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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1898-12-29

taught us a good school. there amt no
glttin' around it, aud guess we've been
a little pIejudiced. ] know my Helen
never took so much interest in her
studies before. Then another thing
that has convinced US that we ought to
reconsider our action was the solemn
way in which the scholars felt bout
your leavin'. There's my daughter for
instance, she has been mopin' around
the house ever sence we sent you notice,
and last night after school the whole
crowd of scholars came iraipsin' down
TO my house with a petition askin us
err we have thought best TO yield 10 all
this pressure and ask you to stay. What
is more, we've decided to raise your
wages TO $50 month"
During this long speech the spirits of
the young man again rose to an exult-
ant pitch, but he replied in a calm and
dignified tone. which the gathering
darkness helped him TO assume:
Gentlemen, il is indeed gratifying
TO me that you have thus indicated me
from the suspicion of failure in my
work. But whether / can accept your
offer at this late day is question which
cannot decide without some reflection
The generosity of your offer to raise my
wages is appreciated, though l shall
decline to accept the increase. | will
carefully consider your kind offer and
leave my decision with Director Hath
away tomorrow morning"
The interview was now ended, and the
board solemnly and with some surprise
at the independent but perfectly cour-
teous manner of the youthful master,
withdrew.
New Years morning, as the young
teacher repaired 10 the home of the di-
rector, he felt thar he had been doubly
blessed. Yesterday he was but poor
and unappreciuted schcol-teacher. To
day he is the possessor of a snug for
tune and stands indicated before the
school district! Does the reader won
Ger which thought gave him greater
pleasure? And the answer which the
young pedagogue gave to the director
that morning; if anyone doubts its
character, the joyful smile which lit
up the sweet face of the directors
daughter when she heard it would have
made further questioning useless.-De-
troit Free Press.
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SEA-BRED CARRIER PIGEONS.
by Feathered Messengers from
Ship to shore.

Capt John K. Bartlett. United States
navy, retired, chief of the coast signal
service during the war with Spain, mas
reported to the department on the
value of carrier pigeons for signaling
purposes, In substance he reports;
That experiments be made for the
purpose of training homing pigeons in
connection with coast signaling, for
the reason that they offer solution of
the problem of communication with
vessels in the off-shcre patrol fleet.
These vessels would most probably OPP
crate in districts having established
bases. and at such distance from the
coast and from the inshore patrol that
visual signaling would be impossible.
\ homing pigeon service cannot be i'm
provised and be of any real value. The
birds must be Systematically and pa
tiently trained for a year or two, not
only 10 equip the cotes with trained
carriers for that locality, but to fur
uish a stock with seabred breeders. EX-
perimental cotes should be located at
the bases of naval coast defense dis
tricts. a small vessel provided with
carrier-pigeon outfit and an officer de-
tailed to develop This means of com
munication and superintend the sys-
tematic training Of the birds. Unless
this is done with intelligence and thor
oughness for at least a year it would
be useless 10 rely upon it at all. Such
a system could be very economically
inaueurated and could be maintained
1t a comparatively slight cost. a sim
pie routine of drill, exercises and re-
ports based upon our recent expert
cnces could be readily put into opera
ton and small rewards or appropriate
ratings would stimulate proficiency In
times of peace such service would
DC of constant convenience to this de-
partment aid TO the maritime interests
of the country. and the constant prac-
tice would prepare the men for the
emergencies of war.
Attention is called to the fact that
every other maritime nation has such
a system, generally much more elab-
crate than the one herein proposed, or
gained by and operated under its ma
val or maritime epartment.-Balti-
more Sun.
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FOWLS ARE TIMID.
And That Is why Being Frightened
Interferes with the Productive
ness of Hens.

Continual frightening is injurious to
all kinds of fowls, says an exchange.
The hen in particular is q nervous ami
NAL. Countless generations of domes-
tication have not freed her from the
timidity that was born in the first hen.
Did you ever notice, when throwing
food into the poultry enclosure, that
no hen, chick or rooster will stand and
receive OH the back even so much as
blade of grass? Should even a feather
float over the enclosure and settle
down, every fowl will run away, afraid
that it will fall upon them. A sudden
shadow will cause all the fowls to
move to one side and look up inquir-
ingly. We have seen full-grown hen,
old enough and big enough to know
better, jump nervously aside as the
shadow of a flying swallow or robin
streaked across the yard. All hens APP
pear to have about the same degree
of nervousness and timidity, and the
grower must keep in mind that the
hen cannot be taught to be brave,
that she must jump at all noises, shad-
ows and swift-moving objects, and
that his care is to keep her as free
as possible from fright. The nery-
business of all feathered creatures is
a real nervousness. The canary bird
will drop from a sudden fright, and
other birds are timid to a greater or
less degree. The chicken can always
be stampeded by the shrill "shoo!"
of the person who chases her. No
number of repetitions of any given
form of fright will enable a hen to
greet it with calmness. The hen is
hysterical by nature, and she simply
cannot help her nervousness when
things seem to be falling onto her,
more than the traditional woman can
conquer her feminine dread when the
diIuinutive mouse appears.
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that the administration had in the SEN
ate This is Senator Gray, democrat.
strong gold man and a strong de
fender of President Cleveland, and yet
he always retained the respect of the
silver democrats. This was because.
while he was a sincere advocate of Mr..
Cleveland's measures, and withal was
courageous and independent in this
advocacy. he was not regarded as hav-
ing betrayed a silver constituency for
the patronage with which such betray-
al would be rewarded.
A democratic silver senator who is
well acquainted with Mr.. Cleveland and
Mr.. Gray was asked why the presi-
dent did not appoint Senator Gray TO
one of the vacancies in the supreme
court, when he seemed to find ii so diff
ficult to find man who would suit both
himself and the senate. The answer
came quickly and emphati"ally:
For no other reason except that
Gray is a man of independence and
force, who has not been and will not be
dominated by Grover Cleveland" The
reply is characteristic of the way both
Mr.. Gray and Mr. Cleveland were re-
garded by the silver democrats.
Among these democratic silver SEN
ators there are strong men. One Is
Jones, of Arkansas. Before he was
made chairman of the democratic ma
tioual committee Senator Jones was
but little heard of. Nevertheless. his
ION sr,4 l. /, I !,
established as that of an honest, we'll
balanced. sensible, vigorous and able
man. He could be relied upon never to
make any blunder. either politically or
otherwise, was always willing 7 = work
hard for his constituents and his party
and constantly proved himself sound
adviser and able manager. It was he
who ir s94 went 10 each democrats
senator and found Just what sort Of a
tariff BIZ would command the support
of every democrat And it was he who
then prepared and arranged the
amendments which made possible the
first democratic tariff since the war.
Another distinctly strong democrat
lc silver senator is Cockrell. of Missouri
You rarely see his name In print. out
side Of a Missouri paper, yet he has
been in the senate % years. and.
In the direction Of legislation is ore
Of the most powerful men in the coun-
try Hard work. absolute honesty and
sincerity, great political foresight. and
q judgment that is remarkably sound
and IN biased. are chiefly what give him
his influence. Like Senator Jones he
is a thoroughly safe adviser. and for
years back has been a member Of all
the democratic steering committees"
He has probably more influence on the
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1898-12-29

Perhaps poor people have as good
right to their prejudices as those who
ere better OF. but such prejudices are
sometimes both expensive and anus
ing. In the biography OF William
stokes. written by his son, the story IS
told of Stokes being sent over TO Dub
I'M during the great famine to show the
people how to make soup. He askec a
starving beggar why she did not so and
eet some Of the soup that was being
freely distributed. soup, IS II, your
honor" said the woman. sure u 'sn
soup al all" And what is i, them
;~ouired Stokes. III is nothin'. your
honor. but quart of water billed down
10 a pint. to make it sthrong. "-1 ouih' :
Gamma Mon
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NOTES FOR SHEPHERDS.

It may be laid down as rule that
sheep never gain anything as long as
they are fed where their feed gets
mussed with filth.
Have you cut up nice lot of bright
fodder for the sheep? 1t will be nice
change for them when the snow comes,
even though there be plenty of good
hay.
One of the great drawbacks in sheep
growing in the timbered regions or the
northwest, where sheep are most
needed and do the best Is the tin Der
wolf. The number of these wild beasts
seems to increase rather than diminish,
spite of the bounty.
The breeder who is wise viii Gull his
fiock Of breeding ewes closely from year
10 year Where such culling does not
receive constant and careful attention
there will be unsatisfactory results,
more especially at the lambing season
Western Plowman
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AUTOMATIC WATERING TROUGH.

stop the flow of water, and when it is
lowered the water begins to fill the
barrel. Take a board () about loot
square. ana attach a wire (g) from end
of rod to the center of the board so
that the board will be on top of the
water, and the rod will be drawn up
when the water is at the desired height,
thus stopping the flow.
Place another barrel at some con
venient point, with holes cut in Id
large enough to admit hogs nose.
Connect the two barrels with pipe (e)
and regulate the height of water by
the lelgth of the wire (g). If you have
little Digs running about it is best to
put small boards across the drinking
barrel, a couple of inches under water,
TO keep the pigs from drowning should
they accidentally get in. After the wa
ter height is once regulated there will
be no difficulty in using this device,
The barrel used TO drink from should
be cleaned out quite often.-James
Pearson, in Farm and Home.
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KISSES VS.. CATTLE.

: . y " y " 7 " y II'EVIT'
SMITH D. FRY.
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sion, to elect a senator and Mr. Simon
was chosen. During the interim, Ore
gon only had one senator. 1t is not like
~ that, in the future, any state legis-
lature will fail to perform its functions,
because the rule of the senate is well
understood. Governors of states can
not appoint to fill vacancies caused by
the negligence or criminality of recall
citrant state legislators.
The leading men in the senate to-day
are not those who are noted for their
much speaking. Perhaps the most
conspicuous republican senator IS Mark
Hanna, known generally as the special
and most trusted friend of President
Mckinley. But while Mark Hanna is
conspicuous, he is not much of a power
in shaping legislation. This shows that,
while a man may be power in politics
and politically conspicuous, he must
take a back seat as "a new senator
when he enters the great deliberative
body. 1t is no reflection upon Mr..
Hanna, but a statement of fact
Senator Aldrich, of Rhode Island. is a
man of whom you seldom hear, because
of his quiet, unobtrusive manners. But
he is one of the veterans, one of the
workers, one of the managers; and he
has done the bulk of the work in COM
mittee on all tariff and financial meas
ures for the senate during the past 10
years. His handiwork was seen on the
Morrison, Mills, Mckinley, Wilson and
Dingley tariff bills.
Mr.. Quay's position has been some
what like Mr.. Hanna's. Now, how
ever, Mr.. Quay has been in the senate
long enough for his associates to rec
ognize his shrewdness and good sense.
He is a thorough partisan, and his infu-
ence is chiefly in his own party. Never
theless the democrats find him good
man to get along with, because he does
just what he says he is going to do, and
his opponents can rely upon his word,
whether he says he is going to fight
them or help them.
OF an entirely different character
from the influence of Senators Hanna
and Quay is that of Senator Hoar SEN
ator Hoar is a scholarly, clear-headed
and able statesman. He has had the
best of academic training, and has cul-
tivated in every way an already broad
intellect As might be expected, he
has much influence in the senate on
any matter that is purely intellectual
In character. His power is exerted
through his ideas rather than through
his personality.
There is man on the democratic side
who during Mr.. Cleveland's last admin
istration was the strongest supporter
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least incommoded by this prolougation
Of the term Herbert Allen had en-
joyed his first term in country school
or some reason, which he had never
stopped to anaylze, there had been a
peculiar fascination about his work, all
though it had been III sphere of life
and amidst environments 50 different
from what he had dreamed of a year be
fore And yet he had unwittingly in
CURED the displeasure of the school
board and had been recently informed
hat his services would not be needed
longer.
And now, on the last afternoon of De
cember, the term was over. The school
had closed with exercises" and the
whole community had turned out to
hear them The boys had stammered
through their pieces, the big girls had
read their ESSAYS and the little ones
had gone through their songs and mo
tiou exercises" to their own great salts
faction and the infinite delight of their
admiring parents. Director Hathaway
rnd Elder sloane. at the teachers in
S.tation, had talked edifyingiy on the
advantages of an eddication" and the
proper training of the young and the
teacher had spoken a few words of
modest farewell.
Al las all was over, the last scholar
had said good-by to the teacher and
gone The young master seated him
self at his table and sighed deeply as he
looked around the now quiet room, es-
recially as his eyes rested upon the seat
ii Helen Hathaway, the charming
young daughter of the director.
The schoolhouse, on whose interior
he was SO disconsolateIy gazing as the
setting sun shone through its win
dous and lighted up the familiar oh
iects-the charts and pictures on the
walls, the neatly executed maps and
drawings. the specimens of busy
work done by the children, the notices
and diagrams and quotations on the
blackb3ards- had been indeed pleas
ant place TO Herbert, save for the one
disturbing incident. Many a cheerful
modern schoolroom can be found in he
rountry districts of the middle western
states, and il is easy to see how an en-
thusiastic. refined young man like Her
bert Allen could become attached &c
such pleasant, intellectual workshop.
1t would have been even easier 10 uu-
derstand his foEUness for the spot if
one could have seen the sweet face Of
Helen Hathaway aud noted the Gecpiu-
terest which she evinced in her algebra
and history aud the readiness which the
young teacher displayed o help her in
her pursuit Of knowledge. 1t would
have amused u DISTINGUISHED observer
10 see the earnest devotion with which
the pedagogue and his most advanced
scholar delyed into the mysteries OF
quadratic equations and how willing
the young man appeared TO show" his
interested and interesting pupil.
Such anna bility, however, was not at
all pleasing to john Warren. another Of
the oldest. though by no means bright
est. scholars IN school Before he ad
vent Of The new teacher. John had been
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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1898-12-29
PLACING THE MEAT.
This Is Science Which Is Not So Very
Well Understood by Poultry
Raisers.

To give satisfaction, the bones must
be small and the meat thick, and the
meat must also be properly disposed
upon the fowl The majority of poul-
try eaters like the white meat better
than the dark and the fowl that best
suits the majority of purchasers has a
large amount of breast meat. The best
market fowls carry this white meat not
only Oh the breast proper, as at b in
the cut but also well back between the
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WITH THE SENATOR'S
Some of the Men Who Shape the
Nations Legislation.
1t Is Not Always the Lawmakers Most
Talked About Who Exert the
Most Potent and Lasting
Influence.
rsnecial washington Letter.

When the oath was administered to
Senator Simon, of Oregon, the senate
became complete body numerically
for the first time in almost two years
There are now 80 senators present OF
accounted for, two senators for each OF
the As states in the republic.
The term of Senator Mitchell, OF
Oregon, expired March 4. 1897 The Or
gon legislature failed 70 perform it:
duty and adjourned without electing &
successor to Senator Mitchell. The
governor of Oregon appointed Senator
Corbett, but the United States senate
refused TO grant him a seat. Conse,
quently II became necessary for the
legislature of that state, in extra ses-
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canal system for Germany.

The German canal BIT which IS 70 be
introduced into the reichstag during
the coming session provides for the ex-
penditure of 400. 0oo, 600 marks on can
ais and river improy ements, as follows:
Midland canal, 10000, 600 marks;
Dortmund- Rhine canal, $1,000 600
marks: 100000 marks for water
sheds. etc. in the Oder district. 10000
900 marks for the Beriin-Stettin ship
canal and 10000, goo marks for the i'm
provement Of the Weser river. When
the scheme is executed it is announced
that the main water ways of Prussia
will be connected from the eastern ex-
tremity of the empire to the harbors
of the German ocean.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1898-12-29

In banking up against the walls OF
basement barns. and especially in build.
ing UP a passageway to TIE entrance,
there is always strong temptation TO
use stones piled in loosely as a basis,
where stones are over plentiful Oh the
farm. Yet this usually proves mis-
take. Rats will invariably effect q
Judgement among such stones, and they
will in time work through into the barn
basement. Besides. rains Will wash dirj
among the stones. and it viii require
constant attention every year 10 keep
the passage way 50 that loaded wagons
can be driven over it
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where the membranes are clean and
healthy
Mrs Lou Davis, Fayetteville, Tenn,
tells in her letter how DIR. Hartman's
great catarrh remedy, Pe-ru-na, cured
her Of la grippe and serious lung com
plication. She says:
Il was afflicted with a disease com
monty known as la grippe two years
ago; the doctors said had consump'
ton. got one bottle of Pe-ru-na and
the second night my cough stopped
l took several bottles, and l will say
that 1 believe I would be dead woman
now if it had not been for Pe-ru-na.
Mary n. Pruitt, Palpa, No, says;
Pe-yu-na BledzciNe Co., Columbus, Q.
"Ihad la grippe for three successive
wears; it seemed to get a tighter hold
on me each year. 1t seemed was in
the laws of death. What had helped
me before would not do me any good.
l saw an advertisement of Pe-ru-na. !
procured two bottles and it cured me.
I have not felt any symptom since.
You may use this in anv way you
please"
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Our little boy was afflicted with hip dis
ease, or bone ulcer, when he was about
three years old. He suffered severely for
year and nine months. We had seven
different doctors for him, but they could
not cure him. They took out one piece Of
bone about 81 inches long, the shape Of
shoe, and one smaller piece. The hole IN
his hip was about 81 inches deep, and the
sore kept running all the time The doc
tors ordered us to keep the hole filed with
cotton, saturated with some kind Of medi-
cine This we did, and used probe to in.
sert the cotton We could introduce the
probe about 81 inches; and found by NOV
ing the probe about that there was large
cavity next to the bone, and we could feel
the bone with the probe. The child was
very pale, thin and weak and could not
sleep, and we had no hope of his recovery.
The treatment we gave him under he doc
tors directions did him no good We final
ly commenced using Aliens Ulcerine Salve
and it soundly and permanently cured him
in about six months He has been well
about four years and is strong and quite
feshy but limps 4 little on account Of one
leg being a little shorter than the other.
He is a picture of health and runs, scufiies
and plays with other boys as though moth
ing had been the matter with him. We be.
lieve Uterine Salve saved his life
LAURA Peterson
Sworn to before me this oath day of Feb.
ruary 1898
F. 0. HAMMER.
Notary Public, Ramsey Co, MINI.
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is considered his equal in partisan ora
tory.
There is one man in the senate who
has been a lifelong republican, who
now strictly belongs to no party, and
yet who has very great influence in all
parties. This is Senator Teller. Sin
cere and earnest as man can be, hard
working, practical, and with his whole
heart and life in the fight for what he
and his people believe right, such is
Senator Teller. When he speaks in the
senate all listen, for they know that he
speaks from Utmost convictions and
that what he says has received the care
full thought of superior man.
SMITH D. FRY