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ally is-and for him it's mushroom ness,
so to speak, is not at all affected by the
little detail whether It's consumption as
near-food is followed by death or sur
vival. AS a practical man he does, to
be sure, divide the species he knows
into the edible and the non edible, but
he never calls the latter toadstools, as
If they were something quite different
from the former, for he knows that
they are all of one family and that
there is no one popularity by which
they can be divided.
The old rule-if you eat it and live
it is mushroom If you eat 1t and die
1t Is a toadstool-has an element Of
truth in it, though there are certain
signs by which an unknown and uneat-
en- mushroom can be accused Of being
poisonous without much danger of do
ing 1t an injustice. Perhaps a good
way is to let them all alone. Even the
best Of them is Of no measurable value
as food and is innocuous only when
gathered at just the right time and
promptly prepared In just the right
way. AS for the gustatory merits Of
the mushroom, they are chiefly the
products Of suggestion and Imagination.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-11-15
TREE OF THE FUTURE

Spanish Bean Furnishes Excellent
Food for Horses.
United States Consul Ridgely = Bar
recent important agricultural ana
botanical convention in that Spanish
city, Senior Bartolome Bonet, a cult
vator and agricultural student, refer
red to the algarroba tree as the tree
of the future" Mr.. Ridgely says:
He based his statement upon the
value of it's fruit-lOcust beans-as a
fattening and strengthening food for
horses. Upon investigating the mat
ter. | found that the algarroba or caroh
tree grows all along the Spanish coast
of the Mediterranean and in the
islands of MajOrca and Ibiza The
beans are used as fodder for horses
The best quality is obtained in the
ne;ghborhood of Vinaroz, and large
quantities are grown in the Tortosa
district. The tree grows best in dry,
rocky soil. About the eighth or ninth
year it begins to bear fruit, and will
produce about 80 kilos (11O pounds)
the first year. A good tree in full
beauty will. on an average. produce
$50 to 600 pounds annually, and the
beans are sold at 20 to % reales 600
to 95 cents) per quintal (S9h pounds).
The life of the carob tree is about
80 years. The only thing it has to fear
is the frost, which almost invariably
kills the tree. The wood of the carob
tree is valueless as lumber and is sold
for fuel. The beans. when used as
food for horses, are strengthening, fat
tening and healthful. In feeding, the
beans are broken into halves or quar-
ters and mixed with bran. In a report
concerning the growth and treatment
of the algarroba tree, Senior Bonet
says:
They should be grown in pots
having the lower extremity wider than
the upper, and the lower part well per
forated They must not be transplant
ed until the end of February or the
beginning of March. The best manner
of grating is by budding, which should
be reformed when the bark separates
itself easily from the tree, the branch
not being cut until the following year.
AS to pruning. this must not be done
too vigorously, but frequently New
York Commercial
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When Cyrus Hamlin was a student
at Bowdoin College he added some
thing to his studies which was not
part of the curriculum, provfdentlal
elective, as was proved many years
later when he became president of Rob-
ert College in Constantinople, and when
the necessity for good bread for the
soldiers of the Crimea was brought to
his notice. In Cyrus Hamlin, Mis-
sionary. Statesman, Inventor" the
story is given:
One day at Bowdoin, Professor Smith
to Hamlin's class, not one Of whom,
perhaps, had ever seen d steam engine.
Those were the days Of the stage-coach
and the OK team.
After the lecture he said to Profes-
sor Smith, Il believe [ could make an
engine"
The professor replied, AZ think you
can make anything you undertake,
Hamlin. and l wish you would try"
He did try, and succeeded By work
ing twelve and sometimes fifteen hours
each day, he built a steam engine suf-
ficiently large to be Of real service as
a part Of the philosophical apparatus
Of the college.
During the Crimean War there was
great need Of good bread, and not
steam flour mill in Constantinople. The
memory of his steam engine encouraged
President Hamlin to think that he
could establish a -four mill and bak-
cry, and cast good wheat bread upon
the troubled waters &C that Eastern
war.
He imported a steam engine from the
United States, and by the help Of Ure's
Dictionary of the Arts" and after la
bors which surpassed the legendary la
bors of Hercules. he was ready to grind
-four
Might not a chemist make good
bread? He had the theory In his head
the next thing was to have the art at
his finger ends. This is the way he
speaks of the result:
MY bread came out as fat as pan
cake, and too sour for mortal man to
eat But the next was better, and the
third was eatable."
He was soon selling bread so sweet,
so palatable. and In loaves so much
above the legal weight that "Hamlin's
Bread" became famous.
One day he was invited to visit the
military hospital at Scutari then filed
with sick and wounded soldiers. the
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-11-15
MUSHROOMS AND ToADsTooLs.

Really the Only Genuine Safe Rule LIS
to Eat Your Steak without 'Em.
Perhaps there would be fewer poison
ings from the eating Of what are called
''toadstools" if people both could and
would get 1t through-or, rather, into
their heads that there are no such
things as toadstools, at least in the
sense in which the word Is commonly
used, says the New York Times.
The popular impression, which
amounts to a conviction, is that there
are two kinds of fungi one that is edi-
BILE and one that is poisonous, and that
when the former have been called
mushrooms and the latter toadstools a
sufficient distinction has been made.
OF course words can be SO employed,
and the name Of thing certainly is
the name by which it is known, but the
trouble is that in this case the distinc-
ton does not distinguish, that Its fail
ure to do so makes it extremely danger
GUS, and, not least important, that 1t
causes great range among the scientific
folk and not much less among the folk
who only have scientific turn of mind
The danger arises from the fact that
too often the person who has been told
that a certain fungus is a toadstool
and therefore not to be eaten, assumes
that If he avoids that particular varie-
ty in the future he Is safe. Had he
been told that it was one of the many
poisonous varieties Of mushrooms he
would not only have acquired bit of
accurate information, with incidental
realization of what an immense number
Of varieties Of mushrooms there are.
but he would have been put on his
guard against giving undue weight to
having learned to recognize one variety
that should be avoided.
To the mycologist a mushroom is a
mushroom-when 1t isn't something
with much longer name, which it usu-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-11-15

reforner who hopes without work to get of his
neghbors' property, very few. We should not en-
courage this number lead people who nearly
all comparatively we'll off to think that there is any
class in this country trying to Cypress another
Above all, the Sherman law. socalled, should be
changed. have repeatedly stated. and think my
structon that law has been agreed by the highest
in the land that under the present terms and if strictly
construed, honestly in business with
danger of violating it. Any agreement, almost, be-
tween parties is conspiracy This spirit has been
enlarged and reenaced in State Legislatures until it has
produced conditions. In my State leg
fsation is so strict that If butchers opposite
should agree upon the price of beef
steak it would be penentiary ohense and conspiracy
can proved without the usual form of evidence
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-11-15

a lot of men," said Gov Hughes. of
New York, in a speech the other day
''are overcapitalized worse than the
corporations, and cannot earn interest
on what they imagine are their in
trinsic merits This is so striking a
way Of putting an old truth that 1t
bears discussing. Everybody knows
men whose stock is so heavily watered
with conceit that they cannot avoid
bankruptcy. They do not pay divi-
dends on the capacity they brag about.
They say they are capable of great
things, but when it comes to the point
they are incapable of even small ones.
The late DR.. Dowie was an example of
another kind of human corporation. He
had great deal of ability, and if he
had confined himself to dealing on the
basis of what there was he would have
been success. But he overcapitaIfzed
could not earn interest on his capa-
bilities as he estimated them. Then
failure was sure. and he died Door,
broken and alone. One Of the secrets
of success in this world is knowledge
of ones self The man who is aware
of his own limitations, and keeps With
in them. is always safe no matter how
narrow they may be. The failures are
mostly of those men who overcapitalize
themselves. 1t is as bad to undercapi-
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chief physician said to him, Are you
Hamlin, the baker?"
mo, SIR replied Doctor Hamlin, Il
am the Reverend Mr.. Hamlin, an
American missionary"
THAT is about as correct as any
thing 1 get in this country" said Doc
tor Mapleton. 81 send for baker and
get missionary"
Before the misunderstanding went
farther Doctor Hamlin explained that
he was both missionary and max
er of bread. The result of the confer
ence was that the English secured
good bread at one-half less than the
price they had been paying for sour
bread, which the soldiers could hardly
paf
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-11-15

If the covers Of the kltcD'" #,
get red and will not blacken sD..'
rubbing on lemon juice "''
blacken the usual way.
Hang child's blackboard u ~,
chen with a piece Of chalk % ..r
1t is more convenient than p'D
paper and not 50 easily LoS''
Cold water, a tabiespoonL" ~,
monia and soap will remove nr
grease when other means ~, an
answer on account Of co!or' ~
If a few drops of giycerln ., =,
to the starch for linens - .,,
found that the iron Will mo- ~ sosr
that the linens will have d ~
gloss after they are ironed' 49,,
Use a clean brick to Stanu .ss
on when ironing Instead o. t., u, d
ironing stand. 1t has no il'' I'M
meath to admit the air, anu n,s
will retain their heat nlueD ''
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-11-15

talize ones self. of course as to go tt
the other extreme. The man who is
difIident. who underestimate his own
ability and strength, will not go far.
But at least that sort of man does not
make the crash that follows the fall
Of the oyercapitalized person. Learn
to estimate yourself correctly-that Is
the lesson a man must master who
seeks success. OvercapitaliZation is as
dangerous to an individual as it is to
a corporation.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-11-15
Corn Chovder.

Put six or eight paper-thin So
bacon in a kettle with two
chopped onions and brown ADD
tie water, lump of butter the A
an egg and one quart of green
scraped from cob. When tender.
one cupful thin cream and serve
like it better without the onion
son with salt and pepper.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-11-15

Boil potatoes size Of d small
without peeling, and when cool
and cut in halves. Put one tabIegt
full Of butter in frying pan and h
the potatoes in it, seasoning to d
just before taking up add three
four eggs, making little places an
the hot potatoes for them. v
nearly set, gently stir potatoes and
together and remove the instant
eggs are cooked.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-11-15

Parents who are dissatisfied with
the present status of athletics in the
public schOols-and there are many
of them-will follow with interest the
course of the Boston school commit
tee. which is considering the advisa-
bility of introducing the West Point
drill 1t is a matter of common knowl-
edge that the drill at West Point ac-
complishes the main object of all ath-
letic exercise-it gives its pupils n
sound body and an erect, vigorous
carriage that lasts them through life.
Is there any school in American where
football, baseball or all the sports to-
gether do this for the whole student
body?
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-11-15
"The Tender Mercfes.v

Bishop Joseph f. Berry, during the
Methodist Conferences recent session
in New York, told q story in illustra.
ton Of the tender mercies of the
wicked.
1T is said" he began that when
the great Spanish marshal, Narvaez,
lay dying, his confessor asked him If
he had any enemies.
mo whispered the marshal, 4
have none
But the priest, rejecting on the
stormy life of the dying man, repeat
ed:
Think, sir! Have you no enemfesi
None whatever?
No said the marshal, none
And he added TRANQUILITY:
81 have shot them ALL
inexperienced servants are the best
for hotels
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-11-15

The divorce is absolute, but Count
B0nis creditors claims have been set
tied. That should relieve him of some
annoyance and yet a man of his sensi-
tive nature must shrink at the thought
of wasting money on creditors.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-11-15
CHANGE THE SHERMAN LAW.
By M. E. Ingalls,, Banker.

l would ask our public men to cease
the talk which gives the inference
that everything in our corporation life
is rotten: which disturbs business men
and harms our fair reputation all over
the world. 1t is not true that our
business generally is being conducted
on unlawful lines. I can state, and
defy contradiction, that the railroads
of this country, the great interest
about which there is so much talk and
abuse, are being conducted to-day in
accordance with the letter and spirit
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-11-15

Breadcrumbs are always oe'V'I
cracker crumbs for covering ap'
that has to be dipped in egg
cracker crumbs do not brown
Brown your stale pieces of oF''
the oven and crush them WIN
ing pin. Keep in glass JAR gu.
until needed.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-11-15

Some professor claims to have proof
that Solomon did not write the Songs
of Solomon. 1t isn't likely that anybody
will ever think it worth while to claim
that Hall Caine didn't write his works.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-11-15

Pare and CRATE six large 4D
Boil a quart of water with i've r.
of granulated sugar for I'VE D1
then add the grated ounces 'D'
for thirty minutes. Pour into p'D
and seal. This makes from i''
pints.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-11-15

Its use will be apparent. tho d.,
from the spout of the receptsr,s
ping into the drip cup. If is h.1
BILE for the contents Of the 5,a
to drop out when the pitcher :, =.
For this purpose a guard i, N
partly across the top. 'T
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-11-15
PfccnliIIi.

One peck green tomatoes, chq
fine put in layers In a Jar withS
Of salt: let stand over night d
and add eight onions, eight pep
two large Cor three small) head
cabbage, all chopped fine; whole $
to suit taste, one cup Of sugar #
wish, vinegar to make moist eno
heat it all up together. Can be cal
or put in a jar; keeps fine.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-11-15

The woman who accuses her mother
of having alienated her husbands af-
fections has placed the mOther-in-law
joke in new light and given IT new
lease of life.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-11-15

\ woman advertised for husband
and used a fictitious name. Her son,
using a fictitious name, answered, and
they met by appointment. 1t was per-
haps to emphasize their Stiffness that
they let the story get out.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-11-15

shelves with bottles from floor to ceiling These
bottles rapidly vanishing and the time IS not far die
tant when they will be reduced to extremely small
number. The empty shelves will be replaced by simple
living suitable diet plenty Of and plenty Of fresh
air The astonishing history Of certain infectious NAL
aides surpasses in interest every that has
been written. The tuberce at this moment is killing
20 600 people per annum Not of those people need
die-the disease is preventabe
Take consumption In the years 1865, the mortality
from consumption in Great Britain twenty-five per
10000 but it has dropped until it is less than twelve
per 10000 This compes to ask what is going to hap
pen if this sort of thing goes 1t thisit will
be impossible find deaths from scarlet fever typhoid
cholera diphthera and the like There used to be 200
leper houses in England There is not in existence
now except curiosity, and leprosy has left Eng
land since the eighteenth century In 1865 in the short
nerod of six months if Macauay is to be trusted 1OO
600 people died the black death Where is now?
It has vanished Did anyone at that time dream Of
suggesting that the day could possibly when death
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-11-15

Make an ordinary apple saul
ing it rather thin. To ever! p
this add a tablespoonful OF So'D,
atine, beat hard and set ASIDE T., ~
Serve with rich cream or ne"P "
uncooked meringue, sweete0eo'
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-11-15

Pennsylvania man is fitting him
self for college at the age of 81 years.
We are sure that Henry G. Davis Of
West Virginia will extend his best
wishes to the young fellow and hope
that an honorable and useful career
may lie before him.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-11-15

If they've really found way to re-
move birth marks by the Xray we do
not see how the Old Earl can possibly
recognize his long-lost chee-ild in the
fourth act
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-11-15

While scientists are worrying over
rest of humanity is thankful that no
long casualty list makes its appear
ance
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-11-15

Il have all the money / want de
clares Oscar Hammerstein. Oscar has
always been rather proud of his repu-
tatiOn for ecCentricity.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-11-15

The New York couple who have been
married siXty-three years without
single quarrel do not know what fun 1t
is to kiss and make up.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-11-15

The report of the abdication of the
Dowager Empress of China appears to
have been premature. In fact, the peo-
pie who started it are keeping as far
away as possible from Isl Ans head
quarters and ferventIy hoping that
there may be no immediate necessity
for them to look her in the face and
saw il.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-11-15

There is an old one something like
this: Put a fool on horse and he
will 90 full gallop." How easy it would
be to substitute automobile for horse.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-11-15

Are you an active candidate for the
presidential nomination."
Certainly not" answered the saga
cious statesman. In fact, that is ex-
actly what 1 am trying to avoid. An
active candidate for the nomination is
as rule merely the one who invites
attention as formidable rival and gets
put out Of the game early ."-Washing-
ton Star.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-11-15

Miss Helen Gould says that she sis
not clever enough" to talk to the news
papers Too clever, we should say.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-11-15

A lady SpirituaIist asserts that the
Gar Of Russia consults mediums every
day If this is true he must be pat
rOnizing an inferior class of mediums
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-11-15
q 2 ROWFN. Publisher.

A London bishop has advised men to
kiss their wives. Their own wives,
mind you.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-11-15

If trial marriages are a success
among the Esklmos, it's more than can
be said IN AstOrbiltia.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-11-15

The Delaware man who whistled
gers may turn the joke on the saw
bones by making them whistle for their
nav
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-11-15

they weigh well the advantages they might gain by
marrying.
1t be questioned that womans Independence
to marriage makes for her happiness not only in
divdual, but II the financial question could
be eliminated. matrimOny would be nearly ideal
thing as possibly could conceive, and it be
proved fact that there is little domestic unhappiness
among the who marry from wise choice rather
conventional necessity. Love then becomes the rul
ing element it should be always.
The whole situation is simply this In the past there
but future for the girl-matrimony. To-day
woman regards herself Individual. She looks at
from higher viewpoint and she weighs his powers
making her happy with her ability to do
thing Marriage is longer necessity, and when
has mastered she take the attitude that
man does-of choosing the she wants If she does
find what she likes she has the prerogave as
the bachelor
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-11-15

and to those WHO pOSStSs ll1elI
Men become money mad. They want money not Tor the
privileges which it will afford but to endeavor to satisfy
an Unsuitable greed Our sadly afflicted with thls
inglorios mania and endeavorng to get money
honestly IF is convenient but they get money.
What instance Of this uncomfortable passion or greco
have been seen recently in the daboical system or re-
great corporations have grown r1cher ana
respectable smaller dealers have been crushed to the
wall and the high-banded robberes vulgar criminal
extravagances of insurance officials!
Somebody has recently insisting that the very
rich are insane that the acquisition of the power which
great wealth brings unsettes mems minds 1t is true,
however that sefshness and arrogance and vulgar
travagance and foohardness and utter defiance of all
laws of safety society characterize some men who
become suddenly rich. The au slaughter of the auto
mobile maniac illustrates this l. aiency among prosper
people.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-11-15

from, lanrosv and plague would unknown? Yet black
death has place in the British Isles AS an lrsn
man would say BLACK death has found that England
is no place to live in"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-11-15
WHY THE MEDICINE MAN IS PASSING.
By Frederick TreVeS.

am afraid that a long time will elapse
before people break off the extraordinary
habit of taking medicine when they are sick.
1t is a prejudice deep down in the hearts Of
the people. Why it exists it is hard to say,
but there it is, and l suppose it must con-
tinue some little time longer.
If you picture the environment Of doc
tor YOU see a room with a multitude of
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-11-15
FINANCIERs AS MONEY MANAGES.
Bv Rev. DIR. Charles E. Locke.

Americans are manfesting an itching Tor
money beyond all reason. Money has It's good
sides as we'll as it's evil. 1t can purchase
privileges and multiply chances anu Hill
hilate distance. Money makes possible the
greatest philanthropic schemes and generosl-
ties Money makes the world go, and 1t can
he made humanity's supremest blessing.
Alas that riches 50 often prove to be pit