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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-02-06
SOME DAIRY DoN'TS.

Don't keep calves in dark. filthy
places and expect them to thrive.
Don't be afraid to spend money fol
a sir. from first-class family.
Don't make your cows drink water
that you could not drink yourself.
Don't feed calf grain before its age
is sufficient so it chews a cu1.
Doat try to be called a large dairy
man by the number of cows you keep.
Don't keep a COW q month without
testing her to see if she pays her way.
rators can take soluble filth out oil
milk.
Don't run or worry cows going tC
and from the pasture or in the milking
yard ~ stable.
Don't think to raise n calf for milcf
COW and feed it up to its time of partu-
ritiou for n beef animal
Don't have pastures so short that
cows must work every hour of the day
and night to get enough TO eat
Don't forget that cow is decidedly
q creature of habit and in oil ways try
to conform to her peculiar habits.
Don't feel that your COWS are wasting
time if they lie in the shade and chew
their cud for few hours eacl, day
Don't forget TO sow plenty of cats
md peas or corn for green feeding
when the annual shrinkagc is sure to
come.
Don't leave cows with cracked or sore
teats day after day and then beat them
because they kick while being MIXED
-Colman's Rural World.
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A Man of Nerve.

He looked admiringly at tho tall man
who was deep in game of billiards.
There's man who has the most
superb nerve of anyone / ever saw" he
said.
"Really?" returned his companion
inquiringly.
There is no possible chance for a
mistake"
.sDid you ever see ii tested?"
s'Weli, rather. i saw him at private
theatrical entertainment one night last
week"
Sometimes it does require nerve TO
sit through one"
The man who was telling the story
seemed provoked at The interruption,
but he kept his temper.
ssHis fiancee was in the cast" be went
on "and he sat there and watched an
other man embrace her and never so
much as gritted his teeth. l tell you it
was as fine an exhibition of nerve as
ever saw anywhere either before or
since. Chicago Post.
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Buylng and sellIng Cows.

The North Carolina experiment sta
ton proposes a plan for buying and
selling cows. 1t is based on the yield
of their milk, together with the quality
of the same, as determined by tests of
the milk. The rule is to pay FOR tn COW
at the rate of sl2 per gallon of milk
given per day that is rich enough 10
show 3u per cert. of fat. To this price
add or subtract one dollar for every
one-fourth of one per cent of fat
which is above or below the 3H per
cent. BY this rule COW is bought
entirely on her merits. 1t is believed to
be conservative pan, and one if adopt
ed Tor one upon similar pian) will
certainly raise the standard of COWS
and increase their milk and butter
production, for if they cannot be sold
easily for milch cows. they will soon
be turned over to the butcher. aud a
better animal be kept or a willing pur-
chaser be found. The result cannot
fail to be beneficial TO all parties.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-02-06
ORDERED A TIN PETTIcoAT.
The Pope Insisted That n Nude statue BE
Drared.


One Of the most curious instances
of the struggle between art and pro-
prieiy is shown in st. Peters. The
writer, says the Troy Press, was ram
bling through the great cathedral one
day when he suddenly came upon an
enorni;ty. II vas the superbly sculp-
tured form of beautiful woman, the
head. hands, neck, ankles and feet sep
arate masterworks of art The word
separate is used advisedly. for the torso
and legs We're modestIS hidden under a
tin petticoat painted to represent mar
BILE, but so i'll in color and drapery line
that the entire statue seemed disjoint-
cd and at war in its component parts.
Isl signor." said the guide, apologet-
ically. at is the impossible. Very
true. But what can be helped? The
sculptor he make beautiful model nude
1t will not do. 1t is on the pope's tomb.
The pope. be comes to see his tomb
two. three hundred years ago. He say
no. We viii not have such thing. lie
tell the sculptor to put on the drapery.
The artist, he say mott is impossible.
Then the pope call a workman and he
say-put on the clothes on the figure.
The workman not an artist. only a
workman. lie put on the tin petticoat
and paint it. The pope satisfied. He
die and is buried in the tomb. But
everybody wonder two. three hundred
years at the figure"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-02-06

get a good bed. Then to make the
thing complete. give him the wrong
keys ~ which TO lie, ..imself in.
town until II o'eloc,i. then striking out
for mis- friends abode; overtalSen by
the rain; at last. 20 arrive at his in
tended abiding place TO discover he has
the wrong keys. which necssi'ates his
climbing into the house like burglar.
Imagine him piling into the first bed
he comes to, very soon sinking off into
the untroubled slumber of the inno-
cent at heart, 10 be awakened at the
peep OF day by a something tumbling
down the chimney. Not hobgoblin-
that we're better-but young women,
despatched and grimy, but still a
youne woman and one probably more
dead than alive. Imagine il ell, if you
can, for that is what happened to the
misguided young man, who held me
/ across his knees and wiped the blood
from my broken forehead On that
memorable ST. Valentines morning.
Imagine il. and tell me if men through
stupidity don't cause half of all the
trouble in the world. We explained it
all TO each other as bes. we could, for
was really i'll. and quite ready to go
off into another swoon.
When the servant girl came he went
for the doctor, and Mary got me to bed.
Dick came ut noon, and was Mortified
at wrat had happened. But the doctor
had pronounced me more frightened
than hurt; and really, but for the
dreadful cold caught, and my wound
ed forehead, it did not amount to any
thing, and soon became tremendous
/ joke.
! And il turned out that this friend of
Dicks. whose acquaintance L made in
such an nventional fashion, vas
I the very client whose money 1 de-
/ Tended
And il also came about that-that
he-that THAT we hage-we have
grown TO know each other very well;
and Diclx-Dick is TO look out for an
/ other cooperator before next fall; be-
cause well, for reasons best known to
myself.-Bessie Tobin, in Detroit Free
/ Press.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-02-06

IN n state of mind to care about any
thing. l should have hated the idea
of goirg very much- AS il was, l went
without murmur. l took the journey
alone. almost clear across the CONT
nent, and subsequently, after many ups
and downs. arrived at Dicks town, a
queer little village in South Carolina.
Dick is moderately young bachelor.
He is an attorney -at-law. and has a
very fair practice Indeed. Anterior to
nv ai,ent. he had lived by himself in
pretty cottage on the prettiest street,
and was rather n central figure, and
was quite the most eligible young man
about town. He was not spoiled
though / found him to be a very dear
old fellow, and determined in my heart
10 be &c him scch 4 faithful cooperator
and satisfactory housesSeeper, that he
would never need or desire any other.
We got on famously together. so
famotsly that in Ill probability the
;ast caapter would have found us still
there. he a grizzly old bachelor. I a
grizzled old maid had not something
occurred which brought about a change
II oil grew out of what happened one
St Valentines eve
On this day. memorable above other
days, Just about an hour after dinner
Dick received telegram TO go up that
evening 10 A., y city so miles away,
10 meet an important client. He did
not have time 10 come home. for the
train was then in sight. but he scrib-
bled me the following note, which
lid net get until nearly night, because
the oiliee-boy neglected 70 bring !: un-
I'll that time:
s:l0p. m.
Dear Girl: Have to leave on next train to
meet a man In A.. Probably won't get
home till tomorrow noon Spend the night
with the Ancient "a dear old lady friend Of
minel. BE sure to put that money in the
bank before IL closes at {. Don't fail.
DICK.
II was such bore to lock up at that
late hour and go out for the night. 1t
had been such gloomy afternoon, and
looked like it would rain. Altogether
did rot feel like Il. was not afraid
though = had never STAYED alone all
night in a house. And the money
several thousand dollars collected for
n client-surely ! could not at seven
nut money in bank that closed at
Four. 1 could not very well carry it
with me TO the Ancient's. and certain
" could not leave il.
/ he'd never hsard of any burglaries
IN the village, so [ made up my mind
that l would stay at home that night
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SOON BECAME DEEPLY ABSORBED.

grasped the large pocketboolk which
contained the notes, and thrust il into
my bosom. To what purpose did not
know. l retreated into the dense dark
ness of my own bedroom, where l stood
uncertain and shivering.
The windows were too high from the
ground to admit of my jumping there
from without inc-.--ing the risk of a
broken limb; besides, there was no
time. At the first sound of my putting
up the sash. l would be detected and
overpowered. / heard heavy tread
along the hall. An idea flashed into my
head like the incision of n blade. i
clutched the money in my bosom and
stepped into the empty fireplace. In
another moment 1 was scrambling up
the sooty chimney with the agility of
finished chimney-sweep. and / kept
scrambling till made stronghold for
myself.
What went on down below did not
know In the cessation of the rain |
could hear the heavy tread passing TO
and fro in a search, knew, for that
money. But l. from my lofty vantage
ground, could only thank Heaven again
and again for such blessed deliver
ance.
vas so benumbed with sold and
fright that l think lost consciousness,
and would probably have tumbled
down the chimney but that was so
rigid and so walled in / could not.
The next thing ] remember was
opening my eyes and seeing the square
of wan light above NE. Then realizing
all, my strength gave way. and l fell
heavily, striking my head against
something which left me senseless for
hours. When l came TO myself, l was
in the arms of a young man whom
had never seen before. He sat upon
the fiocr, and held my head ocross his
knees, while he wiped the blood from
my ont forehead with pocket hand
kerchicf. which every now and then he
would squeeze out in basin of water
at his elbow.
don't suppose there was ever a more
terrified young man upon this earth of
ours. Imagine a. inoffensive young
man turning up in town where an
intimate friend lived. coming in on tire
very train that takes this intimate
lend out. Imagine the intimate friend
cordially inviting the newcomer to his
house, telling him there was nobody
in il. but that he could pat mp there.
make himself lord and master. fird
plenty to eat by foraging around and
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FARM AND GARDEN.
EARN ICE HOUSE.


Plans of One That Has Proved to BE Per-
fectiy Satisfactory.
The building is cheaply made of
matched lumber, the two walls bein;,
one foot apart and both lined ON the
inside with tarred paper, such as is
used for lining roofs.
Fig. l shows transverse section OF
the building after il is filed, and shows
the dead-air space (A) between the
walls, the ice Oh as it is piled in an
the sawdust packing (C).
Fig. is a detail of a corner, show
ing how the studding for the two walls
is arranged. This studding is three by
six inches, in order to make the walls
strong and rigid.
With these drawings as a guide any
carpenter can put up an icehouse that
will serve every purpose. Packing may
be sawdust, spent tan bark, or even
chat if nothing else is available.
The ice should be cut into regular
blocks of the same size and piled up
compactiy, leaving foot or IS inche1
between il and the inside wall. After
the ice is in the space between it and
the walls should be filed with the pack
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-02-06
stem I'm the Right Direction.

While the movement for improved
highways has not yet accomplished
what WAS expected of it in some sec
tions of the country, the agitation of
the question has served to educate
the people not only in relation to the
value of good roads, but also as ~
The means Of preserving serviceable
highways when once secured. 1t is now
generally recognized that the use of
wagons with wide tires is one of the
indispensable aids to he maintenance
of permanently good roads, and the
near future will undoubtedly witness
the practical Gesertion of the narrow
tire for all heavy wagons.-Colman's
Rural World.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-02-06
ANTARCTIC ICE.
1t Differs Considerably from That of tn
Northern Regions.

1t Differs Considerably from That of the
Northern Regions.
The difference in the formation of
Arctic and Antarctic ice, as is well
known, is very great. While the north
ern bergs mostly consist of large ice
mass running up into numberless tow
ers and arches resembling the noun
tain peaks which surround the glaciers
from which they were torn, the Ant
arctic berg are solid masses of floating
ice, with perpendicular walls, and an
unbroken plateau on the top.
All showed plainly whether they were
broken from the large sohtherly bar
rier or discharged from the glaciers of
Victoria Land. All the barrier bergs
had very distinct blue lines across their
walls, indicating the annual growth by
snowfall. These lines were, of course,
not to be found on the glacier ice. The
latter also showed more likeness to the
northern ice than did the former. The
peaks and towers of the Arctic icebergs
are supposed to be formed by the in
the softer part of the ice-mass under
water, until the natural law of gravita-
ton forces it to upset.
But why have the Antarctic icebergs
different appearance? 1t is certain
that in the Antarctic waters there are
also currents. Yet even icebergs that
have gone as far north as the south of
New Zealand have all maintained the
marks of their Antarctic origin. cam
not see any other reason for this dis
similarity between the bergs of the
north and those of the south but that
the Arctic icebergs, as rule, must pass
through climes which in temperature
rapidly change from one extreme to
another, and the icebergs take much
longer time in floating southwark than
do the Antarctic icebergs in advancing
nurthward, and thus, as rule, the
northern icebergs exist much longer
than those of the Antarctic.-C. z.
Borchgrevink in Century
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P,TH AND POINT.

Cciroborative Evidence. - "rhey
Say there are fewer persons dying this
winter than usual" "Yes, know lots
and lots of people who haven't died at
alL"-Chicago Record.
Same Thing.-Inquirer- YOU
think that journalistic work is a good
preparation for writing fction?" Edi-
tor4"On the sensational papers it is.
Journalistic work there is mostly fic-
tion." -Exchange.
You're crank and a theater
dudel" shouted the fierce-looking man
in the SLOUGH hat. That's what YOU
are! You're dandified I'ingree!-
I'm n potato masher. am To roared
the other, lunging at him.-Chicago
Tribune.
Walters Perilous Dnty.-"l'm going
to give up my place at this here res
taurant," said broadway waiter, with
look of disgust in his face. "Why ?"
why? Why, because they insist on
my eating mushrooms before the GUS
toners, to show them they're not toad
stools. Toledo Bee.
tor, that something win happen and
that | may be ',uriea alive" DIR.
Pylls-sNonsense! You need not fear
anything like that. You take the med
icine gave you and you need no longer
be afraid of being buried alive. That
is something that never happened to
my patients" Bazaar.
TWO DEAD MEN,
The man upon the bicycle.
The man upon his feet,
Collide, and quickly both of them
Lie down upon the street
The man upon his feet has gone
Unto rest eternal;
The man who scorched Is scorching yet
In the regions called Internal.
Detroit Tribune.
Mrs Querrel sat looking into the
fire. Presently she chuckled little
bit. 'What arc you ohuckling atg'
kindly inquired Mr.. Querrel. Il was
thinking of the time when you pro-
posed. You told me to say the one lit
tie word that would make you
happy for life" Yes, l remember.
And you went and said the wrong
word. cleveland Enquirer.
Harold Is Now Hustler.-"Oh,
Harold" she said, "you do not love me
as you did before we were married"
"Yes, l do" he protested. But you
don't yearn for my society as you did,"
ETHEL" he said, gently, but firmly, Il
used to yearn on a salary of SIS week.
When a man has the expenses of fam
lily TO look after, he's got to quit yearn-
ing and go to Observation-Disclosures
Star.
Although there was recent scare
lest the large expectation of ivory from
India and Africa would result in the
destruction of the elephant, it has been
found to be absolutely groundless.
Most of the ivory that we receive is
"dead'-that is, ivory which has been
taken from animals long since lead
and which has been stored away by
the natives for years. There is no dan
ger whatever of the supply being ex-
hausted for several generations at
| least
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Flo. 2.

boards sawed to slip inside as the build
ing is filled and taken out as it is
cmptied.
Some prefer to pack sawdust or
other material between the walls. but
the model we are describing has moth
ing between the walls, as the dead air
is as good nonconductor as anything,
and II the packing gets wet it allows
the heat to enter and rots the siding.
We have known ice to be kept very
nicely in single-walled house, but it
is not safe to trust it in such a one.
Ice is about as cheap a luxury as the
farmer can indulge in, and the one VIII
begins to store it will not soon give it
up.-Farm and Fireside.
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II hapI IN this wsy. love. as you re-
member. too.
wrote tender lay. love. and sent it
straight TO you.
It was valentine. love. in which truly
said
Unless you would be mine. love. would.
aiss. be dead.
{ praised in every line. love. your sweet
and perfect ways.
And placed you in my shrine. love, TO wor-
ship all my days.
said that roses red, love. were in your
ci.eeks a-bl0om:
Your eyes were stars. I said. love; your
breath a sweet perfume
Your voice was music rare. lOse; your
grace a, fairy's own;
And tsiat your wealth of hair. love. like
golden sunshine shOne.
promised to be true. love. and ever to
al this said to you. love. in happy days
Of yore.
and now. though years have flown love,
our hearts are still as young
AS when at Cupid's throne. love. our first
sad songs were sung
That valentine OF yo7e. love. I now repeat
With praises even more. love. than when I
vfote the lay.
I thought loved you then. love; know /
love you now;
To you ! kneel again. love. and greater
lou avOW.
You're learer every way, love. more beau
tisu and sweet
Than when that Cupid's day. love. allowed
me- 10 entreat.
I've fond you are divine, love. your purity
and worth
IIave made this home of mine. lo.e. a
'ayen on the earth.
So place this valentine. love. beside the one
of yOre.
And tell me you are mine. love. as sweet
~ as before.
You are my sweetheart yet. love. and your
trJe love am /,
And W. win not forget. love. to be Sc till
we die.
II. e. Dodge. In Chicaso Sun.
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a Sensible Valentine.

Sweet Phillis. sweet from the topmost
thread
OF your golden head
To the rosy sole of your dimpled foot
In its satin boot.
Fair Phflis. fair in your dainty dress
All the loneliness
OF folded bodice. the drifting grace
OF cascadc-like lace
Dear PhiIis. oh. for a word TO say.
As a true word may,
How dear you are to this heart" And
then
He laid down the pen.
Il needn't be quite such an ass" he said;
So he sent instead
A box of imported candies fine
As valentine.
And the girl who received il. with voice
intense.
Murrnurei softly: This has some sense"
Madeline 5. Bridges. in Brooklyn Life.
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Mrs. Christina S. Hayner was grant
ed n divorce at GAINESVILLE from John
C. Hayner by Judge Bennett on the
ground of cruel and inhuman treat
ment. The parties are prominent in
the Methodist church, and have been
married nearly 40 years, having re-
sided in Rock county 3s years. lIayner
is worth about $4,000. His wife al
legged she received $4,000 from her ia
Their, which Hayner used, and refused
to give her enough to buy clothing.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-02-06

On March Srd, the Monon Route will sci
tickets from Chicago to all points in ths
South at exceedingly low rates: Abbeville
nooga, Tenn, sos; Jacksonville, Fla.
slS.lU; Memphis, Tenn, $lll0; New Or
leans. La, <I1.05; 81. Augustine, Fla ,SlS.65
Tampa, Fla, S2i-o0; Mobile, Ala, Sl605
and all other points ut proporticrately low
rates.
Sessions, Trsv Pass. Agt-, Minneapolis
MINI, or Clty Ticket Once, 2S2 Clark ST.
Chicago, Ill.
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FIG. 1.

ing material, well packed down, and If
the work is well done the ice should
keep perfectly.
The floor of the house should be at
least one foot from the ground and well
covered with sawdust before the ice is
put in.
In the gables of the house there
should be two doors-one at each end
to allow circulation of air to carry off
the heat radiated from the roof.
The door should reach as high as
the square of the building and should
be double, the inner one being merely
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WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.
Doesn't Remain Single Long.

Two months ago John Hofer, land
scape gardener, aged 60 years, OF Mad
ison, obtained a divorce from his wife
with whom he had lived for 80 years,
ana the next day he welded another
woman. Marital happiness between
the pair was, however, unknown, and
Mrs. Hofer No. 2 obtained a divorce
from her husband of eight weeks.
Nothing daunted, however, by two I'M
successful trials, Mr.. Hofer for the
third time launched his bark on the
matrimonial sea by marrying Mrs.
Minnie Briordeisen. a plump widow of
40 summers. IIofer has been in bust
ness in Madison many years and is
quite wealthy.
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a change In che Title.

Maud (smilingly)-So you saw the
profound bow / got from handsome
Harry Browns Hes Just graduated
from college with high honors as a
veterinary surgeon.
Ethel-Yes; s., Gladys told me. It's
9. secret, but she's engaged to be mar
ried - him.
Maud with sudden asrerity) -Huhi
A Horse doctor!-Puck.
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In some of the experiments in Iowa
1. is found that calves horn from tuber-
culous mothers, when allowed to take
milk from their mother developed tub
erculin, but when raised on milk known
to be healthy, did not becon" affected
with the disease. This has raised he
question whether the children of con-
sunptive parents could not cscape the
diease If at once removed from their
care The point is an interesting one,
as il involves the question of inherited
tendencies, and we hope that scientists
will endeavor to shed more light upon
IL
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When they contain the germs of malaria.
To annihilate these and avoid aud conquer
chilis and fever, bilious remittent or dumb
ague, use persistently and regularly Hos
letters Stomach Bitters. which also rem
edies dyspepsia, liver trouble. constipation,
loss OF strength. nervousness, rheumatism
and kidney complaint Appetite and sleep
are improved by this thorough redicinal
agent, and the infrmities of age mitigated
By IL. A wineglassful three times day.