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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-08-10
Protect tire Farm Well.


Tests made at experiment stations
show that water from farm wells is
frequently contaminated with some i'm
purity drawn from surrounding stables
pens, etc, and lack of drainage to
carry off surface water. Wash and
dishwater, both filed with animal mat
ter, is thrown around the house, year
in and out, until the ground is alive
with the poison, which eventually finds
it's way into the well. The fields are
tiled to produce healthy and abundant
crop life, but seldom is a tile or ditch
put down around the house to protect
the we'll
When the water begins to run low in
the well that is not driven below rock.
is the time to begin to boil it for drink
ing purposes Heat OF water or sun
destroys the typhoid bacillus. Enough
water should be boiled at a time to
allow it to stand several hours before
drinking. 1t is the heat driving the air
out of it makes it so sickening to taste.
In a few hours the air will again get
into it and restore the taste Put it in
jugs, and set the jugs upon the cellar
floor, or in cave prepared for this pur-
pose.
If you have ice, put it around the yes
sells. but never in them. There are high
and specialized forms OF life that ice
via not kill, and some ef tbs lever
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-08-10
Indigestion in Horses.

1t is difficult to give causes of indi-
gestion i'll horses, for it may come from
improper water as from improper
foods, although the latter are usually
at the bottom of the trouble. A proper
variety in the foods will do much to
keep the digestive organs in good con-
dition, particularly If in the variety
there is considerable green food of a
succulent nature, as most root crops
are. When indigestion is caused by
improper water, it is usually the case
that the water is foul in some way,
although very hard water often pro-
duces Indigestion, or, what is worse,
stone in the kidney or bladder, the lat
ter being a disease quite common
among horses in districts where the
water is hard If the food is of the
proper kind and hard water is being
used, attention should be given it be-
fore a valuable animal is lost If pos
sible, give rain water, but if this is not
convenient, add a small quantity of
caustic potash to the hard water, which
will materially improve it.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-08-10
Imperfect Hum Blossoms.

Fruit growers have met with diff
Guilty in the successful cultivation Of
the native plum in the fact that some
varieties are self-sterile; that is, they
do not fertilize themselves. Isolated
trees and large orchards of Wild Goose
and Miner have proved shy bearers,
while when planted intermingled with
other varieties blooming at the same
time and furnishing an abundance of
pollen they have borne many crops.
Hence it is important to determine the
most suitable list of varieties for an
orchard so as to insure the most perfect
Dollenation of all the blossoms. New
man is considered good pollenizer for
Wild Goose, while De Soto, Wolf, and
Forest Garden are regarded as good
fertilizers for Miner. Isolated trees of
the self-sterile varieties may be made
fruitful by top grating some of the
limbs with suitable varieties, or by
planting trees of these sorts adjacent.
Mixed planting Of selffertile and i'm
portant varieties in hedge-like rows or
in alternate rows is now advocated and
practiced by our best growers. Some
growers prefer to confine their choice
of varieties to those that are sclf-sterile,
Farmers Review.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-08-10

near as possible to the crater and to-
the thousands of helpless fellows in
that awful pit. 1t was cruel, CHASTITY
work. But it was war And poet has
justly characterized war as a brain
scattering, MISUNDERSTANDING art Or,
oS Gen. Sherman once said, and he
knew, War is all hell
I'VE were within sixty yards of the
crater. Each one Of our mortarS was.
belching from three to five shells a
minute into that hole, but ST fuckers;
enthusiasm was not satisfied. Having
no personal duty to do at the moment,
he began plugging shells with long
fuses, lighting them, running with,
them to the margin of the pit, and toss
ing them in as hand grenades. He
was greeted by Il tremendous yolley of
musketry at each repetition of this per-
Torrance, but he did it three times be-
fore we could stop him.
THAT evening, near the cleaning, he
did another thing. The lines had by
that time been restored. The men in
the crater-those of them who had not
been killed-had been driven back to-
the Federal side. We became aware Of
the fact that a poor fellow of our own
was lying grievously wounded near the
Federal side of the fifty yards that
separated our works from the enemy s..
He had been lying there through all
that long, fierce summer day. The eX-
plosion at daylight had cast him there
His groanS and his cries for help and
for water were piteous in the extreme
We listened to them heartbroken, but.
| helpless-al1 but ST Tucker
Isl began stripping off his clothes;-
we thought he had gone mad. But
when we asked him why he was strip
ping himself he replied: Never you
mind With that, stripped to the skin,
he leaped over the works, ducked his
head low, and ran through the hail.
storm of bullets to where the wounded
man lay Grasping him quickly, he
slung him upon his back like bag of
meal and ran back with all his might
| AS he crossed the works he fell head
| long. The surgeon found three bullets
| in his body. Nobody in the battery
ever remembered after that that 81
Tucker had once been a coward. After
all, it is, perhaps, mainly question OF
nerves.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-08-10
Dairy Thermometers.

than 81, and tons of butter go into the
grease vats every year because thou
sands of farmers wives do not use a
In churniug. A noted dairy
instructor once told the writer that he
firmly believed that the average price of
all the butter sold in the United States
could be increased at least cents per
pound in two years IL the therm ometer
was used at every churning and the
cream churned at the proper tempera-
tnre.-LaDd and q Living.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-08-10

with one bolt where the evener goes to
serve as prop for the evener, pass the
rope through the pulley and tie on each
end of the evener This gives free
play to both sides of the evener. There
is no side draft, but put the heaviest
team on the outside. This device can
be used on either right or left hand
binder and gives perfect satisfaction.
The illustration is self explanatory.
There should also be a clevis from the
center of the eyener to fasten the even
err to the outer end Of the prop.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-08-10

The universal use of Irrigation in the
West has practically revOlutionized
farm values in many regions. These
methods Of supplying the crops with
water are many, but they all show an
amount Of adaptation to conditions that
proves the existence OF Yankee genius
here yet There are more varieties of
windmilis for pumping up water than
one could describe in week. These
windmills are not expensive affairs, but
in most cases are built of ordinary arti-
cles picked up on the farm or in sec
ond-hand shops. They perform the
work required of them satisfactorily,
and that is ALI one can ask of them.
The construction of a good working
windmill on any farm, and pumping
attachment, with irrigation canals and
reservoir, adds d hundred or two per
cent 60 che value of farm in a region
where summer droughtS are heavy
drawbacks to farming. With little
extra work during the winter season
it is an easy matter to make such i'm
proyements on almost any farm. The
system can be enlarged and extended
season by season, and the farm grad
ually enhanced i'm value.
A farm that has fair home made ir
rigation plant is practically independ-
ent Of the weather. The farmer is
then sure Of his crop NO matter how hot
or dry the season may prove. The great
benefit derived from an irrigation plant
is so apparent that it seems strange
that so few are in existence. 1t is not
always necessary to build windmill
for irrigation, for there are often nat
ural advantages which any farmer can
avail himself Of When brooks flow
through farms they furnish in the win
ter and spring seasons an abundance of
water, but when summer advances
they often dry up and prove of no
earthly good. The question of import
ance is how can such stream be con-
verified into use for irrigating the plants.
1t would not be so difficult if reser-
voir was dug and built on the farm, so
that the water could be stored. Such
reservoir could easily be increased in
size each year, and with the water
stored In il, what would prevent dig
ging bitches to carry the water to the
fields when needed? Some will say
that such work represents an immense
amount of labor: but if the farmer in
tends TO live permanently on his farm,
will it not pay him to do little toward
the improvement each year, even
though it may take ten years to COM
plete the job? He can rest assured that
he IS increasing the value of his farm
fully 10 per cent every year, fact
to sell it-Professor James s. Doty,
New York
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-08-10
Poultry House for Large Chicks.

Poultry House for Large Chicks.
When the chicks are about one-quar-
ter grown and have left the mother
hen they should be provided with some
sort of shelter for night use and for
use on stormy days. A coop for these
chicks may be built for very little
money. One side Of the coop is formed
by the side of a building or fence,
and at the lower END comes within
two inches of the ground. The roof of
rough boards is covered with tarred OR
waterproof paper. An opening is cut
in one side next to the fence or wall.
Inside, roosts are arranged, and in one
corner is placed dust bath. The roosts
will have to be put in before the roof
is put ON, as the house is not designed
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-08-10
Demand For e.exeIss in Greece.

II seems that bicycles are coming into
use very largely in Greece, but they are
chiefly imported from Germany, as the
natives cannot afford to pay the high
prices charged for American machines
"a .hst eask of the world.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-08-10
Peach Ye1Iows.

Occasionally We see statements from
some one that the peach yellows is not
at all contagious disease, and that
there Is nothing gained by removing
trees in which it has appeared. Some
State Legislatures have enacted laws
making such destruction of trees COM
pulsory on their owners, while in other
States there has been so much opposi-
ton to such laws that they could not
be passed The best authorities are
agreed, so far as we have seen, that it
is contagious. We remember that
few years ago, Mr.. J. H. Hale, the
largest peach grower in Connecticut
and in Georgia, said to the Massachu-
sets Board of Agriculture that in 1890
he found one affected tree in an or
chard and he rooted it out. The next
year he had to take out the four trees
next to where it stood, and the next
year he had about forty to take out.
Possibly if he had taken the affected
tree and four next to it, as soon as
found, it might not have spread to the
other forty. If it shows on one tree,
there are many chances that it has
reached others near that one, though it
may not have reached stage where 1t
can be detected even by close observa.
tion.--American Cultivator.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-08-10
forms it preserves in all force, it seems.

forms it preserves in all force, it seems.
The contents Of slop bowls from the
room of the patient sick with typhoid
had, if the sun is shining hot, better
by far be thrown upon the ground than
buried. A log heap is the proper dis
infectant in these cases, kept burning
night and day as long as there is any
thing from the sick room to throw into
it.-Indianapolis News.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-08-10
llsRENpER COMPLETE.

10 ago to thee l gave
IN. soul, and all | have,
sthing in the world I keep;
that in return I crave
i that thou accept the slave
h. ago to thee l gave
pdy, soul, and all 1 have;
hi I more to share Or save
would give as give the brave,
|Stooping not to part the heap;
Dng ago to thee | gave
bdy, soul and all I have;
Nothing in the world l keep.
-NezV York Post.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-08-10
THE BOOMING CANNON
REClTAl.S OF CAMP AND BAT
TIE INCIDENTS.
Survivors OF the Rebellion Relate
Many Amusing and Startling Incl
dents of Marches, Camp Life, Forag-
was in command

was in command
of Fort Lamkin, a
mortar earthwOrk
in rear of Gen.
B II S h I o d John
sons lines at Pc
tersburg in 1864"
says George Cary
Eggleston in his
book of Southern
soldier S torie S.
The fort w a S
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-08-10

To pardon those absurdities in our
selves which we cannot suffer in others
is neither better nor worse than to be-
more willing to be fools ourselves than
to have others so.-POpe.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-08-10

in almost universal use
in his section Of the
country: Take a COM
mon evener off from
your disk, buy a 10
cent pulley and about
ten feet of stout rope
Or chain, which will
cover all the expense.
Take a piece of 2 by
6 and bolt on tongue
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-08-10
Four Horse Eyenar.

Four Horse Evener.
A correspondent sends to Iowa
Homestead a sketch of four horse
eyener for binder which, he says, is
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-08-10

in any way SO that one can even reach
the inside except through the small
hole provided for the entrance of the
chicks
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-08-10

~ srrs exr1nenr xp0KusrHa rsxaaa=..ess
bill, whom I quoted in nv first letter
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Office as many blank spaces as there are
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rEeF recipients OF MS faYors. and ffbey
x-AIllG h, rac.l u, L
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attended legislation. such as the
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-08-10

ITO the Editor of the Sentinel:
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-08-10

4U UExauvU l1IaL
al principle. let
Omaha daily bee., 1901-02-03

principal heads of the executive depart
ments Of the government and their help.
meets. They came forth on this grand oc.
ccasion to pay the homage Of their respects
to the chief magistrate OF the nation. The
members Of the house Of representatives.
the respectable resident inhabitants, the
officers OF the army and navy, the strangers
Of consideration who happened to be in the
city and the Usage Indians men and wo-
men, little and big. crowded to the prcsi-
dents house to partakc in the fostivity of
the morning. The day was very favorable
and the assombagc brilliant, as you may
suppose
Great mrth and good hum.r prevailed
and You may easily conceive whorcIor
when II Is computed that besides the smiles
Of cordialty and welcome which the com
pany received from their generous enter
tainor they consumed for him a quarter
cask Of wine a barrel Of punch and hun
drcdwcight &C cake besides other knicl-
knacks to a considerable amount. While
the refreshments were passing around and
the company helping themselves band of
music entertained them with martial AM
cnlivcning airs Before the hour Of dining
the asscmblage Of people dispersed well
pleased with their manner Of spending the
morning and in high hope that Mr.. Jcffcr-
son might long continue in the pr sdential
chair"
Omaha daily bee., 1901-02-03
Stories About NOtableS

An Episcopal bishop made Mr.. Pingree's
acquaintance, relates Detroit exchange
Belligcrcnt as he was, Mr.. Pingrcc gave
evidence Of bacltwardrcss and shyncss, for
he was rome too well posted on bishops and
didn't know just how to take them.
II see by the papers that you are much
addicted to swearing" said the bishop.
"Yes, I've seen something Of that kind in
the papers myself" said IIazcn, acting very
much like a snail in the act of pulling in it,
she'll
well" said the bishop, Judging by what
Omaha daily bee., 1901-02-03
A Nervy Kodak Man

The stage was rolling along the canyon
rail when suddenly the horses reared back
on their launches as "A lone highwayman
with a Winchester appeared on the scene,
reports the Indianapolis sun.
step out of the hearso, gentlemen, and
hands up" he ordered.
one by one they climbed out with ele.
waited hands.
The hghwayman relieved the party ana
several times was forced to remind one
nervous little man to keep his hand from
his pocket
"Whats the matter with you?" he
finally roarod. you make another move like
that and I'll pump the slugs in you"
please let me-" pleaded the little man,
as his hand again slid toward his pocket.
please let you?" roarod the dcsperado
please let you perforate me? You're i'm
posing on my generosity, sonny. Look out,
Look out! Keep your mitt away from that
pocket, or by the eternal"
But it won't hurt you" protested the
little man, "t won't hurt you a. ell, Stand
just as you are now and keep your rifle
levelod. There! That's it,"
And while the hghwayman was recover
ing from his astonishment the little man
had flashed his kodak and snapped the but
Omaha daily bee., 1901-02-03

you have to contend with, | would nOl be
surprised II you did swear pretty often"
.
During all the debate on the reappor-
tionment bill Representative Allen OF Mis-
sssippi said never a word, relates the
Washington Post. Someone asked him yes .
tcrday why he kept silent.
We'll" said Alien, II am in the position
of the passenger on the sinking steamer,
when all the crew and the other passengers
wcro busy at the pumps and working hard
to save tn ship the man sat idly by. ri
nally the captain went to him and protested
that he should do his share of the work.
Why should ! do anything? said the man.
/ have got an incurable case of consump-
Omaha daily bee., 1901-02-03

country which has invariably treated him
kindly.
The kaiser also goes in strongly for Eng.
lish carpets and all the royal palaces III
Germany are "Kidderminstered" in almost
every room. When the duke of Cambridge
was staying with the kaiser some months
ago he remarked upon this and said: I'VE
English ought to feel ilattered, your ma
jesty, seeing that you think So highly of
English manufactures. Well English car
pets can't be beaten anywhere, | am sure"
"Ah, duke" replied the emperor, laugh
Omaha daily bee., 1901-02-03
A Lie Nailed

Philadelphia Press: There was a COM
mittee to wait upon the legislator when he
got home.
1t is generally reported" said the
spokesman, "that you got your share of the
money used to elect the United States sen
ator"
ITS a lie!" he cried
"Ah, then the public has been misin-
formed,'
That's what | know of half dozen
fellows that got more'n me"
Omaha daily bee., 1901-02-03

1--WE have come" said one of the dele
gates, humbly, ITO ask the secret of your
gift as IA pencil sharpener. Your proficiency
humiliates us"
1T is no secret" she said with a smile,
Thereupon she took pencil from the
hand of the speaker, raised the lid of her
desk, drew forth carpenters chisel, rested
the end Of the pencil IN the edge of the
desk, and deftly shaped it into true cone
with "A few shaver VI the sharp instru-
ment.
There" she said. handing ii back, have
you learned something from a woman"
I'VE have" they said.
And possibly the reader has also
Omaha daily bee., 1901-02-03

Those familiar with the geographical lin
itations usually put in the railroad passes
issued to politicians will appreciate a little
encounter which took place at Topeka, re-
lates the Kansas city Star. Richter" said
Bale Waggener to the lieutenant governor,
haven't | always given you passes over
our road?' Yes" responded Richter,
what of it?" We'll why don't you give
me pass that will take me into the senate
and give me a front seat along with the
other loafers?" Sure thing" said Richter,
Just wait a minute and will fix you out"
And presently the lieutenant governor came
bearing pass which reads as follows;
Omaha daily bee., 1901-02-03
To Doorkeepers of Senate.
Pass Hon. Il. u. WagRener In and out
During Present Session.
GOOD ONLY IN KANSAS.

The emperor OF Germany has, it is said
the most complete and costly wardrobe OF
any monarch in Europe He is accused of
spending $4,000 on boots alone end buys
every pair of them OF London shoemaker.
Made in Germany" does not appear upon
the war lords shoes
Omaha daily bee., 1901-02-03

"lOu ought to give your own country
chan O." laughingly said The prince of Wales
to his Imperial nephew during his last
visit to England.
"Well," replied the kaiser, Germany
certainly supports me in most things, but
as regards boots, | always go for English
supporters English made loOts are SO
easy to walk in"
"les, | agree with you" said the prince
somewhat shyly, and if there should be a
revolution at any time in Germany English
boots will enable you to travel speedily to
the country in which they are made" This
was in the nature of knock" for the
kaiser who at times is likely to helittle the
Omaha daily bee., 1901-02-03

If there is anything in which a woman is
supposed to be especially deficient it Is in
sharpening a ! ad pencil n neat and work
manlike manner, relates Youths Compan-
ion, but a certain woman reporter on
daily paper was observed always to have
her pencils most beautifully pointed
The masculine reporters watched her,
but never succeeded in learning how sha
did 1t, and one day they sent a delegatio
to ask her about it,
Junction City bulletin. [volume] (Junction City, Or.) 189?-1901, 1901-01-31

Parties having farm or timber lands,
or any real estate Whatever, FOR sale, can
get the benefit OF having their lands adj
vertised free Of charge by listing same
with as. Commission low.
Junction City bulletin. [volume] (Junction City, Or.) 189?-1901, 1901-01-31
..Thc Moaern Ananias q

The citizens Of Junction are soon TO BE-
treated TO production oi "The Modern
Ananias," by company composed OF
homo talcnt. These young aspirants
for histrionic fame have been diligently
rehearsing their parts for the past few
weeks, and from all accounts, when the
play is put upon the boards, it will be
worth coming miles to see. This effort
on the part Of our own home people,
besides furnishing entertainment for
the community, tends 70 cultivate the
minds and mrnners OF those who look
on, as we'll as those who take an active
part, at the same time advertising the
town, and should receive tho support
and encouragement TO which ii is Justly
entitled. The dramatis persona follows;
Nellie Goldengate Minnie SiDbatts
Prudence Maytlower. Georgia Nichols
Kitty ......,....,,.... Bertha Nichols
ably ...,..,.,...,.,..., Hazel Mofiitt
Colonel Lyon n5...,....~J. ID. Hamlin
Lysander Lyon ("Ananias'') Lee Clark
Derby Dashwood ., .AJ. w. Briarly
Don Francisco MARTINEZ. A. r. Grugett
AT the formation of thecompany there
was considerable rivalry between the
male members as To who should take
the character Of "Ananias, = each claim.
ing for himself superior qualifications
that should entitle him to represent that
historical parsonage. The "huck" was
finally passed up TO Lee Clnrk on merit
Dore Hamlin says Prof, Grugett's posi-
tion. Is all that saved him, while the
Professor is Of the opinion that that
indefatigable disciple Of Isaac Walton
Jack sBriarly, has the necessary quallfl
cations more fully developed than
either OF the before mentioned gentle
men. The public, however, has II,
choice, being satisfied that any one o.
the four is well qualified to take the part