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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-05-15
THE ALLEY MANS
STRATEGY

Tim was an alley man. Everybody
who lives on the North Side knows
what an alley man is. He is the man
who does odd jobs for dozen fam
lies and sleeps in the furnace-room OF
the particular family which has shown
the greatest liberation for his pres
ence and to which he owes paramount
allegiance. The alley man generally
drifts into the neighbOrhood, per-
forms some service that gives him a
title to recognition and thereafter he
is fixture, gradually extending his
field of operations until he has ten OF
a dozen households which call upon
him for occasional service and one
household which he calls his own.
Tim the alley man did service one
day for 15-year-old Jimmie Rutgers,
who lived with his parents in a colo
NAL house on Astor street, colonial
though it was built only ten years ago;
but Of such is the kingdom of swelldom.
Jimmie Rutgers was driving alone. a
buckle broke and with only one rein at
his command Jimmie, though plucky
and a good driver, could do nothing,
and the horse bolted. Tim stopped the
runaway before much harm was done
to either vehicle or driver, but in doing
it Tim got a smashed rib. Thereafter
he was a prOtege of the Rutgers. lie
had a fine room in the steam-heated
stable, and would have been put in
charge Of the horses had it not been
that Tim had an occasional weakness
for gin. He ate at the Rutgers kitch-
en- table, did about three errands a
week for the household and did about
IS many more for each of a dozen 9th
er families living along the fashionable
thoroughfare.
One-half the errands that the alley
man runs are at the request of the
cook, the 1aundress or one of the mi
nor maids. This makes the alley man
welcome in every kitchen, and it also
accounts largely for the fact that one
household is generally kept pretty well
informed about the Goings of the other
households. Tim, however, wasn't
much of gossip. He was getting or
IN years, and he knew that no matter
how great the service rendered might
have been, that many an alley man
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-05-15
GATE FOR THE BARN.
Where Some UnruIy Animals Have to
BE Managed 1t Will BE Found
Very Useful.

In managing stock to the best ad-
vantage in stables where few unruly
animals must be managed few easily
constructed conveniences can be
placed here and there that will great
ly lessen the labor of tying up the
stock, says an Ohio Farmer CORE
spondent. In our barn we have con-
structed few gates, as shown in the
accompanying illustration. The cross
pieces in the gate are made of pine,
being three inches in width and one
inch in thickness. Two pieces are re-
quired both at the top and bottom
of the gate. 1t is very essential that
the crosspieces be of good timber and
quite free from knots, for the strength
of the gate greatly depends upon this
part of the construction. The vertical
pieces are made of oak, being two
inches in width and one inch in thick
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-05-15

the cows and wash their udders with
soap and clean water, and wipe them
with a clean towel; to require the milk
ers to wash their hands and heads, to
brush and trim their nails, to wear
clean clothes, to put on white over
alls and caps at the time of milking,
to construct the floor of milking yard
and shed of asphalt, and to wash and
sweep it after each milking, and to
frequently tar and limewash both it
and the limeworb of the shed. All
these things are undoubtedly impor-
tant steps, and if they could be car
ried into practice would result in great
improvement in dairy work. But how
far are they practicable? Farmers
who have heard these recommends
tions have expressed the opinion that
if dairying is to require all this they
had better give up dairying at once"
We do not believe that any device can
take the place of cleanliness in the
dairy; and, moreover, a device of this
kind will be very difficult to keep clean.
Farmers Review
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-05-15
slices and EnsiIage.

Experience has demonstrated that
there is no other way in which corn,
and in some cases clover, cow-peas and
sorghum, can be so cheaply harvested
or saved with so little loss as in the
siIo. And there is no feed known which
is less harmful to the cowl and her
product than good silage, and no feed
that can be produced so cheaply. Of
course, it does not furnish complete
ration; there should be some dry fod-
der fed with it, the same as there
should be dry fodder on pasture, and
in addition there should be more or
less grain fed.-Hcard's Dairyman.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-05-15
wild onions Ruin Flavor.

Wild onions are in many places
nuisance to dairymen, especially
where the dairymen are engaged IN
supplying milk, butter or cream to an
exacting market. The onions are
among the first plants to make good
growth in the spring, and hence are
eaten with the other heritage. 1t is
difficult, if not impossible, to take the
odor out of milk by aeration, though
this odor may be lessened by that
process. Once established wild onions
are difficult to eradicate, but eradi-
Gated they must be if their door IS 10
be kept out of the milk. In plowing
up field where the onions are numer-
Gus the blowing should be deep and
the sod turned completely over
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-05-15
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

In Russia factories are usually near
forests, wood being still the chief
fuel.
Silver is naturally an antiseptic,
and is therefore less liable than pa
per money to convey infection.
For $.129.31 first class, or $90.71 sec
ond class, one can buy ticket equal to
a pass for whole year on all the
Swiss railways.
Many private companies are being
formed for the purpose of working the
enormous coal area newly discovered
in the Campine district of Belgium.
All the new trains on the Central
London railway are to be of fireproof
construction, steel and asbestos be-
ing largely used Other precautions
for the safety of the passengers are
being taken.
Pewter making, one of England's
important industries 20 years ago, has
almost been abandoned. Cheap glass
ware and tinware have driven pewter
from the market.
The wasp, like the bee and almost
every other insect, is infected with
parasites. Wasps have been captured
which had two or three dozen para
sites clinging to their bodies.
A whistling moth is an Australian
rarity. There is a CLASSY space on the
wings, crossed with ribs. When the
moth wants to whistle, it strikes these
ribs with its antennae, which have a
knob at the end. The sound is a love
call from the male to the female.
A piece of genuine japanese lacquer
costs the native artist almost a life
time to perfect, and is produced by
hundreds of thin coats of lacquer laid
on at considerable intervals of time,
the value consisting rather in the la
Dor bestowed than in the quality of
the material used. First-class lacquer
work can scarcely be scratched by a
needle.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-05-15

had lost his clientage because he
couldn't keep his tongue between his
teeth. Tim had been around the North
Side neighborhood for ten years. He
had the strongest kind of affection for
Jimmie Rutgers now James Rutgers,
lawyer, age 25. The lawyer recipro-
Gated the feeling, and more than once
had stood between Tim and the dis
pleasure of the head of the house,
when Tim had looked upon the gin
when it was white and gave no color in
the cup.
Now it happened not long ago that
James Rutgers began to think a bit
seriously of marriage. About three
evenings every week he called at a
certain Goethe street residence, on
Miss Victoria Mainwaring, who was
stunning beyond all question, and who
had lot of money in her fathers
right, Mr.. Jimmie, as Tim called him,
also called about once every two weeks
at a modest Schiller street residence,
where lived Miss Agnes Merrithought,
who was pretty if not stunning, and
who did not have lot of money in
the right of her father or anybody else.
Tim occasionally took flowers to the
residence of Victoria Mainwaring and
somewhat less than enthusiastically
took them to the residence of Miss
Agnes. Tim noticed that his flower
bearing trips to Goethe street We're
getting more frequent and that those
to Schiller street were getting CORE
spondingly infrequent. There were
other things that told him that Mr.
Jimmie was getting thick" as Tim
put it, in the Goethe street quarter.
Nov Tim knew thing or two. He
had run errands several times a week
for two years for both the Wainwarine
and the Merrithought households, in
addition to having toted many a bou.
quet and bonbon box to both places
for Mr.. Jimmie. With his heart she'd
ding tears, so to speak, Tim saw the
growing preference of the heir of the
Rutgers for that Mainwaring girl
1t had reached the point where there
was gossip about it in the kitchens
and the cooks one and all predicted ar
early marriage, as one of them put it
of Rutgers versoos Mainwaring."
One morning Mr.. Jimmie appeared
in the stable and called Tim down from
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-05-15
MILKING GLOVE TUBE.
A Device which Is Quite Popular in
the Dairy Districts OF Australia
and New Zealand.

In Australia there has been brought
into use in the dairies what is called
milking glove tube. A valve fits over
the teat and from the valve extends
long narrow tube, which conveys the
milk from the teat into covered pail.
The orifces in the cover of the pail are
just large enough to receive the tubes.
We illustrate the general idea here
with. From an American point of
view the device does not seem to be
practicable. From Australian reports
we take it that the invention is sup
posed to be substitute fer cleanli-
ness in the dairy. Apaper in that coun-
try says: Many of the troubles of
dairying are caused by the injurious
microbes that are carried by dirt into
the milk, and it has been recommends
ed by various authorities to groom
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-05-15
Good Roads in Georgia.

In improving it's highways the state
of Georgia now leads the rest Of the
south. Nearly 1000 miles of graded
roads have been built in the state in
the Last ten years, and under a law
passed in 1891 the various counties now
raise 100000 annually for road maxi
ing and mending. The state law per-
mits the employment Of chain gangs
of misdemeanor convicts on road max
ing as relief to hired free labor. The
convicts are quartered in movable
camps and during the winter in coun-
ty barracks, which have all the con-
venience of well-regulated prison.
The only persons in the state who OBJ
ject to this method of improving the
highways are the convicts, and their
Opinion does not count
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-05-15
Her MILD SARCASM.

"Yes," said young Mrs. Torkins,
''the way we crowd and push or bar
gain days is something trying"
''It is, indeed" answered her hus-
band.
"But it isn't as bad as the crowd
ing and pushing in the betting ring
at the race track, Charley dear. And
when we have succeeded in giving
our money to the man we have some
thing to show for Washington
Star
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Characteristic,

1t was on the train between st.
Petersburg and Moscow.
"Ah,'' said the gentleman in the
brown hat, 81 am glad to see that
there is another American on the
train"
"But how did you know I was an
Americana" queried the person adj
dressed, with puzzled expression.
Because, when we slowed up at
that freshly-painted station you
reached out of the window and
touched it to see if the paint was
dry.'-Chicago Daily News.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-05-15
THE OLD, SWEET DREAM.

We saw Loves dream is over
The passion and the pain;
Sinner, saint and rover
He shall not dream again!
But to red deeps Of May
Still he singeth US away;
'T'is .he same old world, my masters, that
we dreamed of yesterday!
The same old ways and weathers-
Green fields and rain-sweet lanes;
With letters light as feathers
He hath a world in chains!
Still, still, the blooms are shed,
And woman's lips are red,
And not the kings gold matches that
which crowns her queenly head!
And Love shall grieVe and leave us,
And speed the shafts that Kill;
And pitiless, deceive US,
Yet be our solace still.
Tie singeth US away
To meadows sweet with May
TITS the same old world, my masters, that
we dreamed Of yesterday!
F. L. Star ton, in Atlanta Constitution.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-05-15
How He Gained

Silas-When Crawfoot had been mar.
ried Is years he went to town on the
18th of the month and got run over
by a car numbered 1913.
Cyrus-Goshl guess he's convinced
that Is is unlucky.
'Naw; he's convinced that it is lucky,
He sued the company and got $13. 0o0.@
Chicago Daily News.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-05-15
Reporters and Humorists.

Inquiring Boy-What is reporter?
Father-A reporter is a man who
writes up an Irish parade as if he were
an Irishman, and then turns about and
writes up an English celebration as
if he were an Englishman.
Boy-What is a humorist?
Father-A humorist is a man who
writes up an Irish parade as if he were
an Englishman, and an English cele-
bratiOn as if he were an Irishman.-N.
7. Weekly.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-05-15
Dirision of Labor.

Helene-How long did you stay in
Paris on your trip to France?
Emma-Oh, week altogether.
Helene-But, surely, you could not
take in verything in such short
tinei
Emma-But we did. all the same.
You see, there were three of us. Nam
ma took in the picture galleries.
studied the shops and things, and papa
eXamir ed the local cofor in the cafes
N Y Times
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AnnrRhenSiOnS

81 am very much afraid" said the
man with the melancholy manner,
chat this prosperity will not last"
well" answered the genial person,
''my friend, the professor, says that
one of these days the entire solar sys-
tenn is going to smash. But we might
as we'll enjoy ourselves while we can"
Washington Star.
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WIZ She did IT

81 wanted to show" she said, ''that
woman is maligned, that brevity is
quite as much her attribute as it is
mans, and SO when he proposed 1 had
to say Yes"
"You might have said No." it was
suggested.
Not at ALL" she protested. ''When
you say NO you have to explain why
you say it, and tell how sorry you are,
and it would have spoiled everything"
Chicago Post.
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The Fa.bion of the Day.

Innocent Little Thing-Oh, dear!
oh, dear! I wish I knew what to do.
Mrs. ter-Date-What's the mat
ter, dear?
Innocent Little Thing-Why two
men want me to marry them. I am
awfully in love with both OF them,
and [ don't know which to have.
Mrs. observation-disclosures mo-
ment's hesitation) Marry the poorer
of the two, my dear, and then when
you are tired of him you can run
away with the rich one.-Ally Sloper.
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Tn the sacred Name of Art

Girl with the Gibson Girl Neck
Did you see the water color portrait
Maud Wintergreen made of the
young man she's engaged to marry?
Cir. with the Julia Marlowe Dimple
Yes: and it fatters him. rather.
Hes not all his fiancee painted him.
Chicago Tribune.
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No. CO Enfhusfast.

what is your favorite musical in
strument?"
1.-THE jewsharp," answered Mr.. Cum
rox. you can always get far enough
away from that not to hear it. WASH
ington Star.
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TIMELY DAIRY NOTES.

Own hand separator if you have ter
COWS.
Let the salt be perfectly clean and
not too fine.
Remove milk as soon as possible
from the stables.
Use common clover a a green soiling
crop; it makes butter.
Strain milk at once through several
thicknesses of cheesecloth.
Stop churning when the granules
are the size of kernel of wheat.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-05-15
. She Could Not Help 1t.

Lillian, 3Hs years old, was in the
house playing one day when it was
raining very hard and was very dark
outside. Mamma came to her and
said:
Lillian, there were three pieces of
cake in the pantry, and now there is
only one. How did that happen"
WELL" said Lillian, her eyes open
wide with excitement, cit was so
dark in there I didn't see the other
piece Cincinnati Enquirer.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-05-15

"I'd die for you'll" declared the inn
passioned lover.
''Now, how foolish that statement
is" answered the prosaic girl. eff l
loved you wouldn't want you to die
for me, and if / didn't love you
nothing could induce you to die for
me. Please inject a little common
sense into your declara tions. Chi
capO Post
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-05-15
why Fido Didn,t Interfere.

Mrs. Jones-Just think of it! That
fellow came in and actually stole the
clock right off the mantelpiece.
Mrs. Brown-And your dog was in
the very same room.
Mrs. Jones-Yes, but that didn't
count. Fido is only a watch dog,
you know.-Boston Transcript.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-05-15
He Knew the Sex.

Young Wife, don't see why we
can't get plain cook. l have adver-
tised for one daily for more than two
weeks.
Hus band-Advertise for a good
looking one, my dear, and you'll have
a dozen applicants the first dash out
Of the box.-Chicago Daily News
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A bonanza.

Briggs-My veterinary was greatly
pleased with that horse you sold me.
Griggs-What pleased him about the
animal?
Briggs-Why. he discovered - new
diseases he had never suspected be-
fore-Town Topics.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-05-15
The Winning Hold.

We all learn to hold pen
When we are very young,
But he's the cleverest of men
Who learn to hold his tongue.
-PhiladelDhia Press.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-05-15
Improvement.

'Don't you think" inquired of the
prosperous-looking man with the
heavy mustache and watch chain, who
was dressed in the 14-inch balk line
suit, that the world is getting bet
ter?"
''Sure!" he replied, with the frank
enthusiasm of success. Not only bet
ter, but easier."-Puck
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-05-15

"'We have come to you for cook, )"
said Mr.. Googoowise, who had
dropped in with his wife.
YES replied the employment
agent; 'do you want a plain or
fancy COOKE"
Plain said Mrs. G., promptly,
1.-The plainest you've got."-Philadel-
phpia Press.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-05-15
Properly Named.

Mamma-Are we going to have dere-
lict pudding for lunch? asked the
Boston boy.
"Derelict pudding? Why, what do
you mean, Emerson" replied the
mother.
81 mean what those New Workers
call floating island, mamma. "-Yo ON
kers Statesman.
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md this boarding
ViciSsitude.

Success will oft play
But the prelude of sorrow;
The fad of to-day
Is the jest of tomorrow.
washington Star,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-05-15
Her Past.

o, don't you remember sweet Alice. Bel
Bolt
Sweet Alice whose hair was so red?
She's singing in comic opera now,
With voice fit to wake the dead.
Chicago Tribune
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-05-15
Eicfinn vs. Fncts.

another good man gone wrong"
Folks say, but no doubt,
IT'S only one more bad man
Folks have just found out.
Chicago Daily News.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-05-15

Mistress of the House-Bridget, do
you think that policeman who calls
here so often means business?
Bridget-Yis, mum; | think he do.
He is begun to complain about my
coollin' already.-Louisville Courier
Journal
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-05-15
The EDitaph.

We criticise him living,
But after he is dead
Our praise is so Understanding
1t goes above his head.
Brooklyn Life.
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A nixtressing Case.

ST see that DR.. Rainsford says:
Don't marry on less than SO week
That lets me out"
How SOP"
'.The girl I want to marry can't
earn that much" - Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
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Her Way of Putting 1t.

Lady Tin want of a cook)-Why did
you leave your place?
Cook-I couldn't stand the dread
fui way the master and mistress used
to quarrel, mum.
Lady-What did they use to quarrel
about?
Cook = The way the dinner was
cooked, mum.-Girl's Companion.
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MAKING MATTERS WORSE.

She-I don't care what you say, l
will have the last word!
He-Ah!-if it were only the last
should be happy.-Ally Sloper.
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SDre Renefciaries.

The climate is a wondrous thing.
1t never comes to terms
With human beings; but somehow,
It's always good for germs.
Washington Star
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-01-11

The following letter was received
from Billy Delaney this morning and
treats about Jenries Among other
things Delaney says; 81 have just
closed a contract with the city Club
Burlesque company Jim and his
brother Jack viii spar at every per-
Torrance of that company this season
with the exception Of what time IL will
take for him TO train for his fights with
Sharkey and Fitzsmmons / think II
is a good plan TO keep Jim busy You
know he Is q big, strong fellow ana
simply can't he given too much work.
He opens with the company In Eau
River. Mass. / will leave New York
for Frisco and stop OFF at Denver for
q day or so There is no need OF me
travelling about as he can do all his
own business now / will rest in oak
land until Il IS time for him 20 begin
training. when ! win again go east ana
take charge Of his affairs | wish you
would contradict those stories about
his drinking. He drinks o bottle of
wine every now and then, as you
know. But the big follow was never %
usher and never win be- tbs Goo bad
that "a report of that kind should gain
circulation. Denver Post