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Milford chronicle., 1914-01-02

that is good for all summer usage. It
may be. however. that some Of these
grasses will not do well under the
local conditions and must be omitted
in favor Of others
How much seed to use is a matter
that must be fully considered. Some
say put on plenty Of seed. which is a
very good rule to go by, but it is a
needless expense to use more than is
necessary. The proper amount to use
will depend to some extent upon the
kind Of soil
Under average conditions ! would
use about four quarts Of clover. two
quarts each Of timothy and alfalfa
and one peck each Of meadow fescue
and tall meadow oat grass on each
acre. Some may think this too great
quantity, but remember that it IS bet
ter to get a full stand at once than to
wait two or three years.-Farm Prog
ress.
Milford chronicle., 1914-01-02
Mnslo and Melndv.

Music" says Leonravallo. author Of
u Pagliacci" lis melody and melody
alone Compositions i've and become
immortal because Of their melody. and
they die for lack OF H. The melody Of
Wagner and Strauss is 'obscured. but
the observation is a defect and not
virtue Verdi is great because Of bis
melody. and all musical greatness is
to be measured by its melody and by
nothing else"
Milford chronicle., 1914-01-02
The Other way.

Mrs Sour~ptp When ! gave YOU
that solemn warming against marry
ing said that some day you would
regret il That time will come. mark
nv words Mrs Newed That time
has come Mrs Sourspite tglepfully'-
thought So Then yOu regret yonr
marriage? Mrs Newed Oh. no re-
gret the warning you gave me Il
kept me from marrying for nearly a
year-Puck.
Milford chronicle., 1914-01-02
PuoiIistie Enqlish.

The teacher was instFuctng the class
IN the rudiments OF the English Ian
guage.
John" she said. make a sentence
using the word fndisposltion'
John. who was evidently Of a pugi
Hstic turn OF mind assumed an aggres.
sive pose and announced:
when yous wants to hght you
stands In dis position Youths Com
DaniOn
Milford chronicle., 1914-01-02
A Man Of Brains.

II say. Reginald. I've forgotten my
cardcase"
"Nevah mind. deah boy. I'll lend
you some OF mine"
"But-ah the names would be differ
ent doncherknOw
$50 they would! What a head you
have got. Algy"- London Opinion
Milford chronicle., 1914-01-02
Scientific Discovery.

"You know Of course. that billions
Of germs can gather on the sharp edge
Of a razor
81 begin TO understand" said young
Mrs Torkins THE idea Of stropping
a razor is 10 suhdue the germs by cor
poral punishment Washington Star
Milford chronicle., 1914-01-02
Qualified hiia onininn.

u say. caddie. did you ever see a
worse golf player than ~
"No. but then. sir. I've only been
caddying for four years . Detroit
Free Press
Milford chronicle., 1914-01-02
strictly Business.

Hes running his business on strict
~ common sense tines
in what wnyF"
We'll fni ilSrnnre he says he wont
hire man wnn comes from New York
unless he also knows something DE
trOit Free. Press
Milford chronicle., 1914-01-02
looo0e00eoooeeeeaoeeeoea

The foolish virgins were as
good as the wise ones and were
only foolish because they did not
provide surplus oil for a possible
emergency. Be prepared for the
unexpected thing to happen. OF
such Is wisdom on the farm.
Milford chronicle., 1914-01-02
inconsistent.

Poet YOu said the other dav in your
paper thai poverty is not a crime Ed
itOr- Well? Poet And yet you de
cline my verses simply because you
say they are poor Puck.
Milford chronicle., 1914-01-02
Must Be Attractive.

''They say she's pretty"
"I.et me tell you When she gets or
street car the advertising Is a tOta
loss Pittsburgh Post
Milford chronicle., 1914-01-02

Worry ms KILLED many a great man
hut IL never made man great
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-01-27
DAILY COMMENT ON PEOPLE AND THINGS

DAILY COMMENT ON
Looks like OF Henry Ford's diVVy
with his employees plan put consider
able ginger in Dan Cupid.
That answers one question. As
soon as some of the young folks got
the needed dough they hiked to a
preacher.
faint SO much Dan cupid's work
that's missin'. It's the almighty dol
lar.
And in the course of year all
those newly married young folks
ought to have something besides a
rail fence running around the house.
The thought of all these possibili-
ties ought to make Ford feel pretty
good. And we'll bet it does. He listens
like that sort of man.
A New York woman slapped man
in the face, in the subway, accusing
him of rubbing against her. e.
Then he had her arrested for dis
orderly conduct.
The only way to avoid such un-
pIeasantries like that in any kind of
crowded cars is, to walk.
There is one difference here in Chi
cago in the surface cars, however.
The men don't rub against the wo-
men. They push, shove or bump
against them. 81.
When riding in a Chi. street car,
At night time or at dawn,
A woman often wonders, where
All chiVaIry has gone.
Whew! Some cells lay 10000, 900
eggs a day. For the love of Mike,
some hens take notice.
A street cleaner was run down by
a Chicago American wagon Monday
morning, while he was working in
the street.
'Tsno wonder! If you want to see
a real live chariot race, just stand
along Jackson boulevard or Madison
street, most any time of day, and
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-01-27

More figuring for the council on
the 81" crowding problem. All the
blame car line service in the city is
getting to be IN a. of a problem.
Factory Inspector Nelson has been
handing it to some of the stores that
have been violating the labor laws.
Some fines have been handed. out.
It's blame shame that the en-
ployers who overworked young girls
can't be made to work the same
length of time out themselves. May
be it would wake some of them up
and shake little humanity into their
hides.
A burglar caught in New York had
corsets on. He said he wore them to
keep himself warm.
He hadn't the same use for them as
women have. The latter wear them
to keep straight.
1t is said that too many. clothes
make red noses.
Now we know why those French
women are wearing high shoes and
no stockings.
Here is the busiest man of all. He
comes from Connecticut and has sub
stituted e's for all the is in his name
because he hasn't the time to dot
the is.
This is queer thing. Why is it that
when young lady with a tight hob
bic skirt is getting on the car, big
truck usually drives slowly by? \
H
Z ICA T=-
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-07-16
THE FIRST TEACUPS.
They Had No HandIes, and Saucers
Were Used as Covers.

They Had No HandIes, and Saucers
Were Used as Covers.
In the middle of the seventeenth GEN.
tury tea was introduced into England.
and with 1t came the Chinese or "chi-
ma" teacup. Strangely enough, the
men who imported it from the orient
did not themselves understand the
method of its use.
The Chinese put pinch of tea into
large cup without a handle, filed 1t
with boiling water and then inverted
saucer over the receptacle, within
whose rim it closely fitted. The object
was partly to retain the heat, but
chiefly to prevent the escape of the
fragrance of the herb. which the Chi
nese found most delicious. The infu-
sion was permitted to stand for five
minutes, when it was decanted into
a second cup without saucer and
daintily slipped.
John Bull, however. emphatically de-
clined to take his tea In Chinese fash
ion. He liked the appearance of the
ornamental ware upon his table, but
be insisted on placing the cup in the
saucer, like miniature tlowerpot, and
used it exclusively to drink from, pre-
pairing the beverage In a common In
stead of an individual receptacle
In course of time England began the
manufacture of cups and saucers, and
pictures which have been preserved
from the days of the Stuarts show big.
fiaring cups. four inches across the top,
with saucers less than three inches in
diameter. BY degrees one dwindled
and the other expanded. until In the
middle of the nineteenth century the
opposite extreme was reached, and
fashionable tea services had cups only
an inch and half in diameter, accom-
panied by five inch saucers.
The handle of the teacup came from
Mediterranean lands. Originally 1t
was made Of thick and strong earth
enware and applied to heavy jars and
lamps. Its decorative possibilities pop
ulariZed 1t with Greek and Roman pot
tiers, who extended It's use to small
amphorae end flagons; but, as the word
"amphora" indicates, the handle was
double. Single handles crept into use
by slow degrees and were probably APP
piled to drinking cups about the time
that coffee came into vogue In south
ern Europe, the beverage being taken
almost at the boiling point, SO that
some device for lifting the cup without
burning the fingers was found desira-
ble.-London Taller.
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BECOMING A BRIToN.
Easy For Aliens to Acquire Citizen
ship In England.

Easy For Aliens to Acquire Citizen
ship In England.
A large number Of aliens become
British subjects every year by taking
advantage of the naturalization act
The process of taking out naturaliza-
ton papers in England is delightfully."-
simple. An application can be put
through in couple of weeks if good
and sufficient reasons can be shown.
while the average time elapsing be-
tween application for a certificate of
naturalization and the granting Of per-
mission to file the oath Of allegiance to
the king with the home office, which
automatically confers British citizen
ship, is only about eight weeks.
The naturalization act of 1870 re
quires that the applicant shall have
resided In the United Kingdom at least
five years and shall intend, when nat
uralized, to continue to reside here.
The lease Of a house or an apartment
Is sufficient to establish legal residence
The landlords word is taken as suff1-
.cient proof The applicant has merely
to fill In a blank with the details of his
residence and other information and
have the facts as to his residence veri-
fed by one British subject, while the
applicants responsibility and loyalty
must be vouched for by others. He
then files the application with FL fee
at the home Office
A special Scotland Yard detective is
assigned to inquire into the case and
examine all the statements on the ap-
plicant's memorial. Three months Is
allowed him In which to make his re-
port, but a few weeks usually suffice.
If the application Is passed another
fee of f2 is required. The applicant
then has permission to file his oath of
allegiance, which concludes the proc
ess.-London Tit-Bits.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-07-16
CUT THE ARMY RED TAPE.
Willich Knew His Men and They Knew
Him and That Settled Ii.

WilIich Knew His Men and They Knew
Him and That Settled 1t.
There are times when the so called
red tape of the army gives way un-
Ger the stress of circumstances. At
the battle of Chickamauga General
Which, who was commanding y bri-
gade, incurred the displeasure of Cen
eral Rosecrans, the commanding gen.
eral, by some slight omission. Gener-
al Which was sent for and informed
by the general commanding that he
must consider himself under arrest for
the present
You may leave your sword here"
added Rosecrans, until your case is
tried
Yes, general, | will consider myself
under arrest" was the reply. land just
as soon as this engagement is over, I'll
come and tx up the natter
But. SIR. said the astounded Rose
Grams, Il want you to consider your
self under arrest now"
"Of course | do" responded Which
promptly, land just as soon as this
fight Is over I'll see that the matter
is arranged"
But. SIR eXpostulated the com
handing general, Il can't let you go
into this fight. You are under arrest
will assign an officer to your bri-
gade."
"You send an officer to command my
boysr' cried Which Indignantly. HE
can't command them! They don't
know him! They know mel can
teach them. None of my boys would
know how to fight or what to do un-
less l was with them. My boys belong
to me. Yes, me. General Which!
command the brigade, and must fight
the brigade!'
General ROsecrans gave 1t up. Gen
eral Which was requested to return
land fight his boys" which he did
most successfully. And that was the
end Of the matter Washington Star.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-07-16

That the Puritan fashion Of nomen-
clature produced some very odd re-
suits is very generally known. The
London Chronicle recalls that James
Bronze. In his Travels Over England.
Scotland and Wales" published In
100, gives a copy Of Jury Return,
Made at Rye, Sussex, in the Late Re-
bellious Troublesome Times"
The names of the twelve good men
and true were: Meek Brewer, Graceful
Harding, Killsin Pimpie, Earth Adams.
Weepnot Billing, More Fruit Fowler,
Hope-for Bending. Return Spelman,
Fly Debate Roberts. Stand Fast on
High Stringer, Be Faithful Joiner and
Fight the Good Fight Of Faith White.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-07-16
Wanted a Little Praise Himself.


Following a disastrous fire In west
ern city, many men and women gath
cred to look at the ruins. Some OF the
men. seeing that a wall near which
they were standing was topping. made
haste to get out OF the way and mar.
rowIy escaped being crushed.
Johnny BrabtsOn, a good Irish c1d'
gen, was so near the wall that he could
not escape with the others. SO. whirl.
ing about he made for door in the
wall, burst through 1t and came out on
the other side safe and evidently very
proud Of his exploit Women who had
shut their eyes and shrieked when they
saw his danger now gathered round
him in great JOY and cried out:
praise heaven. Johnny Brabison,
down on your knees and thank heav'
emf
"Yis, yis," said he, land | will, but
wasn't it injaneyyous In me. nowY-
Youths Companion.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-07-16
S. r. MORSE, Editor
Subscription Price, Si.5o per Year.

FIRE, if it had Ind a good start
in some parts of this city at one
time last week could not have been
checked by using the city water
works. There was barely any wat
er in the re serv OR, and con-
sequentIy no pressure in the by
drants. River Falls was placed in
this dangerous circumstance solely
through careless Wastefullness by
patrons of the city water system.
The chief factor in depicting the
water store appears to be the con-
slant lawn sprinkling. The pat
rons are supposed to use the wat
er for lawn sprinkling only be-
tween the hours of six and eight
in the evening, but in many in
stances it is continued from morn
ing until night, and the sprinkler
is sometimes left running all night.
Besides wasting the water, this
practice also is detrimental to the
lawns, the cold, hard water kill
ing off the grass. In many homes
the water is left running all day
SO that it will be always cool to
drink. This is a useless. waste.
The water which gets warm is
that which stands in the pipe
above the main, and this small
amount can be- drained off in a
very few minutes. There are many
other ways, too numerous to at
tempt to list here, in which the
city water supply is want 0 nj y
wasted in the homes and business
places. Good people, stop an d
think! If your home caught fire
and the fire department should at
tach the hose to the nearest by
drant, only to get a pressureless,
ineffective stream, whom would
you have to thank for the result
ing destruction of your home? If
you are one of the Water-Wasters
you would be as much to blame
as anyone. Many appeals have
been made to the patrons to be
more conservative-or rather, to
be just sensible-in their use Of
the city water, but still the prac-
tice continues, as bad, if not worse,
than ever. An effective check
would be to put the system on a
meter basis, and this will have to
be done if these warnings are not
needed.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-07-16
"Kubisaqari."

One of the strangest diseases Is
known as kubisagari. 1t Is common
In northern Japan and In small dis
trict on the Franco-Swiss frontier, but
unknown elsewhere. Its symptoms
are sudden paralysis Of certain mus
cles, loss of vision and vertigo. The
attacks last about ten minutes and
continue from May to November, re-
covery always coming in the autumn.
Nothing Is known about its cause,
though DIR. z. L. Couchaud describes
In the Presse Medicale microbe he
found In the cerebro spinal fluid and
the milk of persons suffering from the
disease. The name kubisagar1 Is Jap
anese and means drop head"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-07-16
THE OLD YORK ROAD.
Built In 1711, 1t Was the First Great
American Highway.

Built In f711, 1t Was the First Great
American Highway.
Something over 200 years ago there
was built the first great American
highway, 1.-The old York road" be-
tween New York and Philadelphia.
The construction of this famous road
In I'LL was an example that led the
energetic colonists at other points
along the Atlantic seabOard to make
similar roads where there were no wa
ter routes For the most part these
roads were built by chartered cOmpa-
niles and were called turnpikes or toll
roads. Pennsylvania, Connecticut and
New Jersey had many roads of this
kind
The first macadamiZed road In this
country was constructed in 1892 be-
tween Philadelphia and Lancaster. In
1871 there were said to be 1880 miles
of chartered turnpikes in New Eng.
land and New York. During the next
twenty years the government expend-
ed many millions Of dollars In con-
structing great highways, but the pan
ic OF 1887 and the building OF rail.
ways and canals put an end to that
branch of the government work.
Washington Star.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-07-16
CONFIsCATE THE EDITION.
Newspaper Issues Often Suppressed
by the Austrian Censors.

Newspaper Issues Often Suppressed
by the Austrian Censors.
by order of the royal press court
this issue of your paper Is hereby
confscated for printing news which
the court considers should not be made
public" A policeman, with sword
dangling at his side and holding In his
hand an official document with an i'm
posing seal on it, enters the managing
editors room and delivers the decree.
1t is the famous Austrian press CEN
sorship and confiscation machine. call
ed for short the "confscation appara,
tus," at work Down below the big
presses are laundering along on the
last few thousand copies of a big cir
culation. 1t is o'clock In the morn
ing-too late to make over by tear
ing out the offending article or news
item, putting something else in Its
place and reprinting the entire edition.
From the numerous rooms which
make UP the editorial sanctum there
rolls one "Donnerwetter!' and Yer
dammit! after another. The managing
editor orders small street, not much
larger than q handful, hastily printed.
that will tell the subscribers why they
will not receive their paper that morn
ing.
This is a scene which has taken
place frequently in Viennese newspa-
per offices lately. One afternoon re-
Gently the editions of five evening pa
&nd nI0o Oh
itors in the world can tell as many in
teresting stories of news that never
reached their readers as the Viennese.
From an American viewpoint OF g.
free press the Austrian press laws.
press censorship and ''confiscation ap-
paratus" is about the most absurd and
antiquated institution In existence
Apparently it was created largely for
the purpose of keeping the truth from
the public.
In Austria books, pictures, illustrat-
ed catalogues, price lists, handbills, adj
vertisements and advertising literature.
newspapers, periodicals and publica-
tons which appear occasionally, signs
and signboards, posters-in fact. every
thing that conveys meaning to the
mind by means Of type, pictures or
symbols is subject to censorship. Until
recently even private calling or visit
ing cards were subject to censorship.
The printer had to lay proof of a
card before the "press court before he
could deliver the order.
Any district or superior court may
constitute itself ''press court to pass
upon and order the confiscation of any
newspaper in its jurisdiction.-Vie
Cor. New York Tribune.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-07-16
THEY WERE WELL MATCHED.
Why the Ramseys Were Like Old joe
Murchison's Team.

Why the Ramseys Were Like Old Joe
Murchison's Team.
sit seems strange rNat the Ramseys
should have married each other" said
Mrs. Pilman.
Strange? Not at all. my deary' re-
piled her husband. 'They are well
mated-as well mated as old Joe MUIR
chison's horses were"
II don't know anything about MUIR
chison's horses" said Mrs Pilman,
"but | know that Mr.. Ramsey is big
and handsome and indolent, and Mrs
Ramsey Is always at work and Is
thrifty into the bargain"
'"That bears out what | say. my
DEAR" said her husband. Let me ex-
plain In that remote and dark ages
period of my life before | knew you
they offered a prize at the annual fair
for the best matched pair of agricul-
tural horses. There were some beau
ties brought 10, so that everybody
laughed when old Joe Murchison came
driving along great handsome. slow
moving horse harnessed with wiry.
scrawny little beast that took two
steps to the big fellows one.
""That's a finely matched pairv
somebody shouted
$50 they Der agreed Joe compla.
Gently. so they be! The best matched
pair In the county! Ones willin' to do
all the work an t'other's willin' he
shouldp "-Exchange.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-07-16
The Bishops Place.

The bishop OF London, speaking at
the annual meeting of the bishop of
London's fund at Grosvenor House,
said that churches did not drop down
from heaven any more than bishops,
though little girl in his congregation.
evidently under that delusion, had re-
Gently said to her mother during a tir-
ing sermon: 81 am tired now, mother.
Can't the bishop go back to heayenY-
London Standard.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-07-16
Stationers.

When pens and ink and other writ
Ing materials came into common use
a great many years ago they were sold
by peddlers from house to house. After
awhile a few dealers In writing ma
terials opened stalls and remained sta
tionary at their place of business. To
distinguish the two classes OF paper
sellers the man In the stall was called
a stationer. and the goods he sold came
to be known as stationery Wisconsin
State Journal.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-07-16
A BRIDE FROM THE TOMB.
Odd Romance of BenedeIio MarcelIo,
che Venetian Composer.


che Venetian Composer.
Benedello Marcello, one of the most
famous Venetian composers, fell In
love with beautiful girl named Leo
nora Manfrotti, who married Pun1o
Seranzo, Venetian noble. She 0ked
short time after her marriage, a VIC
tim to the harsh and jealous treatment
Of her husband.
Her body was laid out In state in
one Of the churches, and her lover
actually succeeded in stealing the
corpse and conveying it to a ruined
crypt In one of the islands, and here
be sat day and night by his lost love,
singing and playing to her, as though
by the force of his art he could recall
her to life.
Leonora had a twin sister, Eliade,
who was SO like her that her closest
friends could scarcely distinguish them.
One day Eliade heard a singer In q
gondola singing SO exquisitely that she
traced the gondola to the deserted is
land, and there she learned later the
fate of her sisters corpse and the hen-
tity of Marcello. Aided by a servant,
Eliade substituted herself for her sis
ter's body, and when Marcello returned
and called Leonora to awake he did
not ask In vain, for apparently she rose
alive from the coffin. Marcello when
he found out the delnsion was quite
satisfied and married Eliade, but his
happiness was short lived, as he died
few years afterward.-London Tele-
graph
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-07-16
Damn Room Test.

To ascertain whether room is damp
or not place a weighed quantity OF
fresh lime in an open vessel Ia the
room and leave 1t there for twenty
four hours. carefully closing the win
dows and doors. At the end OF the
twenty-forr hours reweigh the lime,
and If the increase exceeds l per cent
Of the original weight 1t is not safe to
live in the room.