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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-12-17
PROLIFIC SEED WHEAT.
TO Select Il Is a Far More Critical
Business Than Appears at
First Sight.

Most farmers object to seed wheat
that contains small quantities of some
different varieties; the objection is per-
fectly legitimate though the crop be
as good from such mixed seed as from
pure seed of q single variety. The
same rule applies to other grains. Few
men lack system and uniformity 10
the extent of altogether ignoring nne
lines of stock and grain; farmer Will
succeed best with what he likes best
and with that of which he is most
proud. There is but one way OF purl-
flying seed wheat that has become mix
ed with undesirable heads; this method
is picking" or selecting heads true TO
type and name. But this is more
critical business than appears at frst
thought; not only must the length OF
the straw, conformation of the head,
and it's color be closely observed. but
heads thus selected may hide within
the chaff a very different grain; 1t IS
necessary then to resort to experiment
tai hand Smelling to preserve the uni
formity of berry. This to many farm
ers may seem bookish and impractical
BILE, but it is the only method pursued,
and the man who buys pure seed pays
some one else for this special care ana
labor. Such work, in addition TO the
tangible result, which is very small
start of superior seed, Identifies a man
with his business and gives him an III
sight that casual handling does not
afford. Besides, such procedure is GER
tain in it's results while buying at
premium is uncertain and may even
result in a worse seed than ones own
mixed product. Another case brought
to our attention was that of an intel
licent farmer who went through bad
Nv winter killed field Of wheat and Sc
lected those stools which had best re-
sisted the unfavorable conditions. BY
this method he claims to have secured
a more hardy stock of seed; this result
seems very plausible. Farmers have
not time to magnify and comprehend
every trifle that comes to their notice,
but it is advisable that they have
correct appreciation Of what constl-
tutes a trifle, and of other seeming trl-
fies, which really afford the intelligent
approach to their business.-George +.
Williams, in Epitomist.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-12-17

to become the countess of Coventry.
Lady Deerhurst was Miss Virginia
Daniels, although prior to her mar
riage she was more frequently known
as Miss Bonynge, the name she took
as the stepdaughter of Charles
Bonynge, the mining millionaire, for
merly of California and New York, and
now of Princes Gate, London.
Princess Christian, the kings sis
ter, is devoted to Lady Deerhurst, and
stood sponsor for her little girl, while
the king himself is godfather to the
Deerhurst boy, aged two.
In spite of the money in the Deer
hurst marriage there was and is much
love as well. Lady Deerhurst, being one
of the most amiable as well as beauti-
full of women, is really adored by her
husband.
The future earl is cheerful, placid,
prosperous. He is brother to the DASH
ing Capt Coventry, who is one OF much
courted society beaux.
Lady Deerhurst is said to love the
name of "Deerhurst," subsidiary title
In the Coventry family, and in no
hurry to change it for Coventry. But
when she does her dignity as countess
will place her well to the front as a
grande dame among American women
in English society.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-12-17
IMPROVING THE BEES.
With Care the Beginner Can Do Much
I'm the Way of Profitable
breeding Up.

Although the mating of queens can
not be controlled like that of larger
stock, with care considerable can be
done to breed up and improve bees
If there is no Italian blood in the
swarm, the first step will be to pur-
chase an Italian queen. If one has
Italians or hybrids they can be still
further improved by the purchase of a
new queen freshly imported from
abroad 1t is always we'll to mark the
colonies that have stored the most
honey and breed from them the next
year. 1t is very difficult to keep Ital-
ian bees pure, as the queens will meet
black drones if there are any in the
vicinity; but the cross between blacks
and Italians is often quite as good.
The black bees have some redeeming
features, but they are generally too
cross for comfort. Theoretically speak
ing the best time to purchase an Ital-
ian queen is early in the season. 1t
should be noticed. however, that they
are sold at considerably reduced rates
in the fall and so there are financial
advantages in favor of the latter. AS
the queens generally live about three
years, it is we'll enough to purchase one
in the fall and have it already for
business in the spring-Prairie
Farmer.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-12-17
SNAPS DEATH TRIBUTES.
Chicago Photographed Makes SPEC
ciaIty of Taking Pictures OF
Floral Offerings at Funerals.

A Swedish photographer has an I'M
usual business at a place in North
Clark street, near the entrance to the
Lutheran and Graceland cemeteries,
says the Chicago Tribune. This man
makes living by picturing the flow
ers that are left on newly-made graves.
No sooner has the funeral cortege
moved away than he appears and sets
up a great camera which seems to have
been made for this particular purpose.
When the grave has been filed up the
flowers are banked on the mound, land
an excellent negative is made of the
showing.
1t is claimed that this practice is
growing. Mourners like to have some
thing to show the floral offerings that
were made at the offtaking of mem
Der of the family Sometimes the or
der is made while the family is yet at
the grave. but on most occasions the
order is given by some member of the
family in advance of the funeral, or
by the undertaken
The services of the man are fire.
quently sou ht at the house where the
remains lie and where the flowers are
banked up around the casket.
Other pictures are made of the flow
ers as they are loaded into a car
rage and are being hauled to the Gem
etery, and still other floral offerings
are brought to the gallery, where the
collection is placed on table and
photographed.
All classes Of people want to have
funeral flowers photographed. The
pictures cost from seven to ten dollars
dozen, and they get full dozen,
sometimes two.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-12-17
OF IMMENSE VALUE.
Why PrOgressive Farmers Are Max
Ing Constantly Increasing Use
Shredded Fodder.

Ask men who have made practice
Of feeding shredded fodder why they
do it, and they will tell you that they
feed it because their cattle, horses and
sheep like it SO well and thrive so we'll
upon it, and because they cannot afford
% let it go to waste and feed hay which
could be sold for two or three times as
much as the prepared fodder costs.
When the farmer computes the cost or
cutting and shredding his fodder 1t looks
high, but he must remember that, al
though it does cost him from $3.50 to
$3.50 per ton, it takes the place OF hay
which has q market value of from two
to three times that amount. Men who
have made a practice of feeding shredded
fodder state that it cost from three to
five dollars an acre to prepare it, and
that an acre of average corn will yield
from III to 21a tons of dry fodder. They
say further that a ton of fodder has as
much or perhaps more feed value than
ton of average hay. Corn used for
shredding is bound and shocked when
the grains are well denied and glazed
over, but before the stalk has shown
much signs of ripeningl When thor
oughly dry it is run through the husker
and shredded and slowed away in the
NOW Iowa Agriculturist
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-12-17
most melancholy
depressing

most melancholy md depressing
method of -educ 1g ayoirdupois."
If a run cannot be taken daily out
of doors, the running track und at
every well equipped gymnasium should
be utilized. A run out of doors, how
ever. is the ideal practice, for fresh air
is one of the important factors of the
sport. 1t is fresh air that gives girl
bewitching color in her cheeks and
purifies every drop of blood in her
body.
After little practice a girl can run
half a mile without stopping. Then let
her pause for two-minute rest before
doing the next half mile. Run brishly,
but not at top speed.
Without question, one of the best
exercises in the world for girls is run
ming. 1t contributes for one thing that
elasticity without which grace is inn
possible, and spurs every bodily func-
ton to its appropriate duty.
Other things being equal, the girl
who knows how to run, and does run,
will outclass in general attractiveness
the girl who does not. She will carry
herself more gracefully Her pose will
be easy; she will be better set up, and
generally better able to take care of
herself in society or out of tn. z.
Sun.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-12-17

After l have my hogs fattened I would
not drive them to market. live three
miles from railway station. Whenever
l have driven them that distance have
hada loss offrom five to seven pounds. If
] hauled them have never had shrink
age of more than IL to two pounds.
Then 1 would have my cars well bedded;
ride with them myself; go with them to
market; stay with them in the yards.
water. feed and stay by them until they
cross the scales. Whenever 1 get some
one who can attend TO that better than
l can ] will turn it over to him. There
is money in the hog business if it is prop
erly conducted. There is no money in it
if it is not properly conducted.-John
Cownie, in Farmers Review.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-12-17
FEED GRAIN TO FOALS.
1t Should, However, Be Given Only i'm
Such Quantity as VIII Be
Eaten Up Clean.

In cases where the brood mare must
work daily, the colt needs careful atteD-
ton in feeding. Whole oats make a
splendid ration, and so much the better
if these can be mixed with little bran.
remarks a horseman in the Live Stock
Indicator. 1t should be fed in manager
by itself, and should be given only
such quantity as will be eaten up clean.
If handled in this way, the colt from the
working mare may be kept in good flesh
and will make practically as much
growth during the first year as one
whose dam is allowed to run idle. In
this case the weaving period is passed
through without any injurious effect to
the colt, so that at no time is the strong.
healthy growth interrupted. 1t some
times happens that corn is more plenti-
full than oats or bran. and there is some
temptation to feed little too much corn.
This. however, is mistake. 1t will be
profitable to sell the corn and buy oats,
because with horses selling at present
prices there is no form of feeding done
on the farm that will give better returns
than in this instance, providing plenty
of frame-making food is used.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-12-17

A DMIRAL SCHLEY, one of the foremost
n notable heroes of the Nineteenth Century.
A name that starts terror in the heart of every
Spaniard A man of steady nerve, clear head,
undaunted courage and prompt decision.
Approached bya friend recently, his opinion
was asked as to the efficacy of Peruna, the
national catarrh remedy. Without the slight
est hesitation he gave this remedy his en-
dorsement. 1t appeared on later converse
ton that Peruna has been used in his family,
where it is favorite remedy.
Such endorsements serve to indicate the
wonderful hold that Peruna has upon the
minds of the American people. 1t is out of
the question that SO great and famous man
as Admiral Sohley could have any other
reason for giving his endorsement to Peruna
than his positive conviction that the remedy
is all that he says it is.
The fact is that Peruna has overcome all
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-12-17

wheel above, is arranged on the plat
form and opposite the hogshead with
which the hogs can be easily hauled out,
after scalding, on to the platform for
scraping, and later hauled up and hung
to the cross pole overhead for cleaning.
This arrangement does away with lot
of oreak-back lifting, and the largest
hogs can be handled with ease. When
not in use the hogshead should be kept
full or partly full of water, to keep the
slaves from falling in. A hog slaughter
house of this kind, which can also be put
to a dozen different uses, does not cost
much, and is great labor and money
saver The hogs are rolled in onto the
platform through the door shown The
bridgeway, from the mouth of the hogs
head to the platform, is movable-Den-
mis- H. Stovall. in Epitomist
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-12-17

WELL ARRANGED HENHOUSE.
for scratching room. Nos. l are doors;
two and seven are windows covered
with pickets and storm doors for the
windows at night. No. 3 are nests;
four are roosts, which are nailed on
poles, the poles fastened on posts five
by piece of iron, coming from one
side of post up over pole and down on
the other side; this loop holding II
down, still letting pole turn, letting the
roosts be hooked up on the walls by
means of these loops and nails, leav-
ing the room free to clean out. The
droppings may be thrown out of Win
dow seven, then let the roosts down on
posts six, and they are ready to use
and don't touch the wall. Hang car
bolic acid in bottles under the roosts,
put tobacco stems in the nests, put
lime on the floor, use the match freely
with old nests and litter, and it will
be clean with no vermln.-Mrs. S. Hol-
land, in Epitomist.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-12-17
WILL BE A COUNTESS.
Lady Deerhurst, Who Was Virginia
Daniels, Will Lead American
Peerage in England.

American peeresses in Great Britain
and the half-American children will
have high and mighty English titles
if they live. The elevation in rank
of a number of daughters of Columbia
who have married heirs to great names
will have taken big step ahead by
the time another coronation in West
minister abbey lines up the whole gor-
geous assortment of peeresses before
the public eye.
One of the most notable of these is
the lovely Lady Deerhurst, of Dynes
hall, Halstead, Essex, who is destined
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-12-17
lust TRY RUNNING.
1t VIII Give Color and Bright Eyes
to the Girl Who Practices 1t
Every Morning.

To take mile run daily, as a man
in training would do, is the best way
in the world for a girl to get color
into her cheeks and sparkle into her
eyes.
eff girls would turn their attention
to running, they would find it the most
exhilarating pastime in the world, as
we'll as one of the most healthful, %
says an authority on athletics. "Be-
sides adding roses to the cheeks and
inches to the lungs, running is the
stout woman's best resource
''Let her take a brisk run daily, be-
ginning with few yards and getting
up to a mile or Whereabouts and she
will not need to resort to diet-that
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-12-17
LATEST NOTE IN ACCESSORIES

of the seasons collars and wraps and
it's effectiveness is seen here in COL
larette of ermine enriched with Cid
lace interlooped with velvet ribbon
which forms clusters down the front
finished with tassels of silk. Girdles
and sash ends are essential accom-
paniments of many of the prettiest Of
the new gowns for afternoon and
evening wear. The girdle portrayed
above is of black lace and pastel pink
liberty silk ribbon, fashioned at the
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-12-17
HOG SLAUGHTER E.OUSE,
Convenient Room in Which the LafS-
est Animals Can Be Handled
with Great Ease.

| herewith present rought sketch or
what believe to be the most convenient
hog slaughter house that has yet come
to my notice A one room building, 1Sx2O,
is amply large enough. In one end is
built the furnace of brick or store on
which set the kettle for heating the wa
ter By the side o: and near thi: is
large hogshead, set into the ground be-
meath the floor and at an angle, so that
the lower edge of its mouth is even with
the floor. The hogshead must be firm
ly planted. A sloping bridgeway runs
up from the mouth of the hogshead to
an elevated platform built across the
other end of the room. A windlass, with
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-12-17
ADMIRAL SCHLEY
ENDORSES PE-RU=NA.
Pe=ru=na Drug Co., Columbus, Ohio:
Gentlemen: ~ CheerfuLIy say that Mrs. SChLey
has taken Pe-ru=na and believe with good effect
W. S. SCHLEY-Washngton,

opposition and has won its way to the hear /.
of the people. The natural timidity which
SO many people have felt about giving en-
dorsements to any remedy is giving way.
Gratitude and desire to help others has
inspired thousands of people to give public
testimonials for Peruna who heretofore would
not have consented to such publicity.
Never before in the annals of medicine has
it happened that SO many men of national
and international reputation have been will
ing to give unqualified and public endorse
ments to proprietary remedy No amount
of advertising could have accomplished such
result. Peruna has won on it's own merits.
Peruna cures catarrh of whatever phase or
location in the human body. That is why it
receives SO many notable and unique en-
dorsements.
Address The Peruna Drug Mfg Co., Co
lumbus, Ohio, for free literature on catarrh.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-12-17

TT is upon the little things of dress,
the dainty, charming accessories,
that the women of to-day depend
for success in the matter of modish
gowning, for they tell tale all their
own to the initiated. The smart era
vat, whether of fur, silk or some filmy
substance such as chiffon, the fetch
ing girdle and sash, the fascinating
pelerine or collar and the dozen and
one variations in the form of stocks,
turn-overs and the like, all proclaim
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-12-17
profit from spring Chicken..

Spring chickens might be made a
much more profitable source Of income
on the farm if more attention were paid
to raising them. 1t is just as important
that a good start be made in forcing
the Matching season as in early garden
vegetables. There is always a good
market demand for the surplus at strong
prices. The profit on early chickens
should encourage the use of incdbators
as soon as good eggs can be procured
Then the chicks should be cared for
and forced as rapidly as possible. 1t
pays much better to raise early chicks
at 80 or 40 cents pound than later ones
at eight or ten cents.-Prairie Farmer.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-12-17
TWO PRAYERS.
Queer Requests Made I'm the SuppIica-
tiOns of Imaginative
Preachers.

Speaking of queer breaks occasionally
made by pastors in addressing their faithful
focks, here is one that ! think takes the
CAKE" observed New Yorker to some
friends as they were chatting at the club,
according to the Times.
''The case in question was that of young
clergyman whose imagination sometimes
exceeded his common sense. AT any rate,
on one occasion he began his prayer as fol-
lows:
"'Oh Lord, we thank Thee that there is
one small spark of grace remaining in our
hearts. Water it, We beseech Thee, Oh
Lord, water it.
Chat reminds me of the favorite climax
of the minister of the one church in a little
country place where | was staying one
summer," remarked one of the others when
the laugh had subsidized. "He was of ex-
tremely pacific tendencies and rarely ended
his prayer by any other phrase than the
following:
"'Oh Lord, we pray Thee that the dove
of peace and the eagle of freedom may soar
heavenward together, bearing between them
banner with the motto, "E pluribus I'M
mum, A-a-men.'
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back in loops and long steamers with
tasseled ends. A girdle and ends en-
tirely of soft ribbon or silk would
be equally successful and stylish. The
fetching little pelerine is of black net
plated in Van Dyke points and set off
with tabs of black velvet dotted with
tiny waters in cream-colored velvet
and finished with choux in cream chlf-
fon. The rundown collar is trimmed
to match the tabs and edged with
black Chantilly lace. The stock collar
which completes the group is a dainty
example of neckwear in pastel blue
crepe de chine inlaid with ivory-tinted
lace and completed with silk pendants
in silver
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the wearer to be in touch with fash
ions onward march at the same time
that they impart the essential touch
that lends costume individuality and
distinction. So many and so varied
are these accessories that attention
can be called to but a few such as
are represented in the accompanying
group, taken from the Brooklyn
Eagle.
The fur four-in-hand is a decided
novelty and the one here pictured pos
sesses the advantage of being wearable
either as tie or as stole. 1t is
fashioned of Siberian squirrel relieved
by ermins tails Lace ard fur are
combined in many of the handsomest
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-12-17
Ask Your Druggist for free Peru-na Almanac 1904
1t Sometimes Happens.

"Of course" says the shoe dealer, there
are times when it is necessary to stretch
the truth a trihe."
Yes, sir" answered the head salesman,
"and often fellow has to stretch lie."
81 don't see how"
"Well, when a woman with No. foot
declares that No. shoe is just her size and
asks you to put it on the shoe stretcher over
night just to make the instep little higher
That's one of the times. IN. Y. Times.
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Champion Liar Found.

The Manila American has discovered "the
champion circulation liar" He is acting as
editor of the laundering Dawn, Buddhist
greeting to the public:
This paper has come from eternity. It
starts its circulation with millions aud mil
lions of numbers. The r Us of the sun, the
beams of the stars, the caves of the trees,
the blades of grass, the grains of sand, the
hearts of tigers, elephants, lions, ants, men
and women are its subscribers. This journal
will henceforth flow in the universe as the
rivers flow and the oceans surge"
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GOD PLACE FOR RUBBERS.

GOOD PLACE FOR RUBBERS.
ting in back it made nice, covered
box-like place, where the children soon
learned to go to put on and keep their
rubbers, the step serving as a seat.
Those who have the care of flock OF
youngsters know that their rubbers have
a faculty of getting lost and mismated
this simple device solved the problem.
Good Housekeeping.
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CONVENIENT AND CHEAP.
Plan of a Hen House That Combines
All the Desirable Features of
the Best Structures.

Here is a hen house which is both
durable and cheap. 1t is built out of
sheeting lumber, one layer covers the
cracks of the other, and will make
good roof if Tapped like shingles. The
house is built twice as long as it is
wide: over one-half is partitioned off
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-12-17
PLACE FOR RUBBERS.
How an Ingenious Mother Solved
Problem That Had Bothered
Her for a Long Time.

In our family of four children, the
rubbers were a constant source of an
noyance, until I found place to keep
them. The back stairs lead up from
the kitchen, and under the first step OF
these stairs was vacant place; so I
had the top of the step hinged, by put
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Application of Manure.

AS a rule, manure stays just about
where you put it. If plowed under in
Jumps, it has not the power to sink
nor rise, nor can it in any way intermix
itself. Thorough narrowing before turn
ing the manure under, rewards in large
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