River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-07-23

The ability to discriminate is {
valuable acquisition and to cultivate
a habit of discernment will be found
prof bic. But discrimination
should not be associated with pref.
udlce. He who is prejudiced in his
discrimination Injuries the other
party and lessons his own prospects
for gaining advantage from the dis
elimination.
Dog-days and fy-time are pres
ent. Dog-days begin the middle of
July and last until Sept. l. 1t is a
current opinion that this season
the hottest of the year induces
rabies in dogs, hydrophobia But
the period called "dog-days" was
so named simply because of the
conjunction of the rising of the Dog
Star, Sirius, with the rising of the
sun.
DIED. July ID, Grandpa Spring
steen at the old age of 102 years, 6
months and 10 days. He leaves
five daughters, three sons and many
grandchildren and great grand
children to mourn his loss. We
sympathize with the bereaved fam
lily. The funeral was held from the
church at Emerald, the minister of
Glenwood officiating. B a1dwin
Bulletin.
Mr.. John F. CARRIER, of Chicago,
has been employed to teach biology
in the Normal. He takes the place
of Miss Bell Deans, who resigned
to accept position in the Moor
head normal. Mr.. CARRIER has re-
Gently received the degree Of Doctor
of Philosophy from Chicago Univer-
sity, where he has done post gradu-
ate work for the last three years.
He is an experienced teacher in his
line of science.
Everybody is busy who can be in
duced to work, and a sufficient num-
Der of men to do the work of vari-
Gus kinds needed cannot be found.
1t is common thing to hear one
man enquiring for a carpenter,
another for a mason, another for a
painter, while help is wanted for
pressing farm work and work on
the street. There is more work
than men to do it and wages are
better than for a score of years.
The weed commissioner is doing
effective work in the destruction of
burdocks. These plants have long,
tough roots To cut off the tops
only retards the growth, it does not
kill the plant, 1t will grow up again
in few weeks. The only way to
kill burdock is to dig up the root
or apply kerosene or salt to it after
the top is cut. The commissioner
is digging up the roots this year.
Burdock can be readily extermina-
ted this way.
A dozen or more of the denizens
of this city drove out to Hudson
last Thursday night to hear w. ].
Bryan speak. Among them were
Rev. T. ]. Snodgrass, Prof. ]. w.
T. Ames, Jay Grimm, C. N. Wiger,
F. A. Howe, Oscar Halvorson, ]. R.
Henderson, Victor Bailey, Robert
Reynolds, George ]. Dodge, F. G.
Peterson, Harris Olson, H. W.
Diers, George D. Smith and wife
and ]. Bailey and wife. Mr.. Bryan
talked along moral lines, his sub
ject being "The Value of an Ideal"
The annual institute for teach
erS is IN session at Ellsworth and
will close it's two weeks session
Friday. A fair-sized and very regu-
lar attendance of interested and ac-
tive teachers is reported. The in
struction is of high character, the
gentlemen who are assisting Supt.
Ingli being first-class teachers and
men who thoroughly understand
the needs of the country school.
They are Prof. H. L. Wilson of the
Normal, Supt. John Callahan of
Menasha and Prof. H. M. Jackson,
director of the new county training
school at Grand Rapids.
Mistakes are common but un-
pleasant. They are inconvenient
in proportion to their gravity and
result from ignorance or careless
ness. Sometimes you make a mis-
take in passing the time of day
with a passer. You address him
with a courteous GOOD Morning!"
to be answered by a grunt or
wool" and you are seized with a
sudden and nearly irresistible i'm
pulse to turn and kick the brute.