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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-06-16

are in leaf, if the object is to check OF
prevent growth. Fig. 3 represents {
hedge plant pruned early in the spring
and well cultivated Fig. shows the
checked or stunted appearance of sucf
plant cut back or pruned in June OF
July.
Fruit trees from the nursery may
be set out if they were dug early anc
kept from growing in cool place
even if the leaves are partly expanded
but the shoots should never be short
ened back after the swelling of the
buds. Mulch well all small or newly
set trees. if they happen to stanc
where regular cultivation cannot be
given them. Young cherry tree.
specially require mulching, if the sum
mer is dry and hot.
Thinning the young fruit on over
loaded trees while yet small may be
done more easily than after becoming
larger. and with far less labor than
gathering and asserting the whole croI
at maturity, besides preventing the ex
haustion of the tree, by needless over.
bearing.
Lawn moving with the land machine,
wherever practicable, should be don,
after the grass has been well washed
by rain, and the grit and dust re
moved which so often dulls the cutting
blades. For the same reason set the
knives SO as TO cut rather high, avoid.
ing the sand near the ground. allowing
the grass stronger roots and bette.
growth than by close cutting.
Gentle man
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slight hills and steep hills, and there
will be difference in soils. Try both
ways and compare tie results.
Take the same care in cultivating
corn, the roots of which are nearer the
surface than potato roots and more
easily injured. Both corn and potatoes
send out roots from the young plants
two or three times as long as the height
of the plants. Avoid cutting the corn
roots, therefore, near the plants. Fig.
represents hilled young plant, the
dotted lines showing how the roots are
cut off when working deep and near.
Early in the season is the time for
thurnb-pruning. by the time or before
the young shoots have grown an inch o.
two, the owner can see very plainly
which of these shoots ought To be rub
bed off, so as to leave the right ones to
form a neat symmetrical head, or well.
trained grapevine. This practice is inn
measurably better than allowing all tc
grow on tree till they are as large as
ones arm, and have become crooked.
crossing and crowding each other, an6
when cut off with saw and AK leaving q
bad wound.
Pruning ornamental and other hedges,
or shortening them back To promote
thick growth, must always be done be.
fore the buds swell, if growth is to be
favored but it may be done as the buds
are opening, or when the plants o. trees
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Methods of Cnltivatinr Corn.

There is right and wrong way tC
cultivate corn. | use an adjustable
cultivator with nine narrow teeth en-
abling me to set the cultivator just as
wide as it can and pass through the
rows The teeth being not more than
two inches wide it allows them to cut
close to the corn and not cut a furrow
that will cover up the growing plant
This does the work without going twice
in the row. Bv going across the field
and back one man and horse cultivates
two rows. This contrasts quite strong
ly with the two men and two horses
saw last summer, with a shovel cnlti
vator going twice in a row. They each
had to go across the field and back tc
DO the work that the other man does
in round trip.-G. W. Miller, in \. E,
homestead
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next moment he lowered his head and
the black cap was lifted to it. But
Suddenly there came fearful knocking
at the prison gate. and loud cries of
"Open. Open the gate. A PARDON
The sheriff threw down the cap and
seized the paper which the officer had
Just taken from the hand of the mes
senger. After a hasty glance. he
turned 10 the prisoner. who stood ST.
lently by. and said. as ne loosened his
hands; You are a free man. Mr.
Henderson; the governor has sent a
pardon"
Words fail tn describe the scene. and.
in the midst of it carriage drove mp
containing brave Hal. the hero who
had saved life at the peril of his own.
He lay supported by cushions. with
one leg broken by the fall of brave
Billy. helpless wreck; but his face
wore happy smile. and as he grasped
the outstreJched hand of old Matt, he
murmured; Twas a tight squeeze.
and killed poor Billy, but, thank God.
arrived in time"
A year later. with the honors of a
class leader resting upon him. Hal was
married 10 Jennie, and among all the
happy witnesses Of the wedding none
was more happy than their nearest
neighbOr, the gOvernor.-Fredcrick w.
Aaays. u Ghsaa&s NA~~>
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INITIATIVE FORMS IN ROCKS.
Stones which Take On Resemblance to
Human beings.

Stones which Take On Resemblance to
Human Beings.
There is a universal tendency to seek
and sometimes to see in the forms of
objects around us representations of the
human figure or of animss and plants.
Many interesting examples have been
recorded aud pictured in La Nature of
rocks and mountains presenting resem-
blances to animated forms. We are
quite ready To discern in the clouds all
sorts Of personages:, md a periods when
superstition has been active apparitlons
have been described, the whole exist
ence of which consisted of misinterpret-
ed simple resemb - ices. Stones have
usually been considered especially wor-
thy of attention in this category; in { .
bercles of sandstone odd nodules of flint
il is easy TO find features analogous
with the most various objects. A block
of sandstone is exhibited in the forest
of Fontaiuebleau on which one willing
10 see il may recognize a petrified
knight on his horse, all of the natural
size. A nOdule of sandstone was once
brought to me in the geological labora-
tory of the museum, on which the
owner saw the portrait of our Lord on
the cross. Some persons are specially
ingenious in finding resemblances in
fiints: and Boucher admitted into his
ATLAS of Celtic and Antediluvian Anti
quities whole series of figures of
imita tive forms of that mineral
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MY STENoGRAPHER.

let poets rave OF whom they will.
And tip with love their marie quill
With which they lalor 10 portray
In sonnet or in roundelay
The winsome charms, the dainty grace
OF pretty form or perfect face
OF those their fancy may prefer.
III sing of my stenographer.
reach the ONCE just at eight
And quite impatiently await,
Anticipating all the while
The coming Of her sunny smile,
And when at length hear her voice
IL makes my happy heart rejoice
And puts my senses in whirr
To greet my fair stenographer.
MY prosy business life would be
A desert waste, il seems to me,
II something should her smile eclipse
And hide from me her eyes and lips.
Along my busy paths Of care
She strews the roses, fresh and fair,
Nor knows the light steal from her
Each day, does my stenographer.
I'm nearly sixty she's mir tSs-1,~
A sea of summers folls letween
Her life and mine. alas and yet
cor, joyl so tangled in regreu
Twas yesterday loved heart
OF which hers seems counterpart
She cannot guess the thoughts that stir
My breast, can my stenographer.
Each day l dictate notes OF trade
The while my thoughts masquerade,
And round the prosy business lines
My heart a wreath OF fancy twines-
Thinks she because my locks are gray
l.ae as,s~ hoo Hfe.a
What II the truth were TO occur
Some time 20 my stenographery
Nixon Waterman in Chicago Times.
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STRANGE LAKES AND RIVERS.
Hungary Is Now Draining "A Large Lake
That Has No Ahiuents.


That Has No Affiuents.
There is curious lake in Hungary,
known as the Neusiedler See. sixteen
miles long and six miles wide in its
broadest part, which has no tributaries,
but derives all its water from the rain
fall that drops into it. 1t is a very
large lake to be supported wholly this
way. There are no mountains very
near it, but il occupies a slight depres-
sion in an almost level plain. Once in
awhile the lake has driedup, and with
in the past two years it has lost half of
its water, and now its depth is only
three feet. The Hungarian government
has decided to do away with this lake,
and has commenced TO dig a canal by
which the precipitation will hereafter
be drained away from the lake bed.
Some thousands of acres of rich farm
ing land will thus be Obtained
The French scholar Martel, who has
long made "a study of underground
W alter courses, has recently been ex-
ploring the caves and underground
channels of the Peloponnesus, in
Greece. He says that these under
gro und rivers serve most useful pur-
pose, for through them large amount
of water is drained away which would
otherwise stagnate, make swamps, and
breed ill-health in large districts that
N e now healthful and devoted to agri-
cultural purposes. 1t was Martel w.lo
dn covered an underground river at
Taxa, not far from Tripolis, in Africa,
by means of which some enormous
swamps that had been the occasion of
much sickness were drained and fitted
for agriculture by the process of con-
Meeting them with these remark able
underground channels.-N. sun.
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CONVENIENT KITCHEN.
arranged to Expedite Domestic Work In
the Farm House.

arranged to Expedite Domestic Work Ia
the Farm House.
The convenient arrangement of the
kitchen and proper location relatively
with the pantry, dining room and eel
lar have much to do with expediting do
nestle work and saving steps These
things may appear to be of minor i'm
portarce to the man of the house, but
not to the woman, who is obliged &c
spend half her waking hours IN this
room. In houses already constructed
changes may be made embodying at
least some of the points herein outlined.
The position of the sink, etc, in the
sketch may be changed if necessary, as
it will be equally serviceable in any
other corner. Always aim to have the
cistern pump placed in the sink or at
least on a table or bench adjoining both
for convenience, and also that the drip
ping from the spout will fall into the
sink The latter, whether of wood or
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There's a eide difference

LftcfCo q tCtNC VsU NfCfeSe
between the help that's talked OF
and the help that's guaranteed.
Which do you want, when you're
buying medicine?
If you're satisfied with words, you
get them with every blood-purifier
but one. That one is DIR. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery. With
that, you get a guarantee. If il
doesn't help you, you have your
money back. On this plan, medi-
cine that promises help is pretty
sure to give it.
But it's because the medicine is
different, that it's sold differently.
It's not like the sarsaparillas, which
are said to be good for the blood
in March, April, and May. At all
seasons and in all cases, it cures
permanently, as nothing else can,
all the diseases arising from a tor
pid liver or from impure blood.
It's the best blood purifier, and
it's the cheapest, no matter how
many doses are offered for dollar
With this, you pay only for the
good you get.
Can YOU ask more?
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pardon there by five o'clock tO-mor-
row morning Matt Henderson must
hang" -' -
So spalSe old Rube Morris, the village
oracle. The Ioungers sitting around the
stove in the village grocery paused in
their talk and looked up at the sudden
entrance and words Of the speaker.
Yes" continued Rube, land there
amt no horse swift enough nor man
brave enough to face fifty miles o Wis
consin woods in the dead of winter,
when everybody knows they're full o
wolves and wild dogs"
Sundry words of approval greeted the
words above quoted. and then the crowd
fell to discussing the case of old Matt
Henderson, the condemned man They
all had known him and were deeply
interested in his fate. A year previous
he had been arrested on the charge of
having killed one of his neighbors, and
though the evidence had been purely of
a circumstantiaI character. vet he had
been found guilty after short trial and
10 be carried out.
A few days before a petition had been
circulated. and men from all over the
country had signed l. in the hope that
executive clemency would be extended
and a pardon granted. This morning
the petition had been placed in the
governors hands. Would he sign it?
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FARM AND GARDEN.
SOME SPRING HINTS
How 20 Cultivate Early-PIanted Crops.

How 60 Cultivate Early-PIanted Crops,
Trees and Lawns.
Early planted crops, or ground that
was early worked. has become more or
less crusted on the surface. With A
good steel rake pulverize this surface,
and change it to finely-meilowed top
soil. This will hasten growth and any
foul seeds Just starting will be de
stroyed.
In cultivating potatoes avoid the com
mon practice of drawing the earth in
hills around the plants, because in doing
so you scrape the earth away from the
roots between the rows and pile it up
needlessly high against the plants.
FIR ! shows the hill, with the natural
level, and the mass of soil piled above
it. 1t is easily tested by experiment.
Cultivate zen rows level and ten in
heaps, and the level hills, when the
crop is measured, will have from ten
to twenty per cent. more potatoes.
There will be difference between
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WHY HE wePT.
He Was Panied nv the Perfidy of Human
Nature.

lie Was Panied nv the Perfdy of Human
Nature.
file looked good deal more like a
peripatetic peddler than like tramp,
but he wasn't, Just the same. and his
partner. down the road behind the fence
waiting. bore the unmistakable evil
iences of his profession. 1t was away
Dut i'm the suburbs. and as he went mp
10 the house from the front gate, he cast
furtive glances about. as if apprehend-
igg an attack i'm the rear. The lady ot
the house answered his knock.
"Do you want to buy fine blanket
for mastiff. madam" he inquired after
1 polite salutation.
NO" she responded sharply, ''we
don't keep a mastiff."
Perhaps something a out a shepherd
dogs size would be acceptable?" he ven
tured.
We've got no shepherd dog either,
she snapped.
II beg your pardon" he persisted.
MAY be a collar for bulldog. or for
a black-and-tan or poodle or a King
Charles might fill long-felt want?'
eve don't keep any dogs on the place,
and we don't want to buy anything for
something we've got nothing Of. Do
you understand that? Good morning, =
and she slammed the door in his face.
He smiled something more than good
naturally and walked back to the front
gate as impcriously as CRsar and as
fearlessly. He found his partner, and
they held a consultation of some dura-
ton.
An hour later, two tramps came over
the back fence of that house i'm wild
tumultuous tumble, leaving a dog
api, and a portion of their pants on
the other side, and went flying down
the road. At a safe distance they
paused and the one who had talked To
the lady at the front door remarked, as
he tried to recover his breath:
"'Taint the clos xeer about, Willie.
old man. ner the shock to our nervous
systems; but | am panied beyond ex-
preston that woman, no doubt a wife
and mother, a perfect lady in appear
ance, should stoop so low as to deceive
gent who asked her few simple
questions about dog collars and other
canine COMFORTS" and he brushed n
tear from his eye with the portion of
his coat sleeve that he had brought
away with him.-Detroit Free Press
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Great General.

Caius Marius, the great general, rs
once in a camp when man of repute
among the enemy came over to him and
said: eff you are indeed a great gener-
al, Marius, leave your camp and fight a
battle"
Marius was not to be persuaded al
that moment, SO he answered the man
with taunt that was decidedly ex-
pressive.
Not so, I" he replied, ''l~it IF you are
q great general You can mGke me DC
ao."-Harper's Young Peopla-
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KITCHEN CoNvENIENCEs.

iron, should have good outlet pipe Sc
arranged that il will not freeze in win
ter. IL the cistern is in the cellar be
meath the sink run the outlet pipe from
the sink into the overflow pipe from
the cistern. This entails plumbing tc
prevent the escape of gases. Do not
neglect TO have a good-sized window
facing the sink, that all culinary work
may be done in good light. The tor
of the sink and all adjoining stationary
shelving should be about two feet SIX
inches from the fioor.-American Ag
riculturist.
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Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly ON the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
tenn efectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac-
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in Doc
and 81 bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP co.
SAN FRANCISCO. Cal.
f0UVoYUTE ~ NEW YORK NY
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ONE ONLY.

One song 20 the sad
And the heart II made glad:
Ore beautiful rose TO a friend.
One small candy toy
For the dear 5hahy boy:
One smilr-it win count in1ha end
One word 20 the wise;
One chance wins prize.
One wave turns she hilloWy tide.
One furl 70 The sail.
IL viii conquer the gale.
One stroke turns the rOW-boat aside.
Ono step % the right.
II VIII lead % the liCh--
One vision % Joy a. sou roam.
One lift 20 the load.
u viii shorten thesoad.-
And bring you with cheer 20 your home
One man in the land.
And a shake Of the hand.
a stranger i stranger no more:
One brave daring friend.
And love without end
VIII guard you on ocean and shore
Chicago Graphic.
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HE DIDN'T PROPOSE.
An Angry Mamma Strikes Her Daughter
Suitor With a Fire shovel.

sutton With Fire shovel.
A clerk in one of the city banks
bought splendid cut-glass bottle OF
cologne, with glass stopper and pink
ribbon, to present to young lady he is
keeping company with; but on reaching
the house he felt little embarrassed
for fear there were members of the
family present, and so left the beautiful
gift in the hat stand drawer and passed
in. The movement was perceived by a
graceless brother of the young lady,
who appropriated the cologne for his
own use, and refilled the bottle with
hartshorn, and then hung about to OBJ
serve the result
In little while the young man slip
ped out to the secret depository, and,
securing the splendid gift, slipped back
again into the parlor, where, with a
few appropriate words, he pressed it
upon the blushing girl Like the good
and faithful daughter that she was,
she at once hurried into the presence
of her mother, and the old lady was
charmed.
She drew out the stopper, laid her
nostrils over the aperture, and fetched
pull at the contents that fairly made
them bubble Then she laid the bottle
down, and picking up a brass-mounted
fire shovel instead, said, as soon as she
could say anything
Where is that miserable wretch?"
He, all unconscious of what had hap
pened. was in front of the mirror adj
1usting his neclxtie and smiling at him
self Here she found him, and said to
him:
''Oh, you are laughing at the trick
you played on an old woman, are your
And then she gave him one on the
ear. And he, being more eloquent with
his legs than his tongue, FASTENED from
thence, bowling, and accompanied to
the gate by that brass-mounted shovel.
He says he would give everything on
earth if he could shake off the impress
sion that a mistake had been made
Chicago Inter Ocean.
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Trademark Case.

Judge Woods IN the L. S. Circuit Cour'
ut Chicago on June 9Th decided trade
mark case, which is of interest TO all drug
pists aud manufacturers of proprietary
medicines. About year ago the Hostettel
Co, who make and sell DR.. Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters, discovered that &. A. Nc
Kee was selling at his department store on
West Madison street, Chicago, an imitation
of the bitters The original bottles, which
had once been used, were employed to hold
tie imitation article, and the cork sealed
with a false or counterfeit metallic cap
Suit was brought by bill in chancery, and
the case came on for final hearing, as above
and after argument by counsel Tor notf
sides the court decided against Mckee
granting a perpetual injunction, with costs
etc.
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Wheat Tests.

Experiments made in Canada show
that white wheats yield more than the
reds. and that bald varieties of wheat
yield more than the bearded kinds
though the latter kinds are little
heavier than the bald. These results
have been obtained by testing a large
plumber of varieties side 10y side and un
der the same conditions.
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She-Chieago society is very exclu'
siye, isn't it?
He-Yes When was there | called
Mt n friends house, but the footman de-
clined to take in my card until | was
idsntifed.-Life-
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The only one Ever rrinted-can You Find

There IS a 8 inch display advertisement
in this PAPER, this week. which hsts no tive
words alike except one word The same is
true of each new one appearing each week,
from The Dr. Harter Medicine Co. This
house places a Crescent on everything
they make and publish. Look for it, send
them the name of the word and they will
return you book, beautiful Autographs or
samples free.
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BY the malicious sprite, dyspepsia. the stem
aeh may still regain its accustomed order
and equilibrium By the use of Hostel ter
Stomach Bitters. Heartburn, wind on the
stomach, sour eructations, nervous annoy
ance and disturbed rest, all Indicative of
chronic indigestion. are obyiated by il. 1t
is Unparalleled for malaria, constipation, bill
iOusness, rheumatism and IA grippe.
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To DETECT the adulteration of paris
green put a teaspoonful in glass OF
strong ammonia water. The paris green
should dissolve completely. 1t is very
simple method, and enables arvone te
make the test
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August.
Flower

lone of my neighbors, Mr.. John
Gilbert, has been sick for a long
time. All thought him pastrecovery.
He was horribly emaciated from the
inaction of his liver and kidneys.
1t is difficult to describe his appear
ance and the miserable state of his
health at that time. Help from any
source seemed impossible. He tried
your August Flower and the effect
upon him was magical. restored
him to perfect health to the great
establishment of his family and
friends" John Quibell, Holt, Ont. .
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SICK HEADACHE, lassitude, weakness and
loss of appetite caused by malaria can be
Immediately cured by Beecham's Pills.
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IT's the worm of the still that's dandy
at turning when a man downs it.tOo fero-
ciously.-N. Y. Herald