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The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1881-06-17

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Ax IMMENSE STOCK TO sELEfrr
4 from. and with ten years experience
in supply ing the wants Of my cuSt1n nerss
feel confident that my recent purchases
viii meet their wants in every respect.
design to sell only good goods and at
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will be profitable from the amount Of
goods sold. and not from the profit ot' any
one article.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-08-18

the perplexity of the observer Many
persons (among those who are astir at
sufficiently late hour have been OBJ
serving this strange appearance of the
moon for several nights. An amateur
astronomer, who has been watching for
two nights, gives it as his opinion that
the moon is growing" on atmosphere.
He says the bogus moon has precisely
the appearance of reflection of the
true moon cast out into bright haze.
He believes that a part of the tail of
the comet has been attracted to and
settled around the moon. forming a
thin gaseous atmoshere, or an envelope
resembling an atmosphere. The first
impression of every one in looking at
the moon is that there is something
wrong in his eyes-that they are misty.
Old and young, however, find the same
appearance, and make the same kind
of drawings in trying to represent
what they see. Mr.. Thomas may be
cheated out of the reward to which he
is entitled, as the first discoverer of the
comet, but he has scores of witnesses
to bring forward when it shall come to
the establishment of his moon discov-
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-08-18
FOREIGN.

GREvY. large village in Switzerland,
has been devastated by flames.
THE American dentists of Edrope are
gathered in congress at Wiesbaden
THE fortress at Puerto Plata, San Do
mingo, was destroyed by an explosion, and
twenty-five lives were lost.
THE viceroy of India has information
that Ayoob Khan is preparing for an ad-
vance on Cabul.
FRANCIS MURPHY, the temperance ora
tor, has sailed for Liverpool, to organize a
reformation in Great Britain.
THE people of the City of Mexico have
subscribed $4,000 for the relief of the suf-
ferers by the railway disaster at Morales.
BY an explosion in the government
cartridge factory at Perpgnon, France,
eleven artillerymen were injured.
EXPRESS trains collided near Blackburn,
England, five persons being killed and
twenty severely injured.
AT the next session of the house of com
mons BradlauRh will possibly succeed in
having the parliamentary oath admins
tered to him.
TIE deanery of Westminster has been
rendered to Rev. Henry Montague Butler,
head master of Harrow school, who will
doubtless accept.
THE board of trade of her majesty 3
government have induced the foreign Of
fee to commence negotiations looking to
consular convention with the United
States.
THE police of Rome have caught gang
of men engaged in coming English sover-
eigns and Italian twenty-five pieces, for
use on the resumption of specie payments
THE British house of commons adjourn
ed at daylight, having finished considers
alton of the land bill and sent it back tc
the house of lords.
A MACHINE operated by four clerks
which telegraphs twelve hundred words
per minute is to be a feature of the cleo
trieal exhibition at Paris.
A PROCESSION of about two thousand
persons. with torches and bands. marched
to the residence of John Dillon, in Dublin
and congratulated him upon his release
for which he expressed his thanks.
DR.. CoRUM has been appointed by the
pope to the vacant bishopric of Feves, in
Rhenish Prussia. This is regarded as q
| long stride toward reconciliation be
tween Germany and the Vatican.
| THE police of Quebec have locked up a
swindler named Cole, who pretended TO be
| a relative of the marquis of Salisbury
| and who lived in high style for months il
the Canadian cities without paying any
| bills.
GENERAL BoQUET, of Mexico, has beer
sent to chihuahua to assume command o.
the troops in that district. He has orders
to concentrate all available forces anC
march against the Indian marauders who
have crossed the border.
TUE international exs ibitiOn of cleo
tricitv was formally opened at Paris by
President Grevy. The American section
is still very incomplete. The electric rail
wav is nearly finished. By Sunday even
ing FIVE hundred Edison lights will b.
| burning on tie first floor of the hall.
JOHN BRIGHT stated at a banquet at the
| Mansion House, London, that for thirty
| wears he had been advocating changes IL
! the Irish lasd law. He believed that the
| ne~ bill would prove a great blessing tC
] l..
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-08-18

attempting to bride stable-boy with 800
to poison Applegate & Brothers steeple-
chaser Glasgow. He was held for ma
licious mischief, but jumped his bail
A TRAIN of four wagons, valued at
$4,000, was captured and burned by In.
dams while en- route to Arizona. Tran
quilino Luna, delegate in congress from
New Mexico, is in pursuit of the reds with
forty mounted volunteers from Las Lunas.
THE water in the eroton reservoir at
New York has been reduced six inches by
the increased consumption, in addition to
81. 100000 gallons daily delivered by the
aqueduct. There are 5000 meters in use
in large buildings. Surveys are being
made for new aqueduct.
Mss MARTHA VAN DUzEN, daughter of
prominent Cincinnatian, rendered IN
sane by religious excitement, left home,
without money or baggage, for the camp
meeting at Warsaw, Ind, but was de-
tanned at indianapolis. She is graduate
of the Virginia Female institute.
COMMISSIONER FINK reports that the
Joint executive committee of the trunk
lines resolved to restore on August % the
grain rate of % cents from Chicago to
New York. The meeting was a secret
one, and lasted for three hours. No rep
resentative of the Vanderbilt roads was in
attendance
ORvILLE GRANT, the youngest brother of
Gen. U. s. Grant, died at Morris Plains,
n. j., aged As years. He was partner OF
his father in the leather business at Galena
when the war broke out, but went to Chi
cago in 1865. Eight years later he was sent
to an insane asylum, where he has been
under treatment for long time.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-08-18

man, and that all who desired to-see
this great curiosity must come at once
as he could only be detained few
days. In response to this invitation
the people hocked to the exhibition in
crowds. They issued, miserable and
sooty, from the swamps and marshes
to the east. They fiocked down in wild
array from the high mountains in the
west The fishermen from the rivers
Uranga and Ruaha sent their quota till
Mkomokero was filled with visitors. l
at once became all the rage, and il
would have quite delighted any phil
anthropist to see the way in which they
studied my every movement. Even
the mysteries of the toilet could not
be yelled from their curious eyes, a
fact which caused me much embarrass-
ment. = But as in the case of
the lions at the geological gardens, "the
feeding" was the great attraction. A
hush of expectancy would fall upon
the crowd as the hour approached, and
they watched with feeling of awe the
box being laid out and the camp stool
set beside it, with the metal plate and
cup. the bottle of salt, and the can of
sugar, together with the knife and fork.
As the boy appeared with the stewed
fowls and sweet potatoes the excite
ment usually rose perceptibly, and a
rush for front places would ensue,
threatening to upset my humble meal.
The climax was usually reached when,
with all the gravity | was capable of as
Stunning, took the knife and fork in
NV hands The fowls however were
leathery, and my unavailable (sio) at
tempts to cut or carve reduced the
whole spectacle from the sublime to
the ridiculous, and afforded such food
for satire and laughter to the ways of
the tribe that ! blushed and scowled.-
Central Aficd-T Thomson.
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Weapons Exhibited at an English School
of Gunnery.
London Times


Yesterday the secretary of state for
war, Mr.. G. O. Trevelyan, member of
parliament, representing the admiral
ity. and the official chiefs of the various
departments in the war Office and the
admiralty, visited the school of gun
merry at Shoeburyness, and witnessed
the working of the weapons which
there undergo trial. Nearly every
class of gun was tried, including heavy
siege guns. light field guns, machine
guns designed to make three men more
formidable than twenty armed with
rifles, the Nordenfeldt one inch bore
machine gun for sinking torpedo-boats,
and also light and heavy ships guns,
the latter including the powerful Aston
un on the Armstrong principle and
with breech-loading gear of late design.
On entering the war office grounds
the party was conducted to earthworks
in the mash raised under the direction
Of Major Hime, r. E., and here were
siege guns of different calibre, fitted
with self-elevating apparatus upon the
principle of Maj. Moncrieff, whereby
the recoil force is stored to serve the
purpose Of raising the weapon to the
HEIliR
with common shell and battering shell
some parallels one thousand yards dis
tant behind which were placed dunn
my" soldiers. After the work with the
siege artillery, represented by an 8-inch
muzzle-loading howitzer; rified field
artillery, breech and muzzle loading,
was brough into action, and fired COM
mon ring and shrapnel shell into the
works. The parallels were then visited
and the dummies" were seen to be
very much injured, the earthworks,
too. had been much broken up. The
next work was with the machines guns
"a five-barreled Gardner of the ordin-
ary rified 0.45-bore, two-barreled gun
and a ten-barreled Calling. This last
worked stiffiy, while the 6ve-barreled
Gardner iammed twice. The two-bar-
relied Gardner had been fayorably re-
ported upon by the committee on
machine-guns who made the trials last
winter. and the weapon certainly work
ed well: but the superiority of two
barreled machine-gun which would re-
ouire three men to work 1t over
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In Terrible Peril.
New York Herald.

The residents of the village of Chip
pewa, small town two miles from
Niagara Falls up the Niagara river,
were startled at dusk last evening by
hearing loud cries for help from the
river, which was covered with an i'm
penetrable fog. 1t was soon learned
that John Lehman and his son and
John Greenwood, all residents of that
village, who rowed over to the Ameri-
can side in the morning, had attempt
ed to return at dusk, starting from
Port Day, aoout mile above the Falls,
but they had been overtaken by a sud
den land fog coming upon them as
they were nearing the Canada shore.
Losing their course they were swiftly
nearing the rapids and were being car
ried to destruction through the rushing
waters. The town bell was rung.
Some parties fired guns. No other eff
forts under the circumstances could be
made to save the unfortunate men,
and those who had gathered on the
shore from hearing their cries stood
stricken with terror, knowing the fear
full death awaiting the occupants of the
boat Greenwood, seeing his danger
Gus position, let go his anchor. 1t,
fortunately, took hold of the rocks,
and he was saved He kept shouting
for help at intervals all night, and this
morning was found riding safely at
anchor. The Lehmans having no
anchor in their boat, drifted down with
the rapids shrieking frantically for
help. Almost by miracle the cur
rent swept them against a projecting
point, near the Burning Springs, and
they were saved. They returned as
quickly as possible to Chippewa, Sc
cured aid and waited until daybreak,
and with great difficulty and daring
rescued their comrade.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-08-18
Chicago Senrket.

CkICAao, Aug. I3.-Flour - Firmer and uot
quotably higher; common to choice western, 400
Q6.O0; do Minnesota, 4.25a $50; winter wheat
5.T5a6. 10 for fancy No |. Wheat-Firm and
higher, unsettled No. Chicago spring, 1.242l
a l.25 for seller cash and August; I.174aal175s
for seller September; l.lT3sl.l716 for seller De-
toberi LICK for seller the year; No 3. Chi
cago spring l.05al 10; rejected, 7914a9O. Corn
Fairly active and shade higher; advance rang
ing from SIC; prices not maintained; 57a57 u
for seller cash. 0ats-Strong and higher, 35a351z
for seller cash; 3424a34zS for seller August
347s for seller September; 1884, for seller
October; "a for seller year. Rye-Active, firm
and higher; S6&. Barley-Firmer; SO. Flax
Seed-l24. Lard-Strong and higher: l.32 4 q
ll.35 for seller cash; ll.40 for seller Septem-
Der; 1l.45 for seller October. Bulk Meats $50
short rib 9.S5 do clear $50. Whisky-1.l2
Freights; Corn to Buffalo, 24a3c. The "Drover'c
Journal" reports: Hogs-Receipts, 10000; ship
ments, 5000; dull and slow, except good bacon
which are scarce aud firm, at 6.65a6 rs; pigs and
greasers, 5.50a620; mixed packing, l0al5c low
err, 5.90a640; choice heavy, Toe lower 6504
6.65. Cattle-Receipts, 5000; shipments, 5000
strong; good fairly active; others, dull common
to medium shipping. 4.40a5.25; good to choice
S.50a5.90 native butchers, good quality scarce
common, weak; sales, 2.25@425; stockers and
feeders, weak, 800; Texans, 3 00a3.75. Sheep
Receipts, zoe; active and firm; common, 350G
365
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-08-18
THE PRESIDENT.
EXECUTIVE MANSION. /,
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10. !
Il N IL

ll:l5 o'clock, z. Nj.
Signs of improvement in the presi-
dents condition have begun to be APP
parent. To-day, soon after noon, his
pulse, which had been high during the
earlier part of the day, and which in
Dictated more than ordinary weakness,
fell from ITO to 104 in the course of the
afternoon, and his temperature at the
evening examination was lower than at
the same hour since the 9th. These
facts were taken as evidence, first, that
the wound is once more in healthy
condition and free from retained pus,
and second, that the disturbance caused
by the operation of Monday has nearly
subsidized. After the evening examina
ton and dressing, which were entirely
satisfactory, the fever which came on
late in the afternoon began to ahate,
and the pulse to fall, and the patient
went to sleep. At this hour, Ills, the
fever has disappeared. His tempera-
ture and respiration are again normal,
and his pulse has fallen to 100. He has
slept soundly without the use of ano-
dynes, and the surgeons think that he
will have good night and show de-
cided gain tomorrow. His present
condition they say is in every way en-
couraging.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, Aug. 11.-Al
though the presidents pulse and tenn
perature were not low tonight as had
been hoped, the surgeons report that
he has had ID good day, better than any
previous day of this week, and that his
appearance and general condition is
improved. He has taken
since this morning nearly two
pounds of solid and liquid food with
out gastric disturbance, and although
his pulse still indicates weakness, he
seems stronger than yesterday. He
was sponged off&and took his last al
lowance of nourishm ent about T. NJ,
and soon afterward went to sleep
without the use of anodynes. His af-
ternoon fever began to abate
as usual after the evening examination,
and by 1890 his pulse had fallen to
last nights figure. His temperature
has not been taken since O'Clock, but
it has apparently fallen in correspond
ence with his pulse, and there is every
prospect that he will have another
quiet, restful night. DIR. Hamilton ar
rived from New York at 10 o'clock.
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three magazine guns in skilled hands
would not be very great The four
barreled navy Nordenfeldt for pene-
trating torpedo-bo boats was tried against
half inch steel plates, and passed
through them very Clearly. Mr.
Childers was much interested in this
gun, of which there are four hundred in
the navy, and Mr.. Nordenfeldt explain
ed its working. The largest piece of
ordinance fired was the 43-ton gun de-
signed for naval use. This weapon is
twenty-seven feet nine inches in length,
and takes two hundred and eighty-tive
pounds of prismatic powder. 1t is
loaded at the breech. The recoil is re-
ceived by hydraulic buffers, and alto
gether the large piece of ordinance
presents many ingenious mechanical
arrangements. The gun fred shot and
shell well, and the work as seen from
the shore, both in the battery and at
the range was exceedingly interesting.
The 25-pounder breech-loading gun, on
naval carriage, was fired at two
thousand-yards' range; the same gun
ON the Albini carriage, at one thousand
yards, and the S-inch Armstrong at two
thousand yards. After visiting the
other batteries. the party returned to
town by special train.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-08-18

Condensed for Convenient and
Ready Reading.
WASHINGTON.

ALBERT H. CLAYTON and Richard Smith,
Jr., have been appointed internal revenue
storekeepers for the first district OF Ohio.
SECRETARY HUNT has Issued an order
directing Admiral Porter to take COM
napd of naval vessels which will assemble
at Yorktown.
THE chief interest of Guiteau, the as
sassin, just now is with regard to his
meals. He is growing strong and healthy
in prison.
about $40,000,000 worth of bonds for con-
tinuation from English holders. The
London agency will be closed at once
POSTMASTER GENERAL JAMES declined
some weeks since the presidency of trust
company in New York, of which the Van
derbilts are the leading spirits.
GENERAL FRANCIS A. WALKER, the Su-
perintendent of the census, intends to
leave the government service in October,
to become President of the Massachusetts
Institute of Theology.
SECRETARY KIRKwooD has returned from
White Sulphur Springs, and is at his desk
at the interior department, in excellent
health and spirits. He is very cheerful
in anticipation of the presidents recov-
cry.
THE treasury department purchased
100000 ounces of fine silver for delivery
at the Philadelphia, San Francisco and
New Orleans mints. This is the largest
purchase of silver made by the depart
ment for some weeks past, owing TO the
high prices asked.
ANOTHER surgical operation has been
performed on the president by DIR. Agnew.
which was necessitated by the closing of
the wound and the stoppage of the flow of
pus. The physicians claim to be well
pleased with the operation, as it afforded
immediate relief to the patient, who is
now doing well.
1T is believed by the officials Of the In
terror department at Washington, that
Spotted Tail was killed by Crow Dog dur
ing a dispute between the two. Crow Dog
wished to go to Washington himself. He
was not invited, while Spotted Tail was.
| This made him quite angry and jealous.
which led to his killing his successful ri
val.
| THE first official act of the president
| since the shooting has been performed.
| He affixed his signature to a document
which extradited criminal wanted by
the Canadian authorities for forgery. He
signed his name firmly and suffered no
evil consequences from the unusual exer-
| ton.
THE latest incision in the presi dent
back serves to drain his wound successful
| ly. At the request of DR.. Bliss the patient
wrote his name and the date on a tablet in
| a hand showing no trace of nervousness.
Guiteau has lain in jail over five weeks.
and no one has calico upon him with a
friendly purpose. He is a very tractable
prisoner, and reads his Bible almost con-
| stantly.
THE allotment for the coinage of stand
ard silver dollars for the month of August
has been made by the acting director OF
the mint. The coinage of 100000 is
| ordered at San Francisco, 5000, 900 at Phil
adelphia, and 100000 at New Orleans,
aggregating g., 100000, which at the aver
| age for July amounts to a trifle over
100000 in bullion, the minimum
amount required by law to be coined
monthly.
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How to Cleanse Kid lIIOyeS

Take little sweet milk and a piece
of white or brown soap. Fold a clean
towel three or four times, spread it ov-
er your dress, and spread out the glove
smoothly upon it. Take a large piece
of white flannel, dip it in the milk, then
rub it upon the soap, and rub the glove,
downward toward the fingers, holding the
wrist of it by the left hand. Continue
this process until the glove, if white,
looks of a dingy yellow; but il colored,
looks dark and entirely spoiled. Now
let it dry, and then put it on your hand
and it will be soft, smooth, glossy and
clean. Take care, however, 10 omit no
part of the glove in rubbing it, and see
that all the soiled parts are thoroughly
cleaned. This process applies only to
white and colored kid gloves For
black gloves that are soiled, turned
white and otherwise injured, take a
teaspoonful ofsalad oil, drop few drops
ofink into it, and rub it all over the
gloves with the tip of feather; then
let them dry in the sun. White kid
boots and slippers can also be cleaned
by the first process to look las good as
new" and black kid boots and slippers
can be restored to their pristine gloss
by the latter method.