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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-02-26
Farm, Notes.

A Williamson (Mich.) farmer hired
four women to husk corn, being unable
to get men, and III seven days they
husked 1,160 bushels.
An Illinois farmer is said TO dry out
bins or cribs Of damp grain by putting
layers of drain THE through the mass.
We should like to hear from any read
er who has tried this.
Eggs are sold by the dozen regard
less Of size. Should potatoes be sold
In the same manner n gigantic kick
would be made by potato consumers
4 dozen potatoes may weigh one or
ten pounds.
Planting potatoes with long sprouts
on them is a bad practice. When this
is done the long sproIt will rot and
decay and another has to be started,
which weakens 1t ana re.ards the
growth. This may not be known by
some. but ii is a fact.
1t Is very essential that each farm
err should know the nature of his own
OF neighbor, in which case it would
be folly to initiate him. Many failures
are made by not knowing the nature
of the SOIL When a crop is grown on
soil untitled to 1t it is very much like
fitting a square plug in round hole.
One should study to adapt crnoa to his
soil.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-02-26
SIN nil Stock Barn.

The accompanying plan of base
ment of barn, 80 by 81 feet, contains
rooms for eight head Of cattle, one SIN
gle horse stall, one box stall, and one
sheep pen. The floor above has drive
way OF II feet, with NOW Of II feet
one side over the cattle, and one Of
10 feet over the horses and sheep pen.
The stairway goes down from the side
OF the barn floor and the feed is put
down through q swinging door In the
size Of the NOW beside the stairway.
BY using the swinging door 1t will al
ways be kept shut and prevent
draughts in the stables.
The cost OF cement concrete wall,
and concrete stable floor. together
with the frame work above, would be
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-02-26

Steamed Mutton.

Into q stewing jar put three pounds
of mutton, carrot, small onion ana
turnip cut into dice, two teaspoonfuls
Of salt, saltspoonful of pepper, to-
mato, and half pint of water. Cover
closely, and stand jar in saucepan
of water, which keep boiling for three
hours. Arrange q border OF boiled
rice on dish, place the mutton In 1t,
the vegetables in the center and sprin-
kle over all some finely-chopped pars-
lev or capers
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-02-26

Is to say, the double-case board. Ger
tain of the letters have as many as
three different forms on the same key,
the variations being required for tho
beginning, the middle or the end OF
the word, as the case may be.
One American typewriter company
advertises zone hundred styles of type
shuttles in twenty-six languages.
Many Of these have nearly the same
characters as English; for instance
the French, Spanish and Scandinavian
typewriters are like those for English,
with the addition Of certain marks
which are not used in English. The
German, Russian and Greek keyboards
arc provided with their distinctive
characters, but In these cases the num-
Der Of keys is the same rs in the En-
gish typewriters.
Special machines are now provided
for writing the Gaelic tongue. FACET
Gus dealers call these 1.-THE Irish type
writer's"
The most curious of the foreign
typewriters is that for writing Chinese,
which was invented by an American
missionary The machine is complex
and far more complete, for written
Chinese contains an almost unlimited
| number of characters; but the ma
chine Is intended only for ordinary
business communications, and for that
purpose Is sufficient.
Another typewriter performs In Bur
mese, and still another writes SiameEe.
Also there are new keyboards bearing
the Turkish and Persian scripts.
At present there Is no typewriter pro-
vided with Hebrew letters, and this
fact typewriter company explains by
pointing out that although thousands
use the language, few communications
are written in that tongue.
Almost the only language In ex-
| tensiye use for which q typewriter has
not been provided Is japanese. 1t Is
| understood that Japanese scholar Is
at work on n keyboard to supply this
deficiency. There is no reason why
Japanese should not be written on a
| machine, for there are but forty-seven
characters in the alphabet. These are
notifications OF some Chinese charac-
| ters. and make what is known as
square hand"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-02-26
Br,re for Keepinp Pork Meats.

For one hundred pounds OF meat,
take about eight pounds of salt, two
pounds of sugar, one pint of New Or
leans molasses and two ounces of salt
petre. Pulverize the saltpetre, dis
solve it In water, and with the sugar
and molasses stir 1t into the brine 1t
requires three gallons of water with
the eight pounds OF salt to make the
brine strong enough Old barrels must
be well scalded and scraped before
using again.--American Cultiyator.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-02-26
To Keep Pastry.

Instead of putting away pastry, sucn
as cheese cakes, jam, tarts, etc, held
in reserve In large tin and fetchins
ont when wanted, it will be found more
convenient to pack about tie number
likely to be needed at one time in two
nound biscuit tins. Line the tin with
bntter paper, covering the pies careful
~ over and closing tightly, thus avoid
ing admitting air more than is neces-
sary and also preventing breaking the
edees and spelling the appearance
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-02-26
VARIETIES OF TYPE WRITER'S
Machines Now Made to Write mere
Than 25 Languages.

Machines NOW Mauc W
Than 25 Languages.
It is not generally known that type
writing machines are now adjusted 10
the needs of more than twenty-five
languages. The latest evidence OF 1he
ingenuity of the American manuiac'-
urer Is the machine that VIII Wri'e
Arabic. At first thought 1t would oe
deemed Improbable to furnish sueh u
typewriter; but when it is consluereo
that Arabic is the language not ohis
of those who live in the country
known ms Arabia. but of millions OF
people in Western Asia. Northern
Africa. many parts OF India, thickiy
populated districts along the Red sea
and elsewhere in the Orient, IL VIII oe
seen that the field for a type"rl'e'
having Arabic characters Is woe.
The Arabic machine does beautiiui
work. for the Arabic script is mucn
more ornamental aud decorative 'han
the practical type used in England anu
America. The keyboard Is no iaIssa
than thu one in use ~ America-tna'
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-02-26
Feeding Apples to Stock.

A correspondent asks for an Opin-
ion as to the ACCESSIBILITY Of feeding
apples to farm stock of various kinds.
There can be no possible objection to
it, provided the feeding Is done in con-
nection with the other rations. A large
orchardist living near the writer stores
all his cider apples for feeding to his
stock, as long as they last. In feed
ing to horses and cows his plan Is to
cut up several quarts Of the apple into
small pieces and mix grain with them.
In feeding to hogs, sweet apples only
are used for this purpose. They are
fed whole or, II large, cut in half. For
poultry they are chopped fine and well
mixed with bran, and sometimes with
wheat, the feeding being done In a
trough, so that there will be- little
waste. AS a matter Of fact, unless
there is n silo on the farm our animals
get too little green food and oftentimes
the surplus apples and potatoes. as
well as other vegetables, can be used to
better advantage in feeding stock than
in any other way.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-02-26
Spaghetti with Tomatoes.

Boil half pound best italian
spaghetti in plenty of boiling sailed
water until tender; drain, pour cold
water over it through colander and
drain again. Make pint and half
Of tomato sauce, adding minced onion
and Glove of garlic; put the spaghetti
into china-lined saucepan, pour the
sauce over, add n small slice of fat ba-
con, first browning it slightly and chop
ping, and scant half cup of grated
cheese. Cover closely and cook slowly
nearly an hour.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-02-26
short snrge.tions.

A paint brush makes good Swab
for greasing cake tins. OF course the
butter applied must be melted.
no clean raisins and currants roll in
-four and then pick off MI large stalks.
If currants are washed they must be.
dried before being added to cakes.
DO not use bath brick or other grit
ty substance for cleaning taps, for it
will get into the joints and cause need
less wear and expense. A good polish
ing with oil alone will have excellent
effect and can do no damage.
Water bread and butter lin tiny
ballsl should be at hand for replenish-
ing at formal dinner quite as much
as when the family are alone, and am
adept waitress viii see that they are
served without being asked
Curtain rods may be passed through
the casing of curtain fur more easily
and with less risk of damage to the
muslin or lace If the finger of an old
kid glove is slipped over the end of the
rod which enters the easing first
Lace will not thicken il washed in
naphtha. Immerse in the fluid and let
the lace remain for an hour or two.
Then gently squeeze between the
hands, rinse with clean naphtha and
pull into shape. 1t will dry almost
Immediately.
Lovers of cats should not forget to-
provide their pets with little green
food in winter. Lettuce leaves chopped
In their food. or even celery tops, are
relished by cats. 1t is a good plan also
to keep lot of grass or oats growing
in the house for them to nibbie at.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-02-26
Bor,ex Crop Is Increasing.

The production of barley in the
United States has increased greatly
within the past few years. 1t is esti-
mated. in general way, that about
two.thirds of the product is good
enough for mailing purposes, the re-
mainder being used for feeding Only
a small proportion of the crop is eN-
ported: in the record year iS9S-99 the
exports amounted TO 23,66l,662 bush
els. but this was exceptional. The
usual quantity of exports in late years
Is from 100000 to 100000 bushels.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-02-26
Sweet Potato Pic.

This Is favorite Southern dessert,
and is not unfamiliar to Northern ta-,
bles. Use the best potatoes, boil and,
pass through a sieve. Beat together
three eggs and a cupful of sugar, cup
full Of softened but not melted butter,
and q cupful OF rich milk or cream.
Add this to the potato, and favor with
a claret glassful Of sherry. Bake slow
ly. This pie, of course, has no upper
crust.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-02-26
FEEDING RACK.

diameter and five feet long. The
boards should be five inches wide and
one and quarter inches thick. The
figure simply shows the manner Of
making the rack, without claim OF ac
curacy In dimensions. -Four head of
cattle can feed at one time, and all
loss Of feed is prevented In wet
weather when hay or fodder would be
trampled into the mud. Brace rack
as shown.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-02-26
Homes in the country.

The advantages of country life over
crowded quarters In our large cities
was discussed in sermon by DR.. John
Merrith Driver delivered recently In
one of the Chicago theaters. DR..
Driver said in part:
with the almost illimitable EN-
pires In the West and Southwest, rich
with opportunities for the poor man
to acquire home and competence, yet
thousands beg In Chicago; other thous-
ands live by crime alone; other multi
tudes exc out Il pitiful livelihood al
ways within easy reach of the tooth
and claw of AFFECT nakedness and star
Walton; others, by close and often hui
initiating economy, get along fairly
well until the first strike or shutdown,
or sickness, or accident, and then go
to the wall.
"And yet out In Gods country the
green fields and blue skies and rip
pling brooks are fairly riotous with
invitations, saying: Come hither from
race course and dance hall; come out
of slum and back alley and dingy tene-
ment and find for yourselves and for
your children acres Of your own, So
ciety at once simple and inexpensive
and yet self-respecting and ennobling,
and religion pure and undefiled.'
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-02-26

good plan At first took an old piece
Of stoyepipe and made some openings
In the bottom for admitting the air
and In this pipe ! made q good fire,
hanging my kettle over as shown in
the sketch. l liked this plan so well
that | have since had camping stove
made for cooking things in an out
house or out of doors that leave an
unpleasant odor in the dwelling Cor.
st. Louis Republic.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-02-26
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Ginger Snaps.

One cup butter and lard mixed, one
half cup sugar, one cup New Orleans
molasses, one teaspoonful soda scalded
in one cup hot water, three tablespoon
fuls ginger, three cups of -four. Beat
well and handle lightly. Roll out
very thin, cut and bake in u
hot oven. Bake on the slide,
so that they will brown quickly with
out raising and be very brittle. This
recipe is very fine. make soft ginger
cake by the same recipe, only adding
two teaspoonfuls baking powder and
using one-half the quantity Of flour
one and a half cups.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-02-26
Delhi Pudding.

Take three tablespoonfuls of arrow
root, one ounce and half of sweet
almonds pounded, one ounce of but
ter, one pint and half of milk, two
tablespoonfuls of sugar Mix the aim
onds, arrowroot, butter and sugar in
half pint of cold milk; have ready on
the fire n pint of milk; when boiling
pour it on the above mixture; stir till
thick, and stand it aside in a mold till
quite cold.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-02-26
Stuuted Pigs.

Sometimes these are caused by an
Inherited disability to make use of
the food given them. but probably
more often by conditions after birth.
III they are watched it will be found
that the other pigs are driving them
from the teats and later from the
trough, says Farmers Review. Having
once become weakened they are less
able than the other pigs to fight for
their food and have TO be satisfied
with short rations. 1t is evidently q
part OF the plan OF nature to eliminate
The weakling as breeder However,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-02-26

coming herel And he here. too! Hver
since we came West I've been planning
for her to visit US, and kept 1t for a
surprise to you. But never dreamed,
when wrote to her, that he was here"
DO explain"
mo"
Don't you know"
Then | sha'n't tell"
| did not reply, for something was
happening in my masculine mind. Bess
that meant Observation-Disclosures Eliz-
abeth Holdings. And hadn't known
till now that she was Dolly's cousin!
On the following Wednesday morn
| ing l was at my desk writing. Dolly,
close by, was clicking Off some letters
she comes down nearly every day to
| help me, says she loves to. dear little
woman! Rogers, in the city again on
| business, had just dropped in and was
standing at little distance. looking
out of the window. / was thinking Of
| Saturday and its possibilities.
There was light step In the corri-
dor, then the door. which stood ajar,
was pushed farther open and there on
| the threshold stcad-Miss Holdings.
Dolly and | rose together. J thought
Dolly was going to introduce me 10
Cousin Bess," but she seemed to see
that it was unnecessary.
| II had no idea of coming so ahead
of time until 1t was too late to tele-
graph" Miss Holdings began gayly. Il
meant to stop in st. Louis, but Bob
simply made me come right through.
He and Alice will be here in Il week
their wedding was on the tenth-and |
am to find them house. Bob can't
get along without Sister Cath, you
see IL he is married
| Her voice and manner were as l re-
membered, but she was more beautiful
than ever. did not wonder that Rog-
ers-I glanced over at him. lie was
standing, as he had turned at her en-
| trance with n queer sort or express
sion. his face very white. Till then she
had not seen him, but her eyes must
have followed mine, for she grew pale
and recoiled step, as ii some one had
! pushed her Then she started across TO
him, holding out her hand He met her
halfway, with low cry OF Gather
inew And heard her murmur
"Dickr'
An hour or so later, as she ana
Dolly were about to leave the office,
Catherine turned to me. Bob is quite
| enthusiastic about becoming your part
ner.v she said. 1T was so nice of you
TO think of 1t. He says he will deed
me part of that land you have been
buying for him If will stay West. Is
that the property you wrote me about!
You thought had some claim to 1t, re-
member"
"Er-no," stammered. I'VE hadn't
begun that deal then. The property l
smoke of was--er-well. Rogers, here
There were four scarlet faces in the
room. Dolly and looked at each 9TH
or. I felt like culprit; probably l
looked like one: Dolly looked several
things. Meanwhile Catherine and Rog-
ers had apparently managed to under
stand each other, for Rogers came up
and gripped my hand. You're all
right. old man." he exclaimed joyously.
You've the making of fine lawyer
i'm Won. indianapolis Sun.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-02-26
Baunun Crcan l.

Take six bananas, cut them into thin.
slices and put into a glass dish, pour
over them some pineapple strip and
let them soak for two hours. Take
a full pint Of cream, add little
sugar and whip together. Pour all
over the top, sprinkle with sugar and.
serve
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-02-26

these same pigs, IL given a ;hance at
the teats and the trough, often deyel-
op into good sized hogs and prove
profitable. We would not, however,
advise using such an animal as a
breeder. The hint that nature has
given us should be taken. We agree
with her in wanting for breeders only
the most vigorous.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-02-26
Peanut Brittle.

- into saucepan cup of molas-
SEES, one &c brown sugar, two table,
spoonfuls of butt. aud one tablespoon
full of vinegar. Bon until little
dropped in iced water Is brute, then,
add cupful of peanuts and sma..
teaspoonful of baking soda. Remove,
Immediately from the fire, beat hard
for half-minute, then pour into a
creased pan.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-02-26

There are countries which grow
their pigs without corn, and feed the
wastes of the dairy with barley, oats,
peas or roots, and make lean hams
and bacon, which are most choice.
This accounts for the great favor with
which the English hold Danish pork.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-02-26
AMBITION

.1s,, this ,laiI1S., n''"6G'
nr ca a.o upI licrccly hoards'
.sr sfh' 5. since earth began
ebo sso, g,% the sway
5 .a,, to have his say
II thought to raime"t hn~
~ oo s5. ,r' he shall Sleep
u, Sa .e he doth opine'
91.i' ga.cb should ,. keep p sneak,
.5is Be both night 3aa. p hs s aey'
y ' % have his say.
,.,rtb is dark and chill
'H laS his coat is thin; ~
t,.' .,s o'S Iar rjs fares but ILL.,
81 SoIs srn the marts where gain
4, t b, hunger 5pns, and at PAIN
~ LoI his say,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-02-26
Kacon with Fried Niush.

Fry thin slices of bacon, lift frona
the fat and keep warm while preparing
the mush, which should be boiled and
cold. Slice, dip in fine bread crumbs
or sifted meal and fry brown in bacon
grease. Serve slice of bacon on each
slice OF mush.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-02-26
Simple Feeding Rack.

The accompanying Illustration
shows a rack which. as told in the
Tribune Farmer, is much used in
Pennsylvania for feeding cattle in the
yard. The corner pieces are made by
quartering a log about ten inches III
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-02-26
Mock Oyster Soup.

Boil four large potatoes and four
snced onions in two quarts of water
until quite soft. Mash add q quart
Of cream, rich milk will do; salt and
pepper to taste.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-02-26
where Her Love Hated.

81 did say l could live on desert IS
land with you. my love- she tearfuliy
protested. when he charged her WIN
indifference. But did not say couia
live with you on canned goods I've"
Orleans Times Democrat.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-02-26

HiVSl pSVpiSI uAN
some very good
housewives do not
cook these vegeta-
bles on this ac-
count. That these
vegeta bles may be
served without be-
ing bothered with
I Is unpleasant
condition, | have
hfk .,nnn n worry
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-02-26

about $415, besides the expense of
boarding the men working on the
barn. If the board has to be paid
for it would cost about $125.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-02-26
Feelings.

Rarber-How does the razor iee''
sir? - - q
.oa,lues how it makes my face iee'
- anrht TO feel ashamed Philadelphia
Press
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-02-26
cook Vegetable. Outdoors.

The practice of cooking cabbage
and turnips in the house sometimes
leaves an odor that Is unpleasant to
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-02-26

Many mans conscience troupies
hin, only when his neighboS does some
thing wrong.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-02-26
PLAN OF STOCK BARN.

A--Box stall; B-Horse STALL c.
Sheep pen; Deed room; Cow
stalls; F--Gutter; G-Passage behind
cattle; II. Managers; l, POSTS un-
der sill
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-02-26

coming here! And he here. too! Ever
since we came West I've been planning
for her to visit US, and kept 1t for u
surprise to you. But l never dreamed,
when l wrote to her, that he was here"
do explain"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-02-26

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-01
FALLING BIRTH RATE.

A Boston correspondent OF the New
York sun has studied the statistics
concerning the birth rate In Massa-
chusetts, and found that. while there
was a big increase In marriages for the
year 1892 the birth rate fell to the low
est figure since 1879 lie also found
that the birth rate among foreign born
parents was considerably larger than
among the native born
Some curious facts are noted In the
statistics, In the town OF New Ashheld
there was neither marriage, birth nor
death. Gosnold nearly eQualed this, hay-
ing neither a marriage nor death, but
II did have one birth. In Gay Head
there was one marriage. one birth end
no deaths, Seven sets OF triplets were
born aggregatlng fourteen boys and
seven girls. Four brdegrooms out Of
the 1866 married were over so years
OF age. Three women became brides at
between rs and so, Seven girls mar
ried at the age OF IL. and twenty-nine
at the age Of TO- The youngest boy
married was 16 years old.
The blrthrate problem Is one that
win not down. What is the matter
with the civilized world2 In gathering
OF ladies' the question was sprung
not long ago, what each one would con-
slider the highest happiness, One sug-
gested the possession OF beautiful
dresses. objects OF art, etc, Another
mentioned the ability to travel where
ever inclination would lead, Another
said that there was no happiness ex-
Ceedng that OF mother II she had
her choice she would choose TO rear
many children Of her own, provided she
had means enough TO take care OF them
as they ought to be.
That Is 1t, Perhaps that touches the
very key to the secret OF what has been
termed race suicide People find
themselves IN the midst OF civilization
that places demands upon them, with
regard to the bringing up Of their pos
terity, that they are unable to meet,
under the keen competition that exists
everywhere. And they shlrk the re.
sponslbllty.
At all events, here Is field Of re-
search worthy OF the best efforts OF
mothers congresses, and women's or
ganization. The greatest danger to tho
American home lies In that direction,
ladlesl