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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-02-23
PLUcKING THE DUCK.
Suggestions for the Best Method for
Securing the Crop Of
Feathers.

The process of plucRirg the feathers
from the live duck is described in the
Farmers Sentinel as follows:
I'm the first place, catch your ducks.
and right here you can make a mistake.
Don't excite and worry the ducks into
a panic, as they get terribly frightened
when cOrnered, and will rush from side
to side in an effort to get away.
after you decide where you wish to
pick them take some grain and scatter
little along toward the building, final
ly little thrown in will get them, as
they are so greedy that they will rush
in in a body, for they are like sheep
where one goes the rest will follow.
Then close the door on what you
think you will have time to pick that
morning. Move around quietly, throw
only little grain down at time, and
pick up one while feeding. If you can
have a small lath pen in one corner all
the better. Induce a few into 1t at
time by THROWN il. she grain, and you
can then pick up one readily without
hardly disturbing the rest.
Have box or stool to sit on, also
bushel basket to put the feathers in,
with a cloth thrown over the basket
when you come out in the wind. TrJ
the feathers by pulling out few; II
they come out easily and no blood fol-
lows on the quill, they are ready. You
can also notice when it is time to pluck
them. they often sit around and work
a. scatter
ing ones on the ground. If not ready,
put the duck out and try another, as
have found that all will not be alike.
Turn the duck on it's back, put its
head under your left arm, holding its
legs in your left hand. Be careful not
to hold them too tight and close to-
gether. Their legs are set quite wide
apart and are easily famed and hurt.
Pick g. few feathers out at time with
quick, short jerks. Get most OF the
feathers off the breast and under parts,
leaving the fine down, not disturbing
the back, for the duck will be apt to
sunburn and be a long time recovering.
The incest feathers are on the breast.
IF you wish one for dinner, as soon
as killed commence picking it dry, as
the feathers will come out much easier
while warm. Have the tea kettle on
and when you have picked all the feath-
ers and down that will come off readily,
scald the rest, and with small, sharp
knife pick and scrape it quite clean
Dip in hot water, then in cold TO plump
it, and you will have nice looking
duck.
They seem hard to dress if you don't
know how, and you will probably spend
a good deal of time over your first one,
but practice will soon shorten the work
''Put the feathers into a flour sack.
not too full, and hang them in the wind
or by the stove to dry out before put
ting away. The PeEin duck furnishes
such beautiful white feathers for pill
lows that if you can have time to pick
the old ones and those you intend to
keep over several times in the summer
it will seem to help pay for the feed.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-02-23
GIRL WHO WAS NOT LEFT.
Suggestion from the Chorus for
Women Travellers in Sleep
ing Cars.

"D'je ever notice" inquired the traV-
cling man, according to the New YORK
Sun, how the women in a sleeping car
seem to sleep with one eye open all
nightin order to be the first to reach the
women's dressing room at daylight IN
the morning? And how the first up
makes about four strides of it to the
women's dressing room and bangs the
door thereof in the faces of all the other
women, who quickly tag after her, and
then proceeds to spend an hour and AZ
minutes in primping, while the other
women stand outside the door thinking
things of their sex that are sin and
shame, and even sometimes banging on
the locked door with their impatiently
clenched hands?
well, | recently SAVIOR rather,
heard-a dead new one on a sleeping car.
1T was on trip from New York to
Chicago, and the train was due in Chi
cago about eight o'clock in the morn
ing. There were five show girls of an
extravaganza company moving from
New York to Chicago on the sleeping
car. Two of them occupied the berths
in the section next to mine.
Exactly at $50 o'clock in the morn
ing. when the train was still two and a
half hours from Chicago. was prodded
ont Of sleep by the tremendous buzzing
of bell
What dye s'pose that bell was? Oh,
just a plain, everyday 99-cent alarm
clock of the common. or garden, variety.
The chorus girl in the lower berth in
the section next to mine had set the
thing at that unearthly hour SOS TO
make dead certain that she'd get first
whack at the women's dressing room in
the morning. BY the time the alarm
clock stopDed it's Internal racket every
man in the car had his head poked out
between the curtains.
Then the show girl, in long kimOnO,
with her sun locks hanging down her
back, and a lot of makeup gear tightly
clutched to her bosom, appeared in the
aisle, making hotfoot for the women's
dressing room. On her way down the
aisle she gave her sisters of the chorus
the hoarse boot.
It's clammy, moist morning. she
remarked to them as she sped, when
your little playmate Bertha gets it where
Tecumseh wore the elks' teeth and
then she banged and locked the dress
ing room door. and maybe she alone
wasn't worth the price of ticket when
she reappeared about an hour and a
quarter later"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-02-23
The King Of Mollusks

The king of mollusks lives In the
Indian and South Pacific oceans. He
attains to weight of 500 pounds, and
the shell is of the bivalve kind, and
the shape is about the same as that
of our common fresh water mussel.
me gigantic Tridacna is the largest
moliusk known TO have lived on the
earth since the Silurian age. 1t is
found on the bottom of the shallow
parts of the ocean, and The large indi-
viduals have no longer the power to
move about. They lie on one side, and
all about them the corals build up I'M
til King Tridacna is sometimes found
In a well-like hole in the coral forma-
tion-St. Nicholas.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-02-23
ANOTHER SENSATIONAL CURE: n
IT SURELY Is WRONG.

To shirk responsibility in politics or
to be Indifferent to the public welfare.
Not to be able to carry on intelli-
gently conversation upon current top
les
To ignore the forces which are i'm
proving civilization in your own coun-
try.
To know nothing Of the things we
see, handle and enjoy every Gay Of
cur lives.
TO be ignorant OF the general his
tory of the world and of the various
countries.
Not to know something Of the great
est leaders, reformers, artists and
musicians of the world.
Not to have intelligent knowledge Of
the general affairs of the world and the
inter-relations of nations.
To be grossly ignorant in these days
of free schools. cheap newspapers, pc
riodicals and circulating libraries.
To vote blindly for party, right or
wrong, instead Of for principle. be-
cause you have been doing SO for
years.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-02-23
THE BEE IN THE ORCHA. }
Value of the Busy Worker as Pol
len Distributor Cannot Be
Overestimated.

The value of the bee ir the orchard
is we'll understood and appreciated by
the intelligent fruit man; the neces-
sity of the cross-pollenation of. fruit
is almost universally acknowledged
and the bee is the most thorough and
reliable instrument for it's accomplish
ment. Amateur fruit growers often
wonder why their trees do not bear as
we'll as those of fruit growers regular
ly engaged in the business and apply
fertilizers and resort to other eXpedi-
ents, when the fact is, all that is need
cd is pollen from other trees. The
trees bloom well, but the fruit does
not set for the want of the pollen
which the bee gathers on its feet and
body and distributes on the blooms as
it sucks the honey therefrom. Jew
hires of bees in an orchard will large
ly increase the yield of fruit, and no
farmer should be without them, says
the Epitomist. While other insects
might help toward pollenation, bees
are by far the surest and best for the
business, and in their absence the hope
o. a good fruit crop rests upon slim
foundation.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-02-23
MEN ARE IN THE MAJORITY
Shown in Statistical Report Recently
Issued by the Census
Bureau.

Men are in the majority in the United
States to the extent of PIG in each 10000
OF the population, according to bulletin
issued by the census bureau. In 1890 the
excess of males was 242. The divisions of
continental United States with the
smallest proportion of males are the
District Of Columbia (474 per cent. },
Massachusetts (48.7 per cent? and
Rhode Island (49.1 per cent?; those with
the largest are Wyoming (62.9 per cent?
and Montana (61 6 per cent?. A curious
divergence of the sexes appears in the
returns for the city and country dis
tricts. In the cities having population
of $500 or more in 1890 there were 6,929
more males than females; in 1900 this
proportion had been reversed and the
females in cities of this size were DOL
$50 in excess. AS against this change
the excess of / $40, $50 males in country
districts in 1890 became an excess OF
1910 $50 in 1900. Amonr The negroes
there are few more females than
males, among the Indians few more
males than females. About fiye-ninthS
of the immigrants are males.
The excess of males in the total pop
ulatiOn is offset to some extent by the
longer age of females. In the period
from SO years of age to the end of life
the absolute number of females is larger
than that Of males and also in the period
from 16 to %, although the census eX-
perts ascribe the latter superiority to
falsifed returns rather than to an alb
sOlute majority. The death rate of
males in the registration area in 1900
was 10 per thousand and that of females
was 1876. The difference in the death
rate is least between the ages of ) and
IA and the greatest at the extremes Of
life. There is a period between the ages
of and q when the death rate of fe
males is in excess of that of males. In
spite of the fact that four-tifths OF the
childbirths occur between the ages of
20 and 80, the death rate Of women at
that time is smaller than that of men.
In 1900 the median age, the age which
exactly divides the total population, was
p. 50 years, an increase of nearly seven
years in the last century. The produc-
tive age group in the United States, that
part of the population between 16 and
60, comprises nearly three-fifthS Of the
population, a larger proportion than is
to be found in most European countries.
Nearly one-fourth of the population is
less than ten years of age.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-02-23
THOUGHTLETS.

II you can't be cheerful-be cheer half
fGll.
Do not try to persuade men until you
can persuade a living out OF the cGndl-
tiOrs which surround you.
Work smartly to save all the barn
yard manure Won can. You will soon
want it to put on the spring crops.
''Mummied" fruit on trees ought to be
cut off and burned, else rot and fungus
germs VAL be carried to next years
crop
The demand for the teaching OF ele-
mentary agriculture in the schools is
growing. Let us not forget that there
must be broad and liberal foundation
for this special work.-Fafm and Fire
side
In fighting insects with poison, it has
been found that unless they are de-
stroyed by the first application, they are
less and less afflicted with il, and finally
become practically immune
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-02-23
DOVEcOTES OF SCOTLAND.
Landowners Only Are Permitted to
Have Them on Their
Territory.

1t is not universally known that the
right of erecting a dOcecote was a
privilege to be enjoyed in England
only by the lords of the manor and
the law was vigorously enforced on
this point But in Scotland, accord
ing to a statute still held in observ-
ance, nobody has a right to build a
cote in either town or country unless
he is the owner OF land yielding about
$50 imperial bushels of produce a
year, and this property must be sit
uated within at least two miles of the
doVecote or pigeon house. A further
enactment also states that on the
above mentioned conditions only one
cote shall be built. A distinguished
authority on husbandry estimated that
in 1923 there were $4,000 dovecotes in
England, and that aliONin 500 pairs
to each house, the damage wrought by
birds in deyOuring corn would work
out at no less than 100000 bushels
that is, an allowance OF four bush
els yearly to each pair. Anyone who
destroyed a dOvecote was guilty of
theft, and is to be held at the present
time in Scotland (the act was passed
in 1879, while third offense of dove
cote breaking was Capably punished.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-02-23
BEAUTY.

o you who gaze on fading sunset skies
With dream eEkiEd.ed eyes
AgIOw with ecstasy,
DO not those crysta, deeps reveal to YOU
The secret of eternity
That in their pcrishing, frai. glory lies
The one truth wholly true
Though all things perish Beauty never
dies?
For Beauty fades not with the facing hour,
Nor withcrS with the flower,
Nor passes with the dream;
Though Death should take the whole earth
in his ret,
lie may not snare the starry g,cam
Nor hold the soul OF Beauty in his power
Yea, though times sun should set,
And al things perish, Beauty never dies
Imperishab.e Beauty tremb,es through
The frailnCss of the dew;
In nickering, white foam,
And in the iris of the stormy bow
Awhile she dweIls and hath her home
Beneath our earthly skies of mortal blue.
They fade; yet this we know
Though all things perish, Beauty never
dies.
For ever fugitive. before our eyes
From form to form she flies;
We deem her dead; when she
Doth flash again upon our rnaZed sight
IN some new living ecstasy
or bloom, or love-lit face, or sunset skies,
Or star-enchanted night
Though all things perish, Beauty never
dies.
With her alone is immortality;
For yet men reycrently
Adore within her shrine.
The sole immortal time hath not cast down.
She yields a power yet more divine
Than when OF Old she rose from out the
sea
Of night with starry crown.
Though all things perish, Beauty never
dies.
L nnInn IlniI,.
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elf-Defense.
BEAUTIFUL WOMEN
HOW THEY MAINTAIN THE CHARMS
OF THEIR SEX.
The Importance that Attaches t" the Care
of the Blood If One Wants Bright Eyes
and "a Clear Complexion.

of the Blood If One Wants bright Eyes
and a Clear Complexion.
Every sensible woman naturally wishes
to appear attractive. She knows the value
of bright eyes, delicate complexion and
lively spirits She knows also that
good health is at the basis of her charms,
and that good blood is the source of good
health.
Miss Mamie Conway has complexion
which is the admiration of all who know
her. Asked if she could make any sug-
gestions that would be helpful to others
less fortunate, she said:
"My complexion would not have
pleased you, if you had seen it two years
ago. It was then about as bad as it
could be, and it gave me a great deal OF
dissatisfaction. il You want good
complexion you must take care of your
health, especially of the condition Of
your blood. My health was at that time
completely broken down. l was nervous,
had frequent headaches, a torpid liver
and a great deal Of pain in that region.
I suffered also from indigestion. 1t was
clear that my blood was i'll bad condition,
for pinples broke out all over my face. "
cit is hard to realize that, for there
fn't the slightest trace Of such blem'
ishes now"
"It was unfortunately quite other
wise then, and long time passed before
found anything that gave me any re-
lief. I became very weak and lstless.
The doctors medicine did me no good,
and took a number of highly recon-
mended tonics with 10 better result.
As soon, however, as I began to use DR..
Williams Pink Pills for Pale People my
so,n plexion cleared up, and after had
taken two boxes there was not sign of
pimple left on my face My cheeks
became rosy, I gained flesh and have had
perfect health ever since"
Rosy cheeks and sparkling eyes are
merely signs ofhealthy blood. They have
come not only in the case of Miss Conway,
whose homeis at 1911 East Eighth street,
Canton, Ohio, but to thousands OF
women for whom DR.. Williams Pink
Pills have made new blood. There isno
surer way for you to obtain them, than to
buy box of these pills from any drug
gist and try them for yourself. They cor
rect irregularities ana Danish weakness.
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the snow or bare ground IN winter with
pieces of the dead clover and alfalfa
stems, but their distribution is effected
chiefly by artificial means.
Dodder seeds placed in the soil ger
inmate, under favorable conditions, in
practically the same manner as do the
seeds of clover or other plants, but in
stead of two green leaves there appears
above the surfave very slender, incon-
spiCuous yellow shoot. This binds to
one side, then swings slowly around,
lengthening meanwhile, until it strikes
q green plant If no plant upon which
it can live is within reach, the dodder
seeding dies as soon as it has exhausted
the nutriment stored up in the seed. But
if the swinging shoot comes against
congenial host, it tWines about it, in
some places tightly, in others loosely.
One of the most practical methods to
complete the eradication of dodder after
removing the vegetation from infested
spots is to spade or hoe the soil to the
depth of about two inches and to keep
this stirred so as to prevent the growth
of any plants for three weeks. This
method is especially recommended II
the dodder vines had begun to produce
seed before their removal. Fire may be
used to destroy the dodder. TO destroy
by this means seeds that have fallen TO
the ground, requires a considerable de-.
gree of heat maintained for several min
utes. This is secured by covering the
infested area with light wood or chips
we'll sprinkled with kerosene. Straw or
shavings do not produce heat enough
close to the ground.
Dodder has been killed in some in
stances by smothering it with thick
covering of manure, muck, or ashes, but
these methods cannot be recommended.
A thick sprinEiing OF wood ashes when
the clover is wet with dew may accom-
plish the desired result, chiefly through
the action of potash, but this method also
is unreliable. These methods are for
applica zion in fields where the dodder is
confined to comparatively small spots.
They are not practicable where large
areas or considerable portions OF field
are infested. ,.a
One of the best methods for SubdulnS
dodder after it has become widely dis
tributed, says Orange Judd Farmer, is
to turn sheep on the land, combining them
with a portable fence if necessary, so
that they will keep the infested areas
closely grazed. While pastured in dod-
der-infested fields, the sheep should not
be moved about the farm any more than
is necessary, as they are likely to carry
dodder seeds and pieces OF the vine in
the clefts of their hoofs and in their wool.
Dodder can usually be eradicated by
thorough cultivation with corn or root
crops for two successive seasons. For
the destruction of alfalfa dodder and
clover dodder, any crops may be Guilt
waited except those of leguminous plants;
but, as warty dodder and field dodder
grow and thrive almost equally we'll on
a great variety of host plants, only such
crops can be grown for their eradlca-
ton as will admit OF clean cultivation.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-02-23

OLQer pIdcSS, has
already done con-
siderable damage.
The following facts
regarding dodder,
by L. H. Dewey, of
the United States
department of agri-
culture, will be of
tim e | y interest:
The seeds are gen.
orally introduced
with impure clover
or alfalfa seed, or
distributed W i t h
h a y. T h e y ar e
blown about over
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-02-23
Bee Hive as an Incubator.

A farmer in Ohio is reported to have
successfully practiced Matching chickens
by the heat given off by swarm OF
bees. In response to inquiry, the fol
lowing reply was received: Il can hatch
over bees every egg that is fertile. First
you need an oat chaff hive. Then stretch
a piece of cheescloth above the bees and
lay the eggs on it. Put cushion On It's
side AMI top around the eggs. II any
have doubt about the temperature being
right for Matching eggs, they can test Ii
for themselves if they have a swarm OF
bees Massachusetts Plough
man.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-02-23

rod. passing through beam, b, a fiat piece
of steel a inch wide, Is inch thick, and 8
inches long, so that it will turn like a
swivel The drop, C, is 2 inches long and
the ends, d. 315 inches. Split the enc,
making q claw, like that OF common
nail hammer, only leave it nearly
straight, but turned up at an angle of 40
degrees. 1t can be hung up by the ring,
a. Take the fowl by the legs, dead or
alive, placing the feet in the ends, and as
it will draw down tight in the two claws
it will hold itself nicely.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-02-23
A gainst the Law.

An American woman tourist was
stopped in one of the parks in a Ger
man city by policeman. who bade her
hold up her gown, inasmuch as the
trailing damaged the gravel, and, also,
he ADDED, did the gown no good She
demurred, pointing out that the damage
to the gown was of little consequence.
At once the policeman produced for
mi0able looking book, in which, in
equally formidable German, it was
stated that to let dress drag on the
pathway was an offense against the law.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-02-23
Fumigating Fruit Trees.

Casing trees has become so large
business in California that Los Angeles
man has an outfit for it which cost S10,-
600. Tents are used to conf1ne the gas to
the trees and to protect the operators
from the deadly fumes of the prussic acid
which is liberated from saucer at the
trees roots.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-02-23
EarnW ste.

There's mig ,ty few people said a
farmer, that Knows what to do with a
farm after they get one"
81 have noticed that" answered his
pretty niece from town. They always
insist on giving the whole place up to
corn and oats and things, when they
might have such lovely tennis courts
and golf links. "-Tit-Bits.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-02-23
Keen the Old Geese.

If a part of the geese are to be sold
this fall, be careful not to part any
that were mated together the past sea-
son. l made that mistake last year
and last spring they did not breed
well. Old geese are the best to raise
from, as young geese viii have small
and weak goslings. which seldom live
till grown
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o. o. % @ 81 0

Homcbuder yellow Dent Corn grows
like weed and yields from l51 to 26O
bushels and more per acre! It's the big
gest yielder on earth!
Salzer's Spcltz, Bcardless Barley, Maca-
roni Wheat Pea Dat, Billion Dollar Grass
and Earliest Cane are money makers for
you, Mr.. Farmer.
JUST SEND THIS NOTICE AID 10C
in stamps to John A. Salzer Seed Co, La
Crosse. Wis. and receive their big catalog
and lots of farm seed samples. Is. III
The less polish man has the more re-
Elections he is apt to cast Chicago Daily
News
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CAMBREL FOR FOWLS.
Device Which Will Prove a Great Con-
venience in Dressing Poul-
try for Market.

The cut shows a device for holding all
kinds of poultry when dressing it, says
writer in Farm and Home. 1t is simple
in construction and easily made by any
blacksmith. A is q inch ring on short
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When the Hub Spea ks.

The situation in Russia is to be con-
sidered at mass meeting in Boston
this week. After that the car and his
advisers will know precisely what to
do.-Providence Journal.