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seven days!" Don Felipe repeated: Don e.. mark you, Rosita, the abominable brigand who has defied all efforts to capture him since before l became gov ernor. for years for decades"
 Rosta's lips curled, showing her pretty teeth.
 some men would not accept defeat so easily" she remarked. Sooner than that you would go single-handed into the sierra"
 I? single-handed into the sierra? The saints forbdl"
 But think" she urged, still smiling. "how life will appear to you without money. position. honor, credit, Is 1t not worth the risll?'
 "Ah. my most beautiful, you do not understand" he repeated helplessly. You are far from understanding. This vulture hates me. If I were ir his grip. . he shuddered-'he would kill me. Not by an easy death, Rosita. by Inches. He is a terrible man"
 He is at least a brave one!
 'Brave?' echoed the governor. He was born lacking the nerve of fear, He would face an entire army alone"
 "Whereas you,' she pointed her fan at him with a little mocking gesture, would head the army in running away. Is it not so?
 
 cheeks with some idea of protesting. 'Dona Rosta, you forget that I--' She took the words from his lips laughingly shaking her head.
 ''On the contrary, my Felipe, I re- member that you"
 Don Felipe occupied himself in roll ing another cigarette with care. reflect ing meanwhile that he had made a false step in confiding the state of af- fairs to Rosita. towards whom his feel ings. though strong, were so annoying ly divided. He half feared, half loved her Long ago. in the early flush of his admiration. he had spoken of marriage: now he had not the smallest intention or binding himself irrevocably to that compelling will.
 What am l to do? You, who have so often counseled me, do not desert me now, my beloved! You, who are my Minerva and Venus, tell me what am to do.'
 But why should I?"
 Because our destinies are bound to- sether' he responded with fervor. hop ing 10 pass an awkward point with a pretty paraphrase.
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three thousand miles beyond the most remote European city and across stormy waters, and yet America seems to claim 8 plurality of all the tram sients. If an Egyptian began to pack up his things to take four thousand mile jump to look at the stock yards of Chicago or the mammoth cave of Kentucky, his friends would have him consigned to some Mohammedan in- stitution for the treatment of those mentally deranged. But the Ameri- cans are here in fiocls, droves, GOV eys-deerepit old people, blooming debutantes, boys just out of college, tired out business men, women who have been studying in Egypt at their clubs. and, of course, the 5000 (more or less) newly married couples. And most of them are working like farm hands to generate some real enthusi-
 asm for tombs and hieroglyphies.
 Hard pulling, but they will make it if
 their legs hold out.
 What is the charm-the siren call
 of Egypt-that has lured these thou
 sands so far away from home and
 friends? It is not climate, for we have a better climate of our own. If
 the traveller seeks merely warmth and
 sunshine, he can find them in Soutk-
 ern California, the West Indies or at l Palm Beach. It is not a genuine and | deep-seated interest in ancient rec ords, inasmuch as ninety per cent. Of l the fresh arrivals from America do
 not know the difference between a ] cartouche and a scarab 1 know, be- | cause I looked it up yesterday. It Is 1 not a snobbish desire to rub up
 against the patchouli and rice powder l of European hot-house aristocracy,
 because nearly all of the Americans flock by themselves and make dis 1 paraging remarks about other nation l alities, and vice versa.
 l No doubt the one great reward Of 1 the persistent traveller is to find new
 varieties of his fellowman. Cairo is l the pousse cafe of humanity-Droba- bly the most cosmopolitan city in the
 world The guide books talk about rock tombs and mosques, but the 1 travellers find their real enjoyment in
 the bazaars and along the crowded
 streets and on the sheer banks of the l Nile which stand out as an animated I panorama for hundreds of miles. The | first hour in Cariro is compensation for
 many an hour of tedious travel. Once
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A Three=COrmered Garlne

TT Is not too much to say that there
 were two Don Q's The one d sneer- ing vengeful. tiger-hearted brigand who dealt in death plain and blood-staln- sd money; the other charming soft- spoken gentleman. full of courtesy and culture. But one quality remained all ways apparent, whichever side or ms character happened to be uppermost- the man was a most terrible enemy
 'He knows no fear" wrote prisoner of his on one occasion "nor do thlnk he has ever known 1t. Yet he owns an imagination that cuts like knile to the heart of things. It is this lacuity of placing himself in the position or ms foes that has so long enabled him to bafYle all designs made against his iib- srty and his life.
 But of this particular point m Don Q.'s character Don Filippe Ma1ada thought not at all as he lay at ease In a long chair and gaze up at the glori- ous blue sky of. Spain-that country which only smiles when the sun shines An ultimatum had that moring arrived from Madrid which said that If Don c' was not captured or effaced wlthih seven days. the governorship would be given into more capable hands.
 ''Ah, most beautiful said Don fehpe aloud. life has many trials, but 1t IS anlv when the heart is broken that one tastes despair.
 The woman he addressed moved her fan a little faster. She looked hand some and defiant this full-throated, Seep bosomed Andalusian with magniii- .ent suky eyes.
 Have you no words. my Rosita? he nid again. with a piteous accent
 .What shall l say?' She raised her aeayy eyelids. How does one show de- nair? Does one grow fast upon 1t"
 DO not mock me. l implore you! continued Don Felipe. "It is on account If this carrion bird of the sierra that shall be thrust from my place. Today nm one of the highest officials of the uate. in seven days-caramba!-I shall be-'
 without money. position or credit, :" concluded Rosita.
 ''unlsss l get rid of Don e. within
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adjoining steamer chair and recog- nized the banker from Tien-Tsin. He was just as much surprised as was.
 About a year ago we parted at San Francisco after long and pleasant voyage from Shanghai-he to continue a leisurely trip around the world, I to carry my priceless treasures of Ori- ental art and shattered letter of credit back to Indiana. When we parted there was the usual stereotyped re- mark about meeting again. but neither of us believed that there was one chance in million of our paths cross ing, it being a far cry from Tien- Tsin to Terre Haute don't know what far cry" is, but I have come across it in some of our most opaque
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Cairo as tho Annual Stamping Ground for Americans and Why They Make the Ttip.
K IT ITS d small world"
 This is one of the over
worked phrases of the


 This is one of the over
 worked phrases of the globe-trotter t is used most frequent ly by those who follow the beaten paths In other words. we find it diff ficult to get away from our acquaint- ances. Not that we wish to get away from them; on the contrary, when we are stumbling along some unfamiliar thoroughfare six thousand miles from home and bump into a man with whom we have a nodding acquaint- ance in Chicago we fall upon his neck and call him brother. It must be very annoying to criminals and celebrities who are trying to hide their identi- ties, but to the ordinary traveller it is always a glad surprise to find friend coming right out of the ground fin a corner of the world supposed to be given over 10 strangers.
 There are certain spots on the earth which may be classed as definite headquarters for wanderers. It Is said that in the summer season any person of any nationality who seats himself in front of the Cafe de la Paix in Paris may confidently gamble on mailing an acquaintance in less than fifteen minutes Trafalgar Square in London is called by the Britishers the actual kernel of civilization. The long corridor of the Waldorf is the temporary abode of folks from almost everywhere. The big front porch here at Shepheard's Hotel in Cairo will surely have two or three friends waiting for you when you arrive. The Grand Hotel, in Yokohama, has been for many years a sort of clear ing house for travelers-circumna gators moving aside to let the other crowd pass Then there is the Pal ace, in San Francisco, and the Audi torium in Chicago-definite rallying points for mortals who move about.
 It is when we meet our long lost friend in the remote byway that we are induced to throw up our hands and exclaim. '"rhe world is small"
 For instance. before the German steamer left Naples for Alexandria a launch load of new passengers came aboard. As we were heading out of the bay and almost under the shadow of Capri I glanced at the man in the
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that at the end of the ride I wanted to pay the coolie for year instead of an hour.
 And how about the first hour up the Grand Canal in Venice? Or the first hour in the tangled bedlam of Canton? Or the first hour in front of Shep- keard's Hotel, here in Cairo. when it really seems that a wonderful pageant has been ordered for your special joy. With bulging eyes and whirling senses you view the changing kaleidoscope and ask, in the language of MT. Peas ley. "Is this on the level?"
 Yes, travel is hard work and your true traveller is mighty grumDler, but he goes in buoyed always by the hope of another first hour"
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Bob Grimley was a short man, weighing about two hundred and fifty pounds, and shaped like an olive. He wanted his vapor in hurry, because he had to grab train and go away out to Oak Park and then dress in a hurry and have bite of dinner and play poker. So he made 8 running splash and jump through the bath de- Iartment, came out. hoppef Into his garments. picked up Henry Billkamp's suit case and rushed away to Oak Park
 It was half-past six when Henry hurried to the dressing room The opened the suit case and began to
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more in the sunshine, the soft but gamey odor of the Orientalism sooth- ing the nostrils, lively chatter of unfamiliar languages an intervening throng of turbans, gowns, fezes,. swarthy faces; the pattering hoof- beats of spangled donkeys and the stealthy sweep of dignified camels-so much to see that one needs four pairs of eyes to catch all parts of the pic ture and at least half dozen foun- tain pens to keep score of the attrac- tions.
 The first hour in new land! It is that which repays the patient travel, CT. It gives him the gasping surprises and the twinges of delight which are not to be found in southern California
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Don Q. quietly. 'I trust you will find yourself able to demolish these accusa- tions.
 Don Felipe feebly shook his head.
 .It pains me greatly resumed the brigand, Ito be obliged to touch on so delicate a subject, but l am given 10 understand that you have pestered ladv with your attentions. I trust for your own sake that gossip rather than truth lies at the root of these reports.
 "They are false. senor.' gasped Don Felipe in an agony of apprehension. l swear they are false"
 ."rhen how can you explain this? de- manded Don O.. handing him the let ter that he and Dona Rosita had con cocted together only four days earlier. Majada read it, wagging his head and grimacing in sheer terror as he strove to speak.
 ..It is all false. She loves me'' he blurted at last.
 And the wine?'' questioned Don Q. Bring here a bottle, Robledo.'
 It was laid at his feet
 Do you recognize this bottle?'
 sNo no" Majada almost screamed. . "Then will you gratify me by taking a glass with me. You appear overcome. A glass of good wine is a restorative.' Don O. urged with suave gravity. "Come. let us drink to our happy meet
 
 t'It is impossibiel Hearken to me. senor. Have mercy on mel" and there on his knees with his hands stretched for mercy Don Felipe gave his render ing-the ancient rendering of Adam-of all that had passed between himself and Dona Rosita.
 A long and heavy silence fell upon the group. Don Felipe exhausted bv his ef- forts found himself crying dumbly. At last Don c. spoke.
 This lady loves you?"
 She adores mel She would marry me in spite of myself mumbled the other.
 How fortunate for you"
 What do you meanT'
 That l am about to send for her. Don Felipe If she loves you she win come.'
 Tt is impossible. My servants have her In charge"
 Take pen and write to your ma 1'r d"mo or whoever happens to he in command at the Casa de Segli, ordering that the Senorita de Rivero be allov~6 >->>->--~--------~-
 fCnntfnusA na rhf~kx. GxxL
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By K. and FHesketh PritcRlard.

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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-06-08

of his company outside to q restaurant,
where he paid for dinners for all. This
was rank rebellion, but these men boast
ed Of it for weeks, and the newspapers
noticed it as an indication of the high
spirit of the volunteers.
Later the companies were organized
into messes, each company looking after
its own cooking Conditions were bet
ter, but up to the very last the soldier
craving for home cooking was as strong
as at the beginning of the service In
our march northward from Wildcat
mountain after Bragg had been driven
out of Kentucky, our men paid eXtraya-
CANT prices for ordinary corn bread or
for peach and apple pies, and gorged
themselves to the point of sickness. l
have known first-rate fellows to snatch
apples from fruit stands Oh the streets
of Nashville. These, however, came
from the hospitals, and they were sim
ply rayenous.
I'm 1864, when we were in Eastern
Tennessee, we were scouting one day.
"
settlement, and the boys asked a woman
in a well-kept brick house to prepare
them a meal, for which they were will
ing to pay whatever was reasonable.
We found four or five fellows lounging
about the premises waiting for din
ner to be served. The woman of the
house came forward, and, after the case
had been stated, the spokesman assum-
ing that we would all be turned away,
she said, with a smile, Yes she had
rather expected that we would like
home cooking, and was preparing din
ner for us.
This was so unexpected that the Ser
geant, who was preferring the request,
dropped his hat and broke out with,
Good Lord, madam! You're very kind.
What is your name?' She said, My
name is Brownlow.' The Sergeant re-
piled at once, That accounts for it.
You belong to the BrownloW family.
That's a good family. The men know
how to fight and the women know how
to cook And they did. For once we
had as good dinner as we would have
found at home in Ohio or Indiana or
Illinois. Chicago Inter Ocean.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-06-08
Effective Trap Nest.

A very simple trap nest is thus de-
scribed by Orange Judd Farmer: one
side and part of the top on one COM
partment is removed to show the lnte-
rior construction. Each compartment
should be 13 inches wide, Is inches
high and 80 inches deep, while the nest
box is IL inches square and inches
deep. Every poultry raiser knows the
value of trap nest, SO it is not nee
essary to enter into it's utility. ANY
number of them may be constructed
side by side, and all equipped in the
same manner. The doorway at the
front is 10 inches wide and II inches
high, the door is II inches square and
is caught at one corner with screw.
When it is set the doorway is open, but
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-06-08
StonewaII jackson at Manassas
Junction.

Allen G.. Redwood, the artist was
Second Manassas" and from his ac-
count in the Century we quote as fol-
lows: "All this time we had the
vaguest notions as to our objective; at
first we had expected to strike the en-
emy's flank, but as the march pro-
longed itself a theory obtained itself
that we were going to the Valley. But
we threaded Thoroughfare Gap, head
ing eastward, and in the morning of
the third day august 27th) struck a
railroad running north and south
Popes line of communication and sup
ply. Manassas was ours.
What a prize it was! Here were
long warehouses full Of stores; cars
loaded with boxes Of new clothing eli
route to General Pope, but destined to
adorn the backs OF his enemies
camps, suffers shops-'nO eating up
of good things In view of the album
dance it was no easy matter to deter
mine what we should eat and drink
and wherewithal we should be clothed:
one was limited to his choice to only
SO much as he could transport, and the
one thing needful in each individual
case was not always readily found.
However as the day wore on an equita
BILE distribution of our wealth was eff
fected by barter upon a crude and ir-
regular tariff in which the rule of sup
ply and demand was somewhat compN-
Gated by f1uctuating estimates Of the
imminence OF marching orders. A
shirts and blankets for pair Of spurs
or bride; and while in anxious
quest of pair of shoes | fell heir to
case of cavalry half-boots which |
would gladly nave exchanged for the
object of my search. For change of
underclothing and a pot of French mus
tard l owe grateful thanks to the ma
ior of the Twelfth Pennsylvania cav
airy with regrets that 1 could not use
his library.
But our brief holiday was drawing
to a close for by this time General
Pope had some inkling of the disaster
which lurked in his rear. When some
time after dark having set fire to the
remnant of the stores we took the road
to Centerville our mystifcation as to
Jacksons plans was complete. Could
he actually be moving On Washington
with his small force or was he only
seeking to escape to the mountains?
The glare Of our big bonfire lighted up
the country for miles and was just dy-
ing out when we reached Centerville."
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when the hen has sprung it the door
falls and the opposite end to the sore"
catches in an iron staple which pre-
vents it from being moved by the cap
tive hen.
The top of the nests are provided
with few Stats at the forward END
FOR light and ventilation, and each
commandment has a trapdoor hinged at
the top so the hen can be removed from
the nest. The nest box is provided
with two screws at each side just for
ward from the middle. These rest Oh
blocks with V-shapel top.
The nest is balanced so the weight
Of ben when she steps on the front
edge will ftp it down, thereby releas-
ing the wire end that holds the door
and allows it to fall. Two pieces OF
wire are used One is made fast to a
screw eye driven in the front edge or
the box and extends up nearly to the
under side of the top, where piece or
cord is tied to it. The cord passes
through a screw eye and toward the
front of the box, where, four inches
from the eye, it is tied to the longer
piece of wire that extends to the door.
The wire and string are adjusted SO
the front end of the wire passing
through hole in the board will pro-
ject quarter of an inch and support
the door When the hen steps on the
box and drags the wire down that pulls
the long wire in and the door drops.
BY opening the trap door at the top it
is easy to set the door again.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-06-08

General Bragg was noted in the
army for his faithful attendance at re-
ligious services. One Sunday when the
regiment in which he was then major
was encamped near that town he went
with a fellow officer to church at Fred
ericksburg. 1t was the most fashion
able church in town and the people did
not have any great amount Of love for
Union officers The sexton glanced at
the blue uniforms and then started to
lead the visitors upstairs.
What are you going up there for?"
inquired Bragg.
ITO give you seats"
THAT gallery is for niggers, isn't
it?'
Yes
''See here; do you know where the
parsons pew is?" quietly asked Bragg.
II do, sir" replied the sexton, be-
ginning to look scared.
Then show us to it," and the order
was promptly obeyed.
1.-The hymnals showed that we sat
in the pastors pew that Sunday"
says his companion, who tells the story.
1.-THE church was well filed, but that
pew contained only the two Union Off
GERS"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-06-08

An excellent mode of planting carrot
and parsnip seed is to drop the seed in
small quantity, six inches apart in the
rows, instead of scattering the seed in
the row. BY this method the plants,
will come up in stools, and can be
thinned out of too thick, whereas if the
seed is scattered the plants may come
I'D struggling, as the seed does not ger
inmate very easily under adverse condi-
tions. Extra plants taken from the
rows may be planted elsewhere. The
seed drills do the work well in that
respect
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Farm Notes.

Be slow to condemn an old SOW that
does good work.
More money is lost by feeding hogs
too long than by selling too early.
If you desire to hit the bulls eye
aim high and in doing SO load SO as TO
obtain more bushels from fewer acres
When clover fields are infected with
the root borer, allowing them to stand
but two years will help to subjugate
the pest in any locality.
In the spring the muscles Of horse
are soft and they tire easily. Let them
take it easy until they become accus-
toned to work and then you can push
on the lines
Paint, judiciously applied to farm i'm
plements, will give better returns than
when applied to buildings. Paint build.
ings for appearances and implements
for durability.
The increasing price of fence posts,
and the decreasing supply is causing
men to reflect about the future post.
We will have to get some good substi-
tute or plant trees.
Every farmer should have his seed
corn testing patch, on which competing
selections from his own fields and va
rieties secured elsewhere may be sub.
iected to a careful field test under his
own eve
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-06-08

The feeding problem, in some sec
tions, is quite as formidable in the
summer as i'll the winter, and this is
particularly the case where the feeding
is largely done in the barn, which. by
the way, is becoming more popular
every year among dairymen. What
grains one shall use depends largely
upon the methods which individual
feeders have found most profitable in
the past, but corn, in the summer ra-
ton, must be sparingly used. The
stock foods or the concentrated grains,
purchased already mixed, ought also
to be handled carefully and particu-
larly so when little or no pasture is
given the animals. ~
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currents of the Gulf stream and Tho
'raoe winds, and the WAYS in which
Tue pains OF the sea might he more
saleiy tfaversed have really not been
accepted until the last ten wears in
'neir Iullness. When he brought aloc-
'llclty down from the kite and proved
'u''' the Eghtnings of heaven were tho
>anne as the electricity generated bv the
luoe III the laboratory, he set all
france III a fever of Investigation Thai
discovery led to the introduction of
Tue teiephone, the trolley car. the won
oerIul electric light. He founded orr
common school system. We seen them
influencing the missionary work in 9th
er lands. We find that there are e,ev-
en olnerent colleges in heather lands
c"lieo AFTER the name of Franklin.
benjamin Franklin was man raised
up oy God. God raised up Pharaoh
goa raised up Moses; we should be
especially thankful to God for having
niied Benjamin Franklin with the spir-
IL VI reverence for sacred things until
lie was converted from sin unto right
eousless III Christ, and for having used
hiLh AFTER that to lay the one hundred
ana one things which we need NOT mon
tion here, but which are now of ines
UNABLE value to the Christian world