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The Mena weekly star., 1909-12-30
RUST AND SMUT.

Rust and smut feed differently on different kinds of plants. Rust Is usually on the stalks of wheat and feeds on the pabulum prepared for the seed, but smut feeds on the seed itslf. Should any kind of fungus growth be noticed on wheat or corn plants the seed for the next years crop should be procured from else where, while rotation to other ground should be practiced.-Epitomist.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-12-30
FARM NOTES.

Keep the cattle out of wet, miry pastures unless you want to lose some of the weaker ones. The marsh should be saved for spring and sum mer when other pastures are not at their best, and the cattle should be kept on high land at this season.
 The secret of raising a uniform bunch of pigs is to keep each litter by Itself, so that there can be abso- lutely no monopoly of the feed. Il is true that ths involves some labor in feeding and also in fencing. but the owner will be paid handsomely for the labor when he markets the bunch.
 Should the calf seem not to thrive. give it half pint of wheat bran, with a pinch of salt scalded with a teacupfu of water Give this with the usual amount of milk, and always keep some corn, oats and hay with pure water handy.
 For sheep in milk the best feed is whole corn and oats, equal weight, giving all the animal will eat up clean. To add succulence to the feed, yellow sweet turnips sliced fine are also good. Alfalfa hay should also be given in abundance
 Partial paralysis in pigs may be treated successfully in some cases by dosing with Epson salts, allowing one ounce to each animal, following with a desertslnonful of cod liver oil, 10 grains phosphate of lime and two drops nux vomica as physic, given twice a day for several weeks.
 For the colt, mares milk is best, but it can be raised on cows milk if it is rightly managed. The mares milk being thinner and sweeter than cows milk, the latter should be thin ned and sweetened.
 An experienced farmer says that the following is an eycchent remedy for raeum3 tism in horses: Dissolve 2 drams carbonate of potash in a pint of water and mix 1t with feed two or three times a day until the animal gets well. Apply equal parts alcohol and water to affected joints twice day.
 Constitution is the forerunner of all diseases and disorders in live stock. Keep the bowels open by feeding an abundance of geren feed, of giving liberal doses of Epson salts or raw linseed oil
The Mena weekly star., 1909-12-30
PREPARATION or THE SOIL

PREPARATION OF THE SOIL.
 Quite as much depends upon the proper preparation of the soil for the best development of plants as the use of fertilizers. A case in point is that of an intelligent Missouri farm. CT who lived in section where the idea prevailed that wheat could not be profitably grown there. He had trieI to raise wheat on his farm in the old, rough way, and could get but ten or twelve bushels per acre . He visited the State experiment sta tion at time when a plot of ground was being prepared for wheat and became so impressed with their thor ough methods of soil preparation that he prepared a field on his farm in the same way, and from this har. vested crop of 35 bushels of good wheat per acre, the only fertilizer used being stable manure and light application of lime me.-Epitomist.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-12-30
A sklttIsh chrIstmas rree.

The Swedes has custom at Christ mas time of decorating pet lamb with red ribbons and bells. then load ing it with gifts for the family. The lamb is turned loose in the house. and each person attempts to catch it and find his or her gift.-Fur News.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-12-30
ovERPRoDUcTToN OF POULTRY,

It has been pretty well proven that the past is the safest guide to the future, and if we may judge by the way the demand has been increasing and the way prices of poultry and eggs have been advancing the past few years, there certainly is no dan ger of an oversupply. With all the new plans and inventions that have been given us by modern scientific methods. and with all the stimulus vt good prices the year round. we have not yet been able to keep pace with the demand, for the reason that the demand has been, and still is in, creasing even more rapidly than the supply. So the farmer who has in mind the worthy idea of increasing the size of his poultry operations, can do so wwih perfect confidence in the stability of prices for poultry and s.-Epitomist.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-12-30
WOMEN AND POULTRY.

We can point to quite a number ol women who have increased the mum her of their fowls with a view to as
 Sistfng themselves during the dull times, the object being to have money come in sooner than by relying or
The Mena weekly star., 1909-12-30
Rubbing Off the Bloom.

"No, I don't care for her as much as I did," said the particular young man, since she told me I had an automobile face.
 Yes. l know she meant mobile, but the expression had the effect somehow, of rubbing off the bloom. '
The Mena weekly star., 1909-12-30
Great Sugar Crop.

sugar crop for this year, |ow all ground, amounted to bs, worth in the neighbor- |O.000,O0O. This Is not only i crop ever produced in the |at is the highest production |et attained, averaging over
 70 the acre throughout the
 Ene of the plantations will
 Rlng on their 1909 crop next
 early in January.-Bakers
The Mena weekly star., 1909-12-30

South Dakota is congratulating her self on the greatest gold year in her history. The report of the state mine inspector, filed with the governor, shows the states gold production for ;he last year to have been s7.4G0. 900
The Mena weekly star., 1909-12-30

exactly the right angle. A clamp SC
 curely holds the razor in the correc
 position and at the proper angle tt the strop. It also prevents the razoi moving. Obviously any person with few quick passages of the strop can sharpen any razor without danger of dulling the blade. Washington Star.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-12-30
Misunderstood.

Bell-And 1 understand you to say that the dentist oyercharged you?
 Nell--Yes; he gave me enough gas to infiate a balloon.-Kansas City Journal.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-12-30

k physical observes the obiga
 health diet exercise and fresh air another |ects them.
 all the tissues of the human follows that without free of good water impossible Blood muscle demand it. The blood the the tissue of the body but it only which the solvent of such
 pable elastic by of \ entering their structure. digestion absorption of the food elements Eed by Thus follows that constant supply Of water is need.
 important of the human body By
 millions of sweatglands man loses
 xyourth his body weight This loss which
 through the action of the lungs the eyapora with from body waste And what Is true 3n equally kidneys. Each Of Ion
 life We that it enters into every body its sourceto be sure we consume intake of fruits vegetables meat tea and But be the sole of supply How much water fixed allowance be stated
 habits and occupations and the quan- reasonably vary and three four pnts nd with food aid to digestion and absorp
 the close of mea-eare should be ob-
 thorough mascaon by washing into the
 solid foods i'll prepared glass of cold going to rising in the morning good habit apers Weekly.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-12-30

Pennsylvania leads in the slate in- dustry, with Vermont. Maine. Virginia, Maryland. New York, California, Ar kansas, and New Jersey following in the order named
The Mena weekly star., 1909-12-30

A census of the railroad cars Of the country shows 2.200,000. of which 50,000 are passenger cars.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-12-30
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By R. [. Hartt.

@ E follow the game quite olerabe misery Hot It was v never so hot Ptiessly beats down from sky broken only by feecy white clouds that the players call they afford benevolent background I for inc baed ball Though sunstroke seems inevitable
 inning succeeds inning, with nine walking away slowly the till the ultimate inning IS
 now nearly completed moments there have been -iubiant moments moments gum; awful suspense, stands three to two against us tc cheers great Murphy of the Colossus of in his heart His cudgel sldewise aDlaze There are cries from mnglng oddly with Ice
 and Fresh popcorn bag The pitcher holds the ball
 beneath his chin He coils himself up like let's loose and thenoh instant! The ring of forms that fling along the ground in clouds Of upturned horror
 ovp across the far far background his that of &n against hopeand victory oursl We howl-Fom the At
The Mena weekly star., 1909-12-30
Broom Moistener.

An up-to-date attachment, designed o save the housewife considerable abor, is the broom moistener shown the accompanying illustration, pat snted by Maine man. The nuisance
The Mena weekly star., 1909-12-30

The average yearly milk yield o' each COW is 400 gallons.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-12-30
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something requiring longer periou
 for remunerating them. Eggs are daily products and enable the farmer to procure cash either in small or 1 large sums according to his manage. ment. Women can assist materially in attending to some of the details of management, although they can not do hard work in the poultry house and yards. They are more success. ful in raising chicks than men be- cause they are more patient and do not overlook the small matters. If there have been a large number of bullets matched it would no doubt pay to keep them all winter if the accommodation will permit in order to help through the cold weather, The greatest success of farmers with ] poultry Is when their wives assist by taking an interest in large num- bers, but the farmers should not leave the heavy duties to be attended to by their wives. es.-Weekly Witness, THOROUGHBRED SADDLE HORSES
 Breeders of saddle horses who in- tend to introduce thoroughbred blood to improve their stock, can not be too critical. There are some thor oughbreds almost as poorly fitted for improving saddle horses as would be woods colts They may lack the proper form, or the disposition or the flexible action of the limbs and joints. Besides having these, they may be so purely unstylish as to who'll ly disqualify. The old saddle families were built on the right kind of thor oughbreds and as far as it is pos. sible, breeders will do well to con centrate and bring together strains bearing the greatest amount of such blood.
 Many thoroughbred mares are be ing bred to registered saddle stallions and we do not say it is unwise to do this. with the precautions men, toned. Before incorporating Ally of this kind of breeding into a herd she should be fully looked over to see what effect the outcross has had. If she is not a good type discard her. Farmers Home Journal.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-12-30
Flashlight Alarm Clock.

Applications for patents on electri- .al novelties pour into the Patent
The Mena weekly star., 1909-12-30
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By J T. Joseph Bird, M D.

T EW of drink adequate quantity of water How many drink day? How many "Oh, never touch
 n Look about you the street car if will and note
 the ruddy complexion fair sn vigor of body and mental H force of individuals and the moled skin saow com
 pexon istlessness others Such differences not
 always temperamenta they entirely mental U physical endowments One observes the oblga
 health exercise and fresh air; another
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-01-06

So far as known the following 1tal-
ian cities and towns have suffered by
the earthquake and tidal wave of De-
cember 81.
Messina, Sicily-Population 1oO,-
000 wrecked by earthquake and
swept by tidal wave; loss of life enor-
nous.
neutrality-suspicious. 100000; in
ruins.
Palermo. Sicily-Ten miles north
west of Catania at foot of Mount
Etna; population. 23,500; a heap OF
smoldering ruins.
Vittoria, Sicily-Town of 32,150, on
the Camarino river; wrecked.
Marc, Sicily-Population 1880;
half destroyed.
Ali-Fifteen miles southwest OF
Messina, one OF the most ancient
towns in island; population, 1000;
badly damaged.
Mineo, Sicily-Ninety-si miles
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-01-06
BUS ovERTU RNED.

Several Injured at Portage in pecu'ia'
Accident.
Portage, Wis, Dec. 29.-Sevefal per
sons were more or less painfully hurt
Yesterday when one of the busses OF
the Thiel transfer line overturned
while coming from the Milwaukee re's'd
depot Otto Thiel had his leg broken
and the five occupants escaped Win
slight injuries. The occupants or the
bu, were: L. A. Jones of Portage a
travelling man; Grin Twitchell OF Port
age, a Milwaukee road baggageman;
David Sanderson of Beaver Dam. ana
Miss Annie Dexter and Miss Charlotte
Morgans, both of Cambria. Miss Dex-
ter was slightly cut about the hands
and Miss Morgan suffered sprained
ankle.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-01-06
LABOR AND INDUSTRY.

Christ Field, farmer of Bayfield,
county. has discovered iron on his
land while excavating for a cellar
The butter makers of Walworth
county will meet at Elkhorn ON Jan
5, TO effect county organization.
Ice cutting on the lakes of Kenosha
county will start next Friday and TO-
900 men will be employed in the lake
districts.
What was probably the largest to-
bacco delivery in the vicinity of Deer.
field, was made to J. Johnson of Edger-
ton. 1t comprised over $4,000 pounds,
and represents close to $4,000 in
value
The canning factory erected at
Chetek some years ago at cost of
about $4,000 may be sold to the
LANCE Canning company of Eau Claire
for S1,050. The project was no finan-
cial success.
The Augusta Creamery company has
been Incorporated with a capital
stock of $4,000. 1t is expected that
The concern will operate. a string of
creameries and cheese factories in
Eau Claire county and vicinity.
A temporary Injunction will be Sc
cured to restrain the Milwaukee and
Fox River Valley railroad company
from doing any further work On it's
line in Plymouth because as alleged it
is laying tracks in streets on which
no franchise had been secured.
Boycotting of New, Orleans papers
that oppose horse racing by saloons,
hotels ard other interests is to be in
vestigated by federal grand jury at
the Crescent city Judge Saunders of
the United States District court adj
vised that body yesterday it is pun
isha5le offense
George Wilson Rion of South Caro-
lima, Ole knudtson of Chicago. and
August Werner of Cincinnati, O., have
purchased a site at Eau Claire for the
location of granite works They
own large red and gray granite quar-.
ries in Wisconsin and in South Caro-
lima
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-01-06

H., while preparing dinner for fam
lily reunion was stricken by heart dis
case and died
Robbers entered the postoffice at
Glen Ellyn, ILL., Choosing between two
safes they blew open one containing
only papers and left untouched one
containing money.
let fever Warsaw, Ind, authorities re-
fused to allow any public Christmas
entertainments. Sunday school ses-
sions were also barred
Mrs. Jack Gardner of Boston. ar
ranged for the payment of the $82.411
on art treasures in the name of Mrs.
Emily Crane Chadbourne, that were
seized by the Chicago custom authori-
ties
Marie Barton is under arrest at La
Junta, Col. as witness in connection
with the murder of Edward Nelson,
believed to have been a Chicago trav-
cling man, at Shattuck, Okla, last
year.
Fred Mikel, of Mexico, Mo-. who
killed Deputy Marshal Elmer Magrud-
er and seriously wounded City Marshal
Frank Cain in a sensational escape
from the Higbee, Mo-, jail Dec. 49,,
was arrested and confessed.
No compromise in their fight to
maintain the existing duty on tobacco
was the position taken by several
hundred Connecticut growers of to-
bacco who assembled in mass-meet-
ing at Hartford.
Canada and Mexico are invited by
President Roosevelt to take part in
natural resources of North America
to be held in the White house on
Feb. 18.
Axel Lindorfs formerly an officer in
the Russian army. was arrested at
Brooklyn, N Y, on the technical
charge of vagrancy. The police say
he is wanted in Finland for swindling.
Lindfors declares it is a political ar
rest
Miss Helen Gould is aiding the New
York police in an effort to capture the
slayer of Van Dwight Sheldon. Shell
don who was a student, was killed in
the basement of Charles II. Snow,
whose home the slayer is said to have
mistaken for Miss Goulds residence.
Faulkner Court Maston, who de-
clares he is president of the Victor
Paint and Varnish company of New
York, was arrested in Chicago after
firing revolver in his apartments
Two days ago Maston was held to the
grand jury ON charges brought by
Ruth Lee.
Giving as reason that their BUSH
ness is being run at a loss ON account
OF the prohibition wave, a receiver
was applied for and appointed for the
Eckhouse Brothers wholesale liquor
business at Cincinnati The assets
are given at 100000, and the liabil-
ties at $4,000.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-01-06
TRAGEDIES.

Mrs. R. A. Darlington of Webster
City, Iowa, was struck and killed by
a Chicago and Northwestern train.
Thomas Stanois, the Greek lad who
was burned while trying to kindle a
fire with kerosene, died of his in
juries at Sheboygan.
A four-year-old son of L E. Brack of
Meridian, Wis, fell backward into a
boiler of hot water and was so badly
scalded that death resulted three days
later.
Cecil Wallace, young farmer liv-
ing west of Mattoon, H., was impaled
on a pitchfork while throwing hay
down from the NOW of his barn and
died of his injuries.
August Quist, flagman at Marin
o.tte, was injured while Tagging a
crossing. when he slipped and fell I'm.
der train He lost his right arm
and was injured about the head
Basil Whereatt of Superior, 16
years old lost an arm in jumping off
train ON which he had been stealing
a ride. He miscalculated the place he
wanted to get Off at and was thrown
under coach.
J. A. Reddick a Postal Telegraph
lineman, was killed by an electric
shock at Escanaba, Mich, while try
ing to remove a high-tension wire of
a power company that had fallen on
a Western Union wire, causing a
fire.
Aleck McElivee of Galesburg, Ill,
was killed while hunting near
Gates City, Christmas, by the acct
dental discharge of gun carried by
man walking in front of him The
charge passed through the coat of
John Dickman before striking McEli-
wee.
Lester Perry fell under a train at
Eland Junction, dying four hours later
at Amigo where he was taken on a
special train. Perry's train was pull
ing out and he tried to jump on the
front platform, but fell on the rails
and his legs were cut off
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-01-06
|OPERA SINGER
TELLS or ITALY
TREMBLlNGs OF THE EARTH ARE
FREouENT-PEoPLE BECOME
USED TO THEM.
TERRIBLE SIGNS BEFORE REAL
vIoLENcE-ouD EARTH GIVES
WARNING.

Chicago. Dec. 30.-Madame Bianch-
ard Marchesi. an opera singer now IN
Chicago, has so relatives in Palermo
alone. and many more in Messana'
where the earthquake was the most
destructive. She expressed great
concern over the reports OF the catas-
trophe.
1t is a terrible country for earth
uuakes," she explained. In Messlna
and Catania the shocks are always
NEST violent. The tremblings OF the
earth are so frequent that people have
become used to them, and are no more
concerned than Americans would be az
thunder storm. Ny people have al
ways lived among earthquakes. In
Sicily the people are taught to rush tt
an archway or window as soon as th1'
slightest shock is felt. This is BE-
cause an arch is the strongest part o.
the wall. Often after an earthquak
the only part of the building sti'
standing will be the archway. When
we were children we were taught this
and even now when | feel tremor o
any kind l often scream and fly to
window. That is why Caruso rushe,.
to the window in the San Francisco
earthquake. Americans fancied it was
out Of curiosity, but really it was in,
stinctive, because he had been brought
up in Sicily.
There are always terrible signs be
r%I 10,
perature is something which can no
be described Volcanoes become SUI
denly still and a queer heat comes
not from the sun, but from inside II
earth. Over the craters hangs a littlf
puff of smoke, and then people cont
to get frightened and form pro
cessions, and make the sign OF th
cross, fall on their knees in the street
and raise their hands to heaven. PEG
pie give way to most violent emo-
lions on the approach of great shock,
interior noises are heard. away down
in the earth deep rumbling which {.
like nothing else in the world. The
is what frightens the people
Churches are thrown open and peopl
all rush there
Several years ago, at a violenc
eruption of Vesuvius, the people
formed a procession in the streets o.
Naples. The lava was coming down
from the sides of the mountain and
the people went out with the sacra-
ment before them to stop the flow OF
the molten stone. 1t was wonderful
They stood in the street and the lava
stopped within one foot of the head
Of the procession"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-01-06
DOMESTIC.

Eight persons We're injured, two Sc
riously, by an auto that became I'M
manageable in Broadway, New York.
Jennie Brown, a II year old colored
girl. was arrested. charged with set
ting fire to two Chicago churches re
Gently.
move ment for the amalgamation
of all labor unions on the great lakes
was started at a conference of inter
ested organizations at Cleveland.
Miss Dora Yockey, whose weight
was 600 pounds, died at Kittanning,
Pa A coffin II inches wide and Z
feet long had 10 be made for her.
A tumultuous throng. crying Down
with the czar," heard prominent Chi
cagoans plead Christian Rurovitz' S
claim to the right of asylum in
America
George T. Frankhauser. alias Ed
Smith. alias Frank Hauser. has been
arrested at St Paul for robbing a mail
car OF $4,000 near Rondo. Mont, q
year ago,
Mrs John Harms. aged 81 wife OF
a wealthy retired farmer at Kewanee
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-01-06
INDIAN AS AN AUTHOR.
A. 3. Upshaw Engaged to Write FOR
MAGAZINE.

Minneapolis, Dec. 27.-Alexander B.
Upshaw, a full-blooded Grow Indian
from the reservation south Of Billings,
Mont, passed through Minneapolis on
his way to visit the Indian reserva-
tons in Iowa Mr.. Upshaw was accom-
panied by his wife, who formerly was
head teacher at the Crow reservation.
Both Mr.. and Mrs. Upshaw have
been engaged recently by magazine
to make tour of the Indian reserva-
tons in the United States, observing
conditions in the various tribes at this
time. The results of their visit will
be published in the coming year. Mr..
Upshaw received an education at Car
Isle, where he was at one time mem
Der of the football team. At his home
on the reservation in Montana he IS
one of the largest landowners and
wealthiest men in the tribe.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-01-06
PURELY PERSONAL

+. F. Bum has resigned the man
agement of the Cameron house at La
Crosse.
Miss Ellen Mcdonald has become a
candidate for county superintendent
of SCHOOLS in Oconto county.
Mrs. Russell Sage gave SIS gold
pieces to employees of the New York
city parks on Christmas day
President Salisbury of the White
water normal school who has been
travelling in Europe has returned
Father L. J. Vaughan has been as
signed to the Cuba City. Wis. Roman
Catholic parish by Bishop Schwe-
bach
William Lowman, who claims TO be
the oldest resident of Galesburg. Ill
celebrated his one hundred and sixth
birthday Christmas.
George McManus. the young artist
of "Newlywed' fame. has himself be-
come newlywed, having led to the
altar Miss Florence Bergere of New