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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-05-10
An Anecdote of Shelley.

The poet Shelley tells an amusing
story of the influence that language
"hard to be understood" exercises on
the vulgar mind. Walking near Co
vent Garden. London. he accidentally
jostled against an Irish navy, who,
being in Il quarrelsome mood seemed
inclined to attack the poet. A crowd
OF ragged sympathizers began to gath
err. when Shelley, calmly facing them,
deliberately pronounced:
Il have put my hand into the ham
per- | have looked on the sacred bar
ley. l have eaten out of the drum. l
have drunk and am we'll pleased.
have said Knox Ompax,' and it is fin
ished."
The effect was magical. The aston
ished Irishman fell back. His friends
began to question him. What bar
ley?" where's the hamper what
have you been drinking?" and Shelley
walked away unmOlested.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-05-10
THE GOSPEL OF A FACE.
By Rev. loser

By Rev. Joseph Newton.
1t was prayer often on the lips
of Socrates of old, and which occurs
again and again in his conversations,
a prayer which holds in its bosom a
true philosophy of life-"Ye gods
grant me to become beautiful in the
inner man.
The wisdom Of this old Greek sup
plication is very deep It holds the
truth that the true order of life pro-
ceeds from within outward that the
springs of peace, of power, Of happi-
ness, are in the heart of man, and that
he who would be a builder of the
beautiful must obey the saying of the
Hebrew wise man-keep his heart with
all diligence, for out of it are the is
sues of life. The sweet disposition,
the merry heart, the devout frame OF
mind are more worth cultivating than
the girth of the waist or the tint OF
the cheeks and the greatest triumphs
this earth has seen are those of its
ugly people who have rendered them
selves fascinating and beautiful with
in.
For ages men have wondered, and
artists have dreamed, of the lines OF
that Galilean face, the light from
which has made nobler and sweeter
day for the world. And we may yet
recover the statue of Christ or one
Of the portraits of him which Eusebi-
us said he saw at Caesarea. Who
knows? But whether or no such
picture is unearthed, we all feel that
the text is true when it says that the
glory Of God shone in that face. One
who has inspired so much beauty must
have been 1.-The fairest among ten
thousand and altogether lovely"
1t is for us to make ourselves beau
tiful in the inner man. But this is not
the work of a day. We must master
the art of life, and in so doing there
will be wrought in us a work of art
Il beauty of soul.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-05-10
SHORT METER SERMONS.

Sorrow is sympathy's school.
Character is the fruitage of daily
choices.
Love makes the heaviest load seem
light.
To be willing to be saved alone is to
be lost.
The truly godly see something di
vine in all.
Your appreciation may be another's
inspiration.
Learn to find life's worth in your
work more than in your wage.
It's no use praying for power until
you are sure of your purpose
You cannot find full truth until you
obey the truth you have to the full.
Self-control is not so much in sub
DUNG the faculties as in leading them
to serve worthy ends.
To be thinking always of your OWE
advantage is the easiest way to adj
vance backward.
Manga man hopes to be saint while
mixing with folks who would corrupt
an angel.
Too many want to hide their dodg-
ing of the ten commandments behind
doubts about Moses
Your right to the golden streets viii
take care of itself if you take care
&c +bo Golden r111a here
The only people who dare think they
have right to do nothing are thosf
who are fit for nothing.
When you find a man who is too busy
to think of religion you usually fine
one who Is afraid to stop and look al
his own record.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-05-10
METHODS OF PRAYER.
By Rev. William B.

by TNeV. william d. InOEpt
Two trees were growing in a garden
and both were suffering from drouth
One of them cried out day and night:
"Oh, | am so dry Will not the gar
dener come and water me? Oh, gar
dener, gardener, come and water mel"
And the gardener heard the cry of the
tree and came and watered it. That is
one way of prayer. The other tree
knew not of any gardener or if he
could be called and so uttered no word,
but resolutely struck its roots deeper
into the soil until they found moisture
in constant supply. That is another
way CT prayer. Both kinds of trees
are found in the garden of the Lord
and each in it's own way is bearing the
fruits of the spirit. Let neither set at
naught the other.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-05-10
THE MEANING OF SUCCESS.
By Rev. D. F. Fox, Chic

By Rev. D. F. Fox, Chicago.
AS each century has its stint and
each institution its mission, so each in
dividual has his controlling ambition.
Napoleons great word was Glory. Wei
lington's great word was Duty. Wash
ington's great word 5 Truth. Lin
coins great word was ltlght. The great
word Of the home is Love. The great
word in our legislative halls is Liberty.
In the history of war the great word is
Patriotism. For the law courts the
great word is Justice. In personal re-
ligion the great word is Faith, and in
the realm of achievement the great
word is Progress.
1t is always great thing when you
can say of any power or personality,
1T can be made more" From the pine
knot on up through the tallow dip, to
the oil lamp, gas and electricity is a
far cry. And when to these we add
that wonderful substance known as
radium, worth three million dollars an
ounce-three hundred times it's weight
i'll gold-giving out light and heat con-
stantly and yet never being consumed,
our wonder passes all bounds. Light
is so valuable it has always been asso-
ciated with deity. Men have bowed in
worship to sun, moon and stars-givers
of light. The Greeks said that Prone
theus brought fire down from heaven.
Jesus spoke of himself as the light
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-05-10
Continuous Corn CuItrro

In the spring of 1894. at tho pbodo
l'ioliu experiment station, Professors
u Il. Adams and H. j. Wheeler began
Tie STUDY OF the continuous culture Of
corn on an acre of soil that is nartlv
d Silt loan and partly a light sandy
loan. In the first two years only chem.
lcal fertilizers were used, the main.
tenance or soil humus being placed
upon the corn stubble remaining mon
the field. The following two wears
nall or the area was sown with Grim
son clover at the time of the last cul.
ovation of corn and half to rye. in
ORDER to compare the merits of a lepu.
mlnous and nonleguminous crop as a
means OF maintaining soil humus.
Beginning with 1898, after the ex.
pertinent was in progress four wears
the hrst quarter of the acre plat was
soWn to crimson clover and the third
quarter to winter rye at the time OF
the last cultivation Of the corn, while
the second and fourth quarter acre re.
celVed no clover crop. In 1890 the
land was lined to secure the success OF
clover.
A summary of the results during the
Twelve years the experiment has been
conducted shows the gain from using
clover as cover crop, after deducting
the cost of the seed, was $5O.24, or an
average of $4.19 per acre annually,
compared with $42S, or an average OF
80 cents an acre annually from using
rrn
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-05-10
Vermin-PrOOf ROOst,

Get as vertical supports iron pipes
two feet long, cut jam tins in half sim
liar to the Illustration. Place kerosene
and water in the tins. The perches
should not come within six inches OF
the walls. Then the red mite (sar
coptes) or tick is held at bay. Lime
washing the house is not necessary
says J. A. C. F., writing from Colac
Victoria, Australia. In our country in
stead of using dropping boards roofing
felt in sheets is used. 1t folds easily
does not rot, prevents the floor from
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-05-10

General Horace Porter, in his Cam
paigning with Grant in The Century.
carries the narrative through the Cold
Harbor campaign. General Porter says
While at the ss-table taking our last
meal before starting upon the march to
the James Oh the evening of the 18th,
the conversation turned upon the losses
which had occurred and the reinforce
ments which had been received up to
that time. The figures then known did
not differ much from those contained
in the accurate official reports after
ward compiled. From the opening of
the campaign, May 4, to the movement
across the James, June II, the total
casualties in the Army of the Potomac,
including Sheridans cavalry and Burn
sides command. had been: Killed, g
621 wounded, $3.50 captured or miss
ing, 1866: total, 54,926. The services
of all the men included in these fig
ures were not. however. permanently
lost to the army. A number of them
were prisoners who were afterward eX-
changed. and many had been only
slightly wounded, and were soon ready
for duty again. Some were doubtless
counted more than once. as a soldier
who was wounded in a battle twice,
and afterward killed, may have been
counted three times in making up the
list of casualties. whereas the army had
really lost but one man.
The losses of the enemy have never
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-05-10
Wood Ashes for Ferti1iztng.

Ashes vary greatly, those containing
&C high as 8 per cent Of potash being
the exception. The value OF the pure
nctash is about cents per pound
Tho hest ashes are seldom valued a
over So per ton. They contain large
nronortion of lime, but potash is the
material sought as fertilizer IN ashes
Potash gives good results on nearly al
crons more especially fruits, grass, pc
+otoes and many vegetables Delhs
hroadcasted over the plowed grounc
and narrowed in.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-05-10

that lighteth every man that cOmeth
into the world" He illumines, drives
away the uncertainty of darkness and
is the great developer.
Mans Many Friends.
In the forces that make for mans
true success he has many helpful
friends. Think Of the devices, appli-
ances, inventions and discoveries that
have annihilated time and space, and
have made the forces Of gravitaton,
light heat, electricity the very slaves
of n-abolishing pain, revolutioniz-
ing industry and infinitely enlarging
the boundaries of human happiness.
Think Of the railroad, the telegraph,
the telephone, the typewriter, the cam
era, the automobile.
And yet the principles that enter into
the makeup of all of these modern
wonders have always existed. Napoleon
might have had an automobile, Plato
telephone, Alexander a photograph,
Cleopatra a steam launch, Cicero
daily paper. Every principle that enters
into the makeup Of the worlds ad-
vancement was always present await
ing the perception and application of
man, and when men join hands with
the infinite and work together with
Him they succeed.
Two Ways of Looking mt Things.
There are two ways of looking at
things. You may look at a diamond
and say, ut is nothing but a bit of
charcoal" or at an opal and say, "It
is only a mixture of silica and water.
OF at a ruby and say, 1T is just COM
bination of iron rust and clay" And
it would be perfectly true But that is
not all the truth.
In the diamond you may see also the
braided sunlight, in the opal the min
gled milk and fire, and in the ruby the
heart Of glory. And as God turns clay
into sapphire, sand into opals and coal
into diamonds, so men have gone forth
in quest of the undying glory and, hav-
ing sown, they have returned with
splendid harvest of achievement and
blessing. In this way have come the
great company of heroes, apostles,
prophets and saints who believed that
God would help them to realize their
dreams of success and beauty, and good
and liberty and immortality.
It does not matter so much how far
down a man must begin, if only you do
not tell him he can not rise. Never mind
yesterdays defeat; look for to-mor-
rows victory. God is not through, and
you are not done. The best is yet to
be- Somewhere in this universe there
is honor and recognition for the man
who will stand by his convictions and
fight the battle of right against wrong.
Somewhere there is a reward for the
man who refuses to lower his ideal.
Force and fraud Will not always rule
this world.
Some time justice and brotherhood
will be enthroned Life is not a legal
code or a column of figures. Life is
sentiment, faith, hope Our sacred pos
sessions are dedicated by the hand of
loyalty and love. Things are worth
the tears they have cost, the lips that
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-05-10
WORLD IS GROWING BETTER.
By Rev. John Roach Strato

Regardless of the revelations OF
graft, dishonesty and immortality which
have been made in recent years, we
are now living in the best and most
moral era that tie world has ever
seen. In material affairs the cOndi-
tons Of to-day are UNNECESSARILY SUI
peror in point of utility, convenience
and comfort to any former age. In
regard to business corruption, we may
say that the present upheaval is an
indication, not that we are growing
worse, but that we are growing bet
ter Graft and dishonesty have al
ways been in the world. The rapid de-
velopment of our own country and the
complex conditions of our modern life
have given unusual opportunities for
and temptations toward such dishOn-
esty. But the fact that so much is
now being said about these evils by
the pulpit and the press shows the de
velopment of public opinion which
is more sensitive to such things than
formerly.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-05-10

been ascertained. No precise informa-
ton on the subject has been discovered,
and not even a general statement can
be made of his casualties. In few of
the battles of this campaign his losses
were greater than the losses suffered by
the Illinois troops: in the greater part
OF the battles they were less. Our re-
Inducements had amounted to just
about the same number as the losses.
1t was estimated from the best sources
OF information that Lee had also re-
ceived reinforcements equal to his
losses, so that the armies were now
of about the same size as when the
campaign began.
All the reinforcements organized in
the North and reported as on their
way to the front did not reach us.
There was a good deal of truth in the
remark reported to have been made by
Mr.. Lincoln: I'VE get a large body of
reinforcements together and start
them to the front; but after deducting
the sick, the deserters, the stragglers,
and the discharged, the numbers seri-
ously diminish by the time they reach
their destination. It's like trying to
shovel f1eas across a barnyard you
don't get 'em all there"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-05-10
v,-,+orinG Trough.

,sedy "
'. ,.,,r may be & crank on the
'. .,a of animals, but at least
,5or it pays we'll to look out
y, ,,fort during the heated
sniop the luxury Of a drink
,.or in warm weather an in
,,,n realizes that an animal
- f+s water much more If it
wv ,,5r Mace where it is cool
-, also there may be a little
-. tho animal while it is drink
WI, VI N some sections do we find
. ,..no drinking trough hewn
~. than which nothing better
% been devised.
'I ,+ farms it will not be at all
And q corner shaded by trees
r,bprp this trough may be To-
0ftpntimes an old tree will
-. bitching post near the
, and light chain or tie rope
,, n the lower branches of the
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-05-10
HreedinG SO1YS.

.,Su> OF swine have been injured to
NJ, ,,1'A degree by using animals for
'''s purposes that We're not fully
=, ,,'7'' Experiments made with ma
""S and young sows show that
u, WV u raising pigs from matured
u. y much less than from younger
y, while the losses Of pigs were
!, ~"'n greater when the dams
,.r lung. 1t has been claimed that
ss,.F 10 swine cholera and other
r, ,SS IS likewise caused by the use
as 0'ufe animals for breeding pur-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-05-10
soil InocuIation.

,nr farmer can try the experiment
~ inoculating the soil with the heces
-, bacteria for promoting the growth
- crop. Should the soil seem uh
" +o clover it will be found O.
co. aarantage to procure few bushels O
Garth from a field upon when grew
,''ruriant crop of clover, broadcastln'
the earth over the field and seeding L
o,oyer the possibility being that
w. s+ond of clover will be obtained
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-05-10

A portrait has recently been obtained
of the last man to fall in the Civil
War. He was a Union soldier, John
jefferson Williams, from Jay County,
Indiana, member Of Company B Of
the Thirty-fourth Indiana Regiment
The fight in which he was killed oc-
Cured at Palmetto Ranch, Texas, on
May Is, 1865, more than a month after
Lees surrender.
The word to lay down arms had not
reached Texas at that time, and an en-
gagement took place between a small
force of Union troops and detach-
ment of Confederate cavalry. Williams
was the only man killed
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-05-10
LOG WATERING TROUGH.

70 hold the horse while drinking
ymapr wishes to leave it a few
.-a BY q little care in the set
the trough 50 that the lower
corner is tilted away from the
.twDtch the horse approaches the
Fl the overflow may be readily
.npl away from the trough and
.p- stamping place avoided. A
/. plan is to dig out the soil for a
.l the spot where the horse
d stand while drinking and fill it
coarse gravel which would surely
way with the wet spots.-Indian-
i News
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-05-10
growing Celery.

} celery plants should be start
q, "'' Sow the seed in rows, one
r., ''''' and transplant when the
..r "'e three inches high, placing
D -, ,o4f inches apart in the row.
a al, 'oF celery should be very rich,
" rather moist than dry. A
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-05-10

have kissed them. Success means de-
votion, self-sacrifice, heroism. All great
books, paintings, oratorios celebrate
these. and when men live and die for
these they get an everlasting grip on
the worlds affections.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-05-10
After the Honeymoon.

Mother-Why are you weeping, my
dear.
Daughter-Boo-ho hoo. George sent
me a peck of kisses in his letter.
Mother-Then l don't see any cause
for tears.
Daughter-Yes, he used to send a
bushel and now | believe that even the
peck is short weight.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-05-10

Early Fruits and Vegetables.
"lll intended for onions should
.""ed as early as the weather will
~.r as the onion crop is the first to
one method of producing onions
SOW the seeds in hotbeds and
-Aant the small bulbs later. The
y may be SoWn in the hotbeds in
>"'| or February. By thus grow
-en there is a saving of time and
~IcuIty with weeds. If prefer
'-' onion sets may be procured
TSl>1len. In fact, onion sets should
" III the ground. Plant the sets
.,% placing them four inches apart
VIZ rows The rows may be suffi-
,% vide TO permit of the use of a
y" noe. 1t is important to keep the
y nom between the onions as we'll
~ nave the space between the rows
p, Unions can endure frost, and
START 10 grow almost as soon as
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-05-10

reaionS are given by the Texas
.n for testing the purity of alfalfa
/ and the weed seeds frequently
ll in it, together with seeds some
II used as its adulterants, such as
clover ard sweet clover, are de
.A
d 1905 the station tested thirty
samples Of alfalfa seed obtained
n the wholesale houses of the
H2 In these samples thirty differ
weed seeds were found. The per-
Else Of sand, trash and broken seed
Led from 0 to 20 per cent. Testing
TtaIIty Of the seed is also deScrib-
lie results secured with the thir-
o samples showed their vitality
@MLnating power to vary from
Wa per cent. the greater num-
having a vitality of over so per
." The actual values of the seed
~.@ IN percentages varied from
d. The results in detail are
10 in a table
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-05-10

being hollowed-cheap, everlasting
Trap nests of any sort are not known
within fifty miles Of this town. we
q 70 ckWard
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-05-10
Gratitude to the Veterans.

A recent legislative event marks an
epoch in the treatment of the surviv
ing Union soldiers Of the Civil War
and the survivors of the Mexican War.
After a debate of two hours the Senate,
without a dissenting vote, passed a ser
vice pension bill for soldiers over the
age Of 81, beginning at the rate of $12
month, to be increased to $15 at the
age of So, and 500 at the age of 20.
This is material advance over the
present rates, and also more directly
recognizes age alone as a conclusive
claim to pension, to be obtained with
out any payment to pension agents.
The maximum allowed means that men
who offered their lives at the call of
the government, and who saved from
disruption what has become one of the
first Of nations, shall not lack the
means Of simple subsistence in their de
Ginning days.
In the year that ended June 80 last,
10000 pensioners died, and for the
first time since the Civil War the de
crease in the pension roll exceeded the
increase. Though the whole number
of pensioners is but little below 1000,
600, only two-thirds are Civil War vet
Grams, and the mortality in their ranks
this year will scarcely fall below 40,
600. 1t is to a small remnant this
token of gratitude comes, and they are
vanishing at the rate of a hundred
day. Only few thousand survivors
trated Home Journal
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-05-10

special liquid fertilizer for celery is
soapsuds, but an abundance of manure
" mixed FERTILIZER should also be used
II is very important than the rows he
kept clean and the plants watered drr.
ing a dry period.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-05-10

You shouldn't aim too high with
short range gun.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-05-10
A Good Head.

When Tarragut ran the gauntlet of
Forts Jackson and st. Philip, below New
Orleans. the little gunboat Cayuga
was everywhere in the thick Of the
fighting. A colored boy of the crew
was passing powder when a spent
grape-shot struck a casting near him,
shattered and flew in many directions.
One piece hit him on the thickest part
Of his forehead, says the author of "a
Sailor of Fortune" and dropped to the
deck.
He picked it up nonchalantly, put it
in his pocket and kept at work.
When the fight was over and the
members Of the crew were Dragging,
this boy, who was not over fourteen.
stepped up to some of them and pulled
the grape-shot from his pocket.
"You hush!' ~ he said to the boosters.
Dat shot done hit me on de haid an
broke in two! Dere's de shot and dere's
de place it hit me. You can see fob
youse'f"
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1907-03-19
: WHOA THERE.
WHOA THERE !"
EXCITING RUNAWAY
SUNDAY MORNING


A runaway that was Of short dura-
tion but big in interest while it last
ed occurred in the lower part Of town
last Sunday morning. Peter st. Peter
was the driver, and the way in which
he managed the ribbons on the ot ca
sion entities him to q place with Her
Hur when it comes to charioteer.
Mr.. st. Peter was preparing to leave
for Dutch Flat, the mining camp. on.
from Willow Point, and was waiting
in front of the Winnemucca el for
friend who was to accompany him.
The horses, impatient with 'ong tand-
ing. and suddenly frightened by Z pa
per blowing down the street reared
and plunged ahead in a run. Mr.. st
Peter aroTe in his seat and pulled
nightly on the reins, but his efforts
were unsuccessful in stopping the
steeds. He managed however to pun
them ont of the road and they ran
toward the bridge. A telegram pole
- s't"a'ed about midway between tic
hotel snd the bridge, little to the
side Of the road. To this pole and ths
ingenuity Of the driver in directing
the horses to it les the credit Of atop