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Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1895-08-28
WESTERN OREGON.

Weather; Light sprinkles OF rain
occurred on the Goth aud 2lst, In most
places not being more than afew drops
II was not sufficient to do any damage,
nor TO even lay the dust. The wind
blew from the south for several days
which, together with the rain falling
over the forest fires of Western Wash
lngton, decreasing there the supply OF
smoke, the smoky dondition Of the
atmosphere has been much relieved
during the week, but the past few
days Il has been increasing again,
especially In the southern counties,
aud within fsw days dense smoke
will again prevail over the entire
portion of Western oregan, except along
the Immediate coast. The temperature
was lower than during the preceding
week; this is especially true OF the
maximum temperature which averaged
from 60 to so degrees, as agaist 70 to 30
degrees OF the preceding week; the
minimum temperature ranged nom 10
TO 90 degrees. The season Of high
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1895-08-28

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Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1895-08-28
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Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1895-08-28

WANrED-An honest, active gentleman OF
w lady to travel for established, reliable
house. Salasy $50. payable SIS weekly and
expenses. situation permanent. Relerencea >
Enclose seif.addTessed stamped envelope, the
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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-10-17
FARMER BROWN AND JUSTICE.

Good Farmer Brown in years long past
lii lot beside a stream tid east
And muCn good casa had he laid down
Hv selling chickens IN the town:
Irluue- plump aud tender were they all.
And brought him prices never small
But sad 20 tell. there sometimes came
Wild fools that well deserved the name.
They carried OF full many coop.
And thus curtaiIed his chicken soup
For many years he bore this veil.
Until at last woEse luck befel.
50 wlld and high the waters ran.
lie found himself a chlckIess nan
Angry AZ this was Brown in Iced
And sought a lawyer with al speed
- want 70 sue the state said he
Then danced the lawyers eyes with Elee.
AID writing down the farmers name.
He said. well. sir let's hear your claim.
win burning cheeks the farmer told
His losses from the waters cold.
Concluding. with an angry brow;
&" Justice is what I'm after nov.
." JustIce!" the lawyer said in scorn-
. She died my friend. ere you we're born
You say the water took your chicks.
Well. rivers often play those tricks"
. But come. continued Farmer Brown.
While deeper grew his wTathful frOWn.
a. You must. I say a way provide
That may be UNIDENTIFIED.
Somebody. now. I'm bound 20 sue.
To get again what Is my due
The lawyer smiled. and said: oh well,
Put up a fifty ami III tell
How you this trouble may elude
And cir umvent those waters rude"
The good man paid the fifty down.
For fair and square was Farmer Brown
Then said the lawyer. with . smile:
My rule beats Justice o. a mite
And. with a wink that rivaled Puck's.
He softly said. My f-ieof. raise ducks"
Clara ! Denton. IN Youths Companion
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-10-17
BUSH APPLE TREES.
A Hint from England Which May Benefit
American Fruit Growers.

american EFu1I OEOWtEs.
In a paper read before the fruit
growers of Worcester county. Eng
land, the writer spoke of the once IA
nous apple orchards of that locality,
and of their decline, owing to various
causes, so that to-day American apples
are sold at their very doors. To re-
cover this lost ground is possible, If
methods of cultivation are improved
One improvement is to grow the trees
in bush form, not by using dwarf
stocks, but forming large open bush
shape on tree stocks which have been
carefully prepared, and later possess
an abundance of healthy fbrous roots
that work and feed near the surface,
while the tree branches are each per-
feet Gordon of fruiting wood from the
stem of the tree to the extremity of
each branch-quite different from the
pigmy bushes grated on Paradise and
like stocks. Trees of this character
may be planted to s feet apart or
more, and alternate trees removed,
later on, to a fresh plantation. for
trees with good tibrous roots are al
ways fruitful, and can be removed
with safety. The land for at least the
diameter of the branches should be
held sacred to the roots, as unless
these are properly cared for the trees
cannot ripen their wood and develop
the embryo fruit buds. With such
trees, the work of pruning, spraying,
thinning and gathering is much easier,
and manures are more efficiently APP
piled. OF course the land should be
well selected, in good heart and deeply
cultivated before planting, so that
moisture, air and heat can readily PEN
citrate.
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At the Ohio state university, says
the Carriage Journal, test was made
during the fall of last year, the result
of which was as follows: An ordinary
wagon. with a new 3-inch tire, was
loaded with 4, 4s0 pounds, dynamometer
being used to measure the draft. On a
hard dirt road the draft was 254 pounds;
on a grass field it was 46s pounds; on
newly-plowed land it was I'll pounds.
The draft power of a horse of loo
pounds is $50 pounds, and, therefore,
two horses could draw the load easily
on a good dirt road, or one and half
tons on a grass sod. With narrow
tire. half as much is full load for a
two-horse team, showing a marked adj
vantage for the wide tires, in addition
to which they become rollers, and
smooth and level the road, and so make
it better the more it is used, instead OF
cutting it into ruts, as is well known
the narrow tires do on soft roads
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-10-17

But If you want to SEE and feel and
know the most prevalent social NUS
ance here, you must neet with the de-
partment clerk who Continually talks
to you of the publ'c business, and
would impress upon you the fact that
he owns the government of the United
States. He doesn't make you angry,
for he is not really harmful, but you
treat him with charitable pity. Dur
ing the heat of the summer, when
everybody takes a vacation, he tells
you that he cant gel away" and in
Inmates pretty strongly that 1t is inn
possible for the department he is in to
get on when he is absSnt from his desk.
lie has actually fooled himself into
this belief, but he do$s not succeed in
decciving anyone clses 1t is all right
for him to work ovdr-hours, to go to
the department ON SD nday in order to
keep the government constantly under
his wing; but it is tuisance to have
him talk about it a the time. How
ever, the poor fellow knows nothing
else to talk about. lis most precious
possession is an empty pate.
Do you know that y man or woman
may reside in Maine, california, Texas,
or other remote point }, and yet become
one of the nuisance4 of Washington
No class of people cd be more pesti-
lential than the I&onomaniacs who
write for autographs. They thus an
noy and bother thek public men who
live in Washington, and not only in
sist upon having the great mans sigma.
ture, but often dema nd his photograph
as well. 1t must be \ decided nuisance
for the great man To-Day for the photo
graphs if, indeed, hddoes so and they
are not present frotn the photograph
er. But the greatest local nuisances of
all are the people who are eternally
boasting of the Distinguished people
they know. The masn who does this is
not usually an old President of WASH
ington, because old Residents gradual
ly get used to constant contact with
public characters. Of the latter it cam
not be said precisely that familiarity
breeds contempt fo4 them, although it
is true that, as no m hn is a hero to his
valet-de-chamber, Sd IL is unusual to
find people who ma ihtain a feeling of
reverence and awe fbr a man they see
constantly, and Wild is, in private rela-
tions of life, no better than ordinary
people But old Wsshingtonians don't
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-10-17
RATHER EMBARRASSING.
Marriage Placed n Clergyman.

Peculiar Predicament In which . Hasty
Marriage Placed Clergyman.
zone of the funniest and yet the
most embarrassing things that ever
happened during my ministry" said
clergyman the other day, happened
while had charge of a church in a
smaller town. One Sunday had for
a guest clergyman who had removed
from our town to a distant city about
ten months previous. AS he was a
very popular man with his townmen I
asked him TO occupy my pulpit that
Sunday morning. 1t happened that
just at the time this clergyman left
town q young man. who had only been
married a short time, lost his bride
and was completely crushed by the
blow. Fears were entertained for his
reason and everyone in the town, includ-
ing my friend the clergyman, felt the
deepest sympathy for him. Well, 1t hap
pened that while he was escorting his
wife's remains to her former home he
met most charming young lady, and
in less than six months they were mar
ried. But the clergyman knew moth
ing of all this, and when on that fate
full Sunday morning he stood in the
pulpit and saw before him this young
widower, as he supposed. he naturally
thought of his bereavement So it was
that during his prayer the congrega-
tion was amazed to hear him begin to
pray for this young man. He said:
There Is before you, Lord, young
man who has suffered a recent and ter
rible affection, and for whom we ask
your special blessing. BE near and
,-~.nfort him in his last sffliction. keep
him safe in life and be near him when
death shall remove him from his great
sorrow
Just think what that poor young
man and his new wife must have felt
sitting through such prayer as that
The whole congregation gssped In
dianapolis Sentinel
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-10-17

eighteen-inch overhead shaft to carry
off the heated foul air, he would admit
cold, pure air from below. For a
stable of fifteen cows, he would run
under it aud back to the stalls a fresh
air box three feet square, open at both
ends outside the building. with four
upright pipes two feet square at
regular intervals running up through
and a few inches above the floor, all
openings to be covered with wire net
ting. This insures a constant supply
of fresh, cool air, and does away with
the danger of the much dreaded draft.
The germ of tuberculosis dies in sun
light, hence a stable cannot be too
light and airy. 1t should be con-
structed SO as to be easily and
thoroughly cleaned and disinfected.
The modern idea is to have cows in
ell or stable separate from barn, well
lighted on both sides, cement floors,
manure wheeled out and spread on
land daily; a row of cows ON each side,
so as to be fed from the middle floor.
A partition between the cows heads is
certainly a desirable improvement
even to such cow Inter. American
Agriculturist.
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FIG. L.-UNHEALTHY TIE-UP FOR COWS.
farm where there Is an infected herd Il
the two are separated by q wooden
partition, and this will prove successful,
even when the calves from diseased
cows are raised" q. n. Kinnell, a
Pittsfeld veterinarian, therefore adj
vocates individual stalls for each COW,
by simply running partition between
the stanchions, boarded up in front,
with ventilating shaft IS inches
square over each cows head, four or
six of them to join in common shaft
running through the roof Gig. 2
shows such partition not boarded up IN
front, the advisability of which we
question: He mentions herd that es-
capped infection from two badly dis
eased cows because the sick cows were
kept in stanchions boarded up in front,
with tig hit partition between each
stanchion.
DIR. Kinnell wisely considers some
such method of separating cows the
most important, simplest and cheap
est means of avoiding infection. He
would allow at least eight hundred
cubic feet of air per STALL Besides the
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-10-17
why He Ceased Swimming.

The notoriety attained By the man
who fell in The rapids just above Mag
ara Falls and who. just az he was
about to be rescued. shouted: Il will
drown, no one shall help me-" instead
of II shall drown, no one will help
me-" bids fair co be rivaled by an &C.
centric individual who fell into the
river at the foot of Fifth street the
other day. At this place there is
sign for the ACCOMPLISHMENT of small
boys in summer time: 1t reads: Ten
dollars fine for swimming here" Per-
sons who saw the unfortunate fellow
fall into the water thought he was
safe, for he struck ont boldly for the
shore. Suddenly he cast despairing
glance towards the land and sank from
sight. BY the efforts of a number of
persons on the bank he was saved He
was asked why he stopped swi mining
SO quickly Don't you see that sign,
Ten Dollars Fine for Swimming
Herer'" he gasped, as he was being
resuscitated.- Cincinnati Tribune.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-10-17

boast of their acqlfintances in public
life half so much ak the new corners do.
The women who make IL their con-
slant business tofgo calling upon the
wives of senators, Representatives, cab
met ministers, anS other public men,
are social nuisancfs of the deepest dye.
You may think i strange, but as a
matter of fact thefe are thousands of
such women WHIP go from house to
house in carriage loads, who have just
time enough to WI k into a room and
then walk out tgain, who must get
through with cettain number of visits
in a certain time. There seems to be
no doubt but thaAt here is more calling
done among the Epeople of Washing
ton than is dona among the people of
any other city in the world. A custom
that is almost exclusively feminine in
other places, and has it's limitation
among women hSre, is followed to
large extent by hn. These masculine
professionals go fhe rounds systemat-
ically. They eaf md drink if it is
given to them. Hhey make themselves
thoroughly at hob he. There is no harm
in genuine social Pals. But that isn't
the style of CO ing that is done here.
What should Del a recreation and
pleasure is madk business of, and a
most irksome BUSINESS IL becomes. 1t
is wonder th3t some of these nui-
sances do not did of hypocrisy. The
same smirk, thf same boz, the same
stereotyped remdEks so desperately po-
lite, are bestowed upon people who are
comparative str4ngers OF all social
nuisances, the c&lling nuisance is the
worst. SMITH ID. Fry.
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Advice to TraneIers.

In an article on the life and duties Of rail-
road trainmen, published lately IN a leading
magazine, we noted this: 1T is astonishing
what number of people Of education ana
intelligence unless they have Travelled a
great deal leave all their common sense at
home whenever they taSe railroad jour
ney." In our own experience we have seen
the patience of conductors most sorely tried
by people whose one idea seemed 10 be that
the utmost vigilance was necessary against
being imposed on BY railroad men. For the
information OF our readers we give few
extracts from suggestions To passengers"
issued by one Of the great eastern railroads,
remarking that the same apply 10 almost al
roads.
"Passen gers, upon buying through tick
cts, should make memorandum Of the 'Des-
tIn4tion'-'By what r r. issuei'-'Form
Number - Consecutive Number ard
Date They should make memorandum
also of the Number ana Destination of
their baggage checks. This will aid in the
recovery OF tickets or checks Il lost or
stolen
Personal baggage. when not exceeding
$50 pounds in weight, viii be checked TO
and from ali stations upon presentation Of
one fun passage ticket; IS pounds ON half
ticket.
Local or coupon tickets not used or only
portion of such tickets having been used,
when OF any value, will be redeemed through
the General Passenger aud Ticket Office, in
dCcoIOaHCN WITH eSNaDHS1eO ru1eS-
passengers purchasing tickets or mile
age books which FOR any reason they do LOT
use in their entirety, should rot attempt to
dispose OF them to unauthorized dealers. as
this company VIII fully protect original pur-
chasers from less in eases where for salts
factory reasons the tickets are not used,
giving the fun value Of the unused portion
OF such tickets on a proper basis.
in event OF any disagreement with the
conductor relative L tickets required, priv
ileges allowed, etc, passengers should pay
conductors claim, take his receipt, and re-
fer case for adjustment to he General Pas
senger and Ticket Agent, who will prom pt-
ly refund any oyerchar-e'
Compliance with che above suggestions,
and the purchase of your ticket reading
''via Burling ton Route when going to Chi
cago, Peoria. st Louis, Kansas City. Omaha
or Denver, viii be certain to insure q COM
Portable journey. II your home agent can
not fix you with a ticket via the Burlington,
then write TO w. J. G. kenyon. Gen. Pass.
Agent, st. Paul. Mimi, who viii promptly
inform you as 10 the rate Of fare, and send
you time tables, e..
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-10-17
BARBER-SHoP LITERATURE.
College Professor Complains of the
sporty" style of Newspaper.

College Professor Complains of ths
"sporty style of Newspaper.
why is it," asked a mild-mannered
college professor of friend by whose
side he sat waiting his turn in bar
ber-shop-''why is it that bar ber-shops,
of every grade and in every locality.
always provide for the delectation of
their patrons the most lurid of
sporty publications.? / don't look
like sport, do ~" And his friend
looked him over. and with droop of
the corners OF his mouth and an eleva-
ton of his eyebrows agreed that he
didn't Yet" continued the professor,
whenever l sit down in a bar ber's
chair the barber Immediately thr usts
into my hands sheet of pink pruri-
ence. or some less-highly colored but
more openly indecent illustrated a bom-
ination. Some few hotel barber-shops
have stray copy of a daily newspaper
lying around. but have yet to find a
barber-shop where sporty papers are
not the chief literary entertainment
provided for patrons with which to be.
guile the tedious waits for chance at
the chair. Is there any reason for II,
or is il Just trade custom for BARRIERS
to subscribe for such publications
when they open their business, just
as they order soap and shaving paper?
Is it that all the thousands of mild
hammered, everyday citize ms who are
not sports shave themselves, and
there is therefore no need of ca tering
to the literary taste of the casual GUS
toner of that kind? But if, as l i'm
agine is the case. the BARRIERS custom
ers are men of ali classes and calibers,
why don't the BARRIERS provide some
thing to balance the spectacular effect,
at least, of the sporty papers that
stare at one from every chair? A COPY
of some good monthly magazine would
not cost As much as a sporting weekly,
for instance, and would be really a
treat for dozens of customers, where
the superfiuity of pictorial abomina-
tions is really offensive. But didn't
intend to suggest how barber should
run his business. l only started to
voice my wonder as to just why bar
ber-shops and lurid sporty papers
should always have to be associated
together in ones Impressions Can
you think of one without thinking Of
the other?"-Chicago Post.
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WOMEN-MAOE ROADS.


Some Bicyolers Who Took Matters Into
Their own Hands.
Ten years ago no one dreamed that
the time would ever come when women
would be directly interested concern
ing the condition of the public thor
oughfares. But the bicycle which is
responsible for the general stirring up
of old conclusions has really set them
to thinking on this very topic. And
when a woman thinks she's very like
ly to act just one weak little woman's
momentary impulse will often result
in more real purpose being accom-
plished than will a three days conven-
ton of wise old professors whose ex-
cessive prudence is positive prohibit
tion to progress.
1t is said that twenty pretty bicycle
girls of East Lynn. Mass, tired of the
disgraceful conduct of the public roads
in those parts, determined to institute
a radical reform. They turned out In
full force with picks, shovels and roll
ers. and repaired the worst of the road.
When the bloomered beauties finished
their weeks work they pointed with
W bItlT StNcTdt Ol TOdu
which they had made At for wheeling.
In Cincinnati recently one hundred
women armed with brooms, hoes,
wheelbarrows and shovels began early
one morning to clean the streets.
From early in the morning until sun
set the women toiled and one of the
principal streets of the city was
cleaned as bright as new dish pan.
Whenever a STRENGTHENING official
came along that way he was loudly
Missed. 1t was an object lesson which
1t would seem can hardly fail to have
its effect.
II the women Of this broad land seri-
ously take up the matter of good roads
and clean streets something definite
and immediate will be the result. be-
cause woman is a determined creature
and IF she will, she will; and there's
an end on't."-Good Roads
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Inridiou COMPARISONS.

On one occasiok lawyer was plead
ing a case and has making a regular
red-fire-and-slovf curtain speech, which
stirred the jury to it's profoundest
depths In the Sourse of his peroration
he said:
"'And, gentll men of the jury, a. I
stated at this bak to-day in behalf of a
prisoner, whose health is such that at
any moment heimay be called before a
greater judge ! han the judge of this
court, l.
1.-THE judge N the bench raped
sharply on thet desk, and the lawyer
stopped suddenly and looked st him
1uestioningly.
1.-The gentletnan, said the court,
with dignity, tvill please confine him
self to the case before the Jury and rot
permit himself 10 indulge in invidious
comparisons
1T almost totk the attorneys breath
away, but he $lanaged to pull himself
together and finish in pretty fair
shape. "-Washington Star.
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why We Are Behind Europe.

The countries of Europe were fortu-
nate in having a system of roads estab-
lished long before the invention of the
steam railway. In the United States
the rapid extension of railways has
caused the roads to be neglected. Good
roads are essential to the prosperity OF
rural districts, as they promote local
commerce and tend to make the people
better acquainted with one another
Thomas w. Knox, New York City.
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FARM AND GARDEN.
TUBERCULOSIS IN COWS.

Il Can BE Prevented by a Proper Ar
rangement of the Stable.
Introduce consumptive COW into :.
herd, and the animal on each side of
her in the common stanchions, shown
in Fig. l, win be infected from her
breath and spit. Put a board partition
on each side of the diseased cow, ex-
tending we'll ont In front, and it will
be long before she contaminates her
neighbors, if she ever does. Exhaus-
tive tests in Denmark, extending over
two years. with EOS head show that lit
is possible to rear a healthy herd on
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-10-17
SOCIAL NUISANCES.
Washington Has More of Them
Than Any Other City.
Every Stratum of Society Has It's own
Peculiar Suissnce-They Make Life
yeritable Burden to Sensi-
BILE People.
specIal washlnrton Letter.

In building villages, towns and cities,
men surrender many rights for the
common good and general welfare; but
women acquire rights and attain higher
rank than are conceded to the matron
of the farm or to the household drudge
of the miner, or hunter, or trapper.
Men are, even until this date, savages
and barbarians by instinct; and nearly
all of them are Ishmaelites, with their
hands raised against all other men.
Women, however, are adaptable crea-
lures, who, in the mining regions or in
the farm, naturally sink to the level of