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The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-05-26
A TRAVELLING NEWSPAPER.
"En Route" Is Published Wherever
Its Editor Hannena tn BE

EN- AOute Is PuDI1she0 Wherever
Its Editor Happens to Be.
Two Partisan journalists have es-
tablished the most original newspaper
In the world, a paper without an edi-
torial home or any precise time or day
OF publication, and which is being is
sued in various parts of the earth.
This unique sheet is called EN-
Route and is edited and published
wherever its enterprising editors hap
pen to be. They are touring the world
on the American globe trotter'S plan
OF SO many minutes to each famous
sight.
En- Route" is an eight-page paper,
md is Illustrated. In spite of all OBJ
stacles in each city in which it's editors
stop, they manage to get out the paper
and make money on it, all within an
incredibly few days. A complete is
sue is published in several languages.
The strangest part of it all is that
while the two men started out with
the idea of having this travelling news
paper pay only a small portion of their
expenses, they never anticipated more
than that ''En Route" is, from it's
very novelty, selling like "hot cakes"
and making it's proprietors rich in a
small way. So far, though but q half
dozen numbers or so have been issued,
the profits of EN- Route" have already
paid all the travelling expenses, and a
comfortable little balance remains.
The two journalists having arrived
in city, one sits down in his hotel
and begins to write induStriouSly, de-
scribing picturesquely the last stages
of their journey and his impressions Of
the place they have just arrived at;
the other goes to find printers, white
paper and illustrators. Then the two
sally forth together to study the city.
They have already posted themselves
on the curioSitieS and history. Be-
tween the intervals of sightseeing
there are hours and half-hours of writ
ing, and before one would think it pos
sible that the city cumd have been eX.
plored and written about the last
touches are complete, and this number
of En- Route is on the press.
The last heard Of En- Route and it's
editors was that they were in Bonn
bay, having just published the Bonn
bay edition in three languages
lish, French and GuZerati. They were
about starting for some other land.
What land is not known, for the move
ments of En- Routes editors are secret
and never told of ahead.
Perhaps the most interesting thing
about the paper is that it also has the
distinction Of being the only publica-
ton on earth that can calmly ignore
the laws of libel. The editors can
fearlessly say what they please in it's
columns, for they know that they will
be able to get out of the country be-
fore trouble comes. The first issue Of
the paper was published six or eight
months ago on the departure OF the
editors from Paris. 1t is their inten-
ton to travel around the World.-New
York Journal.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-05-26
secrets Of tho Gum Trade.

Nearly every one has heard of the
Immense fortunes made in the manu-
facture of pepsin and rubber gums.
but there are few people who know OF
the enormous traffic done in spruce
gum and how great an industry it has
become. One of the WealthieSt men IN
Portland, Me-, is the possessor of lands,
mills and steamboat lines, and has
made nearly all his fortune in spruce
gum. He says many hundred tons OF
spruce gum are consumed IN this ccun.
try every year. When asked where
the market for this gum was found,
Mr.. Curtis said: I'VE sell almost en-.
tirely through the northern states and
ND and down the Pacific slope. Prob
ably Michigan. according to it's popu.
lation, uses more of the gum than any
other state in the union Chicago and
ST. Louis are great spruce gum cities,
The southern market is small. Dos.
ton Transcript.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-05-26

LisI Of Patents issued last week t,

List Of Patents issued last week to
Northwestern inventors:
Adolf w. henderson, Bernadotte,
Mimi, car coupling; Ernest Bruner,
Plano, S. D., ice tire for bicycle wheels;
Peter Forsberg, Minneapolis, Minn,,
ventilated mattress; Frederick KEGS,
Minneapolis, Mimi, household order
ing device; Earl A. Klose, Richfield.
Mimi, pipe wrench; James T. Platt,
Monticello, Mimi, merchants coupon
book; Fridolen Schimmel and S. f.
Nelson, Faribault, Min.,, vertical grand
piano; Frank j. Scott, st. Paul, Mimi,
founders molding machine; Oliver
G. Seward, O. e. Mills and NJ. J. Ham,
Minneapolis, Mimi, automatic gas gen.
orator; John d. Wilcox, Pine City,
Mimi. potato digger.
Il. D. Merwin, Patent Lawyer, 91O,
Oil and 912, Pioneer Press Building,
st. Paul, Mimi.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-05-26
SHE WAS EXPANSIVE.

Seats Were Too Crowded When She
Was Fully Rugged Out
He looked troubled as he pushed two
matinee tickets through the box office
window.
Can you give me two more seats
next to those!"
The ticket-seller hastily looked
through bundle of tickets that he
took from one of the little pigeon-holea
in front of him and shock his head.
81 can give you two seats just IL
front of them,'' he said.
won't do" replied the man i'll front
of the window Can you take these
back and give me four in the row just
ahead?'
NO; there are only two left there
answered the ticket-seller.
81 don't see how l am going to ar
range it." said the man who wanted the
tickets, thoughtfully. II must have
three seats together
'"rhree!" exclaimed the ticket-seller
II thought you wanted four to
gether?'
81 do" returned the other, "but that
isn't absolutely necessary. Ii can gel
three together l can sit somewhere
else myself"
Il should think it would be pleas
anter to divide the party evenly" sug
gested the man in the box office.
''It would" admitted the man outside
of it. sbut it can't be done. You evl
IDENTIFY don't understand the case. You
see. [ bought these tickets with the in
tention of taking a young lady TO the
matinee, and it never occurred to me
that would need more than two
seats"
"Ove1looked the chaperone, | sup
pose?"
sChaperone nothing! When | pay
for chaperone there'H be skating iD
August. / overlooked the fashions
that was what l overlooked. saw
her last night in the gown she expects
to wear, and now am trying to buy
q seat for each of the sleeves. Thats
why I must have at least three seats
in row. If you can give them to me,
trot them out; if you can't, say SO.
and I'll send word to her that l am
sick and give my tickets to someone
e."-Philadelphia Times
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-05-26
Good Potatoes.

My title refers to the EARLY Ohio and
the Rural New Yorker No. 2. Every
Season for the past ten years l nave
Experimental with from six to fifteen
hew or popular varieties, in search or
the best The result of this experience
leads me to select the foregoing kinds
for my main planting the present year.
) During the past two or three years
q few promising new varieties nave
appeared, some of which may, or may
tot, be superior to those mentioned.
A test of one or two years on the linn
tied scale of Introductory trials rarely
gives sufficient evidence to be of great
value. | never speak confidently of
my variety until l have given 1T at
least three years of trial.
Among early varieties the Early Ohio
has had the place of honor in our field
for six or seven years. 1t has been
the standard by which I have measur-
I'd the value of other kinds. In earll-
ress, in quality and productiyeness it
has stood in the front ranks. Occa-
Fionally some extra early kind has
been found ready for the table day
or two ahead of the Ohio-rarely
enough to be of much yalue-and such
kinds have invariably proved inferior
n other points,
The Early Ohio grows to a good size
md Is good keeper. It>comes out in
The spring In better shape than most
early varieties. 1t is less apt to sprout
IN the cellar. With bins of several
varieties in the cellar our family uses
the Ohio nine times out of ten. | soon
hear complaints if that bin gets low.
The Rural New Yorker No. boasts
If great productiyeness as its strong
psr point. 1t does not claim to be OF
eytra quality: but grown on my soil Of
tandy loan, find it to be s, Of as g p6a
quality as most late yarleres: Inc
burbank, which is the great shipping
botato of this region. is certainly IN,
tsrior to it in quality. The Rural
crows to a good size, and 4t there ARE ARE
sotcb welded o50 bushels per acre last
Eear on soil that had had no manure
Son Years Tvhers are found far away
fro from the bill. This increases the work
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-05-26
Farm Notes.

The spring cleaning should be made
to include the stables, sheds, rubbish
piles, ETC., etc.
The Vermont station kills potato bugs
with mixture of one pound of Paris
green to 100 pounds land plaster, all
costing 60 cents, while 100 pounds pat
ent bug remedies cost So and upwards.
Divide the day up so as to have plen-
ty of time to rest and recreate. There
is no sense in working twelve hours
day on the farm. 1t is the best way in
the world to disgust the boys with
farm work.
Prof. Shaw of the Minnesota Exper-
,ment station, cautions farmers to
grow peas on land that has clay sub
soil. and states that they will not
thrive on sandy soil. What Is the es.
perience of our readersI
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-05-26

and to these are tackled long strips of
cheap cotton cloth. Drawn tightly,
and the sharpened ends pressed down
into the earth, fine protection is
afforded plants that have just been
tranSplanted. White cloth especially
reflects the suns rays and keeps all
rool beneath it. Ii long strip of
cloth is used, put bit of sharpened
board every eight feet. Cotton cloth
ran be had at few cents yard, and
three strips can be made from q piece
ef ordinary width.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-05-26

For Protecting Newly=Set Plants.
The sketch herewith shows a simple
GOntrivance. Short pieces of board
foot long and nine inches wide are
sharpened, as shown in the diagram,
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-05-26
Crimson or Scarlet Clover.

The Ohio experiment station has
made several experiments with GRIM
son or scarlet clover during the past
four seasons. all of which have thus
far resulted in failure, The chief diff
Guilty has apparently been that the dry
weather. which is so common in Ohio
during August, the time when this
clover is ordinarily sown, has killed
the young plants after termination.
OF late years this summer drouth has
regularly extended into the fall.
Whether this clover will endure our
winter is also a doubtful point.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-05-26
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STBsOILING EXPERIMENT.

IN slopes That Are Washy or
gprfngy SubsOi1ing Will Pay.
Last spring we SUBSIDIZED about fif-
+oon acres or corn. Most of this area
was loosened seventeen inches deep
and in some places a greater depth was
tonched. The fields were timothy sod.
rrbe soil was mostly limestone under
Ind with yellow clay. One piece was
was rolling and the other rather fiat.
Roth have been drained to some ex-
tent.
Ry s1lbsoiIing we hoped to benefit
+ba soil in two ways, viz: improve the
drainage and deepen the seed bed. AS
is KNOWN the past was the dryest in
many years. After SubSoiling there
was no rain to saturate the soil until
I9tn in the fall. The plowed ground
dried out badly as the dry winds seem
cd to carry away the moisture more
than from the un-subsoiled land. The
texture of the soil was looser, doubt
less because of aeration, than where
the surface above was stirred.
We cannot say that the corn was
better because of loosening the sub
stratum. However, the work was
done at a disadvantage. The subsoil-
inc should not be done until late in
the spring. and in this we think lay
our chief error There must be some
compactness to facilitate capillary at
traction, and to prevent loss of mois-
ture by evaporation. We expect to
sub-soil the first blowing we do, and
TO compact the surface by drag or
other means as soon as the blowing is
finished. We do not anticipate any
trouble from baking rains, since the
texture being loose will not become
extremely compact under the usual
rainfall.
To-day | walked over one field that
was SUBSIDIZED in part Although the
fatteSt part was so treated, yet | no
ticed that it was a trit1e dryer than
the remainder A snow was melting
and the ground was thawing slowly.
On the SUBSIDIZED portion the surface
was cracked and appeared more pOr-
Gus than the other part, which had
more the appearance Of mortar.
Further, our experience Indicates
that subsoiling would pay on slopes
that are Washy or springy. In such
places the burrows should run up and
down the hill. One of our neighbors
has found subsoiling beneficial to q
young orchard The work of course
was done before setting the trees
RObt L. Dean in Indiana Farmer.
For Protecting NewIy=Set Plants.
The sketch herewith shows a simple
Gontrivance. Short pieces of board a
foot long and nine inches wide are
sharpened, as shown in the diagram,
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-05-26
Made Game oft

Mrs Foot knew you were very
fond of game, my dear, SO / ordered q
duck for dinner to-day.
Mr.. Foot( at carving)-I think the
butcher must have sent you a decoy
duck.-Vanity.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-05-26
DIR. j. G. GRANT. Specialist.
Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat.
Syndicate Block, Minneapolis.
(Spectacles fitted)
Easy If You Have 1t.

Mr.. Meanit-I wish l had the key of
your heart
Shelf has no key, it works with a
combination.
Mr. Meanit-Is the combination a Sc
cret?
She-Oh, no. 1t is wealth, position
and a title.-Judy.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-05-26

OF digging, and when potato diggera
are used many good tubers are ant to
be left in the ground. -
;, Inc tops of this variety have pecu-
guish it from all others. On ricn coil
the stalks grow so tall that thew fan
over on the earth and cover the ground
With mass of foliage, remaining
green until late in the fall. This
smothers the small weeds that attempt
TO grow. On the other hand. it fur
nlshes an excellent feeding and hidino
ground for the late crop of potato
beetles. The tuber has but few ewes
the ideal seed potato. A potato with
lew eyes has strong eyes, and throws
up stalks of vigorous growth. Then
the vitality OF the seed does not have
10 De weakened by cutting. A few
eyes to the tuber and whole tuber to
each hill is what I want in planting
q. l.. Hill in Country Gentleman.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-04-04
Remarkable Longevity.

Two remarkable cases of longevity
were recalled recently by a converse
ton between several gentlemen in
Shelbyville, Ind. They were discussing
the death of Rev. George Mccall, the
veteran Baptist preacher, when it was
automatically stated that Mr.. McCall's
great-grandfather lived to the ripe old
age Of 1877 years. He was a bachelor at
100 and took a notion to get married.
lie carried out his idea and was married.
Three sons were born to him, and he
lived to see the oldest son old enough
to vote. This was considered remark
able, but a gentleman in the crowd.
whose character and standing. reli-
giously and socially,are above reproach,
told an authentic account of the life of
his great-uncle, who was n of
G%eorgia's pioneer citizens. This old
gentleman lived to be 100 years old. He
lived in a log cabin, in the northern
end of which was cut a square hole.
The old man turned the head of his bed
to that hole and slept that way in the
warmest and coolest weather. His
life died when he was about 30 years
old, and for many years he lived as a
widower. At the age of 115 he cut an
entirely new set of teeth, and at the e
of 1913 one morning he saddled his
horse, sprang into the saddle and rode
80 miles to address a widow and ask her
to be his wife. He evidently was re-
jected, for he rode back that day and
lived sever years longer.-Chicago
Chronicle.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-04-04

yield per acre and in the time of ripen-
ing. The red variety has, invariably,
been the best yielder on the state farm,
and it also natures a couple OF weeks
earlier than the white seeded variety.
While the red kaffir corn has never
been injured by fgosts, the white va
riety has failed to mature seed more
than once. Besides, an unduly large
percentage of the stalks of this kind
fail to push the head completely
through the sheath of the upper leaf.
and from this cause a portion of the
heads thus affected are moldy below.
or at best bear but poorly developed
seeds on the portion covered by the
sheath. This is rarely the case with the
red variety. For these reasons the red
variety is considered much the better
of the two. Both varieties are classed
as non-saccharine sorghum and ID
common with all varieties of sorghum
will stand drought much better than
Indian corn.
kaffir corn seed has been found equa!
to corn in feeding value, and the red
variety yields rather better than corn
in all seasons and in dry seasons will
produce n moderate crop of seed when
corn only produces fodder.
The following table shows the result
of six years of experiments On the state
farm, q comparison being made be,
tween Kaffir corn and Indian corn:
The Opelousas courier., 1896-04-04
AGRlCULTURALHINT
kAFFlR CORN REPORTS
" eiaimed to Be the Best Possible
Crop for Arid Lands,

" eiaimed to Be the Best Possible
Crop for Arid Lands.
oeNcNal years of cultivation of Kafir
corn IN Kansas have demonstrated
that 1t is one of the most rem,Inerativp
crops that can be grown under con.
altlons existing IN that state. Tint
the l realize this fact il ptoveo
oy the remarkable acreage shown by
the reports of the secretary OF the state
BOARD of agriculture for 1895. In 1S33
'he total haffir corn acreage was To-
gil; in 1894, 96.231: and in 1895, 1s4loa.
The state agricultural college AZ
Manhattan has ben experimenting
with katfir corn since 1889. Two w
rletles OF seed We're used which from
Its color are respectively denominatca
White and red kntfir corn. They are
alike IN their habits of growth. Both
attain a height of five or six feet. or
more on very rich soil. They both
nave short. stiff stalks. thickly Gov.
cred with foliage. which somewhat re-
sembies leaves Of sorghum. and boil,
produce a long, slender, upright head
densely covered with small rounded
seeds. They differ, however. o oclv
In the color of the seed, but plso in the
The Opelousas courier., 1896-04-04
Avs ....."".N
Average of five years.

average of five years.
Kaffir corn will do as we'll in good
corn countries as Indian corn, and 1t
will thrive in many places where corn
cannot be grown at all. Several
methods have been adopted in Kansas
of c%ultivating Kaffir corn. Some farm
ers SOW it as they do wheat and cut it
for the fodder, only feeding the seed on
the stalks. On this subject Prof. c. G.
Georgeson, CT the state agricultural
college, says: "Kaffir corn is best
grown in rows thirty inches to three
feet apart, and can be sown either with
a sorghum drill or with a common
wheat drill. We use successfully an
e%ight-hoe press drill, on which all ex-
cept the first and fifth hoes are closed
up. We then seed two rows at a time.
SO inches apart. A little practice will
soon show how the drill must be set III
order to sow the right quantity of seed.
If it comes mp too thick it must be
thinned. Good heads will be formed
when the stalks are about -four or five
inches apart in the row. In all other
respects it should be cultivated like
corn."-Chicago Tribune.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-04-04
HAS IETETIC VALUE.
Honey is the Most Easily Digested Article
of Food Known.

u ROOD KNOWN.
PROBABLY most people consider hon
ey as the equal in value for fpod of any
sweet satlce-no better. no worse. All
Shouiu know that 1T possesses one great
Superlority-ease Of digestion. The
nectar of flowers is almost wholly care
sugar. The secretlons added by the
bees change this to grape gar and
50 prepare it hat 1t is almost ready for
assimilation without any effort on the
part OF the stomach; in fact, Prof. A.
D. took once styled honey 'digestad
nectar" 1t will be readily seen that
honey is a very desirable food for those
with weakened digestive powers. If
Il person is very tired, too exhausted
to eat it is ps&mishing how a few
tastes of honey will act almost like
magic. Amos no effort is rcq%lntr to
make 1t ready for assimilation. Per-
sons suffering from some forms of kid
ney trouble will find that honey is a
much more beneficial food for them
than is cane sugar.
In eating comb honey many strive to
REJECT every particle of wax. fearing
that, as wax is indigestible. nightmare
n other troublesome
will follow IN Indulgence in warm bis
cunt and honey. 1t is true that bread
IS more easily digested than warm bis
cunt, as the latter is inclined to pack"
IN chewing, but it may surprise some
TO know that comb honey is really IN
aid to the digestion of hot breau or
biscuit. The philosophy of the matter
is that the flakes of wax prevent the
"packing." wniie the honey readily
~dlssolves out, leaving passages fcr the
gastric juice to enter the mass of food.
The flakes of wax are indigestible. that
is true. but when warmed are perfectly
smooth and soft and will not iniure the
most delicate membrane; in fact, they
act as a gentle stimulant. and are bene-
fetal in some forms of alimentary diff
| cultieS.
The unpleasant symptoms which
some suffer after eating honey may
often be removed by drinking a little
milk.-W. Z. Hutchinson, i'll Country
Gentleman.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-04-04
Glover and Alfalfa for Hogs.

In most of the soils in the central
west red clover must be relied on
chiefly for the green food of growth.
But where the soil is very deep and
porous alfalfa does finely. On such
soil alfalfa will supply forage for Is
or 20 hogs per acre for the season.
This is specially fine for pigs and grow
ing shoats. 1t has been found that pigs
will gain 100 pounds each during the
season from May to September, and
100 pounds of pork cannot be produced
SO cheaply on any other kind of feed.
The pigs will come out Of the pasture
in autumn in capital condition to fat
ten with orr or small grain. The al
falfa in a hog pasture could be moved
once or twice during the summer, or
whenever it begins to get hardy or
woody. This will provide plenty of
Young and tender heritage, which is
more nutritious, weight for weight,
than forage from the older plants, and
if the swine are provided with this
foot in it's most nutritious condition,
their growth will be most rapid
Rural World.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-04-04
Gardening Requires Hard Labor.

Those who succeed with gardening
and fruit growing are compelled to ex-
mend 4 large sum for labor and fertii-
izers, but it pays. The farmer on the
contrary, ~cultivates more land ex-
pends less proportionately secures
smaller crops, which are not SO much
IN aemand az those produced by the
gardener. It requires capital to sue
ceed with farming, and unlesss the
farmer is willing to invest largely IN
tabor of cultivation and to procure Ter
filters that can be literally appiiea
IL viii lessen his profits according e
what he may fail to give the land ~ or-
der to make it produce to its fullest ca'-
pacity.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-04-04

The forage grass known to the farm
ers of the United States as timothy
is SO called because first introduced
and extensively cultivated in this coun-
try by one Timothy Hanson, a farmer
of Maryland. This species of grass is
well known in England and all over
western continental Europe, where it
is grown extensively by most }
between the Mediterranean and the
North sea. The botanical name Of the
grass is phleuIn p~ratense. Timothy IS
known in the British Isles as eats
tail Qrass.,andin several of our eastern
states as herd or herds grass. 1t was
grown in large quantities in Maryland
and Pennsylvania long before a spear
of II had ever been seen in England,
the first seed of it ever seen In the last
named country being imported from
America.