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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-09-01
How Condensed Milk is Made.

The manufacture of condensed milk
is thus described in the Scientific ADaeri-
can: When the milk is brought into
the factory it is carefully strained,
placed in cans or pals, which afe put
into tank of water kept hot by steam
coils. When hot it is transferred to
larger steam-heated open vessels and
quickly brought to boil. This pre-
liminary heating and boiling hes for its
object the expulsion of the gases of the
milk. which would cause it to foam in
the vacuum pan, and also to add to the
keeping quality of the milk by destroy
ing the mold germs. A second strain
ing follows, after which the milk is
transferred to a vacuum pan, where, at
a temperature below 100 degrees Fab
renheit, it boils and is rapidly concen-
trated to any degree desired. The
vacuum pan employed is a close vessel
of copper, egg-shaped, about six feet
high and four and one-half feet in di-
ameter. 1t is heated by steam coils
within, and by steam jacket without,
-inclosing the lower portion. In one
side of the dome is small window
through which gas Eliminates the in
terror, while on the opposite side is an
eyeglass through which the condition
of the contents may be observed. The
pan is also provided with vacuum
guage and test sticks.
Much of the milk used in cities is
simply concentrated without any addi-
ton of sugar" The process of concen-
tration is continued in the vacuum pan
until one gallon of the milk has been
reduced to little less than quart.
one volume of condensed milk cor
responding to about -four and three
tenths volumes of milk. Condensed
milk intended to be preserved for any
length of time has an addition of pure
cane sugar made to it during the boil
ing, and is usually put up in sealed
cans. This sugared or preserved
milk, when properly prepared, will
keep for many years.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-09-01
How They Balanced the Scales of JUS
tice in the Good Old DAYS.

Last night number of men were
sitting in front of the Ormsby house
discussing the big mining suit in Eure-
ka between the Richmond and Albion.
Gen. Kittrell, w. W. Bishop, Sine
Barens. Johnny Moore, and others
were interesting the crowd with recitals
of the suits they had seen. Bishop
and Kittrell insisted that of late years
the atmosphere of the courts had been
purer than in the earlier days.
THAT Is" said Barens, thinner and
weaker; in other words, jurors cost less
than formerly
Both the lawyers agreed that coin
had potent influence. When the law
was all on their side and the jury on
the other, they could only explain it on
coin hypothesis.
At this point an old grizzly bearded
man who had been listening slid up
and remarked:
Mining suits amt what they used
to be. There's been no real live litiga-
ton 70 speak of since the Raymond 4
Ely suits with the Hermes in Phoebe"
"Were you in town."
''Well, rather; / travelled four hun
dred miles on d mule to get to the jury
box. struck the town about six o'clock
at night, and, walking into the leading
bar-room, inquired if the suit had be-
gun. Inside of half an hour man
came up and asked me what my name
was. He wrote it down on his shirt
cuff, and then he said: 'Pard, if you
want to stay and see the suit, let me
see you through on your expenses
and he handed me $500, remarking
that he thought the r. & E. had the
bulge on the law. / said that | thought
that myself, and then / sauntered off
In about an hour a man came to me
and told me / was drawn on the jury.
said didn't mind, and agreed to stand
Ill. About 8 o'clock a man tapped me
on the arm and handed me $500, re-
marking that the Hermes had about
all the law and facts on their side that
was necessary. He thought that
might need little money for expenses.
OF course took the money, he seemed
so anxious to get rid of it, and then l
slipped into back room, put on pair
of false whiskers, thin silk dust
er was carrying under my coat and |
was changed man. By 10 o'clock |
was on a good horse that paid $500 for,
and started off on prospecting trip,
couldn't bear the idea of holding the
scales of justice in a case like that l
was fearful of further corruption, you
see. But on the trial | was represent
ed by proxy. On the road | met old
Bill Damen, dead broke and discourag-
ed. l put him on the lay, and he
started double quick for Phoebe. He
struck the ledge rich, guess, for when
| next heard of him he was drivin' a
spankin' team and enjoying life. y
Carson Appeal.
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Hon. :. III. YOder's Position.
[Des Moines Iowa State Register.l

A representative mans opinion on
other than political matters, is often Of
great use to his constituency. The Hon.
S. H. Yoder, of Globe Mills, Pa, has
thus recorded his opinion on a subject
of popular interest. [ have been sell
ing st. Jacobs Oil for the last year.
have never heard a person speak of it,
except as a splendid medicine, and as
the great specific for rheumatic affec-
tons, whether inflammatory, acute or
chronic, swellings, sores, sprains, burns,
wounds, etc. sell more st. Jacobs Oil
than of any other kind of liniment, and
it gives universal satisfaction. | will
always keep it on hand. The farmers
say, that for man and beast, they tind
nothing to equal it.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-09-01

ed his after life. He brought there
the body of his favorite daughter for
burial, and officers of the post with
other white residents of the vicinity.
took part in the obsequies. Spotted
Tail killed number OF ponies at the
funeral and nailed the skulls on the
posts supporting the coffin. There the
skulls still remain, and every year the
commanding officer at Laramie sees to it
that the coffin is decorated with flowers
and streamers. The daughter had a
romantic history which will be familiar
to many an army officer and plainsman.
She loved, mot wisely, but too well, ,"
Lieutenant Brockhorst Livingston, of
the old Second Dragons, and direct
descendant of the famous Chancellor
Livingston, of New York. He seems to
have reciprocated her love, and they
were noted as representing one of the
few instances of mutual respect exist
ing between a man and woman of OPP
posite races and bound by no legal ties.
But Livingston took sick-became a
prey to dementia, in fact, was sent to
Europe, and there died. The poor
girl waited his return long and sadly,
and guarded as dearer than her hearts
blood his son, a bright boy, two or three
years old At last news of his death
reached her, and the wife-for so she
considered herself aud so her native
friends considered her-pined a few
months with slowly breaking heart,
then died, her last words being the few
English words of endearment her aris-
tocratic lord had taught her in the hal
cyon days gone by. Her father as said,
took the beloved form where first Liv-
ingston had met her, and there buried
it. Mrs. Livingston, the mother of the
Lieutenant, is still living in New York,
or was short time ago, and has lnsti-
tuted many inquiries relative to the
son spoken of, with view to caring
for and educating him, but all trace of
him was lost, or his dusky relatives
preferred to keep him with themselves.
Dy9H Don o0a.- Dr1oe
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A WagOn-LOad of Flying Lovers from
Kane County, Ill.
~ bouio ose us l'"'Sh'

The old fashioned prairie schooner,
with its broad stretch of tarpauhn and
! with its band of tire, is no longer a
familiar sight upon the streets. The
stream of immigration flows westward
now along the railroads, and the old
wagon when it travels now generally
seeks a more northern route. This
morning, however, one of these arks
rolled heavily over the bridge, drawn
by two tired-looking mules, and deco
rated with all manner of household
movables. 1t was just such wagon
as the gold fever of 1849 sent lumber
ing across the plains to the Pacific
coast. And as it drew up on Washing
ton avenue Just west of sixth street, a
reporter tackled the long, sallow,
emaciated-looking man who uncoiled
himself from about the front seat
much as the garden hose is run off the
reel, and demanded of him what
| cheer.
"Umh?" said he interrogatively,
while woman's head decorated with
a red bandana kerchief protruded past
the flap of the canvas and eyed the
scribe suspiciously.
Bound for Kansas"
"No, sir; Arkansaw. We're all the
way from Kane county, ILL.,, and we're
headin' FIR the Red River kentry"
"You seem to have good deal of a
| family, continued the wandering Peri,
referring to the menagerie-ike sounds
issuing from beneath the tarpaulin,
which indicated diversity of opinion
| between several war-like children. The
woman's head went back beneath the
| cover, something like the terrapin's
when his attention is attracted to his
tail Resonant applicants of female
palm to exposed human cuticle fol-
lowed, and sobbing and grief took the
place of war.
"Yaas, fact is I've got two families"
1.-TWO families?"
"Um-hum," he grunted affirmative
ly. "You see Samanthy there's got
five young ones and I've get three, and
they amt quite shook togither yet.
Way back in Kane county we'd known
each other for some time. Samanthy,
there her husband want no count; he
got to hog-stealin', and then he got in
to the pen at Joliet, and my wife war
poor and sickly, and so l shipped her
on to the folks in Indiana, and Saman-
thy and l started for Arkinsaw. AS
we KEN by Joliet she went and saw her
old man, Hez. Ward, an he gev his
consent"
80 you're eloping?"
"Well, we are sorter 'slopin."
"What is your name?"
Isl Hopewell."
Hopewell is man of fully 80, and
Mrs. Ward is past 40. Neither of
them would be called handsome by the
fastidious, and this lower-like escapade
of theirs is singular freak, which is
almost without parallel. 1t is seldom
that man loves woman to that ex-
tent that he will consent to run off
with her five children in addition to
the fair one.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-09-01

Kidney-Wort is natures remedy for
kidney and liver diseases, piles and con-
stipation.
Sediment OF mucous iG the urine is a
sure indication of disease. Take Kid
ney-Wort.
Torpid liver and kidneys poison the
blood. Kidney-Wort revives them and
cleanses the system.
Headache, bilious attacks, dizziness
and loss of appetite, are cured by Kid
ney-Wort. See adv.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-09-01
ReSfing-PIace of Wilkes Booth.

The Washington correspondent of
the Buffalo Commercial writes: 1t was
only after some patient inquiry that
could ascertain the facts, which are
interesting and, as far as | know, are
yet unpublished. Booth, the murder
er of Abraham Lincoln, died, as will
be remembered, in barn in Maryland,
from a wound received from the mus
ket of Boston Corbett. The body was
brought to Washington, and, after hav
ing been identified by the court-martial
before which his fellow conspirators
were tried, was dissected by the sur
geon-general of the army. The brain
and heart and some other parts of the
body were preserved in alcohol and are
now on exhibition in the medical mu-
scum of the surgeon-generaPs office.
The building in which the assassination
occurred was Ford's theater. The gov
eminent confiscated it, but afterward
Ford was paid its full value, and it has
since been used as the headquarters of
the medical corps of the army. The
brain and heart of Booth are i'll jars,
standing in a case that is situated very
near the actual scene of the assassina-
ton. After the surgeon had done with
Booths body it was buried in a grave
in the arsenal grounds. Only half a
dozen persons knew the exact spot,
which was unmarked. In 1867 Edwin
Booth, the actor, sent Mr.. Weaver, the
sexton of Christ church, Baltimore, to
Washington, with the request that the
remains of his brother might be taken
up and removed to the family burial
place. After some delay, the request
was granted by President Johnson, who
was finally appealed to, and Mr.. Wea-
yer took the body to the cemetery in
Baltimore, buried it beside the elder
Booth and others of the family. The
removal was conducted with great Sc
crecy and was concealed from Secre-
tary Stanton, who had refused to give
his consent.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-09-01
THE LUCKY HORSESHOE

A farmer travelling with his load
Picked up a horseshoe in the road
And nailed it fast to his barn-dOor,
That luck might down upon him pour.
That every blessing known in life
Might crown his homestead and his wife,
And never any kind of harm
Descend upon his growing farm.
But dire ill-f0rtune soon began
To visit the astounded man.
His hens declined to lay their eggs.
Ills bacon tumbled from the pegs,
And rats devoured the fallen legs;
His corn, that never failed before,
widowed and rotted on the floor
His grass refused TO end in hay;
His cattle died, or went astray;
In short, all moved the crooked way.
Next spring great drouth baked the sod,
And roasted every pea i'll pod,
The beans declared they could not grow
So long as nature acted SO;
Redundant insects reared their brood
To starve for lack Of juicy food;
The slaves from barryf-sides went of
As If they had the hopping cough,
And nothing Of the useful kind
To hold together felt inclined;
In short il was no use to try
While all the land was in a fry.
One morn, demoralized with grief,
The farmer clamOred for relief;
And prayed right hard to understand
What wtehcraft now possessed his land
Why house and farm in misery grew
Since be nailed up that lucky" shoe.
While thus dismayed DER matters wrong
An old man CHANGED to trudge along,
To whom he told, with rmwoOd tears,
How his affairs were in arrears,
And what a desperate state Of things
A picked-up horseshoe sometimes brings.
The stranger asked to see the shoe,
The farmer brought it into view
But when the old man raised his head,
He laughed outright and quickly said
No wonder skies upon you frOwn,
You've nailed the horseshoe upside down
You turn il round. and soon you'll see
How you and Fortune will agree"
The farmer turned the horseshoe round,
And showers began to swell the ground
The sunshine laughed among his grain,
And heaps and heaps piled up the vain;
The loft his hay could barely hold,
His cattle did as they were told;
His fruit-trees needed sturdy props
To hold the gathering apple crops;
His turnip and potato fields
Astonished all men by their yields;
Folks never saw such ears Of corn
As in his smiling hills were born
His barn was full Of bursting bins
His wife presented him with twins
His neighbors marvelei more and more
To see the increase in his store.
And now the merry farmer sings
There are two ways Of doing things;
And when for good luck you would pray,
Nail up the horse shoe the right way"
fumes I, Fields, IN Harper's.
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Looking for Gold.

There are at this time scattered
through the mountains of California
1000 prospectors. Their lives are
spent in looking for signs of gold. They
are poor and their dress proclaims it.
They live on hope and scanty food, and
never refuse to "take something. .
Pick in hand, their sharp eyes are
quick to spy speck of gold in the
fragment of quartz turned up. The
country is covered with their little trial
shafts and with stakes marking then
presumption claims, always 1,200 feet
along the supposed outcrop Of the vein
OF / 900 so marked perhaps one or two
may amount to something, and one
in j, 900 of these adventures, after q
life of privations, may succeed IN rea-
lizing small competency. But they
average happier lives than most people
They imagine themselves prospective
millionaires. A bit ofquartz with three
specKs of gold seen through a magni
fying glass sets them wild. There's
millions in it. But their Gypsy life and
its happy excitement units them fol
quiet enjoyment. In age some give j
up, and go back to the wilderness anC
to the excitement ofprospecting adven
ture.
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Spotted Tails Daughter.

Majors Gordon of the Second and
Ball of the Seventh Cavalry both re-
member Spotted Tail well, and describe
him as a man of five feet nine inches in
height, well proportioned, light copper
color in complexion, and with gem
eral air of dignity and intelligence.
They first saw him at Fort Laramie in
1866, he having come thither on an
errand so sad that it has visiOiy affect
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-09-01

"What did he say to me, the beg
gar?" said the prisoner, in fine burst
of indignation. 'Did you hear what
he called me, yer amer? He stopped
an stud still in the middle ov the
street, an he niver opened his blag-
yard head; he tuck off his coat just,
and he trowed it down on the ground,
like that; an he tuck off his bloody
hat an he trowed it down on top ov it,
just; an he spit on his hands an
clapped them, the wan in the other,
like that, an that's all he said. the
blatherin' son ov gun; an phwat
more wud We want him to say before
we take the top of him in wild a PAWN
hammer" That gave him ten days.
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Otis Curing EYerYhOdY. /"

writes druggist. "Kidney-Wort is the
most popular medicine we SELL" II
should be by right, for no other medi.
cine has such specific action on the
liver, bowels and kidneys. If you have
those symptoms which Indicate bilious
ness or deranged kidneys do not fail to
procure it and use faithfully. In liquid
or dry form it is sold by all druggists
Sal Lake City Tribune.
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49,
Dangers TO Iron Workers.

Messrs. r. Esterbrook & Sons, City
Iron Foundry, Boston, Mass, speak on
this point as follows: Two or three of
our men We're badly burnt in working.
They were, however, Immediately cured
by using that valuable remedy, St ia
cobs Oil. All our men are highly pleas
ed with it, and we shall always recon-
mend it to those afflicted with pains or
rheumatism.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-09-01

William J. Coughlin, of Sonervilo, Mass, says
I" In the fall of 1876 was taken with a violent
bleeding of the lungs, followed by a severe cough
l was admitted to the City Hospital. The doctor,
said l had hole in my left lung. | gave NJ
hope, but friend told me of DIR. WIN. Halls Bal
sam for the Lungs. got a bottle to my sur
prise commenced to feel better, and to-day
feel in better spirits than have the past threC
years | hope that every one afflicted with dis
eased lungs will take Dr. VIM. Halls Balsam and b,
convinced that Consumption can be cured"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-09-01
An Invention Destined TO Superced
Rowing
Auburn IN. W Advertiser

Auburn IN. \ J Advertiser.
An Auburn inventor has patented a
device for propelling boats which
promises to entirely revolutionize the
present laborious method of rowing,
and which will be hailed with delight
by the young man who has to take his
best girl and his portly prospective
mother-in-iaw out rowing several even
ipgs in each week. Those who do not
have to row may dilate upon the seem
ery of the outlet and the beauties of a
''life on the ocean wave" as much as
they please, but the fatigued and per-
spring young man mentally says he
would prefer saving cord of wood TO
rowing many miles farther.
The new mechanical movement OF
which we wish to speak in this article
will agreeably diminish. if not entirely
obviate, nearly all the sorrows of the
amateur oarsman. The inventor is
Mr.. Henry n. Stats, of this city, and
the design OF his appliance is to render
practicable the use of screw propel-
Ter upon small boats. The invention
can be applied to any row boat and
consists simply of propeller-shaft
which projects through the stern of the
boat and has secured to its end screw
propeller, which, by the rotation Of the
Shaft by hand power applied to dou,
ble-crank, causes the boat to move for
ward with greater or less speed, gov
erned by the rapidity of the revolutions
The work is not nearly go tiresome
as rowing, and with the same amount
of power expended the speed attained
is far greater. The advantages of the
propeller are numerous and must be
conceded. One is that the person faces
the direction he is going instead Of
riding backward as in rowing, and can
steer the craft himself by means OIL
stirrups attached to gear also invent
! ed by Mr.. Stats. In duck hunting
you can noiselessly approach the feed
ing ground and see where you are
going. In trawling this method is alsC
| far superior to laborious rowing.
Two, or even more persons can work
at the handles, and by a simple change
of a pin the handles can be worked in
either direction, which is often great
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-09-01

For Homeopathic Medicines only one
centennial medal was awarded at Phil
adelphia, and that to Boericke & Tafel,
established in business since 1885. Their
Chicago establishment is at 80 Clark ST.
They make a specially of Medicine
Cases and books for family use, and I
veterinary treatment. Send for descrip-
tive price list.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-09-01

Consul Wilson writes that Palestine
is fast asleep. There is only one good
wagon road in all the Holy Land, the
one leading from Jerusalem to Jatfa;
the newspapers are two small, feeble
Hebrew sheets; and the railroad inn
movements are vet to be made.
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relief to the muscles. The appliance is
certainly ingenious and eminently
practicable. We have witnessed. its
operation, and everybody who has
rowed boat for pleasure" will be
charmed with it. The cost of the APP
paratus is but S25, and we can unhesi-
tatingly say, that upon trial we do not
believe the owner of boat would be
willing to have it taken out and return
to the old method for quadruple the
first cost. We think Mr.. Stats has a
bonanza In his Invention.
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The undersigned has the honor to
Join in these sentiments of sincere con
CALCULATIONS and wishes for his COM
plete recovery.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-09-01

Lord Lorne pays his own expenses
on the journey to Manitoba and the
northwest, the statement to the con-
trary Notwithstanding.
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4 Single STONE

from a running brook slew tue giant Goliath. and
millions of noble since that time have died from
a single stone in the bladder, which Warmers Safe
Kidney and Liver Cure would have dissolved and
carried away.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-09-01

A great improvement has recently been made
in that useful product Caroline a deodorized
extract of petroleum which is the only article
that really cures badness. 1t is now the finest Of
hair dressings.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-09-01

New Passementerie Trimmings from
twenty dollars to fifteen cents per yard
at James Morgan's Popular and Pro-
gressive Dry Goods House $50 and 3Se
East Water St, Milwaukee.
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Housekeepe

Housekeeper: "How can you tell if
an egg is bad ~ ''0ne way to tell IS to
taste it. If it makes you so sick you
want to die TO get rid of the taste, you
can feel pretty sure it's a bad egg"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-09-01

Thousands of ladies have found sud
den relief from all their woes by the
use of LYDIA f. PINKIIAM's VEGETABLE
COMPOUND, the great remedy for dis
eases peculiar to females. Send to Mrs
Lydia E. Pinkham, 233 Western Ave.
Lynn, Mass, for pamphlets.