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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-08-03

Concerning the action of alfalfa hay
on horses, farmer says in Breeders
Gazette: For more than fifteen yearA
l have had experience in raising horses
from birth to sale, from youth to age,
on alfalfa pasture and hay, except may
be giving them some variety in winter,
consisting Of corn fodder and straw.
All animals and man like variety in
diet. / feed no grain except to horses
in harness, and my horses are noted foI
their size, strength and beauty. l sold
two Percheron colts in March, 3 and
years old, weighing 1,700 and 1,80C
pounds, that did not know the taste OF
grain. l have wintered horses from
the city, as many as twenty-five at
times, exclusively on alfalfa to the per,
feet satisfaction of the owners. / have
never noticed nor known any injurious
effect from well-cured, good hay cut
at first bloom.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-08-03
For DESTROYING Grasshoppers.

For Destroying GraSshoppers.
BY all odds the best method for de-
stroying grasshoppers after they be-
come half grown is the use of the
chopper dozer," or kerosene pan, which
is shown. herewith. This is made of
stovepipe iron by turning up the sides
and ends about four inches so as to
make long, fiat pan about four inches
in depth. This is then mounted on
runners varying in height according to
requirements. On the frame back of
the pan is stretched piece Of cloth to
prevent the insects from jumping over
the pan. When ready to begin work,
the pan is partially filled with water,
and some coal oil is added If the
ground is level, no crosspieces are nee
essary, but If the pan is to be used on
sloping ground it should be made as in
dictated in the Illustration to prevent
the oil and water from running to one
end The height of the runners will
necessarily vary from two to eight or
ten inches, according to the crop to be
protected and the age of the insects to
be captured. The machine may be of
any length desired up to sixteen or
eighteen feet. If small, it can be
drawn by hand, but when larger a
horse or two is desirable. When full,
the insects can be removed, a little
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-08-03

Skin the cold, dressed legs of the
chicken over night and score the flesh
parallel to the bone. Make sauce by
mixing tablespoonful of oil, tea
spoonful of salt, saltspoonful of pep
per and few drops of anchovy. Insert
this sauce into the scores of the flesh
and spreard it about In the morning.
grease the bars of the gridiron and
make them hot, put on the deviled legs
and broil, turning until we'll cooked.
Serve very hot.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-08-03
Home.Nade Milk Cooler.

On every dairy farm, large or small,
there should be some arrangement
made for cooling the milk. The illus
tration shows homemade milk cool
er which has been In operation on
large dairy farm for several years. The
size can be varied according to circum-
stances. A shows the little box In
which the ice is placed. This is hinged
at the end so that the cover can be
thrown entirely back and not Interfere
in any way with the person who is
putting in the ice. B shows the height
in the box to which the water can go
before it reaches the overflow pipe
which goes out Of the box into
trough, shown at G, and thence is car
ried to any point desired. This over
flow pipe is a piece of rubber hose.
The larger box in which the cans Of
milk are set has cover on either side
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-08-03
General Farm Notes.


Dig out the peach tree borers and jar
the curculiO.
Bone is the thing to use .on peach
trees every time, says one grower.
If the sun is allowed to shine on the
grindstone one side will wear faster
than the other.
In orchards badly infested with can,
kerWorm late spraying with some form
Of arsenic. which is most safely used in
bordeaux mixture, may do good if the
worm Is still feeding.
Cultivate the sweet potato ridges af-
ter rains to break the crust and keep
the soil mellow Making the ridges
narrow the last cultivation will cause
them to mature early.
A great deal depends upon how wat
er is put on. If you begin your irriga-
ton before it is very dry, you don't
need so much water, but if you let your
ground get very dry and then put on
your water you need a great deal NOR
of it.
Often on the farm, harvest or thrash
ing hands find it impossible to be at
home for dinner. and it is a vexing
problem how to haul dinner on the
wagon without jolting it into mush
If the dinner bucket is placed in
grain sack, and each end Of the sack is
hooked or fastened in some way under
the hay rigging, SO that the sack viii
hang loosely, swing back and forth,
the dinner will Jar very little, though
carried on the wagon all the forenoon
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-08-03
Stewed CucuIn bers.

For a quickly prepared dish try this:
Cut the stem end from three cucum-
bers, put into boiling water and cook
three minutes. Drain and put in ice
water Make a white sauce as fol-
lows: One tablespoonful of butter melt
ed in fryingpan, stir one tablespoonful
of flour into this till smooth and
cooked, but not Drowned, add tea
spoonful of salt, little cayenne pepper,
one cupful of milk; stir until smooth
and it comes to boil, then pull back
and add the cucumbers sliced, and
simmer till tender
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-08-03
Evolution of the Apple.

Apples are new in the economy of the
worlds use and taste. At the begin
ming of the last century few varieties
were known, and we can go back In
history to time when all apples were
and nothing else. The crab apple was
and is in it's wildness nothing but 8
rosebush. Away back in time the wild
rose, with it's pretty blossoms that turn
to little red balls, apple favored, and
the thorny crab had the same grand
mother.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-08-03
The Colorado Beetle.


If those who desire to kill the beetles
and slugs on their potato and tomato
vines would mix their paris green
with an equal amount of slaked lime,
or one pound of it to two pounds Of
land plaster, and dust the vines with
the mixture when they are little
damp from dew or rain, they would de-
stroy the insects better than they do by
spraying with the paris green in water.
The poison would not wash off as cas-
lily in a shower, and it would be easy to
tell when it washed off, without wait
ing to learn it by seeing the vines half
eaten up and no slugs killed. The lime
or plaster would, like the lime in Bor-
deaux mixture, prevent injury to the
foliage, and they are also supposed to
have some effect in preventing blight.
In the days before the Colorado beetle
came around almost every farmer used
to put plaster on his pototo and squash
vines, first to keep off the little striped
squash or cucumber bug, next to pre-
vent blight, and not least because 1t
was supposed to attract moisture to the
hill. Probably the fact was that it alb
sorbed some Of the ammonia that was
escaping from the 'shovelful Of ma
nure in the HILL" which most Of them
used for growing potatoes, and they
used to talk about growing "a peck in
a hilP' then, but we never saw such a
hill
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-08-03
Canning Time.

Blackberries for winter pies may be
prepared by boiling together fourteen
pounds of blackberries, seven pounds
Of sugar and one pint of vinegar until
hey are just scalded, and canning them
the same as other fruits.
To make delicious pear conserve
peel eight pounds of pears and slice
them about one-fourth of an inch thick,
round and round. Cut a quarter of
pound of green. scraped ginger root
into small pieces and cook it in two
quarts of water until thelatter is highly
davord. Add eight pounds of SUI
gar. When it is dissolved put in
the pears and four large or five small
lemons, the yellow rind of which is cut
up small and the pulp sliced thin. Cook
slowly until the mixture is a rich am
Der color This is very rich and deli
cious
Spiced currants are excellent to serve
with meats. For these the proportions
needed are eight quarts of currants,
four pounds of sugar, one pint Of vine
gar, one ounce of cloves and one ounce
of cinnamon Boil together for an hour.
Put in jars and let ripen two or three
months before using.
All the vegetables are easily canned,
and are much cheaper il done up at
home. Wash and prepare them. Fiji
the cans almost full and add cold water
until the cans run over and screw on
the covers tight. Put the cans in
boiler filed with cold water and stand
on the stove. After the water begins to
boil cook peas and asparagus two hours
and corn and string beans three hours.
When they come out of the water tight
Ell the covers again.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-08-03
Ename1ed Cloth In housekeeping.

Enameled Cloth I'm Housekeeping.
Tiled kitchens or those with fine,
hard paint finish are the ambition of
every modern housekeeper. In such 81
kitchen, which is part of a costly
home in New York, the cook explained
to an admiring visitor the other day
that he could stand with his back to the
range and use the garden hose over all
the rest of the room, without the slight
est injury to the room, and that he had
done it more than once. The floor, walls
and ceiling are tiled; sink, tables,
kneading- board, ETC., are porcelain,
marble and glass, all impervious, OF
course, to any amount of water. Such
kitchens, however, are very expensive,
and not for the average home until
some cheaper waterproof material is
discovered or invented. To take long
drop from this ideal standard the house
keeper of moderate income will find a
useful substitute for the walls of kitch-
ems, buffers pantries and bathrooms in
the marbled enameled cloth to be found
at every house-furnishing counter. 1t
can be fitted as neatly as paper il a
little glue is added to the paste by
which it is put on. 1t is cheaper than
paint, more durable than even the wa
terproof papers, and as it comes now
in marbled and tiled designs it contrib
utes neat and attractive appearance
to the room in which it is used, this
with white-painted woodwork and a
pretty floor covering. -Harper's Bazaar.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-08-03
Musical Diamond Jubilee.

This is the diamond jubilee of the
tonic sofia movement, says the London
Mail. and at the present time no fewer
than four and a half million children in
the elementary schools are being taught
this system.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-08-03
GonseherrY Lam.

Allow half a pint of water and one
pound Of loaf sugar to each pound Of
fruit. Wash, then top and taip' the
gooseberries. Put the sugar and water
In your preserving pan. When boiling
add fruit Keep It we'll stirred, and
skinned, and boil till when little 10
cooled on a plate # soon jellies. Thea
put In dry jars and cover when cold.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-08-03

has become dry before cutting by rea-
son of being overripe, suffering. from
drought, or being frost-bitten. Either
of these causes may make fodder so
dry that 1t will be benefited by a wet
ting before it is pressed into the silo.-
New England Homestead.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-08-03

more oil added and the machine start
ed afresh. In this way a number of
bushels of hoppers can be captured and
destroyed in a single day. The cost Of
running this machine is triaing and the
remedy very effectual. = Nebraska
Farmer.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-08-03
RE BAD BOY.

climbs the cherry tree
and when he's done
FRIES at the birds and breaks
off Just for fun;
the smaller boys around
You madly chase
the street he hollers
a-a!"
kes an ugly face.
h. cuts the hammock ropes
biIs the fower-bed,
les for a chance to push
d boy from the shed;
bov puts his thumb against
e and turns to sass
YOU ask him kindly not
81 across the grass.
s how gets the smaller boys
i away to swim,
H. they splash around their
I'd in knots by him;
Ks them till they lose their
bath,
MhiIe they try to dress,
Iers them with mud, and thus
ed with happiness.
bov likes to torture dogs,
Is things to their tails,
Al YOU don't want fastened down
miners full of nails;
VS. things at you when you pass,
{ YOU kindly stay
him good advice he calls
names and runs away.
bow breaks his mothers heart
makes his father sad;
les he changes, but too oft
right on being bad;
he does turn out all right
20 the way he should
three tines the credit that
10Y gets who is good.
-WaSltiHgtOn Star.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-08-03
SHADOW BARRIER.

had always known that David
been engaged before, but his love
been too satisfying, and she had
too happy to think very much about
Batter
hen he asked Alva to marry him
ID told her of his previous engage
and there the subject rested. Al
ad been proud to be too honorable
uestion him; indeed, she was not
cious of any desire to do so. She
~ no resentment against the other
IAN. for David's love was too COM
to leave any room for jealousy.
It one evening, as they sat in the
N window seat in the library, watch
he sunset colors change and glow,
came to Alva the woman's instinct
lobe the heart of the man she loves,
q lay bare all its secrets.
% you love me, dear?" she began,
ing closer to run her fingers
lgh David's hair.
q indeed | do, my darling"
Better than you ever loved anyone
xre?"
les, dear"
g hat other woman-the one you
ze engaged to frst-did you love
% course, or l shouldn't have asked
III to marry me"
lva's hand dropped to her side, and
IS man took it and held it in strong
,.
It seems odd" unused Alva. Il sup
&c YOU sat by her side and held her
ID Just as YOU are holding mine now.
81 YOU make the same pretty speeches
8 do to me, | wonder?' ~
8Cer.ainly not, replied David, gently.
+ man ever makes love to two women
quite the same way"
3No; men are too adaptable for that, "
ID AIva, but there was no malice in
voice; and David, glancing at her
Pckly, saw that she did not realize
" deep the truth of her remark lay.
Isn't that red sky gorgeous?" he
FED, after moment I'm little while
|wiIl be the faintest pink"
It's wonderful" said Alva. 'Do you
ow, dear that you never told me which
E OF you broke that engagement"
Didn't l. dear?"
No, said AIva, but don't tell me if
u would rather not" she added softly.
'omehow fell sure that you did"
YES David said, you are right. l
oke it"
Il am glad it was you," said Alva,
hckly, because it makes me feel sure
u have no regrets. | never had any
uence with the false notion of honor
at prevents a man from breaking an
gagement. | don't see how it can be
norable to marry woman when you
not love her"
AS She spoke Alva looked at her lover
see whether he shared her opinion.
IS tace, with the glory of the sunset
II upon 1t. was very sober.
he did not speal, for some time, and
va waited, knowing he would soon tell
+ what was in his mind.
L did not break my engagement be-
use | had ceased to care" he said fin
y but the woman l was to marry did
a great wrong, and l lost faith in
r. could not marry woman | did
It trust so | released her. | think it
sht to tell you this. dear.
And them said Alva softly, you
ased to care
Yes, dear, l ceased TO care. Not all
once but gradually. There, now the
Is pink. pink that would just be-
me you. Don't you wish | were equip
d with wings so l could fly up and get
II piece of that cloud for asbaIl
wn?"
Was 1t before you met me or after
ard that you ceased to care??" Alva
ked.
/ hardly know. 1t was before think,
at stopped caring, but it took you to
store my lost faith in womankind. :"
And made you forget" Alva' $
ice was hushed with tenderness.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-08-03

The human voice is produced by the
assistance of eight pair of muscles, and
fifteen other pairs cont ribute in various
ways.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-08-03

Of the ice chest, these covers being
raised and thrown back against the ice
chest when open. The cans Of milk are
placed in this large box in the water
Indianapolis News.
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the list or canuIuaIes Tor uacn uinerent
Office as many blank spaces as there are
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.s.ss1 " sIiS cll1Inenr srrUK gsrnHnNnznszssn==
Dill, whom l quoted In my first letter
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-08-03

pa attended legislation, such as the
+ oiil; that the bill was no longer
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it is not based upon sou
them stand nnf in rha q
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rES recipients OF his 7aTors. and afber
yglIlld he raroSrarraad e. -
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n 80 %s>.ess 80 " s-A1e1G
principle, let
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ITO the Editor of the Sentinel:
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-08-03

not do that, but | am going to ask you to
alter your decision.
| hardly know how to write what
wish to, dear; how to tell you what |
want you to know There can be moth
ing between us; not even memory.
Once I loved that other woman.
believed her everything that was good
and womanly, and when my confidence
in her was shaken l thought that never
could trust any one again. | believed
at the time that it was the depth of my
love that made me suffer SO, but now |
know it was because my trust had been
betrayed | mourned not the woman
| herself. but the ideal she had shattered.
That is why it still hurts me to talk of
her, although she is nothing to me now.
1t was you, dear, who brought back
my faith in human nature, my trust In
woman; and your power to do this IS the
best proof that l love you as | have
never loved before.
Some people say that mans first
| love is his best, but they do not know.
OF course, if his first love lasts and be-
| cones the fuller, rounded love OF his
later life, it is the best, but each time
| A man loves he loves against greater
odds. His trust has more bitter expert
ences. more cynicism to battle with.
| There can be no love that is worthy the
name without confidence, and the love
that can bring to life a dead faith must
be the greatest love.
| I do not think you can realize this,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-08-03

! that the citiz,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1901-06-20

of their Artillery Corps, with their Ma
rine rn.antry as support; part Of the
latter command consisted of native
Chinese regiment from French -Indo-
China.
This was not the first time that
French troops fought under the tri-
color in China; the first time being in
England's Second Opium War;" when
q French force co-operated with the
English In the capture of Peking.
During the days of waiting from the
memorable 18th of July, until August
4th, the troops in Tien Tsin were dis
cussing the probable fate of those who
were besieged at the capital, all man.
ner OF rumors were rife, one day rumor
would have the entire European popu-
lation massacred, and the following
day we would receive a message from
Minister Conger, that the Legation
was still intact, but piteously calling
for immediate relief.
Those were days never to be forgot
ten. very few believed that we would
find our people alive, as for the last
few days prior to the advance, we had
received no message from Peking.
At last the plans were completed, and
the advance started toward Peking on
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1901-06-20

nese magazine, exploding with force
that shook the earth for miles around,
and which spoke of death to all in its
immediate vicinity; on these occasions
the sky would be lit up with a lurid
glare that reminded one of "Mauna
Lea" in eruption.
During the engagement the Japa-
nese lost large number OF their cav
airy horses. Probably one of the most
distressing sights a soldier meets on
the field of battle, is that of horse
wounded unto death, no human cry can
compare with theirs, in its intensity of
grief, fear and pain; iand the dumb
pleading that wells up in their eyes,
would melt heart of adamant.
Camp was made that night at Kwang-
Chang, q short distance from Pei
Tsang.
To be continued.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1901-06-20
Strawberry Summary.

AS the result of observations ON six
ty varieties of strawberries fruited at
the Experiment station the following
summary is given;
Earliest berries Michel, Excelsior,
Johnson's Early, Earliest.
Largest berries Morgan, Emperor,
Empress, Sampon, Nick Oher, New
York, Wolverton, Gladstone, McKin-
ley Bubach No. s. IH
Heaviest pield- Pride of Cumberland
Clyde, Tennessee Prolific, Stones 1870,
Sample, Gibson, W. j. Bryan, Glen
Mary, Greenville, Splendid.
Best quality Bennett, Parsons s
Beauty, Brownie, Downing's Bride,
Margret, Senator Dunlap, Pride of
Cumberland, Tennessee Prolific, Clyde,
Nick Dinner.
--latest berries Candy (latesD Rum,
Michigan, Sampson, Mckinley, Down
ing's Bride.
AS the result of heavy rains just as
the main crop came on the fruit of all
kinds grew very rapidly and was soft,
so that no just comparison could be
made of the tineness of the several va.
rieties, CHARLES A. KEGFER,
Horticulturists.
Tennessee Experiment Station.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1901-06-20

August 4th, 1900, and the watchword
was now "On to Peking,"
That night camp was made at what
was known as the International camp,
about six miles from the European
City of Tien Tsin; the night was chilly
aud we were drenched to the skin; the
simple fact Of our being wet was no
new experience to us, fresh as we were
from fourteen months hard campaign
ing in the Philippines. For bed that
night the clinging mud accumulating
for ages, had to suffice.
At 2:3O a. M, the 9th, camp was
broken and after hasty breakfast of
bacon, hard-tack and coffee, the march
was again resumed. Even ut that
early hour, the roar of cannon and ir-
regular rife firing could be heard from
our front; as time grew apace, the fir
ing grew heavier until it terminated in
one continual roll, as if thunder. Then
it was that we were ordered forward, TO
support the japanese, who had the
enemy engaged at a place called Pei
Tsang, about three miles distant. For
ward we went at double time, eager
to help such deserving soldiers as they
had proven themselves TO be at Tien
Tsin; even at the fast PAGES in which
we advanced the little Japs had the
enemy on the go before We arrived on
the scene, but not without heavy losses
their casualties exceeding 800 killed
and wounded.
AS we advanced to their support, the
sights we witnessed was something
sublime. The Japanese artillery were
shelling the enemy's position while the
Infantry were advancing; the most i'm
pressive and pleasing sight witnessed
was the explosion of the shells over the
doomed village, at times eight or ten
bursting simultaneously; or again when
a shell would find its way into a Chi