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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-06-21
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COOP FOR HEN AND CHICKENS.

COOP FOR HEN AND CHICKENS.
heat about the eggs. A box of good
size, well filled with hay or straw, is
proper; a small box, with little nest
ing material, highly improper.
The barrel nest, so often spoken of
as the most satisfactory, gains it's rep
utation largely from it's size. When
laid on it's side and leveled up with
stone, brick or earth, and filled up
about one-third full of straw, barrel
provides a generous-sized nesting
place for turkeys or hens. If planted
one-third underground on end, hole
cut in one side, and the bottom for
roof, this provides an ideal nesting
place for either, and being partly un-
derground and well filled with straw,
insures a certain protection from
changeable influences. Have the nest
of straw above the ground level and
the nest will be dry during the very
wet period.
A barrel cut in two MAKES splendid
nest boxes for inside use during the
most severe weather. Large, commodi-
GUS nests of straw can be built in
these, so that the hen can nestle down
to the top level of the barrel, yet have
plenty of nest material under and
about her to help her keep the eggs
warm by holding the heat about them
and warding off outside influences.
The same nest is splendid for all
kinds of weather; being warm, roomy,
comfortable and airy, it is the ideal
nest for success. We have seen the
nest, hen and Is eggs all forced into
a box scarcely large enough for the
hen without the other necessary ac-
compartments.
When the chicks are Matched, the
same rule applies-the coop for the
hen and chicks cannot be too large;
those used are much too small. There
should be plenty of room within the
coop for the hen to move about, stand
erect, flap her wings and exercise.
usually she must stretch her head
through the Stats to stretch her neck,
the coop being so narrow and con-
fined that she can scarcely turn about,
which is cruelty detrimental to the
hen and her brood. Provide plenty of
uOOT SpdC0 dAu opclCO OFCAACe1u LOl CuO
hen, and both she and the chicks will
do better than will either if housed in
confined coops.
A box two feet square, or larger,
covered with tar paper, with Stats in
front, is recommended by the Country
Gentleman and will provide cheap
and useful board coop. If the box is
double this size, it will be more use
full, as it will do for roosting-place
for the half-grown chicks and a col
ony coop during the entire season,
furnishing comfortable quarters and
protection from the damp. The more
attractive these coops are made, even
though of plain construction, the
more creditable will they be to the
place.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-06-21
A NEW MARBLE GAME.

own men. When game is over pris-
oners may be exchanged, if both play
ers so desire.
"The Pyramid" is another good
game, says the Peoples Home Journal,
in which one boy is selected as s'bank-
err" another becoming banker" in
turn, after each game. A ring about
four or five feet in diameter is drawn,
and the banker places in it at the be-
ginning of the game four marbles,
three close together and the fourth on
top of them, to form the pyramid.
Each player takes shot, in turn,
from a point agreed upon outside the
circle, and whoever hits the yramid
can have as many marbles as he
knocks out of the ring, his turn con-
tinuing until he fails to knock one
outside.
If any player fails to hit the pyramid
he must give marble to the banker
then in charge of the ring. When all
the marbles are out of the ring a new
game begins, with another banker,
who, in turn, supplies the four marbles
for the pyramid.
Order of turns may be agreed upon
as In the ring game, as It might hap
pen that only one would have chance
to shoot under certain banker, if he
were expert enough to konck al four
marbles out of the ring at one turn.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-06-21
SOME NEW MARBLE GAMES
Suitable for Indoors When the
Weather Will Not Permit
of Outdoor Play.

An indoor game of marbles is a good
thing for rainy day, when outdoor
sport is impossible. There is the bat
possibilities. In it's simpler form it is
played by two boys, each using the
same number of marbles, which repre-
sent the soldiers.
The two boys sit on the floor at op-
pOsite sides of the room, so that the
seams in the carpet or the cracks in
the wooden floor run to their right
and left. The seam or line nearest the
middle Of the room forms the enemy's
line to both players. The line next
to that, on each side is the dead line.
Each player may place his marbles as
he chooses between the enemy's line
and his own dead line.
One marble is selected as a sharp
shooter and is used by the two play
ers alternately, each of whom tries to
shoot his opponents men beyond their
dead line. All men SO driven beyond
the dead line, either directly by the
shooter or by being struck by another
marble, are dead" and the player
who first kills" his opponents men is
the winner of the battle"
The hand must never be advanced
beyond the dead line in shooting; and
if, by accident, player hits one of his
own men and drives him beyond the
enemy's line into his opponents field
that man becomes a prisoner and may
be placed by the opponent among his
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GIRLS WANTED.

Wanted in family of three people,
three girls-competent cook, house
maid and chamber maid. Preferably
friends or acquaintances who will
work tremendously and for the in
terest of the house. Must be thor
oughly reliable and trustworthy and
give good testimonials from former
employers. House has every conven-
fence; maids rooms large, pleasant
and opening together. Wages $25 per
month with a yearly increase to the
right girls and two weeks vacation to
each girl. All of present maids in
my employ from three to ten years.
Full particulars on application. Ad-
dress Mrs. Geo. A. Joslyn. Omaha. Neb.
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LOUSY HENS.
They Are Liable to Become Unpro
ductive-Use of Lard to Com
bat Evil.

Lice on hens are frequently the
cause of the birds becoming unproduc-
tive. If hens are neglected and have
not access to a dust bath they will be
unable to fight the insects success
fully. They can protect themselves but
little by their beaks. A hen that is
overrun with lice, says the Farmers
Review, will permit the wings and
feathers to droop in way that makes
a novice think she is sick from some
disease. 1t is we'll to examine hens
having that appearance, and if the lice
are found use lard on them. The lard
should be applied in the places in
which the lice congregate, which are at
the base of the wing feathers, at the
base of the. long tail feathers, on top OF
the head and under the wings. Apply
the grease, but do not apply it all over
the bird.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-06-21
GREENS FOR HENS.
Swiss Chard Raised Successfully by
One Poulterer for His
Hens.

No garden crop | have ever grown
wss so much enjoyed by my poultry
as Swiss chard. The first year / plant
ed it we had not enough for dish; but
the hens had. The plant is cultivated
like the beet, which it resembles, ex-
cept in having smaller roots. For SOW
ing in poultry yards it is unsurpassed,
because in six weeks it is fit for the
fowls to forage on, and with little
watching and excluding the birds to
prevent its being eaten too close, it will
continue to produce all season. Its mild
flavor, says Orange Judd Farmer, also
commends it more than cabbage, rape
or other strong favored foods. When
thrown to the fowls with these other
green's it is always the first to be
eaten.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-06-21
THE FARM RANGE.
It Simplifies the Keeping Of Chick.
ems, and Reduces Cost of Egg
Production.

On the farm there is no better way
OF handling hens than by giving them
a free range during as much OF the
season as possible. If the hen houses
are at some distance from the house,
the fowls will not become nuisance
ii they are given free range. 1t is
said that hens and gardens do not go
together, but that, says the Farmers
Review, is only in case the fowls are
turned into the gardens when the
plants are just coming up or when the
fruit is ripening that may be eaten by
tho fowls. The farmer has an immense
advantage in being able to raise fowls
without keeping them confined. They
thus keep healthy and find large part
OF their own food. This greatly re-
duces the cost of producing eggs on the
farm.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-06-21
WORDS IN OKLAHOMA'S NAME
Belief That It Was Taken from Com
anche Tongue Refuted by Stu
dent of Indian Lore.

Oklahoma City, Ok.-The Rev. J. S.
Murrow, of Atoka, who is a deep
student of Indian lore and an au-
thority on such matters, rHfutes the
statement made recently by the In
dian Leader that oklahoma" is a
Comanche Indian word meaning
''land of the fair god"
He asserts that it is a Choctaw
word and means simply ''red people"
the Indian word ''okla," meaning
people, and "homma" meaning red.
In joining the two words one m is
omitted. The name was given to
Wright, chief executive of the Choc-
taw Nation in 1866, when the United
States government negotiated with
all of the Five Tribes to effect a
treaty.
At that time the present boundary
of Oklahoma and Indian Territory
was outlined, and it was proposed
of government with a view of finally
making it a state to be controlled
by the Indians. But the Indians
themselves did not consent to that
part of the proposition.
When the matter of name for
new territory was mentioned by the
secretary of the interior to the as
sembled Indian governors, Mr..
Wright spoke instantly and said:
Call it Oklahoma" What does
that mean?" asked the secretary.
ct means red people," answered
Governor Wright, and the matter
was settled.
Later Indian Territory was sepa-
rated from the Oklahoma, and now
the original boundaries are to be
restored with the name as given by
Governor Wright of the Choctaws,
and the original state as contem-
plated will soon take it's place in the
sisterhood, though in this new state
the Indians will not be the controll.
ing element, as they might have
been had they acted as the Govern
ment desired in 1866.
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WhyMr. Grub Worm
Goes on His Back 3
By ANNE VIRGINIA cULBERSToN
Copyright, by Joseph B. Bowies.)


One day the children had gone down
to the little cabin of Aunt 'Phrony,
and on this occasion she chose to tell
them about certain happenings in the
affairs of Mis- 'Possum and Mr.. Grub
worm.
'Dey was both of 'em mighty fat
folks" she began, "an', like lots er tat
folks, dey wuz right lazy. Dey ain go
nowhere's dey ain halter go; jest
mosey round a iii to git der v1ttles,
an stay home de rest er de time, vile
other creeturs dey all time trapesin'
an trollopin' up an down de kyountry
to see wat dey kin see, an hear wat
dey kin hear, an do wat dey kin do.
Mis- 'Possum she stay in holler tree
an snooge de time erway, an Mister
GrUbwa'am he snuggle down Jes, De-
neat de top er de groun' an dream
bout de time he gWine turn into
beetle an live on top er de groun'.
"Oh, Aunt 'Phrony, do grub-worms
turn into beetles! asked one OF the
children fncredulously.
eyes, sir! dat dey does! Dish yer
one wat | tell bout he lie low I'M
derneath de earth until May er June,
an den come out an turn inter one
deze yer pooty green an brown beetles
what dey calls June beetles de kline
chiIlen ketches an sets ter junin'."
OF course the children wanted to
know what "juning' was.
"Iawd! Lawd!" she said, 81 done
'spose all chillen knowed how ter june
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aAtter de creeturs lef, Mis. ,rossum.

after de creeturs lef' Mis- 'rOssums
dey glong lii ways an meet up wild
Mister Grub wu'm, an he turnt to an
gun ter pussecoot 'em jes' like she
been doin'. Dey git natchelly wo' oct
wild i'm, so dey go off a piece an con-
fabulate tege'er. Now ain dis jes'
TOO much! dey SEE. wy mt dis man
90 ter de kyouncil an use his own
eyes an years? disable lazybones!
One un 'em say ter the others: 'Jes'
leave dis man ter me-
Den he go back, an he say ter
Mister Grub-wu'm, 'Brer Grub, VEAL
done fergit ter tell you de kyouncil
done pass law dat all animals
mus crawl on der backs. Dey say we
bin gwine roun' wild ow' eyes on de
groun' long huff, an now we mus
turn over an look up in de worP.'
"Umph!' SEE de sGrub-wu'm, sezee,
dat suit me to er gnat's bristle, kase
I don't reckon folks gwine spec me
ter git 'roun' fas' eff halter to travel
on my back. kin take hit easy den,
sho'-nuff. Stan outen de way, you-all;
yer goes!' An wild dat he roll over
on de groun' an try ter crawl. Mighty
hard wuk! He wrassel an he tussel
an he tug, but he ain make no mead
ways. 'Whew! dish yer make me
tired, sho'-nuff!' sezee. I gwine turn
me over an do de ole way; dat good
huff fer me. Mighty easy ter set up
in de high seats an gin orders.
wish all de folks what send orders
halter try 'em on themselves TO dey
kin pass inter laws
"He try ter turn back on his STUN
mick, but bless yo' soul, dar want no
turn to i'm. He huff an he puff, an
he fuss an he cuss, but 'twan't no use.
De creeturs dey stood by an snickered,
an aigged i'm on, an let on ter try
an hep. Las dey KANT STAN hit
no longer, an dey bus out laughin' an
SEE, 'Heyo, Mister Grub, we done got
you fix dis time. Reckon you won't
go pesterin' VEAL no mo- wild ques-
chins bout de kyouncil. You halter
travel all de way dar on yo' back at
ter dis eff you wanter know wat
gwine on; you KANT pend on VEAL
no mo-. So long, ole man.
"Sence den ole Grubwu'm been doin'
all his walkin' on he back, an he been
at it so long now dat he done got
right spry. Sometimes after haivy
rain he comes UP through de top er de
groun', and you kin see i'm jes' mos
scootin' roun' on he back.
"Now, dat's all de tales you gwine
git outen me dis day. l is plumb wo'
queschins;;" and the old woman folded
her hands and closed her eyes and pre-
tended to be fast asleep, seeing which
her little auditors stole softly away on
tip-toe for fear Of waking her.
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just to show how steady the Land is.
If the person holding the knife should
then lower the blade so that the ends
of the matches will touch the table,
the matches will walk along on the
knife blade.
A key, one of the kind that stand
erect, is required for the second trick,
says the Cincinnati Enquirer. Place
it as in figure upon strip of paper
about six inches long and not more
than an inch wide near the edge of a
table, remove the paper without MAX
ing the key fall. 1t is easy enough
Just strike the paper a sharp tap.
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POULTRY POINTS.

In making floor for the poultry
house use matched lumber If wood
is to be used. It will cost more, but
will be worth more.
Keep the chicks in small nocks.
The greater the number of chicks In
a flock the greater the chances for the
spread of disease.
Incubators do not Increase the dan
ger of fires in the building m which
they are placed any more than would
a lamp.
The number of poultry farms is in
creasing. The hen pays high inter-
est on the capital invested in her.
Incubator chicks do not have to be
taught to eat. They will eat when the
time comes for that operation.
The best hatchi1g temperature for
an incubator is 11U3 degrees.
sTarred paper does better on the IN
side of the poultry house than on the
outside.
Board floors ara the best floors for
poultry houses, all things considered.
There should be thermometer in
the brooder as well as in the incuba-
tor.
Guesswork is not profitable In uoul-
try raising.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-06-21
BUZZARDS MENACE HEALTH
Coast Towns of Mexico Find That
Carrion Birds Pollute Their
Water.

San Antonio, Tex-There is an agi-
tation now on in the coast towns Of
Mexico to eliminate the vultures. Mex.
leo, like most of the states of America,
has cherished the carrion crow or tur-
key buzzard and fine is imposed for
killing these birds. They were assumed
to be great sanitary agents. But ex-
perience has shown the people of the
hot lands where these repulsive fowls
are numbered by the thousand in every
vicinity, that the water supply is often
contaminated by the fowls.
In Port of Spain the birds have been
slaughtered by the thousand this
spring and their bodies formed into an
immense funeral pyre.
Tampico, Mexico, is the pioneer OF
the Mexican in the movement to kill
the vultures. That city is infested by
the fowls to an extent that is not
equaled by any other Mexican coast
city. Sanitary experts there have re-
ported that instead of being public
benefactor as a scavenger the vulture
has become a public nuisance and a
menace to the health IF the community
through the water supply.
1t is held by the experts who have
framed an appeal to the national legis-
lature that the birds be removed from
the protection of the laws, that only
under primitive conditions are they Of
any benefit as scavengers.
Where drainage is unknown and filth
- MI or fay,.
perts say the buzzard helps. But when
modern conditions prevail the buzzard
becomes a menace.
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A Homemade Merry-Co-Round

There is a fascination about the
merry-go-round, with its music and its
animals, which we cannot resist. The
diagram here will show how minia-
ture one may be constructed at little
or no expense, much to the gratifica-
ton of everyone concerned. Any
bright boy can build this merry go
round from articles obtainable in his
own back yard.
The handspring of the whirl is a
stout post, driven far enough 20 the
ground to insure its steady and UNI
varying position. It should be about
six feet in height and smooth on top,
with an iron pin set squarely in the
middle.
Much after the fashion of seesaw,
next place good, stout plank, from
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-06-21
TONIC TREATMENT
Weak Stomach and Sick Headache
Cured by DR.. Williams
Pink Pills.

The symptoms of stomach trouble
vary Some victims have a ravenous
appetite, others loathe the sight of food.
Often there is feeling as of weight on
the chest, full feeling in the throat.
Sometimes the gas presses on the heart
and leads the sufferer to think he has
heart disease. Sick headache is Il fire.
Quent and distressing symptom.
A weak stomach needs digestive
tonic and that there is no better tonic
for this purpose than DR.. Williams Pink
Pills is shown by the statement of Mr..
A. @. Merrill, a mining man, Of Oneals,
Calf, veteran of Battalion q, Third
u. s. Regular Infantry.
/ had never been well since left
the army" he says, Railways having had
trouble with my stomach, which was
weak. I was run down and debilitated.
Gould keep nothing on my stomach,
and at times had sick headache so bad
that l did not care whether l lived or
died. My stomach refused to retain
even liquid food and almost despaired
of getting well as had tried SO many
kinds of medicine without relief. Then
was bitten by q rattlesnalze and that
laid me- up from work entirely for a
year, six months of which / spent in bed.
Zone day a friend recommended DIR.
Williams Pink Pills to me ana l began
taking them. They cured me when all
other medicine had failed. / have
recommended the pills to great many,
for during my recovery every one asked
me what was helping me so and l told
them DIR. Williams Pink Pills. i can.
not speak too highly of them"
If you want good health you must have
good blood. DR.. Williams Pink Pills
actually make new blood and restore
shattered nerves. They are sold by
all druggists or sent, postpaid, on re-
ceipt of price, soc. per box, six boxes for
$3.50 by the DR.. Williams Medicine
Co., Schenectady, NY.
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"Not Yet"

On one of the popular automobile
routes from Portland to the White
mountains, and just beyond the village
of Bridgton, Me, large car drew
up one day last summer. It con-
tanned, supposedly, four gentlemen,
evidently from the city, who were
going to have some fun with the
gray-haired farmer who was moving
by the roadside. After obtaining in
formation as to their route, one Of
the occupants boisterously cried out:
well, uncle, I suppose you have
lived all your rfe here. haven't
your"
why, no; not yet" was the the
quiet answer, and the car started on.
Boston Herald.
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parts Of the whirl. The diagram shows
just how these small swings may be
arranged, although there are many
schemes by which the same result may
be obtained.
Now, for elaboration OF the whirl, SO
that it may have holiday appearance,
says the Chicago Inter-Ocean. A bar
rel from the grocer's can be placed
over the pin in the center of the board
and festooned with bunting and flags.
It will turn with the plank, and gives
fine suggestion of spinning, whiri-
ing color. More flags can he stuck in
the plank wherever they will not in
terfere with its free action or the oc-
cupants of the swings.
An additional feature can be made
by driving two more posts, smaller
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Two Ears and One Mouth.

The teacher told the children how
wise man once said that we have
only one mouth and two ears so that
we may listen and hear twice as much
as we speak. Afterward, to see how
much of the instruction was renem-
bered, she asked:
"Why is it that we have two ears
and only one mouth, Frances?"
Because we would not have room
in our face for two mouths and we
would look too crooked if we had only
one ear
mo; that is not the reason. You
know, do you, Rosie?"
Eyes, ma'am. So that what we hear
may go in one ear and out of the 9TH
er."-Chicago Daily News.
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A BOX COOP.

nest of eggs are not fully covered by
the hen, she either has too many in
the nest or the nest is too fiat in con-
struction.
The proper nest for the sitting hen
should be made in box not less than
IA to Is inches square, so as to have
plenty Of room about the hen. This
will preclude the chance of outside at
mospheric conditions and changes
working against successful hatch. If
the box is too small, the eggs must of
necessity lie close to the side and bot
tom of the box. The small amount of
nesting material lends little assistance
to the hen in the way of holding the
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Is to 20 feet in length, upon the post,
a hole for it being bored, thus holding
it in position. Two or three whirls
around will give the plank free action
upon the pin, and a little ordinary
axle grease might complete the spin
ming powers.
Four more smaller holes now are
to be bored, two in either end of the
plank. Ropes, knotted here, and sus-
pending small seat planks. as shown in
the diagram, complete the technical
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PROTECTING LEGS FROM BEES.

sew them in below the knees, letting
them hang about three inches below
the bottom of the trousers legs, says r.
.. Chappell, Tuscola county, Michigan,
in Gleanings in Bee Culture. Tuck the
false legs inside your socks and let the
pants legs hang outside. This plan will
keen the bees out, and also keep dust
and dirt from soiling the underclothes,
when working in dusty place. Try it;
you will be more than pleased with the
results.