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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-04-03
Electric Farming.

Although agricultural machinery
originated in the United States and the
American farmer used patent mowers,
reapers and threshing machines long
before their European contemporaries
in the same field of labor had put aside
scythe, rake and fail, the possibility
of introducing electric power in farm
work was first recognized in the Old
World
This has probably been due to the
fact that the farmers Of America,
thrifty and far-seeing, recognizing the
economy and reliability Of the small
oil engine, failed to perceive how any
saving could be effected by generating
electric current and distributing TO its
motors in outlying positions.
When, however. the mains from some
large electric power company pass With
in reach of a farm or estate the condl-
tons are much more favorable, and
this state of things must already exist
in measure which will be largely eX-
tended in the future. Current German
count of the application Of electricity to
a group Of farms in SaXony. The cleo
trio current is brought from an ada
cent town by overhead wires carried
on wooden poles Two receiving sta
lions are arranged, from which the cleo
tricity is distributed to the farm build
ings and to convenient positions n the
fields for the purpose of driving thresh-
ing and other machinery.
Sixteen fixed electric motors are in
stalled for chaff and root cutting, oat
crushing, pumping and for operating
machinery used in the manufacture OF
potato spirit. In addition TO this pow
err equipment, six portable motors arc
provided, which may be used for drlV-
ing pumps, circular saws, threshing ma
ohinery, and so forth, at any point
where their services are required. The
houses and buildings on the farms are
all lit by electricity, 9 ara lamps and
about 1000 glow lamps being used for
the purpose.
1t must be pointed out however, that
this example could ouly be followed IN
the United States on very large estate
or a group of adjacent farms. and 1t IS
doubtful whether such scheme could
be made a commercial success for the
operation Of farming machinery pure
and simple. 1t would appear that wood
saving pumping and other operations
requiring power musr be in,tuded II
the results are to compare favorabiy
with those at present obtained by the
use of oil or steam engines But the
Saxon experiment is full Of interest.
and displays cuciously progressive
spirit in country where farm fences
are almost unknown. and shepherds and
cowherds are still living amid pictur-
esque realities.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-04-03

An English journal The Lancet, in
discussing the comparative food value
of roast beef and turkey. says that it
may be said that, weight for weight,
the flesh Of the turkey is more nourish-
ing than that OF beef; but the latter is,
generally speaking, cheaper than the
former. The moisture in beef, how
ever, exceeds the amount present in
the flesh of the turkey, and the latter
contains a better percentage of proteid
or tieSh-forming substance. In either
case the percentage of moisture is sell
dom less than 20 per cent.
In lean beef the amount of fat is
much the same as in a not too well-fet
turkey, but it must be pointed out that
the flesh of poultry differs from that
of beef and mutton in not having it's
muscular tibers permeated by fat, and.
moreover the tibers in the flesh of the
fowl are short and rarely yield to the
disintegrating action Of the digestive
processes A large amount of fat in
either case Is apt to interfere with the
digestibility of the meat. The fat of
beef is more digestible than the fat of
the turkey. The fat of birds, in fact,
is harder, and owing to its tendency to
become rancid, is unsuitable for the
dyspeptic patient.
The Lancet believes that the most
important difference from a dietetic
point of view between beef and turkey
is that, whereas beef contains high
percentage of extractive matters, tur-
key contains hardly any at all. The ex-
tractive matters in beef account largely
for it's peculiar and marked flavor, and
owing to their absence in poultry gen
orally, and in the pheasant and part
ridge, the flavor of these meats is dell
cate. But there is no doubt that the
extractives of beef, as well as mutton,
are valuable, for not only are they
f1avoring agents, but they also act as
perhaps the most powerful stimulant
to gastric digestion.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-04-03
NexYH and Firm Notes.

The profitable line of production is to-
maintain good health with early ma
turity.
In some parts of Canada butter is
being imported from abroad for the
first time in the country's history.
More than half million emigrants
from Russia have passed into Siberia
the past year to engage in wheat rails
ing.
A farmer near McEwan. Tenn, is dis
playing an ear Of corn twelve inches
long, weighing three pounds and con-
tanning 1886 grains.
A grain farm at Murray, Iowa, ship
ped twenty seven carloads Of timothy
seed last fall, for which the farmers
received from $3.50 to $1.75 a bushel.
A Kansas man claims to have invent
ed a fence-weaving machine, run by
two-horse power gasoline engine, which
will weave and set a mile Of fence a
day.
The United States produced $4,000,
900 bushels of rice last year on half
million acres The culture Of rice is
gradually creeping north and some very
good grain is reported in Arkansas.
Holland has set engineers to work to
pump the water on. of the famous
Zuyder Zee and turn it into dry land.
When this work Is accomplished there
will rise where 1900 fishermen now
sink their nets farms and homes for
$4,000 Hollanders.
Charles w Trock Of Ridgeway, Ohio,
a 7-year-old lad, while wandering In
the fields sat down on little hummock
which contained bumblebee's nest.
Within moment he was so badly stung
that his body swelled TO twice its size
and death soon followed.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-04-03
N~N~~~O~N
HYMNS YOU OUGHT TO KNOW (
Guiding Light.


Guiding Light.
Llght of the world whose kind and gen-
tie care
Is joy and rest
whose counsels and commands so ora-
cious are,
Wisest and best
Shine on my path, dear Lord and grard
the way,
Lest my poor heart, forgetting go astrav
Lord of my life my souls most pure de-
sire,
Its hope and peace:
Let not the faith thy loving words in
spire,
Falter, or cease:
But be to me, true friend, my chief de-
light,
And safely guide, that every step be right.
My blessed Lord what bliss to feel thee
near,
Faithful and true;
To trust in thee, without one doubt or
Thy will to do;
And all the while to know that thou.
our friend.
Art blessing us, and wilt bless to the
end.
And then, o then when sorrows night is
Ger,
Life's daylight come.
And we are safe within heavens golden
door,
At home at home
How full of glad rejoicing we will raise,
Savior, to thee our everlasting praise
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-04-03
'4lEF IN FOREIGN MISSIONS.

D! Rev Sylvester Horne, A. M.
lAt-"Go e therefore and make
,"g@ Of all nations."-Matthew
".lN II is impossible to forget that
w. are many people to-day who are
>"uS.y asking the question. Are for
: I'SS'onS Sailure?" and that mis-
%Fe passing through a period Of
'"H"I severe criticism. The ques-
y, ~ 0eIng pUt from many quarters,
'au It not be better to leave other
.T "oAe and attend very specially
'avh Of Christianity in our own
I.0dons at home?"
~%oaary societies to-day have q
;, "ulpIeH policy to pursue. They
h. " YEA WITH matters of education,
medical missions. with evaneelis-
\. -'SS'oAS' They have to live and do
,. 'O,A under many flags They
w what the early evangelists
h. "7S nave to come into conflict
= 4. "'a'y customs, practices. laws
b ,.',''udonS among foreign races.
b, " Is very likely that here and
h ~'+' policy Will be open to at
!, ,, "1' 1 90 not admire the COM
9..r ]'5 or the men who can say.
o ,S>e disagree with this action or
l. s. OF missionary society, there
L., ~ I1' gong to narrow and white
nn~ -s program Of Christianity until
|'a% SIMPLY TO the England In
b :, 1--WE, It Is not fair, it is not
~ 7OurlSI, anG 1t IS not common
lsSo, *, NE remove another miscon-
Is, Missions are not the same
n. =, missionaries. l know certain
|&,, 4O nave reminded me of a par
L dis 1'SS'ohary who has been a man
I ,a,o s'eD' character. l believe that
T. !, ,'"i average of missionary char
s&m..;A extraordinarily high, and that
>su,r are Il very light in the
VAorch. But, at the same
Ii l., =" can show me one who has
p,o, ,N'Facter you have done moth
IN, 's'er to attack the missionary
ID VI the Christian church.
e 70 recognize that if Chris
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-04-03

BAs TWO EDGES. The one saw, as
shown in the illustration.
The smooth top edge always seen on
saws is changed to a cutting edge, SINH
lar to the regular cutting edge, the
saw thus having teeth on the two longf-
tudinaI opposite edges. The handle is
hinged to the blade instead Of being
rigid and can be reversed as it becomes
necessary to use either blade. This
saw is also an economical saw, as it
saves the expense of purchasing two
saws
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-04-03
u,nposF OF LENT.

~ By Rev. Guy A. Jameson.
.boro is a time for every pur-
J" ~ every work.-Ecclesiastes
I| ., ,.o rbp wise man, and, though
r drparned of the season we call
NV 30 can apply his words to the
ssr d,rs preceding Easter, for it is
ply f,r distinct purpose and work.
lp' +baarpr and card party do not
~ suddenly wrong during the
~. season. We do not give them
'-, W. tbat reason, but because we
? W. AIT minds and hearts on other
~. things and we will not have
'''' :, carry on both successfully.
y. ...+ g q time for self-introspection
Chine . religious and spiritual in
.o,or as ii were. \ time to compare
,n+rgl lives With the ideal life we
,I live. Put some one might say
.,rbr 70 live all the year just as we
=, jrrf9o Lent Suppose we were to
III do voU no. think we would soon
.,co very gloomy, abnormal, fanat-
-; so,f-cputerpd. morbid, untitled for
:. COMMON duties Of life? And Christ
,so rast person who would have us
,.sma this. He came teaching men
,,r IA live 50 that life would become
sasutiful, blessed thing. Religion
/, nat +bp end Of life. 1t is only
,,rs to an end. and that end is use
Illness and happiness.
Emf IN saving that it would not be
sabp to live the religious life Of
rat during all the year, we do not
r9s of the Christ life. In fact it is
a purpose Of Lent through days Of
e9rer and meditation and work to cul
-ysp the spirit that will enable us to
Ike the Christian life through all the
aE And if it does not in a measure
yTp this end 1t has failed of it's pur-
rx The purpose Of Lent should be
become better men and women, that
Te may be given to nobler thought,
pller words, kindlier act.
To this end we give up the gayeties
1 lie for a season. Not because they
IL wrong but because we want to give
rsoIyeS to more serious things. But
! gr prayers, our self-eXamlnations, our
-eDiance upon many services, our
/ g.t0ilment Of the Injuries of life will
] Nit US but little if they do not as
M Us to Danish from our minds all
APtical, pessimistic and uncharitable
lMgbtS All these things are to make
E better They are not ends in them
sres and the thought, the prayer, the
7.radOn that should hover in our
,GS durin, the whole Of Lent should
b Lord, help me to be better. Help
d. 70 grow toward my ideal" And
ETtII find that the Lord will help us
I've seek to help ourselves by earnest
&ort at sacrifice, earnest endeavor to-
FGi good
Not only ought We to struggle against
'aSneSSeS aud wrong habits, but we
@1d start upon a course of positive
sl'nesS. The best way to overcome
5salre faults is to bring to bear upon
-s4 positive virtues. Our sins of
~%on may be as great hindrance
our living the Christian life as our
/ S Of commission. Our bad habits
-E best be overcome by seeking to
4l good ones. This, I think, is the
&I'$e Of Lent This is the work
should seek 10 do, If we hope to
@R permanent spiritual returns
aa the season.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-04-03

an Indiana man.
K very carpenter
includes two saws
in his kit-one for
crOss-cut and one
for cutting with
the grain. He can
now dispense with
one saw, as it is
possible to put the
two blades having
different teeth on
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-04-03

commander on the eve of battle. Once
a week, sometimes oftener, the major
sent hurry orders for the recruits to
ration up for a two days scout and
country.
"As often as the column went out on
scout as often did it return, a day or
two later, usually splashed with the
mud of the country roads, the horses
looking jaded and uncurried. If they
ever brought back a prisoner that fact
was kept concealed by the major.
ION one of these scouts the column
had an experience that was not down
in the majors tactics. The bushwhack-
ers, who always knew of the coming
of the column and scattered, concluded
to give him a surprise.
The column had halted at the end
Of its first days ride and was bivouack-
ing in corn field The camp fires had
been lighted and the air was redolent
with the odor of noodle soup. The
bugles had sounded for the serving of
rations Even the pickets had come
into camp for grub.
without warning the bushwhackers
the fence corners; with one combined
rush they swept down upon Major Jo-
seph's soup line and captured it. The
colonel of the bushwhackers. a former
school teacher, and his staff appeared
simultaneously. as the major reported
it to his superior officer. before the
majors shack and demanded his ra-
tons.
The colonel Saluted the major and
begged his pardon for the intrusion.
to fight, but they were almighty hungry,
and the odor of the noodle soup had
made them furious.
IF permitted to have their fill they
would retire in good order and the
major could do likewise. If the major
wanted fight, he could have it, but they
were not there with any hostile inten-
tons. other than those mentioned.
THE major was virtually prisoner.
He submitted gracefully and asked the
colonel and his staff to be his guests
as long as the grub held out. The
colonel regretted to say that he and his
staff would need all there was, and as
the major could go back to town and
get more, they would have to sweep the
board.
"They devoured every morsel. When
the repast was finished the colonels
eye fell on the majors spyglass; he
allowed that as the government had
plenty on hand and the article was
scarce in the Confederacy he would
have to take it, The major removed
the field glass from his uniform and
handed it over.
'"The major was then politely re-
quested to send word to his men In
camp that they were to allow the Wis
itors to depart in peace. This was
done and the bushwhackers scattered
as only buShwhackers know how to do.
Major Joseph broke camp that night
and returned to the city before day
break. 1t was his last scouting expedi-
ton from that post. He was ordered
to the front soon after, and, I believe,
under the watchful eye of his superior
officer. who was an old West Pointer,
he did some creditable fighting until he
was mustered out.
''The story of the bushwhackers' raid
on Major Joseph's noodle soup got to
the headquarters of many commanding
officers. but do not think it ever had
general circulation - Detroit Free
Press.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-04-03
Learned by Hard Knocks.

A popularity of clover is that we
may take off crop and leave the land
richer than it was before.
A proper rotation AMI wise tilage
will do much to keep the soil supplied
with available fertility.
Without stock there can be no COM
plete utilization of the farm products.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-04-03
DOubIe-EdRed Saw.

To make one saw take the place Of
two, and at the same time preserve its
durability, Is the recent invention of
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-07-17
DEATH LIST GROWS in
MANILA BAY WRECK.
Nearly 80 Lives Now Thought
LOst-WOmen and Children
Stood No Chance.

MANILA, July 1.-THE number Of
lives lost through the laundering OF
the pleasure launch, San Gabriel. while
on it's way from Manila to Corregidor
is yet uncertain. SiXty-one passengers
n members of the crew were rescued.
1t is generally estimated that the num-
Der of passengers and crew numbered
ninety.
Thirty-fve of those who were rescued
chung to a life raft and were buffeted
about by the heavy seas for four hours
when the German steamer Suveric res
cued them. Twenty-Five more reached
Corregidor in a life boat The pas
sengers on the San Gabriel were thrown
into a panic when the heavy seas tore
out some of the San Gabriers planking
and she began to Ali and terrible scenes
were enacted. These vessels were
greatly overcrowded and the life belts
proved to be rotten n worthless.
Few of the women and children OF
board the Inflated launch escaped. AS
far as known now there were no Ameri-
al among those drowned.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-07-17
JURY CALLED To
|ND|CT SLAYER Of
SAMUEL PR|CK|T7
MiddIesex Prosecutor to Push
Case Against Heron, Who
Was Insane, Wife Says.
Especial to the Evening star.l

NEW BRUNSWICK, July lin an
effort to display the quick action of
Jersey justice. Prosecutor Berdine today
issued a call for the grand jury to meet
here Monday and consider the case of
Archibald Heron. who shot and killed
of the latter's home, in M%etuchen.
II is expected that Heron will be
indicted and arraigned the same day
and that his trial will start the follow
ing Monday. Mr.. Berdine believes that
within two weeks Heron will be in
State Prison under sentence.
The State expects TO prove that Her.
ron had planned the killing of Mr..
Prickitt many months ago. When the
slayer was released from jail, where he
had ben sent for drunkenness by Prick
lit. when the latte was borough re-
corder, Heron made the threat that he
would kill the recorder. Herfon's wife
says tina he was crazy then.
On the day he killed Prickitt he called
twice at the Jail to ak with George
Marley, held there on a charge of lar
ceny, and it Is believed that the old
scenes so aroused his passions that he
returned TO his home in Metuchen, OBJ
tanned his pistol and sought out Prick
lit to Kill him.
The funeral will be held tonight at
the Prickitt home, in Metuchen, and
the body sent to Mount Holly tomor-
TOW for burial.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-07-17
ENDEAv0RERS TO
60 To ASbURY FOR
FRESH AIR FUND
Essex Members of the Society
Off Tomorrow on Annual
Benefit Excursion.

The Essex County Christian En-
deavor Union will GO on its second an
nual excursion tomorrow to Asbur,
PARK and Ocean Grove, leaving on the
Central Railroad in three trains al
S:45, 9 and 9:15 o'clock.
The train will be under the super
vision of S. u. Riddle, A. w. Egner
and c. T. Plat. officers of the union.
All the city and township societies
will take part in the outing, and many
friends of the fresh air work will go
with the Endeavorers as the proceeds
are all for the new Endeavor fresh air
home just erected at Roseland.
In addition to the three officers hav-
ing charge of the trains the following,
representing the city and township So
%cieties, will be on hand to care for the
excursionists John T. Sproull. Percy
Nuessle, A. B. Johnson, H. A. Mar
shall, William Russell, w. II. Hascy,
David Henderson, Charles w. Hedden,
Walter Pruden, the Rev. w. r. Bur-
rell, John Fl. Hill, F. Chester Bradley,
w. S. Naughright, e.. H. Volkman,
Charles G. Johnson, Edwin A. Meyer.
James Prentice.
A rally will be held at the shore.
when addresses will be made by State
President John Z. Sproull. County
President William Russell, S. d. Rid
die, chairman of the committee, and
other county leaders.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-07-17
P. C.. A. HEAD
CALLS HALT ON
MAD DOG SCARE
George Mccarthy Blames Purse
Greedy Curists for Needless
ly Exciting the Public.

JERSEY CITY. July 17.-George NJ.
Mccarthy, president of the Hudson
County district, S. p. c. A, had this
to say today upon the prevalent mad
dog" agitation:
"Once a year people interested in
mad dog cures start a scare in New
York. 1t comes as regularly as clock
work In the month of June and is kept
up until cold weather i~ntervenes. Just
as surely and quickly the scare is
spread to Jersey City, Hoboken, Bay
onne, Newark and the adjacent cities
and towns. inc nervous and excitable
people have mad dog on the brain
while 1t lasts and for a long time after.
There is no reason for spreading
this terror abroad every year. A little
common sense put into practise would
prevent its recurrence. Rabies is SO
scarce that few medical men have ever
seen a real true case of the disease.
Many of the reported cases of hydro
phobia have been nothing more than
neutrality-suspicious. or a W hys-
terical manifestation.
DR. William Osler, the eminent
p~athologist, declares that. 1t is not i'm
probable that the majority of the cases
of alleged recovery in rabies have been
of the hysterical form; or. in other
words. there is method and money in
the propaganda of mad dog scares.'"
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-07-17
CAN'T SUPPORT
BRYAN, HEARST
TELLS G0MPERS
Hopes independence Party Will
Nominate Men He Can
Vote For.

NEW YORK. July lin esponse
to a message from Samuel Gompers,
president of the American Federation
of Labor. asking him to permit the In
dependence Party to support William
j. Bryan and the Denver platform.
William R. Hearst has sent the follow
ing cable message from Paris:
Paris. July 10.
Tell Mr.. Gompers that l am not au-
thorized to speak for the membership of
the Independence League, but, accord
ing to my personal standards, a purer
patriotism consists in laboring to estab-
lish a new party which will be con-
sistently devoted to the interests of the
citizenship, and particularly to the ad-
vantage and advancement of the pro-
ducing classes.
l do not think the path of patriotism
lies In supporting a discredited and de-
cadent old party, which has neither
conscientious conviction nor honest in
t%ention, or in indorsing chameleon can
didates who change the color of their
political opinion with every varying hue
of opportunities.
1 do not think the best benefit of
laboring men lies in supporting that old
party because of a sop of false promise,
when the performance of that party
while In power did more to injure labor
than all the injunctions ever issued
before or sine
l have lost faith in the empty profess
sions of an -unregenerate Democracy.
l have lost confidence in the ability, in
the sincerity, and ever in the integrity
of its leaders. l do not consider il
patriotism to pretend to support that
which, as a citizen, / distrust and de-
test. and 1 earnestly hope the Indepen-
dence Party will give me an opportu-
nifty to vote for candidates that are
both able and honest. and for a decla-
ration of principles that Is both sound
and sincere.