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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-07-15
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an instant and marvellous SucceSS-a
success that none but the greatest
genius of his country could ever have
achieved, for he not only revised the
plays in question, but transformed
them into vital, brilliant productions
classics for all time-couched in
sublime verse and diction and so
wholly changed from their original
form as to be practically new. Many
of the best plays attributed to Shake
speare were thus rewritten by him
from others manuscripts. Nearly all
the rest were taken almost bodily
from old books, stories, poems or
legends. This is not regarded as pIa-
giarism, since to each BORROWED" plot
Shakespeare gave a new setting and
treatment and new diction and clothed
it in his own beauty of style. In fact
of all his plays, Loves Labor Lost"
(perhaps the poorest of the lott is
said to be the only one that was Who'll
ly original with him.
How the half-educated, harum-
scarum country boy ever amassed the
education to write such classics has
always been and always must remain
mystery. But the
~ writing of them
revolutionized not
only the drama but all literature as
we'll. England took and held a posi-
ton in culture equal to that of any
nation. Queen Elizabeth delighted to
do the new genius honor. Great men
We'd for the chance of becoming his
patrons. His fellow actors and play
wrights in turn envied and hated him.
But he pursued his chosen way un-
needing, continuing to write Cor re-.
write) great plays and to act in them.
He was an Indifferent actor and was
intrusted with no great parts. For
instance, he played the Ghost in
Hamlet" Adam in GAS You Like It."
and similar minor roles. His salary
as an actor was about $500 a year
For the first few years his annual re-
ward as a playwright was barely $780,
But as his plays grew in favor he
waxed rich.
In 1899 he left London and returned
to Stratford, where he wiped off old
scores and earlier disgrace by buy
ing the finest estate in the town.
There, until the his death in 1916, he
lived in luxury, courted by the chill
dren of the men who had once perse-
cuted him. Even in death his genius
showed itself, for he hit on a clever
plan to save his remains from the dis
interment so common at that time
This four-line verse, said to have been
his latest poem, was cut on his tomb
stone, and its wording has ever since
guarded his grave from molestation:
Good friend, for Jesus sake forbear
To dig the dust inclos-ed here,
BEST be the man who spares these
stones,
But curst be he who moves my bonesm
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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-07-15
WATER FOR THE BEES.

Give the bees plenty of water. They
need a great deal, and will fly long
distance to get it.
If there is no running stream or
lake of pure water near it is well to
place a pail of fresh water near the
apiary every day.
Bees use water to dilute the heavy,
thick honey left over from winter to
make it suitable for the young larvae,
and also to make the cell wax pliable.
Bees should be protected from the
wind on the north and west by a
closest hedge or high fence.
ALI weeds should be kept down in
front of the hives. Now a plot six
feet wide and then cut the weeds and
grass close to the ground with a hoe.
An hour once a week spent on the
care of the bees will bring larger re.
turns for the effort than any other
labor on the farm.
A newspaper man of Chicago who
lives a few miles out in the country
last year sold 1925 worth of honey to
three big hotels. He says he did not
spend more than an hour a week look
ing after his bees during the season.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-07-15
SOME GOOD POULTRY NOTES.

Ducks, despite the fact that they
are water fowl, should always have
dry sleeping quarters.
Raising squads for market is profit
able. The hotels and hospitals in the
large cities always want squads.
Geese live almost entirely on grass
and pay nearly as well as hogs.
Fowls have nostrils, but no noses,
and do not possess the sense of smell.
Provide dark secluded nests for the
hens to lay their eggs in.
The hen carries her teeth in her
gizzard, therefore feed plenty of grit.
Eggs for Matching should be kept
where the temperature is even and
not near a fire or in damp cellar
Save the earliest ard best pullets
not so thrifty as the rest, get rid Of
them:
If your yards are without grass, air
Stacked lime scattered about the
houses and yards frequently will keep
them disinfected and purified.
If you have been bothered with
gape-worms scatter lime thickly about
the yard and this will help to drive
them out.
In feeding scraps be sure they are
not spoiled, as the fowls are liable
TO become affected with ptomaine poi
son. Rabbits or squirrels, after be-
ing boiled, can be chopped up and
fed to chickens.
A good way to pack eggs for carry
ing to market is to simply place them
on end in oats. This does not injure
the oats and they can afterwards be
used for feed.
Count your f1ocks as you feed. A
missing one may be found and rescued
from some trouble if 1t is looked for at
once.
Strips of cloth tied on the branches
of trees near the poultry yard will do
much at frightening away hawks.
If you have no range for the poul-
try you must give them green stuff all
summer. Sharp grit, too-not sand.
You can get plenty of green bone
from the butcher for very little mon
ey. The green bone contains nearly
every ingredient of the egg. Feed
gruand green bone, gristle, meat and
all.
Many who keep the poultry-houses
clean overcrowd their chickens and
then wonder why they lose their
fowls. Let the chickens have plenty
IF room and fresh air
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-07-15
SHAKESPEARE 80 The Man Who
ReU0Iuti0nized Literature

A youth of 20-the official bad
boy" of the sedate town of Stratford-
on-Avon-was again in trouble. This
time on more serious charge than
the beating of night watchmen or pill
fering of fruit or other time-honored
customs of the place. He was ac-
cused of no less an offense than the
stealing of deer from the park of Sir
Thomas Lucy, chief magistrate of the
community. Not so very many years
earlier this had been crime punish
able by death. Even now-in 1856
1t entailed heavy penalty.
The youth thus accused was Will
Shakespeare, son of a formerly we'll
TODD merchant who had fallen on
such financial ill-luck that this eldest
son of his had been obliged to leave
school at Is and go to work.
Young Shakespeare was accused
not only of stealing ST. Thomas deer,
but of writing a scurrilous poem con-
corning the august magistrate him.
self. Altogether, Stratford became too
hot to hold him. He ran away to
London. But for that Devastating
episode the world might never have
heard of Shakespeare. And the march
of progress-in literature and Ian
guage as well-would have lacked its
greatest impetus. Though so young,
Shakespeare had been married for
about two years. His wife, Anne Hath
away, was eight years his senior. Per-
haps for this reason, perhaps from
poverty, 10 left her and his children
behind when he went to London.
Practically penniless, the fugitive
reached the metropolis and cast about
him for some means of livelihood.
But he had no love for routine drudg-
cry nor experience in higher occupa-
- tons. So he quick
"e F'sht WIZ" ly drifted to the
Poverty. thoo+ars ond -
newed acquaintance with some of the
actors with whom he had caroused at
Stratford. He picked up a few pence
by holding the horses of men who
came to see the plays. Later he leased
out this hostler job to a number OF
street urchins, who became known as
Shakespeare BOYS" From holding
horses to picking up bits OF work in
side the theater was but step. And
IN time ne was playing small parts in
various plays of the day. And so,
for five years, went on his hand-to-
hand battle against poverty. Play
writing at that time was the crudest
sort of art. Indecency, illiteracy,
wretched English, poor plots and
dreary stupidity were the dramas chief
characteristics. England, in fact, was
far behind many other civilized ma.
tions in culture and literature.
Among the tasks allotted to Shake
speare in the theaters where he acted
was the rewriting of old plays for use
on the stage and the adapting and
building up" of parts to suit certain
famous actors. AT this he achieved
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-07-15
The Revival in Honey.

Since the pure-food law has brought
pure honey once more within the
reach of the consumer this healthful
natural sweetmeat is coming ono 9
more into popularity. Parafin AMI
brown sugar masqueraded as honey
for such long time that lovers Of the
real article learned to beware of any
thing bearing the "honey" brand.
Now it is different.
Biscuits and honey, oatmeal and
honey, coffee and honey, all sorts OF
combinations are being enjoyed by
epicures who favor the bee product.
Any farm may add nice income to
its usual revenue by installing few
hives of bees, and even city jewellers
can easily make room on the average
city lot for few of these busy sweet
meat makers.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-07-15
Acquiring Honey Bees.

A farmer who always has a number
Of bee hives has been losing a number
when they would swarm. He took an
empty hive and placed it 40 feet high
on one of the large oaks growing in
his forest The bees discovered the
hive and he soon had a hive of bees
in it that he would have lost had he
not placed that box in the tree. If
you have no bees and want to start in
honey growing, put up a small hive in
one of the largest trees about your
home. This plan has been known to
succeed a number Of times in captur-
ing a lost swarm of honey-makers.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-07-15
The Best Service We Can Give.

There is a very precious comfort in
the assurance that if we bring the best
service we can to God, however hum
BILE it may seem, in the light Of Gods
love it will be glorif1ed. Our lives
sometimes seem very valueless when
we keep them for ourselves selfshly;
but when we put them in the Kings
hand and see what he does with them,
and how they become TRANSPORTED and
transformed, we are amazed at what
We behold. The word of sympathy it
is our chance to speak, though it be
IS humble as the cup of cold water
that Jesus blesses, becomes great
thing when the loving countenanca ef
God shines upon 1t.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-07-15

stuff two or more inches wide. This
makes a solid foundation for tie rack.
Between the top and bottom of the
rack the sides are made of lath far
enough apart to allow the chickens
free access but close enough to keep
the hens out. The top is covered with
chicken wire. Around the rack we
arrange the chicken coops and the
chicks soon learn where the feed is
and get it when they want it.
Of course, the hens must be fed in
their coops, but they can be fed
coarser feed, and it is not so serious
if they are not fed often; neither does
it make so much difference if the
hens running about get some of the
coarser feed. With this arrangement
[ was very successful in raising chick
ems last year.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-07-15

| letters on the paper. 1t was simple.
primitive affair, but it revolutionized
printing and made possible all later
books and newspapers. And, like most
steps in progress, it was achieved
through suffering.
The plan dawned on Gutenberg
about 1446. He was then SO years old.
For four years he toiled at his inven-
ton. He mortgaged or sold every
thing he owned, squaHdered his whole
fortune, borrowed every penny he
could lay hands on. He was reduced
to poverty. Still he worked on. His
wife was forced to scrape together
enough funds to keep her husband
and herself from starvation. The
wives of geniuses have seldom had
an especially pleasant time in life.
They have usually borne the brunt of
worry, work and unspeakable hard
ship, while their husbands finally
Feaped all the credit and fame.
Gutenberg induced goldsmith,
John Faust by name, to advance him
1000 guilders to perfect the labor of
making press and type. Then, in
1850. he set to work printing a Bible
-. This was labor
Of five years. 1t
" 10 was the first book
ever printed, and came out in 1455.
The experiment was proved success
Printing was at last known art. But
no one was especially enthusiastic.
The public did not realize that the
discovery amounted to much. Faust
demanded the return of the money he
had lent. Gutenberg could not pay
Faust seized all the inventors prop
erty, including type, presses and 9TH
er machinery, and set up printing
establishment on his own account.
Thus, at so, Gutenberg was broke"
robbed of his invention and obliged
to start life all over again.
He began afresh, with more bor-
rowed money, on new set of ma
chinery, and was finally able to re-
sumo printing books. But now a new
difficulty arose Heretofore a guild
Of copyists had made living by writ
ing out copies of books for public sale
Monks also had gained large sums by
Illuminating such books. The inven-
ton of printing, of course, robbed
both these classes of employment.
Hence artisans and churchmen at
tackled Gutenberg vfciously
Worn out, childless, alone, irnpov-
erished, friendless, other men enjoy
ing the fruits of his lifetime of labor,
poor old Gutenberg, in 1468, died, hav-
ing won the usual earthly martyrdom
and immortal fame that seems the
dual reward of nearly all great Prog
eSs-Makers.
(Copyrighted.)
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-07-15
By Albert Payson Terhune
Observation-Disclosures of Newspaper and Book.

John Gutenberg, son Of an exiled
nobleman of Mainz, had an idea. The
good people of Strasburg. where the
young man lived, early in the fifteenth
century, gave little credence to any
of his theories. For Gutenberg was
what would nowadays be known as a
'get-rich-quick" crank. He had foated
several schemes, borrowed money to
perfect them, and had in every case
failed to accomplish more than the
impoverishing of himself and his
hackers.
Gutenberg's newest idea had come
TO him on seeing full set of playing
cards which had been constructed by
means of stamps, or dies, instead of
by hand. To the world at large this
labor-saving process seemed wonder
full. But it meant nothing more than
that to any one except Gutenberg. 1t
set him, however, to thinking.
If collection of blocks with vari-
GUS designs carved on them could be
used to mark 50 cards, why could not
a similar set of blocks be made, each
bearing one of the letters Of the al
phabet, and used for printing words,
sentences, even whole pages?
For centuries process had been
in use whereby such words, phrases
and pictures were carved upon large
blocks of wood, smeared with ink,
covered with paper and subjected TO
a squeeze from a sort Of cider-pregs.
The result was a
'e0'I aN more or less smud-
gy reproduction of
the carved letters
or figures. Kings had been wont to
use monograms carved on wood or
metal to stamp signatures to state
documents. In China, as early as It's
A d. far more advanced form of
printing fiourished than Europe was
destined to know for more than 1000
years thereafter.
But Gutenberg's idea far outstripped
anything thus far dreamed Of For he
planned (by means of many dupli-
Gates of each letter of the alphabet)
the first form Of movable type" By
placing, or Setting" these block let
tiers in correct position he could make
quickly In his form"
The press he devised was of two
upright timbers, with cross-pieces con-
Meeting them at bottom and top with
two other cross-timbers, of which the
lower supported the form" of type.
A large wooden screw ran from the
upper timber down to the center of
wooden block or platen. When the
form" was put in place and linked
sheet of paper was damped and laid
over it and the screw turned until the
pressure stamped the linked printing
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-07-15
BEES ARE MOST INTERESTING.
Their Product and Assistance They
Render to Apple Tree, Glover
and Other Plants.

The most important product OBJ
tanned from bees is the honey. This
is scarcely different from the nectar
as secreted by flowers, the honey from
different plants being so little changed
by the process of storage and curing
in the hive that the honey from each
kind of plant retains its particular
color and favor In collecting and
storing it the bees simply pump it into
the honey sack and from this it is
forced back through the probosis and
deposited in the cells of comb in the
hive.
Wax is a product of the bees, and
is produced from glands and is used
in the formation of comb. The archi-
lecture of the bee is therefore depend
ent upon a particulag kind of material
produced by the bee itself, and is dis
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-07-15

The phrase, "the
Scriptures" sug-
gests a synthetic
definition of the
Bible. There were
other writings, but
these we're THE
W r i t n g s; and
every Jew to
whom Jesus spoke
knew the writings
to which he re-
ferred. They had
them in the He
brew tongue and
also a translation
into the Greek,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-07-15
Embden-African Geese.

veloping market flesh, and not for the
purpose of increasing the number of
breeds. The above cross is fairly
good one, but we do not know that
it gives any better results than the
crossing of the other breeds. Much
depends on the peculiarities of any
market in which such birds may be
sold.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-07-15
Start with the Best

Start with good thoroughbred fowl.
Don't invest in poor stock. The
thoroughbreds will cost trifle more;
there. however, the difference in ex-
pense ceases. They do not require any
more care or cost any more to feed,
but when you sell them to breed or
their eggs for Matching, you viii find
the balance greatly in their favor.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-07-15
SEARCH THE
SCRIPTURES
By REV. A. c. DIXON, D. D.,
Pastor of the Chicago Ave. lMoody'al
Church, Chicago.

Search the Scriptures, for in them
ye think We have eternal life and they
are they which testify of me. John,
5:39.
For all Scripture is God-breathed
and profitable."-2 Tim. BIG.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-07-15

Head of a Honeybee, Much Enlarged.
tinctly different from the structures
built by ants or wasps, which use
earth or wood or some material ready
at hand for their processes of build
ing. In another way bees are very
important to the human species, be-
cause many plants-such as the apple
tree, clover, etc.-are dependent upon
them for pollination, and without their
assistance the crops might be much
reduced.-Herbert Osborn, Professor
of Zoology, Ohio State University.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-07-15
FEEDING BOX FOR CHICKS.
A Box-Like Arrangement That Will
Prove of Much Value in Caring
for Little Ones.

Because of sickness my young
chickens were not fed as often as
they should have been, so we made
the arrangement shown in the accom-
panying illustration, writes Mrs. A. ].
Daniel. The corner and center sup
ports are made of 2x6 pieces, IS
inches long. The top and bottom
boards may be made of any one-inch
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-07-15
PLAIN TALK.

With a smooth iron and Defiance
Starch, you can launder your shirt
waist just as well at home as the
steam laundry can; it will have the
proper stiffness and finish, there will
be less wear and tear of the goods,
and it will be positive pleasure to
use Starch that does not stick to the
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-07-15
Sure Proof.

"They say Thelma's husband is q
very amiable man."
"Amiable? should say so. / have
known that man to laugh at joke
when he was taking down the stove
p3pe"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-07-15
Different.

HE studied art with you, / be-
Iieve?"
f'He did not"
fBut he says he did"
HE ias. I gave him art lessons,
but he never studied"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-07-15
ALI That Was Left,

Church-Did you see the hotel fire!
Gotham-Yes.
Totally destroyed, suppose?"
Everything but a few sheets of
writing paper on which was printed
in large letters: This Hotel is Abso
lutely Fireproof' '-Yonkers States
man.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-07-15
A Domestic CombustibIe,

Doctor-Did you give your husband
the powder l left, Mrs. Mulligan?
Mrs. Mulligan-Indade, Oh did, sor.
An he's been BLOWN me up ivir
since"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-07-15
"Sneaksn

81 see that steel shoes are low be
ing advertised"
''Steal shoes, Ell? Must be these
rubber-soled kind"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-07-15
Hard TO Convince Him.

so you're going to marry old Got
rox daughter, Ell? Well, you know
two can live cheaper than one."
II know, but l can't convince her
father of that fact
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-07-15

Separating an easy mark from his
money is nothing to boast of.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-07-15

hole is then cut in the top of the box
through which this pipe extends from
the top of the can which is in the
bottom of the box. A common lamp
furnishes the heat to this radiator.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-07-15
Anneke Jans-Boqardus Heirs.

having positive proof as such, address with
stamp, 365 Lennox Bldg, Cleveland, 0.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-07-15

Thisis the record of Pankller Perry DavisO "A
liable remedy for diarrhea dysentery and all bowel
complaints. Get the genuine. 25c, 35c and Soc
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-07-15
IMPROVED BREED OF GEESE.
Crossing of Emblem Gander with Az
rican Goose for Developing
Market Flesh.

Below is given cut illustrating the
results of crossing an Embden gander
on an African goose. Such expert
ments are made for the purpose of de.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-07-15
SUCCESS FOR SEVENTY YEARS

The good times we long for will not
come in the guise of Ascent watches.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-07-15
BROODER OF EASY MAKE.

Secure a box of the desired size and
cut a hole in the bottom just large
enough to receive common tomato
can. Holes are punched in the sides
of the can and larger one in the
bottom to admit a 1a-inch pipe. A