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The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-09-15
Halls Catarrh Cure.
Is taken internally. Price. 75c.
They Help Their Husbands.

Mrs. Haggard and Mrs. Hardy give
much literary help to their husbands.
The latter urged Mr.. Hardy to forsake
architecture for literature as protes-
sion. When he had written his first
novel, desperate Remedies. his Wlte
copied out the entire work from his
manuscript and sent it to the pub
Usher. AS part Of her work, she keeps
herself well posted up on the litera-
tl.re Of the day, and Der husband con
stantly draws from her knowledge.
The works of Max O'Ren on. Paul
Bloueb were translated into English
by his wife, who is the daughter OF 4
Deyonshre shipowI er. When glr'
Nine. Blout learned French with great
care, little thinking how useful the
language would be to her afterwards.
She is an excellent cock and model
hostess.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-09-15

Geiger says that "all worse sre devel.
oped from a few simple sounds"
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-09-15
Insecticides.

This has been a year in which insect
nests have been especially numerous,
and all reliable information, based upon
actual experience, which will in a
nracticaI and economical way prevent
or reduce the injury from this source,
Is exceedingly welcome. Hans Busch
hauer OF Jefferson, Wis, the well
known agricultural author and editor,
writes as follows in relation to two
serious pests, the cabbage worm and
the chinch bug:
Allow me to inform you. that the
busting of cabbage plants with buck
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-09-15
Uniform Game Laws.

The September issue of the Western Field
and Stream, published at st. Paul, Mimi.
is noteworthy as presenting practicable
scheme for the protection of the game OF
the country, which we are inclined to Je-
lieye offers complete solution of this much
vexed problem, and its senior editor. Mr.
Charles Hallock, who devised and formu-
lated the scheme, has also the fullest en-
dorsement of all leading naturalists and
sportsmen who have had an opportunity to
examine it. Briefly, it contemplates diyid-
Ing the entire territory of the United States,
from the Atlantic to the Pacific, into two
concessions along the line of the fortieth
parallel of latitude, or near IT. for each or
which there shall be uniform laws and uni
form close time, the whole to be under the
police surveillance of the National Associa-
ton for the Protection of Game and Fish
through its multifarious state auxillaries.
The close time for the Northern concession
will be from Jan. / to Sept. !, and III the
Southern concession from FEB. 10
Sept l. during which no shooting snail pc
allowed on any kind of game whatever, ex-
cepting that woodcock and shore BIRDS OF
the order Limicoae may be shot in August.
The general close time for all kinds OF
inland fishes, recognized as game nshes 10
extend from Oct. to June i, excepting tnat
fishes of the order Salmonidae, including
the trouts, may be caught in April ana May.
These close seasons conform very nearly
to the distribution, habitat and breeding
seasons of the various fauna which are
sought to be protected; and where they do
not, especial exceptions may be made, II
deemed expedient. The laws which are to
dominate will inhere by legislative enact
ment; uniform in all the states, and CO.
lucrative throughout Emergencies and
bodily stress will always stand IN plea Tor
exemption from penalty for violation OF the
laws, when well proven
Mr.. Halock presents his arguments III a
very logical and convincing manner, and he
believes that it cannot be long before this
salutary code will be in successful opera
ton.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-09-15

Cost and Profits of Irrigation
Several Western experiment stations
have published tests in irrigations. 1t
is found that irrigation by cInals and
bitches costs from So to $40 for each
acre supplied for construction Of the
canal, and about 81 an acre yearly to
keep them in repair. Dams for reSer-
voirs to catch and hold storm waters
generally cost from So to SIS for each
acre supplied, and the cost of keeping
Gp repairs will be much less than i'll
the case of canals.
of $40 pumping irrigators who an
syered inquiries of the Kansas station,
five used gasoline engines; twelve
steam engines, sixteen horSe-pOWers,
and 512 used windmills. The average
cost of hOrSe-pOWerS was $3.50; OF
Windlnills, $11S.31; of steam engines,
1888 II, and gasoline engines $3.50, in
Guiding pumps in all cases. The depth
of the wells varied from ten feet to
240. The higher the water is raised,
the greater the power required. The
same power will raise twenty-four
times as much water ten feet as 240
feet in the same time. Where it is
necessary 10 elevate the water only
two or three feet. hydraulic ram is
the cheapest machine, and it requires
neither power nor attendance to oper-
ate it,
The profits of irrigation are unques-
tiOnable With garden and fruit crops
the profits per acre often mount into
the hundreds, and occasionally pass
the thousand-dollar mark. Even with
field crops the profit is so sure and so
great that irrigated lands always sell
for from ten to one hundred times as
much per acre as adjacent lands that
are not irrigated. OF SIG irrigators in
Kansas. only six reported no profit.
Irrigation has been highly profitable in
even such rainy states as New Jersey
and Florida.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-09-15
Merely an InsinuatiOn.

"Ive n great story to tell you. boys, "
said a drummer to a group in the cor
ridor of the IroQuois, last night. Il
don't think any of you ever heard me
tell it before
rs it really a good story?' asked
one of the party. doubtinsly.
ut certainly is"
''Then you have never told it be
fore"
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-09-15
A Hundred Miles am Hour by Elec
trio Car

A Hundred Miles am Hour by Elec-
trio Car.
An electrical engineer has been eX-
hibiting in London the model OF his
proposed single-rail electric line for
speeds of 100 miles an hour The rail
is fixed on V-shaped trestle, and runs
up into the body of the car, which, as
it were, runs astride on it. The car
runs on twelve bearing wheels and
seats 135 passengers with space for
their baggage. One of the difficulties
met with in schemes for excessive high
speed travel is the tendency of the car
to run off the track. By running the
rail within the car the lateral tendency
of the train IS overcome. But in this
late scheme the great difficulty seems
to be the passenger. What would hap
pen to the passenger when the train
took a sharp curve while going at 100
miles an hour is not explained.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-09-15

wheat -four will positively stop the
ravages of the cabbage worm. This
from my own experience.
/ am informed by reliable correspond
ents in Central Illinois that chinch
bugs will not pass a fence board set
on edge and saturated with carboli-
neum.
Carbolineum is an oily substance,
chiefly used for the preservation of
wood. 1t has a sharp peculiar smell,
which seems very offensive to insects.
l can state from my own experience
that a hen house painted in the interior
with carbolineum will be absolutely
free from hen lice, mites, etc.
We have here the positive assurance
of man who does not give such as
surance lightly that buckwheat -four
busted upon the cabbage plant will
stop the ravages of the cabbage worm,
and that carbolineum if used to paint
the interior of a hen house will render
the house absolutely free from hen lice,
mites, etc. It is also stated the au-
thority being given, that a fence board
saturated with carbolineum and set
on edge will stop the chinch bug in
its passage. These are facts that it
will be well to bear in mind, and to
thank Mr.. Buscnbauer in behalf of
our readers for communicating them.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-09-15
AGENTS Wnnted.

The Home Life Insurance company or
New York issues the most attractive poll
cies of any old line company. The cash
value and loaning privileges each year are
plainly guaranteed in the policy. AN ener,
rettc live man. we'll acquainted, Is desired
us local agent. Special territory and
liberal contract will be given. references
required Address or call on FRED T.
Loomis, general manager, 300-9 Pioneer
Press building. St. Pant
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-09-15
You Are Not shaken Before Taken. /"

With malarial disease, but with prodigious
violence afterwards, If you neglect imme-
date measure of relief. The surest pre-
yentive and remedial form of medication
is Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, the potency
of which as an antidote to miasmatic poison
has been demonstrated for over forty years
past The liver, when disordered and con-
gested, the bowels If constipated, and the
kidneys If inactive, are promptly aided by
1t, and it Is invaluable for dyspepsia, ner-
yous debility and rheumatism.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-09-15

Till the present time no AIikado has ever
Travelled outside of his own country; Dut III
these DAYS, when Japan has SO unquestioh-
ably Joined the march of progress, there is
no saying what may occur
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-09-15

Vauxhall Gardens. as a place of amuse-
ment, was finally closed July %. 1889.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-19

riages have no place in Shaker life. Roger
and Chloe are shown through the fam ly
house; then an old Brother accom- panies
Roger through the workshops. explaining
many things; while the girl is being en-
tertained by the Sisters. The young man
is IN a very thoughtful mood when the
homeward journey IS begun. Learning
from Chloe's lips that the Sisters had
tried to induce her to join their
angelic order, Roger clasps the
girls hands. and begs her TO return
to the settlement straightway. He de-
clares that he has been convinced that
true happiness exists there and there
alone. Those people have found peace, :"
says Roger, land all the rest of the world is
at war. / can remember my own father and
mother even. They thought all the world
of each other, but they were always dis
putting and quarreling. Look around at
all married people, every house is a scene
of contention. Will against will always"
He pleads with Chloe to JOIN the
life will be nothing without her.
She will neither go nor prevent Roger
from going, and so they give each other
up. Roger returns TO the settlement and
is received among the Friends with Joy.
Three-score years elapse. and the author
brings about a meeting between Chloe and
Roger in extreme age-he Is ninety and
oAC CISAtg.
Chloe had married within year after
parting with Burton. and now she was
paving a visit to the Shakers N
company with grandchild. Once
more the lovers OF sixty years
gone-by meet. She had sought happiness
in her own way; and he in his, and neither
has found it complete. I've had the hest
the earth can give" says Chloe, "and [
have seen my children grow up around me,
and now my granchildren, and yet don't
know. Roger, but what I'd have done as
well had l stayed here with you that
day" He laughed as if it all affected
him humorously. Yes" he replied,
i've lived the angelic life, as
you gay, and it's been all ever
expected. I've had peace; l don't deny
that, and | haven't had any sorrow or
trouble. And still I'm not sure but I'd
have done about as well to 60 with
you, Chloe" The description of that
meeting. which ends the book.
is master portrayal. The story is admi-
rably told, and a considerable insight into
Shaker customs and manner of living Is
afforded New York: Harper & Broth
ers. publishers. For sale by A. N. Robert
son: urice 81 25
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AN EP1ToME OF SPENCER.

No man has performed greater service
to the English reader for years than has
the author, or com piler. OF IAN Epitome
of the Synthetic Philosophy of Herbert
Spencer" To take ten large volumes, con-
tanning as they do both general and
detailed survey of the highest and the
broadest philosophy that the Western
World has given birth to. and reduce their
contents to one volume of 500 odd pages
OF good sized type, seems almost a her.
culean task. This, however, has been the
self-appointed task of f. Howard Collins.
and that he has done the work well we
have the warrant of Herbert Spencer 5
own words for stating. The condensed
statements are at once correct aud clear, u
writes the great English philosopher him
self In an introduction to the book. I'm
deed, have been somewhat surprised that
it has proved possible to put SO much into
so small space without sacrifice of in
telligibility
With the epitome at hand even s'the
busy man, about whom so much is writ
ten to-day, may become tolerably convers-
ant with the synthetic philosophy. How
ever, 1t IS only the busy man, mentally
who cares much for philosophy and has
the time to inquire into the nature ana
causes of things. He will prize the book
highly, even though already on speaking
1t will fit well on the shelf alongside of
Herbert Spencer's complete works, and
will prove invaluable as reference book
to every library in the world. New York:
ID. Appleton & Co. For sale at the book
cf0 i
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NoN-HEREDITY OF INEBRIErY,

Leslie E. Kelley, Md, LID, has writ
ten treatise on a subject upon which he
may presumably be accepted as an author.
Ity. The question as to whether or not
chronic alcoholism can be transmitted
from father to son, from generation to gen.
GRAFTON, is one that has been discussed
since time iirmemorial, and 1t is much
mooted point even to-day.
OF the attitude adopted by practitioners
toward inebriety, DR.. Kelley says:
Until within few years no treatment,
except mind cure, has ever been tried.
Those who regarded inebriety as a sin pre-
scribed religion; those esteeming 1t q
social vice have enjoined pledge-signing;
those who consider it crime pronounce
the sentence OF fine or Imprisonment All
of these methods have had more or less
success. The inebriate may refrain fro m
drinking because he fears punishment, or
believes some mental influence has cured
him, or because his pledge stimulates his
will to abstain; but none OF these things
can cure the disease. The mental
influences simply dull the sensation
OF craving for liquor, which is
the symptom OF the disease. The disease
remains the same, and when the mentaI
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-19

piles in undeveloped countries. The author
remarks that one of the best examples,
perhaps, of the necessity of constantly ap-
pealing to the most elementary and gener-
ally admitted principles is furnished by
the continuance under British dominion
of slavery in Zanzibar. In his essay on
political Economy and journalism Mr..
Nicholson appeals to journalists ito make
a serious study of political economy, not
merely for the power it will give them in
treating practical auestions-not merely
because it will improve their professional
capacity, but on the higher ground of
public duty. Every day. he concludes,
I'VE see events and hear proposals that
threaten security and liberty, and with
them the National well-being. The great
restraining force is in the press the press. it
IS hardly too much to say, has taken the
place of the Kings peace. And similarly
IN reform, in improvement. in progress, it
Is 10 the press we look to give light and
nourishment to the ideas that otherwise
might perish at their BIRTH" New York:
Macmillan & Co., publishers; for sale by
William Doxey; price, 81 25.
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able group of photos of peaks and valleys
that have never been known before except
to prospectors and sheepherders. Mr.
Solonfons is practically the first swhite
man" that has ever travelled from the Yo-
semitic TO Kings River in the High Sierra
region. A notable sketch map made bv
him with many newly named peaks is a
feature of the article.
Macmillan 81 Co. announce a LOGICAL
Method of Teaching French by Mile. H.
f. Duriaux and E. E. Brandon, instructor
in F'ren ch in Ann Arbor University.
Michigan. The method, which is based
on a series of oral lessons given bv Mile
Duriaux 10 classes both of pupils and of
teachers, will consist, first, of a textbook
for the use of teachers; second, of exer-
cises issued separately for the use of classes.
Canon Ainger has undertaken to pre-
pare an annotated edition Of II ood' poems.
on the same lines as his selections from
Lamo. The work will form two volum es
OF the EyersIey series. the first containing
all the serious, and the second selection
from the humorous, poems. The poems
will be prefaced by biographical and
critical introduction, and the serious
poems will for the first time be arranged
In chronological order.
In the May number of The Century Miss
Eliza r. Scidmore writes of the present
aspect of .'1he Alaska Boundary Oues-
tion." Miss Scidmore shows that the
acceptance of the Cameron line which is
put forward by the Dominion Govern
ment, would not only take from the
United States several rich mineral sec
tons but its most unique scenic posses
sions. The Stikine River would GO, which
John Muir SAYS is ga Yosemite one hun
dred miles long" the Taku Inlet. Glacier
Bay, and finally, the great Muir glacier it
self. This would prevent United States
steamers from landing passengers in this
region, Just as the Canadian excursion
steamer mas been debarred for want of a
custom-house.
John La FARCE is the subject of the
new sPcrtfolio Monograph" the author
being Miss Cecilia Waern. The volume is
fully illustrated from the artists designs
for church and house decorations and from
his water-color drawings, made in Samoa
and elsewhere.
Messrs Frederick Warne & Co., New
York, announce that the forthcoming
volume in "The Public Men of To-Day
Series viii be .'Senor Castelar, by David
Hannay. They have also in preparation
a popular Biographical sketch of The
Pope. Leo XIII By Justin Mccarthy.
The same brm is just issuing Lancashire
Idylls," by Marshal Mather.
Mrs. Marshall has written new histori-
cal novel, which Will be published at once
by Macmillan & Co. It is called IAN Es-
ape From the Tower"
DIR. E. A. Abbott has completed his
elaborate work on the Gospels, written for
the new Biblical Encyclopaedia edited by
Sutherland Black. 1t was originally in
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-19
MRS. e. BURKE COLLINS.

Prominent among the literary women of
this country to-day is Mrs. E. Burke Col
Inns of New Orleans. Her success as a
story writer has been phenomenal. She
has contributed to nearly all the leading
periodicals in the United States, writing
in all, according to Book News, ninety-six
novels and serial stories. together with
thousands of short stories, sketches and
poems. The amount of writing she &C.
compliShes in given time is said to be
wonderful. Mrs. Z. Burke Collins is a
native OF Rochester \. V, and on the
maternal side IS direct descendant of the
Whiting family OF Great Darlington, Mass,
whose published genealogy traces the fam
lily back GOO years. Among. her ancestors
was the famous CAPTAIN John Mason, who
saved from hostile sayages the earliest set
tiers of Connecticut. Her first article was
written at the age of g. At 10 she left
school and was married to E. Burke Col
Inns, rising young lawyer OF Rochester
and under whose name as a nom de
plume she still writes. Shortly after
the marriage they moved to the milder
climate of Louisiana, where. within year,
an accident left Mrs. Collins n widow
among comparative strangers. She was
almost alone in the world and she real
ICED that the-strugsle for subsistence was
before her. She had previously written
for pastime; now she decided on the pen
as a means of livelihood. Only a girl in
years, she conceived and executed the
daring scheme OF starting purely literary
journal in New Orleans. Time and place
were unpropitious for the enterprise. De-
spite the exertion of all her splendid en-
ergies the venture did not pay and her
finances being exhausted after few
months the journal was discontinued.
That venture, however, gave her prestige
in the literary world; orders poured in
upon her from publishing houses and her
literary success was assured.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-19
sUsANNAH.

The new novel 'Susannah," by Mary E.
Mann, concerns the fortunes of girl who,
with two other sisters and brother, starts
out penniless orphan to make her own
way in the world. The story shows chow
salt his food who fares upon another's s
bread The brother Is taken by an uncle,
a clergyman. who provides very scantily
for his charge during a school course, and
an aunt supports the two eldest girls until
they are old enough to secure positions of
some sort. Susannah, the youngest, the
homeliest and the favorite, is adopted by
her mothers old friend, Mrs. Foote, who
is a very wealthy widow, and who helps 10
sustain q number of charitable societies,
yet who nearly starves herself and the
members of her household. Mrs. Foote's
only son, PercivaI, remains away from
home on account of his mothers close
habits. At home he could never get
enough to eat, and he is panied to see Su-
sannah being made to perform domestic
service. Percival and Susannah become
engaged against Mrs. Foote'S will. Then
the girl hears of the illness of her brother
Alfred, seeks him out and attends him in
a common boarding -house, where she en-
lists as a servant to defray expenses. Evil
influences are around her, bur she brayely
cornbats them, and her brothers. physi-
clan, DR.. Hartley, proves noble friend to
her. Alfred winIs up dissipated career
by suicide. In seeking for her brother at
this time Susannah grows faint, and look
ing about for some place of shelter dis
covers DR.. Hartley's residence. The ply
sician observes her and hastily assists her
into the house. Conveyed to Mrs. Foote S
mansion Susannah suffers severe illness.
Her sister Theresa, while attending her,
wins Percival's love. This is agreeable to
Susannah-whose old engagement has
been broken oH-and upon her recovery a
double marriage takes place, Perciyal to
Theresa and DR.. Hartley TO Susannah.
New York: Harper & Brothers. publish
ers. For sale by A. NJ. Robertson; price,
81 25
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-19

influence from any cause grows less power
full the disease will again assert ITSELF
The only cure for inebriety is medical
treatment
The writer OF the present work devotes
several chapters to moralizing on the evils
of intemperance. These might have been
omitted as foreign to the purpose of the
book. But certain of his remarks have
within them the elements of truth-one,
for instance, TO the effect that there would
be far less intemperance in the world if all
cities possessed good sanitation and a
proper and pure water supply.
DR.. Kelley concludes by outlining the
general principles OF his treatment of ine-
briefly. He claims that his remedies an
tagonize the effect of alcohol on the nerve
cells and break up the automatic craving
for liquor. TChicago: s. C. Griggs & Co.
For sale in this City by the Whitaker &
Ray Company.l
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-19
STRIKES AND SOCIAL PROBLEMS.

Much food for earnest thought will be
found in the volume entitled STRIKES and
Social Problems" by J. Shield Nicholson,
professor of political economy in the Uni
versity of Edinburgh. The contents OF the
volume in their original form were given
as addresses and were intended to deal in
a popular manner with various social
problems. The first six lectures or chap
ters treat specially and directly of the
conflicts between labor and capital, and
of the interests of both in conciiiation.
The next four. though dealing directly
with the same topics, are designed TO show
more generally the Importance OF economic
principles in legislation AMI administra-
lion. The last two were suggested by
voyage around Africa, and are intended to
illustrate the application of these princi-