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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-11-19

Amongst the Hindoos throughout
the whole of India there is holiday
celebration in honor of Lakshmi, the
goddess of wealth and good fortune,
whereon gambling is universally re-
garded as religious duty. II is known
as the festival of lamps, and On that day
all classes indulge in games Of chance
with shells. coins, cards, dice, etc, ard
the future of the individual, whether
good or bad, is looked upon as forecast
Of his wealth or poverty during the en-
suing year. The women take most in
tense interest in the proceedings and, if
fortunate. expend their winnings in
the purchase of sweet-meats and fruits,
as gifts to all their friends and rela-
tions, toys for the small children and
fireworks for the boys. At Benares,
their sacred city. as night approaches.
small earthen lamps, fed with oil. are
kind'ed, making the outlines of every
mansion, palace, temple and minaret
visible. All vessels in the river are also
Illuminated; so that the whC.e city 10
one blaze of light.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-11-19

"Yes. indeed, we will" he returned.
spriaging from his chair with new aiac-
ritz IN kis. the biggest turkey on
the place, and we'll have father and
mother, and Mr.. Snowdon. and Cousin
Myra's family. Our little folks shall
have a happy surprise for once. Now
you Just hustle around, little woman,
and we'll have the most thankful
Thanksgiving we ever had"
"And, Jack, well send the Greens a
basket of things. Only think how hard
il must be 70, them to get any cooking
done. And some good food will no
doubt do AFR. and Mrs. Green both gcCd.
worn ont as they are nursing their sick
children"
Fifteen minutes later the whole house
was in happy excitement and all hands
busy in the work of preparation. And
the next day score of hearts bea. in
happy enjoyment who would have
known no such pleasure had hopeful
little Davy not preached his thankful
sermon.-Nellie Burns, in Ohio Farmer.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-11-19
FOWLS IN WINTER.
Green Food Is the Best ThiRg to Stimu-
late Egg Production.


late Egg Production.
No other food is so absolutely neces-
sary for the production of eggs in win
ter as the greenfield ration. The coop
ing of Lens during the cold months is
a modern and rather.unhatural conoi-
tion of things. Our forefathers never
considered it necessary to house flock
at any season of the year, except at
night, and then only in cold climates.
In the south, where the average tenn
pcrature is mild throughout the year,
fowls are left generally to themselves
and roost in trees or on fences-any
place where they can be higher at
night than their prowling enemies.
Modern poultry culture has improved
on oil this, and to-day the successful
breeder, whether for egg production
or fancy points, houses his stock COM
foIlably and confines them closely to
their coops during the winter months.
1t is therefore necessary to supply
them with alt the variety of food they
would otherwise gather, If left to their
own inclnations. When the spring
comes and your fowls are let out for
the first time, watch them and you Will
see how eagerly they will rush TO the
nearest grass and devour rayenously
every blade.
Everything that is of vegetable ma
ture is worth storing, therefore, to
supply the place of the natural green
article so much enjoyed y them
small potatoes. turnips, mangel-wuf-
zels, cabbage, dried clover; in fact,
anything of this nature that can be
successfully kept over during cold
weather.
The small vegetables and clover hay
cas- be boiled or steamed and added to
the morning mash, and the mangcls
and cabbage can be fed in the raw
state. Many of our most successful
egg farmers feed the last two as sep
arate midday ration, all that the hens
will eat up clean, or suspend cabbage
about two feet above the litter in coops
for them to jump and peek at, thus CIV
ing additional exercise in procuring
tempting green morsel.-Country Cen
flamau
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-11-19
HUNTERS HIT BY THEIR GAME.
Instances Where Sportsmen Have Received
Severe Blows from Birds.


Game killed in full flight has mo-
mentum that carries it a long way some
times. London Field relates several in
stances where the birds have hit the
sportsman. In one case George Mon
ners was shooting in the woods of Long
Island when grouse, driven by heaters,
came flying along fast and high up. He
shot at it, and then, with the other
barrel, fired at another bird. Just as
he was about lowering his gun after
the second shot he received blow on
the head that knocked him sense
less. The grouse first hit had tumbled
against his head.
That same afternoon a wheelman
riding along near the line of hunters
admiring the scenery did not observe a
big black cock till its feathers brushed
his head. The black cock had been
killed and had nearly hit him in falling
The Badminton volume on shooting
tells how the late Charles Leslie was
knocked out at the battery by grouse
he had shot. A strong hat probably
saved him from serious injury.
American hunters have had similar
experience. A man was riding along
in wagon some time ago. according
to Forest and Stream, when something
hit him on the head with enough force
to make him. dizzy. An unwounded
partridge flying through the woods had
hit him fair. Why the bird did not turn
aside is as much mystery as the fact
that cartridges sometimes fly against
house sides and are killed in so doing.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-11-19

In the Agricultural line, Texas leads all
other states in the variety of its products.
Cotton, corn and the cereals grow and are
raised in every section of the state and IN
the central aud southern portions sugar
cane and sorghum are prOfitably cultivated.
On the Gulf Coast two and three crops OF
vegetables are raised each year. Berries are
shipped six weeks in advance of the home
crop in the north. Pears, peaches, plums,
oranges, figs, olives and nuts all grow abun-
dainty and can be marketed from two TO
three weeks In advance of the California
crops Large quantities of rice are now
grown.
III the land seeker, the home seeker and
the settler desires 10 secure farm larger
than the one he occupies, on vastly more
reasonable terms; II he wants more land 10
cultivate, greater variety of crops TO
harvest. with proportionately increased re-
muneration, at less outlay for cost OF pro-
duction; if he wants an earlier season with
correspondingly higher prices; II he wants
milder winters, all the year pasturage Tor
his stock, improved health, increased bodily
comforts and wealth and prosperity, ne
should go to Texas.
Send for pamphlet descriptive OF the re-
=ourccs of this great state (malied free).
Low rate Homeseekers excursions wa the
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway on nov.
ARD and nth, Dec LIST and 18th, 1895. II. A
CuFRRIER. Northern Passenger Agent, 5lo
Marquette Building, Chicago.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-11-19
oREAr PHENOMENON.
Daily Journey of the sun Puzzled th
AncIenfs- Many Errnnennx Thenrfes.

Daily Journey of the sun Puzzled the
Apcients-Many Erroneous Theories.
Strange as it may seem in this day
and age, the rising and setting of the
sun was the greatest of natural phe-
were greatly puzzled TO know how the
same sun which plunged into the ocean
at a fabulous distance in the west could
reappear the next morning at an equal
ly great distance in the east. And, as
Sir Robert Ball points out. number of
remarkable theories were advanced,
and every one OF them wrong. The
old mythology asserted that after the
sun had dipped in the western ocean
at sunset 1.-THE Iberians and other an
Gent nations actually imagined that
they could hear the kissing of the
waters when the glowing globe was
plunged therein) he was seized by Vul-
can and placed in golden goblet. This
strange craft with its astonishing car
go navigated the ocean by northerly
course, so as TO reach the east again
in time for sunrise the following morn
ing. Among the more sober physicists
of old. as we are told by Aristotle, il
was believed that in some manner the
sun was conveyed by night across the
northern regions, and that darkness
was due to lofty mountains, which
screened off the sunbeams during the
voyage" Another theory was that the
sun actually pursued his course below
the solid earth during the darkness of
night, and philosophers taught the
same about the stars that rose and set.
These are but samples of many theory
that might be named with regard TO
the phenomenon of sunrise and sunset.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-11-19
A Magical Word.

Thanksgiving. What magic in that
wordi How it's utterance calls up
visions of the past, How plainly we
see the little band of Pilgrims as with
devout and grateful hearts they cele-
hrate the ingathering of the harvest!
ind now "a little one has become a
thousand and a small one a strong ma
tion," and Thanksgiving is not merely
a New England festival, but il is OBJ
served and honored throughout the
length and breadth of the new word.
Ii is no longer little handful of peo-
pie, rejoicing in newly gained liberty,
who give thanks, but strong and glori-
Gus nation.
Thanksgiving There comes to US a
vision of fathers and mothers who are
awaiting with loving hearts and glad
anticipations the home coming of chill
dren and grandchildren. And now
they gather at the familiar firesides
and around the beautifully laden Ia
bles, happy, unbroken groups. Ali
what sweet memories cluster around
those bygone, never-to-be-forgottcn
daysl But the scene changes. The
family circles have been broken into
by death. Fathers and mothers, and
perchance some to whom they had eX-
tended Thanksgiving greetings in the
earthly homes, have gone to the Home
above. Where there were glad reunions
there are now
Vacant rooms each made a sacred place.
BY echo of a missing voice, or dream of
vanished face"
Thanksgiving! Again the kaleido-
scope is turned, and what contrasts
are revealed to us-glimpses of the
morrow! OF homes where plenty and
good cheer abound. OF country homes,
where notes of preparation have been
sounding for weeks, and table and
pantry and cellar are full to overflow
ing with Thanksgiving txin > where
the big logs are blazing merrily in the
old-fashioned fireplace, where Thanks.
giving is the day of the year. OF city
homes, where wealth and luxury pre-
side over daintily appointed tables and
costly viands. OF homes where power
ty, if not grim want, dwells, whose
tables bear but the semblanee of
feast. of homes blighted by crime,
or the curse of drink, where even The
words "home" and Thanksgiving"
seem but hollow mockery.
We look into homes full of mirth
and glee"-homes where serene old
age and happy childhood are found
hand in hand-homes where family
circles are complete. But we see other
homes, too, where vacant chairs tell
the sad story of loss and bereavement.
May He, who in the past has given
His grace to the sorrOwing," grant
unto all such-from the highest TO tho
lowliest-"the garment of praise tor
the spirit of heaviness," on this Thanks
giving day.-Good Housekeeping.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-11-19

kettle is set, filled with smoldering
chips or corncobs. The upper barrel
has either hooks in its bottom or SIDES
the bottom of the barrel now being
uppermost-or has rods passing
through the sides, on which to hang the
meat. A small hole can be bored III the
barrels bottom. TO give n slight draft.
if needed, while the opening in front Of
the kettle can be closed if the draft
proves too strong. A simple little ar.
rangement of this sort will often do as
much good work as one on which much
money and labor have been spent.
The same plan is suggested for use
in fumigating articles, or for bleaching
articles with burning sulphur. For such
purposes, tighter chamber is required
than is needed for smoking meat. This
tightness can be secured by wrapping
cloth about the point of union of the
two barrels, while no opening need be
made at the base of the lower Darrell
Country Gentlemen.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-11-19
PITH AND POINT.

Hoax" Say, lend me ten dollars for
day, will your" Joax-.1've only got
one dollar" Hoax-"well, lend me that
for ten days."-Philadelphia Record.
-Ethel-"Did you buy that second
hand bicycle of a friend?" George
"Well, always considered him friend
till he sold me the bike" - Leslie's
Weekly.
-Canny-"Is Miss Wilbur at homer"
Nora-"No, sorr." Canny-"Well, go
upstairs and ask her when she viii be
at home" Norah (going)-"Yis, sorr."
--Harper's Bazaar.
I'VE girls are going to have a har-
vest home festival" what to show
big pumpkins and things?" ''No such
nonsense-engagement rings and phot-
ographs."-Chicago Record.
Nothing Strange.-"They say that
the Kickeys have big skeleton in the
closet" Wouldn't be surprised. There
are a great many bones of contention
around here."-Detroit Free Press.
Miss Frostique-''I always have
had dread that l should be married
LOT INV MISS
"Why, dear, | should think that would be
a matter of hope. not dread. Truth.
This blackberry pie isn't nearly
as good as those mother used to make"
mo; | told your mother this morning
when she made il that you would be
sure to find fault with it."-Chieago
Record.
There doesn't seem to be IEuch of
demand for seats to this perform
anee," said the star. NO." said the
manager. as he ran over bundle of
dead-head applications; nothing but
requests. "-Washington Star.
Superior Officer-"You are accused
of sleeping on your watch" Sentinel
Impossible, sir" Impossible?
What do you mean?" MY watch has
been at the pawnbrokers for six
months. "-Washingt Times.
Poor Little Billy!' whats the
matter with him?" "He was taking
German lessons from female teacher,
YOU know. Well, she had him propose
TO her in German. and before he knew
what he was saying she accepted him..
philadelphia North American.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-11-19
SELECTING SEED CORN.
Task Whose Importance Is Net Realized
by Some Farmers.


Selection of seed corn and its care
afterwards are of much more impor.
tance than many realize until bitter dis
appointment faces them, with perhaps
one-third of a stand, and then il is toe
late to recover for the year. And still
farmers go right on and do the same
thing another year. While always &C
into the field and select early at least
part of my seed, do not plant such Sc.
lection unless | have failed at busking
time to gather such as | desire. j car
select just the size and shape that seems
best to my mind at that time and cure
il in the chamber over the kitchen stove
and leave it there until wanted In the
ear. | would not shell any | did not
use for the year, and during my entire
life | have never so saved corn that 9S
per cent. would not grow, and seldom
ever any fails even at three years old.
While the early ripening will always
grow and will make very early corn,
after a number of years of such saving
am satisfied the variety grows small
by so doing. prefer TO plant and sow
the largest and best of its kind. AZ
husking time, either from stalk or
shock, one can make the selection.
Leave enough husk on the ear and
throw to one side of the wagon, and in
this way the corn can be selected with
little or no hindrance, and unless there
has been very hard freezing with corn
damp ;hcre is very little danger of its
not growing. if properly cared for after
picking.-Cor. Live Stock Indicator.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-11-19
CHICAGO HORSES AT LUNCHEON
Mans Faithful Servants Emulate Him In
Taking a Hurried Meal Downtown.

Mans Faithful Servants Emulate Him In
Taking a Hurried Meal Downtown.
Even the horses of this city take
luncheon downtown. Every business
man knows what this means, the hur-
ried bite taken in the short hour about
noon every day, when business is aban-
doned long enough TO permit the de-
struction of piece of pie or a sandwich.
Everybody does ii, so it is as fair for
one as the other, says the Chicago
Chronicle.
This same haste applies to the nag
which pulls the cab or the heavy draft
horses used as freighters. At the noon
hour on any of the downtown streets
the observant person can see these
faithful beasts with nosebags depend
ing from their heads quietly MUNICH
ing their oats or corn with every evil
dence of satisfaction.
1t makes no difference TO the horses
that the passing throng sees them in
the act of taking food. They are as
eallous on this subject as their mas
tiers, many Of whom can be seen sitting
on the wagon or adjacent sidewalk
with tinpail open. eagerly destroying
the luncheon which the wife packed in
the morning. II is all in lifetime, and
the Chicago horse has learned that he
must ent when he can, and not be too
particular about il. Hence he lays his
ears back and munches away with
placid iov.
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pumpkins, an we'll make q turkey OF
il. An we'll stuff it, too"
what will we stuff it with?" asked
Helen.
"Oh, anything" returned the fertile
master Of ceremonies. katie car stuff
it with her handkerchief if she can't
find nothin' else"
"WilI you preach the sermon, Davy?"
"Yes, I'll preach the sermon. An I'll
try to preach a good one, too"
"But, Davy. dere amt nussin' TO
preach erbout,' said solemn little FIVE
year Susie. Mamma said dere wasn't
nussin' to be sankfui for dis year"
"You Just wait an see. Snsie. I'll bet
a dollar I'll find lots OF things to be
thankful for"
Davy had often accompanied his
father to Grange lectures and to church,
nd be had heard Thanksgiving sermons.
He early became imbued with oratorical
tendencies. and frequently took the
platform as preacher or lecturer in
their sports.
The httie company we e soon In act
i've preparation for their imaginary
celebration. a pulpit was formed in
one corner of the room by a circle of
chairs. while a chair was placed inside
for the speaker to stand on. When the
audience was in readiness a signal was
given, and the young clergyman
emerged from an outer room, dressed in
some of his fathers old work clothes.
a church-like gravity pervaded the con-
3 oh h.
irreverent Growing with kisses. The
young preacher walked in with clerical
dignity, and entering the sacred in
closure climbed upon the chair.
MY frien'x," he began, diving at once
| into ris discourse in uncercmOrious dis
REGARD of preliminaries, we're goin'
to have a rhanksgiyin' sermon. We
ought u be thankful for lots o. good
things we've got, say nothin''bout what
we haven't got. The coolest way to be
thankful is TO have a good dinner an
| have comp'ny an have a good time
I But we can't do thai this year. We've
| got Just lots to be thankful for, though,
'.hout the dinner. We've got papa, an
we ought to be awful thankful for papa
An we've got mamma, an we ought to
/ be awful thankful for mamma. An
we've got grandpa an grandma, an we
ought to he JUS dreadful thankful for
them cause they are so old. An they're
goin' TO spend lonesome Tharksgivin
all alone, cause nobody don't invite 'em
an they're too old TO FIX up for comp'ny
/ An we've got Mr.. Snowdon for a neigh
/ Dor. An Mrs. Snowdon vent an died
an lef' him all alone an he amt got
nobody to spend Thanksgiyin' with
An we've got us kidses, an we ought
to be so thank ii for us Kids, cause
amt none of us got the dipthery fk,
I the Green Kids, An the Green kid:
won't have 10 Thanksgivin'. may b'
not a mouthful. An we've got three
/ good horses to be thankful for"
"Davy," interrupted Susie. you mus
member one of de horses died"
well, Susie, | amt sayn' nothin
bout dead horses. It's the live horses
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-11-19
ELECTRIC STROKE.
1t Affects workmen as Does Fierce Sun
Heat.


Heat.
One of the most extraordinary mod
ern diseases is peculiar affection, most
aptly termed electric stroke, which not
infrequently befalls workmen employed
in melting metals by means of cleo
tricity. 1t appears from observations
made at the great steel and iron works
ut Cruzot, says the Boston Journal,
that the intense voltage arc between
the carbon and the metal to be melted
emits rays which. even at the distance
of ten meters. produce a painful. hot,
pricking sensation, like that of burn,
on such uncovered portions of the body
as the throat, face, and more especially
the forehead.
The skin of the parts affected be-
comes either copper-colored or assumes
a bronze hue; the eyes, in spite of black
glasses, are so intensely dazzled as 10
be useless for some minutes, after
which Nanthopsia (yellow vision) sets
in. everything appearing saffron-col-
ored. the coniunctive are infamed, and
there is a gritty feeling, as of sand un-
der the eyelds. There is frequently
great pain, accompanied often by sleep
lessness, and in some instances fever.
After a few days these symptoms
subside and the skin of the affected
parts peels and the patient is restored to
health.
Now. the remarkable thing about all
this is that very little heat is radiated
from the electric arc used; all the
trouble arises from the light rays, and,
although it has not yet been expert
mentally proved, there can be little
doubt that the blue and violet-that is,
the che mical-rays are to blame.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-11-19
WHAT A BILLION MEANS.
tt Would Take Nearly Ten Thousand
Years to Count 1T.

It Would Take Nearly Ten Thousand
Years to Count 1T.
The following remarkable calculation
on the length of time which it would
take person to count l.000, 900, 900 re-
Gently appeared in an issue of an Eng
fish periodicals.: What is a billion9
The reply is very simple. In England
billion is a million times a million.
1900, 900, 600. cO0). This is quickly
written and quicker still pro-
nounced. But no man is able TO
count it. You will count 100 or 40
minute. But let us suppose that you go
up as high as 200 minute, hour after
hour. At that rate you would count
10000 an hour; 2ss,000 a day, or 1885,
10000 in year. Let us suppose now
that Adam, at the beginning of his ex-
istence, had begun to count, and had con-
tinued TO do SO and was counting still.
Had such a thing been possible, he
would not yet have finished the task
of counting billion. To count bill
lion would require person to count
200 n minute for period of 9,5f2 years.
542 days, hours and 20 minutes, provid-
ing he should count continuously. But
suppose we allow the counter II hours
daily for rest, eating and sleeping. Then
he would need 1s.O25 years, $40 days. 10
hours and As minutes in which TO COM
plete the task!
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-11-19
Applled Parental wisdom.

Willie had swallowed a penny and
his mother was in a state of much alarm.
Helen" she called to her sister in
the next room, "send for doctor; VIII
lie has swallowed a pennyl"
The terrified and frightened boy
looked up imploringly. "No, mamma"
he interposed. "send for the minister"
1.-THE minister?" asked the mother.
incredulously, 'send for the minister -
''Yes. Because papa says our minis
ter can get money out of anybody
Boston Batget.
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old shoc. for Doormnts.

A use has been found for old shoes, a
derelict product that has heretofore de-
fec the efforts of that class Of claimants
WHIT view with despair the absolute loss
of anything. says the New York Jour
nal. The leather is cut into little disks
g. various shapes. These are set on
edge and held together with long wire
staples. and the result is an odd hooking
but flexible and serviceable door mat
which seems to do the work excellent
w of the wire and steel mats that are
10 such general use in outer halls. Tho
leather scrap nst Il vssy cheap. snd win
last long sieA