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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-04-03

point of the clapboard would be about
90 inches above the center of the lath.
a plumb line and bob is suspended
from the point above the center OF the
lath. II the lower edge of the board
is straight and placed in level po-
sition the line will hang at right an
giles with it. Have the edge of the
lath planed Take a sharp pencil and
mark each side of the line and cut d
notch on the lath. To illustrate the
use of the device, when the board is
level, if two-inch block is put under
one end and notch cut behind the
line, the plumb line will indicate the
grade and the operator will get two
incH fall for every eight feet, eight
feet being the length of the board
Orange judd Farmer.
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How Weeds Are Scattered

They may be introduced and spread
with seeds of grasses, clover and
grain on the farm. By live stock
carried in the hair, fleece or feet; or
by passing into the excrement. BY
unrround feed stuff purchased in
barnyard manures drawn from town.
in the packing of trees, crockery,
baled hay and straw, by wagons,
threshing machines, etc. OftentiInes
by plows, cultivators and harrows, by
railway trains, or boats, by birds.
squirrels and mice, by water or
brooks, rivers and by washing rains,
by the wind. aided by little wings,
down or drifting snow. And in count
less other ways. IT'S an enemy that
must be fought without quarter, till
exterminated root and branch. -
Midland Farmer.
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ROADS IN GERMANY.
How They Are Kept in Repair With
out AnyApprecinbIe Cost to
the Taxpayers.

Americans concede that roadmaki1g
in Germany is a fine art. Few, how
ever, realize that road repairing has
been reduced to comparatively cheap
art as well. wish devotedly that local
societies could be former in order to
study it, and apply the results OF the
study to country roads in America.
i spoke once on the subject to an audi
ence of leading citizens in Ulster coun-
ty in New York, an ideal county TO eN-
pertinent in, having all the three chief
things for success. / mean stones,
paupers and fruit trees. Germans,
namely, find that it pays to encourage
peasants to free their fields of stones;
the property rises in value-taNlng
value. The stones thrown into heaps
by the roadside are purchased by the
district road-repairing commission.
Poor men, who otherwise would have
to be supported in alrnshouses, are
hired to break these stones, and then
are trained to the work of repairing
the roadbeds. The money TO pay the
men is made by auctioning oil TO
the highest bidder the crops OF the
fruit trees that were planted on both
sides of the highway when it was built,
and which are nourished well by the
manure that falls along the road and
is pushed at intervals by road tender
upon their roots. che purchaser OF
the crop sees to it that his fruit is not
stolen The road commissioners have
no bother about that. Ana although
the sale is by auction, it brings in con-
siderable. Every burgher knows how
much. because the sales of highway
fruit crops are published in the local
newspapers.-Cou Won Krockow,
in CHICAGO Tribune
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tor was coming, but Becca still chung
TO her hiding place, listening, waiting
for what she could not tell.
On he came-on, on, urging his pony
to its best gait, no doubt anxious to
overtake her.
Halt, hands up"
"Oh-the 'nation!" spluttered the
doctor, struggling to grasp his re-
Volver.
Hands up, or we fre!"
But the man of medicine had by this
time jerked his revolver out of his
pocket, and needless of all danger, as
was his wont when aroused, he raised
his arm and fired hastily; but the bull
let sped wide of its mark, as might have
been expected.
so you're up to that game? Well,
here goes for answert"
A sudden report rang out; the doc
tor reeled in his saddle. then tumbled
from his horse, which struggled to es-
cape, but was held by one of the road
agents.
His pockets were soon emptied, and
the two masked men disappeared
among the pines.
All this poor Becca had beheld dim
", as the light from the few stars Wis
ible was very slight, but her extreme
nearneSs to the scene rendered it only
too plain.
Mmest frightened out of her senses,
she crept from her hiding place to the
doctors side.
"0h, doetor!" she whispered, "are
you dead? What kin do? He's dead.
sure enough."
But he moved slightly, then opened
his eyes and muttered:
THE villains! Where are they?"
"Gone-run away. Are you getting
better, Goctor?'
"Yes, yes; it's only flesh wound
in my shoulder, I think; but the pain
ana shock caused me to fall from my
pony. All, Becca, little girl, you are a
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-04-03
bitches AND DRAINS.
Simple Apparatus by Which Any
bright Farmer Cam EaSif! OBJ
tain a Proper Grade.

\ device for assisting in getting the
grade while digging drains is described
by III. W. Smith, Somerset county, Me.
took piece of board a, q, eight feet
long, seven inches wide, and nailed on
two three-cornered pieces, b, b, cut
ting out the section Of the board be-
tween them, as shown in the illustra-
ton. Then l nailed a piece OF lath
across the tops of the three-cornered
pieces. A piece of clapboard, d, three
feet long, was sharpened nearly to a
point on the thin side and nailed di-
agonally to the side of the eight-foot
board, thin edge down, so that the
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-04-03
A Noted Knight TempIar
Owes His Health TO Peruna,

Colonel T. p. Moody. a prominent
Knight Templar, is well known in every
city in the United States west of Buff
falo, n. y, as a jewelers. Auctioneer.
In the city of Chicago as prominent
lodge man. being n member of the X.
It's and also of the Masons. The cut
shows Colonel Moody in the costume
of the Oriental Consistory Masons,
32nd degree.
In recent letter from $500 Mich
igan avenue, Chicago, Ill, Mr.. Moody
says the following:
"FOr over twenty-five years /
suffered from cstarrh, and for
over rem years 1 suffered from
CafarrLs of the stomach terribly.
"lRaye taken aHkindS of nedi-
ciTes ard have been treated by
all Kinds of doctors, as thousands
or my acquaintance are aware
In different parts of the United
States, where have Travelled, but
my relief was only temporary,
until a little over year ago 4
started 10 take Peruna, and at the
present time am better than /
have been for twenty years.
1.-The soreness haS left my Sfonl-
acI entirely and 4 am free from
Indigestion and dyspepsia and viii
say TO all who are troubled with
catarrE1 or stomach trouble of any
kind, don'f put ii off and suffer,
but begin TO take Peruna right
away, and keep 1t up until you
are cured, as you surely viii be If
you perSeVere.
My wife, as many in the southwest
can say, was troubled with a bad
cough and bronchial trouble, and doe
tors all over the country gave her up
to die, as they could do nothing more
for her. She began taking Peruna with
the result that she is better now than
she has been in years, and her cough
has almost left her entirely The sore
ness has left her lungs and she is as
we'll rs she ever was in her life, with
thanks, as she says, to Peruna. Yours
very truly, L. u. Moody.
Catarrh in its various forms is rapid
ly becoming a general curse. An un-
doubted remedy has been discovered
by DR.. Hartman. This remedy has
been thoroughly tested during the
past forty years. Prominent men have
come to know of its virtues, and arc
making public utterances on the sub
ject. TO save the country we must
save the people. To save the people we
must protect them from disease. The
disease that is at once the most prcva
lent and stubborn OF cure is catarrh.
If one were to make list of the diff
ferent names that have been applied
to catarrh in different locations and
organs. the result would be astonish-
ing. We have often published partial
list of these names, and the surprise
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-04-03
A Handsome Menu Card.

1t is a noticeable fact that the dining car
department OF the Grand Trunk Railway
System is second to none on the American
Continent, and new improvements and mod
The Cafe-Parlor cars which have been run
ming on nearly all of the divisions of this
great System are a constant source Of praise
from the travelling public. The company
has recently altered the style of the menu
cards used on all of the dining cars and cafe
parlor cars, and has gotten up very hand
the artistic sense.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-04-03
A CASE OF PROVIDENCE.
fJones Had Everything Fixed All
Right So There Was No Blame
Coming to Him.

81 have heard more or less about
the ways of Providence" said De
troiter who was in reflective mood
the other day, relates the Free Press,
land I can cite what looks like fair
instance Of it. | was in the western
part of the state this last winter,
and business took me out to a farm
where portable steam engine was
saving wood. Things were running
at high pressure, with half a dozen
men at work, and l sat down on a
log with my man to talk business. An
engineer might have noticed by the
hiss of the steam that the water in
the boiler of the engine was low, but
of course / had no suspicious. / had
been talking for perhaps ten min
utes when big rat ran out from
under a pile of wood and made for
the barn. Some one raised yell,
and we all jumped up and grabbed
clubs and started after the rodent.
The snow was deep enough TO bother
him, and we overlook him about 200
feet from the engine. We were in a
circle and whacking at him when
there was roar like a cannon and
every man was knocked fat. The
boiler had burst, and if we had kept
our places not a man of us would
have escaped death. AS it was, no
one was even hurt. A justice of the
peace came along just then and said
he thought he'd better hold an in
quest.
AS no one has been killed, what's
the use Of an inquest?' was asked.
TO fix the blame for the burst
up he replied.
"'But how are you going to do it?'
you'll see. Now, then, Jones, you
was running the engine?'
az was
"'You know all about engines and
boilers?'
81 do
Steam wasn't too high nor water
too low in this case?'
"'No, sir
Everything just as il should be
when she took a bust, and you can
swear to ito
"'Yes, sir
"'All right. When a biler busts
either Jones or Providence is to
blame for it. and as Jones has
cleared himself there's nothing to do
but to lay it on to Providence and be
burned glad it was no worSei'"
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Characteristic.

1t was on the train between st. Pc
tersburg and Moscow.
"Ah," said the gentleman in the
brown hat, II 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.
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NAMING THE FARM.
A CommendabIe Fashion That Is
Growing in, Favor i'm the Rural
Districts of the West.

The farm ought to have a name.
The boys viii love it more, and others
will respect it more if given this dig
nifty. After giving the name, mark
it in prominent place. The cut
shows a unique way. Haul pictur-
esoue bowlder to one side of the main
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-04-03
E33.OO to California, Oregon an'
Washington.

daily, March and April, only $500 for berth
in tourist car Personally conducted excur-
sions Tuesdays and Thursdays from Chicago
and Wednesdays from New England. Illus
trated pamphlet sent On receipt Of two cent
stamp by S. A. Hutchinson, Manager, 2l2
Clark street, Chicago.
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caused by the first publication of it to
all people, both professional and non
professional, was amusing. And yet
we have never enumerated all OF the
diseases which are classed as ca
tarrh. 1t must be confessed, however,
to see even this partial list drawn up
in battle array is rather appalling. il
the reader desires TO see this list, to-
gether with short exposition OF each
one, send for our free catarrh book
Address The Peruna Medicine Co., CO.
lumbus. Ohio.
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Dummy Weapons for Omccrs.

The new war office regulations viii
lay down that an officer is still to
carry revolver III his belt, but is
also to be equipped with carbine.
Some wiseacre has induced the au-
thorities to add that no carbine am
munition whatever is to be allowed
The carbine is to be merely dummy
weapon, the idea being to make the
officer as little distinguishable from
his men as possible, but at the same
time to prevent him from yielding to
the temptation to shoot when he
should be looking after his men,
Allahabad Pioneer
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NAME PLACED ON STONE.

entrace. With sledge hammer and
cold chisels cut a smooth face upon the
front, and either cut out the name of
the farm or paint it on the smooth
face with black paint. a granite
bowlder will work best.-Orange Judd
Ear
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Hoax-'I thought at one time he was get
ting the gubernatoral bee in his bonnet"
Joax--''So did he And didn't he get
it," Not IN his bonnet; in the neck. -
Philadelphia Record.
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Wa. meter on without II,

Hewitt Gruet is a very polite fell
low. asked him if he would have a
cigar, and he said he would. / found
/ didn't have one, but he thanked me
just the same.
Jewett-He ought TO have thanked
you more.-Judge.
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A Thorourh Pexsimi.t.

He never looks on the sunny side
of life
"Or if he does. he complains of the
heat. Detroit Free Press
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The Neglected Husband.

sWhat makes you so blue?' asked
the first new woman at the club.
MY father-in-law has come to stay
with u.s. replied the other. ''and John
and he sit at their knitting all day
and cry about my treatment of John
Catholic Standard.
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Iookiur for 1t.

Eastcrner-Did the cyclone do much dam
age to your farm?
Kansan--How can tell till l find it?--
Columbus (O.) Journal.
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Her FATHERS DEBT.
BY JACK CLERMONT.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1902-03-13
GOES Down
Line Steamer Waes-
land is Wrecked.

London, March 8.-The American
line steamer Waesland, Captain At
fed, from Liverpool, March 5, for
Philadelphia, and the British STERN
ship Harmonides, Captain Henten,
from Para, February IA, for Liver
pool, met in collision tonight off
Holy Head, Wales. The Waesland
sank. Her passengers and crew were
saved.
Liverpool, March 8.-Fifty-three
of the passengers. and e of the
Waesland arrived at Liverpool on
board the Hormonides at 8 o'clock
this morning They were received by
the agents of the American line here
and were quartered at the various
hotels.
The collision occurred in a thick
fog at 11:30 O'Clock Wednesday night
when the Waesland was about 40
miles southwest of Holy Head. The
Harmonides struck. the Waesland
amidships and there was a terrible
shock. Most Of the Waesland's pas
sengers had retired for the night.
Perfect order and discipline prevail
ed. The crew Of the steamer rapidly
turned out the passengers and sue
ceeded in! assuring them that their
lives were safe.
Two lives were lost. The dead are
a Storage passenger named Danger.
: field and a child named Elsie En-.
nett, the daughter of a. cabin pas.
senger.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1902-03-13
THE e NEWTON co.

Application has been made to the
Secretary of State for a charter for the
Alex. Newton Co., at Wallace, N.
c., with a capital of $4,000 and hav-
ing the privilege to increase to &c.
900. The purpose of the company is
to manufacture rough and dressed
lumber, berry crates and cypress
shingles. The incorporators are J.
F. Switzerland, Alex. Newton, E.
F. Newton and D. H. Harriss.
In addition to the manufacture of
the articles mentioned, the company
will conduct a general merchandise
business.
Three Of the company, as their
names will show, are Goldsboro peo-
pie. MI. j. f. Switzerland is one
of our foremost citizens, Mr.. Alex.
Newton is Superintendent of the
Wayne Lumber Co., and Mr.. D. III.
Harriss is a contractor who has made
this his home for some time.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1902-03-13

~
The May Find 1t Neces
sary to Express His Views
on Cuban Reciprocity.

Washington, March 8.-Speaker
Henderson and Chairman Payne, of
the ways and means committee, and
Senator Allison, member of the fin
ance committee, called at the
White House today presumably in
relation to the pending controversy
over Cuban reciprocity. There was
the most positive declination to dis
III the purposes of the call. Tt was
said, however, that the President
had in no way changed his attitude
favorable to reciprocity.
In this connection there was re-
newed indications of a special mes
sage which would clearly set forth
the Presidents views on the subject.
The Republican members of the
ways and means committee Favorable
to Cuban reciprocity have held long
conferences to perfect their orgraniz-
alton for carrying forward the con-
test. In connection with these con-
ferences, the belief has gained
ground that there would be a special
message if it proved to be necessary.
There was renewed talk of compro-
mise today, n report being that II
per cent. reciprocity might be sub
stituted for 20 per cent. Both sides,
however, decided the 12percent COM
promise story. The plan of having a
committee visit Cuba and investigate
the needs of Cuba for reciprocity was
revived during the day and was dis
cussed as a solution, and there is no
indication that those in authority
e ready to accept the plan.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1902-03-13
MURDER IN WILSON.

Wilson, N. c., March 5.-Again
there has been a murder in Wilson
county, and again it has been from
ambush.
Just before sunset last night Mr..
Jas. Ellis, son of MI. Ben Ellis, was
shot from ambush as he was driving
along the road lei Saratoga, this
county, and this morning he died
from the result Of his injuries.
He was seen in his buggy shortly
after the shooting by parties driving
along the road, whose attention was
called to him because of the blood on
his clothes.
DR.. Anderson left this morning to
hold the inquest and Sheriff w. D..
P. Sharp left early in the day. On
account of the rain it was found i'm
possible to use bloodhounds. There
is no clue to the murderer, though
every possible step has been taken to
discover the motive for the crime.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1902-03-13
THE WILCOX TRIAL.

Suffolk, Va, March 6.-The trial
of James Wilcox, the lover and SUI
spected murderer of Nellie Cropsey,
will come off next week, according
to a signed statement this afternoon
by Solicitor George w. Ward, of
Elizabeth City, who will be the pros
ecuting lawyer. MI. Ward says in
part:
'"The grand jury will meet Mon
day, the 10th instant. They will act
on the Wilcox case Tuesday. If an
Indictment is returned he will be ar
raigned. A special venire will prob
ably be ordered and he will probably
be put upon trial Thursday or Fri
day. The name of hepresiding judge
is Hon. Georffe A. Jones, from the
sixteenth judicial district, the ex-
IRENE western part of North Caro-
lima. There will be some twenty wit
nesses examined by the prosecu-
tion."
The disappearance of Nell Cropsey
November 20, the finding Of her
body, December 81, in Pasquotank
river, and the coroner's jury's testi-
monial of her blameless life the same
night are we'll remembered.
A telegram tonight from Sheriff
Grandy, of Elizabeth City, agrees
with that of Solicitor Ward. exceDt
that he says there will be eight or
ten witnesses before the grand jury
and that the trial will probably be-
gin Tuesday or Wednesday,.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1902-03-13

Persons calling for above letters
will please sey advertised. Rules and
regulations require that one cent be
paid for each letter advertised.
J. F. DOBSON, P. NJ.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1902-03-13
YOU SEEN THIS DOG?

Our townsman Mr.. Dock Smith
lost a dog some time ago. The dog
is a half-breed bloodhound and has
black and white spots. Some one
must have stolen the dog and carried
him to some other community, as
nothing has been heard or seen from
him since. Mr.. Smith is very anx-
ious to recover his dog and is willing
to pay a handsome reward for his re-
turn.
In addition to the above descrip-
ton MIR Smith says the dog is afraid
of a bear, but will tackle a coon or a
bicycle at any time. If any one
should happen to see a dog that re-
sembfes the above description and
there is still some doubt about whose
dog it is, it would be a good plan to
secure a bear and have the animal to,
stand on his hind legs. If the dog
should run, this will establish his
identity. However, this would not
be conclusive proof, and after trying
the dog with a bear, then have a
Cocoon" to ride by on a bicycle, and
if the dog should grab the leg of the
"%coon", this will be evidence suffc-
lent that the dog is wanted here in
Goldsboro by Mr.. Dock Smith.
When quite, young the dog was
made a present to Mr.. Smith by MI.
Hab Dortch and for this reason, as
WELL as for. the excellent qualities Of
the dog, his owner is anxious to re-
possess him. Besides those. already
mentioned the dog has other traits
of character by which he might be
distinguished. Mr.. Smith says that
once upon a time while he was stay
ing at his country home cross the
river the dog, which is a rather TIM
id animal, ,ventured out to the road
side and was scared so bad by a boy
beating a tin pan that he ran clear
by home and did not slack his gait
until he struck the river about one
and a half miles away. Another good
quality which the dog possessed was
that he did not disturb people by
barking at-night. H~any one should
go into the yard the dog would leave
until the stranger departed and then
come back home.
It is not for his brave or violent
qualities that the dog is wanted, but
for his comedy appearance and good
disposition. Mr.. Smith will furnish
any additional information.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1902-03-13
HAS HERE.

It is not generally known here in
Goldsboro, and it will not be amiss
to state, that Major jenkins who has
recently come into such prominence
through the telegraph columns of the
newspapers on account of the Till
man-Roosevelt sword presentation
incident, is a brother of our towns
man Mr.. w. E. Jenkins, a we'll
known travelling man, who is as
popular with the trade as he is with
his friends here in Goldsboro.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1902-03-13
Receipts From Premiums.
Total receipts, ;. S 3,5O7, 710.1
Paid For Losses.


Total losses, 80. : S 1,541, 911.32
This leaves a clear profit Except
expenses) for three years to the in
-surance companies, after paying
losses for three years, of 81 $685.
1893. 70.
With these figures to contemplate
Argus readers will readily see that
the Southern Manufacturing Mutual
Fire Insurance Company has a field
before it that has already been left
too long to the occupancy and en-
richment of others.