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The Red Cloud chief., 1907-09-20
CHATTER XXXIX.

T 3 o'clock in the morning
AA Groves, In discarded dress
" ing gown Of his masters,
opened the front door and
peered cautiously out into the dark
ness. NJ. Louis, who was standing up
on the doorstep, pushed past him into
the hall.
"Your master has sent me to fetch
some papers," he announced. display
ing bunch of keys. IL am sorry to
disturb you like this, but the matter
is important. Please bring me cup
Of coffee into the library In half an
hour"
Groves, who was sorely perplexed,
stood with his back to the door which
M. Louis had approached.
"Really, sir" he answered. II scarce
ly know what to say. am afraid that
I cannot allow you to interfere with
any of my masters property in his abb
sence"
M. Louis held out the keys.
"Quite right" he said. ut is an awk-
ward situation, of course. Your mas
ter did not tell you the reason OF his
sudden departure, I suppose"
"Not word, sir"
There can be no harm In telling
you this much. at any rate" M. Louis
continued smoothly. "Your master.
through no fault Of his own, got mixed
up In a very unpleasant affair In Paris,
and he will have to appear In the
courts there. am his friend and wish
to do all that I can to help him. We
have been talking the matter over, and
Inon<innad nm Paa.a flix \
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-04-26
Starting Early Potatoes.

AS soon as the frost is out, l select
sloping piece Of ground on the south
side of building and dig one or more
trenches, 2 feet wide and Is inches
deep, in which I put about inches of
horse manure, we'll tramped down, and
cover with 3 or inches of soil. In
this firmly press half potatoes in rows
2 or inches apart and cover with 3
Or inches of soil and with coarse sta
BILE litter at night and during cold days,
removing it entirely when the weather
is warm and danger of frost is over.
Water frequently with tepid water.
When the sprouts are 6 or more inches
high, take them up by running a spade
under the manure, allowing all that
will to stick to the potato and roots.
Transplant in deep furrow in which
has been dropped some potato fertilizer.
D. M. Niver.
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Feeding Animals.

In the feeding of animals the farm.
er, by his knowledge of the difference
between fiesh-formilg foods and those
that form fat, is enabled to so combine
the different foods as to provide for
all their wants. Knowing that the cal
buminoids" heterogeneous foods) pro-
duce muscle Clean mean) and milk, he
should, in order to allow for heat and
fat balance" the foods for the purpose
of avoiding too much of the one kind
and not enough of the other. On an
average, the proportion of heterogeneous
foods to the carbonaceous is as one to
six Though the proportion may vary,
according to circumstances) or, rath-
err, he should add six times as much Of
the carbOnanecous as he does of the nj
trogenous. The conditions, however,
affect the proportions as less carbon Is
required in summer than in winter,
hence during the warm season the nj
trogen may be increased and the car
bon diminished but, If the weather is
very cold, the proportion off, carbona-
ceous matter, on the contrary, should
be increased.
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Predicting FrOsts.

One of the most important fruits Of
the establishment of the Mount Rose
weather observatory in the Sierra Ne
vada near Reno, New, at an elevation
of 10000 feet, is the discovery Of a rule
by which the appearance of frost in the
Truckee and Carson valleys below may
be predicted with positive assurance
from twenty-four to thirty-six hours in
advance.
By comparing relative meteorological
data for San Francisco and Reno at
$500 feet elevation, and Mount Rose,
10000 feet elevation, constant CORE
spondence is observed between fall in
pressure and fall in temperature, ena-
bling frost representations to be made
with certainty. The station was estab-
lished originally with the idea of gath
ering information which would be avail
able in predicting the weather condi-
lions for the districts farther east.
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GleRninXS.

When farmers are busy in the spring
they are liable to neglect many matters
which should command their attention.
Get the implements in readiness and
sharpen the tools. The grindstone is
a valuable adjunct to good farming, if
thorough work is desired.
It is no easier to keep poultry than
any other stock, as labor and proper
management must be used to meet sue
cess. Less capital may be required
with poultry, but it must be judiciously
expended, or loss can result as easily
as from any other source. Experience
is of more value than capital in poultry
raising.
The food left over on the ground fer
ments and decomposes in very short
time on warm day, and it therefore
becomes one of the main sources Of
gapes in chickens and cholera in fowls
Filth in the summer season should
never be allowed. 1t is we'll to do away
with troughs entirely, feeling only
whole grains and scattering the food as
much as possible.
It is, perhaps, the proper system to
water the animals at regular periods,
especially horses; but animals differ,
and may desire water at times when
they do not receive it. To give all ami
mails free access to water Is not con-
trary to the natural law, as they are
sometimes better judges of eating and
drinking. so far as they are concerned,
than their owners.
Ensilage should not cost the farmer
over 81 a ton, and fifty pounds day is
a large ration for COW. This is forty
rations per ton, at 21a cents a ration,
and hence will provide for one COW for
forty days. There is no food that can
be produced at a lower cost. The en-
silage is not of itself complete food,
as the best results are derived when
hay and grain are also allowed; but it
cheapens the cost of the whole and pro-
vides succulent food in winter, when
change occurs from grasses to the regu-
lar dry rations of that season.
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There is a fungus which sometimes
attacks carrots and turnips, causing de-
growth, or a whitening of the leaves.
This may be prevented by liberal SOW
ing of air-slaked lime upon the SOIL
thirty Or forty bushels per acre, and
narrowing it in before the seed is sown
as the fungus lives in the soil. But it
is usually better and cheaper to put
the root crops on new land where this
fungus has never appeared.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-04-26
Emit Tree Planting.

For fruit tree planting, when the
sub-soil is clay and apt to be water
logged, not only should it be we'll drain
ed first, but the bottoms of the holes
in which the trees are planted should
have placed in them some coarse rubble,
to act as drainage also. Apart from
such material helping to keep the roots
out of the clay below, it serves also to
keep them fairly dry and aerated, and
that is very important for the future
health of the trees. In making holes
on such ground, throw out to fully
three feet wide and twelve inches deep.
Into each hole then put four inches of
old brick and mortar material, or
clinker, or other hard, coarse material
we'll trodden and leveled. Upon that
nut, if obtainable, pieces Of turf, upside
down. then three inches Of soil, and
nIant the trees. In that way not only
will the roots be kept near the surface
and be healthy, but because the trees
re on slight mounds they can be fed
each summer with a mulch of manure.
Too much trouble can not be taken in
nIanting trees on stiff soil, to keep the
roots near the surface.
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3 Small Eruifa

frequently two crops may be had on
the same plot during the year, such as
early peas followed by late cabbage, or
turnlps may follow onions; but the
SOIL should be rich and we'll supplied
with manure or fertilizer. One advan-
lage with small garden is that during
the dry season some of the crops can
De Watered by the use of the hose or
sprinkler. Inexperienced persons should
not expect complete success the first
year, but there is nothing too difficult
70 learn, and the second year should
prove satisfactory If the season does
not become too dry. The principal
small fruits are blackberries, strawber-
r1es and raspberries, but gooseberries,
currants and grapes are also included
Inc most profitable fruits are those
That receive attention during the entire
year. The strawberry will thrive and
bear we'll with but little cultivation on
some soils, and often receives no care
after the plants have been set out, 9TH
er than to run the cultivator down the
rows once Or twice, but it will pay well
for any extra labor that may be ap-
piled, however. The largest berries are
grown from plants in single stools, but
the largest yields are obtained from the
matted row system. The first essential
is to get the young plants in the ground
as soon as possible, so as to afford them
an opportunity to grow and make head
way before the dry season comes on.
High winds and a dry soil will make
quick work Of young plants. The rows
should be just wide enough apart to
admit Of the use of the horse hoe, and
the ground should be kept very loose
around the plants in order to guard
against drought as much as possible.
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CuItivatfnE the Garden.

The majority Of farmers give but lit
tie attention to gardening. They regard
the spade, hoe and rake as implements
which involve too much time and la
Dor. If a farmer desires to grow
corp Of any kind he prefers to do the
work with a pillow and cultivator, and in
wholesale manner. This repugnance
to using the small tools, in order to
grow supply of vegetables, has been
the cause of depriving hundreds of
farmers of luxuries that would have
cost but little if they had considered
the value Of the crops from garden,
and also the real cost compared with
crop Of grain or potatoes. But there
are, however, some farmers and their
wives who know how a garden helps
to make farm enjoyable, and they
are the ones who will now enjoy the
work of planting the seeds of the many
different kinds Of vegetables, for there
is no portion of farm life so agreeable
as that of preparing the ground in the
spring for the garden. There has been
an advance in the system of gardening.
While the hoe, rake and spade still
hold place in the list of garden tools,
yet they have been superseded mainly
by the single and double wheeled hoes
and seed drills, which save time and
labor and which can be used for doing
good work.
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THE DISREGARD OF LAW.

By Rev. 0. r. jerks.
The utter disregard for the law by
large numbers of our people is a dark
menace to the peace Of our land. Near
ly 10000 persons in our nation were
murdered last year. More than 10000
committed suicide. In Germany the
annual average ratio of homicides to
nopulation is thirteen per million, in
the United Kingdom twenty seven per
million. in Italy 105 per million, but in
the United States it is 115 per million
Four times as many persons lose their
lives bv murder Or manslaughter III
the United States as in England, Scot
land and Wales, and uine times as
MANY as in Germany. Human life is
more insecure here than in any civil
lied nation of the globe.
Iooseness in the execution OF the
law is one cause of crime. Men are
coming to look upon our criminal laws
as a gigantic farce. Juries that dlsre
gard the plain law are the aDettors OF
criminals. It is better far to do away
with the law than to persistently ig-
more it.
maudlin sentiment prevailing
among certain class Of women ana
sil,v men is responsible for no small
omount of our lawlessness. A man may
no a notorious prof1igate, but if ne
noses as the defender of virtue then
. multitude Of sentimental females
piddv and shallow men, preachers
seeking notoriety, and yellow JOURNEYS
mite in seeking to clear him or gum
and enshrine him as a hero, though he
is damned with the crime of coid-oiood'
cd. premeditated murder.
Present conditions point to an III
craase Of crime. Criminals OF all sort
hove substantial ground for believing
TINT many will hail them as dasnln2
co,lants and that the law Will be SLOW
IN furnishing, if it Furnishes at all we
oro anproaching a time when Justlce
Iaos and the lamentable cry OF the
nronhet is terribly true:
",rbere Is no truth, nor mercy nvr
,-,o1r,edpe OF God in the land. by
swearing and lying and killing ana
stoainr and committing adultery tnes
So ont and blood toucheth blood.
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IMPOSE OF LIVING.
By Henry T. Cope.

BY Henry T. Cope.
0'u In your body-I. Cor.
Vi. 20.
WY question of the old creeds,
i, Tue chief end Of mann" was
~, IN a spirit more practical
Nv .'s1'Ic 1t was the voice of
y s'qt inquiry as to the purpose
S,, OUT the answer given by the
y. ,AS The assurance of a moral
u II fails to find any re-
IA w. To glorify God and to
y, ~ 'oreyer" may be the portion
-. out honest men have to
,,,' a' Iney have no great desire
,I~plaSIS Of the creed with that
S'S Practically was on dying
r, 1AFIuS, IL owed what
!, :, :. nad on men to the promise
"0Se who were in the midst
-. 'u'u round of tasks or the
! ~ grind of poverty, Of a fe-
,, 80, knew neither hunger,
pain: If offaro5 100, 60.
Sse who could endure a he'll
~ s.>"I consequence was to make
~, ,Dnef end of living. Who
ssn- '1oer being told to despise
sI, a" consider how brief it is,
~ before the dawn Of the
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Economizing Garden Space.

If you have early peas, SOW them in
q block rather than in long drills. As
soon as they are harvested, plant,
SQUASH Hubbard does well after early
neas if water is ample. If sweet peas
are grown, a row of onions may be
grown on each side Of the peas with
ont detriment to either. The evergreen
onion is particularly well adapted to
This On rich soil 1t natures long be-
fore the peas bloom and may be har-
vosted. Late cabbage may be set in
tho rows of early onions and make
their growth after the onion harvest
Tho writer has done all these things as
experiments in producing more than
one crop a season.
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practiced in this country, but our farm
ers are content with one crop, and thus
do not derive as much from the land as
is possible to be obtained. The land in
England is high, and farmers pay high
rents, but they do not hesitate to use
manures and fertilizers freely, securing
large crops in return.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-04-26
sowing Corn for Fodder.

The silo has opened advantages to
dairymen in other countries where corn
does not mature. In England, where
the conditions are unfavorable for the
production of matured crops Of corn,
tho farmers SOW corn for fodder, store
Il in the silo, then grow crop Of tur-
nins on the land, from which they took
+be fodder. The same system can be
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again, sand want to see if you can't
spare me a blanket"
"You are crazy" said 1. I'D be shot
if they caught me giving you a blank
et'
There's no need for you to get
shot," says Johnny, land I'm bout to
freeze picketing out here in the snow.
My uniforms nothing but rags, and
haven't got any overcoat or blanket
or anything. Blankets are scarce oven
in our camp, and it's awful cold, Yank."
He said it solemnly in. that soft
voice of his-the Southerners have
soft, easy way of talking-and, we'll,
the upshot Of it was that l promised
him would bring a blanket with me
when l came back the next night and
leave it to him to get it.
Next night when l went to saddle
up-our picket line was so far from
camp that we had to ride-I got half
a dozen blankets out Of the commisSary
and put them under my saddle, and
was just about to get away with them
when the sergeant spied me.
Hello, there! - said he. What You
going to do with all those blankets?"
My heart was in my mouth, but
knew he couldn't see how many l really
did have, and so l answered back, cooE
enough, You don't suppose it's warm
out there picketing a night like this, do
you?" and with that he turned away.
I tell you l was glad to see his back
WE'LL I got safe out to the woods
with my blankets, and pretty soon
heard the same voice calling again.
"Yank, Yank, have you got that
blanket?'
YES" I said. II have six of them,
and 1 came near getting caught, too"
Glory" said Johnny. "Glory Now
you jest slip down to the creek and I'M
fold them a little, and drop them in
one at time, and I'll do the rest"
l did Just as he told me- didn't
have to get off my beat to do it-and
he went little way down the creek
and fished the blankets out as the cur
rent brought them along.
When he'd got the last one out he
fell down on his knees-I could see him
in the dim moonlight-and I never
heard anybody pray such a prayer as
that Southern soldier prayed for me.
kneeling there in the snow in his ragged
old uniform. l took off my hat and
stood still till he was through, and then
be faded away in the darkness.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-04-26

Proper organization whether iR
home or industry avoids a waste of
money, labor or materials To utilize
that which previously has gone to-
waste has been the secret Of many in
dustrial successes Yet how much is
wasted In the homes of many whose
success depends upon the little econom-
les 1t is not stinginess that is need
ed, but organization which will secure
a reasonable degree of thrift. Planning
to make the best use of every scrap
seems a dreary waste of time and
hindrance to all comforts, but with a
systematic plan of work for each day
a systematic arrangement of meals and
supplies that come into the house, much
waste will be avoided and the sum to-
tai Of the true saving, will be sur
prise to one who will faithfully try
the plan"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-04-26

Benners-Does your wife practice
economy in shopping? Jenners de-
ponds on whether she is buying shirts
for me or a gown for herself.
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q NEEDED.

~ Rev. Percy T. olton'
III them that do rejoice;
VIZ .,nm that weep.-Romans'
,.r fully the command
'', thor" is impossible IN
a' tbe meaning OF the word
gov rnp expression of our love
, in Of men in deeds IS
IN. pasv but to be able to
'5' ,1o,r feelings, to understand
. .,t, the powers and infu-
.,p holding the lives OF
- ~ ns-that is the gift most
'l. .oJ if we are to fulfill the
6 .s,snJ. and it is to be found
~. ,s', sympathy dwells.
tr is made up of hearts and
y. NY sympathy more than gold.
ION feel and think and de
a., WILL this rule stand. There
J. w. rbo need both in equal
The hungry, the naked the
-Bs oppressed, must be met
ontstretched hand in which
.ta visible token of the SYM
I@r prompts the greeting.
1,,o are times when the empty
D,o Is sufficient; times when
] # the body has been cared
st is only the heart that is
/ 4 for food and shelter; and
!, wore we to search carefully
" And in this world of ours
.,,rr hearts than hungry stom-
assessed of a passionate love
] fellow creatures, refusing to
|, t,a weakness and folly of hui
nrp ever striving to break the
tbe captiyes and to bring
popsciousness of their pace
|nIing as children in the great
fmaukind-such Il soul knows
measure of the word sympa-
d word which stands for a joy
gDression and a pain beyond
En-
pa of contact with the life of
ID depends upon the souls pow
-rp9tbv. For the soul that has
|aOped this divine attribute the
very small, narrow place.
1mg a limited number does it
gmmon ground and mutual in
II is shut off from the rest
!. as truly as if surrounded by
h brick and mortar. Strive as
/ It cannot touch the life all
. DOR receive from that life for
1SFing Of its need.
3Tet of the power CT some
% the life of the world lies in
L that in these souls there is
Sympathy in Overfowlng meas
/ Is not genius, nor intellect,
7d, nor even beauty of form or
that draws mankind to the feet
great souls. The world ad-
sniuS, it respects intellect, it
over, it finds joy in beauty, but
only love and only the love
expressed in a tender, strong,
ate all-embracing sympathy.
: look for the center of attrac-
the matchless life Of Jesus
think we will find it to be His
IS sympathy. 1t was not chief
wisdom Of His teaching nor the
I His character that made the
people flock to His side; it
Dat infinite compassion, that
love, that divine sympathy
lew them and which ever since
I'll drawing the tired, sin-sick
doSe to the heart of Jesus
e blessings which the Gospel
has given to the world, SYM
@.dS among the chief and fore
before the advent OF Christ
|, not learned how to put to-
-S letters that spell the word.
VafISt who taught "to rejoice
Vl mat rejoice and to weep
en- that weep" He smiled at
Jung feast at Cana of Galilee
Sept at the grave of Lazarus.
and loved and suffered be-
.s world needed him, and He
|, those who call Him master
likewise, for sympathy is the
of the Gospel.
IRP0SE OF rrxyrro
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How "Johnny' Got His Blanket.
The pension examiners who are
working all over the country pick up
many little stories of the civil war,
some of which throw pleasant light
on those dark days. The following is
an incident recently related by Fed
eral veteran
Once we were camped in the noun
tains of East Tennessee. l didn't know
if could be so cold down South till
tried it for myself. One bitter night
l was on picket duty away off from
camp, down in the edge of some woods
and close beside little creek. I was
tramping along through the snow, kick
ing my feet and beating my hands to-
gether trying to keep warm, with |
heard a voice somewhere off on the
other side of the creek calling softly,
"Yank! Yank!'
I knew the enemy was in camp not
far away, SO l raised my gun in an in
slant: but the voice called again,
Don't shoot, Yank! I'm all alone, and
] don't mean any harm"
"Who are you, then, and what do
you want?" / asked. as quiet as could.
I'm a Johnny" said the voice
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rn.4 Meter Sermons.

Emptiness is not innocence
worship is. independent of walls.
rr,e religion is the root of all re-
form.