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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-10-08
Drained Land Is Absorbent.

There is one method by which under
drainage changes the temperature and
condition of the soil. The soil, having
been rendered more friable and porous,
by carrying off the surface water, it is
also in condition to allow the rainfall
TO pass easily and quickly through
from the surface to the drain below
In this passage of the rain through soil
and subsoil. the heat or warmth IN rain
is carried downward and absorbed by
the soil or subsoil. AS this absorbent
force is always more effective in the
ratio of the porousness of the soil, il
follows that all the warmth of sum
mer's rain, instead of being wasted by
radiation and evaporation, MAJ, by a
judicious system of tile drainage, be
stored away in the soil below, and re.
appear in the increased quantities AMI
improved qualities of the grains, grasses
and fruits to reward and bless the hus-
bandman for his toll
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-10-08
FACTS FOR FARMERS.

To get good horses, breed right and
then feed right.
A long lived animal must be of slower
growth than one for early maturity.
Keeping the harness, especially the
collars. well oiled will help prevent
gals.
The nearer you get to full blood in
breeding the better will be the re-
suits.
The thrift and condition of the moth
er largely determines what the pig will
be.
A well-fed pig is usually a contented
one, and will usually take only such
exercise as is needed for health.
Turpentine. little in their slop and
little rubbed over their backs, is a
good remedy for worms in pigs.
On the farm, as elsewhere, economy
of time and space requires every team
to accomplish the greatest amount of
work.
The quality of the meat may be
readily improved by careful and clean
ly feeding, as well as changed by the
kinds of food.
Horses may get fat and look well
standing in the stable all of the time,
but they will hardly be in condition
to stand hard times.-Farmers' Union.
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world. Anything short of this would
not be unlimited coinage.
"The holder of bar silver, moreover.
is to have it coined by the government
free of charge, and the silver dollars
which are thus TO be issued in quanti-
ties, limited only by the amount of sill
yer on and below the surface of the
earth, are to be 16 times as heavy as
the gold dollar, though gold is not mere
~ IS times but more than so times as
valuable as silver.
''The Chicago platform further insists
that these dollars made thus from 50
cents worth of silver shall be taken in
every debt, public and private, instead
of gold, and it forbids any man to make
a contract specifically payable in ANY
other kind of money.
"This is not bimetallism. ii is silver
recommendation, for it is matter of
history that when one nation alone has
coined two metals at false ratio the
better coin is boarded for speculation,
while the baser coins only pass from
hand to hand among the people.
eve have to-day three kinds of money
in the United States. The gold coin of
the United States is worth what il
claims TO be worth, because whether as
n coin or as a mere shapeless lump Of
metal, it is exchangable for that
amount in any spot i'm the world.
The paper promise to pay of the
United States, the 'greenbaek,' is worth
what il claims to be worth, because the
United States rcdeems that promise on
demand in gold.
"The national bank note is worth
what it claims TO be worth, because il is
issued against United States bond,
and that United States bond is to-day
payable in gold.
The silver dollar and the silver GER
tiiicate are received for their face value.
rot because the lump of silver in the sill.
yer dollar is worth 100 cents, but be-
cause their amount is not unlimited.
but limited. and because by accepting
this silver money instead of gold for
taxes and all government purposes the
government is enabled TO keep certain
limited amount of silver up to parity
with gold
Every piece of currency In the hands
Of the American people to-day rests
upon this gold basis and buys what il
does buy because it is upon gold basis.
American legislation has made Amer.
lean money acceptable for its face value
whenever and wherever it IS presented.
Already the mere threat of debasing il
has sent the American dollar TO dis
count in Canada. We propose in the
future that there shall be no discount
on the stamp of the United States, AMI
that the money earned by the Ameri-
can citizen shall be worth exactly what
il pretends to be worth, not IN this
country merely, but in every corner of
the habitable globe.
at is claimed that the gold basis OF
our currency has brought about a de-
felt. There was no deficit until tha
Wilson tariff bill reduced the revenues
below the expenditures With a go;
basis TO our currency and tariff suffi-
Gent to raise revenue for our expenses.
we not only incurred no deficit, but be-
tween 1873 and 1892 we paid off 81 ,O00.-
COG, 900 of our national debt"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-10-08
PERFECT HEALTH.
How It May Be Obtained by
AL
An Interesting Bit of History rs Told
by Travelling Man.


by . Travelling Man.
From the World, Cleveland, osto.
After an extended trip lasting several
months and embracing many points of in
terest throughout the West and South, Mr.
George Lockhart, of Hudson, Ohio, returned
home a fes days ago. He Is bright aud
genial as ever aud looks as il his long holl-
day had thoroughly agreed with him.
Mr.. Lockharts business during his travels
took him frequently to Hot Springs aud
other health resorts. He does not appear to
have been very favorably impressed with
the pecuiiarities OF life at such places, nor
with the benefits received by the patients.
Yen go there TO get cured OF disease, !" says
he. "The, take one hot bath IN tie morn
ing and sload the rest of the day generally
In drinking gambling and general dissipa-
ton. How they can expect TO recover IN
der such treatment rasses my comprehen-
sion. BuL they are, as rule, what the
world calls good fellows, FREQ with their
money and bent on enjoying themselves.
"Wtth one man, however, whom met at
such place formed what hope win prove
permanent friendship. ! am indebted TO
him for benefits which have left on my
mind feeling OF the strongest gratitude.
was, as you know, not at all well A
slight lameness in my right leg, contracted
about year ago, had gradually become
worse until was compelled to goaround on
CTuICncS All inc time. lDen my general
health failed, until in the latter art of the
summer l had about concluded TO come
home TO die Such a state OF affairs as you
will eisily understand, was anything but
comfortable. | was, in fact, neither more
nor less than a helpless invalid, "a nuisance
TO myself and everybody around me. IL was
at this innctnre that one day on the train
fell into conversation with the man / men,
ton. He recommended me TO try DR. Will
liams' Pink Pills. / did 50. You see the
result"
And Mr.. Lockhart expanded his broad
chest and smiled. Lock here" he con
tinued. as he took OF his hat and holding il
on level with his head kicked il easily
with the foot that used to be lame. No bet
ter picture OF perfect health aud Astounding
animal spirits could be wished for than this
oue-time Invalid.
"My future movements are uncertain"
said Mr. Lockhart at parting. Il viii re-
main in Hudson for some time, but before
the summer is over l expect to make visit
to Europe
Dr. Williams Pink Pills contain, in a con-
densed form, all the elements necessary TO
give new life and richness 10 the blood and
restore shattered nerves. They are also
specific for troubles peculiar To females,
such as .uppre.sions, irreg llarities aud all
forms of weakness. They build up the
blood, and restore the glow OF health to
pale and sallow cheeks. In men they effect
a radical cure la all cases arising from
mental worry, overwoTk or excuses of
whatever nature. Pink Pills are sold in
boxes never 10 loose bulk at so cents a
box or six boxes for So 50 and may be had
Of all druggists, or direct by mail from DR..
Williams Medicine Company, Science
tady, n. Y.
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HELPING BRYAN OUT.
A Point on Free Coinage That Explain


Itself.
When Mr. Bryan spoke in Cleveland
| somebody asked him how he proposed
to get the silver which was to be min,ed
under free coinage into circulation. The
candidate answered by saying that ne
had never experienced any difficulty in
getting his money into circulation.
The Plaindealer, realizing the weak
ness of that answer, has endeavored to
help Mr.. Bryan out by answering for
him. 1t says 1.-The man who takes his
silver to the mint and gets it coined
into money must do something with he
coins. He will not take them away 10
pile up in vault as so much unmar-
keted bullion. They will be made 10
earn a profit by investment or used 10
buy something with that is needed"
True. The mine owner, who is the
only person that will have silver bullion
TO he coined free at the minis, will
use the cheap dollars which lac carries
home with him to pay the wages of his
laborers, TO pay his debts with, if he has
any, to improve his mining property.
and TO make investments in real
estate, newspapers. and other properly.
But how is that going TO benefit the peo-
pie? VIII the mine owners give these
dollars away? How can anybody get
any of them without working for them,
and how can anybody work for them I'M
til there is an opportunity to work?
1t is easy to say that the cheap dollars
will find their way into circulation. Lut
how are the people TO get any of item
until the wheels of industry are orce
more started and business revives under
the stimulus of tariff law intended 10
prevent foreign competition, and .he
American farmers are afforded profit
able home market for their surplus
products2 The Plaindealer's answer
doesn't misunderstanding Leader.
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CURRENT COMMENT.


CTThe coal miner has to hust lie for
a market for his wares. The silver
mine owner wants the government to
do the hustling for him.--Iowa State
Register.
EZMr. Bryan tries to borrow Mr.. Lin
coins expression, "the plain people"
but he never gets nearer to it than
the common people," which is a vul-
gar innitation.-St. Louis Globe Demo-
crat.
GThe populists think that mankind
should have a free chance to tramp
down lawns, but it's sixteen to one that
they wish people wouldn't wear out
Maj McKinley's lawn with their feet
as they don. Y. Tribune.
gThe democratic appeal for cam
paigu funds is a fraud and humbug.
intended to give the silver cause an
air of honst poverty. Any one of the
silver barons could pay the whole ex-
penses of the democra tic campaign, and
make it all back or the election of
Bryan.-St. Louis Giobe-Democrat.
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something about IL"
IL old Peter was asked his opinion as
10 who the thief could be, he would re-
ply:
II doan'nO. I'm shore. Hit amt 70
me ter say; but l s'pect it war some
niger, en- | want yoU ter onderstan' dat
nigger don't aIlus me1n black folks.
neider. es yo'll fine out ef you look in
yO' dicshunary."
Old Peter attended a watermelon
patch one season, and vas interchangeable
in his attention TO il. Day and night
found him at his post. under n shelter
that he had built of brush, to keep of
the sun and rain, armed with an old
gun, with which he was so dexteTOus,
as to be tblc to shoot a blackbird on the
wing.
This feat always greatly ..-tonished
one of his boy friends. who used to Dor
row the old gun and practice with il at
a mark on the barn door; but he was
never able to hit the mark, and often
missed the door.
IL was old Peters dexte-ity with this
gun and the known fierceness Of his dog
Ring that preserved his watermelOns
and permitted them 10 grow and ripen
unmoleSted.
Over on Vinegar Ridge, about two
miles from old Peters patch. lived VIII
and Matthew Black. They had had a
patch themselves the year before. and
1t the time had strongly suspected old
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-10-08

arker. dar amt nobody in de patch
now
"Howdy. Uncle Peterl Gwine ter
rain dis ebcnin'? It's a sprinklin
now"
'.Law. honey. how you skeered me-
Dat you. VIVA"
Ayes
well, now. i war a-lookin' out ober
de patch, en- YOU come up from benin.
notice dat Ring war a maxim fuss;
but | thought il war b,.laze il war
a-gitten' close onter de time dat turn
him loose"
IL began to rain and viii and Mat
thew took advantage of Old Peters
brush roof
II reckon we'll jes' wait here till Il
Stacks up little" said viii as they set
lied themselves in one corner. Il think
hit viii stop soon. Hain't you gwine
ter set up the milyens. Uncle Peter?"
Dat l would. honey but is been ont
en- thump EN- dis afternoon. en- dere
amt none er EN- ripe. sent 'em all
ober ter town yistiday. dem whot war
ripe"
II hab eat EN- when dey wasn't jes'
dezactly ripe"
''MOughty unhealthy" said old Peter.
'Dey tell me dat de colry is gitten err
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-10-08

At first he appears to have desired a
violent death for Napoleon, in the hope
of furthering his own schemes during
long imperial geney. At all
events. he ardently imposed the de-
parture of the empress and the king of
Rome from Paris. Nevertheless ii was
he who dispatched Vitrolles. the pas
sionate royalist, TO Nesselrode with a
letter in invisible ink which. when de-
ciphered, turned out TO be an insciut-
able riddle capable of two interpreta-
tions. Lannes had long before stig-
matiZed the unfrocked bishop as a
mess Of filth in a silk stocking; Murat
said he could take kick from behind
without showing il in his face. His
fellow conspirators were scarcely less
bitter in their dislike tn; his avowed
enemies. Yet he pursued the even ten
or Of his course, scattering innuendos,
distributing showers of anonymous
pamphlets, smuggling English news
papers into the city, in fact working
every wire Of conspiraey.-Prof. w. NJ.
Sloane. in Century.
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CURIOUS CLOCKS.
How So ne People of Foreign Lands
Reckon Time.


Neither clock nor timepiece is 10 be
found in Liberia. The reckoning Of
time is made entirely by the movement
and position of the sun, which rises at
six g. m. and sets at six p. m. almost
TO the minute, all the year round, aud
at noon is vertically overhead, says
Popular Science News. The islanders
of the South Pacific have no clocks.
but make an ingenious and reliable
time marker OF ;heir own. They take
the kernel from the nuts of the candle
tree and wash and string them on the
rib of a palm leaf. The first or Top
kernel is then lighted. All OF the ker-
enls are of the same size and substance
and each win burn a certain number #
minutes and then set fire to the che
next below. The natives tie pieces of
black cloth at regular intervals along
the string to mark the divisions of time.
Among the natives of Singar, n the
Malay archipelago. another peculiar
device is used Two bottles nre placed
neck and neck, and sand is put in one
of them, which pours itself into the
other every half hour, when the bottles
ere reversed. There is a line near by
also, on which are hung 70 rods with
notches from one 10 twelve.
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We are told by the "Bryanites" in
definitely that there are many terrible
free silver centers in the west outside
of the distinctively silver mining states;
but where are they? We wish some
body would point them out to us, with
the evidence to sIstain the character
attributed to them. Out west people
were told that even in Vermont there
were many such places; but they did
not show up at the late election. Mr..
Sewail was made the running mate of
Bryan on the supposltion that Name
was solid for reputation; but the cleo
ton there dissipated that hope pretty
effectually. The indications are that
the repudiationists are bluffing uncon-
scionably. though perhaps less polite
term might be used TO describe their
assertions. According to the reports
that come from our own correspondents
and those we find in the most trust
worthy newspapers throughout the
west the tide is running the other way
Enthusiastically and irresistibly.-N. Y.
Sun.
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er man onst. he don't nebbcr let go
till dey pry his jaw open"
'De law sakesl we'd better be gittin'
erway from heah. boy" said old Peter
getting onto his feet
Il don't reckon he's follerin' us" re-
piled VIII, after they had gotten some
distance from the patch. Lets set
down en- res little"
They sat down on an old log. and Peter
put his hands over his face and moaned.
How fer am it home, chile?" be
asked
"Erbout two mile; but | knows a
shorter cut yit den dat we come by.
Follcr long arter me-"
where my canterlope?" said Mat
thew. when they had got back again.
'Shore. honey, we didn't hab no time
ter git erway wild no canterlope, we
didn't. How you beer gittin' erlong
wild de patch?"
'Tollible like" said Matthew. Oar
war somebody in de patch while you
war gone. fired de gun at 'em er
couple er times, en- had a min ter turn
Ring loose onter EN-"
''NNull, Matt" said viii, 81 'spect we
better be a-gittin' erlong to'ds home"
The next morning Will and Matthew
made old Peter another visit.
''Howdy this mornin', Uncle Peter p
greeted VIII. didn't we hab fun las
night2"
II donno. ! donno," said old Peter.
"Yes, we did hab some fun, dat am a
fac; but while we war gone, somebody
war heah en- eft my finest milyens, en-
squ'shed lots OBJ de green ones-yes,
dey did. Well, some folks is too mean
ter lib"
I'VE can't stay now, but we'll come
ag'in some night en- see eff we can't
help you cotch de thief" promised Will.
When they got out of sight of old
Peter, Will and Matthew rolled on the
ground and laughed till the tears came.
Il didn't think we could "A fooled de
ole man so easy" said Will. 81 like 'cr
bust las night, wanted ter laugh so
bad when seen de ole rascal a squ'shin'
his own milyens. / took him fur ways
Toun' de country, en- / war afeerd dat
he would know his patch when
brought him back ter hit; but don't
reckon he 'spicions muffin yit. Eff he
do, he amt gwine ter let on."-Golden
Days.
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The South is destined to be, and is rapidly
becoming, the garden Of the United States
Here life is easier to live, the rigorous win
tiers do not eat up the fruits of the toll oil
summer, nor are the summers so trying as
used to live only half the YEAR" said 4
northern farmer recently settled in the
south, land / used to work all the time
then. Now l work half the time and live
all the year through"
Home seekers excursion tickets will be
sold over the Monou Route to nearly al
points in the south at the rate of one first
class fare Zone way); tickets good return
Ing on any Tuesday or Friday within 81
days from date of sale. Liberal stop-overs
are allowed. These excursions start land
tickets are sold) Aug. IL Is aud 81; Sept /
IA, Is; Oct S, 6, 10 and 90 Call on any
agent of the Monon Route for further infor
nation, or address FRANK J. REED, q. p,
A, Chicago.
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CURIOUS CEREMONIES.
Jumping Through the Fire and other
Doings of Latin Folk.

Doings OF Latin Folk.
A good deal may be CLEANED from
Ovid's works about rural ceremonies
and beliefs which were peculiar to
Italy. On the Calends of May fell the
festival of Pales. goddess of the shep-
herds, who was unknown TO Greece.
One of the customs connected with it
was the time-honored and long sur
viving rite of jumping over and through
the fire. The sheep folds were gar
landed; fire made of rosemary, pitch
tree, laurel and sabine herbs, brightly
cracked on the hearth. millet cakes
and warm milk are offered to Pales,
who is begged to protect the cattle and
those that tend them; to pardon tres
passes and shortcomings; to mediate
with the higher powers; to drive away
disease from men and flocks, and froTn
the dogs also, and to give plenty through
the year.
Another peculiarly Latin folk wor-
ship was that of the Lares. The Greeks
who, at least in towns, did little more
than sleep at home, could not have en-
tered into the intense Roman senti-
ment of the hearth. In Ovid's time the
Lares became established and err
lowed; he says that there were a
thousand at the street corners in Rome,
where Augustus had set them up in
company with his own genius. appoint
ing a body of priests to looa after heir
worship. His encouragement of this
domestic and hitherto purely popu ar
superstition is characteristic of his
policy in religious matters The Lares
held their own at the crossways till
they were rather succeeded than ousted
by the Christian saints. Ovid mentions
that the original Lares were repre-
scented with a dog, the typical house
guardian. at their feet; and he makes
the observation that "crossways are
dear TO dogs as well as to deities."
A wreath laid upon the tomb, scat
tered fruits, few grains Of salt, corn
soaked in wine, and the earliest violets:
with these the dead are content. It is
said, remarks Ovid, that departed fore
fathers have been known to revenge
themselves in disagreeable way for
neglect on the part of their ungrateful
descendants, but upon that he en-
presses his o incredulity.-Cont
porary Review.
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OL4f RI Eik m Ills 1ttt IN III q.
Peter Of having something to do with
the disappearance Of some of the fin
est melons, and after the season was
over had come into knowledge of facts
that convicted him beyond doubt.
'Neber you min. Matt" said WIZ
enc day. "oie Peter. he hook our mil
yens las year, en- mebby some er his'n
viii creep of some er desc yere dark
rights"
Hit don't seem ter me dat would be
les de right way ter do"
well. mebby it wouldn't; but least
ways hit don't look ter me like es ef hit
would be Wong ter take 'nufT ter Pr
YOU en- me back TO what he took las
year"
"nis we're chile low dat he amt gwins
ter budder none cr ole Peters miIyens.
kaze he don't want no bullet a-vhis'len
pas his year. en- no dog toOf in his leg.
YOU know dat.
.Mout watch till ole Peter go ter
sleep. suggested Will
Pears like IS ef he dean nebbsr
go ter sleep; en- ef he do, ole Ring he'd
I've dar. en- you amt gwine ter fool oil.
Ring much. femme tell YOU
'Nout Glib ole Ring dog button"
'Mebbe some folks is mean nun ter
pizeu yuther folkses dogs. Dis chile
amt. en- he wouldn't hab 10 'sosashun
Wild no pusson Gat wuz."
Hi. hi. wh-o-o-py."
''Whot's de matter wild you nov? -
as done thought er suffin' dat's
s'mos' too good cried VIII, clapping
his hands. lis got er little game dat
lows viii git erway wild ole Peter bad,''
And then and there he unfolded
plan by which ;hey were to get even
with old Peter, that met with instant
approval by Matthew. and they de-
termincd 10 carry IL into execution rs
soon as favorable opportunity offered
old Peter sat under his brush shell
ter; dark clouds were looming up on
the horizon and night was approaching
Il low dat ives gwine To hah bal
hight. Ring" said Old Peter. addressing
his dog. DE signs am all faborable 70
faliin' wedder, en-. ef I amt mistoOkeu,
ives gwine ter git rain en- dat 70 long:
but I'll low we won't git much wet
onless il come down pow'fuI hard. Lis
ten. Ring, Whot's dat2 Feared ter me
IS hearn somebody talkin'. Keep yC'
sharp eve open. Ring. kaze dis yerc's
gwine ter I've a mOughty fire night ter
hook water milyens. I wisht I didn't
hab ter watch dis patch. dat | dur.
WhOt's de matter wild yo', Ring? whot
you howlin' en- barkin' erboutP amt
goin' to opchain you till 1t gifts mo-