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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-03-10
THE FAITHFUL MULE.
He Will Be Accorded Unusual Honors
and Prominence at the st.
Louis Exposition.

In case the plans of the chief of the
live stock department of the worlds
fair meet the approval of the manage
ment. the mule and his kin will be ac-
corded unusual honors at st. Louis next
wear. A lack of knowledge exists as to
the varied utilities of the mule, but this
display at the fair will be an eye-opener
in this respect.
The mule has invaded the north to
stay, and we, confidently expect quite a
demand from the northern farm. Never
were the three great embarrassing states,
Kentucky, Missouri and Tennessee, SO
raked and scraped for mules OF all
classes and ages as at the present time.
Not only are the farmers who raise and
those who feed sure of handsome profits,
but the dealer counts on wide and sure
margin. These latter come from every
part of the country to buy anything of
the long-eared type, from the smallest
colt to the fancy teams and high-priced
lacks. Choice colts are selling at $50
to $100, while fancy teams bring $3.50 to
$500.
put 60 work and do good service until %
years old, and are not subject to disease.
Mules are more easily broken to work
than horses, and who ever heard of a
team of mules running away and tear
ing things up? If they run, it is very
short and wild run.
Who ever heard of balky mule? No
team will carry buggy along smoother
and nicer than a span of small, WELL
broken mules. In fact, $500 span OF
mules will do more work than $500
pair of horses.
The mule is easily raised, easily
broken to work, docile, trusty, hardy,
and the best friend the farmer or team
ster has in the way of work animals
Journal of Agriculture.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-03-10
WITH THE 8EEKEEPERS.

Strong colonies protect themselves
against robbers and bee-moths.
In rendering beeswax. use a tin. brass
or copper vessel. An iron one Will
darken it.
In making candy to feed bees be
careful not to burn it. Burnt candy
will kill them.
In France, according to government
figures, for the ten years ending with
1901, the average number of colonies
was 1,608,412; honey per colony 10
pounds, IL ounces; wax per colony
three pounds.
Rainwater is the right thing to use
in melting wax Well water, especially
that where yellow clay or red sand
abounds in the soil, contains iron, and
this browns the wax. no matter how
carefully the melting be done.
DR.. c. C. Miller says in Clean
ings that heretofore the largest yield
he ever got from one colony was 1872
sections, but last year he got 300 sec
tons from one colony. with a number
of other colonies yielding nearly as
well. He credits these large yields 10
the selection of the best stores to breed
from. and to the phenomenal flow of
white clover, which the bees stored un-
til nearly mid-October.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-03-10

During the Franco-Prussian war an
Englishman was arrested as German
spy in Paris and condemned to be shot.
However, he seriously insisted that he
must return to his quarters. This, his
guards replied. was impossible. You
are about to be shot" they said, con-
solingly. Yes, l know" he replied,
''but l must go back and fetch my UNI
brella" His guards looked at him for
q moment, then forthwith liberated him.
None but an EnglishmaE could be such
a hopeless fool. they said. Lord Play
fair was once in a similar predicament.
AS proof of his identity he handed over
a letter from Lord Palmerston. The
guard could not read it, but accepted
it as good enough. As a matter of fact.
it contained Palmerston's instruction to
Playfair to ascertain all he could about
the French military forces and inten-
tons
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-03-10
NOT MUCH IMPRESSED.
George Thought There Was Much
Sound and Very Little of
the Solids.

If New York has a word to say to the
stranger within its gates, says a CORE
spondent of the New Orleans Times Dem
ocrat, it is this: Have you succeeded at
home? If not, why do you think you will
succeed where conditions are more com
pick and difficulty" But in New York, as
In other large cities, those who are not
to be ''bluffed" or discouraged and who go
resolutely about their business are reason
ably sure OF success. Sometimes, perhaps,
little success makes more of noise q
the world than it should.
One evening In a restaurant, says the
correspondent, we were waited on by a
real southern darby. He was so unmls-
taxable that at last l said to him:
George"
.'Yas'm," was the grateful rejoinder.
'1ou'r re from the south, aren't your
''Yas'm. Abs from de SOUTH"
How did you get up here!"
"Ah don know ma am, how All come. -
And what do you think of New York,
George?"
He hesitated, and then summing it up
in his mind, ne saiu:
New York? 'Peah's lax dish hyeh
New York es got good deal er rattlin'
er de dishes fer de victuals what's served.
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the business men at Ponceford, hum
dred miles farther on, SO the time with
you will be the same, only day ear
lier From the train schedule / think
it will be about Is minutes. Have the
minister and everything ready II
seems reckless, hit or miss kind Of
marriage, don't it, Harold? But, then,
uncle is SO anxious to see it; and he's
got to be at Ponceford and must take
steamer for Europe only few hours
later, to be gone a year. So it's Hob
sons choice But never mind, Harold.
Well make it up on our wedding trip,
and miss every train if we 1ike-or
why not make the trip with your span
and stop everywhere and nowhere in
particular l think that would be fine.
Claire"
Barstow slipped the letter back into
his pocket, curling the whip once
more out in search of impossible speed.
Ten minutes passed. and with them
three of the remaining II miles. Leigh
ton was now but nine miles ahead;
and the state line, beyond which Cum
ningham's authority as sheriff would
ONAN~
across the line and he could snap his
fingers at the pursuer. He glanced
back The automobile had covered one
half of the distance and was coming
swiftly and smoothly. The horses were
breathing hard Another three miles
with no change, and the race would be
ended-lost
Involuntarily Barstow leaned for
ward, as he often did in moments OF
suspense on the race track, when
hands turn meant win or lose Then
his face blanched.
A cow was walking deliberately
from the roadside growth, and along
here the road was narrow. Barstow
rose to his feet and reached forward as
! far as he could, his whip in the air. A
spill and smash was better than miss
ing chance. AS they swept upon the
cow, the whip came down viciously
the animal threw up her head, thereby
, saving it from the rushing wheels
which just graZed the skin.
But as though ashamed Of this slight
concession, the COW snorted and
walked quickly to the middle OF the
road and there stopped. Barstow
heard a yell behind him. The COW had
lowered her head to the automobile in
manner that threatened dire conse-
quences to both. Cunningham yelled
once more, savagely; but the COW re-
NAMED obdurate Then Cunningham
stopped. When the animal was hustled
unceremoniouslys aside and the machine
again started, it had lost the three
fourths OF a mile previously gained.
Twenty minutes afterward Barstow
swept triumphantly across the line and
turned his horses to one side. Sixty
seconds behind him Numbered the au-
/ tomobile AS the machine stopped be-
side him Barstow took off his hat
Fine squirt. that last of yours, Cum
ningham," he congratulated. "But not
quite enough. However, the odds were
against you. I've a good mind to go
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-03-10
CRUELTY TO HORSES.
Faithful Animals Are Subjected to
Binders, Check Reins, Curb
Bits and Docking.

The horse, the most useful OF all
animalsSis the one marked for The most
of mems ill-treatment. For the most
part housed in ill-lighted, ill-ventilated
and ill-smelling quarters, worked to lis
full capacity, cared for only to the de-
gree that selfish interest prompts, the
animal is delivered over as the UNI
protected object of the unrestralned
passions of man. The average man
fails apparently to understand that AMI
mails have nervous system, among
them to marked degree the horse, ana
that were he to govern his own tenn
per he could; with little patience, get
control of the horses nervous system,
and make out of it a servant vastly
more efficient than it is under the sys-
tenn in which he beats and jerks and
drives it to distraction.
A short walk in any city VIII dis
cover many blind horses. Why? There
are no blind cows, comparatively. And
yet the sight of the one naturally is as
good as that of the other. The diner
ence is simply that the horse from the
beginning has been abused, 1ll-housed,
overworked and worked under cond1-
tons that have driven him blind. HIS
eyes are shut in by binders at eacn
side, for which there is no use but TO
satisfy the caprice or fashion OF man.
So, his vision interfered with and de-
prived of air, the wonder is that WIN
the other treatment ne gets ne is not
blind oftener. Besides this, In other
cases. his neck is almost pulled out or
joint by overhead check reins that raise
his face to the air and turn his eyebails
to the glare of the sun unprotected
Or, on the other hand. deprived OF
check rein, he is bitted with curb
that pulls his jaws to his breast ana
tortures him in this fashion. AND,
then, according to the spreading fash
ion of the day, he is subjected TO the
most cruel of all practices, docking
which not merely tortures in the prac-
tice, but leaves him to the torment or
flies for the rest OF his life. 1t is the
merciful man that is merciful TO ms
beast, and if it is the merciful that OBJ
tain mercy, We have, as people, some
way to come before we get that bless
ng.-Indianapolis News.
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Spring and Fall Broods.

1t is our practice to raise two broods
yearly, one in the spring and another in
the fall. The young are weaned at four
or five weeks Of age and put upon diet
of warm sweet separator milk to which
is added little wheat middlings, and
later cornmeal and middlings mixed.
We aim to give them all the milk that
they can handle. At all times the young
pigs are allowed to pasture in an orchard
in which there is also running water.
This gives them exercise and a chance
to take frequent baths during the hot
summer days.-Rural New Yorker.
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Feed and Color of Meat.

The appearance of the feed on the
color and appearance of poultry meat
is of sufficient Importance to require
careful attention. If the market de-
mands a noticeably white meat and
skin in it's dressed poultry, the cheap
est and surest way to attain this is 20
use much skim-milk in the diet The
grain ration should be mixed with it,
and the drinking vessels constantly
provided with a fresh supply. 1t will
require extra good care to keep the
fowls healthy on this diet, however
If a yellowish tinge is desired. it may
be obtained by feeding a grain ration
to which ten per cent. of animal meat
has been added. and the whole mixed
with water. A grain mixture wet with
whey will also give good results.-Prai-
RE Farmer.
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and bind with stray threads of hemp or
foundation-wire to the length of four
inches, for hnadle; then fray out the
ends Of your rope and soak it half an
hour in water and you have brush that
will neither disable bee nor mar in
the least the cappings. When dirty, or
daubed with honey, you can wash and
wiring dry, like any cloth. | have used
both whisk and hemp brushes in the
management of 500 colonies of bees, and
l would not use any other but the home
made article. BY the pressure of your
thumb you can regulate the width OF
your brush so as to cover Langstroth
frame at one stroke You can credit Mr..
C. L. Graham, of California, with the
above method, for he is the gentleman
who taught me.-George Herrick, in Bee
Gleanings.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-03-10
LONG PANTS

ulster be a regular kid. bout two feet high
l guess,
A-wearin' bibs and aprons and reg lar
baby dress
My ma she ulster make me wear my hair
them there curls-
L guess she didns know how fellers hate
to look like girls.
But now you bet m grown up, and got
little chance:
] amt no kid no longer-Tm
wearin
pants
ulster be a baby-when got smash
cried,
But I'm a-learnin' how to fght-the felIers
ulster ride
Ali over me and knock me down and call
me mothers own
I tell you now they amt SO gay-they Jes'
let me alone;
Cause bout a week ago / licked Ned
Brown and Billy Vance
] amt no baby any more-Pm
Wearin
pants.
I Ulster kinder hate the girls-T wouldn't
ever play
Err talk with them er walk with them, but
now it amt that way.
I'm jes' a little gone. the feIlers say on
Susie White;
She's got such pretty eyes-and, say, her
smile is out of sight.
Last week l took her with me to a reg lar
grOwn-up dance;
bet she likes me better since I'm
wearin'
pants
Milwaukee Sentinel.
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Not Quite a Kick.

A few years ago a man living near
Wichita had an only daughter. She married
and went to live at Emporia. After her
moved to Wichita, where they bought a
small hotel and made good returns. One
day the daughter and her husband came
for visit. They remained two days, then
another, and made no movement toward
home Finally the father-landlord called
his son-in-law to his side and said: What
pity, John, that you and Mary dIdn, t
come to visit us at the farm. We were
not keeping hotel then and it wouldn't
have cost you cent to have staid as long
as you wanted to."-Wichita Eagle.
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SAFE PLACE TO DRAW 1T.
Without Danger to Any
ones Cuticle.

Illinois, whose interesting investigations
have proved football to be harmless
game, is popular on account of his genial
ity, says the New York Tribune.
After a certain football victory Prof.
Dexter entertained one night group OF
students at his residence.
A magnificent sword hung over the fire
place of the library, and during a space of
silence Prof. Dexter took down this sword
and brandished it impressively.
Never will l forget" he exclaimed, the
day / drew this blade for the first time. "
Where did you draw it, SIR" fresh
man asked, respectfully.
''At a rattle" said Prof. Dexter.
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back and buy that cow and pension her
with a clover field for life. But say,
can't l get you for best man half
hour or SO from now? Well fix til. S
other thing up afterwards. What's
it for, anyhow-my fast driving yes
terday?"
Fast simpleton!" sputtered the
sheriff, disgustedly. "a special came
in two minutes after you left and
brought this young man. He's Claire
Egmont's brother, and came on ahead
to help you get things ready. They
thought it would be more convenient
to stop at Brant than Leighton, as the
train will be held there 20 minutes for
the down express to pass 1t will be
there in just 48 minutes now"
Good Lord" calculated Barstow,
aghast. "And my horses are winded.
| can't do it.
''Of course you can't. with them
hurriedly. Here, jump into this au-
tomobile and speed her till the wheels
leave the ground. Never mind cows
and things. Run them down. Our
minister will be on tne post Office steps
when you get there, waiting for his
mail. Pick him up as the cowboys do
their hats, at full speed. Scorch now!
I'll bring home the horses"
Forty-eight minutes later, when the
north express pulled into Brant an au-
tomobile was just whirling up to the
platform In it was Barstow, a little
flushed. but smiling. young man who
seemed highly amused. and a clergy
man somewhat the worse for wear.
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Meeting His
Appointment
By FRANZ H. SWEET
Copyright. 1908, by Daily Story Pub. Coz

u ARSTOW sent the tip Oh his whip
curling out over the horses backs,
not touching them, for he was very
careful of the beautiful span, but al
lowing its sharp cutting through the
air to act as an incentive. However,
although their necks Strengthened a
little, the speed did not increase. 1t
could not on this road, with an ordi-
nary driving rig. They were already
going at a three-minute pace.
He gave a quick glance over his
shoulder. An automobile was just
turning a curve of the road, three
fourths of a mile behind. His eyes
studied its occupants keenly.
Eyes, that's the sheriff all right"
no thought. grimly. mo one could
n tstake those shoulders and that cow
boy hat; and he's a head above his
companion. | wonder who the coma
panion is-some fellow he's sworn in
as deputy, likely And the automobile
IS Carsons. No other could slip over
the ground the way that does. | sup
pose Cunningham has deputized it
also. Well" turning back and Kissing
the tip of his whip once more across
the horses backs. cts going to be a
race. But I'm glad Carson himself
isn't back there. Reckless as the sheriff
is after game, | don't think he'll take
over three miles out of a strange ma
Cnihe, and it's only 20 to Leighton,
with a straight road and good start
and my span fresh. Yes, it'll be a
race"
hut ten minutes later he could see
that the automobile was slowly, but
surely. gaming on him, and at the end
OF half an hour, with eight of the 20
miles passed. the automobile had co.,
cred one-third of the distance between
them. The horses were now breathing
heavily and their speed decreasing;
the machine was coming on more rap
idly. Barstow glanced over his shout
der. studying the ground critically,
then allowed his gaze to fall back
his pursuer The sheriff was motion
ing frantically for him to stop. Bar
stow grinned satirically
mot just yet, Cunningham" he
thought THE race is getting too in
teresting. Besides, there's too great a
stake involved. Any other time I'd be
glad to accommodate you. Just now
I'm going to Leighton, and with good
luck | shall have barely 20 minutes to
gather up a minister and have him at
the station when her train comes in.
Once across the line, and I'll whistle
at Cunningham-no | won't. I'll ask
him to be best man, if he follows me
that far Thank the stars therell be
no neeu for a license. and confOund the
postman for not delivering my letter
yesterday when it came"
There was a long stretch of clear
road ahead, with the horses going
steadily. He made a turn with the
reins about his wrist and drew let
ter from his pocket 1t had been given
him uy the mail carrier only DO min
utes before, just as he was starting out
with his span, and he had read it at a
glaice and then dashed away on his
will race to Leighton. He now swept
the lines with another glance, his face
glo wing.
Dear Harold, the letter read, eve
Shall be there one day earlier than ar
raj ged. Then senator will not speak at
HammeI. and that saves us stopping
over; but he has arranged to speak to
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still Obscure.

Josiah" asked Mrs. Chugwater,
holding her finger on the place in the
paper where she had been reading.
what does 'eke' mean?"
1T means also in addition, likewise, "
responded Mr. Chugwater. Cant you
tell from the other words in the sem
tence?"
No, and that doesn't seem to make it
any palmer, either" she said. proceed
ing to read: The lower classes of Chi
nese also, in addition, likewise out a
miserable existence What's the sense
of that, I'd like to know?"-Chicago
Tribune
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Time Will Tell the Tale.

The wise ones"-those who watch
weather conditions closely and who
study nature. predict bountiful har-
vest the coming year. Not for many
years have we had SO bountifnl a fall
of snow as this. and the steady cold
that has settled over the middle west
reminds one of the winters of we old
en- time" If there is virtue in snow
and cold, we certainly have had enough
to insure an extra heavy harvest; time
alone will tell the tale.-Midland
Farmer.
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with hole bored in one end through
which is tied a loop made of small
rope, as the cut shows. | watch my
chance and while the hogs are eating
in the trough slip the moose around up
per jaw and twist the stick tight
enough so the hog will stand quiet.
When twisted tight enough | can hold
stick between my knees while reach
in pocket and get the ring and
pinchers-N. Hess, in Farm and
Home
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The inferiority of oats as a whole ra-
ton or even when constituting the ma
jor part of it is very marked in these
result. Wheat gave much the best re-
suits of any single food, while, with the
chicken as with all other stock, mix
ture of grains gives larger yields than
any one single grain. We think very
likely the failure to make better
showing on oats alone was due to the
fact that the hull makes this such a
bulky feed that the hens could not
secure sufficient nutriment to make
large egg yield possible.
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Correcting an Injustice.

when Mr.. Talkwell fell on the stage
the audience thought he was drunk and
Kissed him; but they made up for it
when the manager announced that he
was dead"
why, what did they do?"
Gave him three cheers and a tiger
Judge.
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Thus Accounted For

1t has been said that in captivity
elephants always stand up when they
sleep, but when in the jungle. in their
own land and home, they lie down.
The reason given for the difference
between the elephant in captivity and
in freedom is that the animal never
acquires complete confidence in his
kesrsTa ana always longs for liberty,
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PRODUCTION OF EGGS.
Interesting Experiment to Compare
the Value of Different Grains for
the Purpose Named.

Some interesting results have been
obtained by the technical instruction
committee of the Cornwall common
council of England, in an experiment TO
compare the value of different grains
for egg production. Thirty pullets were
selected and divided into six pens of
five birds each. The nature of the food
given to each pen of five pullets and the
number of eggs laid is shown in the
statement below:
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A HEMP BEE BRUSH.
Discovered in California by an East
ern Man and Considered the
Acme of Perfection.

While spending the past season in
California with several large and ex-
perienced bee-keepers | was taught sew
eral valuable lessons. One was the MAX
ing of bee-brush that is, in my opinion,
the acme of perfection. Take 20 inches
of one-inch hemp rope; double together
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Moravian Barley and SpeItz,

two great cereals, makes growing and
fattening hogs and cattle possible in Oak,
Mont, Ida, Colo, yes everywhere. and
add to above Salzer's Billion Dollar Grass,
Teosinte, which produces 80 tons of green
fodder per acre, Salzer's Earliest Cane,
Salzer's 60 Day Oats and a hundred OF
other rare farm seeds that they offer.
JUST CUT THIS OUT AND RETURN 1T
with l0c in stamps to the John A. Salzer
Seed Co.. La Crosse, Wis, and get their
big catalog and lots of farm seed SAM
pies X L.
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w. l.. DOUGLAS
$50 &s3 SHOES Y MlSE

w. l.. Douglas
shoes have by their
excellent lyle,
easy-fitting, an d
superior wearing
qualities, achieved
the largest sale of
any shoes in the
world.
They are just as good
as those that cost you
81 to So the only
difference is the price.
Sold Everywhere.
Look for name and
price on bottom.
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