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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-11-27
old MAN RATHER"
TELLS LIFE STORY
Feels His Family Has Been
Misrepresented.

If you should ever be in rattle
snake country it is always advisable
to remember that there are two ends
to rattlesnake The rear end speaks
in tones all its own. Very much Ike
the rafting of peas in large dry-pod
once heard and never forgotten.
The threefold rattle is always
sounded before the snake strikes, ex-
cept in the Noting season when the
RATHER is about to discard his OLD
jacket.
Then he is always dopey, miserable,
and almost blind. He lies coiled, all
ready to strike on the slightest provo-
cation. Therefore the rattle is not
heard. The musical rafting noise is
made by the threefold movement made
in coiling. Until the reptile is coiled
lit cannot strike, and in striking II
can only spring it's own length.
An English writer says:
There are five handsome rattle
snakes at the zoo, each with "a stump
of rings at the eloquent end, rings
like celluloid or bone-shavings; each
ring fastened to the next by a tiny
button. When o RATHER is prepared
to discuss business he sends sort OF
electrical SILVER along his frame, and
the rattle starts at once. 1t is quite
loud
| peeped in through the spyhole at
the back of the rattlesnakes' den, and
started the music, wlAle the biggest
told me interesting facts about his
family.
"Such a lot of foolish things have
been written about my rattle" he
said. "Some say / lure birds with it,
the birds thinking it is the hum and
buzz of insects. What nonsense!
Birds are not such fools.
"Then another says terrify my
prey with it. Wrong again.
Somebody else is of opinion that
it is love song; my way of going
counting. Do / look like lovelorn
snake at this moment?
"As a matter of fact, am really
angry, and I'm doing this to brighten
you. Not that really wish to bite
I'm a bit frightened myself.
you know, of course, that have
poison fangs in my mouth, and a re-
serve supply Of sprouts waiting to be-
come fangs If one of the two in use
gets broken. They are just like hypo-
dermic syringes, and when the fangs
strike the poison comes out. That,
of course, is well known. Now I will
fell Won a secret
my supply of poison is limited.
have to be careful of It. That is why
l do not wish to strike unless neces-
sary. 1t is better for me to brighten
enemies away.
$50 / would rather not bite if you
will go away. / feel like the fond IA
Their who tells his son: My lad, it
will hurt me to thrash you as much
as it hurts YOU OF course, no son
ever believes it. Neither will you
about my bite
/ lowered a stick toward him. In
a flash the rattler's head struck at it.
think he was disappointed at the re-
suit.
Life is so full of receptions.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-11-27
&SqE5 Observation-Disclosures
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and mother from their hunting trip to
the dining room, and there they saw
Billy caught, as they Thought, in the
trap.
ooh, my poor foolish child" squeaked
Mrs. Mouse. HE is caught in trap,
and l had such nice breakfast of
birdseed for him, and now he will
never eat anything again.
Mr.. Mouse led his weeping little
wife away, and then Billy, who had
kept very still all the time, backed
out of the trap, for he did not know
he was in a trap, you see, until he
heard his mother crying.
81 guess father and mother do not
know how to get out of a trap" said
Billy Mouse "You just run in and
run out. That is all there is to it."
But just then another silly little
mouse ran into another trap and there
he was fast Billy Mouse heard one
squeak and click and off he ran for
home.
Mrs. Mouse tumbled over In a faint
when she saw Sar son. "How did you
get out alive?'' she asked when they
had sprinkled her with water.
"Oh, 1 just backed out that is all
you have to do with some traps. l
guess" said Billy, thinking of the
poor little mouse that was caught in
the other trap.
"You foolish boy" said his father.
Don't you know that trap had been
sprung or you couldn't have got out?"
"But it is full of cheese, father"
said Billy; "only / could not reach
all Of It."
Out ran Mr.. and Mrs. Mouse, and
soon they came back with the cheese,
and such a breakfast they had of
birdseed and cheese. And while they
were eating Billy Mouse said, IT guess
/ am big enough to hunt by myself
now that I have found all of this
cheese"
Wise Father Mouse always shook his
head when Mrs. Mouse said that Billy
knew which traps were safe to look
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-11-27
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E,1,..5STOCK
&cz42eZ -J N
TO INSURE CROP OF
VIGOROUS LAMBS

Breeding ewes which are in good
condition in the fall need little or no
grain in winter until about month
before lambing, if given all the bright
legume hay they will eat with an al
lowance of silage or roots in addition,
writes Dorsey McAtee in the Prairie
Farmer. At this time or earlier, if
they are not in thrifty, vigorous condi-
ton, they should be given a limited
amount of concentrates up to one-half
pound per head with roughage.
The best roughages for ewes are
the legume hays-clover and alfalfa.
which they like and are rich in pro-
tein and help ward off constipation,
serious danger of the eve. Other
roughages useful to feed with legume
hay are bright corn fodder and oat
straw which has some hay in it. Tim
othy hay is too constipating for ewes
To insure a crop of strong, healthy
lambs, exercise for the ewes is essen
tial. They should have access to a
dry, sunny yard, well protected from
wind and storm, and on all fair days
should be forced to exercise by scat
tering roughage over a nearby field
When the snow is deep, paths should
be broken out with snow pillow or
stone boat On stormy days the sheep
should remain indoors.
To avoid udder troubles, ewes should
be given but little grain for two or
three days after lambing, and the al
lowance gradually increased with the
demand for more milk by the lamb
With good roughage, not over two
pounds Of grain per eve daily is nee
assary. After being turned to pasture
the ewes need no additional feed, If
grazing is good.
In about lat days or i've months
after the ewes are bred the lambs may
be expected. 1t is wise to be close at
hand during lambing time to assist the
ewes or any weak lambs. Pens should
be provided for the ewes and their
newly born lambs. Here each eve and
her young may remain for couple of
days until they are wonted to each
other and the lambs are strong enough
to look out for themselves among the
flock.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-11-27
Che Dhg Of Superstitions

By II. lRUlNG KING

stand under tho tree-the person so
standing takes the place of the virtim
of the old ritual.
That the tree is especially unlacky
for women is explained by the fact
that the ancient rite took place III the
temple of Cybele-tfle mother of the
god who was slain in this incarnate
form-and also by certain orgiastic
practices which characterized the sac
rifice. That the superstition in ques-
ton should linger about the gray pine
and not other pines may be accounted
for by suggestiveness of its color-the
color of ashes to which the sacred
pine Of Attis was ultimately reduced
or possibly the color of the natural
wool with which the trunk of the sa-
cred pine was covered at the Phrygian
festival Also as the sacred pine of
Attis was always burned so the prin-
cipal use of the gray pine is for fire.
wood.
90 by Mcclure Newspaper syndicate.)
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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-11-27
FRIGHT FOR BILLY MOUSE

PILLY MOUSE was inquisitive,
there was no doubt about 1t. AS
soon as his father or mother came
home after hunting in the pantry,
Billy Mouse began to poke about to
see what they had brought home for
breakfast.
Then when he was taken out in the
pantry for run when his parents
knew that Puss was not in the house,
Billy Mouse always ran to the highest
shelf and peeked into all the boxes.
And once he crawsed up behind some
drawers and was caught fast until
someone opened ene and then he ran
across the floor and Puss almost
caught him.
One night when his father and
mother had planned to explore the
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-11-27
Not Her Fault

At banquet in Washington, Secre-
tary Mellon told the following story:
Marjorie" said the secretary, lis
the only girl among several children,
all older than herself. Consequently,
when they all go to grandpa's ranch
to play, she wants to romp and ride
and keep up to the boys in all their
activities, but is often restrained by
her mother, saying: Remember, dear,
you're a girl
FINALLY, one day, Marjorie broke
out in rebellion and cried:
eff I'd picked myself out, I'd never
been what am Los Angeles
Times.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-11-27
Live Stock Hints


A normal. healthy pig should weigh
200 pounds when it is 200 days old.
The flock owner who is DESTROYS OF
encouraging a strong flow of nutri-
tious milk to force the lamb crop for
ward as fast as possible, should lay
plans to supply the flock with plenty
of supplementary forage.
Hogs from pasture and finished by
hogging off corn shrink less in ship
ping to market than yard-fed hogs.
y
Thousands of sheep will suffer from
stomach worms in spite of the fact
that it only costs one cent per head
for material to treat for this trouble.
Range men sometimes give away
the smallest of a pair of twins because
the average range eve can only look
after one. The practice is becoming
more general however, to keep and
raise them.
When eve dies leaving one or two
lambs the best procedure is to put
each lamb on some eve that has lost
hers, if one is available.
An acre of clover or alfalfa for pigs
has saved 1,149 pounds of corn and
468 pounds of tankage as compared
with dry-lot feeding.
\
Those crops that can be grown
cheaply and well on his own farm usu-
ally constitute the most economical
feeds that the live stock feeder can
use
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-11-27
How Japanese Bury Dead

In Japan a corpse, placed in a bent
position, is encased in porcelain or
an earthenware coffin having the shape
and appearance of jug which is
usually as tall as the dead. In the
coffin, buried with the body, are some
of the possessions the deceased held
dear in life. The coffin, instead of be-
ing laid lengthwise in the ground, as
sumes a standing position. It's top is
closed by a conical cover of the same
material.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-11-27
Keen Ewes in Flesh

Permitting the ewes to become bad
" reduced in flesh is very poor prac-
tice and one that usually causes heavy
losses. AS the lamb begins to draft
heavily upon its dam for daily nour-
ishment, it is necessary to not only
supply additional food to maintain a
steady flow of milk, but also to pre-
serve the flesh of the mother as we'll.
1t is very natural/for nursing dam
to favor her offspring and consume
sufficient food to not only maintain
her own system, but supply nourish-
ment for her lamb.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-11-27

Rain has never been known to fall
in that part of Egypt between the two
lower falls of the Nile.
The first author to use typewriter
in the preparation of uscripts is
believed to have been Mark Twain.
Gold is capable of great divisibility.
BY the aid of microscope, magnifying
1000 times, it is possible to divide
grain of gold in millions Of parts that
are visible to the eye.
Wigs date back 100000 years, if
the curious covering of a prehistoric
woman's head carved in ivory, found
by M. Petite in cave in the Landes,
may be interpreted as a wig of the
Stone age.
The first commercial treaty that the
United States was able to negotiate
with a government of the Far East
was with the little kingdom of Siam
in 1888. About ten years later China
followed Siam.
Alexis Claude Clairaut, the cele-
brated French mathematician, at the
age of six years understood infnites-
imals, and at twelve read before the
learned Academy Of Science Of Paris
an original paper on curves.
Goldsmith Maid, the famous bay
trotting mare, held the one mile trot-
ting record from 1871 to 1874, taking it
from Dexter in 2:17 and losing it to
Rarus in 3:13A. She lowered the
record to 2:14 before losing 1t.
An old ladys son was working in
the city. The youth, being very duti-
full, sent his mother a telegram IN
forming her of his success in pass
ing an examination. Good boy, my
Clarence, she told friend; look
how beautifully he has learned to
typewrite lately"
Tin cans should not be used as con-
tainers for growing plants. Besides
being unsightly, tin cans rust and Kill
the tips of the tender roots. Occa-
sionally fine plants are grown in tins,
but they would have been better II
grown in pots.
This phrase is used to denote vic
tory won at treMendous cost and re-
fers to the battle of Asculum, in which
Pyrrhus, king of Epirus, won victory
over the Romans while sustaining
such heavy losses that he is said to
have exclaimed, Another such victory
and Pyrrhus is destroyed"
Geographers usually recognize five
continents: North America, South
America, Eurasia, including Europe
and Asia, Africa and Australia. A
sixth continent is sometimes about the
Antarctic region.
All hyenas do not laugh, and those
that do-the spotted hyenas-are not
inspired by merriment. Their laugh
ter it is a horrid sound-generally
indicates annoyance. In fact, so-called
laughter in the animal kingdom is the
reverse of happy, for the jackal gives
a weird laugh when 1t is being pur-
sued b is enemies
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-11-27

This popular 1'movie" actor began
his career on the legitimate stage. He
was bcps in England and embarked on
a theatrical career on leaving college.
He came to America and starred in a
number of road elbows. The war took
him back to his native land and he be-
came noted as a boxer in the Royal Air
force. After the war he returned as a
musical comedy baritone, later being
induced by prominent producer to en-
ter motion pictures.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-11-27
Pretty Legend of Diamond

Diamonds are the favored stones for
betrothal rings, says tradition because
the man who discovered the art of cut
ting and polishing the diamond made
fortune and was thus enabled to wed
the maiden of his choice. The man
was Louis de Berquem, a native of
Flanders, who was clerk to jeweler
of Bruges in 1470, and who, so the
story goes, had revealed to him in
dream how the stones might be beau
tilted by cutting.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-11-27
Gales Prank

A peculiar prank was played by
gale at the residence of George Nelson
of a small New England town. One of
the chimneys of the house was blown
off, while a hole was blown clear
through the other chimney without dis
turbing the top bricks.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-11-27
Tongue Twisters

Dolly Dorothy did do dishes dai
Florence fried few fish Friday.
Simple silly Sally Simpson sat
renely soaking soap.
Should six sick. shell-shocked $
der shoe-sole stitchers stitch 81
soles solely?
Sickly Susan surely shot seven
seven Saturday.
Manly Murton managed many me
miners Monday.
Foolish Fanny fried forty-four
Friday.
silly Susie sat sewing stocki
Sunday.
Sharkey's stocking shop sh'
stocking shopping shoppers shocE
stocking stocks.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-11-27

into. 81 never could make out how
he found out that trap was safe.
wonder If something happened to
drive him in there"
But Billy Mouse never told what
happened on the top shelf. He kept
to himself how he was cured of being
inquisitive.
20 by Mcclure Newspaper syndicatel
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-11-27
Ate All They Had

My nephew had attended birthda
party for one Of his little boy friend
Next day asked him what they q
at the party.
He replied, "We ate it all up"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-11-27
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A LINE O. CHEER
BY Tehn H.ndrIck Bangs.
WHY7

yKTHl yield up to despair,
Wv ssyrrendering to care,
18th tears and downcast
When n the morning sky
The Curious sun of cheer
Is shifting bright and clear,
And shedding on your way
The gctden light of day
To lead you from your stress
5. Out of sae wilderness
IL you Sut seize the gold
The flyeng minutes hold?
90 by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.)
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-11-27
MINNEAPOLIS MARKETS.
CHICAGO MARKETS.

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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-03-11
FELTON, HEADS BIG
POWER DEVELO PMENT

MACON, March 11.-W. H. Eel
ton was elected president of the
Flint River Power Company at .
meeting of that organization at the
public utilities building yesterday
afternoon. L. A. Magraw was chos.
en- vice-president; R. e. Pones, sec.
rotary and assistant treasurer: w.
Z. Houser, treasurer and assistan,
secretary; Paul w. Fisher. of New
tant treasurer; B. r. Chestncv,
chief engineer, and Hatcher &
Smith, general counsel.
The following directors were
elected for the company; w. H. Eel
ton, L. A. Magraw, M. FELTON,
Hatcher, L. G. Smith and Leon $.
Dure.
Mrs. George Lowe, Mrs. Raincy
Vista were among the out-of-tow1,
shoppers in Americas to day an
were guests at the Tea Room for
luncheon.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-03-11
MARSHALL ADVISES
DISENFEcTING SEED

Sumter county farmers who arr
preparing to put in moderate acre
age to sweet potatoes this spring
are urged to so about the prepare.
ton of their seed potatoes in prop
er manner SO as to insure the larg-
est possible yields. In order to
secure this, Marshall says, farmers
this spring before bedding seed 20
tatoes should disinfect these Great
ing them for to 10 minutes in a
solution made by dissolving l ounce
of corrosive sublimate in gallons
of water. Only wooden vessels
should be used for this purpose.
Corrosive sublimate is a strone
poison and should be kept out of the
reach of animals. The solution of
corrosive sublimate should not be
used more than two or three times.
since it loses it's effectiveness att
er repeated use. If for any reason
corrosive sublimate cannot be used
the potatoes may be immersed for
5 minutes in solution of formal.
dehyde made by adding l pint of
commercial formalin to 80 gallons
of water.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-03-11
NEGRO COUIE' VISITS
ANER|CUS FOR CLINIC
Marvellous Cures Claimed BY
Auto Suggestist Who Invites
Whites To His Meetings

Clay Burton Vance, remarkable
negro, known as "The Negro Couie. ;
is in Americas for two days and
while here viii give a demonstra-
ton of his powers as healer in
Campbell Chapel A. NJ, E. church.
Because of his reputation and a
likelihood that white residents
here may care to hear Vance, Rev.
NJ. A. Fountaine, pastor of Camp
bell chapel, has arranged a section
of his church in which white visi-
tors will be seated apart from 9TH
ers. present.
Vance, who was a caller at the
Times-Recorder office today declar-
ed that during the course OF his lee
lures he will let persons talk with
dead relatives in spiritual manner
and the Biblical promise of our Lord
and Saviour Jesus Christ. He has
appeared before large audiences IN
many cities in Europe and also in
this country, having given demon
strations of his powers in New York
Atlanta and other cities in Ameri-
ca.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-03-11
GOOD ROADS HELP
CAUSE OF RELIGION

ATLANTA, March 11.-That
good roads help the cause of relig-
ion in the country was pointed out
here today by advocates of better
high ways.
perhaps it has not occurred to
people generally that the cause cf
religion in rural 90 lmunities is
promoted or held .bac by the con-
dition of the roads, said State
house official. IF the roads lead
ing to churches in the country dis
tricts are good, more people go 10
the churches and the whole commu-
nifty is benefited by the increased
religious intrest aroused.
"On the other hand, if the roads
are poor ones so that people can
not ct to the churches in bad wealth
err without great discomfort and
the loss of much time, the attend
ance at the churches suffers and
the cause of religion in the conn.,
munity of a necessity also suffers.
With good roads enabling country
people to attend church, making
school attendance lager and put
ting country people in easy comm1-
nication Wit nearby a1lets, rural
development, leading agricu't,grists
here, claim, will MAKE lTcs ress
that in time ~ -..l.ry i1e W lid
be as dc,,..i1ttui as it should be md
as it would be if people of TIE
country districts had roads as goc
rs the streets in the towrs,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-03-11
GELDERS WANTS ROAD
LAWS OF GA. CHANGED

ATLANTA, March 11.-Isidor
Gelders, editor of the Fitzgerald
(Ga) Leader Eenterprise, Wants to
stop persons under the influence OF
liquor from driving automobiles.
"The automobile is an instrument
of death if carelessly dricen,' says
Mr.. Gelders. run by a drunken
driver it is a potential juggernaut.
Everything possible should be done
to prevent persons under the influ-
ence of liquor from running cars,
and those who disregard the laws in
this respect should be jailed and
their licenses taken away forth
with"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-03-11
BELLED BUzZARD SEEN
IN GEORGIA AGAIN

ATLANTA, March 11.-Geor-
gia's belled buzzard is in Worth
county again, according to reports
received here.
While hunting in q field six miles
south Of Sylvester, two men saw
the bird. 1t was flying near the
ground and the tingling of its bell
could be heard distinctly.
The belled buzzard has been seen
in different sections of the state
for the lest quarter of a century
Buzzards, it is stated, live to be
more than hundred years cid.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-03-11
HAYNES BOYS HELD
FOR KILLING REEVES
Russell And Eaton Haynes Ac-
cused Of Murder Of Hugh
Reeves in Lowndes Co., Ala.

SELMA, Ala, March 11.-War.
rants charging Russell Haynes and
his brother, Eaton Haynes with the
murder. of Hugh Reeves have been
served at Vaughan Memorial Hospi-
tai where the Haynes brothers are
under treatment, the latter for a
serious gun shot wound inflicted by
Hugh Rives in an open battle on the
public road near Collerine.
Russell Haynes is said to have
fired the shots which killed Hugh
Rives. Eaton Haynes, it is said,
also fired at Rives, but missed, in
an encounter preyios. t with
Russell Haynes.
Following TIE hooIlng both men
came to Selma, where Eaton
Haynes, badly wounded, was placed
in the Vaughan Memorial Hospital
where he underwent an abdominal
operation from which he said to be
recovering. Russell Haynes was no:
wounded in the shooting, his in
juries coming from the auto acct
dent in which the party figured on
the way to Selma.
Deputy Maury Willoughby came
to Selma shortly after Russell
Haynes had returned to the city
from the South Side, and had en-
tered. Vaughan Memorial hospital
for treatment for badly lacerat-
ed left hand and a sprainde back
which he suffered when his automo-
bile turned over, as he was bring
ing his wounded brother, E,aton
Haynes to Selma.
A conference was held with ller