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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-08-28
THE ORTHODOX ATHEIST.
By Henry F. Cope

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God is not in all his thoughts
PSals X, 4.
There are nj least three kinds of
atheism--Ihat which denies the exist
ence OF any infinite and eternal spirit
that which, while affirming. with much
existence Of such spirit, yet lives as
if there were none; and that which.
whether affirming Or denying the fact.
puts nothing OF the divine into actual
living
Ones intellectual conclusions as to
the past may have been able to picture
may have little Importance. The fact is
that. as to the specifications of the
Deity as conceived by others. and par
ticularly as pictured by the past, we
must all be, if we are living thinkers.
atheists
The important thing is not whether
we can all agree as to the precise de-
tails of the Deity the important thing
is whether we will see somehow the
divine in our lives and somehow come
to express that in our living. Many q
man says IN all honesty that he cannot
believe In God simply because he has
failed TO cramp his intellect into con-
ceptions long since outgrown which
have been offered to him as essential to
faith in the divine.
Yet the man who cannot believe in a
God in that way may still have the
sense OF a higher life that somehow
wraps Us all in itself; Of reaches OF be-,
ing far beyond our discovering and
charting; Of a life from which all orr
life springs. and Of a goal and ideal Of
life to which all our best life turns.
The divine is not matter Of details.
God is not matter of grammar Faith
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-08-28

conducted services on Sunday, or at an
occasional dress parade, when she came
down to the colonel's quarters with her
father and mother.
"Of course, a score Of men in the
regiment were III love with her, and all
sorts Of plans We're laid TO have Il talk
with her Most of these miscarried
through the vigilance of the colonel and
the girls father, but lieutenant and
a sergeant in our company managed in
some way to let the girl know they were
her devoted slaves. While the girl was
rarely seen or heard during the day.
nearly every night, just before taps, the
boys could hear her laugh. She had
a clear, ripping laugh. which came
down TO the nleh in their tents to make
many of them h0mesick. They could
not understand why she should be SO
quiet during the day. and laugh so
heartily at night, until the guards ex-
planned that just before bedtime the old
colored auntie who served as maid Of
all work related To the young lady the
gossip of the camp as To the doings OF
her several adorerS
Then the laughs i'll the dark We're
not quite pleasant to the men who felt
that they were being talked over, and
attempts TO interpret the laughs led to
a quarrel between onr lieutenant and
sergeant, in which the latter resented
Il light remark of the former by blow.
In the end the sergeant was worSted,
and the colonel put both under arrest.
While under guard the sergeant was
taken seriously Ill, and was sent to the
hospital While there he had no more
devoted friend than the lieutenant, but
when he recovered the girl whose laugh
in the dark had caused the trouble was
gone. Sergeant ana lieutenant became
close friends, both were promoted, and
at Shiloh the latter was killed and the
former lost an arm, and came in time
to command the company.
'On his return homie at the close or
the war the 0ne-armed captain was
lionized in his native village, and there
were many gatherings in his honor. Go
ing to one OF these one evening, he and
his sister stopped for the minister
daughter, who called to them not tn
come into the yard, as she would meet
them at the gate: Coming down the
walk she stumbled and almost fell. Re
gaining her footing she laughed, and
the officer, startled and daZed, went to-
ward her. They met in the dark, and
he offered his arm. He asked at once
if she remembered old Camp RiyerfalIS,
and the girl was as agitated as the
man. The lieutenant of the old time
had told the father of the girl the ser
geantS story, and here at last they had
met They We're married, OF course,
and their youngest daughter, now
woman, has laugh like her mother. -
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-08-28

Next to corn and wheat and cotton,
alfalfa has come to rank in Importance
II the matter of contributing to the
WUntry's prosperity. 1T has gradually
extended over the arid plains Of the
great West and Southwest. filling the
barns Of the proyident husbandman,
making glad the heart Of the stOckman,
and adding to the wealth of the coun-
ny until there has come to be we'll
Afned belief that Providence and al
aifa are working together for the pros
perty of the Houston Post
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sum each year to maintain the fences
on the 25,OOO,OOO acres of improved land
in the State.
IN making these estimates, H r
Baker, professor of forestry in Iowa
State Agricultural College, figured that
the farms of Iowa required 100000
posts for fences or 1000 to the square
mile. Placing the value OF the posts at
10 cents each, the cost OF renewals ev-
cry eight or nine years, which Is the
life OF the post, is $11, $4,000. making
an annual bill for renewals Of 81 ,465,-
OOO
Like many other farming States,
Iowa has lack of fence post material,
but there is little excuse for this con-
dlt1on, according to the foresters who
have made studies in the State A prop
erly managed forest plantation will
produce, when the trees have reached
post size, $500 posts three to FIVE inches
In diameter per acre: thus, it would
take 22,350 acres about every ten years
to grow the necessary posts to supply
the State. Iowa is said to have &C.,
900 acres of planted timber, and yet the
fence post supply is insufficient. IT
properly cared for, many Of these plan
tations can be made to produce more
timber, and thus insure the future post
supply.
These 100000 acres are not at present
furnishing the posts which it is esti-
mated can actually be grown on 22,35O
acres of properly handled forest land.
Removing Saplfngs and Stumps.
In uprooting young trees a team Of
horses or even single horse with
chain can do effective work. Best re-
suits can be obtained where the growth
consists of saplfngs two to rOur inches
in diameter and where the root system
is lateral. The plan is to fasten one
end Of the chain to the trunk as high
above the ground as the hexibility Of
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-08-28
Believes i'm Mixed Farming.

| firmly believe in mixed farming, but
even then we must specialize on some
certain line of stock feeding and rota-
Ton Of crops If we make a decided sue
cess Of the business. Call it general
farming. but let's not call it mixed
farming. As grandfather used to say,
Be something. If you cannot be long
tailed rat, be a mouse Have some
hobby some kind of crop or some
kind Of live stock and specialize on that
and make your other farming subservi-
tnt to that one special crop or kind of
i've stock feeding. We have too many
common mixed farmerS.-JOhn G.
Barnes, Indiana.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-08-28
Cattle Have Rabies.

fol0Wing the attack of a mad dog
VI LIS stock, Louis Klein, a farmer
'''t FTaTietOwn, has had to kill three
1'ad OF cattle and four hogs which had
''Olhe infected with rabies. The mem
''S OF the family noticed that the dog
: peculiarly, but did not suspect
a 1t was mad until too late. After
t0 dog had bitten the stock it was
1eu ny Klein, who feared that it
A. 'Vud attack the members of his fam
ut. Louis Globe-Democrat,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-08-28
salt Publication.

salt is purified by melting in the new
'0 rapid English process. The crude
VS salt is fed automatically TO a table
"A'ained i'll large furnace is then
'Sed and runs into troughs. from
"alch 1t is drawn at one side of the
uFhace into large caldrons. Air is
"fced into the molten mass and lime
added. The impurities sink to the
'Vlom and the upper portion is ground
'uu screened while the lower part is
'Sed for chemical manure
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-08-28

the tree will permit. While the horses
are pulling at the tree a man should
sever the roots at the base. Stumps
of moderate size may also be pulled
chain should be fastened around a large
root as shown in the illustration. BY
placing the chain across the top of the
stump leverage can be secured to
take full advantage of the strength of
the horses
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-08-28

General john :. hOSby, the C0nfeu-
crate cavahyman, used to tell Of Il
comic incident which happened in the
Shenandoah Valley III 1864. Near Mill
wood a regiment Of cavalry halted one
night and went into camp. One of the
men, who was hungry, Slipped away
and went off i'll the neighborhOod to get
something to eat. He rode up to a
cabin Oh farm IN the dark, and called
for the person inside to come out
A negro wOnIan. known at that time
as an intelligent contraband, opened the
door and asked him what he wanted.
The soldier wished ia be assured Of his
safety before ,fismounting and while
eating his supper, 81 he inquired Of the
woman if any one but herself was
there.
She replied Yes, Mosby is here"
What said he, in a whisper. "Is
MOsby here?''
Yes she said. he is in the house"
The soldier put spurs to his horse
and dashed off To his company to carry
the news When lie got there he III
formed the colonel shat Mosby was in
a house not far away. The regiment
was soon mounted, and went at a fast
trot, thinking they had Mosby in trap.
When they arrived at the negro wont
ans house the colonel ordered his men
to surround 1t, to prevent Mosby's es-
cape, while he went in with Il few to
take him, dead OF alive.
The woman again came to the door
Of the cabin. The colonel inquired, is
MOsby here*'
She innocehtIy replied, Yes" so he
walked III.
After the colonel got inside lac looked
round. But the woman seemed to be
all alone and utterly unconscious OF
having 50 Important a person for Il
gllesf.
LII lou0 Voice tie coIohel demanded,
w here IS Nospy
Ere DE -, answered the tefrlfed
negress, at me same tlhe pointing {"
cradle Oh the BOOB
Inc CORONER i""he" iht" the cradle
ana saw niue african pickanlhhy
~ >,x.n,-~ e.l ,,.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-08-28

~, Make Poor Farm Rich.

Ia Make POOF faFm RICH.
~Tbe progressive farmer rotates his
.ons He tile-drains his land He
s ,oans dairy cows or mutton sheep or
10Th He breeds draft horses and does
..rm work with brood mares and grow
,,s colts. He improves the power of
Mq soil by growing legumes."
lanes Wilson, secretary OF agricul-
,nrp in the above words sums up the
vital principles of good farming. He
,aJsres that the people of the United
ctsteS have wasted their inheritance of
\ land and wood, and the productiveness
# the soil near the great centers Of
omuation has steadily decreased. We
have been q nation Of soil robbers, but
there is at last an awakening-slow but
sure.
Farmers Of all sections are wanting
10 know how to stop the leaks and in
rease the deposits Of their business and
be government is helping them in many
WAYS There are over 5000 persons
mhuIe and 1000 of these are scientists,
sl working intelligently toward help
hs the farmer solve the problems
which cOnfronts him. There are sixty
five land grant colleges with 10000 stu
dents in agriculture. These boys are
EARNING that rotation OF crops is neces-
sry, that live stock must be raised to
make manure, OF which there is never
enough,
They are finding out that young
gasses and legumes are natures per
feet ration for domestic animals. Milk
and meat and work are had more
deaply from the pasture than from
other sources. Pasture land increases
farm help becomes scarce. Mutton
sheep are suggested when labor is dear.
Cultivated crops reduce organic matter
4 the soil and render it unfit for profit
sbe growing. Pasturing replaces or
snic matter. When good crops Of
Grain or roots are wanted the pasture,
Flowed and reduced in season, is the
I best place to get them. Western farm
m in the corn belt get their heavy
cops from pasture land.
With the help of improved machinery
The progressive individual farmer is
\ wofucng much more than the avera &c
I farmer did a generation ago and men Of
this class are keeping up the productive
Qualities of their farms.
The neglected lands Of the eastern
\ and middle states can be brought back
( 10 their primitive fruitfulness through
4 the aid of scientific farming. Secre-
larry Wilson says they axe the cheapest
\ land in the country and people wanting
homes who have saved a little capital
\ from their earnings or young men of
means and tastes for the Independent
life of the country will find rich oppor-
hmitieS in these lands for profit and
q SefUneSS
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-08-28
How Animals See.

DR.. Alexander Schaefer, noted
scientist, says cattle have the sharpest
sight the second place being occupied
by man and the horse, which have
nearly equal visual power. Sheep do
not see as we'll as cattle or horses. Owls
and bllZZards possess great acuteness OF
vision. Dogs have such poor sight that
as rule they are not able to recognize
their masters by sight alone.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-08-28
separator for Eiehr .vws.

correspondent asked If it would
nav TO buy a separator for a herd of
eight cows.
Yes. by all means. 1t will not only
nav for itself every year i'll the amount
of cream saved, but the milk is better
when fed warm from the separator to
tho vonng animals. The man who does
not use a cream separator is suffering
q large loss every month.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-08-28
cr,nd the Corn for the Horses.

Corn and oats should be ground to-
getber for horses Many good horse
men never feed whole corn. Some
horses cannot digest it properly, but
when it is ground with oats the mix
t,1re makes one of the best rations for
q work team. especially when doing
heavy work. Nearly all the large trans
port ton companies in the cities never
feed whole corn.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-08-28
SHORT METER SERMONS.
No perfection apart from pruning

Only those who love really know
Definitions cannot go beyond expert
ence
The love that springs from heave;
sweeps men back there
The keenest condemnation of i'm
purity is the silent pure life.
The best fitting for divine work is
faithfulness in daily work
The open mind is the only one tina
can stay in the open way.
The lights of the world do not in
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-08-28
Fence Post Exnenae.

S.a annual fence post bill Of more
rs,a %Zoo,0O0~ is one item in the ex-
N account of the farmers of sin
NJ. Us'cuitural State. 1t is estimated
hn Tue farmers Of Iowa use posts hay
. value exceeding this enormous
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1908-11-12
PAYING ELECTION BET.

Two Marietta young men, Mr.. Henry
Bishop and Mr.. William Copper, made
q wager on the presidential election
Copper that Bryan would be elected,
and Bishop that Taft would be the win
ner. The conditions were, the loser to
roll the winner around the city square
in wheelbarrow for thirty minutes
or forfeit five dollars.
On Wednesday evening at $50, Cou-
per was on hand with his wheelbarrow
to comply with his obligation. Bishop
seated himself, and Copper began to
push the wheelbsrrow and kept it up,
round after round, until the thirty min
utes expired.
On Couper's back was pinned large
paper bearing the wording, Brown and
Bread, ""Taft and Prosperity"
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1908-11-12
THE VOTE IN GEORGIA.

Bryan received in the State 70,S60
Taft 39, 051 Watson, 7,249 Chain, 74S
Hisgen, SO. Bryan's majority over ali,
1928, and his plurality, S1,s13.
Taft carried Appling, Banks, Barlow,
Ben Hill, Camden, Catoosa, Chsttshoo-
chez, Chsttooga, Cherokee, Dawson,
Forsyth, Gilmer, Gordon, Greene, Har-
slson, Liberty, Murray, Pickens, Polk,
Randolph, Screven, Walker. White and
Whitfield-24 counties.
Watson carried the following coun-
ties: Douglas, Glasscock, Johnson,
McDuff1e, Ocouee and Wsrren-6 coun-
ties.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1908-11-12
HOW THIEF WAS PUNISHED.

Mr.. Albert Suttles, of the firm of
GatIin, Manning & Co., of Marietta,
told the editor Of the Journal the other
day of an occurrence related to him by
his grandfather His grandfather, o
wellto-do farmer, had large crib of
corn, which he kept locked. One morn
ing he discovered that some unknown
thief had loosened plank, and had run
his hand through the small opening
and helped himself to this corn, pulling
one ear out at time. The old GENTLE
man concluded he would catch the
thief. He let the plank remain just as
it was, and placed steel-trap just in
side of the crib, at the hole where the
corn had been stolen. He suspected q
negro man in the settlement, but when
he visited the crib next morning he
found, to his establishment, q white
mana poor misunderstanding at the
crib, his hand fastened in the steel
trap, and he couldn't pull the trap
through the hole nor get his hand out
Of the teeth of the trap. He had been
standing there nearly all night and was
almost frozen. When he was released
he begged to be allowed to go home,
mo, sir" said the old gentleman, you
have got to 60 to my house and take
breakfast with me-" ooh, no." said
the man, 81 can't do that" "But you
shall" The thief was compelled to eat
breakfast at the old gentleman's table,
and when the meal was over, the old
gentleman carried him down to the
crib, filled his sack full of corn, and
gave the man this parting advice
Now, you take this sack of corn home,
and when you find yourself and family
in need of bread, don't you come to my
crib at night, break into it and steal,
but you come to ms in day time and l
Will give you what corn you need"
The man, with heart full of graft
tude, took the corn and left, and that
poor fellow lived an honest life there
after, and was never known to do any
mean thing If he had been turned
over to the courts and sent to the
chaingang his punishment would not
have been greater, but kindness saved
him.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1908-11-12
ELECTION NEXT MvNDAY.

The election for $4,000 worth of
bonds for water works and $4,000 for
sewerage, takes place next Monday.
What are you going to do about it? Ii
you want the city to put in these pub
lie utilities, it is up to you to go out
and vote. Every man has a right to act
upon his judgment. Do what you think
is best. But it is a question that con-
fronts US, and it would seem now is the
time to secure both sewerage and water.
The council, if the election is carried ,
will not sell the bonds unless they can
get what they want inside of the $llo,-
900.
The water works plant will, doubt
less, be sold before great while, and
the city ought to be in u position to bid
and purchase This water works plant,
by extension into all parts of the city,
can be made to pay the interest and
furnish the city with water also.
Our people should unite on this prop
osition and vote for the bonds, and let
US put our city in the front rank OF
growing and progressive cities.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1908-11-12
BANKS-THOMAS.

Miss Georgia Anderson Banks and
Mr.. Mark w. Thomas, both of Atlanta,
were happily married, at the Episcopal
church, on Tuesday the Sd instant, by
Rev. G. N. Tyndell.
The bride is the daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Banks, and is charmingly
beautiful and very popular. She is the
grand daughter of Mrs. B. Schoenthal.
Of this city.
The groom is a most excellent and
worthy young man, and holds position
in railroad office in Atlanta.
Our best wishes.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1908-11-12

A newspaper should be judged by its
averages upon the whole and not upon
any one act of omission or commission.
No editor publishes II paper above criti.
cisa. Ii the writer is honest, he is
.Oouno TO offend some one every week
IN his life. Every newspaper makes
mistakes, but in the long run, week at.
Yer week, year after year, the paper
stands for decency, for right living, for
honest thinking. If it speaks fair Of
those who are doing right, and con.
demns sneaks, cheats and violators Of
Jaw, then it deserves patronage. We
only ask that we be measured up
judged and patronized by this very
standard -Hezelhurst News.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1908-11-12
Ex-senator E. w. Csrmarck cd

Ex-senator E. w. Oarmarck, editor
of the Daily Tennesseean, was shot and
killed in pistol duel on the streets OF
Nashville, Tenn, Monday, by Mr. Robin
Cooper, son of Col Duncan B Cooper
the father and son both attacking Car
marck on account OF several caustic ed.
itorials against their political course
and bossism. Young Cooper,is a lawyer
and was wounded by Carmarck. The
caustic writer generally meets bad
fate
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1908-11-12

Bryan will never be President, but he
Is one OF tie cleanest, bravest and
ablest public men in the United States.
His name will always be associated
with purity, honesty and patriotism.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1908-11-12

The Seventh Congressional district
counties went Republican last week
except Cobb, Floyd, Catoosa and Dade.
Apathy and indifference will always
result in defeat.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1908-11-12

Charles w. Morse, a New York bank
er, has been sentenced to fifteen years
IN the Atlanta Federal prison for mis-
application of National bank funds. He
is doubtless morse-ful by this time.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1908-11-12

Cotton took slump of about rs cents
per bale the next dey after Taet's cleo
ton, and some OF those rural gentle
men who voted for Taft expecting cot
ton" to go up, are now exclaiming that
cotton went up two dollars per bale the
day after Cleveland was elected.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1908-11-12

Congressman Charles N. Fowler, of
New Jersey, will oppose Congressman
Joe Cannon for Speaker of the House
and favor committee of seven direct
ing legislation.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1908-11-12

Chairman Mack says the Democratic
party IS better organized than ever ;
that it made great gains throughout the
States, and that he will go to Washing
ton and keep up systematic organiza-
tion OF the party for the next four
years.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1908-11-12

Cotton, being Southern product,
went down the day after the election,
but Northern securities on Wall street
went up. The North gets the turkey,
and the South the buzzard.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1908-11-12

Nebraska went Democratic and for
Bryan, elected entire State ticket, the
legislature, and five Democratic con-
gressmen and one Republican. Indiana
elected Democratic governor and entire
State ticket. Kern will probably be
sent to the United States Senate.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1908-11-12

Senator Bacon did three weeks work
speaking Tor Bryan in New York, and
Governor Hoke Smith one week, but
Tammany knitted Bryan just the same.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1908-11-12

Bryan made the grandest fight for
the common people, against great odds,
ever made in this or any other country.
Albany Herald.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1908-11-12

As the mind is bent, so is the
tongue inclined.
Some people never run in debt;
they jump into it,
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1908-11-12

Nevada, Nebraska and Colorado are
in the Bryan column, and Missouri is
in the Taft column.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1908-11-12

Don't expect to find your field
of labor full of shade trees.
Many a mans dog can give him
lessons in fidelity and integrity.