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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-09-07
MUST ALL BE AS CHRIST.


Are We able to drink the cup that
shall drink Of and to be baptized with
the baptism that / am baptized with?
Jesus lived for purpose. He lived
to give men a larger and truer con-
ception of God and of life and of hu-
man destiny. But in order to do that
he had to pay price. He had cup
to drink of and baptism to be bap-
tized with In other words, Jesus,
in order to accomplish his task, poured
out his life's blood in service for the
world. He gave himself up to life Of
toll for men in spite Of the shame and
the agony and the disappointments
which he met.
AS Jesus lived his life of service and
self-sacrifice so all Christians If they
would make this world better place
to live in likewise must like life of
service and self-sacrifice. They must
in measure become Ohrists. The
principle Of self-sacrifice is not con-
fined to one event In the history of the
world.
Whether or not we are able to meet
that claim depends upon the measure
Of our love. Do you remember the
story of Ulysses? When it was told
ULYSSES that If he would reach his
home and meet his wife and child he
must go through the dark regions Of
the underworld his reply was: "I'll go
through hell If hell leads home'
Love will dare and endure all things
IT was love that was back of Jesus
lifo of service and self-sacrifice. 1t
was love that sent Florence Nightin-
gale from her home of refinement to
nurse the wounded soldiers Of the Cri-
mean war and John Howard to work
for prison reform.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-09-07
Water Refore Feeding.

This question of watering before or
after feeding has never been settled.
A leading English authority states that
horses should never be watered until
after feeding, but always before, espe-
cially If the feed Is grain. II horse
is very thirsty give him water and
then wait short time before feeding.
If possible, horses should always have
access to water. They will drink less
and there Is much less danger of indi-
gestion or cholera. II horse is ex-
hausted from overexercise, the supply
Of cold water should be limited. If
water is tepid, a much larger amount
may he allowed.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-09-07
EonI Odnra In Cellar.

When cellars become musty or foul,
and odors are noticed, the best thing to
do is to close all the doors and windows
and burn enough sulphur to fill the eel
lar room with dense fumes. Leave it
closed for an hour or two, and then open
the doors and windows. Next, white
wash the walls and ceilings with two
coats of good whitewash. Sulphur gas
is heavy and settles, hence care must
be used to agitate the air in the cellar
by selecting a windy day for the work.
Sulphur fumes will destroy all kinds Of
germs
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-09-07
Cost cf Raising a Calf.


A good deal OF discussion has often
been provoked as to the cost of bring
ing up heifer calf. Mr.. Clark, OF the
Alabama experiment station, has re-
corded data. The record covered the
period from birth to maturity-approx-
imately two years.
One Of the calves, which weighed at
birth f1fty-slX pounds, consumed during
the first year Of her life 159 pounds of
home milk, 273 pounds of skim milk.
sc pounds of bran, 224 pounds Of hay
and was pastured for 161 days. When
she was / year old she had cost $12.S6
and she weighed 435 pounds.
During the second year her rations
were made up of sorghum hay, silage,
oat straw, corn slower and little cot
ton seed and bran. The pasturage Pc
Rod covered 224 days. The cost of the
feed was 5000 for the second year and
she weighed at the end 665 pounds.
Thus the total cost Of feed up to the
time Of maturity was $2195.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-09-07
New Use for Watermelon.

A Georgia farmer is said to have be
come the pioneer In a new industry
namely, making strip out of watermeI-
ons. He cuts the melons in halves.
SCOOPS out the pulp, runs it through a
cider mill, presses out the Juice and
then boils the liquid for twelve hours
over hot fire. Out of 270 melons.
worth SIS or SO at wholesale, he gets
thirty gallons of strip, and markets the
product at 80 cents a gallon. The re-
fuse is fed to the hogs, cattle and chick
ems, and the whole operation is very
nrofltahle
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-09-07
Growing Cnulffiorer.

Caulifiowers will not thrive except
under the very best conditions. They
are grown IN the same manner as cab
bage, only the soil must be exceedingly
rich. Many growers have found it nee
essary to occasionally water this q. Up,
which is a hindrance to field culture,
although the prices usually obtained re-
pay the care. IL the leaves are drawn
together over the heads blanching will
be greatly facilitated
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-09-07
Late Weeds.

The late weeds in the garden-those
that come in August and September
are the ones that produce seed before
the fact Is noticed, and thus stock the
ground with weeds the next year. The
garden is often neglected late in the
summer, but it should be kept clear OF
weeds until srost, and the result will
be great saving of labor in the grow.
ing Of small fruits and vegetables, az
most Of the work required is due to the
weeds and grass which spring up at all
times
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-09-07
THE HIDDEN HAND.
By Henry z. Cop

By Henry F. Cope.
lie knoweth the way that l take !;
when he hath tried me l shall come
forth as gold. Job xiii 10.
Job was too we'll learned in the
school OF pain to adopt the modern
shallow philosophy of Providence which
says the Almighty loves men so much
that he will feed them all through life
with a spoon, and carry them in his
arms lest they stumble in its rough
way. He did not even stop to consider
'he possibility Of God putting the
brakes on nature In order to avoid run
ming over seine one in the road.
He sees in the world an order so wise
and heueticent It does not have to be
changed in order to secure the greatest
good Of any. The wisdom that sets the
stars in their courses planned all for
the production of the best in man.
Providence is net an interference with
nature; it is the plan Of nature itself.
Wan IS not in this world fighting
against the order of things. If he is
wise he IS learning their laws and hit
ting into them.
Providence is seen not IN the eXcep
o'N1!, but in the normal; not in a
Hand that intervenes, but in the mighty
'"'e that ordered all things from the
'eS'nning, 50 that they are working,
nightly, mysteriously, together for
SFN}U Tho tnors IoSSaS great SORROWS,
Ihc1mprehenSible cataStrophies, All
prove the wisdom and love that lies
.@ck OF all.
Nor is this attitude mere blind sub
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-09-07
Hog Catcher.

Chasing hogs Is exceedingly amusing
when the chaser Is bent on pleasure
only. When it becomes an everyday
duty the funny feature disappears, and
instead the air Is generally laden with
expletives not suitable to polite society
The hog is an elusive beast. Being round
and fat-and also slippery-the chaser
is not afforded any point of vantage to
obtain firm hold. This Is true with
but one exception, and that is his tail
But here again the chaser is handicap
ped. Hogs tails are so little and at
the same time so frail that not infre-
quently the hog energies from the chase
minus his tail. A more sensible method
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-09-07
RIO All-Round Poultry Food.

A correspondent asks for some poul,
try food which will answer for general
purposes-that Is, food which will
make hens lay, WHICH is also good for
little chicks and which may be used for
fattening later IL desired. Novices In
poultry raising are quite likely to be
more or less disturbed by the amount
of detail required to carry on the work
successfully and are generally seeking
for some short cut, especially in the line
of feeding. The same food which will
make hens hay without fattening them
will not do to fatten them on. OF
course, corn is usually part of the va,
riety fed hens and will of itself fatten
them, but it Is not used by itself as u
regular diet for laying hens. 1t would
be as absurd to feed hens cracked CORE
entirely as it would be to feed little
chicks the whole kernel
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-09-07

In Germany and some other parts of
Europe cherry trees are freely planted
by the roadside. Any passer-by may
eat the fruit of these trees. except those
about which the owner has bound a
wisp of straw, In token Of reservation,
which Is always respected
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-09-07
The Truck Garden Insect.

Insects infesting truck gardens very
often affect field crops as we'll, but it
should be borne in mind that pest ex-
terminting methods that are of no use
in large areas are often the best in a
small patch where there is more inten-
siye cultivation, and where the price
the output brings will warrant more
outlay.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-09-07
BUBDUES THE HOG.

Is the use of the implement illustrar4i
herewith. The inventor, an Iowa man.,
claims that no difficulty is experienced
in getting the moose In position. When
once 1t is securely clamped on the hogs
nose 1t 10 an easy matter to lead the
animal to any place desired.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-09-07
Saved His Life at San Juan.

1t was in the dining-room at the Chl-
cago & Northwestern station on Sun
day. The tables were filed, when
fashionably dressed young man walked
In, accompanied by a tall negro, whose
clothes were ragged and old. The two
sat down together, and bounttful dia-
ner was ordered. While they were eat
lug the white man and the negro
laughed and talked together like old
comrades Finally they got up and
walked out. At the door they shook
hands.
"I'll meet you at s tonight y said the
man with the black skin, as he walked
away.
A friend who happened into the sta
ton at the time asked the host Of the
occasion how he happened to be dining
with a Negro.
'T'll tell you,' he said. Il went to
Cuba with Roosevelt's Rough Riders.
In the charge up San Juan hill l was
shot through the hip and was left on
The field within the line Of fire. The
negro who just left me climbed up the
hill, at the risk Of his own life, and
carried me to place of safety. If it
had not been for him doubt if l would
have come back from Cuba alive.
That's all there is to it. When a
man risks his own life to save mine
no matter whether his skin be white,
black, brown, yellow or blue, there is
nothing too good for him when l catch
him in Chicago.
"You young fellows wonder at some
of the friendships in the Grand Army.
Try army life for a while and you'll I'M
derstand why artificial distinctions cut
no figure when 1t comes to the real test
of man.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-09-07

One-half pound of soap, one gallon
of boiling water, two gallons kerosene.
Churn with force pump for few
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-09-07

milk like emulsion and reduce ten to
twenty-five times.
The Greeley tribune., 1906-04-19
Both Lucky and Odd.

Midway between sentiment and su-
perstition lies feminine trait which
cherishes odd little trinkets that seem
10 bring luck. That any jeweled pauple
can possibly change the caprlclous
whims of Dame Fortune remains as al
ways, a shadowy possibility. That
pleasant memory attached to some
small ornament can be constantly re-
called by the treasured trinket is with
out a doubt. So with divided affection
women still cling to the savage luck
charm as closely in 1906 as did their
barbaric sisters whose calendar was the
setting sun.
1t Is with the most up-to-date busi-
ness women that one finds the most
novel trinkets. Actresses particularly
wear unusual luck ornaments, and not
the least fetching of these is a gold
chain which never leaves the neck Oh
very pretty leading woman In pop
ular theatrical company. Caught oe-
tween the delicate links at intervals OF
two inches are all sorts of semi-pre-
cious stones as well as genuine gems.
Each individual stone represents the
gift of some good friend who has been
associated with her in her stage ca
reer, and the chain already holds
twenty Jewels as well as souvenir
pendant gold and enamel brownie with
diamond eyes. The different stones
include a rare yellow diamond and
topaz, several oddly shaped water
pearls, and clasping the chain at the
hack a large square garnet OF richest
hue.
Then there is very popular teacher
in one of the big cities who has been
at the head of shorthand school for q
number of years. Her luck souvenir Is
a coin waist belt made entirely OF ten
cent pieces. 1t was started by her hrst
class of girls, every one of whom was
devoted to her. When their term was
over, however, their very meagre pock-
etbooks would allow the majority OF
them to give only ten cents apiece. SO
one of their members conceived the
happy idea of having the dimes Joined
in the form of bracelet, and each
girls initial was scratched on Lib
erty's cap.
AS class followed class, the idea took
root and the ten-link bracelet has
grown to a good sized waist belt with
four rows of coins. Some are thick
and some are thin, and many bear hard
ly a resemblance to the newly minted
dime, but they all carry the initials of
some young pupil to whom the CHEEKY
teacher was an inspiration. and the
coins stand for everything In the world
to their owner. In fact SO much part
of her has the belt become that she
never thinks of going anywhere with
out it. and she sleeps with 1t under
her pillow at night.
In contrast to this luck charm Of
The Greeley tribune., 1906-04-19

tion, is scarcely second in Importance
to the irrigation work. 1t means that
tens OF millions of acres of the most
fertile land imaginable, which has
lain idle for ages, may be converted
from dismal and pestilential swamps
and useless bogs unto highly prosper
GUS homes, to become the garden spots
OF the nation.
The Dutch have reclaimed vast
areas in Holland from the encroach-
ments OF the ocean. Thousands of
families live and farm below sea level,
gaining their security by magnificent
feats Of engineering and persistence
They now contemplate the drainage of
the Zuyder Zee, reclaiming some l.
100000 additional acres of meadow
land. American drainage in most
cases would be far more simple and
less expensive; it is simply a ques-
tion as to whether the nation will see
the wisdom of setting its hand to this
work.
Another Inland Empire.
In Florida the, everglades alone-al-
most solid muck beds-would afford
an empire of some million acres: in
New Jersey and Virginia are vast
swamps, among them the famous Dis
NAL Swamp. In Illinois which is gen.
erahy regarded as a well settled agri.
cultural state. there are million acres
Of swamp land; in Michigan there are
nearly 6 million acres. Fertile Iowa
has about 2 million acres of swamp
land. In Minnesota there are almost
million acres Of rich surveyed swamp
lands and huge swamp areas not yet
surveyed. Arkansas has tremendous
swamp areas which could be drained
and made habitable, and in all there
Is swamp area in the eastern half of
the United States which is equal in ex.
tent to the great agricultural states
of Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa, with
three or four smaller eastern states
thrown in.
II the Steenerson bill demonstrates
that the government can transform
The Greeley tribune., 1906-04-19

sure his wife had left for him. After
reading and rereading the letter he
turned to his friend and said, "Yes,
l am going in mourning for him; he
was a fine old man; my wife has writ
ten me all about it. There are some
matters, Tom, cannot explain in
the family, you know, Tom"
As soon as possible Richard Van
Dolsen had a Grape band sewed on
his hat, but 1t seemed hard for him
to overcome his natural cheerfulness.
still he tried to enter into the crepa
band spirit and often said to his
friends. 'Yes, poor old Yonks is dead !;
he was fine old man; can scarcely
realize that am in mourning for
him" -
Ten days after Miss Arsdale's we'd
ding. Van Dolsen sent for his old
friend, Tom Garrick, and after care
fully closing the door to his private
ONCE, said:
tom, I've been thinking things
over, and l guess 1t will be annoying
to Mrs. Van to do all the explaining,
80 am going to do 1t for her. Eliza
beth is the best woman on earth and
thinks of kind things that no one else
would think Of" you know how
proud Hetty Arsdale is," Van Dolsen
continued. Funny girl, too; she'd
take things no one had any use for.
but nothing she thought anyone could
use" elizabeth was sorry for her
because she knew she had no proper
The Greeley tribune., 1906-04-19
Cook Could Use Nickname Too.

Hawaiian servants are the best-the
best In the world, but they are strange
ly unsophisticated, strangely naive"
said a lady who had lived in the
Islands.
Hawaiian servants insist on calling
you by your first name. Ours were
always saying to my husband, Eyes,
John, or All right, john" and to mo
Very well, Ann, or Ann, l am going
out
"At last l got tired of this. and
said to John, when we got new cook:
Don't ever call me by my first
name in the new cooks presence.
Then, perhaps, not knowing my name,
he'll have to say Mrs. to me-"
$50 John was very careful always
to address me as 'Dearie' or Sweet
heart but the new cook-a watchful
chap-at first gave me no title at all.
Very soon after. we had some Eng
lish officers to dinner. I told them
how had overcome. in the new cooks
case, the native servants horrid abuse
of his employers Christian names, and
said BY this servant, at least, you
won't hear me called Ann
"Just then the new servant entered
the room, He bowed to me respect
fully and said:
Sweetheart, dinner 10 served
"'What?' l stAmmered.
"'Dinner is served. Dearie. answer
ed the new cook"
The Greeley tribune., 1906-04-19
Stoned The Fast Flyer"

At a recent dinner at the White
House, the following story, was told
by one of the guests on Secretary
Taft, who was present, and who. by
the way, tips the scales at beyond the
three-hundred.pound mark:
The Secretary was returning to
Washington from Chicago aboard the
Fast Flyer that only stops at large
cities. He had urgent business with
an old acquaintance OF his who lived
at small station about two hundred
miles from Washington, the popula-
tion Of which Is about five hundred.
He asked the conductor If he could
stop the train for him at that place.
but he replied that 1t would be impos-
sible for him to do so-that ne certain
ly would lose his Job IL he did. Well,
after much worrying over his disap-
pointment, Mr.. Taft thought OF a
scheme by which he could gain his
end, and when the train next stopped
he sent a message to the superinten-
dent OF the road. saying:
"WIll you stop your Fast Flyer" at
Denizien for a large party on way to
Washington? II SO. instruct conduc-
tor to stop today"
About an hour passed, when the con-
ductor, passing through the train,
stopped at the Secretary's seat and
told him that he would be able to get
OF at Denizen as he had been ordered
to stop his train there for a large
party going to Washington. The Sec
retary smiled, with that childlike ex-
preston of innocence for which he Is
famed, thanked him and settled down
again behind his paper. Two hours
later the porter Of the train called
"Denizen. Denizen." much to the sur
prise of the passengers. Mr.. Taft
gathered up his handgrip and started
for the platform Of the car, where he
was standing when the train came to
dead stop. AS he stepped of the
train there was no one in sight but
the surprised-looking station agent.
The Greeley tribune., 1906-04-19

friendship is the luck trinket OF a very
attractive young matron of national re-
nown. Five years ago in reply to her
wedding invitation came a tiny white
kid box from well-known jeweler. 1t
contained two beautiful fancy gold
stock pins. each perfect imitation
of peacock feather The card en-
closed bore the name of a girl with
whom she had the very slightest ac-
quaintance, but whom she knew to
have liking for her future husband.
Undaunted, the bride-to-be immedi-
ately pinned one of these unlucky
feathers on her dress, and from that
day to this she has never been with.
out one Of the other of them fastened
somewhere about her costume. Not
long since when this very happy
matron received the wedding invita-
tion of her husbands one-time friend,
he suggested that his wife send a
handsomely mounted rabbits food as
a present. She decided, however, that
fate had been in the way of this jocu.
lar revenge.
The Greeley tribune., 1906-04-19
HIS WIFE WAS A WONDER.

When the news OF the death OF the
Hon. Yonks Van Dolsen reached
Wighamton 1t fell like wet pail over
the place. Richard Van Doisen was in
the wild Missouri Mountains looking
up timber tracks that had been offered
at tempting prices. and Mrs. Van Dol
sen had to bear her sorrow alone. She
shut herself in her house and would
see no one but Miss Arsdale. When
she appeared again she was in deep
mourning and fled East with her sor'
| row.
There was no one in Wighamton
who could boast OF such distinguished
ancestry as the Van Dolsens. except
Hetty Arsdale. and she. poor girl, was
the last OF her line. Poor in purse
but rich in pride, Miss Arsdale was
a source of considerable worry to her
many friends in Wighamton. Being
an Arsdale, she could not stoop to
work, nor could she accept indiscrimi'
nate charity. She was, however. CRATE
full for opportunities to relieve her
good friends of the regrettable neces'
sity of destroying such things. as they
no longer could conveniently keep. In
doing this she thought she was doing
favor and her friends respected her
| pEluc, pul 1ouau ~ SNliSaSAs aAAaSuAe
to keep her alive and clothed.
Everyone said that it was really too
bad that the death of Yonks Van Dol
sen should occur at just the time 1t
did, three weeks before Miss Hetty's
| wedding. Miss Hetty had long been
| looked upon as confirmed spinster
but, after having passed the forty
mark some distance had met one Hec'
tor McGregor, and their wedding day
| was soon settled upon. Yonks Van
Dolsen nearly upset everything, and
Mrs Van Dolsen went into black, shut
up her house and then went away.
Some days after Mrs. Van Dolsen
had left for the East, Richard Van
Dolsen arrived in Wighamton, and
while on his way home met his friend,
Tom Garrick, and the two men ex-
changed hearty greeting, after which
Mr.. Van Dolsen asked about village
news and learned for the first of Miss
Arsdales approaching marriage.
Garrick walking by the side Of his
old friend suddenly said, "Dick, l sup
pose you know Mrs. Van Dolsen has
gone East?" "Well, no." said Van
Dolsen easily. but she rather expected
to leave before got back" He looked
at Garrick curiously. why do you
look at me that way, Tom, there's
nothing wrong with Elizabeth, is
there?"
mo. not with Mrs. Van, Dick. but
Yonks Van Dolsen is dead" "Well, l
should say he was Tom; its certainly
time he was" But what is the joke?"
Il guess you don't understand me,
Dick. said Yonks Van Dolsen was
dead. Your wife felt his death deeply
and when she left for the East was
in heavy mourning for him."
Van Dolsen dropped the heavy valise
he was carrying and laughed until he
was completely out of breath and
the tears were streaming down his
face.
elizabeth in mourning for that old
rhinocerous-hided reprobate." he cried.
TON. you will kill me with your
talk"
They had reached his office. and Van
Dolsen found the letter which he felt
The Greeley tribune., 1906-04-19
The Single Woman.

There is in mans nature secret in
clination and motion toward love of
others, which, II it be not spent upon
some one or a few. does, naturally
spread itself toward many" said Lord
Bacon, three centuries ago. The re
mark might be applied with good rea-
son to the unmarried women, who with
In the last half century has become a
moving power in the world, as such
names rs Florence Nightengale, Susan
B. Anthony, Francis Willard, Clara Bar
ton, Harriet Nartineau, Francis Power
Cobbe, Mary Lyon and Jane Adams, to
quote but few, will show.