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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-05-30
Salt tor Black Weevil.

| will state for the information OF all
interested that the common black
weevil can be kept out of corn after 1t
is gathered. or killed if already in it.
by mixing salt through the corn as IT
Is put in the crib, and occasionally
sprinkling the corn with water 10
cause the salt to dissolve. 1t is not
necessary to dissolve all the salt at the
time OF cribbing the corn. as it viii
continue TO dissolve, except in dry and
windy weather. and will do so even in
dry weather il it is very warm. Do not
throw the water on in quantities. as is
the custom of some persons in this
section. This causes the water
and salt to run through to the
bottom in large quantities. result
ing in damage to the corn at the bot
tom, also TO the flooring and founda-
ton of the crib; besides, it may lot
leave enough salt in the upper portion
Of the corn. Some years since / no.
ticed here a small week, in cOtton-seed
meal. The same wcevil. or one very
much resembling it. is now to be found
in corn here. The salt and water
remedy does no; entirely exterminate
the brown weevil. but lessons their
numbers. This weovil damages corn
very little. | also had mites in my
corn the past fall. which the salt and
water exie.minated rs well as the
lac. yccsii : J.. Hardy. in Home
iouiGa.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-05-30
Profit in Money-Making.

1.-The bright silver-looking nickels
that pay for ride on the street cars
are source of great profit to the Gov
eminent, as they cost but three-fourths
of a cent apiece, said a mint employee
yesterday. They are now purchased
under contract We used to make
the blanks ourselves and stamp them
afterward at the mint, but of late
years we have been purchasing the
blanks and having them stamped at
the mint. They are bought by the
pound. as are also the pennies.
think they cost about quarter of a
cent. or perhaps third of cent
each.
How many of these pennies and
nickels are issued in a year?n
Nearly a million dollars worth;
not quite that. but in round numbers
say 100000 worth. The total
amount OF J-cent pieces issued in a
year usually reaches about 5000. 900.
and pennies nearly 800, 900. Besides
that there are few scent nickel
pieces. but only few. Last year the
number was extremely small. There
is little demand for them. and the de-
partment is discouraging the use of
them as much as possible.
ION this $1,000. 900 worth OF minor
coins issued, then. there must be
profit Of considerably over S3o0,0J0?n
Yes. considerably more than that
Philadelphia Record.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-05-30
TREATMENT OF HOGS.
How to Build "a Good ana Comfortable
House for Porkers.

Mouse Tor IOFkeFss
1t is 81 feet s inches long, 161 feet
wide; is built so the front end forms
the yard fence running north from the
house, the east side of house forming
west side of lane fence; lane running
square up TO yard fence. The house
is weather-boarded with dropped
Notwithstanding and painted, has
nice windows and good panel door in
front. Next to yard in front or south
end is room cut off, II feet 8
inches by 164 feet. to cook feed in and
to keep feed in. The next pen north,
24x10I feet, is used to feed in. Flat
bottomed troughs are placed around
the walls for slop feed. This room
is floored with twO-inch oak plank
ing. In center on the floor we
feed the corn, and let the hogs
in at the east side from the
lane. just north of the house is
gate across the lane to keep the hogs
from the house, If you choose. Over
this part of the house joists running
long ways of the house II feet long,
bottom edge 6 inches above head, with
cleats nailed on lower edge for gambril
stick to lay on, north end of joists TO
lay on partition, south end hung with
a large bolt going through between
lower jOists 2x10 inches, and up be-
tween two running the other way.
When we butcher, the floor may be
washed up clean and nice. Our gam
bril- sticks are cut so as to fit between
ioists with notch on top side, so as
to hold ham string. Then we have no
pole in the way in cutting; have a box
to stand on so as to be high enough;
have big turner hay pulley and rope
To pull up hogs with one hand. The
north pen same way about feeding; it
is 16x16l, trough around to feed slop
from.
We have cooked about $50 bushels
of potatoes, meal and bran with them,
then lots of pumpkins, cabbage leaves,
potato-peelings, and, in fact. every
thing we could get hold of, and fat
tened 10 hogs / have 1873 head of
stock hogs. The furnace walls run
from flue, which is far enough from
east wall to leave a good passage-way
to west wall l have left about feet
Of hole on the west end of furnace to
get down i'm to make fire. sides being
filled up 10 top of furnace with gravel,
forming cOok-rOom floor. In bad
weather we can cook as well as in good
weather: have two gas-lamDs: can cook
or feed as well at night rs day. Any
one, think, who will build such a
house and use it right will be well paid
and well satisfied.
Hope some one will try this plan, as
no one can afford to cook in cold and
rain or hot sun. nor to carry meal from
barn or some other place, water from
somewhere else, and Stop across the
road or barn lot, or edge of pasture.
BY this plan $1,000, 900 could be saved
in year in Indiana. Indiana Farmer.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-05-30
TREATMENT or MANURE.
Thorough saturat,ng with Water vii;
Keep 1t from burning.

Thorough saturat.ng with water VIII
Keep 1t from burning.
The ground where il is intended to
pile the manure should be nearly
evel flor although it takes deal OF
water to keep horse manure from
burning, il should not be placed in a
h0le or depression where water can
eollect); make the piles about nine feet
D. more wide and as long as the manure
viii go or the room permit Build the
pile rs nearly straight upon the sides
as you can. aud every layer of one foot
Or less must receive thorough sprink-
ling with water and be tramped as in
building hot-bed. After the Pile is
as high as desired and heat rises, the
tramping must be repeated for few
lays until the pile appears solid.
There it is TO be left undisturbed till
wanted. If a good rain strikes it. so
much the better, as the manure will
absorb all that falls on top of it
if the pile is fat. 1t should be ar
ranged conveniently for getting the
water there. Putting barrels on the
wagon and throwing the water over
the pile with a pail. did not prove
satisfactory TO me. as the work will
often be neglected until one or more
days haulings have accumulated; then
the water will not soak through and
the lower part will tire-fang and spoil.
The better way is. if well is not by
the manure already, to have one dug
for the purpose with good force
pump in il. A tank or a lot of oil
barrels should be prepared for the
water and stand little higher than
the pile is going to be, and there
should be a rubber hose of sufficient
length with spraying nozzle at
tached to it, DO not think this
will entail too much expense or
labor, for il the manure is worth haul
ing it is certainly worth preserving,
and the more carefully and thoroughly
this is done the better satisfaction will
be given. There is a difference be-
tween heating and fire-fanging. Iwant
manure to heat to a considerable eX-
tent in order TO destroy grass seeds
contained i'm it, and TO hasten decom-
position. Horse manure treated as
above is the best covering and mulch
for straw berries that can find. As TO
swine. | think they are entirely out of
place on large pile OF heating horse
manure; they like to lie on it, but they
generally take cold from it, and it is
the worst place for them to lie down.
Roofing it over and exposing it to
the air is OF no benefit to the
manure. Where small quantities of
manure are thrown out daily or week.
ly, cattle tramping and lying down on
it will preserve it in the best manner.
compost nearly all the manure | use
and do not spread or pile any on land
that want to plow early in spring,
until the ground is dry enough to
pillow; then having the manure az hand
and in good condition. a man can
spread half an acre and pillow it the
same day. If the manure is spread in
winter, it may be better for the land.
but it keeps the latter wet or heavy
too long in spring and renders it unfit
for early gardening. At least this is
the case with my soil unless the manure
has been perfectly rotten. -COr Rural
New Y orker.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-05-30
THE GERMAN NIxY.
She Is Simply "A Later Form of the Morse
Water God Nike.

She Is Simply Later Form of the Morse
water God Nike.
The Milky" of Germany has. by
some, been supposed traceable to ''Old
Nick;" but this is not probable, since
st. Nicholas has been the patron saint
of sailors Tor many centuries. 1t was
duringlthe time of the Crusades that
vessel on the way to the Holy Land
was in great peril and st. Nicholas as
suaged a tempest by his prayers. Since
then he has supposed to be the pro-
tectOr of mariners, even as Neptune
was in anci 3nt times. and in most Ro-
man Catholic countries you viii find. in
seaport towns, churches dedicated to
st. Nicholas, to which sailors resort
to return thanks for preservation at
sea and to make vOtive offerings.
The German Milky was, no doubt,
a later form of the old Morse water
god, Mike. You meet with him
again, in another form, in NecSan,
the soulless. The "Nixa," along the
Baltic coast, was once, however, much
feared by the fishermen. 1t was the
same spirit which appears as the Kel-
pie i'm Scotlaud-a water demon which
caused sudden floods to carry away
the unwary, and then devoured them.
There was a river goddess in Ger
many, whose temple stood at Magde-
burg, of whom a legend exists that
she also once visited earth and went
to market in Christian costume.
where she was detected by a continual
dripping of water from the corner of
her apron. Generally speaking, how
ever. the Mikes may be described as
tAe descendants of the Naiads OF an
cient times. and as somewhat resem-
bling the Russian Rusalkas, of which
the peasantry live in much dread
All the Year Round.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-05-30
Fashionable CoIored Woods.

The beautiful cOlOred woods, espe-
cially those representing walnut and
mahogany. now so largely used for
cabinet work and architectural decOra-
ton on the continent of Europe. are
obtained. it is stated, by the following
simple processes: For the light wal
nut variety. the method pursued is to
dissolve two ounces permauganate OF
potash in six pints of water. and paint
the wood twice with the solution; after
the solution has been left on the wood
some Ave to ten minutes, the wood is
rinsed, dried. oiled. and finally pol
ished. the light variety being thus pro-
duced. A beautiful light mahogany is
obtained by means of a solution con-
sistino of one ounce finely cut alkanet
root. two ounces powdered aloe, with
two ounces of powdered dragons blood.
digested with twenty-six ounces OF
strong spirits of wine in corked bot
tie. and left in a moderately warn
place four days, the solution being
then filtered of, and the clear tiltrate
is ready for use; the wood to be treat
ed is first passed through nitric acid.
then dried. painted over with the alcO-
holic extract, dried. oiled, and poll
ished. 4 dark or deeper colored wal.
nut is obtained by dissolving thres
ounces permanganate of potash in six
pints of water, and planting the wood
twice with this solution; after fvs
minutes the wood is washed and
grained with acetate of irOr, then
dried. oiled and polished. N. Z. Sun.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-05-30
NOTHING LIKE PRAISE.
Many a Child is Heart-Hungry for a

n
of Encouragement.
Parents are too often slow to see the
motive Of their children's kindest ac-
tions- A little fellow has been reading
of some young hero who helped his
father and mother in all sorts of ways;
and after racking his brains 10 think
how he, too, can help, he remembers
that he can fetch his fathers slippers,
and take his boots away and put them
in the proper place. Without say ing a
word to anybody. when evening comes
be does it; but the father is so occupied
that he notices not what the boy has
done. The little fellow hopes on.
thinking that when he goes to bed his
father will say how pleased he was to
see Charley so willing TO help; but not
word is uttered, and the boy goes up
10 bed with choking feeling in his
throat, and says his prayers by the
bedside with a sadness very real in his
heart.
Parents often complain OF children
not being so ready TO help as they
should DC; the fault IS with the parents.
who have not known now TO evoke feel
ings with which the heart OF every
child is richly stored. All words Of
approval are helpful and encouraging.
In large family there have been days
of anxiety and care. The eldest daugh-
ter by her skill in teaching has earned
q little extra money. and without a
word to any one she lays nearly all Of
1t out in buying things that are much
needed in the house. What Joy fills
her heart when fond mother takes her
aside, and with emotion that can not be
concealed says how thankful she is for
such considerable kindness. and MUIR
murs: II don't know what we should
do without you, darling" My friends.
do not be so chary OF these words of en-
couraGement. Good Words.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-05-30
AN EXPLORERS RUSE.
He Says 1t Pays to Keep on the Right
side of the Old Ladies.

side of the Old Ladies.
When DIR. Finsch landed in Astrolabe
Bay, New Guinea, while ago, he went
with an escort of sailors a short dis
lance inland, where he found buried in
the forest a large village. The party
was accompanied by some of the viii
lage men whose acquaintance they had
cultivated at the shore. The women.
however, were none the less frightened
at the strange appearance of the visit
ors, and most of them ran off into the
woods A few old women, however,
who had been brave enough to face
the strangers, were rewarded with
presents, and through their efforts the
other women were soon induced to re-
turn.
DR. Finsch says that throughout his
explorations he took particular pains
TO ingratiate himself with the old wOm-
en-. He often found that they welded
important influence. and their good
will was very helpful. He admits that
he did not always find it particularly
agreeable task to win the favor of the
older women, for they are not fair &c
look upon. But it was to his interest
to have all the old ladies on his side,
and so he put his best foot forward tC
make them think he was very nice
sort of fellow.
DIR. Finsch advances one rather novel
idea about the women of uncivilized
tribes IN tropical countries. He re-
ports the well-lnown fact that these
women lose their youth and freshness
while still young, but he adds that
they would not seem to fade SO
early in life if they wore clothing and
understood the arts of the toilet, with
which women in other lands long con-
trive to conceal advancing years aud
artificially supply the charms they
have lost.-N. Y. sun.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-05-30
MY NEIGHsoR's DOG.

Ny neighbours ugly aadI
Have reached the point where one must die
But Which OF Us has got 10 %
Another week or war vsil. SNOW
with mutual hatred most intense
we've fought, i yided by q fence,
For months with all The awful skill
~ sIvages who fight q Kill
When I unconscious, pass his gate
The brute who FOR me lies IA wdIt
As quiet Is a hen on eggs.
Springs az z 8 unprotected legs
Win such a roar OF rage that
Across the road in terror fiy,
And t0u't recover from the shock
In time 70 hit him with a rock
~ slt he wh mes 1gl r,Ss and gr1wls
And makes me hear his hide0us bowls
Till. Eell-nigh crazy. lombard
The demon TIL ms ne ghb5r-s yard
Is hCapei with tumbIers. books and shoes
And things can't afford 20 lose.
Then when my ammunition $ thrown
And ny heIplessness have shown.
The eur, 10 make me more forlorn,
Nclrs twice as loud until The mora
I've brought home friends with me 10 duf
Iron turkey extra fine
And-wEen an hungry Tor the feast
Have had il stolen Dy The beast
Who snealsing in my kltchen. got
n from the open oven hot
1sma~h nay windows. break the bones
OF my best chickens throwing stones
A. my t0rWcuter. who. unframed
Trot~ slowly OF NJ whit ALARMED.
Right through my choicest flower bed
lie runs w.th his bear ii tread.
] have with smiles and c18xtu.. sweet.
Tossed hITa a uiccj~-p1isulei treat
Which H., with most ulsricnIiv -r0uIs
Has eff % .-iIi my fancy flows.
we Guarrelci with Uy inc -l19s Ton,
TIL biIoGshct, may De. WA en~ur.
Because De keeps the snarItls ft-~t
That rOu- the uci-lulrHu0I af rc-f
And gives thc tots AMI women bites
With hydroph0bia's a@fu1 fr chi--
Sly NJ -hu1r's useless dor and
Have reached the point where one must de.
Another week % uar v.li Show
That he-H1t III nuT b " ~ 60.
H e. 3 1.!ge ln GoodaIIs sun.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-05-30
Early Americans.

Simplicity in their mode Of living was the
marked characteristic of the early settlers
Of America.
Every thing which pertained to them was
plain and transformations.
The food which they ate was frugally
served and of the substantial kind.
Their clothing was home-spun and the
moccasins which covered their feet were a
home product, being made from the hide Of
animals and ornamented with beads after
the Indian fashion.
Their homes were simplicity itself, con-
sisting of roughly hewn logs and home made
shingles-the whole constituting the old
Log-Cabin home Of frontier life.
Yet those were model homes.
The wives and mothers were well versed
in the art Of all that pertained to house
wifery.
Conspicuous in the early home was the
striking figure of the old grandmother.
Not only was she the adviser ia social af-
fairs but she was the medical adviser and
prescriber for the sick. Often were her
hands engaged in the preparation of some
healing potion or remedy for the relief OF
those in ill-health. Fully versed in all the
bountiful supplies contained in the grand
store-house of Nature, she wisely knew how
in certain roots and herbs ard accordingly
she transformed them into certain remedial
agents, which have made the old Log Cabin
famous for all time to come.
Conscious of the great value of some OF
those old time home cures a successful eff
fort has been made TO re-discover the lost
secret of their preparation, and, coupled
with all the improvement which human in
genuity and progress suggests, they are
now widely known under the name of War
ner's Log CABIN Remedies, the most promi-
nent being Log Cabin sarsaparilla and Log
Cabin cough and consumption cure.
The suffering public has been quick to
recognize and appreciate their true value
and the manufacturers are daily in receipt
of much praise for the re-discovory and re-
yivaI of these old time remedies against
sickness and disease.
To the old Log Cabin home, however, Is
Justly due the praise for all the good which
may, thereby, be effected.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-05-30
A Sur. D.,,x.,,nc.

Not instantaneously, it Is true. but in a
short space OF time, persons of a bilious
habit are saved from the tortures which a
dIsordered liver is capable OF INJECTING, by
Hostetter's Stomach BitteFs. an auti-biIious
medicine and aperient of the first rank
The pains in the right side and through the
right shoulder blade, the sick headache,
nausea, constipation and saffron hue Of the
skin, are entirely removed by this estimah. :
restorative Of tone 10 the organs OF secre-
ton and digestion.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-05-30

Horses have a peculiar horror OF
death and especially dread death among
their own kin. A horse that is abso-
lutely fearless of inanimate things will
be frightened beyond measure at the
sight Of q dead horse lying by the road
aldo
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-05-30
Ia IL any Wonder

that DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
outsells all other blood and liver medicines,
since it possesses such superior curative
properties as to warrant its manufacturers
in supplying it TO the people (as they are
doing, through druggists under conditions
such as no other medicine is sold under,
viz: that it must either benefit or cure the
patient, or the money paid for it viii be
promptly returned. II cures all diseases
arising from deranged liver, or from impure
blood, as blliousness, oliver complaint all
skin and scalp diseases, salt-rheum, letter,
scrofulous sores and swellings, fever-sores,
hip-joint disease and kindred ailments.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-05-30

"THE days of miracles are past. That
may be, and vet some of the most wonderful
things ever witnessed by the human family
have occurred within the last decade. Not
the least of those wonders IS the success
which the agents of b. +. johnson q Co,
Richmond, Va, are meeting. Write them
for particulars. They VIII show y0u how TO
work wonders.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-05-30

If you are doubtful as to the use of boo
bins Electric Soap, and cannot accept the
experience of millions who use 1t, after the
"a years il has been on the market, one trial
will convince you. Ask your grocer for 1t.
Tgke no imitation.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-05-30

HARD water is wasteful Of soap. because it
contains lime salts, which form an insoluble
compound with the soap, thus rendering a
part of il useless
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-05-30

For twenty-five cents, you can get Carter $
Little Liver Pills-the best liver regulator in
the world. Don't forget this. One pill a dose.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-05-30
Expensive Oil.

Recently there WIS sent from Nor
wsch. Conn. To New York five two
gallon tin cans filled with oil of black
birch. which was manufactured in
Bozrah by John Miner II Is worth
So a gallon. and the five cans con-
tanned lbs pounds of oil, valued at
$500. or little over - a pound Black
birch trees do not yield oil rs the maple
trees ran sap There il work in get
ting the tender twigs. and labor in the
process Of extracting the oil One
ton OF twigs yields Just three pounds
of oil. and it took nearly fifty-three
tons of twigs t. yield the ten gallons
This oil Is use4 in giving the winter
green flavor tC COnfectiOns OF all kinds
Cold boiled rice, altethated with
tomatoes. well-buttered and seasoned.
bread crumbled on 4le top, and baked
one hour. makes good vegetable dish.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-05-30

ALWAYS avoid harsh purgative pills. They
first make you sick ind then leave You con-
stipated. Carter's Little Liver Pills regulate
the bowels and make you well. Dose. One pill.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-05-30

Mild, equable climate, certain and abundant
crops. Bestfruit. grain, grass, stock country
in the world. Fullinformation free. Address
Oregon Immigration Board, Portland, Oregon
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-05-30

$500 Reward for an incurable case OF
chronic Nasal Catarrh offered by the manu-
facturers of DR.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy.
80 cents, by druggists.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-05-30

is Life Worth Livingp again Tonight"
Great Pessimist-''NO, my dear; i am great
" afraid have caught slight cold, and
don't intend TO risk my life by venturi"g
out of doors at all this evening"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-05-30

IL afflicted with Sore Eyes use Dr. Isaac
Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell IL 25c
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PEOPLE who have 10 listen TO violin prac-
tcing nearly always bring up in the
asVlum