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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-07-02

A speaker at public meeting in an
Eastern city recently made state
ment which fell with a shock of dis
may upon many ears. He declared
that the time-honored occupation of
saving wood Is fast becoming obsolete.
The speaker himself, he said, had
been brought up at the wood-pile; he
had sawed wood all through his boy
,hood-had, literally, sawed a large
part of his way through college,; but
today his own boy could not saw
wood If he wished to do so. There is
in that city, as In many others, no
wood to saw. An experiment made
not long ago by certain other city
is an interesting commentary upon the
speakers declaration. The matter OF
public Fairgrounds was under debate,
and 1t was finally decided, with a
strange Misrepresentation of the sig
nif1cance and value Of play, that it
would be better to give its boys an
opportunity for exercise than for rec
reation. It was therefore determined
to give them the privilege Of saving
wood. Whether the boys appreciated
their opportunity, the record does not
state but the expense Of securing and
distributing the wood and supplying
the implements wherew1th to saw
made the experiment too costly to be
repeated. Current fiction, that most
accurate mirror Of any age, has al
ready taken cognizance-althoug per-
haps unconsciously-of the vanishing
wood pile. No longer do we find
hero of to-day saving his way to fame.
The comic papers, equally sensitive in
many ways, but still dominated by the
ghosts Of ancient jokes, have not yet
divorced the wood pile and the tramp,
but doubtless they will in time. It Is
a tride bewildering, Of course. So
long have we associated the wood pile
with greatness that we wonder per
plexedly what substitute the new days
can offer for its salutary discipline;
how, without it's stern friendliness,
our heroes can achieve distinction.
Yet somehow, after all, we still seem
| to have men among us, and every
emergency reveals its master, steady
handed, at the helm. What the future
will substitute for the wood pile none
can yet foretell. It is ours, however,
| speeding the old with courage, to greet
| the new with cheerful hearts. The
wood pile has gone. Yet somehow
discipline must be maintained" and
life will not fail to furnish the means.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-07-02
THE GENT SCHOOL"

A cent school, Is not so common
now as 1t once was. 1t was SO called,
says writer In the Atlantic Monthly,
because the children who came to it
brought cent each, tightly clutched
in the hand or knotted in a handker-
chief corner. This cent paid the tut
ton for the day. If it was forgotten
the child was sent home for it. The
school was kept by an old lady.
The smallest children used to go to
1t. The cent school might be de-
scribed as a great-aunt of the present
kindergarten, although Eunice Swain,
who kept this particular one, would
have thought kindergarten foolish
ness. Her children did not come to
be amused, but to work. They were
put on benches in the kitchen, because
1t was warm there, and she herself
taught them, or punished them, as
the spirit babe her.
She taught the three RS, and man
ners, and truth-telling, and, above all,
humility, impressing on these infants
daily that they belonged to a genera
ton, not of vipers exactly, but of
weaklings.
Thee will never be what thy grand
father was, Zenas Macy" cried Miss
Swain to a freckled lad with sea-blue
eyes. HE owned his ship, and made
seven voyages round the world. And
what is thee?"
The boy wriggled uneasily on his
bench.
Mary Liza Hussey, say nine times.
Thee can't! Say seven times. Thee
can't! Thy great-aunt, Liza Mary,
was at the head Of the arithmetic
class when l went to school,
The children Of the cent school out
grew 1t in year or two, and went
somewhere else, and other little chill
dren took their places. They were
always young children there. but Eu-
nice Swain grew older and smaller
and more bent than ever.
She sat in the doorway with a hand
kerchief tied round her head because
of drafts On the table were her
pennies and singing switch. It is
not on record that any of her chill
dren loved her, but some of them, let
us hope ALL looked back on her kindly
when they were grown up.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-07-02

varied. and his efforts in behalf of
international peace and of the aboli-
ton of war have been noted. In Wash.
ington he was as deeply beloved as in
Boston, where practically all of his
life had been spent and where he was
held in veneration. The world is the
richer that he has lived and Is much
the poorer that death has claimed him.
after a useful, upright and honorable
life of 81 years!
DR.. Hale was born in Boston in 1922
and graduated from Harvard in 1899
In 1912 he was licensed to preach by
the Boston Association of Congrega-
tional Ministers, after which he spent
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-07-02

several years in ministering to various
congregations, passing the winter Of
1S44-45 in Washington. His first regu-
lar settlement was in 1916 as pastor
of the Church of the Unity in Worces-
ter, Mass. where he remained until
1856. In that year he was called to
the South Unitarian Church in Boston,
where he was pastor for 80 years.
Early in life DR.. Hale engaged in
journalistic work and before he had
attained his majority contributed reg
ularly to the Monthly Chronicle and
Boston Miscellany. While connected
with the Advertiser he began histori-
cal studies For six years he was the
papers South American editor and
was regarded as an authority on
Spanish American affairs.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-07-02
PAPERS b The PEOP1 l.

neither have we the right to deprive them OF tnelr
liberty nor to inct upon them any punishment Wnat
ever To that the death penalty IS contrary 10
nature means eign ignorance of the fact when Is
written in natures in large letters the fact that
organized society is based struggle for existence
followed by the most fearful hecatombs
The fact that there born criminals organized Tor
destruction criminals who living reproductions not
only of the savage but also of the most fero
cous animals far from rendering compassionate To-
wards them only hardens and deprves of all pity
towards them.
remains therefore, but for the death
penalty and that is that of radical elimination of
dangerous element But here must not forget that IN
order to attain this desired elimination of dangerous
class one must kill not twenty criminals year.
but 5000 criminals in Italy and 1000 in France This
would be veritable butchery. And believe that In
our age In age thoroughly imbued with spirit
humanity, not the most ardent partisan OF the
death penalty will suggest such course.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-07-02
Short Suggestions.

Strong tea will stop bleeding from.
cut.
Lavender scented sheets are said to,
induce slumber.
Try tomato juice instead of milk
for the omelet
A shampoo made of egg, quinine
and green soap is good.
A little ammonia in the water will
make window cleaning easy.
If clothespins are heated in the oven
they will not stick when used.
If the nails have a tendency to
break, try rubbing with vaseline every
night.
In washing remember that closely
woven goods require less starch than
others.
Pistache nuts sailed in the shell are
a dainty addition to the luncheon or
dinner menu.
To candy lemon peel boil it in sugar
and then expose to the air until the
sugar crystallizes.
Mayonnaise dressing will keep for
several days if it is put into an air
tight jar and kept in a cool place.
Do not throw away the cracked
fruit jars, since they make neat re-
ceptacles for holding dry food in the
pantry.
Any brick work rinsed off with am
monia and water and then carefully
dried will be wonderfully Frightened
by the process.
In cleaning fabrics great care should
be taken not to rub them roughly be-
tween the hands. The gentle rubbing
on of the solvent with a fresh cloth
is sufficient.
To take out wagon grease, which is
of two kinds, that made from coal tar
may be removed from cloth by an
plication of petroleum; the other,
made from animal fat, responds to
sponging with ether.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-07-02
GRAND OLD MAN GONE.

The Venerable Doctor Hale, D1st1n-
guished Clergyman and Writer.
One of the grand old men" Of the
nation passed away In Roxbury, Mass,
in the death of DR.. Edward Everett
Hale, one of the leading Congregation
al ministers Of the country and since
1903 chaplain of the United States
Senate. Distinguished on two CONT
nents as a clergyman, he was also IA
nous as story writer and philan-
thropist, and some of his stories, no
tably, "A Man Without a Country"
have been read throughout the world
and stand as classic in the English
language His contributions to histo-
rical literature have been valuable and
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-07-02

DR.. Hale's influence was extensively
felt in all philanthropic movements.
His book, Ten Times One Is Ten"
published in Boston in 1870, led to the
establishment of clubs devoted to char
ity, which became scattered through
out the United States, with chapters
in Europe, Asia, Africa and islands of
the Pacific. He also took great in
terest in the Chautauqua Literary and
Scientific Circle, of which he was one
of the counselors and frequent con-
tributor to the Chautauquan. In later
years he edited the Christian Examin-
er and the Sunday School Gazette. He
is survived by his wife, who was Miss
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-07-02
PAYING GERMAN PIPER.

Europe's Most Powerful Nation Lives
by Grace of Money-Lenders.
The piper to whose lively tunes the
German empire has been dancing mer-
rily for SO many years has sent In
his bill, and the nation or the nations
representatives, though quite willing
to go on with the dancing, are by no
means prepared to settle up, the New
York Times says Prince Buelow, who
has naturally been held responsible
for the entertainment and for the ex-
pense thereof, is Disguised and dis
couraged, and it is now formally an
nounced, as 1t has been often predict
ed, that he will insist on his resigna-
ton.
There are three essential elements
in the German financial situation:
(1) a rapidly increasing expenditure
far outrunning the actual income; (2)
a rapidly growing debt, from which
in great part current expenses have
been met; 60 a system of taxation
wholly unequal to annual require
ments and framed largely to benefit
the land owners on the one hand,
while leaving their property largely
unburdened on the other. The chief
objects of expenditure have been pub
lie works, especially canals, the army
and Notifications and the navy and
a good deal of money has been spent
much Of it wasted-on the various
colonial enterprises, which have been
very costly, and only recently show
any signs of paying for themselves.
But, as in every other modern coun-
try, there has also been IN Germany
a strong tendency toward a general in
crease in the scale of expenditures.
Living has become much more costly
The old German thrift and economy
are disappearing, all branches Of the
public service are more expensive and
the treasury has for years been I'M
able to make both ends meet. The
gap has been filled by borrowing. The
most powerful and prosperous nation
of Europe has been for long while
in the humiliatfng position of depend
ing upon the money lenders to pay
its day-by-day requirements Natur.
ally, It's credit has suffered and it has
to pay more for it's loans than many
a third-rate country.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-07-02
Swedish Cookies.

One large glass of maple syrup, one
half pound of granulated sugar, one
teaspoon of cloves, one teaspoon Of
ginger, one teaspoon of cinnamon.
Cook until they hold together when
tried in water. Take off fire and beat.
In one-half pound of butter. When
cold, beat in three eggs and enough
flour of bicarbonate of potash dissolved
in water. Stand over night. In the
morning, If necessary, add a little
-four Roll, cut thin and bake.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-07-02
Measuring One Cup.

Young housekeepers are often at
loss when a recipe calls for a cup Of
anything to tell what kind of cup
to use or how much a cup measures.
The accepted measure is stone.
kitchen cup and means that cup filled
to the brim 1t is equal to one-half
pint.
A cup of solid buttermilk, chopped
meat or granulated sugar is equal to-
about half a pound. A cup of sifted
flour is equal to quarter of pound.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-07-02

pitch overheard one Of our most cher.
ished illusions-if it is an illusion.
Do we not all believe in the future
American chiefly because he will be a
blend OF all the races under the happy
condition of political freedom and So
cial opportunity? Perhaps there are
ethical differences not to be composed,
as between negro, Caucasian, Indian,
Mongol. But do not ask US to draw
the racial line too narrowly. Inter
marriage is an important factor in
Americas scheme.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-07-02

tobacco in any form. l suggest running as certain
for the tobacco habit to anyone who wishes to
break himself of it,
Go where we will among the savages and we find
drugs powerful and plentiful employed for setting into
action powers. It is only among the finest types
of the advanced that them discarded
in favor of subtler stimuli Prof James, the Harvard
psychologist urges the superior Claims excants, OF
morning air and sunlight and fine skies and mountain
walks and dewy flowers and great thoughts and sweet
aspirations above the frothy hopes Of the foamng
glass. They are the natural stmulants Of refined
ganisms.
These need other. No, not coffee and tea. An
Englishman E. Baron Russell by name, has been max
ing predictions the year 1000 A. D. and he has it
that by that time the human system will have been
refined that tea and coffee will be placed in the same
category that alcoholic stmuants occupy nowadays.
The prohbitionsts Of that remote hour will be
pagnng against and coffee and teeotalers will sign
their pledges of coeeless breakfasts and after
without 1.-The cup that cheers but does not In
ebriate"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-07-02
Onion Egg.

Boil one dozen eggs quite hard, slice
and fry In butter six large onions,
slice ten of the eggs, keeping two of
them for seasoning, drain the fried
onions and lay them on dish with
the sliced eggs placed over them;
cover the dish and keep hot Crate
the yolks of the remaining two eggs
and mix with sweet cream little
grated nutmeg and little red pepper.
Boil this mixture In a small saucepan
one minute, pour over the eggs and
onions and send to the table hot.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-07-02

English is to be taught hereafter In
all the public schools of Guatemala,
II the spread Of a knowledge of Eng
lish continues. it will not be many
years before Americans can travel all
over the world and talk with the ma
tives without having to learn any Ian
guage but their own.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-07-02
Peanut Sandwiches.

Shell and skin freshly roasted pea
nuts and roll them to fine crumbs on
pastry board. Add salt to taste, and
mix the powdered nuts with enough
fresh cream cheese to make paste:
that can be easily spread on unbutter-
ed bread Keep in cold, damp place
until wanted.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-07-02

Many wise men have made lists of
the hundred best books" but few of
the lists are wise. Dr.. S. NJ. Crothers
discourses, in the Atlantic Monthly on
the hundred worst books" He
argues that for the guidance of the
reader the reefs and shoals should be
properly marked" Then, like true
humorist, he refrains from giving the
list of the hundred worst" Each
reader can make a list for himself.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-07-02
A Test of Faith.

''Flossie!" exclaimed Mrs. De Fash
en-, you don't mean to say you're be-
ginning to doubt the Bible?''
Well" replied Miss De Fashen, ex-
aiming the fit of her new fall gown
with great satisfaction, its certainly
hard to believe. ma, that Eve was COM
PEELED TO wear clothes as a punish
ment '-Philadelphi Press.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-07-02
Raised Rolls.

One quart of bread dough, when it.
is nodded for the last raising; mold
in cupful Of maple sugar, one-quar
ter teaspoonful of soda, one teaspoon
full of butter. Let it rise and mold
again and cut out, rise and bake.
These are very nice.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-07-02
ScaIloDed Onions.

Peel one quart of small onions and
cook in boiling sailed water until ten
der. If they are very strong change
the water once or twice while cooking.
When done, drain and pour them into
buttered baking dish. Pour over
them one and one-half cups of white
sauce. Cover with buttered bread
crumbs and bake until nicely Drowned.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-07-02

1t Is announced that cigars may be
made of alfalfa. They may be made of
cabbage, too, but a majority Of the
people who use them prefer to have
them made Of tobacco.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-07-02

The annual report of gold IN the
Adirondacks Is again made. This time
a deputy sheriff has found rich lead
near Lake Placid. There certainly
ought to be gold in the Adirondacks,
for there Is nothing else of value in
the soil.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-07-02

Science makes such quick work of
theories nowadays that no wise pa
rent dares dogmatiZe on anything but
the rule of three. Therefore 1t Is that
when President Eliot is reported to
have protested against the intermar-
riage of the races and given it as his
opinion that Irish should not marry
with Americans of English descent,
Germans with Italians, the Jews with
the French, we must swallow our ejac-
ulation of dissent and wait until John
ny comes home from school with his
newest text book In our own I'M
learned day We had thought all great
races were composites. Our simple
midcentury notion was that the Morse
mixed with the Gaul and the Norman
with the Saxon-Dane of England to
make the great English race. We had
thought a blend of Teuton and Latin
gave us the renaissance; while the
mixture of races in the Saxon Dutch.
Swedish French Amer
lean of colonial ancestry has not seem.
ed within our knowledge of individual
cases to have made for weakness Ger
tainly II the distinguished ex-president
OF Harvard is right we shall have to
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-07-02
Careless,

Her hair Is always so gracefully
careless in appearance; why don't you
wear your hair that way?"
1T takes three hours to give 1t that
careless look. Houston Post.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-07-02
Shad Roe Salad.

After the parboiled roes are chilled
cut into slices, sprinkle with salt and
pepper and marinate with little lem
on juice. Keep in a cold place several
hours. Line salad bowl with lettuce
leaves, mix little watercress or pars-
ley with the prepared roes and lay in
the center Of the leaves. Cover with
mayonnaise or a French dressing.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-07-02

Between ten and fifteen million dol
lars a year are required to pay for
work on new public buildings erected
by the national government, which is
one of the largest builders in the
world, and Is therefore deeply inter
ested In the strength of the materials
used in its structures. Plans have
been completed for a machine to be
used at the Geological Survey station
in Pittsburg for testing steel, concrete,
brick and stone columns to discover
which are best adapted to use under
differing circumstances. The machine,
which will be the largest in America,
will be capable Of exercising a pres
sure of ten million pounds, or much
more than any column is likely to be
called upon to bear.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-07-02
To Preserve RrOOmR.

Dip your broom for minute or two
in your wash boiler of boiling suds
once week and it will last much
longer, making it tough and pliable.
Carpets or rugs will wear much longer
swept with a broom cared for in this
manner
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-07-02

e. H. Hartman thinks we are about
to enter upon the most prosperous era
in the history of the country. Even
his bitterest foes will hope he Is
good prophet.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-07-02

Where once they took wood and veg
etables on subscription, Kansas editors
are now running their automobiles In
to telephone poles and flying to king
dom come on the wings Of the morn
ing
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-07-02
Complex Argument.

HAS local option proved a success
In your neighborhood?"
YES"
Then you will continue it?''
II don't know. The fact that 1t Is
a success seems to have turned a lot
of US voters against Washington
Star.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-07-02

A. Booth of the failed fish firm knew
the business, from cleaning fish up.
His son, William Vernon Booth, was
fine polo player, and bright and shin
ing social light This will explain
much.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-07-02

One of the coal operators informs US
that fire damp Is positively not dan
gerous thing where the profits of the
operator might be interfered with II
men were prevented from working
In it
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-07-02

It is not always safe to gauge pros
perity by the number Of men one sees
carrying fishpoles.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-07-02

The indications are that there will
be an unusually large crabapple crop
this year Work up an appetite for
crabapples. 1t may come in handy.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-07-02

Notice your average days work;
how much of 1t is devoted to actual
work, and how much of 1t to needless
worry?
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-07-02

Behind nearly every sweet girl grad
nate is a tired woman who is pleased
to respond to the name of mother.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-07-02

Some women have the happy faculty
of getting pretty hats, no matter how
homely the styles they have to select
from.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-07-02

Scientists have decided that the
earth is at least 240,OOO,00O years old.
Doesn't seem half that old, does It?
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-07-02

dered by judges and not nreQuently accompanied by
the gaping crowds is repulsve to the delicate
of civilized peoples It may frequently be fol-
lowed by similar crimes inspired by the law of imita-
ton and victim may become the founder
of criminal cult, SO to speak.
OF course, if place upon life and living things
the most rigorous and most sacred rights who
not Gods emissaries have right authority
the life of human beings of kind. But, then,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-07-02

Austria is going to tax bachelors,
childless couples and widows. We feel
sorry for the widows.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-07-02

They are all bad enough, but most
people would prefer reading about the
distant earthquakes"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-07-02

Announcement is made Of the fact
that George Meredith left no unpub-
lfshed works. His publishers seem to
have been guilty of serious over
sight.