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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-10-25

that will do the business. Attach the
string to the edge Of the door and run
it through an eyelet at the top of the
door frame and then to some place be-
hind the barn or a tree out of sight,
When the pigeon enters, pull up the
door and there he is.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-10-25
To Destroy ThistIes.


Salt or kerosene, applied after the
clump Of thistles is cut down, will de-
strOy them, but such method is slow
and costly where the field is in posses
sion of the pest. Many other methods
have been suggested for their appli-
long If left in the soil will make a
foundation for new crop. A piece
2 inches long will grow to 10 feet
in six months, and weigh or 4 pounds,
and from each small piece from forty
to fifty heads will grow. An old rule
Is to pillow the land in June, drag
twice in July, pillow or inches deep
two or three times in August and har.
row each time" Any tool that will
cut off the tops in August or early In
September will destroy them, as they
cannot live If the tops are cut down.
Experiments made at the Illinois sta
ton succeeded in completely eXtermi-
mating them by observing the follow
ing rules: (1) Cut the thistles when
in full bloom, as close to the ground
as possible, and then pillow 3 inches
deep, sowing millet or Hungarian grass,
seeding heavily, and then harrow. (2)
In September pillow the millet under
and then seed heavily with rye. Plow
the rye under in May and again seed
to millet or Hungarian grass Cor plant
hoe crop, such as cabbages or pota-
tOes). 90 Continue the close cult
walton, being careful to keep the weeds
cut down from July until frost. If
frost is not here too soon the con-
slant cutting down Of the thistles as
fast as they appear will greatly re-
duce their number or eXtermine them.
Boat for the Farm.
The plank boat illustrated herewith
is made for general farm work and is
used in winter to draw manure from
the yard and stable to the field. 1t is
constructed of four ten-inch, crooked
maple planks, two and One-half inches
thick, with an 9x21a inch frame pinned
and bolted on for sides. 1t has an
iron clasp made Of old wagon tire, bent
anu DOlteu OF cllncueu, nalleu "cA oo'
the top of the back end and top of the
sides, as indicated, to hold them firmly
in place. The front end has 2XS-inch
piece bolted on top.
It's greatest utility lies in the hinged
or swiveled tongue, made with two
clasps or clevises to hold it to the boat.
On each side is a chain brace made of
four long links, attached to the tongue
with bolt swivels. The ends of each
chain brace are dropped onto the bent
up end of a f1ve-eighths-inch bolt, ten
inches long before bent up, with the
square head left on, which is put
| through a hole of the 2xS-inch nose
piece at each end. They are hooked
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-10-25
How to Trap Pigeons.

How to Trap Pigeons.
Boys sometimes have a hard time
their pigeons. The picture
shows how a trap can easily be made
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-10-25

India has 4,s35, 947 acres of irrigated
,ond in the Punjab, an increase Of 4o3.-
20, ooros in one year. The crops are
mainly wheat, sugar cane gram anu
winter oil seeds.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-10-25

usually abundant, and there are pump
kfns and vegetables and grain in
plenty, the corn fodder being but little
needed
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-10-25

!. nAY's 0PPUhIUNAA1 =
- Rev William Carter, D. D.
~ or these things are written for
NV .,rnonirion upon whom the ends
lf @'' -norId are GOMEZ. Corinthians
Evening star., 1907-11-09
Is Conciseness a Virtuep
omas R. Lounshury, in Hsrper's.

The gospel of consciousness, like the
dreds OF articles and books Every one,
however little he himself follows its pre-
cepts. recommends them to his friends
and charges disregard OF them upon his
foes. Now, conciseness is neither a good
thing nor bad thing In itself. It's value
like its appropriateness, depends upon the
subject, upon the occasion, upon the au-
dience addressed. But the success of IL
depends most of all upon the personality
of the speaker. II terseness can be
united with vigor of expression which con-
veys the idea powerfully to the mind and
with point which fixes 1t there. nothing
can be more all-sufi1cient. Conciseness.
then. has done its perfect work. But to
effect this result requires great ability, il
not genius. and great ability, to say moth
ing OF genius, is very exceptional. On
the other hand, when brevity is united
with dullness-as it is very apt to belt
loses not merely the power to influence
and to inspire, but to INFORM. To be con-
else. without being bald and jeJune, is
granted only to the highest order of
minds. On the other hand. condensa-
ton. even when the matter is particular
ly valuable, is rarely entertaining In
tellectual fare can no more be made pala-
table by compression than can bodily.
Pemmican Is described as a food intended
to comprise the greatest amount of nutri-
ton in the smallest space. 1t Is useful
In fact, invalua ble-on certain occa sions
and in certain places. But no one is like
iy to choose 1t as regular article of diet
still less to entertain his friends with
it at feast
Evening star., 1907-11-09
TO TAX BILLBOARDS.
Method to Get Rid of Such Alleged
Evesores

The billboard evil. which is exception
ally serious in Cincinnati owing to the
conspicuousness of the sites offered by
/ the cttY's many steep and unbuilt-up hill
sides. has been admirably tackled in a
report submitted by committee of the
Business Mems Club. according to the
Cincinnati Record The several recon-
mendations Of the report may be sum-
married as follows: A campaign of edu-
cation, in which other Ohio cities are In
Vited to participate: the preparation of
list of those who advertise on the local
bilhoards, and the giving of this list to
persons who are willing to write to the
firms named a request not to use such
I advertising; an investigation to determine
what biI!boarGs have been erected with
. out the consent of the land owner or In
violation of existing law an appeal TO real
estate owners to refuse to give permission
for such use of their land; an exhibition
of artistic posters, that those who insist
upon using this class of advertising may
be educated to demand only the hest. and
that there be effort to obtain state legis-
lation to limit the size of billboards and
to tax them.
On the latter point the report says: LAS
a minimum guess there are about 3 OO1 900
square feet of signboards in Cincinnati
which at the rate of u cents per -square
foot per annum (as was proposed by the
New York state bid would yield a reve-
nue. of S36o,0O If 40 per cent of this
went TO the state. there would be left for
the city, the report points out, $4,000
This "capitaiized, would be per cent on
1920 G0o which applied to the park fund
would be Of substantial benefit. In Los
Angeles a billboard tax IS now bringing
IN over $4,000 q year TO the city Finally
the committee had fifty photographs Of
unsghtiy boards taken, printed on cards,
and mailed to prominent firms and in
dividuas. The replies were such that the
committee opened a roll of honor, contain
ing the names of the advertisers. who. de-
claring that such advertising is not es-
sential to their success and that they
recognize its detraction to the cItys ap-
pearance, agreed, out of civic pride, not to
continue it after the expiration of their
contracts. This seems to nave been
sane and effective campaign.
Evening star., 1907-11-09
AT THE, OUTLET FEon BASIN TO EIVER,

accessible portion of southeastern Utah.
The country is uninhabted and unin-
habitable for the greater part. the only
settlement of any account being the small
td3n called Bluff. on the San Juan river.
and the nearest railroad station being
Dolores in Colorado 105 miles east
ward
The country of the natural bridges
can be reached via Bluff, going by
wagons to the latter place, then by
horses with pack train
Last year a member Of the National
Geographic Society equipped an expe-
dition with surveyors and artists and
sent it out to make a careful study of
the bridges. According to the expedi-
tions report, published In the Ma
tionaI Geographic Magazine. no one
should think of going into this region
without having thoroughly studied all
the conditions. The few guides that have
been there have very limited knowl-
edge of the country, and the main and
side canons so cut up the country that
a party may easily become lost.
OF the three great arches the Augusta
bridge is the largest, the measurements
being: Height. 25S feet; span, 326 feet:
width IN ndffOWeSl part. 50 1eel, ana
thickness S3 feet.
Next came the Caroline bridge with
height 1872 feet span $50 feet. width 90
feet and thickness 60 feet. The small
est Is the slender, graceful Edwin bridge,
height III feet. span 2n5 feet, width 30
feet and thickness 10 feet.
The Augusta bridge was so named in
honor of the wife OF Horace j. Long,
who in 1903 visited the bridge in com
pany with James Scorup. Mr.. Scorup,
it appears, had visited these bridges
previous to this time. and in showing
Long the way to them stipulated the
second one should be named the Caro-
line. after his (Scorup's) mother.
So far as Scorup knew the bridges
were first discovered by Emery Knowles
in 1895, and he himself visited them in
company with two cowboys. Tom Hall
and Jim Jones' in the fall of that year.
These bridges composed as they are
of light sandstone. might seem to be
wearing away very rapidly. Such, how
ever is not the case. for in the caves
beneath the Caroline abutments were
found ancient relics. including pottery
and well-preserved fiber sandals.
Evening star., 1907-11-09
BIGGER SHOPS FOR LONDON.
New Transit Facilities to Make the
City More American.


A"n"'n or 'h'a2" News.
Modern transit promises to revolution
Iza the commercial nositior, in London
o,,trer :, ,,,, ,rs,r,, ~ i, o,or,
W, F'''>N pi
'oH 'i 'i@ m"FoppHS II mas not peeh IN
respect % trade a centralized community.
Each locality c-7rral or. suburban has
he.r r.tt,or izr,.,1 ,,,l l,,., h5 ;+ -.,
'''''' ''''' ,''" 4''
f"o'a "l SE'PS. Inc eHect mas peen
Wild dispersion If trad. with vast
number, Of small businesses and with no
t,e,., ,r,,.,,,4 o,,,,,,,,,,r-,s oor,,,,--
a,'t, t,
''''' 10 liz i'""'''S H''Its ~ hoS'oil' NC"
York. Philadelphia and Chicago.
BY cOmDctent Judges il Is said that the
rarese, s+1~. IN Io,ao,, has y sma1iar
..
'u' "'N'r all"S'thTi tiah nave hufiiel GUS
houses in America in their below ground
rooms alone. Neither is there any shop
IN London anything like so great as the
Bon Marcha n Paris Some of the sub
urban stores in London compare very
favorabiy VIII numbers of the leading
shops in Bond, Regent and Oxford streets.
Evening star., 1907-11-09
SMOKE NUISANCE.
Business Men Take a Stand Against

From The Architectural Record
Il is. happily. not unusual to find a
chamber of commerce taking vigorous
steps TO suppress, for the sake OF the pub
lie welfare. that smoke nuisance for which
its own members are largely responsible
In a report which mas been recently IS
s.cd in pamphlet tpr.n for wide dIstrlhu-
ton by the smoke committee Of IN" tleNr-
lana Chamber of Comm erce, il is, nov
ever. Of interest to discover mat inc hISt
,trgAment presented for the suppression
of dense smoke is based, not on eepHO.u-
Irs but on the fact that such SHohe Is
'p.yhaps the greatest hlndrance 10 the
highest development Of civic heauty- II
means a good deal-and il is something
new in our progress as a people-that the
representatives of the business community
of one of the busiest cities should make
that the first ground Of their appeal n"
Injurious effect of smoke. the argument
spccinrs. is shown in all plant life
The growth Of green contfers
is almost impossible. and only hardy and
smoo1h-ieaveI trees are c"mparatIVeI% un-
effected To considerable
extent the architectural Effects of our
buildings are destroyed nv damage from
,HiS so.r-r Buildings Of almost every
material are in few years brought to Il
common Ievel-a G"lnN hue which TJos
them ot their distin ton Tie artistic
beauty Of the group plan must 5c in large
par lost unless this rui@anr" is miHgated
before its completion. the argument
DnirtS n8r that ne su"cia3 process 10y
tthtru alone stone Buildings can be re-
stored to their original color j. often
fls-,r fr,f To the surface. and dGra IlItN OF
the. stone. 'ha' painted hu.iaj0Gs soon lose
their color and tAat Il becomes 'mDosslbl"
., a.a- -hr Iig'l.r md NOR cheerful o'l-
0r- without constant and expensive" re-
ncwal TIE Nh,lo uamDEivt i'm which
these arguments are 10 lowed by many
mt IItt
Evening star., 1907-11-09

York city. which has been running behind
for months. made a gain In October of
63 per cent. Chicago. which showed a
heavy gain in September in October had
a loss Of per cent. decrease in Phla-
delphia Of 50 per cent is a very materia
falling off, for the reason that the totals
Of that city never vary greatly. Ohio
seems to be in pretty good condition.
Cleveland having a gain Of 2s1 per cent
and Cincinnati l1s. Toledo and Colurl
bus Ohio. have suffered small losses. IN
the northwest st. Paul and Minneapolis
showed increases respectively Of II and
13 per cent, while in Duluth there was
maybe It is not the cause, but St Louis be-
gins to show the effect OF overbuiding,
the decrease amounting to IS per cent,
while Kansas City had a gain Of "a
There were increases in Omaha OF 81.
Salt Lake City % and Denver per cent
The south generally shows falling of.
Baltimore leading with "a per cant, Chat
has a gain of 81. The Pacific coast
cities are not making quite as satisfac
tory showing, but the figures for Port
land and Seattle have not been received.
San Francisco showed a decrease Of Is
Los Angeles AZ. Tacoma % per cent.
while Spokane had an increase of 80.
Reports for the time being indicate
that considerable new work has been de-
ferred temporarily because OF the tight
money market This Is to BE- expected
but II is believed that it will be brief
and that matters will right themselves
within a very short time. Very little
building. as most people know, is for
speculative purposes. 1t is to meet ur-
gent necessity. and owners are anxious
to 90 ahead with prospective improve
ments just as soon as conditions are
little more favora BILE.
Evening star., 1907-11-09
Is "WtdoW Woman" Correct1


1h0mfs II. Lounsbury in Harper's
Numerous indeed are the motives which
have led and still lead men to resort to
expletives. Certain of those now in use
contain little more than a repetition of
the same idea expressed by two different
words A part Of the compound has be-
come Obsolete or archaic: hence 1t needs
Or needed TO have its meaning strength
ened. Luke. for instance, meant "tepid: ="
but as II came to be somewhat unfa lar
the sense was brought out with precision
by adding to ii warm. Different from
this, though possibly allied to It, may be
the ettributtve of widow in the ex-
preston widow woman. The second word
of the combination is clearly unnecessary;
difference of the final vowel in the orig
insl Anglo Saxon words constituted the
sole distinction between widuwa. q wild
over and wtduwe. widow" When the
leveling processes that went after the
conquest gave to both these words the
same ending e, a natural way to fix def
nitely the idea of femininity. before -er
was added to create the masculine form,
would be to append woman" to the
common word. II this were 30. it would
'be almost inevitable that the combination
would survive long after the necessity for
it had disappeared. However this may
be. the expression has subsisted for CEN
tures In our speech. When in our version
OF the blDle the WotlidH ol ehodH Tells
King David, Il am indeed a widow
woman. and mine husband is dead" we
are supplied in The same short sentence
with illuStrati tons of two different sorts
of expletives. For the one. the original
Hebrew is necessarily responsible; for
the other, the sixteenth-century trans
lators. Tie Wycliffite version of the
fourteenth century had woman widow"
But whatever the origin. the expression
has come down to the present time. Nor
Is II confined. is often asserted to
coIloqutal speech. To cite one instance
out of many, IT is used in Barnaby Rudge
by Dickens when speaking in his own
person. ITO find this widow woman"
he SAYS linked myster.ously with
an ill-omened man - was discovery
that panied as much as startled him"
Evening star., 1907-11-09
In the Building Market.

During October permits were taken out
in forty-two Of the principal cities ac-
cordirg to official reports to Construc-
ton News, for the construction Of IL. 1856
buildings. involving g total consideration
of SAL $50 179, against 1879 buildings, ag-
gregating in cost 1899, 124 for the cor
responding month a year ago, e decrease
of 1894 buildings and S6.04s,a45, or l3
per cent.
The situation at the present time is
somewhat complex. The middle west. in
Guiding OHIO makes the best showing.
Surprising as it may seem, however, New
Evening star., 1907-11-09
British Columbia.

From the London Chronicle.
British Columbia Is the last place in the
world where one would expect jealousy OF
emigrants. The province is vast enough
TO swallow up many times its present
population without the slightest strain
on it's resources. Tho Island from which
Vancouver takes Its name, orig nally call
ed Nootka wes discovered early In the
sixteenth century. but il was NOT until
1852 that Capt. George Vancouver OF the
British navy. first sailed completely
round the island, to which he gave his
name. After the American boundary DIS
pute the island was handed over forever
to Britain by the Oregon treaty OF 1916,
and leased TO the Hudson Bay Company
from that year dntil 1910. Ii was made
separate British colony in 1863. but two
years later became part Of Columbia. The
scene OF the present disturbance is an
ideal white mans land. for the climate
clos, ely resembles that of the British
Isles, except that Britsher can rely
upon getting even a more plentiful rain
fall
Evening star., 1907-11-09
One-Sided Humor OF Spain.
From Harper's.

From Harpers.
The Spanish peasant is the most pol
lshed gentleman in the world, but the
provincial dandy is not pleasant person.
He does not limit himself to admiring one
(Which might be endurad); he laughs at
one Since the foreign city hat is differ
ent from the Spanish town hat. the Span
ish town hat laughs and points its finger;
even a lady hat will do this. 1t never oc-
ours to the Spanish provincial headsear
that IT is very funny, too-that is because
a Spaniard Is under II, and therefore it
must be right: yet. If the foreign hat
laughed. the resentment would be deep.
Evening star., 1907-11-09
THREE NATURAL BRIDGES.
Great Attractions Located in Inac-
cessihle Regions.

Ii is not generally known that the
three greatest natural bridges in the
world-ar least so far as present knowl-
edge poas-are located in an almost in
Evening star., 1907-11-09
Park in a City.

AS continuation or an extension OF
the wooded stretches of the Mall. 1t
makes even more notable this feature Of
the city which stands almost without
parallel in the adorGment of cities There
are other places where there are stretches
of park occurring in the midst of the
closely butt-up sections. but there 10
in no city with such an area lying within
a stones throw OF the principal avenue.
The new park is like the Monument
which overlooks il. the biggest thing OF
the sort in municipal experience. But for
tunateiy for the enjoyment of the public
mere size is not its only claim % dis
tinction. Even now in unfinished
state it shows what 1t is capable of be
coming.
Evening star., 1907-11-09
A Proposed Building.

The owners of the property a, the
northeast corner OF f and 10Th streets
have decided to postpone for the present
III" erection there OF nine-st oftlce
building, for which plans have tsen pre-
pareo.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-07-13
SWEET MELODY FLOUR.

Get free sample OF DR.. Shops
''IIealth Cofree" at our store. II
real coffee disturbs your stomach,
your heart or Kidneys. then try this
clever coffee imitation. DR.. shoop
has closely matched Old Java and
Mocha Coffee In HapOysand taste, yet
1t has not single grain of real cof-
fee in it, DR.. Shops Health Cot
fee Imitation is made from pur~
toasted grains or cereals. with NAL
nuts, etc. Made IN minute. N
tedious wait. You VIII surely liz
it. Sold by all dealers.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-07-13
The Charming woman

is not necessarily one OF perfect form
end features. Many plain woman
who could never serve as an artists
MODEL, possesses those rare qualities
thai all the world admires: neatness,
clear eyes, clean, smooth skin and
tina. sprightliness of step and action
that accompany good health. A
weak woman is never at
trastive. not even to herself. Elec-
trio Bitters restore weak women,
give strong nerves, bright eyes,
smooth, velvety skin, beautiful COM
plexion. Guaranteed at Frank G.
BANDS drug store, SOC.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-07-13

IN for US to take the smooth passage,
but his horse WIS so much better than
the generals that he soon regafned his
loss. lie was a length and a half
ahead when we struck stone, liftIng
our buggy into the air and lifting me
several feet higher than the buggy.
When came down, the buggy had
gone on, and sat In the road.
Il was stunned, but kept my eyes on
the racers Presently saw Colonel
Armsby slow up. General Henderson
went on. The colonel turned, drove
back and, alighting, kneIt beside me.
with an agonized expression of countc-
nance. Then he lifted me into his
buggy and drove me home. The gen
eral, thinking his rival was still In the
race, drove on for mile before dis
covering that he had gone back.
The test had been too much for the
man I had chosen, but not too much
for the man I married. A Kentucky
gentleman who will lose race for tn I.
woman he loves is a lover Of the goo1
old days of chlvalry. OSCAR cox.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-07-13
SWEET MELODY FLOUR
Long Live the King.

is the popular cry throughout Euro
pean countries; while in America, the
cry of the present day is Long live
DR.. Kings New Discovery, King of
Throat and Lung Remedies." OF
which Mrs. Julia Ryder Paine. of
Truro, Mass, says: st never fails
to give immediate relief and to
quickly cure cough or cold" Mrs
Psine's opinion is shared by ma
joriiy of the inhabitants OF this coun-
Try. New Discovery cures weak
lungs and sore throats after all 9TH
err remedies have failed; and for
coughs and colds it's the proven rem
edy. Guaranteed by Frank G. Bland.
druggist. soc and s1.0o. Trial
hottie free