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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-06-22
NOTES FROM, ABROAD.

Japan's specie reserve stood at $225,-
00O,00 american gold value) on
January 1, 1905, after II months of
costly war.
Berlin railways are running special
stree blossom trains to the outlying
districts to enable town jewellers to
enjoy the spring flowers and foliage.
The French government intends to
make experiments in Its Congo colony
in the cultivation of wild coffee tree
discovered by the explorer, M. Cheva-
lier.
At Grahamstown, South Africa, a
pair of ostriches were sold recently for
SIS. 900, which is a record price. The
plucking from the chicks of this pair
realized from $50 to $6250 bird.
Manchuria is gaining by the war.
The Chuo-Shimbun estimates that fully
100,0O0,O00 yen, or $4,000, 900, of Jap
anese money had been disbursed in
Manchuria up to the middle of April.
Among the beggar children Of south
ern Italy there is rarely one who looks
i'll fed. Though food is scarce, the
sunshine and their life in the open air
do much toward nourishing their
bodies.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-06-22

registed--at least the first that snw
card, but she would not receive me.
| came down in the morning, and
turning to the clerks desk, put my
hand in my pocket for my wallet. 1t
was not there. / searched my clothes
no wallet; / went back to my room
no wallet / was a stranger in the
place without money. The clerk open
fraud. Quite crowd gathered around
me as endeavored to explain the mat
ter. Just at this moment lady
passed through the hall and bowed to
me, though very distantly. 1t was
Miss Benton.
'In a few moments she sent for me.
I went up, wonderingly, and as I en-
tered she arose, and said:
Mr.. Hirst, l heard, accidentally,
of your misfortune. Will you oblige
me by using this check, which you
can replace at your convenience
81 tried to stammer out a refusal.
but she would not hear of it.
"'Well,' said /, Miss Benton, | will
accept your kindness; but | have no
security to offer unless unless it is
myself
Which I will accept cheerfully,'
said the little woman.
".Do you really mean it?' said I.
hardly knowing whether | was asleep
or awake.
Why, yes, she said. I am very
strict about money matters, and as
you have no other security suppose
I must take you. Are you satisfied?
why, you know my answer, OF
course, old fellow, and we were mar
ried then and there. But / say, Har-
vey, there's one thing I've forgotten
entirely | never have returned that
check to my wife."-N. Y. Weekly.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-06-22
RECENT INVENTIONS.

A new and ingenious pocket cal
culator, automatic in It's action, has
been designed by a German inventor.
The device comprises a small case
about six inches in length made of
steel and aluminurn. There is a key
board of nine figures corresponding to
the numerals, and it is additionally
provided with small spring Tor the
supply of the tens and hundreds.
There is also a small dial, and by
pressing the requisite keys the total
amount is recorded upon the dial.
The latest Improvement in the way
of a screwdriver provides for a mon
key-wrench attachment for use when
powerful pressure must be brought to
bear where it is desired to remove
screws which have become securely
imbedded in their places by means of
rust or other reasons. This new i'm
plement is made with a square shank
of rather stout proportions, and this
enables the workman to make use of
q monkey-wrench in conjunction with
the screwdriver, and thus the most
firmly imbedded screw may be easily
dislodged.
Richard Strut, son of Lord Ray
leigh, has invented clock which, he
says, will run for 1000 years. The
motive power is a small piece of gold
leaf, which is electrified by means of
a very small quantity of radium1 salt.
The gold leaf bends away from the
metal substance and keeps moving
under this influence until it touches
the side of the containing vessel. At
the moment of contact 1t loses it's cleo
trical charge and then springs back
and is again electrified, and the process
is repeated 1t is thought that thor
oughly reliable clock could be made
with the use of raGium salt for 81 900.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-06-22
ONLY MOTHER KNOWS.

Only kiss on the baby's face,
Only a kiss with mothers grace,
So simple a thing that the sunbeams
laughed
And the bees ha-hshed from where they
quaffed.
Only a kiss, but the face was fair,
And nobody knew what love was there
Nobody knew-but mother.
Only a word to mothers joy,
Only a word to her parting boy.
And the changing lights on the window
shone
AS her boy went out in the world alone.
Only a word from a mother brave,
But nobody knew the love it gave
Nobody knew-but mother.
Only a sigh for hayward son,
Only q sigh, but a hopeless one.
And the lights burned dimly and shone
with a blur
Could mother condemn? IT'S human to
err
Only a sigh as she took his part
But nobody knew what it cost her heart
Nobody knew-but mother.
Only a sob as the tomb doors close,
Only a sob, but it upward rose,
And the lights in the window fiickered aid
died,
And with them her hope, her joy. her pride
Only a sob as she turned away,
But nobody knew as she kneIt 10 pray
Nobody .knew-but mother.
Baltimore Sun.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-06-22
DIRT RoAD-MAKING LESSON
Thoroughfares at Farmers
Institute.

At the State Farmers Institute, held
at Columbus, O., in January, 1904, Mr..
D. w. King, of Missouri, told of his
raethod Of making earth roads. The
talks he gave there were printed in
the annual report for that year and
the substance of them, together with
his illustrations, was given in the
Ohio Farmer, issue of April 2, 1904
The simplicity of his method made
many hesitate to give it serious con-
sideration. He succeeded, however, in
getting about so farmers to promise
to give it trial in Ohio. How well
this promise has been kept no one can
say. Mr.. Horatio Markley, of Morrow
county, o., while not one of the 49,"
made drag after the King plan, al
though differing from it in being made
of timbers instead of a log, and used it
on the road in front of his place with
marked success.
The entire length of the treated
road was smooth and free from ruts,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-06-22
HELPFUL HINTS.

Stock turned on the early pastures
need salt frequently.
A SOW should never have pigs before
she is one year old.
Sheep fed highly on corn often shed
their fieeces in winter.
Our fowls would suffer were they
presented with the same unvarying
mess day after day.
Does every acre of your farm earn
something for you every year? If not,
why not?
A hot-headed man will never gain
the confidence of a horse, and he
should never be in the barn with a
colt.
The incubator is a great help in
raising early chickens, as often one
cannot get the hens to set at the prop
er time.
On feeding fowls the best rule to GO
by is a balanced ration. This means
that the hen should be fed just what
is needed.
A scratching shed Is always a help
to the poultry as the birds keep
active even when they have to be
kept in out of the storms
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-06-22

Easily MADE ROAD SCRAPER.
while the untreated portions of the
same road, as we'll as many other
earth roads of the county were SO
rough and rutty as to make it impos-
sible to drive over them faster than a
walk The soil in that part of the
county is clay loan or in some places
nearly pure clay.
Our illustration shows the drag Mr..
Markley used on this road. The tim
bers are six inches square and about
nine feet long. The lower rear edge
of each timber is beveled. The back
timber is shod with strip of iron
and where the road is hard the front
timber should be shod also. Mr.. Mark
ley does not claim that this drag is
an improvement over the King drag,
nor does he think it could not be i'm
proved upon. He realizes that it is
not SO important that the drag be
made just SO as it is that some similar
tool be made and used.
The length of the road which Mr..
Markley treated last season was a lit
tie less than a half-mile. AS it was
quite rough to begin with it required
more work last year than it will this.
At first two rounds were made each
time, but as the road became smooth
er one round was usually all that was
necessary. During 1904 the road was
dragged not over IL times, and this
season it has received four treatments
up to April first. 1t takes about an
hour and a half to go over the road
twice; thus the cost of keeping this
half-mile of road in good condition
the year round can easily be figured
out.
There has not been a year previous
to the last in the ten years since Mr..
Markley has lived on this farm, when
the grass at the sides of the road has
not been cut up badly by vehicles be-
ing driven on it during the muddy
season. Last year, owing to the good
condition of the road no teams were
driven on the sod at any time during
the year, although it was unusually
wet during the spring and early part
of the summer The supervisor has
agreed to give credit for time spent in
dragging the road, and Mr.. Markley' S
success has prompted several of his
neighbors to follow his example in
road making.
Some of the advantages of this drag
over the $500 road scraper are, first,
the cheapness of construction, every
farmer can own one; second, the fact
that but one man and one team are
needed to operate it, therefore the
roads can be gone over more frequent
ly and more nearly at the proper time:
and third, the roads may be worked
when very wet and thus at time
when it will interfere the least with
the regular farm work 1t must be
borne in mind, however, that this
method Of road making is not adapted
to all kinds of soils. From present
knowledge it seems to be best adapt
ed to clayey and least to sandy soils.
The best way to determine where it
can be used successfully is to give it a
trial. There can be but little loss in
any case and there may be consider
able gain-C. w. Waid, Ohio Expert
ment Station, Wayne. County, o.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-06-22
MADE new STRENGTH
QUICKER THAN DOCTORS TONIOS.
SAYS TYPHOID PATIENT.
Young Lady Left by Fever in Very Weak
state Uses DIR. Williams Pink pills
with Gratifying Results.


with Gratifying Results.
After fever, such as typhoid or scar.
LET. has run it's full course there remains
the recovery of strength. The tonic that
will most rapidly increase the red cor
puscles in the blood is the one that will
most quickly restore color to the pale
cheeks, strength to the weak muscles,
and elasticity to the sluggish nerves. So
far nothing has ever been produced SUI
perior to DR.. Williams Pink Pills for
this purpose.
Miss Midendorf had been i'll with
typhoid fever for fourteen weeks. She
had a good physician who carried her
safely through the critical stages. When
he left, nothing remained to be done ex-
cept to build up her strength, which was
very feeble, and he gave her some pre-
gcriptions for that purpose. Here, how
ever, she met with disappointment.
"I took the DOCTORS tonics, !" she SAYS,
"for two months after had recovered
from the fever, but they did not do me
the good looked for. My strength came
back SO slowly that scarcely seemed to
De mdKluS ally pAoo1Ooo do dill. JuSG
then I read in book thrown i'll our
yard some striking testimonials showing
what wonderful blood-builders and
strength-givers DR.. Williams Pink Pills
are. [ got box of them soon after
this and after I had taken only about
half of them I could see very great i'm
provement in my condition. When
had used up two boxes, I felt that did
not need any more medicine. have
remained strong ever since"
4 Miss E. B. Midendorf lives at No.
1901 Park street, Quincy, Ill. DR.. Will
liams' Pink Pills are the best remedy to
use in all cases of weakness, from what
ever cause the system may be run down.
In cases of debility due to overwork they
minister fresh strength and overcome
nervous symptoms. They are specific
for an@mia or bloodlessness. They are
particularly helpful to girls on the verge
of womanhood. They meet all the re-
quirements of the period known as the
change Of life. They correct spring
languor. They strengthen weak diges-
ton and rouse up sluggish organs. No
other tonic combines so many virtues.
ALI druggists sell them.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-06-22

to kindness and little attentions to
win; but all failed.
81 saved her life. Harvey, taking a
cold bath. and spoiled a suit of clothes
in her behalf. and got coldly thanked
in return. Then l tried the letting
alone process, and that was the most
complete failure of all l announced
my departure. She was sorry-valued
me as a friend, and all that sort of
thing. but nothing more. Pique was
mingled with despair in my mind;
did not want to give her up. I had
said | was going, and | must go.
proposed again, and / got mo- for
an answer. l vowed that would set
out at once for Alaska. She told
me that it really did not concern her
in the least. | got angry and left
N. But / could not drive her face
out of my memory.
Three weeks ago while on trip
to Montreal, stopped all night at
Rutland, and the first name on the
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-06-22

Kidney Pills | told
the readers of this
paper that they had
relieved me of kid
ney trouble, dis
posed of a Lame
back with pain
across my loins and
beneath the shout
der blades. During
the interval which
has elapsed l have
had occasion to re-
sort to Doan's Kid
ney Pills when /
noticed warnings of
an attack On each
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-06-22
SAN PEDRO BREAKWATER.
stupendous Piece of Work That Is
Being Done by the United
States Government.

On the coast of southern California,
about 600 miles south of San Francisco,
lies the port of San Pedro-a port, that
is, when the weather happens to be
good, says the Search-Light. For hve
years past the United States govern
ment has been engaged on a stupen-
dous piece of work, whose purpose IS
to make San Pedro safe and capa-
cious harbor refuge. To effect this
and afford secure anchorage for vessels
of all sizes, the inner harbor needed to
be dredged and an outer harbor con-
structed. The latter is being done by
the building of an immense breakWa-
ter, second to none in size, huge wall
of rock 81 feet high, 100 feet wide at
base and 20 feet on top, and extend
ing two-thirds of mile into the ocean.
This work, begun in 1900, is now well
under way. During the past year
1,600, 900 tons of stone were laid, rough
stone being used for the bottom and
Well smoothed ones for the top, laid
in regular courses, but without NOR
tar, the purpose being to give it we'll
finished look. A double-track trestle
extends outward, built on piles and
1900 feet long. On this is railroad,
extending inward to the quarries,
where 1000 tons of stone are shipped
daily.
There are great cranes along the
trestle, which seize the blocks of gran
ite-those Of the superstructure weigh
ing eight to ten tons-and lower them
to their allotted places. The compile
ton of this work, which will cost
about $5,000,00O, will give San Pedro,
and indirectly Los Angeles, a harbor
of refuge of over one mile square, and
deep enough for the largest vessels.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-06-22
Feeding Calves.

Every night and morning since my
calves were two months old / have
given them a handful of wheat mid
dlings after they have had their milk.
How they do like it! And never had
fined calves. They are about as big
now at six months old as some year
lings.-Farm and Home.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-06-22
Poor Horse

''You look grouchy this morning, .
said the first horse. What's the mat
ter? Are you sick?"
"yes," replied the otEer, sick and
disguised. Il feel like an automobile, .
How do you mean?"
Il heard the hostler telling the boss
yesterday that was out of order. -
philadelphia Press.
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and every occasion the results obtained
were just as satisfactory as when the
pills were first brought to my notice.
l just as emphatically endorse the
preparation to-day as l did over two
years ago"
Foster-M ilburn Co., Buffalo, N Y,
proprietors. For sale by all druggistss
price so cents per box.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-06-22
Agricultural and Horticultural Col.
onies on the Kansas City
Southern Rai1wav

Lockesburg Colony in Sewer County,
Arkansas, containing about 80 600 acres, and
Loring Colony in Sabine Parish, Louis.
lana, containing about "a 600 acres, are now
open for settlement. Lands range in price
from 800 to $500 per acre, and are sold
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
a healthy climate and excellent water.
Write for books concerning Lockesburg and
Loring Colonies and Current Events
Magazine to S. G. Warner, G. p. & I. A,
K. G. S. Ry., Kansas City, Mo-; f. E.
Roesler, immigration Agt., X. G. S. Ry.,
Kansas City, Mo.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-06-22
Plenty of Poor

Moderate wealth is defined by maya
zine writer as annual income of not less
than $4,000 nor more than $4,000 year. :"
If this is correct lot of moderately
wealthy people are to-day in straitened
circumstances.-Chica Record-Herald.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-06-22
Perennial Failure

"Old Doughgraft has made another as
signment It's getting to be chronic with
him, isn't it?'
20, yes! The boys on the street refer
to him as old Peach Crop "-Cleyeland
Leader.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-06-22

I am sure Piso's Cure for Consumption
saved my life three years ago.-Mrs. Thos.
Robbins. Norwich N. Y. Feb. II. 1900.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-06-22

A man never has to hunt long to find a
girls mouth in the dark.-Chicago Record
Herald.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-06-22
Gets the Long Fall.

It's the high flyer who is apt to come
ing thud.-N. Y. Times.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-06-22

Lots of people rise in the world by the
skyrocket route.-N. Y. Times
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-06-22

Aliens Foot-Ease is a certain cure for
hot, sweating, callous, and swollen, aching
feet. Sold by all Druggists. Price 25c Don t
accept any substitute. Trial PACKAGE FREE.
Address Allen S. Olmsted, lie Roy, N. Y.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-06-22
ALL DONE OUT.

Veteran Joshua Heller, of roo South
Walnut Street, Urbana, ILL.,, says: I'm
the fall of 1899 after taking Doan's
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-06-22

Graft seems to be indigenous to all places
and all climes.-Chicago Chronicle.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-06-22
1t Cures While You Walk.

The unfortunate mans friends always
live long way of.-Chicago Daily News.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-06-22
Reduced Rates to Buffalo, N. z, Acct.

AHuuaI M1ELIHg d. Z. u 1l1As3
July 18th to 18th. The Nickel Plate Road
offers low rates with long Limit and Stop
over at Chautauqua Lake, n. Y. Full
information of Agent, or address j. Y.
Callahan, General Agent. Ill Adams St.,
Chicago. I'LL.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-06-22

WHEN WRITING TO ADVERTISERS
please state that you saw the Adverttscs
ment In this paper.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-08-04
Kentucky Yarn.

Out on the veranda of little Ken.
lucky hotel several "colonels" were
slipping mint julip and telling yarns
about the weather.
when All was up in thaw noun.
tains, sah,' said a lanky old gentle.
man, cit began to rain one aftahnoon
and before thaw shower was ovah
thaw was fish all ovah thaw ground.
Bass, trout and carp fell right out OF
the clouds, sah."
The old gentleman who was rather
corpulent placed his glass on the table
and said:
"Cunnel, that thah was a pretty
good yahn, but it don't tech thaw ex.
perience l had fohty miles south OF
Frankfort. Why, sab, it began to rain
'thah one day and fish came down by
thaw ton. But that isn't thaw strang
est of it. A thundah stohm arose, tn
lightnin' struck thaw field, fried thaw
fish just as nice as if they were fried
in youah own kitchen an"
But the other "colonels" fed.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-08-04
EVIL OF PRESENT DAY.
Mental Faculties Greatly Disturbed by
Noise.

Noise, in my judgment, is one VI
the most powerful and most success
full disorganizers of the mental lacui,
ties in the world said thouShli"i
citizen to a representative Oh the
New Orleans Times Democrat. ana
when we reflect on the enormous IN
crease in noises of all kinds, we Will
probably be convinced that the time
is rapidlv coming when the race Will
be in no small danger mentally on ac'
count of noise. Progress is noisy
necessarily so, | suppose. But "heh
| speak of progress of the noisy type
|. of course. mean material progress.
We can't build, in material sense
without making noise. intellectual
progress even is not always along
quiet lines. But was thinking OF
noise in lighter aspect. Have you
not noticed how some men become
mentally reckless on account OF LOUD
talking? Have you not noticed that
children will sometimes shrek them
selves into highly nervous state
They become mentally disOrganlZed
on account of the noise they make.
was a rather close observer OF a man
at game of baseball the other day.
He started to yelling gently and grad
ually worked his way up TO the altl-
.ude of the shrieking rooter. Before
that game ended that fellow was as
mad as a March hare. He had been
crazed by his own voice. Noise is a
dreadful distractor, when you come to
think of it, and the trouble about the
noisy 'rooter' at ball game is that
in driving himself to the madhouse he
is likely to take few other fellows
with him. ="
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-08-04
DOG DEALERS HARD LUCK.
Pup He Thought Worthless Turned
Out First Glass.

Out First Glass.
am an INSCRIPTIONS dog dealer.
had for sale a very fine Irish terrier
His mother cost me $500 and his sire
cost $3.50. | thought their get, my
pup, now year old, worth 5000, and
so advertised him.
l was incensed by an offer of $40
over the phone.
Party never saw the dog, and said
any good ratter would do him (this
had claimed for mine); he did not
care for pedigree, breeding or cost of
parent dogs.
A bright idea struck me. l knew a
curley haired alley dog l could get
for 25 cents. told the fellow I would
accept the $40 offer. He asked me to
meet him at depot with the dog. He
was going home on a suburban train
met him with the curly-haired alley
dog, on which, by the way, I had an
option, but at so cents, not 25 cents
as l expected. My customer sneered
when he saw the dog, but handed me
$40 note
smiled when thought of my joke
Next week l received a postal card
from my customer that read: "You1
dog is the best ratter ever saw. He
caught forty-two rats the first two
days. He is worth all you advertised
him at, 5000. l would not sell him fol-
$300.-Pittsburg Dispatch.