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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-05-21
SCIENCE AND FAITH.
By Henry

By Henry E. Cope.
"In your faith supply virtue and III
your virtue knowledge" I'll Peter 1: 5.
Is 1t true that the greater the knowl-
edge the less the religious interest?
Are these two persons, the man whose
zeal for religion Is equaled by his big
otry and ignorance and the other in
whom scientific study has dwarfed spir-
itual sensibility, fair types by which
to Judge the relatians of religion and
knowledge?
Is intelligence incompatible with
real piety? Will the growth of knowl-
edge bring about the dissolution of re-
ligion? Is the life of religious aspira-
tons and feelings out of date in a
scientific age such as we are constant
Science has overcome superstition; is
faith so bound up with superstition
that 1t, too, must go?
With honest people the inquiry is so
important that they can afford to neg
lect the somewhat large number Of per-
sons who use a thin smattering of
knowledge and superficial acluaint-
ance with science as an excuse for di-
vorce from all moral obligations, just
as it also permits one or ignore those
who continue to confound faith with
willful blindness.
We can be sure of one thing, at
least; that, no matter what our feel
Ings, theories, or ideals may be, we
cannot turn our backs on the great
world of fact as it is laid before us.
The faith that fights facts Is commit
ting suicide. Appeals to our fears can
not to-day make the facts less real to
US, and we know that by them we will
have to stand or fall.
If you stop to think about it, there
is a striking significance in the fact
that this question has arisen. Is there
a religion for the intelligent, educated,
scientific mind? 1t suggests another
question: Can any other mind fully
comprehend the riches and meaning of
religion? The unthinking cling to Gus
toms, traditions and forms that are
the vestiges of truth. The trained
mind distinguishes between the gar
ments of truth and truth itself.
Every life will have its religion ac-
cording to its development. 1t Is folly
to look for uniformity in faith until
you have uniformity In the faithful,
until all minds are alike the things
these minds can see must vary. The
religion of the man who thinks In the
terms Of the laws Of universe must
be different from that Of the one who
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-05-21

The Indian corn crop for 1908,
amounted to 2,643, 900, 600 bushels. The
crops of three years have exceeded
This, but only the crop of one year
ll9o6) exceeded it very much. The
value Of the crop is estimated at ST.
ol6,OOO,OO0. The price of corn is eX,
cepuonally high. There are only two
years in which the farm price of this
crop was as high as it Is for this year.
IN 1881 the price was 636 cents; In
1901 when there was only two-thirds
OF an ordinary crop, the price was
oO.o cents. The total value of this
crop Is by far the highest ever reach
ed The crop of 1902 was worth bill
lion dollars, and the crops Of 1904
1905 and 1906 were worth $100,0 100000
more; the great increase of $30G,O0O,-
zoo over the crop Of 1902 was made IN
1907, and now the increase is $600,0O0,
VOO-eQual to the gold in the treasury
OF rich nation.
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(iIQNA WIN;
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AN ENROLLING VIEW OF LIFE.
By Rev. J. w. Roberts

By Rev. j. w. Ro bertS.
Lift up your eyes on high.-Isaiah
IL: 20.
In days when men are looking into
earthly things with eager and pene-
trating vision, these words come to US
with special force and meaning.
The man who always looks down
cannot aspire. There is purpose in
our noble aspirations. The unattained
beckons us onward To look up means
to lift up "'Tis not what man does
which exalts him." says Browning,
but what man would do" Our stand
ard will rise higher and higher as we
go from strength to strength. Our
longings foretell our destiny.
We must look down at times to get
a clear idea of life's details, but If we
wish to see their proper relation to
the great issues Of life we must look
up. If we simply look at our feet,
how limited becomes our vision! By
lifting up our eyes on high, we see
the vast arch that spans the heavens.
It Is then we see with Emerson what
majestic beauties daily wrap us in
their BOSOM or with Ruskin study
"the mystery Of distant mountain
blue hear with Tennyson the sea
waves break upon "the cold gray
stones" or stand entranced with New
ton until the stars rise.
Isaiah calls men to look at the stars
because mans vision broadens as It
lengthens. This wider view enables us
to understand the ways Of God and
the proper relation Of the lesser to the
greater issues of life Here we find In
spiratton for our nobiest endeavors
This upward and outward vision will
often explain the mystery of trouble
and the great perplexities Of life. 1t
does not require large object to hide
the wide landscape from our view If
we stand close enough to 1t. To I'M
derstand the things Of to-day we must
get right view of them. We see them
best from above. Paul saw them from
the proper perspective when he said:
"All things work together for good to
them that love God"
How it ennobles our work when we
realize that 1t is part of the great plan
of God! BY bringing our loftiest Wis
ions to bear upon the practical things
of life, we learn to do our best work
and bring forth evidences Of the d.
vin1ty within us. Our work will not
be merely for time, but for eternity.
In that way we may become one of
the '1mmortals."
The great Hebrew poets sublime
conception of man shall yet be real
ized Thou hast made him a little
lower than the angels, and hast crown
ed him with glory and honor. Thou
madest him to have dominion over the
works of Thy hands" By lifting up
our eyes on high we shall better I'M
derstand both men and God and learn
to appreciate more fully life here and
life hereafter.
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cannot think beyond his dinner pail or
his back yard.
II religion is the life of ideals, the
power within us that pushes out and
on toward the realization In ourselves
and our conditions of the best We
know and hope for, then each mans
faith will be determined by his vision
and his knowledge; every individual
creed will be conditioned by the in
dividua's stage of culture
II is folly for the trained mind TO
seek satisfaction in the ideals whose
bounds are set by the unframed mind,
just as 1t equally is foolish for him to
mock at the vision that cheers the
lowlier life. Nearly all the supposed
difficulties between science and relig-
ion arise from the attempt to force to
common viewpoint in religious minds
that dwell almost a whole universe
apart in all the rest Of their think
ing.
The avenues to the Most High are
many. There Is a way somewhere
from every life and never precisely
the same way for any two lives The
way begins at just the level on which
the life is found. Because religion Is
the way from our present selves to
that ideal and complete social self in
every life the religion depends, after
ALL on the self.
knowledge does not lead away from
faith; it leads into it's fuller light
Ones faith is not set Of formal state
ments, Interchangeable and subject to be
shattered by the verif1cation of new
facts. 1t is a spirit in life, a habit
and trend Of the spirit which leads
the life forward through every realm
Of fact. 1t Is not an outer garment;
1t is an inner spirit which guides on
ward, though the developing life may
cast aside its outgrown garments
Science is our reading of the rela4
lions OF the facts of life; religion ID
the confidence and longing that reads
all In the light of life's charging ends
and increasing values. Your religion
cannot be tested by the facts Of sci.
ence; 1t is tested by it's value as o
force in your life. A worthy faith
fears no knowledge; 1t rejoices in all
that enriches and enlarges life. Ii
welcomes science as the servant of the
growing soul
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-05-21
sEDOubIc Slow"

A soldier in Company d, Twenty
fourth Massachusetts Infantry Volun-
teers, quite wag in his way, was once
put into the regimental guardhouse for
some trivial offense, writes Philip T.
Greedy in the Veterans Advocate. The
reader will remember, If he served his
country during the war; how such of
tenders were degraded and punished
by being forced to perform police duty
about camp and other mental work,
and how cheerfully and willingly they
fell in for this service The Company
D man was no exception, as will APP
pear by the following: He was honored
one morning by being placed in COM
mand of the squad that was to sweep
the company streets, and as they were
to march by regimental headquarters,
he resolved to show Colonel Francis A.
Osburn and his associates with what
alacrity and fidelity they were about
to enter upon their duties. SO just
before reaching the Colonels tent he
halted his squad and called them to
attention. He cautioned them to re-
n1eIUUeE tUdL IUSy were JOlu
them to "brace up," as they were
about to pass in review; gave the or
der, right shoulder shift" and then,
in loud voice, forward, march" AS
the imposing procession neared the
colonel's headquarters, the command
was given, shoulder arms at which
all the brooms were brought down
with the regularity of clock work
BY this time it had become noised
about that something unusual was go
ing on, and men ran from all direc-
tions to see the fun The field and staff
of the regiment stood In front of their
tents, and quite a number of staff of
GERS from brigade and division head
quarters happened to be present. Just
as all were wondering what was COM
ing next, the commander of the broom
brigade brought matters to a climax
by crying out at the top of his voice,
double slow, march," and this last
order, amid screams of laughter, was
strictly ofSeyed.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-05-21
Farm Mechanics.

farm Mechanics.
Every farm should have a work
snop' The building may be large or
small. 1t is not necessary to have if
very expensive. The tools may be few
VI many but what there are should be
good. No man can do good work with
poor tools, and good tools cost but lit
Tie more than poor ones. A building
1o oy II feet will answer for a black
smith shop with small wise bench in
one corner. If this is fitted with a
good chimney, forge, anvil hammer,
longs and good steel wise, considerable
olacksmithing work can be done to adj
vantage.
There should be small stove to
make the shop comfortable in winter.
Ihls Is very important, because there
Is more time to work in a shop in the
winter, and you can't work with black
smiths tools IN a frosty atmosphere.
Carpenters work is different. A
carpenters bench may be placed
against the side of the building and
covered with a shed roof, for, If neces-
sary, carpenter work may be done out
side II you have a covered place for the
bench and tools.
A much better arrangement Is to
nave blacksmith shop in one end of
larger building and carpenter shop
IN the other end, with a partition be-
tween. There should be no shavings
lying about blacksmith shop; there
Is too much danger from fire. For an
other reason, the two kinds of work
do not jibe well together 1t is COM
paratively easy to keep a blacksmith
shop in order, but there is q great deal
OF litter about a woodworking shop,
and farmer never finds time to keep
such things neatly in order.
In buying woodworking tools the
best are the cheapest 1t is poor econ
omy to buy cheap TOOLS Not many are
needed for common repair work, and a
good kit may be had for few dollars
instruction books on mechanics may
help a good deal. The principles may
be studied out and applied in the
shop. The boys on the farm take up
such things easily and often make
good ics.-Agricultural Epito-
mist.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-05-21

being kept in by chains behind them
There is a harness room, shelves for
milk pail, etc, medicine cupboard,
ventilator, three feed bins in hopper
form so as to take little room in the
stable and filling from above, and
stairway with door balanced with
weights at top. The carriage room Is
large enough for set Of vehicles, or
part can be used as repair shop.
The hay loft will hold at least two
loads, and some bedding. The store
room fills a general need. Outside
walls are covered with drop siding.
and roof has prepared roofing. Foun-
dation Is of grout, brick, or cement
blocks. Stable floors are of cement,
with wood blocks in stalls. The style
Of exterior finish may be varied to
harmonic with that of the other
buildings. A cupola may be substi-
tuted for the iron vent cap. This de-
sign gives in compact form complete
small barn and stable, at moderate
COST. l.. Marsh.
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Increase in Farm Animals.

The Crop Reporting Board Of Blu
reau Of Statistics of the United States
Department Of Agriculture estimates
the numbers and values of farm ami
mails on farms and ranges in the Uni
ted States on January 1, 1909, as fol-
lows: Compared with January 1, 1908,
the following changes are indicated:
Horses have increased 648,000; mules,
$4,000; milch COWS, $4,000; other CAT
tie decreased 694 1000; sheep increased
l,453,O00; swine decreased 1887 900. In
average value per head, horses tncreas-
ed 1928; mules, s CENTS milch cows,
a.69; other cattle, 60 cents; sheep de-
creased 40 cents; swine increased so
cents. In total value mich COWS in
creased $52,8SS,000; other cattle, ST.
$4,000; sheep decreased $19,104, 900;
swine Increased SIS, 764, 900. The to-
tai value of all animals enumerated
above on January 1, 1909, was $4,525,-
$4,000, as compared with $4,331 $780,
V00 on January 1, 1908, an increase
of Sl94,029,000, or As per cent.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-05-21
Dra.n the Feed Lots.

There is no place upon the farm
where a system of drainage can be
more proftably installed than in the
cod lots and around the hog pens. In
foo many instances large wallows are
formed around the hoghouse and
these are both unsightly and unsan1'
tarv If the hoghouse is not so situat-
"a that drainage is natural an arti.
rcio1 drainage system will repay its
cost many times.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-05-21
DoN,rs FOR cHURcHMEN.

Don't forget that no man knows
truth who wants to patent it.
Don't fail to be faithful to truth If
YOU would be a follower OF 1t.
Don't try to fill the harvester's wag-
on until you have first emptied the
sewers bag.
Don't overlook the fact that the bag
gage car does not go through on the
heavenly train.
Don't forget that whatever is given
by the hand is more than gained by
the heart.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-05-21
sowing Vegetable Seeds.

If the soil has been properly watered
after the sowing of vegetable seeds lit
tie attention in this direction will be
needed before the proper time for
transplanting This will depend large,
ly upon the character of the weather,
In bright, sunny weather, when free
ventilation Is required, the flats may
need an application of water almost
daily. Excessive watering, however,
should be guarded against, as it tends
to produce tender, spindling plants.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-05-21
To Revive Grass.

No top dressing or fertilizer will do
more to revive grass than nitrate OF
Soda, and it should be used in comol-
nation with materials containing phos-
phoric acid and potash. A mixture OF
100 pounds of nitrate Of soda, lou
pounds of acid phosphate and 70
pounds of muriate of potash is recon-
mended. Grass, even in the old mead
ows, will respond very quickly to this
treatment.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-05-21
Packing the Fleece.

One Of the best ways to pack the
fleece is to lay it upon table, turn in
the head and tail, then the TANKS
After this roll it up into a neat roll
and tie it firmly, using such device
as here illustrated.
The tying box Is made from light
lumber with slots, as shown, through
which the rope is passed. The fleece
is placed upon this rope and the roll
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-05-21

and stopped. and were evidently taking
view Of us, when a shell from Fort
Rosecrans came screeching over our
heads. 1t must have disturbed the
group of officers, fcr they hastily disap-
peared in the woods.
We were then ordered into the fort,
from which we could see we were COM
pletely surrounded by the enemy. We
were penned up there for two or three
weeks on short rations. In order to
than we had, we were made to show
ourselves on one side of the fort, then
duck our heads, run to the next side,
and so on until we had made the
rounds. A prisoner whom we after
ward captured said they estimated our
force at 10000 lit was but 10000.
We had been reduced to pint of
meal and a little molasses, and our
chances looked desperate when Gen
eral Milroy asked permission to make
a dash out for the purpose of foraging
some, which was granted. We went
out 1000 strong, with one battery, NOV
ing west from the fort, thence north
behind a hill and in the woods, then
moved in line of battle up the hill to-
ward the east, where we found the
enemy in line facing us behind a stone
wall, and not rail breaStworks as given
in history. Our regiment was ordered
to lie down while the two-gun battery
went to the front and tried to rout
them. While the battery was holly en-
gagged, our major (Greiger) rode his
horse along in front of our line, encour-
aging us, and said Never mind it
dish ish noddings-we can dodge desc,
but ven dem leedle tings go zip, zip,
den look oud I"
The result of the cannonading was
one battery-man killed and one of our
boys hit in the foot.
Nothing could be effected here, so
we were marched to the rear, down the
hill to the level, open ground, and out
toward the fort, and as we still believe,
that was the intention; but when we
got in good range Of their two guns
shell came bounding along the ground
and passed near General Milroy's
horse. The general turned in his sad
die and said: by , I'll whip them
if it takes the last man."
The order was given, by the left
flank, charged" and then was the time
that could feel my hair prick and my
cap rise on my head. l thought OF
home and friends, and verify believe
if there had been hole in the ground
large enough to hold me, | would not
have been able to resist it, but would
have had business with it Immediately.
When men say they are not afraid or
scared, / don't believe it. 1 am salts
fed 1t is only pride that keeps them at
the front.
Our regiment was on the right, and
our company OBJ was out as skdrmish-
ers. We had to force our way through
a cedar thicket, where the rebels had
cut the trees part Of the way through,
about breast high, and then broke the
tops over. 1t was slow getting through,
and we were under a deadly fire (for
an age, it seemed to us)-only few
minutes, say eye witnesses who were
standing ON the works at the fort.
We drove the enemy about a mile,
captured two guns, killed thirty men,
wounded 1T5, and captured POI. Our
own losses I never knew, but, as the
brush was a protection to us, they
must have been light think about
$50 killed and wounded, and one major
killed.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-05-21
The StIO.

The silo should be depended upon,
not only for winter feeding, but for
the entire year, in case pasture is
scarce or poor in quality. 1t is the
cheapest way to get succulent summer
feed if the land is at all limited in
area. or If the pastures are not such
as to produce good feed in dry wealth
or. In parts of Massachusetts, large
milk producers consider that 1t costs
l cent a quart more to produce milk
without silage than with it.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-05-21

Prof. R. A. Moore says that pains
taking in breeding corn has raised the
average corn production of Wisconsin
from twenty-five bushels per acre IN
1901 to ALP bushels per acre in 1901.
This increase is worth striving Tor
IN every State and on every farm.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-05-21
Testing Eggs.

1t is claimed that freshly laid egg
placed in a bucketful Of water Will
sink to the bottom; one day old VIII
sink nearly to the bottom; two days
oia' about half way up; three days olo'
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-05-21
E,ectr,c Farm Motor.

One of the most novel uses for the
.,ac+r,c motor is reported from Ne
vada. Ia. A man who is extensively
ged in the poultry business has
r,rred up q revolving brush driven by
small electric motor for washing the
fact of newly-killed fowls before ship.
ment.
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nh. E,r.t Baldwin Apples.

The place where the first Baldwin
apple tree grew is marked by monu-
ment. This first tree was chance
seeding that came to maturity on
farm near Lowell, Mass, about 1740.
II was not until 1884 that Col. Bald
win became interested in the apple. de-
veloped it and gave it his name. The
original tree lived till after 1917, and
did not live in vain. For the Baldwin
annie is one of the best.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-05-21

suburban or village Barn.
The building herewith shown is well
suited to the needs of the suburban or
village resident, or of the man own
ing a small tract of land, and making
9 speciality of gardening, poultry,
bees, or fruit. Size can be varied with
in certain limits.
As shown it has one single and one
double horse stall. The latter can be
nsod as box stall. There are two
single COW stalls. The COWS are loose.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-05-21

have the fleece loose, light to handle
and elastic and tied up SO that it can
be easily opened If needed.-Farm and
Home
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-05-21

WIN noat not quite at the top: four
aays DID, just touch the top; five and
SIX DAYS, rise little above the ton
llsing little higher as it daily grows
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-05-21

Practical Germans are about to es-
tablish on the south bank Of the Elbe
$4,000 horse power plant to be ope-
rated by the energy generated by the
tides.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-05-21

Sir James Cricnton- Browne said re-
Gently: 1.-The fight with the fly will
be a stiff one. One fly, it has been
calculated, win lay 1000 eggs and
must, ON the SNOWFALL principle leave
d. GOO 600 descendants In a season.