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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-04-24
Amasa Holden's
Square Deal
ByCLARENCE HAWKES..

A MASA HOLDEN was not miser,
~ neither was he skinfiint, but at
the same time he always looked at a
dime several times before he parted
company with it. His neighbors said
that he was a trife near, which is a
provincial expression that describes
to L the prevailing Characteristic
of many a New Highlander.
So hard it is to perceive this eth
ical equipoise that an interesting
thesis might be written upon the
well-meaning, prudent people who
have started out by being saving and
careful and have ended by being
miserly and mean to the last degree,
and finally starved their souls into a
wretched penury that is about as bad
as prodigality.
Amasa had been known to count
the pears upon a favorite tree, that
he might know if the boys took any,
and he had often boosted that when
young man he had lost a cent at
certain spot in the road, and SO
deeply was this loss engraved upon
his mind that he never passed that
place but he thought of the long-lost
penny and computed what it would
have been worth if it had been at i'm
terest ever since, instead of rusting
in the mud.
''Six per cent. compounded twice
annerly, that is what does the bust
ness, and more eff you kin git it,"
This was his maxim for all times, and
the one he invariably quoted when
his opinion was asked on any ques-
ton whatsoever.
Aunt Betsey, his better half in
every sense of the word, had sick
ened of this suffocating penury and
passed into the old cemetery two
years before the incident of the fair
and square bargain, and, although
she had not had q new gown during
the last 20 years of her life and had
always been scrimped for the neces-
stiles of life, yet she had the finest
headstone in the cemetery, upon
which her many virtues were emu
merated.
Amasa had never been the same
since Aunt Betsey's death, and signs
of the final disintegration were only
too apparent. The second spring
ufter found him so far from robust
that he had decided, after many de-
bates with himself, to let out the
sugar place, something that never
would have happened had he been
the old-time Amasa.
"Yes," he had said, reluctantly,
when questioned about it at the grist
mill, 81 don't feel equal tot. / amt
as bunlxum as / wuz once, especially
in the cold weather. Why, this win
ter / hev been real pimpin', that is,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-04-24

side to outside. This makes the throat
of feeder that wide. Make two of
these frames, one for each end. The
middle should be supported by n bench.
Use eight-inch boards for sides Of
trough. In boarding up the sides places
the lower edge of bottom board eight
inches from floor of trough, which
gives room for corn to feed out. in
close sketch of feeder.-John S. Core,
in National Stockman.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-04-24
EPILEPSY IN HOGS.
This Disease, Commonly Known as
Mind StaGgers, Readily Yields
to Careful Treatment.

Blind staggers, or, in medical par
lance, epilepsy, in pigs, is quite com
mon. 1t may be the effect of various
causes. In whatever way brought on,
the condition indicates imperfect nu-
triton of the brain and nervous sys-
tenn. This may be brought about by un-
duly stimulating food, as constant
feeding upon cornmeal, and confine-
ment. A wet, uncomfort bed often
leads to the disease in young pigs. A
course of two close breeding develops
this disease. The symptoms of an at
tack of epilepsy are sometimes diff
ferent in different animals. Some
times the pig stands and froths at the
mouth, then, after a few moments,
staggers and falls as if in fit. After
lying awhile, it RECEIVERS and seems
in its normal condition again, perhaps
for several days, when symptoms will
occur again, often proving fatal. Some
times the pig forces his nose into a
corner of the pen and stands trem-
bling for a few moments, and suddenly
darts around the pen few times and
falls motionless upon the floor. When
symptoms of staggers are developed
in small pigs they should be given
good dry bed and ten or IL drops of
chloride of iron twice day for few
days in their food. AS preventive
when pigs show symptoms of disease,
withhold the food mainly and feed sui
phur and powdered charcoal for a few
DAYS. Supplying dry, comfortable
quarters and feeding the young pigs
with good supply of milk and occa-
sionally mess of boiled fiaxseed will
be particularly good, as containing
large proportion of oleaginous matter.
A few cabbages, grass and oatmeal are
helpful as varied diet. As in many
other things due regard to their con-
dition that seems to prevent the dis
ease is better than to be obliged to
resort to the various remedies, and
then, perhaps, fail to restore the an
imal to health.-Eastern Exchange.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-04-24
STABLE CONVENIENCE.
How to Make an Excellent Self
Feeder for Ear Corn for the
FatteninE Lambs.

Make an X of two 2x4-inch pieces, five
feet long, so that they cross each
other two feet from lower ends and
have the top ends four feet apart, out
of this frame bolt a 2x4 piece 21s feet
long SO the top edge will be nine inches
from the bottom of frame. This is toy
support the floor of feeder. Also in
angles of sides of frame nail two
pieces cut the proper shape to fit, so
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-04-24
go. ~ Rome,. Coli.eu,,

To attract the capricious race of
tourists it was recently decided at a
meeting of the Society of Hotel Keep
ers at Rome that brilliant fetes should
be given next season in the Coliseum.
Attempts viii be made to revive, ''un-
der modern humanitarian conditions, I"
the wild beast shows of the time OF
Nero.-London Globe.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-04-24
Gluten reed with Grain.

At the Cornell university expert
ment station, a test was made of the
comparative feeding values of ground
wheat and cornmeal, and also of mix
ture consisting of 26 pounds of gluten
feed and 100 pounds of cornmeal. The
gluten feed and cornmeal mixture was
prepared so as to have the same nu-
tritiye ratio as ground wheat. Toeach
of the three lots of animals skim milk
was fed alike. The results of the ex-
pertinent are reported in bulletin No.
SO. Wheat alone made somewhat
better showing than cornmeal. "The
cornmeal lot consumed the least food
and made the least growth, while the
mixed corn and gluten meal gave the
greatest gain and produced cheaper
pork than ground wheat" The ex-
pertinent showed that neither wheat
nor corn, when fed alone, produced the
best results.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-04-24

The recent experiment in wireless telegra-
ply across the ocean was a complete sue
cess and aroused great public interest.
There has also been great interest mani
tested in the success of Hostetter's Stomach
Bltters, the celebrated remedy for stomach.
liver. and kidney complaints, because it is
reliable 1t promotes appetite, regulates the
liver, keeps the bowels regular and cures in
digestion. dyspepsia, la grippe and malaria.
Try it. Our Private Stamp is over the neck
Of the bottle
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-04-24

Will YOU be short of hay? II so plant
plenty of this prodigally prolific millet
5 TO 8 TONS OF RICH Hay PER ACRE.
Price so lbs ST. 90; 100 lbs. $500, low freights
john A. Salzer Seed Co. La Crosse, Wis.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-04-24

He-Do you believe that all men are
born free ard equal2
She-Yes. and believe all women
are born a little more so.-Chicago
Daily News.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-04-24
Snov-Apples.

There is said to be large tract of rich
farming land in Alaska Doubtless many
people will go there to raise winter apples.
st. Louis Post Dispatch.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-04-24

Cope-"I hear your boss expects to raise
your salary next month"; Hope-'Y es: .
next month he says he expects to raise my
salary for last month. / haven't got il yet =
Philadelphia Record.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-04-24

Fits Permanently Cured. No fits after
first days use of DIR. Kline's Great Nerve
Restorer Free - 90 trial bottle. DR. r. II.
Kline, Ltd, 93l Arch ST., Philadelphia, Pa.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-04-24

am sure Piso's Cure for Consumption
saved my life three years ago. Mrs. Thos.
Robbins, Maple Street, Norwich, N. Y,
Feb. IL, 1900.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-04-24

Thousands are hated, while none are
loved without real cause.-Lavater.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-04-24
Ask To-Day for Aliens Foot-Ensc

1t cures swollen, aching, tired feet. AT al,
Druggists and Shoe stores, 25c. Sample sent
FREE. Address A. S. Olmsted. lie Roy. N. Y
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-04-24

Every why hath a wherefore Shakes
peare.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-04-24

!. Every mans task is his lie preserver.-
Emerson.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-22
THE COUNCILS DUTY.

THE CONDITION brought
TO light by the
zen Debauchey robbery
Primarily the
their calling is
Of the alley
of
frouth is
that
than
nnaygo
hungry with equnmity
the
p to VIII the a is in sight
only possible but it is imperative
o
is
grace the munc ipaIt
n S emer
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-22
WHITES ADMIRER.
lChiCagO Post.l

While returning TO his home in Grand
Rapids recently, Stewart Edward White,
the author. fell into conversation with
an elderly man in the smoking room of
the parlor car. The man. as he after
ward found out. is one of the most promi-
nent lawyers in Ohio. The talk turned
upon the timber interests of the north,
and several other men took part Mr.
White has lived half his life in lumber
camps. and showed familiarity with the
subject that greatly interested the Ohio
lawyer, who presently turned to him and
said:
Young man, do you know of a book
called The BlaZed TraiT2
Yes: 1 know of it, said White. In
fact
IF you haven't read that story" broke
in the man. you ought to get out at the
next station and get it. I've recon-
mended it to every man of my acduaint-
ance; particularly the young men. But
you particularly ought to read it, for
you're interested in lumber suppose
you're in the business-and as a picture
of forest and lumber-camp life it's won
derful. l tell you, young man
Excuse me- Interrupted White in
some confusion. hut the fact is 1 wrote
The Blazed Trail. "
The older man looked at him hard. and
then his eyes twinkled.
I'm send you a bill later for the work
I've done in booming it, he said.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-22
CITY is CRITICISED
Why Should Money Be Taken
From the Wretched Denizens
of Victoria Alley.
DO The sac Lake Herald:

To The Salt Lake Herald:
On reading your issue of this date refa-
tive TO conditions at Victoria alley. to say
that people are shocked is putting il
such men as Attorney Critchlow and
Mayor Thompson would suggest as
town.. was also a great shock to moral
Justice Relief came further down the
columns with the statements of a de-
1ecttye and former member of the police
lie not only knew intricaIely the affairs
OF that shady street. but he had the man.
GOOD 70 say a WORD in behalf of its poor
Truly here is a heart-rending picture TO
rest our gaze upon. Think of it, These
women, led by the passions of d stronger
sex into sin. huddied. together by the law,
ana. like dumb beasts, driven to slime
begrimmed hole; taxed by a Shylock from
TWO to three dollars per day per head for
the shelter of howell, and a prison
penalty with yermin attachments staring
them in the face. If. with all these bur-
aens. they fail to support themselves and
bring SO per month to the city. Ten dol
lars per month to this dear, clean city
tor its munificent protection. Do they
Try 10 escape through reform, we are
told That they are soon recognized and
again crushed back to their earthly hell.
The good people have decreed there shall
De no escape. is it any wonder that
money, which they must have or die. is
taken from the hand OF a I5-year-oId
boy! Is it strange that these women
nom the pockets OF drunken fools who
visit them? Then, how are we to check
the eVilE Shall we take steps to cut the
tax on those unfortunate women lives?
SNAIL We make 1t possible for them To
1--we without adding crime to their al
ready dark career? Or, must we follow
the advise of Attorney Critchlow and
Mayor Thompson and drive them out of
town. Without money enough in their
pockets to pay days rent, shall we
drive them away from the city? And
where shall we drive them to? To some
other town? And what assurance have
we that this other town will not emulate
our own dirty example and run them out
also? TO run those creatures of God out
of town with the precedent il affords is
equivalent to telling them to step off the
earth.
On the grounds of morality this city is
not better than the women it EFFORTS
money from. II says. go ply your trade
so that you can satjsfy my greed What
do we think of a man who sponges on the
money of such women? And why should
We not look at a city that does the same
lhlnS in the same light?
In conclusion, don't know thing
about law, but 1 firmly believe that the
act of driving people out OF town is I'M
constitutional. If however, my venture
Is in error, and such actions are permits
slble by the law Of the land then l wish
simply to say L think the law of the land
needs fixing. A T G.
Dec
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-22
A VEGETARIAN VICTORY.

A DvOCATES of strict vegetarian
n diet are making considerable cap
itaI out Of a recent test given their
theory in Germany. They have every
right 20 feel good, too. for the test
demonstrated very clearly that in Ger
many. anyway, the vegetarian is the
better man. The trial was an athletic
event. consisting in a walking match
from Dresden to Berlin, distance OF
124 miles.
The contest was a championship
event of international character. Among
the pedestrians entered were men from
Russia, France, the United States,
England and a score from Germany.
one of the rules provided that the con-
testant should not stop at all for sleep,
and only one hour was allowed for eat
ing. At 7:45 a. N. the walk began.
The first man covered the course in
tNventy-six hours and fifty-three min
utes, and was declared the champion
pedestrian of the world. His name is
Karl Mann, his age Is years. For ten
years he has not touched meat of any
kind, living on vegetable food entirely.
The five men who followed Immediately
behind Mann were vegetarians also Of
long standing. It is rather significant
that out of ten vegetarians in the race
six of them finished in the first six
places.
In view of this remarkable showing,
it IS not at all surprising that the veg
etarians should be elated. Meat eaters
cannot get around the record 1t is a
generally known fact, too, that at col
iege training tables where young ath-
letes are made. In the training quar-
tiers Of pugilists who are preparing for
battle and in other places where men
are getting ready for supreme physical
tests. very little meat is used.
We may all be vegetarians one of
these days. Indeed, if the meat trusts
grip on the situation isn't Ioosened be-
fore very long most of US win be Obliged
TO become vegetarians. And mighty
few OF US viii be hurt physically. NOR
ally or mentally, if we do become veg
etaTians. There are lots Of good things
in the -anarkets Of Salt Lake besides
meat, and the man who has the money
to buy and the ability to choose prop
erly viii live as long and be as happy
as the fellow who thinks he couldn't
keep on living unless he ate meat three
times every day.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-22
KENTUcKY's SAD PLIGHT.

A TINGE OF SADNESS must newt
/ L ably darken the Christmas cheer
of all sympathetic people who read the
A great calamity has overta-
ken one of Utah's sister states
and the hearts of all of US
will throb with pity for the stricken
commonwealth. Kentucky. that has so
proudly reared her head in the sister
hood of states since 1892 or there
abouts is the sufferer.
Water is overlooking her. 1t is run
ming in drops and streams and rivulets
through her vertile fields, and the col
onels are. running also-running in
every direction to escape the tide. Per-
chance. and the bare thought makes
US shudder, perchance hundreds of
Kentuckians, cut off from their distil-
leries, are even now being forced to
Stake their thirst with water
Alas, that this should bow their
hearts and surprise their stomachs in
the festive Yuletide season. Poor col
onelst They never dreamed that such
blight might come upon them. There
- ~ iiAuCh Ndtcis We dIe Ill4OEI0eOs
that even If all the output Of all the
distilleries were emptied into it, along
with half the sugar in the country, the
resultant toddy would be so mild as to
insult the intelligence and weaken the
constitution of every partaker thereof.
Far be it from us to add insult TO in
jury by the suggestion that the colo
nels emigrate to Peoria, where they
make the real forty-rod, but on the
principle of amy port in a storm"
we can see no other refuge. However,
maybe we paint too dark a picture.
Perhaps the floods are not so bad as
reported; perhaps there are tall trees
enough to accommodate every colonel
and spare him the necessity of swaI-
lowing any of the detestable fluid that
now threatens his health and happi-
ness.
Until we know the worst, anyway, we
shall hope for the best.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-22
THE PURE FOOD BILL.

IN THE PASSAGE of what is known
as the ''pure food bir'' the house
has taken a step toward the enactment
of some needed legislation. Favorable
action by the senate is still required
to make the measure law, but it's
| friends believe the upper house of con-
gress will promptly pass it. While in
matter of this kind congress can
only legislate for the territories. the
District of Columbia and our export
trade, still the law is likely to arouse
the states to the necessity for similar
legislation.
The bill as it passed the house pro-
vides, in brief, that adulterated goods
of every character must be so labeled.
That is to say, when drugs or food are
mixed with any article tending to
lessen their quality or strength, the
seller must so announce to the pur-
chaser on the label. In this way there
is no possibility Of deception. The
buyer gets exactly what he bargained
for, and if he is not satisfied it is his
own fault.
Strangely enough, some opposition TO
the bill crept out in the house. I'm
fortunately, the manufacturers who
make a business of selling dishonest
goods had agents on the floor, and
those agents made speeches against
the measure, telling how it's passage
would injure this industry or that.
Now. it is difficult for The Herald to
understand. how any honest man can
be hurt by a law which requires him
to sell honest goods. The merchant
who insists on his right to sell adul-
terated products under false labels is
just as dishonest as the counterfeiter
or the bunco steerer.
Beyond a doubt the bill, if it becomes
a law, will seriously cripple a number
of industries, but they are industries
that ought to be crippled. Purchasers
have a right to know the exact charac-
ter of the products they buy. More
especially is this true in relation to ar
ticles of food or drugs. More consti-
tutions are wrecked through impure
food every year than through nearly
all other causes combined.
Men who deal in adulterated food
stuffs are a menace to the public
health. and if they cannot be persuaded
to be honest, they should be sup
pressed.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-22
ALCOHOL AND CRIME.

THE TENDENCY of alcoholic bev-
L erages to induce criminal instincts
has long been recognized, but recent
contribution to literature of this class
presents some facts that are more than
ordinarily interesting. A writer inter
ested in the subject made some inves-
legations into the criminal records of
Paris. He found that in recent years
there has been a startling increase in
crime committed by juveniles.
This seemed to disprove his theory
that intOxicants are responsible for the
greater part of the crimes in every city,
for the boy who is a drunkard is a rare
specimen of depravity. Pursuing the
subject further. however, the investi-
gator found that in nearly every in
stance the parents of the youthful Of
fender, or one of them at least. habit
uaIly used intoxieants to excess.
Thus they visited upon the children
the effects of their own misconduct.
1.-THE children of drunkards, says the
writer, ARE very likely to be epileptic
and idiotic as well as criminal. The
children of notwithstanding parents,
when young, do not appear different
from other children. but about the age
Of puberty their criminal instincts be-
gin to manifest themselves"
So the Juvenile offender is often more
sinned against than SHINING, although
the children of perfectly reputable peo-
pie often are led into paths of crime.
The writer The Herald has quoted also
calls attention again to another mat
ter in this connection, one with which
we are all more or less familiar, but
which we are likely to forget. He says
tween the diet and alcoholism. That
is, certain so-called harmless drinks
and foods are calculated to bring on
taste for intoxicants.
Tea, condiments and coffee lead, not
Inevitably, but in a great many in
stances, to the use of alcohol. 1T has
also been demonstrated" the writer
says, that flesh eating creates a thirst
for alcoholic beverages and an appe-
tite for tobacco, the use of which al
most invariably leads, sooner or later
to the use OF alcohol in one form or
another"
Perhaps the investigator goes too
far in the last statement. 1t is easy
enough for any citizen to name a score
or more Of friends who use tea, cof-
fee, tobacco and meat, and have used
them all their lives. but who do not
touch intoxicants in any form. How
ever, in the majority of instances he
may state the case correctly.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-22
MR.. SMELLS STATEMENT.

Salt Lake City, Utah, Dec. 20, 1902
Editor Herald:
Awaiting myself of your kind offer. 1
hasten 70 make a statement for Dublica-
ton L have been in the real estate bust
ness in this city for the past twenty
years, having had charge of property in
all parts OF the city. both for citizens and
hon-reSfdentS. Concerning the property
on victoria avenue, 1 made a strong eff
IoTI IN the beginning to have the prop
erty occupied by respectable tenants and
Tor time succeeded, but from the fact
mat 1 was and am now surrounded by
sporting class, as follows: Helen BIazes,
IDA Walker, EN- Demar, Cleo Starr and
others; also the French and italian Wo-
men over the saloon 1T the corner of
state and Victoria avenue, / was COM
PEELED TO rent the premises to any person
applying or have the property sold for
taxes The property consists of eight
houses OF five rooms EACH and three
double houses of eight rooms each, all of
winch are let furnished and the said
property IS now occupied by twelve ten
ants. and the rentals are less than one
ond South street The property is ali con-
necteu with the sewer and the sanitary
conditions are in good order The ave
nue. Is brilliantly lighted by two arc
| wish to say emphaticalIy that 1 have
ors at these places. My observation is
mat the boys do not DatrOniZe these
places, but go into the avenue to do mis-
chlef, such as breaking windows as an
inspection of the premises viii show.
II IS my desire to rent to respecta bic
tenants and | am DESTROYS of having the
avenue cleansed of all immortality and 1
Will heartily cooperate in such a move
ment- Yours very respectfully,
J. J. SMELL