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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-09-11

that which gives happiness, peace. and
prosperity, is just this openness Of
heart, this thoughtfulness Of others
that wins and makes friends.
The hospitable home is the one where
people have time to know you, where
there is always place by the hearth
side and an ear to listen, where the
love light CLOVIS from face to face. We
soon forget what we have had or eaten
in the homes we have visited but we
never lose what our friends have given
US Of themselves,
The house that has the great treas
ure may be one where there is no plate
to be stolen. but where hearts are rich
through habits Of soul communion. The
weary man lifts himself with renewed
vigor as he looks along the road to the
home where love waits. where eyes will
look deep into his; the woman knows
not the toll and drudgery Of the days
work for the thought of the fellow
ship with those she loves.
Many are making Marthas mistake
missing the riches of friendships In the
machinery and ministrations of hospi-
tality; we are so anxious to entertain
our friends that we drive them away ;
we are so anxious to feed them that
we starve their hearts. Whatever else
people want this they want most Of all
and first Of all, just to know people,
just to have the open way into our real
lives
No matter how much work a man
may do he will do nothing worthy If
he is too busy to make friends The
value of our Investment In the world
depends largely on the manner in which
our own self is drawn out and en-
riched through the touch of other lives.
No man can be great by himself alone ;
all greatness is a gathering In to our
selves Of other beings.
He who chooses to find friends has
that better part The snare Of our
modern living is that we are so busy
here and there doing many things most
Of them perhaps good things in them
selves but bad when they stand before
the better and higher things; we are
so full of business that we miss life's
real blessings,
fIe who chooses friendship chooses
that which he can never lose. No man
can take from you the memory Of your
friend none can rob you of the enrich
ing Of mind, the enlarging of heart and
sympathy that came as you lay with
him by the camp fire under the far off
stars or sat by the hearthside in the
home. Friends become inseparable
soul possessions.
SO if you would show true hospitality
to any, let your first concern be that
his heart is fed. He who comes to
your home wants you more than he
wants your bread and butter, your
dainties and guest delicacies. There is
feast wherever friendship freely
flows; there is emptiness and hunger,
no matter how the board may be laden,
whore hearts are closed to one another.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-09-11

Remember the Importance of the
kitchen garden.
Preaching economy doesn't amount
to much You must practice 1t, but
there is such thing as being too
economical.
The Clairmont ranch. near Engle-
wood. in Clark County, Kan, consist
ing of $1,000 acres of fine land, will be
cut up into small farms.
One hundred and thirty-nine cows,
comprising the best of thlrty-s1X LII
nofs herds. produced an average Of 301
pounds of butter fat last year
grist mill built at Denmark, Ok
ford County, Mich, 100 years ago Is
still In a state of good preservation
and doing business at the old stand.
Swiss manufacturer claims to
have nerfected an artificial wool from
i,,te which will stand dyeing-some-
thing hitherto regarded as Impossible.
Oatmeal and Iinseed boiled into a
thin Cruel is fine for lambs. They like
r. and thrive nightly. They do not
need much water with this cruel il fed
twice a day.
In Holland they rotate the fertili-
zers as we'll as the crops. Each crop
has its particular coaxer Perhaps
that's why they farm successfully on
land worth $1,000 per acre
cow owned by William Maher OF
sheffield, H., gave birth to three good
sized and perfectly developed calves
Che is half Jersey, and raised the
calves the first three weeks on hei
own milk.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-09-11
She worked the Snake Cure.

Novel crimes are occasionally com
United in Paris, as, for instance: An
old gypsy woman called on a doctor
living In the Place Pierriere and asked
him to visit her daughter, who was
living Ill in caravan on the fortified
tons near by II have tried the ser
nent cure" she said, "but there was
no result. If you will allow me to pay
your fec In advance l shall be sure you
viii come"
The doctor consented, and the old
woman handed him a 500 note. AS
he was getting the change out of the
safe she again mentioned the serpent
cure" and he asked her what it was.
This" she said, and, taking box
from under her rags, she turned half
A dozen snakes out on the floor.
The doctor was startled and rushed
out of the room. When he returned
with a stick he found that the woman
and the snakes had vanished, while all
tue money in his safe had also gone.
He still held the 800 note in his hand.
but this proved to be forgery.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-09-11
Nitrate of Soda.

The value of nitrate of soda applied
to barnyard millet at the New Jersey
experiment station was stated by the
experimenters as follows: Amount ap-
piled, 100 pounds per acre; yield I'M
treated acre. 1853 tons; treated acre,
1888 tons; gain by use Of nitrate,
5.75 tons; per cent of gain, 1914; value
Of gain, at So per ton, $17.25; cost of
nitrate per acre, $500. net gain per
acre by use Of nitrate over cost. $3.50.
The crop was seeded on June 16 on
welI-fertilized land at the rate of three
fourths bushels Of seed per acre, after
a crop of oat and pea forage had been
harvested, which averaged six tons per
acre The nitrate was applied soon af-
ter the plants were well rooted and
capable of absorbing food rapidly.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-09-11
COW STALL.

WIN her head under the feed rack. 1t
II not necessary to have a gutter in
stat Of this kind. There should be
snort partitions. however, to keep the
COWS from turning around.
For building, use > by for bottom
leed rack; bottom of rack 8 feet above
moor. Strips Of / by 4, 6 inches apart
"fm the rack, and should slope back
" degrees. From { to 8 feet from front
q stall place by on edge; if set in
dirt use stakes.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-09-11

Chemical Action of Manure.
Although cultivation is necessary and
viii Increase your crops, no matter how
,"Ucn You cultivate, or how you labor,
" should be remembered that the plant
'ood in the soil is the vital element Of
crop production. The crop removes this
Nelaeht but by applying manure it is
Pu' @c& again. Manure not only en-
','nes soil with the elements of fertil-
w. but also renders the stored plant
'0'u Of the soil more available, i'm
f'o'S the chemical conditions. makes
ufe soil warmer and enables IL to re-
.afh more moisture and to draw it up
from below.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-09-11
The Right Way to Pack Fruit.

If the fruitgrower simply tumbles
his apples into the barrel without sort
ing and without arrangement in order
to get the greatest number into the
barrel, heads it up and ships to mar
ket, he will discover when he gets his
che OK that his fruit has been sold for
the lowest price The only way to get
the top prices for fruit is to sort it
according to grades, arranging in bar
rels or boxes in layers, placing each
apple in by hand, and selecting for the
top layer fruit of the same color. The
top layer should be made up Of apples
all Of the same size if possible, and the
fruit should come just to the top of
the slaves Then the heading should
be carefully placed on top and gently
pressed down until it slips into the
chine This can be done better by the
use of block placed under lever.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-09-11

NEW BUCKET. nlnged portion or the
bottom being opened to permit the
bucket to be filed and closed to hold
the contents until carried to the place
of feeding. The contents can thus be
discharged into trough without
wasting it and without the liability of
splitting it upon the clothes of the
operator. The hinged portion of the
bottom Of the can is operated by a rod
extending above the top, which term
mates into a handle. AS the bucket
is carried by the latter, pressure is
always maintained upon the bottom to
keep it closed When it is desired to
discharge the contents the handle is
pushed downward
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-09-11
Thorough Cultivation.

IL Ihe ground is cultivated often
.Doush no weeds can grow. and if the
s = for crop is carefully prepared
S,'ore putting i'll the seed, By deep
Ewing and frequent narrowing, the
,1'D'auon required after the plants
: up need not be more than one inch
~SVp' If this is done after every rain.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-09-11

The stall as shown here is four feet
ever all, but can be made less. Cow
when eating will stand with her hind
feet Just behind the . by 4, leaving the
drOppings behind it.
When she lies down she will be com
PEELED TO lie in front of the 2 by 4
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-09-11
The Brainy Bunch.

Mr.. Sinic-Do you see those three
people walking together down there?
Mrs. Getup-Yes; who are they?
Mr. Sinic-One is a somnambulist,
one is kleptomaniac and one is a
plagiarist.
Mrs. Getup-Law sakes | never
dreamed we were going to meet so
many brainy people in a bunch.-Kan-
sas City Newsbook.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-09-11

stock and in the
handling of fluid sub
stances Is the inven-
ton Of a Michigan
man. 1t serves in a
sense as a dipper.
The arrangement
is such that it can
be filed by forcing it
bottom downward in
to a receptacle Of
fluid substance, the
1Snrn1 yN1ntSo,N Nf tho
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-09-11
BED ROCK -
DAM FOR SAW MILL POWER.
GRAvEk
a

|Hf water would be controlled. The
water to be utilized for power may be
carried to the wheel by means of a
|fme. A ffteen-inch turbine wheel
would provide from 8 to 10 horse pow
Ter, which would be sufficient to run a
saw Of the size Montreal
Star
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-09-11

there can be no weeds, and they win
become TeWer every year, while the
cultivation will prevent loss of mois-
ture In the soil by affording a loose
covering Of dry earth.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-09-11

The average man isn't ashamed to do
/, lot Of things that he would be asham-
ed to be caught doing.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-09-11
Salt for Live stock.


Why salt should be regularly sup
Piled to stock is thus put by famous
English authority: Because in the
blood Of animals there is six or seven
times more sodium than potassium, and
that the composition Of the blood is
constant. To keep animals In good
health definite amount Of common
salt must be assimilated. The excess
OF potassium salts in vegetable foods
causes by chemical exchange an alb
normal loss of common salt This is
proved by the fact that the craving of
an animal for common salt is most no
tfceable when the food contains a large
proportion Of potassium salts, such as
wheat, barley, oats, potatoes, beans and
peas The addition of salt to animal
food increases the appetite, promotes
the repair Of tissue by it's searching
diffusion through the body, and stimu-
lates the rapid using up Of its waste
products BOussingaults experiments
showed that salt increases muscular
vigor and activity, and improves their
general appearance and condition
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-09-11
For Feeding stock.

bucket of peculiar construction
designed especially to be used by farm
ers and dairymen in feeding slop tt
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-12-09

matter which had adhered to
it, three and quarter inches
from before backward and
three inches from above down
ward. The iris was clear brown
surrounded by a narrow, irreg-
ular ring Of lighter color. The
pupil is elliptical, its lcngitu-
dinal diameter being one and a
quarter inches.
The osteology Of the whales
is described and figures are
given of many Of the bones and
of the wrist with it's ossifica-
tons.
1t is interesting to note that
the Amagansett whale exceeds
in size the largest right whale
ever recorded, and that its ex-
animation demonstrates that
there is some color variation in
the species.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-12-09

raj schools; farmers organiza-
tions; the question of farm labor;
the need of good roads; improved
postal facilities: sanitary condi-
tions on the farm.
The Commission has issued a
series OF questions on which in
formation is desired. Copies Of
these questions (which are in the
nature of suggestions may be Sc
cured by addressing the Commis-
sion at Washington.
The Commission desires to have
the judgments of competent men
and women on any Of these great
public questions, and to receive
suggestions as to whether gov
ernment can aid in impfoving any
of the conditions of country life.
The Commission desires that a
brief statement of the general
conclusions arrived at in these
discussions be sert to the Office
in Washington.
This letter is sent to all county
superintendent, or equivalento of-
fcers, in the United States, in or
der that these subjects may be
everywhere discussed practically
simultaneously. The Commission
asks your cooperation in secur-
ing these meetings, in the inter
est of the public good. The meet
ings should be held not later than
the first week in December.
The whole success Of the work
of the Commission depends on
the attitude and cooperation of
the farming people of the United
States. The Commission repre-
sents them. and it needs their
suggestions.
Yours very truly,
J. II. BAILEY.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-12-09
perils Of Our DWELLING Houses


TEe scholars in one of the Fuchow
Chinese schools were recently desired
to write an essay in English on the
subject Of Which Are the Healthier,
Chinese or Foreign Dwelling Houses?'
One young man "spook" about the
matter with his friends and they
said that the Chinese building is
much better than foreigners" This,
he adds, was the "senses Of their de-
bate"
'eThe foreign building is too heigh
and coverless and always built on the
top Of the hill. In the summer time It
receives the most heat from the sun.
The people who living in it is the same
as putting In the stove, but in winter
it is fully filed BY the sharp air
which cut the faces Of whom living In
1t. So that the foreigner is compelled
to put themselves on fire. The fire
would do our bodies harm. AS we
were prepared our dinner; we put the
beef on the fire by and by the beef
dry in that case the Of course man
would dry oo."-London Telegraph
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-12-09
ak Notice. i.

The books for the collection OF
taxes sill open on October Is, 1908,
and c:ose on March Is, 1909 The
levies are as follows:
State, 81 mills; ordinary county,
e& mills; special road, mill; constl'
tutioual school tax, ) mills.
Interest on court house bonds, l
mill; interest on county bonds, ;
mill: special tax for School District
No. !. mills; special tax for School
District No. 2, 3 mills; special tax for
Schoo! District No. ;, 5 mills; SPECIAL
tax fo School District No: !, ! MUS;
speci; tax for School District No.
8, s " lis; special tax for School DIS
trict %. 10, 3 mills; special tax for
Schoc District No. II, mills; spe-
cial tex for School District No: 10, 3
mills; special tax for School District
No. IL. : mills; special tax for School
District No. Is, 2 mills; special tax
for School District No. 19, 4 mills;
specis,l tax for School District No. 70,
mills; special tax for School DlstrlcI
No. y. 3 mills; special tax 10" Schooi
District No. %, 9 mills; special tax
for School District No. q, mill;
specia! tax for School District No. %,
5 mills; special tax for School DIS
trict No. 26, mills; special TAX LOT
School District No. q, 3 mills; spe-
cial tax for School District NO. 2o'
L. L. WELLS,
Comfy Treasurer.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-12-09
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY Of Clarendon.
L. L. WELLS,
County Treasurer.

Pursuant to an Order of J. N;
Windham, Judge Of Probate, wItl
sell to the highest bidder, for cash,
at the residence Of the late Frank
". Thigpen, in said County ana ana
State, at II O'Clock a. NJ, on the l0tn
day Of December, 1908, the following
personal property: One lot Corn;
! lot Fodder; / lot Hay; l lot Peas;
7 head Mules; Oxen; 26 Hogs; l
Reaper and Binder; I Mover ana
Rake: / Hay Baler: / Feed Cutter; l
Corn Shelter; Guano Dlstrloutors'
2 Two-horse Wagons; S Plow Stocks;
3Two- horse Plows; I Stalk chopper;
Harrow; Grindstone; l Buggy ana
Harness; 5 Sets Gear; lot piantatlonn \
implements and farming utensils; :
pair Scales; 1 Cross-cut Saw; lot
Household Furniture / parlor Organ;
2 One horse Wagons, and one lo0
Oats, and any other article OF per
sonal property not mentioned IN th!s
J. T. STUKES,
Administrator.
Banning, S. c., November "a, 1905.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-12-09
Two Whales.

A report on the external and
internal anatomy the remains
Of two whales Balaena glacia-
lis, recovered by two young
men at Amagansett, L. l., has
just been printed in the bull
letin of the museum of natural
history by Roy G. Andrews,
says Forest and Stream.
The two whales went on
shore, one near the village of
Amaganset5, the other near the
village of Wainscott. The
Amagansett whale. originally
reported as measuring Sc feet
I inches from the tip Of the
snout to the end Of the fuke,
was measured by Mr.. Andrews
after the fukes had been re-
moved 81 feet long, measured
from the tip of the snout over
the back to the notch of the
flukes. The Wainscott whale,
measured in a straight line
from tip Of snout to notch of
fiukes, was 40 feet 3 inches.
The length of the blowhole
was 10 inches in the Amagan-
sett whale and s l-2 inches in
the Wainscolt specimen, and
the longest whalebone, inc(ud-
ing the bristles, was six feet
five inches in the Amagansett
specimen.
In the Wainscott whale the
color was everywhere dense
ivory black, with no indication
whatever of a lighter color on
the fms or flukes, and while
the Amagansett specimen was
chiefly OF the same black, there
were some streaks, patches and
spots of white on the flukes,
flippers and in some other
places. While the right whale
is generally an unbroken
black, there is testimony that
they are occasionally marked
with white below. Captain ].
B, Edwards speaks Of some
that he has seen that had the
breast and throat nearly white,
and similar specimens are not
ed in the ''Whalebone Whales
of North America.
The eyeball of the Amagan-
sett whale measured on the
preserved specimen after the
Ieyeball had been trimmed of
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-12-09
AHoat on Hot Air.

Members of the house of representa-
tives are fond of poktng fun at the
lorid style of speech affected by cer-
tain congressman, who Invariably con-
tributes much ''hot air" to any debate
III which he may participate.
On one occasion the politician IN
question ventured to air his TieWs
touching q financial act under consld-
GRAFTON, when he drew the following
ribald observation from an opponent:
"Our able and adventurous friend
has undertaken to present his views
upon this question. In this be re-
minds me of q beautiful swan breast
ing the sea with arched neck and
wings outspread to catch the CLINT OF
the sea, moving along In serene ana
stately sp!endor, but blissfully uacon-
scious Of the unfathomable depths be-
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-12-09
WaIt Whitman's Pride.

Whitman's grandmother was q
Quaker, and the bard had been all his
life used, Quaker fashion, to sitting IN
the house with his sombrero on If 1t
suited him to do so. One day, with a
friend, he entered the gloomy and half
empty precincts Of Trinity church.
New York, and took back seat in the
obscurity and for moment forgot to
remove his hat or was probably just
about to do so when an ohcious verger
stepped up and requested him to take
it off. Walt. a man Of immense pride,
not seeing fit to do so instantaneously
or being very slow in his mental proc
esses, was taking the matter into con-
sideratioa for a second when the
verger knocked the offending hat OF
his head. Walt picked up the huge
felt and, doubling 1t together. smote
the fellow vigorously twice or thrice
with it on the head and slowly left
the church, the red faced sexton fol
lowing and threatening him with the
law.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-12-09
Mozart's Skull.

eff we were all constituted like Ham
let and could handle skull as philo-
sophically as be-" writes q sentimen-
talist in a Hamburg paper, I'VE could
visit the Mozart museum At SalzburG.
enjoy the sights it offers and leave
there without finding any fault. Un-
fortunately, however, we are not so
cold, and therefore the protest which l
make. Among the Mozart souvenirs
which are pointed out to the visitor. In
the same line with the old piano, let
ters, manuscript music, portraits. ETC.,
is the skull Of the great master. It
matters little whether the skull Is
really that Of the composer OF one used
for show purposes. The fact remains
that in the Mozart town, in SaAburg,
there seems to be no one who can
make the city fathers believe that the
exhibition demonstrates lack Of rev.
erence which shocks many people"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-12-09
lichtinq the NesE:.

There dwells in upper Burma a bird
with the high sounding name Of New
courts baza, but which is really sort
of blackbird. It is conspicuously cleV-
er. at least in one curious particular,
for it actually lights up its nest arti1-
cially. To do this it works up lot OF
clay into balls and sticks these balls all
over with living firedies in such a way
that, although the frehies are held cap
tive, they shine all the same. The New
courts baza then decorates its nest
with half dozen or so Of these balls
by hanging them round. The pals
last for only few days and are then
replaced by others, and SO on al
through :he nesting season.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-12-09
SCHOOL DISTRICT MEETINGS.
Washington. D. c.. Nov. 25, 1908.
Mr.. S. p. Holiday, Manning, S.

Dear Sir:-President Roosevelt
has suggested that the Commis.
sion on County Life task the
farmers to come together in the
several school districts of the
country so that they may meet
and consider" the questions con.
cerning which the Commission is
seeking, information. The Presi.
dent desires that these discus.
sions be held not later than Sat.
urday. December 5.
lam writing you to request that
you suggest to the school officers,
or other leading citizens, in the
several school districts: to meet
in their school houses or other
customary meeting places. and
discuss the general economic. SO
cial. sanitary or educational con.
ditions of country life in their re.
spective neighborhoods. The
President suggests the following
topics: The efficiency of the ru.