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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-10-07

ing dust, all of which, coupled with the
dull steady roar Of machinery and con-
slant vibration of the entire building,
makes it an uncanny place even in broad
daylight,
Before the vast bulk of grain in the
storage bins can be placed in the steam
ers' holds it must go through COM
plete rchandling. 1t is dropped from
the bottom of the storage bins to the
shipping bin leg and again carried to
the top of the building to the scale floor,
weighed by the shipping scales, and
then stored in the outside series of bins
known as the shipping bins.
When steamer is to be loaded with
grain these shipping bins are drawn
upon by long chutes hung upon the
outside of the building, which fairly
we'll adjust themselves to the varying
position of a floating vessel The
weigher keeps tabulated record of all
the grain run into the shipping bins,
and when they are emptied all that is
necessary to determine the amount of
grain delivered to the vessel is to add
up the sum total of his weighing rec
ord.
The energy and motive power required
to accomplish the constant refilling and
depletion of these stupendous granaries
is simply appalling, and as an exempli-
fcation of this fact it may be said that
the Locust Point elevators herewith il
Illustrated can unload, at their maxi
mum capacity, SEQ ears averaging 200
bushels each day, storing the grain in
! their rapacious maws of bins and dis
goreing it again with equal facility.
TO do all this neccssitates the con-
ccrted action of an army of employees
and two 1000 horse power engines. The
belts, by the way, which run the hun.
dreds and hundreds Of feet of steel
shafting in these mazes of gigantic
machinery are alone astounding, for
I they measure no less than six feet in
width and it takes two sections of l5C
feet each to reach to the top OF a single
bui 'ding. In fac; the exhibition OF
these tremendous forces, working as
they are to-day at herctlean pressure
is profoundly impressive, gaining in
strength by the mental comparison
with what commerce and mechanical
devices were only short so years ago.
From the simple to the complex, from
unassumine individual effort to all.
powerful consolidation of cooperative
action, and the story Of human progress
is epitonlized.
May the glad refrain of wheat. one
dollar bushei wheat, chime on. This
joyous, inspiring song is heard all day
and all night long in the big elevators,
as well as in the homesteads of the
fanmers surrounded as they are by
their erstwhile fruitful, golden-yellow
stubble fields.
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ROMANCE OF a CEMETERY.
How sorrowing Couple We're
brought Together.

Ont at Calvary there is a monument
maker who has grown wise, and this is
the way il happened:
lie is an economical man and attends
to business. says the Chicago Post He
used to receive all callers and show
them about the place. If two pros
pectiye patrons came together he saved
time by showing them around together.
pointing out the sorrow enduring quail
tiles of certain stones. the tear-com-
peliing possibilities of certain designs
and the grief-assuaging merits of the
price. One DAY man came and looked
over the place for monument suffi-
GENTLY eloquent as a marker for wife
deceased. lie came very near buy
ing a beautiful shaft on an expensive
base, with a world of chiseling about
it. lie said he would come out next day
and decide.
Next day he came. Also came a
widow who had about given a definite
order for a towering monument for the
most mOurned of husbands. The mon
ument man saved time and conducted
the two around together. They looked
at the things already all but ordered.
Then they waited and desired to look
further. Then they dawdled and talked
a good deal 20 each other. Then they
went away on the same train. In
day or two they came back together,
picked out one monument for the two
deceased voorhees, rather modest
double-header, by the way-and told
the stone man they had concluded to
get married and to use the money they
saved in furnishing a fiat.
Now the stone man has helper, and
bereaved men are never allowed to in
spect the place in company with be-
reaved women
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A GENTLEmANLY BURGLAR.
Transacted business I'm Evening Dress
and Lived LuxuriantIy.

NJ. Goron, formerly the chief Of the
Paris detective service, in his very in
teresting, if not altogether trustworthy,
Memoirs" published some time back,
devoted a good deal of space to
his account of an alleged gang of bur-
glars. which, according TO him, gave the
Partisan police an infinity of trouble
for many years. They were known as
the "Bande des Habits Noirs," a name
which was applied to them from the
fact that they always practiced their
estimable profession in evening dress,
wearing 4 gardenia or other fashion
able flower in their buttonholes, white
kid gloves on their hands and opera
hats on their heads. Whether NJ. Co
ron's account was exaggerated or no, il
is certainly true that an individual who
might very well have claimed comrade-
ship with the Habits Noirs" is now
safely under lock and key in one of the
central police stations. A gentleman
living in one of the swell apartment
houses in the Rue de IN Renaissance
was going up to his rooms, a night or
two ago. when he noticed that the door
of his neighbor below was open. This
struck him as being somewhat extraor-
binary, as he knew that the legitimate
occupant was away at the seaside, so he
crept quietly into an ante chamber, and
from a hastily assumed coign of van
tage behind the portiere saw a man in
evening dress yisibly engaged in rum
maging the place and filling his pockets
with small objects of value and Jewels.
Cautiously leaving his hiding place, the
watcher went downstairs, informed the
concierge of what was happening, and
a plan of campaign was quickly ar
ranged. Several policemen were sum
moned. so that when the gentleman bur
"laf came downstairs he was at once
seized, and, despite his protestations OF
mistaken identity and assumed indigna-
ton. was handcuffed and taken off to
the station. Here ne was brought be-
fore the commissary, and gave the
someN. hat weird name of NJ. Iturri-
trotch. and an address in the fashion,
able Avenue DIES Champs Elysees. 1t
was found, on investigation, that this
address was a perfectly correct one.
He lived there in an expensive bache-
lor's fiat, beautifully furnished. and
containing also a complete set Of bur.
glars tools and a list of persons whose
houses might easily be entered and
plundercd. The burglar is cookbook.
ing man, with all the outward appear.
ance of rich boulevardier. 1t is now
thought that il is he and his probable
companions who were responsible for
the recent burglaries in the Rue de Con.
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FARM AND GARDEN.
LASTING PROSPERITY.
what Farmers Must DO 10 Enjoy Its
Coveted blessings.


The press of the country is full of
this year, and many figures are given to
show what an increased harvest of dol
lars our farmers will reap. While there
il much exaggeration in many of these
statements, there is much truth also.
Farming is better business than it
has been. Good crops and fair prices
for them at the elevator or through
the feed lot have put our farmers in
better position than since 1891. Still
there is room for improvement-not
merely in the markets, but in the con-
ditions that surround farming and
farmers, and which directly affect their
profits. There is room for improve
ment in production of many farms,
looking to a less costly and bet
ter product. There is great need of
improvement in live stock, both in num-
bers and quality. Such things as these
come within the jurisdiction of every
farmer. But other equally important es-
sentials to greater prosperity lie beyond
the farm and beyond the farmerasani in
diyidual. The greatest prosperity cannot
prevail when many of the things the
people must have are controlled by com
mercial monopolies or trusts. Some
classes may receive incidental benefits
from these organizations, but farmers
do not. They must sell in the open mar
ket usually, aud can i'll afford to buy in
a market that is not open. Allowing the
other fellow to fix the price of so many
things is not productive of the greatest
prosperity. The same thing is, 10 a
large extent, true of taxation. Toe
often farmers have allowed other classes
TO impose the burdens which call for
high taxes on farms, while the other
fellow reaped most of the benefits there
from. There must be more caution
about this, if farmers are TO realize the
greatest prosperity. And there are other
matters that enter into this problem.
Better education of producers, result
ing in a better product and broader
market; opening of new foreign mar
kets; uniformity of production by the
individual, and, consequently, the mass
of farmers-all these things are essen
tial TO true and lasting prosperity. They
will not all he attempted, but in what
ever degree they are approached so faris
farming improved. - National Stock
man
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them in the hotel safe-but of course he
wouldn't hiuk of such a thing. lie
ran down ard got the money, and was
50 iickled ID he of service that he would
have stood ON his head if she had given
the sig.
The millionaire bachelor with the
swollen ankles was The next victim.
His ankles were much better. but his
heart was in a bad way. The wretched
idiot had fallen in love with the widow,
and he had Just figured out TO his own
satisfaction that he hadn't one show
in a million, when a little pink note
was III ced in his hand and he was
almost lifted out of his chair. He was
asked TO meet the widow in that same
parlor. and he didn't lose any valuable
time getting there Is his first name
was Samuel suppose the woman
called him sammy and she probably
squeezed his hand and made as big a
fool OF him as in the other cases. He
wouldn't be confidential with the rest
of us after IL was all over and we were
comparing notes. and 80 ! can't tell
what excuse she put forward 10 borrow
money. lie owned up that he handed
over 81 500 in the long green, and would
have made it more hcd it been asked
for.
Taken altU yether there were IL vic
Tins. One by one we entered that
private parlor 70 Toe made fools of and
plucked. The lowest sum received by
the widow was $500 The highest sum
handed out was that of Fitzy-who
threatened to commit suicide, but final
liz turned tocigarettes. The sum to-
N. was little over $4,000, but in cast
ing it up we did not mind the odd hun
dreds-
4 quarter Of a mile in rear of the no.
tel was a sylvan grove and lake.
Each and every one of us was invited
10 meet the widow beside the lake At
certain hour. We were on hand TO the
last man. Some OF US walked around
and gIared at each other. aud some of
US sat down on the benches and smiled
knowingly TO ourselves. The hour
passed. but none Of US left. 1t was
three hours past the appointed time be-
fore anyone became suspicious. and
then we moved TO the hotel in a body
TO find the widow gone. She had taken
train 81 the very hour 81 was to
meet Us. and with her haG gone our
cash. old Jones called her an adven-
turess and voted 10 pursue and arrest
her. but we voted him down by a large
majority and decided not to make fools
81 ourselves any further. In fact. we
decided TO become liars instead. and
Il. NJ n
denied that any OF Us had cared any
thing for The widow or had lent her a
dollar.
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ceived and al the time of shipment
| There are "a receiving scales and the
same number of shipping scales, run
ming from one end of the building TO the
ofl.er, each scale carrying an immense
rectangular box nicely balanced upon
/ its platform, which has capacity of
over Is tons or 500 bushels Of wheat.
The weighing Of the grain requires a
| skilled eve ard hand, for if. by any over
/ sight, the weigher permits his reeeiy-
! ing bin. which feeds the weighing bin
on the scale. to overrun he chokes the
endless buckets with grain and stops,
I for the time being. the operation OF the
machinery on his particular bin. As the
ale beam goes up under its load of
1 zoe bushels or 10000 pounds OF wheat,
/ the weigher cuts Off the receiving bin,
reads the odd pounds, and starts the
grain running from his scale into the
huge storage bin several floors beneath.
When empty the scale bin is closed and
+ the receiving bin opened; so ii goes,
this constant operation being kept up
now by nearly four dozen scales. night
ana day and Sundays too.
! Below the scale moor comes the blower
floor. where the grain is freed from dust
and dirt and other foreign accumula.
tons which may injure its standing or
I grading as set by the inspector of grain
for the city of Baltimore. This blowing
is done by huge centrifugal fans in
large rectangular boxes, across which
the grain falls by gravity, and the dirt
and dust are thrown TO one side by the
air Here also the grain is run through
n series of screens when necessary, 20
remove sticks, clods of dirt and stones.
The next two floors are known respec-
lively as the circle floor and the bin
| fCor, and il is here that one sees the
most apparently inextricable confusion
Of ramifying grain chutes which di-
verge in every direction from great
centralizing circles, and permit the
grain TO he distributed far and near to
the various storage and shipping bins.
| These two floors are wild and weird,
with little footpath bridges and hand
rails running from circle to circle and
disappearing far away in clouds of fly
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-10-07

would get well. had female troubles
in their worst form, Suffered untold
agonies every month ; my womb tipped
back to my backbone. had headache,
hysteria, fainting spells, itching, leu
corrhoa.
My feet and hands We're cold all
the time, my limbs were 50 weak that
l could hardly walk around the house;
was troubled with numb spells. l
have taken four bottles of Lydia f.
Piukham's Vegetable Compound, one
bottle of her Blood Purifier, one pack
age of her Sanative Wash, and am
entirely cured. I have not had one
of those numb spells since. Can you
wonder that I sing the praises of a
medicine that has cured me of all these
ills ?"-MRs. LOUISA PLACE, $50 Bel
mont St, Brockton, Mass.
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nnINn 20 cALIroKN ny
rhulip,' Upholstered Tourist r. arc he

Phillips Upholstered Tourist RS arc Best
150, 600 passengers carried IN IL years and
all Of them pleased. Is fattering testi-
nonial Jealous iclitators have started
rival lines, but they lack the facilities and
experience Of the Pioneers in the tourist
car business
The Minneapolis a 81. Louis Railroad
rms elegant upholstered tourist carr TO
California points without change, leaving
st Paul 90 p m. Minneapolis Z: IS T. IN,
every Thursday via Omaha, Denver and
Salt Lake the Scenic Line.
On November ID, and each succeedip z
Tuesday we viii run an additional car via
Kansas City and Fort Worth -the South.
ern Route TO attitudes and no snow.
The time Is only FOUR DAYS via either
voate. In this age time Is an important
factor IN the selection of line Of travel.
The Albert Lea Route being the quickest
and best appointed, is most popular
Through sleeping car berthS only s. %. ;
sentlemanly Phillips conductor and eoloreG
porter accompany the car 10 attend to the
wants of the passengers.
Meals served in dining cars, or may lie
prepared on cooking ranges provided for
the purpose in a separate compartment
Full information as TO ticket rates, or
berth reservations will be given by address
ing A Il. Cults. General Pass niger and
Ticket Agent, Minneapolis & st. Louis
Railroad. Minneapolis, MiEu-
Send for descriptive matter
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why, Mr.. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. do
you do" Why, haven't met you
since"
Madam. beg your pardon" inter
rupted. but you seem 10 have made a
mistake"
But you are-are George?"
'No. madam. My name is Boggs-
Abraham Boggs, Esq. dealer in grind
stones. green hides and guano."
And you never lent me a thousand
dollars TO pay my dressmahcr2"
Never. That isn't Abraham
Boggs."
"But you"
"Boggs, madam-Boggs. simply
happen 10 look like Mr.. Renfew, who
was probably some sentimental idiot.
AMI your mistake is excusable. Try
some one else, madam-good night"
DAVID WECHsLER
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and the like, he can give his horses
their hay ration in short meter, for the
rack should be connected by means of
the chute with the NOW overhead.
When the grass harvest is gathered,
should the barn be crowded with hay,
the mouth of the chute over each stall
may be covered with board, so as to
prevent hay from settling down into it
when not desired. 1t rarely takes long
for enough of the hay TO be fed out so
that it may be uncovered again.-Fred-
erick o. Sibley, in n. Y. Tribune.
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Lice Kill Many Chicks.

1t is known that brood of chicks
that are apparently well viii suddenly
begin to droop and die, especially when
the weather is very warm. In such
cases the cause is usually lice. There
may be no lice on the chicks when ex-
amined on one day, yet in two or three
days more they may have the large lice
on their heads. In the first symptoms of
droopiness rub a drop Of lard on the
head of each chick and dust it well with
insect powder. Then treat the hen in
the same manner. as lice 60 from the
heu 10 the chicks.-Farm aud Eireside.
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WILLIAM DI,-WIDDIE
At Nara Sansett.

what two fruits go best together
Miss Somergirl?" said Cholly Pierite, as
they bent their steps in the direction of
the rocks.
Il don't know" 2plied the sweet one,
unsuspectingly. what IS the best COM
bination? ?"
"Why, date with a peach, of course, ="
returned Cholly, with the air of man
who was making the hit of his life and
he knew it.-Town Topics.
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GRIPPE

Never rad IT. thsr tae world Is all before
vCu-
just recovered theu tEere's raag-t Tor n
70 tell
But for me. I've Just risen
From 4 grim ard Cri1ay prison.
And desire 30 me is ws.ii-s
flI The world 80 pc a-tei!lrs
Df my singular sensations
NV extreme +NacrrbatloES.
Ms unb1Irte1 frritatio-s
= nj intense eNaSr erattoEs-
First n all sudden shivsr.
Like a ripple On ;ha river.
Sets your marrow az a-qUiver.
Without any cause whatever
And from thence 80 Eurry-scurry,
ffel-er-skeIter. f-rry-eu-ry.
Daring. lt-Ie i-y particles
Through the e-arI-tiirty articles
fRa-her more OF rather iHssl.
That your body may possess
And your teeth begin 20 chatter
Though the srt ecd Is no great matter
Half Er1aE and half grumble,
As the shawis sou clutch and tumble.
ard you cover. shaking. 4uaklng.
WEer.-your tserl SET slu an aching.
CuspsE. ulIar. each one taking
flis peculiar line u d-viItry.
AS IN some Internal reveIry.
With tnr1Hbirg and a j0bb.rg.
And driving and living.
and 4 staubi4r a-i iatbIng.
and a Jerking and dirklnE.
As II all were Grcek-aa6-TuTkiug.
and ragrirE a-l g jaEsirgs
And a Ia--irg ali q smar-iHg.
As OF soul -d ur4v parting
Then your head takes up the story.
GYMS = wi.t aei .ar glory.
: wlll he w5th -s. b an aching
rs the word shall DE- aWskirr
Fame snail Sir gr1u ms banner,
Tl have arIeI iE such a md-ner.'
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The stomach that Is not turned thus by
shakinc up on the ''briny wave must he a
we'll fortified one. The gastric apparatus can
be rendered proof against scasickness with
that st0machlc 50 popular among travellers by
sea aud land-fiostetter' Stomach Bitters.
II defends the system against malaria and
rheumatism. and subdues liver complaint,
constitution and dEsnepsia.
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More American Territory forEnu,.Da

The rapid rise of the land about Hud-
son bay is said to be the most remark
able gradual upheaval of an extensive
region ever Known. Driftwood-covered
beaches are now % TO 90 or 40 feet a owe
the water. new islands have appeared
and may channels and all the old har-
bors have become too shallow for ships.
At the present rate this shallow bay
viii disappear in few centuries, add
ing vast area of dry land or salt marsh
10 British territory in America.
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stantinople. As he was so absolutely
caught in the very act itself. there
seems TO be little doubt as to his con-
viction, and he will go down to fame in
the rogues' gallery as being the only
burglar on record who lived in the
Champs Elysees. and was the next
door neighbor of dukes, duchesses.
prominent politicians and distinguished
foreigners. - Paris Cor. Philadelphia
a1uar
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No wonder He Objected.

A certain learned professor in New Yorl
has wife and family, but, professorlIke, his
thoughts are always with his books. One
evening his wife, who had been out for
some hours, returned to ind the house re
markably quiet. She had left the children
playing about, but now they were nowhere
to be seen. She demanded 10 be told what
had become of them, and the professor ex
planned that, as they had made a good dea
of noise, he had put them in bed without
waiting for her or calling maid. j hope
they gave you no trouble, she said. No
replied the professor, with tire exception
OF the one in the cot here. He objected q
good deal to my undressing him and put
ting him to bed The wife went to inspect
the cot "Why, she exclaimed, that
little Johnny Green, from next door. =
Chicago Tribune.
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HOW TO KEEP A DITCH OPEN.

the plan shown In the accompanying
diagram can be used to advantage. A
stake is driven at one side of the pro-
posed trench, and is anchored from its
upper end as is shown in the sketch.
As the trench is deepened board is
slipped down behind the stake, an
other stake secured in the same way,
holding the other end ofthe board. As
the trench is deepened, the board is
dressed down and another added above
il, the stakes also being driven down
and so on till the required depth is
reached. The same plan will probably
have to be used on both sides.-Orange
Judd Farmer.
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Aliens Foot Ease, powder for the feet.
It cures painful, swollen. smaTting feet and
instantly takes the sting out of corns and
unions. It's the greatest comfort discovery
II the age Aliens Foot Ease makes tight
n new shoes feel easy. 1t is a certain cure
or sweating callous, hot, tired, aching feet.
Try it to-day Sold by all druggists and shoe
stores. DC Trial package, FREE. Wr.te TO
Allen s Olmsted, LEROY, n \.
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"What nonsense it is remarked the
sentimental girl, ITO take daisies and by
pluckiug off the petals try to learn
whether or not a man loves you
Yes" replied Miss Cayenne; sit is
very silly. \ much better method is to
take the roses he sends you around to
the florists and find out how much they
cost. Washington Star.
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SUFFERING WOMEN.
How Many of Them Have Quietly
Obtained Advice That Made
Them Well.

Ny sister, if you find that in spite Of
following faithfully your family doc
tors advice, you are not getting well,
why do you not try another course ?
Many and many woman has quietly
written to Mrs. PinkhaEl, of Lynn.
Mass, stating her symptoms plainly
andclearly, and taken her advice. which
was promptly received. The follow