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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-02-02
POINTS FOR POULTRYMEN.
six Questions Answered by Well.
Known Authority.

six Questions Answered by Well
Known Authority.
| provide lime for my poultry by
feeding ground oyster shells.
] raise cabbage for them. Onions
are excellent also.
Make neat box 1874 inches. out
side measure. with watcr-!ight, slop-
ing roof In addition make small
run Of cell-laths the height and width OF
the brooding box and about two feet
i'm length. for use two or three days
after the hen has been put on the nest.
| remove her ut dusk to this box.
close it in front. keep her confined
until near shutdown next day. and
then place the run in front of the box
with brace ut the rear end to pre-
vent its removal. in case she strives
hard 10 ret out. Pit fee and water
so that she can get either. and leave
her at once. As night approaches she
will return to thu nest; the next morn
ing shs will be really to receive tins
eggs.
do not get rid of vcrmin; | keer
rid of them by having stand under
The perchcs. containing coal oil
When lice abound use whitcwash and
carbolic acid--carbl of lima is
excellent also 10 dust the perches and
the inside f hennery.
For packing eggs l prefer neal
wooden box. Wrap each egg in paper.
stand them on end. and pack closely
with saw-dust; screw down the
cover; never use hammer and
nails. A wire handle should be at
tached to the box for safety in hand
ling and removal.
The sale of eggs by weight l con.
slider of no consequences. The pur
chasers have the privilege of examin
ing fore buying. If they think then
too small let them get larger mum.
Der or buy elscw here. If eggs are sold
by weight many will be broken il
handling. 1t is a striking fact noticed
in selling eggs. that when they are
scarce and dear no fault is ever found
with fair-siz Il egg; bat when prices
are low more fault is found with The
size; because the price is low people
want the u for almost nothing. Ifeggs
were sold by weight poultrymcn would
improve the size of them by bree ling
from the largest eggs Eggs from any
breed of fowls can be increased in n
by that method. &C s. Cooper. in Rurn
NelD Yorker
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-02-02

The late Chief-Justice John NJ. Reed
of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court was
holding court in Harrisburg. Judge
Reed took up his pen 70 write and gent
ly tapped the inkstand, but the ink did
not respond. He frowned and couple of
lawyers smaed. Then he tapped the
inkstand once more with little more
force. and essayed to write, but the ink
did not show up. BY this time be had
lost his temper, and the lawyers watch
ed him intently. The Judges eye
brows met in frown. and raising mis-
hand he dealt the inkstand a hard rap.
that forced the ink out IN a stream, and
it spurted all over Judge Reed 5 spotless
shirt front and immaculate cuffs. com-
pletely running them. Fairly boiling
with rage he jumped to his feet, and
bringing his fist down with a bang he
shouted: "Damn the mkt And I say
again. damn the ink" The silence
that reigned in that courtroom for the
balance of the day could have been cut
up in chunks and shoveled out Of the
window. Well, judges are only human,
after all.-Harrisburg Telegraph.
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p.ea Lie a Gcntleman.

As there are degrees of quality in a
man, 50 there are in an animal. There
are good, bad, and Indifferent men,
and the same can be said of dogs.
One of the noblest dogs we over met
died last night. We owned him five
years aud we knew him thoroughly
So did the children of the neighbor
hood, who climbed on and tumbled
over his massive form. So did the
newsboys who found him almost daily
at the Office. and they rarely passed
him without giving him a patting, if
not a hugging. The fact that he was
bloodhound and of remarkable size
made some people strangers to his dis
position timid with him. But there
was nothing to justify the fear. He
was the essence of gentleness, and
children, who are the first TO know
their friends. instinctively recognized
this. He never growled at them.
When they became too demonstrative
he Immediately withdrew from their
society. Nero left the Office for home
last evening in good spirits. After
supper and Il drink he manifested n
desire to go to bed. As he was getting
quite blind light was used to show
him the way. This morning at day
break he was found outside his bed,
lying on the floor quietly sleeping to all
appearance. But he was dead. They
say he died of heart disease. But
death came to him as we like to have
it come to all of gentle nature-with-
out uproar News.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-02-02
parasitic Worms in Calves.

When a calf coughs and discharges
froihy substance from the mouth ant
nostrils. and is also troubled will
diarrhea. it is suffering from parasitic
worms-small thread worms IN the
throat and bowels. Tho worms give
n great deal of trouble to all young
animals. from chickens up TO calves.
The remedy is to give turpentino with
sulphatc Of iron in nm emulsion Of
linsetd oil in gum water Dissolve
Two ounces of gum arabic in quar-
of water; add one pint Of raw linsee6
oil. half pint Of turPentine. and ont
ounce of powdered sulphate of iron
give q tablespoonful every morning
an hour before feeding. Shake tho
mixture well before giving it.-Anler.
can DufrVmaR
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-02-02
How a King cured Dyspepsia.

Henry VIII. one day lost his way out
hunting, and as he had star Ell the chase
at Windsor and found himself outside
TIE abbot of Readings house at dinner
tim, he must be allowed to have got
some distance from his bearings Clear
Is, however. the next thing was to
dine, and this he did at the abbot S
table, the bat eyed churchman having
taken him for one of the royal guards.
A sirloin was produced, and the King
''laid on, much marked by the abbot,
who had as much appetite as a peahen.
When the roast had almost disappeared
before the royal onslaught the church.
man could contain himself no longer.
We'll fare thy heart, he exclaimed.
to the supposed man at arms, ''for here
in a cup of sack / remember thy mas
ter. l would give fl00 on condition
that could feed as Justify on beef as
you do. Alas! my weak and squeezle
stomach will hardly digest the wing of
small rabbit or chicken" How cruel
case of dyspepsia in the middle ages!
L IcCOIlluctlNl IL W tAAt ilObiCO VI lHC Adt-
ulty rs a proof that there is nothing
new under the sun, not even in this
"new disease that is stealing upon us
ALL" Meanwhile the King pledged his
host and departed. Some weeks after
the abbot was committed to the tower
and fed for a short space on bread and
water-a novel treatment for loss of
appetite which threw the pious patient
into the most horrid detection ''yet not
so empty was his body of food as his
mind was filled with fears as to how he
had incurred the Kings displeasure.
At the very climax of this emptiness a
sirloin of beef was set before him. when
the good abbot verified theproverb that
two hungry meals make a glutton. He,
in point of fact, rivaled the Kings per-
formance at Reading. and just Us he
was wiping his mouth out jumped the
King from closet my lord, "quoth
the King, deposit presently Your hun
bred pounds of gold, or else no going
hence all the days of your life. l have
been your physician to cure you of your
squeezle stomach, and here, as de-
serve, demand my fee for the same. !"
Too replete for repartee, the abbot
''down with his dust" and presently
returned to Reading if somewhat light
er in purse so much more merry in
heart than when he came thence.
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Pennsylvania Industry.

The busiest persons in this city at
present are those of a calling which
probably is unknown in any other
place in this country. That calling is
the professional cutting of cabbage for
sauerkraut making. The cutter travels
! about the city from house to house from
the latter part of October to the mid
die of November. by which time the
sauerkraut-makfng season is over.
The father of the business is NJ ichael
Bruckman, who has cut cabbage for
Readings best families tor many years.
There are few families in this city from
the highest to the lowest. that fail to
put down a supply Of sauerkraut every
fail. Brakeman alone cuts up 200
heads of cabbage a day during the put
ting down season. His. cabbage-cutter
he imported from Germany, and he
says there is not another like il in this
country.
1t is the well-to-do families and sa-
loon-keepers who hire their cabbage
cut, although the charge is only one
cent head. The saloonkeepers are
the best customers of the cabbage-cut-
tiers, for they order hundreds of heads
cut at a time. Sauerkraut for lunch is
one of the delicacies of Realizing all the
year round.
During the last half of October and
the first half OF November, Cutter
Bruckman estimates, there are not less
than 1900 heads of cabbage cut every
day for sauerkraut in Reading. or Co.
600 heads for the season Those who
do not hire their kraut crop cut have
cutters of their own, or wait their turn
to borrow of neighbor who has. No
Reading household exactly complete
without eabbage-cutter. The person
who cuts cabbage for kraut profession
ally has nsthing 20 do with the making
of the kraut. That is doLe by The fam
lily. and the family in Berls County
that docs not know all the mysteries of
Notwithstanding had better keep its
ignorance to itself. No family pits
down less thla ten heads of cabbage IN
pickle to ''ripen" into kraut, while the
cutter frequently has job of Il huns
bred heads or more to cut at single
house.-Reading Letter.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-02-02
A Country Where Every Form of Worship
Is crowned Upon.

A Country Where Every Form of Worship
Is FrOwned Upon.
In the list of the virtues Of its people and
the attractions of the country Corea makes
a poor showing and shines negatively. With
no past, no future, no riches, no power, no
warlike spirit, no religion, no art, no prog
ress. no commerce. no living literature, no
theaters, and few amusements or social Gus
toms, one may wonder how it remains
kingdom and a people and why it exists.
Corea's condition would seem to prove all
that p. "achers and philosophers say about
people without a religion. In this capital of
100000 people, and in the great plane Of city
roofs, there is not tower or pagoda to
tell Of the worship Of any deity. A scrap
of paper and bit of rag fastened to
straw rope over the hCuse-doors propitiates
the demons and keeps them out and the
Corean devils are so stupid aud easily
deceived that, getting hold Of the rag,
they think they have the whole game and
the man in 1t, and are satisfied. This is the
only sign Of any form of worship or belief TO
be found in the city, and there are edicts
prohibiting priests from entering the city
gates. Every torn Of religion is frowned
upon BY the Government, andin the treaties
with other nations proselyting and mission
airy work are distinctly prohibited. Centur-
les ago the Jesuits entered the Kingdom
from the Chinese frontier and made many
converts among the people, but in all the
annals Of martyrdOm nothing exceeds the
stories of the fortunes and punlshments IL
fiicted upon those sanity men. IL was be-
ieved that they had given aid and instruc-
tions 70 the enemies of Corea, and the
Jesuits were hunted and put to death, and
edicts put forth promising torture 20 those
who harbored or encouraged the Jesuits
in their work. This attitude of the
Government neither discouraged nor
stopped the missionary fathers. and Jesuit
priests have gone about the country in the
disguise Of mourners, the huge three
bushel hat, the hand-screen and baggy
hemp clothes effeetually cOneealing their
identity Within few weeks q French
Bishop has come to light after living in
disguise for fourteen years. While the
French commissioners were here complet-
ing the treaty between their country ana
Corea. a swarthy, blach-bearded Corean. in
q pea green gown and black halo hat, APP
peared one day and astonished them By
talking French. The Bishop IS now often
met in the foreign community, and mon
seigneur is given precedence over all officials
and the place Of honor at al dinner-tables.
He wears Corean dress at al times, and
the large signet ring on his right hand IS
the only indication Of his not being IA
tive and layman--St LoNts Gloos-klsnao-
cruf
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-02-02

A burglar on trial at the New York
Court of General Sessions took the
witness-stand in his own behalf. testi-
flying that be was entirely innocent.
But" said the District Attorney.
suppose I should tell you that there
was somebody in the room looking at
you when you took that watchP"
That's not so. replied the accused.
How do you know it is not sop
You can't stuff me. l looked all
over the room. and there was nobody
there except me. You don't suppose I'd
be darned fool, do you?"
The jury found verdict. of guilty
without leaving their seats.-Pexas
Siftings.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-02-02

they must have been seen. at some time,
Or other. There's clue number twoF'
Louvait was known to the world at large
as middle-aged, portly and grave, but act
i've. Little did people imagine that this ex-
traordinary man, undisguised, was deter
mined young fellow of thirty mere beard
less youth.
"To succeed as a detective ran one Of
Louvait's maxim's, ''One must remain I'M
known
Accordingly, the real Louvait was not
known.
OF he darted on '.L'Oiseau," the Heetest
horse in St. Malo. His plans were all con-
cocted ere he arrived at the chateau.
Thirty minutes afterwards, Leroi, the in
evitable, appeared. But in that time his
rival had already succeeded In Inspiring the
household with the wonderful confidence
in his ability which he invariably aroused.
The management Of the case had been en-
trusted entirely to him.
Leroi perceived that fate was once more
against him. butwith his usual bulldog per-
tinacity, instead of giving up the game and
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-02-02

A Harrisburg, Pa, correspondent OF
The New York Sun saws: The Union
canal, which was the first canal pro-
jected on the American continent, hav
ing been suggested by William Penn
in 1890, and its route surveyed seventy
years later, before there was a canal in
operation, even in England, is to be
sold. The route on this canal was sur
Yeyed by David Rittenhouse, the as
tronomer, and DR.. William Smith, pro-
vost of the University of Pennsylvania,
10 17G5. 1t extended from the Sehuyl-
Kill river, near Reading, to the Susque-.
hanna, at the present site of Middle
town, Dauphin county. Ii was the first
link in proposed chain Of water com
munication between the Delaware river
and Lake Erie, a project so gigantic for
that early day, when canals and even
| turnpikes were unknown, that the pro-
| jectors were believed by the people to
| be crazy.
Rittenhouse planned system of in
| clined planes TO overcome the Allegheny
mountains. plan which was adopted
seventy years later by the state in
its old Portage railroad.
The Revolutionary war interrupted
work on the pioneer canal, and in 1891
Robert Morris, Robert Fulton, and
Tench Francis, became interested in it.
! The work was too far in advance of the
! times, however, and it was not COM
pleted until 1927. The canal is eighty
nine miles in length, and some of the
greatest engineering work of the day
was necessary in its construction. The
first tunnel in the United States was
bored for this canal through nearly 800
feet of solid rock. and the summit of
the canal being higher than its terminal
feeder, pumping apparatus had 10 be
constructed TO raise the water to the
necessary height. The canal cost
100000. Railroad transportation
having made the ancient waterway I'M
profitable, few years ago it was ADAM
doned. and it is now offered for sale.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-02-02
AT DAWN or DAY.

The yellow lighthouse star is queDched
Across the lonely sea;
The mouut1ils Tend their misty walls,
The wind 90 dawn blows frees
The waves beat with gladder thril,
PuIsIlg IN lines Of spray,
And fast and far chime on the bar
God bless ny Dear Today!
A thousand leagues NAV lie between
A world o. distance dim;
But speeding with the speeding light
Ny heart goes forth 10 him.
Faster -aan wind or wave IL flies,
As love and longing may,
And uudelied stands by his side
God bless my Dear to-day!
God bless him II he wake 10 smiles,
or II he wake 70 signs;
Ter 0er his VIII for every fate,
And keep him true and wise;
BE 20 him all I fam would be
Who am so FAR away,
Light counsel, consolation, cheer
God bless my Dear today
The gradual light has grown full dim
Aud sfrearacth FAR abroad:
tn G-eslc- % ny 80 celess pie
Is gathered up b. Cod;
Take some sweet thing which else wer
Elue,
Truly dare 20 pray,
And with IL br, \ h5s cup OF Joy
God bless my Dear TODAY
susan C00iidgs. - =. T. Tadlp-Hdsst.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-02-02
WAS America Ever Discovered?

At the time when Columbus started in
search of the New World. nearly every man,
woman and child in Europe insisted that
there was no New World 10 discover.
" hen he came back, crowned with success,
a large proportion of these good people adj
hsred to their theory; and if they were
alive to-day many o. them would doubtless
insist that america ad never been discov-
cred at all. a man will give up anything
in the world more readily IL an pet theo-
~. For example, look at tie individuals
who still maintain that consump lion is in
curable DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
covery has cured thousands upon thOus-
ands of cases, and will cure thous nds more
but these people can't give up their point.
Nevertheless the discovery" will cure any
case of consumption, if t4ken in time
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-02-02

heard any thing unusual No vessel had
left the harbOr since noon Those that were
lying there were only fishing-smacks- al
belonging 20 the village No strange vessel
was seen al0L.- the coast recently-certaIn-
" during that day
Lydia realized that the search was hope
less
The abductors might have gone TO ST.
MalO; or they might have taken the opposite
road leading along the western coast Ger
TIN il was that men who 80 Cleverly
planned and 50 skilfuIly concealed their
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-02-02
Is Elect lefty pu.,able.

Washington Critic: The Collector of
Customs at Eastport, Me-, recently sub
mitsed an unusual question to the
Treasury department He wanted to
know whether duty was to be assessed
upon electricity which came over the
wires from Canada to supply electric
light for Calais, Me. Secretary Fair
cliild has replied that electricity is an
Invisible, subtle agent or power. with
out any substance as mercantile COM
modify, and is not provided for in the
tariff or liable to duty.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-02-02

Aliens Iron Tonic B;tters have proved TO
be the finest thing os TIE kind ever dis
covered. an consequently dishonest per
SONS ere counterfeitinE them.
Tho genuine is puv up in round black
bottles holding IL pts, with a white
Iitto. raphed label on f,Ee side, bear ng the
signature of j. z. Allasl, and yellow label
on the other side These ara the old
genuine and original Aliens Iron Tonic
Bit, RS, and il they kSd not been good no
one would have tbosght of counterfeiting
them. This is no adv irtising dodge. Look
out for frauds.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-02-02

Prof. Davis has discovered what is
technically known as an ash bed. 1t
is deposit forme when molten lava
is thrown high into the air by violent
explosions and comes down in confus-
ed mass, coarse and fine. IN the trias-
sic period when these eruptions occur
red there must have been regular cones
and craters of the usual type. but these
have all been efIaeed. 1t is very prob
able that other ASA beds may exist in
the range of Meriden hills. The geo
logical history of this region has always
afforded rich field for scientific re
search, and the recent volcanic discov-
cry has given a greater scientific boom
to it.
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In ninety-nine cases out of hundred sue
cess is the stamp of merit There may be
enough sfensiR1 exceptions 20 prove the rule,
but the proposition will stand. How is sue
cess attainedi Variously. In business per-
haps the essential of essentials Is ludiciOus,
persistent advertising. Men who are sup TO
snuff" have grasped the idea. Many ex-
amples might be given. Probably none
would better illustrate the truth of the above
than r. w. Tansill, the cigar manufacturer
of Chicago. Before he came into the field
the opinion prevailed that cigars could be
sold olly by employing travelling men. Mr..
Tansin thought differently. He thought that
an honest article, at fair margin Of profit,
ana literally advertised in newspapers, could
he sold direct to the retailer, thus saving TO
the dealer the large item of expense repre-
scented by the high-priced traveIing-man.
The plan worked from the start. Dealer and
smoker ''caught ON 70 such q surprising
extent that, even at the small profit he re
serves for himself, Mr.. 7. Is now recognized
as one of the solid men Of Chicago. He has
kept faith with his customers and with the
public, and the name.of his Punch cigar is
household word. Honesty, and originality.
and pluck-AND ADyEl.TIsING-did IL.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-02-02
A Fatal want.

'sIt's a very pretty house." said the
young husband frankly, land | like il
extremely in itself. but the location is
bad don't think it Wilde"
why, George" said the young
bride, astonished, 'what in the world
do you mean? It's right in the centre OF
the most fashionable part of the city.
IL know dear" said George sooth-
ingly. II know it's the fashionable
quarter. and that's just the trouble.
You are just from Vassar. you know,
and there's not a bake shop within
half a mile. "-Somerville journal.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-02-02

Upon the stomach aud bowels are perpe-
tcated by multitudes Of injudicious people
who upon experiencing the annoyance of
constipation in a slight degree, intiltrate
their bowels with dreuching evacuants,
which enfeeble the intestinal membrane TO
a serious extent, sometimes, even, superln-
ducing dysentery or piles. HOstettcf's
Stomach Bitters is the true saccedaneum
for these nostrums, since il Is at once in
MIGRATING, gentle and cffectual II also
banishes dyspepsia, malarial complaints,
rheumatism and kidney troubles.
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chin... nrlrnnhohIn cure.

The Chinese mess.oS II curing hydropho-
bia is perhaps little odd, but i certainly
must Be effective The Shanghai Cniesfiai
Enspfre reports t1at man Of Tehing Lang.
who bad been attacked wits the disease
was, according 70 custom N such cases,
kept hanging BY the feet aud hands until
relieved-by death.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-02-02

For constipation, silver complaint" or
biiliousness, sick headache, and all diseas
es arising from a disordered condition of
the liver and stomach, take DIR. Pierce S
Pleasant PuTgative Pelets-a gentle Taxa
tive or active cathartie, according to size
of dose.