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The Meeker herald., 1904-11-19
In,portntion of pr.cio.. stores.

A report received at the treasury
department from George w. Afindil,
the government expert at the New
York custom house on precious
stones, shows that during the fiscal
year ended June 30 last the aggregate
value of precious stones and pearls
passed through his office was Sai 910,-
153. This amount largely exceeds the
total of any other year in the history
of the country and exceeds by over
100000 the entire impor.at;ons of
the four years ended in March. 1896.
Mr.. Mirdil states that the placing of
precious stones in their rauch or ma
tive state upon the free list has es-
tablisbed new mechanical Industry
in America, and now nearly one-half
of the precious stones .old in this
country are cut ard polished here.
The Meeker herald., 1904-11-19
what Year. d. 4. Dc.

Our judgment mellows as We aes-
But It's problem grim.
Is II because we're growing saSs,
Or merely losing vim?
Chicago Record Herald.
The Meeker herald., 1904-11-19

.'she has very pretty hair"
at isn't her own
allow about her ugly temper?"
"That's hers Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The Meeker herald., 1904-11-19
Clothing Made to Order

BY Needham, the tailor. Made to At,
and at prices only q trifie higher than
you pay for ''hand-me-downs."
The Meeker herald., 1904-11-19

A citizen to exercise the right oil
suffrage in New Jersey must be a
male resident 81 years of age, and
the legislature has the power to pass
laws depriving persons of the right
of suffrage on conviction OF bribery,
but not for other cause.
The Meeker herald., 1904-11-19
The Only Cou-se.

silas-say, Cy, what did the good
folks say when they found out Josh
Hardwood's son had turned highway.
man?
Cyrus-Nothin'! Just held up their
hands.-Chicago Daily News.
The Meeker herald., 1904-11-19
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The Meeker herald., 1904-11-19
why He Liked the cAaD.

Hewitt-That fellow saved me from
bankruptcy.
Jewctt-How was that?
Hewitt-He married the girl was
engaged to.-Town Topics.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-09-01

In my experience, 1 find that bone will
not discolor the sap like steel or iron.
After making a sufficient hole in the
bark, inserted the bud and then tackled
piece of leather (shown at b. over the
bud, using upholsterers' one-half-lnch
gimp pins. The pins are enameled and
do not rust.
Several buds were inserted in this
manner and when they swelled the tacks
were Ioosened so that the leather could
be easily removed Wedge CRAFTS, six
inches long, were also put in the same
way. The buds, however, grew much
more evenly and were stronger than the
CRAFTS. inserted II buds of three diff
ferent varieties of peaches in this tree.
They are now all bearing large and ex-
cellent fruit I would recommend the
adoption of this method for all old trees
requiring new wood. This can be done
without interfering with the trees bear
ing fruit while the buds are maturing.
No string, clay, grating wax or other
material is required with this system.
The accompanying illustration gives a
fairly good idea of this method, including
the shape of the awl and piece of leather
used. This method can also be applied
to the old T-system of budding by tack
ing wet sole leather over the buds, leav-
ing space for growth. A hole should be
made in the leather for the pins, SO the
bark or bud will not be bruised. The best
time for doing this work is when the sap
is full and when the bark will strip
easily"
This idea of budding and grating is in
teresting and may have some advan-
tages, but it is questionable whether or
not it will prove as effective, in the long
run, as where buds are put in young
growth and where the graft is properly
set Mr.. Bells method, however, is
worthy of attention from the fact that
the production of the tree is not inter
rupted. At any rate, the system is
worthy of careful trial and may be of
special value on trees where it is not de-
sirable to cut them off to force new
growth for budding or grating in the
regular way.-Orange Judd Farmer.
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Mrs. Hayes First Letter Appealing Mrs. Pnkham for He


"DEAR Mrs PKA-I have under Boston DOCTORS treat
cannot sit down without great pa and the extends
have bearing pains both back and front My abb
domen swollen and have had flowing spells three years. My
petite good Icannot walk be length of time
cuatey describe write you for Mrs.
E. f. HAYES, 252 Dudley ST, (2oxbury) Boston, Mass.
Note the result of Mrs. PinlEams advice-aI-
though she advised Mrs. Hayes, Boston, to take
her mediCi1e-Whch she knew would help her
her letter contained mass of additional inStruC~
tons to treatment all of which helped to bring
about the happy result.
"DEAR Mrs. PNKHAM:-S Sometime wrote to describ
symptoms and asked advice You replied and followed
all directions carefully, and to-day well woman
expelled the umor and strengthened whole system walk
miles
"Lydia Vegetable Compound is worth five dol
all afflicted with tlorS or
female trouble of kind to faithful ra"(Sgned) MRS.
E. f. HAYES 252 Dudley st, (Roxbury) Boston, Mass.
could purchase such testimony take
health happiness which Lydia E Pnkhams
Vegetable Compound brought to Mrs. Hayes
testimony should be accepted by all convincing
stands
all the distressing ills women; all
ovarian troubles nfammaons; liberation falling and dis
placements of the womb bacahe Irregular suppressed painful
mensaon Surely the volume and character OF the testimonial let
daily the leave doubt
which sick write for fuller information about her illness
Her gratitude to Mrs Pkham and Lydia e. Pinkhams Vegetable
Compound genuine and heartfelt that she thinks trouble too
for her to in return for her health and happiness
other medicine
get this when druggist wants to sell something ee
X5l sf9as' GaSSs S Tp
e.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-09-01
ANIMAL FEAR AND HATRED.
Hereditary Enmity Which Exists Be-
tween Certain Species of the
Brute Creation.

| Animals, both domestic and wild,
often show decided preferences for
certain persons and a strong dislike
to other persons. Sometimes a whole
race of creatures show a universal
hatred toward other animals.
| These dislikes, says an authority,
are sometimes inherited. Cows and all
| herds Of cattle seem instinctively to
hate dogs. This hatred can possibly
be traced back to the time when wild
herds were in constant danger of be-
ing attacked by wild dogs or wolves,
which were always hiding about in the
vicinity Of the herds, watching a
! chance to slip upon and drag down a
helpless calf The COWS ever-present
| fear Of danger from dogs became al
most part of the animals nature, or
hereditary, and thus to-day even a
newborn calf will instinctively fee
from dog.
Cats and dogs, as is we'll known,
have an Unborn hatred of each other.
1t has been noticed that a tiger in
captivity pays no attention to wolf,
but if dog comes near, the tiger will
make desperate efforts to get at the
dog, and vent his wrath in bowls and
| fierce attempts to break the bars of his
cage. This is doubtless caused by the
old fear in the tiger of wild dogs But
the leopard. which lives in trees and
could easily keep out of the way of
wild dogs, manifests no fear at the an
proach of dog. On the other hand
the dog is afraid of the leopard. This
no doubt comes from the fact that
the leopard, from his vantage point in
the tree, could easily and successfully
attack the wild dog.
Animals seem to have a peculiar dis
like to dark-skinned men The story
Is told that one time when there were
some natives of Somaliland in this
country they were invited to visit the
Zoo. There was nothing in the ap-
pearance of these Arabs that could
possibly be Objectionable to anyone,
but when the dark men came near the
animals, there was an immediate up
roar. The lions were furious and
roared with rage. The antelopes were
frightened, the apes and monkeys were
very angry, and even the peaceful cat
tie were excited. They seemed to recog-
nize in these dark-skinned men their
natural enemies who had hunted them
'or centuries in the jungles.
| While the fear and hatred Of some
animals for other animals can be &C
counted for by heredity, yet there are
some cases where this hatred is unex.
plainable. For instance, the horse dis
likes the camel, and it is sometimes
very hard to get horse to go near
camel. Hounds and foxes are nearly
related, yet the hound takes great de-
light in hunting the fox and will chase
fox with fierceness and anger far
greater than that aroused when pursu-
ing deer or other animal.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-09-01
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MORNING GLoRY's LESSON.

Whenever trouble seems to be
Too plenty in this life O. mine
j mind tn hint that come to me
From one smart mornin' glory vine.
1t started CROWN in tn yard
Three feet away from an oil stump;
I SEE to it: your Iuck's plumb hard,
Cause mornin glory vines can't jump. "
Well, sir, 1t didn't hesitate
Jest started right away to climb;
It found weed that bore it's weight
An kept q boostin all tn time.
Until at last it struck tn top.
It seemed to get some worried there.
SEE: "Old man, you'll have to drop
You can't climb. nohow, through tn air. !"
Looked like rs right; it sagged an dropped
An twisted half dozen ways
Till it was knotted, wrapped, and Topped
1t KEEP this up for four-fiVe days,
An / was tickled; / says !:
i've often felt the same as you
Found out / couldn't get up high
'Ithout no ropes to grip on tor
Seem ike that mornin glory knowed
That was viewin it with doubt;
1t sent out feelers till it showed
1t knew jest what it was about
At last it struck tn stump! An then
1t seemed to laugh at me all day
An sort O. chuckle now an then:
"You see got here anyway!
A moral goes with this, guess:
It is that almost any man
Won't climb so very much, unless
He grabs to somethin' where he can.
Them plucky mornin' glories, now.
All they ask for is elbow room
An they'll keep goin' up, somehow,
Until they laugh themselves to bloom.
w. D. NJ, in Chicago Daily Tribune.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-09-01
WOODSMEN POOR SHOTS.
Maine Guides Fail to Do Good Work
at Target in Rifle Tourn-
ament.

It was demonstrated at rifle shooting
the so-called dead shot woodsmen are
not good target shots
Twenty-Five of the best woods shots in
the Moosehead lake region participated
in the contest, men who think running
deer an easy target, and who shoot the
heads off grouse easily-so they say
and the best score made on the Standard
American target for. 200 yards, at a
range of 100 yards, half the required dis
lance, was 81 out of a possible so, or SO
per cent
The shooting was witnessed by num-
Der of expert rif1emen, and some mill
tary shots, who studied the woodsmen
and their method of shooting carefully
to discover the cause of their inaccura-
cy; and they set aside the popular opin-
ion of past years to the effect that the
poor shooting is due to nervousness.
"The cause of this shooting" said a
former military shot who holds record
of 1O1 out of 105 at Sea Girt, sis due to
nothing more or less than poor form.
uGS0 uCn Iudy UC cIUIC W w tut 01lOoI-
ing credited to them in the woods, but it
seems hard to believe it after seeing
their exhibition.
First of all the rifle is held improp-
erly. These woodsmen handle rifle
just as bird shot does shotgun, and
when they shoot they shoot much as a
bird shot would, quickly and without
elaboration. They fail to do many
things which the expert finds necessary
to high average, and the result is just
what would naturally be expected.
"Then again many of them are good
shots, but they do not shoot close-or,
in other words, occasional poor shots
pull down the average.
''It may be that these men are able to
handle the rifle as part of themselves
when shooting game, that they shoot
straight by intuition, just as western
er shoots a revolver on the drop, or a
boy slingshot; but at target work l
am satisfied that the best of them would
be no match for even the most indiffer-
ent Of the amateurs one finds at the rifle
range"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-09-01
Keeping Quality of Butter.

The California Creamery Operators
association is conducting an expert
ment on the keeping quality of but
was sent out early in the present year,
notifying creameries that that associa-
ton would receive for storage butter
made in various ways, each package to
comprise 25 pounds. The names of the
senders were to be removed before the
butter was scored. The storage closed
June 20, and the butter is to be exam
ined at the November meeting of the
association, when the scores will also
be read and prizes awarded. The test
should shed some valuable light on the
conditions of making butter that in
crease the keeping qualities of the same.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-09-01
THE SAVING
GLANCE
Copyright, 1904, by Daily Story Pub. Col

1T WAS a lovely morning in May.
/ From the sunny gardens of the AL
cazar a light breeze carried into the
great hall of justice the fragrance of
the blossoming lime and orange trees,
momentarily clearing it's perfumed at
mosphere with breath of refreshing
GOODNESS. On his raised dias at the
farther end Of the chamber the most
noble and powerful Dom Pedro, by
the grace of God, king of CASTLE and
Leon, allowed his pale blue eyes to
wander restlessly over it's crowded
confines. Beside the royal chair of
state, with it's Overhanging dorseret,
was another, somewhat lower, occu-
pied by the kings beautiful mistress,
the good Maria de Padilla, one en-
sanguinary life. The tapestried wall
where the three castles stood out in
gold broidery against crimson back
ground, were lined with a throng of
the pToudest knights and barons of
CASTLE, nearer the dais were clustered
the great officials of state and the most
intimate of the monarch's courtly en-
tourage, as we'll as the ladies in at
tendance on the unC rowned queen. At
the entrance of the chamber stood a
detachment of the bowmen of the
guard.
But it was no routine matter that
held the attention of the cOurtly multi
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-09-01
Good Way to Pick Apples.

One man suggests that a good way
to pick apples is to put a tick filled
with hay under a tree and drop the
apples into it from the limbs. He
asserts that this has been his practice
and that the fruit is not thereby in
jured. This may be all right for
some kinds of fruit, but it would not
be for others. There are some of our
varieties that injure so easily that
even the pressure of the thumb and
finger must be looked out for. Be-
sides, in the letting fall of apples from
the top Of the tree a great deal of skill
is required not to hit the other ap-
pies in the tick or the limbs of the
tree when the apples are being
dropped. The apple basket and the
apple bag will be found most advan-
tageous for most of the work of fruit
athering.-Farmers' Review.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-09-01
PURCHASING FRUIT TREES.
Many Farmers Pay Too Much Atten-
ton TO the Beauty of Branches
and of Foliage.

Ordinarily it is better to purchase trees
near home than at a distance, as they
will have just that much less to endure
in the way of transportation. If they
come from long distance they can, 1t is
true, be delivered in good shape, II their
roots are properly packed in damp moss
and like material But this is not always
a certainty. 1t does not pay the buyer to
always select the cheapest trees, nor
will it pay him always to select the ex-
penstve trees. The younger the tree
within a certain limit the better. In this
matter of selling young trees the nur-
serymen cannot always do as they
would. One nurseryman says that young
and small fruit trees are better than the
longer and older ones, but the customer
can't be made to believe that. He wants
bigness. The nurseryman says that II
he tries to sell one-year-old trees the
other fellow-the competitor-gets in
with his big trees, and the buyer is
caught by him. A young tree has more
power of getting hold of the soil, and for
some unaccountable reason makes bet
ter growth in five or six years than does
the older and larger tree. The buyer will
do we'll to say to the nurseryman that he
is willing to take young trees, if, in the
opinion of the nurseryman, they are the
best. In that case the nurseryman will
be frank and state his real views of the
matter
There is another thing that the buyer
of fruit trees should remember, and that
is that many varieties of fruit, many va
rieties of apples as we'll as of other fruits,
are grown on trees that ara ill-shaped.
This is due to their variety characters
tics. and the buyer should not try to get
q fine-shaped tree in such case.
The desire of the buyer to get a nicely
shaped tree has more than once resulted
in the nurseryman selling him some
other variety. The buyer demanded
smooth, nice-looking tree. The seller
could not find it in his variety, because 1t
did not exist, and so palmed off on him
trees OF another variety to keep from los
ing the SALE When the trees get old
enough for the buyer to find fault, the
nurseryman may go out of business.
When we select fruit tree it is selected
for the fruit it will bear, and not for the
beauty of it's branches or it's foliage
Farmers Review.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-09-01

tude this day. A brave and loyal gen.
tleman, beloved and esteemed by all
who knew him, was within the hour
to answer with his life for an alleged
neglect of duty. and those who knew
the tender mercies of their sovereign
had but little faith in his chances of
escape. 1t was but three days past
that Don Diego de GuZman, alcayde Of
Seville, had been made answerable
with his head for the first unpublished
murder within the city walls, for many
brawls took place between the hot
headed caballeros who thronged the
town in attendance on the court, and
the king was set on putting an end to
their continuance. Scarcely "a hours
ago, however, Don Sancho de Espinc-
sa a cavalier of Aragon, had been
found dead in a pool of his own blood
in one of the narrow streets of the
Moorish quarter, without a trace of
any sind to give a clue of the assas-
sins identity. The alcayde had left
no sJune unturned in his endeavor to
discover the culprit, but could rest his
case on no firmer foundation than the
testimony of the old crone before
whose dwelling-place the corpse had
been found. Drawn to the window
slit by the clash of steel, she had no.
ticed, by the glimmer of her oil lamp.
that one of the combatants was a tall
man, with prOfusion of fair hair,
the other. being in the shadow, she
could not see at all. The alcayde had
his enemies, and the matter had been
brought to the king, who, delighted
with so favorable an opportunity of
gratifying his cruelty with so fair a
semblance of justice, had commanded
Don Diego's presence in the hall of
justice to answer for his remissness
There was a slight stir at the lower
end of the great room, and the al
cayde, escorted by four archers, pro-
ceeded up the hall in the direction of
the throne. Arrived at some ten PAGES
of the dais. he sank on one knee, then
rising said, simply, yet not without
pride, II place myself in your majes-
tvs hands" The royal judge smiled
vaguely, and rejoined, with a delicate
ly affected sadness in his even voice:
mo one grieves more deeply than 1,
Senior do Guzman. over the VOW made
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-09-01
How Air Affects Cream.

A French savant claims to have found
out that air affects cream very detrimen-
tally on account of the oxygen in it. Per-
fectly pure air he would have us believe
so aSects the upper layers of cream that
has stood for any time that to get the
best results in the matter of flavor these
layers must be skinned off and not used
in the making of butter This is drawing
the line very close, and we are not sure
that he is right In fact our scientists
have looked into these matters very care
fully and are of the opinion that perfect
ly pure air does not affect cream detri-
mentally. There is, however, room for
further investigation.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-09-01
MULCH FOR THE ORCHARD.
Noted Horticu1turist Discusses Sub
ject of Vital Il terest to Every
Grower of Fruit.

At the Michigan Horticultural So
ciety meeting w. J. Green discussed
the subject, and his advice was as fol-
lows: when the orchard is young
probably more material can be grown
on the entire area than will be need
ed, but as the orchard grows the guam
tity needed will be increased Finally
little can be grown because of the
shade; in other words, mulching ma
terial must be brought from some
other field. The orchard may perhaps
be made profitable enough to pay for
the use of other ground, but such a
process is contrary to the best princi-
pies of modern husbandry, which de-
mand that each field be nearly or
quite self-supporting. In growing an
orchard by the usual method of cult
walton with catch crops, the first out
lay, and all cost of producing the
crop, and at the same time cultivating
the orchard for ten years, can, under
favorable conditions of rich, fairly
level ground, be got out of the sale of
crops produced; but if much extra fer
tilizing is done the crops will have to
be such as bring the highest price with
least drain on the soil. Of two or
chards, one cultivated and the other
mulched, the former will be apt to
show the best growth at the end Of
the first ten years. After the first
ten years the ground would have to
be wholly given up to the needs of
the orchard, growing cover crops alone.
Cover crops act as mulch half the year,
and when plowed under become plant
food very soon. If left on the sur
face they in time become plant food,
also. Doubtless a heavily mulched
orchard suffers less from changes of
temperature and variation Of rainfall
than one unmulched. In orchards
planted on very stony or mountainous
ground and steep hillsides it is of great
value to know that the trees can be
brought to full bearing age without
blowing. Whatever course seems best
in any case one fact should be kept
steadily in mind-that sufficient plant
food should be furnished and the or
chard never allowed to suffer for want
of moisture. An orchard with store
of rlant food constantly increasing in
the soil is like man with life in
surance in solvent company"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-09-01

trouble is found at the bottom of the
stack, as a result Of moisture in the
ground. The illustration shows the
method I adopted years ago, and with
which I have had the best of results.
Any kind of rough sticks may be used,
and a haycap stretched across the top
and tied to the stakes. Protected in
this way the quality of beans will
be much improved without any extra
expense worth speaking of.-Farm and
Home.