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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-09-09

4 charter has been issued To the Mis-
sissippi Western Town site Company,
one Of the most unique corporations ever
organized in this State, domiciled at
Hazlehurst and capitalized at 100000.
The purpose of the corporation is &c
promote the building OF towns along
the line OF the proposed Mississippi
Ri.er Western railroad after uniform
plans, with uniform width streets aud
according to a regular scale, embracing
landscape gardening. park sites, etc.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-09-09
Can Prove Claim,

In the course of the interview with
the Associated Press representative, on
board the Hans Egede, Dr. Cook declared
with great emphasis:
Il have been to the north pole, and 1
have brought back the most exact OBJ
servations, absolutely proving my state
meat. have kept diary throughout
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-12-17

have been stating important II unWel-
come truths about the conditions OF
food supply These have shown even
the urban people that the problem OF
farm development comes close home
to them The government has had
Commission on Country Life, which
has made important suggestions upon
now to keep the farm population up
to an efficient level The commission
found, for one thing, that there was
deficient social environment on the
farm which tended to make young
people quit it and go to the towns.
But this is not all. An educator, Pres
ident Beard of the Iowa Teachers AS
ISOLATION, has found that very young
people, children In fact, are sent from
the farm to be educated In the city
schools. OF these there were $4,000
In that State last year who paid tut
ton Of $4,000, ard other expenses
which he estimates 81 million more
This depletion Of the rural school at
tendance results from two causes, the
actual loss OF farm population, and the
emigration to the town schools. From
the report of the State Superintendent
Mr. Beard quotes these facts about
number Of school districts in Iowa:
Mine schools had two pupils each;
36 an enrolment Of three; 1877 an an
rollment Of five; 432 an enrolment Of
ten. Out of such schools he considers
1t impossible to get stimulus for either
teacher or pupil. Children are gregari-
Gus. Nothing compensates the child
Hence these graveyard schools, where
there are not enough pupils to organ
lie game, must NIGHTLY disgust chdl-
dren with rural life The child de-
mands comradeshtp, and II he is
taught from his earliest conscious
years that 1t cannot be had on the
farm, he Will, when he grows up seek
1t elsewhere. It Is then too late to
should have been taught, through the
best schools and the best teaching, to
enjoy the farm from the start What
President Beard asks, and it is not an
unreasonable demand, Is that the farm
child be given as good school, but
not the same kind, as the town child,
and that, above all, he be brought In
contact With a sufficient number of his
netghbors to make school life attract.
i've and bright.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-12-17
English WOman'S Club Life.

A French woman has been making
an investigation of the women's clubs
in England and her report is favor
able, the Minneapolis Journal says.
She says the club is the womans
haven, that when she enters it she is
free from molestation by her husband
and able to find enjoyment and re-
Taxation without the intrusion of out
side cares. For the unmarried wom-
an the club in England is a place
where she can entertain her friends
of both sexes and gain companionship
If the French woman came to this
country she would find the woman's
club a different institution from that
in England. The average woman's
club here does little more than meet
once a month; in the East it is mainly
used for social politics. while in the
West it dabbles in real politics and
expresses it's views on every public
question. In England the club idea
is followed to the letter. There every
woman's club has it's restaurant, its
library, It's card rooms, its 1ounging
room, its billiard room and many have
gymnasiums and swimming pools. The
London clubs are crowded with women
every noon for luncheon and in almost
every club women are permitted to
smoke-and do smoke.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-12-17
HOW THE DRUG MAN "sTUNG. ="
Mixed UP a Few Things for 10 Cents |
Got 90 Cents for 1t.

Mixed UP a Few Things for 10 Cents
Got go Cents for 1t.
DR.. Charlie Hearn, of Swarthmore,
his latest a prominent advertising
man of this city was the victim, the
Philadelphia Telegraph says. The lat
ter had touch of indigestion, and,
meeting doctor who was a friend Of
his upon the street, asked him what
to take for it.
"A little bicarbonate Of soda, few
drops of aromatic spirits of ammonia
and some water" advised his medical
friend.
Write 1t down, will you, doc?" ask
ed the advertiser. The doctor did So.
The man went directly to drug store,
DR.. Hearn says, and asked for cents
worth Of bicarbonate of soda and also
5 cents worth Of aromatic spirits Of
ammonia. The drug clerk got them
for him and was wrapping them when
the purchaser pulled the prescription
blank from his pocket. Say" he ask.
ed, this just says put them in some
water How much ought I to use?'
The druggist leaned forward and
took the blank "IIl fix it," he said,
and disappeared.
A little later he came back with a
bottle labeled
Il added the water" he said, tri-
unphantly. Fifty cents, please"
Fifty cents!" roared the customer
You said it was only 10 cents! Do
you usually charge 40 cents for a bot
tie of water?"
The druggist frowned This Is a
prescription" he said, "and we never
put one up for less than so cents"
And the customer, whispering
"stung!" left the shop, wiser and poor
er by 40 cents.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-12-17
~~~~~~>~~~~

A dozen men in the wilderness up
beyond the gateway Of the st. Law
renee where the shreds Of civilization
fray out against the barrier of the
great North link up the world with
the wilderness of the Atlantic and the
wilds of the Arctic regions. They do
it with wireless key and the mes
sages they receive and send pass over
barren wastes where no man lives and
land wires have never been strung.
A dozen there are who serve as
operators; others Of the repairing
crew and the supplying department
come and go, but these dozen men are
year after year held practically pris-
oners on the bald cliffs Of Labrador
and Newfoundland before the key OF
the wireless. They send through the
air the tales of ships that come and
go, reports that may interest st.
Johns or Montreal shipping ex-
changes; relay from the one to the
other the meagre commercial mes
sages that must pass from dealer to
fisherman; send down to the land
telegraphs the occasional news Of
shipWrecks and sea sufferings that
find way into the papers. At Battle
Harbor Gordon Sprackling, young
Nova Scotian, is the Marconi opera
tor, and Leonard Stephenson his en-
gineer. Compared with some Of their
fellows Sprackling and Stephenson
are fortunate in the environment Of
a metropolis.
But the wireless men are far from
the maddening crowd even at that
To reach the wireless station requires
a nice training in alpine climbing, a
sure foot and an undisturbed sense Of
balance Here, in a cleft below the
summit Of the cliff is the wireless hut
and in this hut less than two months
ago events occurred which need re-
cording. They should be recorded be-
cause they measure the stamina of
the men who work the wireless 10
this cherries country.
The polar ship Roosevelt worked
her way into the narrow harbor one
sunny morning, and while tie town
seethed with excitement Commander
Peary climbed the crag to the wire
less station to interview Spracklin. He
told the operator that he wanted to
send to the world below his account
of the discovery Of the north pole.
He believed that he could put 1t on
the land wire at Chateau Bay down
the coast, but the wireless man at
Indian Harbor had told him that the
Dominion government had abandoned
that land wire since last he had come
down from the North and he must
use the wireless Could the wireless
do It?
Spracklin said that 1t could. Then
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-12-17
OF THE


he called the man at Belle Isle over
the strait a hundred miles away, and
told him to pass the word along the
line that there was big work ahead.
The word was passed down to the Of
flee of the management in Ottawa.
Spracklin worked twenty hours out Of
every twenty-four for five days alone
and unaided save for the relief his
engineer gave him while he was eat
ing his meals. Spracklin and all the
others pounded the key during those
five days, not knowing at what min
ute the spark would fail because Of
the strain pnt upon the apparatus.
Spracklin would send two, three or
four thousand words, then stop. Each
succeeding station below would re-
ceive, then forward this amount, and
not until it had all been put upon the
cables at Cape Ray would the next
installment be launched.
Here is how Peary's story was zig
Jagged down the coast through the
air to the cable end From Battle
Harbor it went southeastward across
the Straits Of Belle Isle to the sta
ton situated on the northern tip of
the island of that name. Belle Isle
relayed to Point Amour, back to the
westward and on the southern tip of
Labrador
Point Amour sent the message to
the east and south again to Point
Richie, on the west coast Of New
foundland north Of Bay of Islands,
From Point Richie the spark jumped
westward once more and across the
Gulf of st. Lawrence to Heath Point
on the island Of Anticosti. The final
Jump was back again to the New
foundland coast, where at Cape Ray
the message was put on the cable.
Not for many years will the men
who sit on the tops OF crags In New
foundland and Labrador and send
through the air to the world below
the news Of ships and of men have
such a task to perform.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-12-17
HnnnehoId Suggestions.


Roll vinegar in the fish skillet or pau
to destroy the fish odor
Comforts and quilts should De oIl'~ ~
in a good stiff breeze, so that tne' Il"
be as light and fluffy as when ne"'
A spoonful of oxgall to a gsllon w "
water will set the colors OF aiLlo'' , In
goods soaked in it previous 10 ""'4'D
To keepa pencil drawing from D, ',
ring dip it gently in quite fresh i D.oo
and dry on a smooth, hard su'l"'"
face up.
If your rugs curl up at the eusY ~,
they can be made to lie fat by damp 18th
ing the curled edge and preSSinS "
a hot iron. Ill
To avoid scraping new poIat0'' +bop
them in their skins until tenu0i' for
skin and put back in the S1eain''
a few minutes to dry out
The improved pie pan mas roIrss
fastened to the center, Whlon lo, aootb
around the bottom of the dish osns sing
the pie crust when the end pro'I ~
from the side of the dish is no''' j..
If leather in chair seats STICKS Of
clothing, sponge with a mlA."| oloth
ether and alcohol, dampening !n1 ..g Of
lightly and following it by "ip'D ritb
with a clean flannel dampeneu ras
pure chloroform. The VaTnis'
badly done or it would not stlch'
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-12-17
THIS WINTERS DINNERS.
Courses Will BE Fewer, but VIII
Include All the Luxuriea.

Include All the Luxuries.
In way dinners are to be simpler
this winter than before. They are not
Gus materials (indeed, the use Of lux
urdes in food will be Of greater vogue
than ever), but according to the pic
ture, the simplicity will be present in
the form Of fewer courses and less
elaborate of dishes.
Dinners will begin with one of the
hundred canapes, with caviare or with
oysters. The grapefruit as an opening
course for dinner is quite out Of 1t.
1t comes first to the luncheon table
frequently, but when it figures in the
dinner it is as salad And salads of
any sort must be removed as far
as possible from the ornamental vat-
ETY.. Above all, they must not be
mussy or messy.
Yet this appearance Is not to be
avoided if several kinds Of vegetables,
for instance, are collected in the salad
bowl. Three vegetables make the very
limit Of those that may be employed,
and included in the three is the let
tuce that is the background.
The French vegetable salad, to be
sure, consists Of several kinds. But it
should not make It's appearance in a
formal dinner of courses. It Is for a
luncheon or for dainty home dinner.
which consists of but a SOUP, a chop
with vegetable, salad and a light
dessert with crackers and cheese.
Wines, it goes without saying, must
be Of the choicest variety to form a
harmonious note with the simple din
ner composed Of luxuries-paradoxi-
cal as that may seem. And the pleas
ant custom Of serving an hour or SO
after dinner an imported mineral
water will be more popular the COM
ing season than ever. A short time
after dinner a dryness of the throat
is often experienced, and this mineral
water is refreshment at such q time
to be appreciated. It Is also to be re-
garded as an excellent digestive.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-12-17

Women not to mention children,
usually feel better after "a real good
cry" 1t seems that tears not only
soothe the spirit, but also serve anoth-
er useful purpose, for an eminent spe-
cialist asserts that the saltiness Of
tears clears the eye and refreshes its
delicate organism. In their passage
down the face the tears sterilize the
skin and kill germs upon which soap
and water have no effect, and thus
serve as a natural beauty bath.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-12-17
Vegetable Salad,

Wash three medium-sized noto+,.
and steam until tender. Peel and on.
into one-fourth inch cubes. Add an.
cup of celery, chopped fine; one taNa
spoonful each of salt, celery salt ana
grated onion and the whites of tbro.
hard-boiled eggs chopped fine Mash
the three hard-boiled yolks, add tbroa
tablespoonfuls of lemon juice and two
Of olive oil; beat until smooth. POM
this over the salad. Garnish With
either lettuce or parsley.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-12-17
Beef Broth with Barley.

Procure a portion of the shin of beef
and have the bone split by the butcher.
Put it over, on a slow fire, we'll coy.
cred with cold water. After cooking
gently for one hour add salt and pep
per with a bouquet of herbs tied in a
bit Of cloth, by which it may be lifted
before serving. Throw in a couple Of
Gablespoonfuls of barley and boil for
about one more hour, skim carefully
and serve.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-12-17
HuckIeberry Pie.

Wash the berries and sprinkle thick
ly with granulated sugar. Fill deem
pasty-lined pie plate with the sweet
ened fruit and fit on an upper crust
Before baking, cut a strip of clean
muslin into two-inch band, and min
it securely around the pie at the place
where the upper and lower crusts ioin
This will prevent the escape of thu
juice. Bake the pie, and, when done
remove the strip of muslin.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-12-17
Poetry and Prose.

What beautiful sight it is, Mrs,
Bates, to see your two little boys al
ways together!" the summer boarder
exclaimed, in an ecstasy, on the ap-
proach Of Bobby and Tommy Bates.
hand in hand. Such brotherly love is
as rare as it is exquisite,
Mrs. Bates nodded in pleasant as
sent.
Il tell Ezry," she said, that they're
as insep'r'ble as pair O. pants
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-12-17

Take a pint of sifted -four sift into
1t two teaspoonfuls of baking powder
and rub through it a dessertspoonfu
of butter, add a tablespoonful of salt
two eggs chopped light, two tablespoon
fuls of sugar and three-Quarters of a
cupful of rich milk; beat all to a light
batter; strip bananas, cut four length
wise, dip in the batter and fry. Hall
the recipe will be sufficient for d
breakfast of five persons.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-12-17

Ever since the presidency of George
Washington, every citizen has felt 1t
his inalienable right to shake the chief
magistrate BY the hand. and the chief
magistrate has usually submitted with
very good grace. During Mr.. Taft's
Western trip, however, the custom was
started of changing the form of greet
ing. The names Of the guests were
called out, and bows and smiles were
exchanged. No doubt, the new way
seems less cordial than the old, but
the reform is good one.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-12-17

The sobranje of Bulgaria has passed
q law imposing a tax of about SIS a
year on all unmarried men who are
80 years old and older. At Tirnovo,
the ancient capital, it has been a Gus
tom for many years to humiliate un-
married men. On the first Monday in
Lent all manageable men who had
not selected life partners in the car
nival season were beaten on sight with
inflated pigs bladders. The bachelors
always dreaded the day, while the
girls looked forward to 1t with pleas
Ure. Since the tax act has been
passed the bachelors of Tirnovo have
entered formal protest against the
continuance Of the practice. They say
they will gladly pay the tax, but want
the chastisement declared unlawful
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-12-17

Forestry methods Of the most ap-
proved sort are applied to the great
Vanderbilt estate at Biltmore, N. c.
From the ten thousand acres of wood
land are taken annually four million
feet of lumber, five thousand cords of
fannie acid wood and fuel, a thousand
cords OF tan bark, and considerable
quantities of pulp wood. Yet the for
est, far from being injured, increases
in value every year What a blessing
1t would be If more owners of timber
land were content to regard their prop
erty as a permanent investment, and
not an opportunity to get rich quick
at the expense of the future of the
land!
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-12-17
Pot Roast Made Appetizing.

The cross ribs, by the addition Of
oneIhalf bay leaf, six cloves, little
parsley and celery added while cook.
ing, will give a delicious flavor and
convert a cheap pot roast into luxu
rious tidbit If onions are not object
ed to, add a few slices. When the meat
IS tender these t1avoring ingredients
should be strained out Of the juices
before the sauce is made.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-12-17

"The late Frederick Burton was the
worlds foremost authority on the
American Indian" said a Yale ethnol-
ogist. Burton was almost alone In
his field. There are, you know, so few
students Of Indian lore. He said to me
once, with a vexed laugh, that he
found it quite as impossible to discuss
the Indian with people as Boston
critic found it to discuss poetry with
the girl he took down to dinner. The
girl was very pretty. Leaning her
dimpled elbows on the table, she said
to the critic:
"'Ard what Is your lecture to be
about, professor
ct shall lecture on Keats he re-
piled.
"'Oh, professor she gushed, what
are Keats?'"
A boys idea Of hardship is to have
to wash his neck and ears every day.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-12-17
Frozen Rice Pudding.

To one quart milk add two taOlV
spoonfuls rice and three tablespoon,
fu1s sugar, and boil until it is reducsu
to a thick cream; cool and Freeze
when partly frozen add one pint cream
and a wine glassful sherry or WnI'
wine; continue freezing until sonu'
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-12-17
Coffee Tarts.

Have ready two cupfuls of good
strong coffee, sweeten to taste, then
mix in little flour and about half
cupful of cream, together with the
Eolks Of three wellIbeaten eggs; boil
this for thirty minutes and keep stir
ring continually, then pour into patty
pans lined with good puff paste and
bake.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-12-17
Potato Cakes.

Season two cupfuls Of hot mashed
potatoes with butter, salt and pepper;
when cold, whip two beaten eggs a
cupful of milk, and, last of all, nall
cupful of flour that has been twice
sffted through a teaspoonful Of baking
powder; mix well, and bake as you
world griddle cakes,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-12-17

is believed that only through enlightened industralsn
shall we find that state of things in which II shoulo NC
impossible for anyone to be depraved or poor.
There is no alrusm in trade building, ana mere W
timism is not immune but scientific mehorlsn Status
the wear and tear while healthy industrialism oHers
the safest and sanest means in the Workshop laOora
tory and marts of trade wearing away the barriers
between the races and between the classes
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-12-17

A student at Beloit College claims
to have discovered "a new worlds
power" We hope he has taken pre-
cautions which will leave it unneces-
sary for him to depend upon the per-
suasive power of gumdrops when he
is called on to furnish proof of his
discovery.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-12-17
JerusaIem Artichokes.

Wash clean, peel and cut them ln'O
round or oval form; put them INV
large saucepan of cold sailed Wa'Sl
Boil until they become tender WH'D
done drain them and serve Win J."
white sauce or melted butter.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-12-17
Not Materializinx

II went to the spiritualistic seance
to find out If I had ghost of a
chance Of getting the sealskin coat T
want"
Dear me! Would you be satisfied
with nothing more material for a coat
than spirit wrap Baltimore Amer.
lean.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-12-17

1t is reported that "a Montana
bride ate twenty biscuits Of her own
making" Her husband must have had
grave misgivings If 1t took that many
to convince him he was running NO
risk
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-12-17

Have you ever met Smith? His fam
lily is the oldest on earth. Professor
Mahaff of England has discovered that
there was man known as Smith in
the twentieth year of the third Ptole-
my. 227 B. c.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-12-17

Those serviceable New York judges
who seal up divorce case testimony
should take note that 1t says some
where in Revelations, And the seals
were broken"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-12-17
In It's Place.

The librarian of a medieval library
in Baltimore was puzzled recently to
know what to do with book entitled
THE Birth of the Locomotive" but
at length she placed it among the
books on Diseases of the Newly.
Born. PUBLISHERS Weekly.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-12-17
Egg Sandwiches.

Take two slices of bread, toast NV.
ly on both sides and spread WIN W..
ter; then fry one or two eggs anu -
between the bread.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-12-17

AS soon as a man is elected to office
a lot of fellows who didn't vote for
him begin to advise him what to do.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-12-17

1t is a blessed thing to struggle,
says John D. especially
when you realize on your Juggling as
John did
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-12-17

The man who pretends to laugh ct
and to critic1se women is like the
small boy who whistles in the dark
because he is afraid.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-12-17

There are some women who cannot
look for support from their husbands
now. What will they expect If they
are put up for office?
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-12-17

The young Turks must have sue
ceeded in getting most Of the good
JOBS. They are making very little
noise
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-12-17

A boy is never as much consolation
to his mother in her sorrows as her
daughter, but he can't help It; it is
not his way.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-12-17

While we were finding fault with
the tough steak, Borneo canRibals
were eating an old British sea captain.