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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1878-11-14
IN Virginia.

When was in Virginia, | rode one
time down into Scott County after desert
ers. Losing their trail, ] turned back;
but On reaching the Rapphannock again,
found it had risen eleven feet in few
hours, from heavy rams above. The cur
rent was so frightful that l couldn't get
my horse to take the water; spurs and
shouts were of no avail; so / went to
shanty on the bank and asked for lodging.
We'll, stranger, said the old "poor white"
Il reckon theirs room" So, kicking
out three or four pigs that were roofing
inside, and shouting TO boy who was
doing something in corner to ''get up"
be led me in and offered me a "cheer."
Besides the old man and his vile, there
were nine daughters-full- grown girls.
The house had only one room, without
floor; but overhead there was an open
loft covering above half the room. 1t
ties nightfall, and the old man soon
showed me where | was to sleep in a
corner OF the loft. ! crawled up, noticing
in the dusk several other beds and pal
was at one end, and began to take off my
we. clothing. In few minutes | heard
a giggling below, then a scramble for the
ladder, and the whole lot of girls came
tum5ling up in riotous confusion, nine
as buxom, hearty lasses as ever flung
heel to fiddle. dropped as ] was, and
rolled myself into the blanket. I thought
that they would so down, or put up a
curtain, or do something. But, no; they-
went to the further end, and began to
undress. Horror of horrors! I tried TO
think what / should do But they hadn
many clothes, and before l could think
of any thing the operation was complet-
cd turned my face to the wall. There.
the imps lay, ciggliDg, and dieadfully
amused about something. Presently one
of them-kind soul-said, softly, why
don't YOU take off your clothes, misterg
vou'n get cold" sYasn shouted the old
man from below, "tek eff your clothes,
capt'n: there amt any body here that's
skeered.n But there was, though. | was
.sskeered." So pretending to be sound
asleep, lay in my wet clothes until
fell asleep in earnest. When / awoke IN
the morning, thought of poor Clarence's
words in the tower:
20, have passed miserable night
So full Of, &c.
In the morning. too, asked the old man
how many children he had. He looked
staggered, but turning to his wife MO |
Their. how many Is there7' ELEVEN said |
the woman. Presently asked how
many hogs he had-they were running
round wild. ..FortS nine said he, as
promptly as he would have cast vote
Tor Jackson. !
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1878-11-14
The bx-Empress.

Paris Letter in New Orleans Picayune.
have seen letter from Ems, which
gives this description of the ex- Empress
II have just seen the ex Empress at Ems.
1t is hard to understand how she could
have selected these springs. The beautl-
full village OF Ems is, as it were, the fn-
n.Tal monument OF the Bonsparte dynas-
ty. She is accompanied by the Duchess
de Mouchy and Marquis de Piennes. She
is clad in deep mourning. Hasard has
cruel ironies. In German spas each
house has its sign The home of the ex-
Empress bears over its door l. Elysee---
the same name of the palace where the
future Emperor wooed the future En-
press. When she reached Ems and came
out of the railway station the throng,
which contained people of all nations,
spontaneously took off their hats. do
not believe the Empress was ever saluted
with greater Difference and deeper sym
pathy. Time, cares, sorrows, and exile
have done their work. Years ago | saw
her on the beach at Trouviile with one OF
those long canes which she had put in
fashion and which gave TO the fine ladies
OF those DAYS so 'fast' look. She still
carries cane, but It's not the light ham
boo of old times; she now carries stout
walking-stick, mans walking-stick, on
which she leans as she walks along.
could not, when I saw her, help thinking
of the broken, violence-scarred walls ~
the Tuileries-majestic though in ruins
The day the Countess de Pierrefonds Gas
the ex-Empress now styles herseif)
reached Ems Prince George of Prussia
called on her. He repeated his visit the
next day, and during her whole stay at
Ems he was NEST attentive to her. He
took care that she should have at Eos
something like her old grandeur. He
made the authorities and public function.
aries show her thousand courtesies
The postmaster ordered letter carrier
to attend TO her alone, and to carry hel
all l. tiers for her the instant the mails
were opened. The telegraph master dis
the same thing. The visitors, seeing
these hcrors paid her, became still more
deferential. Whenever she walked pre-
cedence was given her and she seemed
very much touched by this courtesy.
saw again upon her lips the enchanting
smile of lapDy DAYS"
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Winding Her Mother.

In the big crowd of excursionists sit
hng,on the CRY Hall steps for rest, tbs
other day, was young man Of excellent
length of legs. and girl with sixteen
auburn curls hanging down around het
head. They bad scarcely settled them
selves and locked fingers, when she eau
tiously observed:
~ spose they have soday water in til.
town.,
II s'pose so,' he replied; shut the last
thing afore we started l promised your
mother not to let YOU drink any soda Wa
bring on consumption
She was quiet for moment, and then,
pointing to he left, remarked
81 see that Sarah is eating peanuts. ]
'spose they have peanuts in this townl"
wall, yes; but your mother cautioned
me the last thing not to buy any peanuts
for you The shucks are apt to get into
your windpipe. The Queen Of Holland
was chokcd 10 death in that way"
Pretty soon boy came along with
some fruit, and the young woman felt
obliged TO say:
"The,n apples and pears look awful
NICE"
''yes, they do" replied the prudent
lover; 'but promised your mother, NJ
the depot, not to buy any fruit for you.
Them apples look nice, but if you get
the toothache started ON you, then the
whole afternoon is busted. The young
man had Just commenced TO take com
fort again, when she inn0ceItly re-
marked;
"When came up here last summer
with jim, he bought morn two pounds Of
candy"
''Yes, and what was the result Of it2"
he demanded. "You fell down cellar that
very week, and didn't Jim have TO light
out last winter for Dustin in the school
house door2"
She got down to water, and with con-
siderable sarcasm in her voice, she in
quired.
II can have a drink of water, can't I
Mother didn't say anything against that
did she2"
AVAIL, no, not exactly he slowly re-
piled, "but she gin me an appealing look
as the cars moved off-same as to say that
it ought to be kind o. warmish water, If
any. You set here. and I'll borrow a
dipper somewhere"
She "sot," and it was all of an hour
and 2 half before he again succeeded in
getting his arm around her.
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"rhe Ilot season.

BIZ OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES.
At last two Fahrenheits blew up,
And killed two children small
And one barometer shot dead
A tutor with its ball.
Now all day long the locusts sang
Among the leaiiess trees;
Thrse new hotels warped inside out
The pumps could only wheeze;
And ripe old wine. that twenty years;
Had cobwebed DER in vain,
Come spouting through the rotten corks
Like July's best champagne.
The Worcester locomotives did
Their trips IN half an hour;
The Lowell cars ran forty miles
Before they checked their power;
Roll birthstone soon became drug,
And loeofoeos fell,
All asked for ice, but everywhere
Saltpeter was to sell.
Plump men Of mornings ordered tights,
But ere the scorehing moons,
Their candle molds had grown as loose
As Cossack pa falcons!
The dogs ran mad-men could not try
If water they would choose;
A horse fell dead-he only left
Four red hot, rusty shoes!
And all about the warehouse steps
Were angry men IN droves.
Crashing and splintering through the door
To smash the patent stoves!
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In Distress.

A policeman was passing down Rich
mond Street last wednesday afternoon
when he heard woman's voice lifted high
in lamen.ation; opening the wicket, he
strobe up to the door, where a woman
was lying prone on the steps, believing
the rubber foot-mat with her bnny tears.
what is the matter, MANN he said,
gently.
Ooh, boo, OOH y said the stricken fe-
male.
"Now, don't take on so" said the club
carrier, with tremulous gentleness; "tell
me what is the matter"
20, /, I'm, a--a-ooh OOH y and she
wept afresh and copiouslv.
"Why. my dear, madam said the
officer, "What great sorrow has bl!ghted
your life and drove the sunshine from
your happy home2 Wherefore are you
thus cast down into the depths Of angIishl
Why are the fountains q your being
broken up, and your bcauteous eyes be-
come springs from which the aqueous
fluid
"Get out, you brute ooey ooh, Oh
boob
The sympatheticofficer was Donpiussed.
He backed off step or two, and as
his great heart throbbed IN sympathy
with so much suffering, he could but
make one more effort at comfort.
MADAM" said he, and as he spoke his
voice grew husky with emotion, "madam,
] sympathize with you from the bottom
of my heart, and while you do not seem
disposed TO trust me, vet if there is any
thing in the rounu world | can do to lift
this sorrow from your heart, let me do it.
/ assure you it is no idle curiosity. ]
would be your friend. [ will avenge
your wrongs, and the services Of one 10y
al and true are yours if you will accept
them. l will not pry into that which
does not concern me, | know that some
great sorrow is upon you, and gently, ten
derby would raise the pail that hangs
about your life, dress the wounds that
have been opened in your teuder heart
and pour the balm of consolation over
the
He did not notice in his vehemence
that the woman had stealthly risen, but
she had, and launching the foot-mat full
in his face, she said:
''Get out o. this, you mean old blather-
skite You're meaner than that old Guardi-
an In this dime novel, who won't let his
niece marry the hndasome trapper. If
/ want to CRY about what read, It's none
o. your business"
Two blocks away the policeman licked
a bootblack off the sidewalk by the ear,
and muttered:
III woman amt the crJusest- built
animals in this world, kill me for fool"
Gin. breakfast Table.
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of mud, STRIP His idea was that She rain
had dried and hardened in the skull
Over the grave of Fos stood plain slab
sandstone bearing merely number TO dis
tinguish it from others. This stone the ~
Louis gentleman purchased from TIE sex
and also a portion of one of the side boal
of the poets coffin. The wood appears
have been walnut, and, when tho time ia
which the coffin was in the ground before
the disinterment IS taken into consideration,
remains in an excellent state of preservation.
II is understood that the interesting relics
will be presented to the Mercantile librrry.
They would certainly prove curious addi-
ton to the collection of that institution.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1878-11-14

The policy OF China favors agriculture
more than all other employments. IL
China the condition of an agricultural
lahore. is superior to that of mechanic.
In China the great ambition of every man
is to get possession of some little bit of
land, either in fee sim pie or Under lease.
The Chinese have iittlo respect for foreign
trade or for modern Improvements. I'm
mense populations are supported on mod
crate sreas, though the cause of such fear
full mortality by occasional famines is
largely due to the lack of transportation
facilities. While we may safely pattern
after much that is practicable and
economical in Chinese agriculture, it were
unwise for our peoule to ignore the adj
vantages to be obtained from union of
commerce and manufactures with agricu :
ura
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HOUSE AND FARM


Creeds live and die; faith follows faith
Deeds prove but mockeries Of the will:
aud dreams that we're to-merrow's are
To-morrowls stll.
Snb.lv, in eli our good, the thread
OF III is wrought; our fairest fair
Il dragged 10 earth in being ours,
And traileth therel
LIGHT follows light, and each grows diml
The present will be as the past;
Wave breaks on wave, and each is strong
AS each Is last
Life leans on Faith, and presseth hard!
Faith cries to Sod, and only stands
When, bearing Life upon her breast
She clasps Gods hands.
The distant hills are darkness; but
The morrow brings the morrow's light:
This much Is ours-to day to do
The present right.
This much is ours, and things beyond
In Loves old wisdom hidden lie!
But this lies close at hand-to do
His win, aud die.
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DIsGRACEFUL DoINGs.

New Albany, Qnd.) special to Cincinnati En-
quirer.
Letitia Brock, living at SCOTS
vile. III the extreme western por-
ton of this county, came to the
city to-day and made complaint, the COM
plant to be laid before the grand jury. that
on Tuesday last Sam and Jack Terrell,
George and James Holloway, George Brock,
Alex. McFall Charles Clark, Walter Wesley,
Herman and Robert Scott and Henry Todd,
did most brutally beat herself and Miss Mag
gle Wilson.
The facts of the case are that the two wo-
men are bad set, and have scandalized the
neighborhood in which they lived for years.
Some two years ago Mrs. Broeek's husband
committed suicide, and since then runner
has been busy in connecting her name with
his death. About the same time Mrs. VIII
SONS husband died. Soon an illicit intima-
CIV sprung up between Mrs. Wilson and one
William Brock, who was a married man,
bnt no relative of the other woman in the
case. They soon eioped, and intense indig-
nation prevailed, threats being freely made
that there would be a first class lynching If
either ever returned. A few weeks ago Mrs.
Wilson returned, followed by her paramour.
They took up their residence with the wild
ow Brock. and, although warned to leave
Iue AEcN 4SiuoCN W ~
while one Bud Davis, who had been about
the place at the time of Broeck's death,
had returned to the scene, after
having served term in the penitentiary for
robbery. He renewed his visits to the
house. Then there were more robberies and
more indignation.
On the Tuesday NIGHT referred to the
house was visited by about fifty masked men
who demanded admission. This was re-
fused and the door was battered down. The
women we're taken and bound to post, after
which their backs were laid bare from the
armpits down, and they were most cruelty
scourged with hickory withes. The cruel
whips were laid on until the blood ran down
their backs in streams. The women both
tainted. and were then released. The men
left after warning au the victims Of the out
rage to leave. Mrs. Wilson and paramour
have left the country, but Ms. Brock, who
is q woman chocIE full Of pluck, says shs will
stay and fight it out, and intends to have re-
yenue.
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HIS White Light.

CAPTAIN Fenger, of the United States
revenue cutter living. tells good story.
Coming to anchor in Annapolis harbor
one dark night he found schooner IL
ing there with no ieht on her mast. Tue
captain of the schooner, fearing that he
would be reported and fined, at once put
off in boat, and coming alongside the
cutter, hailed the officer of the deck
for a light for his white lantern, as
his had dropped out and fallen overheard.
q Why don't Jon take lamp out Of your
red or green lanternl' asked the lieufen-
ant: you are not using either" "But its
a white light want, SAID the skipper;
"a red one won't do" sWell. put ii in
to your white lantern, voc lubber 7 The
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skipper did not seem satisfied. but lie
pulled back TO his vessel, took the lamp
from his red lantern, lighted il, and put
II into the white ole and then the officer
OF the cutter heard the following excla-
nation across the water from the puzzled
llor; "Well, I'll be gol darned eff that
haint the most curis thing | ever seenln
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The GrGrestone and Part Of the Co6ia Of
Edgar #. Poe ia st. LoWis.
fat Tonia Rennhliraal

Two very curious relics have recently been
brought from Baltimore to this city, and are
likely to remain here in some collection. A
gentleman from St. Louis, an adInirer
Edgar A. Poe, while lately IN Baltimore,
visited the graveyard where the poet rested
SO long before his bones we're taken to be
placed beneath monument, and there had
a curious interview with the sexton who at
tended to the removal of the poets body.
The gexton said that when the grave was
opened tie remains of Poe were found to
consist of q tolerabIy well preserved skele-
toa-that was al. Tie sexton lifted the
head, and referring 10 the matter, said: "His
orain rattled around inside lust Ike lump
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aIIlwankee Prnhnoe MarL..t.

GRAIS-whest opened unsettled ard &c higher,
and closed Arm; No. hard csc; No. 1, S5c; No. ?,
So4c; October S0Ac; November 0Ssc; December
sSitc; No. 3, soc; So.4 coo; rejected Sic. Corn
steady; no. ?, Sac. Oats irmer; No. : lSsAc. Rye
steady; 10. l, 44c. Barley lower; No. :. soc; No
velnber aSc.
PROVISIONS Easier and quiet. Mess pork se.T5
cash and october. Lard, prime steam, Ss.ST.
Chicago Produce Market.
WaEAr-Fairiy active and shade higher; No. 2
veniher; s2tsc Dece1aber; No. 8 Chicago 67l6sc
rejested SIC. Corn, good demand and prices shade
higher Sic cash and November: S3isc December.
Data got7i demand al d shade higher: I9szc cash
19s4Sll9&e November; 1870 December. Rye
steady aisd unchanged. Barley duh and q shade
lower; 9fa. extra No. 5i252c.
piOV1SI0NS-Pork, fair demand but lower rates
S6.7Sf16.7Tss cash and November, e.eoas. 92Is De-
cemher. Lard, fair demand but lower rates; $3.50
CASH 5.s2Ls November; 5.90fs5-92H December.
Bull meess inactive and lower; Ss.25z54.5o 14.e2x
New York Produce Market
GfsAIN-wheat higher: good export demand; re-
ceipsE Sl6, 100 bushels; rejected spring 75-I2E7Sc
ungFadee 50<5S5cs No. spring S2fSs5c; No. spring
92f(Sc; Northwestern 91c ungrsded red 9ocIs .a3
No. do HS399r No. 2 do LOIS 6ll.02 ID, No. do
l.0Sd51.0s IN; ungraded amber 9Sc1i. l-2; No. 2
srnhsr l.s4 IL; ungraded white l.00zs106; No. do
LOO; Nosi do, sales 220oo bushels st 1e41 ex-
tra do saes $500 bushels at los IL Rye 6rm; No.
WESTERN 5sc. BaSisy heavy. Malt firm. Corn
modSratss receipts ls5, 900 bushels; ungraded 46sa
sc; No.2. z7c; No white and yellow western s0l3
sic; round yellow 81 1-2c. Oats quiet and steady:
reCe5sts 90 hzseslsi No. . 2TAc; No. wh;rs
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Now that archery is becoming fash
ionabie amusement, it e we'll 10 know
that the Piute bellies OF Nevada are ex-
pert shots, and adopt asrt of Creedmore
posture, throwing themselves on their
backs, placing their feet in the bow end
drawing the string with both hands. A
Nevada paper says they will thus send an
arrow clear Through the body Of a deer
st q great distance.
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FORTY-SIXTH CONGRESS.
Senate.

Following is list of the Senate as it will ex-
list after the 4th of March, as far as elected up
to date, with an indication of the politics Of
Senators not yet elected, shown by the po-
litical complexion of the legislatures chosen.
Republicans Tin Roman, 81; Democrats lin
italie), 4s; independent I'm SMALL oAps1, /;
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Vim. Cottc ton. the well-kuown Ethiopian
couaediam, fels dead in Cincinnati restaurant
yesterday while ordering his dinner. His sud-
degl demise Is attributed 20 asthma, Of which
be had lcag bscn a uuferer.
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A CORNER IN GODS

2sKc; No. do 2sls12sAc; No. 2 white so4c No.
/, 500; No. white SIC, mixed western 2fh0SOci
white western 2eI3i1sc
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NEW PATENT RULE.

Gen. Payne, the new commissioner of
patents, has issued an order with the approval
of the secretary of the interior, changing Of
fee regulations so as to provide that the fee
OF S25 required by law to be paid for registra-
ton Of trademarks, shall hereafter be payable
in two installments, the first of SIC on fling
tie petition, and the remainder when regis
II .tion is granted. Heretofore the fun amour
/ as been required upon reception of the ap-
plieatior, the petitioner takIag the risk OF
losing the whole fee in case of unfavorabls
action. The changed rule viii conform to the
most liberal practice in regard to patents.
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WISCONSIN RANKs.

The annual report of the State treasurer
for the year ending Sept Soth, makes the fol
lowing: Whole number Of banks doing bust
ness is g. with an aggregate capital OF s., 49,
2S5. OF the securities belonging to the ssy-
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THANKSGIVING.

The Governors of Minnesota, WiscOn-
sin and Ohio have by proclamation set apart
Thursday, November %, as day of thanks
giving 1t is probable that most of the Gov
ernors Of the States will issue proclamations
urging the people to observe that day, it be-
ing also recommended by the President of the
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Democrats lin italic), $50; Republicans (iL
Roman), 1872; National Greenbackers Tin SMALL
oAPs), z; reelected ~; Independent Democrats
q; Independent Republicans ~; to be elected,
A. total 2o3
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RESTATPTION
COL. scoTT's HEALTH

A Pittsburgh, Pa, dispatch says, the
private secretary of J. n. McCulloch, of the
Fort Wayne & Chicago railroad company. re-
ports Col. SCOTS health to be very much
shattered by Over-work, and that his physi-
clan recommends absolute relaxation, declar-
ing that if lie persists in attending to his
railroad duties death or insanity must soon
ensue Col. Scott with his family have EN-
barked for Europe, for an absence of some
+braa rnCufbs
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CONFESSION OF MURDER.

A Marshalltown, Iowa. telegram says, a
curious case has arisen in the criminal court,
which promises to produce some interesting
complications in law. A jury found a man
named Dakin, guilty of the murder of John
Slough, last March, his punishment being the
penitentiary for life Frank Ross, an Italian,
who formerly worked for Dakin, after the close
of the trial made affidavit that he, Ross, killed
Slough. 1t is not yet decided what the course
of the States attorney will be.
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THE NEWS CONDENSED
LYNCHED.

At Little Rock, Ark, a colored man
was taken out of jail and hung at Clarksville
the 9th inst. for committing rape on a white
woman.
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A SPURIOUS HEIR.

In tie Marlborough police court, Lon
don, summons was sent down for hearing
against Lady Annie Louise Gooch, and an
other, charging them with conspiracy to palm
off spurious child on Sir Francis GoOch as
his heir Lady Gooch's counsel presented
certificate of her physician that she was un-
able to attend The magistrate declared the
certificate unsatisfactory, and adjourned the
case for a week, declaring that if Lady Gooch
was not present then, he would issue a war
rent for her immediate apprehension.