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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-10-18
Wettinq Silaqe a Success.

Two years ago filled my silo in the
ordinary way and about seven inches
of the surface spoiled. On the sides
and corners at least twice as much
rotted. The past year only three
inches on the top and five at the sides
and corners spoiled. The silage imme-
diately under the spoiled portion was
a better quality than any 1 had ever
put up, in fact, about perfect. This
smaller loss, says the Illinois CORE
spondent of Orange Judd Farmer, was
due to wetting the silage as it came
from the cutter. / attached hose to
the water tank and arranged it so that
the water would fall upon the cut corn
Just as it came from the silage cutter.
Sufficient was applied to thoroughly
wet all the fodder. This method is
much easier than raising the water
in pals and distributing it in that
way. I believe that this wetting of
the corn is an important factor in the
making of silage.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-10-18

tight manger and gutter to receive
the droppings are essential. Then by
all means fasten her with a chain tie
or swinging stanchion, that she may
have freedom to use her all-cleansing
tongue. Plenty of clean bedding
shavings are best-plenty OF absorb
ents in sthe gutter, with some slaked
lime occasionally as deodorizer, COM
plete the sanitary furnishings.
For grounds, a cow needs but a
small yard for exercise. Keep it filled
with the leaves and rakings from the
lawn to prevent it from becoming
muddy. These make good mulching
later.
Grazing is best in summer if it can
be had, and green crops cut and fed
are good substitute. Oats and field
peas, planted to secure a succession,
will serve the purpose. There are al
ways roadsides and odd corners that
a COW can Craze down, and the lawn
may be sparingly utilized. When the
pasturage begins to fail, the grain ra-
ton must be started to maintain full
milk flow.
Feed what you can produce or buy
to best advantage in your market.
Simply stated, the balanced ration
means the proper ratio between the
fat-forming and OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
ing elements of the feed stuffs. The
amount and proportion of grains and
roughage depend on the COW, and
must be determined by experience.
The winter feed should consist of
about ten or Is pounds of mixed grain
and 20 to 80 pounds of hay and rough
age. Mixed timothy and clover hay
is better for COWS than clear timothy
Alfalfa hay is better than either, as it
furnishes more OF the muscle-forming
elements so hard to get in the winter
season. Roots are fine to supplement
the dry winter feed
Grooming is necessary not so much
for the cows welfare as for the good
of the milk. The amount of dirt that
will find it's way from the ungroomed
cow's body to the milk pail is simply
astonishing. A vigorous use of the
curry comb and brush each morning,
followed by a wet sponge or damp
cloth before milking will effectually
prevent the dirty sediment so often
found in the bottom of the milk
pitcher. Grooming is doubly necessary
in winter, when the cow is stabbed.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-10-18
What to Do with Bulbs.

Before the coming of cold weather,
would advise covering plants with
10 to II inches of litter from the
barnyard Let this extend well over
each plant If this covering is not
readily obtained, leaves can be used
to advantage. Take a box a foot
deep and at least two feet square,
Knock the bottom out of it, and place
it over the plant. Then fill in with
leaves, packing them down we'll When
the box is full, nail the bottom in
place, to shed rain. Bank up about
the box with soil from the bed In
spring, do not uncover until the dam
ger of freezing weather is over-that
is, weather cold enough to freeze the
soil to the depth of the bulb.-Home
Magazine.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-10-18
For the Tea Table.

A pretty addition to the tea table,
that is a novelty as well, is the screen
of perforated metal that is placed
about the alcohol lamp. These little
screens are about six inches high and
are hinged, quite like miniature fire.
screens. The open-work design is
elaborate and the workmanship on
many is really exquisite. They are
made in both FURNISHED copper and
silver and are used for chatting dishes
as well as tea kettles. Whether they
are very useful or not is matter
of small consideration. They are GER
tainly pretty enough to become pop
ular
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-10-18
Corn Cob Meal Good,

A dairyman who has long fed corn
and cob meal to his COWS, says he has
found it one of his best feeds, but it is
better to add ground oats also. This
feed, he says, with corn silage and
some clover hay keeps the flow Of
milk and its fat to the standard of
summer blue grass pasture. He urges
his neighbors to try his plan and says
his feed mill is one of his best invest
ments, thinking that grinding the ear
corn, cob and all, adds much to it's
value in feeding. He keeps as many
pigs as possible to feed his skim milk
to fresh from his separator.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-10-18
COPPER SAFE FROM LIGHTNING.
Belief Firmly Held in Many Parts of
the Country.

This matter of superstitions Is a
queer thing" said the man as he care
fully avoided walking under a ladder,
for even those of us who are skeptics
have at least one superstitious failing,
and mine is walking under ladders.
I'm the country this summer l met
new one, which was firmly believed
in by several farmers, and that was
that thunder storm never passed
over a copper mine or copper vein.
The old fellow who told me about it
pointed out again and again that al
though black clouds might roll up and
lightning flash, the storm always went
around certain spot in his farm.
Such actions on the part of thun-
der storm could mean but one thing,
he said-that there was copper vein
there. So sure was he of it, that he
was putting by little each year TO
have the spot Investigated to see If
there was copper enough In It to
work"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-10-18
RUN DOWN FROM GRIP
Or. Williams Pink Pills Have Cures
This Form of Debility in
Hundreds of Cases.


"Four years ago." says Mrs #. Nor
rison, of No. 1929 Carson street, South
Side, Pittsburg, Pa, "I took a cold
which turned into the grip. This trouble
left me all run down. was thin, had
backache much of the time. had no APP
petite, my stomach was out of order and
! felt nervous and unstrung.
"While I had the grip I had doctor,
but I really suffered more from the con-
dition in which the influenza left me
than I did from the disease itself. l felt
generally wretched and miserable and
the least exposure to cold would make
me worse. I couldn't seem to get any
better until began to take DR.. Williams
Pink Pills. very quickly noticed a
benefit after l. began taking the m and
they restored me to good health and
strength. DIR. Williams Pink Pills are
wonderfully good medicine. Thanks
to them l am now i'll fine health and
have had noreturn of my former trouble.
recommend the pills to everyone who
is alllng and take every opportunity to
let people know how good they are. .
DIR. Williams Pink Pills cured Mrs.
Morrison because they actually make
good, red blood. When the blood is red
and healthy there can be no debility.
The relation between the blood and
nervous system is such that the pills
have a very decided action upon the
nerves and they have cured many severe
nervous disorders, such as partial pa
ralysis, locomotor ataxia and st. Vitus'
dance, that have not yielded to ordinary
treatment. Their double action, on the
blood and on the nerves, makes them an
ideal tonic.
All druggists sell DIR. Williams Pink
Pills, or they will be sent by mail post
paid, on receipt of price, so cents per
box, six boxes for So. so, by the Dr. Will
iams Medicine Co., Schenectady. Ny.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-10-18
MOSES A PHYSICAL GIANT7
On Biblical Authority He Must Have
Had Immense Strength.

Did you ever figure on the prob
able size and immense strength of
Moses, basing your calculations on
the dimensions of the tables of stone,
as given by the Talmndic writers? In
the Talmud (folio So, column 81 it is
said that the tables of stone upon
which the commandments were writ
ten were six ellis long, six ellis broad
and three ellis thick. In the Bible
Exodus xXXii, Is. we are told that
Moses went down from the mount
and the two tables of the testimony
were in his hand"
Hand" mind you, not hands.
though it must be admitted that it
would have taken a strong pair of
hands to perform the task of carry
ing them, even on the level. Now, we
will put the Talmudic and the biblical
accounts together and apply the
mathematical rule. The Hebrew ell
or cubit was, at its least estimate, a
measure of is inches. which would
have made each of the tables a stone
block nine feet long. nine feet wide
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-10-18
Adont American Ideas.

The Russian military authorities are
uniforms, the czar having been espe-
cially interested in one recently worn
by an American army representative
at st. Petersburg. The military au-
thorities are also considering Ameri-
can accoutremenl s, including web car
fridge belts and cavalry saddles, with
a view to their adoption.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-10-18


leghorn
be freshen
of
Fulers gasoline
point out carefully with pins,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-10-18

Gay colors hold the center Of the
scene. And women who have dressed
in black for years, and who have
only worn brown under protest, are
now, getting off into pearl, violet and
tan And they are wearing smoke
color, nickel, chamois and butter color.
And not infrequently one sees some
woman dressed all in bright blue, that
most trying of all tones for the wom-
an who is no longer enjoying her first
brilliant beauty. But colors are in
style, particularly the pale tones, and
taere are few women who are not
wearing them.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-10-18
LACE MUCH WORN.
FILMY GARMENTS JUST NOW THE
MODE IN PARIS.
Cool Season Has Had Little Effect on
Fashion - FloWerLaden Hats
Everywhere Seen in the
Gay Capital.

The ultra-fashionable Parisienne de-
lights in trailing her lace-laden skirts
in the old-fashioned gardens of his
toric country houses. With her float
ing scarf of embroidered gossamer
and her plumed hat she is part and
parcel Of an exquisite picture-and
she is we'll aware of the fact
For a garden party at an old cha
teau she will wear a much more elab-
crate, and at the same time a much
more simple toilet than for an after
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-10-18
Handicap of Indecision.

A man without decision belongs to
whatever can make capture of him;
and one thing after another vindicates
its right to him, by arresting him
and chips, floating near the edge of a
river, are intercepted by every weed
and whirled in every little eddy
John Foster.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-10-18

and four and one-half feet thick. If
common stone weighed as much to
the square foot then as it does now
the tables would tip the beam at about
IS tons! Was Moses one of the giants
of those days or has someone made
mistake in calculations or in the
statement of supposed facts?-Ex-
change
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-10-18
Horrible Thouuht.

Mosquitoes grow to great size in
Burma. A young Scotch woman who
was making her first visit to that
country had heard travellers tales of
the insect pest and was prepared for
the worst. When she saw an ele-
plant for the first time she said:
''WilI yon be what's called a muskee-
tae2"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-10-18
THB $D1E](EA
f7N9HSEsS
IN vs.
THE FAMILY COW.
"Brindie" Asks for Little in Return
for All She Gives.

Many who live on small country
places are deferred from keeping a
COW by the mistaken idea that she re-
quires too much room or care. Brindle
needs no more space for her comfort,
and less of your time, than even the
small poultry yard. 1t is more impor-
tant that the family should be supplied
with clean, pure, wholesome milk than
any other article of food
All that is necessary is a dry, we'll
lighted stall, five or six feet wide and
few feet longer than the animal. A
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-10-18
Lower Animals in Sickness.

Man might often take from the low
er animals lesson as to the care of
himself when ill. All sorts of animals
suffering from fever eat little; lie
quiet in dark, airy places, and drink
quantities of water. When dog loses
his appetite he knows where to find
dog grass, which acts as a purgative
and emetic. Sheep and COWS, when
ill, seek certain herbs Any animal
suffering from chronic rheumatism
keeps as far as possible from the
sun. If chimpanzee be wounded he
has been seen to stop the bleeding by
plaster of chewed-up leaves and
grass.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-10-18
His Identity.

Papa, what is a gentleman of the
old SCHOOL,"
"One. my son, who insists on hav-
ing Bright's disease when he can
abundantly afford appendicitis. -
Puck.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-10-18
Rowninn Accusers.

1--WE are often accused by Euro
peans of caring entirely too much for
money! said the sensitive American.
Yes answered Mr.. Cumrox. 1.-THE
only way we can convince them that
we don't care for money is to give it
up to them without q muTmur."
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-10-18
Cream Separators.

Some separators are more effective
than others in removing impurities,
so it is well for the intending pur.
chaser to test a separator thoroughly
before buying, taking into account the
amount of slime accumulation as well
as the cleanness of Swimming. After
all that has been said about the COM
position of separator slime, it ought
not to be necessary to urge the neces-
sity of washing the machine after
every run, but in our best dairy Sec
lions there are still many farmers who
consider one washing sufficient for
two runs on the same day.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-10-18

It is a good plan to have the fence
along the ends of the garden nova
BILE, so that it can be taken away when
blowing or cultivating tho garden, and
thus save having strip of unworked
ground along the ends
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-11-29

lived in the polar region the greater
part of the last Is years, and he is by
far the most striking figure in the
history of arctic exploration.
Peary's first serious expedition was
on the b%arkentine Kite, starting June
6, 1891, from Brooklyn, with five men
and Mrs. Peary, then little more than
a bride. A party of scientists went
along part way with them, principally
to spend a scientific summer vacation.
They were headed by Prof. Angelo
Heilprin, who in the following year
headed the first relief expedition. In
the party, too, was Matthew Henson,
Peary's negro servant, who has ac-
companied him on all his voyages in
to the frozen regions.
The explorer was seriously injured
in first contact with the ice foe. AS
his steamer struck the ice for the first
time the wheel chain snapped, the end
breaking Peary's leg. He was land
ed on the Greenland coast on a
stretcher, camped in a tent, supervised
the building of a house, allowed the
leg to knit during the winter, and the
next spring, with only one companion,
and without accident, made a 1900
mile journey over the ice cap that GOV,
ers Greenland, reaching its farthest
coast line, the first white man to view
its northern extremity.
Proves Greenland an Island.
The main achievement of this 1900
mile sledge journey was the dem.
o|nstration that Greenland is an island,
not a southwark projecting portion OF
a polar continent.
In July, 1898, Lieut.. Peary sailed on
the Falcon for another attack on the
arctic problems. This was arranged
on a much more comprehensive plan
than the preceding one. A club had
been formed with headquarters al
Philadelphia for the financing and sup
ply Of relief expeditions, which, as has
been observed before, are al e%ssentia.
part of the general plan. There were
with Peary Mrs. Peary and Mrs. Cross
/ the latter the wife of an officer on the
Falcon; s, ]. Entrekin, West Chester
| Pa; Edwin Astrupp, a Norwegian
DR.. e. Vincent, the physician Of the
party; George H. Carr. George Clark
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-11-29
AFm JntRrrrFtattnn
nf mnmanltnRHH
By MRS. MARY KENNY O'sULLIVAN.
Labor Writer and Organizer.
on than in American society.

selfsupporting does so IN order to relieve others of the burden of her
support; she works to save others from working for her. And this gen
e1ous spirit of selfsacrifce cannot surely be called unwomanly! To say
that a woman is mwomanly because she supports herself is like saying
that a man il mmanly because he refuses to strike his father.
No one believes that women should be idle, but there are those who
think that a woman who remains in her home and who embroiders donies
that are as useless to everyone else as they are to herself is "womanly,'
although she is as clearly wasting her time as if she were really unoccupicd.
Women are individuals IS well as men and they possess individual
talents, eergies and capabilities. 1t III on the face of it absurd to assume
same thing. Some women are good cooks; so are some men. But when
breakfast, it is almost too severe to condemn her as "unwomanly" for
doing something else. There are other parts of the worlds work to be
done, and if they do the part they are best fitted for they should be praised
aud not blamed.
There is something of degradation in the idea of dependence and
something of nobility in the iea of service. There is little work that
women can do in the homes these days that is economically useful. They
must choose between going out of the home and being independent, and
staying in the home and being a burden. In the one case she enters into
the worlds service and becomes a Soldier Of the common good /" in the
other case she is seryed--and probably by those who have already borne
their measure of the worlds burden.
There was a day when it was manly for men to wear perfumed ring
lets. lace maHes and satin knckerbockers; there was a day when it was
awomanly" to be pale and anaemie, delicate and altogether useless. Those
davs are gone. Womanliness now is measured by usefulness instead of
uselessness, and every woman is "womany" in so far as she fulfls the
possibilities of service that are afforded her. OF the 100000 women
in our factories, the great majority are there because it is the chance for
work that the world has offered them. The work is not easy and it is not
always pleasant, but it brings with it the selflespect that is born Of
independent sefsupport. If such work is mwomantG then service is
unwomanly and womanhness is some
uAng to be scorned. A&HAM y bGGLEtVGEb
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-11-29
Wealthy Countess Insane.

At New York City on the z7th ult
Grace Sterling, Countess Maukowskl
wife of Count Ignace Mankowski, and
daughter of the late John NJ. Bixby,
the shoe backing manufacturer, was
adjudged insane and incompetent To
manage her property, valued at sew.
eral hundred thousand dollars, by a
grand jury and commission appointed
by the Supreme Court. The countess
was married in Now York in 1879. She
went to England with her husband
and three children. Ten years ago
she was declared insane by the Brit.
ish courts and for some time was con,
fined in a sanitarium in England. A
few years ago she rejoined her bus.
band in London. Countess Mankow.
ski was brought to New York by her
husband September Sth last, by per
mission of the English courts, and pro-
c~eedings were instituted to have her
sanity passed upon.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-11-29
POINTS NEAR POLE REACHED BY PEARY.

New York.-Commander Robert e.
2eary has gone "a miles nearer the
north pole than any man who ever
want into the arctic seas, and is now
on his way home.
To be exact, the American explorer
pushed on over the ice foes until he
reached 81 degrees six minutes north
latitude.
In 1896 hansen reached SOFA north
latitude, and his exploit was hailed as
a tremendous exploit, for that was 1856
miles farther north than Greedy had
gone in 1882.
hansen held the record for only four
years. Then in 1900 Capt. Cagni of
the duke of the Abruzzi's expedition
pushed his way northward and after
almost incredible h%ardships reached a
point 23 miles farther north than Nan
sen had zone.
Before Peary's feat the Italian ex-
plorer has held the record for farthest
north. Now it is shattered by an Amer
lean.
News from Commander Peary has
been awaited with anxiety for several
weeks. as July 16 was the date he had
fixed for the end of the dash" across
the ice cap surrounding the pole. The
commander, when he sailed from New
York more than a year ago, fondly
hoped that the end of the dash would
carry him to the pole itself.
Peary's Seventh Attempt.
This was Commander Peary's sew
enth attempt to reach the north pole,
the first being made in 1891. He has
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-11-29

Practical educators have been busy
of late at teachers Institutes and 9th.
er gatherings, and many topics of live
interest have been discussed. Among
other things athletics and secret so
cieties have been considered. 1t is
noteworthy, says the Troy Times, that
much opposition was shown on the
part of professors and other instruc'
tors to secret societies, particularly
those in high schools and academies,
AS regards athletics, however, there
was a surprising unanimity of opinion
that proper indulgence was an excel
lent thing and tended to promote good
scholarship. Even delegates to relig,
ious assemblages join in this senti
ment. At the Baptist state convention
of Minnesota there was severe denun,
citation of secret societies of the class
mentioned, but Prof. Nathaniel Butler
of the University of Chicago vigorous
ly defended athletics. including foot
ball, saying: Athletics are conducive
to high morals and a high degree OF
scholarship" Which is merely another
way OF saying that the world is made
better by an increase in the number OF
muscular, healthy and scholarly Chris.
tians.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-11-29
Apples for the Brain.

Apples are said to contain more
phosphorus than any other fruit or
vegetable, and it is claimed that this
makes them specially adapted to re-
newing the nervous matter of the brain
and spinal cord. Perhaps for the same
reason, rudely understood, the old
Scandinavian traditions represent the
apple as the food of the gods, who,
when they felt themselves growing fee
BILE and infirm, ~resorted to this fruit
for renewing their powers of mind and
body. AS far back as the tenth Eel
fury medical authorities were enthusi-
astic in their writing over remarkable
curative properties of different fruits,
says the Segnogram. In more modern
times this has been revived, and nearly
everyone has heard of the grape cure, -
the apple, peach or strawberry cure.
One writer is said to have rec
mended in special cases eating 20
pounds of strawberries a day. The
same writer gained reason by the eX'
elusive use of cherries. These cases
SAVIOR of the ridiculous, but there is nc
doubt that the so-called grape cure
for indigestion and other evils has re
suited in great good to persons trying
it. The fruit should be of good quail
lily; if it is not and grapes are sour
and watery, the patient may be harmed
rather than benefited.