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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-03-17

was away from home. My wife and
boy were feeding the cows, and one OF
them got choked with turnip. My
wife sent for the neighbors, and they
came to relieve the COW. One got her
by the horns, and another poked stick
down her throat, and unfortunately it
rs pine stick. They drove the tur-
nip down but broke the stick off in her
throat and the last choke was worse
than the first Then they put cleyis
in her mouth and could feel the stick
run into the back of her head. Some
advised my wife to kill her, but she said
that she would not until came home.
| arrived at home at seven in the eve
ming. The stick was broken in her
throat at eleven o'clock in the morning.
L went Immediately to the yard to see
the COW, and found the stick in her
throat. | got her by the horns to turn
her around and she fell on a patch OF
ice, and then went straight for the barn
and threw out the stick, which measur-
ed twenty-one and one-half inches in
length and one inch in diameter; and
then | could see that there were other
ways to relieve them without sticks and
ropes. The next COW that got choked
| thought / would try an experiment
with / had a pair of bars leading to
my barn-yard. L took the top bars
down and left three lower bars in, and
L took the whip and made the COW Jump
over the bars, and she was relieved.
That is the way relieve all my choked
cattle and horses, and | never knew it
to fail. Sometimes jump them over
twice, and l find that the action of ris-
ing and the sudden drop ON the front
legs dislodges what is in the throat,
and no injury is done to the cattle. A
woman or boy in this way can relieve a
choked COW or horse if the man is from
home.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-03-17

From the Washington Sunday Chronicle
At a dinner recently given at Welc
ler's by our Uncle Samuel to a choice
assortment of Observation-Disclosures
judicial, Congressional, and literary
the fourteenth guest, distinguished
Senator, usually punctual at such gath.
erings, failed to appear, and when sent
tor apologized for having mistaken the
day and gone to bed. Thereupon con-
sternation was manifested by several of
the company, who were martyrs to the
superstition about thirteen at table.
In Paris in such an emergency there
is always some poor gentleman in the
neighborhood--a professional qudt0r-
zteDie-ready at a moments notice TO
appear in the costume dc rigueur. In
Washington, however, the "Worthing-
ton" who should reply upon such a
windfall would find subsistence precari-
Gus.
In this embarrassment worthy John
Welcker, remarking that in olden time
landlords presided at their own tables,
volunteered to fill the hiatus Udide de-
feRduS, and harmony was restored. It
was apropos of this that Uncle Samuel
related the following story:
In February 1910, the Paris morning
papers mentioned that noted horti-
culturist had succeeded in growing
three magnificent peaches--a phenome-
non which attracted the attention of
the late Baron Rothschild. The great
millionaire, familiar with the value OF
the stocks, pictures, china, and jewels
had no idea of that of peaches in Feb
ruary; besides, he was addicted to gal
lantry, with a liberality worthy of
spendthrift. So he drove to the no
house, and sure enough there tn
peaches hung, blushing like the cheek
of dancing maidens, upon the espalieI
Chow much for the three ?" inquiries
the Baron.
1.-TWO hundred francs.
Are they ripe ?"
You see they are, by their color.
Are they sweet ?"
"You can Judge for yourself" sal
the gardener, at the same time pullin
one of the peaches from the tree, divid
ing it, offering one-half TO the Baro
and eating the other himself with mani
Test guSto.
Effectively said the Baron. 9Th
flavor is marvellous for February, AM
how much for the remaining two ?"
1.-TWO hundred francs.
NobLeSSe obtige. The Baron was don
for, and paid the money, while the gar
dener's eyes twinkled with delight IA
having obtained his price and half
peach in the bargain.
80, gentlemen, said Uncle Samuel
Though our host be our guest, hi
reckoning, like that of the horticultur
list, will be all the same"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-03-17
Critical Time for Colts.

1t very often happens that in the
third year of colts life it falls off in
condition, stops growing, and becomes
mysteriously poor and emaciated
Disease is suspected, various nostrums
and absurd specifics for imaginary COM
plants are administered, which fail of
effect, and it is only after a lapse of
time that a measure of improvement
takes place, which, however, leaves the
colt permanently injured and with an
impaired constitution.
At this period of the colts existence
an important dental change is going on.
The central temporary milk nippers, or
cutting teeth, in the front of its mouth
are shed, and the permanent teeth take
their place If the colt is at grass it is
almost impossible for it to Craze, and
it suffers partial starvation. This is
the whole secret of many colts suffer
ings. The trouble i'll such cases would
be avoided by occasionally examining
the mouth, and when the temporary
absence Of the nippers is observed, to
supply cut feed of tender hay, with
ground oats, orsoft mashes, or cut green
fodder. This provision would tide over
the necessarily occurring period of dis
ability, and prevent the otherwise in
evitable falling way and poverty of
condition, with its disastrous results.
NcW York Tribune.
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Boot and Shoe Trade.

OF the boot and shoe trade in Troy
the Times says Work has been 10 a
great extent stagnant during the past
winter, and not half the usual number
of hands have been employed. Not
withstanding this, the trade has been
only little less than it was for the cor
responding time last year People must
walk and wear out boots and shoes, and
there must Of necessity be about the
usual number of purchases and sales.
The slackness in shops is accounted for
by the fact that dealers have been dis
posing of stock on hand, cutting it down
as much as possible, and purchasing by
wholesale, when necessary, rather than
manufacturing themselves. Prices have
been materially reduced, except on
cloth goods. Manufacturers assert that
leather goods are down as low as posi-
BILE now. Money is still rather stringent,
and not many collections will be made
this month. The sales of one wholesale
firm in this city were only $40 less than
for the corresponding month last year.
Panic or no panic,i the business would
have been dull through the winter, and
the prospects are just as flattering now
for a good trade when spring opens as
they were last year.
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Things worth knowing.

RENDERING Doors WATERPROOF
Boil one quart of linseed oil with half q
pound of Venice turpentine, with
which paint the leather frequently
while warm, but not not, till it will alb
sorb no more.
MERCURIAL OINTMENT is said to be
one of the best materials known for
preventing rust ON gun-barrels. II
should be rubbed OH thoroughly, both
outside and inside, and well dried off,
SO as to leave but little on the surface.
The quicksilver forms a thin film,
which protects the metal from moisture.
RESTORING Color. When color on a
fabric has been accidentally or other.
wise destroyed by acid, ammonia is APP
piled to neutralize the same, after
which an application of chloroform will
in almost all cases restore the original
color, The application of ammonia is
common, but that of chloroform is but
little known.
To HARDEN PLASTER CASTS, thin
milk of lime or lime-water may be used
instead Of ordinary water. About ten
or fifteen drops Of liquid silicate OF
soda for every pint of fluid used must
be added this is then thickened with
plaster to thick cream. Plaster thus
prepared will set in five minutes OF
thereabouts, according TO the thickness
Of the cream. If too much silicate Is
used, the soda will effervesce on the
surface, and spoil the sharpness of the
impression.
WATERPROOF PAINT FOR CANVAS. 49,
The following is q cheap and simple
process for coating canvas for wagon
tops, tents, awnings, etc. IL renders
il impermeable 10 moisture, without
making il stiff and liable TO break.
Soft soap is 30 be dissolved in hot wa
ter, and a solution Of sulphate Of iron
added. The sulphate of acid combines
with the potash Of the soap, and the
oxide of iron is precipitated with tho
fatty acid as insoluble iron soap. This
is washed and dried, and mixed Will
inseed oil. The addition Of dissolved
india rubber to the oil improves tho
paint.
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Currency in Civilized Countries.

Washington correspondence of the n. Y. Herald
In consequence of frequent applica-
tions to the Chief of the Bureau of Sta
tistics for information in regard to the
amount of circulating medium in Great
Britain, France, and other European
countries, and of the wide divergence
of statement on the part of European
as well as American financiers, an exam
nation has been made OF the published
official statistics, and a variety of author
tiles on the subject consulted, with a
view to obtaining approximately accu-
rate data. The results of this inves-
tigation have been prepared, from
which it appears that the total amount
of gold coin circulating in the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
at the close of 1872 was 9S4, 551 .OO0
sterling, silver e15,000,0 900, bronze
81, las, 900; excess of banknotes over
coin reserves, e40, $1,000 total circu-
lation in coin and notes, el41 ,239, 600
being equivalent in United States gold
coin to 1856, 421, $40. The metallic cur
rency, coin and bullion of France is Civ.
en- at 1000, 600, 900 francs; notes of the
Bank of France in circulation on De-
cember 26, 1873, 2,S07, $780, 25 francs;
total, G,SO7, 6S9, 625 francs. Deduct
metallic reserve in bank December rs,
759, 1852, 40 francs, and the currency
circulation is COT, 727, 1896 francs,
equivalent in United States gold coin at
20 cents to the franc to Sl,209, 545, AZ.
In the % states composing the North
German Confederation the supposed
aggregate of coin is 632, 435, 1862 thalers.
The coin held in reserve by the banks
to protect their note circulation is 100,.
600, 900 thalers, leaving in the hands OF
the people 532, 435, 1862 thalers. The
notes in the hands of the people amount
to 253, 159, 142 thalers, making coin anC
notes in the hands of the people, 7S5,
594, 504 thalers, equivalent in United
States gold coin to $557, TIP, 09S. The
German government within the last two
years has coined about 334, 100000 tina
lers in gold
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-03-17

To CLEAN CASHMERE. If the ordina-
ry soap is employed, the valuable shawls
and fabrics of cashmere will be increas-
ed and spoiled by the alkali it contains,
and it will leave them, atany rate, much
less pliable and velvety than they are
when cleaned after the manner of the
Turks and Persians, who make use of a
root which affords an abundant mucil-
age when heated with water. NJ. Jau-
bert, who brought into France several
goats from Thibet, also imported from
ASIA, under the name of ishkar, guam
tlty OF this soapy root. Ii is usually as
large as the thumb, of grayish yellow
color, white within, free from smell,
slmost tasteless, and affording an ash
colored powder. When mixed with wa
ter, it becomes very thick, yellowish
mucilage. With this paste the beauti-
ful stutfs of the East are cleansed, and
whlle IL always removes greasy stains,
1t leaves them the yellow TINT so much
priced.
A SECRET FOR LADIES. Oatmeal is
good for something besides food. All
young ladies who desire white hands
will please harken. 1t is only necessa-
ry to sleep in a pair of boxing gloves,
and for bath oatmeal is excellent. If
economically inclined and country bred,
it can be fed to the horses and cattle as
oatmeal mash after being used. Dat
meal contains a small amount of oil
that is good for the skin. To make the
hands soft and white, one of the best
things is to wear at night large mittens
of cloth filled with wet bran or oat-
meal, and tied closely at the wrist. A
lady who had the whitest, softest hands
in the country confessed that she had
a great deal of homework to do, and
kept them white as any idler's by wear
ing bran mittens every night. The
paste and poultices for the face owe
most of their efficacy to their moisture,
which dissolves the old coarse skin, and
to their protection from the air, which
allows the new skin to become tender
and delicate Oatmeal paste is as eff
caious as any thing, though less agreea-
BILE than paste made with the white of
an egg, alum and rose water. The alum
astringes the flesh and makes il firm,
while the egg keeps it sufficiently soft,
and the rose water perfumes the mix
ture and makes the curd not so hard
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-03-17
Reducing Bones for Gardens.

1t is not often that bones can be col
lected on the farm in sufficient quantity
for field crops, but every man who has
garden can make little excellent
manure by saving those within his reach.
1t is useless to recommend converting
them into homemade superphosphate
by using sulphuric acid; the difficulty
and trouble of procuring the acid away
from cities, and the care and experience
required to use it, are sufficient obiec-
tons. There are, however, two modes
of reducing the bones, which every gar
dener may easily adopt One is 60
place them in thin layers in ferment-
ing heap of manure, which, if they are
previously broken, will soften then
enough to cause crumbling after the
lapse of weeks, when the heap is worked
over. Even a common hot-bed will do.
if the bones are first broken into frag3
ments. The other mode is to boil them,
as follows: Mix them in large kettle
with wood ashes, and TO make the ashes
caustic add about peck of fresh lime
to each barrel of bones Saturate and
apply heat for twenty-four hours, or
during the day for two successive DAYS.
All the bones by this time, except the
very hardest parts, will be so reduced
as to be easily pulverized, being in a
pasty condition, suitable for placing in
layers in making the compost heap.
Another DAYS boiling will reduce the
remainder OF the hard bones.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-03-17
TOads Eating Bees.

A Missouri correspondent writes the
Bee Keepers Magazine 1 have read
that toads do little or no damage to the
bee-keepers. But / lately found sew
eral ON the front board of my hives, and
one l watched, and within fifteen min
utes saw him eat four Italians and two
flies; then / executed and dissected
him, and found his stomach perfectly
crammed with italian workers. This
was very small toad, and / suppose
could not have had less than twelve
bees in his stomach. A toad twice as
large wnuld likely eattwenty-four bees,
and three meals a day 0 think l am
right makes seventy-two bees for one
toad in day, and small family of four
would make away with 2S8 bees day.
Pretty stiff Perhaps my calculation
may be too high about his three meals
a day, but l am certain that when a
toad finds how easy it is to get his
meals at the entrance of beehive, he
won't look for bugs and worms. But
the most serious thing they can do is to
gobble up the young queens returning
home from their bridal trip. Let those
who have hives near the ground look
out for toads.
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Carbon for stock.

There is a growing impression among
stock owners that the health of sheep,
as well as cattle, suffers from absence
of carbon in their food; and it was sug-
gested by correspondent, few weeks
since, that the worm disease of sheep
had greatly increased of late years, be-
cause the pastures are not burnt as for
merly. The ash or char of the grasses,
it was asserted, gave the carbon of
which they stand in need. That the
carbon obtained in this way does the
sheep good is undoubted, because the
animals go licking about burnt place
while there is plenty of good grass
around, and they are not at all likely to
choose what is not good for them under
such circumstances. But if carbon is
the ingredient sought after, it can be
given to sheep in other and less expen-
sive forms, for frequent grass burning
is suicidal to the man dependent upon
his grasses.-Prairje Farmer.
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FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
MIX nnd NIiIl,.linnms.

In your last number / notice some
observations on the treatment of milk
and the manufacture of butter, in which
you state that the principal benefit of
the spring-house is the low degree of
temperature which it secures. And if
it were possible to secure the tempera-
ture without the water it would be bet
ter to dispense with it, as the milk-room
would be considerably dryer. l will
not pretend to set up my opinion
against yours, but it appears to me that
right here some questions are raised
which it will be profitable for us to CON
slider, and of which l shall not attempt
the discussion myself. | trust you will
accord me sufficient space to outline
them for the examination of your more
experienced correspondents. Now, it
may be said in favor of dry milk
room, that the atmosphere contains the
minute germs of myriad forms of the
lower order of vegetable life known as
fungi, which, by their introduction and
termination in the milk, greatly has
tens various chemical changes, and,
finally, its decomposition and it is
highly probable that in these various
stages some effect is impaired to the
quality of the product which may be
made from the milk. One of the con-
ditions necessary to the termination,
and in many cases essential to the pres
ervation for any great length of time of
their vitality, is moisture. As means
of guarding the milk from their in
iuence, the dryer the milk-room the
better.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-03-17
A Midsummer Daydream.

II must be odd, when lying during
the heat Of the day in a darkened room,
TO become suddenly aware Of inverted
figures moving about on the opposite
wall" This recently happened in In.
dia 10 Mr.. Il. c. Buck images turned
out 20 he those of "the servants OF the
establishment, who we're walking about
in the performance Of their several
duties in the gravelled courtyard out
side the house" Each servant wac
easily recognized, and "the white col
or Of their clothes, the dark color o.
their skin, and the red color OF thei
sa.nes or turbans, were distinctly re
produced. In the Venetian shutter
we're three or four holes Of the size OF
shilling or half crown; and the pheno
menon was produced by the rays pass
ing through these,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-03-17
Our Lost Pet.

She went what time the birds Of passage sought.
The sunny south, our first and only love:
short and pleasant loan, who only brought
Joy TO our hearts awhile, then scared above
star dropped where nought star-like long may be-
Fair as a day-old howeret washed in dew,
With eyes so clear, we fancied we could see
Her soul-the Angel in her-shining through.
Departed hath she, like the first light snow,
Quick melted in the early winter sun;
Aud all Of her we evermore may know.
Is that a marvellous sight hath come and gone
For now left lonely as we are again.
Our own darling, gone beyond recall,
Is unto us a vision In the brain,
A dream within the heart and that is all.
Chambers Journal
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In in the Clouds.
BY DANIEL CONNOLLY.


Nv friend. your fancy flies too far,
The world of man lies round our feet,
Here its unceasing conflicts are
And here its varying forces meet,
PRAY. curb the thoughts that vaguely rise
Above lfeH real and stubborn facts
Give DER wild flights 70 distant skies,
And do some good by human acts
Utopian dreams are pleasant things,
No doubt but dreams are poor at best
We live not by imagining,
Nor thrive on vague and vain unrest
We must behold with eyes Of sense,
Our feet must tread in actual WAYS.
And ere we gain the recompense
IT'S ours to number toilsome days.
Grand theories of what might be,
Prodigious schemes for changing all,
Heavens order here can never free
Mankind from Natures bond and thrall
What Is, howe'er or whence II came,
is that which all must recognize;
What might be wears winsome name,
But brings no JOY 70 fearful eyes.
30, friend give DER your fancy flights,
Below the clouds you1l daily find
Much strife 'twixt struggling wrongs and rights
Much good to do TO aid your kind.
Pray, curb the dreamy thoughts that rise
Above lifeis real and stubborn facts
Forsake void realms and vacant skies,
And do some good by human acts.
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How 10 EA,er,ninarc Pigeon weed.

Pigeon weed, red root or Cromwell
(LithoSpcrDlum drUcnSe), often called
pigeon weed from the supposition that
migrating pigeons have dropped the
seeds in their fights, has of late years
nearly ruined innumerable wheat fields.
When the numbers are few they are
very readily destroyed by pulling them
up early in the season. Some careful
farmers, by a few days annual labor,
have succeeded in keeping their fields
neal : clear of them. But they often
increase two or three hundred-fo an.
nually; so that one plant will produce
say 200 the second year, 10000 the
third, 100000 the fourth, 1000. 900.
600 the fifth, and 50 on in this interest
ing ratio.
The hard and stony seed will remain
inert for years in the soil, and each sub
segment blowing brings it up TO the
surface, and produces successive crops.
After it has once obtained large posses
sion Of field il is folly 10 think of
wedding il by hand The only remedy
is 10 discontinue the culture Of wheat,
and resort for several years to fall and
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-03-17
A nancer's Toll.

How many people who go TO see the
great spectacular plays Of the day think
Of the unceasing toll, the hard, unin-
terrupted muscular labor which are the
lot Of the graceful ballet dancer? There
is no day laborer whose life is as labori-
ous as that of the dancer, for the skill
originally attained through long-con-
tinued and painful effort can be retain
ed only by wearisome, though perhaps
painless work. n this aspect of the
ballet girls life was more frequently
thought Of, there would be less of the
thoughtless popular assumption than
she is ordinarily immoral and dissolute.
The very conditions Of her profession
al life require her to preserve her health
unimpaired by dissipation and if hard
work is antidute 20 temptation, she is
certainly triply armed Indeed, the
art Of dancing has been employed by
certain ascetics as a safegard against
temptation, and il was with this view
that the dancing ceremonies of the
Shakers were devised by their founder,
Mother Ann Lee. The public dancer
certainly does not lead luxurious life,
aud rarely a dissolute one. Let us nj
least do her justice when we gaze on her
graceful and hard-taught gymnastics.