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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1901-02-07
A GIRL OF EXPEDIENTS.
How the Bishop of Norwich Was
Made the Victim of a Maids
FaStidiOuSness.

A great many good stories are told
of the bishop of Norwich. England,
genial soul, who appreciated a joke
as well as anyone on earth. He was
once asked if he was really the hero
who performed upon the out-of-reach
knocker for small girl and was
then told to follow her example and
run away. The bishop said he could
not lay claim to that experience.
But en- revanche, he told the follow
ing which once occurred to him. He
was to hold confirmation at small
town, and, arriving some time be-
fore the hour for service, took a
stroll. His steps led him to the out
skirts of the town and, passing a
picturesque little cottage, he stopped
to admire it. A pretty little gar
den separated the cottage from the
road, finished off with a neat hedge
and green gate. "Oh, please, sir"
said voice from the other side of
the hedge, "would you open the gate
for me?'' This the bishop at once
did. Then, to his surprise, instead of
the tiny child he had expected, there
stepped forth a girl quite big enough
70 have opened the gate for herself.
"And why, my DEAR" said DR.. Sheep
shanks, ''could you not open the
gate for youself?" "Please, sir, be-
cause the paints wet" said the
child. A glance at his hand testified
to the bishop but too plainly the
truth of her statement
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1901-02-07
An Odd Summing Up.

A Judge of the old school is said
to have once summed up a very COM
plicated case in the following terms:
Gentlemen Of the Jury: You have
all heard the evidence, you have also
heard what the learned counsel have
said. If you believe what the counsel
for the plaintiff has told you, your
verdict will be for the plaintiff; but
if, on the other hand, you believe
what the defendants counsel has told
you, then you will give verdict
for the defendant. But if you are
like me and don't believe what either
OF them has said, then I don't know
what you viii do."-Troy Times
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1901-02-07

They're Pretty Near Right.
The Icelander believes that whistling
is as sinful as profanity.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1901-02-07
The Revolt in Shop Il
BY A. A. Smith.

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Copyright. 1900, the Authors Syndicate.)
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-09-14
Faint Praise.

The commentator which Republican,
agitators for tariff tinkering are re-
ceiving from Democrats and free-trad-
ers may be thought to make up in some
measure for the censure of the great
body of Republicans and protection.
lists. When a man is wrong it is always.
comforting to know that somebody
thinks he is right. But as matter of
fact, the Republican revisionaries are
not called upon to blush hard and red.
They are really rated not very highly
by the free traders and are not consid-
cred of much Importance. The Demo
cratic view of their value as political
allies is expressed by the Binghamton
On. " Leader as follows:
Not all of the Republican opponents
Of the trust tariff have the moral cour-
age to face the music without fiinching~
and hence their structures on the Demo
Gratis, who are not to be blamed for en-
joying the fun. The fact lis, however,
that Dingleyism will not be undone
without Democratic aid, and it is quite
as likely that the job will have to be
turned over entirely to Democratic
hands. The Republican advocates of
new tariff deal mean WE'LL and they are
much to be commended, but the pur-
pose they have in view will not be ac-
complished until the Democrats are in
power in Washington"
Good little boys are the revisionaries,
and they serve a useful purpose in
'shooing" the geese for the bigger boys
to pluck, but they shall have no hand
in the plucking and no share of the
feathers.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-09-14

The talk about European nations unit
ing in tariff war on the United States
is funny enough in view of their own
relations on the tariff question. The
Russian government has semi-officially
informed Germany that the proposed
new German tariff, if carried into eff
feet, will result in Russian reprisals-
The Austrian government, through it's
prime minister, has made similar
statement. Harmony on the tariff
question has not existed in Europe i'll
the memory of man. The talk about
union against the United States is
worse than idle gossip.-Allentown Pa.l
Register.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-09-14
VaIue of Forage Crons.

Dry pastures and hot weather bring
little terror to the farmer who has
planted literally of such crops as will
give forage in midsummer. The early
sweet corn is in condition to feed and
the sorghum is coming into head. Will
these crops to supplement the pastures
the live stock will receive little check
in the production of meat and milk
from lack of food during the hot wealth
er. If stock is compelled to hunt for
living all day in weed fields with little
grass, loss may be expected, one that
will be difficult and expensive to make
good later on. The hogs and sheep, as
we'll as the cows, will appreciate an ex-
ira ration during the warm days. While
the stock is running on pasture, if
shade, food and water are together.
noon is an excellent time to do this spe-
cial feeding. At this time of day the
animals will be in the shade near their
watering place, and extra feed may
then be given without disturbing them
in the cool morning and evening when
they enjoy feeding on the grass. A
check in growth whether in summer or
winter, is always an actual loss to the
OWner.-EXchange
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-09-14
Our Merchant Marine.

We are accustomed to hearing it said
that the United States has lost it's old
position as great shipping nation and
the flag of its merchant marine. once
conspicuous in every port, has almost
disappeared from the seas. This is one
of those half truths which deceive more
than complete untruths. 1t is true that
our ocean commerce is carried on for
eign bottoms, but it is not true that the
American shipping interest is dead.
The Marine Review, in its annual re-
view Of shipping interests just issued,
says:
1.-The present generation of shipbui1d-
ers have never enjoyed a season of such
activity. To equal it one must go back
to the clipper days of 1854 and 1855,
before iron began to supplant wood in
the construction of vessels, and when
the American shipyards, thanks to the
plentitude of constructive material
were great hives of industry. When
iron was found to be more serviceable
than wood the shipbuilding industry in
the United States Jagged because iron
was scarce. The advance Of the United
States in recent years, however, as
steel-making nation has, through force
Of circumstances, revived shiDbuilGAg
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-09-14

The coast shipyards are crowded WITH
passenger and freight steamers, build
ing for the coastwise trade. A consid.
cradle business Is also being done in
steel sailing vessels"
1t says also that 1.-THE year has been
one of unexampled activity with the
shipbuilders on the great lakes, and
they already have in hand enough ar
ders to insure continued work for near
ly all the plants another year" The
fleet of the great lakes has come into
existence since the old clipper days, and
the lake tonnage alone probably far ex-
ceeds the total tonnage of all Americans
merchant marine in the famous fifties-
American ocean commerce has been
driven from the seas by the subsidized
lines of Europe and will not revive un
til our Government adopts like policy
But nevertheless the American shipping
interest is great and growing.-Pitts-
burg Commercial Gazette.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-09-14
The Hanny Truck Farmer.

Truck farming differs from the grow
ing of ordinary field crops in that not
so much land is needed for this work
hence the location of the home can be
found in the suburbs of towns and
cities, where both the advantages OF
city and rural life can be enjoyed. This
is my ideal home. A man upon such a
truck farm is king, surrounded by the
best influences of earth, away from the
temptations and excitement of the city
and close enough to take advantage of
it's schools, churches, water, lights, etc
He is in touch with the great pulsating
heart of nature, her invigorating at
mosphere, her balmy sunshine, pure
water, the song of the birds, the hum
of the bees and the aroma of the flow
ers. What more enticing surroundings
could a man need to lead a pure and
happy life, which is the ultimate OBJ
iect and aim of human ambition when
simmered down to it's elements Farm
and Ranch
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-09-14
Like american system.n

The inconsiderate Porto Ricans con-
tinue to make it unpleasant for the dis
tinguished statesmen and prophets who
composed the Kansas City platform.
Instead of contenting themselves with
the absolute free-trade with the United
States for which they were held to be
pining, they are now demanding a spe-
ciaI tariff duty in their favor against
the coffee now coming free into the ISL
and from Brazil and the United States.
New York Tribune.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-09-14
Crop Bound Fowls.

There is more or less trouble with
crop-bound fowls in the summer, and
during this season it is due nearly al
ways to the bird having got some i'm
proper substance in it's crop. If the
bird is valuable one and worth treat
ing the best plan is to take her be-
tween ones knees with a cup of sweet
scalded milk in hand and gently force
some of the milk down the throat, al
the same time working the crop gently
back and forth with the fingers. AT
ter giving a few spoonfuls of the mill,
then give a dose of Rochelle salts il
little milk. If this does not bring
relief, go back to the first treatment
which will be more effectual after the
use of salts, and will relieve the trou,
BILE in the majority Of eases. The diff
Guilty may have been caused by eating
too much grit or gravel, or eating con.
siderable mud when picking up corn OF
other grain thrown to the hen. After
feeding the fowl as indicated she
should be fed bread moistened in milk
for day or two and kept in clean
coop, where she can get no food except
that given her.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-09-14
fHs FARMER AND PROTECTION.
He Is Best Off with a Nearby Market
for His Products.

for His Products.
It is the stock argument of the free
traders that protection is of all things
They grudgingly concede that the man
ufacturing industries thrive under pro-
lection, but they point to the trusts as
the legitimate result of the protective
policy, unwilling or unable to see that
the relation of protection to the trusts
is simply this: Protection allows
American industries to exist. The
trusts, SO Ear as they are hostile to the
general good, are abuses of this con-
dition, not its legitimate or intended eff
feet The remedy for any evil caused
by the trusts is not free trade, but reg
ulation Under free trade there posi-
bly, would not be any trusts. There
wouldn't be much business of any kind.
Amputation of everybody's legs is not
the most sensible remedy for the habit
Of kicking people. Legs can be regu-
lated without being taken off and espe-
cially without depriving the innocent Of
something to stand on
The free traders have always con-
tended that the farmers didn't need any
thing to stand on, and lots of farmers
honestly believe they would be better
off without protection. What do they
think of Germany's agrarian tariff,
designed to protect the German farmer
by the imposition Of heavy duties? If
protection helps the German farmer,
why not the American? OF course, the
protection afforded is different in kind,
but the same in effect. This country
doesn't import farm products and Ger
many does. The American farmer is
not in need Of protection, except in
isolated cases from neighboring coun-
tries, from competition in his own prod
ucts. But when the workingman has
no wages he has no flour and meat and
vegetables, and that's what the farmer
has to sell, and he doesn't want to de-
pend too much upon the foreign market
for his sales.
The peculiar speciousness of the free
trade argument lies in it's appeal to
class cupidity. The prosperity of each
class depends upon that of all Wheat
at So and corn at 70 cents on the other
side of the globe may appear an ideal
condition from the farmers view. But
it is much better to have 81 wheat and
50-cent corn with money in the pocket
Of the American consumer to buy it
Kansas City Journal.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-09-14
Keeninr Milk Sweet.

If the milk is to be delivered in good
condition to the consumer during the
summer months, it must be thoroughly
cooled and aerated and kept cool, says
Hoard's Dairyman. These steps are
absolutely necessary with all milks
during the hot weather. A great i'm
provement can also be made by looking
carefully after the cleanliness of COWS,
stables and milk utensils, as there is a
great difference in the keeping quality
of clean and dirty milks The whole
question Of keeping milk speet is in
providing a clean article kept cooled
and we'll aerated. Preservatiyes should
not be used under any condition.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-09-14
this very frequently. but we have seen

this very frequentIy, but we have seen
beets and carrots do 1t when a severe
late frost went over them after they
were well up, ana we think parsnips
are liable to do so. But we have found
beets and carrots doing SO when exam
ination showed that they had been in
jured by having been touched with the
hoe or weeder, or possibly injured by
worms or other insects. There is no
remedy but to pull up and destroy the
plant. Seed produced on such plant
is valueless for sowing another season.
American Cultivator.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-09-14
Poor Work in Shedding.

Considerable complaint has been
made against the corn shredder because
the shredded material, especially the
coarser parts of the corn stalk were not
properly cut to pieces. Pieces of stalk
from six to ten inches long formed the
greater part of the waste that accumu-
lated in the managers. Much of this ma
terial, if reduced to fineness, would be
eaten by stock, and a great deal of
actual feed could be saved. However
1t is true that portion of the stalk can
hardly be reduced by the shredder and
cutter head sufficiently to be eaten by
animals. A grinding process that
brushes as we'll as cuts is necessary to
do this. But the common shredder may
be made to do much better work than it
has done the past season.
Where the shredder has started fresh
with sharp, keen knives, firmly set, the
thrashed material was made great
deal finer than after the machine has
been used for considerable length Of
time without the knives being sharp
ened. Shredder owners are doing great
injury by allowing such careless work.
Instances are known where the knives
of the shredder have not been looked
after during the entire seasons work.
Such poorly cut up fodder brings the
shredder into disrepute; and the dis
tricts that have been imposed upon will
likely have very little fodder shredded
the coming season because the machine
did not increase the value of the fod-
der.-Indianapolis News
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-09-14
Robbing Farms and Families.


The American Sheep Breeder says
that it is quite possible that an ounce
of mixed food, such as corn and oats
ground together, with an equal guam
tity of wheat middling or bran, will
add an ounce or more to the weight Of
lambs after they are four weeks old,
If given daily in addition to other prop
er food, and as they grow older this
amount may be increased, with nearly
a corresponding increase in weight
gained. To exchange a pound Of grain
costing about one cent, for pound of
lamb worth fifteen cents seems to be
a trade that almost any farmer would
be willing to make, but we have seen
those who boosted that they never
bought any grain. They did not raise
lambs or chickens, sold but little and
bought less, and saved money, but we
would not have accepted their farms
and the money they had accumulated
and agreed to make the farm as good
as it was when they received it. Such
farmers are usually robbers, robbine
the land of it's fertility, robbing their
families Of the comforts of life, and
their children of the pleasures of youth
and nearly all that is desirable in life.
unless the children forsake the farm
and establish a home where they may
earn more expend more and enjoy
more Of life.-New England Home
stead
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-09-14
EXnOrtS.
New steel Plant.

A new steel plant, to employ 1900
men, is to be built at New Castle, Pa,
with a capitalization of $2,500,000 to
compete with the United States Steel
Corporation. This goes to help prove
that the so-called trusts" under pro-
lection engender competition, which
benefits consumers and workers alike.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-09-14
COMPANIONS

n, tbe crowded streets by day
4 under the stars at night
/ IL .' one who walks with me,
- 3.asos me ever in sight;
Roften feel him clutch
~, IS he bids me stay
| +',,' WAYS that I turn to take,
;+sn I fercely shake
| b;rdering hand away.
l. crowded streets by day
h ! nnder the stars at night
L. to lead me where
ts'+ o;frars are cleaning white,
ef+1r I see him frown
Silent. he looks at me
I'm doing the best that 1 can
oi,cs-and he is the man
.now that I ought to be.
XXI E;,cr. in Chicago Rec0rd-HeroId'
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-09-14

The man who was cocksure that tin
plate could never be made in this coun-
try is now urging the reduction of duty
to cripple the metal manufacturers. If
putting on the duty would not protect,
how can removing it have any effect3
Answer
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-09-14
We Have the Coin.

European fnanciers have discovered
to their chagrin that they can no longer
make financial crises at will in the Uni
ted States. And there are other dis
coveries coming TO Decentralization IN
Y. Republican,.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-09-14
strange Building Material.

At one time, not very long ago, there
was on the Lancashire coast, near Ly-
than. a cottage and boathouse that were
made almost entirely from the remains
of a score or so of whales that had been
driven ashore some years before. ne
framework of the edihce consisted wholly
of whalebone, and the dried skins of the
huge creatures were neatly and strongly
fastened as a covering for walls and
roof There is another building of ex-
actlv the same kind at Peterhead, in
Scotland. and in this case the skulls of
the whales and some Of the heavier
homes are used with great effect as OUT
side ornaments.
Australia has more than 1000 news
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-09-14

fork Quarter-inch holes are bored in
the edge of the board the same distance
apart that the tines are on the fork
These holes should be aboHt three inch
es deep, and pass out of the board on
the side The lower edge Of the board
is beveled behind, which forms good
scraping edge.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-09-14
Barn Floor scraper.

The stable scraper is a very handy
tool to keep in the barn, and can be
easily and inexpensively made. The
foundation is an inch board, five inches
wide and about eight inches longer than
the width Of an ordinary four-tined
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-09-14
The "Non-Protectea" Railroad.

Over 100000 persons, or nearly &
per cent of our entire population, are
dependent on the steam railroads of the
country for livelihood. This is what
the Free Trade Trust would call mon
protected industry" And yet what in
dustry is there that is so quickly and
so largely affected by the tariff as the
railroad business? The following ia
BILE showing a comparison between the
conditions for the years ending June 30,
1896, and 1900, proves this fact beyond
question:
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-09-14

Saving the corn fodder has become a
most important operation ON most of
the farms. The drought has cut short
She oats and hay crop, and the deficien-
CIV in coarse folders must be supplied
from the corn fields. The silo has
proved to be of great value in convert
ing the green fodder into ens.lage. 1t
is not only the most economical method
of handling the crop, but gives the best
food, not for dairy animals Only, but
for the production of beef. The making
of ensilage is not generally practiced
throughout the country. The stover is
put up as dry fodder, and is so fed.
Corn-cutting has become so general
that it is often difficult to obtain help
for harvesting the crop, either for the
silo or in the dry state. The improve
ments made in the corn binder have
made it practical and valuable nipple
ment for cutting the fodder. The binder
not only hastens the work Of cutting the
forage, but by tying it into bundles the
material is much more easily handled
when put Oh wagons or when placed
IN the SHOCK. LIE 1GCuluS lilo Tile
shredder is more regular where the fod-
der has been given to 1t in punches of
equal size.
Biennial Plants Seeding First Year.
We have occasionally been called up
on to tell our neighbors why some Of
their plants that are not supposed to
produce seed until they have been re-
set in the ground after they have made
one years growth should have gone
to seed the first season. They are
roots, and we have seen it happen in
beets, carrots and celery, probably
more often in the latter than in the
others. In every case where we have
had an opportunity to examine the
plants that thus seeded prematurely we
nave found that some cause had check
I'd the growth in the early part of the
season. and when it began a new
growth it began as if in it's second year
to develop the seed stalk instead of
perfecting the root Celery set in the
ground too early, or allowed to be chill
ed in the hothed where started, does
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-09-14


June 30. June 80,
Total miles of track. =. $50, 1888 240. 129
Locomotives in service. 81, 6G3 1880
Cars in service .......l ,43O, 93S 29a ,649
wages Wages paid pa $577,264'S4I s4Gs, ,531
Stock paying dividends,
Passengers carried. SIG, s65, $50 511,772,7 37
Tons of freight. L, 101, 6S0,23S 765, 1891 $3.50
Aver, passenger rate, cts. O03 2.019
Aver. freight rate, cts. .O.729 O.SO6
Surplus after divi-
dendS -. .SSl 6ol, 933 81 ,534, 1863
These are significant figures. Nearly
100000 more employees, $11,000000
more wages, 65,0O0,O0O more passen-
gers, 434, 100000 tons more freight, and
yet both passenger and freight rates
have been reduced, and at the end of
the fiscal year 1900 there was a surplus
Of $S7, 100000, against a surplus of ST.
100000 in 1896. The figures for 1901
will not be compiled for some months,
but it is known that they will most ma
terially increase the figures of 1900.
Railroad business was at a low ebb in
1895 and 1896 But the increased busi-
ness of the country made possible by
the Dingley law has taxed the rail-
roads in every part of the country to
their utmost capacity. "Non-protected,"
indeed! Why, it is the greatest single
beneficiary of protection in the country.
And note how the increased railroad
business reverts right back to other
industries. There comes an increased
demand for rails and ties and locomo-
tives and cars and $1O0,000,000 more
annually in wages. Think of the food
and clothing and luXul<es that sum
will buy every years. Think of the
education it will pay for, of the homes
it will help build.
There are no non-protected industries,
least of all the railroad business All
industries are interdependent; all de-
pend for their prosperity on a protec-
tive tariff.