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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-01-27
ARE SEWING MACHINES HEALTHY.
A Medical Opinion.

The London Lancet says: "Some few
Years ago one of the London Hospital
physicians called attention to the fact which
had come under his notice repeatedly among
the out patients under his care, that the
use of the sewing machine was injurious 70
the health of those who habitually employ.
cd it for many hours together. The patients
suffered from nervous debility and other
symptoms reierable TO its employment, and
admitted that the constant eXertion which
necessarily occurred in using heavy double
actioned machines had an exciting and ex-
hausting effect upon them These state
ments were somewhat strongly denied at
the time, but we think that the almost uni.
versal adoption of hand-worked machines
in family life since that date shows that
there was pretty general feeling among
the profession, and probably the public, too,
that the exercise required for young ladies
i'll order 10 work the treadle machine was
not calculated TO improve their health
Facts which have recently come to our
knowledge show that the evil was no i'm
aginary ono, and that many workers at the
sewing machine or machines of similar
character do suffer very materially in their
hcslth. One of the heaviest forms of ma.
chimes is, we believe, that employed in
braiding,' and young women working in
this department have suffered very mate
rally, and have been compelled TO discon.
tinue the employment. But the distress is
not confined to one class of employees; il
seems to affect pretty generally all thos,
who use the feet alternately AS the motive
power Of their machinery. II the worker
themselves or their immediate supervisor
were 10 speak out. there would, we believe
be abundant evidence found that "maohln
ing >, Is most exhaustive employment, and
one which gradually breaks down the
health. When II is considered how great
the employment of sewing and allied mach
inery by female operatives is, and that many
city houses have dozens of them in their
establishments, it is obvious that the evil
we have referred TO il not slight one. We
would be the last TO interfere with the fe-
male labor market, always oyercrowded as il
Is with needy seamstresses, but it is not I'm.
reasonable TO ask whether, in the case OF
large establishments employing dozens OF
even hundreds Of machines, IL would not be
possible TO adopt steam as the motive power
and 10 retain the female hand only as the
guide of the machine thus set in motion. II
a steam engine can drive many spinning
machines or To- ms, one does not fancy there
would be much difficulty in giving the
necessary motion TO sewing or braiding una.
chimes, the work Of which is not one whit
more intricate.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-01-27

and as the feeding be called up again to his
mind. He will yet teach that plants "must
have loose soil y as strenuously as ever. He
will no doubt think that one or two in.
stances are exceptions; and yet on " one or
two facts or experiments, as they are gem
orally called, by not merely Zone or two
but often by one original observer, most OF
the current literature called vegetable
physiology is founded If zone or two
plants can grow magnificently in hard, solid
soil, but with an abundance of good fertiliz-
ing matter, without being loose to admit
the air. why may not thousand But
these one or two facts are not the only ones.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-01-27
Religion in Persia.

A remarkable movement has fOI
some time been going on in Persia,
which indicates that even that country
is not free from religious tumult like
that which has been agitating SO much
of the more civilized world. Trouble of
no ordinary kind has long been existing
between the Grand Vizier and the Moo
las, but no explanation could for long
time be attained. The Times of India
now undertakes 20 say all that is due
to the origin Of a new creed, which
seems likely to produce a momentous
change in the religious future of the
East. This new faith, known by the
name of the Zazdani,n has secretly
but rapidly spread throughout the Per.
sian Kingdom. This creed supports
doctrines vastly contrary to the Mos
lem faith. The Zezdaines do not be
lieve IN any prophet. They only wor
ship the Almighty. There are no relg.
ious ceremonies stipulated for the new
religion. The principal doctrines are
praise of the Supreme Being. truth,
aud virtue. The new faith has spread
so far its Influence that several savans,
noblemen, aud even Princes have
joined it. Vow it appears that the
present Sabre Ann, or Grand Vizier, is
also an advocate of the new religions
fact Of which the big Nicolas and
priests Of Persia appear to Toe cogni-
zant 1t need hardly be said that
these priests aud Kazees are afraid OF
Of the consequences OF the spread OF
this religion, which BODIES destruction
to the Moslcm faith and practice.
They now watch with eager ewes the
turn high officials might wish to take.
Ii was the Sabre Ann who prevailed
upon the Shah to visit Europe. The
natural deduction from this was that
the Nlzier had, or for the matter OF
that may have still, great influence
on the mind of the Shah. The priests
and Kuzees see that were this influence
to be allowed to continue, the Shell
may IN time be induced himself 20 en-
brace the new faith Why, then, the
surest way 10 avoid the difficulty was
to remove the Sabre Ann and it is
known how far they succeeded.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-01-27
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

Keeping Poultry 10 Enrich Land.
Col. Waring, in his Elements of Agricul.
ture," says:
/" Poultry dung is nearly equal in value to
Peruvian guano, except that it contains
more water. If granted that hen will
consume of the different kinds of grain,
meat and vegetables during a year the
equivalent of two bushels corn, which
weigh 1870 pounds, then it is certainly low
enough to place the excrement, the result of
the digestion of these two bushels, as
equivalent to fifteen pounds of guano. As
the manure from loo fowls during year
would amount to 1900 lounds of guano.
taking the above supposition as at least
safe, and as 300 pounds is ordinarily suffi.
cient for an acre of corn, it will be seen that
the manure from 800 fowls will make com
post enough for five acres.
The experiment has been tried by the
writer of applying to one acre of corn in
the hill the manure of twenty hens one
year mixed with swamp muck in the pro-
portion of one part hen manure and three
parts muck and the result was a better
crop than upon an adjoining acre enriched,
for the sake of experiment, with good fair
ordinary dressing Of stable manure.
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The English Turf--.The Winning
Owners.
From the Pail Mall Gazette.

From the Pail Mall Gazette.
M. Lefevre has won larger amount
OF money during the past season than
any other owner of race horses. tie is
credited with 600, Sl3, which is about
60. 600 more than has been secured by
Mr.. Merry, who stands second on tho
list, chiefly by the aid OF Doncaster ana
Marie Stuart, through whose instru'
mentality he won the Derby, the oaks,
and the st. Leger. Ii may, however,
be questioned whether Nj. Lelevre's
winnings will cover one fourth OF the
cost of his enormous training establish
ment; and it is quite certain that Mr.
Merry, whose stud is much smaller, has
achieved far more substantial tri-
umph.
SO, too, Mr.. Savile, with scarcely a
dozen horses in training, need not
complain of fortunes favors; for,
though Kaiser could only obtain a
place in the great events OF the year,
and Cremone broke down at critical
moment, raised his winning score TO
fl2, 795, which is half OF what NJ.
Lefevre obtained with ten times as
many horses in bis stables.
The owner known as Mr.. Fisher,
stands fourth on the list by the aid of
Newry, winner of the Middle Park
and Napoleon III, while next to him,
close together, come Mr. Stirling Craw-
ford an Lord Falmouth. The former
gentleman has Gang Forward chiefly
to thank for this relatively favorable
position, and il the son of StockweH
had not gone amiss just when he did,
MIR. Crawford might have Jared even
better.
Lord Falmouth, disappointed with
Paladin, was rewarded by Cecilla's
unexpected victory in the One Thou
sand Guineas, and Mr. Bowes, who al
WAYS has some useful horse IN training,
holds a good place with Field Marshal
and Chivalrous to carry his colors.
/ Lord Lonsdale would have done bad
/ " but for King Lud, who earned three
fourths of the 81, 462 placed to his
credit, while Mr.. Brayley and Mr.. Jo-
seph Dawson own Mornington and
Prince Charley 20 account Tor their
pos ition in the first dozen.
Baron Rothschild, who stood so far
above all his rivals III the Favonlus
year, has not won tenth Of the sum
which his horses earned during that
season; aud it is worthy of notice that
MIR. Houldsworth, who is ready to give
any price for promising yearling, has
not been credited with d sum sufficient
TO pay for the hay and corn which his
/ horses will have consumed.
The Midlothian stable, which once
carried all before il, ear only lay claim
to e2,3S0 which is trihe more than
Mr.. Chaplin, now tie owner Of few
Indifferent selling platers, has opposite
I 10 his name.
Mr. George Payne, Lord Howth,
Lord Wilton, and Prince Batthyany
are still lower in the scale, as their
respective totals vary from el,S0O TO
q, 900 but Capt. Machell, triliing as
is the sum to which lie is nominally
entitled, has less reason TO complain,
for few of the horses trained under his
supervision actually belong to him
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-01-27
Mutton rs Fond.

The time is not far distant when mutton
must become one of the important elements
of food in the West. New countries infest-
ed with wild animals are not we'll adapted
TO the keeping of such timid and defense
less animals.as sheep, and undoubtedly this
is one of the reasons that in our prairie re
gions. infested as they used to be with
wolves, the keeping OF sheep has, with so
many, grown into disf9vor. Every farmer
should keep at least enough sheep to supply
his family with a carcass of mutton once in
a while i'll the summer.
Tho time to start the flock is in the fall.
A ten or twelve-year old boy will take care
of flock Of twenty or thirty sheep, with a
l tile instruction and assistance.
II is a fact that the average American far
mer, and, indeed the average American citi-
zen, has not yet acquired taste for mutton
Indeed it is not strange that half.fatted
Merinos are not relished. The remedy is
the breeding of grade Leicesters, South.
down and other mutton sheep. The taste
for mutton will soon develop itself.
There is no more nutritious summer
meat, not even excepting beef and beef is
difficult TO be procured fresh in summer, on
the farm, except near villages. Besides this
viz iCt'hA buiShNi9 pms dtb noN anyways
oonsolatory to the farmers pocket 1t is a
somewhat Singular fact that the best quail
ty of mutton commands a higher average
price in our city markets III an other meats.
II really ought TO be produced cheaper than
beef, since with sheep both the carcass and
fleece pays. The reason is that the mutton
breeds Of sheep are not sufficiently attended
to, and hence the scarcity of eally good
mutton, and also the high price Of we'll
bred and well-fattened sheep. We there.
fore advise the keeping more lon wool.
ed sheep. Our farmers eat too much pork,
which, however good diet it may be in
winter, for lumbermen and other outdoor
workers. is not the food ior health in sum.
mer. Ii there be lingering prejudice re.
naming against mutton, try nice roast
of Southdown and overcome it Perhaps
you may in time even be able TO worry
down choice morse from the carcass of the
Merino. At all events educate yourself 10
the raising and eating of mutton.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-01-27
Cooking Meats.

From the Boston Journal OF Chemistry
we clip the following:
The most economical way OF using meat
is TO cook it in hot water, and serve IT mp IN
its own gravy. If it is boiled for preparing
soup, the water should not be too quickly
raised TO the boiling point, since this tends
to coagulate the albuminous portions, aud
10 prevent the juices from passing into TIE
water. The meat should be chopped or cut
as fine as possible, and stepped for some time
in cold water, which should then be gradu'
ally heated up to temperature not exceed
ing 100 degrees Fahrenheit, or % degrees be-
low its boiling-point. AT the last moment
the soup may be allowed to reach the boil
| ing point. The bones should be crushed OF
broken up into small pieces, and boiled, OF
rather simmered. for ei3 hit or ten hours, IL
order thoroughly to extract the nutritivC
matter.
| II we wish to cook meat in such way as
| TO preserve the maximum of nutriment in
| the most dgestible form, we should place il
in large pieces in boiling water and keep il
there for five minutes. The hi n tempera.
ture coagulates the albumeu at the surface
of the meat, stops up its pores, and thus
prevents The juices from escaping After
this boiling for about five minutes, add cold
water TO reduce the heat to about 1907 H.,
and keep it at that temperature till the meat
is sufficiently cooked. II will then be found
to be tender, juicy, savory and nutritious.
Sailed meat, intended TO be eaten cold,
should be allowed TO cool in the water in
which il has been boiled.
In roasting meat, as in boiling it, the
first object should be to coagulate the albu.
men at the surface, in order to prevent the
escape Of juices The meat should be at
first placed close to the fire, kept there for
ten or fifteen minutes, and then withdrawn
to a greater distance from the heat If cook
ed in the oven of a stove or range, the oven
should be very warm when the meat is first
put into it, kept at the same heat for a short
time, then cooled down partially (by OPEN
ing the door or checking the fire. and the
roasting should then be allowed 70 20 on
very slowly, 50 that the inner parts may be
thoroughly done. The loss of weight tnost.
water and fat is nearly one-third more
In roasting than in boiling.
Roast meat has the richer flavor, because
certain aromatic principles are developed by
this mode of cooking. The oecasional
dredging of -four over the surface Of the
meat helps to stop up the pores and pre-.
vents the, escape Of the fat. Roasted meat
is not SO well suited for invalids and dys-
peptics as boiled meat, since it is apt to con-
tain acrid substances formed ont of the
highly heated fat. Broiling is a species of
roasting, but it ordinarily produces a more
digestible food for the dyspeptic Frying is
the worst possible mode of cooking meat,
especially for persons whose digestive pow
ers are not vigorous, as it almost invariably
develops very acid substance known as
eroseiae and sundry fatty acids that are
nearly az unwho1esome
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-01-27
Yield Of Precious Metals.

California papers publish a statement
by Wells, Fargo g. Go. IS Express Of the
precious metals produced in 1873 in
the gold aud silver bearing districts
west ol the Missouri RIVER showing
that the total amount is so. 25s, COB,
an increase of more than $4,000, 900
over 1872 Arizona, California, Bit.
ish Columbia, Oregon, Washington,
Idaho, aud Montana decrease. Nevada,
Utah and Colorado increase. The in
crease IN Nevada alone Is nearly SO.
100000, the iotal products of which
about equals all The others. The re-.
ports ioi Arizona and The Western
Mexican cost are incomplete, as the
bullion produced there rs transported
by other means. The figures are as
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-01-27
Cnn pnraIYsls be Cured I

paig,ysis, according TO an English
wfit,r is rare, much that passes for
paralysis being durable, especially
thloi gh the imagination. The opin.
ION o. supported by the statements OF
onf of the best medical men in Paris,
Who ia 1919 was a physician in the
crea. hospital there, the Hotel Dieu
In that year this no pltal was particu-
lailv famous for the cures effected in
il. aud many were the hypochOndliacs
whose imaginatlous sent them home
well after stay in its wards. One odd
case was that OF a young girl IN the
department OF the Ain, whom sudden
fright had rendered dumb and paralyz-
"a. Local physicians could do nothing
for her, aud at last asserted that only
the doctors Of the Hotel Dieu could
cure her. Firmly believing this her
self, the girl was sent TO Paris and ad.
mtted e. the hospital, whore the bur
yied physician merely examined Der as
a matter of form, promising TO return
on The next day. When he cana he
heard 10 hia establishment that the pa.
tient Nae inclined 20 speak He spoke
10 her. aud she ans wcfcd instantly that
sbe thought that she could walk with a
"a little help, and she d. walk twice
around the ward very easily. The next
week she returned 10 her native village
as well ms ever. " / knew, she cried.
" that the Hotel Dicu would cure
me I" 10 would be- hard 10 end more
striking instance Of Che mysterious
power Of The imagination and Of strong
belief upon the physical structure.
THE new French Minister 70 the
United States, jean Francois Charles
Blrthuld,, has had long diplomatic
career. he is lawyer 10y profession,
bnt has served as translator IN the DE.
partment of Foreign Anlirs, Secretary
IL the Legation to Berlin, special
agent to Turin, Vienna and Mexico,
and also ~ Secretary 90 the French
Embassy ~ st. Petersburg lie ha'
been jealous Bonapartist, but isnow
we presume, good enough Republican
forMacMahons purposes.
TIK reaidents OF "Hog Neck, Lon
Island, are anxious 20 re-christen !
tfpu. Vfaw
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Tins Revenge.

"Iittle Tim was the name ofhim
OF whom have to tell,
And he abode on tIe western road
In the busy town OF L..
As the trains went down through the III
town,
lie peddied through the cars:
His stock in trade Iced lemonade.
Cake, peanuts, aud cigars.
Conductor Dunn was the only one
Who'd not this trade allow,
And 20 'twiXt him aud Little Tim
There always was row.
AT last one day, they had a fray,
And Timothy declared
He'd " fix old Dunn as sure's gun,'n
III both their lives were spared.
So off he went, with this intent,
And sold his stock in trade;
HIS earnings hard he spent Tor lard
And started for the grade"
This place, you know, is where trains go
Upon the steep hillside,
And wherc--With lard--it isn't hard
IL get up quite slidC,)
He took stick and spread it thick,
Remarking, with a smile,
"Therell be some iun when Mr.. Dunn
Commences to strike lie ="
He lay in wait; The train was late
And came a putting hard.
With heavy load, right up the road
To where he'd spread the lard.
They tried in vain that fated train
Gould not ascend the grade
The wheels would spin, with horrid din,
Yet no advance was made.
Then Little Tim twas bold in him
Cried out IN accents shrlll,
Remember me, Conductor d.,
When you get mp that hill"
MORAL.
Success in trade Is up grade
That we should all ascend
And with a will help Mp bill
Our felloW-man and lriend.
When "on the road don't incommode
The So eker after pelf,
Or, ten to one like Mr.. Dunn
You won't get up yourself.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-01-27
A Poem by a TruIy Great Wan.

The latest case Of cruelty 10 editors is
the reproduction, by a Louisville paper.
of the remains OF poem addressed
ITO the Young Girl Maria. hy Murat
Halstead, Of the Cincinnati CONNER
cial, which it sarcastically calls "ihe
sweet, undying echoes of the gifted
Porkopolitons harp" As the verses
we're written in 1890, their gush Is par.
donable, bat not 80 the malcvOltnce
which could reproduce AZ this late day
zach lines as these. which the author
aud the public had gladly allowed 10
pass into oblivion:
Come tu these adDuug arms.
Bringing 40 tbs matchless ch1rms
Bringing ail with Bliss and yJw--
Bungingall o. MO tbou
Heroes ~ J hu Nm -th ESQ,
Ihuo c-ttcmcd and Talented sire.
Dmplod darling, sweet Maria
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-01-27

A MAN in Evansville Ind, recently
had the pleasure OF attending the we'd
ding Of his own parents. They had
be divorced thirty years bat the
nr.nher Of times each had been married
IN the interval is not stated,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-01-27
Cosl Of In,ing the reIerrapIls.

In 1868 il was estimated that the
cost Of buying up the telegraphs in
Great Britain and putting them under
government control would not exceed
c5, 900, 600. The business has not yet
been fully consummated, but the cost
If the lines so far purchased was as
follows: Electric and International,
60, 93s 32G British and Irish Magnetic,
81, 2l3, $50 Renters Telegraph Com.
pany, for the Norderney cable, c72G,
600 United Kingdom Company,
ej2G, 26l Universal Private Company,
fl2l, l2l Jersey and Guernsey Com
pany, e5L3j0; Isle Of Man Company,
GIG, 1876 Economic Company, fl5, 600;
other smaller undertakings, fli0,3ll;
compensation allowances % redundant
officers OF telegraph companies (yoicd
by ParlamenD, 81, 300, 900 total paid
70 telegraph companies, f6,077, 3iL
Besides this, about e1,000, 900 has been
paid 10 railroad companies, for lines
belonging 20 them.
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A Golden Dream.

1t is limited in army circles in Eng
land that the expedition to be sent
ont TO Ashantee wall in all probability
return laden with loot'-with treas
ures of gold plundered from the UNI
lucky savages who have called down
upon their devoted heads the wrath Of
the British lion. Ali the information
the English have about these rumorcd
treasures seem to be gathered from the
report of an agent sent 10 Coomassie
in 1917 as an envoy, who gave glowing
reports Of bracelets SO heavy that the
laden arms of the chiefs had to be sup
ported by attendant pages of gold and
silver canes in every direction Of
chairs inlaid with ivory and gold Of
death dealing muskets adorned with
rims of gold: of iull dress costumes
and breast plates of solid gold, &c
These golden accounts OF the agent are
now eagerly accepted by the English
soldiers and sailors who are engaged in
the Ashanteo expedition. Thus the
trinkets of the barbarian are coveted
by those who pretend to be civilized,
and who thus show that they have the
same gross instincts Of the savages.
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A YouNG man at Austin, New, tho
other day made @ serious mistake. He
bought handsome dress pattern for
his vile aud pair of red flannel
drawers for himself lie delivered the
wrong bundle 10 the young lady. Re.
suit "A broken head aud 4 ruined fry
inc nan
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SIR MOSES MoNTEFloBE, the great
Jewish banker was negotiating a iua'
on the Bourse, when q small lot 81 cap.
italists approached him. ooh, dear,
cried one, che is going TO swallow US
ALL "No, my dear sir, = said SIR
Moses with caustic smile, "my re-
ligion forbids that.
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THr reaidents Of "Hog Neck, - Long
Island, are anxious % re-christen il
EBAY View"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-01-27

"Iittle Tim was the name of him
OF whom l have to tell,
And he abode on the western road
In the busy town % L..