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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-22
BARRIERS TOWEL SUPPLY.
Special Branch of Business That Has
Grown Out of Modern
Needs

One of the special branches of the dis
tinctly modern but now well established
business of supplying clean towels is
found in establishments that supply and
launder towels for BARRIERS exclusively,
of which there are now number in this
city, says the New York Sun.
Up to within few years every barber
bought and owned the towels used in his
shop, which, as likely as not, if he had a
small shop, he took home to be washed,
or which he sent to some laundry. Now
there are hundreds of BARRIERS in the city
who use towels supplied by some barber
towel supply concern which supplies
towels of any sort and in any number
required and at any time and takes
away the soiled ones, the barber hav-
ing no trouble about his towels what
ever.
All the barber has to do is to say how
many towels he wants and when he
wants them, and the barber towel sup
ply concern will do the rest.
A big concern in this business owns
many thousands of towels, and its
operating plant represents a considera-
BILE capital besides, and it employs a
considerable number of people 1t is
explained that by handling towels de-
voted to one use only they can be ham
died to greater advantage than mixed
towels could be. 1t is stipulated in the
barber towel supply contracts that any
other purpose than that for which they
are supplied, and the trade of good
shops only is sought.
The great majority of the towels used
for ordinary barbering purposes are not
made greasy in use. There are, besides
these, towels used for the head rests Of
the chairs and Turkish towels used for
face massage The towels used for these
separate purposes are washed separate
ly, and they are all sterilized in the
laundering. Only perfect towels, per-
fectly laundered, are sent out, and these
are uniformly folded so that they stack
trinity and look well, as well as being
convenient for use.
With these advantages in it the NUM-
Der of shops using the barber towel
supply service is large and increasing.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-22
WINTER STRAWBERRY BEDS.
The Covering Which Should Be Pro-
vided for Their Protection Dur
ing Cold Weather

Strawberries are the only small
fruits l am growing. These | cover
nicely from sight toward winter, with
straw or barnyard manure, says E. L.
Collar, in Orange Judd Farmer The
latter I find more satisfactory, as it
furnishes plant food as well as cover
ing, and is not blown off by the wind.
/ practice cultivation and covering
only the first season after planting.
Afterward, when the picking season
is over, the fields are moved close to
the ground. The after-growth OF
plants and weeds furnishes all the
winter protection necessary. With a
dressing of stable manure, field Of
Warfield and Wood will last five and
six years, yielding from 1000 to 5000
quarts per acre each season.
IN the spring, when plants begin to
start, the field is well narrowed to get
the weeds and grass packed on the
ground so the plants can grow through
them. If the covering is too heavy
for this, it is raked off.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-22
FARM NOTES.

Last year the country raised 1885,
900 bushels of cranberries, but this
year the crop is Is to 20 per cent.
smaller.
An Illinois farmer has husked 1913
bushels and AZ pounds, by actual
weight, of corn from one acre. Other
acres are yielding 100 bushels or bet
ter.-Farm and Fireside.
Have you gone over the barn lots
and about the old straw stacks for a
last load or two of manure? If not,
we are sure that it will pay you to
do so, as there are several places on
the farm that need it.-Farmers' Voice.
If stable manure is spread with a
manure spreader on the meadow, 1t
will show very good results for a very
thin coat, and what the hay crop does
not use will be in the soil for the sue
ceeding corn crop.-Farmers' Voice.
A good rotation for mixed farming
is wheat, clover, meadow one year,
cow pasture for one year, corn, oats.
This makes a six-year rotation.
Where there are permanent pastures
on the farm, one year can be cut out
by not pasturing the clover the Sec
ond year.-Farmers' Voice.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-22
TREATY CAUSED THE WAR.
China's Compact with Russia Re-
sponsible for Fight Over
Port Arthur.

Japan is about to come into possess
sion of Port Arthur, after sacrificing
$4,000 infantrymen, two battleshipS
and half dozen torpedo boats.
Russia is about to lose the fortress.
To keep it she sacrificed her sea
power and lost 10000 soldiers.
Port Arthur is really the cause Of
the war, and how Russia came into
possession of the place is interesting,
says the New York American.
1t shows how little things in a bond,
trivial on their face, may involve ma
lions in death struggle.
After China's war with Japan the
Russians lent sympathy and money to
the Chinese
Count Cassini, now ambassador at
Washington, and Lii Hung Chang ne
gotiated a treaty.
Under this treaty Russia agreed to
lend China money. China gave Rus
STA permission to build a branch Of
the railroad from Hardin to Port Ar
thur. This road was to be guarded by
Russia. At the end of Is years it was
to be turned back to China and Russia
was to clear out of Manchuria.
To guard the terminus, Russia got
this clause inserted in the treaty:
ITO provide against interference
with or harm to the said railway, Rus
STA shall be permitted to occupy one
of the islands near Talienwan and
make it rendezvous for Russian
ships, and land troops, and also to
fortify the same in order to protect
the terminus of the railway and the
shops connected Herewith, and to
provide against disasters.
Then, to guard this terminus of the
railroad from bandits or train robbers,
Russia began the Notifications at Port
Arthur. 1t is the greatest railroad
blOcknouse in the world.
When the Japanese saw the extent
Of the work they began to prepare for
war. They built on sea. Russia built
on land.
The Chinaman saw, instead of e. sem
try box, fertilization as strong as
any other in the world except Gibral-
tar.
1t was too late to protest. There was
the treaty.
If Japan gets the fort the fight for
the material thing will be won.
Thus million soldiers are in the
field fighting because of sentry box
at a railroad depot.
Other wars have begun from equally
apparently trifling lines in treaty.
The brilliant Cassini negotiated the
treaty. In it Cassini made Russia's in
itial move for Manchuria, China and
even India. He dictated the little par
agraph that has brought about a war
which has already taxed the power of
two great nations, and after eight
months desperate fighting may be
just at it's beginning.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-22

Chionaspis Furfurus,-Females shown at
a, c; males at b, d; a, b, natural size; C, d
enlarged.
though rarely numerous enough to kill
those of any size. There is no sign of
the San Jose scale, Aspidiotus per-
niciosus Comst., and the turning yell
low of the foliage and death of the
trees would indicate some other cause
for the trouble. We observed condi-
tons somewhat similar TO this at the
latter end of the season in western New
York, and there it was due in all prob
ability to excessively wet weather.
The security bark louise may easily be
recognized by its elongated, somewhat
pear~shaped form, the smaller end bear
ing a minute yellow particle, the cast
skin of an early stage. The male scales
are elongated, with a small yellowish
pellicle at one end of much larger,
three-ridged white scale. They are fire.
quently crowded together in masses and
give an almost snowy-white appearance
to infested twigs. The female scales,
when recent, are almost pure white, but
as they age dust and dirt collect upon
them and they soon become graytsh.
The common name Of security bark louise
is bestowed on this species because OF
the scurfy, scale-like masses it forms
upon infested trees. The insect passes
the winter as purplish eggs under the
protecting mother scale, the young
appearing in this latitude the latter part
of May or early in June, and in Pennsyl-
vania probably about the middle Of May.
Thorough spraying at the time the
young appear with whale-oil soap
solution or kerosene emulsion, using
one pound of the former to four gallons
of water, or one part of the standard
emulsion to about seven gallons Of wa
ter, should destroy most of the insects.
The San Jose scale is very different,
and may be at once distinguished from
the bark louise by its circular outline,
and also smaller size. The full-grown
female scale of the scurfy bark louise
is about one-tenth of an inch in length,
whereas that of the San Jose scale Is
only one-sixteenth Of an inch in dame
ter. The young scales of the latter spe-
cies are dark gray, sometimes almost
DldCh, WITH u OlSClHcb Central nipple anu
a grayish ring. A most characteristic
feature of this latter species, and one
which distinguishes it from other bark
lice having a circular scale, is that the
green tissues of fruit, foliage and twigs
are usually stained a deep red or purple
in the immediate vicinity Of the insect.
This species, unlike the security bark
louise, passes the winter in a partly
grown condition, and does not begin
breeding until about the middle or lat
ter part of June, and continues produce
ing young throughout the remainder
Of the growing season. 1t Is most sue
cessfully controlled therefore by the
application of winter sprays-materials
which are strong enough to kill the in
sects while still under the protecting
scales. Lime-sulphur wash es appear to
be the most effectual Of anything hith-
erto used for the destruction of this pest.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-22

"It's Miss Betty Armstrong;" she de-
clared. Il heard the family had come,
with lot Of visitors, to spend the holt
days. That great house on the hill Is
where they spend their summers. III
leave you to wait on her, because |
amt dressed up" Aunt Jane hurried
into the back room, but she left the
door ajar.
Il want to look at that parasol Its
such lovely shaded" said Miss Betty
Armstrong, who had come rustling in,
accompanied by tall young man. "And
what a delightful handel" she added,
Judy was glad Aunt Jane had left the
door ajar
1--WE ought to have decorations like
this for the girls to carry in the min
strel show" said Miss Betty. It's too
bad we didn't think of it."
Il have a few more" The color
rushed to Judy's temples and her heart
thumped as she drew from the packing
case under the counter, one after an
other, the parasols she had thought she
would never care to look at again.
AhCy VI DS lively LUZ IdfO1oJ all.
murmured Betty, admiringly. "And to
give the girls who take part in the tab
leaux."
"Seven dollars-wh-e-w!" The young
man had seen the price marked on the
"old rose" parasol. Discount for the
lot, / suppose?" he added to Judy.
Judy made figures on a piece of pa
per, knitting her brows; she was try
ing to calculate how much profit her
conscience would allow her to take.
Aunt Jane, so carried away by excite
ment as to peep through crack, re-
garded her hesitation as business diplo-
macy. She shook her forefnger i'm
peratively through the crack; it would
be uncomfortable to lose an opportunity
to sell those parasols.
Judy still reckoned with an anxious
brow, divided between her desire to
iustify her business bump" in Aunt
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-22
NATURAL. GAS PRODUCTION
Great Increase in the Various States
Where It Is Used in
1908.

Never before has the production OF
natural gas in the United States been
SO great as it was in the year 1903.
This is the opening statement made
in Mr.. ELEPHANTS report entitled 'The
Production of Natural Gas in 1903"
which the United States geological sur
vey has just published. The years
product was valued at $35,815,360. This
is an increase in value of 50, SAT ,497, or
16 per cent, as compared with 1902.
The increase in Pennsylvania and Ohio
was especially remarkable, amounting
respectively to $1,830,65 and $2,123, 582.
The value of the product of West Vir-
ginia also showed an increase of 81 ,492,-
178.
Four states, namely, Pennsylvania,
West Virginia, Indiana, and Ohio, pro-
duced 81 per cent. of the value of nat
ural gas in 1903. OF these states In
diana alone had a decreased production
in 1903 as compared with 1902.
The volume of natural gas produced
in 1903 amounted to 238,769,0 900
cubic feet at atmospheric pressure and
represented approximately 5,968,725
tons. If the density should remain the
same throughout, this quantity would
fill a reservoir that was 1.62 miles high
and covered a square mile of ground,
or it would fill pipe that encircled
the earth at the equator and that had
an internal diameter of 40 feet Its
heating value would equal that of H.
$685. 53 tons of bituminous coal.
Natural gas was burned during 1903
by 627, 047 domestic consumers and 1922
manufacturers, a total of 634 1863 per-
sons, firms, and corporations that were
supplied with light, heat, and power.
A careful estimate puts the number of
individuals benefited at not less than
100000.
A large amount of money was ex
pended in 1903 in building mains for
conveying natural gas, in equipping
new COMPRISING stations, and in drill
ing gas wells, mainly in Ohio, West Vir-
ginia, Pennsylvania and Kansas.
1t is interesting to note that the
United States produced SO 13 per cent.
of the entire worlds product of nat
ural gas.
Mr. Oliphant discusses the natural
gas industry by states. The report also
contains variety of interesting facts
relating to the wide distribution of nat
ural gas in the United States, its illu-
minating properties and calorific value,
the application and economy of the
natural gas engine, and the number of
companies in the various states and the
value of the gas consumed in each. A
record of we'll and pipe lines is also
added. The report, which is published
separately as an extract from the sur
vey's forthcoming publication, Mineral
Resources of the United States, 1903.
may be obtained, free of charge, on ap-
plication to the director Of the United
States geological survey, Washington,
D. c.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-22
Rabbit Pits I'm Orchard,

Every orchard should have what Is
called rabbit pits. Dig small well in
the middle Of your orchard about five
feet deep, either square or round, then
cover the top with boards with a man.
hole left so the boys can get down into
the pit; then make a six-inch square
box about IL feet long; leave an open
space in the floor of your box over the
pit with the open space just over the
well, and when the rabbits run iOto the
box they drop into the well. This an
swers two purposes: it destroys the rab-
bits and keeps the table in meat.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-22

James eyes, and her determination To
do what was known at Grow Hill az
"the square thing"
"They were bought at bargain
she said at last, in a faint, but firm,
voice. 81 can sell you the whole for
$40"
The bargain was very soon conclud-
ed, and then Miss Betty was suddenly
seized with curiosity. at doesn't seem
like Miss Pringle to keep parasols, %
she said, looking around.
Judy told her customer that she had
purchased them, and being drawn out
of herself perhaps by the excitement of
good fortune, told her how she wanted
to help them all at home. Miss Betty
was very kind and sympathetic, and be-
fore she went away asked Judy to come
to her house to the minstrel show on
Christmas night, and bring her aunt.
"They never asked me before, though
they've asked lots of Poppleton folks. .
said Aunt Jane, a little resentfully.
That was after she had collapsed
upon the lounge again, this time for
pure delight and without the veil.
They went to the entertainment and
had a delightful time. Miss Betty
sought Judy in an interval between the
performances. She said she had been
thinking Of what Judy had told her
about wanting to be good for some
thing, and make happier times at
home, and she thought she knew of
something that would be profitable,
and would not interfere with the shop
keeping. Her father was manufac-
turer Of toys, and from his establish
ment work was given out; work that
required only taste and little knack
at sewing-the covering of the dolls
parasols and canopies for dolls car
riages and the dressing of dolls.
1t was profitable work, and if Judy
would like to try, Miss Betty thought
she could manage to get her the oppor-
tunity.
If she would like it! Judy swal-
lowed what seemed to be a whole
bucketful of tears and let one roll off
her nose by answer; and Miss Betty
perfectly understood.
1t was not long before a packing
case travelled regularly between Miss
Pringle's store and Mr.. Armstrong s
great mandatory, and Judy did work
that she loved, that brought her as
much money as all Aunt James shop
keeping.
1t was not much longer before acase OF
dolls straw hats travelled regularly
from Ethel's hands to the same manu-
factory. and Ethel's toll was lighter
and her gains heavier in consequence.
Judy has dreams of firm in which
Ethel and Hetty and she will be part
ners, and Hosy-who is at present I'M
der great surgeons care-will be the
/ general manager and bookkeeper.-
Youths Companion.
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trouble during the past severe winter.
The other tank is supplied by ram,
and the water is so cold coming from
the ram that it will often freeze while
the ram is working. With this style
of protection you have an advantage
over any other method, as by setting
a lamp under the box you can thaw
the worst kind of a freeze out in a
very short time.
The heat gets direct at the pipe,
and very quickly let's the ice loose,
and there is no possible danger of fire,
because the iron pipes are protection.
Before putting up the pipes it is best
to paint them with white lead and oil,
which will keep them from rusting for
many years. A lamp set in this box
on the severest night in the coolest
climates will absolutely prevent freez-
ing The chimney of the lamp should
be made of tin, and should be eight
to ten inches long, and fit tightly
through a hole in a piece of tin under
the box Brush the wick every day,
and put in a new wick every month.
A lamp with a one-half-inch wick is
large enough.
You will only need the lamp during
extremely cold nights. In diagram A
is water pipe and w are wires to hold
pipe in center; circle is galvanized
iron pipe four inches diameter. Rest
are None-inch boards carefully trued
Paper should be put under every joint
and two thicknesses would be better.
1t acts as an air-tight washer. Nu-
merous Xxx represent the several dead
air spaces; is inner dead-air space
which can be warmed when necessary.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-22
Three-Footed Bear.

There is at least one bear in Hancock
county travelling about on three feet.
Two men were out hunting where there
was bear trap set ready for the animals
that made camping somewhat danger
Gus. During the night the men were
awakened by growl and snarling that
betrayed the presence of great bear.
They found a foot In the trap, q huge
foot, too, and it Is thought the animal
to which it belonged would weigh over
500 pounds. The bear had gnawed of
its foot in its desperate efforts to es-
cape--Lewistcn (Me.) Journal.
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Embalmed bY Bees.

Bees can embalm as successfully as
could the ancients. 1t sometimes hap
pens in damp weather that slug or
snail will enter beehive. This is, of
course, to the unprotected slug case
of sudden death. The bees fall upon
him and sting him to death at once.
But what to do with the carcass becomes
a vital question. They set to work and
cover 1t with wax, and there you may
see it lying embalmed just as the ma
lions of old embalmed their dead. When
snail is the intruder, he is, of course,
impenetrable to their stings, so they
simply cement his shell with wax to
the bottom of the hive.-Nature.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-22
PROTECTING WATER PIPES.
How Winter Time Annoyances May
Be Overcome by a Simple
Device,

I am speaking from actual expe-
rience with 60-foot stand-pipe under
tank, and also with another tank
only 30 feet high. Both of these
pipes are one and one-half inch diam
eter. We tried several methods, and
found the present plan entirely salts
factory. 1t may seem rather expen-
siye, but such job to be improperly
done is much more expensive, as we
have found by experience. The dia-
gram will show just how we do it,
says the Rural New Yorker. Make a
four-inch pipe of heavy galvanized
iron in sections like stovepipe, each
made to slip over the next. Every
second section should have four cop
per wires run through holes in the
pipe on four sides and opposite to each
other, and the wire soldered on the
outside, also solder the holes up
tight AS you put each section on,
fasten these wires so the water pipe
is in the middle of the galvanized pipe.
If inconvenient to disconnect your
water pipe to slip these pipes over the
top, then crimp and fasten at top and
bottom with small short stove bolts.
Screw heads on the outside. Then
put the boards on as shown in dia-
gram. Be sure always to break joints.
Do not wrap pipes with anything;
leave them bare; paper and asbestos
get wet in summer and freeze in win
ter Do not try to keep the water
from freezing in the pipes by letting
water run through them; it will not
work under most conditions. Unless
the water is very warm in the tank,
it will form ice and freeze quicker run
ming than If nok running. If you
have a windmill to supply the water
by letting the water run and also the
mill, you will be all right, but any
other kind of supply will not be
satisfactory. I use a gasoline engine
and pump every night just before go
ing to bed a few minutes, and had no
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-22
Cultivation Of the Orchard.

Wien the orchard is set is the time
to begin the treatment that is to be
continued from year to year. If the
cultivation OF the orchard is begun
early the roots will seek the depths OF
the soil from the first, and the culti-
yator can run over them year after
year without doing them injury' If the
land Is not cultivated at all the surface
soil becomes filled with roots and in
the course of years and the ground will
be then plowed with difficulty
Fagmers' Review.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-22
Kindness Between Fights.

japanese examine the bodies they find
lifeless in the field, and, taking from each
such valuables and mementoes as SOL
der would be likely to possess, send them
in a neat package to the relatives of the
deceased. Having cleared up the muss,
buried the corpses and shipped the be-
longings, hostilities are reopened until
there is once more an abundance of ma
terial upon which to demonstrate that
kindly emotions stir the hearts of those
1t war.-Washingt Times.
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No Milkmaids.

DR.. A. E. Harris, medical officer Of
health for Islington, England, in a re-
port presented to his council, states
that during mis- inspection of dairy
farms in various English counties, in no
single instance did he find that a
woman, as in the olden days, MIXED
the cows. ''The loss of the dairy maid"
he writes, is a national one, for she
was at least clearly. Now it is not UNI
usual to find man fresh from other
work milking the COWS with dirty
hands,"