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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-05-05
ONE DOLLAR WHEAT.
Western Canada's Wheat Fields Pro.
duce It-Magnificen Yields-Free
Grants of Land to Settlers.

The returns of the Interior Depart
ment show that the movement of
American farmers northward to Can
ada is each month affecting larger
areas of the United States Time was,
says the Winnipeg Free Press, when
the Dakotas, Minnesota ana Iowa fur
nished the Dominion with the main
bulk of its American contingent. Last
year, however, forty-four states and
districts were represented in the Off
cial statement as to the former resi-
dence of Americans who had home
steads in Canada. The Dakotas still
head the list, with 4,006 entries, Min
nesota being a close second with 1887,
but with the exception Of Alabama and
Mississippi and Delaware every state
in the Union supplied settlers who, in
order to secure farms in the fertile
prairie country of Canada, became
citizens of, and took the oath of al
legiance to, the Dominion. Last year
no less than 1854 Americans entered
for homestead lands in Canada.
From the Gulf to the Boundary, and
from ocean to ocean, the trek to the
Dominion goes on. Not only the
wheatgrowers of the central MISSISSIPPI
pi valley, but the ranchers of Texas
and New Mexico, and the cultivators
of the comparatively virgin soil of Ok
lahoma, are pouring towards the pro-
ductive vacant lands of the Canadian
Northwest. 1t is no tentative, half
hearted departure for an alien coun-
try that is manifested in this exodus;
it has become almost a rush to secure
possession of land which it is feared,
by those imperfectly acquainted with
the vast area of Canada's vacant lands,
may all be ACQUIRED before they ar
rive. There is no element of specula-
ton or experiment in the migration.
The settlers have full information re-
speeding the soil, wealth, the farming
methods, the laws, taxation and sys-
TEN of government of the country to
which they are moving, and they reAi-
iZe that the opportunities offered in
Canada are in every respect better and
greater than those they have enjoyed
in the land they are leaving.
Canada can we'll afford to welcome
cordially every American farmer COM
ing to the Dominion. There is no
question but that these immigrants
make the most desirable settlers OBJ
tainable for the development of the
prairie portion of the Dominion. Full
information can be had from any au-
thorized Canadian Government Agent
whose address will be found elsewhere.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-05-05
Auto Runs on Two Wheels.

An electric bicycle touring car is
arousing interest in Wisconsin. This car
carries six passengers, is equipped with
a 24-horsepower motor, and carries a
charge for 75-mile run. It's peculiarly
consists in its running on two wheels
as a bicycle. Two other wheels are ar
ranged on the sides, in such a manner
that they may instantly be lowered to
support the car when standing, or raised
when travelling. Double sprockets and
chains on the rear wheels take the pow
er-the steering being done by means OF
the forward wheel. Private speed trials
have been made and are said to show a
marvellous rate.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-05-05
FIXING PRICE OF POETRY.
The Only Way of Deciding What the
Real Article for Magazine
Use Is.

The great magazine editor was wrapped
IN thought and cigar smoke. To him came
an assistant editor with poem, relates
the Chicago Post.
This seems to have passed the usual
test, said the assistant
Have l read it," asked the editor.
Yes"
Was, | able to make anything of it,"
mo"
Then accept it, of course
But how much shall we pay for it?'
The great editor increased the cloud of
thought and cigar smoke.
Have you read it?'' he asked, at last.
Yes"
Were you able to make anything out
of it?''
Mo-
Looks as if it might be pretty valuable,
doesn't it? How many of our manuscript
readers have tackled it?'
Six"
Gould any of them make out what the
poet was driving att"
We'll, Robinson thought he got glim-
nering idea of the underlying meaning.
That takes $40 off the price" SAID the
editor. Just figure it up according to the
usual methodist added for every man
who couldn't understand it and $40 deduct
ed for every man who could. We've got to
pay good prices for good poetry, and
there is only one way to decide what has
real magazine merit.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-05-05
WHY THE NAVY is COSTLY
Entered Voluntarily by Men Who Elk.
pect to Live in Ordinary Amer
lean Conditions.

"The navy will always be very costly
for us by comparison with the nations of
Europe, and particularly those on the
continent" remarked Secretary Moody
to friend not long ago. Some of the
reasons for this plain fact deserve at
tention, says Youths Companion.
To get its soldiers and sailors the
United States goes into the labor mar
ket, offering wages and conditions
which are expected to compete with
those of farm and factory. Every great
European power, except the British en-
pire, makes service in either army or
navy for certain number of years COM
pulsory upon it's subjects Not to con-
slider the value of the discipline thus ac-
quired, the time is so much subtracted
from their individual lives.
The continental power, besides get
ting it's men for wages which may be
quite accurately described as pin
money" is able to prescribe more frugal
rations than would be attractive here
The American service, in short, costs
more because it is entered into volun-
tarily by persons who eXpct to live in
something like ordinary American con-
ditions.
Similarly, the continental power usual,
Iy gets it's officers Eat bargain" but
upon system which would not accord
with American theories. 1t makes high
positions in the military and naval serv-
ice an honor which the young men of
rich families greatly covet, and in many
cases makes the official salary so small
that only persons of private means could
afford to accept commissions
Our army and navy are differed by
men drawn from all classes of society.
Most congressman throw the West Point
and Annapolis cadetships open to COM
petitive examination, in which family
influences cannot count. When poor
boys rise to be majors and commanders,
they can look only to the government for
compensation suitable to their rank and
station; and the government grants it.
The greater cost is thus distributed over
the whole taxpaying public. But who
will say that this is not an extravaganza
which pays?
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is transformed from $50 volts to 220.
The gas for all heating operations,
such as annealing, melting, etc, is
manufactured by an Independent plant
situated outside the building, and SO
arranged that it can be controlled in
the exhibit. These machines were de-
signed and built especially for this
purpose.
First of the series of devices com
posing the plant is a furnace which
supplies heat of 1000 degrees F. for
the melting of metal alloys. Here the
metal is cast into ingots and washed
in dilute solution of sulphuric acid
to free the surface from copper oxide.
The ingotS are then run through the
rolling mill and reduced in thickness
from one-half an inch to eighty-five
thousandths of an inch. This mill is
operated by so horse power motor.
The power is transmitted to the rolls
by means of heliCal gears and pinions.
After rolling the strips are heated
in the annealing furnace to soften
them for the cutter. Then they are
cooled again by water spray. For
merly in the annealing process oxida-
ton took place during this operation,
blackening the n tai and necessitat-
ing a special cleaning operation.
When the strip are cut to their
proper length by the multiple shears,
they are BANKED by the cutting press
which runs at 20 strokes per minute.
The blanks are then upset in order
to give enough metal at the edge for
the border of the finished medallion.
This tends to h. den the edge and
after another annealing in a rotary
furnace, cleaning, dying and polish
ing in rotary tumbler and drying
machine, they are ready for stamping.
Uncle Sans imprint Of value is
then put upon the blank coin with a
press which exerts pressure of 100
tons, this great force being required
to properly bring up the design. Then
the bronze souvenir drops into the
custodian's hand finished product.
1t is just so that dimes are made and
that five. ten and twenty-do1lar gold
pieces are supplied for the treasury
at Washington.
Processes used in the making of
paper money are altogether different.
for it is here that the printer and not
the machinist and founder serves a
usefulness. In another section of the
big Government building at the
worlds fair thero is a fully-equipped
bank note printing plant
In the Palace of Transportation NAV
be seen full size section of the great
tunnel which runs from Jersey City
under the Hudson river, under New
York city at Thirty-fourth street. and
under the East river to Long Island. a
distance of eight miles. 1t illustrates
the tremendous work and millions of
dollars expended upon enc of the
greatest engineering works Of modern
times. A great laboratory for testing
the power, efficiency and economy OF
locomotives is also in this building.
Locomotives will b. under full steam
and full speed in this iaporaacrv. TIE
greatest show of locomo &ve teSt;2a
ever conceived and costing a -1ar.e
of million dollarz
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-05-05
AMENDMENTS TO CALENDAR
Proposition to Make Each Month
Tweaty-Eight Days and Thir-
teen Months a Year.

In the first place, the year should be
called Ammo Veri, the year of truth, in
stead of Ammo Domini, because all
years since creation are years of the
Lord" 1t should begin, says the New
York Sun, from the time when we first
discovered what caused the year, viz,
the revolution of the earth around the
SUM- This was practically established
in 1900 by Calico with his "sol stat. "
The present year, therefore, would be
A. V. 304.
Our months originate from the
phases of the moon There are Is
months" hence there should be Is
months. 1t would be better that these
months should be named numerally-
Latin numerals preferred-as Primus,
Secundus, Tertius, Quartus. Quintus,
Sextus, Septimus, Octavus, Menus. Dec
linus, Undecimus Tor for brevity Unce-
mus, Duodecimus Tor for brevity Do
cemus), Tredecimus Cor for brevity
Trecimusl.
Since, however, people are averse to
changes. perhaps the simplest plan
would be to add one more month. Each
month should have % days. or four
weeks, which correspond to the aspects
of the moon from dark to full and
back again. Each day of the month
would occur on the same day of the
week throughout the entire year
Thirteen months of % days equal 364
days There would be thus one odd
day each year and two such odd days
on leap years This day should not be
counted in the calendar at all, but set
aside and celebrated as New Years
day In leap year there would be two
such holidays. The first of the fiscal
year should be the first Monday after
the winter solstices, excepting the New
Year day. This would be December 90.
In the year 1907 December % will &C.
cur on Monday.
The day of rest should not be the
first, but the last day of the week, as
the Bible directs that it should be-
Coming, as they do, so close togeth-
er, Christmas and New Years day
could be celebrated as one In fact
our Christmas day, as at present cele.
brated, has undOubted association with
the suns first perceptible northern adj
vance. If the months retained their
present names, instead of numerals, as
suggested above. it would only be nee
essary to add another and call it Ire
cember, of the abbreviated Is.
Our perpetual and nature-made cal
endar would then be as follows:
AMMO VERT, 304.
New Years Day and Christmas, Deem
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-05-05

the visiting public to remember the fair
by what might be termed its legitimate
portion, its wealth of educational ex-
hibits, and yet, who would say that the
shows along the pike are not edu-
cational in their way. On it are viii
lagos of every sort, and amusement
features of every description. Five
million square feet of entertainment.
Among outdoor shows, that are not to
be COMPOUNDED with those of the "Pike,"
may be mentioned the reproduction of
the City of Jerusalem and the forty
acres of Filipinos.
Among the most interesting of the
many features of the fair are the vari-
Gus government exhibits housed in the
Government building which is 500
feet long by $50 feet wide. Every
function of the government is exem-
plified in this building. Among these
exhibits is complete government
mint for the manufacture of coin, but
at ST. Louis Uncle Sam is making in
stead of coin gold souvenir medals,
but the process is the same as if the
product was legal tender While Uncle
Sam has a monopoly ON the money
! making business he guards the priv
ilege jealousy and does not risk the
precious dies, which put their inn
prints upon dimes, dollars and eagles,
to leave their place Of keeping.
Besides a modern coming press,
from which drops a bright medal at
every click, is a screw press built in
1895 and used at that time to stamp
small coins. There is also a hammer
| 120 years old and a small pair of bal
ances formerly used in the Philadel-
phia mint Comparing these with the
| improvements made in the last 100
years reveals how much easier it is
now for Uncle Sam to replenish his
| treasury than it was when he was
young in the business.
All of the machines used in the
plant are driven by independent direct
current motors. the power for which
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-05-05

vic diseases have no idea that their
trouble is due to catarrh. The ma jority
of the people think that catarrh is dis
ease confined TO the head alone.
This is not true. Catarrh is liable to
attack any organ of the body; throat,
bronchial tubes, lungs, stomach, kid
neys and especially the pelvic organs.
Many a woman has made this dis
covery after a long siege of useless treat
ment. She has made the discovery that
her disease is catarrh, and that Peruna
can be relied upon to cure catarrh
wherever located.
If you do not derive prompt andsats-
factory results from the use of Peruna,
write at once to DR.. Hartman, giving 81
full statement of your case, and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable adj
vice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus,
Ohio.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-05-05
"I Think I Know"

Salesville, Ohio, May 2nd.--There, is a
Civil War veteran in this place who is
very positive in his way and when he
makes a statement everyone knows he
means it and that it is true. His name
is Mr.. j. Stephens, and he, has written for
publication the following letter:
Il have been a sufferer with Kidney
Disease since the Civil War. Sometimes
my back would hurt me SO that l could
not dress myself for weeks. l took a few
boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills and have
found great relief. They have done me a
great deal of good.
The general health is much better since
using Dodd's Kidney Pills. L can recon-
mend this remedy to be the best thing for
the Kidneys that is on the .marle |
have taken a heap of medicine for my
back and kidneys and l THINK l KNOW
WHAT HELPS ME.
81 am 63 years old and was through the
Civil War as a soldier"
Mr.. Stephens KNOWS that Dodd's Kid
ney Pills helped him. They will cure any
case of Backache.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-05-05
SOAKED IN COFFEE
Until Too Stiff to Bend Over.

When I drank coffee I often had sick
headaches, nervousness and biliousness
much of the time but about 2 years
ago l went to visit friend and got
in the habit Of drinking Postum.
Il have never touched coffee since
and the result has been that l have
been entirely cured of all my stomach
and nervous trouble.
my mother was just the same way,
we all drink Postum now and have
never had any coffee in the house for
years and we are all well.
"a neighbor of mine, q great coffee
drinker, was troubled with pains in her
side for years and was an invalid. She
was not able to do her work and could
not even mend clothes or do anything
at all where she would have to bend
forward. If she tried to do a little
hard work she would get such pains
that she would have to lie down for
the rest of the day.
II persuaded her at last to stop
drinking coffee and try Postum Food
Coffee and she did so and she has used
Postum ever since; the result has
been that she can now do her work,
can sit for whole day and mend and
can sew on the machine and she never
feels the least bit of pain in her side
in fact she has got well and it shows
coffee was the cause of the whole
trouble.
81 could also tell you about several
other neighbors who have been cured
by quitting coffee and using Postum
in its place." Name given by Postum
Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
Look in each pkg. for the famous
little book, ''The Road to Wellville."
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-05-05
THE STRUGGLING FOREIGNER
How He Gets Things Twisted When
He First Comes to This
Country.

Boys and girls who are born in this
country and lmbibe knowledge OF its in
stitutions and Its geography with their
everyday conversation have difficulty IN
passing examinations OH them in school.
1t is little wonder, then, that the immi-
grants described in the New York Tribune
nave trouble with their examinations when
they apply for naturalization papers.
How is the president elected?" one of
them was asked recently.
The applicant sQuirmed as if his memory
was about to collapse. Then a CLEAN of
intelligence came int to his eyes and he said:
by a big-a machority."
A native of Denmark, big-boned and
axen-hared, was asked how many states
there are in the union.
New York, New Chicago, New Boston,
New Jersey and lot more he replied.
On further questioning it was found that
he had gathered that the name of the state
was that of the town with New pre-
fixed.
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kidney trouble, but l have suffered my
self. At one time thought could not
live. My back ached, there were fire.
quent headaches and dizzy spells, and
the kidney secretions were disordered.
Doan's Kidney Pills helped me from the
first, and soon relieved me entirely of all
the distressing and painful symptoms. +"
A FREE TRIAL of this great kidney
medicine which cured Mrs. Brown will
be mailed on application to any part of
the United States. Address Foster
Milburn Co.. Buffalo, n. Y For sale
by all druggists; price so cents per box
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-05-05
True to His Friends.

An answer to an advertisement for a
school assistant capable of teaching the
classics as far as Homer ard Virgil
makes one of the best stories in the Dean
of Bristols recent book, Odds and Ends"
Sir" the answer ran, with reference
to the advertisement in the Times re-
specting a school assistant, beg to state
that [ should be happy to fill that situa-
ton, but as most of my friends reside in
London, and not knowing how far Homer
and Virgil is from town, / beg to state
that L should not like to engage to teach
the classics farther than Hammersmith or
Furnham Green, or at the very utmost
distance, farther than Brentford."
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-05-05
Remarkable Duck Story.

Here is a remarkable duck story that
comes from Nantes, France: Some
fishermen were out at sea during a ter
rife thunderstorm, when suddenly a
number of roasted ducks fell into their
boat The lightning had struck the
flock and cooked the birds to a turn!
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-05-05
Anstralia,s Wheat States.

The three important wheat states of
Australia produce S5.0Oo,0OO bushels.
The yield to each acre in New South
Wales is 1O.6 bushels, in South Australia
60 bushels and in west Australia 4.G
bushels.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-05-05
WOMEN'S WOES.
Much of women's daily woe is due t.

kidney trouble. Sick
kidneys cause back
ache, languor, blind
headaches, dizzin ess,
insomnia and urinary
troubles. To cur e
yourself you must
cure tn e kidneys.
Profit by the expert
ence of others who
have been cured.
Mrs. Villa m w.
Brown, professional
nurse, of 16 Jane ST.,
Paterson, N. j., says:
81 have not only seen
much suffering and
manv d e a t h S from
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-05-05

And, as if the army of kissing relatives
were not enough, Russian oficialdom had
to put up it's lips at the railway station
idea gives us a new hight on the meaning
Of General Sherman's imperishable remark
about the hellishness of WARN. Y. Press.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-05-05
Shake Into Your Shoes

Aliens Foot-Ease. Itcures painful, swollen,
smarting, sweating feet. Makes new shoes
easy. Sold by all Druggists and Shoe Stores.
Don 'taccept any substitute. Sample FREE.
Address A. S. Olmsted, LIE Roy N. Y.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-05-05

The oil stove is more useful than the ice
cream Observation-Disclosures Star.
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Tess-"I've just begun to read that novel
you loaned me-" Jess-"Oh, have you:
it's queer the way the first chapter opens.
isn't it!'' Tess-'I haven't come to that
yet Philadelphia Ledger.
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Most Of the Ailments Peculiar to the
Female Sex are Due to CatarTh
of the Pelvic Organs.

Rachael j. Kendall, NJ. D., S34
Virginia St., Buffalo, N. Y, is
graduate of the University of Buffalo,
class 1884, and has been in the prac-
tice of medicine in that city since
then. She writes as follows:
"My conviction, supported by
experience, is that Peruna is valu-
able preparation for all catarrhal
affections. / have taken one bottle
of Peruna myself and just feel fine.
I shall continue to take it. "-Rachael
J. Kemball, M. D.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-05-05
Female Trouble
Not Recognized
as Catarrh.

are lined by mucous membranes. Any
mucous membrane is subject TO catarrh.
Catarrh of one organ is exactly the
same as catarrh of any other organ.
What will cure catarrh of the head Will
Per- Peruna cures these cases simply because
it cures the catarrh.
Most of the women afflicted with pei
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-05-05

The cynic is a man who sees his own
hart and calls it the world.-Chicago
Tribune
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-05-05

You can do your dyeing in half an hour
with Putnam Fadeless Dyes.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-05-05
Peruna has cured thousands of case,


of female weakness. AS a rule, how
ever. before Peruna is resorted toseveral
other remedies have been tried in vain.
A great many of the patients have taken
local treatment, submitted themselves
to surgical operations, and taken all
sorts of doctors stuff, without any
result.
The reason of so many failures is the
fact that diseases peculiar to the femal e
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sex are not common
ly recognized as be-
ing caused by ca
tarrh. THESE ORGANS
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New Years Day and Christmas. Decem
her 90