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the Hotel Aston, at Seventh avenue and
Forty fourth street, and the Belmont and
the Brunswick. In course Of construction.
are factors in the change.
1t was not until after the Waldorf-Astoria
was opened that the builders Of hotels and
the men who run them learned that New
Workers and the American public in gen.
eral who come here wanted hotels where
they could get the best offered by the me-
tropolis and that they were willing to pay
well for it, They learned also from the sue
cess OF the Waldorf that the appearance
arrangements were much more potent
factors IN its success than had been sup
posed before. The st. Regis is eighteen
stories high, massive, and Of gray limestone,
but it will be exceeded in height by the
Hotel Belmont and the Brunswick.
AS New York sets the fashion for the rest
Of the country in everything else, sky
scrapers included, so also it is predicted
by men competent to speak that the adj
vance in hotel construction and decoration
as typified in the st. Regis and the Hotel
Aston and other new hotels will shortly
strike responsive chord in other large
cities, as occurred after the erection OF
the Waldorf. and that, as a result OF what
has been done in New York. there may
be expected another general upward stepin
hotel construction and equipment through
out the country
This leans also. these men say, that
there will probably he a corresponding
rise in the prices OF what will be regarded
in the future as the first class houses,
Whether the people generally want the
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hundred mechanical devices and secrets
for the use OF mediums. Prices run from
81 to $50.
There are about fifty slate writing,
| devices One for So is described as very
satisfactory, but requires some skill on the
part Of the medium For $40 you can get
one which requires no skill A double
slate Ia written on and closed When
opened. spirit message and answer to,
any question are found written on it. Nd
chemicals, So
The firm advertises full line of single
and double states for cases where local;
purchase of the same would cause com
ment,' There are self-playing guitars,
mystic hands. which appear on the wall
and disappear, and spirit trumpets, which
float through the air and deliver messages,
all at prices running from 81 to $40.
THE trumpets, the catalogue states, are
only for work under cabinet and material
izing conditions Lot 3s Is the Fox Sis
ters rapping table, used with great sue
cess by these celebrated New York medi-
ums.
'For 500 the firm will furnish first-oass
assorted mediums outfit, which will answer
all reasonable purposes Of an up to date
medium or psychic demonstration and con-
vince the most sceptical,
Spirit forms, no two alike, Of special III
minous material, and very durable. cost
from 500 to $50. The $40 ones are chill
dren's size. I'm not taking this language.
1t is all in the catalogue. The whole thing
is regular business that goes on under
ground and thrives on hundreds OF thou
sands OF victims
Mediums are usually women. As class
they are domestic, comfortable. middle
aged women, who knit and gossip together
in of hours rear large families and support
worthless husbands. who collect at the door
for the public meetings and help to gather
useful information
'In their public utterances they have n
singular line OF talk, made up Of highfalutin
words and phrases, nearly always used
inaccurately, and very bad grammer. In
all my experiences with them, I've never
known one to talk straight English. A
recreant medium who d fallen TO be patent
medicine sharp told me once that their
public expects bad grammer and that &C
ourate English would drive people away.
''It's part Of the graft he SAID
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EASY GRAFT OF THE MEDIUMS
THEIR VICTIMS DELUDED BY
~ VERY CHEAP TRICKS.
Nothing Mysterious About the Means by
which They Play on the Credulity OF
Their victlms-A Chicago Firms List
OF Mediums Suppies--Their Prices.

Their victlms--A Chicago Firms List
OF Mediums Supplies-Their Prices.
Il suppose have one OF the queerest
fads on earth" said the man on the hotel
sofa. MY passion and hobby is mediums
.clairvoyants, psychic card readers and
Others of that ilk. Not that I'm spiritual
list The graft side OF the medium business
IL what interests me.
There are poor pickings for me in New
York now. because the police have been
interfering with the medium bJ sin, rs
Still. can find cheap little test circle here
almost any time, and even know place,
Just of the Tenderloin. where you can see
real ghosts developed in full view Of the
audience. To see it in full blast, though,
you must go to Boston or better, to the Far
Western cities.
Most people suppose that mediums all
profess TO summon up real ghosts-that,
IN the language Of the profession they
naterialize. That ism true. To one ma
terializing medium In these days there are
a hundred test mediums.
-The test medium holds forth sualy
in a cheap hall, The admission is low,
for her patrons are poor Usually it runs
from 10 to rs cents.
'' "shs soRrts of with hymn. Then she
borroWa an article from each person in
the congregation and begins her tests.
For example, she'll hold up a glove
and ask who owns it. When the owner
has spoken up she'll hold the glove to her
forehead and say something like this
hear the name John. Have you
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But while some architects deplore the con-
ventional and what they call inartistic
trend in skyscraper architecture, they ad-
init that it is the most notable and the
most thoroughly American architecture OF
the time and that it affords an opportunity
for the earning Of the largest fees ever
obtained by architects in general practice.
SO far as the height Of the Office building
of the future is concerned, there is, it is
said. practically no limit below go or 70
stories posed by economical or structural
considerations. All that will he necessary
is sufficient amount of space for the foun-
dations.
The owners of the buildings have however.
found that there is a limit imposed by
the sentimental nature OF the office oc
cupant, and that there are few who care
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of the skyscraper, If it really must be, and
they admit that it must, is a franker ex-
preston Of the fact that there is beneath
the covering OF stone and brick a frame
of steel.
There is one building in the city. com
pleted only about year ago. which archi-
tects agree Is more successful in this re-
spect than most others. 1t Is called one
Of the few successful skyscrapers, archi-
tecturally regarded, in the city.
1t is the Blair Building at Broad street
and Exchange place. A picture of it is
included in the group above. Its success
lies chiefly in the fact that it does not simu
late solid masonry lts frame Of steel
is not openly disclosed, but some of the
metal columns are permitted to show in
the facade.
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THE TELLING STROKE.
Point OF the Besgar's Tale That Won Her q
Dime From q Sceptic.

The man and the woman we're on their
way to dinner just off Fifth avenue down
a side street. when they heard a voice back
OF them say:
For the love OF God, lady and gentle
man, stop and listen to what poor woman
has to say"
They stopped to listen; the woman be-
cause she wanted to hear, the man out Of
politeness because the woman had stopped
For the love of God, lady and gentle
man." began the voice which issued from
the lips Of another woman not poorly
dressed, but with rather stylish hat and
good shoes, will you give me car fare?
l want to go to Brooklyn. There is a lady
in Brooklyn who owes me money. II
can only get there she will pay me, maybe
Here she paused to shed a tear.
II | can only get there maybe she VIII
pay me, repeated the voice. Lady and
gentleman" her utterance was throaty
by giving me money TO get to Brooklyn.
where this lady is? ! can prove that she
owes me money il you will only listen"
Give her five cents, said the woman,
and the man frowningly reached into his
pocket, produced a dime and handed it to
her to give.
God bless you, lady and gentleman
cried the voice more throatily than ever.
but with a triumphant ring, though tho
tears coursed one by one down her checks.
may the good Lord bless you, may the
good
But her listeners were out OF hearing by
now.
What made Won let her catch you by that
old dodge?' asked the man. She's prob
ably got money in the hank drawing in
terest"
-1've seen hundreds Of them downtown
who wanted to go to Harlem" replied the
woman in explanation. -and hundreds in
Harlem that wanted to go downtown, but
this is the first one have ever encountered
who wanted q nickel to 60 to Brooklyn.
That's why
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when 1t is said that each OF the stones in the
cornice at the eighteenth floor weighs
between eighteen and twenty tons. The
interior is finished in marble and bronze.
1t is said to be one Of the most expensive
Office buildings in the world.
The Blair Building, which is OF white
marble, is seventeen stories high and al
most equally elaborate in its interior fin
ishings.
The Sixty Wall Street structure will be
one Of the giants Of the city, probably
higher than any other Office building, ex-
elusive Of towers. Its steel frame, partly
covered, looms up impressively from the
East River and the Brooklyn Bridge, and has
caused lot of wonder and comment.
It. will be built in two sections and in
its architectural design will illustrate the
recent trend toward simplicity in exterior
design. The Wall street wing will be four
teen stories high and the Pine street section
twenty-six. Its height will be 347 feet,
the Times Building and the Park Row Build
ing, each with tower, exceeding it by
several feet
The Beaver Building and the Times Build
ing, like the Flatlron Building, are notable
for their striking appearance, and represent
some of the best attainments thus far in
getting the greatest possible amount of
floor room out Of the available foundatioll
space.
The changes in hotel construction and
architecture during the last two or thre'S
years have been much more pronounced.
than in the skyscraper. distinctly new,
and higher standard of construction and
decoration has been established.
This advance is represented chiefly in
the erection Of the st. Regis Hotel, at Fifth
avenue and Fifty-ffth street. although
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to be higher than the buildings constructed
at present. 1t is not impossible, though,
that this objection may disappear in time.
The Hanover National Bank Building, at
Nassau and Pine streets; the Beaver Build
ing at Beaver and Spruce streets; the Times
Building, at Broadway and Forty-second
street, and the Sixty Wall Street Build
ing, now in course of construction, are some
of the most notable structures of the last
year or two
The Hanover National Bank Building is
noted for the massiveness of its structure
the characteristic deplored by many archi-
tects, in view of its steel frame-and it's
costly and elaborate interior furnishings.
1t is twenty-five stories high, and built
mostly of granite.
Some idea OF it's massiveness can be got
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-07-15
Care of the Farm Horse.

During the busy months OF the year
farmers are anxious to get all the work
possible out of their horses, which is
proper enough Food alone will not do
the trick. A horse may be fed the
best of rations, but he needs care in
addition, so try these things which
may seem simple, but which will do a
great deal toward making the horse
contented and more valuable to you.
Keep his coat clean, not only by
brushing and the use Of the comb, but
use water on him freely, especially
during the warm period. When his
work for the day is done take a sponge
and wash each part of his coat where
the harness touched. If his muscles
are sore take equal parts of iodine and
sweet oil, mix them and rub the mix
ture we'll into the joints and tendons.
Wash out his mouth occasionally and
take care of his feet. Above all, in
warm weather see that his stable is
we'll ventilated and that screens are
placed so that vermin are kept from
annoying him. In watering the horse
let him have it before eating and also
small supply between meals, even
if he is warm. 1t will not hurt him
unless you give him too much.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-07-15
Thick Gingerbread.

Mix three quarters of n pound flour
three-quarters of an ounce ground
ginger, half ounce carbonate of Soda,
two ounces Of shredded candied peel
together; put two ounces butter and
two ounces dripping into saucepan.
to melt; add four ounces of brown
sugar and half pound golden syrup,
and allow sugar to dissolve over a
gentle heat Make a hole in the mid
die Of the -four, and pour in sugar..
butter and syrup. When it is partly
mixed and slightly cooled, add two
eggs and little milk. The mixture
should be just moist enough to run
off the spoon. Bake in deep tin for
two hours. Cut into squares. This
gingerbread will keep for weeks in a.
covered tin.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-07-15
Bakinc-Powder Economy.

The best baking powder l use is
homemade. Here is my recipe: Two
and one-quarter pounds of cream tar
tar, one pound of bakingsoda, one
and quarter pounds of -four. Sift
six or eight times thoroughly and keep
in tin boxes. This makes four and
one-half pounds of the baking-powder,
and costs about half as much as that
we buy. l buy the cream-tartar and
soda at a drug store, as they are then
sure to be pure, and the strength of
the baking-powder depends SO much
upon the purity of the ingredients.
Try this recipe, and you will be pleas
ed with the result.-EXchaDge
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-07-15
Egg Soup.

Wash and scrape two small carrots
a turnip, two sticks of celery, and an
onion. Slice these vegetables very thin
and fry in a tablespoonful of butter
until of yellsw color. Take UP the
vegetables into a strainer, put them
in a stewpan, with three pints of
water, seasoning of pepper and salt
and a very little sugar. Let the soup
simmer for two hours, then pass all
through hair sieve. Return the soup
to the fire, and thicken it with potato
flour made into a smooth paste with
cold milk. Meanwhile, poach an egg,
for each person, lay these in a tureen,
add a gill of cream to the soup, and
pour it over the eggs. Scatter chop
ped yolk of eggs over the soup and
serve.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-07-15

It is scarcely worth while to say
anything to farmers west of the Mis-
souri, river on the Importance of grow
ing sorghum. The uncertain charae-
ter Of the corn crop where there is
less than twenty inches Of rainfall
forces farmers to seek a substitute.
They have found admirable substitutes
in cane and kaffir and other varieties
Of sorghum, saccharine and non-sac-
charine. The farmers in the humid
area, speaking generally, at some dis
lance west of the Missouri river and
eastward, have been slow in appreciat-
ing the value of this great forage
crop, and it is to these that we par
ticuIarly address ourselves. Sorghum,
or cane, is a warm weather plant, and
hence should not be planted until
about ten days after the time for the
first planting Of corn in any locality
To plant it earlier is to invite failure
It can be sown or planted for two
months after the time for planting
corn and mature, if the earlier varie-
ties, such as Early Amber, are select
ed. It is especially to be recommended
for lands which for any reason can
not be put in corn within three or four
weeks after the oak leaves are the
size of the squirrels ear, which is the
proper time for the first planting OF
corn.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-07-15
Yorkshire Teacakes.

Put three pounds and half Of flour
into a basin, and, after adding little
salt, rub into it half a pound of lard.
Dissolve two ounces and a half Of
yeast in little slightly warm water,
and add to it one pint of milk, also
slightly warm, and three ounces Of
sugar Make hole in the center Of
the -four, and pour this liquid into it,
letting it stand for a quarter of an
hour, then work it up, and let it stand
to rise for two hours. Roll out into
cakes, and let them stand on the tins
about half an hour, after which bake
in a quick oven from twenty minutes
to half an hour
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-07-15
Buff Orpington Breed.

For many years the one desire of
the practical poultryman has been to
obtain breed which would equal the
Leghorn in egg production and the
Plymouth Rock as table fowl. 1t is
claimed that the Buff Orpington is
that breed and certainly it has done
wonders since its Introduction into this
country from England. The fowls
are exceedingly attractive and the pull
lets begin laying when five months
old, keeping at it without the break
usual to pullets of most breeds.
An average weight for bird at ma
turity is nine to ten pounus, hence it
is evident that as a table fowl they
will closely approach the famed Ply
mouth Rock. AS layers they equal
the Leghorn and they make excellent
mothers. They appear to be quite as
hardy as the Plymouth Rock. hence
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ecret Of the Plupdered Safe
By EMILE GABoRIAU
Bv EMILE GABORIAU

anything important should happen send
note to your wife, and she will inform
me. Go. and be prudent"
The door closed on Fanferlot as M.
Lecoq passed into his bedroom. In the
twinkling of an eye he had Invested him
self of the appearance of a police Off
Ger. He took off his stiff cravat and gold
spectacles, and removed the close wig
from his thick black hair The official
Lecoq had disappeared, leaving in his
place the genuine Lecoq whom nobody
knew-a handsome young man, with a
bold, determined manner, and brilliant.
piercing eyes.
Meanwhile Fanferlot did not run, but
flew, toward the Palais de Justice. At
last he was now able to convince some
one that he, Fanuferlot, was man Of
wonderful perspicacity. His hopes were
not deceived. If the judge was not
absolutely and fully convinced he admir-
ed the ingenuity of the whole proceed
ing.
This decides me-" he said, as he dis
missed Fanferlot. II will make out a
favorable report to-day; and it is highly
probable that the accused will be reeas-
ed tomorrow"
He began at once to write out one Of
those terrible decisions of mot proven
which restores liberty, but not honor, to
the accused man; which says that he is
not guilty, but does not say he is limo
cent.
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(To be continued.l
ARE TREATED LIKE SERFS.
Servants In Russia Cannot Testify In
Court Against Their Masters.

Servants In Russia Cannot Testify In
Court Against Their Masters.
Although serfdom was abolished in
Russia many years ago by the first
Nicholas, the conditions Of the work
ing people there have not greatly i'm
proved. The lot Of the domestic SER
want is especially hard. He is hired
for one year and is told exactly what
his particular duty is to be. He then
sticks to that one duty. AS long as
each servant faithfully performs the
special duties Of his position all is
wei, but the neglectful butler or cook
or coachman is sent by the employer
with written note to the police judge,
who, after carefully investigating the
complaints, has right to order bodily
punishment or to write a bad mark
in the book kept for this purpose.
In great Russian households often
from twenty to fifty servants are kept,
and even the mtddle-class families
have from two to four. The pay Of
these servants varies according to the
line of work. While the chiefs" in
the Kitchens Of wealthy families often
receive $500 year, cook IN an
ordinary citizens employ gets no more
than $50 year, and maid of all
work never gets more than $50 year
At Easter every servant gets pres
emf, generally a suit or dress.
Every other Sunday the servants IN
Russian household are entirely free.
Their work stops Saturday night after
supper, when the servants leave the
house not to return until the next
Monday morning. The employers
never ask where or how the free time
is spent.
Russian servants will pilfer. Since
Russian ladies leave everything 10 the
care Of the servants, the latter do as
they please.
The men servants smoke cigars be-
longing to their masters and pay ire
ouent visits to the wine cellars or the
house. but a gentleman would consider
# "demeaning'' himself to prosecute
servant for this.
The Russian servants VIII talh
about fellow servants, but never about
their employers. Even when they
quit one place and take service IN an
other family they would never men
zion anything about their former mas
ters. This discretion goes so far that
oven the law considers it. In Russia
the law excludes servants as witness
es against their former or present en-
nlovers so long, at least, as these SER
ron+s ore not suspected of having
taken part in the crime
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-07-15
Graham Corn Gems.

Good graham and corn-meal gems
are made with sour milk. To make the
corn-meal gems, mix half a cup of
sugar, one egg and one tablespoonful
of butter together. Add two cups of
sour milk in which a teaspoonful of
soda has been dissolved. Sift two cups
Of corn meal and one of -four, and
stir the other ingredients into it. Bake
in a quick oven. Graham gems are
excellent made in the same way, us
ing in place of the corn meal and -four
about the same amount of graham.
meal or enough to stiffen.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-07-15
Pork Making.

One of the. features of the pig, which
is not sufficiently appreciated, is its
prolificacy. While the horse, COW and
sheep, as a rule, produce but one or
two young annually, the pig may pro-
duce from sixteen to twentyfour an
enormous percentage of increase. To
make the most out of pork, the old
style of keeping pigs eighteen months
or so before slaughtering is abandoned,
and the animals are being fitted for the
block at six or eight months. The
first one hundred pounds Of gain are
made the cheapest, the Eecond one
hundred pounds Cost more, and so on
increasingly, as far as one chooses to
go. Economy would dictate then, that
certainly when two hundred pounds
are reached the animal shoIld be dis
posed of and a fresh start made with
younger stock The best breed is one
which natures. early, provided it is of
good size.
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Short Suggestions.

Making starch with soapy water iss
the best way to produce gloss and
prevent the iron from sticking.
The best way to mash potatoes is to-
rub them through wire sieve; you
can then be sure there are no Jumps.
left.
When making pudding don't forget
to make plait In the cloth at the top
Of your basin, SO as to allow the pud--
ding room to swell.
Before using a lamp wick soak it
in strong vinegar, then dry it thor
oughly, and it will burn both brightly
and without any unpleasant smoke or
smell.
The beating Of eggs to froth is:
sometimes firing work. The labor will
be lightened If before breaking the
eggs into the basin the latter is rinsed
with cold water Add to the eggs a
pinch Of salt and while beating them
stand in a good current of air and
they will soon froth.
When the white of an egg is used
the yolk is often left to harden andi
is then thrown out. A teaspoonful of
cold water poured into the eggshelI
will keep it soft. If hardened, beat
in a little milk, and the yolk may
be made usable again. Whites of eggs
must be kept covered u not used at
Onca.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-07-15
Pate a Chou.

Put into a pan half cupful OF milk
and two tablespoonfuls of butter, and
when boiling add eight rounding table
spoonfuls of -four; stir briskly for
three minutes Stand the pan on the
table and when the paste is cooled to,
the lukewarm degree, break in an un-
beaten egg, mix for two minutes,
break in another, beat hard for another
two minutes, and repeat with a third
and a fourth egg. The pate a chou
is then ready for use, in eclairs, puffs,
and choux a la creme.