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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-10-20

Robert Louis Stevenson, one of the most
notable English writers known to the pres
ent generation, was wont to say that moth
ing interested him more than the perusal
OF good map; and without doubt, a map
that Is well made and accurate catches the
eye and arrests the attention of many peo-
pie as few other things can do.
The men in charge of railway traffic pos
sess most positive appreciation of this fact
and large expenditure OF time and skill
full thought is made on this feature of rail-
way publicity, so that such portions of the
country as the Black Hills in South Dakota.
the wonderful mountain ranges compactly
rising tier upon tier throughout the
central and western portion of Colo
RADIO, the rich valleys and hinsides of
chards and grain fields, Yellowstone
Park, the Yosemite, Alaska, and those
regions of interlacing lakes and water
courses which ma TX that portion of the great
northwest located in upper Wisconsin,
southern Minnesota and that part of Mich
igan known as the Upper Peninsula, have
been mapped in detail and given to the pub
lie gratis, far and wide.
Said an official of the Chicago & North
Western Railway recently: 'The Amer
lean railway map engraver has carried his
art well-nigh to the borders Of perfection.
do not know of any road maps or other
detailed data for the state of Wisconsin, for
instance, that equal those published by our
passenger department, showing the haunts
of summer tourists and fishermen. They are
on file in public Libraries as part of their
reference records. Other portions of the
western country have been similarly taken
up and maps of a most complete character
made for them; in fact the western lines
are fully alive to the value of good map
in the hands of The traveller. The map pub
fishing business of the large railway sys-
TENS is to-day reduced to scientific prin-
ciples and handled in a most systematic
manner. The Northwestern Line prints
thousands of maps. running all the way from
large wall maps of the world, down TO the
smallest details of sections and quarter sec
tions of Government land open for settle
ment in the west, and from an atlas con-
tanning a series of maps of the seat of war
in the far east to the most carefully worked
out portrayal OF Colorado's mountain re
gions, Calfornia's winter resorts, or the
summering places that abound along the
line throughout the west and northwest"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-10-20
LIFE rs GRAND.

Oh, my soul how grand is lifei
Amid the conflict and the strife,
Amid the heated term of toll,
And all that comes to thwart and foil,
The Lord doth send His angels out
To COMPASS all our way about
And make our work a holy thing,
A fitting firing to our King.
The lowliest task He sanctifes,
And bids us from our trials rise
To heights we never knew before;
And when the heart with grief is sore,
And when our eyes with tears are dim,
'TGS then we nearer draw to Him;
'Tis grand to suffer and be STILL
If thus His bidding we fulfill.
How grand is life; Lord give us sight,
To view it at it's loftiest height;
Open our eyes that we may hear,
the white robed angels ever near;
Open our minds. may we receive,
The grandCSt things life has to give:
Oh, give US strength, oh, God, to Climb,
And keep our feet on heights sublime.
Oh, dearest Lord, help US to gain
The things that ever will remain;
Help US 10 see that life is grand;
oh, make us wise to understand
That things of earth are crumbling clay,
That can but pass from us away;
oh, give US, LCrd give US the light,
To know it's grand to live Alright
Be this thought, my soul, debarred,
That life is rough, that life is hard;
'Tis grand to act upon a stage,
To tell on every future age;
And tbs. my soul, no mental thing,
To courtier be- of Heavens High King,
oh, be then wise to understand,
That life is great, that life is grand.
Miss Anna d. Walker, in n. Y Oh.
server.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-10-20
The Balance of Power.

If there is balance wheel in Ameri-
can affairs to-day it is in the keeping of
the farmer. Diligence and self-content
count on the farm for more individual
independence than they do in town, for
even the most successful man in city
is always dependent upon other men
and is usually overstrained to near the
point of apoplexy. 1t is said that there
are three kinds of Americans: Those
who reach the top or die in the attempt;
those at the bottom who have no hope
of reaching the top, but who want to pull
the top of; and, finally, the plain peo-
pie who have too much self-respect to
become disreputable and too much COM
mon sense to worry very much about
the top class.-Agricultural Epitomist.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-10-20
The Color of Hair.

From the color of mans hair may
be learned a good deal in regard to his
intellectual ability, says professor
who has for some months been closely
studying the subject. School boys with
chestnut hair, he maintains, are likely
to be more clever than any others, and
will generally be found, at the head of
the class, and in like manner girls with
fair hair are likely to be far more studi-
Gus and bright than girls with dark hair.
In mathematics and Rotations these
boys and girls, he asserts, especially ex-
GEL On the other hand, he says that
boys and girls with brown hair are
most likely to attain distinction through
their individuality and style, and that
those with red or auburn hair do not
often excel in any respect.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-10-20
THE LOWER EAR OF CORN.
duces Shorter Cornstalks and
Makes More Corn.

We have often advised the farmers
years, the lower ear on a twin-eared
stalk, for the purpose of breeding
down the tall stature of their corn, so
that it can be planted closer together.
That it will have this effect we well
know from long experience. But II
seems that some have assumed that
the lower ear is always and anywhere
conducivS to greater production. We
believe that this, too, is usually the
case if the work is continued long
enough to show It's effect, for the lower
ear will certainly inherit a greater ten
dency to produce an ear above it than
the top ear will. Some years ago a
farmer wrote us that he had been fol-
lowing our directions in saving his
seed corn and that his corn was MAX
ing from three to five ears on stalk,
and that his neighbors were all seeking
his corn for seed In the annual
report of the Rhode Island station, the
result of one years selection of the
lower ear as compared with the upper
one, showed a result somewhat in favor
of the upper ear, and from this one test
they have concluded that "the SUPPOSE
ton that to increase the number of ears
one should choose always from the
lower one, because that is the last one
developed, is shown to be erroneous"
Since no one had advised the continu-
Gus selection of the lower ear after the
ideal plant is secured, the advice is
rather superfiuous In fact. no one ex-
pertinent can determine the tendency
OF any work in plant breeding. We have
found that not less than seven years are
needed to fix the character of corn as a
strain or race, and after breeding for the
ideal plant we can thus select with
some coincidence the ideal ears from these
plants. The Rhode Island report gives
cuts showing the corn from lower and
upper ears, and so far as we can Judge
from the cut, the greater luxuriance is
in favor of the lower ear seed. The mis-
take seems to have been in assuming
that what has been advised as a means
of getting the idal plant is always, and
In any climate the best for the crop at
once. and that a single experiment can
determine the value of any method OF
plant breeding. Breeding to cure de-
fects in the plant for a certain climate
and breeding for continuous production,
dl1fer very materially. practical
Farmer.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-10-20
RATION FOR WORK HORSES
A Combination Of Oats and Corn
Makes a Wholesome and Most
Economical Feed.

We should always remember that
oats form the ideal grain food for the
horse, writes Prof. w. A. Henry, OF
the Wisconsin college of agriculture.
/ he kernel proper contains large
amount of nutriment The hulls sur
rounding the grain give the material
bulk, tending thereby to prevent over
feeding, and at the same time render
ing the food light and easy to dlges
lion by the fluids of the stomach.
Where horses are hard worked one
should depart from the cat ration with
caution, and learn by experience what
can be accomplished. The farmer
might we'll try bran and gluten feed
as partial substitutes for 'oats. Re
member that bran is light and par
TALLY inert, so that it may take the
formerly consumed On the other
hand, it furnishes to the horse proba-
bly, three-fifths or three-fourths as
much nutriment as the same weight OF
cats. In using gluten feed, remem-
Der that it is considerably higher in
protein than oats and almost or quite
as rich as the carbohydrates. In the
trial reduce the cat allowance one
third and substitute a mixture of bran
and gluten feed equal parts by weight,
Remember, too, that corn can al
ways be fed to horses with satisfac-
ton. There is a limit, however, to
It's use, and in such cases as these the
supply should not be large. For one
feed each day allow couple of pounds
of corn in substitution for the same
of oats. Remember that corn causes
horses to sweat easily If fed in large
quantities. 1t is a better winter than
summer food. Corn is strong, hearty
food and is much appreciated by hard
worked horses, because it does furnish
so much energy. In the southern.
part of the corn belt horses live al
most wholly upon corn. Farther north
where oats are the main crop they
subsist almost entirely on the latter
grain. A combination of the two vii!
usually prove more. economical and
better than to- feed either so exclusive
as is customary
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-10-20

atives in large number from New York,
Chicago, and various parts of the
country attended the formal opening OF
this building, and banquet in the
evening at the Post Tavern as guests
of G. w. Post, Oct. 8, 1904.
The publishers inspected the IA or ID
factory buildings of this father of the
prepared food industry with especial
interest, for it has grown TO its pres
emit colossal proportions in a trifie less
than 9 years, marked example OF the
power of good and continuous adyer-
Using of articles of pronounced merit.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-10-20
OPENING OF UNIQUE BUILDING
Monument of Wise and Successful Newspaper
Advertising.
Advertising

Out at Battle Creek, Mich, among
the trees, flowers and green lawns is a
to- advertising. 1t is occupied by the
Grandin Advertising Agency Ltd,
which handles among other accounts.
the advertising of the Postum Cereal
Co. Ltd, aggregating in round figures
one million dollars year, perhaps the
largest appropriation of any one con-
Germ in the world. The furnishings OF
this grand structure are rich and COM
plete, and all the appointments are
worthy their beautiful environment.
Prominent newspaper and magazine
publishers and their special represent
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-10-20

fasten another pulley to ring in hay
fork. Then tie one end of rope to open
ring, after it has been closed, and then
through pulley at C, then down through
pulley at h, which is on fork, then
through pulley at a, then through pull
ley at d, which is down on barn floor
All that is necessary to change the fork
so as to drop hay in either NOW is to
unite rope from fo7 X and tie opposite end
there This method saves one the cost
of track and car, and will pull almost
directly straight upwards until the fork
full of hay gets pretty well up, then will
travel over NOW. Those who have hay
to stack can use this plan by using two
tai posts, or one if stack is near tree
which can be used to fasten one pulley
to. Set post far enough away so you
can drive load Of hay between post and
stack. This rigging will not take any
more rope than track and car, and is
very convenient in small barns.-C. O..
Bosworth in Ohio Farmer.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-10-20
Hints for Horse Breeders.

It Is a mistake to breed from mares
that are faulty in wind Or form.
Never feed a horse more grain than is
readily eaten up clean. Be sure that
the collars are comfor table and fit
well. Horses should be well broken
before put on the marker. Feed a
horse in proportion to its size and the
labor it is to perform. AS rule,
coarse hair in the name aid tail of a
horse denotes bad blood 1t seldom
adds to the beauty of horse to force
his head out of the way he naturally
holds midland Farmer.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-10-20
Best Time to Cut Corn.

The time to cut corn is when the
largest amount of digestible matter in
the plant is in the most available form.
This is about the time the lower leaves
Of the stalk are turning yellow and dry
ing up, and yellow spots appear on the
husks around the ear The grain at this
stage is about two-thirds denied, and
fodder cut in this condition and properly
cared for gives the best results. II you
have any considerable acreage of corn
to harvest, discard the old method of
cutting by hand and buy corn binder.
If you have not enough to justify you in
buying one by yourself, get one or two
neighbors to go in with you, and use it
together. With reasonable care it Will
last several years and doubly pay for
itself. The corn shredder may be
worked in the same way. 1t shortens
the long husking period, saves more
corn, does a cleaner job and puts the
fodder in the best possible condition for
feeding.-Rural World.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-10-20
When a SPAWN Is Suspected.


When a buyer expects that spawn,
large or small, is present, yet finds
lameness absent, possibly due to con-
tinuous exercise or some preventive
measure adopted for the occasion, he
can speedily ascertain whether it is
indeed present by simple test. Have
an assistant lead the horse out TO
halter and prepare to trot him instant
ly at the word go" Now lift up the
foot of the suspected hind leg and hold
it as close as possible to the horses
belly for a few minutes. Suddenly
drop it and Immediately trot the horse,
when he will, for the first few steps or
even rods, go intensely lame, but
soon recover. This is an unfailing
test and should be practiced where
there is the slightest suspicion of
spavin.-Dr. Alexander, in Midland
Farmer.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-10-20
How to Make German Pie.

A delicious pie of German origin is
gaining favor here. 1t is made of crust
raised over night, as bread is raised,
with the addition of an egg worked into
it in the morning. Sweetened to taste,
this crust is rolled out about an inch
thick, laid in pan and the edges
trimmed. Peaches cut in slices are then
pressed into the dough, sprinkled' with
sugar, and grated lemon may be busted
over the fruit. Apples may be used in
stead Of peaches. and likewise buckle
berries.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-10-20

of Defeated Candidates Meet success
full candidate. Congratulate him. Knew
it ali the time. Opponent gets full again.
Friends console, tell you you are all
right, only too young. Help you to pre-
pare for the Salt river packet. There
you are. Three long months canvassing,
starving, enduring, speaking, praying,
hoping and wavering! Money and office
gone. There you are! Where? You
don't know yourself. Nobody else"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-10-20

man ability to thousands OF customers at
one time through the columns of the
newspaper, a strong contrast to the old
fashioned way of talking to one GUS
toner at a time.
He spoke of the esteem of the adver-
tiser for a publisher that takes especial
interest in making the advertising an
nouncement attractive. Advertisements
should contain truthful information OF
interest and value to readers. The
Postum methods have made Battle
Creek famous all over the world and
about doubled the population.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-10-20
No Kinship.

Congressman James Hamilton Lewis,
of Chicago, is the politest man in the
country. When in Seattle. one night
after making fiery speech he was COM
ing down the aisle bowling right and left.
when he discovered an elderly colored
lady. why, good evening, nanny"
the colonel said.
His speech hadn't pleased her. so she
replied: Look leah, sab, is not 80
NANNY; you amt nothin' but jes' poor
white trash!"-Woman's Home Com
panion.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-10-20
Sleep Unbrokeu by Fall.

Walking in her sleep seems to be a
habit of May Devine. six years old, of
Philadelphia. During the last month
she has been taken to the Jefferson hos
pital three times, as the result of in
juries received in this practice. With
her eyes closed, the girl walked out Of
the window of her home the other day
and fell to the pavement. When picked
up she was still asleep. At the hospital
it was found that she was slightly cut
and bruised.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-10-20

In his address to Publishers at the
Battle Creek banquet Mr.. Post likened
the growth of a modern commercial
enterprise to the growth of an apple-tree.
Good seed, plenty of work and water
are needed, but the tree will not bear
apples without sunshine.
The sunshine to the commercial plant
is publicity secured by advertising.
1t is impossible even with the heaviest
advertising to make success unless the
article has merit of high order. Merit
is the good tree and sunshine makes
the apples grow. A good salesman
who knows how to talk with his pen can
present the logic, argument and sales
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-10-20

there day or two and tnen disappear.
He had nc fear that she would know him.
he was SO greatly changed.
Collins had just thrown log on the
CRATE fire in the library where she and
her sister sat, and was retiring when a
remark by the sister caught his atten-
ton and he paused just beyond the por-
there.
'"Grace surely you are not going to
marry de Kraft" she said.
81 do not know" she replied, YEARLY.
why not?"
after such splendidly ideal married
life with such man as Everett Mason, .
went on the sister. "a marriage with
so superficial a man as de Kraft would
be sacrilege."
81 know, know" replied Grace slow
ly. but l am so lonesome and so tired
of thinking. l believe l shall go mad If
l do not get away from myself start
esery time hear footstep on the walk
every time the bell rings and my heart
beats like a trip-hammer until know
who it is Oh, it is torture, torture
and | have endured it for five long years.
Herbert makes me forget. He is artistic,
witty and soothing. When he is about, my
pain eases for the time. Would it If
he were with me always? Would new
interests fill my life?"
'Tt would be a hideous mistake, an
swered her sister, Indignantly, sweeping
from the room and running into Collins
whom she reprimanded severely for be-
ing in the way
A few moments later Collins took
Herbert de Kafts card 70 Mrs Mason,
and admitted him to the library. Then
he deliberately took up his position
within hearing distance.
81 am to have my answer to-day" said
de Kraft, eagerly.
Eyes" family.
"And it is yes" leaning forward
and reaching for her hand.
ct do not know" replied the woman in
a low voice, gazing into the fire.
81 will make you happy, dear, he said.
She closed her eyes and tried to think.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-10-20
nenends on Point of View.

An English officer recently described
his visit to a Thibetan temple and 1.-The
diabolical rites of the monks" Now
remarks the Chicago Chronicle, it is
for the Thibetan monks to say what
they think of the diabolical deeds of the
English soldiers who have invaded their
sacred precincts.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-10-20
CONVENIENT Hay RIGGING.
Cheaper Than Any Set of Haying
Tools and Just as Good, Asserts
It's Originator.

l send plan for unloading hay with
horse fork in barn or on stack which
find is very convenient and is cheaper
than any set of haying tools and be-
lieve just as good. We have used it for
two years and realize it's value.
Fasten pulley blocks at and C in
cone of barn. Then with an open ring
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-10-20
IF You Are Going to the Worlds Fair

Louis Railroad is the most direct route
from the Twin Cities and the Northwest
and offers unexcelled service, Tive through
trains daily with Pullman Buffet Sleepers
and free reclining chair cars and dining
cars. All trains stop in full view of the
Worlds Fair buildings, and stop at main
entran , to Exposition Grounds.
Rot, trip rates from Minneapolis and
st. Paul-$13,00, limit seven days; 1880
return limit Dec. 18th; S21 30, limit sixty
days; $500, limit fifteen days
Write for "Guide to Worlds Fair" and
''Rlue Book" giving information rs to ho-
tells. A. B. Cults, G. p. 81 Il. A, Mime
apolis, Mimi.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-10-20

years ago that l used Doan's Kidney
Pills for an attack of kidney trouble
that was mostly baclSache, and they
fixed me up fine. There is no mistake
about that, and if 1 should ever be
troubled again, would get them first
thing, as / know what they are"
For sale by all dealers. Price so cents.
Foster -Milburn Co., Buffalo, n. Y.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-10-20
Perfectly Simple.

Trying to give an idea of the size of
molecule, Dr. w. Marshall Watts says that
if drop of water were enlarged to the d.
mansions of the earth its molecules would
look like heap of 1856 900, 900 00O, 900 000,-
100000 tennis balls. If all scientific facts can
only be reduced to sporting terms this way,
the general understanding of the wonders
of nature will be tremendously increased
Boston Transcript.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-10-20
A Frank Tribute.

she is beautiful" said the studious
girl, Dut she is not accomplished
My DEAR" answered Miss Cayenne,
there is no accomplishment more diff
ficult than being beautiful" Wash
ington Star.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-10-20

cure the kidneys.
Use DoaH's Kid
ney Pills, which
have cured thou
sands.
Capt. s. D. Hun
ter, of Engine No.
IA, Pit t s b urg,
Pa, Fire Depart
ment, and resid-
ing at 9790 Wylie
Ave, says:
" 1t was three
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-10-20
he Was Not a Vegetarian.

Valetudinrian-I am thinking Of
changing my dietary, doctor, and should
like to know what is the best substitute
for roast beef and Yorkshire pudding?
Doctor-Best substitute? Why, boiled
beef and dumplings.-Ally Sloper.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-10-20

A man in Missouri who swallowed three
cent piece back in the days when silver coins
of that denomination were sometimes seen
has just coughed it up We all Of us have mad
experience with individuals who required
very long time to cough up very small
amounts-Boston Transcript.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-10-20
A Friendly Suggestion.

my honor" said the man with the
pink nose, lis my capital
Say yelled little man who was
ready to run, I'D advise you to be care
full to lock it up every night. Chicago
Record-Herald.