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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-07-24
Cultivation of Corn.

Corn makes a rank growth both above
and below ground, and for that reason
requires treatment somewhat different
from what is given to wheat or oats
Planting in rows is necessary not only
10 permit full development of the stalks,
but also to give plenty Of feeding room
to the roots. Corn roots, if they have
p chance, will occupy every inch to the
depth Of from three to five feet, and
the yield of the corn will depend Oh
the completeness of this occupation.
The feeding ground, or, in other words,
the corn root pasture, depends mainly
on the preparation and cultivation of
the soil. It may be limited in many
ways, SO that the farmer, instead of US
ing from three to five feet of his field
as soil, will use only a small portion Of
it. If the land is not properly drained,
either naturally or artificially, the corn
roots cannot penetrate into the regions
saturated with water, for the water
shuts out the air. If hard pan comes
near the surface the corn roots cannot
reach into that, and he may be Guilt
waiting but six, eight or ten inches of the
field as soil. If the land be heavy and
ploughed wet, full of Jumps on the sur
face or resting on the plough pan or
bottom of the furrow, the corn roots
cannot utilize these, and hence his soil
Is limited. If he has ploughed under,
in dry time, coarse manure, so as to
shut off the supply Of water from be-
low, the corn roots are again limited.
It is, therefore, about as necessary for
the farmer to understand corn roots
a1d their habits and ways as it is for
the surgeon to understand the anatomy
Of the system, where the bones lie, and
where the arteries, veins, nerves and
muscles are hidden under the skin.
The corn plant, it will be seen, has
no top-root. The first roots start out
from the seed grain and go down
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-07-24
Farm Help Less Expensive.

Farm labor is cheaper than 1t was at
this time last year and is pretty sure
to continue so for the season There
has been some curtailment in manufac-
turing throughout the country, the re-
suit being that a great many men are
out Of work. With this condition farm
ers find that they can get help more
readily now than they have been able
to for several years.
It is ascertained that where contracts
have been made in the Middle West and
Southwest for farm hands the rate OF
wages averages about SIS per month low
er than that prevailing a year ago.
A common rate Of pay for farm hands
at this time IL $25 per month, as against
$50 last season. Competent men with
experience in special departments OF
farming will command more, but not as
much as in 1906 and 1907. Good live
stock hands receive $35 to $45, but
above this there are few men hired even
for fancy farming or the specialties who
are receiving more.
Youths and inexperienced immigrants
are Offering their services for from SIS
to 500 per month.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-07-24
THE HEAVENLY VISION,
By Henry F. Cor

BY henry r. cope.
l was not disObedient to the heaven
FISlon.'-Acts, XVI, 10.
he who has fully followed his ideas
may have missed all other prizes in
'1at pursuit. yet he has found happi
ness and riches that could have become
us IN no other way. Here is the secret
Vi satisfaction, here Is high success in
a-y life, that one shall have followed
'u1Iy his ideals, shall have kept the best
steadily before him.
Heavenly visions come to all. They
may not come with the rushing OF
Angels wings, nor with strange and
Il'' SERIOUS signs and appearances. Per
maps some Of the old time visions of
eIea1 missions and Of heights Of char
"C'ef are described in terms Of the SUI
pernatural only because they seem so
'"UcA above the plane of the normal,
average experience.
None Is poorer than he who has
never known high aspiration, who has
Is'eF lifted his eyes to see the glory
ee' before him. After all, the measure
=. any life is the extent to which such
,'S.onS OF great possibilities and lofty
"NAS mas entered into the being and
Illuminated the deeds.
AAere is nothing like this to make
1'"n strong to endure, to make him
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-07-24

ways that he has no such responsibility
as wife living.
zone can see, therefore, where the
danger to the old soldier lies. He ought
to have some protection from the wiles
of those who will seek to marry him
against his stubborn will. No retreat
will be sacred from the adventurous
maid who seeks a husband, or the
widow who desires to have her marital
relations renewed, with the prospects
Of a pension for life in the somewhat
dim and distant future. Let him secure
for himself such seclusion as he may
desire, he will be found out by the per-
sistency women apply when looking for
what they want.
II know of certain cases where wom-
en- have courted aged and infrm men
whose only source Of getting money for
a livelihood comes through the pension
agency solely for the purpose Of secur-
ing for herself his pension when death,
which appears near, takes him to the
grave This has been so fully demon
strated by the figures obtained at the
War Department that it needs little
comment, for, if l am not mistaken,
there are still about half dozen wild
ows of pensioners whose husbands
fought in the war of the revolution.
Under the present laws this thing is
likely to go on indefinitely. No one
knows how many widows the govern
ment will have to support through this
arrangement. Some, of course, will be
worthy cases the most of them will be
Of this class, perhaps, but it is 9 no.
torious fact that some men of ninety
have married girls of eighteen and nine
teen years. The girls, perhaps, are. not
to blame for this, but those who have
an eye for the future have seen it, and
very frequently have urged such unions.
| Now, if this were generally known
among the women Of the INSCRIPTIONS
kind they would not hesitate to become
| legally bound to some man, very old,
who is pensioner, and who draws any
where from $24 to $72 each quarter
| from Uncle Sans treasure box. do
not see how the system could be i'm
proved, but I think that there is some
way of modifying it."-Philadelphta
Telegraph.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-07-24

ing and lifting. The operator is also
relieved Of the necessity of STOPPING so
low as he does in shovels of the or
binary construction. He introduces a
supplemental handle, which is secured
to the handle of the shovel, the oppo-
site end extending forward of the rear
end of the blade. being supported from
the latter by braces. The supplement
tai handle is engaged by the forward
hand of the operator, the latter being
thus greatly relieved of weight. 1t
avoids the twisting strain of the body
caused by lifting a heavy load when
the forward hand is placed low down
upon the usual handle The hand Of
the operator can be readily slid back
aid forth in the various manipulations
of the scoop, rendering it more con-
yenient and efficient in use, adapting
it to be used with decreased power and
strain
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-07-24

pull up all of the pipes every time
that he finds it necessary to repair the
pipes and pump. 1t is constructed of
concrete. The top is reinforced with
one-half-inch steel rods placed one foot.
apart each way and the concrete is.
about six inches thick. The sides are
made by using form and tue stairs
are also made of concrete and are re-
enforced by small steel rods. The cost,
including the labor, amounted to about
$50, In the west and southwest 1t will
also answer the purpose of a storm
cave, which is considered a fixture on
all farms.-Farm and House.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-07-24
Veterans in Danger.

'"The old soldier, when he is bach
elor or widower, is running into grave
danger these days of financial distress
among the feminine portion Of human
ity," remarked Treasurer Bigler at the
subtreasury to-day. He was speaking
of the recent reforms adopted in paying
pensions to the surviving defenders of
the nation during the somewhat late
unpleasantness, whereby checks are
sent to the veterans, instead of them
crowding into the pension Office once
every three months, thereby creating no
end Of trouble and annoyance for the
agent and his assistants.
at is not generally known among the
gentler sex that the United States gov
eminent is bound to pay a pension to
the widow of soldier. Now, q man
need not to have been married before
he donned the blue and shouldered a
musket for his country's cause and the
protection of his home. He has the
right to marry any time, whether he be
twenty-five or seventy five, provided al
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-07-24
LAW AND GRACE.

By Rev. r. W. Dale, d. D., IL. D.
Text.-<|For the law was given by
Moses, but grace and truth came by
Jesus Christ. John / IL.
Grace came by Jesus Christ. You
think that by an eternal law you must
suffer for your sins. The Christian
Gospel declares that Christ suffered for
them. Ills relations to us are Of a kind
which made 1t possible for Him, as it
was possible for no one else. He sui
fered for them, and instead of your
suffering whenever you remember them.
He brings remission Of sins, He breaks,
He dissolves the iron links which bind
men to their sins, He releases them
from the sense of guilt, He gives them
cheerfulness and buoyancy again "As
far as the east is from the west, so
far does He remove our transgressions
from u.s. From that inner conscious
ness of guilt Christ gives us perfect
deliverance.
Grace came by Jesus Christ. He
does not say Give righteously, and God
will be at peace with you," but God
is at peace with you, therefore live
righteously." He finds US in our sin.
Whenever He really finds us we are
conscious of our sin, and so we are
ready in our strong belief in that form
of law which is familiar to us to say,
God can be no friend of mine as yet;
I must amend my ways, l must break
off my evil habits, [ must master my
evil passions, l must become pure, de-
vout earnest about religion, and then
God will be at peace with me-" That
is law. What Christ says is, God is
already at peace with you, is already
YOUR friend. He will not wait till you
have amended your ways before lie dis
misses the remembrance Of your sin. He
dfsmisses it at once and will help you
TO mend your ways, will help you to
break off evil habits, will help you to
master evil passions, will help you TO
become pure, devout, and earnest ABOUT
religion" That is grace. People 90
not see the glory of it, do not see what
if means. They think that Christ only
came TO make some things palmer to
the world than they were before. 1t
never occurred to them that 1t would
not have been worth while for the
eternal Word of God to become t1esh IN
order to do that He came to reveal
what man had not known before, can
not know apart from Him. do TINS
and live" as some one has said, is the
voice of the law; Give and do this IS
the voice of grace and the voice OF
Christ. Grace comes, grants us TO pc
gin with more than man had ever hopeo
for by perfect obedience and grace tens
man that by an obedience ne Wouio
never have been capable of before, ne
ia TO retain this great wealth and con-
s+antly to augment it. And so IN
higher region grace and law blend
The law is not made void-it Is estao-
l;shed: the Righteousness that Ia" de-
mands grace renders possible; and SO
man is glorifed forever in the efernai
glory of God.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-07-24
Civil War Stories
ounding Their only Retreat.
~~~~~~~~~

sounding Their Only Retreat.
The following article, showing the
rapid decrease of the members Of the
Grand Army Of the Republic we take
from the Minneapolis Journal Sunday
Magazine:
The Grand Army Of the Republic is
passing in final review. The total num-
Der Of survivors is now 100000. This
figure is obtained as follows: The last
official enrolment, made by the pension
authorities at Washington, June 80,
1907, was 644,359 Deducting $500 a
month, for nine intervening months,
there were $4,000 deaths. The Old
Guard is dying off at the rate of so a
day; but the death losses for each
month are often higher. In 1906,
Grand Army survivors died to the num-
Der Of 29,2OS; and in 1907 the loss was
81 POI for the year that closes June l,
1905, the death rate will be unquestion-
ably between $4,000 and $1,000, if not
higher. For the old soldiers of the Re
public now have reached the average
age of So. At that rate, the deaths will
come faster and faster still ; and within
ten years the noble army will be all
but a memory.
Had the soldiers of the Civil war not
been mere lads in their reens, the Grand
Army would long ere this persisted from
the earth. But the Union was saved
literally by boys-boys in their teens
and many had not even reached their
teens.
Startling as this statement seems, il
is iadisputably born out by the official
records:
There were 2,77S,3O9 enlistments, as
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-07-24
ner. to June 80, 1907.

Never in the worlds history, before
our day, was a nation saved by youths
il their teens. In the stirring years Of
Father Abraham, these boys came for
ward by the tens of thousands, in re-
spouse to the call to arms.
War expenditures reached $6,OOO,0OO,-
600.
During the war $4,000 were killed in
battle.
The records also show that 1902
died of wounds.
Disease claimed 224,5S6.
And PATTI persisted from other
causes.
There were $4,000 wounded in bat
tie
Between all these dread disasters, it
is a wonder that even a remnant of the
Grand Army of the Republic survives !;
and it should ever be the pride and
pleasure Of this American Republic to
remember the debt owed to the boy of
81.
Happily, all soldiers who have sur
vived "forty years after the close Of
the war" Ito quote the language Of the
law are now entitled to a service
pension.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-07-24
Concrete Outdoor Cellar.

cool, outdoor cellar in localities where
the common house cellars are too
warm for use during the summertime,
is shown in the accompanying sketch.
1t is a cellar made under the pump,
so that the water pumped by the
windmill has very cooling effect.
In places where it is difficult to obtain
ice, it will prove indispensable to the
dairyman who keeps a few cows. An
other important item is the fact that
q man does not find it necessary to
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-07-24
Telegranh,
Her First Speech.

It was the first appearance in public
Of Ada G. Sweet of Chicago, United
States commissioner Of pensions under
President Grant and one of the first
women in the movement for equal pO-
litical rights for the sexes. When the
civil war broke out she was living
with her parents in the village of
Lombard, now suburb Of Chicago, and
was chosen to present to the boys of
the Lombard company silk flag which
the women Of the place had made with
their own fair hands.
The literary woman Of the village
had written for the occasion beauti-
full presentation speech, in which the
soldiers were adjured to take the fair
flag into which your wives, daughters
and sweethearts have sewed fond hopes
and fearful prayers for your safe re-
turn, carry it through the smoke and
shell Of battle free from the stain OF
dishonor and the rents of defeat and
bear it home victorious at the end OF
the war"
81 thought" says Miss Sweet, that
1 had learned that piece up and down,
backward and forward, inside and out,
but on the great day itself, when the
band ceased playing and an awful
hush fell upon the crowd and every
face was turned expectantly up to
mine, it was different. l opened my
mouth-and paused. The literary lady
creaked forward in her chair and whis-
pered loudly, Soldiers of Lombard
"That whisper went through me like
a knife, but left me still speeches..
set my teeth, stepped decisively forward
and pushed the flag into the hands
of the nearest soldier. Then l spoke.
Every word Of that speech had left me,
but l knew what it meant
"'Soldiers Of Lombard 1 said in a
desperate voice that must have been
heard to the utmost confines of the
crowd, here's your flag, Don't get it
dirty! Don't tear it! And be sure to
bring it back!
"a shout rose from that crowd such
as no orator before or since has ever
evoked from q crowd in those parts.
The first thing l knew l was riding on
the shoulders of two soldiers, while
the whole company pressed about me,
with waving hats, and my father was
leaning over toward me from the back
of his big horse and calling me his
own original girl while the tears
rolled down his cheeks with laughter.
"As long as lived in the village of
Lombard | never dared to meet square
" the vengeful eyes of the literary lady
who had written that presentation
speech. st. Louis Republic.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-07-24
A New swtnd1e ON Farmers.

An entirely new but highly successful
scheme to separate farmers from their
money has been worked in South Da-
kota during the past few months.
An oily CRATER calls on farmer and
makes a bid for his land. The figures
are absurdly low at first, but by de
grees are raised as high as $50 an acre,
and the farmer consents.
Then the visitor explains that he is
only an agent, but that he can sell the
land at the price named if the owner
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-07-24

will agree to pay for advertising at the
rate Of 80 cents an acre.
The agent promises orally that the
advertising money will not be payable
until the land is sold, but this stipula-
ton is not contained in the contract
that the farmer signs.
In few days he receives a copy Of
for money.
It is said that TWENTY-FIVE agricul-
turists were caught with this bait in
Brown County AID that one of them
gave I'D $500
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-07-24
The CoddIing Moth.

About one-fifth of the first laying Of
eggs by the coddlihg moth is ON the
fruit, the rest being on the leaves and
branches. The young larva that
matches from the egg is able to feed
on the foliage to some extent and may
come into maturity without entering
the fruit, although it rarely does so.
About 80 per cent OF the first brood
finds its way Into the apples at the
calyx, while the rest eat In at other
points, principally at the stem. Only
about % per cent of the second brood
enters at the calyx, the others eating
in where the apples touch each other,
or a leaf at the stem end. The aver
age life of the adult insect, or moth,
is about four days.
The Gar has q single estate cover
ing 100 0(h0 n0n acres
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-07-24

designed a device
for tools of this
kind by which the
weight Of the load
can be more eff
fectually balanced
and the forward
hand of the opera
tor shifted in q
m ore convenient
manner to facili-
tate the operation
pf tho tOol i'm cnoOn-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-07-24

In a scoop-handle for shovels, spades
and similar articles recently patented,
an Illinois inventor claims that he has
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-07-24

The Gar has a single estate cover
ing 100000 acres
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1908-01-16
Fried, N. d.

6. stycz 1908
u mas lato6 byly zniwa
ME zapadto .dobre, ale. re
cena "a zboze by}a dosko=
nsla, wyzsza niz zeszlego: ro-
ku, to nasi %:=farmerzyi tax
sic dobrze maja.
:Dotad jeszcze wcale. -zimy
ME many - powietrze jest
take jakby dopiero sic roz4
poczyna}a jesie6. Byd}o i
konie chodza sobie :po ste
pach gdzie znajda jeszcze
dosyc do %zywno6ci.
Wczoraj odbyl sic pogrzeb
ma}ego dzieciecia Augusta
Grncl>al6w.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1908-01-16

~ 5EN&% 2a56t9s NAa..E ~ t+.
son " Braddock,=-w sam No
Wy Rs &, :: ggodtz'i il Il lib
pred poludniem. Otto
przez jaki5 niedoz6r j MED
b,alstwo, spadlz e swej pod
stawy olbrzymi kociol, ;tak
zwany ,converter " :Kl't6rym
przedmuohuja wiatrem | tax
.czyszcza roztopiona. stal By.
10 W nim=w6'WgEtczas Is, tonn
roztopionej stall, ktora
gdy sic rozlala ma znaiduia-:.
CO kaluzki woody; stall owa
rozsadzona zosta|a para z tel
woody i rozrzucona ma wszy-
stkie strony! Spaleniuzostali
ma miejscu, zywcem: Pawe}
Kusiok. lat 30, zamieszkaly
pod No. 1914 Cherry alley W
Braddock, Pa. i Stephan Do
Walk, lat %, 2 pod No. So
Doockers Holl, North Brad
dock! Okolo 2oinnych robo-
tnik6w zostalo mniej lub
wiecej niebezpiecznie popa-
rzonych owa roztopiona sta
Ia! Miedzy tymi spostrzega-
my Masterpieces polskie
.lub slowia66 skie naz-
wiska: al Bolesky g. Fran.
sky, M. Glassovitz, Michal
.Sacko, Tony Krandratsky j
John Markowitch. = Nazwi-
ska to- poprzekrecane jak
zwykle, ale iednak miedzy
nieszcze6liwymi: :byli i pola-
.cy: .
,Wybuchowi temu: towarzy]
okropny hulk, kt6ry s}ychat
:by}o W kilku sasiednich mia
steczkach. Murl'y. i dach sta
lowni zosta}y ma psi zrujno-
wane i rozwalone, .
Co by}o. przyczyna wypad-
ku i kto temu winien? lego
%kompania niby ME twie! zn6w
,afa wine zwala =aa" zamor
dowan y'ch ,,,fo1:r1e,ijnef6w'?!:...
W tel samei :sta1owni pek]
zn6w ma drugi dzie6 piec
hutLiczy pelen roztopionej
stall 10 m 2, co zn6w mic
u6miercil :kilku JUDI: ~ Ia
zie to niebezpieczeh j
nleszczescia tgroza: naszym
|1udz;om " tyeh morderczych
fabrykach j kopalniach! Me
lepiejby to i'm byio praco-
wac ola siebie ma =.roli, ma
farmach, we :wszelkiem beg
piecze6stwie, a cisna6 sic dc
takiej niebezpiecznej i ME
wolniczej piracy! Ma roll mo.
gliby dozye W zdrowiu So
|dziwych lat !e ME gina6 "
1fabrykacz] m}odo, tax mar.
ME, tax strasznie!..
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1908-01-16

.~peddziwszy go krzykiem v
.u1lb'oczna ulice, zaczeli strzela6
.,d { q lecz AMI ieden go
n;etrafi}, natomiast postrze-
pewnego: ch}opca.
~Niedzwiedziowi to pukanie
sic i; sprzykrzylo, zwr6ch
vice przeciw swym prze-
.%6ladowcom, kt6rzy tez 'czem.
czmyohneli. Dopiero
.gdys n~iedzwiedz opu6ci}
miasto, popedzi} "a
MIN jakis aporzadny nemrod
i :nbi{ go. Niedzwiedz wazyl
800 funt6w.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1908-01-16

Kazda sztuka mus.
%linowej spodniej bic
lizny %ofiarowana W
te] sprzedazy jest u
d~OskOnal0na W rob0-
Gle i "wykohczeniu,
zgrabny styl i mate
rya} n%ajlepszym
stopniu. H: Choate &
NJ -
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1908-01-16

. - -@E. 49, e" ~, :, - . -..
~ .Jezei estesele "
potrzeble nabFeia ja'
k~ieikolwiek muSl1no-
wei.s podniejbielizn
w%ybierzc'e ia tutaj,
Jest czas.
.Clhoate!a AZ ma rocz-
ma sprzedaz bielizny,
ca}y ten tydzien.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1908-01-16

Powabna WN,ystawa
celebrowaneJLa Gre
que pieknie arobionej.
:m%uslinoWej spodniej
blelizny, " Choate'a
47 81 %rocznej sprzeda-
~ muslinowejh|1'e l'
~, pr2ez ten ca1yfty-
].
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1908-01-16

LASING, Mich. Dziwna
choroba "rozpowszechni]a sic
" stolicy Stanu Michigan,
"a pablo luz ma MIA: najmniej
1000 os6b. w "szko}ach pu-
|blicznych zaprzestano nauki
gdyz wiekszosc nauczvcie'
lex choruje, wielu uczni6w
r6wniez zapad}o:=- Jeden ma!
wet z tutejszych lekarzy
znajduje sic ma liscie cho-
rych. w najwiekszym ska
die departementowym "a
chorowali wszyscy subjekcj.
|Lekarze .dotychczas. ME mo.
ga zbadac choroby. 0fiary
iej:nie NIGGA spac i czesto do.
staja kurcz6w.