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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-05-22
On the Congo.

SANKEY'S men had no less than thirty
two battles with hostile native tribes on
the river Congo, good many of Their
men being killed first and last. And
they also lost a considerable number by
drowning, as the river has great mum
der of rapids and whirpools, and is a
dangerous one to navigate. In one in
stance no less than nine men were drowned
in single afternoon. 1t was sometimes
necessary to haul their boat and canoes
for long distance round these rapids, a
task which was very slow and difficult
frequently it was necessary to cover a
road all the distance with limbs and brush
from the trees, and even then all their
strength was needed to haul the heavy
loads, Nobody can read SANKEY'S &C
count Of his travels, without feeling it to
wonder that he lived to go through SO
many perils.
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PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

The Dominion parliament was proroug-
ed May ID
Garibaldi has decided to reside pcrma-
ncntly in Rome.
Judge Asa Packer, of Philadelphia,
died May =, aged rs years.
MIR. White, the newly appointed minis
ter to Berlin, sailed May Is
Count De Lesteyrie, of Paris, a poll
tician and man Of letters is dead.
The Empress Augusta, of Germany,
reached Windsor Castle May H. on a visit to
Queen Victoria.
Chief Engineer, J. B. Kimball, at the
Pensacola navy yard. died, May IS. He was a
native of Illinois.
William Ii. Vanderbilt and his son
George sailed for Europe on Saturday, May
H., to be absent month, combining business
with recreation.
Minister Schcnck is very i'll in
Washington city, and his friends are very APP
prchensive, as it is thought he has a serious
attack of Brights disease of the kidneys.
The House committee on foreign affairs
has authorized Mr. Wilson to report with a
favorable recommendation his joint resolution
of April 21st providing for further treaty
negotiations with Mexico.
The record of court martial in the case
of Gen. W. s. Stanley on the charges of con
duct unbecoming gentleman and prejudicial
to service in charging Gen William B. Hazen
with cowardice, has been considered by the
Judge Advocate General of the Army and it
has been decided to issue an order reconven-
ing the court at Governors Island, New York
harbor, for the purpose of making up and pre-
seniing more specific findings in regard to the
conduct of Gen. Stanley. The private opinion
Of al the war department officers seems to be
that Stanley has sustained his charges against
Hazen at least to very great extent, and that
he has in no way dishorned himself in bring
ing them against Gen. Hazen, but it is con-
sidcrcd that the interests Of the service re-
quire that Stanley should be specifically adj
monshed against bringing charges, writing
letters and adopting the course which he has
taken during the past few years in order to
expose and humilatc Gen. Hazen.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-05-22
MISCELLANEOUS.

Germany sold 100000 worth of silver
May -, at sgd,
St Louis and the country west, has
ust been visited with heavy rains, greatly ben
| efittmg the crops.
The New York assembly has passed a
bill making six per cent the legal rate of in
tcrc,t in that State
The bank of Nevada has sold 100000
ounces of silver to the government for the
mint in San Francisco, at S1.l0%.
Tie Chippewa river has fallen four
feet Reports are favorable for a clean drive
Of logs on the Chippewa and smaller streams.
The next general conference of the
Methodist Episcopal church for Minnesota
will he held at Winona, October 1, Bishop
Peek will preside.
The weather in Northern New Eng
places in New Hampshire, the thermometer
indicated 100 in the shade.
A Berlin dispatch states that a treaty
between Germany and Samoa has been pub
ishcd unofficially. 1t is quite as favorable
. Germany rs il was reported to be.
Reports from various points in Mime
sata, Iowa and Wisconsin are received show.
rrg that refreshing showers have fallen lately,
and have removed all fears of injury to crops
rom drouth.
Advices from Rome state that the Pope
May IS, presented the beereta TO the newly
appointed cardinals. He said that in appoint
Ing Dr. Newman he rendered signal service
Ia the church, to the sacred college and to
society.
Adyices from Chippewa Falls, Wis,
OF May IL, report the river fourteen feet and
stll rising. the highest water mark since 1915.
The logs are running freely. The river
had risen thirteen inches in last twenty
four honrS.
Advices from Odessa to May ID, state
that the Russian steam navigation companys
vessels will convey 10000 men and 1900 horses
for Bodrsas between May I5and June Is The
remainder Of the evacuation army will go
away by railroad.
The Chicago Inter Ocean publishes AN
analyses of 500 letters lately received, all re-
presenting that the crops throughout in the
Northwestern States are Of the most satisfac-
tory character, and notably So in Illinois. Wis
cousin, Minnesota, Dakota, Iowa, Nebraska
and Kansas.
The secretary of the United States
treasury says it is useless to send kilograms to
the department for $40 certificates, as they
viii DC sent in due proportion TO all the diff
fercnt effiees authorized to sell them as soon
rs they can he printed, and the supply viii
soon reach 100000 daily.
Advices from st. Petersburg, Russia to-
Nay II, state that the Governor Of Orenburg
telegraRhs May ID, that fire at Wisni Uralsk
had broken out afresh, presumably on the Is
during violent tempest and several
government buildings were destroyed On
the 18th there was another eonfiagration at
OEsnhuFg which DESTROYED q considerable por.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-05-22
Romantic Girls"

The papers have recently been unusu
ally full of accounts of runaway girls
elopements, etc. Two young misses tn,
children of respectable parents, left Phil
adelphia for New York in search of adj
ventures, taking assumed names. Cry
ing and terrified, they were arrested al
night by policeman, wandering in one
of the worst purlieus of the city, exposed
to dangers the horrors of which they could
know nothing.
Another girl of sixteen, the child ofar
eminent lawyer,in New England, escaped
to New York, and besieged the theatres
with entreaties to be allowed to go upon
the stage in leading parts.
The saddest story, however, is that of a
child of fourteen, living in the suburbs OF
New York, whose head was filled with the
romance found in cheap literary papers
She made the acquaintance with young
man ON the train which brought her to
the city every day to school.
Her father was wealthy, and the fellow,
who earned patty sum as brakeman,
hoped to establish some hold upon her by
which he could make money. He was
coarsely bred, illiterate and dishonest,
having recently been an inmate of the
House of Correction; but the foolish girl
did not look beyond his black mustache
and paste-diamond pin. He told her that
he was a Russian of noble birth in dis
guise. They wrote to each other as
"Valdimir" and "Stella," and finally the
infatuated girl married him.
The fact was discovered at once, the
girl brought home and divorce obtain
ed; but her name had been dragged
through the public prints, and her whole
life is befouled and ruined by this one
iireparable mistake.
Now where shall we look for cause of
these miserable tragedies? Our girls
read too many frivolous and impure
stories. They promenade the streets alone
too much. They are allowed, if not en-
couraged, to talk of and to attempt to feel
love at too early an age.
On the fashionable thoroughfares of
every great city, you will see girls in their
teens, almost children, who should be i'll
stories as long as their hair and as gloomy
as their finger-nails in mourning because
bereft of soap-all the bores who come to
slay five minutes, but talk five hours.
Through the editorial and rcportorial
rooms, all the follies and shams of the
world are seen day after day, and the
is to believe in neither God,
man nor woman. 1t is no surprise to me
that in this profession there are some
skeptical men. only wonder that jour
nalists believe anything.-De Wit Tai
s9.00a
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A Believing Elephant.

During recent high wind, the large
lantern on the top of the elephant-house
in the Geological Garden of Philadelphia
was demolished. Pieces of the thick
glass fell into the cage occupied by the
elephants, and the female, treading on
one of the fragments, received painful
wound
Instead of displaying the heroic pa
been looked for in a creature of her di-
mensions, she set up a howl that made
the roar of the storm seem the signing OF
a zephyr by contrast.
The keeper, attracted by the din, hast
ened to the scene, and found her rolling
about the cage, believing the while in
cessantly.
Her companion was found to be com
forting her as well as he could by trying
to roar louder than she did, and by letting
half-pint tear of sympathy now and
then roll down his trunk, which was
wound tenderly about the wounded leg of
the PROSTATE beast.
Dr. Henry c. Chapman, surgeon to the
Geological Society was summoned. He
directed that the sufferer should be made
fast, so that she could not interfere with
his operations in her agitation.
She was secured by ropes, and thrown
on her side on bed of straw, treatment
which evoked from her some extra efforts
in the roaring line.
When DR.. Chapman began to probe
softly around the wound with lancet,
however, she showed an elephant in
stinctive respect for friend by ceasing
her believing, and holding the injured
foot perfectly still.
The operation occupied but few min
utes in its performance. DIR. Chapman
successfully removed the fragments of
glass, stopped the flow of blood from the
wound, and in few minutes the huge
beast was again on her feet, looking as
amiable as a lamb.
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BOssing.

Mrs. Lizzie OBrien Pollock, in a com
munication addressed to the Brooklyn
Eagle. says 20, save me from that most
despicablc specimen Of humanity, "A boss
ed man. There is scared, Yes, my
dear. but don't mean it look about him
that makes me turn away in disgust and
wonder why he is man. This system ot
bossing is the most serious obstacle to
happiness in married life, and 10 it We
owe half the divorces which SO disgrace
this com try and its people"
However disagreeable the sight of 3
'bossed man. may be, we are compelled
to the conclusion that it is really very
essential that some men should be
"bossed.'' For there is one sight more
despicable and lamentabl6 than "bossed
man. and that is a bossed woman
woman that cringes like slave, and
trembles in the presence of a great puffy
bully calling himself a gentleman; a
woman who has tremblingly to beg for
ffty cents TO buy herself some buttons or
thread: woman who barely brcathes
when her husband is talking; Woman
who never expects kind word from him,
and never gets IT. Poor creature, She
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of the treasury the power at his discretion to
stop entirely the coinage of the silver dollar,
The amendment which he proposed liked the
market value at the average market price at
New York and San Francisco for the week
proceeding the time the bullion was deposited.
Mr.. Haskell declared himself to be an en-
thusiastic bimetalist but opposed the bill and
Springer's amendment thereto because If the
bill passed the gold would leave the country
and the currency would be contracted to the
extent of s200,000,O00. The vote was taken on
Mr.. Ewing's amendment, and it was adopted,
yeas LOG, nays los, the Speaker casting the
deciding vote amid the applause of the Demo
cratic side. MI Springer's amendment, as
amended by Mr. Ewing, was then rejected,
yeas IS, nays ILL., and the House then, on
motion Of Mr.. Clymer, adjourned till Tuesday
SENATE, May ia communication
was received from the Secretary of the treasury
| in response to a resolution Of the Senate
| Consideration was resumed of the legislative
executive and Judicial appropriation bill
Senator Blaine made an elaborate speech
during which he defended Daniel Webster from
alleged misconstruction and misrepresentation
| of his speeches and..sentiments near the close
of his life, touching the nature of the govern
| ment and its nationality as coatradistingu
ished from the doctrine of States rights. Sena-
| tor Vance replied, SenatorsLogan and other
addressed the Senate. 1t was agreed that the
vote on the so called political part of the bill
should be taken at p. IN. May 20. After al
executive session the Senate adjourned
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NEWS SUMMARY.
CRIMES AND CRIMINALS.


The Grand Jury returned Indictment
meEts, May Is, against the keepers of seven
houses of prostitution in st. Paul
A thieving pOstoffice clerk, Ed. Stew
art, was sentenced at Indianapolis, May ID
to two years in the penitentiary.
Isaac T. Neff, of Anilla, Indiana, went
to visit friends in Franklin county, Ohio
with 5000 on his person, and was murdered.
Later advices from Mokelumne Hill
California reveal the fact that the death Of
Auditor Maynard occurred at his own hands by
stabbing himself.
Alexande Cohen, the Milwaukee forg
er, has been arrested in Richmond, Va. Wis
consin officers with requisition from thu
Governor have gone after him.
On May rs, six criminals at various
points in the country were executed for vari
Gus crimes; one was sentenced to be hung TO
murder, and ont, Henry J. Gross, city Treasures
Of Salem, Mass, hung himself
At Belvidere, n. j., May II, Ex-Stat'
Senator, J. B. Cornish, convicted of conspirac!
to defraud the county of $4,000, and J. II
Sweeney, ex-chief of police of Phillipsburgh
convicted of raising a county b.ll, were eacl
sentenced to one year in the State prison.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-05-22
MARINA.

Where the sea winds mutter
And the sea waves utter
Sounding dirges on the echoing shore;
Where the vocal leaflet
Signs from the ree1et
There Marina SAUNDERS evermore.
There the sea witch moaning
Times the sea elf grooming,
And weird Echo pouIs her solemn roar.
Through the sea cave broken,
Sprent with many a token,
Many a spoil from oceans wizard store.
There, where dimly breaking,
From the sea verge waking.
Samoa's peak the azur waste surveys;
There in sea-weed braided,
Deep in coral shaded,
Hidden sleeps Marina from my gaze.
Far from pity weeping,
Love his vigal keeping,
In the sea urn Wondering in her bloom
Sleeps the dark-eyed maiden,
Sleeps while sorrow-laden,
Sad remembrance walls above her tomb
But though ruthless surges
Chant her only dirges,
And no signal points her place of doom;
Though no mourner waiting,
But the white gull sailing,
Mourns her luster quenched in endless gloon
Still, when evening glimmers
And the crisp wave shimmers,
And thy brow, Samoa, purple dyes,
Pensiyc thought shall render
Votive offerings tender
Breathing DER her fate responsive signs.
And the crested billow,
Beating round her pillow.
Elfin-winged the spirit shades explore;
md the great awaking,
Through the death locks breaking
Oft, unto my sight her beauteous shape re
store
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Facts and Fancies.

SleS \ Dig must go.
Genius stands ON Il bad footing. 1t is
never web hceled.
Whcr 'Gman's head is turned, of course
it must be block head
The ieIiCw who wrote. ooh, ask me
not Aaair," must have been full.
Umatlia Indian. Certainly YOU may
till lndian, but YOU never can cultivate
him.
An adnircr of Ben. Dutlcr says, es
lcadcrb he is one in hundred Bermuda
Hundreds
A colt answer turneth away wrath,
but it is not worth one cent to ward off
broom stick.
The D,snbury News man has written
six books, and thousands OF his readers
are dead, but he is alive.
The .happicst moment of a BARRIERS life
is when he is boring out your eye with
his forciin&er fortified behind wet towel.
The Penvunc says the man who takes
every Find of patent medicine offered has
an inqAiljpg mind, though Of a very poor
quality
In the lexicon of youth, it is said, there
is no s!olr word as fail; but that is where
the |. o: y. differs materially from mer-
chantl, reports.
The Tom Paine memorial hail in lIos-
ton, is badly in debt, and there is no
Kmball "a raise il. Send for lngcrsol.
Detroit Free Press
The mar Who has never been kicked by
mule has yet something To learn, though
inc may have a dozen diplomas from rs
many colleges saying his education is COM
plcte.
Adolph 70 Araminta, on their way TO
church, blow | would | were the pray
er book yea clasp so lovingly" Reply
GLOW J. wG'ild you were, for then | could
shut you u;'.'
In sGmc;ctics every loaf of bread has
its weight stamped on it to indicate its
value; Tut :if every ioafcr bred in this
town had 4, weight stamped ON him, he
would he suppressed.
"Anotho; bungling execution You
know great sympathy shcrifis ought to
be more ,.rcful--poor fellow nothing
said about She way he stole into house
and choppci( up two old people.
The thermometer went ten degrees be-
low Clmr5s Francis Adams Sunday
morning ltomc Sentinel. Wait for the
heated tclut and it will be climbing ap in
the nei9hhofhood of Dennis kcarncy.
Talk abo4t women bowling for their
''rightsi" Where you'll find ten men talk
ing about vepmans rights you won't find
one WON u.,because the ten men will be
sitting GA dsal boxes splitting against the
grocers eloEe.
Gold bas .lcen discovered al McnomO
nee, Mich, LIst across the line Of Wiscon-
sin, and thcIe is great excitement The
dispatch hc.wcver, docs not state the de
nomination, sand the public is left in the
dark as Ia eshctherit is "A i've, ten or t"cn-
ty dollar piece.
When VIC $cad in an exchange that ''all
communications 10 this paper should he
written ia a:full clear hand, " we silently
smile as the probable chirography Of the
editor of tina: sheet rises up in the imagi-
nation in iot chaotic form of Chinese
puzzle stmef by lightning.
We don't object to young people cx-
sracting all &c pleasure possible as they
Journey thrsigh life. But young men
with So s4lasics cant hc expected to at
fend more tlsn three dances week, and
gave much rooney left to put in the con
tribution hos Sunday morning.
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To Make a Place Prosperous.

There ran Hardly be a greater sign Of
prosperity in a community than dis
position u assist one another lift little
Nhcn nGsh5or's wheel gets stuck in the
mud. We know of place where mans
harn. will, az its winter stores Of grain
snd hav, was consumed by fire in the
night IEme,liately all of the men Of
tho countlF ;dc mustered and hauled MP
timbcr foJ pew barn, and then a big
RAISING came off After that the aound
al twenty. h:unmcr was heard until
th, whole Nssa shingled and sided. But
thair decd: oi2kindncss was not done yet;
and one aiteI another they offered 10 take
a head or 9va Of his stock and winter
tiicm for Eim, thus greatly reducing his
hss aud assuring his hear. of the
hsore duiahlc riches 81 brotheriy
eve and ;ncjghborly goodwill. Meme
cs;n compi5~ n money the value Of one
a,ch cxam$ II liberaIity in the com
nf3inity, err ciaiy in its influence on the
young ANd when this spirit prevails
deere is SURE f. he Prngrcs7 ~ place,
..gen if all tbo Improvements are ~ tnelr
infancy. 3'popc will come and settle IN
{, ;,lacc that hears such a name. Now, IL
r,35l desire - see your place growing in
is;u,laritv So all you can To show your
le;f good 5esrhhor, especially TO those
,,lo need q .lit:ic extra help If man
atarts a tin .h,+p or blacksmith shop in
your place soii't harness up and drive of
hve mile 10 buy your pans and
ct your Aofses shod, just because
wa have .b,"n in the habit Of
doing II. l'at:onize the new conner when
van want say ching in his line. Speak
40 him and we'll Of him to
your neighbour Little words Of approval
OF rensurc ~ !: long way; when once YOU
have spokentI.m you cannot recall them.
Help the sieb3 especially when they are
po,r, fo- poIeI.y and illness are indeed a
hs4tyy burden Perform all acts Of l0'ing
charity wlIicb' fall day by day ia y'ur
pass, Concentrating Who it has said, !" Ne
Shall in no aisa lose your reward"
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Trials of Newspaper Men.

One of the greatest trials Of the news
naper profession is that its members are
compelled 10 see more of the shams OF
the world than any other profession.
Through every neHspapcr office, day after
dav. 90 all the weaknesses of the world
ALI the vaniiies that want to I've pulled all
the revenges that want TO be reaped; all
the dull speakers who want to be thought
eloquent: all the meanness that wants to
get its wares noticed gratis in the editorial
columns. in order tn save the tax of the
advertising columns; all the men who want
to be set right who were never right; all
the cracked-brained philosophers with
the nursery, aping the dress. the manners
and the flirtations Of a very vulgar class
of their elders. They apparently have no
mothers to teach them that every step
they take ON this path diminishes their
chances of happiness IN the future. They
will find plenty of men to fiirt with
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The surveying Hoax.

There is practical joke which is quite
favorite with Partisan students. Fix
ing upon some thoroughfare where a
bridge crosses the Seine, two OF them
take their station, the first ON one side OF
the river, the second on the other. Look
ing carefully around, they proceed to
take measurements with cords and
surveyors, instruments, until on each side
quite a crowd has gathered. Next, one
of the students selects some verdant
youth who happens to be passing, and po-
litely asks: Would you kindly hold this
cord, sir? There is going to be govern
ment survey. Please retain the cord TIL
the official comes, on no account drop 1t
for an instant. as the measurement would
be lost" He then gives the other end
to second innocent young man, and the
way is effectually blocked. Meantime
his comrade across the bridge has repeat
ed the same performance. Caieches, car
riages, draws, all sorts of vehicles, with
throngs of foot passengers, have collected,
who are gravely told that they must wait,
as government survey Is IN progress.
By this time the students, OF course, nave
decamped, leaving the unluky holders Of
the cord to manage the impatient crowd
as best they can. The affair usually ends
in the sumnoning q detachment OF
policemen TO drive away these vlctlmlzed
disturbcrs Of the peace. Inns hoaA'
though often practiced, Is said TO pe al
ways successful.
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THE TASK.

LIES school has many tasks we all must learn
Lessons of faith and patience, hope and love
Knowledge of bitter taste, and wisdom stern
OF fires, the temper of our steel TO prove:
Much of forbearance gathering years must
teach,
And charity, with her angelic face,
Gcntling the Judgment, softcning the speeh,
Gives time its surcst aid, and grief lis gracc
Hardest of all the masters we must hear
Experience, with cold eyes and measured voice
Bids us, who hold young lives supremacy dear,
Beware, ere moulding them to suit our cE.oice;
Warning: "The sky smiles blue smooth shows
the path.
Promise no sunshine, guide no wavering loot;
The lovelicst valley hides the reeds of death,
The poison turks deep in the fairest fruit
Leave the young hearts to nature and to God
Leave the young tendrils where they will to
Irvine;
Where yiolets blossom and white snowdrops
nod,
Fall April dews, where April's sunlight shine;
Gather the ripencd corn, yet some ear.
Are left for faItering hand and patient care;
But for the darlings of decaying years
Leave them alone, in all save love and prayer
All the Year Round