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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-07-11
SCIENCE OE DRY ROT.
No Wood That Is Liable to Damp Safe from
Its Attacks.


Prof. Bidlake, Rhode Island, reports
as follows on dry rot in lumber: No
wood which is liable to damp. or has
at any time absorbed moisture and is
i'm contact with stagnant air, so that
the moisture can not evapOrate, can
be considered safe from the attacks of
dry rot Any impervious substance
applied to wood which is not thor
oughly dry tends to engender decay.
as floor covered with kamptulicon and
laid over brick arching before the lat
ter was dry, cement dado to wood par
tition, the water expelled from the dado
i'm setting and absorbed by the wood
had no means of evaporation. Wood
work coated with paint or tar before
thoroughly dry and well seasoned is
liable to decay, as the moisture is i'm
prisoned Skirtings and wall paneling
are very subject to dry rot, and es-
pecially window backs, for the space
between. the woodwork and the wall
is occupied by stagnant air: the former
absorbs moisture RON the wall, espe-
cially if il has been fixed before the
wall was dry after building, and the
paint or varnish prevents the moisture
from evaporating into the room.
Skirtings thus form excellent channels
for the spread of the fungus. Plaster
seems to be sufficiently porous to allow
the evaporation of water through it;
hence probably the space between cell /
Z - :. nf ft.an,,nn41ty
tackled, if also the floor boards do not
fit very accurately and no Oilcloth
covers the floor. Plowed and tongued
floors are disadvantageous in certain
circumstances, as when placed over
space occupied by damp air, as they
allow no air to pass between the
boards, and so dry them. Beams
may appear sound externally and /
be rotten within, for the outside /
being in contact with the air, becomes
drier than the interior. 1t is well to
saw and reverse all large scantling.
The ends of all timber, and especially
Of large beams, should be free, for il I
is through the ends that moisture
chiefly evaporates. They should on
no account be embedded in mortar.
Inferior and ill-seasoned timber is
evidently 10 be avoided. Whatever
insures dampness and lack of evapora- /
ton is conducive to dry rot. that is to
say, dampness arising from the soil, /
lampness arising from the walls es-
pecialiy if the damp-proof course has /
been omitted, dampness arising from
the use of salt-sand aud dampuess /
arising from drying of mortar and
cement Stagnation of air resulting
from air-grids getting blocked with /.
dirt or being purposely blocked /.
through ignorance. Stagnation may
exist under floor, although there are
grids in the opposite walls, for it is
difficult to induce the air to move In a
horizontal direction with 0ut some spe- t
cial means of suction. Corners of stag +
nant air are to be guarded against.
Darkness assists the development Of
fungus; whatever increases the tenn
perature of the wood and stagnant air
within limit also assists. Scientific
American
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-07-11
WHENCE WHEAT CAME.
Classic Accounts of the Distribution o
the Precious Cereal.

Classic Accounts of the Distribution of
the Precious Cereal.
Wheat, which is now the bread corn
of twelve European nations. and is fast
supplantiug maize in America and sew
eral inferior grains in India, was no
doubt widely grown in the prehistoric
world. The Chinese cultivated it 200
b. G. as a gift direct from Heaven; the
Egyptians attributed its origin to Isis
and the Greeks to Ceres. A classic
account of the distribution of
wheat over the primeval world
shows that Ceres. having taught
her favorite Triptolemus agri-
culture and the art of bread-malling,
gave him her chariot, a celestial We
hicle which he used in useful travels
for the purpose of distributing corn to
all nations. Ancient monuments show
that the cultivation of wheat had been
established in Egypt before the inva-
sion of the shepherds, and there is evil
1ence that more productive varieties
of wheat have taken the place of one
at least, of the ancient sorts. Innumer-
able varieties exist of common wheat.
Colonel lie Couteur, of Jersey. cultivat-
ed $50 varieties. Mr. Darwin men
tons French gentleman who had
collected 322 varieties, and tho
great firm of French seed mer-
chants, Vilmorin-Andrieux ct Gle,
cultivate about twice as many
in their trial grounds near Paris. In
their recent work on Les Meilleurs
Bles" NJ. Henry l.. de Vilmorin has
described sixty-eight varieties of best
wheat, which he has classed into seven
groups, though these groups can hard
ly be called distinct species, since NJ.
Henry L. de NilmOrin has crossbred
three of them. 7rtticum Uulgare, Triti-
c,lm turgid,tm and TriticuDl durun,
and has found the offspring fertile.
Three small-grained varieties of COM
mon wheat we're cultivated by the first
lake jewellers of Switzerland (time of
Trojan war;. and as well as by the less
ancient lake dwellers of Western
Switzerland and of Italy, by the people
Of Hungary in the stone age, and by the
Egyptians on the evidence of brick
Of pyramid in which grain was i'm
bedded and to which the date
Of 1859 b. c. has been assigned.
The existence of names for wheat
in the most ancient languages confirms
this evidence of the antiquity of its
culture in all the more temperate parts
OF Europe, Asia and Africa, but it
seems improbable that wheat has ever
been found growing persistently in a
wild state, although the fact has often
been asserted by poets. travellers and
historians. In the Odyssey, for exam
pie. we are told that wheat grew in
Sicily without the aid of man. but a
blind poet could not have seen this
himself. and a botanical fact can hardly
be accepted from a writer whose own
existence has been contested. DiodO-
rus repeats the tradition that Osiris
found wheat and barley growing pro-
miscuOusly in Palestine. but neither
this nor other discoveries of persistent
wild wheat seem to US TO be credible,
seeing that wheat does not appear to
be endowed with q power OF persist
ency except under culture. Edinburgh
Review.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-07-11
HOME AND FARM,

The same food. without variation.
should not be given to poultry for any
considerable length of time.
Study to feed the plant, not TO
make the soil rich. If profit is the OBJ
ject. Farmers should never overlook
the fact that the object of agriculture
is to make crops grow rather than to
enrich the soil.
1T is wrong TO cut a slit in hogs
snout The hog should be able to
root. When kept on the ground all of
the time and fed a variety of food, hogs
do not root When they do they
ought to.-Farm journal.
One of the heaviest things on earth
is sheet of paper after it has been
transformed into farm mortgages; it
always takes strong man and his
whole family several years TO lift it,
and often il can't be lifted at all.
Five young squirrels were found in
the woods by an Indiana farmer. who
took them home. where he placed them
in care of the family cat. The latter.
it appears. at once adopted them, and
now the squirrels are deeply attached
to her.
Beef Cakes: Chop cold chips of
beef roast, or cold steak, two cold
onions. bit of carrot, quarter of
turnip, one cupful of potato and one of
meat; moisten with cold soup, gravy.
or hot water sailed and peppered.
Mold into cakes with the hands and
brown in a well-greased spider
Apple Ginger: Make sirup of
four pounds of granulated sugar and
pint of water in which cook very
slowly four pounds of finely-chopped
tart apples, peeled and cored, and two
ounces of green gingey. Add the
grated rind of four lemons. Take it
off the stove when it looks clear
Good Housekeeping
Tomato Toast: Take fresh or
canned tomato, stew aud season with
salt, pepper and cream, with little
flour stirred to a paste in small por-
tion of the cream before adding to the
rest, then toast slices of bread, spread
them with butter. and spread on the
tomato while hot and serve immedi-
ately.
Stock may be kept in too close
stables. There is not so much danger
of this as the summer comes on rs
there is in the winter when every crew
ice is closed to keep out the cold.
There is more danger from bad odors
now, however, than in the cold of
winter, and there should be a free cir
culation of air to carry away any odor
that may be injurious to the stock or
milk.
If the meadows are rough and I'M
productive, the heroic treatment will
be found best. Plow, replow, level,
clear off all stone and stumps, fertilize
and re-seed, using some clover, which
will disappear in about two years BY
this method plant food will be set free
at the surface and brought from the
subsoil by the clover roots. there will
be enough available fertility in the
surface soil to produce many abundant
harVeStS.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-07-11

Something 10 Remember.

The language of umbrellas: TO
place your umbrella in a rack indi-
Gates that it is about to change own
ers;an umbrella carried over the wom-
an. the man getting nothing but the
drippings OF the rain, signifies court
ship; when the man has the umbrella
and the woman the dripping. it indi-
Gates marriage; 10 carry it at an angle
under the arm signifies that an eye is
10 be lost by the man who follows you;
to put cotton umbrella by the side Of
a silk one means exchange IS no rob-
berry; to lend an umbrella may be in
terpreted. 1 am fool; to carry an UNI
brella just high enough TO tear out
mems eyes and knock off mems hats
signifies. am a woman.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-07-11
Experiments with Potatoes.

The following conclusions may be
made from the New York stations
well-conceived series of potato expert
ments;
/. Little or nothing was gained by
using cut potatoes for seed, over whole
tubers of the same weight
?. Seed tubers badly sprouted yielded
about eight and a half per cent less
than unsprouted ones.
8. The earliness Of the crop was not
Influenced by exposing the tubers to
light and warmth before planting.
4. The yield was materially reduced
by removing the seed end of the plant
ed tubers.
5. Fertilizer placed below the seed
may be slightly preferable to fertilizer
placed above it The fact was not clear
" established. Rural New Yorker.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-07-11
torment the learned gentleman took

torment the learned gentleman took
possession of him.
Seeing no one about the rear of the
dwelling, he stealthily climbed a wall
and came out behind the back kitchen.
Having provided himself with a large
stone from the wall, he climbed first
upon the water-hogshead under the
caves, and thence gained the roof and
cautiously crept up TO the chimney.
Swinging himself to the top, he seated
himself upon one side. with his feet
hanging down within, and posing the
rock over sle middle of the opening,
he let il drop.
But alasi in his eagerness he leaned
too far forward. and slipping from she
icy stone on which he sat, he bounded
down the flue as if shot from a cata-
pult, gathering a good deal of SCOT on
his passage down.
The houses of those days were low.
so that he had not far to drop. Still
he was moving with considerable
rapidity when he appeared in the open
fireplace. and it was with considera-
BILE energy that he sat down In the bed
of ashes on the hearth, marked on all
the prominent parts of his anatomy
with streaks of SCOT
His sudden appearance had a start
ling effect upon the scholars. but the
grim old master, recognizing the situ-
alton, promptly seized this doleful
specimen of fallen humanity by the
collar, as if the savory meat-stew, the
dance on the crane aud the birch bark
fire were things Of the present mo-
ment.
Sarcastically remarking: so We
concluded to come down. did ye?n he
gave. then and there, most fOrcible
proof that his right arm had lost none
of its cunning, nor the hickory ruler
any of its impressiveness. There was
an interest account, too, which the
master settled at the same time. on the
liberal compound system of reckoning.
Now ye take your book aud larn
your lesson, said the grim perceptor,
as he released Zephaniah Ezekiel;
land don't We throw any more paper
balls. Take your seat. We young ras-
calr'-WCbb Donnell. in Youths Com
paniOn.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-07-11
PEGGYs HAND.

y IS tho haby's hand / sing:
The baby's hand. 50 small thing
Needs hut httie SOM. yuu say
a few sweet words taat slip away
On sweet notes. falling one by one,
And then tae little song IS GENE.
Think you a breath viii serve 70 sing
The Iittle dimpled dainty things
II every apple bloom took heart,
And 10 the music lent part,
y every leaf upon tie tree
Should tremhle into melody
With summer wind and meadow rilI,
Ali birds should twitter, pipe and triu
Net when the evening shadows fell.
There would be more than half 70 tell.
a little song, 1fv love would reach
The sweetest WORKS 90 English speech,
And GHdInE every one ami-s.
Blend an sweet words IN one warm kiss.
Sometime with heavy heart J 20
about ms household tasks, and slow
Tears hurt ms eyes All, then I creep
Where IsrfIc Pe--y lies asleep;
The white sweet blossom Of her hand
kiss as there IN tesr- ! stand.
Tell me tue secret o. that power
That sends me singing for an hour.
The laying on Of hands, see
The meaning o. that mystery.
sing the baby-s hand: and set
surely never would forget
The baby mouth. IA. bahy's smile
I know I'd sooner miss N le
OF lowcr-Edite meadows ia the sun.
With lace ~ grasses ayeFspuu.
Tor daisies blossom every YEAR
Next spriaE her smjle MAY .ot De here
sing the baby rand. But stay!
For know YOU not That On the way
Ipass the baUy's siIkon hair.
Runa bs brs - here ana thers2
To me -tvau'd rtrie wonder be
To catch q. breath 90 melody.
WHAT wind UnulJ -r-S Tor f3irrr strings
To siye us soul o. music wiuEss
What mortal lips could b. SO Uc8r
And leave Uuks@-r.i tIc 4uy's ear,
T-ur5urhcf the ulmpl. THAT Turks in
The Tiny. rounded srlE aHt ch.as
aud underneath the rh.u-a1 there
I.5e Kisses alI unseen 49, air.
Yet there ] SNOW they ore. as true
As they be- clouds like WHITE moth tiew.
A. Peggy Sunshine. Gear tao- art,
fest IS the treasures pt nay heart
TH. potter % tilv D tile feet
know not from ms own heart l%aI
AII. t.lhy dear, 30 this De- true,
That an the love have for vos
Is bat q Liut Whereby 7 Guess
AT fsod'~ uumee~Irei tenderness.
Then every soul oi every race
Guided Hy Love. FOB find Loves place.
Fer reads u NOT fu Holy Writ.
He SeeIetl Till ue uu6eth it,
ws1l IT, glad at heart. ANA trust.
Hove creates redeem Love must
Hut It's r'sr baby bar-l sing.
On. utssa song Tunl tae wiu--
OfItyIIe and mus f.aitrr fast,
FcE uuv she fas ueatig past.
Az. kuoW- thou nor az SO 81 .gH
IT, I5tt.e singing must Pc druee
Ter then s1Ius he song tu@f seems
To lure hcr .. usr hapuigSt drram--
s drlw>y measure. SOFT 1rj slow.
O I..fIe gsra- tsaf roGe aE-i -.
A rlserrg measure low aEu ii-ht,
or -'Iamu5c7-- t5usI.a-- home ~ night
-Ah. or I've sung iu te-.le- tone.
IIer little us.lG wliniu my 0.ru.
While Hcr white eytl d. softly ~-ui5
60 white lambs "a violet bank
Alas the evening chimes are runzs
Her EttIe hand i ba.t uu-gTg
Won sigh. vou think the little song
I}y many q word ami note too lunE-
Poor aufi - heart what wouI6 you 10
NJ f ~hoult -.ue the baby through.
-CHr slime G. Brg-h fiji Hlrper.s Bazaar
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-07-11
About Our Indian Wards.

The Indian agencies are sixty-one il
number
The number of houses occupied bJ
Indians is 81, 232
The estimated number of Indians il
Alaska is 80, 600.
The number OF Indians living on ant
cultivating lands is 9.Gl2
The total Indian population of the
United States is 247.7
The number of Indian church mem
bers in the United States is IS. Cos.
There are ten Indian training schools
located in different parts of the Union.
The number of Indians in the United
States who wear citizens dress is ST..
62l.
The number of Indians in tho United
States who can read English is but 23,-
495.
The number of Indians in the United
States who can read Indian language,
is 10, 027.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-07-11

A sheriff in the State of New York
was in the habit Of carrying a loaded
revolver, and at night he kept 1t near
his bedside. On one occasion he was
awakened in the night by some one
crawling upon the roof of shed which
secured access to an open window. The
sheriff took his weapon and pointed it
in the direction of the window. 4
mans head appeared and then his
body He was so sure of his man that
he exclaimed; Who's there?" 10. p"
was the reply. The voice of his son.
who had lost his latch-key. was so
startling that the sheriff never carried
a weapon again while he held Office.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-07-11
Climatic f.,r Cnnsnmntirss.

The several climates Of Florida, Colorado
and California have each been much pre-
scribed for sufferers from lung disease, yet
thousands of the natives IN those States die
of this fatal malady. A IA more reliable
remedy is TO be had in every drug store in
the land and one that can be used at home :;
a remedy which is sold, by druggists, under
the Manufacturers TOsitiUe guarantee that,
If taken in time and given a fair trial, it
will effect cure, or money paid for IT will
be promptly returned. We refer to that
world-famed remedy for consumption Tor
lung-scrofual known as DIR. Pierce's Gold
en- Medical Discovery. II is the only rem
edy for this terrible disease possessed Of
such superior curative properties as to
warrant its manufacturers in selling II
under a guarantee.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-07-11

The following remarkable instru-
ment Is the last will and testament Of
Dolly Jones (colored). Of Jasper. Fla,
and was signed September p. 1888:
''Farder | want you to take them 2
cows and my BIC Pot aud 5 head of
aoG- ASA kcepe them as long as you
..vc It j. my VIII for YOU 20 have them
nI DO .hc best you can eos / must di
nd cant live you must mete me in
evean ~hen dun with wourld."
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-07-11

North and South America, besides GUate
mala, the West Indies, Australia. and evet
Europe, are the fields Of usefulness il
which Hostettcr's Stomach Bitters has dem
onstrated its value as an antidote to malaria
and as q remedy for dyspepsia, constipation,
rheumatism, neuralgia, biliousness. nerv-
0usness, and loss of appetite and sleep
The inhabitants. the medical men Of these
countries, have spoken IN no Uncertain
tones concerning the efficacy of the great
household remedy.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-07-11

THE Gods give no great good without
labor, IS an old prOverb. and a true one {;
the hardest labor IS not always that which
is the best paid however. To those in search
Of light, pleasant and profitable employ
ment, we say write TO B. +. johnson q Co,
Richmond, Va.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-07-11

TIE fastest time made between Jersey
City and San Francisco was three DAYS,
seven hours, thirty-nlne minutes and six
teen seconds. Special theatrical tram,
June, 1856.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-07-11

ARE unlike all other pills No purging or
pain. Act specially on the liver and bile,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-07-11

Regularity in the care of stock
should be the aim of every farmer II
they are fed and watered at the regu-
lar hours they will pay all the bettsr
for the trouble.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-07-11

Mild, equable climate, certainan abundant
crops. stfruit. grain, grass. stock country
10 the world. Fullinformation free. Address
Oregon Immigration Board. Portland, Oregon
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-07-11

ONE by one the roses fall, but "Tansill's
Punch SC. Cigar Outliyes them all.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-07-11

iP afflicted with Sore Eyes use DR.. Isaac
Eye Water. Druggists sell it. 2jc
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-07-11
a Shorter Cut to Greatness.

Caller with customary smirk of con-
gratulation) Hes a remarkably fine
baby. and just as likely as not he'll be
President some day.
Proud father Shaking his head EN-.
phatically)-rm not going to ex.
pose that boy to the uncertainties OF
politics. ! intend to apprentice him
TO Buffalo Chicago Tribune.
TEE fastest time made by a train was
ninety-two miles IL ninety-three minutes,
one mile being made in forty-six seconds
on the Phlladelphia g heading railroad.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-07-11

TIE highest railroad bridge ia the United /
states IS the hinzua viaduct, on the Erie 1
road, sos feet high.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-07-11

TIE chances of fatal accident in railway
travel are ono killed in 100000 Statistics
show more are killed by falling out of win
lows than in railway accidents.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-07-11

Is IT probable that what million women
say after daily trial is mistake3 They say
they knOtD By test that DObbns' Electric Is
mot economical, purest and best. They have
had p years to try il. YOa give q one trial.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-07-11

THE longest railway bridge span in the
United States is the cantlever span in
bridge, 543 feet.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-07-11

manual training is universal Boys learn
to sew as well as girls, and girls also learn
rarnentrT.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-07-11

PnfPLEs are iEexpressibly Notifying
Remedy lenn's Sulphur Soap
Hills Hair and " hiszer Dyc. 80 cents.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-07-11

Ny friend, look here! you know ow weak
and nervous your wife is, and you know that
Carter's Iron Pills viii relieve her, now
why not be fair about it, and buy her box 2
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-07-11

The line Of railway extending farthest
way, running from Quebec TO the Pacific
0raau
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-07-11

THE longest mileage operated by single
system is the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fee
system, about 5000 miles.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-07-11

TEE road that carries the largest nun Der
81 passengers is the Manhattan Elevated
Railroad, New York, $4,000 day, or 49,
b, 600 yearly.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-07-11

WIEN YOU raise your spoon to your lips
raise il laterally 10 the mouth Don't bring
your elbow around at right angles with
vo7ar face
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-07-11

THE longest American railway tunnel is
he HOosac tunnel, on the Fitchburg rail-
way, which is four and tErce-quarter- miles
.Oup
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-07-11

Don't hawk, and blow, and spit, but use
DR.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy. OF druggists.