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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-10-24
THE GATE LATCH.

between the gates is set block for
them to strike against, with shoulder
little lower for them to rest on when
in this position. Then a four-inch
hook is fastened in the forward edge of
one of the gates, and in the other gate
two staples to receive it, one on each
side, so that whichever gate is thrown
back first there is a staple in place to
receive the hook.
To make the gate close flush with
the fence on the outside the latch must
be such as to pass the post. This can
be done with sliding bar, but more
convenient latch is such a one as is
used on stable doors, placed as near
the top of the gate as possible. A
notch is cut from the top of the post.
making an incline over which the latch
will pass and drop down Gig. p. This
makes latch which cannot be opened
accidentally or otherwise by cattle on
the inside of the lane.
When the passage of double team or
wagon is of frequent occurrence the
gates may be made just the width of
the lane and by hanging at opposite
ends will close both parts of the lane
while opening a driveway.-J. NJ. Shull,
in Orange Judd Farmer.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-10-24
ALONE.
chair.


She sits to-day beside vacant chair.
Most desoiate of all women in the land,
A grave. new-hcIlowed. and her love lies
therei
Life's sheaf of joy dropt from her empty
hand.
Dear heart. we women wake and watch
with thee,
We, who are happy, share this lonely
hour.
We enter in this black &c 'hsemane.
We share the pangs that test thy fainting
power.
So silent is that home Of other days!
But how the sweet years of the tender
past
Seem fllirg it with voices full OF praise;
What light of God is or its darkness cast
A perfect sphere, the love that folded thee
And never once could let thee stand
apart,
That through all pain and sorrow cher
ishe6 thee
In the safe shelter of a great mans
heart.
That blameless life. that hero's matchless
death,
Are thine to keep. until the summons
come
Some glad bright morn: Rise, for the
Master saith,
Thy weary days are over, child, come
Margaret E. Sangster, in Congregation
alst
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-10-24
IDEAL MILKING SHED.
Arranged So as to Secure the Largest
MOdicum of Cleanliness and
Ventilation.

No dairyman can be the possessor of
too many conveniences, especially
when they are obtainable at compar-
atively small expense, and the excel
lent milking shed presented in the ac-
companying cut is something appre-
ciated more and more the longer it is
used. 1t is a great improvement over
the usual plan of milking in an open
yard, where broken stools, spilled milk
and lost tempers are the rule rather
than the exception. Added to this, it
always secures a dry place, no matter
how stormy the weather may be out
side, and that with comparative quiet.
The arrangement for cleanliness, ven
tilation and the like is also far superior
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T.
Observation-Disclosures
HANDY MILKING SHED.

to the common basement stables, and
with such a shed more abundant sup
ply of milk is sure to be obtained.
1t can be built any length required,
that is, to accommodate the number
of cows kept on the farm, but should
always be is feet wide and have posts
eight feet high. A row of common
stanchions can then be placed along
each side. and door made at one end,
through which the cows may enter. If
grain is fed, it should be put in the
feed boxes before the cows are admit
ted A small quantity of salt should
always be kept on the floor, directly
in front of the stanchions, for thus
will the cows be able to obtain a suf-
ficiency of it twice every day. Fur
thermore, this manner of sailing is an
inducement for them to enter the
building and take their accustomed
place, let alone its tending to keep
them quiet while the milking is in
progress.
The sides and ends of such a shed
should be boarded up and down with
eight-inch stuff, leaving a space three
inches wide between the boards for
ventilation and light, The floor of the
stable part may consist of the earth.
but if so it should be covered with
coarse gravel over layer of broken
stone. This will insure its keeping
Frederick o. Sibley. in n. Y.
Tribune.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-10-24
ADULTERATED MILK.
Sold i'm Enormous Quantities in Large
cities in Spite of Rigid
Pure Food Laws.

A New York justice, in fning some
milk dealers for watering their milk,
told them that if they came before him
again and were convicted of the same
offense he would send them to the
penitentiary. 1t is asserted by the
officials in charge of the enforcement
of the laws against food adulteration
that it is almost impossible TO prevent
the watering of milk. So alarming
have conditions become that the Med
zeal Society of the County of New
York has appointed a committee to
devise methods of improving the milk
supply of New York city. Doubtless
the doctors have found the bad milk
one of the greatest obstacles in the
way of the recovery of their patients
and the thrift of children forced to
live upon it. The aforementioned
commission has hit upon what it be-
lieves to be practical scheme. 1t has
selected a few dealers that are known
to be above suspicion and has issued
to them label that may be used on
each bottle of milk, certifying that the
milk in the bottle is pure. BY so do
ing it is hoped the consumers will buy
only of those dealers that have or may
have the labels. BY this means the
rogues should be frozen out of bust
ness.-Farmers' Review.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-10-24

Inferior butter lowers the price and
Injuries trade in that article 1t would
be considered an offense to inform
the wives of some farmers that they
do not know how to make good but
ter; yet thousands of pounds OF but
ter reach the market that could be
OF a higher grade If the farmers and
their wives were not prejuGioed
against fancy farming" A silo. a
pure-bred animal or improved meth
DDS of farming are regarded as inno-
yations, being forced on farmers only
after more progressive neighbors
leave tke former methods behind and
find profit in so doing.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-10-24

venience of twice or three times day
having to drive them through the
barnyard intervening between the
house and the barn. There are no
gates to open and the yard is not made
unsightly by the cattle.
On the other hand, this lane cuts off
direct communication with a much
visited field of truck and small fruits.
and to avoid the continual opening of
two gates we hit upon the plan shown
in the engraving, whereby both gates
open inward and while temporarily
opening passageway to the field they
close the COW lot, as in Fig. /. Midway
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-10-24

If the ground is cultivated often
enough no weeds can grow, and if
the ground for a crop is carefully pre-
pared before putting in the seed, by
deep blowing and frequent harrow
ing, the cultivation required after the
plants are up need not be more than
one inch deep. If this is done after
every rain there can be no weeds.
and they will become fewer every
year. while the cultivation win pre-
vent loss of moisture in the soil by
affording a loose covering of dry
earth.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-10-24
QUEEN vICTORIA,s HAIR.
It's PrOfusiOn, at Her Age, Had Always
Been Wonder

Over 50 years old, Queen Victoria yet
had luxuriant hair, which was for years
a marvel. The court physician, following
Prof. Unna's discovery, treated her Maj
ration, which he always kept secret. 1t IS
now known, however, that the remedy for
dandruff, the germ destroying element, is
embodied in Newbro's Herpicide, the only
hair preparation on the market that does
destroy the dandruff germ. Without dan
i1ruff hair will grow profusely. and falling
hair will be stopped. Destroy the cause,
you remove the effect"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-10-24
willing to Go.

The procession came to a halt.
Now, sir" said the leader of the band
of regulators to the worthless loafer whom
they had tarred and feathered and were rid
ever we see you here again we'll hang youl"
Gentlemen" plaintively replied the man
on the rail, 'I'm willin' to go, but It's only
about a hundred yards from here to the
township line. Would you mind carryin' me
the rest O the "-Chicago Tribune.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-10-24
best for the bowels.

No matter what ails you, headache to a
cancer, you will never get well until your
bowels are put right. Cascarets help nature,
cure you without grippe or pain, produce
easy, natural movements, cost you just 10
cents to start getting your health back.
Cascarets Candy Cathartic, the genuine, put
up IN metal boxes, every tablet has C. c. c..
stamped on it. Beware of limitations.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-10-24
HELPFUL SUGGESTION.
How 10 Arrange Things so That Cnt-
tie May Always Have Free
Access TO Water.

Where farm has but one well and
the stock must be watered from the
same pump that supplies the family,
the following suggestion may prove
helpful: With us, in order that the
cattle may have free access to water,
a lane leads directly from the COW
lot al the rear of the barn % the water
ing trough. thus avoiding the ineon-
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-10-24
You Can Get Aliens Foot-Ease FREE.

Write to-day to Allen S. Olmsted, LIE
Roy, n. Y, for FREE sample of Aliens
Foot-Ease, a powder. 1t cures sweating,
damp, swollen, aching feet. Makes new or
tight shoes easy. Always use it to Break in
New Shoes. At all druggists and shoe
stores: DC
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-10-24
The SIurcnrd.

At considerable length the superintendent
Of the Sunday school had set forth the cul-
pabIlity of the sluggard, who, he said, need
ed only the spur of worthy motive to be-
come a useful member of society Now,
then, boys" he asked, in more animated
manner, what is the matter with the slug
gard?" Hes all right" yelled the boys, in
chorus. Montreal Star
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-10-24

MISS LAURA HOWARD, CHICAGO.
knew one day how 1 would feel the
next. was nervous and had no APP
petite, neither could l sleep soundly
nights. Lydia Il. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound, used in con-
junction with your Sanative Wash, did
more for me than all the medicines
and the skill of the doctors. For eight
months / have enjoyed perfect health.
l verify believe that most of the doc
tors are guessing and experimenting
when they try to cure woman with
an assortment of complications, such as
mine but you do not guess. How
wish all suffering women could only
know of your remedy; there would be
less suffering know."-LAURA How
ARD, 113 Newberry Ave-, Chicago, Ill.
$4,000 forfeit if abOpe testimonial is not genuine.
Mrs. Pinkham invites all wO-
men who are ill to write her for
advice. Address Lynn, Mass,
giving full particulars.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-10-24
Caring for Warm Min.

If the milk is to be used for city
markets or sent to creamery, it
should be aerated thoroughly, and
cooled as rapidly as convenient TO
so degrees or below. Never close COW
ers tightly on a can of warm milk.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-10-24

mo, sir, exclaimed the loud-voieed drum
mer in the smoker. I'm proud to say that
no house in the country has more men push
ing its line of goods than ours" What do
You SELF" asked curious one. Baby car
riages. Syracuse Herald
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-10-24

Mrs. Oldboy-Oh, you needn't talk, John.
You were bound to have me. You can't say
that | ever ran after YOU
Oldboy-Very true, Mariah And the
trap never runs after the mouse, but it
gathers him in all the same.-Ba Baltimore
American
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-10-24

A Poser Elsie Mamma, were you ever
a child?' Mamma-"Certainly, dear All
human beings were once children" Elsie
Really? Well, who took care of the babies
then Philadelphia Press
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-10-24

IN the Far North.-"Hil" yelled the wal
rus, look out for that pot-hunter; he's
after you" Il don't give wrap, replied
the waves just in time.-Philadelph Press.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-10-24
''MYRTLE'

Allison is said to have consumed "A
years in the preparation of his His
tory OF Europe;' but many important
literary enterprises were also carried
on BY him during this time.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-10-24

A kind heart is a fountain of gladness,
making everything in its vicinity freshen
into smiles. -Washington Irving
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-10-24

/ do not believe Piso's Cure for Consump.
ton has an equal for coughs and colds
John +. Boyer, Trinity Springs, Ind, Feb.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-10-24

A boys idea of revenge on his parents is
TO refuse to get his lessons at school
Atchison Globe
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-10-24
MISS LAURA HOWARD,
President South End Ladies'
Golf Club, Chicago, Cured by
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound After the Best Doc
tors Had Failed To Help Her.

"DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM II can thank
you for perfect health to-day. Life
looked SO dark to me year or two
ago. L had constant pains, my limbs
swelled, had dizzy spells, and never
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-10-24

The wage-worker who wants raise should
invest in an alarm clock-Chicago Daily
News.
The Topeka state journal., 1901-01-23
mot SUCHFOOLS"
GrOsser's Peculiar Statement
About His Constituents.
Do Not Oppose All Trusts, Good
and Bad.
WEILEP ON WAR PATH.
Hints That Opponent Represents
Transportation Companies.
Anti-G Grain Trust Law Is Hav-
ing a Hard Row to Hoe.

trust busting was responsible for
a clash between Ed Weilep, of Cherokee.
and Emil Grosser, of Dickinson. Buck
Inns anti-grain trust bill started the
contention The band wagon rolled over
It once before, and It came perilously
near suffering a repetition Of the ex-
perience. As the criticism had been
made that the bill did not cover all the
ground necessary to make it effective
Bucklfn- offered a substitute for every
thing following the enacting clause. The
substitute was voluminous enough, COW
ering every combination of the words
pool corporation Company" ''as-
ISOLATION" partnership" individual"
combine" etc, and making one SEN
tence longer than two ordinary bills put
together The author said that the bill
IS IN force in Nebraska and has been
found very effective.
The minority asked a generous hear
ing for the act as farmers all over the
state believe themselves to be at the
mercy OF a grain trust Grosser moved
that the enacting clause be stricken
out, while they were at the task of
striking out everything else but the en-
acting clause and putting in a subSti-
tute. This was the signal for fencing
earnest.
I do not know what constituency the
In his explosive, impeded manner of
speech, but a large part of my con-
stituency are farmers According to
Secretary COburn. in his last report, just
out. the farmers represent 54 per cent.
of all our constituencies. I notice, too,
that the transportation interests repre-
sent only II per cent. AS far as have
been able to see, the transportation in
terests control the whole business, while
the farmers are left cut in the cold"
A round Of applause Interrupted the
doughty champion of the weak side of
the house, and he concluded:
7 think the farmers ought to be
heard on the question
1t was up to Grosser to reply and he
got back at the outspoken Weilep a few
moments later.
4 know it has been the practice in
Kansas to make grandstand plays to
the farmer Men went up and down the
state in recent years fearful that the
farmer would not get all that was com
ing to him. These men were the worst
enemies to the farmer that he has. The
gentleman's party has been ten years
statute book? If he will keep his shirt
on. he'll see what we will do. Wen put
a law on the statute books that will be
just and equitable to the transportation
interests, the farmers and all. I repre-
sent constituency Of farmers but they
and oppose every trust, good and bad.
We have a law Of this kind on the stat
ute books now, and it is a dead letter
Why2 Because it is impractical This
bill is impractical and foolish, and that
is why I am against it."
The band wagon was turned back into
it's stall. however, after the cloud of
dust had settled down, and the substi-
tute bill was ordered printed and al
lowed to retain its place on the calendar.
The Topeka state journal., 1901-01-23

intelligence came up, Ed McKeever
pointed out a suspicious circumstances,
as he termed 1t. on J b Adams, Of BUT
ler He. said IT. is known that Adams
had been waited on by a delegation Of
ladies, with which sex the member is
reputed to be popular, to have a bill
passed to outrage justice in FL Dorado
and jeopardize mems lives all through
the state. He held that there was no
occasion for rushing Mr. Mason's bill
through in a summary manner and that
the house ought not to lend itself TO
helping any one or two lawyers schemes
as precedent had always shown it to be
disastrous
Mr-Adams. accused OF being under the
influence of the good ladies of Butter
county, asserted that he had no connec-
tion with the Morrison case and retail
ated with a suspicious circumstance
or McKeever. He remarked that Nc
Keever's law partner is a leading attor-
ney for the defense.
Lew Belts got out of his seat and
walked around to the front pretty bold
" for a new member to remark that the
Morrison jury did not suit him but he
thought the legislature ought not TO
pass a bill aimed at a special case Mr..
Mason asserted that the only connection
the Morrison case had with his bill was
that happening SO recently it had called
to attention the defect in the law. The
bill went over.
The Topeka state journal., 1901-01-23
NO PRAIRIE DOC CENSUS.
Representative olson's Measure Pro-
vided For Prairie Dog Uniformity

For corpse without a ghost of a
show. OlSOn'S prairie dog bill managed
to start a lively .ruction." with the as
sistance of the Populist backing, in the
house Stephen Cave, the original
prairie dog man of this house. had his
bill on the calendar for consideration
in the committee of the whole Mr.
Weilep tried to have W. c. OIsOn's meas
ure substituted for it, but without sue
cess. Caves measure secured sanction
after some minor amendments
The Cave bill provided that a town
ship should appoint men to extermfnate
the dogs, after the person appointed by
the board of regents of the state agri-
cultural college had experimented and
found the best way to do 1t, and the
township VIII pay for it out of it's gen.
eraI fund. Olson proposed that the
township appoint an examiner to go
over the district, determine how many
upon the most effective way of getting
rid of them, furnish the county COM
nissioners with an estimate of the cost
of the same. and have a. levy made to
provide the money for the work.
Weilep said that Caves bill made ex-
termination optional with the township;
that tone township may do it and the
next not No sooner will a township get
its dog villages depopulated than those
from the next township viii ernigrate
and take possession of the deserted
town"
H. r. Giessler. Of Logan. took the part
of the original and only Cave from
Gray and Haskell counties. He said
that Olson's bill arranges for a man
who goes around and takes some sort
of a census or something of the prairie
dogs After he has completed the emu
meration of the inhabitants of a vii
lage they are liable to move out, as the
member suggests. while they are away
getting the levy made by the county
comrnissi oners."
The man from Trego county was so
favorable to the uniformity idea and
afraid that one township would impose
on the other by shifting the response
bility that he proposed to have state
convention of his prairie dog assessors
within thirty days after the passage of
his bill TO arrange for a general war on
the animals But the effort to have his
bill printed and compared with Caves
was doomed to failure, and Topeka will
not have the opportunity to entertain
the first annual convention of prairie
dog enumerators this spring.
The Topeka state journal., 1901-01-23

Elk Senator @. W. Hanna Discusses
the Meas ure.

Elk Senator q. W. Hanna Discusses
the Meas ure.
The bill which was introduced by SEN
ator Fulton Tuesday was an act re-
pealing CHAPTER IS of the laws of Kansas
of 1899 which read as follows: IAN act
making an appropriation for the erec-
ton and equipment of an insane asylum
at some place in Kansas, providing a
manner of locating the same, and for
the purpose of securing a site. and pro-
vidtng for the mana agement and main
tenance Of the same
In speaking of the matter this after
noon ex-senator Hanna, of Clay Center.
said: The location of the insane asylum
at Parsons was against the best judg-
ment of nine-tenths of the people Of
the state Of Kansas; that Clay Center
voiced the protest, and after fighting
1t through the courts for two years
finally succeeded in referring the whole
matter back to the legislature fresh
from the people
Parsons is scarcely an available
place for such an institution, leaving out
all considerations concerning site, drain
age, ETC 1t Is too near the other in
stitutions of the same kind and
too near to other states, and would be
of no practical benefit to the section of
the state which is most abused under
existing circumstances. The whole mat
ter is up to the legislature for a settle
ment and Clay Center will, as a law
abiding community, abide by the de-
cision.
THE people Of the state do not want
an asylum at Parsons It would be Of
no use, and the present legislature should
take notice of the facts .
The Topeka state journal., 1901-01-23
PAROLE BILL PASSED.
Senate Adopts Governors Plan in
Committee Of the Whole.

When the senate met yesterday after
noon at 3 O'Clock 1t went into a commit
tee of the whole to consider the bills on
the calendar.
The first bill recommended for passage
was senate bill No. 8, by Senator Pes
tana, and was an act relating to appeals
and proceedings in error in the supreme
court, and regulating me proceedings
therein.
Senate bill No. 10. by Porter. was next
recommended for passage. This bill
provides for the holding of the district
court at the cities of Girard and Pitts
burg. in the county of Crawford, and
repeals all acts in conflicts with it.
The bill by Senator Vincent for the
appointment of certain officers in cities
of the second and third class was the
next passed but it was amended to in
clude city attorneys in the list of city
officers.
Senate bill No. II, by Smith, was the
last one passed and it required a good
deal of time and lot of debate but it
finally got through. 1t is an act provid-
ing for the conditional release and parole
of prisoners confined in the penitentiary,
for their employment and regulating
their conduct during the period Of such
parole, and providing for the return of
prisoners violating the conditions Of
the parole. providing the duties of pub
lie officers in connection herewith and
the penalty for the failure of a public
officer to comply with the terms of the
act.
The senate then adjourned to 10o'clock
Wednesday.