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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-07-14
CHURCH CONCERNS.

Rev w. Cunliffe, an English Episco-
pal clergyman, illustrates the wonders
of nature and power Of God by chemical
experiments in his pulpit.
A Womans missionary society has
been organized in Jaffna, Ceylon, each
member taking mite box and pledging
"a coin day and prayer"
After 40 years of service as sexton of
Grace church, on Brooklyn Heights, Will
liam Mcknight has resigned. The
church has voted him pension for life.
Rev. Robert Coyle, retiring moderator
of the general assembly of the Presby-
terrain church in the United States, is the
son Of blacksmith, and worked his way
up through college with his own hands.
There are four men in Central Penn
sylvania Methodist Episcopal conference
who entered that conference tgethar so
years ago. They are d. s. Monroe, Sam
uel Creighton Richard Hinkle and
George Warren.
The library of Tayler Lewis, LII. D.,
professor of ancient and oriental Ian
guages, which Is particularly rich In
Arabic and rare editions in Greek and
Latin, has been acquired by Union col
lege, Schenectady, where the professor
is employed.
Bishop Kelly, of the Catholic diocese
of Georgia, has mailed to each OF the
churches in his jurisdiction letter d..
recting that under the recent order OF
the pope the use of female voices in
Catholic church choirs shall cease.
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PRACTICAL FARM NOTES.

The economic value of all foods de-
pend upon their digestibility.
An animal must be kept in good flesh
and thriving to make it grow.
1t is very desirable to put the early
lambs to maturity as soon as possible.
One of the first things to be done on a
stock farm is to improve the pastures.
The rearing and feeding Of live stock
is the salvation of impoverished farms.
The greatest profit in agriculture lies
in keeping every acre actively produce
ing.
Young and growing animals require
a food which will make muscle rather
than fat.
The farm teams accustomed to heavy
work should not be driven on the roads
rapidly.
Sheep need and must have plenty OF
grains and a variety of fodder to fatten
rapidly.
1t is ever true that the good milk and
butter cow will turn her food into milk
and butter and not flesh
The highest welfare of all domestic ami
mails requires that their food be not only
wholesome, but nourishing. Soldiers
Tribune.
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H. sT ! q > TelltS
ROOM FOR THE OLD HORSE YET.

Though the trolley goes buzzing along the
highway
And under the blossoming trees,
And past the broad fields where the scent
Of the hay
Floats laziiy out on the breeze;
and fear,
And causes the goslings to fret.
And zipps UP and down through the once
quiet town,
There is room for the old horse yet.
Though the automobile whizzes over the
scene
That once was so peaceful and still
Leaving dust in it's wake and the scent Of
benzine,
AS it disappears over the hill;
Though its zipps and its jolts give alarm to
the colts,
Let us not for a moment forget
That. in spite of mans need of excitement
and speed,
There is room for the old horse yet.
A thousand inventors are busy to-day
Building ships to be sailed in the air;
BY tomorrow the eagle may futter away
From the gay people soaring up there:
The chicken may squawk, seeing men as
they flock,
AS high as the birds ever get,
But in spite of the things we may do with
our wings,
There is room for the old horse yet.
Though the lightning express, with its
rush and its roar,
Remains but a moment in sight;
Though the trip that took months in the
wagons of yore
Is easily made in a night;
Though the engines wild foot causes heif-
ers to scoot,
And the country lies under net
Made by long rows of steel for the steam
driven wheel,
There is room for the old horse yet.
IS. e. Kiser, in Chicago Record Herald.
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TIE WORLD OF WORK.

Prussia has 2,033 associations OF
stenographers, with. 81 ,291 members.
An extremely fine quality of green
leather. made in Turkey. is manufac-
tursd from the skin of the angel fish.
The fisheries of Canada are among
the most extensive in the world. There
were engaged in theyarious branches Of
the industry duI3ng the season of 1905,
77.S01 men, using fishing gear and fix
lures representing capital of $11,305,,
sos.
An important scheme is being initiated
for the establishment, on a gigantic
scale, of projected sugar industry in
the south of Ireland. Arrangements
have been made near Cork for the plant
ing of over 5000 acres of land with sugar
beets. Factories for the manufacture
of raw beet sugar viii then be erected.
A recent attempt to reduce the daily
hours of female factory workers at Frei-
berg, Germany, was opposed on the
grounds that competition with Italy, Ja-
pan and China would not permit it, and
that if factory life were made too at
tractive domestic help would be still
more difficult to obtain than 1t is now.
During the year 1903 there were built
in German shipyards 229 steamships of
269, 9S3 gross registered tons and 27S sail
ing vessels of As, 62S tons, Comparedwith
the statistics for 1902 these figures show
an increase of two steamers and 47,400
steamer tonnage and decrease of two
sailing vessels and 10 900 tons in the tom
mage of the latter.
In order to encourage industrial enter
prise the municipality of Cantania, Italy,
has decided to award a premium of $10,-
900 to any new industry which is es.
tablished in the town and employs not
fewer than 100 workmen or individuals
daily. Such an industry which further
develops will receive $4,000 for each
batch of so individuals employed in ex-
cess of the first 100
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HIS DREAM THE REAL THING
Mr.. Johnson, of New Jersey, Plunged
Downstairs, But Continued
Sleeping.

Gilbert Johnson, a resident of Huntley,
N. j., had dream which came near cost
ing him his life. Mr.. Johnson dreamed
he was walking along a narrow plank
which spanned a sickening chasm.
When he was in the middle of the span
some one moved the plank, and Mr.
Johnson fell-down, down, down.
About five o'clock in the morning Mrs
Johnson was aroused by the sound of
heavy breathing, and, going to her hus-
bands room, discovered his absence.
Peering down the stairway, she beheld
her husband with his head resting be-
low the last step, and his feet perched
above him on the stairway, sound
asleep. Mrs. Johnson aroused her 10
year-old daughter, Gladys, and they
awakened Johnson, who, although he
had apparently fallen head foremost
downstairs, was not in the least injured.
He had walked from his room to the
landing and plunged downstairs with
out awakening.
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Speech Abruptly Ended.

"These people who get one idea or one
tenet and never change" said Represen-
tativ John Sharp Williams, of Mississip-
ri. the democratic leader Of the house,
always bring to my mind an episode at
a dinner attended once where schol-
arly and eloquent pioneer was telling OF
the dangers that beset him in his, early
days in the west.
"'I remember once he said, when !
was travelling from one town to another,
a tremendous thunderstorm came up.
The scene was frightful, awe-inspiring.
| expected every moment that the light
ming would strike the tree under which
l had sought shelter.
why in thunder didn't you get un-
der another tree?' shouted a man at one
of the tables. and the speech ended right
therein. Y. World.
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FACTS ABOUT BEET SUGAR.
Industry Is Growing and Many New
Factories Will Be Built in
Near Future.

According to the United States de-
partment of agriculture, there has been
an increase in the number of beet
sugar factories in the United States
from 43 at the close of 1902 to Sc at the
beginning of 1904 Fifty of these were
in operation during the Campaign" of
1903. The crop of 1903 amounted to a
little more than 100000 tons harvest
ed from 242,576 acres. the average
yield being about eight and one-half
tons per acre. The prizes which far
mers receive for beets ranged from
$3.50 to $500 per ton, the average be-
ing IS. The average gross returns to
the farmers were therefore $42.50 per
acre. The estimated cost of growing
beets by irrigation is $40 per acre, and
where irrigation is not necessary, $50.
If $35 be taken as the average for the
whole crop of 1903, the average net
profit to farmers was $3.50 per acre.
In some of the Sugar-beet areas, the
returns were much higher than this
average. AS in production of other
crops, much depends on the season, the
character of the land, and the kind OF
farmer. Many farmers cleared from
SIS to $50 per acre. The best results
on record for 1903 were secured by a
farmer of Otero county, Col. He grew
one acre of sugar beets at cost OF
about $3.50; the yield was SO tons, for
which he received $15S, his net returns
being about $780, The sugar made from
the beet crop of 1903 was 240,604 tons,
compared with 21S,405 tons from the
crop of 1902, and 1874, COS tons from thar
of 1901. Within the past few years
there has been a remarkable increase
in the percentage of sugar in the beets.
A few years ago IL per cent. of sugar
was the standard Last year in many
cases the entire crop sold to a factory
averaged Is to Is per cent There is
a prospect that many new factories
will be built in the next year or two.
Many improvements are being made in
methods and machinery used in the
growing and handling of the beets.
The beet pulp produced by the fac
tories is used by the farmers as feed
for their animals more generally than
heretofore.
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Effect of Feed on Wool.

The manner and regularity of feed
ing sheep will determine to consid-
cradle degree the quality of the wool.
1t is the opinion of our best shepherds
that the wool is tough or tender ac-
cording to the thriftiness of the sheep
While the sheep are being well fed
they produce a strong wool. Now let
conditions change and the sheep pass
through period when they are but
poorly fed, and the wool that is made
during that time becomes weak in ten
sile strength. So weak places appear
in the WOOL This is a plea for the
continuous good feeding of sheep. The
theory has not, SO far as we know,
been proved by any elaborate expert
ments, but it is belief strongly in
trenched in the minds of practical
men. Moreover it is in accord with
reason.-Farmers' Review.
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II may never be governor again"
said David r. Francis, in an address
to the recent good roads convention in
st. Louis, ''but if were to be, l
would surely put convicts on the
highways. It might cost the taxpay-
ers little more to work the state q
prisoners on the roads than it does
to keep them. locked up, but the ulti-
mate results would probably be more
profitable to the state than would be
the results from any other use that
they could be put to. The outdoor
work would be good for the convicts'
health, and would, therefore, accord
ing to the best authorities, exert a
stronger influence upon them than in
door work does, and the products Of
their labor would not then come into
competition with the products of free
labor. kansas City Journal.
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Good Feed for Dairy Cows.

Sooner or later we are going to have
trouble in some of our western states
on account of fermented foods fed
dairy cows and the unsopnisticated
state of some of the men engaged
in enforcing dairy inspection laws. We
heard recently of the attempt by an
assistant dairy and food commissioner
to stop the feeding of waste from the
distilleries. Now, distillery waste.
brewers grains and silage are all
more or less fermented, when they
come to the COW, but they are good
feeds for all that. Sauerkraut is a
partly fermented food, but it is served
on all our tables, and no one finds
fault with 1t because of it's partial fer
Observation-Disclosures Review.
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DOES THAT COLT FOLLOW?
IF So, Fix Up Stall Where It Cannot
Hurt Itself and Teach It to
Stay at Home.

II colt is left behind right in the
start there will be very little trouble
If on the contrary it has been follow
ing Tor time it will be likely to make
vigorous effort the first few days to
continue the practice, hence the stall
should be in good shape. The mare
will soon become accustomed to the
practice, and you will be surprised to
find how much more satisfactory, as a
work animal, she is. You will not
have to be constantly on the watch
when the lines are laid down lest the
colt get tangled up the checks and
cause a runaway or other serious
catastrophe. You will be saved the an
noyance of having it get in front of
the tongue or of one of the horses,
causing it to swerve from it's proper
course, and of its getting on the wrong
side of the fence when you go through
a gate. The crops will also be saved
from the effect of its capers. The colt
is much better off in a cool, dark stall
away from the Fostering flies than out
in the hot sun trailing back and forth
across the field or along the highway.
The colt is safer from accidents in a
good roomy stall and if the mare is
turned to grass at night it can get all
the exercise it needs 1t will soon be-
gin to eat if there is a little hay in
the manger while the mother is out.
It will not only thrive much better
when cared for in this manner, but will
soon draw less heavily 1Innn fha mara
for support, allowing more of her en-
ergy to go to the farm work.-Prairie
Farmer.
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7OUARANTINEN
By GERTRUDE M. JONES
Copyright, 1904, by Daily Story Pub. Coz
By GERTRUDE M


HE inhabitants of the little noun
/ tain town of D. were thrown into
a mild excitement one day over the mys-
terious doings of stranger who had
suddenly made his appearance in their
midst.
He had paid one months rent in adj
vance for tiny vacant cottage in the
center of the town and had moved into
it, ordering from the one big store below
a cot, an easy chair, table, few rugs
and a small invoice of paper, pens and
ink
An order was left at the little depot
restaurant for three meals a day for a
fortnight, to be delivered on the porch
of his cottage, and this bill also was paid
in advance.
The man was said to have been by
those who saw him young and extremely
good looking and accompanied by bull
dog, old and extremely ugly. Within IL
hours after taking possession an enor-
nous scarlet card swung from the
strangers cottage door.
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A BACK LICK
Settled the Case with Her.

Many great discoveries have been
made by accident and things better than
gold mines have been found in this way,
for example when even the accidental
discovery that coffee is the real cause OF
ones sickness proves of most tremen-
dous value because 1t locates the cause
and the person has then chance to get
well.
"For over rs years." says Missouri
woman, II suffered untold agonies inmy
stomach and even the best physicians
disagreed as to the cause without giving
me any permanent help, different ones
saying it was gastritis, Indigestion, neu-
ralgia, ETC., SO / dragged along from
year to year, always half sick, until
finally gave up all hopes Of ever being
well again.
when taking dinner with friend
one day she said she had new drink
which turned out to be Postum and
liked it so well told her thought |
would stop coffee for awhile and use 1t,
which did.
so for three months we had Postum
in place of coffee without ever having
one Of my old spells but was always
healthy and vigorous instead.
Husband kept saying he was con-
yinced it was coffee that caused those
spells, but even then wouldn't believe
1t until one day we got out Of Postum
and as we lived two miles from town
thought to use the coffee we had in the
house.
"The result of weeks use Of coffee
again was that / had another terrible
spell Of agony and distress proving that
it was the coffee and nothing else. That
settled it and / said good bye to Coffee
forever and since then Postum alone has
been our hot mealtime drink.
my friends all say J am looking
worlds better and my complexion is
much improved. All the other members
of our family have been benefited, too,
by Postum in place of the old drink, cof-
fee" Name given by Postum Co., Bat
tie Creek, Mich.
Ten days trial of Postum in place of
coffee or tea is the wise thing for every
coffee drinker. Such trial tells the ex-
act truth often where coffee is not sus-
pected.
Look in each pkg. for the famous 1it-
tie book, '"The Road to Wellyille."
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VIRTUES OF THE FooTBATH.
1t cures a cold.
1t is easily given.
1t must be very hot.

1t cures a cold.
1t is easily given.
1t must be very hot.
Keep adding hot water.
A footbath shorld last 20 minutes.
Put plenty of dstard in the foot
bath.
A foot bath must extend well up to the
calves to do real good
A tepid foot bath will often conquer
Insomnia or an attack of nerves.
Hot foot baths with hot vet towel
on the head) will relieve a headache.
A moderately warm foot bath will fire.
quently relieve an organic trouble Of the
heart.
After the victim Is in bed a hot water
bag placed at the feet will add greatly
to the good results.
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Turkey Hen Is Peculiar.

The turkey dislikes to lay her eggs
where hen would select She loves to
steal off to thick brush, or secluded
spot in a fence-corner. For this reason
a barrel containing some nice straw in
some secluded spot, or some straw
placed in a fence-corner with few
boards and some brush set over it as a
shelter, will tempt her to make her nest
there 1t Is en- exceptional case when a
turkey will lay in a poultry house.
Midland Farmer.
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The Abalone Fad.

In California there is a fad for eat
ing abalone. large mussel, which
furnishes the beautiful shells used for
ornamental purposes. The Chinese
have eaten them for years, but until
recently Americans scorned them as
food. Now abalone chowder. soup, and
even abalone steaks are considered
great delicacies in San Francisco.
Doubtless the new fish will find its way
to eastern markets before long.
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A small flock of sheep can be kept with
but small expense, and whether wool
is high or low, the check their wool
brings in the spring is about clear profit,
to say nothing of the feasts of roast
lamb and mutton chops the table has
held during the year Then the increase
sold, whether as dressed meat on the
local market or as live sheep to be
shipped, will bring in quite snug
sum. 1t is hard for us to conceive of
farm upon which a small flock Of sheep
win not pay.--Prairie Farmer.
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box sloping to bottom the size of sack,
placing hooks at the four corners of
bottom to catch and hold bag, as shown
at a. Strong iron hooks are bent to
fasten box, as shown at b, with suf-
ficient extension to hang over at least
a two-inch board. The grain is
readily shoveled into box and sack
filled by one man.-Farm and Home.
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Wouldn't It Be Funp

Oh, the noise. oh, the zipp, spat. snap!
Oh, for silence and for peace
All, that terrifying clapi
Will the racket never cease!
Oh, the pity of 1t all!
Oh the meaningless desire
To disturb and to appall
With the noise and with the fire!
Stay-two boys once made gun
From joint of gas pipe-say,
Comrade, wouldn't it he fun
To be those two boys to-day?
IS. E. Kiser, in Chicago Record-HeraId.
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English in Japan.

The learning of the Japanese will be
greatly facilitated by the abandon
ment of their peculiar way of writing
and printing their language. Ten
years ago the universities inaugurated
the reform: next year the use of Eng
lish letters will be begun in the public
schools; and this will soon lead to
their general use
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SMALLPOX
KEEP OUT.

Terrified people crossed the street to
avoid passing the house, and the nearest
neighbors barred up the windows that
overlooked the pest ridden place.
Thrice daily a negro boy left basket
of eatables on the deserted veranda and
fled as If the COLLINS were after him.
Thrice daily the bulldog was seen to
carry the basket within doors AND
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The Baby,s Bath.

The domestic ingenuity of the man in
this story may suggest something to
economical American householders. He
entered hardware store and asked the
price of the small bathtubs in the win
dow.
1.-TWO seyentyfve."
ssWhew!" exclaimed the customer. Il
guess until prices come down we'll have
to go on washing baby in the coal
scuttle. London v. C.
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DIVIDING A BEEF JUSTLY.
The Diagram Tells How Sixteen Con-
sumers Can Each Obtain
Desirable Portion.

Regarding the farmers beef ring to
which we have referred. writer in
the Farmers Advocate, Canada, gives
the following description of a plan for
cutting up beef for a ring of 16 so
that the various members may receive
equal shares.
The plan will be found to give ex-
cellent satisfaction, with beef dress
ing 400 pounds or little over. The
table given below represents the cuts
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stable out through the door to a we'll
braced post in the yard. The carrier can
be made of any size desired to accommo-
date the size of the stable. 1t should be
well braced and made of hard wood.
The bottom is hinged at one end and
has hasp at the front to be let down
to dump it. The handles are to push
it through the stable.-Leon Morgan,
in Farm and Home.
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each man is to get, and they should be
made to rotate each week. giving No.
2 man the cut No. received the pre-
vious week, and so on. 1t has been
found convenient to arrange books for
each member. and table of the cuts
handy, SO that no mistakes will be
made. This table gives the cuts for
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Sang of Nero.

A school-teacher at Three Rivers
asked her pupils the other day who
Nero was The only response came
from a little fellow who held up his
hand. Arthur" said the teacher, do
you know who Nero was?" Yes,
ma'am," he answered, proudly, "he's
the one we sing about in our Sunday
school" The teacher was unable to re-
call any song in Gospel hymns where
Nero was mentioned.
what is the song like Arthur" she
asked.
Nero. Ny God, to Thee" was the an
swer given by the child.-Detroit Jour,
nal.
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Skull of the Nerro

A negro's skull is believed to be
harder and thicker than white mans.
owing to the early exposure of African
children to the heat of the sun
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shown in the cut,
A cable should be
stretched in the al
ley behind the cows,
running from the
far end of the
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time lost by one
man holding sacks
for another to fill.
This little device
will save much
time and inconven-
fence. M a. k e a