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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-04-22
icing FAD TIE HEIGHT OF FOLLY.
BY n. Is. Marriott Watson.

H. l.
- 1t seems quite practicable to start n collec-
M ton in anything under the sun. The fancier has
UI nothing better to do than to take up the newest
NJ idea have known people to collect pipes. walk
N ling sticks harpns. cats and matchboxes. The
TART of collecting stamps not being found difficult
lwough in its original form, the fancy set to
lwork TO make il more So Some ingenious per
son discovered that stamps had different num-
HtoraonS and characterized by different let
EJi finally that even whole blocks of them had vary
Falr marks. Conceive the delight of the brother
1t was now possible to enlarge the art. Stamp col
could surmount hill after hill in their ascent to-
the IDEAL and still find their goal remote and mae
ba
pee developed to this point there was no holding
Ny back. EmporiumS arose all hands and hun
q thousands Of dollars were spent annually in the
Is nave in some way sort of excuse in themselves.
"ectoS of pictures also might be tolerated If col
. AunS them on their walls and admired them But
a who buys the pictures to stack them in his eel
aS passed from the dignity of the connoisseur. 1t
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-04-22
The Fin Coulter.


The cut herewith illustrates a style
Of plow coulter which is often used in
the West 1t is made from high grade
crucible steel about three-eighths Of an
inch thick, and cuts through the soil
easily. There are certain conditions
under which the rolling coulter will
not work well, and then the fin coulter
can often be used to good advantage.
Years ago the land side Of the share
was always dovetailed and the cutter
set in level, but later manufacturers
and bIacksmiths have simply riveted
or bolted the steel to the share without
dovetailing. This Is cheaper than dove
failing, but the latter method causes
the plow to run better than when the
cutter is bolted to the side. The fin
cutter is always slanted well back and
is rounded back at the top. When
made in this form, wear does not SO
soon impair it's usefulness as If the
edge were made straight like a cutter
which is cast on the share. A fin cut
ter made with straight-cutting edge
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-04-22
Kitchen Convens<uces.

A towel rack made OF bamboo rods
is suspended from my Kitchen ceiling
by ropes and pulleys, 80 that 1t may
be raised and lowered at will. IL ecoA-
omizes space besides providing place
where towels, etc, may dry quickly,
as the air is hotter near tire ceiling.
Another convenience is a small shell.
waist high, near the dining room door,
on which / place dishes when i want
to open the door.
Beside my kitchen table, hut consid-
erably higher, is q slanting shelf about
twelve to eighteen inches. with mar
row strip nailed across the bottom
edge, to hold my recipe book. which
is held open by a4rubber band-WOn-
ans Home Companion.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-04-22
Use for Cottonseed Hulls.

Paper from cottonseed hulls is the
latest utilization OLA waste product.
A factory has been established at
Niagara Fails. 1t is said that a good
quality Of paper can be made from
this material The diminishing sup
ply of wood and other materials for
paper stock has caused search for
substitutes. If the utilization OF cot
tonseed bulls in this way proves a sue
cess, it will mean new industry for
the South. Now that the mills have
found an honest use for hulls, 1t is
hoped they will keep the stuff out of
the meal which they send North.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-04-22
Co-Operatvc Milk Selling.

The Springfield (Mass.) Cooperative
Milk Association is regarded as some
thing of model of it's kind. The as
ISOLATION received during the year A.
216,521 quarts Of milk and paid the
farmers $123, 297.77 for their product.
This lacks small fraction of being
three cents quart for the year round
paid for the milk furnished. The vol
ume of business done during the year
was not far from 100000. A report
was made on the creamery established
by the association in Washington
County, n. Y, from which it now
receives it's supply of cream and but
ter. In eight months the product
amounted to one hundred thousand
pounds of butter. The association re-
ceived $4,000 quarts more of milk this
year than last, and paid the farmers
about $4,000 more than last year. The
farmers were paid on the whole prod
uct about one-sixteenth of cent more
per quart than the preceding year.
American Cultivator
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-04-22
my stars!" he exclaimed. do you

my stars!' he exclaimed. DO you
lift the enemy's boats clean outen the
water SOS to get n good aim at 'emE'
Don't you have any ramrods to
them -barrels?" was the question
of another Kentuckian, as he inspect
ed the big twelve-inch guns.
One of the ships jokers gravely told
him that they pulled out the mainmast
when they needed n ramroad, and that
the last time they used it the gun went
Off accidentally and blew the main
mast into Posey County, Indiana.
which explained why the ship had no
mainmaSt then.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-04-22
as many do now for horse feed, this
heavy yielding grain certainly bids
fair to be good one.
Testing the Seed Corn.


The Illinois Agricultural College au-
thorities are urging the Importance OF
testing seed corn, and have found in
their tests samples from farmers rang
ing insNitality from SO to 81 per cent.
The Importance of testing seed corn
cannot be too strongly urged. The fol-
lowing is an extract from letter re-
ceived from Professor A. W. Hume,
of the Illinois College on this subject:
'Tf, as seems probable, we are COM
PEELED to select seed corn for next
spring from crib having q large per-
centage of frosted ears or Of ears
which for various reasons will not
grow the question is what can be
done to help insure our stand Of corn
for the coming year? 1t will hardly
do to plant seed on valuable land with
certainty that onelffth will not
grow. The best suggestion the writer
has to offer to corn growers is that
they make most careful inspection OF
corn, which they expect to use for
seed, whether it be purchased from re-
liable growers or selected from their
own storehouses. We believe 1t would
be possible for every ear Of corn plant
ed in Illinois to be tested for vitality.
II an ear does not come to the required
standard, it may be possible to discard
it, thus reducing the amount Of seed
which will not grow and materially
increasing the stand of our corn crop
the coming year"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-04-22
Short Suggestions.

When making u curry of cookies
meat all Drowned parts should be RS
moved.
If you wish a cake to be light put
it into a very hot oven at first and lct
the oven cool after the first twenty
minutes.
When bluing clothes tie the blue intc'
a piece Of flannel ana you will avoid
unsightly blotches OF the color on your
clothes.
Before frying fish wipe it with o.
damp cloth, next dust il thickly with
dry -four and then dip into egg and
bread crumbs.
When stewing fruit add the sugar
after the fruit is cooked. but while 10
is still hot. In this way smaller
quantity of sugar is needed.
Wet umbrellas should be stood on
their handles to dry. This allows the
water to run out of them instead OF.
into the part where the ribs and thu
silk meet, thus causing the metal to
rust and the silk to rot.
Burns and scalds are most likely to
happen in the kitchen. so a remedy
should always be at hand there, for IL
cannot be too quickly applied. 1t is
called 'carron OIL" and is. made by :
shaking together equal parts OF lime
water and linseed oil in a bottle. APP
ply to the injured part on lint or soft
linen, and cover with cotton wool 70"
exclude the air.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-04-22
KEEP IN CONDITION.
Your Physical and Mental Equipment
Determine Your Success.

DGtSrulIuG IOuk SuN$ScSe
The real material with which you
bu. your career is in you. Your own
self is your greatest capital. The Sc
cret of your future achievement is lock-
ed up in your brain, i'll your nerves,
in your muscles, in your ambition, III
your determination, and in your ideal.
Everything depends upon yolr physl-
cal and mental condition, for that gov
erns your vitality. your vigor, ana your
ability to do things The amount or
physical and mental force you are
able to use in your vocation will meas
ure your ultimate success, ana Wnat-
ever lessons this force, or the erect
iveness of your achievement capltai'
will cut down your usefulness IN NE
and your chances of success. AchieVe-
ment does not depend so much upon
the size of the deposits you have IN
the bank as upon the amount OF capl-
tai you have in yourself, the eHectlve
ness with which you can use 1t, ana
the power you can bring to your voca-
ton. A man who is weakened by III
health, or who has Slapped his energy
by excessive use of tobacco or alcohol,
or in any other way, has small chance
for success when pitted against one
who is sound and vigorous in every
organ and faculty.
Nature is not sentimental or merci-
full. If you violate her law. you must
pay the penalty, though you sit on a
throne; king or beggar is all the same
with her. You cannot plead weakness
or handicap as an excuse for failure.
She demands that you be ever at the
top of your condition. that you always
do YOUR best. and will accept no ex-
cuse or apology.
A weakness anywhere mars one 5
whole career. 1t will rise UP as
ghost all through ones life-work. NOR
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-04-22

80 inc same with prints and jewels These things are VAL
par they must needs be infinitely costly
uhihefestlng by the collector The of first
buttons commercial matter in which creduitv and
ohs OF the collector make the price It is not
ointment that moves the collector things for he
e@cnhse or sell his boosted Dickenses SCOTS for
"nef volumes by other authors he considers
precious lie Is actrated wholly by this abominabe mania
ners Know 1T and grin in their sleeves to speak and
~ Oh hlt untll they too become infected by the dis,
ease and SO the madness goes round.
Inc science OF collecting is colossal monument to the
oiV OF numan nature 1t Is well known fact that col
ea'hs uuls the moral facilities. have phiatess
play the most abominable tricks in what is known os
swaps ana 1t is notorious that you cannot trust china
ornament 10 china maniac. But the craze for china ia
more OF Tess decent in comparison with unworthy
sucR as that developed by tobacco manufacturers
IN stimulating the collection OF gaudy cigarette pictures
ana demoralzing the youth land 1t is pity some
one VIII not collect coectors-and dispose of them
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-04-22

and rounded forward at the top would
soon wear SO that grass, roots, trash,
etc, would not readily pass upward
and off at top Of coulter. A few years
ago 1 bought pillow with fin attach
ment, the cutter having been put on by
the manufacturers. 1t was such a
clumsy affair that / would have done
much better to have bought the pillow
and had the smith put the cutter on,
for it was over one-quarter thick and
stood forward at top so much that it
would not work at all until 1t was re-
modelled. There was one nice feature
about this cutter, in that it was bolted
Oh with stove bolts, SO it could be taken
Off and put on again, as conditions re-
quired.-Geo. Il. Petit, in st. Louis
ReDublic
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-04-22
Setting Il Gate Post.

Have large solid chestnut post to
begin with. Then aim to make the
bottom Of the post immovable. lamp
ing near the surface is of little use.
Make the hole large enough to leave
six-inch space all around the post.
Place the post, brace it straight, then
put in about eighteen inches of broken
rock. and pour liquid cement three
parts Portland cement. two parts salrd)
into the spaces, making solid
masonry setting. The rest of the hole
may be filed with rocks and earth.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-04-22
Growth of Pigs.

Foster and Merrill III Utah made
two tests to compare the relative fat
tening values of barrows and sows.
In the first test of ninetyone days, six
barrows made an average daily gain
of nine-tenths of a pound, and three
sows an average daily gain of eighty
three one-hundredths of a pound. In
the second test of 1913 days, three bar
rows made an average daily gain of
seyen-tenths CT & pound. and six sows
an average daily gain of eighty eight
one-hundredths OF pound.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-04-22
I"OlUBBERS ON SHIPBOARD.
vSS$%@&A%H@MAAASS
NNNNN~NN%~

r'D tAe United States monitor
DNS anchored off Memphis on its
~ me Mississippi River Il year
'am'Iy-fathcr, mother and
'u0dren-wCnt on board the
NeeI vessel. The father, the
'''N sun says, held two Of his
" '"e hands, and as they were
ABOUT by one Of the appren-
EealocN he pointed out objects of
'' 'oar is the turtle, Johnny" he
counting to the big turret with
o.s guns sticking out.
r ~p''eSS' paw" said Johnny. "Jes'
N nna' long front legs it's got!'
van hit a turtle, jimmy"
vAp'aIned, because 1t can turn
we, On It's back an go afShr the
al Spraddled out. l reckon"
"uu'ah' kentucky, n country
y%Fded the Arkansas with n
| as a'r' He walked round for
."'' gong over the ship three
! ot.. ,'reS' but looking mostly at
II'S top. His eyes seemed fas-
ANY,! mat part of the vessel, and
+"e" noticed that he looked ex-
ro, "S II he thought something
, S~,ss TO happen there. FINALLY
-yO to one of them.
|f,un'r" said he, when do tbev
One hex" " uo 'i'ey
|Sid SO. ' understand him,
IT, that the fghtin' top?" he
f. f., replied the sailor.
/, ror' SUD the kentuckian. then
us" 10 give us a few
i. s, UO you mean?" the soiIor
1 10 s rpo y, the visitor wanted
/ as, r'T !, the big guns for him,
to 500 = come on this here steam
ke5 " sSe a fight" said he. zen I
/ 10, sent see MT, I've heerd tell a
/ with t To"ut the way you fellers
Rit done 's n mltts on, an l want to
Il tt rOae, So reckon as how it's
bounds ) y0u'oIl was a-givin' us n
!; tS soT sailor understood. The
Is wS~so the fighting top was
Raays 't ,E. the ships men boxed.
poIDto,nn ls here thing?' asked =
Eps thu uS to the winch used for
It w. yeats, A seaman told him
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-04-22

In gill of fresh, blood -warm mia.
dissolve a third of yeast cake, then
add two teaspoonfuls OF granulated SUI
gar Scald beer bottle with patent
fastener, then fill threequarters fun
Of fresh milk that has been warmed to
blood heat. Pour in the yeast mixture
shake hard and fasten down the stop
per. Set the bottle i'm the warm kitchr
en- for six hours or until the mixture
begins to work" and foam. Then set
in the icebox until needed One yease
cake will make three pint bottles OF,
koumiss
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-04-22
phiIadelphia's Potato Patch.

An adaptation of the Pingree potato
patch idea Is said to have met with
success in Philadelphia. 1t is in
charge of the superintendent of va
cant lot farming" His annual report
shows that the utilization of vacant
lots by partly disabled and decreplt
or by otherwise idle people has
brought good returns. Over 5000 peo-
ple. including 40 orphan children,
were given employment on these va
cant lots last year and brought re-
turn of $500 on each quarter-acre
qa rden at nominal expense of $1,000,
each dollar invested In instruction,
tools and seeds yielding return OF
from So to 81. The usual obstacle in
the way of success of this scheme mas
been to find people who were willing
To make use of the opportunities or
fered
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-04-22

and insanity much is unconscousy asstmlaed by the
mind that remains without direct association with the
daily life OF the assmilator.
Conan Doyle has been charged by a St Louis news
paper correspondent with plagiarism from Gold
Bug The allegation is supported by citations
which simply show similarity in thought expression
likely to to PHOTOGRAPHERS Smilartes however
exist between Conan Doyle and Walter between
Conan Doyle and Poe which do admit this expana-
ton. The smugger in Micah Clark" and Guy
Mannerng" nearly alike suggest the influence
Of Scott on Doyle. The mercenary warrior Saxon Of
Micah Clark" moreover, is undenabe replica Of
Dugad Dalgetty of "A Legend Montrose" his case
and particularly the of the Smuggers
assimilation is out of the question: surroundings
of Saxon and the smuggers altered and the phrase
ology is likewise This shows delibera inconsistent
has repudated SCOTS influence upon him. Such deliber.
alton is still evident the instance of
Joined Letter and Doyles Scandal Bohemia" These
tales identical i'll plot and incident vary only
that Poe's woman, attacked by a diplomat a com
promising letter, becomes Doyles king attacked by
actress with a compromising photograph. The methods
of Poes Dupn and Doyles Sherlock Holmes identical
The Of Wycherey the dranats in his later
enfeebed by illness play him strange
would read himself to sleep with Montagne
cald and Racine. Next morning the thoughts of these
authors would be written down with entire unconscious
original At other times Wycherley would
word for word his previous compositions. Since
Doyle repudated the influence and they
cannot employed explain his smiarities these
which much greater than those that Master
Chancey Sherman detected between Cyrano Begerac
the Merchant Prince of Cornvle Both Rostands
production the Prince however based
on the the historic Cyrano de Bergerac from
whose Voyage the Noon Swift
"Gulliver's Travels
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-04-22
Sheep for a Wcedy Farm.

A Kansas correspondent has a
weedy farm, wishes to try sheep, and
wants to know what breed is best
to start with in section where but
few sheep are grown and the surplus
would have to be sold to the local
butcher.
We would get as good type Of NUT
ton sheep as we could conveniently
without inquiring particularly as to
the breed. We would not take Meri-
nos, however, unless they were pretty
we'll graded up with some Of the NUT
ton breeds of which the Shropshire is
the most generally known and very
popular breed We would not get
more than twenty-five or fifty to start
with and would use buck Of the NUT
ton breeds that we could get most con-
veniently; Shropshire, Southdown,
Hampshire or Oxford. If the butchers
do not give enough we would kill the
surplus and sell them to the neighbors.
Where a man has weedy pastures or
weedy lands, any kind Of sheep will
nav even If he has to sell the surplus
Mt low prices-Wallace's Farmer.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-04-22
Boiled Salad Dressing.

Beat three eggs very light; stir In n
cup Of vinegar, tablespoonful of ss-
gar, two saltspoonfuls OF salt, dash
Of paprika and small teaspoOnfuf OF
French mustard. Beat hard, turn into
a saucepan and stir steadily until the
mixture begins to boil, then add 8
teaspoonful of butter. When this melts
remove the dressing from the fire, beat
hard for several minutes, then SEE
away to get very cold 1t will keep III
the ice chest for some days.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-04-22
SaIted Almonds.

Shell and blanch the almonds and
dry thoroughly. Put into baking pan
tablespoonful OF butter and when
this is, melted put in the almonds. Set
the pan in the oven until the nuts are.
a delicate brown, turning them often
that they may color evenly. Turn
into colander, strew fine table salt
over them, shaking the colander that.
all may be sailed and that the super
fuous salt may be dislodged. Keep in
q dry place until cold and crisp.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-04-22
Cattle and Meat Inspection.

The departmental report Of the
Bureau of Animal Industry from
which Secretary Wilson prepared that
part of his annual report relating to
livestock matters will show an in
crease in the number of government
meat inspection depots from nine in
1891 to 156 in 1903. During this year
11,9OO,O0O live cattle were inspected by
the bureau agents, 100000 sheep, l.
100000 calves, 31.500,000 hogs and a
few horses. OF these animals about
125.oOO were rejected, subject to the
result of post norton examination.
The post mortem inspections for the
wear show practically the same figures,
total of 37.261629 carcasses. Of
which 7S.412 carcasses were condemn
ed and 64,4S0 parts of carcasses con-
demned The figures show 344 horses
slaughtered for food purposes.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-04-22
Ffo1F- Bali.

Tie cup of -four tightly In mus
lin bag and put into saucepan OF coida
water Bring to the boil and cook
steadily for three hours Turn the bali
out Of the bag and lay it in the open
oven all day to dry. To use for q
teething child, Crate tablespoonful OF
the ball, wet to a paste with a little
cold water and stir into u half-cup OF
boiling milk Stir for five minutes
then remove from the fire.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-04-22
Good Points of Macaroni Wheat.

Macaroni heat is drought resister,
a heavy yielder, an early maturing
grain, and has another good point for
noultrymen-it has a large kernel
This grain sown by Itself. or with oats,
and kept in the bundle makes a poultry
ration hard to beat. We would sug-
rest getting the smooth varieties, as
the strong barb on some of the beared
varieties might be Objectionable when
fed in the bundle. Mixed with oats,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-04-22

which attaches the timber to the pillow
ring. A three-horse attachment is
fastened to the short end, chain is at
tached to the long end Of the piece OF
timber running between the two Off
side horses through their neckyoke
cleyis for the lead team"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-04-22
Sauce TortarN.

Into half-cupful of melted butter
beat a teaspoonful of lemon Juice, g.
few drops OF onion juice, saltspOOn-
full of French mustard. pinch each OF
salt and paprika and IA teaspoonfulrOf
salad oil. Beat this sauce all together
over the FIRE, take from the range land
beat 1t, very slowly into one beaten
egg, doing this SO gradually that the
hot liquid will not curdle the egg. Beat
hard and serve.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-04-22
Canned .AsI,aragus.

Into an asparagus boiler put an
abundance of sailed water and when IL
boils lay in the asparagus. Boil untiB
tender, but not broken or soft. Lift
out carefully, stand on end with the
tops up in fruit jars. Fill the Jars to-
overlooking with the boiling salteO
water and seal Immediately. Be sure
that the rubbers are in good condition,
and as the asparagus cools screw down
the tops Keep in "A cool, dark place.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-04-22

Melt sweetened chocolate In a, dOur-
BILE boiler Run thin skewer into
| each cream ball and dip up and down
in the melted chocolate until welE
coated
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-04-22
Pledge Might Have Saved Him.
Socrates had just drained the hem

lock.
"How- foolish was" he exclaimed.
.I should have told them swore Oh
at New Years.
REVEALING his thoughtlessness, there
was nothing left but to await the re-
sult-New York Tribune.
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George Washington's reputation LOT

truthfulness may have been uue - 49,
foot that he never traded horses
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-04-22
BY Or. z. c. kiarnan.

When two decades and more ago a Chicago
clergyman pleaded unconscious assimilation as
an answer to allegation Of plagiarism the
plea was sneered at as involving an impossible
ity. Unconscious assimilation, however Is an
ordinary mental process. Culture makes ordi-
nary mental processes automatic in like manner
as training does walking For this reason in
ordinary life AS well tn laSc axtent IN idocv