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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-28

w. "A. Brady IS corresponding with
Manager Piper regarding the prospect
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-28

/ tIyFIeof 9tk3n isrEoths 20 the south Of
lsIFransie fiSl<< spIlfDeFf To rest and, incI-l
i dentaIIy,, write another play.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-28

An. Aans,'ican- company viii play
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-28

The Metropolitan Opera company is
scoring in its Chicago engagement. The
De Reszkes and Melba are intact. not
withstanding rumors that would indi-
cate otherwise.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-28

sp1va5s Down sEast' and Lovers
Iane's in Australia 3
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-28

MS. Harrlstt FoTd Will dramafizeT
a Gentleman From France in which
the Iiiebler people VIII present Kyrle|
Bellew and Eleanor Robson next sea-
son,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-28

The Harmonic club gives a concert al
Gifts hall Thursday evening.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-10-03
PITH AND POINT,

Answer to correspondent: A blood
relative is one who b.eeds you.-Atchi.
son Globe.
The man who hopes for the best may
finally get o the worst; but, as rule.
he gets there neutrality-suspicious. Con-
stitution.
A man may not stand much of a show
in this world, but if he is theater-
goer he has to stand good many poor
shows.-Chieago Daily News.
! Miss Boston-'Isn't it dreadful how
much slang is INDUCED in nowadays? ''
Miss Breezy it's something
fierce, and that's no pipe dream" =
Philadelphia Record.
ITS too bad" remarked Funniman,
that we can't cash draft that we
may sit in" well, replied his friend,
the doctor, IF you sit in it long enough
perhaps I'll get some cash out of it,
Philadelphia Record.
Mrs. Stickier-"I don't like black
berry pie, but suppose III have to
take it" Mrs. Scoopen-"Why so, if
there's some other kind you like bet
ter?" Mrs. Stickler-"I'm in mourn
ing, you know" Philadelphia Press.
Soaring the Turf made one hole
in five strokes" announced the new
golfer, gieeful!y. ''The ideal" ex-
claimed the other golfer, who was even
newer. Il invariably make hole with
every stroke. l never can hit the
ground in the same place twice. Phil
adelphia Press.
Advantages of Civilizations pre-
sumo you appreciate the advantages
you derive from being assimilated by
civilized country" said the inter-
viewer to the sultan of Bazzoo island.
"Yes, indeed" assented his majesty.
why, | got 81 900 damages because of
injuries sustained by swallowing the
false teeth of the last missionary we
put in the royal consomme. "-Balti-
more American.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-10-03

rhythmical and supple movement from
one end of the pole to the other and
hardly touching a slender bamboo bal
ustrade, which is within their reach
and which is intended to serve as a
guide. When they arrive at one end
and are bowed down beneath the
weight they know that at the other
end the enormous vessel has been filed
with water and raised to the surface
of the ground.
Large notches cut in the trees serve
as ladder for the barefooted Indians,
and render it easy for them to reach
the tip of the pole at the moment when,
having arrived at the end of its course,
it is almost vertical While they are
making this ascent with Incompatible
agility, another man empties the
water from the enormous vessel into
trenches by simply oscillating the YES
sci, after which the maneuyer is re-
peated.
The work of the coolies is by no
means so onerous as it seems, for pains
are always taken to have the pole bal
oHSOH WI itNtis anu VI the proper
weight, and in this way the task is
much simplifed.
This method of irrigation" says DR..
II. Sicard, traveller, sis not applicable
everywhere, since it is essential that
the subsoil should be moist. and doubt
less it is inferior to the methods en-
ployed in Europe. On the other hand
it has the advantage of being entirely
appropriate to the economic and social
conditions of India, for machinery
there is scarce and expensive, and man,
though poorly paid, is still the most
useful beast of burden."-N. Y. Herald.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-10-03
FREED CAPTIVE GIRLS.
Gallant Exploit of Colonel Baldwin,
Who Has Lately Been Advanced
by the President

Frank d. Baldwin, for some years
captain of the Fifth United States in
fantry, who a few days ago was nomi.
mated for colonel of infantry by Presi-
dent Mckinley, has a wide acquaint-
ance throughout the west. He was a
conspicuous figure during the cam
4 paign against the Sioux Indians at
Pine Ridge agency in the winter of
| 1S90-91, and, after hostihties had ter
minated, made a personal investiga-
ton for the war department of the
origin of the Messiah craze which
caused the trouble al Pine Ridge
Twice he has been awarded a medal
of honor-the American Victoria
| cross-the first time for distinguished
bravery in the battle of Peach Tree
Creek, Ga, July 20, 1864, and on the
second occasion for gallantry in ac-
ton against hostile Indians near Nc.
Lellan's creek, Tex, November 8, 1874,
says the Detroit Free Press.
few days preceding the latter en-
gagement Gen. Miles was encamped
on Red river, some distance to the
west, with nearly his entire command
which composed the expedition of 1874
| rs. The military officers were aware
that the Indians held four white chill
dren as captives, and the most strenu-
/ Gus efforts had been made and We're
| being made to release them. Gen.
Miles finally decided to divide his COM
mand into three columns, their course
being directed toward the northeast.
| The right column was placed under
command of Col. Baldwin, who at that
| time was a first lieutenant. For three
| days he moved toward the northeast.
| On the night of the Sth of November,
| 1874. the column headed more to the
north for the purpose of crossing the
head of the small tributaries of The
north fork of the Red river ard the
| WaShita
The troops had been on the march
scarcely an hour, when the scouts re-
| ported a large camp of Indians in the
! immediate front. There was but one
incentive that spurred every man of
| the command to advance. without
hating the column for formation, the
troops were thrown into line to the
front, and the Indian camp was i'm
mediately charged, resulting in the
utter defeat of the hostiles. They
were forced TO abandon everything,
and the command was able to recap
ture and release Adalain and Julia
| German, two of the white girls whom
the Indians had held as captives.
Col. Baldwin is one of the youngest
officers in the army who saw service
during the war of the rebellion. After
the civil war, he was with Gen. Miles
through nearly all of his Indian cam
paigns No officer in the army stands
higher than he in the estimation of
Gen. Miles.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-10-03
DRAINAGE OF MARSHES.
cessfuIIy Tried at the WISCONSIN
Experiment Station.

In Holland it is no unusual thing 10
drain marshes by means of windmills.
4 very large area of lowlands is in
that country kept free from water by
the incessant action of pumps worked
by windmills. In some cases the
canals are very long and are utilized
by the assistance. of succession of
these engines. AT the end Of one canal
viii be a windmill, the duty of which
is to pump the water into another
canal just little higher than the first.
That canal carries the water to an
other, also ended by dam with
windmill The process is continued
till the water falls at last into a canal
! that takes it to the sea.
At the Wisconsin experiment sta
ton there has been a somewhat SINH
lar system in operation for a num-
Der of years. A piece of land several
acres in extent was formerly covered
with water, being below the level of
Lake Mendoza. The authorities at the
station ran a dixie across the part of
the swamp near the lake and dug
the land side. Near the middle of this
dixie stump" was dug A stump is
a reservoir for holding drainage water.
Into this stump bitches drain the water
from the swamp. Between the stump
and dixie a windmill was erected and
pumping connections placed. The plan
worked and still works to perfection.
"a win Il bn tor.
drained out of the stump, and into the
stump the swamp drains itself nat
urally.
Prof. Henry told the writer that
he was warned not to attempt the
reclamation of this land. Opponents
of the scheme argued that if the water
were once pumped out of the stump,
it would quickly seep back again from
the lake-that in fact this seepage
would be so extensive along the hun
dreds of feet of dixie that it would
render his work futile. But he knew
better, having before him the example
of like operations in other countries.
The event proved the method right.
There has been practically no seepage,
and for much of the time the windmill
is idle, natural processes of evapora
ton taking care of all surplus water.
Last week when the writer visited
the stump, the windmill was still, and
the ground was dry, while only little
distance away the waves of Lake Men
dota beat on the soil. The scheme has
in it great possibilities, and is certain
ly applicable where land is high in
price. Moreover such land is frequent
ly very rich in plant food.
In addition the irrigation of such
land in drought is simple, requiring
only comfortable siphon from the
lake.-Farmers' Review.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-10-03
SHRINKAGE OF GRAIN.
Results of Elaborate Experiments mt
Various Experiment stations
Prove Instructive

Wheat fuctuates in weight accord
ing to the dryness of the air. The
extent of this variation under ordi-
nary conditions does not exceed six
per cent, but where the grain is
taken from an intensely dry climate
to a comparatively damp one the gain
may amount to 25 per cent. Oats
stored in the fall lost in one instance
over three per cent. by the following
May, less than two per cent. in the
second instance and exactly two per
cent. in the third, and in the fourth
lost but seven pounds in 100 bushels.
Corn, when the entire plant is stored
in the silo. suffers a very considerable
loss in weight. AS an average of four
tests this loss amounted to 1872 per
cent. In other cases the loss varies
from 1857 to 20.36 per cent. When
the entire plant is cured in the field
subsequent variations in weight are
determined by the dryness of the air.
At the Connecticut station. where
Der into shocks, hauled to the barn
later and stored for fodder, the gross
weight was but As tons On Febru-
airy following the weight was rs
tons. In a duplicate test 25.5 tons of
green corn weighed but SO tons on
November IL and gained to S.5 tons
by February s. When the corn is
husked in the field the loss of weight
suffered by the ears depends on their
condition when hauled to the crib.
Very damp corn cribbed early in DC
tober shrank in weight 80 per cent.
by the middle of February, while dry
corn cribbed October q had shrunk
by the last of January II per cent.
In another case corn very dry when
hauled shrunk by New Years less
than three per cent. At the Iowa sta
ton the loss in an entire year was 90
per cent in one case and nine per
cent. in another. The relation be-
tween the weights of kernels and cob
does not stay constant as the ears
dry. When first husked fully IS per
cent. of the weight of the ears lies
in the cob. BY spring less than 20
per cent. of the weight of the ear is
in the cob. An elaborate set of ex-
periments at Houghton farm showed
that the shelled corn lost in weight
but about 7.45 per cent. from Octo-
Der TO March, while the cobs lost
fully 90 per cent?. C. Smith, Mich
igan Station, in Prairie Farmer.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-10-03
IRRIGATION IN INDIA.
The System in Vogue Is Crude But Eff
fective and Adapted to Local
Conditions.

InIndia simple yet effective method
of irrigation has long been in vogue,
but only recently has it attracted the
attention of foreigners.
The apparatus consists of a long,
clumsily fashioned balancing pole,
which is fastened at the middle to the
fork of tree. AT one end OF this
primitive balance, which IS as stout as
an ordinary beam, is fixed another long
pole, the lower end of which is sunk
into well and carries large vessel
made of baked clay. At the opposite
end of this pole are two coolies, who
are constantly in motion and thus
form living counter balance.
One after another they walk with
great strides over this narrow path
way, passing with mechanical yet
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-10-03
Mysteries OF the soil.

The mysteries locked up in the soil
are only slowly being made plain
Year by year, decade by decade, cen.
fury by century, the work goes on.
In all civilized lands are scientists
applying themselves to the problems
Chemists, botanists, biologists and
biologists all find in this quarter
room enough for their labors. And
the farmer has need of all this kind
of help he can get. To nearly every
cultivator of the soil to-day, as in the
past, the thing he cultivates is an un-
known factor. He knows it is sandy
or clayey, wet or dry, rich or poor,
but those things are but the begin
ming of wisdom
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-10-03
Chalk and Ginger Diet.

I have known many instances of
girls, in their foolish desire for ''gen-
teel" paleness, eating dry rice and
chalk, and refusing as much as posi-
be a flesh diet. Chalk certainly and
probably rice eaten in excess in this
way would tend indirectly to induce
pallor by disarranging the digestive
organs and obstructing the natural
secretions of the body. Habitual con-
stipation alone is frequent cause of
anaemia. Half a century ago the
plump and rosy-cheeked damsels of a
Buckinghamshire village found that
they, with their robust charms, were
neglected by local SWANS, who favored
pale and languishing maidens from
the metropolis. To counterfeit this de-
plorable tendency some of the girls
endeavored to modify their rotundity
and make themselves pale or fair by
eating ginger, Others INDUCED in
chalk and scraped Stale pencil, and a
few tried all three. They succeeded
more or less in producing pallor and
sickness of appearance, but the
young men were not attracted; and
after one Of the ginger chewers," as
they were called, died, the practice
bappily declined.-Notes and Queries
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-10-03
HANDY WAGON RACK.
Has Been In Use Half Century on
One Farm and Is still Con-
sidered Excellent.

The cut shows hay and grain wagon
rack which was constructed more than
so years ago by my father, Thomas
Atkeson. / have never seen one like
it except on that farm which I now
use and cultivate. The lumber bill is
as follows: Two ash scantlngs 4x5
inches IA feet long, A pieces 21ax12
61s feet long, cut in curved piece, as
shown in cut, so as to be 4x2h inches,
four 1x3 Is feet long. The structure
should be put together with screw
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-10-03
How Plants Absorb water.

Water is absorbed by the roots
and undergocs very slight change;
matter from the cells of the tree is
added las sugar, in the maple) and
it is then denominated sap" 1t
passes from cell to cell upwards,
through the sap-wood, until breaches
the leaves. The cells being separate,
and not continuous tubes, it is con-
veyed from one to another through a
great number of partitions; in the
Eastwood, for example, where the
cells are very long. it passes about
1000 partitions in rising foot
Farmers Review
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-10-03
1t Pays 10 Keep Accounts.

The expenses and receipts from an
finals are unknown to some farmers
1t is estimated that it requires fouI
acres to keep a cow, and the value o,
the land as rent should be charged
against her as so much expense,
which she must pay before her milk
will give a profit. On the other side,
COW viii leave about $40 worth OF
manure on the four acres, which
should be deducted from the rent
charges. When strict accounts ara
kept of all expenses the farmers will
then know which animals are paying
and which are not even supporting,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-10-03
-
$500
USEFUL WAGON RACK.

bolts of proper length. A little study
of the cut will enable any man handy
with tools to make it. Ii has the ad-
vantage of being level the full length
of both sides with a tendency of the
load toward the center. After many
years of use am sure no better rack
has ever been constructed.-T. c. At
keson, in Orange Judd Farmer.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-10-03
IS ns follows. in bad Snnnish:

"CuernaVaca, June 3 1851.
This Is a confession TO be read by him
who finds this money. was born in
North Carolina in 1921. have lived near
~ all my life in Texas / Joined Gen.
Taylor's army for the war with Mexico
in 46. I was in the battles Of Buena
Vista and Chapultepec. L was captain Of
a company IN the Twelfth regiment My
colonel was a beast and treated me be-
yond the endurance of man. The regi-
ment disliked me and made my life mis-
cradle. They stole my money. After a
while I was made crazy, so stung was /.
I came to hate the name of Americans,
my people though they are. Then came a
chance TO take some money sent down by
the United States government to pay the
troops. One night / took il and deserted.
Having shaved off my beard l came safely
to Cuernavaca, and buried myself here.
l have lived the life of the damned; and
this IS TO testify that before God I repent.
But what is a man to do?
ROBERT T. MARTIN"
This was the mute and brief ap-
peal This foreign trash meant little
to Tomas and Julia. They made a
secret trip to Mexico. They received
$4,000 in Mexican money for the coin
and bills, And in pretty house in
San Angel, that delightful suburb of
the capital. does Julia twist lhe lip
and prop open the eyes, and fall upon
the breast of Tomas.-San Francisco
| Argonaut
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-01-25
POLICE OFFICER RESCUED.
Onic>r A. C. Swans III OF the Corus3
Bluffs Force Tells an Interest

Council Bluffs, Iowa, Jan. ~, 1901
Especial. )-Kindhearted officer swam-
son of the local police force is very
popular in this city. He has lived
here for seventeen years, and has en-
joyed many high offices in social aaa
society work. He is now Vlce-&SS>ssEss-
dent of the "Dannebrog" Brothertion3s
the largest Danish secret eoc:ety til
America, which combines bcne7oleHs
with the social features. Owing to tbs
constant exposure and many hours On
his feet, which his duty as poles
officer makes unavoidable, Mr.. Swaf-
son became the victim Of serious Kid
ney and Liver Trouble. He was very
bad, but has entirely recovered. lis
gives the story in his own words az
follows:
II have been a sufferer for many
years with Kidney and Liver Trouble.
and have tried many remedies, soiGe OF
which gave me temporarily relies. and
others which were absolutely work.
less l began to think that ther. was
no help for me, when my nephew g'iva
me a part of a box of Dodd's Kidney
Pills which he had left, saying that It
would do no harm to try them, 81 theT
had certainly fixed him all right. Nls&
he gave me helped me so much that Z
felt Justified in purchasing more, ZIG
| grew slowly better. 1t tooI. alnoss
two months to effect complete cEzea
as mine was very bad case, hut Cen
cheerfully and truthfully say that ] aM
a we'll man today, and am yssy
grateful that Dodd's Kidney PINS
we're thus brought to my notice ,;
The wonderful cures effected by
Codd's Kidney Pills in Iowa have crs~
ated quite sensation in some pzirsr
Of the state. There does not seem ia
be any case of Lame Back, Rheumar
tism, Kidney or Bladder Trouble whioH
these wonderful Pills cannnt usasre
They are certainly popular here, ana
the sale through the local druggists A
very large. -
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-01-25

. . III y
The man who is always looking
back is very apt to travel as he looks.
Success comes from not making the
same mistake twice. "T H.
In the game Of life many trick is
taken with the trump of fame.
Fortunate indeed is he who loses
his temper and never finds it again.
Many Of earth's noblest heroes are
unknown to the world at large.
1t is said that Ruth Bryan, daugh
ter of William Jennings Bryan, start
ed to school one morning, not long
ago, and, after desperate run for
street car, finally succeeded in catch
ing it. AS she took her seat she
gasped: Swell, I'm glad one Of the
family can run for something and
get it,"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-01-25
Purchase Two NJ ore Islands.

washington, Jan. 24.-The senate
has ratified the treaty with Spain
for the acquisition of the islands Of
Sibutu and Cagayan, of the Philip
pine group, at cost of 100000.
There were no votes to spare, a two
thirds vote being needed, and the vote
standing 80 to 10. In the debate prior
to the ratification number of sena-
tors manifested disposition to op-
pose the further acquisition of
Oriental territory. Senator's Lodge
and Chandler spoke in behalf of the
treaty and Senators Bacon, Money
and Pettigrew in opposition.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-01-25
A WOna WEAKNESS.

Woman's sensitiveness makes then
subject to more intense wearin ef,s
than men. The melancholia, dcpres.
sion and exhaustion they suffer
due to sluggish action of their OF
gans, which loads the system with
impurities, poisons the blood and
skaters their nerves. Morley's sar
saparilta and Iron will cleanse the
system, revitaiize the nerves and give
strength and energy. Sold by agen
in every town.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-01-25

Any cough IS Serious enough
warrant prompt attention. 1t Is
what it may result in that makes
cough dangerous. For all slight and
stubborn cor CHS, for grippe, lung
fever, bronchitis, asthma and other
throat ard lung affections, you can
find no other remedy so agreeable
and harmless, or so promptly et-
fective as Morley's Honey Pectoral.
Price IS cents. Ask your druggist.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-01-25

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Sold by druggists 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best
The truly courteous man never