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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-01-03

Manager $50 AD0, OIL WdS0Od uHIF0r.
sity, Japan, has accepted the challenge
of Stanford university for an interna-
tional baseball contest to be played in
Toxic some time in May.
Sailors from the United States
cruiser Cleveland caused a panic in a
public park in Cienfuegos, Cuba,
where a concert was going on, by en-
gaging in a fight and firing many
shots. The police arrested several of
the sailors.
Rear Admiral Nebogatoff and three
other officers were sentenced to death
for surrendering to the Japanese in
the battle of the Sea of Japan, but the
court martial will ask the car to COM
mute the sentences to ten years i'm
prisonment
Governor Magoon signed the decree
appointing a commission to revise the
laws of Cuba.
Frank Hair, for Is years in charge
of the musical department of the
Baker university at Baldwin, Kan,
and composer of choir music used all
over the country, died suddenly at Ex-
celsior Springs, Mo.
]. E. Woodward & Co., Omaha coal
dealers. operating mine at Dietz,
Wyo., brought suit for $4,000 against
the Burlington Railway company for
coal alleged to have been confiscated
Colonel j. E. Pepper, the distiller
of Kentucky, died in New York.
z Two women and two children were
burned to death at Morris Neck, Va,
and two women and an infant were
suffocated in fire at Steubenville, o.
Harlan Cleveland, one of the lead
ing lawyers of the Cincinnati bar, died
from Brlghts disease.
Commander Peary's steamer Roose-
yelt has arrived at New York.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-01
He kney, Mrs. BARKER.

The Bankers possessed three large
intelligent tortoise-shell cats, and some
times as many as three families of KIT
tens. Mrs. Barker was much too ten
der-hearted to drown or chloroform the
superfuous kittens, yet she could moi
keep them all; consequently she de
voted much time and thought to find
ing happy homes fer the tortoise-shel
progeny.
One spring the daughter of a neigh
Dor who had moved some years pre-
viously to another town happened tc
pay Mrs. Barker a visit. AS the little
visitor was about to depart, Mrs. Bark
er exclaimed suddenly
"By the way, Alice, wouldn't you like
a kitten to take home with your"
I'D like It," returned Alice, wistful
Iy, '.but the very last thing father sale
when I came away was: Alice, what
ever else you do, don't bring home any
cats"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-01
Doubled the Number.

In criticizing some proposed changes
In a bill before the Senate, changes
which seemed to him to be alterations
in phrasing rather than in meaning,
Senator Tillman told a story which the
Milwaukee Sentinel reports, Of a lady
who was looking at a house for rent.
''The house suits me very we'll" she
said to the landlord, "but there is one
thing / object o."
well, madam, any reasonable altera-
tion," the landlord murmured, suavely,
would, provided you took a three
years lease"
I'D axe a three years lease" she
said, "if the house had more closets"
1.-THE number Of closets shall be dou-
bled," said the landlord.
"yery WELL" said the woman, and she
signed the lease.
After she had gone the landlord said
to his clerk, John, take q carpenter
over to number thirty-seven and have
him divide each of the closets in two"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-01
OF interest TO W orncEa.

To such women as are not seriously out
oflhealthA but who have exacting duties
toIperfornl either in the way of house
hdld cares\or in social duties and func-
tidps WhishAserionsly tax their strength,
as weHashp Nursing mothers. DR.. Pierce's
'Favorite PeNription has proved a most
valuable supRArting tonic and %invigorat-
ing nervine. BY its timely use, much
serious sickness suffering may be
avoided, The operating table and the
s%qTgeoITs' knife. Mpnld-it-is 5eIieyed,
seldom have 90 be employed i this most
gvaluable Wornan,s -remedY were reSnrted.
TO IN. good time. The "Fayorite Prescrip-
Ftion"has proven u great boon to expectant
Imothers by preparing the system for the
coming of baby, thereby rendering child
birth safe, easy, and almost painless.
Bear in mind, please that DR.. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription is not a secret or
patent medicine, against which the most
intelligent people are quite naturally
aversc, because of the uncertainty as to
their composition and harmless character,
but is a MEDICINE OF KNOWN COMPOSE
TIoN, a full list of all its ingredients being
printed, in plain English, on every bottle
wrapper An examination of this list of
ingredients will { close the fact that 1T is
non-alcOhollc in its composition. chemlc-
ally pure, triple-refined glycerine taking
the place of the commonly used alcohol,
in its makeup. III this connection it
may not be out of place to state that the
vFavorite Prescription" of DIR: Pierce is
the only medicine put up for the cure OF
ments, and sold through druggists, all
the ingredients of which have the un-
animous endorsement of all the leading
medical writer's and teachers of all the
several schools Of practice, and that too
rFavorite Prescription is recommended:
A little book of these endorsements will
be sent to any address, postpaid, and
absolutely free if you request same by
Buffalo, N. Y.
DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure con-
stipation. Constipation is the cause OF
many diseases. Cure the cause and you
cure the disease. Easy to take as candy.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-01
COLOR SENSE IN ANIMALS.


Possessed to HtEh Degree by Some,
E~sDcc.al1y by birds.
A hypothesis that the sense of colors
Is possessed to q high degree by animals
and especially by birds furnished a
basis for some of the most beautiful
and fecund of the Darwinian theories
CT sexual selection. No Darwinist
doubts that the brilliant colors Of male
birds are to attract the attention of the
female birds, and this presupposes nat
urally on the part of these birds a fine
sense of color.
Wallace has asserted that to the fact
that certain plants bear fruit Of bril-
liant colors is due their preservation !;
the animals, attracted by these colors,
break the fruits from the trees or
plants, carry them off and thus Indirect
ly assist in the dissemination of the
seeds which they contain over large
tracts of land. And this function OF
selection on the part of animals pre-
supposes in them Il certain sense of
color. Still. scientific documents in sup
port of these hypothesis are rare.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-01
WHY GEN. MIN WAS HATED
Wanton Cruelty of the Officer AasaA-
afnnted in Russia

Wanton Crnelty of the Officer AnsaA-
sfnated in Russia Sunday.
Gen. Min, who was shot to death In
st. Petersburg Sunday by u young
who afterwards said to the po-
see that she was but Oh" of 10000
women who are ready to die that Rus
STA may be free, was M of the most
heartless Of all the repressive agents
of the Gear. His cruelty had made him
hated by the people.
Min was the commander of the Sem
inovsky regiment, which poured a ter
rlble fire into the parading workmen
near the archaeological Institute. in
St Petersburg, last October. Fol that
bloody work he was raised to the rank
of general and sent to SNratov to quell
the disturbances following the assas-
Sination of Lieut.. Gov. Sakaroff. One
of the first acts of Min after arriving
In Saratov was to order the fogging of
all the men in a large village. He sat
on his horse like a statue while Cos
sacks carried out his terrible instruc-
tons, and with women and children
pressing around pleading for ~leniency
for his victims. 1t was Min who crush
ed the revolt last winter in Moscow.
He spared none suspected Of revolu-
tionary sympathy. All persons found
carrying arms were tried at drum head
court martial and shot.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-01
Pumpkin Sugar in Iowa.

Sugar from pumpkins will be the
next source of wealth which will be
developed in Iowa, for the authorities
at the agricultural college declare high
grade sugar will be made from them by
Il process even more simple than b a
required to make it from beets. EXper-
iments have resulted in the production
of a species of pumpkin which contains
4 per cent of sugar, and it Is the pre-
diction that in three years the sugar
element will be increased to u per
cent. This is equal to the quantity OF
| sugar found in the best variety OF
sugar beet. Because pumpkins are
easily raised and a tonnage may be pro-
duced to the acre which will exceed
that of beets, the new sugar pumpkin
will open up a valuable field for the
Iowa farmers. The pumpkins may be
planted in the corr fields, and the same
soil which will produce corn may be
made to produce a crop OF pumpkins
at the same time.-American Cultiva'
tor.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-01

Mr.. Lafferty had asked the druggist
for something to kill moths, and the
druggist, says a writer in the Chicago
Record-Herald, sold him ten cents
worth Of moth balls.
The next day Mr.. Lafferty returned,
and, holding out the crumbled remains
Of some Of the moth balls, he said: Are
yez the young mar that sold thin things
to me yisterday?"
II am. What's the matter with
them?"
9TH idea of a dacent sthore selling
thin things to kill moths or anything
else! If yez can show me a man thai
can hit a moth wild wan o. thin, III
say nawthing about the pitchers and
the looking-glass me an the ould WON.
an broke"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-01
Cotton Seed Meal.

Cotton seed meal is the cheapest
form Of protein for the feeder to pur-
chase, a y a bulletin by the Louisiana
station. Many of the manufacturers
are introducing a considerable guam
tity of lint and hulls in their meals.
They grind these meals so fine that it
is often hard to detect the adultera-
ton. Too great an addition of hulls
and lint lowers the value of this valu-
able by-product for feeding purposes.
A good meal should have a nutty odor,
bright yellow color, and should be dry
and finely ground. 1t Should u at
least 43 per cent protein, not over 1O
per cent fat, and not over 8 per cent
fiber. On account Of the improvements
in the manufacture of cotton seed oil
many meals are showing a lower fat
content than formerly. Too high a fat
content is Objectionable. In general
the meals vary from 1888 per cent to
1881 per cent protein.
In purchasing meals for feeding pur-
poses avoid the dark-colored samples.
Do not buy a meal just because 1t is
cotton seed meal. Purchase from a re-
liable mill or agent, and demand a
guarantee.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-01
TO Make best Fodder

To make the best fodder or slower,
corn should be cut before the leaves
are dry and when the stalks are still
succulent, and the corn is just fully
glazed or nearly in the hard stage.
At this time there is available the
largest food value per acre. 1t has
been found, however, that when the
corn is cut to make the best fodder
there is apt to be a slight decrease in
the yield Of grain.
The old method Of cutting corn by
hand Is slow and expensive. The use
of the sled machine is to be recon-
mended in preference to the hand
knife, while the corn binder reduces
the labor CT harvesting and permits
the work to be done more readily and
perhaps at less cost than the other
methods named. | have never used the
corn-shocking machine, but where the
practice is to cut up a large area each
season this machine would seem to be
preferable to the corn binder.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-01

The unusual spectacle Of a bride
groom appearing at the altar hand
cuffed has been seen, according to a
contemporary, at Monthey, an Italian
village. The bridegroom, an Italian,
was undergoing a long sentence for bur.
glary, and recently prevailed upon the
governor of the prison, to whom he
stated he had committed the crime for
the sake of his fiancee, to allow him to
marry. Two gendarmes in uniform act.
ed as witnesses and guardians at the
same time. At the church door the
young bride aud bridegroom parted with
heavy hearts.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-01
M ~ ~ YyaSsp sas za o.
s. / IaN(XI12I

other vermin. Be sure there are no
declivities at the immediate base OF
the tree. A slight mounding is good.
At all events, leave no hollows that vii
hold water to freeze at times of sud
den falls in temperature, thereby
greatly damaging trees. II mice or
rabbits are feared, protect with wire
netting into proper sizes, roll around
an old broomstick, OF any round OBJ
ject, to give it a circular shape, the
| stick removed and the wire will spring
around the trunk N hold itself In
place. See that all drains are in good
order.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-01
c,over q Gra.. seeds.

We are known as the largest growers OF
Grasses, Clovers, Oats, Barley, Corn, fo-
tatoes and Farm Seeds in America. Oper-
ate over 5000 acres.
FREE
Our mammoth 14S-page catalog is mail
ed free to all intending buyers; or send
8 CENTS IN STAMPS
and receive sample of perfect balance ra-
ton grass seed" together with Fodder
Plants, Clover, ETC., ETC., and big Plant
and Seed Catalog free.
John A. Salzer Seed Co., Box 9, La
Crosse, Wis.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-01
DOuidS
Weber sire

In a terrible condition, at times
a complete stoppage occurring. l
began with Doan's Kidney pills, and
soon felt better. Keeping on. I found
complete freedom from kidney trouble.
The cure has been permanent. ! W
my good health to Doan's Kidney
Pills"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box,
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-01
Free for a Time.

The Northby CLARION never failed to
notice the presence Of a visitor in the
small town, and If he was a person
known to fame the Clarion made suit
able comments. Occasionally these COM
ments were SO worded as to prove I'M
Willingly keen.
The Rev. Mr.. Bosom was a man
known in the pulpit as a fearless setter
forth Of rights and wrongs, but in the
domestic circle he displayed, for pru-
Dental reasons, considerable reserve of
speech and action.
"Dr. Bosom Is once more among US
for a brief season." wrote the chronicler
Of Northby's social and religious life.
'He says and does exactly as he thinks
right, without regard to the opinions or
belief Of others. His wife is not with
him."
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-01

While the Kaiser c~ultivates a mus
tache with the well-known upward
twirl, his son, the crown prince, clips
his straight across, toothbrush fashion.
He seems to be developing al indiyidu-
ality of his own in other respects as
well, and bids fair to become the an
tithesis Of his father.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-01
About Mulchtne strawberrle..

The best time to mulch Strawberries
Is when the ground Is frozen over so
you can drive in on the patch without
hurting the berries. l use wheat straw
when 1 can get it that is free from
wheat seed. 1 got a bad dose once
with winter wheat in the berries. 1t
was the worst kind Of a weed then. Rye
Is still worse. Oats straw is good, only
it packs down badly. Fine corn fod-
der or cane hay is good. Straw ma
nure. is best Of all If there is no tim
othy seed in 1t. II you a find a liv-
cry stable where they feed wild hay
and use lots of bedding, that Is the
place to, get your mulching. Put on
plenty Of 1t, and then in the spring go
through and loosen 1t up and pull some
Of 1t off to the middles.-Correspond-
ent Fruit Grower.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-01
irrigation Profitable.

In Connecticut irrigation increased
the total yield Of strawberries in one
Ease 1T per cent, and in another case
155 per cent. The irrigated berries
were larger, but a little later than the
non-irrigated ones, but they brought 2
cents more a quart in the open mar
ket. Where irrigation is practiced the
water should be applied to the burrows
about the fruiting time and allowed
slowly to flow down them rather than
by flooding.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-01
un.olicit.d Te.t,moninl.

"Stella engaged herself to five or six
young men at that summer resort" said
the girl with the blue earrings. Il don't
think that was right, do your
Maybe not" answered the girl with
the ready made complexion, but poor,
dear Stella was determined they shouldn't
al Of them escape her this time"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-01

says For twelve
or fifteen years l
was suffering fire.
quent attacks OF
pain in the back
and kidneys that
lasted for three
weeks at a time.
l would be I'M
able to turn In
he'd The urine
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-01

Salt, thoroughly rubbed all round on
the inside Of the churn, after it has
been r1nsed with hot water, is a first
rate thing to make it clean and sweet.
Rinse the salt out with water.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-01
standard for Curing Hams.

In esponse to the inquiry of a CORE
spondent the following directions are
given concerning the curing of hams:
First Of all, the meat must be thor
oughly chilled. A perfectly safe pickle
is made as follows: Twenty-one
pounds Of common salt, six pounds
brown (cane) sugar and n pound
graduated saltpeter to 300 pounds ham,
in regulation fierce, filed with water
and well rolled. Or make a pickle of
~ degrees Of salometer and add sugar
and %saltpeter. In every case tierces
should be rolled a couple Of times dur
ing the first two weeks OF curing. A
good temperature to cure in is 36 to 3S
degrees Fahrenheit. Some curers
pump full-strength pickle to the joints
before packing, which no doubt hastens
the cure somewhat and lessons the risk
Of '%souring."
Meats under the above formula are
cured In the following time, according
to averages Twelve pounds and I'M
der, 81 days per pound; 16 pounds
and under, A days per pound; over 16
POUNDS, 40 QayS per pouHu.
A very clean, uniform and eXpedi-
tious way to pack hams is as follows:
Have measures made to hold exactly
level full the quantities Of salt, sugar
and s%altpeter given. Dump into salt
box (rubbing box), rub each ham as
packed into fierce n whatever is left
in the box throw or top of packed
meats. Head up the fierce. roll aside
and fill with water from hose attached
to elevated water tanks. Doubtless
most cures have this already systema-
tized, but those points are worth re-
peatlng.-The National Provisioner.
Winter killing OF Fruit Trees.
We have all had some experience in
winter killing of fruit, but perhaps
many Of us are none the wiser for the
experience except in noting the great
difference of opinion which prevails
regarding the causes of this trouble.
To prevent the young wood from being
killed back it must be made to ripen
properly in the fall. This may be ac-
complished by giving attention to the
drainage VI Liz sui 81 tNdl II VIII uEy
out in the fall and check the growth
Of the trees. Naturally the destruc-
ton of the roots is a much more Sc
rious matter. The death Of fruit tree
roots is almost always due to improper
soil conditions. Trees in sod are rarely
killed in winter. Likewise a straw or
grass mulch about the roots gives
them ample protection. Again, the
roots are comparatively safe from
harm IL the soil contains humus such
as would be obtained from thorough
mulching. Small trees may be well
protected by throwing a few shovelfuls
Of soil or manure about the base,
Drainage is also important in preservl
ing the roots from damage. 1t should
always be remembered that trees which
are allowed to remain infested with
fungus diseases or Insect pests are far
more likely to die in winter than are
healthy trees. Attention to. the general
health of the trees and to proper soil
conditions furnish the best possible
means Of warding or the danger of
winter killing. The methods suggested
are not difficult to apply, and are such
as should prevail on every w~ell-regu-
lated ffuit farm-Irdianapolis News
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-01
rhi. WIN 1nterest Mothers.

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Chi!-
dren, used by Mother Gray, a nurse IN Chli-
dren's Home, New York, cure Constipation,
Feverishness, Teething Disorders. Stomach
Troubles and Destroy Worms; 10000 testi-
monials Of cures. All druggists. 25c. sam
pie FREE. Address Allen s. Olmstsd, 10
Roy, N, Y.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-01

When butter gets into bad company
it has to go the way old dog Tray went.
About a ton of butter in Milwaukee
is said to have gotten in the class
with limberger cheese and was con-
signed to the morgue.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-01
SScS~~oSS

The draft horse is just now the pop
ular horse and Is in demand for city
use at higher prices than n other
stock.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-01

When skim milk is available give
your birds plenty, as it is rich in flesh
formers. 1t also whitens and gives
~succulence to the meat.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-01
one OF Hi, Gloomy Moods.

Honesty is the best policy, to be sure
moralized the professor, but in the case
of too many men it is a policy that has
q surrender value"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-01
Protection of Fruit Trees.

A successful fruit grower says: One
Of the most important points in pre-
pairing bearing apple trees fer winter,
In my opinion, is to remove all rubbish
that may AFFORD shelter for mice or
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-01
AWFUL ATTACKS OF PAIN.

Most Dreadful Case of Kidaey
Trouble and How 1t Was Cured.
Thomas n. Mccullough, 32l South
Weber street, Colorado Springs, Colo,
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-01

Hill, the railroad magnate, says that
in twenty years we will have 100000
600 people and asks where they are to
be employed and how are they to be
fed. In a century the coal supply will
be practically exhausted. In the face
Of these facts, if they be such, and
there is no reason to dispute them,
every farm properly cared for should
be worth more none for each year Of
the period. There will be a growing
dependence on the fruits Of the soil.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-01

PILES CURED IN 6 TO ~ DAYS
PAZO OINTMENT is guaranteed to cure any
case of Itching. Blind. Bleeding or Protrno
Ing Piles In Q 20 II days or money relunoeo
IL E0c HaH
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-01
married I'M Handcun..

Mrs. wi4elsv.s eoS.zrnl lE.cz fss ohilarse
Eys pain. CURES wtAd ooho. q osats . ssslA
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-01

The proposed new game law has
been introduced in both branches of
the legislature, and quite a strong lob
by in it's interest is now at the capital
city. Senator Englesby, of Waterfowl,
introduced the bill in the upper house
and Representative Hare, of Penning-
ton county, introduced it III the lower
house. The much talked of Sioux City
lobby, which wants the bill defeated,
has not put in an appearance.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-01

An apple grower at Hood River, Ore,
claims the medal for thorough and eff
fective spraying. He picked 1873 boxes
of Gravepstein apples and found only
one wormy apple in the entire lot.
How's that for good spraying?
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-01
First OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES that?

Second Ranchman-Ut seems tn ten.
derfoot says: Bill, what's TIL differ.
ence between a c~owpuncher an a sail
or an Bill sez: 4 d'no,' an tn tender
foot seq: One ships tn steers an tn
other steers til ships Jedge SEE ut ~
jnstyhble. er sumpin' like that."-To.
ledo Blade.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-01

The best dairymen are now using
both winter and summer silos. At the
Ontario Experiment Farm they feed
only twice a day a succulent ration with
meal and clover hay, an hour and a
half afterwards, in the morning, and
at 3 80 p. m. the same ration with long
hay. They estimate that a cow should
pounds of milk she gives.