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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-06-15
FumiGntimE the Orchard.

The insect tax upon this country's
agricultural interests is something
stupendous. Indeed were 1t not for the
ravages of insects, great and small. the
life and profits of the horticuIturis
would be so attractive as to completely
change the present attitude TOWARD
their occupation. The government ex
perts are doing an enormous amount OF
educative work in determining the eX
act organisms that are responsible 70,
each particular form of damage and
the best method Of combating same. Flu
migation is one of the modern farmers
magic science wands by which, in a
trice, he clears his crops of insect life
that if not held eradicateG would prob
ably destroy his entire crop. In Cali
fornia immense balloonlike arrange
ments of canvas are used in fumigatina
fruit trees, and now a Texas inventor
proposes to modify the plan, with the
idea of making it available for smaller
crops, such as cotton and corn. The
appliance consists of supporting truck
for movement over the ground, general
lv by the use of horses, combustion
chamber for the formation OF the
fumes, or gases employed as fumigant
and framework, adjustable as tc
heights, and a hood covering the whole
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-06-15

Forty-three years ago (Jan. 100 Ar
kansas Post was captured. 1t came
about this way: On Dec. 2S, 1862, the
steamer Blue Wing was captured by
rebs after the captain had made Il fee
bic resistance When | saw the boat
was to be surrendered ! seized an AK
and cut two large barges loose, and
they floated on down the river. These
barges were full Of coal consigned to
our gunboats at Vicksburg, and were
picked up there by our feet Thus /
saved some 5000 tons of coal for the
government. / would like to know if |
am entitled to any salvage for saving
this valuable cargo?
After the captain surrendered the
boat he came around with paper for
us to sign, stating that he had made a
good fight, but was compelled to sur
render by n greatly superior force etc.
This paper / refused to sign, although
nearly all the rest Of the crew did.
All of us were sent as prisoners to Ar
kansas Post where soon after twelve of
our number were sentenced to be shot
in retaliation for Gen. J. J. McNeill's
execution of six guerrilas in Northern
Missouri Gen Mcneil, hearing Of our
danger, sent flag of truce and word
that if we were hanged he would come
over and eXterminate all Of the enemy
at the Post This had the desired eff
feet. l managed to escape, and the 9th
ers were later released on parole. l
was in the secret service at that time,
and went by the name of A. 7. Wilson,
Capt Ugel, or Dugel, the owner of the
Blue Wing, afterward filed a claim
against the Unite d States government
for $4,000. In this claim he stated
that he had used every effort to save
the boat and barges from falling into
the hands Of the enemy. ] do not know
whether the claim was ever allowed.
l do know that when / got to St Louis
the following spring / filed an affidavit
stating the facts Of the surrender, and
this counter-af1idavit and a protest
against allowing the claim were sent to
Washington by the Adjutant General
(Gray) of the State Of Missouri. |
signed the affidavit Howell G. Trogden,
my real name.-National Tribune.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-06-15
VICIOUS VIRTUES.


off therefore the light that is in thee
be darkness how great is that dark
?"-Matt. 6: %.
He who pretends to virtues he does
not possess soon loses those he may
have had. Professional holiness brings
about the death Of ordinary honesty.
The most INSCRIPTIONS men i'll this
world are those who make the noisiest
parade of their 'scruples. 1t is never
safe to trust your possessions to those
who advertise their piety.
1t is better to be honestly, avowedly
bad than to attempt to acquire spiritual
standing by means of padded assets.
There is always the hope that the bad
man may become good; his heart is
soil in which good seed may terminate.
But the heart of the hypocrite is crust
ed over; it is a rocky place, scared and
SCARED by habits of false living.
Professional religion spells the par
alysis Of religion. He who Stimulates
emotions he does not feel, who excites
himself into asserting convictions that
have not gripped his heart, or who
loudly proclaims virtues he does not
practice, is sealing himself to the doom
of all liars, that his life itself should
become one dark, black lie, his soul
forced to go on singing the songs Of
paradise while it still sinks deeper and
deeper into the mre of perdition.
Let man beware how he falls into
the habit Of substituting coats for char
acter, shibholeths of holiness for the
substance thereof The love of the ap
probation Of others, the demands of So
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-06-15
city after the surrender. Chicago In.
ter Ocean.
HnncocI, nnd GRANT.

Adam Badeau gives the following
interesting account in the Chicago Tri-
bune of the relations Of these two
great soldiers:
Hancock and Grant were at West
Point together. They were good
friends there, ana Hancock used to
call his future chieE by the familiar
nickname of sam Grant" Long after
ward during the Wilderness campaign
it was the day after the great attack
al SpottSylyania, wnen Hancock re-
ported Il have finished up Johnson
and am now going into Early" Grant
nominated Hancock for brigadier gen
eral in the regular army. Hancock re-
membered the old relationship of ca
Diet times, and said to the brother-in-
law of the general-in-chief, who told
him the news: II love Sam Grant"
The regard was mutual. At one mo-
ment In the battle Of the Wilderness
things looked very dark; Warren was
driven back to the center, and q rush
of stragglerS came hurrying in toward
Grants headquarters with news that
Hancock was routed. Grant was seat
ed on the ground whiting stick; he
simply turned his stick around and
whitfield the other end, and when 1t
was again reported that Hancock had
been driven he said grimly: II don't
believe It," In a few moments word
came directly contrary to the early ru-
NOR. Instead Of retreating Hancock
had pushed the enemy. Then Grant
looked up and said with as much enthu-
siasm as / ever knew him to betray,
"Hancock's glorious soldier"
He never changed his opinion. Han
cock was always given the advantage
of exposed position. He bore the brunt
of the battle of the Wilderness; he
made three terrible assaults at Spott-
syIvania he led the march to the North
Anna; he was in the thickest of the
fighting at Cold Harbor; his troops
were the first Of the Army of the Poto-
mae to come up before Petersburg; and
In the subsequent movements on both
sides of the James, at Deep Bottom,
and at the explosion at Burnside,S
mine, always, until the opening of an
old wound compelled him to leave the
field. Hancock was given the command
which required the most superb daring,
the clearest head, the most sustained
military ability. More than once l
heard General Grant say that if Meade
were removed he would give the com
mand Of the Army of the Potomac to
Hancock
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-06-15
LITTLENESS AND GREATNESS.

BY Rev. J. T. Sunderland.
"When l consider thy heavens, the
work Of thy fingers,
The moon and the stars, which thou
hast ordained,
What is man, that thou art mindful of
him?
Psalm Z: 3, 5.
The feeling of the insigniticance Of
man in the presence of the greatness OF
nature and especially in the presence
Of the vastness and spieIrlor of the
heavens above is one that has been
very common in all ages. Nor is it
wanting to-day. Indeed, since the rise
of modern astronomy, which makes the
heavens incomparably more vast and
glorious than the boldest mind dreamed
in the ancient times, this sense Of dis
proportion between the physical little
ness of man and the vastness of his
own environment, becomes all the more
clear and strong.
If we catch butterfly in the sum-
mer time, we shall find left upon our
hand from the butterliy's wing, some
thing which we shall be likely to call
dust Looking at it with the greatest
care, we shall not be able, with our I'M
aided eyes, to see that it is anything
more than fine dust. But bring Il mi
croScope and see what that reveals to
US. Now we discover that this so-called
dust consists of mass of beautifully
colored and eXquisitely fashioned feath-
ers, arranged in as perfect order as the
feathers Of a bird, yet so minute that
single square inch of the wing contains
hundred thousand Of them.
The universe is Gods palace, and a
marvellous palace it is. But is not
child more than any building?
SO, as / 90 out under the sky Mt
night, with no one near, and look up
into the glorious and illimitable heav-
ems, hear in the silence a voice speak
ing from the Eternal Throne: Q man,
whom | have made only little lower
than myself, thou art more to me than
all else. | did not create thee for my
palace; | builded my palace-all this
glorious palace of green earth and shin
ing heavens-for thee. Before sun or
stars were, | loved thee. Even whilst
thou vast yet Graded in far away fire.
mists, / watched over thee. Our des-
TIMES are one: nothing shall pluck thee
out of my hand
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-06-15
Profit in Forest Thinning.

a" Vuictin entitled Improvement
""'S has been issued by the State
1 .>'' OF Massachusetts. The author
w "at the growth on considerable
,I vi" be improved and made more
.r''''' by the application of moder-
'''"'hS while the stands are in the
''N o' development. Thin as often
o' material to be removed will pay
" removal is the rule laid down
'''" often to thin. AS to the de-
winch it is safe to thin, the
, SHOULD never be broken TO such
h. .'''"' mat 1t will not close again in
IA, " lurec years and cast Il dense
/" answer to the objection that
., '''iI'S urged that such work is
f. ~ .'ahIe under existing conditions
h. MOOR and wood market, the au-
d. ''''rS to the fact that thinning
WV" Zone and is going on now IN
D., >"'"uSetts and neighboring States,
=. ,'"' u has not only paid for itself,
49, a"S IN some instances yielded a net
~ vi from twenty-five cents to 81 on
'''u OF wood removed.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-06-15
.oLe In Mexico.

MEXICAN farming interests are wax
ing up under the example OF their
'H7.hhors of the North, and a new
DahonI Of agriculture is to be estab-
I;sboa under the charge of one of Lu-
t,o,. Rurbank's co-workers. This school
~ t,o srst of the kind to be establish
cd in Mexico, aud is located near the
81 line. The conditions there
pos .ir,iIar 10 those in Texas and south
california, and high grade of agricul-
80 NAV be expected under intelligent
mathodS
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-06-15
|E7fa 81 POPULAR |
~ PULPIT |

ciety, the possibility of turning an hon
est penny out of a holy pretense, may
all easily lead a man into the path Of
the living lie; many are the ways into
it. but few there be- VINO come out into
truth again.
Self-conceit is the consequence of de-
ceiving others, and deadly conse~
Quence it is. A man ceases to discern
the nature Of his hypocrisy; his dark
ness seems to be light. He mistakes his
simulated sanctity for that which
springs from a chastened spirit and
pure love. So long has he fed him.
self on the husks Of pretense that he
has forgotten the clean and nourishing
grain of reality. The stimulation of
emotions or of virtues benumbs the fin
est sensibilities and robs life of it's
keenest joys.
If these hypocrites be nominal relig-
ious leaders, how heavy is their respon-
sibility, how dark. the day when the
lights emit darkness. Men judge relig-
ion by its fruits. If your protestations
of devotion do but increase your heavy
heartedness, or, worse yet, do but serve
your stiffness and double dealing you
have by your faSehood built barrier
against the entrance of truth to your
neighbours heart.
Yet few are in greater danger of par
alyzing the good they have by pretend
ing to that they do not possess than
those who adopt religion as a profess
sion. They are tempted to proclaim for
others planes of living they have seen
only afar off as though they were al
ready walking on them. They are
tempted to pose as martyrs, to serve the
truth by living a lie.
You can never give to others the
truth. the moral impetus or the soul
uplift you do not have yourself. Many
sermon, though freightcd with elo-
quence, comes empty to the heart of the
nearer because it carries nothing from
| the heart the secret place of life's
vcrities. But when men find the man
who, standing in the pulpit or by the
wayside tells them the things of his
own life, that which he knows and feels
so deeply he can no longer be silent,
they listen, and no matter how rudely
or inelegantly the truth be told, they
feel and thrill, soul answers to soul;
they hasten to obey.
If you would be Il light to others let
your own light shine; one little candle
may lead the traveller while the gaudy
painted pretense but casts shadow ON
his path. The size of your virtues is
of less Importance than their sincerity,
their clearness, and light.
The good we have is too valuable to
be spoiled by turning the whole life in
to lie in the effort to be credited with
the good we envy. If you cannot grow
great, luscious palms you may still keep
fresh and beautiful your modest dali
sizes; they are worth more to you and
to a weary world that sees them from
| it's dusty highway than the longest and
most alluring vistas Of painted palms.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-06-15
I'VE for Pasture.

THE early rye always shows itseii
.f+er the weather begins to moder,
ate in the spring, and some farmers
usually then begin to use 1t for pastur.
II is a mistake to use the rye toe
aar,v rs it may cause scours' II IS very
,axotive in its effects, being watery' aho
anonge from dry feed to young rye
very early in the season may res''' =
loss of milk.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-06-15
FNGS Gf3E N, SNxlS<s4E'Ss'
q J5Ssssf u sst5 10y 2y.(
4. ,.y,zsg'f
--.sns-erpss s-S.-.s -
~ -. - sp~e,-


u . L for It barn of the eight
,ason shape. This oct"so d
!, lne, on each side, providing
,,iop for about fifty head OF
r.,rc is a considerable gain
,,.o when the octagon form
,o,d Of The square form, the
,nt Of wall enclosing a great
Y. ,,' If square feet. The main
n an cight-slded barn is that
/. ,,,t fl fill with Il hay fork or
,,.or This may be largely
~ erecting a gable on one of
=, fine roof and running a
,,om that height, which may
tJt IN within 20 feet of the OPP
I'll The roof requires to be
,-tinc and to secure this the
amid he boItcd together at the
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-06-15
Freparc the Wool We'll.

IA, wool grower sending wool to mar
n, vi heavy, dirty condition, leav-
~, WY 'ling in the fleece to make
,,r weight and expecting to get more
s| Is greatly mistaken. Buyers es-
asI 3'' lhe value of the clip by the net
l,,D V' 'iean wool. When growers do
n, 'eSt they secure for themselves
s., 'eNt results. The soundness of the
mon may be tested by stretching a
,o ~, staple between the fingers. Sta
y inches in length up, is classed
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-06-15

The surface of the sea is estimated
at 15O,00o,000 square miles, taking the
whole surface of the globe at 1877 ,00O,-
600, and its greatest depth supposedly
EQUALS the height of the highest noun
tain or four miles. The Pacific Ocean
covers 100000 square miles, the At
lantic 25,0O0,o00, the Mediterranean
100000.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-06-15

A. the rear a dehector curtain is pro
vided. with a depending shield extend
ING across the combustion chamber 10
defect the fumes and force them intc
contact with the plants. With an appa
rat,,s of this general type it is possible
70 effectively and rapidly treat large
,,,,,nhars of plants, the detiector or hood
extending over two full rows Oh pl"il'S
Sacramento Bee.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-06-15
Not One of the Contestants.

An old negro in Atchison was asked
which side he fought ON during the
Civil War. The old man replied by ask
ing Dye evan see two dawgs flghtin
over bone?" Yes" was the reply.
"WelI, dye evan see the bone fght?"-
Kansas City Star
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-06-15
Short Meter Sermons.

People who take no risks secure no
reforms.
The promise about the last being
irst is not for the woman who always
comes late to church.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-06-15

If man would put only his own
property in his wife's name it wouldn't
be so bad; but as a rule the most of
it belongs to other people.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-06-15

NeAihE School of A,-;o,.
corheil University in New York viii
t'''' summer make an entirely new onf
SoineWhat unique departure in its ocri
cultural work. Following n natitinr
signed by seventeen students who ,..,,.r
deslrous of becoming acouoin+od ,,.i.,.
mural conditions existing in diff
ieleil portions of the United Sta+as
tiie college will send out speciol c,r
ntted with the accommodations for III,
housing and study equipment of tho et,,
dehts during their trip. II has hoo,
a,S 'eo y travelling school of agriculture
nose IN charge plan to start ON the
"Trip about the LIST of July the itinerary
pelng planned with a view 70 covariuo
ABOUT eight weeks, while the cost no,
STUDENT is placed at about $500. Tbl
car VIII go from Ithaca to Buffalo and
through ONO, Illinois, Iowa, Nebrasko
Colorado, Texas, Louisiana. NJississ;n
pl' Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina
virginia, Pennsylvania and back homo
III Il way this experiment will be along
'ne me oL the seed corn and good road
speclal trains which have been in oper
atlon on many lines of road in the nm
per Mississippi valley during the past
TWO years, proving both popular and
greatly beneficial to the agricultural in
terests of the localities visited. The
course of agricultural instruction con
templated in the above tour will give
the students who take advantage of il
first hand and intimate as we'll as ex
tensive acquaintance with the condi
TONS and methods of agriculture cover
ing the whole country and will give a
breadth of view and Il fund of practical
information that could hardly be got
from study in one place or in one
school
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-06-15

1t has been found in Switzerland
that in building railway laborers
could work only one-third as long at
a height of 10000 feet as mile lower.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-06-15

There is almost as much realism In
fiction as there Is imagination in his
tory.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-06-15

aB and held by Il band of iron 4
Mg bent to fit and solidly bolted
.at the corners can never spread. In
stable part the larger cattle should
@gDcd to the outer circle, the
Her ones to the inner row. One
s.lg alley serves for the two rows,
pa circular track can be arranged
carrying Silaee. In order to get
.jGt light there requires to be an
ld continuous window about three
above the ground.-Montreal Star.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-06-15

0VIlIulllg below clothing Tohor -
, panue IN III preparing the clip for sale is
, meii bestowed and brings its own 20
s,, Iau, Inc yolk in wool is the oilv
suns'ahce which gives color and ,onds
soitfess to the fleece. It also nronat t's
tho ,sa o"'n ol the fleece and prevents
s she wearing of the fiber. Good feeding
s si ana care promotes this secre
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-06-15
Wught Rather than Moisture.


is much easier for one to be indie
lent Of dry weather than of wet I'M
The soil is naturally wet, so that
-T he pipe drained and thus get rid
DE excessive moisture and this is an
tnSlye operation, but, notwithstand-
most desirable one in the end.
2o growers are perhaps more inter
N in the problem of how to battle
dry weather than growers of any
crop and, under normal cOndi-
the secret is simply to see that
soil is properly supplied with hui
N~ Vegetable matter.
folly, or will be found so after
years, to attempt to grow potatoes
ac same ground year after year or
gov them wholly by the aid of com
"a' fertilizers. Here is where it
" 10 make every possible effort to
cover for getting heavy crops Of
VII under the soil will add the re
u" IulnuS which, in connection
I'LL orStcIaSs seed, care and cultiva-
Il" Will enable one to grow heavy
E OF potatoes in normal seasons and
1 IMAM your neighbours in dry sea-
'"> question of getting humus into
N,I is one that must be met sooner
"'er by every farmer and especial
W "oSe who pin their faith very
>"| 10 commercial fertilizers.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-09-08
WORK OF SOLONS IS
TOLD IN FEW LINES,
Proceedings of Meeting on
Sept 9Th
BUSINESS OF ROUTINE NAru ,g
Occupy Almost Wholly tn Tims of
councl-Discuss BUILDING of Bridge
end Other Matters Pro-
ceedlnss of Meeting

Regular meeting Mayor and City
Council Sept. 9Th. Present, Mayer
Hawkins presiding, Aldermen Poole,
CbiIders Sherlock and Borum Absent,
Aldermen Bolton and Pinkston, Min.
utes last re- ular meeting read and
confirmed.
The regular order of business being
suspended, Mr.. s, A. Pruitt appeared
before council, asking data, etc as 10
lighting city and pumping water,
The city engineer was requested to
furnish Mr. Pruitt the information and
city clerk to allow him to look over
former proposition on file. MIR Mclean
explained to council the cost of build
ing an iron bridge over Muckalee
creek.
The matter of erecting and location
of bill boards referred to Street COM
mitfee.
Fire committee recommended the
purchase of 500 feet new hose and was
authorized to make purchase.
City Engineer Murray was granted
leave of absence to visit Macon and
Atlanta to sec work of steam road
roller.
Committee on lights recommended
that four new lights ct cost of $25
each. be put in at following places:
Rear Of Hawkins House, rear of Dun
can Mercantile Co., rear of Americus
Whiskey Co., rear of Perry & Browns.
On motion, laid on table until next
meeting.
BY unanimous consent section 145 of
Code was amended SO as to read Sex
ira policemen shall be paid SO per
day"
On motion, Board of Police Commits
sioners was requested to appoint one
extra policemen to serve from Sept.
18th to January 1st, city to furnish
uniform, to be property of city at end
of term.
Communication of Rev. O, W. Snow,
asking price of old city bell, read and
referred to Public Building committee.
Petition Of T. M. Merritt to erect
awning on Cotton avenue read and
granted.
Cemetery reports read and ordered
filed.
Application of Americus Whiskey
Go. for retail liquor license read and
granted on their complying with law
on the subject.
Approved bills read and ordered
paid. T. n. HAWKES.. @. & T.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-09-08
RESUMES PIANO FORTE SCHOOL
Miss Bell to Begin Her lIth Term
Septemper 10Th.


Miss Bells piano forte school opens
Its fall term, eleventh season, M onday,
September 10th. All wishing to enter
pupils are requested to do so as early
as possible, to facilitate grading.
Miss Bells visit to the Faction
School in Boston for a month this sum-
mer and study under the director, Carl
Faction, will enable her to introduce
the latest and improved methods of
teaching the Faelten System.
Miss Bell calls the attention of the
public to the work of the school, to Its
primary, intermediate and advanced
grades and to it's graduates, the pupils
yearly turned out from each of these
evidencing the quality of work done.
Last season marked the close of the
schools tenth year before the public.
1t has demonstrated its usefulness and
been great factor in the artistic de.
velopment of the community.
All wishing private lessons of Miss
Bell will do well to apply at once In
order to secure places. Hours, s to 10
forenoon; to afternoon.
Apply at residence, 3l1 Forrest street,
until Sept. 10; then at the school, Cot
ton avenue. Phone 800. 91-e.o.d