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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-12-29

SMALL Pox Is sweeping off the Indi-
ans of northern Michigan, twenty hav-
ing died out of the tribe located near
Northport. The quarantine established
cut off all medical aid, and a Catholic
priest gave up his life in battling for the
red mon
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-12-29

This will be the great railroad-build-
ing year in American annals. Up to this
time 1901 miles of new road have been
built this year, being 1854 more miles
than last year. The weather conditions
of the fall and winter so far have been
very favorable to the work of railway
construction in nearly every part of the
cOrntrv
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-12-29

THE Piute Princess who married an
Indian agent named Hopkins the other
day is coming east to lecture. The
Princess was educated at Catholic
seminary in California, and is the
granddaughter of the Chief Trukee,
who led Fremont, over the Sierra Ne
vada. She expresses her opinion OF
Indian agents thus: owe do not OBJ
ject to the agent clasping the sack in
the middle and retaining half of our
allowance, but when he empties all
there is into his own store and throws
us the empty sack, then We object"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-12-29

THE formidable increase of warlike
appliances by France, and the general
activity apparent in the military de-
partment of that country are reported
to cause much uneasiness throughout
EuroOe
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-12-29
Treating an Fpidemic.

The epidemic which has broken out
among bank cashiers attracts a great
deal of attention. The effect Of the
disease is to make the cashier lose all
power to distinguish between what be-
longs to him and what to the deposi-
tors sf the bank. No system of treat
ment has as yet been definitely shown
to be the best, but in Two of the most
prominent cases the following methods
have been adopted
/. Newark treatment rather homeo-
pathic. Take the cashier to court,
have him give bail, and then send him
back to the bank to siIsighten out his
accounts. By going over the figures
again he will be convinced he did
wrong and win agree never to do so any
more. Cure guaranteed, but the at
tack may occur again.
2. Kansas treatment electic a little
heroic. Take the cashier and tell him
you want your money. If you don't
get it, take long rope with moose at
one end. Then, holding the cashiers
nose, insert his head in the moose. Pass
the other end of the rope over the
limb of tree, then pull on that end
until the distance from the point of the
rope touching the tree 10 the toe of the
cashiers boot is less than the distance
from the limb of the tree to the ground.
Continue this treatment for several
minutes. Cure guaranteed. Attacks
never rccIlr aoeif
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-12-29

IT is said Judge Cox never presided
over a criminal case before last spring.
and the star route cases and the Guiteau
case are the only criminal cases of any
importance that have ever come before
him
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-12-29
MORSE 6 WILKINSON. PrObrietors.

A YOUNG married lady OF Youngs-
town, O., has been suddenly attacked
with paralysis of the tongue, and is un-
able to articulate a word.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-12-29

ABOUT score of residents of Illinois
and Nebraska have joined in present
ing Senator Logan with cane made of
an oak stick from the frigate constitu-
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-12-29

He found rope and picked it up,
and with it walked away; it happened
that at t'other end horse was hitched,
they say. They found a tree and tied
the rope into swinging limb; it hap
pened that the other end was somehow
hitched to him.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-12-29

GEN. SHERMAN's army saddle, Sheri-
dams sword, Clusters cap, and Grants
cigar are exhibited among the relics Of
the Soldiers Bazaar in Boston. Not the
least interesting in the collections is the
National flag which was worn as a pet
ticoat by Mrs. Briggs, Of Richmond, in
order to save it from rebel searchers.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-12-29

MILWAUKEE. Dec. 24.-Flour, Quiet and
unchanged. Wheat-Strong; No. hard nomi-
nal; No. 2, 127A; 1.27A for seller De-
cember; 1.27h for seller January; 1.27
for seller February; 1.27h for seller March;
LIS for seller April; 100 for seller May; No.
3, 1.1Ol; No. A. nominal; rejected, nominal.
Corn-Scarc and firm; No. 2, 6l. 0ats-Qnet
and unchanged; No. 2, ~. Rye-Quiet; No. /,
95. Barley Quiet: No. 2, 90. Provisions
Higher; mess pork, 1850 for seller cash and Jan
uary; IL ,O5 for sellsr February. Liver Hugs
Steady. Receipts-four, 74O3; wheat, $4,000;
barley, $40. shipments-Ao 6.575; wheat,
2 900. ba rlev 10 QnQ
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-12-29
rs EouaIIsTnInown.

A Lowell Mass paper, so we OBJ
serve cites the case of Mr.. NJ. P. Short,
proprietor of the Belmont Hotel, that
city, who suffered with rheumatism for
seventeen years without finding relief
from any of the numerous remedies
employed, until he applied st. Jacobs
Oil 81 never found any medicine
that produced such remarkable and in
Simultaneous effect as it did" says Mr..
Short .-Iayof1s [ Ia Mirror.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-12-29

IT appears, among other things, that
Baldwin, the Newark cashier, was the
financial hacker" of a theatre, by
which he lost great deal of other peO-
pies money. Baldwin seems to have
been quite cosmopolitan in his habits,
as he Sustained" a church as we'll as a
theatre, and took turns in giving mon
ey to charitable objects and gambling
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-12-29

Brains do not always depend on the
size of hats, as witness the following
list. Lord Chelmsford, 64 full; Dean
Stanley, 81; Lord Beaconstield, q; the
Prince of Wales, 7 full; Charles Dick
ems, Il; Lord Shelbourne, Il; John
Bright, ~; Earl Russell, "a; Lord Ma
eauley, III: Mr.. Gladstone, "a Louis
Philippe, "a: the Archbishop Of York,
s full.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-12-29

j youthful female lawyer would feel
insulted at being called BARNARD, and
vet that's just what she is.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-12-29

A flannel cloth dipped into warm
soap-suds and then into whiting and
applied to paint, viii instantly remove
all grease and dirt. Wash with water
and dry. The most delicate paint viii
not be injured, and viii look like new.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-12-29
Fire.

DETROIT, Dec. 20.-A fire on West
Bay street, last night, burned the Shep-
ard & 0pten blocks; Fisher 4 Harring-
ton block, and the Vedder block. The
principal places destroyed were: Fish
ers opera house; Phelps & Co.'S dry
goods store; Weber's hardware store;
city offices and records; Struts drug
store. The aggregate loss is $4,000.
The largest loosers are: S. C. Fishers
block, 10000: Phelps & Co., druggists,
$50, 600. Total insurance, $35, 900.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-12-29

Indulgent parents who allow their children to
eat heartily Of hl Oh seasoned food rich pies cake
etc.. viii have to use Hop Bitters 10 prevent indi
gestion, sleepless nights, sickness pain, and per-
haps, death. No faulily is safe without them in
the house.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-12-29
The following dispatch was sent b.
Secretary Blaine:

WASHINGTON, Dec. o. The treasury
department to-day purchased 100000
ounces of fine silver for the San Fran
cisco, Philadelphia and New . leans
mints
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-12-29

An Elmira IN. Y. clergyman reports
that the war on mutilated coins has
been . good thing for the contribution
box. A man who has tried in vain to
pass halfdollar with a hole in it
finally gives up in despair and drops it
into the Sunday collection to which he
was formerly in tn habit of contribut-
ing nothing, or at most a dime. Such
coins the churches sell as bullion at an
average reduction Of five per cent. of
their face value, much to the advan
tage of foreign missionaries and poor
nnnnle of home
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-12-29

ACCORDING to the last report of the
commissioner of agriculture it appears
that 100000 persons in the United
States are engaged in agricultural pur-
suits. The total value of farms and
farm implements is $13 ,461, 200, 433, or
two-thirds of TIE productive wealth of
the nation. The value of farm pro
ducts and live stock for 1878 was
$3,OOO,OO0,0O0 against $500, 100000 of
mining. and manufactured nrnducts.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-12-29
ISOLATION.

Thoroughly isolate and squarntine
every case that may occur, sand keep
it so isolated until all danger that the
disease can be communicated is past.
If the patients be kept in a private
house it is better that the uppermCst
rooms of the house be used for the
purpose. Every person in the vicinity
should at once be vaccinated without
regard 10 previous operations.
In case of death, the funeral and
burial should be conducted with the
strictest privacy, and should be under
the direction Of the Health officer
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-12-29
SNAIL POX.
suggestions for ATS Restriction and
Prevention Presented by the state
Board OF Health or Wisconsin,.

Appleton, Wis, December, 1851.
The prevalence of small pox at this
present time and to an alarming ex-
tent in adjoining states, and the recent
importation of several cases of that
loathsome malady into Wisconsin, us,-
mand that the state board OF health
should again call the attention of our
citizens TO the importance of ticking
such precautions as will render chem
and their families safe from its attacks.
Special inquiry instituted by this
board has shown that very large pro-
portion of ogr people are ) ow wholly
unprotected from small rox. Having
been for several years comparatively
free from this disease, many nave neg
lected to employ The only precaution
lobich has eper get propea effective as d
safeguard against Il, 4. e.,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-12-29
DESTRUCTION.


At the close of the disease, articles
which can be so treated, should be dis
infected by being subjected TO the ac-
ton of boiling water, or may be baked
in an oven at a temperature of not
less than 212 degrees. Heat ehectually
destroys the poison germ. Such arti-
cIes as cannot be so treated should re-
main in the room after the removal OF
the patient and be subjected to
sULPHURIOUs FUMIGATIOS
which is effected by placing sulphur in
a safe and convenient vessel, in the
proportion of Is to 20 ounces for each
thousand cubic feet of space in the
room, with the doors, windows, and
chimney fiues closed, and igniting it.
The room should remain closed ten or
twelve hours, af er which prolonged
VENTILATION,
scrubbing the floor, and painting the
wood work, with whitewashing and re-
papering the walls, will complete the
process and fit The rooms for re,habi-
tation.
By order of the Board,
]. r. REEVE, M. D.,
Secretary.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-12-29

The secretary Of state received to-
day the following dispatch from the
charge de affairs United States at st.
Petersburg;
To Frelinghuysen Washington
Have seen Ignaliff. The Russian government
has ordered active search for the second cutter,
and viii furnish all funds necessary at st. Peters
burg for subsequent needs. viii draw on you.
Have long telegram from Melville Understand
the same went through last night to the navy de-
partment. VIII communicate Melville through
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-12-29
TWENTY-NINTH DAY.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.-Gulteau came
into the court room this morning APP
parently under some excitement.
Col. Chas. Beed took a seat by his
side and whispered something to him.
Guiteau, striking the table violently,
began to expostulate: 81 won't do any
thing Of the kind"
A whispered consultation between
the three mentioned seemed to result
in pacifying the prisoner, who looked
up with smile and said: II was going
to make a speech, but have changed
my mind He then busted himself
opening his mail, saying; This is the
first time | have opened my mail for
myself in some time"
DIR. THEo. DIAMOND,
of Auburn, \. Y, who had been sum-
moned for the defense, and retained by
the prosecution, was called to the
stand.
Witness believed, Judging by the evi-
dence TO which he had listened, includ
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-03-31
Scientific t;cintiiations.

German Psychologists have been expert
mcnting to ascertain the best mode OF re-
storing frozen animal life. and they an
nounce that the hitherto accepted theory
that persons who have been exposed too
long to extreme cold should not be brought
into contact with warmth except by slow
degrees is wholly erroneous. Dogs were
frozen by artificial applications Of cold I'M
til breathing and pulsation had almost
wholly ceased. and then attempts were
made to restore twenty Of them in q cold
room, twenty in warm room, and twenty
in bath Of warm water. Of the first four
teen died; of the second eight; of the last,
none. The warm bath brought about res
toration in a remarkably short time.
In 8 paper on dew and fogs, Herr Dimes
says that morning fog along the river course
arises when the water is warmer than the
air over it, the evaporation going on more
quickly than the vapor can be carried away,
and is, therefore, condensed and spread as
fog. The evening fog on moist low-lying
meadow land he attributes to a lowering of
the temperature Of the grass surface by IA
diation, and a consequent condensation of
the acqueous vapor iii the lowest layers Of
the atmosphere.
Statistics show that since 1854 there has
been an increase Of risk from lightning in
various parts of Germany, Austria, and
Switzerland, while there is no corresponding
increase in the number Of thunder storms
Herr Holtz, who has been investigating this
matter, inclines to the belief that causes for
the greater liability Of danger from lightning
are to be sought in the changes produced Of
late by man on the surface of the earth:
such az the clearing Of forests, the increase
of railroads, and the great use of iron made
in the construction of houses.
Mr.. C. j. Kintner. Of the United States
patent office, believes that, judging from
what has already been done in various up
plications of electricity, within the next de-
cade we shall find our large telegraphic cor
porations operating their elevators, supply
ing G5tive powers, heat, and light through
out their buildings, and electricity tor their
lines. from one common course OF power.
At the last Paris exhibition, considerable
attention was drawn to some muslin curt,ing
to which a fame was constantly applied
without setting them on FIRE. The chemi~
cal composition of the substance which
rendered them incombnstible, as recently
made known, was so parts pure sulphate Of
ammonia, Is of carbonate ammonia, 80 of
boracic acid, IL of pure borax, 20 OF starch,
and 1000 of distilled or pure water. The
materials to be rendered fire resisting are
dipped in this solution while it is hot, SO AZ
to insure thorough impregnation, and when
we'll driet}, are ironed as ordinary starched
fabrics.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-03-31
Pithy Points Of Notable Authors.

lCul VI ANVlNUAC AuGuVlSs
Shuman: Talent works; genius creates
Confucius: Humanity is the equity Of
the heart.
Chateaubriand: Music is the child Of
prayer, the companion of religion.
Joubert: 1t is a great happiness, great
fortune, TO be born good.
Montaigne: Confidence in another mans
virtue is no slight evidence Of mans
own.
G. W. Curtis: Prussia is great because
her people are intelligent. They know the
alphabet. The alphabet is conqueling the
world.
Spinoza: The free man thinks of nothing
less than of death; his wisdom consists
not in the meditation of death, but of life.
Whipple: Competency means, to all rea-
sonable beings, cleanliness of person, de-
cency of dress. courtesy of manners, op-
portunities of education, the delights Of lei
sure, and the bliss of giving.
Emerson: The poor are only they who
feel poor, and poverty consists in feeling
poor. The rich, as we reckon them, and
among them the very rich, in true search
would be found very INDECENT and ragged.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-03-31
. GODS VOICE.
God said, II am tired Of Kings!
7 suffer them no more:

GOD SAID, Il am tired OF Kings!
Isuffer them no more;
Up to my ear the morning brings
The outrage Of the poor,
Think We made this ball
\ field of havoc and war,
Where tyrants great and tyrants small
Might harry the weak and poor?
I.0! uncover the land,
Which I hid OF old time in the west,
As the sculptor uncovers his statue
When he has wrought his best.
l will divide my goods!
Call in the wretch and the slave:
Mono shall rule but the humble,
And none but toll shall have.
l will have never a noble;
No lineage counted great;
Fishers, and choppers and plowmen
Shall constitute State !"-Emerson.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-03-31
THE FIRST TRYST.

She pulls q rose from her rose-tree
kissing it's soul to him
Far over years, far over dreams
And tides of chances dim.
He plucks from his heart poem;
A fower-sweet messenger,
Far over years, far over dreams,
Flutters it's soul to her.
These are the world-old lovers,
Clasped in one twilight's CLEAN;
Yet he is but q dream to her,
And she a poets dream.
IS. NJ. B. Piatt.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-03-31

You are quite sure. my GEAR OaCAs b441s
this enthusiasm is unalte:able?"
"As Persian law!'
"Then you shall see her."
"Where? You don't mean, Tom, we're to
take trip to Edinburgh"
"Jack, my boy, that story was not in the
book. I read it out of this venerable head.
The place was not Edinburg, but San Fran
cisco. The young lady was not Annie Comp
ton, but Marian C0rbin.
1.-THE deuce it was!'
"You're an old stager, Tom, and know
everything. 1 wish you would post me
little.'
If You'll discard expressions suggestive
of my age I'll do anything for you, my dear
boy" 49,, .
middle stager, so you'll tell me what to do
Willingly. About what?"
'sLots Of things. First about this ring
Do give it to the minister, Or do 1 put 1t
on her finger MYSELF"
You give it to the minister, my boy.
What do / have to say?"
'You put in general affirmative answer
to everything shat is asked you, and you re-
peat the words Of the minister as audl5ly
as your embarrassment will allow. thus
I, John, do take thee, Marian, to be my
true and welded wife and so FORTH
Lord, it's awfully like being sentenced,
OF hanged. or something of the sort, isn't
it? And what do you do all the time?"
Hook imposing through ceremony,
and hand the minister his g1atuity after
ward'
rs that all groonsman does?'
"That is his whole duty, SO far as / have
ever been able to discover"
II wish it was over, Tom"
Don't be nervous. my boy. 1t lacks an
veranla, and enjoy your last bachelor CT
gar
S'Do YOU know. Tom, that sounds Woe
fully solemn. I fancy when a fellow if
about this sort of thing, he oughtn't to stop
to Think
We lighted our cigars, and, seating our
selves on the veranda. smoked in silence
for while. At length Tom said:
DO you remember, Jack, a converse
ton we had here Il little over a year ago."
We've had so many, Tom don L know
which you mean
IT allrde to some instruction gave you
in moral philosophy. The lesson was in
complete. l must finish it now. You were
speaking of Miss Ccrbin ughness-"
Il was fool, Tom.
~
whether you are not as great a tool yet
"Wh*; III the woHd do you 1nean?'
"Yo1: Thought then that no amount OF
goodness could hide her 'iglinoss 10 your
sight You think Cow that nc amount Of
uginess car hide her goodness 10 you. Iou
may be as mistaken in this instance as in
the otlicr.
"Nevcr, Tom. never"
Your very answer year ago, Jack. And
I say as said then. the future is a great
eainsayer of tI.',1ghtiess utterances A lit
tie story / tod you at that time brought
you night. ii Hereafter YOU should ever
feel yourself gcing wrong, Jack. that same
story may bring Yen right again, Here it
! is, Gid boy my GROWING achiovelnent-the
great i.,|:no,;rs lolna1;ce OF Mother Nc
Navit' Ctill" q tale Of real life: i'll a sim
gle chapter, with i'll the original music and
effects, written out and bound. and present
Ell b. ;}is :.:ii',l rs wedding gift t. the
happy husband OF its heroine.
He handed me {. little manuscript vol
ulne, elegant! bound i'll tleNbl:: morocco.
''Tunl, old fellow. how can evo:---
''Cut it short. Jack. Drop III sometimes
and take d smoke with your Grabbed old
room, mate. It will be enough:
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-03-31

Now is your time to prepare nest boxes
tor setting hens. Remember that eggs laid
by two year old hens are better for setting
than those laid by pullets.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-03-31

A young bride being asked how her hns-
band turned out, replied that he turned out
very late in the morning and turned in very
late ct night.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-03-31

In one Of the outskirts Of Edinburg,
where the homes of the middle classes
mingled with the novels Of the poor that
had formerly occupied the site, lived fam
lily by the name of Compton. The husband
was builder. Though his trade was fair
" lucrative, the thrifty wife let her spare
rooms to dodgers, in order to exc out his
income.
They had Al only child, q daughter named
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-02-25

put away committeth adultery 7
But considered apart from its legal
or its religious bearings, the argu-
ment that divorce should be granted
for the cause Of insanity, is such
that we wonder that a legislator can
can be found who is willing to
advance and uphold II. What
would be thought Of the man
who when taking upon himself the
marriage vow, would ask to have its
conditions modified from, i take
her to my welded wife, ii sick
ness and in health T. love and
cherish till death Do q part, !
TO the form which the wisdom
Of on legislators would suggest:
i promise t. love and cherish her
until she is deprived Of her reason,
and not ask fol- divorce o. cleaye
unto another until her insanity IS
pronounced incurable.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-02-25
Notice to Teachers.

The regular spring examina-
lion OF teachers for Iowa county
will be held as follows:
Linden, Monday and Tuesday
March, 18th and 18th.
Highland. Wednesday and
Thursday, 10th and II.
Avoca, Friday and Saturday,
18th and 10Th.
Arena, Monday and Tuesday,
21st and 22d.
Dodgeyille, Friday and Satur-
day, 25th and Goth.
Mineral Point, Friday and Sat
urday, April, 1st and I'd.
Examination will begin al
8 o'clock Of the first day. No
private examination granted,
except in case Of sickness or alb
sence from the county.
w. A, JONES.
County Supt.