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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-05-14
A Wartime Christmas.

Some Of the scouts had brought in
word that guerrilla leader whom we
had long sought to kill or capture was
ing only a man or two with him. The
orders were to take fifty men and seek
his capture.
It was the night before Christmas in
one of those last bloody years of wal.
There was a light snow on the ground
and the wind had an edge which cut
like a knife. In some of those Old
Virginia farm houses, with their bag
fireplaces, Christmas had come ald
gone for the children and their chill
dren. The red hand Of war had
burned some to the ground in Others
there was mourning and thUse who
mourned thought not of the day.
AS we rode off up the mountain road
and saw the farm house lights twinkle
here and there l wondered if San:a
Claus would be forgotten in all of them
There were children there, and, though
wars musketry had kept them fearful
and wars block stains had paled their
faces, they surely would not forget the
legend of the RENDERS and the chin
ney. SO l hoped, at least
1t was cold, dreary ride, but we
reached the old farm house at last \
scout sent on ahead came back TO re-
pert that our man was there. 1t was
his home-his roof-tree. Dangerous as
he knew it to be, he had stolen back IN
this night before Christmas to spend a
few hours with wife and children
with the gray-haired father and mother
who sat in the chimney corner on tois
night and smoked their pipes I So
them through the window as we moved
up to surround the house. l saw, too,
a couple Of children seated together on
the knee of the man we had come to
surprise, and beside him, with her
hand on his shoulder, was the wife.
And l saw another sight as I stood Or
a moment-a sight that struck me like
a blow. There beside the old-fashioned
fireplace hung two little stockings,
waiting the coming Of Santa Claus !!
Others saw it too, and they groaned
out as If wounded.
Well, the man refused to surrender.
He did not know our strength, and pei
haps he hoped to beat us of. He kilsd
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-05-14
One Way Ont of 1t.

Frances, aged 4, is not Away as
good as her amiable little friend ! 0ro-
thy, and Dorothy is frequently held up
as model by Frances mamma. Al
ways in her prayers Frances asks dear
God" to help her to be good girl on
the morrow, but one night, after haV
ing been sorely tried by hearing a re-
cital of Dorothy's virtues, she said
"And, dear God, please make Dorothy
naughty little irl!"-Good House
keeninS
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-05-14
SERMONETTES.

Love never has to advertise for a
job.
Saints are never seen by searching
in mirrors.
Faith never travels far when it for
gets the facts.
No man knows truth who wants to
patent it.
The way to be faithful to truth is to
follow it.
Every gift is measured by it's real
cost to the giver.
The greatest verities are found by
loyalty to small truths.
Riches becomes dangerous only when
rooted in our affections.
The baggage car does not go through
on the heavenly train.
good deal Of public generosity
hides lot of private meanness
The large hearted always see large
qualities in their friends.
Whatever is given by the hand is
more than gained by the heart.
The only way to fill the harvester's
wagon is to empty the sewers bag.
It takes more than Sunday dreams
of heaven to make a heavenly week.
Every mans view Of this world is
better for his being blind to some Of
it.
1t often happens that the punish
ment we think is RENTED is only
ripening.
Some people have way Of praying
for others that makes them prefer
cursing.
The meek who inherit the earth do
not get their title to it by crawling liz
the dust.
Some seem to think the best evidence
of being the salt Of the earth is ability
to make folks smart.
The most popular religious delusif
Of our day Is that discussing dut'
is the same thing as doing them.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-05-14

Nv renting out all of the land except
Hr to eighty acres. That several COWS
must be kept on such farm goes with
ont SAYING not only for the monthly
nome and profit, but for the manure
that is necessary to keep the soil alive.
Present sanitary requirements call
t0r many devices and appliances that
annOt be installed on the small farm,
but cleanliness and kindness is within
the possibilities Of any Of us, and while
It Is true that to house the COWS in
tie same building with the horses has
Yme disadvantages, it also has it's ad-
nDageS, and to build separate build
hgS for both, is not only expensive, but
calls for extra help in caring for and
ieding them
4 careful study of the barn shown
h the Illustration herewith will show
what We will call a condensed arrange
nnt, and, while the COWS are in the
same barn with the horses, a good,
tight partition separates them from the
horse barn, to keep out the dust and
olorS For the same reason the silo is
located where shown, for silage, no
matter how well cared for, has an
offensive Odor that is readily absorbed
By milk
The floor plan is self-explaining, the
aIo is an ordinary stave structure, with
wire cables for hoops, as the cable is
not 50 easily affected by contraction
and expansion as the solid iron hoops.
The crib has the foundation left out
fS shown, and the floor is of 2x6 inch
'ldding, with one-half-inch spaces be-
Eeen. The siding is drop siding, the
ame as the balance of the barn, but
ne top and lower edges are beveled,
Id a one-half-inch space is left be-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-05-14
All In Manaeemeu+

folks say that if you want any class
ol stock that can always be sold at a
proht, from weaving time until totter-
lug old age, you want a mule. We do
not raise mules, so can not speak from
experience. This much we do know
however several good friends of ours
nave been dickering in mules for years
without making any money. Perhaps
THESE are the exceptional cases that
prove the rule. Others have raised
ana bought mules and made good
money. We surmise it's more the man
ana his management than it is the
mule, that reaps the profit. The same
man dealing in razorbacks might make
some money.-Farmers' Mail and
Breeze.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-05-14
Fertilizer for Potatoes.

For potatoes the past year we used
1000 pounds Of fertilizer to the acre,
one third applied broadcast and the
rest scattered in the furrow, brushing
the fertilizer into the soil of the fur
row before planting the seed. After
planting, the surface was kept well
stirred to prevent weeds starting and
the cultivator was run often enough
to keep down the weeds. A little hand
hoeing was done. The yield was $50
bushels per acre. The crop followed
corn and the land was very thorough
ly narrowed before potatoes were
planted. Plenty of narrowing and lib
eral use of fertilizers may be depend
ed on to give q good crop.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-05-14

"eeu each board. This construction
a"o"S a free circulation Of air, and
1eelS out the rain, snow and wind.
Inc small amount of corn that drops
through the floor is eaten by the poul-
ny ana hogs. The studding are u
'ee| and the lower story is feet !;
ue cow stalls are Of cement, with gut
,s'' and all stalls have pounded clay
UoorS 1t will pay to plaster the walls
"'u ceiling Of the cow barn with ce-
uIeilt After the silo has been used for
several years, it is intended to lath
'1u plaster it with cement.
II VIII pay to use good material
throughout, provide a good foundation
'Hd roof. and to keep all exposed wood
Work we'll painted.
AS the various climates demand
S'Shty different construction, and the
lumber used is not the same in all
Sections it would be simply waste OF
,"iuaoIe space to describe them here
D. L Bridgman, in st. Paul Dispatch.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-05-14
Destroying Stun,ps.

Here are two ways of destroying
"ulnpS by means of acids: In the fall
oore with an inch anger 10 inches deep
'N'o the stump. Into this put one-half
pound Of vitriol and cork up very tight.
1ue stump will probably be rotten In
aOout eight months. Another way !:
noFe with inch auger IS inches deep
-"lo stump and put in one ounce OF
~Speter and then fill the hole WITH
wafer and cork. In about six months
axe out the plug and pour in about
q gill of coal oil and set fire to IT..
MS should burn the stump nearly up
Valley Farmer.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-05-14
breeding Corn.

Prof. R. A. Moore says that pains
taking in breeding corn has raised the
average corn production In Wisconsin
from % bushels per acre in 1901 to
40 bushels per acre in 1907 This in
crease is worth striving for in every
state and on every farm.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-05-14

"Stop crying, Bobbie. Now tell mann
ma how that brute of Jimmy Smith
ers hurt you"
"Just as I wuz goin' t punch him
he ducked, an / skinned my fist on the
WALL
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-05-14
Paid His War Debt.

John Railey, who resides ABOUT TOUR
miles from Trimble, Tenn. is one or
the happiest men in the country. The
cause of his exuberant joy, says the
Globe Democrat, is the receipt day or
two ago by express of $685., not cent
of which he ever expected to receive. In
1864 a squad of the Fifty-fourth Penn
sylvania cavalry who were out on
scout endeavoring to learn something
of the movements of Gen. Forest, camp
ed at a spring near Mr.. Railey's resi-
dence. The following morning, before
departing from the neighborhood, they
rode up to Railey's, all but one, who
was walking, and he went to the barn
and led out the finest horse there.
Railey expostulated in vain.
LET that horse loose! I wouldn't
take $3.50 for that horse, you low down
yankee thief! ~ he angrily exclaimed.
Don't worry yourself so, pardner,"
mildly replied the soldier. "You see
my horse died with the collie last night.
and I am bound to have another. If l
were to depend on my feet to get me
out Of this country Forest would get
me sure"
IT wish he'd get every one Of you,
confound you," replied the owner of
the animal.
'Ill tell you what I'll do" continued
the trooper: "if you will tell me your
name and I get through this blamed
war alive and ever get able, I will
send you the money for the horse"
my name is Joan T. Railey, d-n
you, but I'll never hear from you again,
you d-n yankee thief"
THAT may be-" smiled the soldier,
'but wait and see," and amid roar of
laughter from his comrades, he mount
ed the horse and with them rode away.
At that time Railey was well off IN
this worlds goods, and the loss Of the
horse occasioned him no pecun1ary en-
! barrassment. But since the war he has
met with many reverses. He has been
compelled to sell part of his farm ar
various times until he now has but
forty acres, and this spring he was
compelled to mortgage that for 5000 in
order to obtain money to purchase seed
and some badly needed farm nipple
ments. A few days ago he received a
letter which reads as follows:
Reading, Pa, April 3.-John 7.
Railey, Trimble, Tenn. Dear Sir Il
suppose you remember one April morn
ing in 1864 when a squad of yankee
soldiers, as you called them, came to
your house and one of them rode off
one of your horses, which you said was
worth $3.50? The yankee promised to
pay for the horse if it was even in his
power to do so. l am that same yam
kee Fortune has dealt very harshly
with me until the last few years, since
which time | have accumulated con-
siderable property. I am getting old
now and taking your horse was as
near stealing as I have ever been guilty
of, and | wish now to pay for him. I
learn from your postmaster that you
are still in the land of the living, and
have had pretty hard luck, which am
sorry to hear. I send you, by to-day's
express, $685., which allows you per
cent interest. We will, likely, never
meet again in this world, but I hope
to meet you in that land where there
is no sectional hatred. Trusting you
may prosper, I remain, yours truly,
FRANK K. WALLDRAN.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-05-14
.-~~-V~ONO


r,, many very marked changes in
.,r life would lead one to believe
=, the large farm is, or soon will be,
hing of the past. The high price
|, farm help, the necessity for better
,4ration and farming, fewer and
,to- bred stock, better care Of stock,
..+sr buildings for housing the hay,
sin and stock, has or soon will bring
!. small farm, and, so planned and
,,,rged that q greater variety of prod
,e are raised.
,ranv instances are known where the
.,n who had struggled for years with
A to 500 acres, barely made a living,
Nd Of doubling their income by SIM
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-05-14
Civil War Stories
A Visit from Lincoln,

Col. Harry L. Benbow, Of South Car
ol1na, being once in a reminiscent
mood, was asked by a friend to tell
him his most striking experience dur
Ing the Civil War. He began by say
Ing that on April 1, 1866, he command
ed three regiments at Five Forks, near
petersburg, Virginia. Being shot
through both hips. he was captured
and carried to City Point, Virginia,
Hospital, where he was placed in
ward occupied entirely by Federal Of
ncers. He was well cared for, having
every simple luxury which the ext
gency Of the times would permit
After being there few days, it was
reported through the ward that the
President Of the United States would
on the next day pay his wounded Of
hcers at City Point a visit. On the
morning Of April 8, 1855, a day which
shall never forget, my attention was
attracted to a considerable hustle at
the entrance of the ward farthest from
my cot; and in a few moments the
door was thrown open, and I beheld
a splendid display of military officers,
clad in the pomp and glitter of war,
plenty of dancing plumes and gold
braid, and boots up to mid-thigh. 1t
was the Presidents military family
netting as his escort.
Last of these came a tall, gaunt, I'M
calmly figure, clad in sober black-the
President himself, whom I immediate
ly recognized. He would have attract
ed attention, l think, among any as
sembly of men that could have been
brought together in the world, so strik-
ing was the nobility and the benevo-
lence of his countenance.
He walked down the long aisle be-
tween the rows of cots on each hand,
bowling and smiling, and saying Good
morning." to the different occupants as
he passed. Arriving at length opposite
where I lay, he halted beside my bed
and held out his hand. | was lying
on my back, my knees drawn up, my
hands folded across my breast. Look
ing him in the face, as he stood with
extended hand:
''Mr. President" | said, "do you
know to whom you offer your hand?"
Il do not he replied.
Well" 1 said, you offer it to
Confederate colonel, who has fought
you as hard as he could for four
years"
''Well,' said he, Il hope a Confede
rate colonel will not refuse me his
hand
mo, SIR replied, 81 will not" and
1 clasped his hand in both mine.
I tell you, sir, he had the most mag
nif1cent face and eye that I have ever
gaZed into. He had me whipped from
the time he first opened his mouth. If
he had ever walked up and down a
Confederate line of battle there would
never have been a battle I was his,
body and soul, from the time 1 felt
the pressure Of his fingers.
He talked to me for ten minutes,
most kindly and sympathizingly, and
when about to leave, he shook hands
again, and hoped that I would soon be
restored to health and my family and
friends.
He knew. although I did not. that
in a few days General Lee must sur
render at Appomattox. He left me,
and I saw him for the first and last
time. Not long afterward the news
came to US that he was dead. and I
turned my face to the wall and wept.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-05-14
Fertt1ixinc the Lawn.

NO top dressing nor fertilizer Will DO
-"ore to revive grass than nitrate or
"ua, and 1t should be used In combina-
IoA with materials containing phos-
puorlc acid and potash. A mixture OF
4'V pounds of nitrate Of soda, 100
POUNDS Of acid phosphate and 7e
pounds Of muriate Of potash Is recon-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-05-14
Ambiguous

Mrs. Hecktor-I thought when L
married you that you were an entirely
different man.
Hecktor-I wish, Maria. that you
had married the man you took me for
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-05-14

pasture to another
while cows are
confined to one. AS
shown, the hanger
is a piece Of strap
iron bent around
the post and sup
ported by pegs.
These pegs may be
inserted in holes
at varying heights.
This is also a good
device for raising
the gate above the
snow in winter
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-05-14
Easily Regulated Gate.

The gate hanger illustrated in the
drawing is very handy for use where
it is desired to let hogs pass from one
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-05-14
MORAL AND MATERIAL POWER.

By. Rev. Thomas Reed Bridges.
Endowed with power from on high.
Luke d 40.
Power is something every man wants.
We are all struggling to get out Of the
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-05-14

1>''' : 81 >-''4'- snow in winter
Sam Avery, in Farm and Home.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-05-14

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The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1909-04-15
WOULD HELP SOME

Attorney d. c. Lewis of Belliugham
i, endeavoriug to see if it is not posi-
BILE to have clause inserted in the
coming tariff bin to the effect that any
manufacturing plant that pays for hon
est and capable help less than two doll
ars per day or that employs Asiatic la
Dor shall not receive the benefits of
the tariff law. Every labor paper in
the United States ought to clip this item
and start the ball rolling,
Mr. Lewis says he fully realizes there
is no power or authority vested in con.
gress to say what rate of wages wage
earners shall receive, but does think
congress can find some way out of the
difficulty by saying who can have the
benefits of the law and who cannot.
He also says there ought to be some
penalty attached to factories receiving
the benefits of the law that close down
just to squeeze the laboring men into
ubmission.-Msple Falls Leader.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1909-04-15
EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES
FLEECE WORKINGMEN
Legitimacy of the Business Destroyed by a
Few RapaCious Men.

bank accounts, but it is undoubtedly
true that enough OF them do work the
game to make it lucrative PROPOSE
tion.
1t is common habit of nscrupu-
lous employment agencies to advertise
Jobs that never existed and sell the same
job to half dozen different men As
was stated before in this article, only
men at the lowest cbb financially or
strangers in strange land, who do not
know where to turn to look for work,
will patronize these offices What can
be more mean or contemptuous than
to fatten like a vuIture off the neces
sities of a Iaboring man.
\ state license law for employment
agencies would protect the honest man
in that business and thank Heaven
there are some such men-and give the
authorities power to discipline the dis
honest ones or put them out of bust
ness. The recent legislature refused to
give us this law. They could madly
Squandcr the peoples money in eXtrava-
CANT appropriations but it wasn't worth
while to protect the humble laboring
man who is down and out andat the, mercy
of these gentry.
For the man who honestly engages in
this business and conducts it in a square
manner we have no reproach. 1t is the
abuse OF the business that needs correc-
ton. If there is no law
on the statute books that will remedy
evils, and in the absence of such law no
steps can be legally taken to curb their
capacity, then public opinion must step
in and do what the law cannot. Pub
lie opinion properly concantrated. can
force these people to be good or 90 out
of BUSINESS. They should not be allow
ed to fleece the working people of their
hard earned money and if nothing else
will serve. the lash Of public oeorn must
be brought into use.
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GENTS FURNISHINGS

california.
GENTS FURNISHINGS
Enger 4 Jcsdahl, lGlS Hewitt.
Edward Vail, 1907 Hewitt.
Boston Clothing Co., Dorchester bldg
PAINT AND PAPER
Hub Wall Paper Co.. 1920 Rockefeller
Globe Wall Paper Co., 1913 Hewitt
Dobbs Wall Paper and Paint Co., 293j
Colby.
G. McAIister, 23l4 Hewitt.
DRY GOODS
w. f. Hall Dry Goods Co.. Colby Bldg
Chicago Outfitting Co.. l4lG Hewitt.
SPORTING GOODS
\. A. Baily. 1901 Hewitt.
MILLINERY
Miss NJ. Johnson, l7l7h Hewitt.
TAILORING
The Broadway Cleaning ParIors, 2937h
Broadway.
p. Wagner, 2004 Hewitt
J. l.. Morrow. 20O7 Hewitt.
REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE
Reliance Realty Co., 1923 Colby.
Hudson & Booth, Scandia Bank Bldg.
John AlcRae. Fobes Biz
II,1s, l-,,. 4.
FLORAL AND SEED
W. Wallmark, l9l6% Hewitt.
PHOTOGRAPHY
Brush Studio, 2S0l Wetmore.
PRINTING
News Publishing Co., 29l2 Rockefell
ar.
THEATRICAL
Grand Theatre.
Scenic Theatre.
Dreamland Theatre.
OPTICAL
Everett Optical Co.. 1914 Hewitt.
TIN AND SHEET IRON
Andrew Eckstrom, 2Sl9 Cedar.
Broadway Sheet Metal Works, 1892
Broadway.
PLUMBING
II G. Brown, 2j2l Hewitt.
LIQUORS
Everett Brewing Co., 35th and Paine.
Niaduct Saloon, PIG Hewitt.
TONSORIAL
Everett Baths. 2S2l Wetmore.
UMBRELLAS
Foley's Umbrella store, 1907 Hewitt
COAL AND WOOD
y. c. Little Fuel Co., corner Pacific
and Virginia.
ABSTRACTING
Snohomish County Abstract Co., Wet
more Ave.
AND EMBALMING
John F. jerreud 2939 Broadway.
y. b. ChalIacombe, 2Sl2 Rockefeller
LIGHT AND POWER
Everett Ry., Light 4 Water Co.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1909-04-15
WIRELESS WONDERS

About seventeen years ago the Wiz
aNrd of Menlo Park startled the world
by carrying on telegraphic communica-
tion between moving train and sta
tiouS along the railroad without any
wire connection therewith. The system
employed was to mount a board covered
with tinfoi edgewisc on the car roof.
The tinfoil formed part of local tele-
graph circuit, which inductively affected
the telegraph wires that paralleled the
track, and in this way the messages
were made to leap from the train to
the telegraph lines. The recent expert
ments on the Lake Shore Railroad
where messages were exchanged between
an operator ON fast moving train and
operators in Toledo, Elkhart, and Chi
cago were of a different character; that
is, the Hertzian waves were used, which
transmitted the messages directly to the
receiving stations, and not to the tele-
graph wires along the track The val
ne OF such communication between trains
and railway stations was illustrated at
the very outset of the experiments. On
one of the trains a truck broke at
some distance from Chicago and by
means of wireless telegraphy a repair
train was called from Elkhart.-Scientif-
ic American.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1909-04-15

The merchant who does not ad-
vertise at all may or may not be
your friend felow-worker, but it is
a foregone conclusion that he who
literally patronizes the columns of
all other papers and refuses to ad-
vertise in the labor paper, is not
looking for the workingman's pat
ronage, does not wish it, and is not
desirous of your friendship.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1909-04-15

"A labor paper is far better
advertising method than any ordin-
AIRY newspaper in comparison with
circulation. A labor paper for eX
ample having 1000 subscribers is
of more value to the business man
who advertises in it than ordinary
papers with 10000 subscribers"