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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-01-16
Her Form of Teaching.

A school-teacher who has several
foreign scholars unable to speak Eng
lish with facility has new method
of teaching them how English is
spoke"
Instead of calling them by their
baptismal names she has invented a
new directory. For two weeks she
names her pupils after the produce of
the packers.
You are sausage" she says to
one. you are a pork chop" to an
other; to third: You are a ham,
or You are a lobster"
The duty of the person so named
is to investigate and become familiar
with the names thus employed in
everyday conversation in the school
room.
Recently the pupils were fruits
One was a lime, another an orange, a
third plum, a fourth a lemon, and
so on until the list was exhausted.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-01-16
CLEAN WATER VESSELS.
DO Not Contaminate Flock by I'm
clean Dishes.

Water troughs or fountains that
can easily be cleaned are the only
kind that should be used in the poul.
try yard. Wooden troughs often be-
come Shiny especially in warm wealth
err, though the water in them appears
clear and clean.
A broom and soapsuds should be
used on such troughs, afterwards
rinsing thoroughly in clean water. If
this task is attended to once a week.
and the receptacles filled with fresh
water every morning, the hens will
be amply supplied with all the fresh
water they need, if it is kept out OF
the sun.
If ducks are kept, wooden troughs
will be found the most convenient,
and in using these Stats of lath should
be nailed across the top to prevent the
ducks wallowing in the water, render
ing it filthy and creating sloppy
muddy place in the yard.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-01-16
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Brush and Spoon Waxer.

sures that they will stay imbedded,
whether used this year or next; aids
in preventing sagging along the wires,
making that line usually the weak
est the strongest place in the sheet
of foundation. Frames with sheets
of foundation so prepared are espe-
cially good for hauling to outyards
and over bad roads
Our older methods Of waxing the
wires in place were faulty With a
brush the brush would not carry
enough wax; with a sharpnosed tin
spoon with a small notch in the end
1t was difficult to follow the wire and
to regulate the flow of wax. During
the spring Of 1906, writes E. F. At
water in Bee Culture, Mr. H. e. Crow
Their and myself originated the plan of
combining the spoon and brush, as il
Illustrated herewith.
The sheet of foundation, with wires
imbedded, should be supported on a
slant, then with the combined spoon
and brush it is an easy matter to wax
the wires in place; easy to follow the
wires; easy to regulate the flow of
wax, and the spoon easily carries
enough wax to finish one or more
wires without stopping to dip again.
Don't imagine that an exceedingly
light coating of wax is required,
neither should it be used lavishly.
This little tool is easily made, and
should be on the list of supplies. Per-
haps the brush can be combined with
waxtube, though we prefer the point
ed spoon as shown.
Fig. 1 shows the complete spoon
and brush combined, ready for use,
Fig shows the parts-the brush and
the spoon.
The spoon without the brush is the
simplest tool to use when we want
to attach either starters or full sheets
of foundation to plain top-bars. 1t is
the "Onderdonk spoon" as described
in the American Bee Journal years
ago. 1t is also perhaps the best tool
to use when we fill sections with
foundation fastened on three or four
sides-a plan that | discarded after
years Of trial and experiment.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-01-16
COMBS AND PINS.

The plain amber-colored combs and
pins for the blonde girl, and those of
dark shell for the brunette, are en-
tirely correct this winter.
The combs are smarter when made
with plain tops, without knobs or 9th
er decorations.
The button pins are used where
the hair is worn on top of the head.
The top part of these pins turns back
over the hair in fat piece of she'll
like a large button.
The effect is very good.
For keeping flying ends of the hair
at home are shown corkscrew pins
of Strengthening things that
screw into the hair spiral fashion. Sc
that it would seem that they never
would come out again.
But they are. in fact, comparatively
easy of adjustment.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-01-16
SKIM MILK FOR HENS.
High Percentage of Eggs Shown py
Hens on This Diet.

Concerning the value of skim milk
for hens the American Poultry Advo-
cate has the following to say:
The West Virginia experiment sta.
ton has recently made some syste.
matte tests to prove the value of skim
milk for laying hens. The first test
covered 122 days. The % hens fed
skim milk laid 1.244 eggs, as compared
with 996 eggs laid by the % hens fed
mash wet with water. In another test,
90 hens fed the skim-milk ration laic
S62 eggs in 81 days, as compared with
o32 eggs laid by similar lot fed no
skim milk. Other tests gave about
the same comparative results.
The conductors of these experiments
estimate that under the prevailing
conditions, and with eggs selling for
20 or 20 cents a dozen, the skim milk
used for moistening the mash had a
feeding value of from liz to 2 cents
per quart. That milk is one of the
best general foods for almost all stock
and human beings, too, is recognized
by everybody, and needs no special
proof. That it should have better re
suits in nutrition than just plain water
is really self-evident.
When l feed skim milk to my fowls,
l expect to get some benefit from it
But it is a satisfaction to know that
it is worth, for feeding purposes, the
comparatively high figure of IL to +?
cents quart.
The exceedingly high prices of corn
will cut out any profit from the pis
feeding at present prices Of pork
Shelled corn is worth at wholesale
about 60 cents bushel of Sc pounds
in Chicago. 1t takes Sc pounds I'd
make 10 pounds of pork. The corn Ia
worth so cents and the pork at 6h
cents a hundred live weight is worth
65 cents. Not much profit in that.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-01-16
Musfs Are Large.

Sumptuous is the only word that
expresses the newest muffs.
Some of them are simply immense
in regard to size, and all are OF the
richest furs. Even the fancy muffs
are extremely large.
One on this order, fashioned from
caracul, was made with faring ends
faced with black satin, box-plaited and
edged with ruching, black silk cords
adjoining the front-a regular granny
muff indeed.
Chinchilla and black lynx muffs re-
semble veritable pillows, and ten pelts
of the little ermine are used to make
up single muff.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-01-16
SIZE OF POULTRY.
Much Can Be Done BY Breeding 70
Increase or Decrease Size.

The size of poultry varies and may
be made to vary still more. The pos
sibilities of variation in this respect
are beyond the experience of any II
is possible that poultry can be made to
vary as greatly in size as do CANNES,
among which are found some NO
larger than rats and others as big as
calves.
The question for the farmer to set.
tie is what is the most profitable siZe
for him to keep. In the matter o.
hens, where they are to be used for
setting, it is easy to get them too
large. One poultry raiser has had a
great deal of trouble with his Ply
mouth Rocks, some of which are ex
cessively large. He sets some of them
every year, and the large ones
break most of the eggs on which they
are placed, while the medium ones sell
dom break an egg.
For eating purposes some OF the
fowls are now being grown to great
size, especially in the case of turkeys,
where specimens are every year sold
that weigh above 40 pounds. Weights
of so pounds and excess are recorded,
but we have not reached the point yet
where that weight is common.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-01-16
Where She Should Live.

what under the sun" asked a
father of his daughter who wanted her
to make match with a young man
whose only qualification was the pos
session of a goodly fortune-"what
earthly objection can you possibly find
to Mr.. Spriggins?"
"He has habits replied the daugh-
ter. which l detest! When / marry
/ want husband who does not smoke,
chew, drink, swear, belong to clubs,
play cards, stay out late or go motor
ing by himself"
The father looked at his daughter
for moment or two in silence and
then said:
my child, you are but stranger
here; heaven is your home
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-01-16
LYDIA z. PINKHAM

Nature and q woman's work COM
bined have produced the grandest
remedy for woman's ills that the
world has ever known.
In the good old-fashioned days of
our grandmothers they relied upon
the roots and herbs of the field to
cure disease and mitigate suffering.
The Indians on our Western
Plains to-day can produce roots and
herbs for every ailment, and cure
diseases that battle the most skilled
physicians who have spent years in
the study of drugs.
From the roots and herbs of the
field Lydia 4. Pinkham more than
thirty years ago gave to the women
of the world a remedy for their pc
culiar ills, more potent and effica-
cious than any combination OF drugs.
Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound is now recognized as the
standard remedy for woman's ills.
Mrs. Bertha Muff, of 515 NC. ST.,
Louisiana, Mo-, writes:
"Comp1ete restoration to health
means so much to me that for the sake
of other suffering women am willing
to make my troubles public.
"For twelve years had been suffer.
ing with the worst forms of female ills.
During that time / had eleven different
physicians without help. No tongue
can tell what suffered, and at times /
could hardly walk. About two years
ago wrote Mrs. Pinkham for advice.
1 followed it, and can truly say that
Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound and Mrs. Pinkham's advice re-
stored health ard strength. It il
worth mountains of gold to suffering
women"
What Lydia e. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound did for Mrs. Muff,
it will do for other suffering women.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-01-16
5 The Battle of Bulls Run /
BY Judith Spencer

By Judith Spencer
(Copyright.)

Nerissa was alone in the cemetery.
And as her scarlet gown cleaned out
from amid the luxuriant foliage she
looked fer all the world like some gor-
geous flower The other members OF
the household, young and old, had
gone to hear the Fourth of July ora
ton down on the village green. Ne
rissa, tC !, had meant to be therefor
she was full of patriotic ardor-but as
she had driven through the village
that morning she had caught sight Of
Robert Lea, who was back in town
for the first time since his mothers
recent death. And it was to avoid a
possible meeting with him that she
had stayed away.
Though she did not see him, the
click of the gate forewarned her;
then some one spoke her name
and she looked up without surprise to
see Robert Lea standing by her side.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-01-16
Baby Iron Now the Thing.

Up-to-date Miss Boston numbers
among the necessities of life baby
ironing board and an iron or two. This
is because of the evil ways of the
killed skirt The killed skirt needs
constant attention. 1t is very beauti-
full when we'll pressed and very ugly
when out of shape To sit down in a
wet pleated skirt is fatal to its lines,
and to see the ruses which women in
street cars use to avoid doing this,
especially when some gallant gentle
man arises to give up his seat to one,
is very amusing. The skirt of the day
isn't easy to press, but given an iron
ing board. a moderately hot iron and
plenty of time, it can be done.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-01-16
AND SHE BELIEVED HIM. Z
After This Who Can Doubt the Power
of Love?

George had been away on business
for a whole long week, and during
that time he had sent Clara ten let
tiers, six letter-cards and AZ picture
postcards.
Why, then, was there touch of
GOODNESS in her greeting when he flew
to her arms on his return?
Dearest" he whispered, what is
the matter?'
ooh, George" she said, you didn't
send kiss in your ninth letter.
my precious" he replied, that
night l had steak and onions for din
ner, and you wouldn't have liked a
kiss after onions, would you?"
And, such is the unfathomable pow
er of love. she was satisfied, and nes-
tied to him.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-01-16
To GET Zoos.

Among other things, it takes lime,
protein and fat-producing materials
to produce eggs and keep the hens in
flesh. 1t is estimated that bushel
of corn will feed 160 hens one day,
but 1t contains only lime and protein
enough to make 80 eggs, while it has
fat-forming elements enough for two
DAYS feed for $50 hens. This shows
the necessity of having a variety of
feed in which there is more lime and
protein. Is it any wonder hens do
rot lay in the winter when they arc
fed nothing but corn?
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-01-16
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EMBEDDING WIRES.
Waxing the Wires with a Brush and
Spoon Combined.

When full sheets of foundation are
used in wired frames it is always de
stable to put the frames in use soon
after. the imbedding is done, or the
wires are likely to cleave away from
the sheet of foundation, and this is
especially likely to occur when such
frames of foundation are hauled to
outyards.
AS the spur wire-imbedder comes so
near to cutting the sheet of founda-
ton in two, we have, in the past,
found it better to use the old Easter
day rocker wire-imbedder to avoid oc-
casional trouble from the sheets
breaking or pulling apart where the
imbedding had been done.
Now we find it safe to use the spur
imbedder, and the sheet of foundation
will never pull apart at the wires. 1t
is now our practice to wax the wires
in place after imbedding them into
the sheet of foundation. This in,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-01-16
May Change Conditions.

A process has been discovered by
Shanghai scientist of softening and
degumming the ramie fiber, by which
1t becomes superior to cotton yarn
and much like silk. A secret process
does the work in ten minutes. This
Is likely to revolutionize the textile
trade of China and to affect the United
States cotton exports.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-01-16
Can of Geraniums.

Much ingenuity is shown by Par
isian women in wearing several differ
ent varieties of flowers, in comhina-
ton for the hair, yet keeping one color
as the dominant note. A Juliet cap Of
pink ivy geranium blossoms massed
together on an invisible net founda-
ton, with the leaves only about the
border, was worn by prominent
woman at a ball Ropes of pure white
aet, powdered with diamond dust and
wound s;aong the eurls and rolls Of
the hair, also have found favor,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-01-16
Keen BOOSTS Rouoh.

I do not agree with those who adj
wise US to use small, smooth poles for
chicken roosts. They say, remove
all the bark from the poles SO as to
leave no place for the mites to hide
In. But l say, leave all the bark on
and keep 1t saturated with crude car
bolic acid the year round; then you
will starve the mites to death.-John
3. Smith, Kansas.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-01-16
Old Fashion Is Revived.

What may be, with skillful treat
ment, a very pretty fashion-that Of
making the sleeves of an evening
gown different in color and fabric
from the rest of the dress-has been
revived.
In the case of a recently made eve
ming toilet, black gauze sleeves were
allied to a white gown, with an outline
of black upon the decolletage to con-
meet the sleeves. as it were.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-01-16
The Brood sows.

If you expect a fine, uniform lot OF
pigs next spring the brood sows
should be of somewhat the same type.
The boar alone is not capable OF cur
Ing all the deficiencies of all the sows.
The profitable sow is not the big,
coarse, rangy SOW nor the fine, COM
pact SOW, but rather the good-sized.
even, smooth sow, with plenty Of good
teats.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-01-16
Daily Thouoht.

So may each year be happier than
the last, and not one meanest brother
or sister debarred of his share of the
great Creators good giftss~a Charles
Dickens.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-01-16
Shielded.

81 suppose you think you could run
the government better than we do?"
said the statesman.
81 do" answered the energetic citi-
zen.
'And 1 do not doubt you are happy
and hopeful in that belief?"
ct am"
cit is a beautiful state of mind. 1t
would be a pity to destroy it by allow
ing you to be elected to Office"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-01-16
Feed Trough Open and Closed.

which he says insures the fowls from
mussing the feed A good idea is fur
nished in the accompanying illustra-
ton. An ordinary deep trough is made
with a cover hinge in the top as
shown.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-01-16
FEEDING TROUGH FOR POULTRY
One Which Will Prevent the missing
of the Feed.

A correspondent of the Prairie
farmer has hit upon an idea for max
ing a poultry trough for the poultry
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-01-16
midas Imnroxidence

Although India has exhsustless de-
posits in the salt mines of the Punjab
1,5S2.7S4 tons of salt were imported
in 19O7-07.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-01-16


off one square deep enough to serve for pocket and gathering
the pocket the hthnd From the middle the other
the hand by point Do gather letting inch
which the side for string but band IL yards
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-06-19
ANCIENT USAGE OF THE FORK,
On Being Invited Out One Furnished
His Knife and Fork.

The first mention of the use OF
forks In history was at the table OF
John, the good Duke OF Burgundy
and he only possessed two. one OF
gold and the other OF silver. At that
period the loaves OF bread were
made cylindrical. They were cut In
slices and piled upon trencher and
placed beside the host. who carved
the meat with pointed carving
knife, holding the Joint with skew
er of wrought gold or silver, which
he stuck into the Joint to hold 1t Sc
cure while cutting the meat. Hay-
Ing cut the meat In slices, he took II
on the point OF the knife and placed
II on slice. of bread, which was
custom OF serving meat IL still prac-
ticed in some hamlets on the conti-
nent OF Europe. This decoration is
still the vogue in our delicatessen
stores. When It first became custo-
mary to use forks gentleman on re-
ceipt OF an invitation to dinner
would send his servant with his
knife. fork and spoon, or, II he had
no servant, he would carry them In
his breeches pockets. as q carpenter
carries his rule to-day. This an
Client custom still obtains among the
peasantry of the Tyrol and some
parts of Germany and Switzerland,
they carrying their knife, fork and
spoon In case. Sometimes all three
are found together, with rivet
through the extreme end OF the
handle.
This form of feeding, understand,
Is generally used In all places In
Italy, their forks being for the most
part made OF iron or steel, and some
OF silver; but those are used only by
gentlemen. The reason of this their
curiosity Is, because the Italian can
not by any means endure to have his
dish touched with fingers, seeing all
mems fingers are not alike clean.
Hereupon | myself thought good TO
initiate the Italian fashion of this
forked cutting OF meat. not only
while l was In Italy, but also In Ger
many, and oftentimes In England
since | came home.
The use OF forks was at first much
ridiculed In England as an effemi-
nate piece OF finery. In one OF Beau
mont and Fletcher's plays your
fork carving traveller" is spoken OF
with much contempt, and Ben jon
son has Joined in the laugh against
than In hia pnayilJa an Aaa p-NpW
York Mail.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-06-19
Recent Theory ReaardIno sleep.

An interesting and novel theory OF
sleep has recently been put forward by
DR.. Claparede, French scientist. who
holds that sleep Is a positive function
or an instinct designed to arrest func-
tioning. DR.. Claparede makes the as
sertion that we sleep. not because we
are intoxicated or exhausted, but In
order to avoid such conditions. Not
only are there various kinds and de-
grees Of sleep, but II does not always
follow exhaustion. Furthermore, II Is
well known that sleep is not proper
tional to the degree OF exhaustion. and
II may be either total or partial. In
measuring the profoundness OF sleep
various conditions are encountered
which are not susceptible OF explana-
tion on the toxic theory, but which
agree perfectly with the hypothesis
that Il is a positive nervous function.
The definition Of sleep, according 10
this new theory. is a reaction produced
by various excitants, and is an.inhibi-
tion which manifests Itself subjective
ly by lack of interest In exterior
things. Weekly.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-06-19
Marriage Rate In Enolsnd.

The marriage rate Is higher In Eng
land than elsewhere, being Is a 1000.
In most other countries II varies from
z to 10 1000. The highest birthrate
according to volume OF statistics re-
ferring chiefly to foreign countries. is-
sued by the British board of trade,
is In Roumania-39 1000. That
country also has the highest death
rate, 27.7 a 1000 The lowest marriage
rate ID In Sweden. where II 10 8 1000.