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fill one bag with pemnican. As travel
ing provision it is simply invaluable
There is no risk of spelling 1t, if ordinary
care be taken to keep it free from mouldi
there il no assignable limit to the time
pemmican will keep. As to its taste, |
never met any two men who entertained
exactly the same opinion. | Should feel
inclined tosay, If asked the question, that
it tasted like pemmican, there being Moth
ing else in the world that bears 10 it the
slightest resemblance. There have been
people who were candid enough to say
they found a resemblance in sawdust mix
ed with melted tallow candles, Others,
again, who suggested the close approx
nation of chips and boarding house but
ter, with plenty of hair thrown in to hold
the compound firm.
| am willing to acknowledge that much
of the pemmican made wotlid be the bet
ter of comb, but after years of expert
ence in the use of it, am not able to pro-
nounce upon its flavor. Nevertheless,
there is no form of food that possesses
anything likeits suficing quality. A dog
that viii eat from four to six pounds
fish per day, when at work in harness
will eat but two pounds of pemnican II
fed only upon that food. Pemniican may
be prepared in many ways for the Etable,
but it is matter of individual taste as TO
! which method is the least Objectionable
There is rubaboo ard richot, and penn
mican plain and pemmican raw; this last
being the form most in vogue among the
aoyaqeurs. The rich0r, however, will be
found the most palaiable. Mixed with a
little flour or potatoes and onions, and
fried in a pan, pemmican in this form
can be eaten; that is, provided the appe-
tite is good and there is nothing else to
be had
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1878-01-03

deep into the dusk of the arches, glow
mellow In the pale gold of the domes,
transfgure the faces of the prophets, and
saints aud evangelists, and converge to-
ward the lamp of dark bronze that hangs
from the great dome where the apostles
gaze down from among the olive trees to
form a glory about the bronze Christ on
the cross that rises IRON the pavement
below.
At the payer desks and on the pale
floor kneel dark yelled figures,
like statues, against the chancel flame.
The people stand with faces raised to the
throne abov The altar glory, where the
great pale Christ sits with His hands up
lifted in blessing. The symbols of the
evangelists stand about Him-mighty
monsters praising God for the many
Christmas-eves they have known since
he old Greek workers called them into
life. a peace not OF earth lies upon their
grotesque features, and on the faces of the
worshippers standing with hushed adora-
ton about the shadowy columns. There
are old men whose guns hang by the side
of the brown Madonna in token of giati-
tuie for their preservation in the time Of
OF the retolution; young girls with fapt
faces young men with dark brave eyes;
mothers with their babes crying out for
JOY at the brightness TIE glory of i'm
mortality has dawned upon their earth
laden hearts Charlotte Adams, in Hdr-
per'S Magazine for january.
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Electric Blunders.

Speaking of mistakes or bulls" as
they are technically termed. that have
been made from time to time in the trans
mission of messages over the wires, Mr.
johnson, in his new book on telegraphers
and Geographic matters, says:
Telegraphy as at present practiced is
simply the art Of instantaneously convey
ing to distant places the fist elements of
written language. In transmitting the
letters Of the alphabet, either visual or
acoustic means can be employed. Most
of the telegraphs in Europe appeal to the
eye; in America nearly all appeal to the
ear The sending of messages from place
to place is dependent upon mere tran
sitorv signals, which in many cases are
similar to each other, and it is not there
fore surprising that errors occasionally
occur.
Anna Dickinson was once telegraphed
to by Lecture Committee inquiring the
subject of her lecture. She replied that
it would be Breakers Ahead" The com
mittee telegfaphed back, "All right come
and lecture on Break His Head, which
was what the message read after being
'improved by We intelligent opera
tor.
A '"bull" was also perpctrated last
winter in connection With the little of a
lecture bv Hon. Sunset Cox, of New York
Mr.. Cox telegraphed Mr. Balm, of Allan
ia, that his subject would be "Irish HUI
NOR but when the message reached Mr.
Balm, it read Just Human" When the
lecturer took his stand, he said: 1.-THE
message was only bulted, ladies ana
gentlemen, but am sorry to say that it
was certainly an Irish bull"
On one occasion the message Arrived
all right dispatched by some ladies,
was delivered " Arrived all tight In
another case husband who had gone to
the seaside to engage apartments tele
graphed "All right; come tomorrow"
He wa: astonished that his wife did not
come to him, but the mystery was
explained when it was discovered that
''All right; home tomorrow" had been
the message actually delivered. a mem
Der of the Masonic fraternity once tele>
graphed to friend to "make room for
ten ROYAL Arch Masons, coming to. day."
and on his arrival found neat pen
erected in the yard, the message deliver
ed asking for accommodations for ten
"rams.n
A gentleman in California was much
astonished to receive message inform
ing him that "David goes up this even
ing on spree" The dispatch originally
read. This evening on Osprey" An
Associated Press dispatch published some
years ago contained this clause: "Col-
onel Gilbert, fierce editor OF the Valpar-
also Vidette and Republican" As filed
it read: Colonel Gilbert A. Pierce, edi-
tor" sc. A New York merchant was
once considerably puzzled over mes
sage he received from correspondent
South, saying; at don't rain mush
here,n
A grocer who had pursued runaway
clerk named Galusha, and found him
with the money, and repentant telegraph
ed to his (the grocer's) anxious wife:
Found Galusha. Hope for better
things" When she got the missive it
read: "Found girl she elope and get
her things" She started for the scene of
action by the first train.
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Japanese Children,

One OF the first lessons presented to
q foreign teachef IN Japan is the reason
of the gfeat apparent happiness and light
heartedness of Japan children. One NAV
walk through the streets of Toxic and
scarcely ever hear child's cry of distress
-Four principal causes of this superiority
of the children of Japan over those Of 9TH
er nations have been suggested by an Eng
FISH lady resident there. They are
worthy of the attention of the teachers at
home. The style of clothing, loose and
yet warm, is far more comfortable than
the dress of our children. japanese
children are much more out in the open
air and sunshine. The absence of furni-
ture, and, therefore, absence of repeated
ly given instructions mot to touch"
The thick, soft mating forming at once
the carpet and beds Of all japanese houses,
and the raised Intel, on to which the
child may Chamber as it grows strong,
constitutes the very beau ideal of an in
fant's play ground. Children ale much
petted, without being capriciously thwart-
ed. A child is not cuffed one moment
and INDUCED the next. To these four
most suggestive reasons the writer would
add a fifth, which Is, that Japanese char
acter is SO constituted as to bring their
elders into strong sympathy with the lit
tie ones. Ithas been we'll said that slap
an is paradise for babies, for you may
see old and young playing together at
battle-door and shuttle-cock in the street !;
while on holidays the national amusement
of men, women and children is flying
huge paper kites. Puppet shows and
masquerades also have their yotaries in
thousands, from among both sexes and
all ages.
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RUSSIA'S WAR WITH TURKEY,

a correspondent writing from Plevna
states when the Turks made their sortie they
left thousands of sick and wounded starving
and unattended to- These unfortunates re-
manned in this state for three days, and hun
dreds of them died. Over a thousand have
been already buried, and about one hun
dred come from the hospital daily. Undoubt-
eddy many who were not quite dead have
been buried. Those killed in the battles were
unburied the 18th. Turkish prisoners are en-
camped among them and are almost starving,
Pleyna is one vast charmed house surprising
in horror anything Imaginable.
A Bucharest dispatch says the bridge
across the Danube at Metropolis was totally
destroyed by ice on the Goth. The destrue-
ton of the bridge at Sistoya must fellow tin
less it is Immediately removed, The weather
seems to have arrested the Russian onward
movement and il begins to look as though
the campaign was over for the year. The
railways are not working regularly and the
commissariat have all they can do to keep the
troops supplied in camps near Plevna without
increasing the difficulty by sending them
further inland, A Berlin special says Russia
is sounding the various Mediterranean States
as to their disposition relative to the opening
OF the Dardanelles. A Vienna dispatch says
il is stated from several sides that England,
although declining to mediate, has confden-
TALLY sounded Russia as to the terms on
which she would be inclined to make peace,
and that the Russian cabinet has been far less
reserved than might have been anticipated
A Bucharest dispatch says the reinforce
fc ha
$4,000 men. The army OF The Baltic, numb
ing 10000 men, Is also being formed. Russia
has bought 100000 rifles in Berlin Osman
Pasha arrived at,Burcharest Wednesday last.
His wound is progressing favorably. Ii is be.
lieved he viii be interned at Moscow.
The North German Gazette says if Eng
land only seeks to sound Russia respecting
her willingness to make peace and the chances
OF success Of direct application of the Porte
10 st. Petersburg, credit may be awarded to
Great Britain for her meritorious intentions
In another case, the theory of the Agenee
Russo that mediation, unless solicited by both
heigerents, becomes intervention, and may
assert itsslf Regarding Intervention, Russia,
in fulfllment of her mission, can scarcely be
stopped even by the cleverest moves ON the
political chess board.
After an exceedingly difficult passage
ever snow-coyerel mountains and frozen foot
paths, the vangus I'd Of Ru ssian division has
occupied the Balkan passes between ARABIA
konk ard Sophia, and cavalry has already been
stationed on the Sophia road The Turks
were taken by surprise, consequently the Rus
SLAMS lost only five wounded Along the east
ern front, namely, the river Lorn, the Turks
have withdrawn from all their positions, leay-
ing only small armed bodies composed of
troops and inhabitants. The latter, with arms
villages
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I
a shabby old suit of clothes to be hung
in, but it's all had, and couldn't 90
around borrowing. Have you got the
rope and the barrel ready2"
Yes, everything is all ready replied
a voice.
"That's right" said Joe. "Now, then,
form the procession; give me conspic-
uous place, and we'll march along.n
The man wasnt smiling. His face was
palei his eyes had an anxious look, and
it was plain enough that he realized the
grimness of his last hour on earth. The
procession was formed, and Joe marched
away for the tree as steadily as soldier
on parade. His hands and feet were free
but as he hailed beside the old barrel, with
the moose dangling above his head, he
said
sBoys, tie my arms behind my back.
and after you lift me up tie my feet to-
gether. If you make bunglc of this,
you'll get bad name ell through the
diggings."
When Joe stood on the barrel, the moose
around his neck, the men fell back lit
tie. He looked from man ia man with
steady eye, glanced up at the limb, and
then looked over the heads of the men
out upon the green prairies The sinking
sun had filed the grass with millions Of
| sparkling Jewels. A score of antelope
were trotting along mile away; great
birds were sailing toward the Rockies
with lazy wing he flowers never seemed
so thick and beautiful as then.
For minute we all looked southwark,
and there was something in the vision
that soffened every heart.
When we looked up at Joe again we
hardly knew him. All the hard lines
had melted out of his face, his eyes were
full of tears, and there was a sob in his
throat as he turned and whispered:
don't blame me, boys; it is my last
look on earth Now do your duty!"
Not man moyed-not 4 man could
lnGye,
Taking a swift glance over the prairie
aud another up the mountain side, Joe
softly said: "God forgive me that | was
no. better MANI
He fell forward eff the barrel, his own
executionerj and no man dared look up
uhtil the body hung limp and lifeless.
Joe had weakened, and those
who had bet on his "game" had lost.
Yet when we.talk it over in low voices
at the campfire we agreed that brave
Joe's bravest act of Il life time was shown
when the tenderness was allowd TO
creep into his heart and his eyes to fill
with tears when he proved to us that he
had o soul
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Arrtck ana. ,voulan,t yy,n.

From points in the Acklin versus Oar
rail- contest from the third Louisiana district,
published in the New Orleans Times and
other papers, it appears the late attempt by
Darrall to indict Land will recoil on him.
AcSlin has secured the original correspond
ence between the parties, the wife of one hay-
ing given Darralps witnesses away and pro-
duced this correspondence, which exposes the
whole conspiracy. By these documents and
by corroborative testimony it IS shown that
large amounts of money were paid parties tes-
tifying for DarraIl. Acklin contemplates pro-
ceedings against those parties in the State
court. Acklin's friends claim that the only
object of the prosecution against Land by OAR
rail- was to delay the case before the congress
ional committee
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The Perils of War Correspondents.

A war correspondent of the London
Z lines writes from Giurgevo on the Dan
ube: When | descended / found | was
not the only Englishman in the train Col.
Wellesley, our military representative at
the emperors headquarters; had also come
down from Bucharest after couple of
days stay there lie was bound for
Poradiln, whittier | was also going, and,
like me, he had e find carriage fol
himself and luggage.
We placed the luggage outside in front
of the station under the portico, and the
colonel left his seayant, Jagor, who Is a
Russian, in charge, with instructions to
get himself something to eat in the mean
time at tic buffet
We had hardly Quilted the station five
minutes when we beard the sound of
she'll tearing its way through the air above
our heads. The people about the street,
which was the main one, ran right and
left, and We heard the dull explosion of
the iron missile somewhere near the rail
way station.
We did not know at that moment what
terrible havoc that piece of iron had
done and hat terrible fate we had
only just escaped. We went on, thinking
but light'r Of this single shot, until we
entered s chemists shop. A minute af-
terward i person vino entered the shop
told us three soldiers had been killed at
the station.
Although VIC wete quite near we both
jumped unto an open fiacre standing in
the street, and were driven up to the
station5 We thought that the colonels
servant, Jagor had possibly been hit. AS
we drove up, the first thing which met
our view outside the station under the
portico, on the very spot where we had
left our luggage, was a large mass ofsome-
thing partly covered with gray overcoat.
Could this be Jagor3 We got out of the
carriage and came near 1t twas not Jagor;
it sal soldier, or all that was left Of the
poor fellow. One side had been complete
~ torn away, and there he lay in a pool
of his own blood. The ground was torn
up all around. him, and the wall of the
building was splashed with blood. Win
dows were smashed, the portico had been
broken through, and the stone pavement
was tbiekly strewn with human remains.
COLI Wellesley looked around for
Jagor Hearing the carriages drive up,
the faithful servant Immediately came out
of The station, and, much to our relief,
was quite unhurt But he had the mar
rowesi escape imaginable.
lie showed us our luggage which he
had dragged into the ticket office direct
ly after the fatal shot 1t was covered
with blood. Another soldier, also, lay
Inside smashed to death. Both poor fell
lows were standing by our luggage out
side the station, having been asked by
JagoF to keep an eye on the things phile
he went to the blBa TO get little re-
freshment Jagor had scarcely sat dow
of which he could himself see the things,
when. the she'll struck TIE portico and
burst with report that almost stunned
him. One of the soldiers fell across the
iron stove ofthc cQlonel'i, and completely
washed it with BLOOD.
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Buffalo Pemmican.

A correspondent of the Chicago Times
writing from Winnipeg thus describes the
manufacture of pemmican, by the half
breed hunters of Manitoba:
Buffalo pemmican is essentially Brit
ish American provision, for, notwithstand-
ing the vast annual slaughterin the United
States territories, no pemmican is made.
The article furnished the English Arctic
expeditions under the name of pemmican
differs from the true provision in being
made of beef, and preserved by
means of spices and salt. Buffalo penn
mican contains no salt, ana is made from
the dried flesh of the animal. 1t is the
product of the summer hunt, though a
considerable amount is also made in the
early part of the fall hunt, before the
cold is sufficient to keep the green meat
from tainting.
To manufacture it, the meat is first cut
into thin slices, then dried either by fire
or in the sun, after which it is pounded
or beaten out into a thick, faky substance
By means Of wooden fails and poles. In
this state it is placed in bag made from
the raw hide of the animal. about the
size and shape of q half barrel flour sack.
A quantity of buffalo fat or tallow having
been boiled in caldron. is Enow poured
while hot over the dry pulp in the bag,
and the whole stirred together until
thoroughly mixed. The quantity of fat
going into the bag about equals in weight
that of the pulp, generally City pounds,
the bags averaging one hundred pounds
each. When particularly nice article
is desired about ten pounds of sugar and
June or ser rice ferries are added. As
soon as the contents of the bag cools it
becomes very hard, the whole compost
ton forming the most solid description of
food that man can make. The bag is
then sewed up and laid in store, or ready
for immediate use.
1t is Calculated that, on an average, the
carcass of one buffalo in fair condition
will yield enough fat and dried meat to
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The Patrican y Imbs.

Correspondence San Francisco Chronicle
A monk-as merry monk as one
would hope to see of q summers day in.
fair Italia-led Nc down long fight Of
stei's Into the tombs. The long, low
narrow halls were joined one to another
by passages at the extreme ends. It
seemed as if we strolled d mile or more
up one hall and down another, until we
were quite at loss to return to the steps
by which we had entered. On both sides
of these halls lay heaps of boxes; piled
one above anuthef five or six deep.
nome Of these boxes had windows in the
sides single panes Of glass; some were all
of glass, like show cases. Within them
lay the bodies of the late residents Of
Palermo, dressed in the best, and fire.
quently exhibiting their caftes re 1tsitg In
a gilt fralae on the outside Of their show
cases. One man held his photograph in
his white gloyed hand, so that you could
see it readily; and there he lay with a
waxed moustache and pair of staring
glass eyes, white necktie and plumpers,
fondly regarding the counterfeit present
ment of the swell he was, and Shilling at
life's fleeting show as one might
smile who considers himself beautiful
forever.
The first families of Palermo, when,
they perish, are carefully anointed with
balsams and decently buried. In year
or two they are tesutrected by contract
and examined. The we'll preserved are
arrayed more of less gorgeously and
hung up on a nail to dry The doubt
full cases are allowed to rest in their cof-
fins, but they may still receive the gaze
of the curious through a skyight or
show window, SO they have not died in
vain Rows Of stuffed children sat in
little chairs, awaiting the last trump, and
gathering more dust than is becoming.
Virgins were crowned with silver-gilt
crowns as high Gs section of stove pipe,
and still they locked not happy Young
men smiled with sad stage smile that
came back to me long after | had fled
from the place, and chilled me to the
marrow. Old men dropped away into
the corners of their cases and looked
bored even in DEATH The wall5 were
lined with these muntmies, all ticketed
and labelled, all festooned along from
arch to arch, deyilishly decorative, and,
as we went TO and fro, not knowing
whether to laugh or to weep, a large cat
sported among the bodies and from time
TO time ceased purring and arching her
back, as she sprang at Ely on the cheek
of some cid acquaintance, or played
with the skirts Of a lady in blue satin,
with wreath of large yellow roses tilt
ing over one eye. We were asked TO
kindly take hold Of the tongue of a
monk, just within arms reach, which
was like 8 bit of leather; and that mem
Der had ceased to wag for more than
hundred years. This is indeed deaths
victory, when one is held up to everlast-
ing derision, and the embarrassment of
such an exposition as this is the graves
undyinr sting.
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Interesting Archaeological Remains.

Mr.. B. NJ Randall, of st. Peter, has
recently secured and forwarded to the
Minnesota Historical Society, at st. Paul,
two Of the largest stone implements of
the prehistoric races ever found IN Amer
lea. They are immense stone hammers,
or mallets, each weighing about 90 lbs.
They appear to have been shaped out of
two boulders, OF about the size and form
needed and groove has been worked
around each of them by hand 1t was at
first mystery what such huge hammers
could have been used for, as they are too
neavy to lift by hand, but after due pom
dering on the subject, the society has
cone to this conclusion.
Their size and shape, and the marks OF
wear on them, indicate that they were
used to crack or pulverise corn, probably
by pounding it on fat or hollow rock.
A search in the spot where one of them
was found, revealed the presence of a
rock Of this kind, bearing marks of abra
sion such as would naturally be caused
BY such use. As they are too heavy to be
used by hand. they must have been fas-
tened to the end of an elastic beam, or
pole. the other end Of which was fastened
In something immovable. and rested on
support or fulcrum. Thus the elasticity
of the beam would overcome the weight
of the hammer, which could thus be work
ed up and down by gentle movement OF
the hand, and pulverize the corn into
coarse meal. In short, it was prehistoric
grist mill.
One of the stones, which has very
ancient appearance, was found four feet
under the ground. Both were found near
st. Peter. Other stone hammers of this
kind may have been found in the State,
but we have never heard of any. Still, If
our readers viii pay little attention to
the matter, they may find that some OF
the apparently worthless stones lying here
and there, were in reality once the ham
mers or axes Of races ef men Nho lived
here centuries arc. They can be recog
nized bv the shape The Historical So
cietv have collected a few Of them, and
would be grateful fer some more good
strcimens. Their cabinet is the proper
place for them. as it is free tc the public
The Kate Noonan trial at Minneapo us
Minnesota, ended on the 24th with verdict
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