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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-05-29
A cArL on rALMAGE.
Probability that He van Joi, The Comgre-
national Church.

Probability that He UtE Join the Congre-
gati0nHt Church.
A correspondent called upon the Rev, I,
Dewitt Talmage in his home at No. / South
Oxford street, Brooklyn, to inquire relative
TO his alleged determination TO leave the
Presbyterian denomination on account of
the pursuit of him by some of the leading
ministers of the Brooklyn Presbytery
Ialmage came IN roaring with laughter.
He had received from al hands the express
sion that his speech just before he broke
loose from the Presbytery after his acquital
was one of the best things he had
delivered, although it had made his
antagonistic brethren almost wilt with rage.
"The Lords field is big enough for us
all to work in without striking handles -
he said, "and if | am cultlvating my field
and tending to it in my own way, don't see
why anybody should leave the work in his
field and come over to interfere with me just
because don't work as he does. Three or
four ships might as well quarrel at sea because
there is not water enough. The church
only touches the rim of the great mass of
people who need help
"Have you concluded 10 leave the Presby-
terrain denomination" asked the cores
pondent.
There has been nothing settled about
that yet. My ties TO that denomination were
never very strong and they are weaker now
than ever before, but it seems to me that the
one-man power which has so long controlled
the Brooklyn Presbytery has been
broken. / had to meet q solid body against
me when l went TO that ecclesiastical
court. The Lord has led me through. / was
raised up so that / am not much of a sec
tartan. / cant tell what church / will
moose. The largest part of my congrega-
ton are of New England rearing and are
inclined to the Congregational form of gov
eminent. When the smoke of the conflict
clears away we will talk the matter over. OF
course, it will not be pleasant for US to re-
main in the Brooklyn presbytery."
The venerable DIR. Spear, who was Tai
IMAGES counsel in the trial. and is one OF
the editors of the lHdepeadent, has fallen
quite in love with Talmage, although when
be did not know him so well he confesses
that he called him buffoon, and spoke
strongly against lin. DIR. Spear went tC
hear him preach on Sunday, and said that il
it was necessary to testify his respect and
admiration for DR.. ralmage any further, he
would change his church relations and be
come a member of the Tabernacle.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-05-29

land with their game preserves they have
tied it up, and actively conspIred to pre-
vent its due cultivation. Instead Of rising
to the true necessities of the case they
cling to their game, make penal enact
ments about it, and struggle to augment
the intensity of the evil which it is to the
people, as if the very existence Of the
country depended upon hares and rabbits.
In his absolute supremacy the land owner
oyerrides all justice, takes precedence If
all ordinary creditors on his helpless ten
ants estates, and controls the system Of
cultivation, often in Iutter disregard of
private rights or private Judgment, and
in addition secures to himself the absolute
reversion of every improvement which
the tenant may make On the land.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-05-29
CASUALTIES.

The town Of Dallas, Oregon, has been
nearly destroyed by fire.
James Sheppard, an old man, fell down
a aigEt Of stairs in St Paul May % and had
his neck broken.
An immense cotton house in New York
city, crowded with bales was destroyed 10y fire
an the evening Of May %
Al the Harvester Works, St Paul, May
IN Mz~. Pilkin had an arm broken by fall
from a buggy The lady was taken home and
attended by DR.. Store.
Tie Oriental powder company's maya
zine r.car Brighton, H. containing 5000 kegs
Of powder was struck by lightning on the af-
tcrnoou Of sunday, May p and exploded
Anton Peters, an attache of Haverley's
theatre Chicago, was instantly killed, May a,
by ding from the top of that building while
attempting to dIslodge a bah from the
cave,
An explosion, May -, of the boiler in
the Risdon grist min at Fastoria, Ohio, in
-tant.y killed one man and severely injured
several others. TIL walls Of the mill were de-
moIsshed.
At the late great Brooklyn, \. Y. fire,
the oufagsation continued from midnight till
noon Of May "A, destroying property to the
amount oi from one half to three quarters OF
IA m'Eiou Of dollars.
\ body found IN the North river New
York. May 20, was identified as that Of
Col. tiroycsbeck, whose diappearance was an
nuuced several days since. The remains will
be sent to Cincinnati for interment
The Italian bark Amalti, which cleared
| New York rity for Barcelona, with a cargo OF
2,20J barrels Of petroleum, burned to the
waters edge May 90 and sank at her anchor
| age of Staten. Island. Loss $4,000; insured
| abroad. Crew saved.
James Nolan, of St Paul, May 20, feel
under train Of cars near the round house on
the Iowa end Minnesota division IF the Mil
waukce Il 81 Paul Railroad, and had his left
| leg frightfully mangled, and received other in
jurie- Dr-. Murphy and Mattocks amputatcd
| the leg
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-05-29
An Evening Idyl.

On cold wintry nights every woman
is seized with an unnatural ambition to
have the stove filled with coal Just before
retiring for the night. At this time, OF
course, the scuttle Is empty and the lord
of the manor is commanded to descend
to the murkey solitudes Of the cellar to
fill it, He knows it is useless to argue
over the matter and induce her to believe
the fire will stay in until morning, be
cause he has tried that before; so he re-
luctantly picks up the scuttle and starts
for the cellar with shuddcr.
His wife lights him down, and then,
for some unknown reason, starts up stairs
with the lamp in her hand. The man Is
in total darkness, but he knows just
where the coal is located 50 he makes no
fuss, but heads for it as well as he can.
When he arrives where he thinks the coal
ought to be, he begins to feel for it witA
his feet
He finally finds it, and then he puts
down the scuttle and searches for the
shovel. He soon RECEIVERS j. and scoops
up lot of coal, only to ascertain that the
whereabouts of the scuttlc is mystery.
Down goes the shovel with "gosh blame
il, and search for the scuttle is started
He kicks all around, and feels his way
back along the wall After a diligent
search Of five minutes he finds the scuttle,
and keeps his foot against it, SO that it
cant get up and walk away Then he is
unable to find the shovel.
This causes him to yelp out something
and start back; when halfway across he
smaches his nose against a beam, and
sees more stars than Lyceum has ever
seen He gets 50 that after he has solaced
his nose with his hand, he PUSHES franti-
callv forward and falls on a barrel which
is lying down, if the word be permissible,
and rolls over it. the coal upsetting and
rolling down his shirt-front and in his
face
He then rushes around and yells fire
1t is SO dark he cant find the steps His
wife doesn't hear him; but after a suffi
cient time has elapsed she goes down with
a light Arriving at the top Of the starts
she shous
"Why don't you hurry up; what's the
matter with you, anyhow, you old slow
poker
Gosh dun you women, you
Don't you talk TO me that way, you
heartless old growler, when | slave my
lift out for you. Just bring that coal up
here lively or I'll lock you down there all
night
And then he gets so mad that he actu
ally laughs and gets good-natured, fill
the scuttlc, fixes the fire, and retires for
the night.
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A resident on Brush street who had horse
to sell was directed to a citizen of Ninth ave
nue. who wanted to buy, and after httie
talk the two made trade. The Ninth ave
nue. man gave an old horse ana 80 IN cash
for the other, and everything seemed per-
feclly satisfactory. In a day or two. how
ever, the Brush street man returned and
said:
ssYou and made trade the other day.
Eyes, replied the other
derstandy"
81 am"
swell, that horse you traded with me has
a SPAWN, and you never SAID a WORD about
il. What sort of trickery Is TINS foF CHRIS
tan man to engage in
The other entered the house without
word but after a minute reappeared with
the family bible, and said'
eMr. Blank, here is my guide and conso,
gstion. bare read this bcoE taFouga ana
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-05-29
MISCELLANEOUS

6 The ST. Petersburg police have been
rciaforced by $50 soldiers,
Tnere was Il great eruption of Mount
Eu.a, ON sunday evening, May -.
The Greek was preparatory ono said to
To be merely an attempt at intimidation.
The strike Of the long shore men still
troahlcs the New York ship owners and ship
pens
The crops at Eau Claire, Wis, and the
rc@ien round about are looking finely, and the
farmers are happy.
Il Is said Austria intends very shortly
20 occupy Novi Bazor in accordance with its
Austgo- Turkish convention.
Copious rains fell in greater portion
OF Ohio on Saturday night, May n doing
great good to growing crops.
General Stalypine has aroused search
for nlhilists who were reported to be working
Hany the Russian troops in RoumeHa
\ Berlin correspondent says it is stated
THAI Prince Alexandria Of Hungary will shortly
marry Princess Jusaapoff Russian heircss
There has been panic at Sonora,
Russia in consequence Of placards announces
that she town would 81 burned May - The
fir brigade paraded the'streets all night,
\ correspondent at Vienna reports that
- dispatch received there states that Greece is
prtpscing to mobolize $1,000 men. and that she
ha> sent an officer to the United States 10 pur-
chase two iruncads.
The assignee of Archbishop Purcell, of
Cincinnati, 0. filed, May 23, schedule Of as
sets and liabilities Of the archbishop and his
Brother Edward Purcell. The total amount of
claims Is SS,695. e5l - Assets, total, Sl1S1,-
5le.41, IT which amount Sils526sS Is classed
81 doubtful on worthless
AIay 70 At Eau Claire, Wis, the water
in ihe Chippewa uyer was continuing to fall,
the pier mark showing little less than eight
fest in the channel The logs are running
steadily, aud there is no doubt Of :, full supply
foE tie season. There are in the Dells reser-
vo5r about 100000 feet, with fully S0oOoo.-
oos feet more on the river above. a large part
.of which are in the big dam AZ Lufla Falls
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-05-29
Facts and Fancies.

Railway frogs never croak, though Their
owners often do.
Trees begin to die at their tops-men
begin to die there, too.
Admiral Dot wants to marry. Judging
from his name, his wife will be the girl
IF the period.
4 newspaper man in Texas has mar
ried $2,U6O,000, and a sorrowing brother
adds, "Please exchange
It's safe to bet that there is letter in
the San Francisco Post-ofiice for Gen.
Grant from Private Dalzell.
A grave digger buried man named
Button, and brought in the following bill
to his widow: ITO making one Button
hole, So"
The Tom Paine memorial hall in Bos-
ton, is badly in debt, and there IS no
Kimball to raise it. Send for Ingcrsoll.
Detroit Free Press.
When a great man receives an ovation
the reflection that twice as big a crowd
would come to see him hung ought to
discourage him, but it don't
is there any danger OF the poa con
strictor biting me3'' asked lady Of the
Geological Gardens Not the least,
marin, replied the Snowman; 'he never
bites he swallows his whites whole
Whenever a new and startling fact is
brought to light in science, people first
saw. Iii is not true, then that lit is con
trarv to religion, and, lastly, that "every-
body knew it before. '-Agassiz.
..When do you inted to 60 back, Nike
sked an exile OF another. If live till
| dove, and God knows whether | Will or
not. / intend to visit old Ireland once
more before leave this country"
In street car. Lady IN shabby dress
to animated tailor's model standing in
front of her. sWilI you please ring the
bell. sirl'' sPawloa, madam, I'm not the
conductaw-ah. s'Indeed3 What are
your He gives it up.
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= ST. LOUIS LOTTERY.


ITtzc.
ST. Louis Special
The irrepressible Wakefield, whose con-
nection with the police board scandal, and
subsequent indictment for perjury in CON
nection Herewith is still town talk, has again
got himself into trouble. Defeated in his
scheme to retain profitable control over
the Missouri Lottery company, he a few
days ago got possession of the charter of the
Academy of Music lottery, under which, some
time since, its owners were empowered to
run a lottery in this State. The charter was
subsequently repealed by the Missouri leg
isIature, but this made but little difference
to Wakefield, as, though he saw a certain
prospect of litigation, he also saw that he
had in the opinion of lawyer that the re-
peal of the charter was unconstitutional,
grounds for sufficient delay of the law final
operation to allow him several months in
which to run his lottery. He accordingly
secured the cooperation of three IsraelItlsh
brothers, Smit by name and pawnbrokers by
profession, organized the lottery,
and rented head office on the
corner of Fourth street and Wash
ington avenue. Preparations were soon
completed, and yesterday the sale of tickets
commenced. Quite number were disposed
of, the late patrons Of The defunct Missouri
lottery gladly invested in the new venture.
In fact, everything looked favorable until,
at a few minutes after noon to-day, levee
hand named G. II. Price entered the office,
and presenting the orthodox ticket, demand
ed the 1925 which it had evidently
drawn. There was no donbt that the
ticket was genuine, and that the man
had got it from one of teh authorized
agents of the lottery. But the head
office had no record of the sale, aud
declined to pay the prize. The Smits
and Wakefield did their best to
persuade the man that he
had been deceived, but he knew better, and
seeing that he was bent upon his rights,
they ordered him from the Office. He de-
cliEed to move without the money. They
persisted and a row followed, in which
Though the levee man was mighty and mus
cular) be was finally worsted, but not until
he had marked his four opponents, and had
broken up the office furniture considerably.
The noise of the sculfie caused considerable
connection in the building, in which some
of the most respectable business men of the
city have Offices an / the result was that the
proprietor request ed Wakefield and his
Israeltish conferes % remove their establish
ment instanter. They did SO, and it is not
yet known where the headquarters of the
new lottery will be located.
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"A soft answer, etc.-Female epicure
"Oh, mister. I'm sure that was bad
one, Oyster salesman Indignantly
What d yer mean Then YOU shouldn't
a swaiIered it, mum. I've been in this
trade matter q ten years and never
Lady We'll it certainly left a nasty
taste. Salesman tmoIliiedl: swell.
there's no denyin' that some IN EN- il
igher in flavor than othersf Pssael.
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through, and if you will take it and find
where Christian man is required to point
out spavins in horse trade, III buy you a
better horse than you ever owned"
The Brush street man went home with
new thoughts in his head, and he has said no
more about the exchange.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-05-29

A gentleman addresses another gentle
man, whom he doesn't know, at party
This affair is awfully stupid; lets go out
and lake a drink. Il would like to do
it, . was tie reply. shut | can't leave very
we'll sNhy not" Why, you see, | am
the one who is giving the party.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-05-29

THE little town Of Hudson, Ohio, in
the county Of Summit, twelve miles north
of Akron, is the center of the largest
maple sugar district of the State, and is
considered the head center for the manu-
facturc Of maple syrup. The State Of
Ohio ranks as the third State in the
manufacture Of the largest yield ofmaple
sugar known in years. In every dircc
ton around the town of Hudson appear
the sugar camps ut more OF less frequent
lnterEnL..
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-05-29

j PROVIDENCE maChlnIst has made
S380,OOO worth of gold and silver models
of locomotives, ships, palace cars, sc.
The number is fifty-six.
HARVARD can no longer claim to be
the American university having the
greatest number of students, as Michigan
University boasts ,342 students, while
Harvard has but 1899 Harvard leads,
however, in the number Of instructors
having 1872 to Michigan's So.
FAYETTE County, Ky, has a beautiful
Young lady Of IS, who is equal to Dr.
Carver in rife shooting. With an old
fashioned squirrel rifle she recently shot
two blackbirds out of the top Of a tree
and two owls through the head As an
exhibition OF her skill, she centered the
mark six times in succession at the dis
lance of sixty yards.
A BELGIAN chemist asserts that the
colors Of pressed flowers may be retained
by dipping them in heated alcohol with
one drop Of saIic acid to six thousand
parts Of alcohol Heating alcohol to a
boiling heat is not pastime for the mex
perienced to indulge in The flowers are
dipped in this solution and then shaken
and pressed
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-05-29

IL cXcayating for the foundation of a
house in the street of Geneva, SwitZer-
land. some distance from the Rhone, a
number Of piles, identical with those
found in lacustrine villages, have been
uncovered, "a circumstance which points
to the conclusion that the river was once
much wider than at present, extending
probably to the foot of the steep hill
which marked the limits of the ancient
city. In the same ncighborhood has also
been found sculptured slab, which -
pears 10 have formed part Of the entabla-
ture Of a Roman building.
Mn NocETTG recently bought in Sierra
Juarcz a mountain range in northern So
noral ten pounds of gold quartz for 500
he sent one pound to Los Angeles and
sold it for 5000 It seems hardly cred
ibIc that quartz, under any circumstances.
should be worth more than gold; but
this Lofts SO beautifully white and So plen-
titully scanned and sprinkled with gold
as to bring the price paid Mr.. p. Canoe
Of Los Angeles buys selected specimens
of gold quartz, paying sometimes as high
as S22 per ounce Of quartz 10 select 1t
IS shipped 10 France and used for Jew
elry.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-05-29

A WALKING STICK for tourists and bot
anists, recently patented in Germany 10y
Herr Herb of Pulsnitz. is furnished with
the following articles one side Of the
handle is a signal pipe, and on the other
side can be fixed knife (which is above
the ferrulel In the middle Of the han
lie is a compass. The handle itself can
be screwed of, and within is small
miscro~core with six object glasses. In
the stick nnder the handle is vessel
containing ether or chloroform. out
side the stuck there Is inserted on one
side a Thermometer, and on the other a
sand or minute glass Above the fcrrulc
Is the knife already referred To, and to
the ferruie can be screwed a botanist's
spatula or an point for glacier par
ties). Lastly, "a metre measure is adopt
cd To the stick.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-05-29

a list has been lately published by the
French Minister OF War of the names of
the battles which are TO be inscribed on
the new colors about to be given to every
regiment and corps in the French army.
The oldest battles to be mentioned are
those Of Jemmapes and Valmy, both
fought in 1899, at the outbreak of the
Revolution. On the other side Of the
colors to that on which the names of the
battles are inscribed are to be placed in
letters of gold the words "RcpubIique
Franchise Honneur TT Patrie."
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-05-29

A STRENUOUS effort Is to he made to in
duce tae French Parliament to vote law
Of divorce, none exists in France At pres
ent Such Law was voted in 1892. on
the ground that an indissolublc tie was at
variance with the principle Of individual
freedom and it reuained in force until
the restoration This law gave rise to
great scandals. and under Its operation
there were something like 10000 divorces
in year. At present the law only allows
Of separation; and some statistics recently
printed show that in the course of twelve
years there were 30. 492 demands for sep
aration .099 on the part of the husband
and S9763 on the part Of the wife and
this in spite Of the unjust position in
which a separated woman IS placed
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-05-29

PROF LocKYER is of the opinion that
human life on the planet Mars might be
very much like human life on the earth
the light cannot be 50 bright, but the
organs Of sight may be 50 much more
susceptible as 10 make the vision quite
good the heat is probably less, as the
polar SHOWS certainly extend further, but
byno means less in proportion TO the les
sened power Of the solar rays.
MILE. DE MAcLEF, daughter of a rich
Russian, has been arrested in St Peters
burg for connection with a Nihilisht
conspiracy She is but 20 years of age.
and lies in chains in the citadel Of Kew,
where the Countess Panin and the
daughter Of Gerstfcld are confined under
similar charge The young ladies
gained their revolutionary ideas from FIRE
quenting lectures Of the State University
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-05-29

NEPoTrsM. or fayoriusm. or familyism
in the public offices of Russia is often
manifested TO a strange degree and in
peculiar ways A whole province or dis
trict is often in the hands of a few fam
lies Thus, it has just been shown that
IN the Usman district all the offices are
in the hands Of four persons, belonging
to two families, viz: II. Blank has sew
en- Offices B. Blank, seven offices; J..
Andruf, six offices; N. Andruff, eight
offices.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-05-29

Two California sharps were playing
game of cards. 1T is very singular,
observed one. that haven't seen a king
yet" Not at all, replied the other.
you have one in yol sleeve and ! havr
the other tuee in my boot
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Iris literally advertised in the Eng
li-b newspapers that vast estate is
awaiting the heirs of the Patricks Of Suf
folk England. The property is cstimat
"a at Ss0,oooooo. The heirs are sup
posed to be living in New York, Massa-
chusetts and Pennsylvania These wind
falls from decayed English families show
the necessity Of Americans Of British de-
scent preserving the genealogical rec
nrtis