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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-01-02
WILLIAM TRANER5 JERoT

sary for the time being. He could do
fractions as we'll as any one; he could
parse everything that could be parsed;
he could write as fast and as plain as
any boy in the county, and he could
recite better than any actor who had
ever struck Weatherford or any place
in that part of Texas. He knew the
history of the United States like a
book, and he had a pretty good idea
of the history of other nations, which
in his youthful opinion didn't amount
to much anyhow.
Thus equipped, he entered the Office
of the district attorney of Weather
ford county as a clerk and law stu
dent. AS expressed by a man who
knew him in those days, "he fairly ate
the law books" He swept through
them with lightning speed, and in
1891, at the age of 10, he was admitted
to the bar. He was then one of the
leading young citizens of the county
seat. AS soon as he was admitted to
practice he hung out his single in
Weatherford, and forthwith he began
to win cases in the local courts. The
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others side fiuke close to the body,
biting clear through the hard tissue,
the long canine teeth meeting and
locking fast like the teeth of a bull
dog. Then he held on.
The sea boiled and foamed. The
f1ukes and fins whirled the spray IN
showers over the surface. A glisten-
ing spot of snowy whiteness was all
that showed the whereabouts of the
contestants. And all the time the big
leader fought for his mate, fought
steadily, holding with mighty grip
the stranger who had dared to tres
pass upon his affairs. For half an
hour the battle continued, and never
a loosening of that deadly grip. Then
the fin cut away and the bones broke
under the strain, the member becom-
ing useless. Quick as a flash the
leader leaped away, letting go his hold
and leaving the long fighter with one
side useless, one side open to attack.
The striped bull knew his weakness,
knew his danger from the awful hurt
and he leaped furiously forward to
close before the big one could take adj
vantage of the opportunity to get in
upon his rear. He gripped the. bull
leader. Selling him by the under jaw.
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IMPORTANCE OF THE COMMA.
Getting Punctuation Mark in Wrong
Place May Cause Trouble.

"Some lawsuits of the highest i'm
portance have hinged upon the right
placing of comma said Judge f. c.
Downing of ST. Louis.
when l first started to practice
law a Missouri editor came to me in
a peck of trouble to defend him
against a threatened libel suit grow
ing out of faulty punctuation. He
had not meant to give some innocent
young woman the slightest offense
when he wrote a story about two
young men who went with their girls
to attend a lecture and after they left,
the girls got drunk Putting that mis-
cradle little comma out of its right
place did the work, as it made the
girls the ones who became inebriated
instead of their escorts. / managed
by proper diplomacy and the publica-
ton of a neat apology to stave off
the damage suits, and afterward my
editorial friend became an expert on
punctuation"
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the teeth had penetrated to the veins
and arteries, cutting them and letting
forth the vital fluid. Suddenly the
striped one relaxed his grip. Instantly
the big leader did likewise, but as he
did so he plunged below and circled
swiftly. Before the exhausted one
could turn the defender of his mate
had fastened his grip upon that thin
part of the tail where it joins the body,
and chewing, biting and tearing until
the tendons gave way.
The long thin fellow fought on,
but it was clear that his time had
come. He was very weak and could
offer no effectual resistance to the
tearing teeth which cut into his vital
part In half an hour more the leader
backed off and desisted from further
fighting. The long, thin, striped fell
low rolled slowly upon his side, and
as he did so several sharks, who had
been watching anxiously for the finish,
rushed in and began their evening
meal
The savior of his home came slowly
over to his mate, noZzled her for a mo-
ment, and then started swimming
slowly for the Condor reef, while she
followed obediently in his wake.
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Mart" LittletOn had been selected as
chief counsel for Harry X. Thaw. 1t
caused some in New York. While he
has been recognized for several years
as an able trial lawyer, he has not
been prominently identified with the
criminal branch of his profession, al
though he has been many times adj
vised that he could become supreme
in that field if he would enter it.
Became Famed as Orator.
Back in his boyhood days in Texas
he was known as an orator and story
teller. He could recite all the old
fifth reader masterpieces with a fire
that stirred the boys in the village
store, and, a short time later when he
was active in politics but not old
enough to vote, he could rouse the
old timers down in Weatherford to
bursts of applause with his oratorical
efforts.
1t was due to no choice of his own
that Littleton went to Weatherford
He was born in a log cabin in Roane
county, in the eastern part of Tennes-
see, 80 years ago last January, and
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suavity of manner that distinguished
him proved to be one of his chief as
sets, and the quick wit which gives
him advantage over his opponents at
the present time aided him then in de-
feating his older adversaries. Two
years in Weatherford put him at the
head of the profession there, despite
the fact that he was still beardless
youth who had cast but one vote.
Bright Career in Dallas.
Dallas was the scene of his next en-
beavers. He was unheralded, but 1t
was only a short time before he be-
came recognized as lawyer OF ability
and boundless ambition. In two years
he became assistant district attorney,
and in that capacity he made reputa-
ton as a prosecutor which extended
pretty well all over Texas. His grasp
of criminal law was described as re-
markable and his handling of jury
was said to be little short OF mar
velous. There was just enough of the
old southern fire in his oratory to
make juries bow before him.
During his career in Dallas he was
constantly fondling his ambition TO
come to New York. He had never
been east of the Texas line since his
father had moved over from Tennes-
see, and he had never met more than
a half dozen men from the metropolis.
But he had read of it and dreamed of
it and he was determined to make a
clean jump across the continent as
soon as he could scrape together
enough money to pay the expenses of
himself and-of Mrs. Littleton.
Winning a Wife.
There wasn't any Mrs. Littleton at
that time, but he was determined there
should be. 1t has been said that the
greatest oratorical effort of his life
was that put forth when he induced
his wife to marry him, give up her lux
urious home in Texas, and come to
New York with him. He had made a
splendid success as a lawyer, but had
little money; he had no friends in New
York, and not even a suggestion that
he might obtain work. Mr. and Mrs.
LittletOn, nevertheless, babe goodbye
to Dallas in 1896 and a short time
later arrived in the city, which the
youthful bridegroom-he was then but
"a years old-had dreamed of conquer
ing.
The young lawyer, despite his Texas
laurels, did not make the strides here
he had made in the southwest, but he
was neither surprised nor dispap-
pointed. He sought work in the Of
fees of various lawyers and finally OBJ
tanned a position with the firm of
Peck & Field. Later he found place
with Sheehan & Collins. Still later he
became attorney for the Brooklyn
Heights Railway company, and it was
while there that his star began to
rise. He attracted attention in the
trial courts and was regarded as a
Conner in criminal law.
In 1889 he was made an assistant
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has been prominently before the S,sSlic
since in his legal capacity. In tbs mat
ter of earnings he is said to rank with
the leading lawyers of the city
Not yet SO years of age, he may
truthfully be said to have a glowing
future, and his close friends intimate
that it will not be alone in the field OF
law. After he has accumulated a com.
Portable fortune it is said he may seek
again to re-enter public life.
Younger by many years than any
other lawyer who has in recent years
been in full charge of case so i'm
portant as the Thaw trial, Mr.. Little
ton will be eagerly watched during his
conduct of that trial. His friends say
that his experience as a prosecuting
attorney in Texas and in Brooklyn will
greatly aid him in his fight, and they
predict that the pitting of his ability
against the cool, unerring methods OF
District Attorney Jerome will furnish
one of the most interesting contests OF
it's kind seen in New York in many
years.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-01-02
HOME RECIPE FOR COLDS.
Will Break Up a Cold in "a Hours or
Cure Any Cough That Is Durable.

Mix half pint of good whisky with
two ounces of glycerine and add one
half ounce Concentrated oil of pine.
The bottle is to be we'll shaken each
time and used in doses of a teaspoon
full to a tablespoonful every four
hours. The Concentrated oil of pine
comes in one-half ounce Walls packed
securely in air tight cases which are
intended to protect it from light and
retain all the original ozone. 1t is a
product of the laboratories of the Globe
Pharmaceutical Co., of Dayton, Ohio,
and is guaranteed under the National
Pure Food and Drug Act Don't use
bulk oil of pine or limitations of Con-
centrated. They are insoluble and
work havoc to the kidneys. Any drug
gist has the Concentrated oil of pine.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-01-02
Poor coops.

Poor coops are the cause of many
losses of chickens 1t is the night
time when the marauding cat, the
marauding rat or the skunk comes to
get his supper. He searches carefuIis
about and tries the different coops
The owner of the chicks is asleep, and
the chicks are themselves asleep. The
prowler tries the woodwork of the
GOODS and finds a lath loose. He slips
in and the slaughter begins. He can
see well in the dark, but the chicks
cannot and are helpless. The owner
in the morning finds all of the chicks
in that coop slaughtered, though but
one or two have been eaten. This
loss might have been prevented by
having absolutely tight coops.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-01-02
FEEDING FOR EGGS.
Some Suggestions That May Prove
Helpful to Poultry Raisers.

All other conditions being right,
there are many methods of breeding
that will bring good results, but some
methods are better adapted to one
breed than another. There are some
things, however, that should be borne
in mind-the hen cannot lay unless
she has the proper material from
which to form the egg.
Every element in the egg must
come from the food. For time a
persistent hen can extract some OF
the missing elements from her body,
but this will not last long before the
hen becomes thin and will cease lay
ing altogether.
Exercise promotes health and works
off superfuous fat; therefore, for all
confined fowls the grain should be
buried in chaff or litter. Water is as
important as food, and the hens
should always have full supply. Near
ly 20 per cent. of an egg and from 40
to so per cent. of hens body is water.
No one article of diet will pro-
duce eggs. The ration should con-
sist of grain, meat and green food
all of these are essential. Many
breeders place a great deal of reliance
on a mash of grain and meat as a
main ration. These mash meals con.
sist of various mill products rich in
protein.
A mash meal which is recommended
as the result of long experiment, says
the Northwestern Agriculturist, is
200 pounds wheat bran, 100 pounds
corn meal, 100 pounds wheat mid
dlings, 100 pounds linseed meal, 100
pounds beef scraps. To this is added
one-fourth it's bulk Of clover leaves.
The clover is covered with hot water
and allowed to stand for three or four
hours. The mash is made quite dry
and is rubbed well in mixing, so the
clover is separated and mixed with the
meal.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-01-02
ONCE TRACK WALKER,
NOW GREAT LAWYER
The Career Of Martin W. Littleton
Selected as Leading Counsel for Harry K. Ihaw 1t
Predicted That District Attorney Jerome VIII Find
in Him Worthy Opponent at Coming Trial.

when just a yOungster was taken by
his father to Weatherford. After a
stay of a few years there the elder
Littleton decided to move back to
Tennessee, but the son, then under 16
years of age, declined to accompany
him. He preferred Texas. Even at
that tender age he had begun to dream
of life in New York city. The idea
of studying law hadn't occurred to
him, but he was determined to get
in the midst of things" and to make
his way at something.
Worked and Studied Law.
Dependent on his own efforts after
his father moved back to Tennessee
he did odd jobs about Weatherford
for time and then, for want of
something to do, obtained a job as
trackwalker. 1t wasn't the sort of
work he preferred, but he wasn't par
ticular and he stuck to it for several
months 1t was during this servitude
that ambition to become a lawyer
seized him. His ready wit and his
ability to say things better than the
other men on the road caused some
of his associates to suggest the law
to him.
While he was using up tallow
candles in his attacks upon Blackstone
he realized that it might be helpful to
him if he had a short term of school
ing in the rudiments. He had never
been inside a schoolhouse, although
he had received some instruction at
home and had picked up good bit
of information on general topics. To
carry out his plan he went to Spring
town, and there for eight months he
did chores and farm work and studied
with an old German who numbered
among his pupils the children Of most
of the aristocrats of Parker county.
Entered Attorneys Office.
In the eight months Littleton
learned as much as he felt was neces-
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between the front and the rear, as
shown by the dotted line running down
the right hand side of the cut.
The front and back side slant to a
point where they almost meet the di-
viding line at G, A one-half inch
space is left here so that the grain,
oyster shells, grit, ETC., with which
the self-feeder will be filled, readily
runs into the small division shown at
B, where it is in easy reach of The
fowls.
1t is obvious that as soon as any
portion of the contents of any of these
small boxes is removed, more falls
from the small hopper above to take
it's place. The top of this selffeeder
is arranged with a cover, as shown in
the illustration.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-01-02

New York.-It was back in 1888
when the following dialogue took place
between the foreman Of a little rail
road down in Texas and rosy
checked smiling young trackwalker
whose good nature and ready tongue
had earned him a reputation extend
ing clear across a Texas township.
You're pretty bright young man, 2
said the foreman. Il suppose some day
you expect to be the conductor of a
freight train, don't your"
mo, sir" replied the trackwalker,
Il never expect to be that"
You don't? You ought to aspire to
something like that. What do you
hope to be?"
i expect to be big lawyer in New
Yok city"
After the foreman had recovered
from his laughter he said:
Pretty far cry from trackwalker to
metropolitan lawyer isn't it,"
Yes, sir, but no farther than from
rail splitter TO president"
Martin w. Littleton was the rosy
checked trackwalker. A few years
later when the whole country was
ringing with his speech at the ST.
Louis national convention in which
he nominated Alton b. Parker for the
presidency, Mr.. Littleton went back
to his old corner Of Texas, and met
the railroad foreman who had sketched
out for him the brilliant future OF a
freight conductor.
Part of Ambition Realized.
Wei, Martin" said the foreman,
you've changed some since | was
your boss, amt you?"
Pm older"
And you're big New Yorl, lawyer,
too, amt your"
We'll, / don't know about the big,
but I'm a New York lawyer, anyhow"
1t probably caused some talk down
In Texas, when it was learned that
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DUEL TO THE DEATH
MONSTERS OF THE DEEP IN
FIERCE COMBAT.
Fight Lasted All Day with Varying
Success, and Resulted Fatally to
One of the Ocean Glad
iators.

The two warriors of the sea came
together head on and stopped nose to
nose. There was a moments pause,
as though the leader wished to review
the case thoroughly before action.
Then he launched himself, like bolt
of lightning, upon the long, thin,
striped fighter from the south, says a
writer in Success.
Quick, so quick the eye could hard
ly follow the movement, the long,
thin despoiler swerved to one side
and gripped his foe with his teeth, cut
ting frightful cash and letting go
to back away. The big leader closed
again and fastened his jaws upon the
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-01-02

was Impaired and the Kidney secre'
tons were badly disordered. l was
completely worn out and discouraged
when l began using Doan's Kidney
Pills, but they went right to the cause
of the trouble aid did their work we'll.
l have been feeling well ever since"
Sold by ali dealers. so cents box.
Foste.-MilburA. Co Buffalo. N. y.
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fashion and two of similar length to
the top forming the roof
The top board on the front should
be put on with strap hinges so that it
can be raised for putting the feed in
the trough A space must be left be-
tween the upper and lower boards to
allow the turkeys to reach in for the
feed. This feed box is placed upon
supports high enough to allow the
turkeys to eat whenever they feel dis
posed but too high for the chickens to
reach.
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winch ne recon-
mends to the poul.
try raiser, says
the Prairie Farm
er. The general
plan is shown with
reasonable clear
ness in the ac-
C o m p a n y i n G
sketch. A repre-
sents one of four
sections, separated
from each other
by part tt o n s
which divide line
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AN EXCLUSIVE Turkey FEEDER
One Which Is Too High for the Chick
ems to Reach.

Frob a board 1 by IL saw off two
squares and then saw off two corners
from each square. Two boards five
feet in length are nailed to the lower
point of these end boards in trough
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five months in q hos
pital | was dis
charged as incurable,
and given only six
months to live. My
heart was affected, l
had S M o t h e ri n &
spells, and some
times fell uncon.
sciouS. | got so |
couldn't use my
arms, nv eyeSight
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-01-02
What Better Proof Is There?

Jackson-Heaven bless him! He
showed confidence in me when the
clouds were dark and threatening.
Wilson-In what way?
Jackson-He lent me an umbrella
STRAY Stories.
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After a woman has made a strenu-
Gus but successful effort to marry a
certain man she is apt to discover that
he is very uncertain.
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The Explanation.

II wonder why the snakes a man
sees when he's been drinking multiply
% fast?"
Il suppose because the kind OF
snakes he sees are aIders.'
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-01-02

Clemency can never exist itself with
more applause than when there is the
justest cause for esentment-Pliny.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-01-02
A Practical Christmas Gift.

A step saving Elwell Kitchen Cabinet.
Ask your dealer or send for Free Booklet,
Elwell Kitchen Cabinet Co., Minneapolis.
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The man who attends strictly to his
own business has a good steady job
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-01-02
NOT QUITE THE SAME THING.

"Simpleton seems to have fortune
in his mine'
"Er-no The fortunes only in his
mind"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-01-02

After sizing up their husbands, we
don't blame some women for being
fond of dogs.
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ONLY ONE "RROO

ONLY ONE "BROMO OUININE''
That is LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE. Look for
the signature of K. w. GROVE. Used the World
TO Cure Cold in One Day 25c.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-01-02

When women borrow trouble they
usually pay back double.
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We Pay Top Price for Cream.
Cash every day. Write for prices and
tags. Miller & Holmes. st. Paul. Mimi.
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FIVE MONTHS IN HOSPITAL.
Discharged Because Doctors Could Not
Cure.

Levi p Brockway, S. Second Ave-,
.Anoka, Mimi, says: After lying for
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sELF-FEEDER FOR POULTRY.
One Which Successful Poultry
Raiser Uses and Recommends.

A successful poultry man has a
plan for self-feeding for his poultry,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-01-02
We Sell Guns and Traps

There is no need to hunt for trouble;
comes to those who wait
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-01-02
We Want Your Cream.

Write to-day for tags and prices. North
Star Creamery Co.. Minneapolis, MINI.
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In polite society snub is sort of
upper cut.
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Buy Furs & Hides or tan them for robes and
rugs. n. W. Hide e. Fur Co., Minneapolis.
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Spot Cash for Your Cream.
Top market prices always. MILTON
DAIRY co. st. Paul.
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Avariciousness.

Horace: The avaricious man is al
ways in want.