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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-02-13

was beginning to be unbearable, the
chamberlain paid us surprise visit.
'sWell, fellows, have you mended the
machine?' he asked.
ct is getting on said Nikolai,
guardedly, assiduously bending over a
spare tire, which he was carefully de-
fIating
1T must be ready by morning"
stormed the chamberlain, tearing his
hair. "His highness, the prince, re-
uuires it to go to meet the parents of
His Higness Prince Poniatowski. Ten
thousand devils! it is the best and
fastest of them all.
"Calm yourself said Nikolai Il
mean. deign to be assuaged, Herr
Chamberlain. We have located the in
jury. BY twelve it will be mended."
We hopedf he would go. But he
stood there, having apparently taken
a sudden and unexpected interest in
the great racing automobile. We had
to explain its mechanism to him; he
examined the motor. the gasoline
tank. he wanted the cubic contents of
the inflated tires. Did he suspect
something? We had almost given up
hope when, at five minutes before
eleven. he rose suddenly and stretched
himself.
ssThe devil, but my old back aches,
he said. in a Modified tone. His high
ness would raise the devil with me if
the machine were not in running or
der tomorrow" He strobe to the door.
and. as we followed him, caught sight
of q tiny squirt of flame at the prin-
cess's window
The chamberlain perceived it, too.
He looked in establishment up through
the clustering ivy; and them saw .
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the lights in the castle windows, now
all ablaze, drew together as we liter
ally cut of the highroad abruptly and
rushed the machine along 3 narrower
path that led into the open fields. The
night was dark, and here and there
tiny lights flickered in farmhouse
windows. Nikolai caught Schmidt by
the arm.
THAT is all very well, Schmidt" he
shouted, ''but your way doesn't hap
pen to be ours. You are going in the
wrong direction"
/ glanced at Schmidt. He sat i'm
passively in the seat, one arm encircl-
ing the body of the princess, who
seemed to have fallen into a swoon.
Her eyes were closed and her lips
slightly parted.
ITO the devil with you!" cried
Schmidt, throwing off my companions
arm. Listen he added.
On the highroad behind us there
came family to our ears the sound of
galloping horses. And there were six
or eight of them. knew what threat
ened US. These were the bays OF
Prince Poniatowski, and he had been
alarmed and was in full pursuit.
It seemed incredible that he could
overtake us. Doubtless he had been
nearing the castle when the alarm had
been given, and was trying to inter
cept us by some shorter route, for the
sounds now came from a road parallel
with ours, some fifty yards away,
which I could see cleaning like a
broad, white ribbon as the moon
emerged suddenly from under cloud.
I'VE must shake him of, )" Schmidt
cried. Have you pistols"
Neither Of us was armed. Incredi-
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tend to pursue US. The actual distance
covered by the coach was less than
milo. The sounds came clearly at
night from that mountain road-and
your imagination did tho rest. do
not think he could have caught us
had not the route he was to take been
carefully laid out by us in advance.
Il am now taking my bride across
the frontier, where before the night
is gone, we shall be united according
to the rites of TIE Roman Catholic
church, which, as you know, are indis-
soluble. / trust that / may have the
pleasure of your company as witness
eS.'
We'll" whispered Nikolai, after a
pause, I'VE thought that we were max
ing use of our friend Schmidt, but il
seems that he was making tools Of us.
Confound him." he added, suddenly
enraged I'VE played into his hands
at every step. Why, we even cranked
up his automobile for him"
''And ran over the chamberlain.
added, laughing at the recollection.
And lost our ransom continued
Nikolai in whisper.
''Well,s said, we're here and we
can't help it. And SO let us say good
luck to them"
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WHY THE TERM HORSEPOWER
Originated With Watt, Who Produced
the First Practical Steam
Machinery.

When we say that an engine de-
gelops 100 horsepower we do not
mean that one hundred horses could
produce the Same result. And, as the
editor of Power remarks, there are
few engineers who could tell just how
the terms horsepower came into
use. It's origin is related in the fol-
lowing quotation from ''Farey on the
Steam Engine" published in 1927:
''The machinery in the great brew
cries and distilleries in London was
then moved by the strength OF horses,
and the proprietors of those establish
ment-; who were first to require Mr..
Watts engines always inquired WnaE
number of horses an intended engine
would be equal to.
sIn consequence, Mr.. Watt made
some experiments on the strong
horses employed by the brewers in
London, and found that q horse OF
that kind, walking. at the rate OF 232
miles per hour, could draw $50 pounds
avoirdupois by means Of a rope pass
ing over a pulley, so as to raise up
that weight, with vertical motion,
at the rate of 220 feet per minute.
This exertion Of mechanical power IS
equal to $4,000 pounds Cor 52S cubic
feet) of water raised vertically
through a space of 1 foot per minute,
and he denominated it a horsepower,
to serve for q measure of the power
exerted by his steam engines
This estimate is much beyond the
capacity of the average strong horse,
says Power. Smeaton and other ear
" engineers estimated that $4,000
pounds per minute was more accur-
ate.
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bic as the blunder appeared to be, we
had left our revolvers in our best"
clothes.
'Hark," cried Schmidt again.
Above the whir of our automobile,
above the noise of the wheels, we
heard three sharp reports like pistol
shots. Schmidt smiled grimly.
The prince is urging his horses
with his whip he said, and drove the
machine on at full speed. We leaped
over distractions, we swayed from
side to side, coming within an ace of
overturning now in one ditch, now in
another And all the while wc heard
the sound of the galloping bays.
HE takes the shorter road down the
mountain said Schmidt. AT the
crossroads, one mile ahead, we meet"
We said nothing; there was nothing
to say. We sat in silence behind the
driver, whose arm still encircled the
waist Of the princess; and she seemed
either to sleep or to be happy there.
1t was strange denouement-tha we,
who had planned the plot. should thus
play second fiddle this clown.
The sound of the horses hoofs grew
louder, The crossroads appeared in
front of us. And then, emerging from
behind a cluster of trees, galloping flu
riously down tn, mountain side. we
saw the coach of the prince, and a
man upon the box who dashed his mad
dened horses. Suddenly Schmidt
pressed the brake. There was long
grinding skid-and we came to halt
just as the driver pulled in his sweat
ing team and rushed for our machinc.
Hold the princess" cried Schmidt,
and rushed toward him. And then
Well, / do not know how it hap
pened, but suddenly, before we could
collect ourselves for defense, the two
of them were upon us, and in a trice
we were pinned under them and help
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less. I felt a pistol pressed against
my forehead. / looked up into the
laughing eyes of Schmidt. And the
had seen his photograph in the shop
windows of Hoch Cassel, but young
fellow of about Schmidt's age and
build and carriage.
Gentlemen" said Schmidt calmly,
since you are at our mercy, yield and
give us your pledge to obey our in
structions. / should be loath to kill
you
who are you?" spluttered Nikolai.
Herr Lieutenant Won Offenbach, at
your service said Schmidt, bowling.
Gentlemen, my brother Do you
pledge yourselves
We did. We had to. We got into
the automobile again and the five of
us proceeded at more leisure1y pace,
leaving the princes coach standing in
the road, the horses trembling and
shivering in front of it.
Il will not ask you what your mo-
tives were, gentlemen, in seeking to
steal my promised bride" said the
lieutenant. 1T may have been some
chivalrous intent, or some more sin
lister reason. But inasmuch as you
have played into my hands, thank
you.
81 own that at one time l had begun
to despair imagining you to be spies
Of the Polak, until happened to over
hear some of your very frank English
conversations, which, needless to say,
understood perfectly. It was then
that contriYed to have my brother,
who was acting as the Polak's coach
man, run away with his team and pre-
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means until our plans mad been com
pletely worked out.
On the following day / managed to
put the princes largest automobile
out OF commission by injuring the mo-
tor. Then / reported the matter to
the chamberlain, who cursed me free
ly.
Every day we need that machine
Tor the guests who are arriving, he
said
When he had cooled down suggest
ed that Nikolai and / could repair the
damage that evening if we could OBJ
tain permit 70 remain in the stable.
lie cast sharp glance at ne, hemmed
and hawed, and finally consented.
This was the first success: at eight
o'clock we two we're LEFT alone in the
converted stable where the machines
were housed.
Mind you do good work, crumble,.
the chamberlain. coming or us sud
denly and finding us seated in cor
ner discussing our project. Curse
you for pair of Yankee idlers. You
will mend that machine and make it
as good as new or stay here all night
until you have done so"
| laughed when he was gone. The
injury was soon repaired, and we re-
manned waiting fcc the appointed hour
to arrive. Once Schmidt looked in
cautiously and treasured US.
1T is all right. l said But t-,c-o
is one difficulty not : serious
one. His HighnesS the Polak is out
on one of his furious night rides. God
grant we do not run into his bays, Tor
they gallop like the wind, and heaven
knows how many miles they could run
before we distanced them. At eleven
one of you watch the princess's win
dow. When you see the flicker of a
match be ready"
At half-past ten, when the suspense
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Joshinc the Artist.

AS certain young artist of New
York sat upon his stool one day in
the Adriondacks, doing bit of noun
tain stuff, there approached him from
the rear 9 native, evidently with ideas
of his own touching art.
did you ever try photography ?"
asked his newcomer.
No. was the curt response of the
young artist, who continued his work
ITS good deal quicker" suggested
the native.
Il suppose it u.s., surlily assented the
painter, with another dab of the brush.
And the native added, with a
dash Of malice, "a good deal more like
the place"
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Confession.

Servant Girl-Have you any love
letter manuals?
Clerk Naturally a large assoTt-
ment. Is it to be higher grade?
Servant Girl (bashfully) Its a ser
geant -Fliengende Blaetter (Munich).
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Description.

Mother-What kind of pain is it.
darling?
sickabed Child-A big round pain.
wiz jaggy edges Punch
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-12-03
WINTER QUARTERS FOR BEES
Little Honey Gatherers Are often In
jured by Being Disturbed in Fall
Good Time to Buy.

The beginner who buys bees in the
spring usually takes a daily interest
in them. He will then have number
less chances to enjoy his bees, and the
daily or weekly visits will not injure
them, especially if their needs are
properly attended; while in the fall
he would only be injuring them by
disturbing them often.
The reason for advising one not to
buy bees in the fall is that there is
much more risk in transporting them
in that season than in the spring.
The combs are more likely to break
in transit. Also the bees are probably
all old enough to be acquainted with
the location, and more of them will De
lost when putting them on new
stand, especially if but little distance
from their former location.
Wintering is probably the most diff
ficult part of beekeeping and it is
hardly advisable to buy bees just be-
fore they have to face the winter, for
a beginner would scarcely be able to
Judge of the strength and wealth of
the colony.
In the fall the breeding has stopped
and it is more difficult to ascertain
whether the bees have a good queen,
and it takes quite little experience to
be able to know positively that they
have enough honey.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-12-03
WAR AS 4 BUSINESS
Impressions of Visitor to German
Great Headquarters.
Campaign Conducted With the Eff
cheney of Great American Cor
poration-New Steel Hospital
Trains Perfectly Appointed.

London.-A newspaper correspond
ent writing from Luxembourg says:
| have just returned from the Ger
man great headquarters in France, the
visit terminating abruptly on the
fourth day, when one of the kaiser's
secret field police woke me up at sew
en- o'clock in the morning and regret
fully said that his instructions were
to see that did not oversleep' the
first train out. The return Journey
along one of the German main lines of
communication - through Eastern
France, across a corner of Belgium,
and through Luxembourg full Of
interest, and confirmed the impression
gathered at the center of things, the
great headquarters, that this twentieth
century warfare is in the last analysis
a gigantic business proposition which
the board of directors (the great gen.
eral staff and the Sc department
heads are conducting with the eff
cheney of a great American business
corporation.
The west-bound track is a continu-
Gus procession of freight trains
fresh consignments Of raw material,
men and ammunition, being rushed to
the firing line to be ground out into
victories.
Our fast train stops at the mouth of
a tunnel, then crawls ahead charity,
for the French. before retreating, dy-
namited the tunnel. One track has
been cleared, but the going is still
bad. To keep 1t from being blocked
again by falling debris, the Germans
have dug clean through the top of the
hill, opening up deep well of light
into the tunnel. Looking up, you see
a pioneer company in once cream-col-
ored, now dirty-colored, fatigue uni
forms still digging away and terracing
the sides of the big hole to prevent
slides. Half an hour later we go slow
again in crossing a new wooden bridge
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will soon learn much about the bust
ness, but should be watched to see
that he does not try to go to the
heads of the cattle.
After letting him try with the older
dog for few times he should be taken
to the sheep or cattle without the
other dog.
If the cattle have been used to be-
ing driven by dogs they will not turn
upon him, an occurrence which might
injure his driving qualities for some
time to come.
He should learn the nearing of
STEADY" when inclined to drive the
cattle fast, and if the first training is
well done will stop promptly when
told to halt.
The word Fetch" is commonly used
when sending the dog to drive sheep,
and the word go" for cattle; and the
dog will learn to understand which
his master wants him to drive.
He should be taught to know the
left from the right, obeying the mo-
ton of the hand in either direction.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-12-03
KEEPING FIELD EDGES CLEAN
Many Farmers Do Not Make Much
Effort to Discourage Encroach-
ment of Trees Along Creeks.

Most owners Of creek farms do not
make any great effort to fight the
brush and timber that keeps creep
ing in from the woodland along the
fields. Where there is plenty Of rain
fall, the timber can crowd in on the
fields very rapidly, and the farmers
who do not desire to have the size
of their fields decrease should make
every effort to keep the edges of the
field trimmed up.
White elms are especially bad about
working into a field. This tree has
long limbs, which grow for really
wonderful distances over The fields,
shade the ground, and prevent the
crop from making a profitable growth.
Then the tree produces great amounts
Of seed which fly out over the fields,
where they sprout and begin to grow.
1t is true they usually will die, but
they cause as much bother as weeds.
and they must be killed
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-12-03
COOKS REAL HEROES

So, as the company cannot go to
the cook, the cook goes to the COM
pany. When meal hour comes he puts
a yoke on his shoulders and puts d
bucketful Of that veal stew on either
end of the yoke and goes to his men.
Maybe the trench is under fire. Be-
ing trench, it most probably is. No
matter. His men are in that trench
-potztausend-they must be fed (
Sometimes the second cook gets
his step right there. Sometimes the
apprentice cook-the dishwasher, the
grub murderer, the university gradu-
ate who has just learned what to ex-
pect when Fahrenheit is applied to
spuds-is summoned from his job OF
rustling firewood to pick up the cooks
yoke and refill the spilled buckets
and tramp steadily forward to the line.
Sometimes the supply Of assistant
cooks, even, runs short. But the men
In the trenches always get their food.
That's why so many cooks in the Ger
man army have iron crosses dangling
from their breasts" said the man who
knows. No braVer men ever lived.
The hero of the German campaign is
the cook of the field kitchen"
The man who knows really does
know. He has been along the Ger
man battle line, under protection of
a headquarters pass.
1t is this mans belief, based on
what he has heard, that the commits
sariat Of the allies has from time to
time broken down, but that Of the
Germans never has.
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over the Meuse-only one track as
yet. 1t took the German pioneers
nearly week to build the substitute
for the old steel railway bridge, dyna-
mited by the French, whose four spans
lie huckled up in the river.
Further on a variety of interest is
furnished by squad Of French pris-
oners being marched along the road.
Then a spot of anthill-like activity
where a German railway company is
at work building a new branch line,
hundreds Of them having pickaxes and
making the dirt fly. 1t looks like
home-all except the inevitable off,
Ger distinguished by revolver and
fieldglass) shouting commands.
The intense activity of the Germans
in rebuilding the .orn-up railroads and
pushing ahead new strategic lines is
one of the most interesting features of
tour now in France I was told that
they had pushed the railroad work so
far that they were able to ship men
and ammunition almost up to the for
titled trenches. The Germanization of
the railroads here has been completed
by the importation of station superin-
tendents, station hands, track-walkers,
etc, from the Fatherland
Now we creep past a long hospital
train, full this time, which has turned
out on a siding to give us the right of
way-perhaps thirty all-steel cars,
each fitted with two tiers of berths,
eight to a side, Is to a car Every
berth is taken. One car is fitted up as
an operating room, but fortunately no
one is on the operating table 90 ire
crawl past. Another car is the private
office of the surgeon in charge of the
train. He is sitting at a big desk re-
ceiving reports from the orderlies.
During the day we pass six of these
splendidly-appointed new all-steel hos
pital trains, all full of wounded. Some
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glories that used to be his; how he
consulted with generals, and had his
tent pitched beside the field marshaPs,
and rode the best horse in the army,
and always knew what was going to
happen. Personally l think this is ali
wrong. He probably was allowed to
come along on sufferance, and because.
they had no wireless in those days,
and telegraph lines were scarce, he
had great deal more liberty of action
than he came to have later on. But
when all is said and done, the so-calIed
war correspondent hasn't any place in
the work. Covering a war is just the
same kind of work as covering a big
IRE or any disaster. 1t calls for re-
porting, and ability to do the things
that reporting entails-assemblin of
the concrete facts and the writing of
them IN lucid, terse language. If |
were a newspaper proprietor, and l
mad to cover a war, 1 should simply
call up my best reporters and send
them out. And they would do the
work a great deal better than profess
slonal war correspondents"
Did you see any of the Accent.
meter guns in action?"
Saw No 42-Centimeter Guns.
No. We saw the 21-centimeters on
the Aisne and before Antwerp, but we
never saw the 42-centimeters. We did
hear a great deal about the moral eff
feet these big guns had, though. Sur
geons told us they had cases of men
who were not hit, but who suffered
complete nervous breakdown simply
from the shock of the explosion of the
big shells. It's odd the effect that war
has on nervous temperaments. AL
phonse Courlander, who was Paris cor
respondent of the London Daily Elk
press, went all to pieces and died
from nervous breakdown brought on
by the stress and horrors all around
him.
odd, wasn't it? And Courlander
had been correspondent in several
other wars, in which he had been
actually under fire, so it was not a
new sensation to him. suppose it
was just the appalling, awful bigness
of this greatest of human tragedies.
1t doesn't matter how much you talk
about this war, or what phase you
take up; in the end you come around
to the starting point, the inconceivable
immenseness of it. No man can grasp
1t all. No man can take in completely
the horrors, the splendors, the suffer
ing, and the glory of it. l saw the
German army that attacked the Brit.
ish, at Mons, marching through Brus.
sells, hundreds Of thousands of men,
hour after hour, day and night. But
could not convey an adequate i'm
preston of that sight to you. It is
impossible. I have an impression
locked up inside me, but shall never
be able to give it to others. Nobody
could. 1t was like all the other events
in this war-beyond the power of one
mans brain to comprehend"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-12-03
Movable Fruit Table.

currently. This saves putting the ap-
pies on the ground and having to han
die them again.
A portable sorting table upon which
pickers can empty their bags is placed
on low truck wheels and single
horse can move it to any desired point
as the work proceeds. 1t should be
made large enough to hold not less
than two barrels of fruit.
The rear bolster is higher than that
at the open end, SO that the culls can
be rolled out.
A long, heavy plank is placed on
the ground on each side Of this table
on which the barrels are set for fill
ing. The culls are allowed to roll
into a pile from the lower end of the
grading table.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-12-03
SAFETY OF WATER SUPPLIES
Much Depends on Character and Quail
ity of Soil in Which Well Is
Sunk-Sources of Pollution.

Inc safety OF water supplies when
near sources Of possible surface pollu-
ton often depends largely on the
character and quality of the material
IN which the well is sunk. Surface
waters in sinking through sandy soils
or surfaces are filtered, and in the
inner sands much Of the polluting mat
ter which they carry is frequently re
moved In coarser sands or gravel the
degree of filtration is less, but water
taken from sands and gravels at
considerable depth may be considered
relatively safe. Waters from wells in
clay are not often polluted, since sur
face pollution filters through clay very
slowly.
Waters from wells in limestone are
frequently polluted, owing to the fact
that limestone soils usually contain
passages and channels at different
depths which sometimes form a con-
unuous passage for underground
water for considerable distance and
which are very often directly con-
nected with sinks and basins occur
ring here and there on the surface.
1t is a common practice to dump