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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-11-16
LOW YIELD OF CORN.
OFFICIAL ESTIMATES SHOW THE
SMALLEST AVERAGE.
Yield for Entire Country Is Only 1914
Bushels Per Acre as Compared to
1873 Bushels an Acre in I9O0-Lower
than Lowest Previous Record.

The preliminary estimate of the aver
age yield per acre of corn, as published
in the monthly report OF Statsdclan
Hyde of the Department of Agriculture,
is 1914 bushels, as compared with an aV-
erage yield of 20.3 bushels per acre III
1900 and 1899, 1913 bushels in 1891, and
a ten-year average Of 24.4 bushels. The
present indicated yield per acre IS the
lowest general average ever recorded for
this crop, being % bushels per acre be-
low the yield in 1881, which has stood
for twenty years as the lowest on record.
The indicated yield in bushels per acre
In the seven principal States is as fol
lows: Ohio, POI; Indiana, 1913; Illinois,
ola; Iowa, %; Missouri, 1O1; Kansas,
rs; Nebraska, 14.1. Of the twenty
three States having 100000 acres or up
ward in corn, all but Pennsylvania, Viz
ginia and Michigan report an average
yield per acre below their respective ten
year averages.
The low yield per acre-16.4 bushels
evidently allows for the loss by abandon
ment of area. Taking the government
area of S2,S21 eco acres, the crop is esti-
mated at 1,3oS, 600 bushels, or 49,
100000 bushels more than the October
returns indicated. The official reports Of
the crop for the past twenty-five years
ComDare as follows:
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-11-16
0ut on the Pampas
BY O..

BY q. A. HENTY

The next morning the two bullock carts
were sent off with Hans and Terence to
Rosario to fetch the posts for the fence,
together with two more coils of wire.
Charley was sent, in order that he might
find out if the sailing vessel had arrived
with the plows and heavy baggage. While
he was away, Mr.. Hardy and Hubert
were occupied in making a complete ex-
ploration of the property, and in erecting
a storehouse for the goods.
In five days Charley returned with the
carts he had taken, and with four others
which he had hired at Rosario, bringing
the heavy baggage. The goods were plac-
ed for the present in the new store, and
then all hands set to work at the fence.
The wires were placed at six inches apart
for four feet from the bottom, and at
nine inches above that. Then the upper
wires were not streached quite so tight
y as the lower ones, rendering it extreme
ly difficult to climb over. In this way
an attacking party would have no protec-
ton whatever, and would, while endeav-
oring to climb the fence, be helplessly
exposed to the fire Of those in the house.
The gateway was an ordinary strong iron
gate, which Mr.. Hardy had bought at
Rosario and to which strong, pointed
palings, six feet long, were dashed side
by side This was the finishing touch
to the fortifcation; and all felt when it
was done that they could withstand the
attack of a whole tribe of Indians.
The future house was discussed and
agreed upon. In the middle was to be the
general sitting room, fifteen feet square;
upon one side was the kitchen, fifteen by
ten and a half; upon the other, the SER
wants bedroom, Of the same size; behind
were three bedrooms, twelve feet by ff-
teen each, all opening from the sitting
room. The house, therefore, was to form
a block thirty-six feet by thirty. Upon
the side next to the kitchen, and opening
from it, a small, square tower with two
stories in it was to stand. It was to be
ten feet square; the lower room to be
laundry and scullery, and the one
above, approached by straight wooden
steps, to be the storehouse. The roof was
to be fiat, with parapet three feet high.
From this clear view could be had over
the country for miles, and the whole cir
cult of the fence commanded in case Of
attack. The walls of the house were to
be Of adobe or mud, the internal parti-
lions Of sun-baked bricks.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-11-16
U. S. MINISTER FIRED ON.
Colon bian Sentinel Ignores American
Dip omat,s Passport.

4 Bogota, Colombia, correspondent ca
bles as follows: A sentinel at Tequen-
DANA Falls declined to honor the pass
port of United States Minister Charles
Hart and fired one shot at the minister.
The diplomat was not hit by the bullet
The government has severely punished
the soldier and is seeing that the minis
ter is fully protected.
Charles Burdett Hart was born in
Maryland and was appointed to Colombia
May y, 1897, being credited to West
Virginia. He was a well-known news
paper man in the State of his adoption,
resigning a position Of editor of the
Wheeling Inteligencer to enter the diplo-
matte service. He was one of the orig
inal Mckinley men in the campaign Of
1886 and received his reward immediate
ly after Mr.. McKinley's Inauguration.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-11-16
coNFEssEs TO FRAUD.
Charles N. Rathbun, Supposed TO BE
Dead, Is Arrested.

Charles Ne RaChDunS supposed go ne
Dead, Is Arrested.
The arrest of Charles Newell Rathhun
at Louisville opens the way to the ex-
posure of a plot to defraud the Metro
politan Life Insurance Company and may
result in Rathbun's Indictment for MUIR
der. The action began when man sup
posed from letters in his pocket to be
Rathbun was found dead in bed in a
hotel in Jacksonville, Ind. The authori-
ties shipped the boGy to Little Rock,
Ark They got their clew to Louisville
as the mans home from the letters.
When the body got to Little Rock, Mrs.
Rathbun met it and wept profusely. She
said it was the body Of her husband.
Then the police discovered that the
corpse was not that of Rathbun, but of
w. l.. Ten Eyck, a tramp, and that there
were evidences of laudanum poisoning.
Who Rathbun was or where he was,
was not known till a man giving the
name of Lou Root applied to Recruiting
Sergeant Skinner of the regular army for
enlistment. Skinner saw that the man
wore regulation army underwear and he
became suspicious. Inquiries made III the
barracks at Plattsburg, y. Y, revealed
the fact that a soldier Of the name OF
Rathbun, answering closely to the de-
scription of Lou Root" had deserted
from the army there.
Lou Root was arrested in Louisville
and confessed that he was Rathbun. He
accounted for the attempted palming Off
of the body of Ten Eyck as his own by
saving that by that means he meant to
defraud the insurance company out OF
the amount of the policy he held upon his
life.
Then the question arose touching the
way Ten Eyck, the tramp, had died.
Rathbun insists that Ten Eyck died of
acute alcoholism. He says that he put
his coat, with the letters in it, on len
Eyck, and that he thought the substltu-
ton of Ten Eyck's body would get him
money The police are working upon
theory that Rathbun killed Ten Eyck.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-11-16

they say you are stupid an' Y
place" Washington S'aI' :,
where was the battle Of J
fougbt?o asked the teachet !,
replied the wise youth, 1T t, 70
near Santiago, Cuba ..1J I
was if ended" at isn't en 1l1 !.
II MI IS e. expected uaet that the fnis $, =.
place and the final Vie'OI = rbs
ed at Washington D. IT, =, d
!! fighting is still gong w.
Post. c..otoss,
Yes" said Farmer coF ao@
bow Josiah is devotin, ;. ,i ss5
time to games an hs gls+ D a I'd
at present" Isn't 'p .Tos 81
profitable pursuit." n ~lS q, Il
see, all the cabinet Ot amsS s. al'
matte c. places are filed si, ~ d.
| Josiah feels that there an ap a~GJ
| fur him to do at present
| ton Star. MG
some money today q aoli,t II
did you do with that good !:
| have last week? wife u asr bo1
Wen, / had to have a M 2ys b I
. heavier wrap, and w !, Iob1 ]
needed new shoes, and 1.l, MA "
have a new suit, ana ! l new 81
| and Caroline needed ~ and D'1
| Mary a pair Of gloves 3D. rrealt5
overcoat-and-and-au4u1 did q
II don't remember VIVA. /
change. Journal
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-11-16

portion of Queen Nictorias celebrated
herd.
The sale was conducted by the veteran
auctioneer, Col. f. NJ. Woods of Lincoln,
Neb. Lord Banff, member of the royal
herd, was sold to George E. Ward of Ha-
warden, Iowa, for $500; Cicely, also of
the royal herd, went to J. G. Robbins &
Sons of Horace, Ind, for $4,000, and
forty-four head brought an average Of
81, 139 each. These are the highest prices
paid in this country for shorthorns in a
quarter of A century,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-11-16

In the seven surplus States the yield
of corn is estimated at 750,000,00O BUSH
els, or 63,OOO,OOO bushels more than in
October, and shows loss of 63o 100000
bushels from last year. Iowa and Lii
rois have the best crop, but Iowa is short
nearly 100,00O000 bushels, and Illinois
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-11-16
The Village Blacksmitl,.

Beneath the spreading chestnut tree
the village blacksmith stood, a-shoeing
Higgins old brown mule the best way
he could.
Beneath the spreading chestnut tree
the mule, with smile divine, still stood,
the while tie blacksmith scared be-
yond the county line.-Baltimore Amer
lean.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-11-16
QUEEN vICroRIA's HERD SOLD.

Finest Lot of Cattle Ever Imported
Put Up at Auction.
At the Chicago Union stock yards on
Friday the finest herd of cattle ever i'm
ported into the United States was sold,
consisting of prize shorthorns recently
purchased in England by W. D. Flat Of
Hamilton, Ontario, among them being
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-11-16

The annual report of the commissioner
OF the interior for Porto Rico, w. N.
Elliott, says searching investigation of
land titles throughout the island and care
full surveys of all public lands are neces-
sary. 1t says health conditions are Inn,
proving.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-11-16

A corner in st. Louis that sold for
$780, 600 in 1891 has changed hands 70,
$1,O0OOOO.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1901-04-06
Home Office: Zion, Cecil Co, Md.

The following are authorized to take
applications for insurance:
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1901-04-06
Blake

bLANb "r,.. .. 1901.
Mr.. James NJ Twin j. euent.r; Il few
weeks with his druph,nr Mrs.. jn.-1es Kay in
Baltimore county
"illet Ewing, Of Wilmington spent sunday
with his parents Mr. an Mrs. J. L. Ewing.
Benton Aexander has taken possession of
sae store property and j. ma;iu- many I'M
erovcments to the SANE"
Mrs. Stella Gregg. Of r@!r til -nen; Tues
Jay with Mrs NJ, y. Scarborough
Mrs. Charles nay has returned home after
spending two weeks with friends her".
The Vivo CLUB will meet at he home Of
Miss Maize Ewing Friday evening,
n. G. Scarborough and family spent Sun
FAY with friends n! Pleasant Hill
7. G Ewing is rebuilding his greenhouse,
George McAliister intends making some
iaprovements to his blacksmith shop
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1901-04-06
The Best in the World.

We believe Ohamberlain's Cough Remedy
5 the best in the world. A few weeks ago
We suffered with seyere cold and trouble
some cough. and having read their advertise
uents in our own AID other papers we pur-
chased bottle to see how it would affect us.
1t cured US before the bottle was more than
lalf used. It Is the best medicine out for
Colds and coughs The Herald, Anderson
vile, Ind. For safe by ail druggists.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1901-04-06

The Kidneys and the SKIN. I!the kidneys
.re weak and torpid. the SKIN will be pimply
@r blotchy. Hoods Sarsaparilla strengthens
Ind stimulates the Kidneys, and clears the
.0mplexion. BY thorough purl' wing the blood
= makes good health.
Gilpin observer., 1901-10-03
He Sized Them I'm.

They met in the narrowest aisle of
the department store. They were both
very stout and Immediately traffic was
blocked in both directions. Their con-
versation, stenographically reported,
was as follows. why. Mrs. Jones,
how dye do?" How dye do, Mrs.
Smith? Who would have thought of
seeing you?' yes: | haven't seen you
for ages" well. why don't you come
up some timer" "Oh, 1t seems as
though l never 80 anywhere any
more" Yes, you always say that"
But, really. | don't, Why don't you
come down." i've been on the point
of coming several times. but 1t always
seems as though something always
happens to prevent it." well, make
another effort. I'm just dying to have
a good, long talk with you" Yes; so
am |. Do come and see me-" II will
And you come up. too" Yes: l will"
Now, don't forget" mo, l won't"
well, good-by." "Good-by." Liars,
both of them" grunted red-haired
man, who had been trying to squeeze
through. ''rhey never expect to call on
each other. and they know it.'-Phila-
delphia Record.
Gilpin observer., 1901-10-03
WISCONSIN PEARL HUNTERS AT
WORK

the men who daily risk their lives in
the work Often they are abused and
imposed upon by the whites, and yet.
almost without exception, they retain
what might be called an ideal Christ
ian attitude of mind. If a dealer
cheats one of the native divers, for in
stance, the native will not attempt to
get even in any way. He will, how
ever. go to the man who has defraud-
ed him, and state the case in a mild
and gentle way, thereafter refusing
to have any business dealings with
the delinquent. AS nearly as I can
judge these natives are ideal gentle
men.
There was a grabbed old Scotsman
who came out to the islands a few
years ago to buy pearls. He thought
1t legitimate to take advantage of the
natives in any way he could and
once he swindled a native chief out of
more than half the value of a consid-
cradle collection of pearls. The chief
said nothing, but waited his opportun-
ity. Finally, one day the Scotsman
wanted to be rowed over to a neigh
Doiihs iSi"hu anu couiu hhu Hopou9
to make the trip but the old chief.
who at once, when asked, agreed to
take him over in his canoe. Once out
on the water the chief freed his mind,
telling the Scotsman that he knew he
had been defrauded and saying that
a man who came from Christian
country ought not to stoop to rob a
poor heather. The Scotsman grew
angry and abused the native shame
Gilpin observer., 1901-10-03
Engfand and EIccfioor.

There is but one political district in
Great Britain which has not enjoyed
the excitement of a contested election
since 1885. That is Rutland, for which
Mr.. Finch has sat since November,
1867. and during those years. although
there have been eight general cleo
tions, this lucky man has had to fight
for his seat only once. In Ireland,
differing in this rs In SO many things
from England. there are no less than
thlrty-six out of the hundred constitu-
encies in which there has been no con
test since 1885. The changing about
OF the members has been so great
however. that In only nine of these
thirty-six constituencies does the Same
member sit to-day as sat there in 1885.
Gilpin observer., 1901-10-03
In the School of Work.

Charles A. Dana of the New York
Sun, was a man of extensive learning
and attached great Importance to col
lege training, but was quick to recog-
nize the value of the practical educa-
ton that a man of good parts may
pick up in this work-a-day world
outside of university walls. A young
man went to the Sun Office one day
and asked to see the editor-in-chief.
He would not be rebuffed by the sub
ordinates, and after some delay he was
admitted. He stated his business
without a moments loss of time. MIR.
Dana" he said, Il believe l could be
of some use on this paper. and l want
you to give me a trial. If you don't
find me of any use you needn't pay me
any salary, and if you do ! shall want
a good salary. If | don't find my
proper groove in month you can
drop me out"
Mr.. Dana looked him over. young
man." he said, Il like your looks.
Have you ever attended any institution
OF learning?" 'Yes, sir. am a
graduate of two newspaper Offices
one a country weekly and the other
a daily paper in a city of one hundred
thousand inhabitants" "I'll take you
Go and report to the managing edi-
tor" And Mr.. Dana turned again to
his work.-Youth's Companion.
Gilpin observer., 1901-10-03

Monsieur Henri Barceaux was in
this country recently on his way home
from Paris to the South Sea Islands
Though native of the French capital
M. Barceaux has little in common
with the inhabitants of any great city,
except the desire to make money and
plenty of it. At his island home in
Tahiti, in Paris and in New York. he
Is known as dealer in pearls which
he buys from the native pearl divers
and sells to the jewelers. of the great
capitals.
M. Barceaux stopped off in Chicago
for few days and made an excursion
up into Wisconsin to look into the
pearl fisheries of the inland rivers and
creeks of which he has heard so much.
Personally NJ. Barceaux looks least
of all like the popular idea of a
Frenchman. He is a huge fellow,
more than six feet tall, and both his
hair and his beard are yellow. He
speaks English with only the slight
est accent Incidentally he told inter-
esting things about the brown skinned
divers who bring up the pearls bear
Ing bivalves from the bottom of the
South Pacific.
AS l suppose everybody knows"
he said to a reporter in Chicago,
pearls are now the most fashionable
and popular of jewels and have i'm
mensely increased in value within a
few years. Also | believe they are
yearly growing harder to get, so that
the increase in price is perhaps nat
ural.
THE most remarkable thing about
the pearl fisheries in the South Sea
islands is the beautiful character of
Gilpin observer., 1901-10-03
ANeLo-AMERIoAN ROMANCE.
Two Uncles in the United States Enrich
an Englishman In Need.

Two Uncles in the United States Enrich
an EngIishman in Need.
To few men is it given to make
fair competence, lose it, and suddenly
and without expectation find two for
tunes thrown at their feet. That has
been the experience of Mr.. JOSEPH
Samuel Stadden Russell. At the be-
ginning of this year he was employed
in the humble capacity of groom; to-
day he Is in possession of a fortune OF
G160, 900, most u it invested in free
hold property in New York and Pitts
burg. The story has most of those
elements of romance with which the
popular imagination clothes the unex-
pected acquisition of wealth. AS in so
many other cases, it is the rich uncle
in America-would there were more OF
them!-who has played the part of a
generous Providence. In Mr.. Russell's
case, however, there were two uncles,
but from neither did he entertain any
expectations of an inheritance. One
lived in Pittsburg, the other in New
York; one was his uncle on his faith
er's side the other was the brother of
himself was born in London, within
the sound of Bow BELLS" but he has
spent fully thirty years in the States.
Both his uncles went out there when
very young and very poor, but they
rapidly advanced and became consid-
erable property-owners. Recently Mr..
Russell returned to this country and
started public house at Maidstone, at
the same time depositing all the mon
ey he had saved in America with Dunn
bells bank. When the bank failed he
lost everything, and at SO had to face
the world penniless. 1t was then that
he took place as groom, but he had
not been long in that situation when
the news came that his fathers BROTH
er had left him fortune, which was
originally stated to be 6 so, ,000-odd,
but in reality came to be something
more, nearly approaching &100000.
That, however, did not exhaust Mr..
Russell's luck. Only the other day he
received intimation from firm of So
liciotrs in New York that his uncle-in-
law had bequeathed to him sum
which, with the previous windfall put
MIN in possession of G160,00O. 1t is an
extraordinary revolution in the for
tunes of an unambtious man, and all
the more extraordinary, perhaps, be-
cause it was quite unexpected. Mr..
Russell is shrewd, level-headed Lon
doner, who is under no apprehension
that he will be tempted to squander
his fortune-London Chronicle.
Gilpin observer., 1901-10-03
Tremoniffon of Death.

In his autobiography, - Sailors
Log" Rear Admiral Robley d. Evans
relates a strange incident of premoni-
ton which fellow sailor had the
night before the attack on Fort Fish
er, in January. 1865. He says: I'VE
had on board the Powhatan fine
young seama named Flanagan who
came from Philadelphia. On the night
of Jan. IA he came to my room with
a small box in his hand and said to
me: Mr.. Evans, will you be kind
enough to take charge of this little box
for met has some little trinkets in
it-and give it to my sister in Phila-
delphia?' ! asked him why he did not
deliver it himself, to which he replied
L am going ashore with you tomor-
row and l will be killed. l told him
how many bullets it required to kill
a man in action and in other ways
tried to shake his convictions, but 1t
was no use-he stuck to it. He showed
no nervousness over it, but seemed to
regard it as a matter of course. l took
the box, and, after making a proper
memorandum. put 1t away among my
things. On the afternoon of the next
day, when We were charging the fort,
and Just as we came under fire. at
about 500 yards, | saw Flanagan reel
out to one side and drop, the first man
hit. with bullet through his heart,
! stepped quickly to his side and asked
If he was badly hurt. The only reply
was a smile as he looked IN into my
face and rolled over dead. The box
was delivered as he requested, and
afterward assisted N getting a pen
sion for his sister"
Gilpin observer., 1901-10-03
MRS. KIMBALL.

in the world probably. to be at the
head of bill posting company. Miss
Kimball lives In Moultrie. Ga. and
there she carries on very successful
business. Miss Klmball turned to bill
posting after several years spent in
kindergarten teaching. The entire loss
of her voice compelled her to aban-
don her chosen field Of work. Recov-
ering her voice in year or so, but
fearing return of the anliction, Miss
Kimball decided to turn to something
in which she could use her arms inde-
pendently of her tongue and earn n
comfortable livelihood.
Gilpin observer., 1901-10-03

was kept out of the water Thus
handicapped the natives swan a dis
tance of almost two miles. finally
landing the exhausted and almost un-
conscious Scotsman on the sandy
beach, where he left him and went to
give warning to his friends. After
the Scotsman had recovered he sought
out the chief and tried to apologize
to him. But the native would not lis
ten to him.
"'You cheated and robbed me- said
the native calmly. When l complain
ed you abused me. Because l saved
your life you wish to apologize to me.
There is no occasion. l would do as
much for dog"
Then the chief walked quietly
away and refused to listen to anything
further But he told his friends
among the pearl divers how he had
been treated and after that the Scots
man found it almost impossible to
buy pearls at any price. Within a few
months he had left the islands for
good and gone back to England.
"The native divers all work for
themselves and sell what they find to
the highest biiden among the dealers.
They go out two or three in boat
to spots where the water is from six
ty to 100 feet deep, Without clothing
of any kind on the diver drops over
the side of the boat his feet resting on
a heavy stone which is fastened to a
rope. When they are ten or fifteen
feet from the bottom they dive off the
stone head foremost, and so reach the
Gilpin observer., 1901-10-03
SOUTH SEA ISLANDERS DIVING
FOR PEARLS

bottom. where they grope around for
the precious shells. The first shell n
diver secures he places under his left
arm the second he holds in his left
hand, and the others. If he Is FORUM
ate enough to get more, he carries like
an armful of stove wood in his left
arm. Then, swimming with his right
arm and his feet, he comes to the top
and Is lifted into the boat.
II have lived in Tahiti sixteen years.
All my children have been born there
and 1t is home to all OF us. Even In
belle Paris has not such attractions
for me as my far off island home. Life
and property are perfectly secure
there. In fact. the only demor lizing
influence is the greedy and domineer-
Ing white man. No where else in the
world have / found such unselfishness
and such gentle manners"