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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-04-14
HANDY FODDER TIE.

knot in it to hold it there, now saw
notch in the opposite end of the stick
as shown in the illustration so that
when the string is drawn tight around
the fodder one of these knots on the
other end of the string may be adjust
ed into this notch to hold it there. The
string should be about three feet long.
When the bundles are in their proper
place in the NOW, release the tie and
the tie is ready for use again. If sew
eral of the ties are used a person can
put away a wagon load of fodder at
one time. If the ties are taken care of
properly they will last for several
years, then new strings may be needed.
We have used these ties for several
years and find them handler than Irvine
strings.-Walter E. Reed, in Epitomist.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-04-14
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THE KILL-JoY.

oh, de trouble mans a felIer dat keeps
busy all day long.
When other folks is restin' he is workin'
good an strong
When anybody's laughin' or a-feelin' kind
o. good
He's allus sure to settle in de 'mejit neigh
borhood.
He drops de corners Of his mouf an talks
so very sad,
He kind o. gifts you 'shamed because you
ism feelin' bad.
He shows you de mistakes Of nearly every
thing you plan,
An life ain worth de Twin when you meets
de trouble man.
He's got a lot o. Arguments dat he keeps
turnin' loose:
Oar ism any answer to 'em. 'ceptin'
Whats de use?"
What's de use O Iaughin? What's de use
o. cheers?
What's de use Of anythin' but sorrowin'
an tears?
If he'd work as hahd for happiness as he
has worked for grief,
I'll bet de mex convention dat Is held
would Iect him chief
But he goes a-scatterin' sadness an he
does De bes' he can
To make US mighty sorry dat we met de
trouble man.
washington Star.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-04-14
Government Butter Standard.

The government is exceedingly exact
ing in it's requirements as to the COM
position of the butter it uses in it's
service, and thereby sets good exam
pie. 1t does not propose to be deceived
on the amount of water the butter con-
tains, on the quantity of salt to be
found in it, A company made con-
tract with the government to supply
100000 to the navy. The government
requirements are that the butter shall
beput upin cans, shall be sterilized, shall
not contain over IL per cent. of moist
ure, shall have no coloring matter, and
that the salt shall be at the rate of
from three-fourths of an ounce to an
ounce for every pound of butter. When
the general public gets to be more ex-
acting, we will have higher quality of
butter.-Rural World.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-04-14
ROGUES HAVE A GALLERY.
Fences" of Illicit Diamond Buyers
in Antwerp Collect Pictures of
Government Officials.

A recent visitor to Antwerp, which
city is now the chief market in Eu-
rope for stolen jewels, was taken by a
friend in the know to a house used
as an Office by illicit diamond buyers
In one room he saw large collection
of photographs, the first to catch his
eye being that ON Maj. Williams, oil
the United States treasury department
at Paris, writes a London correspon-
dent of the Philadelphia Press.
An inquiry revealed the fact that al
persons of an official character who
are considered dangerous by the gang
are honored by having their photo
graphs placed in the collection. Should
the original of the photograph set foo
in Antwerp he would be Swallowed by
secret police employed by the receiv-
ers of the stolen goods.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-04-14
PURE BLOOD.
Blood Impurities of Springtime-
Cause, Prevention
and Cure.

DR.. Hartman's medical lectures are
eagerly scanned by many thousand
readers.
One of the most timely and interesting
lectures he ever delivered was hisrecent
lecture on the blood impurities offspring.
The doctor said in substance thatevery
spring the blood is loaded with the
effete accommodations of winter, derang-
ing the digestion, producing sluggish
ness of the liver, overtaxing the kid
news, interfering with the action of the
bowels and the proper circulation of the
blood.
This condition of things produces
what is popularity known as spring
fever, spring malaria, nervous exhaus-
ton, that tired feeling, blood thiclen-
ing and many other names.
Sometimes the victim is bilious, dys-
peptic and constipated; sometimes he is
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-04-14

weak, nervous and depressed; and again
he may have eruptions, swellings and
other blood humors. Whichever it is,
the cause is the same-effete accumula-
tons in the blood.
Nothing is more certain within the
whole rangeof medicalscience than that
a course of Peruna in early springtime
will perfectly and effectually prevent
or cure this almost universal affection.
Everybody feels it in some degree.
A great majority are disturbed con-
siderably, while a large per cent. of the
human family are made very miserable
by this condition every spring.
Peruna will prevent it if taken in
time.
Peruna will cure tiftalsen as directed.
Peruna is the ideal spring medicine OF
the medical profession.
If you do not derive prompt and salts
factory results from the use of Peruna,
write at once TO DR.. Hartman, giving
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, 1904-04-14
How to Remove Warts.

A subscriber asks how to remove the
warts from the teats of his milk cows.
The seed-like warts that so frequently
appear on the teats of cows may be re-
moved by clipping them off close to
the skin with pair of sharp shears
and touching the wound with stick OF
lunar caustic, or they may be removed
by tying stout thread tightly around
the base. The former is, however, the
better method. They should be re-
moved while the cow is not giving
milk.-Prairie Farmer.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-04-14
A SUCCESSFUL FODDER TIE.
Handler Than Irvine Strings and Will
Last for Years, If Properly
Taken Care OF.

The following illustration shows a
handy fodder tie 1t is easily and
quickly raade thus. Take a piece of
light timber 1x1H (Blackgum pre-
ferred), saw about 20 or % inches long.
Then lay the stick down on the flat
side. bore hole in one end one-half
inch from the end. large enough to ad-
nit q large white Irvine. Put the end
of the Irvine through the hole and tie
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-04-14

will make two posts, by cutting one
in two and welding an end On each of
the other two. The guard bar of an
old binder makes an excellent end
post. Such things should never be
sold as junk.
By fastening piece Of timber to the
end of post, and running braces
back to the piece of timber, it makes
a very solid affair The timber should
be buried we'll down, near four feet,
and rocks piled on it. and you have a
post that will not give and cahhot
heave up.-Ohio Farmer.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-04-14
Not a Case in Point.

Notwithstanding President Roosevelt S
comments on race suicide, says the
Washington Star, the Mormon who
comes to Washington and expects to find
sympathy by Dragging about his large
family is likely to be disappointed.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-04-14
Talking Behind a Mans Back.

eff you talks mean about a man be-
him his back" said Uncle Eben, you
loses de respeck of your frien's, an if
you does it to his face, he's li'ble to hit
you So you might jes' about as well
keep still. Washington Star.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-04-14

whats become of Henry?" asked the
neighbor of the Kentucky mountaineer.
Hen? Why, he's gone up to Michigan
to work in one of them thah breakfas'
food places All he has to do is to put
tn breakfas' food in one o. these hyah
pas'ebo'd boxes"
''In pas'epo'd box?"
That's what he says"
"How in time can a man git a chew o
tubacker an jiggeh o whisky in a
pasebo'd box SOS hit won't spill?"-Bos-
ton Post
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-04-14
Uncle Reuben Saws:

1t seems sorter proper dat cherry man
should be lowed to think well of his
self, but at de same time yo' may hev
noticed dat about de date man begins
to think we'll of hisself he begins to look
upon de rest of mankind as a lot Of tools.
Detroit Free Press.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-04-14

l Season tickets st. Paul or Minneapolis
to St. Louis and return $25. 60-Sixty
day ticket $21. 35-Ten day ticket 1920
Q Fair opens about May 1st. and closes
December 1st
3 Five daily trains to Chicago each max
ing close connection with st. Louis
trains.
No extra charge to go via Chicago.
Tickets good on the Fast Mail and Pho
neer Limited electric lighted trains.
Full information about rates, routes and
accommodations will be cheerfully fur
nished on application to
w. B. Dixon, N. w. p. A.
CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE, & ST. PAUL RY
ST. Paul. Mimi
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-04-14
Extremes in Temperature.

Yeast-Did you say your friend was
an even-tempered man?
Crimsonbeak-I should say not!
Why, he gets hot under the collar and
cold feet at the same time.-Yonkers
Statesman
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-04-14
AN IMPROVISED END POST.
Made of Old Axles and Is Strong
Enough Not to Give, Neither
Can It Heave UP.

l have used for several years home
made iron fence posts for end posts)
that give entire satisfaction. l use old
buggy or wagon axles. Three axles
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-04-14

Marjory City,
"Peruna is fine medicine take of the
Taken in the spring the system and acts tonic
strengthening vacation In the fall winter
colds find that ii
invaluable bowels REGULAR acting gentle Sfmu
system consider whole medicine
chest."-MisS Hfarjory Hampton
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-04-14
Modern Sunnosition

Bachelor-What's your baby holler-
ing so about in the next room?
Newlywed-Oh, his mother wants her
own way about something, ] suppose.
Puck.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-04-14

Too much concentrated food, too gen.
srous keep and too nice, comfortable
stables are often fore-runners of disaster
to brood mares.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-04-14

Standing on a hard plank floor in dry
weather is a frequent cause of quarter
crack
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-04-14

Cut green bone should be constantly
fed to fowl,Enothing is better for them.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-04-14

1t is, of course the unexpected that al
ways happens, but that doesn't make any
difference t. the I-told you-so person.
Puck.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-10-19

policeman The officer was "caed down" by the
police commissioners thereby establishing the pre-
cedent that society women Of New York can enjoy
the privileges OF smoking cigarettes on the public thor
oughiares. The story suggests that perhaps the
automobile party had something else on board be-
sides cigarettes, but, however that may have been,
IL they could stand that brand OF dope perhaps II
was nobody elses business, and so the case stands
on it's merits.
The Washington papers have taken up the mat
ter and one OF them decided that if cigarette smOk
ing among the women is all right in the social circle
Of New York and and Newport, there can be no OBJ
lection to Washington society falling in line Here
in the South different view Of the case will be
taken. OF course custom decides to a large degree
matters Of etiquette. In Europe many women Ol
education and refinement and good social standing
take few pUs Of their cigarettes after their dinner
coffee, and nobody seems to object to the same In
the South happily no such custom prevails. There
is something unpleasant, II not repulsive In the pic
ture OF refined Southern woman putting cigarette.
Whether this be based on prejudice, provincialism
or what not the fact remains, aud Southern people
will not readily approve Of a change Indeed New
York and Newport customs are slow indeed to End
champions in the South. In New York and New
port monkey dinners, dog luncheons, parrot recep-
tiOns aud other functions Of equally ridiculous
character find their devotees among people who
really ought to know better, but Southern society
has not reached the point whsre these things 6nd
approval. Fine ladies scorching through the steeti
putting cigarettes lnriousy will not soon get firm
footing in the social life Of the South for the
that there is 3 broad line Of demsrkation between
the wellbred Southern girl and the sporty, horsey
woman Of the world who finds peculiar pleasure In
in adopting 8 masculinity that tends to shock the
natives.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-10-19

country began to operate by electric power, and
those who have been interested in the development
Of this system Of traction have confidently predicted
its eventual introduction in the greater and more
important ield Of railroading, where heavier loads
have to be carried and longer distances covered.
The New York Central terminal Is the most impOr.
tant work Of it's kind yet undertaken in this country
by electrical men, and their handling OF it means
much to the transportation interests. SO the com
pletion Of the locomotive and the experiments with
it form an epoch Ii railrOadiDg.
The Schenectady tests are to be made over an
especially laid track five miles IL length the power
being transmitted to the motors By 3 third rail.
The builders expect their locomotive to exceed g
speed Of sevsnty-dve miles and hour and there is
talk Oi even attaining ninety miles an hour with
full train Of The speed problem ID more easily
handled with an electric locomotive than with one
moved By steam. In the former case the power is
is not generated in the locomotive itself, and lie
construction s therefore much simpler, there being
neither boilers n0r fuel 60 c0mDicate matters.
Electricians say that less time will be lost getting
the train under full speed, that correspOndingy It
be stopped quicker and that il Is easier TO con-
troll. Tests covering these points end many others
Of interest to be made under the eyes Of num-
Der o. expert railroad men and electricians.
Rapid strides forward have been made or late in
the development Of motors and il the methods Of
transmitting and using electric power and the re-
tirement Of the steam locomotive before the electric
may not be iar aWeg. The beginning Of the move
ment Is seen Ii the New York Centras installation
Of electricity to move trains IL the city The
Pennsylvania le making start, planning 90 handle
its trafic by the new Hudson river tunnel by elec
trio locomotives and just recently the Long Island
railroad announced that &c WOnId eouip its Far Rock
away branch With the third rail system. In rala.
ton to the great problem Of raFoading over the en-
tire country these ere mere experiments. But they
are signs that look dark for the iron horse"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-10-19


bitiOns are worthy OF man and what should be his
measure Of Oisuccess."-says Herbert BigelOw, Gin
cnnati, Ohio.
In the woods this summer 1 noticed an oak sap
ling that had sprung up beneath a group Of trees
the shade of which was so dense that the sapIing
sought to escape irOmt. Instead Of growing erect,
it had stopped and passed under the darksOme
branches and made break for light and liberty
So eager was it to get to the sunshine that it had
inclined to an angle OF forty five degrees and in that
attitude OF supphcation it seemed to pray for its
share of life and light.
As saplings thirst for the light so man Graves hap
piness and the course OF each is sWayed by what his
nature demands. Man, like the tree, strains and
struggles to arrive somewhere, but unlike the tree,
he can stop and inquire If that for which he strives
Is worth WHILE II he chooses change his course
and go Ia seach Of come other and higher good.
His desires capable OF education and this is be-
cause he is gifted trees not with the faculty
OF taking himself in hand, Of thinking about the
question OF his destiny and to some extent, shaping
1t to his taste.
A man may be unlearned The word "DhilOsO-
phy' or "ethics" may not be in bis vocabulary.
Yet be lives and the manner Of his life shows his
philosophy What he thinks that is what he is.
The man who uses the spade as well as he who
welds the pen, has each his scheme of life and his
course is moulded by it. What is our scheme OF
liiei Is it the besti Is it developing or deforming
Usf Ara We growing erect with our face to the
stars, or 70 y hegt and crippled With gazing on
A man philosophy will always be influenced by
bis environment. But there is still a margin Of
responsibility left to bis soul. That margin is the
dynamic Ofhuman progress
In the same environment and with the same
chances, so far as we see, one will be sell
den with beer and beastliness while bis brother,
with ashen cheeks and hungry soul, will pour over
book in his miserable attic, while the desire for
liberty RACES like fever within him, and the angels
sing him songs Of q world made free.
Take the world with 8 brave heart. Let the
yerrs OF life thrOb with high thought AMI true
endeavOr. Drink the full cup. Taste the whole Of
it. The toll and the play, the Joy and the sorrow-
these are but the materials with which we build for
eternity. Fear nothing. Welcome whatever comes.
Even death!et US approach it with the interest Of
the school boy for whom the teacher unraYels the,
mysteries Of difficult problem. The spirit is free.
On earth there is no bondage for it. In heaven
there is no terror. The days are opportunities.
ASTON is glorious. The higher the aims, the
broader the sympathies the more abundant the life
the Preater the Joy Of it.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-10-19
WILL NOT DON THE SOUTH.

D little comment has been provoked
by the arrest Of number Of pre-.
sumably reputable society women
in New York for smoking cigarettes
while scOrchiDg through the streets
Of that city in an automobile, Ac-
cOrding to reports a racing machine
loaded down with aristOeracy, each
female member OF which was puff
ING a cigarette. vas taken i'm hY q
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-10-19
A SIGNIFICANT TELEGRAPH ITEM.

HICAGO, Oct. 13.-A significant
but quiet feature Of the present
national campaign is the move
ment which is already on foot to
recapture the Democratic party
from the control Of David B. Hill,
William +. Sheehan and the rest
Of the New York crowd.
Little has been said about it,
the movement being OvershadOw-
ed BY interest In the presidential
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-10-19

contest. But more will be heard Of the movement
from this time on aud when the election isove it is
likely that unique campaign will begin at once,
whose prize will be the control of the party OF the
opposition
It is quietly understood in this city that William
J. Bryan will speak in Chicago con the day after
election. His text will be ''the reorganization Of
the Democracy" OF course this all rests on the
suppOsition that the Parker Davis ticket will be de-
leated.
opened headquarters in Chicago at the Hotel Males
tic, where an organization known as the Anti-Par
ker League Is sending ont literature and organizing
the Bryan Hearst people to oppose the regular
Democratic nominees. J. P. Locke is secretary Of
the organization.
William Randolph Hearst is not giving the Park.
erDavis ticket any material support. His Chicago
newspapers are laying great stress the fOpulist
campaign, giving more space to WatsOn's speeches
and letter Of acceptance than to those Of Alton B
Parker.
tits matter OF common report in Chicago that
Congressman Hearst will cooperate with Bryan to
swing the Democracy OF the West away from Parker
and then to aid in unhOrsng the New York men
now in control.
All which facts and developments will have their
effect on the outcome of the national election
Can anyone doubt that this new movement with
all the rank and file OF true Democracy following
will join this movement with POpulistc princi-
pies as its foundation. Then will the POpulist Of
the Old Guard feel that he has labOred to some
good in this great country.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-10-19

The order Of the Washington chief Of police df-
rectng patrolmen to discontinue the use of tooth
picks IN public is interesting as marking the Al.
vance made by the nation in the refinement Of per
sonal habits. The American whom Dickens saw
eeeting tobacco juice at target and chewing tooth
picks on the front steps Of popular hotels has passed
With previous generation. The present knows
him not, or notes him when found as q curious sur
vival. Yet within the memory Of men not old he
was numerous figure in front Of the Fifth Avenue
or the old 81, Nicholas, sometimes with & tooth
pick OF gold, which singled him out as an exquisite
are gold tOothpieks manufactured nOwadaysI The
passing Of the tOOthpick has been accompanied bv 3
sFictes attention to the nceties OF personal deDort
ment, which may be part Of that Termination,
which our Mosely inquisitor observed, bat which &c
least s making us q more refined and lastidioua
people, We are far less sl0venly than We we're
generation ago. more regardinl Of the minor proprs-
ties Of the toilet, taking greater pains to keep the
nails clean and the collar as WE'LL the shoes blacked
the hair cut the trousers pressed, and the Deciie
fresh. The advent Of the manicure was symptoma.
&c Of this progress in personal neatness L is 80
improving change which another Dickens should
make an American note's Of
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-10-19

The president announces that be proposes to play
great deal Of tennis this fall. That vii Be accept.
ei AZ proof d the democratic assertion that The
president is never 60 happy as when be hes rack.
st on his hands.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-10-19
THE FUTURE OF THE IRON HORSE

and railroad men every.
where will watch with interest the
experiments which are TO be made
ct Schenectady in a few days with
the first Of the electric locomotives
that will be used IN the equipment
Of the New York Central terminal
ia this city. It is about seventeen
years since the street roads ia this
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-10-19

MF. Bryce can hardly ,rofer 70 the United etalea
IN recommending that public officials be prohibited
from voting at elections and from discussing DOL
ities With such 3 prohibition, how could tbs e.
publican party expect 70 make showing e the
pOllsi
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-10-19

We scarcely appreciate what treasure We possess
ia 0ur English tongue. The vocabulary Of English
has been enriched BY plumber from every land and
adayted TO any idea, and tongue which welcomes
aecessions when those ere necessary. It is not By
its intrinsic virtue, however, that the English is
Speeding and is becoming the cosmopolitan medium
Of communication but rather by the increasing i'm
pOrtance Of the people that speak English The
British and Americans control a large portion Of
the worlds trade. Their influence is felt every
where. They sell 70 everybody and every body
wishes 70 sell to them. Verify, the English language
bee come, forward since the time when Bacon, des-
pairing Of the perpetuity Of the English tongue
translated some Of his works into Latin.