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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-04-08

La gente que trsusitaba por Ia
cSlle, le pareci6 situads detras de
una niebla, y ell rumor de los Ca
rrusies lIegsbs hasta ella apsgsdo.
lQle estarfa hacienda Victor en-
aquel mcnentoP Otra veE la vision
de la orilla del lago spareci6 ante
sus ojos La mano de Victor habfs
descsrgado sobre 81 padre ell golpe
mortal A1o este penss miento pu-
diera haber sido soportable 81 sc
bubiese contentado con eontestar
la sgresion. Spero no ha0ia arro
jsdo despues al lsgo Ell cUerpo 9a
Su padreP jHorribleI lHorriolei La
furia debio haherle hecho perder ell
'Qtcio.
TIA sAngre de Hllda pareci6 he
IL sele en- las venas. Atm q trsv6s
del belo de lagrimas que cubrfa su
rostro, vi6 reconcile la fignra de
81 prometido en- la acera de enfren-
tie. CruZabR la calle con rapido pa
so, miranda hacia adelante. CO
deando de tai manera los transe
untes, que 6stos Sc yolvfan prof
riendo 1ndu1sblemete dessgrsda'
bles interjecciones.
-lUn momsuto despues habfa
desa psrecidoi Entonces Htlda ex-
tendio sus manoS, luego de mur-
murar; Vfctorl IVictorl, csy0 sin
aentido en- Ell suelo.
e. dia pareci6le interminable q
Hilda.
a. anochecer volvi6 Mr. Molson
q Ia fonda El sbogsdo psrecfa sa-
tisfecho. HabiA tenido una tempes
tuoSa entrevista con Victor Linton
en- la cusl hsbfa quedsdo doefIo del
campo. Miss Darlington no hsbfa
estsdo en- 81 despacho, habfa oicho
al joven, y, 81 hubiese ido. conside-
raba Que no era de 81 incumoencia
tener MI corriente Mr.. Linton de
sus pasos.
IndudAblemeute ella habra te-
nido buenaG raEones para romper
ell compromiso, hAbia afiadido.
nated no Las tiens en- qneIarss, CON.
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BiIIion Dollar Grass.

When the John A Salzer Seed Co., of La
Crosse, Wis, introduced this remarkable
grass three years ago, little did they dream
it would be the most talked of grass in
America, the biggest, quick, hay producer
on earth, but this has come to pass.
Ayr. Editors wrote about it, Ayr Col
lege Professors lectured about it, Ayr In
stItute Orators talked about it, while in
the farm home by the quiet tireside, in the
corner grocery, in the village post-otfice, at
the creamery, at the depot, in fact wher-
ever farmers gathered, Salzer's Billion Dol
lar Grass, that wonderful grass, good for
to IA tons per acre and lots of pasture
besides, is always theme worthy of the
farmers voice.
Then comes Bromus Inermis, than which
there is no better grass or better permanent
hay producer on earth. Grows wherever
soil is found Then the farmer talks about
Sazer's Teosinte, which will produce 100
stocks from one kernel of seed, IL #. high,
in 100 days, rich in nutrition and greed
lily eaten by cattle, hogs, etc, and is good
for so tons of green food per acre.
Victoria Rape, which can be grown at 25c
a ton, and Speltz at 20c bu., both great
food for cattle, also come in for their
share in the discussion. Tx. IL
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FOR FACIAL BLEMISHES.
A Few Remedies and Suggestions for
the Improvement of
the Skin.

To remove yellow stains from the
face, first dry an ounce of rose leaves,
add half pint of white vinegar and
let it stand for eight or ten days; then
drain off the vinegar and add to it half
a pint of rose water. Apply with a
sponge and allow it to dry on the face,
advises American Queen.
Stains on the neck caused by black
or colored ribbon can be removed by
bathing in borax water in the proper
ton of tablespoonful to two quarts Of
water, and by wiping the neck with a
lotion composed of one ounce of acetic
acid, two ounces of glycerin and three
ounces of rose water If the stain be
deeply dyed, little lemon juice in wa
ter will be effectual.
The diet is usually responsible for a
red face. In such cases drink nothing
hot, but take cooling drinks, such as
lemonade or tea, cooled, but not ice
cold. Use neither very cold nor very
hot water on the face. Luke warm wa
ter is better
A daily walk of at least two miles
will improve pale or sallow skin. The
walk should be brisk, the breathing
deep and the exhalations slow.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-02-25
THE SCIENCE OF FEEDING.

Linseed meal is best for milk; cotton
seed meal if you make butter.
Moldy stalks may do for beef steers,
but they spoil the milk if fed to mich
COWS.
Feed is more expensive than care, yet
you are continually giving more of it..
Add a liberal allowance of intelligent
care to your general rations and note
the results.
Fresh skimmilk is worth from 25 to
35 cents per 100 pounds when fed with
corn meal, middlings or other suitable
grain for making up slopin feeding either
young pigs or fattening hogs.
Feed the dairy COW in proportion not
alone to her present production, but
with an eye to her actual capacity and
feel satisfied with nothing less than her
best work-Farm and Home.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-02-25
A TALK ABOUT EGGS.
Very Little Difference in Nutrittve
Value of the Product of Vari-
Gus Kinds of Fowls.

The Maine experiment station has
been examining into the composition
and physical characteristics of different
kinds of eggs and finds that duck eggs
have apparently the smallest proper
ton of shell, the shell in this case be-
ing about 1915 per cent. OF the whole
weight of the eggs. The average OF "a
samples of hens eggs in this respect,
having an average of ia per cent. of
the whole weight The shells of the
goose eggs averaged 1878 per cent. OF
ALL Guinea fowl eggs should be unusu-
ally strong as their shells form 14.4
per cent. of their weight. The whites
of the eggs in proportion to their total
weight ran, goose, 52.6; duck, 53.6;
guinea, 53.6; turkey, 56.5. The proper
ton of yolk to the whole egg ran,
guinea fowl, 30; duck, SO; goose, 34.6,
and turkey, 30.1.
About 70 per cent. of the edible por-
ton of eggs is pure water. The pro-
tein centent is about IA per cent,
and the fat about the same. This
makes eggs a very valuable food. Most
of the protein is in the whites of the
eggs, and most of the fat in the yolks.
Taking the egg as a whole, including
the shell, the fat content ranges from
about nine per cent. in turkeys, hens
and guinea fowls eggs, to over II in
the eggs of ducks and geese. The pro-
tein content runs from II to - per
cent. in eggs of all varieties of fowls
named There is really little difference
in the nutritive value of the different
kinds of eggs.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-02-25
DESTINATIONS.

An Atchison man tells the Globe about
his uncle, an lrishman, WHO sudden
ly became rich. The first thing he did
When Sunday rolled around the Irishman
walked grandly down the aisle, carrying
a silk hat and elegant overcoat. He
found two strange women occupying his
pew Come out" he said, imperiously.
The women were very much shocked, and
walked out, their heads hanging in shame
'Now, then, ladies'" the lrishman said,
"oblige me by walking back | just want
ed to show you who owned this pew"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-02-25
ANIMALS NEED SALT.
Farm Stock, Which Is Herbivorous,
Should Be Sailed Regularly 10
Insure Good Health.

Prof. Shepperd, of North Dakota,
has been collecting data concerning the
much discussed question of whether
salt is essential to the health of farm
animals. The following are some of
the facts he has obtained:
Carniverous animals do not use salt,
the reason being that they eat the
blood with the food and the blood con-
talns the amount of salt necessary for
the system.
The Esquimaux Of Greenland do not
use salt because they live mostly on
seals and carefully plug up the wound
when seal is killed so as to prevent
the loss of blood. The blood contains
more salt than any other part of the
body
Among the North American Indians
the hunting and fishing tribes did not
use salt, and for the same reason,
while the Indians practicing agricul-
ture along the Mississippi and in Mex
leo were salt consumers and fought
for the possession of the salt springs.
HerblvorouS animals universally re-
quire salt and will travel long dis
tances for it. The reason, according
to Prof. Shepherd, is that the cereals
and legumes upon which these animals
live contain very little salt, but large
proportion of potash. Potash, or more
properly speaking, the salts or COM
blnatlons of potash, drive out the
sodium chloride, or common salt,
through the kidneys, and hence an adj
dltion of common salt must be given
to supply the lack of it in the food.
Blood, flesh and milk contain but lit
tie of these potash salts, hence the
small need of salt when animals sub
sist on either of the above.
Men and animals living largely on
rice as a substitute for potatoes use
comparatively little salt, the reason
being that rice contains but little of
the salts of potash, and, therefore,
there is not a demand among rice eat
ers for common salt. Potatoes are
very rich in potash, and hence potato
eaters always want common salt, the
potash having a tendency to drive
the small amount of common salt in
potatoes out of the system, and hence
a surplus must be given This is an
important suggestion to our readers
who have kidney trouble and who
would likely be relieved considerably
if they were to abandon the use of
potatoes and substitute rice.
The conclusion drawn is that all
animals that live on grains and
grasses should be regularly sailed
Salt given in excess acts as sort OF
poison, creating violent purging, but
given in small quantities is helpful to
all men who do not live on a flesh
diet and to all herbivorous animals.
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SHE WAS FROM KANSAS.
And She Didn't Care Darn"Whethes
She Knew the Proper
Thing or Not.

Me? Oh, IN dozen things, accord
ing to your point of view. Pm the Kan
sas schoollna am. I'm Dickens fat girl.
I'm Lady Raw-and- Rready. I'm Bessie
ackwoods. There are lots of niclxnames /
deserve, but. you can't make me mad by
calling me them.
You see," she went on, relates
writer in McClure's, Pm 49, I've been
teaching school off in the country ever
since by fifteenth birthday. I've saved
every dollar / could scrape together
there's nobody in the world to Loo, out
for me but my aunt, and he'd hands are
full-and I'm blowing it ali in on this
European trip that I've dreamed of all
my life, and that's greater than all my
dreams, i may be crude and ignorant and
fresh-but I'm happy; happier than these
artistic swclls who axe bored to death,
ashamed or afraid to say what they like
and what they don't, and so penned in
and tyrannized over by rules or some
body's opinion that they daren't be nat
ural. l don't care darn whether l know
the proper thing or not, and | hate people
who pose and pretend that they do. All
that stuff hasn't anything to do with life
or living How does that sound to you
vulparI'
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Copyright, 1909. by Daily Story Pub. Col
II. Z. NJ AR Rim z r.

lis sister, who disliked Kate Muir
dock for reasons best known to
herself, was continually saying spite
full little things about girls who
raised generations of young men"
which is generally considered to be
about as biting thing as one young
woman can say about another.
But this made no difference to poor
Dick, except to make him rather more
stubborn, and to make him more fire.
quently dream Of Hates blue eyes and
sweet face, and to make him try with
greater diligence, but poorer success,
TO forget that she was % years OF age
while he was barely past 20, and that
she had been in society before he had
gone into long trousers.
He used TO remember with hot re-
sentiment how she had in reality lit
orally trained him How one night
when they were in the garden to-
gether, and the moon was soft and
bright, he had given her a white rose,
and if she hadn't suggested the pretty
speech that should have gone with it,
she came so close to it it didn't make
much difference.
Then when he was trying with all
the awkWardness of an 18year-old boy
to learn to dance, it was Kate who had
shown him the step when his sister
and the others had given him up as
a misunderstanding oaf. And when the
other boys, who had paid more atten-
ton to dancing school and less to the
making of living, had openly
sneered at the efforts Of his spectacu-
lar feet
He was grateful to Kate for all this,
of course, but STILL sweet as she had
been, there was a natural air of the
veteran about her which he resented
realizing with burning ears how raw
by comparison had been the material
she had to work upon.
These were the sort of things Dick
thought upon as he sat alone in his
rOoms-one large and one small, over
Burtons grocery store.
The family had left weeks before
for Florida to spend the cold months,
their household goods had been stored
and only Dick was left. Left because
he was trying with might and main to
attain a better position upon the staff
of the Argus-Leader.
There were no racks with guns in
them, no tapestries in Dicks apart
ments There was a pipe or SO with
q heap Of old magazines on the lit
tered table, confused carpet of old
newspapers on the floor and on a
mean little coal stove battered cot
fee pot still sputtered. On a chair
stood the dishes which represented a
buried meal, sent in by a nearby res
taurant, and hurried because there
was nothing to linger over.
In the stove soft coal smoked dis
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-02-25
Got the Right Kind

Gainesville, Texas, Feb 22nd-Mrs L..
Il. burton of 507 Glad street, this city,
writes the following letter.
4 have been awfully troubled with my
Kidneys. / was in a bad fix and had
been doctoring with the Doctors, but was
getting no better. | tried remedy called
Dodd's Kidney Pills and | found they did
me lots of good. | had a slight return of
my trouble and / went to the Drug Store
and called for Dodd's Kidney Pills They
said there was no such pills. | told them
there was, They said they had the best
pills that were made and persuaded me
to try a box of another kind, not Dodd's
As | needed some medicine, / bought a
box, but they did me no good. so | went
elsewhere and got the real Dodd's Kidney
Pills, and very soon was completely cured.
l took a box up to the Drug Store and
showed them that there was such pills and
asked them to order some, but as I
haven't needed any more l haven't called
to see whether or not they got them"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-02-25
Strength of an Egg She'll.

Most people are aware of the power of
egg shells to resist external pressure
on the ends, but not many would credit
appear to be genuine, as recorded in the
Scientific American. Eight ordinary
hens eggs were submitted to pressure
applied externally all over the surface
of the shell, and the breaking pressure
varied between 400 pounds and CTS
pounds per square inch. With the stress
applied internally to II eggs, these gave
way at pressures varying between 80
and SIS pounds per square inch. The
pressure required to crush the eggs
varied between 40 pounds and rs
pounds. The average thickness Of the
shells was .013 of an inch.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-02-25
HANDY HOG HANGER.

the pole "a feet long; let the heavier
end be eight feet long, with stout
iron hook on the end; the long end
is to have rope about eight feet
long attached to the end. With this
you can pick UP a hog, dip it in the
scalding tub, lay it on the scraping
platform, and lastly, hang it UP for
taking out the entrails. The illustra-
ton makes it plain. Any number of
hogs may be hung by arranging the
hangers in a circle in reach of the
lever.-H. Cochran, in Ohio Farmer.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-02-25

Salzer's New National Oats yielded in
1908 in Mich, 240 bu., in Mo, 255 bu.,
in n. d., $40 bu.. and in 50 other states
from $50 to 800 on. per acre. Now this
Dat if generally grown in 1904, will add
millions of bushels to the yield and mil
lions of dollars to the farmers purse,
Try it for 1904. Largest Seed Potato grow
ers in America.
Salzer's Speltz, Beardless Barley, Home
Builder Corn, Macaroni Wheat, Pea Dat,
Billion Dollar Grass and Earliest Cane
are money makers for you, Mv Farmer.
JUST SEND THIS NOTICE AND 10c
in stamps to John A. Salzer Seed Co., La
Crosse, Wis, and receive in return their
big catalog and lots of farm seed sam
pies. X. y.
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How to Prevent svarming.

In answer to an inquiry as to how
to prevent bees from swarming Elias
Fox, in Bee Gleanings, says: Il have
thought of this a great deal; and the
more l think of it the more firmly am
convinced that we all have non-swarm-
ers if properly manipulated. In other
words, believe that, instead of its be-
ing natural for bees to swarm, it is
the reverse. Of course, there are ex-
ceptions to all rules; but swarming
according to nature is the exception
(barring Carniolans). Give your queens
plenty of room as needed at the proper
time, and the workers the same, and
will guarantee the rule will be no
swarming-at least in this latitude.
presume these few remarks will cause
the beekeepers to swarm; but try this
simple method and you will hive your
selves automatically.
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WHERE DID YOU COME FRoM?"

mally or sputtered, according to the
quality of the tiny lump it contained,
sometimes sending out from a tarry
bubble thin, kissing jet of nauseous
gas.
The bed was unmade and the sheets
were yellowed from bad laundering.
Dick, hunched in a deep chair, looked
about at his surroundings with dis
gust. 1t seemed a shame that a man
hold a position worthy at corporation
figures of $50 per week should live
like a pig.
He slammed the Earring stove door
on the smoke, took pu his hat, over
coat and pipe, and with a last look
at the untidy room, went out Any
thing, he felt, was better than this
even unneeded work at the Office
Call on Kate? Not much. Not when
for two months he had tried to show
her that he didn't really need another
guardian.
Not a guardian two or three years
older at that.
He clattered down the uncarpeted
stairs, and at the snowy sidewalk,
dazzled with the glare, almost collided
with a young woman, apologizing
blindly for his clumsiness.
why, Dick Wortham!" Dick pulled
himself together and stared half I'M
derstanding into a face he knew, a
sweet face with laughing blue eyes,
smiling on him over the furs, and be-
fore ne knew it a little snugly-gloved
hand was in his and he was wringing
it hard
Kate Murdoclx!" he almost shouted
Speaking of angels Here, step
under the awning out of the snow and
let me look at you
Where did you come from?" de-
manded the girl, noting with observ-
ant eyes that Dick needed a shave
badly.
From upstairs, answered Dick.
the light going out of his face. cts
an awful hole, Kate. Wish you could
see it."
''Oh, let me see it," she exclaimed,
impulsively. Tie thought almost took
her breath away. Dick stared at her.
He bit his lip hard.
See here, Kate, he said. 81 don't
mean to hurt you-you know, but-oh,
pshaw-you know what l mean.
can't do it. that's all"
'Now, Dick" she said, coaxingly
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-02-25
A Little Advice.

You may be extremely clever
Educated, and all that,
But, remember, you should never
Need to buy larger hat.
If you've made a class grafton,
If in the debates you've led
With the greatest appreciation.
Don't you let it swell your head.
If, in one thing or another,
You've achieved a great success,
Don't let your citation smother
All the sense that you possess.
Don't go walking with your nose up
And proud and lofty tread
That is apt to trip your toes up.
Don't you let it swell your head.
If you've made lot of money,
Hold yourself trifle down.
Fortunes smile is bright and sunny,
But she has been known to froWn,
People are disposed TO fiatter,
But don't swallow all that's said,
If you've prospered, that's no matter,
Don't you let it swell your head.
Chicago Daily News.
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Grain for Young Lambs.

Lambs should have grain from the
time they are ten weeks old until the
next spring, if they should grow to
their limit. This is not the usual prac-
tice among sheep breeders, and yet
many have become convinced that this
is the correct way to manage lambs. A
lamb that does not learn to eat when it
is young will fool away great deal of
time learning after it is required that it
be making steady growth.-Midland
Farmer
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-02-25
Preparing Buckwheat Land.

Pillow buckwheat land as early as pos
sible in the spring, and harrow occa-
sionally until the seed is sown. This
early blowing and narrowing aids in
changing into a soluble and hence
available form, some of the insoluble
heterogeneous compounds of the soil.
This will usually supply sufficient nj
trogen. The early blowing also allows
the soil to become sufficiently compact
Immediately below the surface, which
is an aid in preventing injury from
dry weather Sow one bushel of seed,
and apply from $50 to 300 pounds of
acid phosphate per acre.. H. Stew
art, West Virginia Experiment Station.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-02-25
A Cb~an wire stretcher.

A cheap and very serviceable wire
stretcher can be made as follows: Take
five-sixteenths inch rope about seven
feet long, on one end put a clevis and
fasten to spoke in rear wagon
wheel; brace the wagon so that it can
ncA run back. On the other end of
the rope put a mower guard and put
wire in this; if it should slip put a
claw hammer on wire in front OF the
gard and behind barb; now turn
the wheel and the hub will act as a
windlass, and the wire can be stretched
very tightly and quickly.-Midland
Farmer.
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The Girl who LoIIs,

The girl who prefers to loll about read
ing rubbishly books which make no call
on her mental faculties, absorbing cara
mels or chocolates she does not require,
starves her mind and overfeeds her
body at one and the same moment. By
doing this she tends to lay on an excess
of fatty tissue, which soon robs her
youthful figure of any dainty charm it
might possess. her digestive organs be-
come deranged, the liver becomes slug
gish, and her complexion assumes sal
low tint that adds years to her looks
Chicago Tribune
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All wondah eff it's wrong aw right
To love one mon de res;
De one yo' sings to sleep at night
An cuddles on yo' bre's-
Yo' Titles.
All knowed dat some day some'd go;
All. couldn't keep EN- AN;
ButfGawd He been so good beto
All nevah thought He'd call
De Titles.
He knowed nah sperrit would be-to'n;
He knowed nah heaht would break;
'Cose mebbe so He needed one
But wha' made i'm take
Nah Titles?
Lii Abe, dat use to stan an grin
When Aid come in de do
An grab de bubbles standin' in
De washtub on de flo
Nah Titles.
But mebbe lii Abe went fust
Kase- Abs agoin' naix
An he'd a-needed me de wust-
Mebbe da's why He takes
De Titles.
Maurice Smiley. in Leslie's Monthly.
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Our experience with ducks is that they
do not make any nests at the first laying
or early in the spring, and if it is desired
to get these eggs, the ducks must be
penned up every night, as they lay
very early in the morning. If run
ming out, they will lay in the brook
or wherever they may be. Later in the
summer some of them will make nests
and will probably get broody. Straw
or leaves or almost anything will serve
as material out of which to make nests.
Charles Smiley, in Farmers Re-
view