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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-05-05

IN order to induce the public to be-
ieve the story telegraphed from Pana.
ma that the treasurer of the De Desseps
canal company has absconded with
thirty million Of dollars IN gold it will be
necessary to produce the man and the
money. There is either an error OF
several cyphers in the amount named,
or else De Lesseps is preparing the
public for grand explosion. Nobody
in this climate can be persuaded to be
lieve that De Lesseps had $30,000,0G0
and it is still more incredible that he
would have it lying aroudf where
somebody could steal it.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-05-05

HER majesty of England was DESTROYS
Of visiting in his last illness the illustri-
MS minister who had her confidence
nd sympathy to the last, though he
had los the good will Of the nation.
This desire was communicated to the
patients physicians by Lord Barring
ION, her majesty's special representa-
tive at the bedside of the earl but
they insisted upon complete quiet for
their patient, and entreated the queen
not to carry out her purpose. The
doctors may have been right. They
had their way, and the patient died.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-05-05

Miss Nonaufait-'what a charming
love ef a cup marked Tom and Jer,yl"
Gentlemanly yender OF majolica
we sell large number OF them" Miss
N-"But haven't you some marked
Clifford and Afford or Berthe and Geor-
ge?''--H Harvard LamDoon.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-05-05
tPublisbed Ariil s, 1851. !
CIR p7rEp otu

AN ACT TO amend section uine hundred and eleven OF
the revised statutes Of 1874 in relation 10 the
meni and collection Of poll taxes In villages ncorpo-
rated under the general law.
The people OF the state Wisconsin, represented in
ale and assembly, do enact as follows;
Section !. That section nine hundred and eleven OF
the revised statutes Of Is1s he, and the is hereby
amended by inserting after The words 'tWeniyone,'
where they occur in the third line Of ttIo the words,
"and under the Of ty" and by inserting after the
word warrant" where it occurs In the seventeenth
may, by resolution, the said poll list 10 be placed
in the hands Of the commissioner be collected
~ money or labor ana the sald street commissioner
shall have the authority 10 collect and receipt ior
such tax the treasurer, and shall aCcoHt for such
taxes by him collected in the same manner SIS for other
moneys coming into his hands by virtue Of his Office.
so that said section when amended shall read rs fol-
lows; Section sl1 on or before re twentieth 81 may
I'm each year the clerk shall make ont list Of the
and under the age Of Gfy wears With HE amount of
the poll tax which shall lie the same as in towns sci
% the oard Of trustees for correction When such list
is correctly made out and OF before the first day Of
signed by the president and clerk and annexed there
tel direct the 10 he delivered forthwith 10 the
treasurer for collection. The treasurer shall forthwith
proceed TO the collection 81 sch tax and shall demand
tie same once or each person named in tie list and il
any person neglects ray the for days there
after then such treasurer snail in tie name OF the viii
laae sue for and collect Such tax with fifty per celtum
damages on the same with costs OF st before the police
Justice Of such village; and in default Of payment Of
such Judgment, execution shall issue against the de-
PENDANT in Of tort; and the first process in cl
action shall be by civil warrant, provided that the
list to be placed IN tie hands OF the sire commission
er to se collected IN money or labor and tie said street
commissioner shall have the authority collect
and receipt for such tax the and shall ac-
count for such taxes 10y him collected, in the same
as Ter other MONEYS coming into his hands by viz
Of his Office. But the board of trustees may exempt
from the payment OF such all PEI ous belonging to
any fire company, nr any person who Is poor and
bodied, when they may deem il proper to do 50,
and the treasurer while said list IS in his hands for col
lection, may put upon the the Of ali such
fersons liable % such tax as may have been omitted
therefro who shall then be liar le the same as their
names we're originally placed In such list
Section @ THIS nct shall be in force from AMI after
its passage and publication.
Approved March
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-05-05
Published March :. is
CHAPTER

An AT relating to the Indebtedness Of municipalities,
sud anendatory Of section nine hundred and sixty
OF chapter forty-one Of the revised statutes
Inc people Of the state If Wisconsin represented in
senate and assem- 5ay, do enact as follows:
Section Section nine hundred and sixty Of chapter
iofy-oe Of revised statutes Is hereby amended by stk
ing olt al after the word Wisconsin, and inserting
Inc following Ard during the period or thirty days IN
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-05-05

AN ACT relating to liens upon logs and timber,
and anendatory Of chapter one hundred and
forty-three, of the revised statutes OF 1878, and
-orepeal chapter one hundred and sixty seven
OF the general laws for the year 1879, and chap
ter sxty-two, of the general laws for the year
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1881-04-07
Old Shnna-

. In the cotirse of the investigation by
Mr.. Hills deputies, some singular in
dush1es were brought to light. Tt was
found, for instance, that some use was
made OF old shoes, but exactly what use
was hard to find out Large numbers of
old shoes We're sold by rag pickers to
certain nleh who disposed of them et a
good, price. 1t is well known that bits of
Old leather makes the commercial article
known as Prussian blue, but only few
tlrms manufacture it, and the new call
Tor Old shoes was evidently for some
other purpose. In Now York City and
brooklyn about three million pairs of old
shoes ore thrown away every year. For
merly old shoes were plentiful in the
cutters of certain noighbofhoods; now it
appears that they are sought after as
choice prizes in the rag-picker's line.
by dlnt of persevering industry. it was
discovered that the old shoes were used
for three purposes. First, all shoes, not
completely worn out, are patched.
CREASED, and after bel ing otherwise re.
generated, sold to men who deal in such
wares. Some persons wear one shoe
much more than the other; these deal
crs find mates for shoes whose original
mates are past ht pc. Secondly. the
shoes not worth patching up are cut into
pieces, the good bits are used for patch
ing other shoes, and the worthless bits,
the soles and cracked "uppers," are con-
verted into Jamaica rum by process
known only to the manufacturers. IT
is said that they are boiled in pure spir
It's, and allowed to stand for few weeks.
the product far surprising the Jamaica
rum made with essence, burnt sugar,
and spirits A gentleman who doubted
the truth OF this statement stopped re-
Gently at low grog shop in the neigh
borhood of the factory spoken of and
inquired if they had any rum from old
shoes. "No," replied the barkeeper,
I'VE don't keep it much now; the drug
glSts,, who want pure article, all sell It,
and the price has gone up. But we have
had it, and we can get you some if
you want it," How many old shoes goes
to gallon of rum could not be ascer-
tained.-Nc,O York Post.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1881-04-07
Land.OWning in England.

At present land is a luxury. To it's
possession certain social advantages are
attached. A vast amount of the land in
England belongs to no one in existence.
By the will of some one who is dead, it
is the property of some one who is not
born. The life tenant, whether he cares
for country life, whether he has the
means to keep up an establishment, anG
whether he is overburdened with settle.
menrs ano mortgages, is compelled to
own large house, with large garden
and large pleasure grounds attached tc
it. AS in many instances he is indiffer.
ent to his heir, and in still more frequent
cases has to save to provide portion
for his daughters and younger sons, he
lays out nothing on the estate, and is
unable, by the tenure under which he
occupies it, to give such long leases as
would induce occupants to turn it to the
best use. Habit, moreover, had often
led the owner to impose numerous re-
strictive clauses in the leases that he does
grant, which cripple the energies of the
tenant, and keep him under the tutelage
of exploded fallacies. 49,
An occupier who wishes to buy land
has, therefore, to pay for it more than il
worth, and, beside this, ne mas to OK
pend q comparatively enormous sum
among lawyers for acquiring it. The
result of all this is that land has accun1u-
lated to scandalous extent in the hands
of some families, that in others it is a
curse to the possessor, that the occupier
is not his own master, and that it is al
most impossible for any yeoman, wishing
to become possessor of small farm, to
purchase one, unless he be ready to pay
! &sfanoy value for it.-Loedon Truth.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1881-04-07
The Transyaal, South AfricA,

Iransvaal (that is "across the Vaal," ")
lies between latitude % degrees 27 min
utes S, and longitude 27 degrees 81 min
utes e.. Its northern boundary is the
Oorl or Limpopo River, which here runs
from west to east; the eastern is formed
by the continuation of the Drachenberg
Mountains; the southern is the Vaal
RIVER and the western and underlined
line separating it from the country of the
Betjuanas. The total area is 114,3 800
square miles, and the population-ac-
cordlng to the official returns of 1877-is
BOO, ,OO0 probably rough estimate, from
which little can be known as to the fight
ing strength of the people who have de-
fed the power of the British Empire
Potschefstroom, the seat of Government,
is by land 960 miles northeast of Capo
Town. The region is described as q vast
plateau, sloping to the north, supported
by the coast line of mountains, which,
presenting O bold mural buttress, or es-
carpment, to the low country at their
feet, stretch away on their western flank
into immense undulating plains. At
right angles to the coast range another
belt Of very high lands, called the Maga-
llesberg, runs east and west, forming q
water shed between the Vaal and Linn
popo rivers. The southern face of this
range also presents long and undulating
plains, generally we'll watered and
wooded, and abounding in large game.
TO the north, approaching the Limpopo,
high parallel chains of hills appear,
through the openings in which flow
small streams. The average height of
the plateau inhabited by Europeans is
from 1000 to 5000 feet, bNt many of the
mountain peaks reach an elevation Of
5000 or 10, 600 feet, and apart of the year
are covered with snow. The climate is gen
orally healthy, though in the northern
sections the heat is intense, and during
the summer months hot winds and heavy
thunder storms prevail. The worst fea-
ture is, perhaps, fly called tseste, the
bite of which is fatal to horses and oxen,
thereby rendering travel very difficult, if
not impossible, at certain seasons. The
Beers, though originally pure Dutch, are
now very considerably mixed by inter-
marriages with European refugees and
emigrants from Cape Colony and Natal,
as well as the natives. Still the Dutch
characteristics largely predominate, and
while the standard of education is said to
be low, the people know enough to gov
ern themselves and hate the foreign yoke
In religion they are protestants of the
strongest Calvinistic persuasion, and the
Bibleand hymn book are almost their only
literature.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1881-04-07
A Duelist's Experience.

Baron de San Malata, Sicillian and
noted duelist, has fought forty duels,
but III none of them has he been the
challenger. 1t is toldof him that during
heated political canvass, in the course
OF O discussion in public square with q
first cousin, the latter called him by
some opprobrious epithet The Baron
replied: "4ou are n cOward!' The
cousin answered: 'Will you repeat that
III five minutes?" "Assuredly." The
cousin went home, and returned with
revolver in his hand The Baron went
up to him and said "Guiseppe, see
here! That revolver don't suit your
hand; the stock never was made for you;
for the life of you, you could not use
that pistol AS he ceased to speak he
spat i'll his cousins face The sudden
ness and strangeness of this speech and
attack SO bewildered the cousin that he
neither said nor did anything. The
Baron spat in his face again. Friends
intcrfcred. The cousin challenged the
Baron. On the eve of the duel the
Baron's aunt, who knew what IN expert
swor(lsnan he was, begged him to spare
her sons life. He replied: "Guiseppe
shall return from the field without even
scratch" The duel took place. The
cousin attacked furiously. The Baron
oulJ l)hlIlcll AG ldSG lie UurnCU his DCaA
and looked at his seconds until his ad-
vcrsary became so weak that he could no
longer hold his sword, when the seconds
interfered and ended the duel. At
another time he was challenged by the
best broad-swordsman in Sicily, while
he himself was not skilled with this
weapon. The broad-sword was selected
by the seconds. On the field the Baron
took his sword in both hands and rushed
upon his adversary, using his weapon as
If it were club. His adversary re-
treated. They were put in position
again. The Baron disarmed his adver-
sary. A third time they were put in
position; Mt the first pass the Baron's
sword broke within eight inches of the
hilt; his adversary kept on; the seconds
did not interfere. The Baron became
furious, rushed on his adversary and
wounded him; then turned on the secu
onds and wounded every one of them,
beginning with his own.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1881-04-07
A Remarkable Memory.

A lawyer enjoys badgering witness,
but it is not so agreeable when the wit,
ness gives his answers in kind. Hunting
bears is good sport, but when the bear
hunts the hunter, it looks like carrying
asked, in an insulting tone by an attor-
ney, if his memory was good. eyes" "
was the reply; con some points it is ex-
tremely accurate, but on others must
confess that it is defective. " ''Won't you
give the Court an illustrations" said the
lawyer. "Well," drawled the aged wit
ness, "I clearly remember that ten
years ago you came to me and borrowed
800, but, for the life of me, can't re"
member that you ever paid me-"
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1881-04-07
A Decidedly New Game at Cards.

A Paris correspondent gives this ac-
count OF q pretty game of cards now
fashionable in that city: ., =. .,.....
''The participants were young ladies
and gentlemen who sat in equal numbers
on either side of the table. The cards
were dealt out to each, and one hand,
like as in euchre, settled each wager.
The wager played for In this game is that
the lady or gentleman who gets the ace
OF hearts and can take trick with it, or
beat it with another card, has the option
TO kiss any lady or gentleman he or she
may select. If q lady is the winner of
the successful trick, this option may be
used or not, as she elects and generally
she does waive her right; but if q gen
tleman holds the lucky card, of course
he invariably exercises his right. The
result was that gentleman when he held
the ace of hearts was sure to get it passed;
II lady held it she almost always had it
taken. 1t was quite study to watch with
what perfect sang .froid the gentlemen
stood up to receive the stake he had won,
and with what consummate grace the
lady bent her head to one side 80 that
her lucky opponent across the table
should receive his full pound of flesh,
not to mention the utter Indifference Of
both to the presence of friends or
strangers sitting around. do not know
how the players felt, but the watching Of
a few hands played was sufficient to sat
is1y me that it was but poor game after
all. How it came about I don't know,
but saw one gentleman win six games
Ill rapid succession and kiss the same
lady as many times. That destroyed all
interest had up to that time taken in
the game. It satisfied me that it was q
game in which the cards could be so
manipulated that poor player or q
beginner could have very little chance.
1t made me feel indeed that would yet
prefer hand at euchre for the drinks.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1881-04-07
Curious Way to Decide a Disputc

Two young men of Hawkinsville set
tied the ownership of double-barrel
gun i'll novel way. The gun was won
in ralile-the two young men being
joint owners in the chance that won it.
One of the men proposed that they
should go down to the river at q shallow
place and wade into it, and the one that
waded the furthest or held out the long
est should take the gun. The water was
freezing cold, and the margin of the
stream was lined with ice, and the icicles
were pendant from every limb, from ev-
cry bush. Partly divcsting themselves
of their clothing they entered the water
and waded out. One Of them went until
the water reached his armpits, but his
companion won't q little further, and was
allowed to come out and take the gum
HaeOkin80ille (Ga.) Dispatch.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1881-04-07
The TiIy.

With the Chinese, the lily is the ma
tional flower, and many superstitions at
tach to it. Should it blossom upon New
Years day it is regarded as most happy
omen, presaging the best of luck to the
fortunate owner Of the plant. For this
reason a good deal of care is bestowed
upon the lily by the Cinnamon, in the
hope that it may put forth it's flower
upon the morning of the anniversary.
The Chinese lily is different from any
other variety. 1t is grown by placing
the bulb on bits of window glass, stone
and China, and giving it liberal sup
ply of water. The flower is white, with
n gold-colored center, something be-
tween q daisy and O narcissus. It's fra
GRANGE is delightful.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1881-04-07
Piano Ornaments.

A correspondent of a London paper
says; "It is often seen that, when %
small piano is turned in the room, q
table covered with pretty knick-knacks,
and perhaps vase with everergreens or
flowers, is pushed against it, and little
valance is fixed to the piano back above
tho table, on which small pictures, minia-
lures, ETC., are arranged. Underneath
the table is either low jardmiere filed
with miniature evergreens, or some or
namental waste-paper basket or box. I
have seen japanese hand screens ar
ranged in slanting positions. Little cur
tains of velvet or satin looped back with
large bows to show alternate hounces of
satin and coffee-colored coarse lace
underneath the table, attached to the
piano back, have pretty effect, and so
has a mirror fitted to the back of piano,
with an ornamental frame, and jdrdtta-
Cjre containing flowers at the base"
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1881-04-07
Lemons as a System Keucyo1or

The way to get the better of bilious
system, without blue pill OF quininc is to
take the juice of one, two Or three or
more lemons, as the appetite Graves, in
al az much ice,"ater as ma kes it pleasant
to drink without sugar, before GOING to
ped, In the morning on rising or at
least half an hour before breakfast take
the juice of one lemon in O goblet of
water. This will clear the system of hu.
mors MOI and bile, with mild efficacy, with
out any Of the weakening effects of Gallo
nlel OF CONGRESS water: People should
ons clear; the powerful acid of the iuice,
which IS almost corrosive, infallibly pro,
duces inflammation after q while. but
properly diluted, SO that it does not draw
or burn the throat, it does it's full medi-
cal work without harm, and when the
stomach is clear OF food, has abundant
opportunity to work on the system thor.
oughly.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1881-04-07
Family Pride.

A Galveston boy of about IL had n
very poor school certificate. The old
man said, as he looked under the sofa
for the bootiack
I'll have to apply coelcive meas
ures."
"Don't do it, father. I am afraid
there will be q scene, and we don't care
to have the neighbors suspect that our
relations are not harmonious"
The neighbors say the boys eloquence
was intoned by something that sounded
like hitting a tough beefsteak with the
flat side Of an ax.--GalUe8to,a NeaUs.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1881-04-07
Dissipated Dogs,

OF all tho rakeu whose principal pieos.
ure is to turn night into day, none ara
, more 1nVeterate noctambulists than two
characters well-known to that portion of
Paris society which repairs during the
small hours to Peters, the Helder, go,
1or supper and gay converse. The hard
ened OF extreme wooliness, and q non
dS!eescrlpS, who is generally clothed round
like blanket with mud, as Sancho Pan
"a was with sleep. This pair of con-
stant comrades lead an existence of the
most regular irregularity. Every night
aC ABOUT twelve they may be seen. al
ways quite masterless, lounging about
the boulevards and earnestly seekinp for
some person with the air of noctanbu-
list, Till, having made o choice with much
collaboration, they follow their victim like
hls shadow until he has reached some res
taurant with intent to sup. If the canine
confidence is misplaced, and the passer-
by goes soberly home, these registering
blades, the dogs, make they way along
up the broad marble stairtases Of Peters,
where, being we'll known to the freouent-
CTS OF that establishment, they are cor
dlally received, and piled with all the
dellcactes of the festive board. At the
hour OF two they disappear from Peters.
turning up moment afterward at the
Helder, on the other side of the boule-
ward, and they top off the evenings ex-
cltement ut distant all-night establish
ment near the central market, Barratte's
by namc. When the light of early
morning peeps in upon the scene of their
reve!s, they disappear with the last of
the night birds and are beheld no more
I'LL q. IN. has again come round. Those
VINO have made the personal acquaint-
ance Of this remarkable pair state that
their grave enjoyment for their nightly
dissipation is most edifying to witness.
and that their general demeanor reminds
one strongly of that character in q novel
by Mur8cr, we believe, whose pure and
patriarchal face was never seen but at
some .pot-house in the deepest hours of
the night, beaming complacently at the
drunken jewellers around him
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1881-04-07

The rapid travelling of large steam
V"s@"lS is disadvantage for those who
60 to sea for the sake Of protracted nav
igat;on. They reach their destination
too soon, and the changes of climate are
too rapid. In the voyage to Australia,
for instance, few days after the depart
mc from England, warm weather is
reached: then hot weather. when the
tropic has been passed moist, rs we'll
as hot weather, when the equatorial
calms have been reached. AS the YES
sci arrives near the southern limit of it's
navigation, in the Pacific ocean, the
temperature again becomes cold-Aus-
Italia being reached in about forty-five
days. All these extreme changes within
so short period arc very trying to those
who are really Ill. and often do them
more harm than the pure sea air can do
them good. Australia. also, is reached
in the middle of their summer and at
Melbourne and Sydney, where most in
Vallds go, it is too hot. In Tasmania
and New Zealand the climate is more
like that Of our own English summer.
and should, consequently, be preferred.
These long sea journeys, however, seem
more suited to those who belong to the
second category-to the tired and the
weary-than to the really ill. The usual
period for departure is October or No
Vember.-BTiti8h MeCIic0L Journal.