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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-08-06

top of the slaves are plates similar TO
.he stills, on which rests the neat circu-
lar roof. In the roof near the door is
manhole, through which the upper
part of the silo is filled, and for venti-
lation. The building is located at one
side of the barn door. A plank walk
spans the few feet from the barn floor
to the silo. The stable fronts along one
side of the barn floor, which arrange
ment makes feeding convenient.
The capacity of the silo is 1870 feet.
II was filled from AZ acres of dent
corn of medium yield, drought prevent
ing large crop. The corn was cut
Into three-fourths-inch lengths. Mr..
Anderson has a threshing engine, but
prefers horse power for the light work
OF cutting ensilage on a small scale.
very little loss occurred from con-
densed moisture wetting the ensilage
around the top. The manhole was
closed too tightly for proper ventila
ton. During the coolest weather cir
cular cover of inch boards, made in Sec
tons for convenience in handling, is
kept lying on the ensilage, to prevent
radiation of heat and to keep the SUR
face from freezing. Being built of one
wall only, some of the eIsilage froze
at the sides, but without loss. How.
ever, it should have protecting outer
wall, or. better still, be located indoors.
4 box containing about Is cubic feet OF
loose ensilage-perhaps IA feet as
packed in the silo-is fed once day
to IA cows. The box is hoisted by a
rope and pulley. clamped by U-shaped
iron to the door sill, filled and lowered
very conveniently for an out-of-doors
silo. The stock water is pumped by
windmill into a round ten-barrel tank
located over the stable. being packed
in the hay of the loft. Pipes furnished
with stop-cocks conduct the water 10
the manager trough. Mr.. Anderson is
partial to Guernsey cows, hut does not
keep one that cannot prove her value
through Babcock test. The cows are
not turned out except when the weather
is warm enough to permit the owner
doing his work in his shirt sleeves. The
cost of the silo was as follows: Three
cord stone from the fields; three bar
rels lime, $40; six days labor beside
board, Sc; 1000 feet of by boards.
beyeled, so; 100 feet of roofing boards,
81: 1 NJ shingles, ST. four iron bands,
so; 100 feet 2 by 4, etc, 81: nails,
hinges. etc, 81 cents; total, $3l.64.-
Orange Judd Farmer.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-08-06
Iondon's Population.

The London census has been SORE
what of disappointment to England,
inasmuch as the rate of growth has
slightly fallen off in the last five years.
But as so many of the outlayiag
suburbs, such as Hampstead and Willss-
den, lie outside the radius of the London
county council, and were consequently
not included in the census. the estimate
of nearly 5,OO0.0Oo is a good deal under
the mark. Counting in these suburbs.
the population of London is somewhat
over 6 100000. and everyone is guessing
at its probable size at the end of another
100 years. The present century has seen
London quintuple its population, and |
have come across mad statistician who
assures me that in 200 years London
will have 60.O0o.0O0 of people within its
boundaries. But then, for the prophet
who undertakes to predict the future
of London. the field is very wide one.
-Harper's Weekly.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-08-06
BETTER LAUGH.

IF you feel Ike bein blue.
Better laugh.
SiRhS won't bring sunshine 20 you
Better laugh
You CANT conqIe- eate with froWns
In a Fight Of M y rounds:
So IN all -er ups an downs
Petter thing TO do. by half.
Is list 10 laugh
When yer burdens hard 70 bear
HetteT grin
Curses ART no cure for care.
Petter grin.
When your team At oTter pull
Balks. don't Kit onr1eTciful
An slash and splash aroun'. Fer you'll
Find the surest way 70 win
Is iist TO grin.
When you think OF cussin'. don'ti
Better smile
When 'skeeters bite and fishes won't,
Better smile
Fl yer hook an line gifts stuck
on the limb. VT some bad luck.
Only way TO show yer pluck.
Stead NV grumlling all the while,
Is fist 10 smile
Allied Ellison. in Chicago Herald
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-08-06
WHEN DESTITUTE OF Humoa.
Said to be Sure Indication of Mental
Poverty.

Said to BE . Sure Indication of Mental
Poverty.
There appear to be whole races of
men-the North American Indians and
the Cingalese Veddas, COR example,
that are destitute of the sense of the
ludicrous. And in the higher races,
says the Fortnightly Review, this sense
Is by no means universa lly found. The
richest intellects possess it in am
plest measure The absences of y is Q
sure indication of mental poverty.
Here comes fool, let's be grave" said
Charles Lamb upon one occasion. And
/ remember a friend # my own OBJ
serving of somewhat taoiturn person
whom we had met: "He ust be man
of sense, for. although he said little, he
laughed in the right place" That laugh
Is q manifestation of intellectual album
dance or exuberanee; 10 is something
over and above the actual work of life.
And 50 we may adapt 10 our present
purpose certain words Of Schiller's IL
his Letters on Aesthetic Education
MAN sports (spielt) only when he J
man in the full Specification of th
word. and then only a. he a complet
man (ganz Menseh) when he sports"
/ need hardly observe how grossl
this faculty of the lu5icrous may b
abused. There is nothing more diabol
ical-in the strictest s"nse of the word
than TO turn into ridicule "whatsoev-
er things are true, whatsoever things
are honest, whatsoever things are just,
whatsoever things are ps,re whatsoever
things are lovely, whatsoever things
are of good report" There is no more
detestable occupation than that of sap
ping a solemn creed with solemn sheer"
But It is a maxim of Jurisprudence.
"Abusus non tollit usum." And this
holds universally
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-08-06
TRUCK FARMING PAYS.
Facts and Figures Ascertained by an In
vestigating Committee.

vestigating Committee.
To give some idea of the profitableness
of raising vegetables and fruit, we win
mention that only recently the large
truck-farms in the vicinity of one of our
large cities were inspected by a com
mittee to examine into this industry,
and they reported that one farm of 40
acres yielded annually $4,000 worth Of
fruits and vegetables; another of six
acres yielded $4,000: another OF 90 acres
returned $4,000, and another of %
acres returned $4,000. These figures
represent gross receipts, but even after
making reductions for fertilizers and
other necessary expenditure, the net
returns, although not stated, were no
doubt handsome.
Apart however, from the profits from
exclusive truck-farming, the garden
acre on the farm can be made an i'm
portant item in the domestic economy
of the home, if we take into considera-
ton all the expense attaching to the
purchase of garden produce necessary
to the health, comfort and well-being
of the family.--Farm and Fireside.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-08-06
FARM AND GARDEN.
CHEAP ROUND sILo.
Some of the Advantages of Circular Con-
structton Pointed Out.

Some of the Advantages of Circular Con-
structton Pointed Out.
The illustration represents one Of the
smaller silos on the farm of Andrew +.
Anderson, Naupaea county, Wis. This
family are buttermakers, belonging TO
that class of dairymen for which there
seems always room for one more, no
matter how depressed or crowded may
be business generally. They keep few
good cows, feed them well, make gilt
edge butter. and furnish il to the same
customers year after year. at a fixed
price satisfactory to the consumer and
profitable TO the producer. Mr.. Ander-
son always makes pork from skimmilk,
AMI snaps his fingers at hard times.
The silo has a foundation of stone,
surrounded by two foot hollow walls,
four feet high, inclosing a circular
space ten feet in diameter, with a
smoothly cemented surface inside. On
top of the wall, flush with its inner SUR
face. 4x4-inch stills are placed. The
stills are made felloe-like. 10 coin
eide with the curvature of the wall, and
consist of two two-inch plank doubled,
so as 10 break JOINTS On these sllis,
held by toe-nailing. stands the bottom
less tub. the slaves of which are 2x6-
inch plank, beveled by machinery,
They are hooped with four three-inch
iron bands which are one-eighth of an
inch thick, provided with water-tank
clamps and six-inch tale-up screws. for
Tightening, to follow any shrinkage of
the slaves. The door openings are two
feet wide and continuous up and down,
except eight inches of slaves at the
bands. The doors proper - three in
number-are made of inch boards
nailed to curved cleats and hung out
side. Inside the doors are the usual
double course of bin boards, with paper
between. next to the door openings
put up in such way that they may be
removed as the ensilage is used. On
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-08-06
~Bull.- of . r.ri,.m.n,ar,...

Two rather good "bulls" are at
tributed to the late Sir George Camp
bell. On one occasion he had been call.
ing attention in the house of commons
20 some abuse in Indian administration
and proceeded to observe that he had
further revelations to make concerning
other scandals. in comparison with
which this one was "a mere flea-bite In
the ocean," Another time. when speak.
ing about military affairs in India. be
declared that "the pale face of the
British soldier was the backbone of our
Indian army"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-08-06

An instrument which. as the name de-
notes, is intended for the arrest of
bleeding in surgical operations, has been
perfected by Lawson TAFT, of London.
A platinum wire, arranged to carry q
current of electricity. is inclosed in the
blades of pair Of steel forceps or any
other requisite instrument, the wire be-
ing insulated by a bed of burnt pipe
clay. A current of suitable voltage is
turned on, the artery seized and CON-
pressed and in a few seconds the tissues
and arterial walls are so agglutinatcd
that the passage of blood Is rendered
impossible. The temperature employed
is about $50 degrees Fahrenheit. 50 that
it will be seen that the principle II fun
damentally different from that Of cleo
trical cauterizing instruments. II is
stated that by Mr.. Tait's instrument
the necessity OF ligature il removed.
and a new and completely effective
method is placed in the hands of the
surgeon for the treatment Of surface
oozing.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-08-06

an experienced art connoisseur. AS a
matter of fact, there is little artistic
merit in the statues thus far erected
here, and there is less artistic merit
in the paintings which hang upon the
walls of the Capitol building. The large
paintings in the rotunda, representing
the landing Of the pilgrims. the discoy-
cry of the Mississippi, the signing Of
the declaration of independence and the
surrender of CORVALLIS are not works
of art, but daubs.
But the Greenough statue has a his
tory. 1t is sculptured from soft italian
marble. and is mounted on a granite
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-08-06
Literature in Chicago

Eastern Man Tin Chicago)- Collect
ing subscriptions for the Browning
club, ell? What do you need fund
for ?-to rent a hall?
Chicago Youth-No, we have hall
bnt we want to raise money enough to
buy two copies OF Browning and bill
lard fable.-N. y. Weekly.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-08-06

The man who, unwittingly or other.
wise, makes use of scrub or grade
bull. is holding down the tail end OF
the procession. II matters not whether
the farmer is breeding for beef or for
milk and butter. he cannot afford to
ignore the principle that runs through
all breeding operations, that like be
gets like.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-08-06

nice little booklet has Just been issued
describing the New North Western Lin
tied" trains between Minneapolis. st. Pau
and Chicago tt csc trains are new from
engine to red tail light and are the finest
trains in the world and superior 20 any
thing of the kind seen at the Worlds fail
or since For copy of booklet address l.
W. TEAspALE, General Passenger Agest
St. Paul Mimi.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-08-06
Homeseeker.. excursion. south.

On the 18th and 10th of June also july 6
Z, - and 2lst and several Gates during Au
& Eastern Illinois L. r. viii sell first lass
round trip tickets, good 81 DAYS from date
of sale, for one fare plus 81 90 for the round
trip. to all points in Florida and the South
Tracks, trains. time. all the best. For fur
Their information address & w. Humphrey,
n. p A, st. Paul, Mimi. City Ticket ONCE
Chicago
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-08-06

Which of these have YOU selected as ,
means of travell No matter. Whicheve
It is, recollect that for sea sickness, dis
orders of the stomach, liver and bowels
engendered by rough locomotion and bas
food or water. and for malarial troubles
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is the mos
useful specific you can take with you. lti.
invaluable also for rheumatism, kidney
complaints and nervous trouble.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-08-06
Family Reunion.

As the eminent after-dinner orator sat
down the thin young man with the nose
glasses arose and said: Delightful as
this occasion is to all of Us. to me il ia
fraught with a higher. holier joy
than comes TO the rest Of you. have
Just made the discovery that the emil
nent speaker is my great-grandfather.' .
They scanned him critically, but he pre-
scented no evidence of being overcome bv
potations. lie continues: "The Incl
dent the gentle man has just told as
happening in his own experience IS one
which have often heard my gran5-
father relate as an experience o. -
father. knowing. as l do, the perfect
yeracity of both the eminen, speaker
snd my grandfather. the statement
have Just made J make with full conf
dence in ~ correctness" And al were
silent.-Indianapolis journal
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-08-06
4 pI-ca,orlal Observation.

Tommy-Isn't it funny, mamma,
that these cells live in the wide, wide
ocean?
Mammal don't think it's funny,
Tommy.
.AyelI. do: should think them built
for narrow winding, streams. '-Har-
per's Round Table.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-08-06

VERY low rates will be made by the Mis-
souri,, Kansas and Texas Railway for ex.
cursions of AugustlSth, Septemher isl. 18th
and 29th, 10 the south, for Hcmeseekers
and Harvesters. For particulars apply TO the
nearest local Agent, or ado ress JAMES BAR
KER, Gen. Pass. a. Tkt. Agt., st. Louis, Mo.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-08-06
His Eccentricity.

"Reyerly isn't ike any other man I
know
sIn what way does he differ from the
rest p
lie Is courteous 10 people who
couldn't possibly be of any service to
him. Chicago Record.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-08-06

All milk vessels should be thoroughly
cleansed, first being well washed, then
scalded with boiling water and after
wards sufficiently aired to keep them
perfectly sweet.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-08-06

"Can l see Mrs. B-?" asked the re-
porter.
.'She is out. SIR" said the servant
"One of the family, then?-
"All out. sir"
well. wasn't there fire here last
night?"
"Yes; but that's out, too."-odds and
Ends.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-08-06

THE SOURCE OF SUPPLY.-"I see IL speaks
in the papers, husband. about atown where
there are 5,00o-o odd inhabitants THAT
must be the place where all the freaks
come from n-Detroit Free Press
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-08-06

PIso's CURE cured me of a Throat and
Lung trouble of three years standing.-E
CADY, Huntington, Ind, Nov. ~, 1874.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-08-06

FRS stopped free and permanently cured.
No fits after first days Use of DIR. hline's
Great Nerve Res, orer Free 81 trial bottle
& treatise. DR.. KLINE, 9s3 Arch st. Phila Pa.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-08-06

"WHAT is the complexion of the Jersey
coast2 asked the English geologist OF
Prof. Rox, of New York. SANDY" said
Prof Rox-Harper's Bazar.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-08-06

STRASGER-"1s there a law in this town
against selling liquor on Sundayl" Old
Resideut-"Yes, but don't let that worry
you, my friend; there's no law against buy
ing IL "-Roxbury Gazette.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-08-06

"THE doctors seem always happy" ''Oh,
doctors don't take life seriously. Detroit
Tribune.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-08-06
WASHINGTON IN MARBLE
A Short History of Horatio Green
ough's Statue.
Critics and ConnoIssears Consider 1t
Insrtlstic and Rid iculous. hut
the People seem TO
Like It.
IsreeIaI washIngton 1.etter.l

On the grand plaza extending along
the. east front of the Capitol building
directly opposite the central grand
marble staircase Is the Greenough statue
of Washington. Visitors study il as a
work of art, or earelessly pass it by
without giving it a thought beyond the
feeting moment occupied in casual sur
yev
The statue Is meritorious. but there
is much of demerit in il to the eye of
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-08-06

'WHAT was the happiest moment of your
lifel" sit was the moment when the
jeweler took her engagement ring back and
allowed me half price for 1t. "-Cleveland
eadar
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-08-06

"WHY does Miss Antique look in the
glass so muchi" "She is afraid of becom-
ing vain. detroit Free Press.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-08-06

IN DEPARTMENT SToRE.-'I want some.
thing nice In oil for dining room" "Yes
madam. A landscape or box of sardinesl''
II life
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-08-06

THE doing of an evil TO avoid an evil can
not be good.-Coleridge.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-08-06

There is the greatest din renee be-
tween presuming a opinion to bc true,
because with every opportunity for con
testing il ii has not beer refuted. and
assuming its truth tor tao purpose OF
not permitting its REPUTATION. Com
plete liberty of contradicting and dis
proving our opinion is the very condi-
tion which justifies us in assuming its
truth for the purposes OF action: AID
on no other terms can a being with
human faculties have any rational as
surance of being right. s. Mill.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-08-06

WHEN a man is "beslde himself'' he gen.
orally demonstrates that he doesn't like the
company.-Boston Courier.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-08-06

Great Britain is the largest con-
SINNER Of geld in the arts In 1890 the
amount of goli usel was sI1,29s200.
AM silver. S9.s2s.s0o. 4 large portion
of this went into the mannfaeture II
iewelry, watches and plate.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-08-06

Halls Catarrh Cure
L. taken internally. Price 75c.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-08-06

New Road Carts. g Is Sew Buggy Har-
ness x547- New Arser-rAn Round or
-quarr washers 8 - strictly Pure Lin
seed OH &c fer raw z7e for flFi seis Gid
Zen Pattern Harb Wire 81 e. for painted.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-07-30
BRIGHT THOUGHTS.

"The doctor has forbidden me to drink
any more champagne" Probably until
after you have paid his bill."-Fliegende
Blaetter.
Explained.-Mrs. Benham-'1 don't
see how you can look me in the face! !"
Renham-"A man can get used to any
thing."-Truth.
Breaking 1t to Him Gently.-''Is Miss
Cabolts imp inquired the caller. THAT
depinds on you. Are yez Misther
Jones?" said Bridget. Eyes" shes
gon' out. "-Harper's Bazaar.
"Kitty, don't you think men are
awfully smart to understand politics as
they do?" "Why men aren't smart at all.
1 never saw one yet who knew what
cut bias meant. Chicago Record.
A Child of Fortune.-He-'I came
within an ace of running over a lady this
morning when was on my wheel"
''That was lucky" Wasn't it? 1t was
only the other day that had it freshly
enameled. Life.
'How do you manage, doctor. to make
yourself so popular with all your pa
tients?" That's very simple. assure
those who only imagine they are i'll that
they really are i'll, while those who are
really i'll assure that they are quite
well"-Fliengende Blaetter.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-07-30

At the request of the Minnesota delegaeioa
L F. Chafee. a commercial traveller and del
egste from that state. was invited to address
the convention While making his way 20 tho
platform. Mr.. Burtsch. OF Michigan. asked the
subject Of Chafees remarks. Chafee re-
sponded that he would speak upon the subject
dear TO the heart Of every man before him. He
said that three-fourths Of the travelling men
OF Minnesota were silver men. because they
knew good thing when they saw it, Uaugh-
ter) speaking OF commercial depression and
business failures, Mr.. Chafee said that Can
ton (O-) concern-AcEInley. Hobart & Hanna
would need the services OF a receiver II
about four months
It being announced that W. Il (Coin) Har-
vey, was in che hall. cries were made for him
70 speak, but on motion OF a delegate from
California, c. B. Lane, gold miner and dele
gate from that state, vas invited to address
the convention five minutes This Mr..
Lanes first public appearance and the first
convention he ever attended. Producing gold
BY the ton, Mr.. Lane said, he would spend
every dollar ne owned in this great and glo-
riOus cause OF 10 to /. The soldier who bore a
bayonet Of steel, he said, was generous enough
TO spare the widow and orphan; but when the
bayonet was of gold, it spared neither widow
nor orphan Great cheers.) The reason he
was silver man. he said, was because he had
risen TO that level where he was above the i'm
pulse Of selfshness.
Mr.. St. John. OF New York (Vice-Chairrnan
Towne being in the chair moved that when
the convention adjourn 1t be until ten o'clock
tomorrow. An amendment was moved to ad-
journ until p n, but the original motion
prevailed