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New-York tribune., 1905-07-09
If HE COULD

IT was the opening day of the session, when
everyone was at his Sunday best. The
Senator, who always wears short coat and
carries his right hand in his trousers pocket,
with his left ready to emphasize his words
by shaking his forefnger, leaned against the
cloak-room door. meditatively rolling a cigar
between his lips.
One of the three best-dressed men in the
Senate approached The forefinger rose, and
the Senator remarked Il have friend who
would give You a hundred dollars for that vest,
if he could only set eyes on it."
Take me to him at once" said the other.
He shall set eyes on it forthwith and have it
c. o. d.
Il wish he could" said the Senator sadly;
:" but he's been stone-blind for twenty years"
New-York tribune., 1905-07-09
THE GREATEST GENERAL

A n old Confederate and descendant of
n Israel day were discussing who
was the greatest military leader the world
ever produced. The Southerner stood out for
Stonewall Jackson, while the Israelite upset
all precedent by claiming the honors of war
for Moses.
"Moses?" cried the hero of Bull Run in
credulously. Why he was soldier; he
was only a lawgiver."
YES but he was a great general too" in
sisted the other. Didn't he lead the armies
of Israel through the wilderness for forty
years?"
"Oh, as for that" retorted the Confederate.
Stonewall Jackson could beat him all to
pieces; he led his army through the wilderness
in three days"
New-York tribune., 1905-07-09
A Gift and the Giveas
By Henry ID. Muir

By Henry d. Muir
Blue flag flowers of June
And sweet roses wild,
All plucked by child,
Al gathered for me
Through the radiant noon,
When bObolink' S tune
Rings richest in glee.
And he swings on his tree
Merrily.
Flag lilies are fair,
And fair the sweet roses;
But fairer than posies
New gathered for me
And oh, sadder to spare
Than tobolink's air
y child, down the lea.
Singing sprite-like. sprite-free,
Merrily.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-05-25
VALUE OF MANURE.
A Scientific Estimate of What vari-
Gus Feeds Yield in the Way
of Manure.

The late DR.. j. B. Laws. the celebrated
English experimenter, prepared a table
of the comparative value of manures
made from different grains and folders
that are usually fed to stock. 1t is
prepared by estimating the nitrogen,
potash and phosphoric acid in the ma
nure at the usual market price of those
elements in artificial fertilizers. He
estimated a ton of wheat straw made
into manure as worth $685. a ton of
oat, $29O; ton of pea, 1914; ton OF
barley, $2.25; a ton of clover hay, 1854;
a ton of oats, $40; ton of peas, $13.3S;
a ton of shorts, $13.53: ton Of wheat
bran, $14.59; a ton of linseed meal,
s19.72. Of course the greater majority
of farmers may not be in position to
secure such large fertilizing value
from their foodstuffs, but even il they
secured only half as much as DR.. Laws
claims is possible there would be big
difference in farms. Farmers should
bear in mind that manure made from
rich foods requires to be carefully saved
and attended to because of the fact that,
being more soluble, 1t is 2 great deal
more liable to waste.
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servant as pretty low down. have
told him that the tipping habit is just
as bad in America as in France, but
he says in America the servant acts
as though he never had such a. thought
az getting a tip, and when you give
him a quarter or other tip he looks
puzzled, as though he did not just
recall what he had done to merit such
treatment, but finally puts the money
in his pocket with an air as though
he would accept it in trust, to be
given to some deserving person at the
first opportunity, and then he smiles,
and gets away, and blows in the tip
for something wet and strong.
told dao if he would just ignore
the servants, as though he did not I'M
derstand that they expected a tip, that
he would be al right, so when we got
ready to move from the hotel to pri-
vate rooms dad never gave any serv-
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-05-25
USE OF cULTIvAToRs.
Select the One Which Is Best Adapted
to the Work to Be Done, Then
Get Advice as to Its Use.

There are cultivators. best, good and
otherwise. There are methods of cul-
tivation and lack of method The lat
ter are more notably in evidence. AL
most every crop requires different.
il not a special kind of cultivation
from other cultivated crops from the
extremely shallow surface stirring for
the onion to the deeper, soil lifting
cultivation for the potato. The kind
of cultivation best adapted to each in
dividuai crop should be studied, Sug-
gests the Farmers Review, until prop
erly understood by every farmer who
wants to make this work successful.
Having determined what method OF
cultivation will secure the best re-
suits en- certain crops on the soil I'M
der cultivation, the intelligent farmer
will select the particular kind of Gull
tivator to do his work most satisfac-
tory. There are different kinds of cul-
tiyators, made with special reference
to certain lines of work and class Of
crops, and the manufacturer who has
spent years in the study of and expert
ment with this subject should be IN
position to give the grower competent
advice as to the best type of tool to
use on certain crops and certain soils.
Their advice is always readily and
gratuitously given and the farmer will
do we'll to write to the one who manu-
features such implements as his crops
require and secure all the available in
formation they may be able to give
him. He need not be fearful of ever
getting too much. A postal card sent
to each manufacturer for a descriptive
catalogue will furnish liberal educa-
ton along the line of cultivation and
the use OF cultivators, even if the in
quirer does not purchase machine
this year
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partition; B is Pinch board of any
length, to suit the number of nests, and
runs lengthwise of the henhouse. It
serves as bottom OF the nest and top
Of the tier below G G are the 6-inch
side pieces; d is the 6 by 10-inch traps
pivoted at f by E, which consists of
two tin strips cut from common fruit
cans. These strips are nailed into ends
Of d.
To allow laying hens to enter the
nest, drop ID toward the alley; to gather
the eggs from the alley, drop d toward
the poultry room.
The nests are built in tiers, length
wise of the house, and serve to separate
the poultry room from the alley. There
may be any number of nests in tier and
any number of tiers, says the Orange
Judd Farmer The cut shows an end
view of a nest. The trap serves to
separate the sitting hens from the layers
by allowing closing it toward the poul-
try room. The sitters may be allowed
to use the alley for exercise and feed
ing.
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ant a tip. Well, I don't know what
the servants did to our baggage, but
they must have marked it with a
smallpox sign, or something, for no
body would touch it for several hours,
but finally baggage man took it and
started for our apartments, and got
lost, and didn't show up for two days,
and when it was finally landed on the
sidewalk nobody would carry it up
stairs, and dad and l Had to lug it up
two fights, and l thought dad would
have apoplexy.
We found guide who could talk
New Orleans English and he said it
would cost three dollars to square it
with the servants at the hotel, and
have the boycott removed from our
baggage, and dad paid it, and now he
coughs up tip every time he sees a
servant look at him. He pays when
he goes in a restaurant and when he
comes out, and says he is cured of
trying to reform the customs Of any
body else's country.
We have engaged guide to stay
with us day and night. The guide
took us out for a bat last night, and
dad had the time Of his life. Dad has
drank a good deal Of spurious and
malt liquors in his time, but / don't
think he ever INDUCED much in cham
payne at three or four dollars a bot
tie at home Maybe he has been saw
ing himself up till he got over here,
where champagne is cheap and it
takes several quarts to make you see
angels. The guide took us to one of
these bullyvards, where there are ta-
bles out on the sidewalk, and you
can eat and drink and look at the
dukes and counts and dutchesses and
things promenading up and down,
flirting like sin, and we sat down to
table and ordered things to eat and
drink. and dad looked like Uncle Sam,
and felt his oats.
When he had drank a. few thimble
fuls of absinthe, and some champagne,
and eat plateful of frogs, he was
just ripe for trouble. A woman and
a man at an adjoining table had one
of these white dogs that is sheared
like a hedge fence, with spots of long
hair left on in places, and dad coaxed
the dog over to our table and began
to feed him frogs legs, and the wom-
an began to talk French out loud, and
look cross at dad, and the. count that
was with her came over to our table
and looked at dad in tone of voice
that meant trouble, and said some
thing sassy, and the guide said the
man wanted to fight a duel because dad
had contaminated the woman's dog,
and dad got mad and offered to wipe
out the whole place, and he got up
with champagne bottle and looked
defiance at the count and the walters
began to scatter, when the woman
came up to dad and begged him not
to hurt the count, and as she spoke
broken English dad could understand
her, and she looked so beautiful, and
her eyes were filed with tears, and
dad relented and said: Don't cry,
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Modern WAYS in japan.

Japan long since copied European
methods Of warfare to excellent pur-
pose To-day she is adopting the fri
volties. Until recently jewelry, for in
stance, was tabooed, but now even gen
tlemen are often seen with thick
gold ring, made out of an old Japanese
coin called ''koban." The study of the
introduction Of a new custom is inter-
esting. AS to kissing, it is rather a
delicate subject to touch upon, but it
cannot be dismissed with general
statement that ''in affection and love
the Japanese are outwardly undeInon-
strative." All depends upon circum-
stances. Kissing as practised in the
west is still strange to them, but no
one who knows about it would wonder
If 2 young couple of modern Japan
should take to it to express their love.
IN. Y Herald.
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WHY POULTRY WILL PAY.
Eight Important Points Which En-
courage Every Farmer to Keep
Hens for Profit.

Prof Gilbert, of Ottawa, Can, gives
the following reasons why poultry is
valuable to the farmer:
Because he ought, by their means,
to convert great deal of the waste OF
his farm into money in the shape of
eggs and chickens for market.
Because, with intelligent manage
ment, they ought to be all year revenue
producers, with the exception of per-
haps two months during the melting
season.
Because poultry will yield him a
quicker return for the capital invested
than any other department of agricul-
ture.
Because the manure from the poul-
try house will make valuable compost
for use in either vegetable garden or
orchard The birds themselves, if al
owed to run in plum or apple orchard,
will destroy all Injurious insect life.
Because, while cereals and fruits
can only be successfully grown in GER
tain sections, poultry can be raised in
Ill parts of the country.
Because poultry raising IS an en-
ployment in which the farmers wife and
daughters can engage, and leave him
free to attend other departments.
Because it will bring him the best
results in the shape of new-laid eggs
during the winter season, when the
farmer has time on his hands.
Because to start poultry raising on
the farm requires little or no capital.
BY good management poultry can be
made with little cost valuable adjunct
to the farm"
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ayenge an insult In blood, stop and
think of the sorrow and shame that
will come to you if you draw your gun
too quick, and have widow on yosr
hands as the result Suppose l had
killed that shrimp, the face of his wild
ow would have haunted me always, and
would have wanted to die. Don't
ever kill anybody, my boy, II you can
settle dispute by shaking the dice"
Well, dad ordered some more wine,
and as he drank it, he allowed the pop
ulace to admire him and say things
about the great American millionaire,
who spent money like water and was
too brave to fight. Then dad called
for his check to pay his bill, and when
he felt in his pocket for his roll Of
bills, he hadn't nickel and the wom-
an, when she was in his arms. wedding
with one hand, had gone through dads
pockets with the other. Dad felt for
his watch, to see what time it was, and
his watch was gone, and the waiter was
waiting for the money and dad tried
to explain that he had been buncoed,
and the head waiter came and begun
to act sassy, and then they called
policeman to stay by US till the money
was produced, and everybody at the
other tables laughed, and dad turned
blue, and l thought he would have a
fit. Finally, the guide began to talk,
and the result was that a policeman
went home with us, and dad found
1,o h f11rf n
talked language that caused the land
lady to ask us to find new place.
The next morning the guide showed
up with an officer who had warrant
for dad for hugging a woman in pub
lie cafe, and it seemed as though we
were in for it, but the guide said he
could settle the whole business by pay
ing the officer 500, and dad paid it and
think the guide. and the officer divided
the money. Say, this is the greatest
town we have struck yet for excite
ment, and I guess dad will not have a
chance to think of his sickness.
This morning we went into big
department store, and, by gosh! we
found the count that dad was going to
fight was fioor-walker, and the coun-
tess was behind counter sell
ing soap. When dad saw the
count. leering at him, he put his hand
on his pistol pocket and yelled regu-
lar cowboy yell, and the count rushed
down into the basement, the soap coun-
tess tainted, and the police took dad to
the police station, and all day the
guide and 1 have been trying to get
him out on bail. If we get dad out of
this we are going to put a muzzle on
him. Well, If anyone asks you it am
having much of time abroad, you can
tell them the particulars.
p. S.-We got dad out for $40 and
costs, and he says he will blow Paris
up before night. We are going UP to
the top of the Eiffel tower this after
noon, to count our money, as dad das-
sent take out his pocketbook anywhere
on the ground for fear of being robbed
Yours full of frogs,
HENNERY.
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Agricultural and horticultural Col
onies on the Kansas City
Southern Railway.

Lockesburg Colony in Sewer County,
Arkansas, containing about 10000 acres, and
Loring Colony in Sabine Parish, Louis.
lana, containing about 24,000 2 res, are now
open for settlement. Lands range in price
from 800 to $500 per acre, and are sold
on easy terms to actual settlers. Lockes-
burg Colony is well suited for General
Farming, stock raising and commercial
fruit growing. Loring Colony lies in a
splendid fruit, truck and tobacco region,
and is good for corn and cotton also. Both
are situated in beautiful country, with
healthy climate and excellent water
Write for books concerning Loclesburg and
Loring Colonies and Current Events
Magazinesto S. G.. Warner, G. p. &, /. A.,
X. G. S. Ry., Kansas City, Mo-; L. f.
Roesler, Immigration Agt., X. G. S. Ry.
Kansas City, Mo.
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HINTS.

The castings on the trunks OF the
apple trees show where the borers have
been at work.
Do not plant corn in wet ground, as
YOU are very likely to have the work
to do over again.
Good ears of corn, according to the
expert judge of corn, are few. Uniformi-
ty has not been as yet bred into any OF
our varieties sufficiently to give large
percentage of uniform ears in crop.
It is impossible to exhaust the fer
tiIity of the world, but we may by
careless methods change it around so
that it will take till our grandchildren's
day to get some OF it back into posi-
ton where it may be used.
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A CHEAP HAY BARN.
Plans for the Construction of Suit
able Building for Shelter
ing the CroS.

The whole country is very mucn in
terested in hay farming now that
prices are so high. Saving the crop
constitutes about half the work. 1t is
well-nigh impossible to do the thing
right without good hay shed os barn.
The accompanying sketch. says Farm
and Home, gives an idea of the frame
work of cheap shed or barn in which
to store hay.
1t will be necessary to get some
nice sized poles nine feet long, a, and
some larger for b b, II feet. These
are all put in the ground two feet deep,
the number depending on length OF
shed desired. Poles of the height given
are suitable for a shed 80 feet wide.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-05-25
COIN DOLLARS IN PRIVATE.
italian Tells of Money Which Is
Minted in Palermo-Shows
Samples.

One evening | was sitting with an
Italian friend in restaurant, relates an
Every body's Magazine writer, and we
strictions, at which he was very muen
inclined to scott.
did you ever see dollar that is not
a dollar?" said he. | shook my head,
and he rolled across the table to me a
silver coin. 1t seemed to me to be a
dollar. examined it with every care.
and getting another from the cash regis
ter, compared the two. They were ex-
actly alike in weight, sound, color.
milling and all. At last got them con-
fused, and only my friend was able to
point out which was which.
"That is what we call Palmero dol
lar he said. do you remember some
years ago that western silver miners
were caught taking about $1,000, 900
worth of silver into the Nevada City
mint and having it turned into money
without being recorded? Well, that is
just what is going on in Palmero to-day,
with variations. Silver is brought in
San Luis Potosi, Mexico, or thereabout,
shipped to Paris, taken to Palmero, and
minted with reasonable privacy. The
dollars are jumbled with stones to nick
them and laid in greasy clay, then come
over here in third-class baggage for
distribution. They cost about 43 cents
and defy detection. except that the hicks
are too similar, and it is said that the
M on the neck is not quite deep enough.
and that the Il in pluribus is thou
sandth of an inch crooked. You know
every counterfeiter makes some little
mistake"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-05-25

FRAMEWORK OF CHEAP BARN.
Say the main body is Is feet wide and
the sheds seven and one-half feet EACH
the rafters, C c, should be 20 feet 6
inches long, made of 246-inch timber,
one piece only. The cross plate or
joist, d, may be of most any size, the
stronger the better. The braces, j.,
may be made of anything on hand and
the position can be arranged toEsuit.
For shed 4S feet long there should
be nine sets of posts, IS short and IS
long ones. There should be IL sets
of rafters, making then three feet
apart, one set resting over each set
of posts and one set on the plates be-
tween the posts. The roofing may be
of shingles, but in many sections it
will be found cheaper to buy roofing
material of some kind Now is the
time to build. Don't wait till you cut
your hay.
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placed three feet from the ground.
Also one small window without glass
but with wooden shutter, two feet
square, with the end opposite the door,
for light and ventilation. Two exits
are provided for the fowls.
There is platform the length of the
house three feet wide under the perch
es to catch the droppings. This is kept
covered with dry earth. The perches
are poles two to three inches in diam
eter. Between the dropping board and
the floor is another platform two feet
wide for the nests. All the platforms
and perches are removable. The floors
are the natural earth. Each house has
one large door placed in the end and
close to the front. The exits are 12x16
inches, placed close to the ground.
Each house shelters 60 hens. They
have an unlimited range.
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dad relent.

dear, won't hurt the little runt." She
was so glad dad was not going to kill
the count that she threw herself into
his arms and thanked dear America
for producing such grand citizen.
such brave man as dad, who could
forego the pleasure of killing a poor.
weak man who had insulted him. par
ticularly as dads wild Indian ancestry
made it hard for him to refrain from
blood.
Well, dads face was a study. as he
braced up and held that $50 pounds of
white meat in his arms, with all the
people looking on, and he seemed
proud and heroic, and he stroked her
hair and told her not to worry, and
finally she hied herself away from dad
and the count took her away, and they
went up the bullyvard, and after all
was quiet again dad said: "Hennery,
let this be lesson to you. When you
are tempted to commit rash act and
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-05-25
At the Rectory. Too.

A pleasant girl answers the ring of all
callers at a certain rectory in Brooklyn.
She is a daughter Of the Emerald isle and
is capable of as many good Irish bulls
as any son of .the oul1 sod" To the
inquiry of a recent caller if Father -
was in, she replied in the negative The
caller, however, rather than be disap-
pointed, was content to see one of the
curates and told the girl as much
s'Well," she replied, there's only one
in and he's just gone out. Brooklyn
Eagle.