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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-16

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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-16

Mr.. Runyon of New York, who has been
the guest of his sister Mrs. Felix Dren-
men, will return today and will be ac-
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-01-05
MAKE SOME SUNSHINE.

When the clouds hatg dark an dreay,
Shuttin' out the blessed light;
When you're feelin' SOFT o. weary,
An you don't know wsong from right
when the suns forgot bis business.
An the world seems du1i an fiat,
Make some artificial sunshine
In the place where you aEe at.
When the skies are most foesAodin'.
When they're black, instead o blue,
When your heart with gloom'S corrodin',
I will tell you what to do
Lose your hold on all your Troubles
Stamp your foot an holler 'scat"'
Make some artificial sunshine
In the place where you are at.
II you'd like TO try the business
I will tell you how to start:
The ingredients an formulas
You'll find within your heart;
Battle yourself In homemade sunshine
Very necessary, that.
Then just ra6iate with brightness
In the place where you are at.
ben jamin Keech, in Chicago Record Her
aid
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-01-05
When the Sunlight
Pierced the Shadow
-
BY ANNIE BRASHEAR
1cooyr1ght, 1901, by Daily Story Pub. Co.,

T HE graphophone had been placed
on the table, and the family had
gathered around to listen to the new
music which Mr.. Leigh had brought
for the entertainment of the girl sit
ting in the shadow of the curtains.
For once he almost regretted his
popularity in the family, for while
his heart was one moment agitated by
hope and the next dulled by fear, he
vas anxious to learn the fate which
awaited him. He had asked the hand
of the girl in marriage, and tonight he
was to learn his fate For awhile the
family listened, then turned away MI
Leigh said:
Wait moment, Mrs. Hardy. Here
is one selection which IN anxious for
you to hear 1t is, to me, singularly
sweet song, and the saddest romance
is associated with it. I have friend
In Dallas who is a dealer in graphic
phones. One day he told me the story
of this song. It's author was bril-
liant musician, and this song was writ
ten upon the occasion Of his acceptance
by the young lady he loved, and after
ward lost He allowed my friend to
have several plates made, but it was
never published. This plate was given
to me-"
He screwed it upon the graphophone,
and a prelude, soft, sweet, thrilling
beneath the touch of master hand,
foated through the room, and voice
beautiful and vibrant, sang the triumph
of accepted love when the Sunlight
Pierced the Shadows"
No one noticed the cry which burst
from the lips of the girl near the win
dow All were in touch with the senti-
ment of the words and music.
They seemed to feel the hush OF
evening to listen to the murmur Of
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-01-05
SHRINKAGE OF HAY.
Discussion of the Problem of the Best
Time to Dispose of the
Product.

One of the factors that should be
kept in mind when deciding whether
any grain or hay that is to be sold off
the farm should be sold at time Of
harvesting the same or held for future
sale is the question of shrinkage The
Dakota Farmer publishes the follow
ing regarding the shrinkage of hay:
"a considerable difference in shrink
age occurs between hay cured in dry
weather and hay cured when the at
mosphere is more or less moist. For
this reason the shrinkage in hay in a
DIV climate is usually smaller than in
til more humid regions. At the Kan
sas station small quantities of Ii diff
ferent kinds of hay buried in the NOW
from four to- six months shrunlI As
per cent. on an average, ranging from
IA per cent. loss to a three per cent.
gain. Five tons of very dry Timothy
hay stored in NOW for six months at
the Michigan station lost nearly seven
per cent, and in another test $500
pounds of the same kind of hay in
good condition placed in the NOW July
had lost 776 pounds, or 1873 per cent
by February Is following.
Practical men estimate that hay put
in the NOW when in good condition
usually shrinks about 20 per cent. by
the time it is baled. The Utah station
has reported loss of little over Is
per cent in ton of Timothy hay after
it had been kept in the barn for nine
months. A stack of Timothy hay con-
tanning little over two tons and built
in the open had gained a little over
one per cent. during the same time.
The results with clover hay at this
same station show a loss of 3.75 per
cent. during nine months when kept
in the barn and gain of ten per cent.
for the same period when stacked out
OF doors. At the Missouri station
Timothy hay in the stack lost about
12.5 per cent. by spring and when
stored in the NOW about seven per
cent"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-01-05
ADVANTAGE IN SANITATION
Superior Methods Employed by the
Japanese in Disposing of
Dead in Battle.

The japanese have one great advan-
tage over Christian nations in the mat
ter of sanitation in their methods of SO
disposing of their dead that they shall
not be menace to the health OF the liv-
ing. Public sentiment in Christian
countries would hardly sanction the
prompt cremating of fallen heroes on the
battlefield, as is done in Japan, and until
it does our armies, says the Army and
Navy Journal, will, under the most IA
vorable conditions, suffer a serious
handicap as compared with those of the
Japanese. After the great battles OF
our civil war our soldiers slept in grave
yards and drank the water tainted by
the seepage from the graves OF the
dead. 1t is not a pleasant subject TO
think of or dwell upon, but the facts
should be borne in mind in considering
how we can eliminate or lessen, the dan
gers from preventable diseases. During
one great war one man in go was killed
in battle, one in Sc died of wounds re-
ceived in battle, and one man in IL OF
disease. The improvement in surgical
ger of mortality or permanent disable
m mt from wounds received, and the
danger from disease is likely to be
equally reduced in the case of war,
though the war with Spain did not show
this.
Disease could be restricted to very
narrow limits if the people of this coun-
try could be persuaded to permit the ap-
plication of Japanese sanitary methods
to the care of our soldiers. But, accord
ing to all experience thus far, they will
much prefer to build national cemeteries
and soldiers homes and bear the burden
through many years of an enormous
pension roll. Our happy method is to
proclaim loudly froro the housetops that
we are too high-minded, and Christian,
and all that, to suffer war and then when
war comes, as it inevitably must come,
make it as destructive and expensive as
possible. But this is a great country,
all the same, and we are the most en-
lightened and progressive people on the
face of the earth. One fact was brought
to light on the occasion of the meeting
to listen to DR.. Seaman's lecture, and
that is that the medical men, AS class,
sympathize with the attempt to restore
the canteen to he army. The illusions
this by DR.. Seaman and others were re-
ceived in every case with vigorous ap-
plause which testified to the sentiments
of the several hundred doctors who were
present, among them many of the ablest
and most enlightened representatives Of
the medical profession in the great city
of New York.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-01-05
Strawberries on Trees.

NJ Ballet. French specialist, Ras
enabled to grow strawberries on plants
of a decidedly tree-like nature. me
method was simplicity itself The rr,n-
ners were trained vertically and tied 10
q stake in the same way that pot TO-
mato plant is, and then the latera:
buds were pinched out. The result was
a strawberry tree on small scale. Ths
system, as regards the strawberry
plant, has been utilized in the produc-
ton of tree heliotropes, or cherry
pie" as the fragrant flowers are usual
ly called on account of the strong cher
ry-lixe perfume they give out. The
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-01-05
FIELD MICE PEST.
How They May Be Destroyed and
Thus Rid Farm of Serious
Problem.

A serious problem on many farms IL
created by the presence of destructive
mice, and new method devised by a
Partisan scientist for their destruction
may serve us as well as 1t appears to
be doing those who manage the farms
of France.
The mice had become source OF
great loss in certain districts over
there. AS we well know the powers OF
destruction of these dimiputive crea-
lures have been found to be enormous.
They not only ruin immense quanti-
ties of living vegetables in seeking
food, but lay away ample stocks for
winter provender. Scientists have cal
culated that each mouse destroys from
"a to Sc pounds of plants every year;
and one unhappy farmer reported that
there were over 500 mice per acre on
his land. To free themselves of this
plague, the people resorted to asphyX-
iation, by filling the burrows with
smoke, or to drowning by pouring wa
ter into them, or to sprinlling poison
about the felds-the latter method,
however, proving most dangerous to
domesticated animals. Finally, the
French parliament, moved by the APP
peals of the sufferers from the Gar
gantuan appetites of these tiny pests.
appropriated $4,000 to aid them, and
the latest pet of science-the microbe
was resorted to. DR.. Danysz, of the
Pasteur institute, had observed that
large numbers of mice died from a GER
tain disease. He collected virus from
sick animals, made cultures, and found
that these cultures, when absorbed with
the nourishment, produced the disease
in healthy rats and mice. This method
of destruction has recently been carried
out on an area of $500 acres, and has
proved most effective. One great adj
vantage is that the chickens and other
animals of the farm appear to be inn
mune to the disease, having been in no
instance affected during the expert
ments The government appropriation
has been devoted to the purchase OF
the virus, which is sent free of charge
to all regions affected. The virus is
mixed with sailed water and crushed
oats are soaked in the liquid. The oats
are then scattered near the burrows.
Ten days afterwards, what is estimated
as 95 per cent of the mice have been
found dead in the fields.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-01-05
Up to Date King.

The king of Siam, who has just sub
scribed to the Sir Edwin Arnold me-
mortal, is one Of the most European OF
native rulers. He almost invariably
wears the latest thing in frock coats
and silk hats, while his military uni
forms look as if they had been de-
signed at the war Office. He speaks
English better than most Englishmen,
too, never using slang. He has visited
and examined with critical eye every
civilized country, and from each he
has taken something for his own land.
He would cut big figure in the pea
cock alley of the Waldorf.-N. Y.
Press.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-01-05
Grinding Feed for Cows.

While there is considerable differ
ence in opinion as to the ACCESSIBILITY OF
grinding grain for some farm animals,
it is generally conceded that it pays to
grind for the dairy herd. A COW giving
a large flow of milk needs all her ener-
gy to secrete the milk and to digest the
large amount of feed which must be
used for that purpose. 1t is, for this
reason, important to make the process
of digestion as easy and rapid as posi-
BILE. A grinder with suitable power to
run It should be part of The equipment
of every well-conducted dairy farm
G. H. Echoes, Of the Missouri Expert
ment Station.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-01-05
Size Is Deceptive.

A diminutive figure, clad in knicker-
bockers, little tan overcoat and a
peaked cap cooked jauntily on the side
of his head, made several futile efforts
to drop letter in the box at Seventeenth
and Stile streets the other night. He
was facing the box and from his apear-
ance seemed a mere lad. A tall woman
of benevolent aspect, seeing the little
fellows plight, took the letter, saying,
kindly:
Here, my child, you're not tall enough.
Let me post it for you," and suited the
action to the word. Off came the cap,
the little chap bowed low, and replied in
deep bass:
Madam, 1 am very much obliged to
you, indeed" The woman gazed for a
moment upon the mustached face of a
man of 40 or Whereabouts, and fled
Philadelphia Press.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-01-05
THE COVERED MILK PAIL.
Some Tests Which Prove Conclusively
That It IS the Cleanest and
Best to Use.

In bulletin of the Connecticut
Storrs station, w. A. Stocking, Jr,
reports the result of comparative
studies of the sanitary condition Of
milk drawn in open and covered pals.
Two kinds of milking pals were used
in these experiments. One was reg
usar, open pail, the other was a pail
with a cover of special design. An il
lustration, CT the latter is given here
with
1t is an ordinary milk pail with d
closely fitting cover, which has an open
ing near one side into which is soldered
a funnel four inches in diameter having
wire gauze of fine mesh soldered across
the bottom. This funnel extends slight
ly above and below the cover. and slopes
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-01-05
Plush Seats Carry Germs.

German health officers who have been
investigating conditions in the railroad
trains of that country have arrived at
the rather surprising conclusion that
one runs more risk in travelling second
class on the railways of the empire
than in taking third-class carriages.
The reason for this is that the third
class cars have uncushioned wooden
benches, which do not harbor as many
germs as do the cushions provided in
the second-class cars. In this country
there has been action taken in some
of the states absolutely forbidding the
use of plush or any similar material as
a covering for car seats.-Boston Her
aid.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-01-05

music among the pines, and to hear
the soft tricltle of water over pebbles
as it fastened TO & forest lake They
saw the vision of a girl dainty, sweet
and fair, standing in the shadows of
the pines, the glory of the setting sun
falling around her, giving her promise
to the lover by her side.
1T is indeed exquisite" said Mrs.
Hardy. as the last notes died away.
"We are indebted to you, Mr.. Leigh,
for a great pleasure"
Then in response to her words:
"Come papa, come babies" husband
\ and children followed her from the
room
With face pale with emotion Mr..
Leigh turned to the girl:
"Alice, will you not give me the
same promise which was whispered
when the sunlight pierced the
shadows?
Her face was hidden, but her form
shook with sobs. He knew that no
sympathetic emotion had thus affected
her, and his hope was poisoned by a
deadly fear, but his voice was as soft
as that of a mother comforting a sor-
rowing child, as he said:
will you not trust me, dear, and let
me help you in this trouble which
do not understand"
"That is beyond human power"
Then yielding her trembling hands
TO his clasp she said:
Dear friead. that was my song
written for rae, sung for me, by my
lover.
was the gin who made that prom
Use beneath the shadow of the pines
Tt seems so long ago. was not a poor
teacher then, earning my daily bread
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-01-05
Bad Pen.

Senator Pettus, of Alabama, was
writing with noisy, spluttering pen.
Laying the pen down, he smiled and
said:
"Once was spending the evening
with a friend Of mine in Selma. We
sat in the dining room and from the
kitchen came dreadful scratching
sound
i" Martha said my friend to the
maid, what is that scratching in the
kitchen? 1t must be the dog trying to
get in
HUH said Martha, 'dat's no dawg
scratchin' de do. OATS de cook
a-writin' a love letter to her honey
suckle.' Boston Herald.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-01-05
Reason Enough.

Jes' because it's Christmas there's a smile
upon each face.
The wrinkles all get smoother where dull
care has left a trace,
Jes' because it's Christmas there is laugh
ter and there's song,
An friendly salutations passin' through the
hurryin' throng.
Now, if you stop to query why the world is
actin so,
Furgittin all its troubles an defyin' wind
an snow,
I couldn't give no reason satisfyin' to your
mind
''Jes' because it's Christmas"-that's bout
all that I could find.
Washington Star.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-01-05
Faathered Rarometers.

There are lots of birds which prophesy
rain and storm in their actions. Crows,
gulls, wild duck, snlDe, plovers, wood
peckers, cormorants, wild and tame
swans and most of the wading birds
show great restlessness when stormy
weather is approaching. They fly swift
Iy and often aimlessly up and down,
iuttering from tree to cree and place to
place and usually scream loudly and
harshly.-Nature
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-01-05
Sensible Eunice.

Gordon-Eunice is certainly the
sweetest girl in all the world; and so
sensible, too!
Glendon-That's what the man in
love always says of his innamorata
Gnrdon-Butitist true in Eunice's case.
told her it might be many years before
could ask her to marry me, it might
be never, and she replied in her resigned
way that she was completely satisfied.
Wasn't that good of her?-Boston Tran
script.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-01-05
Dreadfully Provincial,

The Strange Hen-You'd hardly be-
lieve it, ladies, but in the part of the
country from which I came incubators
are unknown.
The Modern Hen-Goodness gra-
cious! l suppose the simple minded
folk out that way still believe that q
hens sphere is her nest.-Town Top
les
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-01-05
Cotton Picking by Moonlight.

Owing to the scarcity of labor and
to save the fast ripening crop, plant
ers at Augusta, Ga, lately put labor
ers to work picking cotton by moon
light. 1t is feared that the labor
problem in the cotton states will
cause much cotton to go to waste in
the fields.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-01-05
Well-Earned Medal.

miss Cooley, 1 understand, took
music lessons at the conservatory. She's
got a gold medal, too
eyes"
'And yet when was at her house she
positively refused to play for me; said
The had given it up"
Eyes, that's what she got the medal
FOR. The neighbors gave it to her. =
Catholic Standard and Times.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-01-05
Overlooked by President.

There is a general feeling, remarks
the Chicago Tribune, that the president
while on the subject of railways. might
have penned a few strenuous thoughts
concerning the passenger who insists on
occupying four seats.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-01-05
Where the Profit Lies.

The profit in feeding beef cattle is
not made by producing new growth
at less cost per pound than it sells for,
but in the increased value of the orig
inal weight due to fattening. A mar
gin of one cent per pound between pur-
chase price and selling price is desir-
able.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-01-05
co1;fornia in Hall of Fame.

CALIFORNIA; space in Statuary hall,
Washington, has not been filed, but at
the suggestion of United States Senator
Perkins, the Pioneer Women OF the State
are going to take the matter up and de-
eide whose statues are most worthy
for inches in the Hall Of Fame.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-01-05
Record Import.

Value and duty on shipment of 1900
hogsheads of tobacco from Kentucky
to Messrs. Gallagher, OF Belfast,
amounted to ss,00O,OOe. which consti-
tutes. saws Tobacco, a record for tobacco
imports into Ireland
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-01-05
Kerosene for Ants.

For ants, try kerosene Gil, says Farm
and Fireside. II had nest OF biz
black ants on my apple tree in my bacl
yard, and l got rid of them after cou
pie of applications. 1t doesn't cost nucl
to try It."
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-01-05
An Extreme View.

Willie-Pa, what do those ladies
mean when they talk about "woman's
sphere?"
Pa-Their idea of woman's sphere,
my son, is the earth. They think it be-
longs to them-Philadelphia Public
Ledger
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-01-05
Oldest Lord.

The venerable Lord Gwydyr, the
oldest member of the English house
Of lords in point Of age. and who has
been present at four coronations, was
% years old on April 26
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-01-05

in the season in the lovely gardens of
Walmer castle. the late marchioness Of
Salisbury having been very partial to
them
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-01-05
A CHEAP WOOD SLED.
How One Farmer Made a Serviceabla
Affair Out of Two-Inch
Plank.

My wood sled
rA-n gave out early in
5A the winter and
$Az-zAA--t--z4E@. made a good sub
stitute of some
two-inch plank, says l.. A. Fisk, in
Farm and Home. The runners are
eight feet long and 2xG inches square.
They are held with. four braces of The
same material, four feet long, and
fastened with spikes and bolts. Stakes
are set in the front and rear cross
piece. The runners go fiat side down
and the ends are rounded to prevent
catching on the ice. The sled can 90
used with the body or box Of wagon.
1t is a good sled for heavy work and
snort hauls, For long hauls, the rum
ners should be shod.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-01-05

The Orange in Europe.
The Portuguese first introduced the
orange into Europe from the east.
New-York tribune., 1905-06-01

Columbia Man Says Academy of Design
Would Not Lose Identity by Union.

The second attack of ]. Carroll Beckwith of the
National Academy of Design, the plan of Coium-
bia University to transfer the schools Of the
academy to the university. excited interest in art
and educational circles. well known member OF
the faculty of Columbia University said last even
ing to Tribune reporter:
Columbia University is federal organization.
When the Academy Of Design joins Columbia as
faculty of fine arts Il will be like a State in the
the protectorate of a powerful body. 1t viii not
lose its name It is to the interest OF Columbia Uni
versty to preserve that. The academy will not lose
its powers over its schools and its funds will not
he taken out Of its hands. The school building to
be erected by the academy and Columbia will be
Twenty-Five years. If the academy does not care to
renew the connection. it can get out.
The Academy of Design would have chief control
of the instructors in the department of design Its
students moreover, would have all the advantages
Of the university for the broadening Of their
the artistic and the scholastic are hostile to each
other But Leonardo da Vinci was the most learned
man Of his time and was one of the greatest artists
J. c. Nioou, president of the American Water
Color Society and a member Of the council of the
Academy Of Design, said last evening that Mr..
Beclwiths views in opposition to President Buffers
pIan deserved respect. They were principally valu
able as a club to hold Columbia University to
make the trustees realize what the only lines
on which an art school could be run to make it
suooessful Mr. Nicoil said the agreement with Co
Iurnbia University reserved the academys right 20
remit the fees of students at its discretion.