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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-11-29

STABLE FOR TWELVE cows. S-Slope; S o.
Silo; C-Calves: + R-Feed Room; F P
Feed Passage; G-Gutter; P-Platform.
A water supply arrangement may be
fitted in the feed-boxes if desired. The
gutter is Is inches wide and deep,
and should drain into some receptacle,
manure cellar or cistern, conveniently
placed.
The feed passage goes right through
the building. so that wagon load of
green fodder may be brought through
for distribution among the cattle.
Sloping platforms are provided for the
passage. A silo is provided, as shown.
opening into the feedroom. A stable
for calves is in the rear. so that they
may be fed conveniently from the main
passage.
The walking stage is 81 feet wide,
and a door opens from this into the
feedroom for convenience of the at
tendant, as also another door from the
stalls. Plenty of doors save many
steps; but these doors should always
open into the stable and have springs
to close and latch them, that no acct
dent might happen by careless leaving
of a door open. Bins, of course, will
be provided in the feedroom.
1t is safest, especially with costly
cattle, to have a sufficient partition be-
tween the cows that each may lie safe
from danger of being trodden on by
her neighbor. BY fitting up such a
stable as this with some attention to
ornament, it will make a handsome
structure, while with the most eco
nomical style of building,it will be neat
and attractive-at least it has proved
so in many instances.
The dairy house should be sufficient
ly distant from the stable that no
offensive odors may reach it. This is
of the greatest Importance. For
twelve cows a building 10 by "a feet
will be large enough. 1t should have
two apartments, one 10 by s, for the
cold-setting-ro in which will be an
ice-closet with a door opening into
this room, and an outside one for put
ting the ice into the refrigerator in
which butter is stored. The other
part of the building will serve for a
churning-room, and for putting up the
butter. A porch will hold fuel and
such things as may need a separate
storing place. An attic will be useful
for storing packages for the butter. II
it is desired to use a separator, small
annex for an oil engine may be at
tached as wing. If the deep setting
apparatus is used, this building will
be quite large enough. If separator
is used, the room will serve for the
cream room, in which it is stored for
ripening. All needed water supply and
drains to carry off waste milk TO the
pig-pens, and slop from the washing
sinks. must be provided. The floor of
the dairy should be painted, and the
building will be heated by a base
burning stove, or by steam, if there is
4 supply of it.-Henry Stewart, in
Country Gentleman.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-11-29
A Vicious Liar. Just Reward.

"That reminds me of an instance in my
career" said an aged eX-congressman.
Il was member of congress and re-
ceived many favors from the Washing
ton correspondent of the leading news
paper in my state. On one occasion.
however, he criticised a bill which /
had introduced He said nothing un-
kind concerning me, but he freely gave
his adverse opinion concerning the bill.
1t made me very angry. forgot all of
his puffs and lSindnesses, and wrote to
the proprietor of his paper, stating that
the correspondent was a bad man, a
vicious man, drinking man, and I'M
it to represent the paper, winding up
with the statement that he would never
get any more news from me. | ex-
pected that he would be discharged.
To my surprise, the proprietor wrote
to the young man, asked him 10 make
answer to the charge, and before /
knew what had happened he had Sc
cured written statements from all of
the other congressman from our state,
praising him and denying every state
ment which had made. He did not
Vel lhChi bAidb AAdN dNAdShcu MN. nc
went to e. n one of the congressman,
and told them that he wanted the old
man to know that he stood well with
the congressional delegation. Then l
got letter from the proprietor of the
paper bitterly scoring me for having
tried to injure a worthy young journal
list. That was followed by the publ
cation of my letter, and the letters of
the other congressman. Then came
strong editorial characterizing me as
liar. That is how / dropped out of
public life. | had been popular. was
a good congre ssman, and faithfully at
tended to my duties. But killed my
self politically by writing that lie. 1t
didn't pay in my case. 1t don't pay to
lie." SMITH ID. FRY.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-11-29
Rude Disappointment.

Country lawyers are often forced, by
the scarcity of business, to look very
sharp for opportunities to draw up
wills and perform 9th er legal serv-
ices A stranger of mature years, a
carpenter. who had come to a certain
town to work at his trade, was asked
several times by a local lawyer if he
did not think he had better make his
will At last the carpenter took the
delighted lawyer aside and said TO
him, with an important air:
II amt quite ready to make my will.
but when am I'll let you do it."
Good! But now's the time to draw
it up!'
We'll. the fact is, I've had :. dis
agreement with my sister Jane. and 1
amt going to leave her a cent"
Good. But have you any other rel
atives?"
.Yes-one sister and a nephew"
'Goodi ANY disagreement with
them?'
None whatever. But l ain't-Tll
tell 1T to you particular-T amt going
TO leave either one of them a cent,
neither"
Now why is that. pray?'
Because l haven't got a cent to
le ave to suybodyr'
Whereupon the lawyer hastily took
his departure, and troubled the car
penter 40 more about his will.-Youth's
Compa MON.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-11-29
A WORD ABOUT GRAVEL.
why 1t Is Not the Most Economical ROAD
RuiIding Material,

why IL Is Not the Most Economical Road
Building Material.
When there is any great amount of
heavy travel gravel does not consti-
tute an economical road. The 6rst
cost is less, but the repairs necessary
to keep the surface even aud smooth
will bring the annual cost to much
higher figure than would be the case if
broken stone were used. The general
principles of broken stone roads are
the same now as they were when Mac
adam first introduced system in the
construction of such roads With mod
ern machinery for breaking and roll
ing we can obtain better results in
quicker time, and less care has to be
exercised in watching the road as it
hardens. Many roads are built in the
United States with but four inches of
broken stone, which have withstood
the wear of several years, but the
greatest care has to be used in every
detail of the construction. These
roads have been constructed for the
most part on a foundation of sandy
loan, but none that | am aware of on
clay or heavy soil The soil was first
compacted by rolling, the crown con-
forming to that of the finished road
way. On the prepared foundation the
broken stone was laid about four and
one-half inches thick. This was light
ly rolled by passing the steam roller
about four times over it. Sand was
then carefully spread over the surface
as the roller passed back and forth
until the interspaces were thoroughly
filled to the tops of the stone. About
one inch of broken stone screenings
which had passed through half-inch
screen were then laid ON, watered and
thoroughly rolled until the surface
became even and firm.-Landscape
Architect
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-11-29
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced IN the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax
alive; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches aud fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup o. Figs is for sale by all drug
gists - SOC and 81 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-11-29
FARM AND GARDEN.
MODEL DAIRY HOUSE.
Just Large Enough TO Accommodate Nica
LIZ Twelve Cnus

Just Large Enough 90 Accommodate Nice
Iy Twelve Cows.
There are at least two indispensable
requisites for perfect houss for cows.
and perfect house might well be
called a model OF course tastes diff
fer, but ample space and convenient
arrangement are certainly two indis-
pensable requisites in this connection.
The accompanying diagram is a copy
of COW stable that has been found
entirely satisfactory to many persons
who have exacted precisely the condi-
tions of our correspo ndent. 1t is
roomy. Each cow has four feet of
stall and feeding-box The depth of
floor from manger to gutter is five
feet The feeding-boxes are two feet
wide, and are so arranged that the
food is thrown on the floor but the
cow cannot get her feet over the parti-
tion, this being made V-shaped for the
COW to get her head to the feed. while
low wall in front at the feeding pas
sage holds the food from scattering.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-11-29
A CHAPTER ON LIES.
Valuable Lessons to Be Learned
from Othcr Lives.
How n Barber Lost a job, a Pretty Woman
Good Husband and Politician
His Seat in Congress-A vicious
Liars Fate.
Isnecial Washington I.etter.1

'I have not told lie for more than
twenty years" said the oldest colored
barber in a leading hotel here this
morning. Il have not told a lie during
SO II any years and never will tell lie
again. | found out upon one occasion
that it does not pay to depart from the
truth, and the lesson was one of the
practical kind which man cannot for
get.
II was candidate for the position of
foreman of the senate barber shop, a
place which pays Sl,4O0 year, and n
position in which a good man can pick
up $500 or more every year in the way
of tips from the senators. Vice Presi-
dent Henry Wilson was stopping at
this hotel and he always came to me to
have his hair cut and dressed, and oc-
casionally to shave him; but he usually
shaved himself and honed the razors
for him.
THE vice president came to me one
morsing with two razors and said that
he wanted them honed by half-past
two o'clock that afternoon, as he ex-
pected to leave town on the three
" GAOIh u bOOh lAAC anu
laid them on my stand, promising to
have them ready promptly on time. 1t
happened that all of my morning was
taken up that day by an unusual rush
of business, so that twelve o'clock
came and the razors were still I'M
touched. / called another barber named
Campbell, and told him to hone those
razors very lightly and hand them back
to me as soon as he could. Campbell
took the razors, but disregarded my in
structions and honed them in his own
way. He handed them to me just
about half past two o'clock as my dis
tinguished customer came into the
shop, and | handed them to the vice
president, who gave me a dollar bill,
and thanked me for my promptness in
preparing the raZors for him.
About two weeks later the vice
president came to me with those razors
and said that he wanted me to hone
them myself and not give them to any
other barber as had done on the pre-
vious occasion. Then l told lie.
told him that had honed those razors
myself. He said: Henry, do not lie to
me. | knew as soon as | used those
razors that you had not honed the m,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-11-29

The jewellers in fats" or suite s
of apartments on the same floor in our
cities have oeen wittily called fold
ing Bedouins." with reference both to
nomadic habits and the compressible
Iature OF their furniture.
A man who belonged to this unfor-
tunate class. and who had moved two
or three times to escape what he
called musical nuisances. reported to
a friend tina he lad moved again.
There we're four pianos in the
house" he said. ''and they were going
all tEe tim. "
How many pianos are there in the
house YOU have moved into?"
-Four"
Then how are you any better off?"
''Oh, get a change of air at any
rslte-new tunes on every one of those
panos- "-Philadelphia Press.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-11-29

and IL is useless to lie to me about it
1t never pays to lie, Henry. 1t never
pays to lie
Il suppose the vice president must
have seen some change in my counten-
ance which confirmed his opinion, for
he never came near me afterwards nor
allowed me to do anything for him. /
an satisfied that if had told the truth
that day and informed him that | had
been too busy to hone the razors my
self, he would have appreciated fine
situation and remained my friend. But
he was smart and keen man who lxI ew
that | was lying to him, and he would
not trust me again. If | had told the
truth | would have secured the position
at the senate barber shop and / would
have been comparatively rich man
to-day instead of working as | am for
another man on percentage. The pro-
prietor gets half of all | earn, solely
because he is able to own the shop and
| am a poor journeyman barber. |
lost the opportunity of my life by tell
ing a deliberate lie"
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and l ought to have done so. But
thought it was shrewd politics to tell
my friends that had no aspirations of
that nature. / had represented my
district for two terms, and had volun-
tarily retired. Four years later
wanted to go to congress again, and in.
tended to be candidate, just before
the convention met; but in the mean
time denied that | would be candi-
date. The sitting member came to me
with two friends and stated that if
wanted to go to congress he would re-
tire in my favor. l emphatically
stated that / would not be a candidate.
Later on, when l supposed that / could
pull the strings and capture the con.
vention, while he was in Washington,
commenced TO get delegates to the con-
vention. The sitting member heard of
it. He secured a sworn statement from
his friends who had been present when
/ stated that l would not be candi-
date. lie published that statement.
and branded me as a liar. That not
only ended my candidacy but it has
kept me out of public life ever since.
don't believe that it pays to lie, even in
politics"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-11-29
1T SURELY CANNOT Be.


Sweetheart they tell me you have gone away
To that f-r country where us always day.
Yet. though my mind telieyes, ny sad heart
answers MY
Il sut71- cannot De. my love that yon
Who held LIES stlFy with grasP 50 true
Have looked yoSr last o. ne, and never said
adieu-
i surely cannot be my dear that
Whose paise beat feeo.y when you we're not
nigh
-AmlIyiug stiH, while sou have Gene 70 diet
It surely cannot De. your soul has I'D
To that strange realm ve fancy overhead
And LETT behlnJ your uOJy-coft ana dead!
I win not think that You I held 80 dear
Have gone 10 res and left r.le struggling here
Il dark despair while your skies al are clear.
know you loved me better 7 han this.
know where er Won arc. you stslI w.u miss
NJ loving smile my te der. be rt-svarm Kiss.
know that still. ycu longing COX for ne.
Although pefch-nce. sour dead eyes cannot
How near ! am, -H,i yca win faithful be.
And yet your silence -hins my throbbiug heart
And shows that somehow we a=s far apart.
Since 1 can speak and you eau answer naughL
Vet Sometime, da-linz as / sadly stand
I'e~iGe your bier. and hold your iifee@s hand,
II seems To d.mly- vaguely. understand
1t seems as though yolr tu,nb lips marmured
low
81 coald not help IL. dear. ] hid 70 90.
and am sad 20 know you suffer so
THEN tell me. sweet II sim sou love my name
how was it that the WOndrous SUMMON, came.
and Is death best. or life or love. or fame
T-,fo.f- 80. ..---t- ,,-t,.t. 49, ,.4 H., 49,,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-11-29
Misunderstood the Text.

Snow tell me what the trouble is"
said mother to her little girl whom
she had just been obliged to take out
of church because of violent fit of
weeping.
Gle called me- said the child be-
tween her sobs, "a simple, little cross
eyed thing"
The child was cross-eyed and the
minister had just given ont the hymn:
'Simply to Thy cross cling. Y.
Herald
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-11-29
INSECT VISION.
The Probabilities as to What They Can
See With Their Strange Eyes

The Probabilities as to What They Can
See With Their Strange Eyes.
Two theories of insect vision are ex-
tant-the older one that each lens
forms separate eye, aud the more re-
cent one that insects see as in a mo-
sale, each lens forming part of the
total picture. The old view is sup
ported by the experiment of placing
thin slice of an eye under the micro
scope, when the image of any object
reflected from the mirror is seen to be
transmitted through each of the hex
agonal lenses. A rough model of an
insects eye may be made by taking
glass shade of the form of a half
sphere, say about sixteen inches in di-
ameter. Place the eye at the center of
the globe and paint on its surface the
picture of the outer world as seen
through it. If this painting be divided
into squares by lines scrs tehed at in
tervals of one-eighth inch. there viii
be twenty-five thousand six hundred of
them, and the proportions are roughly
those found in the eye of dragon fly.
If now, instead of the details of the
picture on each square, dab of color
be placed upon it corresponding to the
general tone, the effect of the whole
will pretty nearly agree with that of
the original painting. 1t is probably
this indistinct vision that insects ac-
tually possess. automatically it may
be shown that to obtain anything like
such perfect vision as human beings
enjoy an eve constructed on the COM
pound type would have to be of most
impracticable size. In our eyes the
rays of light passing through a single
lens form an image GU the concave
retina. The retina is built up of the
sensitive examinations of the optic
nerve, forming a kind of tasselated
pavement with thirty-six million
squares to the square inch. If our lens
were of perfect shape, and the pupil
wide enough, the size of things which
might be seen as distinct objects would
be limited by the distance of the nerve
endings in the retina from one anoth-
er. In order that two points may APP
pear separate to the eye they must sub
tend an angle of about one minute of
arc; that is. for instance, that fine lines
ruled one-twentieth of an inch apart
can be made out to be separate at a dis
lance of four yards Beyond this the
whole surface has a uniform gray tint.
Calculations clearly show that in
sects can not see nearly as welfas this,
and their behavior to distant objects
favors this opinion. But their eyes
have this advantage, namely, that
there is practically no limit to the
nearness of objects they can examine.
The details of their OWL antenna prob
ably appear palmer to themselves than
to us, but objects at the distance of a
foot appear to them with about the
same minuteness of detail as would be
attained if they were made of rather
coarse wool work. Beyond this ths
shades OF light and dark are evident TO
them, but outlines must be blurreG and
lost.-North British Advertiser.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-11-29

fore ne can rise a bullet crashes
through the window, striking him
square in the forehead. Tbs knife
falls from his teeth. guns drop from lis
hands. and he falls back dead.
Come right in. It's all right" wells
Charley, and young Henry ferguson
enters at the head of a bunch of four
Cow boys.
For Gods sake hurry, / am afraid
the old man is a goner." cries charley.
ard he PUSHES into the hallway and re-
turns with a taliow candle.
They pick the old man up and lay
him on a billiard table One of the boys
pours little Of the red eye down ais
throat and the other starts for doc
tor. The old man opers his eyes.
Henry, is that oGs' he asks weak
ly.
''Yes. pa. Are you hit tard?"
Il am done gone in a minute, boy.
What luck?''
1--WE got one, pa. and druv tvo more
away. and you got the rest"
Il said we'd get 'em. done said
we'd get them rustlers that took oux
-
And then some one took the old maE-
After a time the stranger. who had
been watching the fight from a safe
distance, wandered up to the hotel and
found Charley sitting on the steps.
They have gone home" said Char
ley; that is. all of them that amt at
the undertaker's. II is pretty tough
on Henry with tn old man aud Aleck
both gone. ComN. in, stranger, and
have a drink"
They drank while Charley described
the fight in the barroor. Then they
stepped outside into tbs cool, soft air
of the night Charlrr rammod his
hands into his pockets md looked up
ward at the stars glistening over the
snowy peaks of the Belts. Finally he
stretched out his arms over his head
AMI yawned:
stranger. it's been a bad day ia
Ubet-a bad day. Let's turn Inn.
\. sun.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-11-29
Tight Covers for Cisterns.

An enforceable cistern that has rum
ming water can be made by inclosing
with a tight-fitting cover. A New
York subscriber has tried cement, but
every winter it breaks up as far as the
frost reaches. He wishes to make a
pond fifteen feet across to contain
running water. Prof. Walter Flint
of the Maine agricultural college, says:
1.-THE only way to make cement els.
tern that will stand winter weather is
to have a tight cover. With running
water and a cover, freezing can be
prevented, and that is the only way to
save a cistern no matter what it is
made Of Freezing will destroy even
a boiler iron tank. The chances are
with a cement cistern, even If the
water is drawn off, the outside frost
will crack the cement. "-American
Agriculturist.
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The Profit of the Dairy.

The dairy brings revenue which is
always cash and almost continuous.
1t helps maintain the fertility of the
farm: its product, if good, has seldom
TO seek buyer; it exhibits more vital
ity in times of depression than almost
any other product that the farmer
sells; but the average farmer studies
improvement in all other lines before
he takes an interest in the usiness OF
making butter
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The Only Explanation Possible.

Birdie McGinnis - Has Esmerelda
Longcofiin acquired the habit of visit.
ing insane asylums?
Sallie Duzenbury - don't know.
Why do you ask?
Birdie-Because she says she has re-
fused dozens of Offers of marriage -
Alex Sweet, in Texas Siftings.
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To California without Change via "The


Milwaukee,"
On every Saturday an elegant Pullman
Tourist Sleeper will leave Minneapolis g Is
a m }, St. Paul Is :35 a. M, and arrive Los
Angeles. California, at 6 80 D. n, following
Wednesday.
Wa THE MMwAUKEE'sn famous He'd
rick Route" to Kansas City. thence via the
A., I. q 5. F. Ry. through Southern Cali
fornla.
A most delightful winter route TO the
coast.
This car is personally cOnducted"-in
immediate charge of an official and AN at
tendant through to destination.
Rate per berth, $500 through from St.
Paul and Minneapolis.
Leave ST. Paul and Minneapolis every
Saturday morning, arriving Los Angeles
every Wednesday afternoon.
For berths, complete information. and
lowest rates. apply to THE MILWAUKEE
agents, st. Paul or Minneapolis. or address
j. T. CoNLEY,
Asst. Gen. Pass. Agt, St. Paul. MINI.