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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-04-23

grams, pocl1eted them and the roll
of bills and whipped on my hat.
When the train rolled into the sta
ton at Versailles, / had my plan
well in mind, and promptly proceed
ed to carry it out. Rushing up the
narrow stairs of the brokers' office /
found the proprietor just on the point
of going out. Drawing him back into
his private den I told him l wanted
him to buy me 100 shares of Yer
sailles Electric, which was then quot
ed around "a.
Here is enough to put up five
points margin" | said, handing him
my borrowed roll of bills, "but /
want you to promise not to use this
particular money, which / will leave
with. you for security. will redeem
it before night, and come to your
house if necessary"
'All right" he said, "you have al
ways proved to be reli&bl land with
out any further talk he carried out
my order.
The first plunge had been taken
now for the most daring part OF
my bold scheme. First, however, 7
must get word to Frank, so that.
whatever happened to me, he should
not lose the opportunity to secure
his stock. By the greatest good luck,
as / came out of the brokers' office
] met one of our linemen, who had
seen Frank during the day and gave
me some idea of his whereabouts,
so that after some little search l
succeeded in finding him, giving him
strong hint that he must bind his
stock bargain at once, and leaving
with him in a sealed envelope one set
of my intercepted kilograms.
Boarding horse car, | started for
the State House, where [ boldly told
the first official I met that / wanted
to see the governor.
His excellency was a spa<e, tall
man, with a decided stooE, a cat
shaped head, sparsely cover ed witt:
grizzled hair, and bright, shrewd eyes,
much wrinkled at the corners, out
of which he bestowed upon me n
quizzical, but kindly, smile when
insisted on being left alone with him
on business of the utmost personal
Importance to himself.
l went straight to the point, pulled
out my copies of his kilograms and
placed them in his hands. After the
first start of nervous surprise he was
cool and collected and / didn't have
to threaten to scream, as / had ex-
pected.
81 see that you recognize those
kilograms, governor" [ said. "The.T
are only copies, but other authentic
copies are in safe hands. / value
them at $3.50 apiece, but you are the
best judge of that. Of course, you
can take all the force out of them
by signing the bill, but then you will
have big block of worthless stock
on your hands, and what will your
friend, Mr.. Hussell think?"
"Will you promise me that all other
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-04-23
SOUND MANAGEMENT.
Without 1t Poultry Raising Cannot
Be Made Profitable in This
Age of Competition.

Upon many farms there is a lack of
system in the selection of the hens
and pullets for breeding purposes, and
for other purposes. 1t is the practice
of some to sell just what can be caught
when the time comes for selling, and
again all the old hens are sold off, and
now and then one will be found who
will insist on keeping the old hens.
Now there should be some reason for
the pursuance of all these practices
We know of instances where pullets do
more than hens in the way of laying,
and it is also we'll to say that there is
a reason for it. If the pullets are not
Matched early in the spring it will be
better to retain the hens than to place
too much stress on the pullets. Late
Matched pullets will often prove disap-
pointing. Some old hens will perform
satisfactory service until they are four
years DID, although it is not advisable
to keep hens this long on all farms
and under all kinds of management.
Very much will depend on the mode of
feeding whether the hens or the pullet
will give the best satisfaction. One
reason why hens seem to fail sooner
than they should, is due to the fact
that the hens being mature fatten
more easily, and the pullets being in
growing condition are not in a po-
sition to admit of a comparison. 1t is
detrimental to laying hens to have
them too fat.
On the average farm where the rec
ords of hens are not kept it is a good
plan to save a few of the earliest
Matched each year, and let the re-
mainder go to market. Some of the
best hens should be retained, and these
can be selected by their activity and
the color of their combs. 1t is less ex-
pensive to keep a good hen two or three
years than it is to produce pullets to
take their places.-Caleb, in Midland
Farmer.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-04-23
THE SPIDERS WAY OUT.
Little Insect Showed So Much Intel
Iigence That It's CaptOr Re-
stored 1t to Liberty.

A close observer never has to travel
away from home for entertainment
and instruction. One bright-eyed young
person, who had grown tired of read.
ing, tells in an English paper how he
found a spider an interesting play
mate.
1 took washbowl and fastened up
stick in it like vessels mast, and then
poured in water enough to turn the
mast into an island for my spider,
whom L named Crusoe, and put on the
mast. AS soon as he was fairly cast
away, he anXiously commenced run
ming around to find the mainland. He'd
scamper down the mast to the water,
stick out foot, get it wet, shake it,
run round the stick and try the other
side, and then run back to the top
again.
Pretty soon it became a serious mat
ter to Mr. Robinson, and'he sat down to
think over it. AS in a moment, he acted
as if he were going to shout for a boat,
and as if he were afraid he was going
to be hungry, I put molasses on the
stick. A fly came, but Crusoe wasn't
hungry for flies just then. He was
homesick for his web in the corner of
the woodshed. He went slowly down
the pole to the water and touchedit all
round, shaking his feet like pussy when
she vets her stockings in the grass.
Suddenly a thought seemed to strike
him. Up he went like a rocket to the
top, and commenced playing circus. He
held one foot in the air, then another,
and turned round two or three times.
He became excited and nearly stood
on his head before / found out what he
knew, and that was this: that the
draught of air made by the fire would
carry a line ashore on which he could
escape from his desert island. He
pushed out web that went floating in
the air until it caught on the table.
Then he hauled on the rope until it was
tight, struck it several times to see if
it were strong enough to hold him, and
walked ashore
[ thought he had earned his liberty,
so I put him back in the wood shed
again.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-04-23

After this is done tack the cardboard
upright to the strip in front of the
stage, bending them back and lacking
them to the top. Tack the painted
footlights to the front strip, high
enough to hide any roughness of the
stage. After designing and painting
the arch, cut out along The outline
and fasten it to strips of wood
nailed to the top of the stage and
jutting out as far as the strip along
the footlights.
The scenery for the little theater
has now to be made. Get old card
board boxes, and take the large fiat
pieces, cutting them to the desired
size and cover them with white paper.
If you want wood scene outline the
trunks and branches with a heavy
pencil, or india ink, filing in the TO-
liage with water colOrs, permitting
each color to dry before applying an
other.
Interiors, farm houses or sea
scenes can be cut out of old maya
zines and pasted on.
After this is all done, your curtain
in good working order and scenery
in place, get out your toy soldiers,
form them into groups-or, put your
tin boats behind the paper waves
with their paper and paint scene be-
hind it. One little boy who had this
theater built for him had two sets
of scenery. one of the woods and one
of the sea.
His first tableau was "a Storm at
Sea-" using a tin ship and his sea
scenery. Tableau two was called
"At the Station showing a company
of toy soldiers ready to enter an iron
train, toy blocks were used to build
the station. Tableau three he called
THE Holdup in the Woods the same
little train being stopped by a toy
man with his gun at his shoulder
ready to fire. Brooklyn Eagle.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-04-23
MODEL NEST BOXES.
Their Designer, n Kansas Poultry.
man, Says They Have Given
Best of Satisfaction.

These nest boxes are in use on my
farm and give the best of satisfaction
The smaller, left-hand figure in the cut
is an end view, the larger front view.
OF part of the tier which makes room
Tor a hens to lay at once. The top is
slanted, as shown in left-hand figure,
showing door to upper tier of boxes
open. In the other figure, it is closed.
This is used entirely for laying hens.
The two lower tiers of nests have
separate doors for each box. To set
hen, the door can be closed as at b,
but shows doors open in both figures
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-04-23
HOMEMADE THEATER.
With This Boys and Girls Can Have
More Fun Than With Any other
Continuance.

Lots and lots of our readers delight
in playing theater. Here is an OPP
portunity to build one at no cost, as
everything needed can be found
around the house.
Take large wooden soap box and,
after removing the cover, take a
crosscut saw and saw through the
bottom of the box about 9h inches
carefully and fit it inside of the box,
at right angles to the sawed front,
to form the floor of the stage. Cut
out the end which is now the top of
your toy theater, leaving but strip
along the front.
Take a strip of this removed piece
and tack it to the front of the box,
a little bit below the level of the
stage.
The next thing is the curtain. Hunt
around until you find an old shade
roller, some Irvine and piece of red
or green cloth. Cut the roller the ex-
act width of the box. Then cut the
cloth so that half an inch of roller
will show on each side, tack one end
to the top of the box. Wind the
Irvine around the ends of the roller,
leading the Irvine from each end up
and over smooth tacks driven into
the top of the theater. These lines
should be operated from one side and
serve to pull the curtain up and
down.
Now comes the making of the foot
lights and proscenium. Paste draw
ing paper on stiff cardboard and get
father or mother to follow the de-
sign in the drawing or carry out
their own ideas, using a soft pencil
for the outlines and filling in the
pattern with water colors or crayon.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-04-23
UPS AND DOWNS.

Johnny's cryin'; do you hear him?
l don't see why he should cry.
JUS because We two went coastin';
On the hill there, he an 1.
Got a lovely sled las Chris mas.
Papa gave it, painted red.
Let your little brother use it
Half the time"-our mamma said.
An I did. I only used it
Coastin' down the hill an then
Every single time l let Kim
Drag it up the hill again.
An it took him so long climbdn'
That he had it most-he did.
An yet there You hear him cryin'!
Ism that jus like d kid?
st Nicholas.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-04-23
The stingIess Bees of Cuba.

Among its other curiosities Cuba has
a variety of honey bees that are en-
tirely stingless, although they have
powerful jaws and will bite other in
sects, if disturbed by them. They are
very small and have many other pecul-
iarities, such as keeping the brood
comb horizontal and keeping the en-
trance of the hive so small that only
one bee can go in and out at time.
In place of honeycomb they deposit
their honey in large cells of wax about
the size and shape of pullet's egg.
Some of these cells will hold as much
as two tablespoonfuls; they are sealed
over when full. The annual output is
estimated at two quarts per colony esd
Is exceptionally delicious.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-04-23
THE HEART COURAGEOUS.

Who hath heart courageous
Will fight with right good cheer;
For wen may he his foes OUTAGE
Who owns no foe called fear!
Who hath a heart courageous
VIII fight as knight of old
For that which he doth count his own
Against the world to hold,
Who hath a heart courageous
Will fight while fight he can
IT'S not the victory-but the strife,
That doth proclaim the man.
Who hath heart courageous
Will fight both night and day
AGAINST the host invisible
That holds his soul at bay.
Who hath a heart courageous
Rests with tranquility,
For Time he counts not as his foe
Nor Death his enemy.
--Virna Sheard, in Canadian Magazine
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-04-23
Boys LAND YACHT.
French Youngster Furnishes an Idea
Which Our own Boys May
Find Worth Initiating.

While crude in construction, a Gu.
rious and useful little carriage was re-
Gently built by French boy. He was
staying with his mother at seaside
resort and one day, after watching a
yacht skim over the water, it occurred
to him that person could travel very
comfortably on land by attaching a
sail to carriage.
He got an old box and set of wheels
and in a few hours was riding up and
down the beach in a carriage the like
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-04-23
AMONG THE POULTRY.

Clean out the coops often; filth is IN
healthy at any season of the year.
Are you keeping an accurate record
of your poultry account, including cost
of labor and the income from your
sales?
Make a few good dust baths by dig
cling up little space near the runs
then dump on a pan of ashes and the
lice will have a hard time, while the
chicks will do better.
If there is any foundation for the
claim that eggs hatch best in nests
UPON the ground, provide this condi-
ton by placing some fresh earth or an
inverted sod in the bottom of the nest
box-then cover lightly with some fine
nest material, such as cut straw or fine
hay.-Prairie Farmer.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-04-23

of which had never before been seen
in France
TO the box he simply fastened a mast
and double triangular sail. There
happened to be a good wind when his
work was done, and it carried him and
his carriage for great distance.
Any boy can make little land yacht
of this kind, all that he needs being
four wheels, which he can obtain with
out much trouble, an old soap box, a
strip of canvas or calico and a stout
stick, which is to serve as a mast. When
there is any wind he will find land sail
decidedly pleasantly. Y. Herald.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-04-23
A California Dog Hero.

From California comes a tale of a
heroic rescue by dog. During a for
est fire which ragged along the border
between Yuba and Butte counties,
Bruno, Great Dane dog, fought his
way through the flames bearing in his
jaws the living body of 3-year-old Flor
ence Rogers. The parents of the child,
when the alarm of fire was given. has
tened to assist neighbors, leaving lit
tie Florence on the kitchen floor.
When the wind shifted Rogers and his
wife rushed for their home, but when
they reached the clearing it was TO
see the barn in a blaze. Rogers tried
to get to the house, but was restrainei
Just then Bruno burst through tie
kitchen window with the child, her
garments knotted in his teeth. The
baby's clothes gave way as the GSg
landed, but in an instant he had her
again in grip and reached safety. The
child's face and hands were cut and
burned, but she recovered.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-04-23
TO WEAR DELHI BALL DRESSES
Mrs. Adair, American Hostess, VIII
Emulate Dsurbar Function
in London.

Among American hostesses in Lon
Mrs Adair. who has only just returned
from India. She was so impressed by
the beauty of the great fancy dress
ball that took place at Delhi that she
intends giving ball of this kind on
Nav S at her home in Curzon street in
honor of her pretty American
niece. Miss Post, daughter of Lady
Barrymore by her first husband. Many
of the dresses that were worn at the
Delhi ball will be once more seen on
this occasion
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-04-23
Inspired by a Meteorological.

The ear was inspired to issue his re
cent reform proclamation by Denit-
chinsky, a meteorologist. who attract
ed the cars attention by the accuracy
of his weather predictions in the Novoe
Vremya. The car summoned Denit-
chinsky and talked about political mat
tiers in the interview. So impressed
was he with Denitchinsky' views thai
he directed him to embody them in a
confidential memorandum. Tba. MAS
made the basis of the rescEipt.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-04-23
Four Tbouxapd Godfathers.

Princess Irene Of Prussia is better
provided for in the matter of god
fathers than is any other woman in
the world. She can boast of 1000 god
fathers, and how she came to obtain
so many is pretty story. When she
was born the war of 1866 was drawing
TO an end, and peace being concluded
Just at the time of her christening, her
father, Prince Henry of Hesse, re.
quested all the officers and men of the
regiments under his command to
stand godfather to his little daughter,
whom he named Irene (Peace) in com
memoration of the end Of the war-
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-04-23

copies of these kilograms are i'm
mediately destroyed, if [ buy these?'
he asked.
81 will cheerfully do so, if you
make me little promise in return, ="
was my prompt reply.
''What is it you ask? You seem TO
be quite a woman of business"
"Only this: use your influence with
President Russell to have a young
man named Frank Stanley appointed
to the SUPPLEMENTARY of this division
of his line" / boldly answered.
The governor smiled at my hot
blush, nodded, gave the required
promise, produced fat poclketbook
from which he counted out $500, tore
the kilograms into little bits, and
politely ushered me out of the room.
/ lost no time in hunting up my
broker, getting back my original roll
of money, and returning by the last
up train to the Office, where | found
everything as [ had left it. 1t was
with tired sigh of relief that | re-
stored the bills to the safe and saw
that it locked this time with de-
cided snap.
Within two months Versailles Flee
trio was at par, my hundred shares
were worth $4,000, and Franks al
lotment half as much more. He
obtained the position of division
superintendent and was retained in
it by the big company, which event
ually absorbed our weak one, and
then we got arrears of salary and
l left the detested office and devoted
my time to planning the cosy villa
in the suburbs of Versailles, which
we still occupy.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-04-23
Corseted London sweIls.

A sartorial authority in London an
nounced some months ago that before
long well-dressed men would be wear
ING corsets. The statement caused
some ridicule, but it has been borne
,ut bv facts, for the real London swell
IF to-day is Enthusiastically corseted.
More than that, he is having his hips
padded and there is growing derand
for the effeminate article Necessary to
giving The appearance of wasp waists.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-04-23

Tampa, child of Havana in the
cigar-making industry, has outgrown
it's mother as a purveyor for the
United States of all Havana cigars.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-04-23

In 1896 William Jenner made his inn
mortal experiments and placed them
on working basis.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-04-23
Mrs. E. B. Bradshaw, OF
Guthrie, Okla, cured of a severe
case by Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable COMPOUND.

A great many women suffer with a
form of indigestion or dyspepsia which
does not seem to yield to ordinary
medical treatment. While the symp-
toms seem to be similar to those OF
ordinary indigestion, yet the medi-
cines universally prescribed do not
seem to restore the patients normal
condition
Mrs. PinIxham claims that there
is kind of dyspepsia that is caused
by arrangement of the female organ
ism, and which, while it causes dis
turbance similar to ordinary indiges-
ton, cannot be relieved without u
medicine which not only acts as a
stomach tonic, but has peculiar uterine
tonic effects as well.
Thousands of testimonial let
tiers prove beyond question that
nothing will relieve this Distress
ing condition so surely as Lydia
T.. Pinlxham's Vegetable Com
pound. 1t always works in har-
mOny with the female system.
Mrs. Pinkham advises sick
women free. Address Lynn, Mass.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-25

QRIASHINGTON. Dee. 24.-Judge
wv Baldwin, United states consul at.
Nuremberg, Germany. has been
exonerated by Assistant Secretary Of
State PIERCE Of any connection with
the placing OF the Braudt-Dent cash
iers in the pOstOfice department as
related in the report of Conrad and
Bonaparte in their investigation of ir-
regularities in the postofiice depart-
ment.
IN response to a request from Sec
rotary Peirce. Judge Baldwin submitted
a full statement OF his connection with
the matter under fnvestiga Re
ferring 10 this in his report, AIr. Petrce
says;
Judge Baldwin seems to have sat-
isfactorfly met all the points covering
any improper action on his part with
the purchase by the postOfhce depart
ment of the Brapt-Dent automatic
cashiers. He says that III bis capacity
as a lawyer. and holding no govern
ment position, he interested himself
I'm the business of his son-in-law, who
was a local agent of the fraudulent
company. to the extent of talking with
Perry S. Heath and requesting Mr.
Heath to look into the matter OF the
Brant automatic cashier. and if he was
satisfied that the postmasters were de-
sirOus Of purchasing the machines, and
that she machine was a meritOriOus
and useful device. at least to accept and
to pay for the machines already in use,
and to purchase such others as there
might be legitimate demand for
Judge Baldwin says that his name
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-25
JUDGE BALDWIN is EXONERATED
Consul Has Explained His Connection With the Postal
Rascals to the Satisfaction of the State
Department.

was used without the slightest war
rant after this one effort. although he
had nothing more to do with the CASH
iers.
Mr.. PIERCE concludes: THE auega-
tion that Judge Baldwin appeared TO
have been willing 10 adopt any meas
ures tina. would bring about an order.
w whether such measures were legitimate
influence or legitimate use OF money
appears to be based only on state
ment OF Miller in letter Of April s,
1888. In which he said Judge Bald
win also says TO find ON II possible
exactly what This man Beavers wants
to insure our success in THAT depart
rnent in the way Of dollars and cents,
but not TO give &c TO him unless forced
to do so, and when you do. If at all,
he desires to be present himself and
plan the agreement, but says it is not
even time to think of this move.
This is met by Judge Baldwin with
an absolute. specific and categorical
denial, as is the charge that he was
in any way connected with, or that
he had any knowledge Of any agree
ment to pay any moneys to Driggs, or
that he knew at all of the employ
ment of briggs in any way by the COM
pany.
1T appears TO me. therefore, that
Judge Baldwin has satisfactorily met
the charges of improper or corrupt
connection with the~sale of Brandt au-
tomato cashiers to the pOstofiice de-
partment end that he should be deemed
eXOnerated from any completely with
any fraud or corruption which may
have existed in that business.