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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-15

didn't seem inclined to take me Sc
riously She considered me. suppose,
q mere butterfly of a society woman,
4 little creature to be petted and spoiled.
She's very capable and thoroughly do
INVESTIGATED young woman, is my daugh-
ter-in-law, my dear"
That's nice" commented the guest.
eyes. isn't it? Oh, John fairly bursts
with pride whenever he looks at her
She makes him comfortable, I'll say that
for her. But it was trial for me.
Don't you think that samovar Is perfect
~ adorable? I've been waiting all the
afternoon for you to say something
pretty about it. And it goes SO well
with the Dresden. I've been noticing
lately that nobody seems to have Ores
den nowadays I'm hopelessly old
fashioned, | suppose. I'm an old wom-
an, Clara-and my son doesn't love
me"
Tut, TUT" said the visitor. "You
don't look a day over 35, so cheer up"
Mrs. StransOn smiled She really did
not look very much over 35-not more
lndu ten y ears az tue HOSJS w ell Su6
said. sit was quite absurd how l wor-
ried myself over the line OF conduct
should aoopt towar6 Johns wife.
knew by heart all the traditional weak
nesses of the mother-in-law, and made
up my mind would not enter her house
ia spirit of criticism. l wasn't 60
ing to assume an air of lofty superiority.
If | saw anything that seemed to me to
be going wrong was going to overlook
it serenely. If John seemed uncom-
Portable. meant to ignore that, and not
overwhelm him with sympathy. I
wasn't going to offer her any advice or
show her any of my improved little
little methods of doing things. didn't"
THAT was very noble and self-deny-
ing of you" said the guest.
Wasn't it? Clara. felt like an alb
solute fool in the binding white light
of that girls capability. Her house
seemed to run just like clockwork.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-15
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WHAT MAKES A NATIoNp

What makes nation? Bounding lines
that lead from shore to shore,
That trace it's girth on silent hills or on
The prairie floor,
That hold the rivers and the lakes and all
the fields between
The lines that stand about the land bar
fier unseen?
Or is 1t guns that hold the coast, or ships
that sweep the seas,
The flag that faunts it's glory in the rae
ing of the breeze.
The chants Of peace. or battle hymn, or
dirge. or victor's song,
Or parchment screed, or stored deed, that
makes d nation strong?
What makes a nation? Is 1t ships or
states or flags or guns?
Or is il that great common heart which
beats in all her sons
That deeper faith, that truer faith, the
trust in one for all
Which sets the goal for every soul that
hears his country call?
This makes nation great and strong and
certain to endure,
This subtle inner voice that thrills man
and makes him sure,
Which makes him know there is no north or
south or east or west,
But that his land must ever stand the
bravest and tthe best.
w. D. NJ. in Chicago Daily Tribune.
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Between Two Fires.

This is how deer hunting is managed
in some parts of America: When the
snow is deep deer pursued by dogs will
invariably make for the water. Wading
in where it is deepest, the trembling an
imal will stand and wait for it's canine
enemies. 1t is clever enough to know
that it has the advantage of the dogs
while in the water. The dog, having
short legs, must swim, and the deer, by
striking with it's feet, can defend itself
much better than on land. The hunters,
knowing this popularity, station them
selves near the water, and the terrified
deer, thinking only of the dogs, thus be-
comes an easy prey.
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Ignorance Hampers Science.

The project of running a geodetic
base-line between Cairo and the Cape
of Good Hope calls attention to the
strange hostility often shown by saw
age tribes to the operations of the en-
gineers. In India it has been found that
the erection of pillars and cairns to
mark the site of surveying stations al
most inevitably attracts the attention
of the tribespeople in the neighbor-
hood, who subsequently destroy the
monuments Similar trouble is found
in Africa, South America and else
where. For this reason it is suggested
that the only way to safeguard the
basal points of a great triangulation in
uncivilized lands Is to fix large num-
Der of secondary points, scattered over
the country, consisting of natural fea-
lures which cannot be removed, and
which will remain unknown to the ma
tives.-Youth's Companion
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HUSBANDS AND WIVES.

Some husbands never know how
much they are beloved until their wives
want new hat.
Look after the pennies--your wife
will see that the dollars don't get away
from you.
Some women are born bargain hunt
ers, others contract the habit at the age
Of three or four.
The man who is always giving
pointers on how to manage a wife can
usually be found in the woodshed after
supper smoking his evening cigar.
When mans hat won't fit him In
the morning 1t Is not always sign that
he's been out with the boys the night
before. He may have got the best Of an
argument with his wife.
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Everything was neatness and order.
And she had a maid-oh, words fail me-
to describe that maid! After the long,
long series OF incompetents that have
TO look back upon it was heart-breaklng
to see how perfectly she did her work.
To tell the truth, thought the order and
everything else was directly attributable
TO the maid-at first. | said to Anne one
morning: / suppose you have to pay
her enormous wages, but really, she
would be cheap at any price
John spoke up then. Mother he
said, we pay that girl four dollars
week. When she came into the house
three months ago she was, honestly, the
most raw, awkward, untidy piece OF hu-
mainly that ever wore petticoats, Dut
Anne took her in hand and trained nef.
She could train anything. / really De-
lieve she will train me in time.'
Il looked at her-at Anne, mean
and | was reluctantly compelled to be-
lieYe that John spoke the truth.
Heavens! If could only get her to tram
my Matilda!"
Matilda seems to do very well, SAID
the guest, looking around the pretty
little room.
Its very kind of you to say SO. You
always were nice, Clara; but l own |
should tremble if Anne should come ana
see the way things aren't busted. Ii
she does, and gives me notice enough
I'm going to have the house burn down
for purposes of explanation and engage
nice suite of apartments at hotel TO
entertain her in. My dear, haven I
told you half. l was telling her about
some of Johns little baby ways
"Aha!" interrupted the friend.
"Well," said Mrs. Stranson, in some
confusion, II really had to in self-de-
tense. She was telling me OF his pres
ent-day peculiar ties, just as if | didn't
know them as we'll as she did, because
he had been away from me in California
for Is years; so had to go back to early
history where she might be presumed to
be ignorant. But no."
"You don't mean to say that she pre-
tended to know John as a baby?"
mot exactly that. But she knew SO
much about babies In general. | was
stricken speechless. She knew the ca
pacity of their little tummies at varying
ages; their normal weight; the effect OF
peppermint, catnip, limewater, pare
goric and the rest of it; the ages at
which the blessed darlings are first con-
scious of touch, hearing, taste, sight AM
smell, and-oh, there wasn't anything
she didn't know about them!
my love- said, where on earth did
you learn this?'
"She explained that she had attended
lectures on the subject, and had had two
younger sisters. ] suppose some day |
shall be a grandmamma. l don't sup
pose in that event shall be trusted with
my own grandchild. She means very
we'll, though. I am sure of that"
cat the same time | think IL was de-
cidedly sweet and filial of John to make
you that nice, long visit when he was
passing through. Most busy men would
have put their mothers off with a day
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-15
HALF-AcRE GARDEN.
The Profits Which Wsre Realized
from a Small Plot of
Ground.

This year our garden was 6x12 rods,
or little less than half an acre. In it
we raised strawberries, raspberries,
radishes, lettuce, early and late peas,
beets, carrots, cabbage, early potatoes.
cucumbers, summer squash and toma-
toes. There have been five adults in the
family all the time and an additional
one much of the time. We sold 500 quarts
of strawberries for $24.45, canned 16
quarts and had them two meals day
for four weeks.
We sold only few punches of rad
ishes and lettuce. We raised the Early
Triumph potatoes and had six rows Of
six rods long. We sold few and had
enough to use for two months and two
bushels for seed. We sold small cucum~
bers at 20 cents per gallon, large ones
for slicing at 10 cents per dozen, ripe
ones for so cents per bushel. We sold
40 bushels of tomatoes for $23, receiving
one bushel for early ones, and so cents
per bushel for the green and late ripe
ones. We have 20 quarts canned with
five bushels or more yet on the vines in
good condition October Is. Total sales
from garden to that date were $3.50.
We had on hand then five bushels to-
matoes two bushels potatoes, 400 cab
bages, 200 to spare at three cents each,
five bushels beets with three bushels TO
sell at so cents each, two bushels car
rots, with one to sell, which will bring
our income from the garden to quite 500.
l have given no account of our sweet
corn which was in field near by. What
we sold came to $13.75. We could have
sold twice as many strawberries and /
think double the amount of vegetables.
We sold to private customers in town on
the way to deliver cream.
Next year we shall add parsley, celery,
parsnips, onions and caulitiower. We
shall try to have earlier tomatoes and
earlier cabbage. Our garden proved so
successful that we have set out one acre
in raspberries and blackberries and a
larger strawberry bed. Our bed this
year was 3x6 rods and the first year
bearing. Vegetables were in sows six
rods long and were cultivated with a
horse.-N. E. Chapman, in Farm and
Home.
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Wintering the Bees.

1t is none too soon to be making
preparations for the wintering of bees.
Bees are not hard or difficult to win
ter, If given proper attention in the
fall. Given abundant stores, and time
10 fix things to their liking, good col
ony will winter under all manner OF
conditions. Be sure that you have
enough bees In each colony the first
thing You do; if you have not, unite
until every colony is strong. Good
apiarists never feel safe, unless each
colony contains a peck of bees.-Mid-
land Farmer.
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the tufts is that favored by the great
majority of market poultry men. They
are constant layers, especially in cold
weather. The plumage of the fowls
is radically different from any other.
1t resembles wool or fine hair as much
as anything. An advantage derived
directly from this difference in plu-
mage is the inability of the fowls to
fly. The web of the wing feathers be-
ing incomplete and merely fringe,
as is also the case with the tail feath-
ers, they will not support the bird in
the air for even a short flight, and a
three-foot fence will confine them.
Roosts and nests have to be placed
near the floor on this account, or
steps provided. The legs of the fluffs
are clean and of rich yellow hue.
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The Clean Stall.

It is a useless piece of advice per-
haps to say keep the horse stall
clean" Yet we have seen horse stalls
that were always dirty. Moreover we
have seen white and gray horses kept
in such stalls. When they came out
of them in the morning it was good
task to get the dirt and stain off them.
They were unsightly in spite of all
the washing that could be done. A
good many farmers are too much
afraid of wasting bedding. Sometimes,
too, they shake out and save not only
the dry straw, but also much of the
wet straw. The horse is not a dirty
animal and there is little use in let
ting him get dirty. If the ssAll is kept
clean work will be saved.-Farmers'
World,
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The Hog Profitable.

A hog should find place in the
economical management Of every
farm. He will turn to good account
many things that would otherwise be
lost either on grain or grazing
farm. On the former there are plenty
Of grazing spots and many other herb
growths that will equalize the ration
of quite a number of hogs and send to
market or to the farmers table
healthy and palatable meat. On the
grazing farm a little grain will fill
out the high albuminoid ration and
make fat animals.-Prairie Farmer.
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Perfumes as Disinfectants.

1t is well known fact that workers
among lavender beds seldom take in
fictitious ailments, and those engaged
in the perfumery trade are singularly
free from them. A good perfume in
the old days was considered an excel
lent disinfectant. The doctors then
used to carry walking sticks with silver
or gold knobs. These opened with
lid, disclosing tiny vinaigrette box,
which the physician held to his nose
when entering rooms containing pa
tents Ill with any infectious disease.
London Mail
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Of the most concentrated beverage
spifits-the per capita being 2.51 gallons.
The per capita in gallons of other coun-
tries follows: Sweden. 2.13; Germany.
I'll; Belgium, 1.42: United Kingdom.
1.3S; United States, 1873; Russia, 1.29;
and Italy. 0.34 From this it appears
that the United States, considered per
capita, is almost at the end of the spirits
drinking nations.
Belgium leads all other nations in
beer drinking, with per capita of 56.59
gallons. Russia leads in the absolute
amount OF spirits consumed-172 $50 500
gallons of spirits. Germany is next
with 124,S1S. 800 gallons; and the Unit
ed States third, witl117, 252, las gallons,
Germany drinks more beer than any
other country, though less than Bel
GUM or the United Kingdom per capita
Its annual total is 1872, IT'S, 900 gallons
The United Kingdom is second, with
], 500, 709, 900, and the United States
third. with LAS. S79.2 62-
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New TABLE Vegetable.

A new vegetable for table use is the
Crambe tataria, an umbelliferous plant
resembling sea kale. The sweet roots
raw and cooked, are eaten by Tarsars
and Cossacks, and for these and the
sprouts also, it is recommended sor
cultivation by a prominent member
OF the Academic de Cuisine, of Paris,
who declares that it is finer in flavor
than asparagus and cauli1ower, which
it suggests. The roots are boiled in
salt water and seasoned in butter, a
salad of young leaves and slices OF
root being another dainty luxury
Boston Budget.
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AMERICANS DRINKING LESS.
Statistics Show That Consumption of
Spirits in United States Is
Extremely Low.

While the United States drinks great
quantities Of intoxicating liquors, the
per capita of consumption is far below
that of number of European countries,
according to figures given out by the
department of commerce and labor.
In the per capita consumption Of al.
coholic beverages France leads, with
1921 gallons. Belgium, owing to its
heavy beer consumption, follows with
7.33 gallons, Italy with 6.61, Germany
with 5.53. and the United Kingdom with
4s9 gallons are the countries which ex-
eel in drinking. The per capita of this
country is only 1928 gallons, of Sweden
sos. and of Russia 1.39.
France also leads in the consumption
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Paint Your Tools.

Paint should be judiciously used. 1t
is a great preservative, in fact the best
and only practical one OF its nature,
and for this reason it should be gen.
erously applied. Spring is the best
season Of the year to paint, as the paint
dries better. Always put on two coats,
preferably three, the frsz containing
much GIL and the last nearly all paint
Apply these as fast as dry, but let them
become thoroughly dry. Slow drying
,aint laExs better.-FarU and HomA
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STORING SEED POTATOES.
Safe Method of Keeping Them During
the Winter So They Will
Not Sprout.

Seed potatoes should be firm and
sound, from which no sprouts have ever
grown. Keep in a cave made especially
for the purpose, arranged so as to con-
troll the temperature as near the freez-
ing point as possible and not have the
potatoes freeze. A cave of any kind will
do, even if nothing more than pit in
the ground covered with poles, few
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over, but the climax came when l got
some nice peaches and devoted the whole
of the afternoon to make a pie. l was
so proud of that pie. l don't very often
do such thing, you know. And that
boy"
moi" said the friend, you don't tel
me that he did that!"
Eyes, he did," replied Mrs. Stranson,
with feeling. at was the last straw.
Yes, he said the pie was very good, but
1 ought to taste the pies that Anne
made. Chicago Daily News.
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Market Chickens While Young.

II you want to make money from
chicks the best thing is to know when
to market them. An early two and
one-half-pound bird at Is ceuts per
pound brings IS cents. Keep him un-
til he weighs five pounds, feed lot of
grain and sell for seven cents, and you
have 35 cents. This is what many
farmers do. The best way to market
chickens is to make arrangements
with some hotel and boarding house.
You often can if you try to furnish
them a certain number of chickens on
a given day. l drive seven miles with
Is chickens every Saturday. I cleared
the past summer $500 from my poul-
try. Pretty good for farmers wife,
isn't it? Il sold some to merchants,
who appreciate fresh young chicken
for Sunday dinner and will be on the
watch for you as soon as they know
you come regular with good stock
Farm and Home.
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SOMETHING NEW.
The Odd Breed of Poultry That Has
Woolly-Like Feathers and
Can't Fly.

You have heard that "there is no'h-
ing new under the sun" Well, it de-
ponds upon how you look at it, says
Commercial Poultry. The really rev
variety of fowls now known as the
"duffs" are interesting. The size of
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Turning Fence Posts.

Now comes the time for getting out
fence posts, which Wall soon rot at or
in the ground. To double, and more
than double, the life of the post, get 1t
Is inches or more longer than hole is deep
and fence it high. Then when the post
rots off turn it upside down and get an
other life from it
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or two, at most. He stayed week.
didn't hep"
Mrs. Stranson sighed. EYES," she re-
piled, che stayed a week. 1t seemed
very good to have the dear boy all to
myself for awhile. I'm afraid his wife
has spoiled him. You know at that
time, too, I was struggling with Matilda's
predecessor in the kitchen, and had to
do the little cooking myself.
"Well, could hardly do thing that
John didn't try to give me some little
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suggestion about it.
1t was, Mother,
Anne always does
this and Anne does
that. Anne puts a
pinch Of carbonate
of soda in her wa
t e T for boiling
beans, and Anne
used a percolating
pot for her coffee.
And Anne's toast is
always the crisp
est, eVen6SC DrOWn.
&C My son. l said,
by the time I've
had Anne's expe-
rience, l ma do as
well as she. In the
meantime l refuse
to be daughter-in-
lawed to DEATH
HE laughed and
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Something Of Bluff.

He-Miss Kitty, I've heard 1t said
that a kiss without a mustach Is like
an egg without salt. Is that SO?
She-Well, really, | don't know
can't tell-for In my life never
"Now, now, Miss Kitty!"
Never ate an egg without saltI"~-
Brown Book.
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ture of her small white hands. 81 sup
pose you think that l bullied the girl
when we visited them and made the
usual trouble between her and John.
Well. / did not. To tell the honest
truth, / do feel little hurt because she
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49, ia
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RS. S T r A N S o N
poured a fresh cup
of tea and passed
the waters to her
guest. i" My son is
my son till he gets
him a wife, but my
d a u g b t e r S my
daughter the whole
of her life ," she
quoted.
81 have always
considered John a
devoted son, re-
marked the guest.
81 suppose, though,
t b a t mothers-in-
1ouy -
There it goes!"
said Mrs. Stranson,
with a pathetic ges-
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TALES OF THE TOTS.

"Papa, did you ever see an artificial
whale?"
There is no such thing. my SON."
"Then where does artificial whale
bone come from?"
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Little Margie-Mamma, the lady up
stairs is a widow, isn't she?
Mamma-Yes; that is, she's q grass
widow.
why, mamma, did her husband die
of hay fever?"
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Fred (at breakfasD kind of
fish is this, papa?
Papa-Planked shad, my son.
"Well, l wish you would tell cook
to pull the splinters out of the plank
next time"
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what shall get you for your
birthday" asked father OF his five
year-old daughter, who was suffering
from toothache.
"I'd like some teeth like mammals,
so | can take EN- out when they ache,'
replied the observing miss.
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$50 you have stepmother?" said
the lady to little girl of six.
Eyes, ma'am," was the reply.
"Well, you have my sympathy,
dear" continued the lady.
"Oh, | don't need It," rejoined the
small maid. "Give 1t to papa"
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Mrs. Knox-I never needed to marry
you. My friends said / could have gone
on the stage. My voice was a liquid
soprano.
Mr.. Knox-Humph, that's right. It
never dries up.=Boston Globe.
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Johnny" said the teacher, "can you
tell me what a coincidence is?"
Eyes, ma'am," answered Johnny.
We've got one at our house."
"Well, what is it," asked the
yaachar
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Twins" was the prompt reply.