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The San Francisco call., 1907-01-31

Hereafter the Building Material
Teamsters' Union No. PIG, will meet
in Sheet Metal Workers Hall. Guer-
zero street. near Fourteenth Business
is reported good and most Of the mem
bers at work At the last meeting
forty-five candidates We're obligated.
Many applications are awaiting action.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-31

The japanese and Korean Exclusion
League viii hold a monthly meeting
next Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock
in Bent's Hall. Twenty-second and
Folsom streets. Interesting reports
VIII be submitted showing what work
the league has accomplished in the
past two months. The rapid growth
Of the organization will be dwelt upon
by able speakers.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-31
Pillows
Cheap
and Good

Only a few left Of the
lot previously adVer-
tised. When yOu pur-
chase bed pillows here
you buy them under
the strlctest guar
antee. These are IS
by % inches IN size
and run pa lbs to
the pillow. We offer
our assurance that
they are composed Of
clean, OdOrless feath-
ers, and really excel
lent value at the price.
Per PILLOW,
SOC Only
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-07-05
Cost of Hauling Crops.

The bureau of statistics recently sent
out a special inquiry circular to ascer-
tain the cost of hauling farm crops to
shipping points, and the compiled re-
suits representing replies from nearly
1000 counties in different parts of the
United States indicate that the guam
tity of farm produce annually hauled
amounts to 100000 tons. The cost
of hauling the same is estimated at ap-
proximately $S5,OOO,OO0, which is an
average of s1a cents per hundred
weight.
In general, the hauling cost is to
large extent dependent upon the value
of the articles hauled, the more valu-
able products taken to market oftener
and in smaller loads, and therefore at
a greater cost. Corn, wheat, hay and
potatoes are hauled at from to 8
cents per 100 pounds; tobacco and hogs
at 10 cents per 100 pounds; cotton, IS
cents, and wool, A cents.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-07-05
prev of the SPARROW Hawk

The sparrow hawk almost invariably
catches flying bird for it's meal, even
striking down birds as large as the
wood pigeon, though usually going no
higher than a black bird. It does not
exactly swoop like the larger hawks,
vet it must have conditions Of chase
of it's own choosing. That is why the
small birds usually mob it with impu-
nifty when they are numerous enough
to bewilder it. Once, however, [ saw
a sparrow hawk that had been modest
ed for some minutes by a perfect cloud
of green finches, dart among them and
secure a victim.
The other day I had one of these
birds pointed out as the one which, a
few days earlier, had come close to
the house toward dusk and caught
bat on the wing. That, however, is
very unusual meal.-London News.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-07-05

In an address delivered before the
New York State Breeders Association,
at Syracuse, G. ?. McCabe, Of the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture, discussed the principal provisions
of the United States meat-inspection
law, the manner in which the provi-
sions are enforced, and the bearing of
the law upon the production and han
ding of meats.
ITO secure the best results, the
breeders and feeders of every State in
the Union should take up vigorously
the question of the extension OF mar
kets and should back the Department
of Agriculture in an inslstend demand
for an absolutely efficient, viglant
fair and square meat inspection.
If due regard be had for clean
illness, decency and honesty in the pre-
paration and marketing of our meat
products, the United States will con-
tinue to lead the world in the live
stock and meat trade"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-07-05

That immutable law of physics that
matter cannot be annfhilated, or, vice
versa, created out of nothing, appears
to have some doubters even in this day.
of general education. The old query,
which weighs the most, the egg or the
chicken that is Matched from the egg, is
a very good example of this lack of
faith. To settle the matter for the
hundredth time, experiments were re-
Gently undertaken at one of the agri-
cultural stations engaged in poultry
studies. 1t was found that a fertile
egg during the process of Incubation
lost little over 20 per cent in weight,
while the chick Matched from such an
egg weighed 80 per cent less than the
egg before incubation. A sterile egg
receiving similar treatment lost not
quite 16 per cent in weight. !
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-07-05
For Stacking Wheat.


To stack wheat before threshing sol
that 1t will be dry when that time
comes, is the desire Of every farmerf
who raises that cereal. Mr.. @. TT
Pritchard, Of Randolph, Clay county,
Mo-, has system that he has used for
a generation, and he never lost bit of
wheat by dampness in the stack. He
has great reputation In his home for
this class of work, and he spends a
large part of his time in showing oth1
ers how to do it. He gives descrip4
ton of his method as follows:
Ito stack wheat or oats so stack
will not take water. Commence the
stack or rick any way you wish. But
when you have the stack five or six
feet high, just reverse the usual way
of stacking, and do it from the center
to the outer edge, instead of from the
outer edge to the center. When YOU
begin at the center to stack out, lay
two or three bundles so as to keep the
center highest, with a good slant to-
ward the outer edge. If at any time
the outer edge gets too high, stop be-
fore you get there, and go back to the.
center and commence again. Be sure to
keep the center highest, with a good
slant to the outside.
This way is just about the same as
one shock on top of the other, only
more slant to the bundles.
''There is no slip or slide. 1t is fast
and easy, and sure keeps the stack dry.
If you are stacking the usual way, and
the stack should begin to slip, just go
to the center and work out, and see
how quickly you stop the slipping. Mix
it up little--work from the center
part of the time. Try it,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-07-05
Short Meter Sermons.
ruth always has met tribulatiOn.


Worry is a confession of weakness.
You cannot think carrion and live
clean.
Kindness is the evidence Of kingli-
ness.
Preaching down to folks does not
lift them up.
sympathy is a key that fits the lock
of any heart.
Soul health will not come by taking
religion as a dose.
He who earns the crown needs not to
put ON any airs.
The surest way to tmpoverish your
heart is to hoard up your love.
There always is something of the
how in the man who can lead men.
The man who is so wise that he
never laughs is the greatest fool OF all.
IFS hard stirring the conscience that
ia under the narcotic of money.
Many a cloud that we call sorrow Is
h,+ the shadow of our own self1shness.
Nothing makes wrong seem innocent
more quickly than to acquire an in
terest in it.
No matter how eloquent the lips
heaven is deaf to prayer when the
heart is dumb.
The only way to have happiness as
permanent guest is to keep your door
open to the helpless.
To live wholly for possessions Is to
naralyZe the life to the possibility of
permanently possessing anything.
It often happens that the man who
IA most particular about his. own corns
is least careful where he treads.
The man who always thinks of his
rights ia the first to forget that they
always involve an equal number of re-
sponsibilities.
When a man blows trumpet to call
a.+an+ion TO the moral screen at his
front door you can be pretty sure of
finding the back door wide open all the
time.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-07-05

The uses of farm groves are numerI
Gus. They add to the beauty Of the
landscape by breaking the monotony of
the prairie, furnishing wood for vari-
Gus uses and for fuel, so we need not
be dependent upon the coal trust They
shelter our premises from the cold
northern blasts during winter, and I'M
summer when the thermometer Isl
playing about the 100 degree mark, we
linger in their cooling shade with al
feeling of thankfulness.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-07-05
Automatic Wagon Brake.


A wagon brake which operates au-
tomatically has been recently patented
by Mississippi man. The ordinary ar
rangement Of attaching foot lever be-
meath the drivers seat, connecting with
the brake, is entirely dispensed with.
The driver Is not required to handle
the brake in any way, the simple halt
ing of the horses only being necessary.
AS shown in the illustration, the brake
is pivOted SO as to come in contact
with the rim Of the rear wheel On
the extreme outer end of the shafts is
a vertical pivoted lever, one end of
which connects with rod extending
to the brake. The upper end Of this
lever is connected by strap or chain
to the harness on the horse. AS shown,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-07-05

with man, bids him try conclusions
with this old earth, It's storms and
seas, surrounds him with hardship and
hazard, he finds himself. He puts
forth his hand and the serpent becomes
a rod.
But these forces Of nature have their
terrors. They crush, MAIN, blind,
burn, destroy, overwhelm, appall. And
no man becomes not only a stronger
and cunninger man, but better man.
He is educated by adversely, and his
heart is educated not less than his
head. He learns pity. He enters into.
compassion. He develops philanthropy.
The shipwreck launches the life-boat.
The physician is bred of pestilence.
Living men in our part hasten to die
that dying men across the bar may
live. The plague is stopped because
the bacteriologist has lived and loved
and died.
Gods way in nature, Gods way in
history, is Gods way for each Of us
in our own life. Let us grasp the SER
pent, that it may become a rod.
This is the story Of all glorious con-
quest of adverse circumstance. Stroll
ing along the bank Of my native Trent,
[ have seen a parable-with rod and
line in it's hands. Some townsman,
magnificently equipped with outfit that
must have cost a little fortune, flung
his line in vain. The shadows of even
ing fell and his face heightened, and
there was never a fish in his creel.
And beside him a ragged rascal of
village schoolboy, playing truant, with
bare feet and unwashed hands, with
his homemade rod and two-penny line,
and penny float and half-penny tackle,
swinging out the roach and dace Or
greedy perch at almost every swim.
These things are written allegorically.
1t is not the costliest outfit which
takes the biggest fish.
Cardinal Wolsey, Daniel De Foe and
Henry kirke White-it would be impOs-
sible to name in a breath three men
more utterly unlike each other-were
all the sons of butchers. Jeremy Tay-
lor, one of the greatest Of English
preachers; Richard Arkwright, the
real founder of our cotton industries,
and Turner, the painter, were all bar
bers. John Bunyan was tinker, Rob
ert Burns a plowman, Ben Johnson
bricklayer, Livingston a weaver, Stan
ley a workhouse boy, Carey cobbler,
TnVarnio11c thn of a h9l{pr
Kepler came from a German inn,
Whitefeld was q barman at the Bell
Tavern in Gloucester, Haydn was a
wheelWright, Hildebrand a village car
penter, George Stephenson was an en-
CINE fireman and taught himself arith-
metic on the side of colliery wagons,
Wilkie learned art with a piece of
chalk and a barn door, West made his
first brushes out Of a cats tail, Watt
constructed his first model out OF an
old syringe, Humphrey Davy extempor-
lied his scientific appliances from kitch-
en- pots and pans, and Farady his from
glass bottles. Elihu Burritt mastered
eighteen ancient and modern languages
while earning his living as a black
smith.
Believe then, that neither feeble
health nor cramping poverty, nor crush
ing sorrow, nor accomplished sin, nor
evil habits need paralyze the aspira-
lions of your essential manhood, nor
uuench it's Immortality. Put forth your
hand, my brother, and the serpent shall
become a rod.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-07-05
ALUE OF DISADVANTAGES.

BY Rev. Charles F. Aked, D. D.
Ana Moses put forth his hand and
III hold of the serpent, and it be-
F'.ne Il rod in his hand.-Exodus 4 :5.
1t put forth his hand, and the ser
III, dangerous, destructive, deadly, be-
s'i"e a rod, stay, support, a de-
'Se In the hand of a strong man
l1 precious thing became beneficent.
Inns IS Gods way in nature. The
p'e@ety destructive forces of the
verse are among the supremely great
:" supremacy blessed of tine educative
e7"'.eS OF life. Man has entered into
"-'.'t with them. and, contending
,'n them. has grown strong and wise.
" mere nature is prodigal of her
""l' Where ii suit of clothes grows
every tree and a dinner is found
,4eS every bush, man, Sumbers.
""eEe nature enters into conflict
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-07-05
u,he Civil War and Baseball.

One prominent baseball writer claims
that he can prove that one of the found
ers of the old knickerbocker club came
on the field one day in the early forties
with the original game of basebali
worked out and described on sheet
of paper, and that this game was tried
and liked so we'll that the game was
adoDted then and there, and the KnicS-
erbocker club was organized to put it
into effect.
Certain it is that, with the orgaaiza-
ton Of the Knickerbockers, September
% 1S45. the first rules of baseball were
n.1blished. Until 1857 this club pre-
scribed tie rules of the game, and then,
at a convention of those interested n
the snort held in New York, the Ma
ticEal Association of Baseball Players
was formed. It was an amateur as
ISOLATION, comprising twenty-five clubs
all from New York City and the near
by country. Indeed, up to 1861 base
ball was confined almost wholly to this
section. How the sport came TO spread
throughout the country Is peculiarly III
tCresting.
The Civil War broke out, and New
York sent her sons to the front. Among
them were many who had acquired
skill in and a fondness for baseball.
Soon the game became favorite pas
time in camp And it was not con-
fined to the Union army for the sport
took root in the army of the Confe1-
eracy, and was played by the boys II
gray. Thus it was, at the close of the
war, that the game was carried to every
section of the country-almost to eye'y
town-by the returning soldiers, and it
was eagerly seized on by boys and men.
north. south, east and west, as the
ideal outdoor sport Baseball, as a
widely recognized pastime, dates from
the Civil War-from the time when the
country was reunited, and hence well
deserves the glory of being our national
game.-Henry Beach Needham In Sue
cess Magazine.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-07-05
The GIL Strawberry.

Gill still heads the list as a first
early strawberry of rare merit at the
Ohio experiment station. It's small
stocky plants fairly bubble over with
business and berries. The berries run
small at the close of the season, but mott
until after it has produced an aston
ishingly heavy burden Of fruit Of fair
size and mild, pleasant, good, though
not high, favor.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-07-05
SeIf-Restraint.
time.

Bavkins-O, well, Bjenks isn't such
had fellow, after all.
navkins-What makes you say that?
Havkins-Well. he wouldn't lend me
The ten dollars that | asked him for,
b,,t he didn't take advantage Of the
onnortunity to give me good advice
Someryille Journal.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-07-05

the top Of this lever is normally in
advance of the lever end. Obviously
a pulling pressure exerted by a back
ward movement Of the horses in stop
ping will force the brake against the
rear wheel. The driver in stopping his
horses in this way automatically
throws on the brake.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-07-05

AS an illustration of the efficiency of
a good cow, as a machine for the man.
ufacture of milk and butter from grain,
the record is given Of Holstein cow
at the age of 3 years, which, during one
year produced milk amounting to 49,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-07-05
Peaches and Plums.

The peach will not thrive on low
ground, but prefers an elevated situa-
ton always; plums prefer a stiff, damp
soil to a light one. Therefore, plum
stocks are often used for an orchard
of peaches where the latter are to be
planted in low ground.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-07-05
New Treatment for Lice.

Two hens, badly infected, were Dip
ned in a bath Of boiled elder flowers,
twigs and leaves, the elder connections
being mixed with some soft soap. In
both instances all the lice were killed
and the plumage in nowise damaged.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-07-05

573 pounds, or over nine tons Of milk
containing 600 pounds of butter. The
net profit figured in maintaining SUCH
a cow is stated to be about $156 peri
annum.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-07-05
AgricuIture I'm France.

Agriculture gives employment to ~
100000 persons in France, or one-f1fth
of the population.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-07-05

Albert Frederick, at one time ia
nous operate barytone, now practical
" controls the roast chestnut trade of
New York.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-07-05

A new office has been created in Ber-
lin by the British government to pro-
vide for a regular scientific investiga-
ton of the condition of the Berlin
working classes, with view Of obtain
ing ideas for the improvement of SINH
lar classes in England.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-07-05

named Carson. It's
excellent record for
p T. o q u c t iveness,l
beauty and quality
in northern Ohio
for half a century
renders it worthy
o f experimental
O11ntinp thrOlIph-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-07-05

The original tree of the Carson apples
was obtained from an apple seeding
nursery in Ohio, owned by a family
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-07-05

down before the astonished federal
with a demand for the surrender c
the place. Would that l could pr,
pitiate his names by tardy but mos
sincere expression Of regret that
caused him pain by ill-consideret
words.
charleston volunteers were clearing
away the rubbish and debris in the
terre plein in a desultory fashion. Why
don't you employ your negroes at the
work?' asked I, instead Of these gen
tlemenT 'Niggers are so stupid they
would most likely blow themselves up,
and thep the State would have to pay
the owners for them Then white men
are not so valuable as niggers?' Not
always. That's a fact
Arriving at Montgomery, Sir William
went to call upon Jefferson Davis, the
President or the Confederacy. 1.-THE
house in which the President lived was
a modest villa, painted white, standing
in a small garden. But we did not
find the president at home, so we pro-
ceeded to the State Department, a large
brick building, with the Confederate
flag floating over it. On the first floor
the words, The President were print
ed in bold characters on one of the
doors In a minute more I was in in
innate conversation with the leader
who, Mr.. Gladstone said, had made
nation, a slight, light figure of man
erect and straight, with a fine broad
brow marked with innumerable wrin-
kles; regular features, eyes deep set,
large and full, one partly covered with
a film; thin and firm lips; chin square
and resolute. He was dressed in
rustic suit of slate-colored tweed and
his we'll brushed hair and boots and
neat attire offered a contrast to the APP
pearance of Senator Wigfall and of the
people crowding the passages. His
manner was simple; his address rather
formal: his face had a careworn, bag
gard look, but his words were Iull of
confidence"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-07-05

narrowly striped with bright crimson Il
dots rather large, conspicuous and pro-,
truding; cavity medium, regular, deep,
russeted; stem of medium length andI
rather slender; basin very large, Deep,
abrupt, furrowed and sometimes rus,
seted; calyx segments converging; eye
large, closed; skin thin, tough; f1esh
yellowish, with satiny 1uster when|
fresh cut; texture fine, tender, juicy :,
core small, broad, oval, clasping, near
ly closed; seeds few, plump, mediums
brown; flavor subacid, pleasant; quail
ty very good. Season November to-
March in northern Ohio. Tree vigorous
and upright in habit, very productive.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-07-05

Mrs Jefferson Davis, called by her
friends Queen Varina,' had a recep-
ton next evening, and l was glad to
make the acquaintance of very gra-
cious, ladylike woman of lively and EN-
gaging manners, and to see her uncere'
monious little court in the modest villa
called the white house-not quite
rival to that in Washington" continues
Sir William. THE society was rather
heated. The report that a reward had
been set on the head Of the Confed-
crate President quite untrue, be-
lieve) had fired the Southern heart
Indeed, when | remarked that did
not believe the Federal government was
capable of such an act, | was regarded
with disfavor by the company, and L
promptly incurred Queen Varina's CEN
sure Indeed but we know they are
1t was distressing to hear some OF the
refined, elegant women at the white
house talking of what appeared to me
a brutal attack on the Massachusetts
regiment in passing through Baltimore,
but it was the opinion of the ladies
that the New England soldiers deserved
worse than death for their conduct.
They were glad, too, that the Yankee
soldiers in the United States forts were
being eaten alive by mosquitoes; they
ragged with indignation at the idea of
the Yankees daring to blockade the
James river and Hampton roads, and
they said evil things Of Gen. Scott, old
fuss and feathers 1t reminded me of
the man who spoke disrespectfully Of
the pol1atOr"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-07-05

out the lake region and the New En-
gland States, both FOR the home orr
chard and as a commercial variety
In commencing this variety William,
A. Taylor, bureau of plant industry,F
gives the following description: Form
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-07-05

oblate, sometimes
slightly conical ;
size large: surface
smooth, with occa-
sianal russell knobs
and patches; color
pale yellow, wash
ed splashed and
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-07-05

By Henry T. Cope.
The beauty of holiness. Psalms,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-07-05

Visiting Fort Sumter, 'the bloodless
bombardment of which was the prelude
to one of the most sanguinary wars of
modern times" Sir William made the
acquaintance of Senator Louis T. Wig
fall, of Texas. "A very volcanic man,
of the most daring courage in the thick
of shot and shell at the height of the
bombardment, when the fort was in
flames, he put off in a skiff with a
white handkerchief on his sword point
clambered up on the jetty, squeezed