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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-11-20
southeast and built on a warm south
GOOD BRooDER HOUSE.

ern slope 1t is six feet high in the
rear and so feet in front. To Sc
cure warmth and dryness it should
be double-sided with an air space of
two or three inches all around. /
have found it an excellent plan to
plaster the sides and ceiling with an
ordinary plaster of sand and lime. AL
most anyone can do it, it not being
necessary to be so smooth. 1t is
antiseptic and perfectly tight-warm,
dry and healthful-and the material
costs mere trife.
The house has a tight floor and is
divided into eight apartments and
feeding alley by poultry netting
screens three feet high. These screens
are made separate SO that they can
be easily taken out when required.
Windows of glass about two feet
square are placed in front of each
apartment, close to the floor, so that
the sun can shine in on the floor.
Board shutters are fastened on the
outside to be closed on cold nights, as
much exposed glass makes cold hen
house at night. Runs of wire net
ting are made in front of each apart
ment, and the ground planted with
grass or lettuce to provide something
green for the chicks when they are
let out on warm, sunshiny days.
I use hens to raise the chicks, and
sometimes place two in each apart
ment, but the house is equally well
adapted for artificial brooders. The
chicks do we'll in this house, do not
get the gapes, and are safe from var
minis that so often play havoc with
chickens that roost about in coops on
the ground. After they get some
size the screens are taken out and
temporary roosts fitted in. In the
fall, the cocks having been previously
disposed of, the pullets are mostly
taken to the laying houses, although
some are left a greater part of the
winter. Before time for the new
brood, the house is thoroughly
cleaned, disinfected and whitewashed.
Grant Davis, in Ohio Farmer.
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Congressman Meekison Of Ohio.

Hon. David Meekison is well known
not only in his own State, but through
out America. He was elected to the
Fifty-ffth Congress by very large ma
jority, and is the acknowledged leader
of his party in his section of the State.
Only one flaw married the otherwise
complete success of this rising states
man. Catarrh with its insidious APP.
proach and tenacious grasp, was his
only unconquered foe. For thirty years
he waged unsuccessful warfare against
this personal enemy. At last Peruna
came to the rescue. He writes:
"IhaVe used several bottles of Pc
runa and feel greatly benefited there
by from my Catarrh of the head.
feel encouraged to believe thar if use
1t a short time longer WILDE fully able
to eradicate the disc aSe of thirty years
standing. david MeekiSOn, Member
of Congress.
If you do not derive prompt and salts
factory results from the use of Peruna,
write at once to DR.. Hartman, giving a
full statement of your case and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable sd-
vice gratis.
Address DIR. Hartman, President of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus,
Ohio.
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LIQUID LOUISE KILLER.
1t Is Simply Indispensable i'm the SUc"
cessful and Profitable Rails
ing of Poultry.

A good, reliable liquid louise killer
is simply indispensable in the raising
of poultry. During warm weather
lice multiply very rapidly, and one
must keep a constant watch for them
or the premises will be literally alive
before you know it. We did not real
lie the true worth of our liquid erad-
lcator until this season, when we
neglected to get quantity until the
dealer had sold out. While we were
waiting for the goods-four weeks
we discovered millions of the Pesky
little red creepers on the roost poles,
the kind that run over the fowls at
night, and retire to roost on the
perches during the day. One OF our
helghbors told us the louise killer did
not prove to be of any special bene-
Mt to him so far as he could see.
The reason was because he was only
painting on top of the roost poles,
and leaving the underside for their
hiding place, which is most desired by
them. The perches must be complete
ly coated with the liquid using great
precaution in getting it into every
crack and crevice where the lice are
sure to hide. When lice are granted
free range on the farm on an equal
footing with the fowls, there is no
question but that the mortality
caused from them each year would
amount to at least 25 per cent. As
soon as the downy chicks, and old
hens as well, are dropping and look
ing as If some disease was going to
overtake them, look for lice. For
deep-seated crop of lice, we use
scalding hot water, with a liberal
amount of carbolic acid, applied TO
rOOsts, walls, floors and all furnish
ings in the poultry house. Where
lice have gotten great Roadway and
seem to be- alive everywh ere, this is
a cheap and sure remedy. 1t must be
used, however, every few weeks, as
they keep Matching. We know by eX-
rerience that feeding fowls covered
with lice takes twice the amount of
feed; then we cannot hope to retain
the bloom of health, with blood-red
combs and brilliant plumage, no mat
ter how well we feed them. And the
work of prevention is so small, COM
pared with the task of Kidding the
place of lice. We have never found
anything that was as profitable in
our poultry keeping as a good liquid
louise killer-J C.. Clipp, in EpitOmiSt.
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through the mail. Their faces clcHd-
ed, for they had talked SO much Of
Bobby's surprise, when he asked for
his mail, and the girl at the window
gave him the bundle.
All at once quick-witted Winifred
thought of plan to overcome the diff
Guilty.
eve will have Bobby's father come
here for the bundle when be starts
home; he can go to the post Office and
wait for Bobby and carry the bundle
home, and won't Bobby's mamma be
surprised?"
This plan met the approval of tho
committee and it was settled.
In the meantime Bobby trudged to
the office every day, morning and even
ing, and asked: "Ain't they anything
for Jenners yet?" His tone grew dis
couraged, and the girl at the window
found it hard work to comfort him.
She felt bitter resentment toward
the governor, who had paid no heed to
the little fellows appeal.
Thanksgiving morning came; Jen-
ner called early at the governors
nome, 16GlIuS dWhndIu anu III d SdS e
in his new suit and his freedom.
The children had fastened basket
to the huge bundle; in it was a tur-
key, plump and yellow, packed in with
oranges, nuts and candies.
The committee shook hands with
Jenner, wishing him a glad Thanks
giving; they sent messages to Bobby,
and sent Jenner out into the world
with a brave heart.
Jenner took the early train for
home, and when he reached the town
he went straight to the post office.
Going to the general delivery window,
he asked the girl if she was the person
who had forwarded a letter to the
governor. She answered EYES," in a
surprised tone; then he showed her
the bundle and told her that he was
Bobby's father.>
The girl was delighted with the good
news, and asked Jenner to wait inside
the office.
Bobby was later than usual; he came
with a tagging step and a sad little
face. Jenner caught his breath hard
as he saw his baby, grown so large.
Bobby did not ask the usual question,
but looking up into the girls kind
face said: 81 guess it amt no use
to ask; it's too late now, and I guess
they amt ever going to be anything
for the Jenners."
The girl came out of the office, fol-
lowed by Jenner with the bundle. She
showed Bobby the address in big let
tiers and said: "You see, the governor
sent you such big Thanksgiving, he
had to send man to carry it home for
you VIII you show him the way?''
She laughed through her tears at the
boys glad surprise,
Bobby reached up and took the big
mans hand confdingly; not knowing
who it was, he led the way home, and
there was glad Thanksgiving for '0The
Jenners. "-Ladies' World, New York.
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How to Grind Kamr Corn.

AS this crop is being much more ex-
tensively grown each year and many
are raising it for the grain, some of
our readers may be interested in the
method of grinding it. Mr.. c. j. Hug
gins, in the Kansas Farmer, says:
Most sweep mills will not grind it
fine, and the millers want too much
for grinding it. If the burr is quite
worn, so much the better. Have the
Kaffir-corn dry, put basketful into
good solid barrel, chop with long
handled, sharp spade; add some more
heads and chop, and so on. Fill your
mill and continue to chop and grind.
You can have it fine as flour if you
like, and it makes fine swill to feed
thick or thin. The Kaffir-corn stem
keeps the seed from feeding too fast
and it grinds nicely, but not so fast
as corn, probably about five bushels
per hour. This depends on how fine
YOU grind it,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-11-20
POULTRY PARAGRAPHS.

Fresh dirt makes good winter
flooring.
Hens need fresh drinking water as
we'll as horses.
Watch the "little things" and be
constantly regular.
Now is the time to rid your flock
of undesirable fowls.
An exclusive diet of corn will pre-
vent hens from laying.
Old hens do not pay as well as pull
lets and two-year-old hens.
Don't throw money away by feed
ing lot of culls and drones.
All meat and milk products should
be given as fresh as possible.
1t is good Plan 20 soak the oats
that are to be fed; % helps diges-
ton.
Clean the hen house again. 1t will
take but little time and will be bene-
fetal.
To get the best results, give va
riety of food and shell-produclng
articles.
Don't forget that animal feed OF
some kind is absolutely necessary 10
the best results.
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MEMORIES OF THE DAY.
giving Should Be More Than
a Day of Feasting and
MerrymakinE.

All over the country families have
gathered to observe and perpetuate
the annual festival of Thanksgiving
No holiday in the year can claim a
nobler birthright than this, none is
richer in tender memories. Other days
may touch the pride of race or fan the
fires of patriotism; this speaks of
home, the family and the fireside.
Moreover, of all the days we cele-
brate, this alone is distinctively Amer
lean. We mark the birthday of Wash.
ington, the anniversary of the declara-
ton of independence, the dates Of
epoch-making battles; but in this we
are not peculiar. Other countries OBJ
serve the birthdays of their illustrious
dead and the anniversaries of great
events in their history. All Christian
nations keep Christi But in this,
our Thanksgiving, we have a day Pc
culiarly our own.
1t was instituted more than $50
years ago by the fathers who sought
religious liberty on the shores of Mas
sachusetts bay, and in spite of tempta-
tiOns to turn it into a mere occasion OF
feasting and merrymaking, it has al
ways retained much of the reverent
and thankful spirit which called it into
being. Wherever the aims and achieve
ments of the founders of this nation
are honored, the day which they set
apart ''for Thanksgiving and praise"
is still observed
We are apt to think of the Pilgrims
and Puritans as a stern and joyless
company, of noble aims, no doubt, and
dauntless courage, but so given over
to religious thought and observation
as to have neither time nor tolerance
for the lighter and pleasanter side OF
life Let us remember, then, that this
holiday, the sweetest and tenderest
occasion in the year, comes down to us
from them; and that JOY and feasting
and good cheer had with them, as they
should have with us, their surest foun-
dation in the spirit which reverently
acknowledges the Divine gifts of life
and health and harvests.-YOuth'E
Companion.
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Making the Poor Farm Pay.

Many farms are abandoned for want
of an adequate understanding of their
requirements. Ordinarily, land which
will produce weed crop will, under
proper tillage and fertilization, make
a fair yield of some more useful crop,
and soil too dry to produce even weeds
has often been rendered productive
under irrigation. Drainage, where
the land is too wet, the annual turning
under of some green crop on some
part of the farm deficient in humus.
and the liberal use of barn-yard and
commercial fertilizers where needed,
will work wonders. The main point is
to understand your farm and the need
for satisfactory crop production, to
analyze the soil and conditions and
to meet their requirements intelli-
gently.-Midland Farmer.
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and big for his age; and, oh, papa
won't you let us send some things
he didn't ask for?'
The children were all talking at
once.
"Hold on" said the governor. 81
haven't said that / would send the
things that he did ask for yet"
His own Robby looked up into his
face and said, gravely: Il think you
won't be good like your picture looks if
you don't"
This speech settled the question, and
14-year-old Winifred was appointed
chairman of the purchasing commit
tee by the governor, who gave her a
bill that sent them all flying at him.
until he fed down the steps to keep
from being smothered by their raptur-
Gus embraces.
Bobby Jenner and his thanksgiving
became the topic at breakfast, dinner
and supper, until the governor and
his wife became almost as interested as
the children.
Oh, the bargains the purchasing com
mittee found in the hours after school
There was a soft, warm shawl, two pat
terms of percale for wrappers, nice
mittens and overcoat that fitted plump
Robby perfectly, so, of course, they
would fit Bobby Jenner.
At the end of the week the commit
tee agreed that they had never had
so good time in their lives before.
The governor came home with an
important air one night, and, calling
the children around him, told them the
good news that Bobby's father was
going home for Thanksgiving.
Going home; where has he been ?''
were the eager questions, and the gov
ernor answered sadly: ''Jenner made
a mistake one time, and they sent him
away from home for a long time, 10
make him sorry for it,
"Oh, papa, has he been in prison? %
asked Winifred, in an awed tone.
The governor nodded; then he told
them how very sorry Jenner had been
for the wrong he had done. and they
were letting him out before his sen
tence was out, on account of his good
behavior. He had been to see Jenner
and had shown Bobby's letter to him.
and Jenner had cried like a baby
over it.
When the children showed the gov
ernor the huge bundle they had ready
to send, he said it would never. &c
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-11-20
Hen. for Winter Laying.

Those who hope to have a full sup
ply of fresh laid eggs during the
winter months must do their part or
be disappointed. From among all
your hens select the best that are
not over one year old. Hens past
two years old seldom pay for their
keep in producing eggs for market.
Having selected all the hens that you
intend keeping for the winter, house
them by themselves if possible, for
the hens will do better alone, as will
the pullets. when kept together the
hens are quite apt to quarrel with
the pullets, or boss it over them,
and the young and more active pull
lets are naturally quicker to move
and will get the greater part of the
food.
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stick good, and I'm afraid it lost my
letter out and the guv'nor didn't get
| it, and it's only one more week till
Thanksgiving"
His voice trembled, and the girl
turned her head for moment to give
him a chance to choke back his tears.
where did you mail your letter?''
she asked.
He pointed to a tiny crack under
the shelf of the general delivery
window. Fright here" he said. 81
couldn't reach the holes where the
big folks put their letters"
The girl told him to run long
home and be patient, and pulling out
| the stamp drawer reached in behind
| it and found crumpled paper. 1t
was Bobby's letter to the guv'nor.
1t dropped out of the envelope into
her lap, and she read the pitiful ap-
peal; then taking sheet of paper
she wrote:
Dear Sir: This important letter has
| been mislaid in our Office but I hope
| it is not too late for you to answer ii
before Thanksgiving. Yours very truly
1 Inc OlTl dC the OIIlce WlIuOW..
She folded this inside Bobby's let
ter, fastened the corners of the
| brown envelope with mucilage, adj
| dressed it properly, and taking a
stamp from her stamp book put it on
the corner. She took out her purse
and counted her scanty savings; then
she put dime in the stamp drawer
and put a special delivery stamp on
! the brown envelope, too.
The governors mail was brought
| to him at breakfast time. In the
package was the queer brown envel-
ope, and the governor opened it first
out of curiosity. He read it through
once and smiled. He read it again
and whist1ed softly; then the chill
dren called for an explanation, and
he read aloud:
Dear Guv'nor: am a boy, but I am
| not afrade of you, for you look good
! out of yore eyes. The teacher told me
about you bein' the man that run
| Thanksgvin' and I thot you w'u'd
want all yore peple to have good
| time and we ant got emmy turkey OF
emmy thing like the teacher read about
! the pe'ple havn'. / don't ker much
for them things if you ant got enuff
| to go round, but mamma needs a new
dress offel bad and shall, she an
got emmy to keep her warm when we
carry the close home; and I ant goi
no over cote or mittns; but If you ant
got emmy my sise it's all rite. 1 am
! just past 8, but I am tolabul big to my
| age. L W'u'dn't ask for so much, but
I ant got 10 papa like the other boys
and / tho't you wu'd see that we w'u'd
need more help than boys that's gof
! papas. [ asst mamma onct why I ain't
| got no papa and she cried and sed he
went away when L was baby and
| ant got back. Plese send these things
! if you got plenty, so we can thanksgive
| to. Yore end,
BOBBY JENNER.
Up. S. 1 like candy, but 1 don't ever
have emmy"
When the governor had finished
reading the letter he was besieged
by the children: "You will, won't
you, papa? You won't disappoint the
little fellow; just think, he knew
you were so good just from seeing your
picture. Say, let us get the things;
we can fit the overcOat and mittens
on our Robby, he's just past eight,
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the clerks were chatting socially or
reading the morning papers.
The girl at the general delivery win
dow was startled by the sudden in
quiry: Say, is they anything for the
Jenners?"
Looking through the window she saw
boy, with big, brown eyes, just on a
level with the shelf outside.
She took down the package of let
ters remaining in the general delivery
box, looked all through them, then
shook her head, and the boy turned
away with disappointed look.
In the afternoon, after the crowd had
left the office, he came again and called
up the girl: "Is they anything for the
Jenners yet?"
The girl shook her head, but he was
not convinced. 'Look for Bobby Jen-
ner," he said. maybe you didn't look
for that name"
She knew there was no such name in
the package of letters, but to humor
the little fellow, she looked carefully
through them and answered, kind
ly: ''Not yet; perhaps it will come to-
morrow"
In the days that followed the boy
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came twice a day, and the question::
is they anything for the Jenners?"
came to be familiar sound in the post
office, and the clerks listened for it
with much amusement, but the girl
at the window came to dread it.
She was haunted by the mournful
look that came into his eyes every time
she shook her head, and tried to con-
sole him one day by saying: Your
letter will surely come soon; you have
been expecting it so long"
Letter" he said, scornfully, 81 never
said ] wanted a letter; want bundle,
and l want it pretty soon, too. I've
been 'specting it a long time, and-and
I'm just tired of you shaking your
head, l am" The defiant little voice
ended with something very like sob.
The girl at the Office window was &C
customed to hearing complaints from
people larger than Bobby, who wanted
their mail and wanted it pretty soon,
too; but none of them had ever affected
her as this one did.
She came through the door into the
outer office. and taking Bobby's hand
asked, kindly: Had you written to
someone to send you something's"
Seeing the look. of sympathy on
her face, he told her all about it.
You see, it's this way: Mamma used
to let me write to Santa Claus and
tell him what I wanted a Christmas
time, and 1 always got something
that was when [ was little Teller"
STRENGTHENING back his shoulders).
My teacher has been telling me
about the man that runs Thanksgiy-
ing, aud she read a letter he had in
the papers telling the people when
to Thanksgive and all that, and l
asked her was he a real sure enough
man or if he was just a put-up job
like Santa Claus. She just laughed
and laughed, and then she showed
me his picture in the paper, and he
was man 'thout no white beard
like Santa's, and she said they call
him guv'nor. He looked so kind and
good out of his eyes, l just thought
maybe lie would help us a little if he
knew how hard up we was this fall
Mamma can't wash as much as she
used -, and I can't help much yet,
so | wrote letter to the guv'nor one
day when mamma had gone to the
judges to help clean house. [ made
my en-vl'up out of paper like wrote
my LITTER on; the teacher in the first
room showed me how. but it didn't
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-11-20
A TRULY GREAT IDEA.
brilliant Suggestion for the Improve
ment of the FIaEging Game
of Football.

The supporters of football are assem-
bled in convention, says the Baltimore
American.
\ Gentlemen" says the spokesman,
Something must be done to add inter
est to the game regret to acknowledge
that in recent years, despite our efforts
to wound MAIN and kill, the sport has
dwindled in public favor. No doubt this
Is because of the increase in the number
OF wars, and the familiarity of the public
with injuries from that cause; also be-
cause of the growth of the automobile
fad. Hence, as say, we must do some
thing to put more ginger in the game.
The point is, what snall we do?"
Here shaggy haired man arose in the
rear of the hall and begged for hear
ing.
= Gentlemen" he said, 81 represent the
Russo-American society of anarchy, and
am also an enthusiastic football player.
1t occurs to me that if the ball were
filled with dynamite instead of air it
would"
But the rest of his remarks were SIM
ply drowned in furious explosion of
mad applause.
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CURRENT TOPICS.
Pittsburg ships more than 100000
tons OF coal annually.

Pittsburg ships more than 12,0o0, 900
tons OF coal annually.
Breton sheep are not much larger
than a fair-sized hare.
Rome has $4,000 visitors during the
first six months of the year.
OF the 90.127 immigrants to Argen-
tina last year 5S,343 were Italians.
One pound of sleeps wool is capa-
BILE Of producing one yard of cloth.
The only country where daily mu-
steal paper is published is America.
Thousands o. farm houses in Kan
sas are now supplied with telephones.
A scientist calculates that man is
subject to 1912 different kinds of dis
ease
Public school teachers at Toledo,
o., have asked for an increase in sal
aries.
The Lapps are the shortest race in
the world, averaging feet IL inches
in height.
Legislation enacted by the last con-
gres3 will result in at least 10000 new
pensioners.