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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-09-10
Fish That Cannot swim.

More than one species of fish is met
with which cannot swim, the most sin
gular of which, perhaps, is the mall
tina, Brazilian fish, whose organs of
locomotion only enable it to crawl or
walk or hop, after the manner of a
toad, to which animal this fish to some
extent bears resemblance, and it is
provided with long upturned snout.
The anterior (pectoraD fins of the NAL
tina, which are quite small, are not
capable of acting on the water, but can
only move backward and forward.
Both these and the ventral and anal
fms are very different from the similar
fins in other fishes, ana could not serve
for swimming at all. Other examples
of nonswimming fishes include the sea-
horse, another most peculiarly shaped
inhabitant of the sea, which resembles
the knight in a set of chessmen and
the starfish.-Philadelp Ledger
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-09-10
CARE OF YOUNG PIGS.
Writer of This Article Tells Why He
Has Abundant Faith In Dir
versity OF Rations.

When the pigs are three weeks old
they will begin to eat other food be-
sides their mothers milk. To furnish
them this | have a very shallow
trough, easy for them to reach and
out of reach of the dam, and az this
light-lunch counter l provide them
corn meal, wheat Riiddlings, ground
oats and skim-milk. | do not furnish
these all at once, of course, but vary
them according to their cost. l try
always to have skim-milk and corn
meal for them. The quantity is limited
at first, and gradually increased to
such amount as is eaten up during the
day. They thus early develop the hab-
it of eating, and the grain and milk
fed in addition to the milk OF the dam
gives such start toward profitable
growing that they keep it up to the
end. This makes it possible for me to
keep the SOW in good flesh and heart"
without depriving the pigs of needed
nourishment.
1t is common thing to see SOW
with family of clamorous pigs, that
have not thrived to the extent they
would if the feed had been put In them,
grow SO thin sucking her family that
she is verify yielding up her life to
the demands of motherhood, which is
of course Enthusiastically motherly
thing to do, and embodies a very nice
sentiment, but it illustrates no evil
dence of a generous appreciation OF
the mothers abnegation by her owner
or feeder. True, we are not raising
swine sentimentally, but we are try
ing to do it profitably, and may often
miss our profit by our stinginess.
The pigs stomach is small, and needs
filling often. For awhile after weaving
| feed four times day, and as the pigs
increase in size | feed three times a
day, all they will eat and no more.
From this time on the bill of fare is
covered principally by corn and milk.
If the corn gets too dry and hard, I
soak it. feed it heavily ground, also.
| try to keep them growing and fat,
so if have good market [ have hogs
to meet it. BY having them fat enough
for market at five or six months old,
if the market does not suit me and I
have speculative notion that pork
will be higher in month or so, can
keep them that much longer, and still
have them within the limit of most
profitable feeding. 1t may be need
less to add that the market does not
always do what l think it will.
Bearing this in nina, generally sell
when my pigs are ready-W. F. Nc
Spartan, in Farm and Home.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-09-10
Virginia Hog Experiment.

> An attempt was made by the Vir-
ginia station to determine the effect of
wide, medium and narrow rations for
hogs on the relative development of
fat and lean. The pigs used were from
five to nine months old. One lot was
fed on corn meal alone, nutritive ratio
1905; another on corn meal, bran and
beef scraps, nutritive ratio 1852; a
third on corn meal, cotton seed meal
and beef scraps, nutritive ratio 1925.
All the hogs were fed in pens. Those
fed the narrow ration containing the
cottonseed meal all died in from eight
to ten weeks, with the usual symptoms
of cottonseed meal poisoning. Of the
other two lots the one receiving bran
and beef scraps, in addition to corn
meal, made Is per cent. better gain
than the lot fed corn meal only. Not
the slightest difference in the proper
ton of fat and lean could be detected
in the meat of these two lots of hogs.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-09-10
plant worth watching.

ga plant that is its own gardener is,
you would think, an impossibility,'
said a peanut dealer. I'm the peanut
though, we have just such plant-a
plant, as it were, with spade. The
peanut grows in the air and sun, but
when the flowers fall off and the pods
appear it is necessary for these pods
to mature under ground, and, there
fore, the plant buTies them. 1t buries
them with a movement of the stalk
downward bend that pushes the pod
beneath the soil. This is strange
thing to see; it makes peanut patch
well worth visit. Go to one of these
patches at the season when the pods
are falling, and if you are patient you
may have luck to catch a plant in the
very act of burying its pods"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-09-10
MODEL GERMAN FARM.
House and Barns Are Lighted and
Heated by Electricity and
Ventilated by Fans.

At Quednau, eastern Prussia, is a
dairy farm managed by Prof Back
haus 1t includes $50 acres aud pro-
duces 1000 gallons of milk daily. The
Engineering Record is authority for
the statement that the buildings are all
lighted by incandescent lamps, and
the grounds, in places, by arc lights.
The current is supplied from small
central station containing so horse
power engine, direct coupled to two
generators, and switchboard for the
control of the various circuits, all
parts of which are so simple and
plainly marked that any farm hand
can understand and operate it. In adj
dition to the lighting, power is sup
piled for the pumping of water and the
driving of saws, feed cutting and
threshing machines, grist mill and
an electric churn in the dairy. Besides
these stationary power appliances,
there are number of electrically
driven agricultural machines for use in
the fields, including an automobile
plow, all of which are run by storage
batteries and may be charged at con-
veniently located sub-stations To
round out the completeness of the
equipment, the barns are heated by
electricity and ventilated by motor
driven fans, and all parts of the farm
have telephone intercommunication.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-09-10
A MODERN PIG TROUGH.

trough and as wide as the fence is high
If tight partition has been placed in
front of the pen, the battens and e car
be fastened on the back side instead OF
having the hinges attached to the
beam (k).
To feed the pigs, the perpendicular
sliding fastener (f) can be raised, the
door (a) pushed back beyond the rear
side of the trough (g). and then the door
(a) can be held in position by pushing
down the slide (f).
Instead of having partitions in the
trough to prevent the hogs from stand
ing lengthwise in the trough, it is more
clearly to put pieces of plank on the
back side of a, as shown at h. These
plank need be only three-fourths as wide
as the trough, and straps of iron placed
on their edges and also on the edges OF
the trough will double their durability
H. M. Drake, in Farm and Home
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-09-10
MANY SOLDIERS MONUMENTS.
Being Built as a Result of an Act
of the Pennsylvania
Legislature.

Under an act of the legislature of 1901
there is quite an epidemic of soldiers
monuments building throughout the
state. The advantages offered by the
act are just beginning to be understood
and taken advantage of. Every county
seat not now provided with suitable
soldiers monument is pretty certain to
have one within few years, says the
Philadelphia Press.
The act in question was prompted by
the fact that in number of counties the
effort to raise sufficient amount of
money by private subscription to erect
memorials to the dead of the war Of the
rebellion had failed. Considerable
amounts had been contributed in some
instances, but not enough, as was the
case in Delaware county, where monu-
ment completed at the expense of the
county was dedicated few weeks ago.
The project had been in hand many
years, and it is doubtful if it would ever
have been finished if the county had not
been authorized to come to the rescue.
In other instances, soldiers memorials
have been incumbered, but the obliga-
ton can now be lifted by the county out
of the county moneys, and has been in
several cases.
Under the terms of the act 1t is neces-
sary for at least so citizens of the county
to petition the court Of quarter sessions
for the erection or completion of monu-
ment or to pay debts heretofore con-
tracted for the erection and construction
of such monument BY the court the
matter is laid before the grand jury, and
If approved by two successive grand
juries and the court the county commits
sioners shall be authorized to pay any
and all debts contracted for the erection
of monument, to complete it or to erect
new one, and maintain at the county
seat suitable monument to the soldiers
and sailors of the rebellion. There is no
reason under such a law why any coun-
ty should long be without a proper
memorial to the patriotism and bravery
of those who offered their lives for their
country.
Nor is it likely any county which does
not now have a monument will fail to
take advantage of the opportunity Of
fered. If any has not already done so, it
is because the enabling act has not be-
come we'll understood. The finances of
a county must be in desperate condition
indeed to compel the authorities to re-
fuse an appeal from old soldiers for a
memorial to their departed comrades.
1t is doubtful If there is county In the
commonwealth in any such straits, and
In every instance the expenditure of a
reasonable sum for such purpose would
certainly have popular approval.
All over the state the work is IN
progress and in short time Pennsyl-
vania will have the distinction which no
other state enjoys, Of having public
memorial to its soldiers and sailors at
every county seat. These monuments
should be erected under intelligent and
artistic direction.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-09-10
THE PATCHWORK QUILT.

I amt given much to idols, and 1 like the
Lords own way
Or turning our eyes upward when we go
far astray
AS to dote and keep a-doting on the things
that fade and wilt,
But somehow, spite of conscience, 1 love
a patchwork quilt.
I pieced this one up the winter that Tom
went off to fight;
could stand 1t through the daytime, out
as soon as it came night
AL the horrid scenes Of battle right before
my eyes would fit,
So went to setting patchwork, just 10
ease my mind a bit.
When / came to choose pattern picked
out the letter
Not because it was so handsome, but 1t
stands for Tom, you see;
And 1t was a little comfort, in those days
so dark and cold,
To have even that much of him which my
hand could grasp and hold.
Now see old friends and neighbors coming
through this patchwork door
Smiling at me 'bove the pieces like the
dresses that they wore;
And their faces look familiar, but those
have brighter glow
That have come from that good country
where the heavenly flowers grow.
There is grandma in a bingham that loved
to see her wear
AS she sat serenely knitting In her big, old
fashioned chair,
Aunt Maria comes a-singing, and her dress
of cherry red
Is no brighter than the sunshine that her
hopeful spirit shed
Now see some little children dancing up
and down the quilt
This was one of Lucy's dresses, the High
land plaid was Bertie's kilt;
And those tiny dots and figures were my
little Annie's frocks-
Oh, the blessed thoughts and feelings sewed
together with these blocks!
There are other things we treasure that
can speak Of days gone by;
other things that set us thinking, make us
laugh and make us cry;
But of all the dear reminders ever shaped
or ever built
There's nothing beats the story of a good,
old patchwork quilt.
Sara A. Davis. in Boston Journal
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-09-10
Pnmice-stnne Bricks.

The large deposits of volcanic sand
and pumice which are found in Ger
many between CoblenZ and Ander-
mach are now being utilized for brick
making, and an extensive industry has
been formed there The pumice is
broken UP and screened to suitable
size, after which it is mixed with the
sand and certain proportion of lime
and water. This mixture Is poured
into iron molds with removable
wooden bottoms, upon which the
bricks, when the material has set, can
be dried. After exposure to the air
for short time the bricks are ready
for shipment. No modern machinery
is employed, the work being done by
hand, good workman turning out
about 1,5o0 bricks per day.-Chambers'
Journal.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-09-10

away on a visit to friend, very
dear friend, whom he had not seen in
many years, and before his return we
would have left the village.
1t was two years later when we again
visited Onanoke; but we did not now
occupy the Place cottage. Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur Groby lived there, we were told
and when they called upon us very
shortly after our arrival, we were sur
prised to find, in the wife of our former
friend, Miss Hester Place.
She was a charming little lady, pref
ty still. with her sweet face and silvery
curls; and as for her husband, he
looked ten years younger than when
we had first seen him, and as happy as
an old gentleman of so can we'll look.
We all became very good friends,
and one evening, when we had been
invited to tea at the cottage and Mr..
Groby had not yet come in, his wife
spoke of their marriage.
Some people thought it ridiculous
for two such old folks to marry she
said: ''but when found how much he
stood IN 0eeQ Oh nSlp anu comfort, anu
when remembered how much we had
suffered"
Here she faltered and tears sprang to
her eyes; but she resumed frankly:
"You must know that we were en-
gagged in our youth-Arthur and l. But
we quarreled-it was my fault-and
when I broke off the engagement he
went away and l was too proud to lie!
him know how I felt it. Besides, was
sure that he would either return or
write to me, when we would make il
up. waited for him more than 20
years" Here her voice broke entirely
and for a moment there was silence.
81 know" said Louise, softly. you
never got his letter-that letter which
slipped behind the mantelpiece."
And just here Mr.. Groby came in,
bright and cheerful; and his wife well
coined him with smile as she rose to
summon the servant with the tea
Farm and Home.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-09-10
An old Soldiers Experience.

Bernard, Ark, Sept. 7th.--Mr. 4. j.
Hicks, merchant of this place, has written
for publication, an account of a personal ex-
perience, which is very interesting
Il am an old Federal Soldier" writes Mr..
Hicks, "and shortly after the close of the
war was taken sick. had,achesa and pains
all over me, tiuttering of the heart and
stomach trouble, l just simply was never
a moment without pain. / could not sleep
at night, and was always tired and fearful.
ly weak.
II took medicine all the time, but for
long time l was more dead than alive. Al
together | suffered for over twenty years.
and | believe l would have been suffering
yet, or in my grave, if / had not read OF
Dodd's Kidney Pills.
Il got an Almanac, which told me of this
remedy, and bought some of it. started
with three pills a day, but increased the
dose to six pills day. | had not used many
till my pains began to disappear. kept on,
and now | can sleep and eat as we'll as ever
l could, and | feel like a new man, with no
pains or aches left.
81 will always recommend Dodd's Kidney
Pills, for they are a wonderful remedy"
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I village at nearly a mfies distance from
our cottage. When quite young he hao
migrated to the west, where he had lee
rather adventurous life, until finally
settling down as school teacher in
an Iowa town. But he found it lonely,
he SAID very lonely; and it was feel
ing of inconsistencies which had brought
him back to his native village, only to
| find his brother dead and his nephew,
who occupied the old homestead, al
most a stranger to him. He was now
thinking of going back to his western
home and his school.
Everything here is changed" he said
with a sigh II miss the old faces, and
even the old houses can scarcely rec
ognize, with their new-fashioned piaz-
zas and bow-windows"
This house at least appears not to
have changed" / remarked.
3fYou are right, madam; 1t is not
changed. Even the furniture and the
pictures"
AS he glanced around the room, his
eyes fell upon the portrait of Miss Hes
ter Place, above the mantelpiece, and
noticed an instant change in his ex-
preston. He looked at it for moment:
and Louise, who had not observed what
/ did, inquired if he had known Miss
Place, and If the likeness were good?
Very good, very good, madam, as
I remember her; though no portrait
could do justice to face whose chief
charm was it's intelligence and express
sion"
Just here sudden remembrance Oc-
Cured to me, and | mentioned to our
visitor the almost forgotten incident OF
my finding letter directed to Miss
NAMED unbroken.
This is the letter." I said, produc-
ing it from the cabinet drawer and
handing it to him.
He put on his glasses and examined
it; but instantly such a change came
over his face as startled me. He was
quite pale and his hand trembled SO
that the letter fell from his grasp.
eve must send this letter to Miss
Place at once. Louise" | said. at
should have been done long ago. will
write and explain how l found it, and
the agent will give me her address"
"And if you will permit me, madam
said Mr.. Groby, in an agitated voice,
81 should like to send a message tn-
closed with it-a message which may
serve to explain-a message which she
will understand"
l thought the request an odd one, but
placed before him pen and paper, and
he wrote with hand which trembled
so much that twice the pen fell from
his fingers. II was only couple OF
+ lines which he inscribed upon the back
of the letter, and | learned long after.
! ward what they were:
For five and twenty years l have
waited for an answer to this letter
Arthur Groby."
In some weeks that followed, we sew
eral times saw our new friend, but no.
ticed that either his health or strength
seemed failing, and were not surprised
to learn at length that he could no
longer undertake his long walks to thu
village. But one day, late in August
he appeared, as he said, to pay his
parting respects to us. He was going
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-09-10
Put ON Your Thinking Can.

This is a peculiar season; with
some it is a good time to buy stock:
with others, perhaps unfortunate,
some animals must be sacrificed for
lack of feed. Weigh your conditions
with care Remember that it is not
difficult to figure out prospective
profits, but that profits often fall
short of calculations. 1t is not safe
to spend money before it is saved.
Generally, when things are high, is a
poor time to buy. If on the other
hand you have feed, or animals to
breed, and the flock or herd can be
increased to advantage, by all means
buy-Farm and Home.
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MOST IMPORTANT PART.
Eirst Duty OF a NewIy-EIected Press
ident of n Large and wealthy
Business Concern.

The newly elected president of the great
corporation hurried home, dashed into the
library and seized a pen.
Don't let anybody disturb me' he said
to his wife
For several hours nothing broke the silence
cave the scratching of the presidential pen
across the paper. Sheet after sheet was
filled with writing and laid aside. The per-
spiration rolled from the presidential brow
and ink was splattered all over his shirt
front Finally he laid aside the pen, leaned
back and heaved great sigh of relief
There! Finished at last, he exclaimed.
What on earth have you been doing,
deary" asked his wife.
i have been performing my first work
since being elected president of the CONSOLE
dated and Amalgamated United States Pig
Iron company" said he.
"What is It?'
81 have been preparing for the press the
rules have followed and by which have
worked my way from obscurity to my pres
ent high position. | have noticed that this
is about the first thing the newspapers have
about the men who are selected to manage
big institutions"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-09-10
WOOD OR IRON DRILL.

up rights are braced as shown at f.
The bit stock (c) is made by bending a
one-half or one inch round rod into shape
as shown, or may be purchased at hard
ware store. A feed screw is shown at d,
which may screw into the wood, or a
nut may be attached to the front side of
rear upright A tool chuck (g) is screwed
to the end of the bit stock. Loose blocks
of wood are placed between the bit and
the front post (b) as needed. BY using
twist drills, either wood or iron may be
bored.-George T. Price, in Farm and
Home
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-09-10

The hog has practically dethroned all
other products of the farm the past two
years. A wagon load of corn is worth
SIS to $40; one of wheat is worth pos
sibly twice that amount, but it does not
take a very big wagon load of hogs to
be worth $100. The farmer who raised
his corn and hogs the past two years is
the man who has made the easy money,
and acquired the snug bank account.
Cattle have not kept pace with hogs,
and it has taken an exceptionally good
feeder this winter to make both ends
meet on cattle deal, but many of them
have more than played even on hogs
that followed the cattle.-Rural World.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-09-10

The editor of the Chinese Daily World,
published in this city, is graduate of Yale,
and while retaining all the characteristic
reticence. of his race he is, nevertheless,
rather clever at repartee, as was recently
instanced when rather dapper young fell
low called at the World office to sell a GER
tain grade of paper. The editor affects the
American style of dress, and the paper house
drummer thought he would be smart and
opened the conversation by impudently ask
ing: What kind of a 'nese are you-Jap-
anese or Chinese! The editor smiled
blandly, and with courteous bow retorted:
Before | answer your inquiry will you kind
~ INFORM me what kind of a key you are,
and tell me II you are monkey, donkey
or Yankee" The drummer fled in dis
may.-San Francisco Wasp.
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when Tickling Chimpanzees.

1t has been observed that if the
tanned dog is taken back to the wild
state, he loses his voice. These
sounding voices" are produced in the
animal throat in way similar to hui
man language, but are not voices
proper, nor Languages" proper, and
yet they are full of psychological ex-
preston, and reveal the animals
psychic states. If we tickle Chin
panzee in the armpit, the touch pro-
duces a grin on the face similar to
that of a man under like circum-
stances. He also emits 1aughter-like
sounds. The same is the case with
the orang-outang. The gorilla knits
the brow when angry, just like men,
We often observe in apes a complete
change in the facial muscles when
something is going to happen, be it
agreeable or disagreeable. 1t is SO
also with the child. In apes there is
evidently the same connection between
the facial muscles and vocal muscles
as in man.-London Answers