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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1878-05-30
FALLS WISCONSIN, THURSDAY MAY 30 1878

THE interest in European affairs,
which, by reason of the unsatisfactory
and contradictory reports that have
been telegraphed across the Atlantic
from day to day, has almost ceased to
exist, will no doubt be revived ere
long. While the session of the Peace
Congress seems assured; while the
governments of Europe declare through
their organs that no further bloodshed
is to take place; while Count Schoou-
valoff carries the olive branch from
ST. Petersburg to London and from
London to st. Petersburg; the fact
remains that both Russia and England
are bending their energies to the ut
most in the mobilization of their arm
les. That neither party is honest in
its peace oyertures, is evident even to
the casual observer that both mean
to gain time for the better preparation
for the bloody work, is equally evident.
1t now remains to be seen how soon
the conhagration will be Bindled which
is likely to engulf, not simply Russia
and England, but Germany, Austria.
Turkey, and perhaps Italy and France.
Should this be the case, and we conf
IDENTITY expect it, the consequences
will be such as cannot be foreseen.
This, however, is certain, the carnage
will be fearful. and Christian GU sold
iers will cut one another's Threats with
true savage delight.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1878-05-30

The Dane County Court House at
Madison was struck by lightning last
Thursday afternoon, forcing an aper-
ture through a two-foot stone wall en-
ter3ng the Clerks office; the Clerk,
however, happened to be in the Treasu-
rer's Office transacting business and
thus was not harmed by the electric
shaft
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SALEM.

Everything is looking well after the rain.
Our forest trees have put on their robe of
green.
Some of our farmers are busy building
fences around their farms.
Schools in this vicinity are in progress un-
der successful corps of teachers.
The River Falls JOURNAL has more locals
than any other paper published in the county.
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VOL. %

EEPoHTs seem to be confirmed thatth
French people are makinga very profita-
bic. business out of the Paris Exposition
now in full blast there, extortionate
prices Being the rule rather than the
execution.
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LOCAL CORRESPONDENCE.
Plum CITY.

Crops are looking well since the late rain.
I'll. Taylor's stave mill at this place was
entirely consumed by fire last Thursday
The fire is supposed to have caught in tue
shavIngs by sparks from the engine as very
high wind prevailed at the time. All the
stave bolts and part of the machinery wer e
saved. Total loss, $1,000. No insurance.
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Two of Pennsylvania principal Of
fice-holders on the Democratic side
u. S. Senator Wallace and Speaker Ran
dall-are .by the ears, and both went
home to assist in manipulating the po-
litical wires operated at the late DEM
ocratic State Convention. Wallace and
his followers succeeded in running the
machine, and Randall and his hosts
are-mad.
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TnE Democratic Texas delegation
voted with the Bepublieans against The
proposed reduction of the army re-
20, 900 men. .l
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BUSINESS CARDS.
p. D. PIERCE,

A TFORNEY s. COUNSELOR AT LAW, Ellsworth,
"A Wis Office in stone building on Court House
Square.
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ID. Ii. PILLAR.
MISSES LEvINGs,

BLACKSMITH, shop on Main St., south of Brack
- EFT House. Particular attention given to shoe
Ing horses.
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ARCHITECTURAL DRAFTING.

ans now prepared to furnish Plans, Spec;-
dcations and Estimates, Working Details, Els-
yatioEs, etc, In short All drs.wings necessary
for thy construction Of any building Ill tie
latestSAnd most approved styles, at reasonable
prices and satisfaction guaranteed. Any pei
SON ws9i save from s to IL per cent. on Il e
cost q y building by procuringa reliable set
Of dr%@ings.
CtJNgRACTE TAKEN,
tor ugilding nad inr4i fishing al materials.
2I-a8 &. TEENlkx
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ss Err FALLS ms. AGENCY,
&c. MCKAY & Co, ACTS.

(F. IS.
Following Wen E6tsotcn Companies;
Hartford, AIN sSoooeoo
S,New
well business everywhere being
n
Immediately making application Parties wishing nsu
elsewhere
N Badshaws Block 2-27
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MIpoAo LEFINd5,
II EEP a Bookstore embracing School and Miscel-
IN laneous Books. Periodicals and Magazines. A
full supply Of Stationary. Main st. River Falls
Wis. 2I-35
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II. L. wADSWoRTH.
MANUFACTURES and dealer in Boots, Shoes
WI and Hosiery, and everything in that line at
the lowest possible prices for ready pay. Custom
work made to order Repairing done with neat
ness and dispatch. 2l-35
The Portland daily press., 1878-08-30

"1he Uery na, OF all others auho has the
deepest interest in a sound currency, and
,oho suffers most By mischieuous legislation in
money matters, is the man aoho earns his dai-
ly bread By his daily toll. "A deprecated cur
rency, sudden changes of prices, paper money
falling betoeen morning and noon, and fal-
Ting still loocer betaoeen noon and night, these
things constitute the uery harvest time Of spec
~tators, and Of the sohole race of those ,oho are
at once idle and crafty. a disor-
dered currency is one of the greatest political
eoits. Hundermines the uirtues necessary for
the support OF the social system, and encoar-
ages propensities destructive to its happiness.
1t Dars against industry, tragality and econ
omy, and it fosters the euI spirits Of e1trao-
agance and speculation. of all the contri-
cances for cheating the laboring classes Of
mankind, none has been more efectual than
that aohich deludes them ,oith paper money.
This is the most efectual Of intentions to fer
tilize the rich mans fields By the soeat of the
poor mans bro1. Ordinary tyranny, oppres.
sion, ercessire taration, these bear lightly up
on the mass OF the community, compared ,oith
fraudulent currencies and the robberies COM
mitted By deprecated paper. ."-Ddniel
Webster.
The Portland daily press., 1878-08-30
from the Philadelphia Weekly Tines
Journalism for Women.

OF late years journalism has offered q new
field for educated women, and to-day in Amer
ica there are q few who make money and whose
names are known to every one. Bat, alas, we
see and hear of those who win; the many who
fail do SO with no one to tell of their strug-
giles. People are apt to fancy writing for the
press easy work, which any one with tolerable
huency-and most women are fuent-can do.
In point of fact no profession needs more care
ful training. A man who sets up as cabinet
maker, knowing only how to haadle plane;
woman who essayed shoemakng expecting
success because she could sew a straight seam,
would be as wise as she who hopes to make
herself name land fame among writers on the
strength of her ability to write a readable pri-
vate letter. And journalism-steady, faithful
work-which is ready with its article to order
on any subject, at any hour, is the only literary
work which may always be depended on for
daily bread and butter, let alone the cakes and
sweetmeats so dear to the feminine tooth.
"There is always plenty OF room at the top,
but genius Is the blOssoming OF an aloe-the
fruit of q century. Talent allied to pluck and
perseverance is sure to win iu the long run, but
it must be in most cases q hand to hand fight
with defeat-a close contest with the struggling
crowd at the bottom. IL general literature,
even where there has been real talent to back
the aspirant, and where success has came at
last, il has often come after many failures, and
when success comes the pecuniary reward Is
often pitifuliy small. A distinguished writer
Is reported to have once said, jocularly, that
his books averaged him dollar and narter
year apiece, and even the great novelists OF
the century have not made fortunes. The
woman who can make q decent living by her
pen may count herself successful.
The Portland daily press., 1878-08-30
SOLON CHASE ON SPECIE PAY
MENTS.

"With this sum specie payments can be
resumed at cnce, and the promise that is
written ON the face of the greenback to pay
the dollar, made good. This would give
Bill good dollar for his work, and the
wounded veteran good money for his PEN
sion, which is only justice and fair play to
Bill and the veteran; that is, Bill not only
would work for gold wages as he
does now, but would buy his goods
at gold prices, and thereby save
another large item of the $25434 that
is pr essed out of him annually
SPECIE PAYMENTS IS THE ONE
THING NEEDFUL In OUR PRESENT
CONDITIONAL AND WILL L CURE Us OF
MANY FINANCIAL ILLS. The moment
you hnve got specie payments, Pendleton's
and Buffers theory Of paying the bonds in
greenbacks which means neither more or
less than more and meaner money, be-
comes obsolete. If Congress in it's blum
derings, did not agree to pay the principal
of the bonds in gold, il ought to have
agreed to, and specie payments will make
the agreement what il ought to he. The wit
fman cannot devise any scheme that will
bring absrf specie payments other than re-
deeming greenbaclks with gold; that is, let
somebody else have some good money be.
sides the bondh slders-SOLON CHASE'S
"POOR MANS TRACT" OF 1871,
The Portland daily press., 1878-08-30
For Rent.

"OUSE No. 6 Free Street Block, (1D fourteen
Ill rooms. Desirable for Lodging or Boarding
House. Rent reasonable. Apply at No. 2S6 Con-
gress Street. my7eodu
The Portland daily press., 1878-08-30
To Let,

A PLEASANT, sunny front room, furnished or
"A unturnished, at 2l7 Cumberland Street.
au26 dlw*
The Portland daily press., 1878-08-30
HOW TO GET GOOD TIMES.

A Pennsylvania paper sets up the follooing
gaideboard as shouting the aoay to good times:
Curse the capitalists; frighten them all you can.
DO not let them go into business. Ifthey shoao
ana opposition to do so, call a meeting; get up q
set of rules and regulations for managing the
business so as to break them up as soon as posi-
Die, and threaten those aoho ooil not go in under
the rules, uetil they gather up their money and
leave the country, as they haze already begun to
do. Nothing helps times so much as to let men
kaoao that If they get more By aoorking hard than
you do By idleness, you aoM compel them to d.
eide. They auiH aoork all the harder for such en-
couragement. Go right ahead aoith your Com
n,anistic speeches. AH that is necessary is to
folloao ap and aoe aoil soon be all on the grouud
floor, all equdl-aNp poor.
The Portland daily press., 1878-08-30
from Garfeld's Ohio Speech.l
Base Of the Resumption Policy.

La reply to all assailants we base the policy
of resumption on these impregnsble grounds:-
First-The Public faith demands 10. By all
the solemn pledges which nation can give,
the restoration of specie payment was promised
when the greenback was issued. That promise
ought to have been kept long ago; and it is as
unpatriotic as it is dishonest to attempt to pre-
vent its fulfillment now.
Second-the highest interests both Of labor
and of capital demand resumption. Uncertain
ty is the worst element that can enter into the
business calculations of men; and the uncer-
tainty which legislation brings is the worst
kind of uncertainty. The government must
get out of the way and let prosperity return.
1t can do this by putting it out of the power of
Congress to change our standard of value by Its
votes.
Third-The chief hardships of resumption
have already been endured. When the law
was passed in 1875 our paper money was at q
discount of 13 per cent. Since then 1t has slow
ly and steadily become better, mo nth by month,
until now it is but ] cent below par. The
short step to stability and certainty will hurt
far less than to retrace our steps aud plunge
back again into the evils from which we have
escaped Should we now retreat, the unsettled
transactions of last year would be thrown into
utter confusion. If we now abandon the At
temdt at resumption, the future will be cloud
ed with an uncertainty that will destroy con-
fdence and prevent the return of prosperity.
The Portland daily press., 1878-08-30

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I'VE earnestly hope that the book sSciepce of
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An Illustrated sample sent to ALTON rscept Of six
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Address DR.. W. II. PARKER, No. Bulfnch st.,
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The Portland daily press., 1878-08-30
THE OFFICIAL AUTHORITIES

Fiue gears ago 1861 the bank note circulation
of the country anaou nted to not much more than
t'oo hundred million dollars; noao the circulation,
bank and national, exceeds seuee hundred nasl-
kons.-PREs. JoHNsoN's ANNUAL MESSAGE TO
CONGRESS, DEC. 1866.
Without including seuen and three tenth notes,
many of the small denominations of aohich aoere
IN circulation as money! and all Of aohich tend IN
some measure to sOeN the imitation, the paper
money of the country amounted, Oct 31st, 1865,
to the sum of $734, ,218, ,038.-SEc. McCULLooH's S
REPORT, DEC. 1866.
Not more than fve per cent of the legal tender
interestbearing notes, First issue of 7-30'sl are
an circulation as currency.-Co COMPTROLLER
CLARK's CURRENCY REPORT, DEC. 1866.
The Portland daily press., 1878-08-30
STATE QUARTERLY CONVENTION
OF THE
RLFORM CLUBS OF MAINE.

The quarterly Convention of the Reform Clubs of
Maine will be held at
Bangor, Wednesday and Thursday, Sept.
4th and 9Th.
The several Conventions holden under the auspices
OF the Reform Clubs Of this State have been exceed
1ngy beneficial in their results, and we trust that
this one which is soop to in the Queen city
OF the East, may Dot only awaken new interest in
the temperance work in the old county of Penobscot
but may BE- instrumental in forwarding the grand
mission of reclaiming men throughout the length
anu Greadth of the Pine Tree State. With this OBJ
Feet in view, trust the various Reform Clubs in
this State will send full delegations to the Conven-
tion and thus aid in "rescuing the perishing' and
elevating humanity.
The following arrangements have been made with
the railroads and steamboats, for the round trip
One and one-ffth fare on Maine Central aud its
branches. One fare on Grand Trunk and branches
to Danville aud Yarmouth functions One fare on
Portland & ogdensburg, Portland & Rochester r. R,
and Bangor and Machias Steamboats,.
Delegates M. G. and G. 7. R. R. will enquire for
reture tickets. The Secretary will furnish return
checks on the P. s.. 0. and P. s. r. r. R.
Per order State Committee.
B. s. KELLY, Winthrop, President.
G. w. MURCH, Portland, Secretary.
The Portland daily press., 1878-08-30
HreenhackS In Italy.

The speakers for the Greenback party are
constantly affirming that Venetian greenbacks
were better than gold; they do not name the
day when it was SO. The statement upon its
face is absurd and needs no refutation. It Is
easy to imagine cases in which paper money,
convertible by the holder at will into gold,
would be better than coin, as matter Of con-
venience, and only SO. L have often seen per-
sons exchange coin for bank notes, as more
convenient to keep about them on long jour
neys.
was in Italy in 1866. and again in 1874
and In Venice as elsewhere in that country.
Italian greenbacks were at discount of II per
cent as compared with gold. often exchanged
gold for notes of the National Bank at that
rate, because the paper was more convenient
than coin, all prices being expressed in that
currency.
Every considerable city had local banks
whose paper was at greater discount-I do
The Portland daily press., 1878-08-30

As very important source of strength
and security, cherish public credit. One
method of preserving il is to nse il as
sparingly as possible; avoiding occasions
of expense by cultivatina peace, but re.
membering also that timely disbursements
10 prepare for danger frequently prevent
much greater disbursements 10 repel il !;
avoiding Likewise the accumulation of
debt, not only by stunning occasions Of
expense, but by vigorous exertiOns in time
Of peace 10 discharge the debts which un-
nvoidabie wars may have occasioned, not
ungenerousiy throwing upon posterity ihe
burden which we ourselves ought TO bear.
GEORGE WASHINGTON.
The Portland daily press., 1878-08-30
"A return to specie payment. a, the earli-

"A return to specie payments at the earli-
est possible period compatible with due re-
gard to all interests concerned, should ever
be kept i'm view. Fluctuations i'm the value
OF currency are always injurious, and to
reduce these fluctuations TO the lowest pos
slble point will always be a leading pur-
pose In wise legislation. Convertibliity,
prompt and certain co,nvertibility into
coin IL acknowledged TO be the best and
surest safeguard against them.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN,
The Portland daily press., 1878-08-30
MEDICAL.
HUNTS REMEDY,
The Great Kidney Medicine.

Is not new compound it has been before the pub
lie 30 years, and used by all classes. HUNTS REM
EDY has saved from lingering disease and death
hundreds who have been given up, by physicians 70
die. HUNTS REMEDY cures all Diseases OF the
Kidneys, Bladder and Urinary Organs, Dropsy,
Gravel, Diabetes Incontinence and Retention OF
Urine. HUNTS REMEDY encourages sleep, ere,
health is The result. HUNTS REMEDY cures Pain
in the Side, Back or Loins General Debility, Fe-
male Diseases, Disturbed Sleep, Loss OF Appetite,
of the Urino-Genital Organs. HUNTS REMEDY
is purely vegetable and meets want never before
furnished to the public, and the utmost reliance may
be placed in it.
HUNTS REMEDY is prepared expressly for the
above Diseases, and has never been known to fail
One trial will convince the most skeptical.
The Portland daily press., 1878-08-30

HARDEE's "concussion" theory in the
treatment of yellow fever is just now attract
ing much attention. The idea is to dissipate
the epidemic by cannonading. A correspond
ent writing to the Boston Journal on this
subject, says: "There is no doubt as regards
the truth of his statements, for where the
fever broke out in the vicinity of the Waverly
House, Jacksonville, in 1877, the experiment
was tried by the use of heavy cannon for
two or three evenings, after which no deaths
occurred in that vicinity.
The Portland daily press., 1878-08-30

''Sueh a medium (irredeemable paper mon
ey.) has always been liable to f1uctuation. Its
value is constantly changing; and these
changes, often great and sudden, expose in
dividuals to great loss, are the source of ruin
GUS speculations, and destroy all confidence
between man and man."-Chif Justice Mar.
shall.
The Portland daily press., 1878-08-30

"Ihe loss aohich Aanerica has sustained, since
the peace, from the pestilential effects OF IRE
deensdote paper money! On the necessary con'-
dence betaoeen men, on the necessary confidence IN
mepublc councils, on the industry and morals OF
the people and on the character of republican 900
ernnent, constitute an enormous debt against the
States chargeable aoih this a1aadoaSed measure
aohsch nau remain ansatisied, or rather at IS an
accumulation of guilt aohich can be eapiated no
otherwise than By Uolatntary sacrifceon the az
ar ofjotstice of the pou9er aolich has been the sn
strunaent cf it.--Janaes Madison.
The Portland daily press., 1878-08-30

Now that the Potter Committee has prob
ably got about through with its wretched
work, the Hartford Courant figures up the
extent to which the people have been bled
for the benefit of Tiden. And first as to
the cost to the daily press of the country for
publishing the Potter prattle. 1t estimates
the estimates for composition at $3.50, 200;
telegraphing, $175,0OO; space worth $1,7SS,-
75O. This outlay comes out of the daily pa
pers of the whole country. Next it figures
the cost to the people for the time wasted in
reading the stuff, and finds it to be upwards
of $14,0OOOOO, or SIG, 1923, $50 in the aggre-
gate. And all this waste is chargeable to the
Butler-P Potter-Tilden 'contribution" to his
The Portland daily press., 1878-08-30

THE underlying cause of the threatened
war between two of the South American
States about Patagonia is that recent discov-
cries show that the whole of that country
teens with gold throughout its length and
The Portland daily press., 1878-08-30

DEMOCRATIC journals that have unhesitat-
ingly accepted the report that Butler had the
original Sherman letter, can now revive the
subject by contradcting it. Gen. Butler
says he has not had it and does not believe in
its present existence.
The Portland daily press., 1878-08-30

ANOTHER market for our corn has opened.
The Nile has not risen to its average height
this season, and although there is sufficient
irrigation for the cotton, the Indian-cOrn
crop is doing very badly. There is, therefore
a great demand in Alexandria for American
corp
The Portland daily press., 1878-08-30

THE German Parliament is to meet, by
imperial decree, on the 9th of September.
The general elections last month have not
resulted in favor of Prince Bismarck's policy.
The Emperor William, it is reported, does
not intend to cancel or withdraw his appoint
ment of the Crown Prince to act as Regent
of the empire.
The Portland daily press., 1878-08-30

In reply to an application Of the Christian
population of Nicossia, through their bishop,
that Greek be made the official language of
Cyprus, Sir Garnet Wolseley replied that the
request could not be granted, and that
English will be the official language.