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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-10-01
BEARING OF FRUIT TREES.
Mistakes Which Beginners in Fruit
Farming often Make.

Beginners in fruit growing always
desire to know when they may expect
their trees to bear. This depends
greatly upon soil and variety as well
as upon climatic conditions. One OF
the mistakes made by beginners is in
placing too large an amount of manure
around the roots of the young trees.
Trees frequently bear well ~on land
that is far from rich in plant soil. 1t
will be found that apples generally
come into bearing four or five years
after being planted; plums in two or
three years; peaches in two years and
pears about the same as apples. How
ever. the time of bearing of fruit trees
is modified greatly by the soil IN
which they grow. Trees growing IN
rich. black soil are generally slow in
coming into bearing, while on land
where the wood growth is poor trees
will often come into bearing early.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-10-01

Davis was to do the killing, and for
this service the doctor was to give
him a bottle of chloride of gold and a
bottle of morphine tablets. After
shooting the doctor he was to take the
morphine, and then next day when she
heard the others attempt had been
successful Abbie Rice was to kill her
self.
Ten minutes after the time that Dr.
Rustin had left Abbie Rice at the cor
ner Mrs. Rustin in her own room was
awakened by a shot. She hurried
downstairs to find her husband lying
on the porch. He had been shot
through the stomach.
"a man shot me-" he said, and that
was all the information they got.
In half an hour he was dead.
The next morning when it was
learned that DR.. Rustin had been
killed there was tremendous excite
ment in Omaha.
And following the first excitement
came the news that one Of DR.. RGs-
tins patients, Charles Edward DAVIS,
brother of one of the leading bankers
in the city, had attempted suicide.
The police arrested the woman with
whom it was known Rustin had BEEN
friendly, Abbie Rice. She had TO
chance to carry out her part of the
agreement, for they caught her early
in the morning following the shooting
For three days the police were IN
the air. Then somebody remarked 80
Abbie Rice could hear:
"The doctors wife gets her insur
ance, anyhow"
And then the full story came out.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-10-01
SIZE OF COW STALLS.
Three Feet Of Space Is Hardly Enough
for Comfort.

A cow can lie down in three feet
of space if she is of ordinary size, if
she lies perfectly straight. Go into
stable, however, where COWS are al
lowed only this amount of room and
you will hardly ever find all lying
down. Some lie little to one side.
thus preventing their neighbor from
lying.
We find 81 feet none too much
space, and four feet would be better
If one could afford it; especially for
large cows, writes Forest Henry, in
the Northwestern A gricult uri S t.
Where cows are crowded into three
feet il is an easy matter for them to
reach one anothers feed AS to the
length of platform between drop and
stanchion, it will depend altogether
on length of cows. I feel that it is a
pretty good plan to begin at back of
barn with four feet ten inches and run
to the front on the bias to four feet
six inches. Ordinarily the master or
larger cows come in first and go to
back of row. This gives a variation of
fodr inches which is none too much.
by this scheme you have every length
of tieup and will come nearer fitting
the whole herd than by any other de-
vice l have seen. With the swinging
steel stanchion you can hang them so
as to make a variation of easily two or
three inches
There are devices so arranged that
by loosening nut the stanchion can
be pushed back or drawn forward and
make more variation, but I would
much prefer the common, plain steel
swinging stanchion with nothing to
get out of order.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-10-01
WHO MAY SECURE A HOMESTEAD
Laws That Govern Settlement of the
Public Lands.

Under the homestead laws of the
United States, a person who is not the
owner of more than 100 acres of land
in any state or territory. who is ma
tive born citizen of the United States,
or has been naturalized, or declared
his intention to become a naturallzed
citizen of the United States, who is
over the age of 81 years or the head
of family, may make homestead
entry of not exceeding 100 acres of
any of the unoccupied public lands OF
the United States.
A single woman q years of age or
over has the right to make home
stead entry. Marriage after filing does
not invalidate her claim, provided she
continues to reside on it and makes
proper improvements A widow may
make entry, but married woman
cannot enter land unless she has been
deserted by her husband
Soldiers and sailors, or, if dead, their
widows and orphans, have the privi-
Iege of fling through an sgent. All
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-10-01
CHAPTER w.

People had begun to say what a
pity it is about young Rustin." His
actions were common gossip and his
reputation as a surgeon was black
ened. People did not want man who
might come to them with shaking
hands and unsteady nerves. And
again the idea which had led him to
inoculate himself with typhoid and
tetanus germs forced itself into his
mind But his two attempts had
failed-and still there was the clause
in his insurance policy forbidding sui
eide. He must die by the hand of
some one else. Into the half-crazed
mind of the physician there slipped as
shrewd and diabolical an idea as any
one had ever known.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-10-01
CHAPTER LII.

Mrs. Rustin was heart-broken, but
she knew what to do. The idea that
the cause of her husbands troubles
might be himself never entered her
head. Day and night she nursed him,
and even when his brother physicians
gave up hope the wife held on.
He shall not die" she told the doc.
tors. Il will save him."
Once well, for while he tried to
work and get back his practice, but
the effort seemed to do little good. He
made money, but the good-fellow in.
stinct was too strongly developed. All
that he had went, and more, too, in the
gay life about town and with evil com.
partnerships.
And just at this stage there came
into his life the other woman.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-10-01

Omaha, Neb-Most cool1y and calm
ly Mrs. Abbie B. Rice, the woman
in the case" in the Rustin murder mys-
terry, said that DR.. Rustin had trained
her up to the point of killing him, first
familiarizing her with hospital scenes
and then by working on the hero wor-
ship and sympathy In her nature had
gradually worked toward the point
where she could fire the shot which
would kill him. Books of fiction in
which one man died for another and
books in which great sacrifices were
made for friendships sake were read
by DIR. Rustin to Mrs. Rice and com
mented upon by him until the woman
saw the killing Of Rustin by herself in
kind of halo.
For weeks and weeks DIR. Rustin
trained me to murder him." said Mrs.
Rice. First, he trained me to the sight
Of bloodshed. He used to take me
around with him when he performed
operations. On these trips / dressed
as nurse in clothing he furnished me-
Gradually | got used to seeing the op-
eraticns, and there was no more nau-
sea on my part. In time an operation
did not affect me in the least.
"NobIeress and Self Sacrifice"
After | became well advanced in
that portion of his plan, Dr. Rustin be-
gan talking to me about the nobleness
OF self sacrifice. Books in which one
friend sacrificed his life for another
were read to me by the doctor, and
their beauties pointed out to me. "a
Tale Of Two Cities" was one of his
favOrites, and he read that to me a
number of times. The character of
Sydney Carton was eulogized and
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-10-01
CHAPTER IL

1t was SO subtle at first that his
friends did not know what to make of
it. They first noticed the difference
after he had lost a particularly trying
case. The doctor could not explain.
He became depressed
"Fred's losing his nerve" his friends
said, and in a few weeks the secret
was out. Not only was the young doc
tor losing his nerve but he had taken
to drink.
Rustin saw his practice go; he saw
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-10-01
CHAPTER VII.

Three days later when Abbie Rice
saw DR.. Rustin he greeted her gaily.
Il have found the man to do it." he
said. His name is Charles Edward
Davis and he wants to die. too. He
will kill me if I will give him drugs
with which he can kill himself. Come
down to the office to meet him."
Abbie Rice accompanied the doctor
to his office. A shaky, nervous wreck
of a man was there waiting them. 1t
was evident that he was on the verge
of lunacy from shattered nerves. He
could scarcely speak coherently. And
there between these three the
strangest suicide pact in the history
of American crime was arranged.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-10-01
praised and seemed to be his favorite

praised and seemed to be his favorite
character in fiction.
THE doctor had determined to die.
lie had told me that SO often that /
had begun to look upon his death as a
matter of course and the fact that he
could not commit suicide without his
family losing his life insurance was
also impressed upon me.
II guess I'll have to get some one
10 kill me- said DR.. Rustin one night
after we had been talking about his
death.
THAT was all he said then. Some
time later he made the same state
ment-T guess I'll have to get some
one to kill me-
If you die, I'll die, too / said.
THAT seemed 10 please him, and
still again he said to me, I guess I'll
have to get some one to kill me-
but at the last minute l found that
l could not do it, The training had
not been complete, and failed him."
Here is the story told in detail:
CHAPTER I.
a mansion on the fashionable street
in Omaha was ablaze with lights. The
street in front was crowded with car
riages. Others were dashing up and
leaving. Handsomely dressed women
were being assisted up the steps. The
sound of the music and the gay con-
versation floated out to the street.
big doings," said one cabby to an
other
Bet your life" agreed his friend.
but I'm glad to see it. doc Rustin's
a fine fellow. He'll make good hus-
band for any girl. That fellow is a
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-10-01
MAKING THE DEATH COMPACT.

ST cannot" she sobbed. II would
only lose my nerve again.
The doctor thought. Cali right he
said. Il will go out to the barn. You
come around the back way. I will
stand up and you will shoot me, and
they will think that / was killed by
burglar"
Still protesting and half crying, he
put her out of the house and started
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-10-01

light material and instead of putting
on a lower step, use a block, G, and
attach the stringers of the stairs to it
at each end with a pin. A rope. ex-
plains Farm and Home, passes over
the pulleys at d, to weight which al
lows the stairway to be held upright,
while the hay is being put down. The
rope, E, is handy to pull the stairs
into position.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-10-01
EACTS EOR SRCK W0RlENN.
Too Rough for the Cows.

Mrs. Rorer, of cookbook fame, tells
Of seeing a maid drop and break a
beautiful platter at a dinner recent
ly, says Everybody's Magazine The
host did not permit a trifle like this
to ruffie him in the least.
These little accidents happen most
every day." be said, alphabetically.
You see, sheHsn't a trained waitress.
She was a dairymaid originally, but
she had to abandon that occupation
IN account of her inability to handle
he cows without breaking their
horns"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-10-01
Fruitful Jersey.

A contributor assures us that the
following is a faithful and accurate
report of an entirely sober speech re-
Gently heard in certain pleasant and
famous city of New Jersey. Hey,
there, boyi Take this basket of apples
up TO Mr.. Peare, corner of Peach and
Plum streets. And be quick about it,
tooi"-Harper's Weekly.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-10-01

In an address to the Royal Society
at London it was pointed out by Prof.
Crookes that in our continued acquisi.
ton of knowledge as to electrical phe-
nomena some marvellous possibilities
are apparent. For instance, man is
constantly searching for new and
cheaper sources of energy by which he
may drive his engines and carry on,
in its fast multiplying forms, the work
that civilization demands to have done.
But men of science like Crookes have
said that in a single cubic foot of the
ether in which the earth is submerged
10000 foot tons of energy-that is,
force enough to lift 10000 tons one
foot, lie imprisoned, only awaiting the
magic touch of science to be loosed
for the service of man.
They tell us, also, that the latest re-
searches give us reason to hope that
these stores of power may actually be
opened and drawn upon.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-10-01
CHAPTER VII.

Charles E. Davis was leaving the p0
lice station where ''the woman in the
case" had told her tragic story-the
story of the triple death pact. He
looked gaunt and pale, and there were
hollows under his eyes.
A policeman's hand fell upon his
shoulder.
"You are arrested for murder in the
first degree were the words that met
his ears.
DIR. J. P. Lord had named him be-
fore all the world as the man who was
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-10-01
CHAPTER VI.

A wave of rage swept over Rustin.
He stepped forward, caught the wo-
man and shook her.
"You have got to do it. You said
you would, and you have got to do it,"
he cried fiercely.
She tried to plead, to argue, but it
was no use.
81 have got to die for the sake of
my wife and children. You have
agreed to kill me. Now you must do
it,"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-10-01
| Learned Unbelief
VS.. Miracles
By REV. A. C. DIXON, D. D.,
Pastor of the Chicago Ave. tMoody'sl
Church. Chicago.

A In iv e rsity
professor is re-
ported to have
said that no one
ever performed a
miracle. He thinks
that the miracle
of creation in the
first chapter o.
Genesis is a sort
of fairy tale and
that the so-called
miracles of the
Old Testament arc
eXaggerations or
merely magma.
tionS, some of
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-10-01

financial ruin staring him in the face.
Long the doctor thought, and then
he took mysterious trip to Chicago.
Professional business, he pleaded. But
on his return he showed to several in
innate friends two little Walls and he
told them in deepest confidence that
one vial contained the germs of ty-
phoid fever and the other germs Of
tetanus.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-10-01
Volcano Not Extinct.

Mount Cameron, on the west coast
of Africa long regarded as an extinct
volcano, was found by party OF Ger.
man explorers recently TO be still
alive and in danger of eruption.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-10-01
Duty and Usefulness.

Only to find our duty certainly, and
somewhere, somehow, to do it faith
fully, makes us good, strong, happy
and useful men, and tunes our lives
into some feeble echo of the life OF
God. Phillips brooks.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-10-01

seen staggering away from the Ruskin
home, half an hour after the fatal shot
was fired.
Make the bail as high as you wish.
We will meet it." said he.
He was admitted to bail and left the
court with staggering footsteps.
What will be the outcome of the
strange triple murder pact? No man
can tell.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-10-01

back himself for the barn. The woman
started around toward the back, but
when she reached the alleyway a man
ran out of it, and again she lost her
nerve. Jumping on car, she started
downtown.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-10-01

The wife to whom he owed allegi-
ance was forgotten. The new woman
held him in a wise. And then the
money went faster than ever and the
debts piled higher.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-10-01
do you love me?" he asked Abbie
"You know 1 do" she responded.

do you love me?" he asked Abbie
Rice.
you know do" she responded.
"Then if you love me, kill me"
calmly suggested the physician.
The woman pleaded with him, but
he was obdurate. He was drinking
heavily and taking drugs, too, so he
was not responsible for what he did.
I'm going to kill myself" he de-
clared bluntly, "but have to have
some one to do it. Now 1t is you or
some one else.'
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-10-01

other applicants must make their
filings in person. The period of serv-
ice in the army up to four years is de-
Quoted from the required five years
residence.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-10-01

A few days after that The doctor
complained to his wife that he had
been bitten by dog while on a night
visit to a patient. He told her that
he had cauterized the wound, but bad
results might follow The next day, to
make matters worse, he was taken
down with typhoid fever.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-10-01
TRAGIC STORY
OF DR.. RUSTIN
Happening in Modern Life That
Poles the Widest Fiction EUer
EUoLUed from Brain of
Novelist

All the dness fiction has been utdone by the wonderful
7.
is
O the mostc ming m
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-10-01

Muggins-"When your wife sings i
suppose you forget all your troubles"
Buggins "Um - all my other
troubles"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-10-01

Many a man is buried in oblivion
long before he is dead
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-10-01

MILTON DAIRY co, ST. PAUL, MINI.
Are heavy cream buyers Get their prices.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-10-01

FARMS FOR RENT or sale on crop pay
ments. j. MULIIALL, Sioux City, la.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-10-01

Mrs. Wlnsiow's Soothing Syrup.
For children tecthIng softons the gums, reduces In
nammation allays pain cures wind collU 25ca bottle
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-10-01
STAIRS FOR THE BARN
They Will Prove Handy and Save
Much Time.

A lot of time is saved il ore has
handy stairs which can be used for
throwing down hay as we'll as a pas
sage way. These steps are made OF
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-10-01

II you have anything to do, do it;
don't leaf on the job.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-10-01

One cannot quarrel II the other will
not.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-10-01
The Forbidden Guest.

The physician becomes infatuated with
Mrs. Rice, entertains her while his wife
is away and begins to lead double life.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-10-01
Weary of Life.

DR.. Rustin becomes morbid from brood
ing over mis- troubles and takes to drink
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-12-20
what Milwaukee Thinks.

Mayor Rose, who was the guest OF
honor. spoke after Mayor Reyburn,
introduced by Councilman Louis HUT
as POSTMASTER. had made brier
speech of welcome. Mayor Rose said
in part:
We have in Milwaukee an indus
try which surpasses all others there
In the amount of capital invested. In
the number Of men employed and In
revenue returned to the city. We
people In Milwaukee believe in 1t
and its product. because we know
both are good. We have little use
for the cranks. fanatics and bisots
whose rantings against that industry
have recently achieved such vogue:
l stand here, my friends. to defend
that industry from any malevoient
attack directed against it. We be.
lieve that 1t lies with the individual
himself TO exercise hie own judg-
ment in dealing with it. We believe
in that personal liberty which was
born down here in old independence
Hall. and We believe that 1t Is I'M
American to endeavor. b. legislation
or otherwise. to force a man 10 re-
frain from doing that which mis- con-
science tells him - not wrong.
Ph!lad. lphia Record.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-12-20
SIGNALS OF DISTRESS.
Newport News People Should Know
How to Read and Heed Them.

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How to Read and Heed Them.
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