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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-01-08
NORWAY'S WINTER FUN.
Furnish Necessary Means
of Travel.

1t is during the Norwegian winter
that the most characteristic sports in
that country hold sway. When the
fiords are frozen after the snow has
fallen, the water is covered with the
bright shining ice, and, like the guIls
during the summer, the Norwegian
boys now glide about on their skates
where, in July and August they had
crossed in sailing boats. But when
the snow covers mountain, valley, and
ford many feet deep. snow-shoeing, or
ski-lobutng. as it is called in Norway,
becomes universal, not merely as a
sport, but also as necessary way of
travelling, says c. E. Borchgrevink on
''Skee-Jumping in Norway" in st. Mich
olas,
The sKees are made OF wood, gen
orally of ash. 1t is the most suit
able wood for the purpose. but they
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-01-08
THE wOEFUL WHEEL.
George Thought He Was Doing His
Duty. But 1t Was Labor
Lost.

A young man in cricket shirt and straw
hat was wheeling baby carriage backward
and forward along the pavement IN front
OF small house in Westgate-on-Sea.
The hot afternoon sun poured pltllessly
down upon him, and he was angry as any
man IN the neighborhood, relates the
Manchester Guardian.
My DEAR" came voice from the up
per window of the house
Let me alone, can't you?" he shrieked
back, and went on wheeling and hopping
his face.
An hour later the same voice came from
the window in earnest, pleading tones:
George, dear!"
We'll, what on earth do you want?
he shouted. Have the water pipe;
burst?"
No, George, DEAR walled the voice
1.-THE water pipes are all right, but you've
been wheeling Amy doll all the afternoon
now?"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-01-08

can also be made out of pine, of birch.
or of almost any wood in which the
grain runs straight, and which is not
too knotted. But woods like ash.
which is both hard and flexible. are ad-
mirably adapted for skee-making.
The skees are some ten feet long and
about four inches broad, and taDer up
in front in a graceful curve A very
slight groove about half an inch wide
runs all along the middle of the skee
from front to back, giving a tendency
to keep it steady in one direction and
to prevent it, to some extent, from
sliding to one side. About an inch bacl,
of the middle of the skee, a loon is
made out of twisted willow or. in re-
cent years, frequently out of leather
covered bamboo, forming a firm but
flexible support for the foot about
two inches back of the toe. Another
loop of leather-covered bamboo rms
from the base of the loop for the toes
and all arund the heel, while one strap
combines the two sides of this loon
under the foot. The skee-runner then
finishes the fastening by buckling a
strap over his instep.
This peculiar arrangement of loops
and straps allows the runner to move
his heel in a vertical direction so far
that he could, although with effort,
put his knee down to the skee in front
of him, while his toes still remain III
loop: but in the horizontal direction
the foot is arrested; the skee must fol-
low every small movement of the foot
to the right or lett.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-01-08

other instead Of being united into an
ear. However. in the United States,
the plant seldom flowers, and never
produces seed except in south Florida
or near the gulf coast. 1t is cultivated
in the southern states, where it is con-
sidered a valuable forage plant, and
under favorable conditions produces
an immense amount of forage. For eX-
ample, it is reported to have produced
in Louisiana over so tons Of green
forage per acre. 1t requires long
season and considerable moisture,
for which reason it is not well suited
to Kansas conditions. 1t gives fair
amount Of fodder in Kansas, but there
is nothing to recommend it above corn,
sorghum or Kafir corn for the same
purpose.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-01-08
THE HOUSE OF SILENCE.

There's a house that is quiet across the
way
And things are in order there,
Not rug is Uttered or soiled to-day,
Each tidy is on its chair;
| tumble Ger toys and I hear the din
That is made by the clatter of things of
TIM
There are fnger-marks on the walls and
gay
Hurrahing disturbs the air
There's house that IS quiet across the
way
And things are in order there
There's a house that is splendid across the
way
And riches are gathered there,
But portrait hangs on the wall to-day
OF child that was glad and fair,
And l fancy hear the low, long signs
OF one who is sitting with ear-dimmed
eyes
And thinking as only mother may
OF the one that waits somewhere
There's a house that is quiet, across the
way,
And things are in order there
IS. Z. Kiser, in Chicago RecorG-Herald.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-01-08

Indigestion, congested liver, impure blood,
constipation, these are what afflict thou
sands of people who do not know what is the
matter with them. They drag along mis-
cradle existence; they apply to the local
doctors occasionally, and sometimes obtain
WORKOUT, all-gone, distressed feeling always
comes back again worse than ever, until
IN time they become tired of living, Won
der why they were ever born, and why they
are alive unless to endure constant suffer
ing. To such sufferers there is haven of
refuge in DR.. August Koenig's Hamburg
Drops, which is a wonderful medicine One
trial will convince the most sceptical that
any or all of these difficulties may be re-
moved, and perfect cure effected, by TAX
ing DR.. August Koenig's Hamburg Drops.
Get bottle at once, before it is too late.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-01-08
THE TEOSINTE PLANT.
Kew Fodder Crop which Is Now Being
Extensively Cultivated In
Southern States.

Bulletin 1O2 of the Kansas station
says: This is native of Mexico, and
thought by many botanists to be the
original of our Indian corn. 1t is an
annual plant resembling corn or sor-
ghum in general appearance, but, in
stead of producing an ear, there are in
the leaf-axils several slender jointed
spikes which are separate from each
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-01-08
Love Of Country.

''When ii comes to genuine patrf.
otism," remarked the boarder who
was afflicted with ingrowing humor
''you win find it only in the SOUTH
Produce the proofs" demanded the
skepticaI boarder from the wilds OF
Michigan.
Take the clay-eateI= of Georgia
for instance" replied the party OF
the first part, land consider how
dearly they love their native SOIL
Chicago Daily News.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-01-08

Persons having pear or apple trees Of
poor, undesirable kinds should graft
them in the tops in early spring. This
is easily done by any person of judg-
ment by saving off limbs one to two
inches through, splitting the end and
holding open by inserting a narrow
iron wedge or chisel in the center, and
on each side, after cutting the scions
into shape, insert scion. Then. with
wax made of rosin, Deeswax and tai
low, cover well, after withdrawing the
wedge.-N. Y. Tribune-Farmer.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-01-08
Keeling BARBED WIRE.
A Continuance Which Enables Two
Men to Take Up Huge Quantities
in Single Day.

For some time l had considerable
difficulty in taking up barbed wire, but
| finally invented a device which an
swered the purpose very nicely. This
fits on the running gears of the wa
gon and is represented in the accom-
panying illustration. The frame is
of 2x4's, fastened together by means
of four cross pieces of 1x4 boards. The
notches on the under side of the frame
fit over the holsters and hold the de-
vice in place. The frame should eX-
tend about six inches beyond the front
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-01-08
Feeding Extracted Honey.

One author says that in feeding
back extracted honey to complete the
partially filled sections, it has been
found that a good colony will con-
sumo one and a half pounds of honey
per day. This goes to sustain the
life of the bees, keeps the necessary
heat, feeds the brood and makes the
wax. Probably the same amount is
used during honey flow. After the
honey flow about half-pound a day.
Through the winter about IS pounds
are used. His idea of a good colony
is one with perhaps 10000 bees, which
is above the usual number in the size
of hives generally used. 1t would
seem that half-pound a day for
20 600 bees would be a small ration;
but we cannot say that his estimate
is not correct-Midland Farmer.
Butter will come much quicker
sometimes than others, due generally
80 difference in temperature; use
q thermometer.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-01-08
A PopuInr Calendar.

The popular calendar issued every year
by the NorthW estern Line Omaha Road)
is now ready for distribution. This is with
out doubt the most useful calendar issued
and will be found in more business houses
and homes than any other 1t is distinct
lively a calendar for the "busy business
man." 1t is ten by fourteen inches in size,
has nice silk cord for hanging and runs n
week to the page. The figures are two
inches in height and may be easily seen the
length of a large room. Copies OF this very
useful calendar will be sent postpaid to any
address in the United States or Canada on
receipt of 10 cents to cover postage and
wrapping, by Il. w. Teasdale, Genl Pas
senger Agent, st. Paul, Mimi.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-01-08
California, the state, of Big Things

California produces p per cent. Of the
country's barley, 40 per cent. of the coun-
try's gold, 20 per cent. OF the country's beet
sugar, 80 per cent. of the country's raisins,
great many other important commodities
California is one of the largest producers
of beans in the world and the only produc
er of Lima beans for commercial purposes
in the United States. California yields
more honey than all the rest of the Union
California supplies nearly all the vegetable
and flower seeds to the markets of the
world. California sends outside her Dor.
ders 100000 bushels of wheat every year
San Francisco, the metropolis of California,
is now the sixth city in financial importance
in the United States
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-01-08

myself a well man after months Of
suffering. Fellow sufferers, Peruna
will cure you" Mewellyn Jordan
Geo. C. Havener, NJ. d., of Anacostia,
ID. c., writes:
The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, O.:
Gentlemen-"In my practice l have
had occasion to frequently prescribe
your valuable medicine, and have found
its use beneficial, especially in cases OF
catarrh. c. Havener, NJ. ID.
If you do not receive prompt and sat
isfactory results from the use of Pc
runa, write at once to DR.. Hartman,
giving full statement of your case,
and he will be pleased to give you his
valuable advice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President Of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus,
Ohio.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-01-08
Els Little Scheme

He was cutting an item from news
paper. 1t tells how a house was robbed,
and | want to show it to my wife" he ey,
planned
What good will that do" friend in,
quired.
"A whole lot," was the reply. "You see.
this house was robbed while a man was at
church with his wife,
"you haven't got duplicate copy of that
paper. have you?"-Chicago Post.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-01-08
Business Chances.

The M X & T. Ry. has well established
Industrial Department, aiding in, the selec
ton of sites and locations for industries OF
all kinds along its lines. Write if you are in
tterested. ;, We will send book, Bushes
ed, on request James Barker. Gen'l Pass.
Agent, M. X. & T. Ry., sol Wainwright
Bldg, st. Louis.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-01-08

An enthusiastic sightseer in london was
telling her friend chat she had been for
tunate enough to get good view of Lord
pose hes very 1 bel Saa i men l'S Con- noP
was the reply, quite slim, assure you
n. Y. Sun.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-01-08

Nswed-Say, how long does a man have
to be married to woman before she agrees
with him in everything?
Oldwed-You'n have to ask some one
else, my boy. I've been married only 81
years.-Chicago Daily News.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-01-08

, 3 raul aIe OF 20
lumbla College
| and who served
t h T. e e years at
West Point, has
| the following to
/, say of Peruna:
! "Allow me to
| express my graft
|, tude to you for
! the benefit de-
| rived from your
, wonderful rem
! edy. One short
! m o n t h h a S
, brought forth a
- -, i
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-01-08

Mrs. Bondhold-Where do you buy your
coal now?
Mrs. Goldrocks at the jeweler's 5,
of course.-Indianapoli News.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-01-08

Great and good are the actions done by
many whose worth is never known.-Hans
Andersen
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-01-08

There is nothing that costs less than civil
ity.-Cervantes.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-01-08

I am sure Piso's Cure for Consumption
saved my life three years ago.-Mrs. Thos.
Robbins, Norwich. n. Y, Feb II, 1900.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-01-08

Iowa Farms 81 Per Acre Cash,
bal. 15crop till paid. Mulhall, Sioux City, Ia.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-01-08

The man who endeavors to travel to fame
or fortune via the aIrship of revery is like
ly to hit the ground hard Judge
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-01-08

To Cure a Cold i'm One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Al
druggists refund money fit fails to cure. 25c
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-01-08

The scandal business is usually conducted
by retail.-Chicago Journal.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-01-08

Lots of men tire themselves to death
looking for an easy job.-Chicago Daily
News
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-01-08

Like Oil Upon Troubled Waters is Hale's
Honey of Horehound and Tar upon a cold.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-01-08

Haughtiness lives under the same roof
with solitude.-Plato
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-01-08
Medical Examiner U. S. Treasury.

DIT. LIeWeIIyn Jordan, Medical Ex-
aminer of U. S. Treasury Department,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-01-08
Never Touched Him.

4-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-sS-s-s-s-s vast change and
now consider
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-10-30

The first blacklist of habitual
1runkards" published in London, I'm.
Ter the new licensing act shows three
times as many women as men.
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-10-30
TRADE REPORT.

R. G. Dunn & Co.'S. Review Of Trade
last week says:
Numerous labor controversies have
appeared and more furnaces and
mills have closed, the tendency be-
ing to operate only the plants pro-
vided with the most modern equip
ment. Despite thu, curtailment of &C.
tivity in many manufacturing lines, a
heavy volume of business is being
transacted. Western traffic facilities
are proving inadequate, the distribu.
ton of merchandise being enormous
at the interior, and taking the coun.
try as a whole conditions may be con.
sidered fairly satisfactory, although
there are indisputable evidences that
the abnormal activity has received a
check.
Jobbing trade has become quiet, with
the advancing prices, and at many
points the weather Is not calculated tc
maintain buying of wearing apparel al
retail.
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-10-30
Fraternity Hall Dedicated.

st. Louisa dedication service of
the greatest magnitude since the ded-
faction of the Louisiana Purchase en-
position itself was conducted on the
exposition grounds recently in the ded.
icating the temple OF fraternity, a
building of immense proportions, in
which conferences and meetings of the
fraternal organizations will be held.
The style of erection of the structure
is an adaptation of the Parthenon at
Athens, and contains so committee
rooms, large room and an open court
in the center.
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-10-30
WORLDS RECORDS REDUCED.
Dan Patch Goes IN 1.574-Hitched
to a Wagon.

" "cSo"s
Memphis, Tenn, Oct. 27.-Dan
Patch Q:56 1-4, within 40 minutes
elapsed time, this afternoon smashed
two worlds records in succession on
the track of the Memphis Trotting as
ISOLATION. First he went against the
worlds half mile pacing record OF
81 IL seconds, held by Prince Alert,
and clipped a second and half from
the record, pacing the distance in 81
seconds fiat. Next he hung out new
worlds record for mile in 1857 Ii,
two seconds better than the time OF
1:59 IA, which he made at the recent
meeting on the Lexington (ky) track,
the worlds record until this after
noon to wagon.
Major Delmar, E. E. Smather's two
minute trotter, was also sent to low
err his own record, and won. He cut
one fourth of second from the two
minute mark, making the mile in l:59
81 The quarter was made in 80 sec
onds, the half in 100 and the three
quarters in 1:29 ga.
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-10-30
SPOKANE MARKETS.

egetables-Potatoes, 60@7Oc 100 Id
sack; turnips, 7O@75c 100 lb. sack;
head lettuce, 5@6c lb.; green toma
toes, 5O@60c box; dried onions, 1850
lb. onions, 8 punches &c; beets,
lunches &c; carrots, 2@3 punches &c;
cauliflower, 10000 head; fresh mint
SC b.. celery, 3 punches 10c. okra, 2
lbs. Csc; ripe cucumbers, sc each;
sweet potatoes, 2A@4c lb.; red pep
pers, 1O@15c lb.; cayenne peppers, Csc
lb.; cabbage, 1h@3c lb.; pumpkins
and squash, 10@15c each.
Poultry-Young chickens, 35@40c
each; chickens, dressed, 1Sc b.; tur-
keys, 25c dressed, 15c live; geese,
9@10c live, 1Sc dressed; ducks, 9@10c
live, 1Sc dressed.
Dairy products-Creamery butter,
35c lb.; country butter, ,2O@25c lb.;
cheese, 2O925c lib.
Eggs-30@40c doz.; guaranteed, 40c
doz; case, $3.50 wholesale. 50 retail.
Grain and Feed-Timothy hay, s105
cwt., ST. per ton; grain hay, 90c cwt.,
plo.OU tOHp Alfalfa, Slo.oV lohb ShiShSh
feed. $1.30 cwt.; $22 ton; oats, SIPS
cwt.; $20@22 :on; bran, $1.10 cwt.;
bran and shorts, $1.10 sack 80 lbs;
shorts, $1.10 cwt.; barley, $22 ton, $1.20
cwt.; corn, $1.00 cwt.
Flour-Wholesale, eastern hard
wheat, $5.35@5.75 bbl.; retail, fancy
patents, $1.2O sack, standard brands,
$1.20 sack; common grades, $1.1O
sack; lowest. 81 sack; Washington
wheat $4.25@4.75 Dbl.
Prices Paid to Producers.
Poultry and Eggs-Chickens, roost.
ers, &c; hens, lie lb. live weight;
young chickens, Hobo h.; eggs,
fresh, '9@9.25 case; soc doz. strictly
fresh.
Vegetables-New potatoes, 40@50c
cwt.; onions, 75c@$1.
Live Stock-Steers. $3@3.25 per
cwt.; cows, $2.50@2.75 cwt.; mutton
ewes, $2.5O@2.75 cwt.; wethers, 1925
cwt.; hogs, $3.50.
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-10-30
HOW A TREE is MURDERED.


.
emit to Destroy These Days.
A gentleman of means living in q
suburban town tells how his mother
once undertook to murder q cherry
tree. II was boy at the time" he
said. 1.-THE tree stood on our lawn;
1t had been planted by my father, and
he loved it with parental affection;
but 1t was an eyesore to my mother,
for she thought 1t spoiled the looks
Of the garden.
"She decided to murder It secretly
because she knew that my father
would never consent to its removal
For long time she pondered, asking
herself how she might kill the tree
without being detected, and finally she
decided that she would use for heI
weapon boiling water. Accordingly
whenever my father was away she
would get kettle and, tiptoeing out
to the tree with guilty look, she
would pour boiling water upon Its
roots.
"At first the tree showed no change
under this treatment. After time
though, change began to manifest
itself. My father noticed 1t.
".By joye,' he said, my cherry tree
seems unusually fine and hearty
"And this WAS fact. The more
boiling water my mother poured or
the roots the more the tree thrived and
hourished. Finally, in despair, she
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-10-30

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Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-10-30

Portland, Ore, Oct. 27.-The United
States grand jury has returned an in
dictment against Asa B. Thompson,
receiver of the land office at La
Grande, Ore. The indictment charges
Thompson with soliciting money to in.
fluence his official decision for ap.
proval OF homestead applications which
had been held up for insufflciency Of
proof.