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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-03-23
HOW TO FIND OUT.

Fill a bottle or common glass with
your water, and let it stand twenty-four
hours: a sediment or settling indicates
an unhealthy condition of the kidneys;
If it stains your linen it is evidence of
kidney trouble; too frequent desire to
pass it or pain in the back is also con-
vincing proof that the kidneys and
bladder are out Of order.
what to do.
There is comfort in the knowledge so
often expressed, that DR.. Kiimer's
Swamp-Root, the great kidney remedy,
fulfills every wish in curing rheuma-
tism. pain in the back, kidneys, liver,
bladder, and every part of the urinary
passage. 1t corrects inability TO hold
water and scalding pain in passing il, or
bad effects following use of liquor, wine
or beer, and oyercomes that unpleasant
necessity Of being compelled to 60 often
during the day, and 10 get up many
times during the night, The mild and
the extraordinary effect Of Swamp-Root
is soon realized II stands the highest
for its wonderful cures of the most dis
tressing cases. If YOU need a medicine
you should have the best Sold by drug
gists in fifty-cent and one-dollar sizes.
You may have a sample bottle of this
wonderful discovery and a book that
tells more about it, both sent absolutely
free by mail. Address DR.. Kilmer & Co.,
Binghamton, y Y When writing be
sure and mention that you read this
generous offer in this paper.
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THE SYSTEM EXPLAINED.

attached to the bottom of the first post
space. and from the bottom of the Sec
ond post to the top of the third for the
second space, and so on. These braces
should be made of two strands of wire
twisted together by means of a small
rod until they are very tight. If there
is q tendency to loosen, the wire can be
further twisted and the slack taken
up in this way. This matter of end
braces is very important and if the soil
is soft or if there is any danger of their
becoming loosened, get extra large
posts and set them in the ground deep
err. say three and half to four feet.
To unroll the wire, place a tough
pole four feet long through the spool
and lay it across the wagon bed, so
that the wire will roll off the top of
the spool. Stick small standards in
the staple at each side of the bed to
keep the spool from rolling off. Take
out the end gate, fasten the wire to the
end post at the required height and
drive the team slowly, watching TO see
that the wire does not become entanr
gled as it unrolls. When you get to
the twentieth post, stop the team.
brace the wagon so that it cannot run
backward. Fasten one end of a chain
to the spoke of the hind wheel next
the posts, and the other end of the
chain to the wire, now turn the wheel
by hand and wind the chain up on the
hub until the wire is tight, and then
staple the wire fast to the posts. If it
is a long stretch of fence, it is best to
put in braces occasionally to assist in
stretching. By this method, one man
can build a wire fence by himself. If
anyone has better plan L will be glad
to hear of it.-American Agriculturist.
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AN ODD AMERICAN.
The Exciting Adventures of Poor
Artist During the Siege
of Paris.

An artist, in a recent description of
life in the students quarter in Paris,
gave an amusing account of an odd
American who has lived there for many
years and has been the companion and
friend of the many of his young coun-
trymen and others who have been his
neighbors while following the difficult
road that leads to artistic success.
This oddity. who. from his wide
knowledge has been niclnamed by the
students Dictionary snyder" was a
resident of Paris during the siege. He
was very poor: indeed. he possessed
not quite eight dollars in the world
when the investment of the city be
gan: but he determined, that. with the
exercise of proper forethought, he
could make this sum carry him through
the siege.
of course he knew that the price of
food would soon rise as indeed it did.
to almost fabulous figures; but he laid
in, before people had thought of such
an article of diet. or of its inevitable rise
in value. three bottles of olive oil
Then he brought bread from day
to day. as he required it; and. soaking
it in oil and adding and stirring in
water until the mess was as nearly com
bned into soup as oil and water could
be made to combine, he lived upon this
nutritious but unattractive fare until
the siege was nearly ended.
His health did not suffer but he be
came AT last so desperately sick OF
bread and oil that he could endure il
no longer, and resolved upon a single
handed sortie in search of square
meal" lie left the city secretly and
walked boldly up to a German picket.
who of course challenged and halted
him. but was persuaded, when finally
convinced that he was no French spy
but only half-starved American. to
become his accomplish in harmless
ruse Snyder ran past him and made
dash for camp: the sentry. whose
orders were to allow no one to pass.
fired his gun after him-bu in the air;
and Snyder arrived safely among a
much-astonished group of amiable leu
tonic soldiers. who gave him hearty
welcome,
They Toasted him upon cheese. beer
and fresh bread. and indeed entertained
him so well that he forgot the flight
of time, and failed TO return within
an hour as he had promised the oblig-
ing picket to do. rs a consequence.
there was new man on guard. and
Snyder was again halted and detained.
But his plausible tongue convinced
the second picket n il had the first
and the ruse was repeated, with the DIFF
ference that the ingenious SNYDER was
this time running for the gate from
which he had originally emerged Tn,
Frenchmen who received him. painting
and pursued apparently by rifle-shots
regarded him as he hero OF a marvellous
escape. and were so moved by admira-
tion OF his feat that they. from their
own slender resources. provided him
with another good meal--the second
in one day. and In many weeks
Youths Companion
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MINOR NEWS ITEMS.

Judge NJ L. Hayward, who has been
elected United States senator from Ne
braska, is 90 years old and possessed of
fortune of at least $3.O0O,OOO.
Secretary Wilson is making arrange
ments for letting the government seed
contracts in the spring instead of in the
autumn, as has been done heretofore.
A "state" penitentiary is to be es-
tablished at Santiago de Cuba for the
confinement of criminals convicted in
courts of the eastern district of the is
land.
Counting Egypt and the Soudan, over
1000 900 square miles have been added
to British territory since 1871. This is
an area greater than that of the United
States.
Miss Susan b. Anthony will attend
Council of Women, TO be held in West
minister hall, London, about the middle
of June.
Andrew c. Fowle. who died of heart
failure at his home in Newark, y. J..
aged 20 years, in 1862 constructed for
the government the first geometrical
lathe for bank note engraving.
Three tugs for use in Manila bay and
among the Philippines have been pur.
chased by the United States govern
ment in Hong Kong. They will be
used to transport troops from point to
point
The late Judge Reuben Merriwether
Dorsey. of Howard county. Md, was
born during a snowstorm. rode 20 miles
through heavy snowdrifts TO be mar
ried and was buried during a recent
blizzard
The yacht Norma, in which 4, j.
Weaver and party Of friends sailed
from New York November 2, 1896. TO
explore and write up the strange
places Of the earth" has arrived at Co
lombo. Ceylon.
At the request of the state depart
ment the announcement is made for
the benefit of concession seekers that
the islands evacuated by Spain in the
West Indies are under military control
pending legislation by congress to de-
termine their future government.
Gen. Marcus ? Miller, who COM
manded the forces that captured Iloilo
has reached the age limit He bears
the honor of having received five bre-
vets for gallant and meritorious con-
duct in active service-three in the
civil war aud two in Indian campaigns
Gen. Miller was born in Massachusetts.
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NOTES FOR BEEKEEPERS.

The eggs of worker bees will often
hatch.
1t is best TO have honey well refined
before storing it away.
All hives should have good young
queens and young brood.
A young queen that has defective
wings should be destroyed.
a colony in proper condition is al
ways proof against robbers.
Bees quit breeding early and general
~ come through the winter weak.
Fruit bloom serves to build the bees
up strong, but does not give much sur
plus
The genuine worker brood in the
comb has very even, regular appear
ance.
Allow no stock of any kind to run in
the apiary during the winter, unless it
be poultry.
Frames of empty combs can best be
taken care of by keeping them in or
binary hives.
There is nothing more valuable in the
hpidIS tudh empty collpS, tueE slould
be well cared for.
When a colony dies from any cause
cleanse the hive thoroughly and rinse
with boiling water.
Never move a comb hastily or hold
new comb horizontally, as it will prob
ably break and fall.
The hog should have. as has often
been said some pure water to drink.
in addition 10 Stops.
Often at this time It will be necessary
20 see that the entrances to the hives
are not closed up with dead bees.
There is growing sentiment in favor
of adding a department of road study
to our college and university courses.
Two things must go together in
building up colonies for winter, name
ly, feeding and breeding. One without
the other will not be of much avail.
To introduce aqueen successfully the
colony should be made queenless some
three or four days prior to presenting
the new queen to it.-St Louis Repub-
lie.
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BARRED WIRE FENCE.
Description of a Tried Method by
Which One Man Can Build
One without Help.

At each end of the line OF fence set
three posts two and a half feet deep,
tamping the dirt firmly about them.
If the work is done in early spring, the
posts can be sharpened and driven in
with maui The posts should be just
one rod apart. The intervening posts
can be set about two feet deep and a
rod apart. The value of the barbed
wire fence depends upon the tension
of the wires. If they are loose, the
fence is ineffective and dangerous for
farm animals. If the end posts are
firmly braced and the wires tightly
stretched at first there will be no diff
ticulty in this respect.
In bracing. the plan suggested in
the accompanying illustration is very
desirable. Between the end post and
the one next TO it, set an extra post
You will thus have two spaces eight
feet and three inches apart in which to
put braces (aa). For braces use strong
material that will not bend and then
counterbrace il by means of wire obj
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THE OLD ARMCHAIR.
Il love it, love it. and who shall dare
To chide me for loving that old arm
chafr2''


chair?"
As l sit and dream of the days long gone.
When life was bursting from out its dawn,
When the sun of boyhood was beaming
bright
And the heart, yet stranger to care. was
light,
can see it modestly sitting there.
That household treasure, the old armchair,
And the kindly eyes and the sweet old face
All scanned and wrinkled Yet fun of grace
OF the aged mother, long since al rest
In the old churchyard, and within my
breast
The heart grows tender and thrills with
love
AS the thoughts soar up to that Home
above.
I can see her yet as the soft sunlight
Crept through the curtains so pure and
white.
And fell like a crown on her old lace cap
As she rested there in monday nap.
How oft have I knelt by that old armchair
And whispered my simple evening prayer,
With scarcely a thought that the Lord
would hear,
For I spoke the words to that mothers ear.
D! the world seemed dark and my heart
seemed dead.
When / knew that the spotess soul had
fed
To another realm, and The tears would
rise
From the inner depths of my boyish eyes
Whenever I'd look at the old armchair
With the angel no longer resting there.
Long years have fled since | babe farewell
To that old east home where the sunlight
fen
On my boyish head in such kindly way
And reverently kissed those locks of gray.
Yet near me is sitting that old armchair,
And the form of another is resting there
And rocking contentedly to and fro,
AS rocked that dear one of long ago.
With the head of d play-tired youngster
pressed
In mass of curls to her mothers breast,
And | gaze in the depths of her soulful
eyes,
And | often think from the starlit skies,
From the home of the blest in the realms
above
The eyes of that mother must beam with
love
AS they rest on the features so softly
sweet
OF the wife who sits in that honored seat.
Il love IT, love it, and who shall dare
To chide me for loving that old arm
chair"''
Boston Globe.
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aixuI,bide of Carbon.

Inhaling bisulphide of carbon is
death to anything that moves. 1t can
be used safely and with certainty OF
accomplishing the desired results, if the
infected regions are air tight. Its APP
plication does not injure corn, wheat
or other grain, as it is very volatile and
soon passes off, leaving 10 traces. 1t is,
moreover. very in6ammable and should
never be used in proximity to any light
or great heat. II can be used in houses
for killing moths and other yermin-
but the odor generated is something
sickening II viii. however, soon pass
away with the creation of draft.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-03-23

No Reciprocity. could tell you an
amusing incident about my visit to the Brit.
ish museum said the friend who had
travelled, (which YOU are welcome to publish
if you don't use my name. The British
museum" coldly replied the editor Of the
Boomville Terror, "has never sent me any
aomplimentaries, so far as ! can remember,
and it isn't going to get any free advertls-
ing in this paper Chicago Tribune
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CURRENT TOPICS.

1T is estimated that of the whole pop
ulation Of the globe about 90. 600 die
every day.
MORE than 1000 different kinds of
postal cards have been issued during
the last % years.
THE value of the average annual pro-
duction of the earth has been estimated
at $40, GOO, 600, 600.
CHILE is said to have more poets, in
proportion to population, than any
country in the world.
The Ainu women in Japan tattoo
their faces TO give them the appear
ance of men with whiskers.
II ancient times many Of the noun
tains of Palestine were terraceu and
some of these terraces still remain.
SCIENTIFIC men generally believe that
the bed of the Pacific ocean was once
above water and inhabited by men.
A BERLIN matchmaker has invented
an instrument which will measure
time to the thousandth part Of second.
AMONG the Egyptians embalming
ceased about 700 \. p. About l, 200
years before its recent revival in war
practice.
SINCE 1879 more than 5000 houses
have been detenanted and closed in
Dublin ON account Of their unsanitary
condition.
A CAPTIVE bee, striving 10 escape,
has been made to record as many as
$3.50 wing strokes per minute in a re-
cent test.
JOSEPH II. CHoATE SAYS he owes his
success is lawyer TO the fact that he
never neglected case, no matter how
unimportant il was.
CHAINS aggregating SCI, 600. 600 for
damage done to American property
and citizens Of Cuba have been lodged
with the state department.
VENICE is built on so islands, and has
400 bridges, which are very steep and
have many steps The circumference
of the city is about eight miles.
Is London alone there are upward of
40 piano forte factories. while over
1900 shops are devoted to the supply
ing Of musical goods of all sorts
Two Rocklaud young men have sud
denly left home to see the world and
for once the reports do not hold the
deadly dime novel" responsible.
LEMON baths are popular in the West
Indies Three or four lemons are cut
up and left to soak in the water half an
hour. The bath is very refreshing.
IN Germany it is considered nee
essary that child should go up" be-
fore it goes down in the world, so it is
carried upstairs as soon as born. In
case there is no upstairs, the nurse
,'io''i'' % " '"o'e o' cii''i WIN 'l'e III
"a ~. can he easily removed from
sandbars NV a new anparatus consist
inc, ofan endless chain of buckets. to be
attached 10 the sides Of the vessel and
driven by engines. to excavate the sand
from around the hulI until the ship
floats free.
SHEARS no bigger than pm IS one
Of the exhibits Of the skill Of a Shelf
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\ western woman who had heard
Zangwill deliver a lecture insisted on
speaking TO the lecturer She piled
him with questions about his family
about himself and about his opinions.
What Is your Christian name, MIR.
Zangwill?" the inquisitive member
finally asked.
Il have no Christian name. =" was the
cool reply "Ny given name is Israel. :
Philadelphia Saturday Post
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Long Trance Broken.

After lying for ten months in
trance in Milwaukee, without power OF
speech and unable to move her body
Miss Tiny Brochiet is said to be recov'
ering She is now also able to move
her limbs, though her speech is still
very imperfect DR.. Clark Miner, who
attempted cure. says the disease is
carries of the spine. The patient is
gradually learning to talk. much as q
child would.
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The Land Of Big Red Apples, is an at
tractive and interesting book, with views
OF South Missouri scenery. Ii pertains to
! Embarrassing in that great fruit belt OF
America, the southern slope Of the Ozarks,
and is of interest to fruit-growers and to
every farmer and home-seeker looking for
a farm and a home. Will be mailed free
by j. E. Lockwood, Gen. Pass Agt., Kan
sas CITY. Mo.
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Sergeant Buck Taylor, one of the
famous Rough Riders. is a personal
friend of Governor Roosevelt of New
York. lie accompanied Governor Roose-
Welt on his great stumping tour
through upper New York state. He
was promoted through galiantry in
the deld during he late war
The Sergeant has the following to
say Of Pe-ru-ua: Il think there is no
better medicine on earth than Pe-ru-na.
for cajarrh Ii has cured me. 1t
would take volume to tell YOU all
the good il has done me. Pe-ru-na is
the best catarrh cure on earth. and l
know, for have tried nearly all Of
them Respectfully
Buck F Taylor"
Winter weather causes catarrh Ev-
erybody knows this Bur every body
does not stop to think that winter
weather delays the cure of catarrh 1t
takes longer TO cure case of catarrh
in the winter generally than in the
warn. season. Spring j. here. Now
is the time favorable 10 the treatment
of old and especially stubborn eases
of catarrh
Send for book entitled Facts and
Faces" Sent free by The Pe-ru-na
Drug Mfg Co, Columbus 0.
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A Bank Robbed.

When the officials of the Bank oil
Amherst opened the office in the morn
ingit was found that il had been broken
into and robbed. There was no clew &c
the robbers Both the safe and tn,
vault had been cracked open with eX
plosives and entrance TO the bank was
probably made 10y the use of skeleton
keys. h. \. Pomroy, cashier of the
bank. estimated the cash taken al
about $5,270.
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PROTECTED BOOSTS.

To aid in securing this condition OF
things the plan shown in the cut can
often be used. Place a board at the
ceiling in front of the roosts and have
the platform below the roOsts come
out as far from the rear wall as is this
board. Stretch a wire in front of the
board, close TO it, and hang curtain
of burlap upon the wire. A string and
screw-eye can be arranged so that
the curtain can be drawn from the
hallway after the fowls are at -0ost
They will keep very warm in such an
inclosed space-Orange Judd Farmer
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A heavy rain fell for "a hours al
Reedsburg and the dam at the Narrows
washed out, carrying several buildings
with it and doing hundreds of dollars
worth of damage. a considerable
amount of live stock was drowned and
the people were unable to leave their
homes in the low districts.
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KEEPING FOWLS WARM.
The Plan illustrated in the Cut Can
often he Used to COnsidera-
BILE Advantage.

Fowls can hardly be kept too warm
in winter, especially at night when not
exercising If the heat from their
bodies can be kept confined about them
they will be very comfortable indeed.
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Crescent Hotel, Eureka Springs, Ar
kausas.

Opens February % In the Ozark Noun.
tans Delightful climate. Beautiful scenery
Unequaled medicinal waters. Cheap ex-
cursion rates Through seepers via Frisco
Line. Address J O. Plank, Manager, Room
H, Arcade, Century Building, or Frisco
Ticket Office, No. I0l N Broadway, st.
Louis, Mo
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For n Culinary Reason.

PA" said little Willie, why is bad
actor called ham,
Perhaps his father replied, because
he's so often served with eggs. "-Catholic
Standard and Times.
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Il, said the orator, "am an American of
the good old stock, rooted deep in the soil"
"The only stock I ever heard Of that rooted
deep in the SOIL" said the farmer in the
audience, twas hogs. indianapolis Jour.
nal
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Death of Judge bird.

Judge Ira w Bird. one of the oldest
and most influential citizens Of the
state. died in Jefferson after long i'll
ness with pneumonia. He was born in
New York and came to this state in
1886 settling in Milwaukee, Later he
moved to Madison where he was elect
ed assemblyman from Dane county.
He came to jefferson in 1882 lie was
four times county judge, many times
supervisor and the first mayor. He
practiced law until death called him.
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Austin. Tex, March 81. - Gov Say
ers vetoed the enactment authorizing
the consolidation of the NJ X. g. I. and
the Sherman. Shreveport & Southern
railway companies on the ground that
they are parallel and competing.
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Mrs. sheridan and Mrs. Logan are
among the largest women pensioners
of this country They receive respec
lively s., 500 and $1,000 year.
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He doubles his trials who complains of
hem.-Watchman
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-03-23

1t is easy. sure 1t will vanish Use St
Jacobs OIL for Neuralgia. Its done
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Often man gets out of the rut only to
get into the ditch.-Town Topics
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WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.
To shine Again.

Ex-Goy, George NJ. Peck is going to
enter the newspaper field again. He
will revive Peck's Sun and try 10 make
il what it once was, one of the most
widely circulated humorous papers in
the country With him will be associ-
ated his two sons, and they will have
offices in the Evening Wisconsin build
ing in Milwaukee, as they had before
the Sun ceased to shine When Mr.
Peck became governor his newspaper
suffered and soon died natural death.