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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-03-24
An Editor who is Deaf,

We thought every body in the State
knew that we are deaf, but once in a
while we find one is not aware of the
fact A female book-peddler came to
the office the other day She wished
to dispose of book. She was alone
in the world, and had no one to whom
she could turn for sympathy or assist
ance hence we should buy her book.
She was unmarried and had no manly
heart into which she could pour her
sufferings, therefore we ought to invest
in her book. She had received liberal
education, and could talk French like a
native we could not in consequence,
pay her less than two dollars fora book
We had listened attentively and here
broke in with "What did you say
We're deaf" She started in q loud
voice and went through her rigmarole.
When she had finished we went and got
a roll of paper, and made it into a
speaking-trumpet, placed one end to
our ear, and told her to proceed. She
nearly broke blood vessel in her effort
to make herself heard. She com
menced am alone III this world"
" 1t doesn't make the slightest differ
ence to us. We are a husband and
father. BigaLy is not allowed in this
State. We arenot eligible TO proposals. y
" Oh, what fool the man is, she said
in a low tone then at the top of hel
voice, Il don't want to marry you; ]
want to sell-a-b-o-o-k. This last sen.
tence was howled. "We don't want q
cook" we remarked blandly "oul
wife does the cooking, and she wouldn't
allow as good-looking woman as you
to stay in the house five minutes. She
looked at us in despair. Gathering hel
robes about her, giving us glance OF
contempt, she exclaimed 81 do believe
that if a 300-pounder were let off along
side that deaf fools head he'd think
somebody was knocking at the door. =
You should have heard her slam the
door when she went out. We heard
that.-Sdntd Clara (Cdl) Echo.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-03-24
Grow Shooting in Delaware.

A novel amusement, which is at pres
ent INDUCED in To n great extent in the
upper part of Delaware, is crow-shoot-
ing as "A substitute for pigeon matches.
The rules and customs are the same in
either case The substitute was made,
out of sort of humanitarian notion
among the people, as well as TO benefit
pecuniarily residents about Reedy
Island in the Delaware, from whence
crows are taken. This spot is the favor.
lite roosting-ground of these birds, and
towards nightfall they congregate there
by thousands. When darkness over
spreads the island, the catchers enter
among the low trees with bags, and
capture any desired number, simply
plucking them from the limbs like 80
much fruit The birds cannot fly in the
darkness, and even il shaken from their
roosts, they cling TO the first object that
comes within reach IL is said that a
man standing beneath the tree from
which the birds are shaken, with out
stretched arms, will soon be covered
with them.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-03-24
About SpOnges.

The fine delicate sponges which we
see in the drug stores chiefly come from
Smyrna. When removed from their
ocean home they are first soaked in di-
luted muriatic acid, which disposes of
the limey and silicious incorporating
their substance after which they are
bleached and beaten. The human
sponge bears striking resemblance to
his ocean brother. Some of the finest
specimens have been recently discover
ed in Ohio, Indiana, and adjoining
States. Large quantities of diluted
alcoholic has been invariably found per-
vading systems, and q numbered fishers
of men have been recently engaged in
bleaching them into a proper state OF
sobriety and Wilderness. One peculiar
ty of the human sponge, IN which he
differs from tho ocean porifiera, is that
he is always dry He is sucker by
nature, and will absorb more unadul-
terated liquid than any Smyrna sponge
ever discovered. He is seldom beaten
like his softer and more amicable name
sake, simply because he is a dead
beat of the first water. The more we
investigate the vegetable and animal
Kingdoms the more truly wonderful
does the resemblance between the mem
bers of each family become.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-03-24

enough. These will remain soft for a
long time. Or, put some hot water in
frying pan; break in the eggs; let it
set over the fire, without boiling, until
they are done; then serve ON toast.
FROZEN EGGs.-It often happens that
eggs will get frozen so as to crack the
shells in severe weather, and are of
course unfit to sell; but if they are kept
frozen until needed for use, and then
brought into warm room and boiling
water poured over them, then left till
cool, the egg will be uninjured, and will
beat as nicely as if it had not been
chilled, and is just as good for any use
After being once thawed, it must be
used Immediately; if allowed to stand a
day or two, it will not be fresh or nice.
BEAN PoRRIDaE.- Boil fresh beef
bone q think salt beef would answer If
sufficiently freshere ed, though / never
tried it, in large quantity of water,
and use the meat for anything you
choose. Let the liquor become cool,
and remove all the grease. Boil tea
cupful of beans in three quarts of this
liquor until thoroughly soft and iii
pieces; add little rice, the necessary
amount of salt, and just before taking
from the stove, little thickening of
some kind of meal. We use it about
the thickness of gravies or Cruel, and
add little milk when we eat it.
LEMON JELLY CAKE. One good cup
of butter; cups of sugar; scant cup
of milk half a teaspoonful of baking
powder; 8 eggs, leaving out the whites
of one 81 cups of flour. Flavor with
the grated rind of one large lemon.
Bake in jelly-cake pans.
KID GLOVES. Twelve hundred shades
are counted on importers glove lists /;
hence it is safe to conclude that
"matching will remain in fashion,
and gloves, bonnet and dress will be
monotone. Silver gray and silver drabs
are each shown in a half hundred shades,
as these are to be leading colors for
spring costumes. After the silver tints
there are grays with added hues, such
as the blue-gray of slate-color, green
gray or mignonette, black or ink-gray,
and the blue-black gloves that have
greyish tones. With dressy black
toiletts the choice in gloves iesbetween
the various bluffs, silvery drab, pearl
or lavender, the new Isabella buff has
more lemon-color thanits kindred tints;
salmon and tea-rose are still in favor
and the new drab gloves are of the
faintest tints just off white, growing
darker in shades so nicely graded that
they are only perceptible when scores
of boxes are displayed at once. Ladies
in mourning are wearing invisible pur-
pie gloves, instead of the black gloves
that are so apt to crack. Long-wristed
gloves fastened by three buttons con-
tinue in favor for all except full-dress
occasions, when still longer gloves,
with four or six buttons, are used.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-03-24
Making IIOt-Beds.

BY the time this reaches our readers
it will be time to begin to make hot.
beds. l see in many of the directions
given, it is recommended to use about
one-third of straw or leaves, to two.
thirds of stable manure. This is vel
with the proviso that you will be sure
to get your beds sufficiently deep.
would not risk bed made in that way
unless the manure was ut least two feet
deep, and it ought to be more than that
say 80 inches. Then you are all right
and L believe the heat will continue
longer in such a bed than in one made
simply from stable manure, though il
will not be as great.
A bed may be made with pure, fresh
stable manure, and, if it is well made,
if there is only IL inches of manure, il
will throw off sufficient heat to start al.
most any seeds, though it will not be
AZ lasting as is desirable
The indications are that we shall have
an early spring. j hope we shall.
should like to see an early spring and a
favorable season, for intend to try very
hard 10 raise succession of larger crops
than / have ever yet raised.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-03-24

ments may be kept dry and wholesome.
The floor should be tight, on little
decline, and kept Uttered with good alb
sorbents. In the construction of pens
there is n general fault in the way of
having them too low between joists,
most of them being not over five feet,
when there should be not less than
seven, so that man can stand erect
in them. We have seen expensive pens
having this fault, and the swine therein
absolutely neglected on account of the
back-aching work of cleaning the differ
ent sections out.
Every sty should have good yard at
one side, so that the swine may get at
the earth, but they should not be al
lowed to run therein at will, nor should
the cleanings of the pen be thrown into
he yard TO be mixed with the soil by
he trampling and roofing of the hogs,
for it is one of the most valuable
manures that can be produced upon a
stock farm.
The man who makes most money
from pork raising is the man who not
only is careful in the selection of breeds,
but particularly careful to have good
commodious pens and give the swine all
the attention required to make them
grow and lay ON the fat rapidly. When
we see fattening hogs in rail pens with
the earth for floor and the sky for a
roof, our opinion is at once formed as
to the chances of that farmer to pros
per, and they are decidedly .unfayorable.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-03-24
Mysterious Railway Tragedy.

The official Vienna Gazette reports a
mysterious occurrence which took place
between Lembcrg and Podwoloczyska
on March 9th AZ Lemberg, two Eng.
lishmen and a Russian Of the name OF
Maiorolowicz we're seen 30 enter the
same compartment in a first-class rail
way carriage. Az Krasne, the two
Englishmen left the train. Az the latter
station, Maiorolowicz was discovered
10 be dead, though without marks OF
violence about his body. Fifty thousand
roubles in assignats and few napoleons
in gold were found upon him. Suspicion
at once fastened upon his English
fellow travellers, who we're arrested.
The case awaits criminal trial.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-03-24
Courtesy at Home.

No pleasanter sight is there than a
family of young folks who are quick to
perform little acts of attention toward
their elders. The placing of a big arm
chair in warm place for mamma, run
ming for a footstool for aunty, hunting
papa's spectacles, and scores of little
deeds show unsurpassed and loving
hearts. But If mamma never returns a
smiling thank you, dear" if papa's
4" just what | was wanting, Susie, :"
does not indicate that the little atten-
ton is appreciated, the children soon
drop the habit.
Little people are initiative creatures
and quickly catch the spirit surround
ing them. So if, when the mothers
spool of cotton rolls from her lap, the
father stoops to pick it up, bright eyes
will see the act and quick minds make
note of it. BY example, a thousand
times more than by precept, can chill
dren be taught to speak kindly to each
other, to acknowledge favors, to be gen
tie and unselfish, to be thoughtful and
considerate of the comfort of the fami-
ly. The boys, with inward pride of
their fathers courteous demeanor, will
be chivalrous and helpful to their young
sisters the girls initiating their moth
er, will be gentle and patient, when big
brothers are noisy and needless.
In the home where true courtesy pre-
walls it seems to meet you on every
Threshold. You feel the kindly well
come on entering. No angry voices are
heard up stairs. No sullen children
are sent from the room. No peremp-
tory orders are given to cover the de-
linquencies of housekeeping servants.
A delightful atmosphere pervades the
house-unmistakable yet indescribable.
-Hdrper'S Bdzar.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-03-24

GRAHAM BREAD WITH YEAST. One
quart warm water, one teacup good yeast,
one tablespoonful molasses, one tea
spoonful salt, Graham flour enough to
make batter as stiff ~ it can bes tirred,
conveniently, with spoon. II the men
folks forget 10 have bag Of wheat
ground into Graham when they go 10
mill, you can use the coarse part Of the
flour, sometimes called the canaille, 10y
putting in small proportion Of fine
flour, aud ii will make a nice loaf of
brown bread. country Gentleman
EGds PoAcHED IN BALbs.-Put three
pints of boiling water into stew pan ;
set il on hot stove of Goals; stir the
water with a stick until il runs rapidly
around, then having broken an egg into
cup-taking care not 10 break the yolk
drop il into the whirling water, con-
time 10 stir il until the egg is cooked
then take it into e. dish with n skinner,
and set it over a pot Of boiling water
boil one at a time until you have
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-03-24
Origin of the Cereals.

1t is matter of interest, says the
Germantown Telegraph, that most of
our cultivated grains can not be traced
to their origin. The oat has been
found wild, and thoroughly indigenous,
though not in as perfect a condition for
agricultural uses as the forms we grow,
still there is no doubt that the cultivat-
ed and wild forms are the same. OF
wheat no form has ever been found that
any one could say was the parent of our
kind and botanists believe that either
wheat has so widely diverged from the
wild original that the relationship can
not now be detected, or that the wild
original has entirely DISAPPEARED from
the earths surface. The last position
is the generally accepted one; though a
quarter of century or more ago a
French gentleman tried a series of ex-
periments by which he concluded he
had raised wheat from wild grass of
that country, by successive selections
through several generations. These
observations, however, do not seem to
have carried weight with them, as we
see no reference made to them by those
eminent men who have been recently
discussing the question.
Our Indian corn seems to be more of
mystery than any of the others, for
no one has ventured an opinion that we
know, as to whether it is an improved
race from some wild thing now lost, or
the original wild plant itself, destroyed
by nature, though preserved by man.
1t was found by our old world emf
grants when they first landed here, in
cultivation by the natives, but nowhere
wild. This was especially the case
with the Indians of Central America
but even the northern Indians, or at
least the squaws grew corn. The Win
nebagoes and other tribes about Lake
Michigan made corn culture an especial
feature, using shells in the place of
spades and hoes, and to this day the
remains of their "corn-cellers (holes
in sandy ground) and corn-hills are
among the most interesting of their re-
mains. Corn is found in China now ;
but whether il was known there before
the intercourse of Europeans with them
does not appear conclusive, as the evil
dence conflicts but IL would be inter
esting 10 know this for certain. 1t
would hot only throw light on the ma
tive country of the Indian corn, but
perhaps help those who are studdving
Indian antiquities also.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-03-24
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
Food for Poultry.

Cayenne pepper, mustard or ginger,
can with great benefit be added to the
food of fowls, to increase their vigor
and stimulate egg producing.
This apparently artificial diet will be
seen to be natural if we remember that
birds of the gallinaceous species get
access to very many highly spiced Der
ries and buds, articles that give the
= game flavor" to their flesh. The or
binary food of the domestic fowls is
not, indeed, without such addition, as
there is more or less of an aromatic
principle in wheat, Indian corn and all
other grains. Nevertheless, it is not
sufficient in quantity to supply the
place of the stronger spice, taste for
which is part of fowls inherited con-
stitution. A moderate quantity of
cayenne, etc, added to the ground
grain is always productive of health and
thrift in poultry.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-03-24

sticklers for wine despise-viz. the
man who gets drunk on bad liquor, and
the man who drinks no liquor at all.
Indeed, they regard the latter with d
hatred or contempt which they do not
feel for the pooI drunkard. The abso-
lutte animosity with which many men in
society regard one WHO'S conscientious
ly opposed to wine-drinking, could
only spring from delusion in regard
to the real nature of their own habits.
The sensitiveness of these people ON
this subject, however, shows that they
suspect the delusion of which they are
the victims. They claim to be on the
side of temperance. They deprecate
drunkenness, and really don't see what
is TO be done about it, They wish that
men would be more rational in their
enjoyment of the good things of this
world, etc etc. but their eyes seem
blinded to the fact that they stand in
the way of all reform. The horrible
drunkenness of the larger cities of
Great Britain, with which no hell that
America holds can compare for a mo-
ment, can never be reformed until the
drinking habits of the English clergy
and the English gentry are reformed.
With eleven-twelfths of the British
clergy wine-drinkers, and water-drink-
ers tabooed in society, and social
drinking the fashion in all the high life
of the realm, the workman will stand
by his gin, brutality will reign in its
own chosen centers undisturbed, and
those centers will increasingly become
what TO frightfnl extent, they already
are fostering sores upon the bod,
social, and stenches i'll the nostrils o
| the world.
The habits, neither of Great Britain
nor America, will be improved unit
men of influence in every walk of Inf
are willing to dispense with their drink
ing customs. Hundreds of thousand
of English-speaking men go to drunk
ards grave every year. There
nothing in sanitary consideration q
as they relate TO the moderte
drinker, aud surely nothing i'll th
pleasures of the moderate drinker,
mitigate this curse. 1t is all a delusior
The water-drinker is the healthy mar
and the happy man. Spirits, wine
beer, alcoholic beverages of all sort
are a burden and bane, and there
no place where good man can stan
unshadowed by fatal delusion, excep
upon the safe ground of total absti
hence. Until the ground is taken, an,
held, 10y good men everywhere, ther
can be misrepresentation. The wine
drinkers of England and America hav
the whisky-drinkers in their keeping
What do they propose to do with them
-ScriJncr's for March.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-03-24

Use board three feet long and six
inches wide. Near one end, and one
half inch from one edge, insert three or
more stout wires, very sharp, an inch
apart and six inches long ON the other
edge of the board, place another row of
wires, similar to the first Use Gem
mon figure four, and in setting the trap
place it so both rows of wires will stick
across the molet path when sprung.
Press down the path where the end OF
the pointer rests, and the mole in pas
sing, in either direction, lifts the dirt
and pointer, and is pierced by the de
scending wires. Place weight on the
board, and drive a stake on each side,
so it will fall true, and with sufficient
force.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-03-24
A Railroad Race.

As the Erie Railroad and the Dele
ware, Lackawanna and Western, from
Great Bend TO Bringhamton, distance
fourteen miles, run along the Susque-
hanna River on opposite sides within
plain view of each other, admirable
opportunity for trial of speed between
two rival roads is afforded, and not nm
frequently improved. Last week one
of these exciting races transpired, TN,
contestants being the fast passenger
trains which leave BinghamtOn, East
ward bound, about one o'clock in the
afternoon. When within two miles Of
Great Bend, the ID. t. a w. II. r. Train
had gained a slight advantage, being a
length ahead. With hands on the throt-
ties the engineers stood mt their posts,
each hastily glancing over the river at
his opponent, and alternately letting
more steam as one gained speed upon
the other. Thus they whirled along ut
a fearful rate, the driving wheels spin
ming like top, while amid the flying
clouds OF smoke and dust and the I'M
broken rattle Of the cars, the passen-
gers Of each train, inspired with spirit
of rivalry, waved their handkcrchiefs
and shouted over the river in tones Of
defiance. Making the trip more quick
~ than ever before known 81 either
road, they reached the Bend without a
decisive victory for either. -MontTosc
Republican.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-03-24

Farmers, in a great majority of cases.
have less pride in what they do fol
swine than any other labor upod the
premises. First-class barns for horses
and cattle, convenient sheds etc, for
heep, are numerous, but it is a rarity
see a nice, airy, and really convenient
y ig-sty. The reason of this is doubtless
ttributable to the general idea that a
og is a filthy animal and not iii 10 &C.
upy a decent place; but the fact is,
wine are made more filthy than it il
heir nature to be by being confined in
unwholesome and uncleaned pens.
A pen can be easily constructed Sc
at the floors Of the difleren. depart.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-03-24
Following Footsteps.

Dewy droops the green sweet-brier,
Dewy hangs the rose,
As I follow where her footstep,
Lightly printed, goes.
Sun, that eometh up to meet me,
Was there aught to see
Down beneath the gray horizon
Half so fair as she2
Down the path she careless wandered.
Where the lilies dropped.
Here her garment brushed the dew of
As she, gathering, stopped.
Here she turned and paused, uncertain
All, | hear it now!-
Over stones the full brook singing
Family, far below
Leading on 10 greet the roses
Run the footsteps free;
Red, and white, and pink she gathered
Dropping one for mel
Then 10 where the honeysuckle
Climbs TO reach the air
No, she stopped and left il climbing,
Turning otherwhere.
Whore then2 Oh, adown this pathway,
Where her heliotrope
Makes the air with perfume heavy,
Purpling all the slope
Sun, that maketh shadows shorter
As follow still,
Where were you at early dawning
When she climbed the hill?
Shall she climb to wait your coming,
She, my own, my sweet,
When her gracious presence only
Makes your day complete?
Here she left her blossoms lying,
In hawthorn's care,
And the dewy steps go springing
Up the rocks so bare.
Higher, higher, ever leading,
Follow / and Hope
Sunny hair lit up with sunshine,
All, my heliotrope
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-03-24
Looking Ahead.

A few days since a buxOm woman
brought 10 the register Of willis a will
made by her husband, and which she
desired 10 file for probate "When did
lac dep inquired the sympathetic
clerk to whom the document was hand.
ed. "Why, bless You" responded tho
woman, "ho amt dead yet, but he gave
me that pointing 10 the Will, and Ii,
drinks a quart Of liquor every day, and
I guess, continued she, with n laugh
"hell play out in about three months.
The officer had no more 10 say, AN,
quietly filed away the will