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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-03-22

The latest is the fruigivor. He lives
on nuts and fresh fruit and drinks al
most no water. depending upon fruit
juices TO quench his thirst If he is
consistent, he claims that by this diet
he can knock twenty years off his
Shoullnrs -------
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-03-22

A man usually gets what he deserves
In the end, but he manages to get d
lot Of other things In the meantime.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-03-22

Millions in Submarine Cables.
There is $300OOO,OOO worth of Eng.
fish money invested in submarine ca.
bles.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-03-22

Those women who look "as if wind
could blow them away" can usually
sweepand dust all around their heavier
sisters.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-03-22

of the water-glass and pour In crock.
As the eggs are gathered, see that they
are perfectly fresh, drop them into the
solution until the crock is sufficiently
full. The main thing to observe is to
see that the eggs are covered with the
liquid at all times. Try this plan of
preserving summer laid eggs for the
higher prices of fail and winter.
The Secretion of Milk.
The question is frequently asked:
us the milk secured at one milking
present in the udder in the form OF
milk at the time the milking beginsY'
In answering such an inquiry at u
dairyman's meeting, Mr.. Glendinning.
of Manila, Ontario. says:
"The udder contains great dear
more blood than 1t does milk. You
take a large udder Of COW. ~
course, 1T looks very much as though
there was very large quantity Of
milk in that udder but IL COW hap.
pened to be shot or killed instantly.
and you took and opened her, you
would find very little milk. Perhaps
some Of you have sat down to milk
COW, and you would get little milk
at the commencement quite easily, AMI
then you have said the COW failed to
let down her milk. When you had
MIXED ont that milk that came easily.
you practically had taken all tha
milk that was in the udder, and them
1t was not until you continued your
manipulation some time that she be-
gan to let her milk down again, and
that was the time she commenced to-
secrete the milk. There was not a.
great deal Of milk in the udder at the
beginning"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-01-26
IT'S THE WAY you PUT IT.
Hair Dye Finds Sale as Boot Polish
When introduced as
Such.

Grigsby was a splendid agent in his
own trade, but lately he has taken up
a new line-a patent hair dye, relates
the Chicago Tribune.
He called at several suburban dwell
ings, but as soon as he proclaimed his
business-hair dye-the door was
slammed in his face.
At length he felt he must alter his
tactics, when the next door was opened
by fearful looking female with forbid
ding scowl and few scanty gray locks,
he commenced alphabetically:
Il beg your pardon-I was about to
introduce new and wonderful hair
dye, but see it would be something for
which you would have no use"
The lady blushed and stammered, not
to say simpered:
mo, l suppose not; but if it is good
perhaps 1t might be used for something
elsa brown dye, think you said. I
should like some good brown boot pol
ish'
1.-THE very thing; it is magnificent for
both purposes. Two shillings-thank
you" and Grigsby had no difficulty in
getting rid of his hair polish. He never
says dye.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-01-26
CURRENT sINGULARITIEs.

One of the most remarkable opals in
existence is supposed to be fossil frag-
ment Of the cinioliasaurus, which once
lived in Australia, reaching length OF
10 feet The specimen lately brought
TO New York, weighs 1,150 carats.
J. N. Tilton, a merchant Of Bozeman
Mont, left in a will that was probated
on October 10 the income Of his estate
which will amount to several thousand
dollars annually, for the celebration OF
the Fourth of July with fireworks, flags
and bunting.
The following is a translation Of a
nublic announcement, which appeared
recently In the principal paper Of town
in Alsace: THE commune Of Hlrsingen
requires q capable man to wind and look
after the village cock. No salary to be-
gin with. but this will soon be doubled
If services are satisfactory"
New Britain, Conn, hustling city,
with 10000 persons, has only two po-
licemen at work in the daytime-and
only one when the chief eats his lunch
con. 1t seems to speak volumes for
the orderly disposition Of the New
Britain people that this has been the
condition for SO long, and events have
only just called attention to 1t.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-01-26
NEARSTONE FOR BUILDING.
stone, Said to Be Durable-For-
mula for Former.

United States Consul Kehl, in Stettin,
Germany, tells about the first imitation
sandstone or beton building in north
ern Germany, says the New York
World. 1t is to be used as a government
insurance building. The staircase rail-
ing of imitation red granite has a pol
ish equal to that on the real article;
only by close inspection can one detect
that it is in imitation. Even the halls
and stairs will all be of betOn. The
framework is of cheap brick faced with
pieces of imitation sandstone, cement
being used in setting the pieces. All the
blocks, window frames, stills, columns
roof balcony and portal ornaments are
so exactly cast that they fit with little
chiseling. To obtain the effect of gran
tie ground black marble is used; for red
granite red marble is used. The outer
she'll of stOneWOrk is from 1.18 to 1877
inches thick and is of foreground quail
ity. while the filling is coarse-ground.
Wood forms are used for block work:
for fancy pieces plaster of paris mods
are used. The stones are sold by meas
urement and ornaments by the piece,
and the claim is made that the imitation
is so per cent. cheaper and just as dura-
BILE as the real article. The best form
ula for mixing beton is said to be one
part cement, three parts sand, five parts
ground stone.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-01-26
STRANGE WORLD, BELIEVERS!

When the cold day came along with it's
halleluia song,
You were signing for the pastures where
the daisies used to throng;
But when you knew those pastures you
were hunting for the glooms,
Though the bees were making honey In a
holiday of blooms!
Strange world, good people!
Never satisfied at all,
With the roses of the springtime
Or the gold leaves of the fall
When you own the whole plantation there
is trouble at the door;
If you cornered all creation you'd be en-
vying the poor!
You'd be growing at the landscape, If you
ever took your stand
And saw the shining beauty Of the ancient
promised land!
Strange world. belieYers
Never satisfied at all,
When you're In the summer gardens
Or the golden groves of fall!
Don't yo~ think IL, once in heaven, with
the good folk you should meet.
You'd expect them all to lead you to the
very highest seat.
And then, in perfect safety. find lots OF
fault, and frown,
If the very brightest jewels were not given
for Your crown?
Strange world, believers!
Never satisfied at all,
II you're living in the howell,
Or the master of the hall!
Atlanta Constitution.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-01-26

Going through the hospitals in our
large cities one is surprised to find such
a large proportion of the patients lying
on those snow-white beds women
and girls, who are either awaiting
or recovering from serious opera
tionS.
Why should this be the case? Sim
ply because they have neglected them
selves. Ovarian and womb troubles
are certainly on the increase among
the women of this country-they creep
upon them unawares, but every one of
those patients in the hospital beds had
plenty of warning in that bearing
down feeling, pain at left or right of
the womb, nervous exhaustion, pain in
the small of the back, leucorrhoea, diz-
illness, fatulency, dispiaccments of the
womb or Irregularities. All of these
symptoms are Indications of an un-
healthy condition of the ovaries or
womb, and if not needed the penalty
has 10 be paid by a dangerous operation.
When these symptoms manifest them
selves, do not drag along until you are
obliged to go to the hospital and sub
nit to an operation = but remember
that Lydia e. Pinl1ham's Vegetable
Compound has saved thousands OF
women from surgical operations
When women are troubled with ir.
regular, suppressed or painful menstru'
alton, weakness, leucorrhoea, displace
ment or liberation of the womb, that
bearing-down feeling, inflammation Of
the ovaries, backache, bloating Tor fiat
ulency), general debility, indigestion
and nervous prostration, or are oeset
with such symptoms as dizziness lassi
tude, excitability, irritability, nervous
Lydia e. Pinkhan's Vegetable CSI
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-01-26
LAMB FEEDING.
Owner of Ohio as Given
by Himself.

There is more than one way of feed
ing sheep or lambs successfully even
in the same locality, and under SINH
lar conditions. Widely separated To-
calities may admit of still greater yari-
atoms in methods. In another article,
We give some advice from Mr.. Peter
Jansen, whose experience has been
gained under nebraska conditions. Mr..
j. e. Wing, whose feeding experience
has been with Ohio conditions, in an
swering an inquiry in the Breeders
Gazette as to the best method of feed
ing lambs says:
Our practice is the result of habit
very largely. We have learned that
certain practices make us money. We
once did differently, feeding better
lambs and in a more scientific way,
possibly, and made less money. To
begin with, We lay in an order with
a reliable commission firm for our
feeders early in the season. We say in
effect: Get us the best and smallest
lambs you can find for mighty little
money Sometimes a month rolls
around before we get them, but there
comes glut in the market some day
and we get our lambs. We unload
them and hurry them home before the
neighborS see them. | had them once
when they would jump out of the car
doors q did not run the cars down to
the YARDS and they were so light and
starved that they would scarcely come
to the ground and would not make a
dent when their feet struck it. Those
lambs made me ashamed at first, but
they made us more money than any
we had ever fed. A careless feeder or
a man not fitted to nurse them would
drop his wad right there
when they are home we rest them
in a shaded bluegrass pasture for two
days. Then we dip them carefully.
Then they go directly to their sheds
and stay there until they go to mar
ket. No fall pasturing with western
lambs for US. We begin feeding alfalfa
hay, At first they eat a lot Of it. We
give them corn silage, too, with their
alfalfa. You cannot make 1t pay to
put corn into a weak, starved lamb.
about Christmas we begin feeding
little ear corn. Gradually we feed
more and more ear corn. Eventually
they eat all the ear corn they can hold,
very nearly. We never reach quite
the full-feed point. We break the ears
small at first We shear in March or
early in April We never ship with
the wool on. We make the lambs very
ripe and fat and they top the Buffalo
markets every time. That is habit,
too. With this slow feeding we make
them gain about from so to IS or 90
pounds. 1t pays us because we put
into them comparatively small
amount of grain and much rough feed
cheaply produced on the farm"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-01-26
New Species of Potato.

A new species of white potato is be-
ing cultivated in France from pecu-
liar variety found in Uruguay. 1t is
believed that it is destined to replace
even the Irish potato Originally
very bitter tuber. the new vegetable
becomes, after three or four years of
cultivation, an admirable food proouct
It's yield is enormous and 1t is exempt
from maladies that attack the ordinary
potato. 1t grows best in moist soil, its
native habitat being the marsny shores
of the river Mercedes, In Uruguay
Its flowers have jasmine-like odor,
and a delicate perfume has already
been extracted from them. After one
planting the species perpetuates itself
from the broken roots left in the
ground.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-01-26

Hongkong rates fifth in the COM
mercial reports of the world.
Cubans are buying cattle in Vene-
zuela at the rate of 100000 head year.
Russia has per capita investment
in industrial enterprises Of 81, while
the United States has $125.
Germany exported last year over
100000 worth of books and works
of art England and the United States
were her bes, customers.
Cuban honey is shipped to Germany,
the United States, France and other
countries. The amount gathered in
1904 exceeded 100000 In value.
The Importance of the glove trade
to France is eXampled by the fact
that of glove buttons, fasteners and
clasps, one French firm alone makes
over 100,000000 a year.
Spain produced 175, 100 tons of lead
in 1903, exceeding the output Of all
other countries except the United
States. Mexico is the third largest
producer, and Australia comes fourth
in order.
Cigars exported from Cuba numbered
205, 244,298 valued at $12,302,9 200, of
which 5,769, 422, valued at $2,888, Ill,
went to the United States; 28.388 OLA,
valued at $1,968,395 to Germany, and
92.559,817, valued at $5,197 1856, to Eng
land, last year.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-01-26

without any sign of packing. To make
shaper, first build frame and then
in this frame construct two troughs,
each ten feet long. These troughs are
constructed by mailing together two
boards, seven-eighths Of an inch thick
and six inches wide, at right angles.
After plucking the fowls, says the
Indianapolis News, lay the carcasses
in the trough with the heads hanging
down, the legs alongside the breast
and the breast downward. By gentle
pressure force the carcass down into
the angle of the trough. Cover each
carcass with oiled paper; then have an
inch board six inches wide to lay on
the carcasses and weight this board
down with a brick or heavy stone at
either end. AS the carcass of the bird
is slipped under the board, move the
lower brick or stone to obtain the
weight. The carcasses should be kept
In this position for six or seven hours,
and they will then be shaped and ready
for packing in crates. The illustration
shows the construction of this shaper
in detail, and, as will pc seen, any
handy man can construct it readily.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-01-26

That settled 1t. Melinda had .eyer
called me by my Christian nan,n before.
1t made me reckless. l would enter the
lists and do what | could for her. that
Gay cost what it would.
Charley MADE a move as if to 60.
III take the road before you and
keep it" l shouted as rushed out be-
fore him.
The car swung out into the road and
dashed off at good pace, which every
moment increased.
After a few minutes heard Charley g
machine snorting and changing behind,
and minute later heard him yelling
something Melinda clutched at my
arm and shouted in my ear, but the
rushing wind earned her words away.
Don't let him pass" l imagined she
must have said, and | resolved not to
do SO as / shook her hand off my arm,
for it impeded my control of the ma
chine
Suddenly, when terror at my rash
temerity was gradually stealing over
me. Melinda gave lurch and fell against
IllE imp anu 1nGlI 4 IE oLl an loh bCNA
too much for her and she had tainted.
| tried to stop the car and then terror
wholly seized me, for do what | would,
| could not abate it's pace one jot. In
fact, to my excited fancy it seemed to
laugh at my efforts, and the more |
tried to stop it the faster 1t appeared
to 60 On and on it tore, while chung
frantically to the steering wheel, won
dering vaguely whether Melinda would
recever consciousness before we
smashed up and exactly what kind Of a
smash it would be.
Suddenly, as if it had lost nerve, felt
the car slacken. Slower and slower it
take my eyes off the road and Of giving
some attention to Melinda, who seemed
to be gradually recovering. Then off
it went again, and there were more
gymnastic animals and policemen.
Meanwhile its maneuvers had given
our enemies a chance to catch us up.
The air was full Of shouts and yells ap-
preaching from the rear. And then
hateful soundi-just as the car gave a
final snort, tried to stand on end, but
came to dead stop, I heard Charley's
voice among the rest, and he brought
his machine alongside US.
"You old idiot! What on earth do
you mean by this?" he yelled as he
lifted Melinda down.
What does this mean?" stammered
feebly.
Mean, you fool" cried Charley
Mean! Why, it means that you've
been tearing over the country for the
last hour with Miss Winsley and have
nearly killed her with fright"
The lady lifted her impene5rable veil
and I realized that it was only too true.
My companion had been Phoebe and
not Melinda
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-01-26
AN AUTO
RACE
By AMY n. GACKETT

ia -.pRIEED for awhile OF the delights
Il basiing in the sunshine OF Me-
GIda's charms, l spend half my time
wondering how /, the creature OF habit,
g1csc every action had the sanction OF
aaIlEcg '.ehiRd il, could have fallen i'll
love 18th hsT-Melinda, the very per-
soc,E alton OF restless modernity Dur
ting az other half Of my time concoct
fa:je plans by means OF winch | nope
10 g9gain Meinda's favor.
Learned ping-pong to play with me?
said Melinda, raising her pretty eye
brOwa That's awfulIy sweet OF you,
you inoW. bat never play now, nobody
does. It's quite out. Why not learn
hockey? I'm just gone on hockey"
But when / had mastered the brutan-
slas 0f hockey Melinda was learning to
1ance on artificial ice.
One day thought had caught her up.
Fancy" she said, i've never been
or D. motor. | should love to go for a
good sharp spin"
"A wfuIly dangerous things, motors"
{ ~amarked, earnestly.
Melinda ignored the suggestion.
Charley Rumbold took Phoebe down
70 Brighton the other day, and she says
il IS just ripping"
~ ripping" Melinda means very
nice" She has .. strange vocabulary.
4 don't think ladies' look at all well
IN motor cars" remarked.
Phoebe looks just spiff In her rig"
protested Melinda. By "spiff' Melinda
also means nice"
Il wish she said, musingly, that
knew some one who could drive motor.
You can hire them for the day. Mr..
Farley has several that he lends. I'd
give anything to go for a spin; it would
be just lovely"
Tie words q friend had said to me a
fn~ tags before came to my mind:
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-01-26
TO STIR COOKING FOOD.

labor, says the Indianapolis News, Is
readily made in the following manner:
Make shaft of a strip of wood two
inches thick and long enough so that it
will extend three or four inches above
the top Of the kettle. At the bottom OF
this shaft make paddles by crossing
two thin boards two or three inches
wide.
Fasten a crank to the top of the
shaft, and to this crank fasten a pole,
or not, as preferred. Then prepare a
strip of board six or eight inches wide,
bore hole throgh the middle, through
which to pass the shaft, match both
ends to fit over the handle of the kettle
and at one end fix slide and a set
screw to hold 1t in place. II the cook
ing of the food for stock is done away
from the house, as it. ought to be, one
should build a fireplace of bricks and
cement in which to set the kettle. The
illustration shows both the fireplace, or
pot, as suggested, and the plan for
making the stirrer, and it will be seen
that it is comparatively easy to ar
range the device as suggested.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-01-26
SELECTING THE BROOD SOW
How Exercising Little Care in This
Matter Will Improve Grade
of the Herd.

"The time is now at hand when an
intelligent selection of the SOW can be
made from early filters, to replace
those that should be discarded. Inc
fastest growers, best feeders and those
having the best points can now be
seen. There may, however, be good
growers that are of too lazy and slug
gish a habit to ever make good moth
erS. Then, too, you must be sure that
the hearing is perfect, as lack of this
quality is one of the causes OF over
laying and killing the young" remarks
a writer in an exchange, "and, further
more, this defect is likely to be trans
mitted to the offspring. Always select
with view to uniformity of size, as an
even bunch of hogs appeals the
strongest to the buyer. In selecting
bear in mind the records Of the dams
as prolific and good mothers, for this
quality is passed along from one gen
Grafton to another. Then, too, always
select those that come nearest to con-
forming to your ideal of the type,
providing always that the animal is
not lacking in the qualities pointed out
above. The selection Of the sow has
much to do with the uniformity of
punches of feeders from year to year.
After the young sows are selected,
separate them from the ones designed
for market, and when keeping on pas
ture do not neglect to give them a
sufficient grain ration to bring about
the greatest development of bone and
muscle, but do not make them fat.
The result of a few years judicious
selection will prove surprising to any
one who has never had any system in
this matter"