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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-06-05

rules of that race are too open," ne
explained to Tuck. 'All the riders
have to do to qualify is to get ten
life members to vouch for them. /
don't propose to take any chance of
| keeping that certificate where it'll
do the most good. Give it to my
son? Oh, 1 don't know. Why not?
Have you any objection to Roswell,
Mr.. Jackson?"
The president sneered and walked
away, and Tuck, biting at the ends
of his blonde mustache, shufled away
to the stables.
However, there were seven entries
announced and posted on the day
of the election, and everybody
laughed at the seventh, for it read:
Trigger Tail, ridden by. Mr.. Jack
| SON." Even his friends guyed Tuck
a good deal, for he wasn't a horse
man at all and his stable" consisted
of nothing better than a spawned
hackney and a half-broken polo pony
They told him he'd make a show OF
himself, but he paid no attention till
the other six entries, all full grown,
well groomed thoroughbreds, bearing
their proud owners, were saddled
and ready for the bell.
When it rang Tolliver, splendid in
white duck, led the procession on
Posthorn, the favorite, the other five
prancing after him in true race
horse style.
jackson! Jacl1son!" shouted the
fashionable gallery in the little grand
stand, laughing and cheering for the
Joke" of the day.
At the last moment, Just as the six
were cantering back to the starter,
the paddock gate swung open and
Trigger Tail, a lean, fiery, little
brOncho, with tail like a whisll-
broom, darted down to the judges
stand. Tolliver almost fell off his
horse as he saw Jackson" for the
rider was Harry, the red-headed
midget, instead of Tuck, his giant
cousin.
Tuck's friends howled with delight
when this vision dawned upon them.
When Harry's weight--90 pounds
was posted they went round and laid
all kinds of odds on Trigger Tail.
The women, who suspected nothing
serious in all this funny preparation,
laughed at the pony and his tiny
rider as if it was all very fine joke.
But Tuck, who looked preternaturally
solemn, sat still in the grand stand
chewing the handle of his cane.
The track was a third of mile in
circumference and the distance for the
race was a mile-three times round.
The field got away at the first break
and came laundering down past the
stand, with Posthorn and two others
leading, the second choices aligned be-
hind and the ridiculous Trigger Tail
two lengths in the rear, swallowing
the dust of his field.
$50 it, rabbit" shouted the specta-
tors, but Tuck leaned over to Billy
RICHTER, who stood beside him grin
ming, and said: "Wait till they come
to the apex of this egg-shaped merry
go-round!"
The big thoroughbred fairly ran
away from the pony till they swept
down the narrow turn of the egg
shaped track. There the thorough
breds' long strides swung them far to
the outside of the rail, and Harry, rid
ing like demon, his bronco clinging
to the inside rail with the agility of
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-06-05
MISTAKE SOMEWHERE.
The Colonel stopped to Reason and
stopped His Score OF Beaten
Cinnamon at Five.

ST have read" said the colonel, as he
was relating some ofhis experiences in
China, relates London paper, that
if a person fell into the water no one
could pull him out, holding that his
falling in was a decree of Providence
that must not be interfered with.
Zone day, on one of the canals,
stumbled and went overheard, and,
although there were II boatmen, not
one of them would extend me a hand
After a close shave, as 1 could swim,
/ got aboard again, and as soon as
recovered my breath / yelled at the
boss boatman:
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-06-05
SPRING CANKER WORM.
a, egg mass; b, egg magnified; C, larva; d.
female moth; e, male moth.

1y will kill the trees. The accom-
panying picture by Riley shows sew
eral stages of the insect. Late in
spring or early in summer the full
grown worms descend to the ground
where they make silken cocoons at,
or slightly below, the surface. Here
they remain till the following spring,
going through the several changes
until they emerge, full grown moths.
The males have well-developed wings
and small bodies. The females have
large bodies but no wings, and can
only crawl about. Thus, anything
that will prevent their crawling up
into the trees (such as Bedtime or
other such substances) will protect
the trees. 1t is serious pest and
orchardists should take every pre-
caution to prevent it's getting u start
in their trees.-Ohio Farmer.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-06-05

L formerly thought, like many 9TH
ers, that the best way to apply manure
is to pillow it under for corn; but have
lately concluded that there is better
way, though perhaps not always so
convenient. If manure freshly app
piled is turned down fat on the SUBJ
soil to lie there three years or more,
will not considerable amount of the
strength leach down so deep as to be
practically lost? Could there bf any
better way, theoretically at least,
than to cut all straw and litter quite
fine, grind cobs with corn into meal,
and run all through the stables, leave
the manure in the stables till the
ground is plowed and dry, then apply
the manure and harrow it in? By
this means practically all Of it would
remain in the top soil to benefit the
crops. The next best way would be,
as someone suggested, to apply the
manure to the young grass, to be
plowed the next year.-E. Stanton, IN
Ohio Farmer.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-06-05
TRIGGER TAIL, A LEAN FIERY LIT
TIE BRONCIO.

cat and the speed of jack-rabbit,
darted into the lead, and, before his
rivals realized the unforeseen handi-
cap, was racing along on even terms
with their ampion-Posthorn Toll
liver rode for all he was worth, but
when they got to the next turning of
the sharp curve, Harry, under his arm,
was crowding inside him. The big
horse swung wide in spite of a strong
arm. and before the two-thirds was
done Trigger Tail had his field beaten
by furlong. The finish was an Indian
procession, for Tolliver sulked and
Quit. and the freckle-faced Harry had
weighed out and grabbed his life mem
bership before the president rode up
and glowered his salute at the judges.
Harry. now the lion of Tuck's rebel
lious crew, was carried all the way
to the clubhouse to vote. He voted for
his cousin for president, and that
night when the votes were counted
Tolliver was defeated by just that sim
gle ballot.
Somebody brought President Tolli-
yer over to meet the new 'life MEM
Der"
"I congratulate you, sir" sneered
the crouch. when Harry had saluted
him; you're irst-rate jockey. What
are you going to do with that certifi-
cate? Sell it, SUPPOSED"
Harry's notified face grew crimson.
''No, indeed, Mister Intolerable," he
said, quietly. cts already made Tuck
president, and I'm going to show what
think of it and of the Berkshire clubs
retiring president by putting it where
it will do you the least harm"
Then Harry walked over the blazing
hearth, and before Tuck could stop
him had dropped the $4,000 certificate
into the fre.-Chicago Record-Herald.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-06-05
POULTRY YARD FENCE.
The One Here Described Is EcOnomi-
cal and Is Sure to Keep Cock
erals from Fighting.

Wire netting is very commonly en-
ployed by poultry keepers to fence
their fowls in with but, though eco
nomical and easy enough to string
upon stakes, it has its disadvantages
Foo one thing, chickens will go under
it Galess a board extends along the
whole length of the fence at the bot
tom, or unless pegs have been driven
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-06-05
Locnting smnt in Fie1ds.

Prof. r. A. Moore says: In making
the tests barrel hoop should be used
and the test made after the oats are
fully headed and on the verge of turn
ing yellow On approaching the fleid'
throw the hoop in such manner that
it will encircle grain in a place not
previously selected by the operator.
All stalks encircled by the hoop should
be counted, then the stalks having
smutted heads counted and that num-
Der divided by the whole number with
in the hoops, e. g., if 125 stalks are
found encircled and of this number
25 are found to be affected, rs divided
by 1925 gives the number, 20, represent
ing 20 per cent. Several tests should
be made in each field and the percent
ages averaged.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-06-05
NO RETAILERS NEED APPLY.
One Of the Court Regulations of Eng
land That Is Very often
CircumVented.

According to regulations in the lord
chamberlain's Office, no person who is
in retail trade can be admitted to court
or be presented to the sovereign. In
these days the question who is in retail
and who in wholesale trade is a very
difficult one, especially when it is the
fashion for high-born ladies to set up
shop in the neighborhood of Bond
street, says the New York Herald.
A lady who deals in what are called
''creations," when interviewed on this
subject, said:
''It is, after all, very simple. You
have only to call yourself by some
name such as 'Coralie' or 'Henriette,'
to prevent your own name appearing
in connection with your business, and
you are admitted to court if invited"
The countess of Warwick was with
out doubt in the retail business when
she sold a needlework shop in Bond
street to Hon. Mrs. Forester. Lord
Inchiquin's daughter, now Lady Her
vey Bathurst, worked up, splendid
hat business gefore her marriage
"Forget-Me-Not" over the door of a
millinery shop in Bond street was until
recently the trade name of one of the
members of Lord Abingdon's family.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-06-05
SPRING CANKER WORM.
Orchardists Should Take Every Pres
caution to Prevent This Pest from
Getting Fair Start

A great many orchards acquire a
parched and burned appearance each
summer as a result of the work OF
the canker worm. This small loop
ing measuring worm" devours the
leaves all but the veins and eventual
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-06-05
More Like Morgan

Henry Labouchere says Morgan is
putting the handwriting on the wall.
But perhaps Henry is mistaken, says
the Chicago Record-Herald. Morgan
may be reaching for the wall
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-06-05
New Coins.

Last year Uncle Sam turned out
new coins worth $136,OOO,0OO; OF
which 500 100000 were gold.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-06-05
Quiet Government Employees

For eight years three commissioners
have been quietly drawing pay at
Washington for codifying the federal
statutes. So quietly have they drawn
their pay that Boston man thought
it would be a good scheme to codify
the federal statutes, and he has been
working away with large force of
clerks under the direction of lawyers.
He learned that the governments sup
posed to be doing the work, and he is
"out" the cost of clerk hire, stationery,
Office rent and sundries.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-06-05

About II 900 acres of sugar beets
win be raised for the Chino (Cal)
factory; this is 1000 acres more than
has ever before been planted for this
factory.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-06-05

Saturate the roosts, upper and
lower side, every week with kero-
sene.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-06-05

biggest Irish Bog.
The bog of Allen, the biggest IL
Ireland, is in places II feet deep.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-06-05

1t is a good rule to fatten and mar
ket all two-year-old hens as soon as
they finish laying.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-12-19
Strangled n Leopard.

An inhabitant of the British East
Africa Protectorate tells the follow
ing interesting story in the London
Field of an adventure with leopard:
II had a most extraordinary advcn-
ture with leopard the other day at
Vol. / have long wished to shoot one,
but not quite In the way | got this.
One morning about 6 o'clock | heard
a horrible noise, but thinking il was
only some Indians fighting l took no
notice. Shortly afterward the head of
the Indian cook appeared at the sun
light over the door and he Informed
me there was a leopard.
II got out of bed and put on some
pumps, collarcd my rife and some
cartridges, and was going out of the
door when the Indian told me the brute
was on the other side. so | went out Of
another door, expecting to see the
beast running off down the road. Like
a fool. had not loaded my rife, and
no sooner had l stepped out on the
veranda than l saw the leopard about
three yards away. behind chair. She
gave "A SudTl anu came stTdlgHt lux
me.
Luckily took the first rush on my
rifle, and swept her of. and then we
set 10 on the floor with the weapons
nature had provided us with. She got
hold of one of my fingers and l thought
it was gone for good. but l got ID
free. and. kneeling on the top of her,
proceeded TO stranGle her. shouting
Justify for the cook to bring me knife.
He arrived. after what seemed ages,
but was probably about half a minute,
with a huge knife. but l then remem.
bcred there was n revolver just behind
me on a chair by my bed, and told him
to get IL.
II then put bullet from below its
jaw out of the top of its head My
hand was rather painful for about two
days. but is all right now except for
stray scab or two. l was good
deal scratched and my pajamas badly
torn. My leopard is not very big. but
il is a full grown old female. Some
one had hit IL with n stone. which prob
ably made II so fierce Directly | got
II by the throat 1t hardly moved again.
but looked very nasty with all its front
feet sticking out about six inches OF
my nose"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-12-19
Boy weavers Of Persia.

Boys from eight to twelve years OLE
DO a great part OF the carpet and rug
weaving in Persia. They are very
deft. Having been shown the design
and coloring OF the carpet they are 70
work the boys rely on their memories
for the rest OF the task. 1t Is very
seldom that you will see on any OF
the looms pattern set before the work.
ers. The foreman OF a loom is fire.
quently n boy OF from twelve 20 four
seen. He walks up and down behind
the workers calling out in n sing-song
manner the number or stitches and
the colors OF the threads TO be used.
He seems 10 have the design imprinted
In his mind. \ copy OF a famous car
pet now al the South Kensington Mu-
scum is being made. The design and
the coloring are unique. but the boys
who are working on the copy are Do
ing IL without the design before them
and az the rate OF from thirty TO thirty
FIVE stitches n minute. Nothing but
hand work Is employed In the manu-
facture OF Persian carpets and rugs,
and none but natural or vegetable
dyes are used. This accounts for the
superior quality Of the Persian prod
ucts. The secret OF the beautiful dark
blue dyes used In the older days has
been losr
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-12-19
AnalyIing Records Of Heroism.

Or. Weir Mitchell. writing In The
Century OF "Heroism in Every Day
Life" makes a study Of the subject
based on newspaper clippings for
which he subscribed. He thus an
alyzes the articles received:
l found that / had in ten months
1853 records. i began 10 deal with
these by striking out all cases where
mothers ran risks 10 save a child.
Here we have 10 deal with instincts
and extravagant motives which must
always have existed. Many cases were
repeated over and over. with such
changes as were AZ times bewilder-
ing. The quality of some Of the re.
ports made me reject them. for plainly
IL was out OF the question 10 attempt
verification.
Having thus, and perhaps even TOO
critically, sifted my reports, | felt sure
that. while / might have rejected many
true cases, there was reasona ble se-
curity OF the reality of what remained.
My exclusion left me with a record
Of 717examples Of men, women or cEil-
dren who took grave risk to save per-
sons in peril.
or these 25S were attempts to save
the drowning.
one hundred and ninety-four were
efforts 10 rescue from fire. Among
these quite one-third were by single
firemen acting alone; the rest were 10y
men. women or children. and involved
many kinds of danger from fire. such
as carrying o-,t children or ad Its from
house on fire. taking great risks 10
alarm persons asleep in such places,
running elevators amid terrible ire
risks. etc
SiXty-One We're acts Of self-devoted
courage on the part OF railway eagi-
neers. brakemen. switch-tenders. or
others employed on railways Among
these were many amazing examples
Of high conduct amid appalling risks,
with a lamentable list of fatel efforts
TO drag from railway track persons
in grave danger. i am assured ON
good authority that large number of
cases of heroic behavior by railway EN-.
ployes are never reported, and that this
list is much too small. More remark
able is the number o. persons who,
not being in this employ, made like
efforts 10 save the lives Of children,
women or drunken men from the swift
approach of trains. Forty-eight such
instances were thus reported.
My miscellaneous list numbers iJ6.
1t is made up largely Of efforts to stop
runaway horses. of which about one
third were by policemen. 1t also in
cludes n curious variety OF rescues.
Several were from noXiOus gases in
wells; twelve from bulls; others were
contests with mad or ferocous dogs:
there were sevch attempts TO save
from awful death by ''live electric
wire;" and. finally. two cases of per-
sons who sucked nakebites-probably
harmless but popularity regarded rs
endangering the operator.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-12-19

low post. Then be screwed on the
brass plate and the ornamental cap.
After Nichols had left his room Sim
mons swore a mighty oath that IL was
as good as a play. He was an ambi-
tious man and wondered whether in
similar circumstances he could act
the part Of Nichols. He determined
upon a trial rehearsal. Unfortunately
bis bedstead was wooden affair He
therefore had 10 20 TO Nlchois's room
10 get the proper staging for the piece.
Simmons was a cOnsummate actor, for
at Nlchols's door he temporarily took
the part OF the little dinpled god that
laughs at locksmiths. Then be nm
screwed the cap and TIE plate. Then
be removed the rolls Of bills with a
bent wire. Then he felt a sudden un-
goyernable yearning for Third avenue.
Amid the strenuous strife OF this
greedy. grasping world IL is always
both edifying and refreshing 70 conten-
plate a pure and limpid love OF home.
At o o'clock that night Nichols re.
ceIved n telegram from Simmons:
Cannot come tonight. VIII to-mor-
row night dof"
This was facetlously signed by G.
Jenkins.
Nichols nearly had fit
IL suppose I'll have to get this money
back into the bank somehow" he
grumbled. He unscrewed the brass
cap and the plate. Then he had the tit
nearer than before lie felt gone.
The fits that Nichols nearly had were
forcrunners Of an epidemic. The Board
Of Directors Of the First National Bank
OF Warrington were taken with the
infection next day. An aching void
in bank vault Is an upsetting spec
tacle. They looked for Nichols, but
all in vain.
Nichols's gone feeling had become
chronic.-New York Evening Sun.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-12-19


qualities but the
dull nbies
Indifferent to right
She she feels
anagonisc
to-day for all who this
In this
Ii condition i and
II.
fully realize
Begin to-day and make
to feel It, through demand
those
In doing this environment
and TO realize this thought
heart life,
within
The
Will universal thought
TO question whether You mus know
Failure
about TO such
o We
this thought guidance
higher impulses think
feeling thinking
we cannot shape lives
within that makes all changes
desire
end-New York.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-12-19
The SecktIe IL the Man.

Henceforward you must not judge n
man by his hat or his coat or the way
in which he carries his handkerchief,
but by his necktie. This Is the dictum
of ladies' paper. 1t works rather
curiously. 4 well-tied tie. IL seems.
argues an absence Of intellect Mr..
Gladstone's ties might have been cited
In support OF this proposition or OF it's
converse. They were always abomin'
ably tied and never stayed in their
proper place. But this new authority
goes outside the sphere OF geniuses.
The average man with an ordinary
share OF intellect" she says. seldom
knows how TO tie n tie as IL can lie
tied. and Is tied. by men with no in.
tellect at all. l defy a man OF real
brains to keep his tie at the exact angle
for any considerable time. Directly
You see n really beautifully tied tie
which never moves out OF place you
may be fairly certain you are not face
20 face with an undiscovered Shake.
spCare or an embryonic Goethe. Chi.
cago News.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-12-19
Adams BIRTHDAY.

October % is Adams birthday. SO.
Mt least. October % used TO be regard.
cd till the higher critics came to upset
things. Theologians of the sixteenth
and seventeenth centuries wasted
much scholarship I'm efforts TO settle
both the manner and the date OF crea-
tion. DIR. John Lightfoot. vice chan
cellor OF Cambridge. Hebrew scholar
Of European reputation. published a
statement to the effect that, after years
OF research. he had succeeded in dis.
covering the precise moment when
abe earth rose out Of chaos" and man
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-12-19
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.

Her portrait shows us how she looked
In lace and satin, fine TO see,
Bat skirt so scant, and waist 80 short
And such a bonnet-Oh, dear me!
wonder how she could dress so,
My great-great-grandma, long ago.
A famous bousekecpcr was she;
Could spin, and weave, and bake, and
brew;
She doctored all the family,
And made their soap and candles, too.
There wasn't much she didn't know
Ny great-great-gandma, long ago.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-12-19

made his appearance upon II. This
learned divine declared that "heaven
and earth. centre and circumference.
were created all together. In the same
instant. and clouds full OF water" and
that this work took place and man
was created by the Trinity on October
p. 400i Il. c.. at o'clock i'm the morn.
ing.-London Chronicle.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-12-19

We have the sampler that she worked
In silk so beautifully fine;
Though she was just little glrl
The stitches aren't a bit like mine.
DO you suppose she loved 20 sew
Ny great. great grandma, long ago!
i love 10 look al her to-day.
Ia prim stiff cur.s, and dress 20 queer
She smiles in such a lovely way
I'm sure she must have been a dear.
Oh, how / should have liked 20 know
Ny great-greatYandma, long ago.
Ellen Manly.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-12-19

judge don't think that women
have always been vain; you know
women were made before mirrors"
Fudse--"And they've been before them
ever since. "-Baltir.ore Herald
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-12-19

discharge calling for them. There 10
a bounty OF some $500 due him for
his share in . cattle rald.-lndianapo-
Is News.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-12-19
Arlen,ifyt supply OF fi.h.

There Is now in cold storage enough
fish to supply the United States for
years 10 come.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-12-19
sc|Ei(E'6NEl4ANcs
5 ~@

A chemist in one of the oleomar-
garine factories has found that salt
baked until it is brown will give yel-
low tint to margarine. Salt having a
legal status as a component of oleo-
margarine, its use as coloring may
circumvent the ten cents a pound tax
on that commodity.