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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-29
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There's little bit of fellow whose name
you all know well,
Who has pitiful grievance of which l wish
to tell
He makes but little pretension, is satisfied
all the while
To linger around the ends of things and
finish them up in style.
But plenty of boys and girls, he says, and
folk much older, too,
Seem often bent on sighting him in a way
they shouldn't do.
They're cuttin him off and shuttin' him
out and snubbin him, one by one,
Till he really can scarcely hear himselr
from morn to set of sun.
Dressin' and eatin' and drinkin'-they re al
ways keepin' him down,
While talkin, too, and studyin', too, or
goin' about the town.
Now 1 want to put it before you, the boys
and girls and all,
If it isn't mean and unfair, and hard to
crowd against the wall
And shove him out of his proper place-set
him off on shelf
A wee little modest fellow who can never
help himself?
And the worst of it all is coming, that when
this wrong you do,
It is not only bad for him, but very much
worse for you.
So now, young friends, with your dainty
ways, who always wish to please,
Don't let your tongues do careless work,
but try and mind your gs
Sydney Dayre, in Youths Companion.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-29
EXCITING BATH TUB GAME.
It Is Played with Homemade Flo
tilla Which Is Seeking Shelter
in Safe Wharves.

That the bathtub can be utilized for
many purposes of amusement has been
proved by many boy or girl, but per-
haps never before in the following man
ner, described in the New York Mail:
Let us imagine the bathtub is har-
Dor, with one end for the water front
and the other end for the harbor
entrance. But if we are to have water
front where are the wharves? You are
to make them, and this is the way:
First, measure the width Of the end
of the tub which is selected for the
water front. The measurement should
be taken of the distance between the
sides, inside the tub. The mark out
your proposed wharves with pencil on
a thin pine board about a foot wide,
and long enough to just float snugly be-
tween the sides of the tub at the water
front end.
Having done this, saw out the
"wharves" with a thin saw, and you will
have a result like the diagram. The
"slips" between the wharves in the mid
die of the board are the narrowest, and
the others grow wider until they reach
the ends, the two end slips being the
widest, and marked with the lowest
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-29

inch apart, half an inch long, and
make both cuts from the same side Of
the tin square.
Bend back the small piece between
the cuts. Slip each paddle into the slit
made for it, and you will find the dou-
bled up tin will just fill the saw cut
nicely The axle of the wheel must be
a very straight metal rod about six
inches long. A telegraph wire makes
an excellent axle. Force the rod
through a hole made in the center of
the wheel When the wheel is wet the
axle will be found firmly wedged in it.
The box to inclose the wheel is
necessary not only to support it, but
to keep the water from flying around.
1t may be made of wood taken from a
soap box. If the wheel is of the size
given above the two sides should be
eight inches square. The ends are fas-
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-29

Motor
THE AREA OF THE MOTOR

tened inside the sides-that is, the
nails are to be drawn through the
sides into the ends. The ends are two
inches wide, but are made shorter
than the sides to permit the water to
flow out under them. The top has
only one nail or screw in it, so that
it may be slid around so that one may
sec inside.
For a pulley use spool. AS the
hole in the spool will be found too
large, fill it up with a wooden plug
and bore a hole through the plug. Ii
no boring tools are handy, burn out
the plug with a large needle or hat
pin, heated IN the gas Jet.
For the hoEe pipe short piece of
metal tube is very necessary, for 1t can
be pinched smaller at the end which
is stuck in the box next the wheel,
and will give the water more force.
The small bit of gas jet which screws
onto the gas chandelier and which
holds the tip is always to be found
about the houses where gas is used
and is just the thing needed.
One important thing must not be
overlooked in making the motor. The
axle. when run through the box. will
become stuck when the box swells
unless the hole is large enough. The
best way is to make the holes very
much too large and cover them with
tin in which holes just the right size
have been made. When so arranged
the motor will work beautifully and
at a great speed.-Chicago Inter
Ocean.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-29

number, five. There should be seven
"slips" in all, and marked as shown in
the diagram, the narroWest wharf hay-
ing highest number, SO.
You are now ready to play the game,
if you have flotilla of small boats. If
not fashion half dozen or so out of
fiat pine boards, whitfield into the shape
of boat, and equipped with rudder.
You may add masts if you like, but
they will not be of the slightest use in
this game, because the only motive
power will be your own efforts, for you
and your competitors. are to push the
boats with your right hand.
The idea is to shove the vessel under
your command into the narrowest slip
between the wharves. This may look
very easy, but you will quickly find
that, a good deal of dexterity is required.
1t is a sure test of a steady eye and
hand, and the effort is rendered harder
by the fact that each rudder must be set
so that it steers the boat slightly to-
ward the left. This will sometimes spoil
the calculations of the sharpest eye, and
there will be quite little practice
necessary before you can gauge the
proper impulse necessary to guide your
craft along a true course into the slip.
Any number agreed upon, such as 100
or 200 points, may determine the game;
Ave must be subtracted from the total
number of every player who misses a
"slip" by his boat striking the end of the
wharf instead of gliding in to a success
full landing. All the players must stand
at the other end of the tub, and must re-
lease their craft in turn after pushing it
six inches; if they lean forward too far
they are likely to tumble in besides
breaking the six-inch rule, but if they
are careful not to fall overheard" and
have their sleeves we'll rolled up very
amusing afternoons sport may be ex-
tracted from the bathtub.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-29
FOOLS SETTING HENS.
minnesota Man Thinks He Has Sure
Method of Breaking the In
cubating Habit

Timothy Varney, who lives three miles
east of lie Sueur and keeps about 200
hens, has been greatly troubled, as have
most people who keep hens by the per-
sistent desire manifested by the fowls
to set in season and out, on eggs, stones
or doorknobs or anything else that comes
handy, says the ST. Paul Pioneer Press;
but he has got hold of plan now which
he has quietly tried this season with per-
feet success, and which he warrants will
cure the worst light brahma cluck that
ever vexed the heart of man of all de-
sire to sit, and all in less than three
hours.
The cure consists OF a cheap watch.
with loud and clear tick to 1t, inclosed
in case that is white and shaped like
an egg. When a hen manifests a de-
sire to set out of season he gently places
this bogus egg under her sheltering
breast and the egg does the rest. 1t ticks
cheerfully away, and soon the hen be-
gins to show signs of uneasiness and
stirs the NOISY egg around with her bill,
thinking, perhaps, that 1t is already time
for 1t to hatch, and there is a chicken In
1t wanting to get out. She grows more
and more nervous as the noise keeps up,
and soon jumps off the nest and runs
around awhile to cool off, but returns
again to her self-imposed duty, 1t gets
worse and worse with her, and she wig
giles about and cacSles, ruffles her feath-
ers and looks wild, until at last, with
frenzied squawk, she abandons the nest
for good and all. That incubatipg fever
is broken up completely.
Mr., Varney finds use for half dozen
of these noisy eggs, and claims that they
pay for their cost over and over during
the year by keeping the hens at the bust
ness of laying and not permitting them
to waste the golden hours in useless in
cubating.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-29
Frnit for Horses and Cows.

We are asked If it pays to feed fruit
to farm animals. Does it pay for you
and your family to eat apples and 9TH
er fruits? If 1t does, 1t will pay to
feed fruits to your horses, cows, etc
Our horses and COWS are crazy for ap-
Piles, and as we always give them some
fruit they always have an expectant
look when we come near them. I'm
feeding apples to cows they should be
spaded in half to avoid choking.) True
a pound of apples will not nourish a
horse as will pound Of oats, but this
is no reason why fruits may not be
helpful to animals It is said that no
germs can exist in the stomach while
fruit acids are present. Yes, feed your
animals fruits, but not in excess, and
do not feed green fruits, since you
would not eat them yourself.-Midland
Farmer.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-29
Preventing Water Pollution.

After we have once sterilized a
typhoid infected reservoir, how can we
prevent the water from being invaded
by more germs coming down the stream
whence the first came? is the nat
ural question of the reader. We
might repeat our dose every few
hours, or, better yet, we might sus-
pend large sheets of copper at the in
take of the reservoir. The toxic ac-
ton of the copper sheets would be
strong enough to prevent any live
typhoid germs from getting it. OF
course the sheets would have to be kept
clean; any Shiny coating on their sur
face would interfere with the toxic ac-
ton of the metal.-Century.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-29

half an inch thick and five inches
wide. To make the wheel, drive a
nail in half-inch board. Make a
loop in a thread and throw over it.
Use the string as guide in draw
ing a circle by putting the end around
the point of lead pencil and using
the nail as the center. Cut off all the
wood from around this circle.
Now put the wheel in wise to hold
it very still. From the edge, Of the
wheel down toward the center saw
Sits half an inch deep to hold the
paddles. The shape of the paddles is
shown inside the wheel. They are
made of tin taken from cracker box
and cut out with an old pair of shears.
Cut pieces of tin one inch square.
Make two cuts in each piece half an
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-29
BEES IN A FARMERS HOUSE
Rafters Are Filled with Honey and
Family OF" the Bees Must
Move.

Thomas Shillington, Wright county
farmer, living near Dayton, partly
shares his house with a lot of honey
bees that have constructed their hive
and home in the rafters. The bees have
now been living in this part of the
building for six or seven years and have
laid up an immense amount Of honey.
Mr. Shillington Is afraid to go after this
storehouse of sweetness for fear OF
being stung to death. The bees, having
filed the upper part of the building near
the rafters with honey, have COM
menced to work under the caves, and
a perfect coating of honeycomb Is now
visible on the outside. Mr.. Shillington
desires that some one come to him
with an offer to rem eve bees, honey and
honeycomb for the honey. He does not
want to tear down or mutilate or de-
stroy his home. and Is thinking Of NOV
ing.-Eldora Ua.) special in N. Y.
World
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-29
KEEP STEERS COMFORTABLE
How the Stock Raiser May Increase
His Profits Materially Dur
ing Winter Months.

At Wisconsin convention a cattle
feeder said: "You must keep steer
comfortable One time had my
steers weighed in, and one had gained
only ten pounds during the month,
while the others had gained from 80
to so pounds each. I thought Of course
the boys who had weighed them had
made mistake. The second month
that steer gained only Is pounds, while
the others had gained 80 pounds.
examined that steer and found he
stood where the floor had worn down
and that he had stood on his toes, and
his legs had become sore. took him
out of that place and put him in box
stall, and he gained 80 pounds a month
for the next three months. At another
time let the steers out for the winter
and they ran hard, and one steer hit
and cracked his horn. He gained only
Is pounds the next month. The rest
gained 80 pounds each"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-29
MUSIC A GOOD STIMULANT.
Experiments Prove That Melody Acts
on Heart Thus Causing Rapid
Breathing.

The experiments of Ginet and Cour-
tier were conducted with view to de-
termining the effect of music upon
breathing and upon the action of the
hear9 writes Gustav Kobbe, in Good
Housekeeping. It was found that
lively major chords, without relation
to melody, quickened breathing. Mel
odies, grave or gay, caused rapid
breathing, the respiration approximate
ing its time to that Of the music,
Rallentando and diminuendo effects
made the breath come more slowly.
Single notes without tune accelerated
the hearts action, but melodies quick
ened it still more, operate pieces re-
sulting in the quickest action. These
experiments would seem to show con
elusively the stimulative effect OF
music.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-29
TOY WATER MOTOR.
How Any Ingenious Boy May Estab-
lish a Power Plant ia HiS
Own Home.

The toy motor here shown Is
stronger than any offered for sale, if
it is properly made. 1t will run 1000
or 1000 revolutions per minute, and
can be made by any boy who has a
hammer, saw, nails and some tin.
1t can be used for running small toys,
which will be pictured and described
here from time to time, and ab,o run
ming thread to and from another pull
ley some distance away. Keep the de-
scription of this motor, for it can be
used in a great many ways, and later
on you will find it valuable to you,
even if you make no use of it now.
The most important part is the
wheel. This is made from soft wood,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-29
UNNECESSARY DISTINCTION
Expressions "By and By" and "By
the Bye" Are Cause of Argu-
ments as to Origin.

The two expressions "by and by"
and "by the bye" are really derived
from the same original word, and the
words by" and bye" have the
same general sense But the SPELL
ing bye" has long been used in
the second of these phrases, without
any real reason for the change, de-
clares st. Nicholas Magazine. We
should not speak of a bye-law or a
bye-path, and yet many are careful
to write 'by the bye" and "by and
by" In goodbye" there might be
some reason for keeping the final &C. -
since it stands for the word ''ye' in
the shortened form of God be with
ye;" but where SO much has been
dropped the sc" is hardly worth keep
ing, especially as the old meaning is
seldom recalled.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-29
OUTLINE OF SOD CHICKEN HOUSE

OUTLINE OF' SOD Ctd1ChEN f1OOSE.
plastered over and leave no hiding place
for vermin. Do not plaster until the
walls have settled, or the plaster will
crack and fall off.
One house of this description which
has given entire satisfaction for several
years, is built 14x20 feet, with three-foot
walls. Walls Of this thickness seldom
settle crooked, while narrower ones
often lean so much as to make propping
necessary. The house has four win
dows with frames set within one foot of
the outer edge. This leaves space enough
to set busting pan. The walls are
plastered and the hard dirt floor COW
cred with gravel, so it is easily kept
clean. Buffalo sod can be utilized for
the same purpose, but will not stand SO
long, the sod lacking the long tough
roots which are so characteristic Of the
alkali grass.-Farm and Home.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-29
mha maA nR Lima

Lime. of itself, is not fertilizer.
It unlocks other elements combined II
the soil, enabling the plants to absort
more OF them; but, when that is done
the soil is poorer by the amount Of
plant-food unlocked, and the need o.
fertilizer Is greater than ever. This II
"book-farming, true enough. but II
"a the sort that is well to know.-Mid-
land Farmer.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-29
A SOD CHICKEN HOUSE.
How Good Shelter May Be Pro
vided at Very Small
Expense

Those living where alkali grass
abounds, will find a poultry house made
from the sod much cheaper and better
than frame building. If the walls are
laid from two to three feet thick and a
to Is years before beginning to crumble,
and many more before becoming useless.
1t is well when laying up the sod to
place pieces of 2X4s into the walls, as
shown in the, cut, to which to attach the
roosts. Make the ends come even with
the inner side of the wall, so they can be
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-29
A Crop for Every Soil.

Some crop is adapted to almost every
condition of soil. On the great semi
arid plains of the west, sage brush and
cactus grow luxuriantly. The world is
explored for useful plants that will have
the characteristic of the plants men
toned rs to ability to grow in arid
places, but have at the same time some
economic value. Considerable success
has ALREADY been obtained.--Farmers'
Review.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-29

Don't you honestly believe it was
the relics?" said the bride, as they
stood on the deck of the steamer bound
for Europe for their honeymoon, and
waved adieux to a bright-eyed boy on
the dock who had got a holiday from
the best private school in New York to
see them Off
81 know it," replied the groom, fer
ventIy, as he devoured the queenly
young woman with his eyes.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-29
Plaster for the Chickens.

Feathers contain a good deal Of sui
phur and the quilts PHOSPHORUS and
lime. Sulphur is found In lime and 1t
Is not bad thing to take those old
bits of plastering that you knocked off
the back kitchen last year and put
them where the chickens can get
them.-Inland Poultry Journal.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-29
A Bathhouss Mistake.

Around Stockholm there are many
suburban resorts where sea bathing is
INDUCED in when the weather is warm
enough. AT one of these resorts a Wis
itor observed large signboard at a
gateway, reading Dam Bad Haus. "
This notice gave him quite shock, UNI
til he found 1t meant, Ladies Bath
House. st. James's Gazette.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-29
Time Limit of Murder,

There is no punishment, in France,
II the murderer is not discovered and
brought to trial within ID years. Ar
mold Weber, who committed a murder
in Paris % years ago, has just written
defantly to the police confessing the
crime and saying he is about to return
to Paris
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-29
Natural Deduction.

Gyer-I heard to-day that Chalkleigh's
mind is diseased.
Myer-What's the cause thereof?
Gyer-Water on the brain, I imagine.
He's in the dairy business, you know
Chicago News.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-29
TO HASTEN GROWTH.
Lambs Should Be Provided with
Little Feed Besides the
Mothers Milk.

To hasten growth lambs must have
bran, oats and maybe very little corn
in addition to their mothers milk. This
extra feed may be given in small pen
or room adjacent to the general feed
lot, and connected with It by means OF
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-29
pin,td for TT

You say you'd like to hear some mu-
sic? Why l thought there was piano
and mandolin and cornet and vio-
lin at your boarding housed"
Eyes, that's why I'd like some mu-
sic. Houston Post.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-29
Charlie Lost.

Patience-Did you say Charlie Halt
back asked for her hand!
Patrice-Yes.
How did he come out!
. ooh, her father won in the kick-on,
believe. "-Yonkers Statesman.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-29
COVERED TROUGH FOR LAMBS.

creep or opening large enough for
the lamb, but not too large for a ma
ture sheep. The feed for the lambs
must be placed in a trough covered to
keep out rain If in an open lot and
to prevent the lambs getting into It
and soiling the feed. The illustration
shows a cheap covered trough which
can be constructed any desired length.
1t Is made of inch boards.-Orange
Judd Farmer.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-29
To Tax Balconies.

In the German town of Biebrich ball
comics are to be specially taxed and the
proceeds devoted to the Improvement OF
the streets.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-29
sefection.

"Bliggins smokes the best cigars."
Eyes; he smokes the best he can
get hold of and gives the poor ones to
his friends. '--Washington Star.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-29
Contrary to Her Experience.

Charley, dear" said young Mrs.
Torkins, & wish were bookmaker."
''Why?"
people seem so generous and good
natured about giving bookmaker
money. Washington Star.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-12-27

THIS EVENING
Officers of Mas0ns and East
ern Star Will Be Install
led Tonight.

A joint installation of the Off
GERS of the Masonic and Eastern
Star fraternaties of Bemidji will
be held this evening at the Maso-
mic hall and arrangements for a
grand social event have been
completed. Invitations have been
issued to members of the Cass
Lake members of the societies
and about 20 letters of acceptance
have been received. The install
lation ceremonies will be very
elaborate and lengthy and all the
paraphernalia of lodges will be
used during exercises. After
the ceremonies are completed a
banquet will be served after
which those in attendance will
repair to the Grill hall where dan
cling will conclude the evenings
entertainment.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-12-27
EVIDENCE FOR
STATE is ALL in
State Concludes Its Case
Against Guilmette, Being
Tried at CrOOkStOn.

In the famous Guilmette MUIR
der case now being tried at
Crookston, the state concluded
it's evidence yesterday and the
defense took up the task of prov.
ing the man accused innocent.
The story of the crime was gone
over thoroughly during the ex-
animation of the states witnesses
and many things tending to i'm,
pllcate Guilmette in the affair
were brought to light. One OF
the sensations sprung by County
Attorney Rowe was the exhibi-
tion of a coat and other articles
of wearing apparel identified as
belonging to Guilmette which
bore stains which upon examina-
tion were found to be caused by
human blood. The defense took
up it's case yesterday, Eric O.
Hagen of Providence, r. l., act
ing as chief counsel for the ac-
cused man. He made the open
ing speech, stating to the jury
that he would attempt to prove
the accused man innocent of any
hand in the murder.< The case
is one of the most interesting
ever tried in northern minnesota
and large crowds are present in
the court room every day. 1t is
thought that the examination of
witnesses for the defense will
be concluded tomorrow.