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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-05-20
Philiupine Hogs of Use.

At least one good thing has come
out of the Philippines, and the good
policy that dictates the purchase Of
those islands has been vindicated-in
the opinion Of the brushmakers of the
United States at least. Useful as the
good old American hog is in the mat
ter of food supply for this and other
nations, he is all to the bad as pro-
Queer of bristles for American brush
and brittle for brushes of even the
cheapest grade. For many years
France has supplied the best grades
of bristles to brush manufacturers,
and in view of the fact that there is
no home competition the duty Oh them
is not high. Some of the cheaper
grades of bristles come from Ger
many and Russia. They are tied to-
cether in punches and shipped in bar
res.
Lately Uncle Sam has begun to i'm
port fine quality of bristles from his
own possessions in the Philippines.
The hogs there furnish an excellent
and adequat supply. Agents sent out
last SEPTEMBER by the brush manu-
facturers bring back encouraging re-
norts. The Spaniards never paid much
attention to the expectation OF bris-
ties. but when the trade is once set
going under American auspices brush
manufacturers so one of them in New
York says, will be almost Independent
of the French supply.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-05-20

Kinds of Corn to Raise.

Kinds OF Corn to Raise.
The Iowa Agricultural College at
Ames gives the following hist Of va-ie-
ties Of corn for the State:
Reds Yellow Dent, average length
. to 10 inches, average circumference
z to ia inches, average time to ma
ture 40 days; Leaning, average
length to 10 inches, average circum-
ference to ia inches, average timo
to mature 125 to 1913 days; Iowa Gold
Mine, average length IN to 81 inches,
average circumference 6A to ia
inches, average time to mature 125
days; Legal Tender, average length
912 to 10h inches, average circum-
ference to inches, average time to
mature 125 days; Boone County White,
average length 8 to 10 inches, average
circumference IA inches, average
time to mature 1870 days; Silver Mine,
average length 8M to 91h inches, aver
age circumference to ia inches,
average time to mature 120 days;
Calico corn, average length 8 to 10
inches, average circumference to 71@
inches, average time to mature rs
days.
These are the varieties that are gen.
orally grown In the State, although
there are several other varieties in
different localities In the State receiv-
ing favorable mention. Among the
earliest of these are Longfellow's Vel
low Dent, Farmers Reliance, Pride Of
the North, and Minnesota No. IS; and
among the later varieties, Mills County
Prize, st. Charles White, Browns
Choice, Iowa Chopper, Iowa King, etc.
In our judgment the Boone County
White Legal Tender, Leaning, and
Mills County Prize are better adapted
to the southern part Of the State, say
as far north as the Rock Island Rail
road. Here again elevation must de-
termine. The higher divides south Of
the Rock Island will not grow as early
corn as some Of the river bottoms
north of the Rock Island. The Gold
Mine, Reds yellow Dent, Silver Mine,
and Browns Choice will do well in
the territory between the Rock Island
main line and the main line of the
Illinois Central, while the earlier va
rieties are to be preferred north Of that
line and In the corresponding latitude
east and west.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-05-20
PEDESTRtANlSM IN FRANCE.
Walking Adopted as n FAD : SFosS
Country Runs Fashionable.

Walking Adopted as FAD @ross
Country Runs Fashionable.
With the true Gallo enthusiasm that
characterizes their acceptance OF any
fad or craze, the French people nave
taken up athletics, particularly 'ne
cross-country run or walk phase u
the strenuous life. says the illustrated
Sporting News. This movement, winch
has had for its more direct Inspiration
the wholesale Professionalism that mas
affected all England during the sum-
mer and autumn of the present yeaf,
is confined to neither class nor mass
but is the property of the whole peo-
pie.
What is unquestionably the greatest
of cross-country runs, or, for that mat
ter. Of any such contest ever held. was
celebrated at Paris on Sunday. Nov. 8.
ibis atfa.Y, called lie Marche du felil
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-05-20
How to Keep Milk Cool.

A good milk cooler on the gallery or
under the shade of tree Is q pleas
ure during the summer to every house
wife. 1t is so hard to keep milk at
a bow temperature during our hot sum-
mer weather. It is hot from o'clock
in the morning until 6 in the evening.
There is no place about the house
that is cool enough unless we have a
cooler.
SO long as it eyaporates. Wrapping
milk vessels in porous wet cloths will
temper the hot air. The Mexicans cool
all their drinking water in this way.
A number of devices have been pat
ented for keeping milk cool and are
sold to people who cannot use ice in
cooling milk while it Is Dreaming.
Milk must be kept at GO or 70 degrees
to cream WELL Every housewife who
troubles with milk during the sum-
mer and makes butter Of any sort
would do we'll to use one of these milk
cooling devices unless hand sep
arator is kept which creams the milk
while it is hot and fresh.
For Swampy Place I'm the Yard.
Many yards and lawns have low,
wet or moist places, which it does not
pay to drain, and in which ordinary
plants will not grow. Such perzons
are to be envied, as they can have a
class of flowers which are denied in
their best form to others. For the wet
spot use the japanese and German iris,
Montbretias, Heucheria Sanguinea.
Caladiums and Flags. The soil caa
be we'll enriched by working in we'll
rotted manure and leaf-mould. They
can be protected over winter by put
ting on brush first and covering it WITH
straw.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-05-20

better than q windlass. Take post
II feet long, set 1t in the ground Is
inches and fasten the top with guy
wires, each 30 feet long. Make TRAN
gle Of pieces of 2x6 and bolt or hinge
to the post. A screw eye is fastened
at ope end Of the angle on which to
hang a pulley and another is fastened
at the foot of the post. A rope passed
through these pulleys on which is
placed a bucket completes the device,
save singletree to which a horse
can be hitched. By placing the TRAN
Gle high on the post the dirt may be
unloaded in a wagon and drawn Off
out of the way"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-05-20
FlRESIDE JOURNEYS.

! is an humble, toilsome lot.
bone a lowly cot.
pheasant trips DER land and sea
.whccI Nor sail Ger proffers me.
Holds de curehound, but the night
ey With heart6re's glowing light.
khsatcs rare Journeys with the elves
hide in covers Oh my shelves.
i open page these curious friends
out at call, with power that sends
h their wake, at lightning pace,
lngh stored realms of time and
space,
frozen fields Of arctic snow
EaIes where tropic spIendors glow,
craggy heights. Ger waters wide,
Tess We soar. we glance, we glide.
b kings and lovely queens we greet;
Dts'errant in their journeys meet:
founders and explorers stray,
Ii with scholars by the way.
look Gu with solemn eyes,
ping their queries and replies,
+ myStics breathe bewildering
dreams,
Il the air with wonder teens.
Sweet hours come, the sweet hours
80;
the hearth the fire burns low;
dainty singers, dreamy eyed,
rhythmic covers softly glide,
llns their low, delicious runes,
luIied by cadence of the tunes,
asleep amid the elves
a'de IN covers on my shelves.
Flonal Magazine.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-05-20

he accompanying map shows how the japanese at
\ and almost destroyed the Russian army ON the Yalu
The JapancSr headquarters were at Wiju, the Rus
nj trlng The little villages of Chiu-Tien- Cheng
KfuIaeu Cheug were occupied by Russian batteries,
tm1 surrounding these places being fortified. Early
week preceding the battle the Japanese artillery at
and Clongju ON the Korean side of the Yalu River,
1.-The japanese glnboats which steamed up the river,
4 duel with the Russian artillery. Late Saturday
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|NaIaD'S STENOGRAPHER.
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SS0~"~0S"~~~N-N-~~~~
NhhL, Tom Lingfieldw she
4 cried gaily, holding out her
hand as she came. 1--WE
|N you had given up your own
~ Tor good. You might have
|Su Us a hint you were coming, l
|u'uR l know it myself until half
Fur before l sailed" he said.
uefr you are-Sybil of old days.
|u'O have known you anywhere.
y You have grown half a foot
went away"
|hieh implies that I was very
I'VE years ago" she laughed.
r only II, and little simple
pa Will enable you to observe
l. %", hot au octogenarian now"
y don't look very old" he said
~! ! eoahd almost believe that
r. mad changed since 1 disap-
4 ! am working. she said light
/ +"'e oeen working three wears
i, IS great fun. So l walk ont
Di'thlng and | come in ayarv
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-05-20

night the Japanese general Kuroki threw his twelfth d.
vision ponoon bridge at Changju while his boats
Smelling the Russians lower down. The twelfth di-
vision seized the heights overlooking Cheng dur
ing the night fortified them The Russian positions
untenable and when the division of the jap
army crossed at Win the Russians COM
PEELED to retreat in the face of the Japanese artillery fire.
across the little stream, AiHo toward Feng-
Chuen- Cheng (Feng- Wang Cheng).
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-05-20
A Dirt-Hoisting Device.

Mr.. J. III. Arthur, OF Macon County,
Missouri, writes to the st. Louis Re-
public as follows: II send you a
sketch of a device with which dirt
can be hauled out Of we'll while dig
ging or cleaning out. The same can
be used for lowering Brick or stone in
valing a well. 1t is cheap and is far
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-05-20
Enough TO Condemn.

Photographer-How was 1t that
woman refused to take her pictures!
7 thought / heard her say they looked
like her.
Clerk-It was her friend who said
+hat.-New York Herald.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-05-20
Experiments with Potatoes.

Experiments with Potatoes.
During the last year test In potato
growing was conducted at the New
Mexico Experiment Station with the
idea Of finding out something about
the best time to plant, best method OF
culture, as we'll as testing large num-
Der Of varieties. Two paintings were
made, the first one on March 80, and
the second on April 80. In each case
part Of the potatoes were planted abont
four inches deep and the furrow was
plowed back on them, while those on
ridges were put in with garden
trowel about the same depth. A few
of the potatoes planted In burrows
were covered with straw and then
with dirt. Immediately after planting
all were irrigated to start them sprout-
ing. The potatoes on ridges sprouted
first, and a good stand as we'll as
fair growth was secured. Those
planted in burrows were very I'M
satisfactory, and, on the whole,
the stand was poor. In fact, the re
suits from these potatoes were very
unsatisfactory; the small-siZed tubers
and poor yield were due, to large de-
gree, to the soil packing SO much
around the plants after each irriga-
ton. The cultivation given between
the irrigations did not seem to help
very materially to keep the soil loose
in the middles. On the other hand,
the potatoes in the ridges ripened ear
lier, during the first week Of July,
and the tubers grew to fair size and
the yield was good. The early plant
ing did the best On the whole the
results of the early planting and ridge
system Of culture were very satisfac-
tory and encouraging.
Out Of the thirty-nine varieties plant
ed, the Rose Seeding, Triumph, Eariy
Six Weeks, Early Ohio and New Ver-
mont Gold Coin did the best. These
are all early varieties.
1t seems from these results that
early planting, ridge culture and a
suitable early variety are among the
more important points to be consid-
cred in potato growing, at least in the
Mesilla valley.-Fabian Garcia.
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Then She Paid Hin.

She-Hm afraid can never repay
your kindness.
He-Oh, yes, you estn-with kisses
She-What are they WORTH
He-Well, I'm willing to take them
at face value
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-05-20
Damp Beds Bad for Pigs.

Damp bedding is lad for pigs and
vet there are many pig raisers who
neglect providing dry beds for their
uorkcrs. Sunshine is one Of the rnst
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-05-20
And a psaY sS<.aa n.

81 have no time to fight a duel" saIfE
the Englishman who had been ehsss-
lenged
But" protested the Frcnchman, '.iE
Only takes two secouSas-
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xo,canoes Near Washington.

All over the District of Columbia are
scores of types of volcanic action anu
au> show traces of electrical energy.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-05-20

Tbe trouble with the man who tells
rood lie ID that he admires It so
mnci, he keeps Oh adding few trim
mings.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-05-20
WISCONSIN FOR WALL
HEARST ROUTED BW STATES
.FAvORlTE Son.

Delegation to sc. Loszis; CssmsentiC1 1xa-
structed Under UnSt Rsaze-AsAst Ma
tionaI Platfornn DeesasreA Code 81
Democracy Until New esHe Is Adopted
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-05-20
Early Peas.

The first crop usually planted In the
farm garden is one of the earliest va
rieties Of peas. On account OF the
hardness of the plant no amount Of
cold weather will do much injury at
ter the peas are once up, but when
planted extremely early part OF the
seed will rot in the ground, causing
many gaps in the row. Early In the
season usually there is little nitrogen
in the soil and the plants grow very
slowly at first. A little nitrate Of soda
applied in the row at the time of SOW
ing will hurry the growth OF peas.
The market value Of the crop depends
largely upon it's earliEess. The kinds
which do not require bushing are most
popular for farm use. The late kinds
often do not produce crop until warm
weather comes, and for that reason are
often attacked by blight, which may
be prevented by spraying with bor-
deaux mixture, same as for apple trees.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-05-20

things that pigs can have and 1t is no.
always possible to obtain It. Some
years we are woeiully short on sun
shine. Sometimes we have the sun
shine and no way for the pigs to enjoy
1t. 1t requires some planning to con-
struct good brood house for pigs.
Cold drafts are damaging to pigs and
cause great deal of mortality.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-05-20
A Good Grating Wax.

For a good, all-around grating wax,
to be used for any purpose for which
such wax is used, try the following:
Take four pounds of rosin, one pound
OF beeswax and one pint Of linseed Oh.
Put these in an iron kettle, put over a
slow fire and mix thoroughly while
heating. Then pour in the mass some
cold water and pull the wax with the
hands until 1t is the color Of light
molasses candy-a light cream. Pull
into the form OF sticks and put away
in n cool place until wanted for use.
This wax is cheap and Of the best
quality, quite as good as that made
from tallow in place of the hnseed
The Lamar register., 1904-07-13
SIEGE OF PORT ARTHUR.
Japanese Advancing Their Entrench-
ments to Command City.

Che Foo, July 10, ) p. ma fair
wind brought fleet of junks from
Port Arthur to-day, carrying both
Chinese and Europeans. Reports
which they bring of conditions at Port
Arthur are contradictory, but they all
say that a Japanese division from the
northward is entrenching seven miles
from the marine camp, while another
division from the eastward is fighting
continuously and with the aid of the
fleet is endeavoring to gain a position
commanding the town and the naval
basis.
Russian says that the Japanese
occupied the summit of Takushan
mountain. which is about three miles
from Port Arthur, on the night of July
6, with a mounted battery of artillery.
On July I, the Russian cruiser Novik
and four gunboats went out under pro-
lection of the guns on Golden hill and
shelled a Japanese battery, which was
surrounded and captured finally by the
Russian infantry.
The fighting to the eastward of Port
Arthur has been very heavy since July
4. The Japanese ships along the shore
are shelling the Russian position in
the hills. The smoke from the artil-
lery on the hills around Port Arthur
is seen almost continuously.
On the nights of July I'd, 3rd and 4th
the japanese fleet bombarded the roads
from the south of the town. The forts
were not damaged. No further night
attacks have been made since July 4th.
A Chinese mechanic from the Port
Arthur dry docks says that two large
three-funnel ships have been missing
from the Russian feet since the fight
off Port Arthur on June 23rd. The bat
tleship Sevastopol is still undergoing
repairs and four torpedo boat destroy
ers are in dry docks.
The Russians, on the other hand say
that their fleet is intact. and, as mat
ter of fact. the japanese have been the
losers in the fights off Port Arthur. The
Russians assert that the Japanese
have lost no less than ten torpedo boats
in their attempts to reach the Russian
guardship. which was protected by the
stone-laden ships sunk by the Japanese
in their effort to block the entrance of
Port Arthur. The guardship is an
chored behind the wrecked vessels.
Some of the torpedo boat attacks of
the japanese have been almost fanati-
cal. Frequently the Japanese made at
tacks where success was impossible
and then the torpedo boats have been
sunk. The Japanese have refused as
sistance. either committing suicide or
hghting OFF their rescuers.
The Lamar register., 1904-07-13
KAI CHOU TAKEN
JAPANESE OCCUPY THE PLACE.
Russian Account of the Fieht-loss
Does not Exceed 15o.-Japa-
nese Still Advancing.

St. Petersburg. July 11.-Lieutenant
General Sakharoff, in dispatch to the
general staff. confirms the report OF
the Japanese occupation of kai Chou.
He saws that the Russian loss did not
exceed $50 killed or wounded. Gener-
al Sakharoff adds that the Japanese
are on the Yinkow road. The report
follows:
.Our detachment remained during
.July at Kai Chou station, having It's
advance posts on the right bank of the
Kantakhe river, the enemy occupying
the heights on the left bank and for
tifying themselves thereon.
"Our battery on the river bridge
opened fire at the enemy's patrols,
which appeared in Kantakhe village.
Toward noon a fusillade occurred De-
tween a detachment of the enemy and
our company which observedN the
enemy retiring. Our losses were SIX
wounded.
Toward the evening of July sth the
enemy's force consisting of four di-
visions and brigade. could be made
out in front of Kai Chou. extending
along the seashore. At dawn July 9Th
the enemy resumed the offensive upon
the rear guard of our detachment,
which retired about $50 in the morn
ing from Kai Chou to two and half
miles northward toward the Shuan-
lunsa pass.
AT 10 O'Clock, under heavy pressure,
our rear guard retired on our position
at Makhunts, Guiga and Yaolintas,
three miles north of the Shuanlunsa
pass. The rear guard held this posi-
tion under heavy fire until o'clock
in the afternoon. when. IN &C
cordance with instructions. it retired
slowly and in perfect order on the
third position at TchjOutzzi and land
"a, Just as our main body was concen-
trating at Datchapu and on the posi-
tion at Makhunts. at Makunts Guiga.
THE enemy kept up very heavy
cannonade for two hours unlnterrupt-
edIy, but our battery carried on the
struggle successfully. firing along the
Shuanlunsa pass. 1t finally fell back,
with hardly any casualties.
"On our right flank our horse bat
terry shelled the Japanese battery. At
the same time the enemy's cavalry ad-
vanced slowly along the short road to
Yinkow.
"Our losses are not known, but, ac-
cording to the commander OF our
forces, they do not exceed 150. Among
the killed was Count Nyrodt captain
on the general staff. who was COM
manding the last position. after bril-
liantly carrying out his duties"
General Sakrahoff also reports an
ambush of Japanese twenty-five miles
north of Siuyen, when the Japanese
had one officer and eleven dragons
killed or wounded.
On July 7th, General Sakharoff
says. the japanese began to advance.
but not in considerable force, toward
Siaosyou. occupying Stanchan.
The Lamar register., 1904-07-13
CHAMP cLARk's ADDRESS.
Bitterly Excoriates Statements of the
Republican Platform.

st. Louis, July S.-When the chair
man of the committee on permanent
organization of the Democratic con-
vention read his report the name OF
Champ Clark as chairman was re-
ceived with applause.
Chairman Williams appointed Sena-
tor j. w. Bailey and Representative
Bourke Cochran of New York to escort
Mr.. Clark to the chair.
Mr.. Clark at once plunged into his
speech. He was greeted with applause
and given attention.
Mr.. Clark said:
in his haste, King David said that
all men are liars. Had he been in Chi
cago while Senator Henry Cabot
Lodge was reading the Republican
platform he would no doubt have pro-
nounced the same opinion more leis-
urely, for surely there never was more
mendacity packed into the same space
in any document purporting to be a
grave state paper.
ITO state it in a general way, our con-
tention is that the government shall be
restored to the Democratic-R Republican
basis on which the fathers of the Re-
public intended 1t to rest and shall be
made once more a government of the
people, by the people and for the peo-
pie instead of a government of the
classes. by the classes and for the
classes.
ITO state it with more particularly.
we insist that exorbitant taxation shall
be reduced to just and reasonable
rates; that extravaganza in appropri.
ations shall cease; that economy shall
prevail in all the transactions of the
government; that all the departments
shall be thoroughly investigated from
top to bottom by congressional com
mittees; that all evil-doers of what
ever degree shall be driven from the
public service and properly punished
that the trusts shall be proceeded
against by Indictment as common and
smaller criminals; thai the Constitu
ton accompanies the American flag
into our new possessions.
THE proposition that we must sup
port President Roosevelt's Philippine
policy-if he has any, right or wrong
is the veriest rot-a tale told by an
idiot. I am willing to go as far as
anyone in patriotism; l will support
my country in any emergency; but
President Roosevelt is not the coun
try"
The Lamar register., 1904-07-13
Heavy Russian Losses.

Che Foo. July 10, 10:30 a. m.-Chi-
nese junkmen who arrived here to-day
from Port Arthur say that on Tuesday.
July 8. Chinese carriers brought into
the town over 500 Russian dead, two
OF whom were high officials. They
state that part of the Japanese force
advanced to within six miles of the be-
sleged town, taking another eastern
fort
The Lamar register., 1904-07-13

Robert Treat Paine of Brooklyn has
Just married beautiful and accom-
plished girl against all sorts OF pa
rental opposition. 1t will be remem-
bered that Mr.. Paine's ancestor OF
the same name put his John Hancock
on the declaration of independence.
The Lamar register., 1904-07-13

Nearly every day it is reported that
a new bull movement is started in
Wall street But the Wall street bull
has become crtter that merely
looks around and then walks back and
lies down.
The Lamar register., 1904-07-13

We hope that Dr. Cook of the Agri-
cultural department, who has started
from Guatemala with several colonies
of fierce .ed ants to fight the boil Wee
vii. has them safely Gagged. Other
wise he may have a memorable
voyage.
The Lamar register., 1904-07-13

Imprisonment having become 4
tame story, our war correspondents
are now getting themselves shot as
spies-almost.
The Lamar register., 1904-07-13

Mrs. Frances Crane Lille may be
right in the opinion she expresses
that girls should be put into boys
clothinp. but she is likely to have
liscourasing experiences if she ever
tries to do il.