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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-07-25
THE DIGESTIVE PROCESS.
A Description Based on the Researches VI
Noted Psychologists.

Noted Psychologists.
The process of digestion is not yet
fully understood. even by the most
learned psychologists. Experimental
digestion differs not little from nor
NAL digestion. In digesting meat in a
vessel, the pepsin. by means of which
the process is carried on, remains I'M
changed in amount, while in the stom-
ach the glands are pouring out fresh
supply.
Besides, as Prof Chittenden, of Yale
Unive 'sity, says; ut is always to be
borne in mind that the living alimen-
tary tract differs much from glass
beaker, and that. in the living subject,
we have to deal with complication of
conditions not met with in artificial di-
gestion."
The digestive secretlons are saliva,
gastric juice and the pancreatic fluid.
The bile, which is sometimes reckoned
with these. simply neutUlizes the
acidity of the contents of tbA stomach
when they pass into the SNodenum,
aids in emulsifying fat. and promotes
the peristalic motion of the intesi;nes.
The digestive principle in saliva Is
called ptyaliHe. This substance
changes starch into grape-sugar. 1t
is slightly alkaline, yet a strong alkali
arrests its action. This is one reason
why bread which contains too much
soda is unwholesOme. Acid impairs
the digestive power of the saliva,
which is greatly weakened, for ex-
ample, by an acid condition of the
mouth, which characterizes some forms
of dyspepsia.
As the normal condition of the
stomach, after the proper stomach di-
gestion begins, is an acid one, the di-
gestiOn of starch is arrested within
about five minutes after it reaches the
stomach. This fact suggests the i'm
portance of slowly and thoroughly
masticating bread and all starchy
foods
A principle called dtdStGSe, obtained
from malt, nearly identical with ptya-
line, is sold by druggists and is high
ly recommended by some physicians;
but by other physicians it is regarded
as wholly useless for the purpose for
which it is prescribed. since it is de-
stroyed by the acid of the stomach.
The essential principles in gastric
juice are pepsin and an acid. The
normal acid is hydrochloric, otherwise
known as muriatic. The action of
gastric juice is confined mainly to al
luminous foods, such as eggs, meat,
fish, peas, beans and cabbage. AL
kali binders gastric digestion.
In some forms of dyspepsia acids od
fermentation are found, giving rise to
intense acidity of the stomach. 70
relieve this, many persons are in the
habit of taking large quantities of
cooking soda. The relief is not only
temporary. but the evil is actually in
creased.
The pancreatic juice contains
principle resembling ptyaline, bat
much stronger than that substance,
and one resembling weak pepsin. 1t
also unites with bile in emulsifying
fat 1t thus rounds out and completes
the digestive process.-Youth's Com
Dauion.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-07-25
SPRAYING FRUIT TREES.
Effective Treatment of an old Kentuck.
Annie Orchard.

Effective Treatment of an old Kentucky
Apple Orchard.
The following from notes on the
treatment of an old orchard at the farm
of the Kentucky Experiment Station,
together with some suggestions, may
be of use to persons who have old or
chards in the condition described.
Many of the trees were old and full of
suckers and dead limbs, the trunks
were rough. the tops were almost mat
ted with branches, and many of the
branches were so low as to prevent
proper cultivation. The situation was
on a very wet, thin clay soil, which
had been seeded to English bluegrass.
So far as known. the orchard had been
an entire failure heretofore as to fruit.
Sometimes the trees fruited heavily,
but the apples dropped prematurely
and were always wOrmy.
1t was concluded to attempt an i'm
provement of this orchard by trim
ming, fertilizing and cultivating. and
also by destroying the codling moth
with London purple. Accordingly all
dead limbs were removed and the tops
of the trees trimmed, though not to
such an extent as to allow the main
branches to be exposed too much to
the sun. Tobacco stems were placed
around the trees and the ground was
plowed, and spaded where the
pillow could not reach. The trees
were sprayed with London purple,
four ounces to forty gallons of water
in barrel mounted on cart. which
was driven to the windward side of
the trees, when one man pumped
while another held the nozzle apply
ing the spray, so as to go just above
the tree and fall down on the leaves
and your, fruit
As t,4e result it is stated that most
of the trees in the orchard bore fruit.
and many were loaded down. But few
apples dropped prematurely, and but
few of these were wormy Of the APP
pies on the trees only a few could be
found that had been attacked by the
COOLING moth, while in neighboring
OTCDdFus IL was rare W uuu a. SOuiiu
apple.
The experiment affords another
added to the many instances already
known of the beneficial effect of
spraying with the arsenites as a pro-
lection against the codling moth. From
the description it would seem that the
location was poor one for an orchard.
Where situations better adapted to
fruit can not be had, such as the one
described would be much improved by
undertaking. In general, proper
pruning. stirring the soil and manur-
ing will renovate an orchard that is
not too old to be improved in that way,
and at present it looks as though spray
ing to save the fruit after it has formed
will have to become more and more
common. Not only is it effective
against the codling moth, but it is at
the same time equally so on all leaf
eating insects. N. Y. World.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-07-25
HOME AND FARM.

When the soil is soft after a rain
is good time to pull up mullen, plant
ain. dock or other undesirable weeds
in the lawn.
Teach boys and girls the actual
facts of life as soon as they are able to
understand them, and give them the
sense of responsibility without sadden-
ing them.
If the corn planting is a week be-
hind the harvesting is likely to be two
weeks behind. The time that is lost
in the spring can't be overtaken during
the summer.
"A Georgia farmer prevents his
cows from jumping fence by cutting
of their lower eye-lashes-make them
think the fence is three times as high
as it really is. If you cut the uppc
lashes a reverse delusion will re r
he says.
ANY kind of succulent food is good
for cattle and will help them to in
crease in flesh. Mich animals are es-
pecially benefited by such food. The
only caution necessary is not to use
such food for milch cows as will give
bad flavor to the milk.
Creole Cake: Beat the yelks OF
two eggs with cup and a half of
sugar and two ounces of butter to-
gether until very light, add a cup of
cold water, a cup and half OF flour,
beat smooth, add the stiffly-beaten
whites of two eggs, and cup and a
half more of sifted flour. with a tea
spoonful of baking powder and little
grated nutmeg. Mix we'll and bake in
a moderate oven until done.
-Don't-you wish you had tiled that
low place last year? If you can not do
1t this year run two burrows through
it throwing them from each other,
then go through the same way again,
making a ditch two burrows wide and
two deep, drag the ridge down and you
will be pleased with the result from
the little outlay of time and labor
Farm. Field and Stockman.
Dutch Cheese: Scald loppered milk
till the whey becomes separated and
the curd feels like sharp grains to the
tongue. Stir lightly, occasionally, to
keep from sticking to the bottom of
the pan or kettle; then set where it
will settle perfectly; then pour off the
whey and turn the curd into thin
cloth and squeeze dry; then rub fine
with the hands, salt to taste, and wet
up with sweet cream till it is of right
consistency to make into balls.
The farmers son is just as honor
able and is as hOnorably employed
when taking load of hay to town and
carting a load of manure home to en-
rich the farm, as he would be if stand
ing behind the merchants counter
measuring dry goods, and the prospect
of setting up in business for himself is
as 100 to one in favor of the worker on
the farm, at the present low price of
farms compared with the chances be-
fore the clerk. Rural World.
"A good crop of hay for feed can
often be secured after 1t is too late to
plant corn to good advantage by SOW
ing millet or Hungarian. Or, if need
ed, sorghum or corn can be sOwn, on
wheat stubble, if reasonably rich and
we'll prepared, and good yield of
fodder for winter feeding be secured.
Turnips can be sown in the same way
and they will make good feed for
sheep and CATTLE adding to the variety
and increasing the supply of feed for
winter
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PITH AND POINT.
The angler who catches the small
est fish tells the biggest lies.

The angler who catches the small
est fish tells the biggest lies.
Stills are no better in conversation
than in foot-race. Century.
There are men whose friends are
more to be pitied than their enemies.
He who is most slow in making a
promise is the most faithful in the per-
Torrance of it.
To the prosperous, the whole Of
life is short; but, to the unfortunate,
one night is an endless time.
There is no use trying to strike an
average on honesty. The article must
be simon pure or it is spurious.
Other peoples tongues will make
you miserable. but it will not mend
matters for your tongue % make them
miserable.
There is a reason for all things,
and the small boy always wants to
know it.-Somerville Journal.
"A good story is told OF the Indians.
who replied when a missionary asked
them if they were willing to abstain
from work on Sunday: Yes, and not
only on Sunday, but on all other days
as wellt'
Loose and light principles, like
your loose straw hat, will show you
which way the wind blows. You may
have to chase them yet, or go bare
headed. Perhaps you and they will
end in the mud. christian Standard.
If the young man who took the
medal should take the "big head" and
relax in his efforts he will never take
any thing else worth any thing. This
is for no particular young man, but it
may fit somewhere Christian Ad-
vocate.
-Irate passenger to street-car con.
ductor-"I want you to understand,
sir. that you are paid to answer
questions. Tell me when we have passed
Broad street." Conductor, smilingly
--"All right, num-" Conductor, ten
minutes later-"We have passed Broad
street now, num- Git off on the right
hand side and walk back nine blocks"
-Thoroughnessa and truth are pretty
much the same in their essential ele-
ment; and people who allow them
selves to shuttle away anyhow, and
smooth over hastily, to the eye, in out
side matters, had better take heed to
this indication of what they will be
easily tempted to do in graver and
greater. Church Union.
One of the best lessons to be learnt
is the absolute necessity of preventing
work from degenerating into worry.
1t is worry that kills for the most part.
not work. To learn to put forth our
best powers steadily, continuously, in
the proper grooves, to the proper ends
this is one of the most precious fruits
of wisdom and experience. Once a
Week.
"A moral character is attached to
autumnal scenes; the leaves falling like
our years, the flowers fading like our
hours, the clouds fleeting like our il.
lusions, the light diminishing like our
intelligence-and the sun growing cold.
er like our affections, the rivers be.
coming frozen like our lives-all bear
secret relations to our destinies.
Y. Ledger.
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HOW a GIRL BUYS SHOES.

Miss Minnie TO a shoe store sped
To buy a pair Of shoes.
Il take slim 'yhrees. ' she smiling said,
Although might wear 'twos-
The shoe man eyed her stockiugod feet
OF SIZE AZ least "uye-E-'
And knew that she could never put
Il IN q number three.
And knowing, too. that he must please,
He brought her -threes" and tried,
BY getting down on both his knees.
To squeeze her foot inside
siiss Minnie doubled up her toes
And pushed with might and man:
Her face grew redder than a rose
Her struggle was in vain.
''How stranger she gasped; what ais the
shoeg
The shoe man answered sweet
'May I show, Miss, q four % yous-
Warm weather swells the feet
He brought the sfours'' ana using strength
He squeezed her feet inside
1T looks Just horrid-see the length
And breadth mad Minnie cred.
And then she hobbled 10 the door
and limped along the street
In agony because she wore
shoes smaller than her feet
Though Minnie wears the shoes with PRIDE,
AMI shows them everywhere
Her poor distorted feet must hide
Whenever they are ba-c.
For when is time o. 20 % bed
And give her pedals ease.
ingrowjug nails. coFus- buu5uus red
And tangled toes she sees
Give as the girl who keeps her feet
A. pretty as her hands.
In shoes adapted fos the street
And not for Chinese lands
H e.. Dodge. in n y World.
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THE SWINE PLAGUE.
Effective Ways of Preventing the Appea
ance of Hog Cholera.

Effective Ways of Preventing the Appear
ance of Hog Cholera.
To prevent cholera we must do one
or two things, namely: First, render
the system of the hog capable of re-
sisting the germ; or, second, keep the
germ at a proper distance. First. be
careful not TO purchase hogs from an
infected district. II you purchase
from any region, be sure the cars used
for transportation have not been used
to carry infected swine. 1t is safer to
insist that the car be disinfected before
used. If the disease actually breaks
out in your herd remove all healthy
hogs at once t0 some higher and dryer
ground if possible. The writer recalls
a case where the healthy animals
were removed TO an old lime kill
Gas the most suitable place..
which resulted In checking the
disease. 1t is better to remove the
healthy animals and leave the sick.
because the soil. litter, etc, become
infected and capable of transmitting
the disease. When an animal dies,
burn it on the spot, don't remove it to
some other lot, or wait until your
neighbours dog eats part of the carcass
and carries the disease home to his
masters hogs. Be sure that the in
fected hogs do not have a chance to
drink from any running water. Ii
they do, hogs drinking further down
the stream may take the disease.
Burn all loose litter and rubbish about
the infected pen. Do not allow per-
sons taking sare of sick hogs to visit
the lot not infected. For a similar
reason the attendant OF the well ami.
mails should not visit the sick. Keep
animals OF every sort out of the in
fected place. After the disease has
run its course. we must try and re-
move all possibility Of future out
breaks by thorough disinfec.
ton. The method of accom-.
plishing the desired result
will depend upon the nature of the
surroundings. II the infected ami
mails have run at large. it would be
well to pillow the lot and not use it for
two or three years. II the sick have
been kept in a smsll Enclosure. every
thing not of value should be burned.
All woodwork should be thoroughly
whitcwashed and the soil intimately
mixed with a good dressing of lime.
Other dlsinfectants may be used, but
lime is cheap, effective and readily OBJ
tainable These suggestions. based
upon knowledge of the way diseases /
are transmitted, may seem to many &c
be too ";ussy." but the man who most
thoroughly attends to such details will
be most successful in preventing
cholera. Even Il ne losses his entire |
herd. he may know that he has prob |
ably saved his neighbours hogs. Tc |
that extent be viii be a public bene- |
factor-Prof. Burleigh, in Farm and |
Home.
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Rugs Healthier Than Carpets.

The hygienic disadvantages of car
pet-dust have been considerably over
rated. In the homes of wealthy Turks.
where lung diseases are almost I'M
known. every sitting-room and bed
room is often furnished with the heav-
lest wooden carpets. which are rarely
removed oftener than once in three
years. Dust under those circum-
stances, can hardly be avoided. but of
such impurities our respiratory organs
seem able TO rid themselves by a mere
sitting process. and the true lung
bane is. indeed, not dust, but the
subtle poison of vitiated gases. The
sanitary statistics of European cities
prove that teamster work, and even
street-sweeping. are by no means in
compatible with longevity. Still. IN
rooms where dust Is apt to accumu-
late. movable rugs are, on the whole,
preferable TO large carpets which, in
deed, they have begun to supercede in
the model parlors of many sanitary
establishments Felix L. Oswald.
NJ. ID.
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WAFER EOR EuEI
An Important Invent>a Recently Made
by Wisconsin, Man.
What

An Important Invent>a Recently Made
by Wisconsin Man.
What appears TO be an important
invention has recently been made pub
ic in Phillips. Wis. 1t is no less than
he practical and cheap use Of water
'or fuel. The appliance consists OF
aothing but piece of gas pipe from two
inches TO six inches in diameter, as
may be desired. and OF convenient
length to fit cook stove or a parlor o.
other heater, with short legs or stable
support. to keep it in position. This is
placed in the stove with one end slight
" projecting, to which is attaches a
vessel of water with stop-cock conduit
from the water vessel into the pipe.
Before reaching the steam chamber the
water passes through the important
pi r the invention. the part that
Institutes or contains the great dis
covery. BY means of it the water may
pass into the steam chamber, while the
steam can not pass out. The part of
the pipe containing the steam chamber
is within the stove. although a small
part may be without If desired. To
this the heat Of a moderate wood or
coal fire is applied. so as to hea the
steam to high temperature. say 900
Or nearly 500e. when it passes out Of a
small orifice Immediately into the midst
Of a bed OF Goals or flame from burning
wood or coa., when it is at once raised
to the required temperature, 1905 or
more. TO be Immediately decomposed
into its gases oxygen and hydrogen
which instantly become flame. Only a
moderate summer fire of wood or coal
will be required the coolest day in win
ter, the gaseous flame furnishing the
balance OF the heat needed in the cold
est room. The capacity for reducing
heat may be regulated to suit require
ments
When it is known that hydrogen
fame yields heat in burning five times
greater than carbon. or about 10000 TO
2500'. one may form some idea of the
capacity Of this little continuance for
producing heat
By increasing the temperature Of the
gas pipe to about 1909. the vapor may
be decomposed into its gases before exit
from the pipe, and in such cases it is
emitted in a jet of blue flame. In either
case the oxyhydrogen flame is easily
produced, and with a very small con-
sumption of fuel.-Light. Heat and
Power
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-07-25

"FoR seven long years l struggled away
farming, running mill, &c, until was
fortunately introduced to B. +. Johnson q
Co. Richmond, Va, by my brother, ami |
went to work at once, and in SERGE months
had made more clear money than had made
in the seven years before. They took me
right by the hand from the start and seemed
to be very glad of the chance TO show me
how to do it - This is about what young
man said year or so ago of the above-men-
toned firm. Since that time he has been
steadily at work for them, and is now one
Of the happiest men in America. Ifyou need
employment il would be good thing for you
TO follow this young mans example.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-07-25
a Large Tree.

Morgan County boasts of the
largest beech tree in Georgia 1t ID
situated on ". j. Van Wrinkles place.
four miles below Madison, on the right
side of the Georgia railroad. and ia
plainly visible from the train. but at
tracts little attention from travellers
from the fact that. owing to the inn
mense size, persons take it for granted
that it is an entire grove So large, in
fact. is the tree, that its dimensions
sound almost Incredible. It is TWEEN.
ty-one feet in circumfererc-. ana al
twelve o'clock in the Gay it casts a
shadow ia feet In diameter.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-07-25
EntrrnTises of Grrnt pm and ,Io,,,en,

Have, ere now, had their currents turned
awry,' as Hamlet saws, by an attack of dvs-
pepsia- Napoleon failed to improve his adj
vantage at Austerlitz in consequence. il is
said, Of indigestion brought on bv some in
discretion in eating. In order to avoid dys-
pepsia. abstain from over indulgence: and
precede the meal by wineglassfu l Of Hos
letters Stomach Bitters. more effective than
any dietetic IN improving the tone of the
stomach. Liver complaint, Cnills and fever
and rheumatism are anniLIlated by the
Bitters.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-07-25
Niagara Falls.

In the summer of 1855, Mr.. Charles Ora
ham, of New York, one of the finest aquarel-
lists in the country, produced d water-color
of Niagara Falls, remarkable in its accu-
racy OF drawing, in its marvellous coloring,
in its mastery handling of tones and ef-
fects, all of which have been perfectly
reproduced. AS the point of view of this
picture is near the Michigan CentraI's
station at Falls View, and represents its
vestibuled limited train at that point in the
foreground, it obtained possession of the
water-color and the copies made therefrom.
The latter are printed in color, 49, by p
inches, upon paper 22ll by 2S inches in size,
and when framed can not be distinguished
from a genuine water-color save by an ex-
pert.
They bear no advertising, save what is
involved in the title, MICHIGAN CENTRAL
TRAIN PASSING NIAGARA FALLS A limited
number of them will be furnished TO the
public at Fifty Cents each. which is very
much below their commercial or their
artistic value. They will be securely sent
by mail upon a paste board roll, without
extra charge, but not more than two copies
will be sent to any one address.
Address, with postal note or postal
money order for the amount, o. W. RUG
Giles, Gen. Pass. and Ticket Agt., Chicago.
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to use uncertain means when suffering
from diseases of the liver, blood or lungs,
such as biliousness, or silver complaint"
skin diseases, scrofulous sores or swellings,
or from lung scrofula commonly known as
consumption of the lungsl when DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery is guaranteed to
cure all these affections, if taken in time, or
money paid for it win be promptly refunded.
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IT has cost the city Of Boston to supplv
sohool-books for the last i've years an aver
age per year OF sixty three cents for each
scholar. The number of scholars IS set
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-07-25

An East Saginaw family that is
supported by public charity scraped
together money enough to pay the tax
on three-dollar doc
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-07-25

THOUSANDS OF people place necklaces Of
coral beads around the necks Of babies, with
the belief that they will assist the children
in teething.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-07-25

WHEN tine policeman says "Move onf' it
is wise TO move. He has two advantages;
a club and the semblance OF law.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-07-25

ARE as small as homeopathic pellets, and
As easy TO take as sugar. Everybody likes
them. Carter's Little LAYER Pills. Try them.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-07-25

FIVE cents saved on soap; five dollars lost
on rotted clothes Is that economyF mere
IS not cents difference between the cost OF
a bar of the poorest soap made and the best
which is as all know, Dobblns' Electric.