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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-03-26
FARM AND GARDEN.
SUCCESS WITH sWlaE.
An Epitome of the Methods Pursued by
Prosperous Indiana Man.

An Epitome of the Methods Pursued by .
Prosperous Indiana Man.
In speaking of swine breeding by
the professional breeder and also by
the general farmer. James Riley, before
The Huntington county farmers insti-
tute, said, although there was depres-
sion in the swine market. he would
advise going ahead regardless of the
low prices. Prices would be better
Iext year.
Preparations should be made 70 care
for swine before commencing in this
industry. Every farmer should have
hog house and a hog ranch. The hog
house should he SO arranged that il is
easy of access from the several 10. /
into which the feeding ranch is d.
vided, and provided with feeding floors,
sleeping rooms, water fountains aud
properly constructed feeding troughs.
Hogs must have clean quarters and per-
feet sanitation. They must have fresh
water all the time, plenty of shade in
the summer, and lots sufficiently large
to afford good exercise. BY providing
healthy quarters and keeping them
clean there would be less swine disease.
Farmers should study the makeup
and conformation of the hog. We
should be full-chested and of good
constitutional vigor. Every farmer
should educate himself upc- the points
that make good hog. Plenty of clover
pasture should be provided for the hogs,
especially the brood sows. A month be-
| fore narrowing time the sow should be
put in one of the ranch lots and fed
bran Stops. After narrowing feed Stops
made partially of shorts. When the
pigs are four weeks old train them II
eat, and feed good. rich Stops made
of shorts and milk. Feed the pigs no
grain until thcy weigh about n hun
bred pounds. Fai them in the clover
pasture. Raise two sets of pigs, March
and April and October.
The speaker does net sell any wheat,
hut feeds il ground to his hogs. He
does not cook il. ClaiIns it is healthier
raw; also more economical. Advises
growing beets for swine.
Regards care and good sanitation ths
best methods to keep OF disease. Keep
good quantity of slacl; lime abou. the
houses and use it freely. Also barrel
CT crude carbolic acid for disinfecting
Do not permit the hogs to have filthy
wallow. If they make low places in
the lots, fill them up. If it rains and
water stands In the low places. throw
lime in them or fill them up. Remove
the bedding often and burn it. Lime
the pens and sleeping places. Care is
the best prevention of disease. During
the cholera season the speaker does not
permit anyone to go into his swine
pens without first having changed his
shoes. He keeps few pairs of shoes
about the premises for this purpose
The disease can be carried in the cloth
ing, and especially on the shoes, from
one farm to another. He does not per-
init dog to come on the farm. A dogs
foot is a very handy thing in which the
germs of cholera may be carried and
left on another farm. The germs may
be carried on the animals body and
left where they will spread the disease
in other herds.-Indiana Farmer.
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unromantic man OF 80, while Mrs. Bas-
com was rather spirituelle and remind
cd one more of angels than OF good
housekeepers. In addition to her other
attractions, Mrs. Hilman was of the
laughing. jolly kind of women, who
seem to carry a surplus of sunshine
with them for general distribution. and
l always had Kind of snealxing fond
ness for that kind of woman.
went 10 bed carly. as is the custom
in the country, and though was in
good sleeping THU and my conscience
was in perfect order, somehow | lay
awake thinking what lonesome sort
CT life n bachelors life was and how
much cozier and pleasanter n woman
could make a mans life, even il she
hadn't more than half the chance.
After long time slept and dreamed
dreams in which there were summer
girls and other disturbing elements,
and when awoke in the morning. in re-
Spouse to Bascom's knock. was my old
self again and laughed at the very idea
of woman as life companion.
During Sunday bad several very in
teresting talks with Mrs. Hilman, and
by night again l was worse than / was
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-03-26

claimed. clapPing me on the back. I'll
go and telegraph my wife that you
will come up with me Saturday even
ing"
Then he went out of my office to
send his dispatch.
II about four O'Clock Saturday
afternoon when he reached his home
liz the country. three hours earlier than
his usual time of arrival. as he had
taken me out at that hour so we might
have little loafing spell before din
rer, and as the day was unusually fine
IN the country and as it had not been
pleasant in the heated town 1 was
glad enough that he had been 50
thoughtful.
1t was delightful under the big trees
of his dooryard-he objected TO cali
ing il lawn-and when he brought out
n couple of great. jc;cy mint juleps
and we sat there browsing upon them
] don't think ever felt more at peace
with the world than / did at that very
moment.
Later Mrs. BaScom, a dainty little
woman. with three as pretty children
as children can be pretty to a bachelor
of my proclivities, joined us. and with
her came her sister. Mrs Hilman. a
matronly woman of 35, to whom l was
formally presented
confess to an admiration of Mrs.
Hilman as soon as saw her; not that
Mrs. Bascom wasn't admirable, but
that her sister was older and more sub
stantial TO my mind. In fact, Mrs Hill
man was OF that pleasing rotundity
of person which seems to appeal TO an
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SHOT IN a RIOT.
: Serious Labor Disturbance at Indian
apolis-Creat Excitement.

apolis-Great Excitement.
Indianapolis. Ind, March ga riot
broke out Saturday night between the
nonunion men employed in the iron
works of Chandler & Taylor and a num-
Der of strikers and their sympathizers.
William Watson, Walker Davis and Hook
Lee were shot. Davis fatally, and several
other men were more or less injured
with flying stones and bricks. The
trouble originated over the fact that a
number of nonunioa men are employed
in the works. taking places of members
of the union. A number of fights have
occurred at different times, and the
worlmen were constantly under police
guard.
Saturday night the officers started to
take them to their home, when they
were set upon by mob. 1t is estimated
that no less than 1900 persons were in
the neighborhood at the time, many of
them taking part in the fight. The
nonunion men opened fire after they
had been pelted with bricks and stones.
The fire was returned by the strikers.
The men shot were all bystanders, and
had nothing whatever to do with the
trouble. One policeman was seriously
injured by being struck with brick.
A number of arrests were made.
Eight arrests of persons engaged in
the riot have beer made. James Pudue.
]. b. Blanchfeld and Joseph Hartliff
are charged with shooting with intent
to kill and William Perkins and S. +.
Johlic with drawing deadly weapons
and melting riot. These are all non
union men. Henry Miller, William Bar
Gus and Thomas Long, unionists, are
under arrest for melting riot.
The riot has been followed by intense
excitement among the laboring classes
of this city, and during Sunday large
crowds assembled around the works
and discussed the situation. As there
were several nonunion men in the
foundry who We're recently brought
here by the proprietors, il was feared
that another outbreak would occur, and
a heavy guard of police was kept around
the foundry all day. Though the union
molders and their sympathizers were in
bad humor, no attempt was made to in
terfere with tie men inside the works.
The strikers say hey have kept up
the fight against the 'scabs" for more
than year, and they propose to con-
tinue IT until the foundry becomes
unionized; that the men who are en-
ployed in their places are mostly for
eigners, and if they are made to feel
that organized labor is against them
and win accept no compromise they will
eventually he driven out of the city.
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What is said to be the highest inhab-
tied building in Europe is the Alpine
clubhouse, on Mount Rosa; il is 10000
feet above the level of the sea. Were
il possible, it would be interesting to
conduct series of experiments on two
or three generations of lives born at
that altitude and reared under such
unusual conditions. Anthropometric
measurements should be taken of the
parents and continued through sue
eeeding generations. 1t is more than
probable that radical structural
change of anatomy. particularly in the
heart and lungs, would take place
We're IL not for certain limitations and
duties which turn orr thoughts TO
other directions, we would gladly UNI
dertake such a series of tests, but under
the circumstances we nre obliged to
leave them TO others. At Chicla and
Casapalca. in the Andes. Peru, have
existed for centuries Indian villages,
possibly the remains of the Inca civ
ilization, at heights exceeding the
above. Casapalca is upward of $4,000
feet above sea level. Many of the in.
habitants have never descended to a
low leyel.-London Invention.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-03-26
1nE EIN-pE-sIEcLE eIRL.

The little birding on her hat No wonder
he Is mute.
Because the notes Just Under that are
sweeter than flute.
The tiny lizard sweetly sleeps among her
fluffy curis.
The oyster. too in giadness weeps to fur-
nfsh her with pearls:
The stolid tortoise gives his home. and his
possessions too
That she may sport a nobby comb Of irf-
descent hue:
The sulky seal contented died that ~e
might have his fur.
And man would almost give his hide TO
please the like Of her!
The moth that fits by candIe-light does
penance for his sins.
And as worm with ali his mige her silken
garments spins:
The hungry slave deep IN the mine put IN
his hardest blows
That he might grasp tho diamond fine that
on her finger glows:
The weaver, too. with patient face. in
ancient towns remote
Long labored on the bit OF lace that
trims her petticoat:
The praise of all The world her NEED. from
dull convention free.
Philosophy hath fixed no creed for beings
such as shei
Great fleets tina. face the sullen seas go
speeding far away
In search Of treasures new 20 please her
whsms and fancies gay.
The forests Of the orient. where primal
nature smiles:
Strange chimes where oddities are blent IN
Australasian isles:
Queer charms from prehistoric graves.
from India or Japan.
Strange scenes from oceans coral caves
are pictured on her fan.
The wisdom II the sages fails before this
creature dear,
The bravest warrior trembling pales when
ever she draws near.
Musicians sing ami seulptors carve In emu
lation strong:
And artists dream and poets starve 20
wreathe her charms in song.
Economists IN Frave debate consider all
her ways:
And leaders IN Pffairs OF state In her re-
fected rays
Are at Their best: and all the rest go troop
ing IN her train.
Take up the problem with g zest. their
labor all IN vain:
It only caters to her mirth and keeps them
The rarest riddle Of the earth. the fn-de-
steele girl
True. brave men died for noble danes
in olden days. perchance.
And nations changed their rulers names
upon a wOEtan's glance:
Fair Helen sealed the fate OF Troy. and
CleOpatra's smile
Outweighed ambitions iercest Joy. sweet
sOrce-ess OF The Nile:
and gentle woman. sweet or sad. in every
time and place
Hath wiel1ed influence good or bad upon
the human race.
But in this last embodiment her genius
stands @npcarled.
The glory OF Tie century. eighth wonder
of the world
Montgomery NJ. Fo' -om. in y. Y. Sun
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HEARING IN ANIMALS.
Peculiar Way In Which the Lower Order
of Beings Receive Sound.

GeCuIt0r way In winch A>OHtt Ofoct
of Beings Receive Sound.
Insects, like grasshorpers. crickets
and locusts, have their ears in strange
places-some on the middle of the body,
others on the legs. Whatever other
uses the creatures may also make of
these organs, they are yeritable audi
tory organs. In them we find men,
brane stretched across cavity, with
on opening to the external air, and
within the cavity is a nerve mass de-
yeloped at the end of an auditory nerve.
1t would be hard, indeed, If the chip
ing cicada-"the cricket on the hearth"
and the querulous katydid could not
be heard by their companions. 1t is
said that those pests in the house
the fies-can hear by means OF some
rows of corpuscles on the knobbed
threads which represent the hind wings
of other insects. 1t is uncertain wheth-
er bees can hear. If not, then all the
labor Of the old-fashioned bee-keeper
in beating tin pan at swarming time
is In vain. Some naturalists who have
tried them with every kind of sound
and noise deny that they can hear.
Others, equally confident, assert that
they are very sensitive to the calls of
their queen at least.
Some of the mollusks have very re-
DIarkable organs for hearing. good
instance is the golden lug. In its
neck you would see, under a micro
scope, a pair of globules filled with n
clear fluid. In these are minute ear
stones, which swing to and fro, rotate
and start off, first in one direction and
then in another, but in no instance
striking the walls of the cavity. If
the globules are ruptured, the motion
ceases.
A careful angler tells you not to
talk while you are fishing. Probably n
quiet conversation will do no harm,
but it must be remembered that fishes
have ears, although sounds from the
mir may rot reach them. One of the
oldest arrangements of all is found in
some fishes. The mir bladder sends off
fbers which are attached to MEM
tranes stretched across cavities in the
skull, and from these membranes the
vibrations of sound are conveyed to
the air bladder. Such is the case with
the perch; while, more strange still,
Ia the carp little bones aid the trans-
mission of sound.
The ears of frogs and toads begin to
approach the type with which we are
most familiar, and very effective ears
they are, too, for pet toad kept for
several years would always come from
his hiding-place when / made low,
kissing sound.
Adders may be deaf or hard OF
hearing, but reptiles furnished with
ears, and among them the crocodile,
has the rutliment of an outer ear. Birds,
as everybody knows, can hear very
readily, and the external cavity Is cas-
lily found il the feathers on the side of
the skull are raised. Anyone fortunate
enough to get hold of an owl may sec
n very remarkable opening leading TO
the drum, but the tufts of feathers
which adorn the head on each side in
some species cannot be regarded as
in any way analogous to our own folds
of cartilage.-N. Y. Post.
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CENSuRE FOR BAYARD.
House of Representatives Pass ResoIu-
lions to That Effect.


lions to That Eject.
Washington, March 21.-The battle
on Ambassador Bayard's Boston (Eng.)
and Edinburgh speeches, which has
ragged in the house for three days PAST,
ended Friday, when by q vote of $50
to II the resolution reported by the
committee on foreign affairs cersuring
him for the use of certain EXPIRE ssions
contained therein was passed. The
entire resolution, expressing the sense
of the house that no partisan speeches
should be made by diplomatic officers,
was agreed to by a vote of 191 to So.
The resolution of censure received the
affirmative votes of six democrats
Bailey, Cockrell, Cummings, Latimer,
Layton and Sorg, ana five republicans
voted against it--ISaker (Aid.), Cooke
Qll.), Draper, Pitney and Willis. The
resolution declaring the sense of the
house on such speeches received the
votes of eight democrats-Allen
(Miss.), Bailey, Cummings, Hutchinson,
Layton, Pendleton, Sorg, Stokes. The
mega live vote was solidly democratic.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-03-26
SALISBURY SPEAKS.
Says Proposals Anent Venezuelan AFFAIR
Are Now Before Our Government.

Says Proposals Anent Venezuelan Affair
Are Now Before Our Government.
London. March 23.-Lord Salisbury
has sent a reply to the memorial in ia
vor of Anglo-American arbitration of
e Venezuelan question adopted by the
Peace society at meeting in Queens
hall. The reply is addressed to Rt. Hon.
James Stansfield, ex-member of parlia-
ment, who presided at the meeting.
lord Salisbury says:
II am glad TO be able to inform YOU that
this question is receiving the consideration
of the government and that proposals in
the direction indicated by the memorial are
now before the government of the Uniteo
States"
The Daily News QiberaD has an ed
itorial on Lord Salisbury's reply to the
memorial of the Peace association for
arbitration of the Venezuelan dispute,
i'm which il says:
Lord Salisbury's letter IA the most hope
full word We have had for long time from
the premier. We hope that II portends
definite clearing of the international situa-
ton In one of the stormiest quarters. We
may even dream that 1t will presage a new
and brighter era in the worlds history.
II is not perfectly clear whether the quer-
tion has been advanced stage or whether
the government has merely confirmed and
adopted Lord Rosebery's policy. If Lord
Salisbury Is able to convert his words into
deeds he will go far to make his present
term of office illustrious and beneficent."
The Chronicle, also liberal, echoes the
Daily News hopes that the United
States will reciprocate our good will.
IF So" the Chronicle adds, there is
no need to trouble ourselves further
about Venezuela"
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course. YOU are n bachelor of So"
Touch lightly on tl;at point. please"
said 1.
Society might make fad of you
as novelty"
And again. my dear Bascom. it
rightn't."
want YOU to get out OF the ru: of bach
elordom and go with me-"
You are verykind.'
For a variety. old man. Will you
go?"
AS said in the beginning. now re-
peat: No. sir
Bascom had been married for several
years, and had his frequent assurance
that his entire married life was moth
ing more or less than a path of silver
sunshine, through n golden garden o.:
roses. IL was a char ming metaphor.
but il fell upon unaPpreciative ears,
for l knew that BasoOm had written
poetry in his youth. and, in addition
to that, he was married, and knew
what all married men had 10 say to
bachelors of matrimOpy. as they had
found IL. Ii was simply sugar spread
upon an uncertain condition in order
TO catch such unwary flies as might be
attracted thereby.
swell, well" he said, "have il YOUR
own way. / am sure l can stand il If
You can, but, say. will you join me over
Sunday at my own house? I've told
my wife about you ard she is so anx-
iOus to see you that she commissioned
me TO invite you OIt for Sunday"
Bachelor or no bachelor, could not
afford to he bOor, aad to- slight such
an invitation as this was inexcusable.
So began to hedge bit.
MY dear Bascom." l said, apollo
geticaIly, why didn't you tell me you
wanted me to go to your own hOuse?"
well. it hadn't just occurred to me.
j guess" and he laughed.
''Of course" went ON. ait is quite
different thing to go there than to
GO"
''Then you'll go?" he interrupted.
with such an inter>s: that became
suspicious.
"Are there to be any of the gay and
giddy throng about?" j asked.
Summer girls and such?" he re-
Piled
Mostly"
Then III be frank with you and saw
there is not one on the place"
Under these circumstances. then
III go"
Good for you. old mar" he ex-
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-03-26
P,TH AND POINT.

-Nell--"Did man ever attempt to
kiss you?" Miss Costique =" NO.
Cholly Sophead- why. Miss Costique.
twied Il last night" Miss Costiquc
THAT has nothing to Go with Nell's
Observation-Disclosures Record
Nice -wiggles-"Do you know
old Walker" Waggles-"yes." Wig
giles what sort of man is he, any,
way2" Waggles-"Well. il he wanted
TO marry my mother-in-law shouldn't
have the least objection. "-Someryille
Journal
Little Ella-"Papa, know what
am going to give you for your birth
day." Father-"what is it, child2-
Ella-"A beautiful beer glass" Father
why, my dear. i have already got
one. Ella-"Yes. but l broke it just
now."-Daheim Kalender.
-"You can't tell whether a man
is bachelor or a father of family
simply by his looks" Certainly not;
but there is one infallble method OF
finding out" what may that be?''
"Give him young baby TO hold. New
York Recorder.
mo, papa" said the Chicago girl.
"this book wouldn't interest you. You
don't take any stock in abstract specu-
lation." WELL said pa, II made my
pile mostly in corn and wheat, but I'm
ready 10 take a hack at anything there's
any money in.'-Brooklyn Life.
Poor fellow" exclaimed Miss Cay
enne, as a young author was mentioned.
"Why, he is prospecting splendidly,'
was the rejoinder. Il know il. But
l can't help feeling sorry for him. He
has to read all his own novels at least
once, YOU know."-Cleveland World.
Weary They amt no
use to call this free country as long
as a man kin be fined for workin' on
Sunday. 1t hadn't ought TO be dome;
don't you think SOP" Hungry Higgins
-"Leastways, not no more than fer
workin' on week days."-Indianapolis
Journal
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Magnets Put to Work.

This seems to be emphatically the
age of work. Elephants have been set
10 pulling stumps and rolling logs, and
now electromagnetic have been pressed
into service in England for the lifting
of heavy masses of iron and steel. The
magnets are attached to cranes, and
are operated by a current from an cleo
trio power circuit. When the curren:
is on they grip their load with a lifting
strength equal TO two tons, but when
the current is turned off they instantly
let go. An instance of the application
of such magnet is cited where work
which formerly occupied siy men TO,
90 minutes can now be done Nv three
men and the magnet in 10 minutes
Youths Companion.
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vary from BLUSH gray to light gray.
The color of the barring must be glossy
black, with metallic lustre. The bar
ring on the body, thigh and wing feath-
ers should be straight across, while that
on the hackle, saddle and tail may be
slightly apsled or V-shaped, and the
alternating bands of black and white
should be equal in width and should
read throughout-i.e., be the same shade
from head to tail and be free from red,
black, white or yellow feathers, and the
hackle, saddle and the tail should be dis
tinctly and evenly barred, while the
marking all over should be rather small,
even, distinct and sharply defined. The
markings of the hen are the same as the
cock, but larger and more distinct.
They have straight single comb and
red ear lobes. The breed is considered
hardy and profitable, and we might do
well to add it to those we already pos
sess.-N. Y. World.
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THE SCOTCH GRAYS.
A Profitable Poultry Breed Which ]
serves Some Attention

A Profitable Poultry Breed Which De-
serves Some Attention.
This once famous Scotch breed of
poultry is again attracting attention
abroad. In America it is as yet un.
known, but if the efforts OF its admirers
are successful we shall soon see it in our
midst. For this reason the following
description of the breed will be of inter
est:
The Scotch Gray is supposed to have
resulted from the union OF the comIloD
barnyard fowl of Scotlaud with ihc
Cuckoo Dorking. For a long time the
DorkiDg type prevailed in The offspring,
but it is now going out Of favor. The
standard of points adopted for the mod
ern Scotch Gray cock is as follows:
Plumage, cuckoo feathered; ground col
or of body, thigh and wing feathers
should be BLUSH white, while that of the
hackle, saddle and tail feathers may