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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-07-13

tiers, and received special orders, and
with re-enforcementS started to find
the derelict Confederates. He found
them, and Colonel Tucker, the Confed-
crate commander. surrendered. Kei-
fer carried fuckers sword home with
him, and it was kept IN his library at
Springfield as trophy Of the war.
in 1876 Keifer was elected to Con
gress and in 1881 was elected Speaker.
Among his acquaintance in 1879 was
John Randolph Tucker of Virginia. In
conversation one day kelfer told
Tucker the story of the sword, and
Tucker said the officer who surrender
ed the day of the skirmish was I'M
doubtedly his brother. This fact be-
ing established, Keifer took the sword
to Washington and placed it in the
hands of j. Randolph Tucker, who re-
stored it to it's original owner. Now,
after a quarter of a century has pass
ed, Keifer is again member of Con-
gress, and finds the son of J. Randolph
Tucker in the fathers seat."-Chicago
Inter Ocean.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-07-13
Made the Chaplain Swear.

Eliot NJ. Miller, civil engineer of
New Orleans, tells how General U. S.
Grant made his father, Chaplain Mil
Ter, swear.
It was one of the chaplain's duties
to receive and distribute the mail to
General Grants staff. Whenever the
mail was late he was greatly annoyed
by questions as to the cause of the de-
lay, time of arrival etc. On one occa-
sion, when the post was unusually late,
the chaplain, for fear of losing his
temper, attached the following notice
to the door Of his tent:
1.-The chaplain does not know when
the mail will arrive"
Shortly afterward General Grant,
passing the chaplain's quarters, no
ticed the sign. He paused before it a
moment and then walked slowly on his
way. Coming out of his tent few
moments later, Chaplain Miller was
Mortified to read:
1.-The chaplain does not know when
the mail will arrive, and he doesn't
give a DAMN
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-07-13
Good Tonic for the Hogs.

If the hogs are growing as fast and
doing as we'll as they can do, nothing
is needed in the way of medicine. But
if they are a little off in any way, d
few doses of the following will straight
en- them up.
Wood charcoal, pound; sulphur, /
pound; sodium chloride, pounds; So
dium bicarbonate, 2 pounds sodium
hyposulphite, pounds; sodium sui
phate, / pound; anthony sulphide, /
pound. Pulverize and thoroughly mix.
The dose is a large tablespoonful for
each 200 pounds weight of hogs to be
treated, given once a day. The hogs
will eat this mixed in their food, unless
very i'll, when it should be poured into
them, mixed in water.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-07-13
Grow something New.

Make it d point this summer to find
cut some crop or vegetable everybody
seems to want, and that no one has
grown to any extent in your neighbor-
hood, and grow that yourself next year.
1t IS quite possible to make a crop of
peppers. caulifiower, spinach or egg
Plant or some other unusual thing, one
OF the most profitable crops on the
farm If the demand is good and the
supply in your neighborhood limited,
the same thing is often true of squash.
Along in the winter when fresh vegeta-
hleS are scarce, there is always a de-
AEnd IN the city markets for squash.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-07-13
Seed Corn Breeding Pays.

Corn-breeding work, still in its In
Enry, already has spelled profit for
Gauy growers. Material increases in
held. due in large measure to plant
b. improved tested seed, have been so
General that farmers everywhere are
adopting better methods of seed selec-
lion. And other countries, noting what
has been accomplished by American
,orn breeders, have taken steps to fol-
ow their example Recently an Ameri-
IAN seed-c0rn breeding company ship
ped LOO bushels Of corn to the agri-
cultural department of the Egyptian
The same company has
also exported an order of 10000 pounds
If seed corn to Australia, where it will
pe used in breeding work conducted by
he agricultural authorities of that
country. 1t is to the corn belt Of
America that the peoples Of the earth
.ome for corn. Our corn crop is the
envy of all civilized countries which
cannot or do not grow corn.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-07-13
How to Gird1e Grape Vines.

The girdlfng or ringing of grapevines
is done to increase the size of each
cluster. 1t is not done generally, how
ever. although some find the method
profitable. The bark is entirely re-
moved below the fruit cluster about
month before the period of ripening
which hastens maturity about a week
or two and enlarges the bunch and
berries. The sap ascends through the
pores of the wood to sustain growth,
but the elaborated sap descends through
the wood and the bark and can go no
lower than the point at which the Cir
die is made, where it stops and is util-
lied in feeding the grapes. Some in
jury is done the vine below the girdle,
and hence it may not pay on an extern
sive scale.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-07-13

locked if necessary. Divisions are
Iade in the inside in accordance with
t. quantity of each kind of grain to
stored. The boxes are set on legs
kout fifteen inches high and each OF
ppsr legs has an inverted cap OF tin
laced on it near where the leg joins
L. box. These tins will prevent vermin
the shape of rats and mice from
ssily climbing up the box and getting
the grain. If desired the several
visions may be lined inside so as to
AXE them more vermin proof. The il
lstration shows how simple this grain
,x indianapolis News.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-07-13
Great Goat for Mohn1r.

The South African goat, Sultan
sheared eighteen and one-half pounds
of mohair at one clipping. This is the
record in this country and probably the
worlds record. He was barred from
competition at the st. Louis Fair be-
cause judges would not believe that the
mohair then carried was grown within
the time specified by the rules. At the
Portland, Ore. Fair he took grand prize
for the best buck. He is said to pos
sess wonderful prepotent power.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-07-13
GUinels.


The Guinea is said to be native of
western Africa and is very active
bird of Il rather wild nature. The Wild
nature of the beautiful fowls is an OBJ
lection with many poultrymen. There
are two breeds of guineas, the pearl
and the white guinea The pearl guinea
is of a wilder disposition than the
White guinea. Both breeds are about
the same size. The flesh of the pearl
guinea is darker than that Of the
white, which makes the white guinea
preferable as a table fowl. Both breeds
OF guineas are good summer egg pro-
ducers. They begin laying in April or
May and continue to lay until late in
the fall. The pearl guinea is very sen
sltive about having her nest disturbed
and often leaves the nest if a part of
her eggs are removed The white guinea
is not so particular about her nest and
will continue TO lay In the nest If only
one egg is left in it. Our white guineas
try house with the chicken hens.
Guineas are valuable insect destroyers.
They will eat insects that the chickens
will not, such as the potato bug and
gooseberry worm. | noticed our guineas
picking the worms off the gooseberry
bushes and not worm escaped that
the guineas could reach. They picked
the worms off as high as they could
jump.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-07-13

breaking a colt in winter as the old
fashioned Jumper" A jumper is sim
ply made Of two saplings twenty feet
or more long, weakened about five feet
from the butt ends by shaving the up
per sides half through, so that the poles
sag when the rider is on the seat and
the colt hitched. The seat is supported
by four posts and the horse is placed
far out in the shafts. A colt cannot go
over backwards with this.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-07-13
White Pekin Ducks.

The White Pekin is a popular duck
which has Il distinctive type especially
It's own, and differing from all others
IN the shape and carriage of its body.
The legs are set far back, which causes
The bird to walk in an upright position.
In size these ducks are very large, some
reaching as high as twenty pounds to
the pair. Their flesh is very delicate
and free from grossness, and they are
considered among the best of table
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-07-13
shading Helps Young Grass.

Recently a farmer who had plowed
ND a fence row relaid the fence after
seeding with timothy and clover. II
was a rail fence, laid worm fashion,
and under the rails, where the heat OF
the sun was shaded, the grass was Wig,
orous. and at least three times as thick
as it was where no shade was had
This burning up of the plants by heat.
perhaps, explains some failures II
growing grass from seed without pro,
lection.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-07-13
Keeping Calves Thrifty.

\ calf kept winter and summer in
'4ri1ty growth st years will make as
much more beef than one neglectfully
Kept AT twice that age The profit will
al. be found on the 2-year-old and the
loss on the 4-year-old; yet owners of
the latter have pursued such system
Il system it can be called-with the
'Gea that they were saving money.
Keep the thrifty animal two years
longer in the same way, and something
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-07-13
Feed for Mare in Foal.

While in foal the mare does not nee
essarily require food different in quail
itv from that fed at other times, but
all things being equal. the quantity
should be somewhat larger. Oats are
the best feed. yet shorts and bran may
he fed with beneficial results. Washes
can be given occasionally, and where
nossible cooked feed may be supplied
ot night three times week.
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Home-Maae Grain Box.

sTUare is enough grain stored on every
F. to warrant the building OF a gram
Il. particularly when one can be bnllt
- very small sum and with but little
IT,. Such a box is easily constructed
bm dry goods boxes, using a number
he same size TO obtain the desired
6,3city and setting them end to end,
stpning them together or not as de-
led, The fronts are cut so as to OBJ
/ u the proper slant and then a cover
made SO that the box or boxes may
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-07-13

fowls. They are excellent layers, aver
aging from 100 to 100 eggs each in
season. They are non-setters, hardy,
aaS5ty raised and the earliest in matur-
ing Of any ducks.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-07-13

eIy handsome in the way of beef will
be the result, while the staryeling can
never pay the expense Of rearing and
feeding.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-07-13

Jumper to Break Colts.
a Canadian farmer says that there
is nothing yet discovered so useful N
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-07-13

Blessed is the minister who lives bis
sermon all the week. and breaches b.
all his manhood Oh Sunday.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-02-02
and other gifts. Nevertheless com.
paratively small consignments Of better
grades are imported for those who are
willing to pay for them.
Malt Coffee as Food.
The First Tea Factory
Unds,' the Flag.

A Russian army doctor attached tc
the ed Turkestan Rifle Battalion has
been making some interesting expert
ments in the matter of nourishing SOL
diers. Dr.. Cyrillus Koljago admins
tered to ten men for ten days malt cof-
fee as their sole beverage, with the re-
suit that their weight increased during
the time to the extent of 832 grammes
a man. A like experiment was made
by giving tea to the same number of
men Of similar constitutions and for
the same number of days, and in their
case the doctor certified decrease of
weight per man to the extent of $40
grammes. He then put the twenty men
together back on to tea, and those whose
weight had been 80 signally increased
by the malt coffee had within ten days
lost GO grammes a head. The doctor
now states what is very important to
note, namely, that his experiments have
led him to believe that it is not merely
the nourishing attributes of the malt
coffee which mark this increase, but
that its effect is mainly to increase the
action of the digestive organs, enabling
them to draw from all other food taken
the utmost quantity of nourishment
each may contain.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-02-02
The Docking Of Horses.

Agitation is promised to urge the pas
sage of laws against docking horses
and owners of horses are being peti.
toned to join in the crusade. Dealer.
never dock horses, except at the re.
quest OF buyer. To offer horse. fol
sale with bob tail is to create the sus.
picion that it is second hand" one that
has seen service before in the city, in.
stead of being fresh from green past
ures Yet the dealers rarely sign such
petitions. They declare that the opera
ton of docking is not excessively pain
full and is atoned for by the easy life
it leads to. To have the tail shortened
is the initiation the rough horse pays
to gain the comfort and light duties Of
a private stable.
Fashion is not the only reason to act
uate the buyers in having their horses
locked, but it is the principal one. A
few say that the shortening of the tail
makes for cleanliness, as the tail does
not become draggled with mud and dust
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-02-02
Death.
"a. T.. ny

am microbe Of vast and fearful power.
My name Is Death, where e'er I'm found.
I float through the air and sink
into the vitals Of the sons of men:
The youth in joyous spring Of life;
The man, mature In years and strength;
The newborn babe and she
Who watches tenderly his breath OF
life:
The coyish maiden, ana the sage
OF tottering steps and silver locks;
All alike grow faint and listless,
Weak and wan, and sink at last
To their eternal rest, beneath my glance.
Quietly at first work, mid Jest and
laughter,
But not more surely does the sun sink low
behind
The western hills
Than make felt my power
Through every limb and fibre Of my VIC
TINS frame.
'Tis said that he laughs best who laugheth
And laugh last, yea many million time
AS perceive my victim gaze with hollow,
vacant stare
And note his breath come short, and
gasp and-cease.
Ha! IIa! Another triumph Of my prowess!
And now. I float away to murder once
. again
To snatch some maiden from her lovers
arms;
To strike youth, his mothers all:
Ceaseless my work. I know not pity.
Greedy am I, and each one whom I slay
adds fuel to my greed.
So do I live and reap my harvest day by
day Of Death.
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when locked, and another set main.
tains that it is really comfort to q
horse to remove the heavy useless mass
of hair. City horses do not Craze in
pasture, so the argument that the
switching of the long tail keeps away
mosquitoes and flies has no value in
this argument; but a decided objection
may be voiced against the nuisance
switching tails would be to horse OF
pair in heavy harness. All style and
grace in front action, pair with hang
ing tails would look as untidy other
wise as a woman in bedraggled skirts.
So said coaching amateur, and he had
plenty to add to the plea for docking.
Essentially docking is not a painful
operation" continued this driving man.
1--WE do not feed the horse on the
morning of the operation, and when it
is brought into the operating stall the
horse at once begins to munich eagerly
on the oats in the manager A canvas
hammock is flung under its belly and
the horse is hoisted to its tiptoes by
pulleys, when a gate is stuck across the
stall close to its heels and the tail pull
ed over, the flat top rail making an
operating table. A stout Irvine is tied
tight about the tail at the point to be
severed. The hair. is turned back and
bound, exposing the bare skin.
"A few short jabs with surgeons
knife and the tail is severed. Mean
while, a cauterizing iron has been
brought to white heat in charcoal
hand fire, and the next act is to scar
the cut with the iron. The horse
winces, but it does not take the tenth
part of second to seal up the wound.
As soon as the iron is taken off the
horse will resume its munching of oats,
and except while the cauterizing ircn is
applied it feeds without check through
out the entire operation.
No one knows what the horses think
about it. That docking is cruel may be
granted, but the gains to the horse
seem to counterbalance the hurts. All
of which sounds a good deal like an
argument made by an interested party
as an excuse for a continuance of a
practice almost universally condemned
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-02-02
Tea Handled by Machinery.

The effort Of the Department Of Ag.
riculture for sometime has been to
find means for providing food for the
Army and Navy which could be pre-
pared in such way as to save space.
Tablet form naturally suggested itself
to them and it is now believed by the
government officials that the tea tab
let's will fill the requirements not only
Of the general government but those
Of general merchandise and family USE
An important feature in connection
with compression Of tea into tablet
form which should be considered Of
prime Importance Is that modern ma,
chinery takes the place Of the ancient
manual operations Of the Chinese. OF
course. great advantage of the ma,
chine in the tea industry is reduction
in the price of labor, but more i'm.
portant item is the elimination, as far
as possible, of human contact. BY tes,
timony of travellers in the Orient 1t
is stated that the tea factories Of that
section are as rule anything but
clearly, the result of the herding to.
gether Of 30 many people-not very
slean or healthy people-in eramped
and often very hot workshops. The
tea tablets as prepared by the Depart
ment Of Agriculture, are made from the
tea after it has been dried and rolled
1t is then put through boiling proc
ess after which 1t is placed in small
moulds about the size Of cent, where
by means Of great force, 1t Is com.
pressed into small tablets. The op
Grafton of the machinery is so perfect
and so rapid that the leaves can be
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-02-02
He Had Had Experience.

As the fearless white man entered the
kraal of the native king, salute was
sounded on drum of serpent skin, and
six warriors with necklaces of human
teeth rafting about their threats, led
him before a rough ivory dias, on which
sat a majestic and formidable figure.
Hail." said the white man. And with
out loss of time, he took out one of his
brass watches, wound it up, and showed
its works to the dusky monarch. "This
marvel" he said, Il will give your
majesty, making you the envy Of all
men, and in return for only six tusks
of seventy pounds weight each. The
king took the watch, produced a mo-
nocle from a pouch hidden in his shield,
and, after a moments study of the
brass trinket, returned it with languid
smile. LAST year," he added, Gin Lon
don, I exchanged an old wooden war
club for a bushel of these things, and,
by Jove, don't you know, there wasn't
one of them that ran above week"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-02-02

interest in the United States. A hun
bred years ago the first tea plant was
introduced at Middleton Barony on the
Ashley River near Charleston, s. G.
Mr.. Junius Smith in the forties made
experiments in tea culture at Green
vile, s. c. and in the fifties the Uni.
ted States Government collected in
Asia and distributed tea seed by the
Patent Office through the south Allan.
tic and Gulf states, which later gave
rise to many thrifty little gardens
capable Of supplying all domestic
wants. While these experiments prove
the adaptability Of the tea plant to the
United States they did not prove the
possibility of a lucrative industrial I'M
dertaking. The United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture, however, in the
last quarter of the 10Th century un-
dertook an investigation along this lat
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-02-02

in these tablets Is not imported, but,
on the other hand, is grown at the
experimental tea gardens of the De-
partment Of Agriculture at Summer
vile, s. G. A few weeks ago DR.. B. T.
Galloway, chief of the Bureau Of Plant
Industry received large box Of sam
pie packages from Summerville.
Each box of compressed tea contains
twenty tablets about the size Of q cent,
but probably twice as thick. The
various kinds Of tea such as Oolong,
American Breakfast, black and green,
etc, are all prepared in tablet form
ranging from sepia to dark green in
color. The tablets as heretofore stated
are made from tea grown at the Pine
hurst tea gardens Summerville, s. G.
and contain the purest Of leaves
thought to be unsurpassed by any i'm
ported tea. The tablet form is accom-
plished by compression with machin-
cry. The directions furnished for us
ing the tablets are as follows:
Drop one tablet In teapot for each
cup Of tea desired. Pour in freshly
boiled water, and after allowing it to
stand four minutes, stir gently, strain,
and serve. II made in the cup, use one
tablet. Tea will Immediately settle to
the bottom of the cup, then strain the
liquor into another cup, and sugar and
cream as desired"
While 1t is explained by officials Of
the Department that this new form Of
tablet does not improve the flavor or
taste of the tea, the chief value lies
in the fact that the product occupies
less space. A pound package of or.
binary tea, it is stated, would occupy
about twenty-five times as much room
as one Of these little packages Of TWEEN.
ty tea tablets prepared by the Agri'
cultural Department.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-02-02

water power, against the unique and
unnecessarily elaborate functions Of the
Chinese manipulation On the up-to
date British tea estate almost the whole
process of tea making from the trans
portation of the plucked leaf from the
gardens to the factory, to the final
boxing of the finished product, is per.
formed by machinery. With all this
machinery, however, it is necessary
that two processes must be performed
by human hands-the plucking Of the
leaf from the bushes and the cutting
out Of inferior leaf or accidental ad.
mixtures such as stems, straws ETC.,
from the finished product.
The intense activity in the tea In
dustry Of other lands awakened a like
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-02-02
A Perfect Example.

"A lawyer whose mouth was extra
ordinarily large, had on the witness
stand a Southern backwoodsman. The
witness had replied to a question that
1T was a non-possibility" Quoth the
lawyer: GA non-possibility? Now
will you tell this court and this jury
what you mean by a non-possibility?
Give US an example" "Well," said
the witness, "I think it nd be nom
possibility to make your mouf emmy
bigger widout settin' your years furder
back"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-02-02
an Insult to the Horse.

"Would you mind walking the other
way and not passing the horse 7" said a
London cabman, with exaggerated po-
likeness, to the fat lady who had just
paid the minimum fare. "Why% she
inquired. Because if e sees wot 'e's
been carrying for shilling ell ave
ft," was the freezing answer.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-02-02
Was q Proper Judge.

When the last Cleveland baby was
born, Mr.. Cleveland was asked about the
weight, which he gave at twelve pounds.
DR.. Bryant, who was present, interrupt
ed the ex-President to say that the nurse
had reported the young hopeful to be an
eight-pounder. Nothing of the kind"
said MIR. Cleveland. II weighed him
with the same scales that I use when I
60 fishing"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-02-02
PhiIiDDine Cities.

There are four towns in the Philip
pines with a population exceeding
10000 each, and thirty-five with a pop
ulation exceeding 5000. Manila is the
tho only incorporated city In the
islands. and its Inhabitants number
244,7S2.