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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-03-16
'>N4SIIAN'S WARFARE.

b. 'SN. waiter &. Smith.
Fight the good fight of faith"
~0'E e: II.
WI" nave Timothy to look on
~>'aa life as a warfare. and
H. ,'|> 10 him he says to us no
sr, .'' he wishes us. however.
" MOI that we are to spend
h, " strife and contention and
2. '' mat We are to grid our
y. O"F task, like men who have
Ito that will need all our
a,.a ' patience and courage. War
In NY earnest business, which
n al To be trihed with. 1t is
ss, ''ay affairs Of plumes and
H., Gnu drums and trumpets.
r, "Dd Tine parade. Instead of
na. ~ IT, We must make up our
~. ' other business must pretty
!, ' I'LL it be done. The sol
nv; " "e fei and clad. and fur
|ssrs I'LL Serviceable weapons.
with needful surgery. for
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-03-16

through the darkness, carrying the
wounded Charley pickaback fashion.
Both were pretty we'll done up, and
they were given a cheer. One of the
boys asked, Charley. did you tell him
to his face:' Charley, faint and weary,
answered, You bet I did. And 1 told
him that he was trump Chicago
Inter Ocean.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-03-16

,rparpth to his OWL A0i anu
no--psaIms XIV. IA.
~ naj dead easier to admire
.Ion if is to initiate him.
-D i,vaI seen afar, but, COM
I'd rnrting its keen way into
-, on nraces. separating US from
s'. aqfns. robbing us OF the
p.' nyontional righteousness,
,n..c orr yeneers, or SHINING
'. nar cold light SO that all
oa visible in their naked
onr admiration is likely to
.I with other considera-
.,. most determined optimist
,mns wonder whether David
>' GOV with deliberation what
" no once said III his haste,
ro liars" Whether in buying
IN word or deed, with tongue
,,o man who deliberately en-
Iaod to a conclusion other
ha Knows to be right is
gaywhere.
nb. Il dark day for us when we
,flanrp in one another. Words
.nrr the currency of life. The
tbp currency issued by any
,,.odx on its stability. Back of
,5Hsbfng its value, mist stand
-r,ving integrity of the man.
,,,pIesS reserve it is that keeps
INN neral bankruptcy. Few, if
,s4s are of greater worth than
-a,,rp> Of Integrity and the APP
s aa good conscience.
-r are told by many that we are
.mrbpr system to-day, under the
nrrgr>S which thinks OF truth
ar mJv as the servants of per
,a.>A success. This gross code
A tlat we shall lay aside the
rhgr nave nurged the soul in
# That we Shall ridiculc the yir-
n made our fathers clean, stall
dear eyed. large SOuled. those
,har >emrhoy, as we look at
st ONT Of sight their poverty
led circumstances and place
Lima tnLtpie whose glory is sim
.gt. goI!ihp lIarnOOd.
reA If This H. Il lying age, the
d conformity is more than you
lord to pay. And there never
GREATER mistake than to believe
or,jpr to onr ON in the world it
,>ary 10 Get off the track of
and right. This is not the age
FAD anarchy: above all. after all.
-,pS. Sporadic rebeIIiOns there
b and they may seem to bring
5D their promoters. but you have
,p right to nudge the tone of an
y the moral obliQuity of a few
2i On the evidence of the mis-
4 committed under it's rule.
JUDGE too often without perspec-
/ We gaZe in wonder at those who
i With The glory Of the rocket, for
II to ask the past whether any of
&elAtiOnS came to their places
Ut manner. In the night of our
.'!ayS We can discern but a few of
/ Who live for wealth and success
@out them clear over all, shin
-l0'ed by paniCS aud fears, I'M
FIJI by tine and changes. are the
. '1oSe that have lived for love,
''"' ana right. who obeyed the
|"E"I law of the universe and
~eir places in tile temple of
/ est Of 4 mans yeracitv is not
in the exactirude Of his state
. he may always tell the precise
al ~ sn". sun NC III near,
a& honor ,rI, - t o'''"S. ''oii' 81.
,.r "', a'. Ine test is in whether
|1 <arfs, .,l
/, ever f. .a,.,. W
r1 whine ~ n, ,,'s'', ,a 10 =; t'' ,nrn
|'1.
Ne are tho, ,,.,,., -.
|arp, Wilt, Nv nv ""','e IL ms
$50. mr.b tr,. lN l'''' '''''eN ~
Fl is ,hnfrs Yys ''',''3 ~'s''
otaI,ng r;.;. i'','''' 'ne w
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top of lower hole and remain there
until barrel is empty. The barrel must
be absolutely alright Best to place
on a floor for hogs.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-03-16
Care of stock.
Farm Notes.

To pour drops from bottle moisten
the edge
A good way to destroy a bad habit
or practice is to get something better
to take its place.
1t is not best to let any dealer Sc
lect the best lambs from the flock and
leave the culls behind.
There is an old notion that a cow
will fail in her milk when fed on pump
kins; but there is no truth in the the
DRY.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-03-16

Many of the seedsmen mail potato
eyes put up in plaster, so that they
will reach planters in good shape. The
eyes are taken out of the tuberS wits
a knife made expressly for that pur-
pose, which carries a pretty good sized
piece Of the potato. They are quite
sure to grow and make fair crop re-
CARELESS of the small beginning. This
is a cheap means of getting started in
new varieties or of obtaining pure
stock from some of the standard varie-
ties.
One hundred eyes, assorted to in
clude half dozen sorts, may be or
dered packed in one box. These viii
cost about 81, with charge prepaid
The cost is hardly worth mentioning
when compared to the advantage Of
having some pure stock of known va
rieties. They are not mailed until
danger of freezing is past
Curing Hams.
Hog raising has declined so much iF
some sections that farmers are reduced
to the purchase of the coarse and
chemically treated hams sold in the
markets. These are far inferior to
farm raised, corn and milk fed hogs
of the smaller breeds with the hams
cured in the old-fashioned manner n
plan still practised is to hang the hams
in barrel which connects by con-
dut with a great hole in which are
burned large quantities of cobs. The
cobs make very clean, wholesome
smoke and there is no danger of fire, as
in the use of the ordinary smokehouse-
Care of stock.
The care of stock takes precedence
of other kinds of work at this season.
The animals are now in their winter
quarters and wholly dependent on the
owner or caretaker. Their present cen
dition and future usefulness Will large
" correspond with the carefulness and
good Judgment exercised in their favor
during the coming few months. Com
Portable stables, judicious feeding and
kindly treatment are things that Will
nav right along.-American Cultiyator-
Farm Notes.
To pour drops from a bottle moisten
the edge.
GOOD NOV IN daStroV had habit
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An Acting Corporal.

Col J. w. Phelps (afterward Briga-
der GeneraD at the commencement of
the civil war, commanded the First
Vermont Regiment. He was a West
Point graduate. an excellent soldier,
but very eccentric. About May 20,
1861, he was sent with his own regi-
ment and the Fourth Massachusetts to
occupy Newport News.
The new volunteers were very
fresh and annoyed him by their ig-
norance of of the rules of military ser
vice and especially of military Ell
quette He received a communication
addressed to him as acting Brigadier
General instead of Colonel command
ing post A few days afterward he
met a squad of men III command Of a
soldier who showed no badge Of rank.
and asked him what his rank was.
The man replied that he was an acting
corporal.
Yes" said Phelps, "acting corpor-
ais, acting sergeants, acting lieuten-
ants, acting captains. acting majors,
acting lieutenant colonies. acting col
onels, acting brigadier generals. and
you are all acting like the devil
He detested unnecessary display in
uniforms. and meeting some soldiers Of
a New York regiment that had just
arrived in camp, who wore zouave
uniform gorgeously decorated with scar
let cord. he exclaimed: Hello! What
part of the show are you-circus
riders,-Boston Herald.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-10-09
PAINTED POST AND HoRsEHeADs
How These Two New York Towns Got
Their Names


At Households an incident took
place that gave the pretty village OF
the future its historic name. Looking
on map of New York, so peppered
over with names borrowed from the
classical dictionary. It is refreshing
to find a few that have in them the
flavor of local history, rs have Paint
ed Post and Households.
Being now near the end of his toll.
some journey, and having less need
of pack horses. Sullivan ordered a
number of the beasts in poorest condi.
tion to be shot. This was in mercy
to the miserable beasts. With their
backs made raw by their heavy packs,
the buzzards swooped down ON them
to eat them alive. Several score of
the horses were thus put out of pain
by bullets. Within n few weeks after
the event their bleaching homes and
skulls lay on the old maize fields.
Quickly In the wake of Sullivan's ar.
my OF vengeance, sometimes even be-
fore the ashes of the American camp.
fires We're cool, followed the Indians.
These once bold warriors now saw
their homes and food swept off the
face of the earth, and themselves
pauperS anu Deggars for British aims.
At this place of skeletons the Indians
collected the skulls and arranged
them in lines by the side of the trail,
piled them UP and fastened them oil
trees, and otherwise made an unusual
and conspicuous display of equine rel
les. The neighborhood thus received
the name of the valley of horse
heads" even before the town was set
tied.
Painted Post marks the spot
where stood highly decorated me.
mortal column, reared either In honor
of a dead Indian chief son of Gather
Inc Montour. or to serve as news
bulletin, or to stand like the column
of Pasquin in old Rome. Indeed, in
the primitive landscape of the In
dams world these posts or painted
trees, were quite common along the
great trails. After the battle of New
town our men discovered one on
which were pictured twelve Indians
stuck through with arrows. 1t an
nounced as clearly as an illustrated
newspaper, that a battle had been
fought and lost, and that ats least
twelve Iroquois had been slain.-
Magazine of History.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-10-09
WANTS A MILLION NAMES.
Russian Patriot In New York to Pro-
mote Big Petition to Car.

Ivan Ivanovitch Norodny, chief ex.
ecutive commissioner OF the Russian
Military Revolutionary party, Is here
to establish headquarters In America
for the revolution. He comes to so.
licit 100000 signatures to petition
to the Car praying for liberty, jus.
tice and amnesty He comes upon a
mission OF EDUCATION; to disavow the
bloody acts Of the Terrorists.
A mil;i-mannered man Is Norodny,
about 40 years old, whose face tells
the story OF his suffering Twenty
years ago happy husband, owner Of
several estates, and a man of conse
quence in Finland, the land of his
birth-today he weeps for his wife,
confined in an asylum the victim of
the brutality of the Cossacks; prays
for the reDose of the soul of his cid.
est bern, slain by the same Cossacks.
Four years in il Russian prison left
him Il physical wreck. Most of his
fortune has been confiscated by the
Russian Government
IL come TO solicit Names" said he
last night. while seated in his rooms
in the New Hotel Albert 81 have
five heroes in this country. They are
tHS A''S pSioouo mere WHO are
best known in Russia. shall pre-.
sent my petition first to these per-
sons.
The five Americans best known
in Russia are President Roosevelt.
Mark Twain, William Jennings Bry-
an, Thomas A. Edison and Miss Jane
Adams of Hull House, Chicago.
II go first to Washington and give
to the great President the first op-
portunity to sign my petition to the
Gear.
Il have here prepared propogan-
da. In part it says: On behalf of
l50,Oo,000 of people cry out for
help. We require support. Oceans
of blood were spent to free the black
slave. Millions upon millions of my
countrymen are suffering worse
slavery
I'VE despise anarchy and every form
of violence. wish to declare on the
Car not war of blood, but a war OF
education, Il war of moral suasion
The Russian peasant hungers for
knowledge, for books, for teachers
Tor Christian missionaries. This is
The war would wage on the Gar
This is not the time for fire and
| sword. New York World.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-10-09
YOUNG VETERANS meet.
Hen Who Fought II The Islands
Assemble Ia Washington.
iis-lfN; ---
SOCIETY IN SPLENDID CONDITION
commanderln-chlet Miller Would
Have Separate Camps Formed for
Negroes Who Served Uncle Sam
During the Late Unpleasantness.
tBy Associated press.>

~ tBS Associated PreSs.l
WASHINGTON, ID. C., Oct. s.
spanlsh-American War Veterans
from practically every State In the
Union, are In attendance upon the
Third Annual Encampmcnt OF the or.
eanizntion, which began It's sessions
mere today When the first session
Of the encampment was called to or.
DER by COMMUNICATIVE Chief Charles
II. Miller, of Ohio, all the Eastern.
Middle Western, ana Southern Stutes
were represented by big delegations.
Ehc sessions of the encampment
&nre being held in the National Guard
Armory, the first being a joint session
OF the United States War Veterans.
aud the National Auxiliary to The or.
ganization.
NAfter COmmander.in-Chief Miller
lad called the session to order. Father
Athri Reney. national Chaplin pro.
nounced the Invocation.
Henry d. +. Maryland, president or
the Board of District Commissioners
welcomed the delegates ana their
comrades TO Washington. Comman.
der-In.Chief Miller responded To Tho
welcoming address.
Comnander.ln.Ch Miller. then
submitted TO tho delegates his rouort
Tor the year, There was great
awakening of interest IN the urpanj.
zntlon, he said, especially IN tho
south, where many camps now arc he.
ing FORMED. A tentative agreement
ms been entered into by Commander
Miller and Commander Wallur, of the
Legion OF Spanish War Veterans, of
massachusetts,, providing for n consol
idatlon of the two organizations. II
probably will be ratified ut this on.
ctamnment. The Massachusetts legion
has about $500 members.
Commander Miller recommended
That In tho South where there arc
many negroes eligible to membership
IN the organization. separate cnmps
and separate departments lie organic.
ed for white and for black members.
IL The financial condition of the or.
ganization, Commander Miller said
was good. all bills being paid and n
balance of $4,000 is, In the Saaplk :
While It was rot possible for the
commander to/rcport the precise
membership n the United states
spanish way Veterans, he said, it ap.
proximateI45,OOo.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-10-09
PItts6u'g Woman Says She IS The
wife Of millionaire.
OIL man DENIES THE ALLEGATION
Peter MecooI, Who Made Fortune
In OIL and Who Has Wife and
Child Is Sued for oesertion and
Nonsupport.

PITTSBURG. Oct. S.-Peter F. Mo.
Cool. the millionaire oil man. of Bu.
Ter, who is charged with desertion ann,
nonsrpport by Mrs. Frank Walker
VINO lives In Il palatial home on Suuir.
rel Hill, when he already has wife
and fourteen-year-old son i'm Butler
mas declared that there was absolute.
ly no foundation whatever for her
charges. Mr. McCool admits that he
knows the woman.
She came here from New York. :
he said. and opened n house on Col.
well street. On account of her M.
burn hair and her resemblance to the
actress she was known as Mrs. Leslie
Garter. In New York she was known
as Frances Darlington, ana | believe
mat at one time she was married to
man named Walker. So far as my
being married to her. II Is all bosh.
and will prove it,
Mrs. Walker was afterward seen Mt
her home on fashionable Squirrel Hill.
She was stylishly gowned, and tears
came 10 her eyes when she was told
OIL the allegations of McCool.
don't wish to be rude to you, sir"
she said. "but Ito not believe that he
said these things. There must be
some mistake All I want is that my
husband come back to me-"
Mrs. Walkers mother was seen.
she was introduced as Mrs. 0Neill.
OF New York. and said she had come
10 console her daughter Gu hearing of
her trouble. She spoke in the highest
terms OF McCool., and declared there
must he como uistnkn
McCools friends neiieve that he is
the victim Of plot. He has good
reputation. About year ago he was
In the limelight. Acting against the
advice of friends. he backed "Spotty''
Mcbride, an oil well man, in sinking
Il well. 1t became one of the most ia.
nous gushers of history, and made Il
big fortune for both men.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-10-09
GIRLS NOT ACCOMPLISHED.
"Parlor" Tricks Scarce Among Maid
ems of This Prosatc Oay.

'e''o' '''eNe scarce Among Maid
ems of This Prosalc Day.
What has become of the accom-
rlished girl? Whittier has she gone
and why did she depart? She WEI
very conspicuous a generation or two
ago. All the Aramintas of our grand.
mothers day could speak little
French-they invariably began their
letters Cher ami" If history is to be
believed-they could thrum an accom-
paniment on the guitar while they
warbled entertainingly of "Junata,"
and usually they could play the harm
and the piano as well.
Many of these young women could
paint and draw, all could sew and not
few could embroider beautifully.
Unless they were equipped ut leas,
as well as this they were considered
hopelessly uneducated and unciviliz-
ed.
They were not 'up'' in algebra and
geometry. to be sure. They knew lit
tie of philosophy and political econo.
my, those being deemed masculine
studies. but they had the accomplish
ments.
Moreover, they had beautiful man.
ners, and they spoke good and not
hurried or slipshod English.
The average girl of the day seems
proud to boast that she has no "parlor
tricks" She can play on the piano a
little, perhaps, but she Is not partic.
ularly proud of that fact: her French
is miserable. despite the four or five
years she sat under teacher of that
language, scribbling notes to her
friends In the next row. She cannot
sing bit. She would disdain to
paint the triffling things in which her
grandmother took such pleasure. She
wishes to be Murlllo or a yelas-
queZ or nothing.
Her equipment is more OF the solil
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-10-09
scHooNER's CREW RESCUED.
Yacht PIcks UP the Men and Tows
Boat to Port.

NEW HAVEN. CONN. Oct. s.
After clinging TO the sides of cupszed
British steamer Oceanic for fourteen
hours, Captain l.hems. ana crew of
i've men were rescued by the amxil.
Harry yacht Aloha belonging to Arthur
Z. James, of New York, and broug,..
to this port today.
The Oceanic. which was overturned
III the blow Of yesterday. was towed
here by the yacht, and she now lies
on her beam ends IN the lower har.
bor
The capsized schooner was bound
from louisb'lrg to New York, with Il
l0nd or spruce. and while twelve miles
west of the Spicy Light capsized In
q squall.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-10-09

bort which has to do with the sclenc.
les. She can't even recite. "The Man
iac's Lament" to add to the galety of
crawing-rooms.
She's nothing If not practical ana
prosaic. Occasionally she looks a
trifle obviously upon the young NO.
man who can sing a popular song to
a mandolin accompaniment. thus gain.
ing the plaudits OF the multitude, bnt
generally speaking, the modern gic.
isn't accomplished, doesn't wish to BIZ
accomplished and scorns her accom-
plished fellows.-Baltimore News,
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-10-09
PROPOSALS WANTED

Sealed proposals will be received -at
office of Treasurer Southern, BraneKg
N. H. D. V. S., National Soldiers
Home. Elizabeth City County, Virgin.
la, until 1870 p. M, October 23d, 1906,
and then opened, for Material and,La.
Dor for Resetting and Piping Kitchen
Fixtures in Main Mess Hall Kitchen
Building No. 14), at Southern
Branch, in accordance with instruc-
tons and specifications, copies of
which, with blank proposals and other
information may be had upon applica-
ton to
B. A. BEEsoN, Treasurer
1913, Is, 81.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-10-09
Homecoming Tor eeoraiana.

On account Of homecoming for Geor.
gians, Atlanta, Ga, October 10th.llth.
1906, round trip tickets will be sold
via Southern Railway, at extremely
low rates, on October 9th and 10th.
with final limit October goth, with
privilege of extension to October 3oth.
by deposit of ticket and payment of
fee of fifty cents. For reservation and
detailed information. call on or ad.
dress STANTON CURTIS, Pass. Agt.,
Norfolk. Va. 1O.4.5t
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-10-09
Athletics Shut Out Senators.

HARTFORD. CONN, Oct. S.-Phil-
adelphia and Washington American
League teams played an exhibition
game hero today. Waddell's pitching
was the feature He had sixteen
strike-outs. eight of which were s,c.
cessive and he struck out every man
on the team. thereby making three
records.
Washington ..0O00OO0O0-0 ? 0
Athletics 00O20O0OO-2 . I
Batteries: Kitson and Warner
Waddeli and Schreck.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-10-09
ALlEhf(STS SEE THAW.
District Attorneys Physician Not
~ Allowed to BE Present.
: (By Associated Prass1

NEW YORK, Oct S.-Doctors Brit.
ton Il. Evans and Charles e. Wagner,
OF the Morris Plains Insane Asylum,
spent several hours with Harry X.
Thaw In his cell In the Tombs to.
day. The alensts declined to permit
DIR. Mcclure the Tombs' physician,
To- he present during the examination,
as authorized by the district attor-
nry's office.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-10-09

FOR sALE-JUsT RECEIVED, THE
new issue Of Edison Gold Moulded
Records for October. Call early for
your selections and ask for Nos.
1856, 1866. and 1860. THE GEO. D.
HAMPTON PIANO CO., 210 Tween
ty.eighth street. 9.29.tf
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-10-09
Mrs. Roosevelt Receives Visitors.

. WASHINGTON, D. c., Oct. 8.-Mrs
Roosevelt, this afternoon. received
more than $50 members of the Wo.
mans Auxiliary of the Spanish Amer.
lean War Veterans. which is holding
It's annual convention here They
were escorted to the White-House by
The Edith e. Roosevelt auxiliary Of
this city,
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-10-09
CHAMPIONS PLAY BALL.
Chicago Nationals to Meet the Ameri.
cans
(Dy Associated Press

t3y Associated Press.D
CHICAGO. ILLS. Oct. S.-ldeal
baseball weather is predicted for
tomorrow and tonight every one in
Chicago who ever saw the national
game of America played, is anxiously
waiting for the call of time tomorrow
a, 2:36 o'clock. when the Chicago
Nationals and the Chicago Americans
will meet In the first game of n
series OF seven for the worlds cham.
plonship. ~
Both teams are In cxcellerY condI.
ton Tor the struggle, ana both are
confident of victory
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-10-09
MONEY TO LOAN.

TO LOAN IN SUMS OF $50
to $1,000. per cent. Merchants-Me-
chanics Savings Association, Allan
ID. Jones, Secretary and Attorney.
First National Bank Building. 49,.
3-7.tf "a
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-10-09

FOR sALE-25 YOUNG PIGS, JUST
weaned; also six brood sows, one
true blooded Berkshire boer For
full particulars apply to L. b. MAN.
WILLIE. Old Dominion Land COM
pany's office. 9-3O-tf
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-10-09

acquiescence Of the Pennsylvania will
allow the Wabash to enter the Clair.
ton works of the United States Steel
Corporation and get part of the big
tonnage which was promised the road
by Andrew Carnegie long before II
came into Pittsburg.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-10-09
PEhNsv-wAsAsH FIGHT OFF.
'ltlon withdrawn and Latter
May Build Steel Works.

.cpPosItIoh WlthdraWn and Latter
May Build Steel Works.
~ Pl'TTSBURG. Ort. Sword was
sent from offices of the Pennsylvania
to the Wabash here that work could
be begun by the latter on It's proposed
bridge over the tracks of the Monon-
gahela division of the Pennsylvania at
Charlton. the Pennsylvania people
having agreed TO Il proposition made
by the Wabash
This ends fight which has been
going on for more than year. The