political
gathering in the history Of Wyoming.
1t was composed of business men VINO
had travelled in many cases hundreds of
miles and spent much of their valuable
time in order hat they might lend thor
aid in perpetuating that party in pow
er which has done SO much for the pro
gress and prosperity of the nation
Every county in the state was fuIly
citizens accompanied their delegates On
give personal counsel and aid Il Was
not IA scene of pickering and strife.
Wyoming republicans are in harmony.
1t was a meeting merely to ratiry the
almost unanimous wishes of the rrpuh-
licans of the entire state.
Hon. Frank w. Mondcll's rcn1mIuu-
ton has been a foregoue conclusion rDI
many months, in fact he has never had
opposition within the party lines. Ills
record has been such as to fully eutit.t
him to another term and comes at this
time as a well done, thou good and
faithful servant" During the present
session he has introduced many meas
ures for the benefit of the people Of the
entire west and they are in a fair way
to become laws. His homestead bill
will be a great relief to many unfurtu-
nate people, his desert bill will make
existence more %tolerable for our ranch
men and his school of mines bill will
give to the colleges a needed ius,itu-
ton. He has championed every meas
ure calculated to better the condition
OF the people, whether of this country
or our newly acquired possessions.
His speech on the Porto Rican bill was
a masterpiece and did much to clear
the atmosphere. which was decidedly
murky at the time it was delivered.
In the selection of electors and dele
gates to the national republican CON
vention the convention has put forward
u foremost citizens. Messrs. Warren,
Clark, Mondell, Richards. Torrey and
Goble will do credit to the common
wealth. The electors, Messrs. Brooks,
Bradbury and Cheney, are distinguish
ed citizens of Wyoming. Their inter
ests have been the interests of the state
almost from lifetime of its earliest set
Element. They are representatives. o,
sterling manhood and the sound bust.
ness interests. OF them The Rcpubli.
can will have more to say as the cam,
paign wakes.
The platform is clearcut and %uncquiy,
ocal. There is not an ambiguous sen.
tence in it. President Mckinley's ad
ministration is endorsed in the strong
est terms. The financial resolution!
commend the action of congress in leg
islating in the interests of sound cur
rency. The Dingley tariff is pointed Il
with pride as a measure which has aug
mented the stock interests of the stat,
and has given employment to all gu
workingmen. Senators Warren ant
Clark and Congressman MondeIl ar,
commended for their work on behalf o
the people and the administration o
Governor Richards and the other stat
officers is endorsed.
The republicans of Wyoming hay
thrown down the gauntlet and are nov
prepared to meet the enemy upon tn,
rostrum and in the press. confident tina
the cause of the people is upon thei
side and hat victory will be theirs il
November.
, 1900-05-17

AFTER suffering from piles for nj
teen years I was cured by using two
boxes Of DeWitt's Witch Hasel Salvs.'
writes W. J. Baxter, North Brook. N
C. 1t heals everything. Beware Of
counterfeits. A. H. Cordiner, Drug
gist.
, 1900-05-17

Extra copies Of The laramie RsDub-
lican's illustrated edition may b had
At tAis o0es a. q IL sewn dsDoe os
Is esnts ~ eoDW
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Almost any form Of legal blank may
be had at The Republican ONCE.
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IS CENTS EACH; 2 FOR rs GENTS.

In addition to the foregoing list We
have a few volumes Of larger books,
each book containing IL or more COM
plete novels. by popular authors, neatly
bound in paper cover, which We will
close out at Is cents each or two for Is
cents; by mail s cents per book extra
for postage:
No. 3. Mary Cecil Hays Works.
No. 4. Thirty Complete Novels by
Famous Authors.
No. 7. The Giant Manual-Twelve
Books In One.
No. 10. The Ladies' Manual-rwslvs
Books in One.
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Almost any form Of legal blank may
De had at The Republican office.
, 1900-05-17

Old papers Csc per hundred 1t TIE
o00I .,ln3
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wYoMrNGs FINANCIAL SHOWING.
The Most Exact Guage of Prosperity
to Be Had.

Washington. d. c.. May 16.-The
most exact gauge of prosperity is the
showing made by the banking institu-
tons Of the country. The good show
ing made by Wyoming in this respect
may b" found in the following state
ment. which shows banking conditions
in Wyoming at the close of the last
democratic administration as compar-
Cd with these conditions at the close
Of the third year Of President McKin-
lcy's term The showing needs no
comment. Here it is:
Banks. July IS, '94. June 80, '99
National. deposits. .sS0S,5 12 sl,942,7Ss
State, private, de-
posts ........ . 444,l24 1,210,12l
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Old papers Csc per hundred at The
Republican office.
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Old papers 80 Per hundred q The
Republican oneA.
, 1900-05-17

The value of raw sugar in the coun-
tries of it's production was rs per cent
higher last March than the average
price in 1897.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-12-06
A Hog Hanger.

Az Ohio farmer writer sketches an
arrangement for hanging hogs when
scaAing, etc. 1t is made by taking a
large pole about fifty feet long Tor
lever and another about sixteen feet
long for post. Set this post four feet
in ground and have made clevls-
shaped iron (A) to support lever ON the
post. This clevis is about one foot long
and wide as post after squaring, with
a crosspiece welded on near middle or
bottom or round part. A three-quarter-
inch hole is made through bottom of
clevis and center of crosspiece, through
which an iron pin is run and driven
into top of post, so as to permit clevis to
revolve on post. Make five-eighths-
inch hole in the long pole or lever about
twelve feet from large end. Raise lever
up and hang in clevis. Attach strong
chain to large end, and have the scald-
ing vat directly beneath this chain. Set
bench or platform beside vat to
scrape hog on, and next to this platform
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-12-06
amcunt and hina Of food used s11.s4

amount and hind Of food used s11.SA
CENTS worth In the same time, and pro
duced 255.43 pounds Of butterfat, equal
to 298 pounds Of butter, at cost OF
about 1897 per hundred pounds. It
took of dry matter in the food 81
pounds to make pound of gain on the
steer, and 1923 pounds to make
pound Of butter. If food were all that
had to be taken into consideration but
ter would be most profitable at present
rates, but more care is necessary in Sc
lecting cows Of a dairy type than steers
for feeding. Better buildings and more
utensils are required for butter making
than for fattening cattle, and much
more labor is required in making Dut-
ter. But again this is in part offset py
the value Of the skimmilk and butter
milk for feeding to calves, pigs or pour
try, which might amount to nearly as
much meat as was produced of butter.
This would help pay for the labor, ana
often the farmers desire to find pront-
able market for their labor.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-12-06
Yaine of IRRIGATION.

value Oh 1TTl&dtIOHs
Prof. Voorhees,, Of the New Jersey
Experiment Station, has decided that
there Is need for some method Of ir-
figation in the Eastern States as well as
IN those west of the Mississippi Valley.
He estimates that the loss Of hay in
New Jersey by reason Of the drought
Of May and June, 1899, amounted to not
less than 81, 100000, while that on small
fruits and vegetables was much larger.
He gives these figures from the Expert
meryt Farm. In 1897 and 1898, both wet
seasons, the hay crop averaged two
tons, 1900 pounds per acre. In 1899 1t
was but a little over one ton. This was
a loss of over $500 on twenty-five acres.
Crimson clover for forage averaged for
the two wet years eight and one-half
tons per acre, and for the dry year the
yield was but five tons. The Oat and
pea forage gave six tons per acre In the
two first years, and but three tons 600
pounds In 1899 On small fruits the
plats that were irrigated produce at the
following rate per acre more than those
not irrigated, blackberries 1,03S quarts
worth $9342, raspberries 800 quarts
worth 1920, currants 852 quarts worth
$500. Thus, on an acre of each there
would be a gain of $211.52 by irrigat-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-12-06
Good Blood Needed.

Ihat there Is now a greater need for
good blood and straight breeding in the
Middle and Eastern States than in the
West will be admitted by every man
who is acquainted with the live stocr,
In both sections. The average QUALITY
or the thin stock which comes to mar
ket IN the West is far superior to thar
In such a market as Pittsburg. Sales
at the latter point of late have included
a large number of low priced cattle,
They were low priced because thev
We're worth so little. AS a rule fhav
lacked the essential qualities Of good
stockers or feeders. They were not
and never will be good beeyes. More
good blood and a little more feed are
the things those who breed cattle ii
THIS country must provide. ational
Sf9ekman ''-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-12-06
Thick or Thin Seeding.

Almost every farmer knows that the
closer grain is sown or stands when
growing usually the greater the pro-
portion Of the straw to the grain, the
only exception being when conditions
are such that the straw is very short
while grain is large and plump. This
may depend in part upon the season,
but In some cases is due to there being
but little nitrogen in the fertilizer to
stimulate growth Of straw and plenty Of
phosphoric acid to increase size Of
grain. This may serve as hint for the
proper fertilizer to use. But-now the
Maine Experiment Station has ascer-
tanned another point by growing one,
Eve and eight stalks of grain in pots of
the same size, using oats and spring
wheat. They found that the grain
where there were five stalks in a not
containing but SO1a per cent as much
nitrogen and S5.42 per cent as much
nutritive value as those where one
stalk grew alone, while where eight
plants are in the pot there was only
70.1 per cent nitrogen and 1851 per
cent nutritive value a scompared with
The single stalk.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-12-06

the jury which presumed to pronounce
his doom. The Italian government will
pay large reward to whoever win
give information that the brigand shall
be taken, dead or alive.
Southern Italy is full of hills. In the
province Of Reggiodi Calabria there
are refugees in plenty for such as Mus
solino. And on a mountain In that part
of the country this particular ruffian
lately fought an all-day battle with
100 soldiers who had surrounded him.
At nightfall he vanished. There are
seven trembling jurymen who will not
sleep well till he is found Mussolino
is terror and he is on the trail.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-12-06
Charming Princess Louise,

There are many stories of the Prin-
cess Louise, and one in the Young
Woman tells how boy on the Bal
moral estate, when asked which mem.
Der of the royal family he liked best
said: II think like the Princess
Louise best, because she's so jolly tc
talk to-" Even Carlyle, we are told,
found her fascinating, for, after meet.
ing her when she was about Fl, the
sage of Chelsea wrote of her to his sis.
ter, Decidedly very pretty young
lady, and clever, too, as found out
In talking to her afterward. n--West.
minister Gazette.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-12-06
The value of a Glover Sod.

The report of the weight of stuDDle
and roots on clover field after the last
crop had been taken off in the autumn,
as found on the experimental farm OF
the late John B. Lawes at Rothamstead,
England, has often been published, Dut
it has been so long since we have seen
it that it will probably be new to many
of our readers. They found In the
stubble and waste on the surface OF
the ground 1860 pounds per acre. In
the first nine inches below the SURFACE
3.O17 pounds. In the next nine inches
275 pounds, and in third nine inches l9l
pounds, or in all 6,152 pounds. Accord
ing to analysis this vegetable matter
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-12-06
When Popping the Question

Having waded through one hung
standard love stories, a man Of S|
teal mind thus tabulates the Va1
ways in which lovers believe ilH
ping the question. In one huN9
cases where the proposal was accql
no less than sixty-seven kissed the II
and began FALL of a sudden" LILY!
one declared they could not live
out her, while seventy-two heN
girls hand, and thirty-siX took VI
their arms. Twenty-six lovers
down to put the question, four 10y
about with their handkerchiefS-AI
three afterwards required to wip'I
the tears of joy; three stood oh
foot, three 'sreclined on the GU
Only four thought it necessary
down on both knees, but twice aSD
knelt on one. In thirty-two cases
ing took place. Only four klssa
girl on the cheek, but ten salu'N
fair ones curls. Three kissed hel'
two her hands, one the top Of tnsp
one her nose (by mistake), ana Op
shawl. Acceptance of the PRIV
caused a lump In the throat OF lu
lovers; the same number had W
of conscience, while five haa
"calm and clear" Nine declareu
selves "the happiest men alive
were deliriously happy, but NV
too full for utterance.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-12-06
circumventing the Hess;an Fly.

C1rcumvenClng the messiah Fly
J. Troop, Of the Indiana station, gives
advice for circumventing the Hessian
fly in that State, which is suggestive also
for other sections: The active period Of
the fall brood in the northern counties
extends approximately from the last Of
August to about the last of September,
gradually getting later as they go
south, so that in the southern portion
they will be found at work probably as
late as the middle Of October. It is evil
dent then, that in order to avoid the
fall brood of the fly the proper time to
sow wheat in the northern counties is
between Sept. 20 and 80, and in the
southern counties from the first to the
middle of October. The station will not
SOW earlier than the first week in Octo-
Der this year, as the flies were active
throughout September in 1899. Decoy
strips should be sown in the north the
last week in August, and in the south
the first ten days of September, plow-
ing these under deeply before sowing
the main crop.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-12-06
He Addressed the Jury.

A man who had never seen a
side of a courtroom until he was
duced as a witness in a case y,
In one Of the Scottish courts w.
sworn, took a position Win w.
to the jury and began telling wv
to the judge. :,
The judge, in a bland, cour'ev'. !,
ner, said: Address yourseA \
Jury, sir"
The man made a short pau',
Notwithstanding what had OeeD
him, continued his narrative IA
The judge was then more M ~
and said to him: "Speak 10 n
sir; the men sitting behind Wv
benches" "A
The witness at once turner
and. making an awkward pv ,,oj|
with perfect gravity, "Gooa :
gentlemen. Buffalo Courier
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-12-06

The League against Seasickness is a
new French organization which pub
fishes serious periodical, the Journal
du Nal de Mer, largely composed Of in
fallible prescriptions against seasick-
ness. Everybody knows such recipes.
People who do not go to sea find them
very effective, and as rule they are
entertaining. But the French journal
ought also to print some fiction with
a less transparent plot and a more
agreeable climax.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-12-06
Orchard Grass.


A contributor to the Rural New
Yorker tells Of a field Of orchard grass
which had been growing for twelve
years on the farm when he bought it,
and yielded about two tons Of hay per
acre each year, and then served as pas
turage for % cows on 80 acres from
July until snow covered the ground.
He does not say how long he kept the
farm, but he left it in 1871, and in 1893
he heard that It had not been plowed.
still yielded as much or more, as the
grass had grown so thick as not to
show the bunchy habit Of growth.
While fall pasturing of meadows is not
now thought the best method of man
agement, it does not seem to have yery
much injured this field, and may have
been better than cutting a second and
third crop from it.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-12-06

That was queenly deed done by
Amelia, queen of Portugal, in saving
the life of a man the other day. The
queen is athletic and fine swimmer.
She saw a man drowning. He was not
a scion of noble blood. but plain boat
man. The queen did not scream or APP
peal for help. She plunged into the
water and helped to hold the man up
until her attendants could reach him.
1t is reported of Gar of the Russias
that he got off his horse, took a wound
ed man to his saddle and brought him
off safely, crying as he came to his
camp. Eve saved man." He had
been victorious in battle but more royal
than all the killing of men was the
Royal act of saving one. So 1t may be
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-12-06
is TERROR OF THE HILLS.

New Brigani Who Has Become a
Plague throughout Italy.
A new brigand, Mussolino by name,
has appeared in the mountains Of Italy.
He is terror on the trail. He started
after the lives of twelve men. If he
cuts notches on the stock of his rife
he is entitled to count five of them now,
for five Of them have met death at his
hands.
Mussolino is himself condemned to
die. Hence his present mission to kill.
The twelve men-not one of whom must
live, to his way of resolving-made up
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-12-06

The case involving the question
whether seat in an ordinary passenr
ger car can be reserved" by the de-
post of piece of baggage has been de-
cided by the New York court in favor
of the right to so reserve. 1t may be
remembered that the case was one in
which passenger placed his valise in
a seat and then went forward to the
smoking car to enjoy his cigar. When
he had finished his smoke he returned
to find the seat occupied and his valise
in the aisle. The intruder was request
ed to leave, but CURLY refused. A con-
troversy on the subject Of reserved
seats was followed by personal en-
counter in which the passenger who
had Jumped the claim" Of the other
was yanked out and left to find am
other seat-if he could. The law was
appealed to and the case turned upon
the point whether the first conner had
established right to the seat by de-
posting his baggage in it, The court
decided that claim to a seat is estab-
lished by the placing of personal be-
longings in 1t and that If a second
conner Jumps the claim" he may be
dispossessed. AS both parties to the
suit are men of means and determine
ton, 1t is possible the case may be
carried farther, and the highest court
in the land may have to pass upon an
exceedingly important point in inter-
state commerce. Evidently the decis-
ion Of the New York court is open to
exception, because it leaves some diff
cult questions untouched. For instance,
If the first occupant of the seat, when
he left his valise in possession, went
forward and occupied a seat in the
smoking car, was he not holding more
than he had paid for? Would passen-
ger No. 2, finding the only available
seat in the ordinary car taken up by
the valise of passenger No. be justi-
fed in jerking the owner of the valise
out Of his seat in the smoking car?
Number 2 was entitled to one seat and
No. / had not paid for two seats. In
recent instance a seat in a full car
was occupied by two valises, and pas
sengers went from car to car trying
to find seat. During the entire jour
ney of over 100 miles the owner Of the
valises occupied seat in the smoking
car and never for a moment sat in the
other seat, out of which he had kept
two passengers. Was that course JUS
tilted by the New York decision? Evil
IDENTIFY the New York court hael not
gone to the bottom of the question rails
ed by the scrapping of the two New
York commuters.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-12-06

According to the census returns the
Indian population of the United States
is about 267 900, and experts say that
there are probably as many or nearly
as many Indians on the continent now
as there were when it was discovered.
AS the Indians are slowly increasing
in number and, according to Prof.
Starr, the rest of us are becoming In
dams, the next adventurer who dis
covers America will find the red men
very numerous.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-12-06

Education adds light to the mind
and skill to the hand of its possessor.
Other things being equal, the man who
reads and by reading keeps in touch
with the advance of improvements in
his trade or art will do more and better
work than the man who has no learn
Ing, In the almost miraculous work of
amalgamating the tide of foreign immi-
grafton and transforming the Letero-
geneous materials into something like
a homogeneous people, the free school
system has been, still is and will con-
tinue to be great and indispensable
factor.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-12-06

The Chinese Minister at Washing
ton in his "Plea for Fair Treatment"
In the Century, adverts to the easy
readiness with which credit was given
TO the lying reports and hideous mis-
representations that came from Shang
hal during those trying days when Ps-
kin was the center of the worlds dire
full apprehensions. Mr.. WI Ting-fang
iaments the incredulity with which
Minister Conger's famous dispatch, an
nouncing the safety of the legations,
was received. He suggests that since
charges and suspicious so degrading to
Chinese character and so harmful in
results were thus absolutely disproved,
the fact shoulA ''teach a lesson all
should heed--not to be too hasty in
forming conclusions" and that Justice
and consideration for others should be
guiding principles upon all occasions"
Truisms these remarks may be, but
worth remembering, for all that
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-12-06

One of the puzzles Of the election is
the immense vote cast and the appar-
ent indifference or apathy of the people
during the campaign. There never was
a presidential election in which the peo-
pie seemed to be less interested, but
when it came to voting they tumbled
over each other to get to the polls.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-12-06
would have enough phosphoric acid fol

would have enough phosphoric acid for
more than two average crops, enough
nitrogen for more than four average
crops, and potash enough for more than
six average crops of wheat. Thus we
can see the value Of a clover sod plow-
ed under for the wheat or corn crop.
If the clover, which produced 5000
pounds of hay to the acre, had been
plowed in that would have added 10S
pounds Of nitrogen, % pounds of phos-
phoric acid 971a pounds of potash, SO
pounds of lime and 3411a pounds of mag
nesia.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-12-06

The cheerful idiot, who is always
ready to make suggestions in matters
that he knows nothing about, was In
evidence when ink was applied to the
scalded face of a woman in a Penn
sylvania town a few days ago. She Is
now terribly disfigured for life.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-12-06

erect post with four crosspieces on
top to hang hogs on. Fasten small
rope to small end Of lever to pull it
down with when lifting the hog in and
out of scalding receptacle on bench and
to hanging post
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-12-06

Keen business ability was shown by
the train robber who forced the sleep
ing-car porter to collect from the pas
ssengers for him.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-12-06

AS to the Prince of Wales taking to
eyeglasses, it's quite natural that at
60 man looks out on the world differ
emily than at 20.