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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-10-18
TremnrS of the Earth.

An elaborate synopsis of various pa
pers on the Tremors of the Earth is
given in the London Times. From this
it seems to be considered fact, by
many scientific men, that the crust of
the earth bends uNder the weights inn
posed on it till, when the barometer
rises an inch over a land area like that
of Australia, for example, the increased
load of air sinks the entire continent
two or three inches below the normal
level The land actually sinks and rises
under the pressure of the mass of water
thrown upon it by the tides, the maxi
mum of rise and fall on the Atlantic
seacoast reaching five inches. The eff
feet Is felt at the bottom of the deepest
mine and may reach for an unknown
distance From this it is argued that
the crust of the earth must be of ex-
ceeding tenacity, its minimum being
even beyond that of granite, and its
swaying may ne the cause of phenome-
ma hitherto quite unexplained.
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Fashion Notes.
FdhIIEUII AtUIUSs
The velvet season has opened.

The velvet season has opened.
Madras Plaids are worn over plain
WOODEN goods.
Gray is one of the popular colors of
this season in beth wooden and silks.
Fine cloth, shot with silken threads OF
bright colors. is the newest fabric for
travelling costumes.
Feather capes are shown, but they are
not so popular as capes made of velvet
or velveteen and trimmed with bands of
feathers.
Really popular is the new collar for
street wear, which consists of a velvet
band, over hich lace is turned. a vel
vet no settle or bow, with pleated ends of
lace, finishes the front.
Among prevail ng models are the
princess dress with long h.sque added
at the back, and the polsnaise, with
pulled or gathered drapery.
Remarkably pretty handkercniefs are
shown III leading stores. In the finest
cambria Il ey have hemsdtched bor-
der, and an inner border ofsome cardi-
nal color, while III each corler 9eonet
rical designs in color are surrounded by
drawn work. The effect is particularly
good.
Useful costumes for fall are made of
checked or fancy material, with full
blouse bodice, trimmed With several
rows of narrow velvet ribbon. The
skirt and tuAic are trimmed with the
velvet, and cockade or star bows of rib
bon to match are placed mere, there and
everywhere over the bodice, skirt and
draperies.
Braidings of all kinds are Increasingly
popular. Jersey waits are largely
trimmed with heavy designsin soutache,
or with large beads embroidered in
close set designs. Some Of the more
fashionable stores have assortments OF
white silk Jersey embr ,idered in gold
and silver beads, the sleeFes consisting
merely of beaded netting. Heavier
Jerseys are in batIse and tricot, and are
either braided or embroidered in silk.
One or two on show at Il recent opening
were hand-painted upon the front of the
waist and at the wrists.
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General Lew Wallace.
! att" in New York Tribune.

Cath in New York Tribune.
Speaking OF Gen. Lew Wallace, minis
ter 10 Turkey. Gen. Brady said recent
~: Gle is an able man, though
dramatic one. His appearance and man
ners are a. dramatic as his mind. His
style o. writing Is also lofty, and fer
thai reason | can't enjoy his novels.
They seem so much stited to me. He
is first rate SOLDIER. Indeed, he was
the military 4enius of Indiana at the be-
gaming Of the war He ran away as
boy 10 the Mexican war, and after that
his whole soul was on soldering and he
always had a military company Being
tile brother-iu-law of Henry ). Lane,
Morton summoned Wallace to Indianap-
oils and made him adiutant general. |
was about the first 10 come 70! ward with
company from Muncie, and Morton
took me right IN 70 see w ltace. | shall
never forget hia expression and gestures
they were those OF q born tragedian.
He said he wanted my company imme-
lately, and to - right back and get It.,
US it must q TO the defense of the ma
tional capital. ] hurried back to Nuncle
aud had the town bell rung. and when
the orders were given about One-halt
he company backe out, the captain III
Guided. by which means | became the
captain and went 10 the war. When
Wallace started with his men, the Eie-
venth regiment, for the field, he made 4
magnificent speech to them before the
state house on low jeff Davis had ira
duced the Indiana regiment in the Mexi-
can war, and called them to swear with
him to avenge the honor of the state
against JEFF Davis and his cause. He
drew his sworj; all the officers drew
their swords; the whole regiment kueel-
ed with uplfted hands. and it was
thrilling sight, though little funny to
think Of after this interval
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and In the event Of his demise AllsIe

and IN the event OF his demise Allne
would BE- entirely alone.
His chief reason tor seeking Lady Dem
beigh was to entreat her TO receive the
enid and bestow upon her mothers
lovinE. care He would settle upon her a
sun. fufIic lent for all her waists, so that
in a pecuniary sense she would not be
burden.
Lady Denbeigh gladly agreed to all
his plans for the girls future. Allsie was
e STAY at the hall, ald Niles would re-
main in the village, seeing her every
day until she grew accustomed to her
new life.
At first Lady Denbeigh maintained a
dignifed reserve before him, but Oh the
eve OF his departure for London she
confessed that when she had realized
what efforts he had made to secure her
happiness, shcIaad bitterly regretted de-
serting him. and had written craving his
forgiveness. For years detectives had
searched for the child. Although le-
gally separated from him, sac had kept
his image enshrined in her heart, aud
not until convinced that he was dead
did she, at the urgent solicitation of her
family, consent to marry Lord Den
beigh.
Il scarcely blamed you for returning
to the life Of luxury ami refinement
from which had taken you," he admit
ted. "And as years went by saw more
distinctly the social gulf which divided
US, and realized more fully the wrong L
had committed. When heard you were
married to one Of your own rank | re-
ioiced for your sake. even when ac-
knowledging to myself that you were
lost to me forever"
His tone was infinitely sad He
bowed his head for a moment, and
seemed lost in gloomy reflections.
"Dtd you never meet any one-I
mean"
He looked up-their eyes met.
ANY one to fill the void in my lonely
heart? No"
"Oh, Miles, forgive me-forgive meW
Pride, reserve were cast aside, and she
lay sobbing in his arms.
A week later Hon. Mrs. Featherstone
read in the London Times:
Married at Denbeigh, July 10, Miles
Carlyle to Lady Carolina, widow of the
late Lord DenDeigh."
Carrie always did have low tastes. !
suppose this is the same creature she
eloped with before, and | am glad her
poor father is not living to hear of this
new disgrace" was her angry comment.
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while at pasture she is very apt to slack
en- up in her supply OF milk, and the
new experlmenter Immediately comes
to the conclusion that meal may do for
other peoples cows while at pasture,
but his COW does better without it.
The fact generally is that
the violent chango has dis
arranged the cows digestion, which
naturally stops the flow of milk. There Is
a right way and a wrong way to do ev-
erythlng, and the right way to feed a
cow meal, not only while size is at pas
ture but at any time, S To begin moder-
ately and increase the quantity gradual
ly so that the COW can assimiiate her di-
gestlge organs to tho demand that is
made upon them. The fact may be oh.
served if the meal is suddenly taken
away from the COW, only to a more
marked degree.
1t is easy TO note the evil effect of
change of diet with young animals, as
teaching calf to live on skinned milk
after having nursed the cow Such rad.
ical change often produces severe at
tacks of dlarrt hna. While the matured
animals are not so violently affected by
chan es of food as the young are, vel
they often feel the effect of it, and show
1t at the pail Cows, too, are very strong
ly creatures of habit, and they are not
part al to changes of any kind, and even
when the food is improved in richness
in midwinter. the good efforts of the
change Will not be marked, even when
made with the greatest care, until the
lapse of several days, and with some
cows it may take weeks to arrive at tneiI
best. Too much care in making changes
OF food canRot be taken, and lull knowl
edge of the cows nature is necessary to
prevent often making mistakes that fur
Their Investigation would have avoided
altogetaer.-A Dairyman.
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Notes for the Farmer.

Pumpkin seeds are said to decrease
The flow of milk ii gwen to COWS.
The Orange County IN. " Farmer
SAYS the eyes of potatoes next to the
stem are of little yalu.
The quantity of milk that cow gives
depends much upon the mode and reg
ularity of milking, Cows do best tha
have one regular mixer, aud the time
of milking should be care uly attended
to, and not be subiecte to variation from
day to day.
Butter for winter use is best packed
in stone jars.
The Boston Herald thinks that great
farmers on small farms" is the true
method Sr American agriculture, and
remarks that the old Saxon earth
hunger" is normal craving OF the races
that seek a home ID our republic.
The Holstein cattle are slowly but
surely winning their way to the front in
the west We observe the mention oil
several small but fine herds in Ohio,
advertised tor breeders. We incline to
believe that the Hostein cattle will yet
rival the short horns III POPULARITY, as
IICy MANI CACtIttHt UCGl clOCh anu
generally good mixers.
In England, the best farming is done
on the four course system: that is, but
one crop of wheat is raised the same
piece of land in four yeaB, and hoed
crop must be raised once in the same
period of time 10 keep the weeds down.
A crop of oats, barley or beans is raised
~ 81 hetc a
is seeded to grass, clover and pasture,
to NOW i'll that year. The tenant is
obliged 10 sow lime and guano once, and
ground bone once, on all the land, once
in four years He is not allowed 10 sell
hay or straw from the farm, but make I
all into barn-yard manure, for use on
the place. Rents from Sl2 to SIS per
acre Is paid, and enormous crops are
raised.
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Utilizing the SDarrows.

Now that the English sparrow is
doomed to be annhllated in the United
States, if the thing be possible, the ques-
ion of utilizing this pest comes up for
consideration. 1t is well known that
.heir flesh is as good as many larger
Ord, no y highly priced; but the spar
row is so small that few persons will con-
,ider it wo tn the troublP OF preparing
for the table. But the same objection
may b, urged against frog legs; the lat
ter, nevertheless, have been long in de-
nand, and the epicure thinks they are
moug the dainties not to be neglected,
even if they do cost more than the
:oarser kinds of meat. and for this rea~
son we think it only necessary TO make
sparrow fricassee or pot pie fashionable
0 create a demand foi these birds.
something of the kind will be necessary
in order to give zo5t to the sport of XII
ing them by youthful sportsmen. The
slaughter of these birds has already
.omnenced in several states. and will,
no doubt. soon extend to all.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-10-18
Automatic Clocks.

The successful working of NJ. DARKNESS
automatic clock, set in operation some
months ago, is stated to be an assured
fact In this case, the winding appara-
tus consists of small windmill, fixed in
windmill, or in any other place where
tolerably constant current of air can
be relied upon. BY means ola reversed
train of multiplying wheels, this wind
mill is continually driving hughens
endless chain remontoire, a device well
known to clock makers. A pawl acting
on a wheel prevents the motor from
turning the wrong way, and, by a simple
arrangement, whenever the weight is
wound up right to the top, the motion
is checked by friction brake automat-
ically applied to the thermometer by the
raised weight lifting lever. When the
weight is thus raised to the top, the
clock has a sufficient store of energy to
20 for eight DAYS or more, so that 1t is
by no means dependent on regular
current of air. This system of clocks
possesses such practical advantages,
that it has been adopted by the Bel
gian government on the state rail-
ways.
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CHICKEN AK.

n didn' says Chip "You did" says Peep,
"How 10 yoI know2-yoH were fast asleep
Il was under MamIny's wing,
Stretching my legs like anything,
hen all of a sudden / turned around,
For close beside me heard sound
A little tip, and little tap"
"Diddle de-deel YOU'D had nap,
And, when you were balf-awake,
Heard an icicle somewhere break"
whats an iciclt?" 81 don't know;
Rooster tells ab ut ice and snow,
Something that isn'tas good as meal,
Drops down on you AID makes you squeal."
we'll swallow RI ,ster's tales l besl
And think you DIDN'T come out Of an eggi
Tell you heard the old shell break,
And the first small noise you ever could
And Nanny croodled, and pulled her
breast.
And pushed us further out of the nest,
Just to maze room enough for you;
And there's your she'll say it's truein
Cnip Iookei over his shoulder then,
And there it lag by the old gray hen
Half an egg-shell, Clipped and brown,
AND be was a bali Of yellow down,
Clean and clipper, ard s.l art and spry,
With the prettiest bill and the blacklist eye.
"H'm!" said he, with a little perk,
"rha- is wonderful piece of werkl
Peep, you silly! don't sou see,
That shell isn't near as big as mt2
Whatever you say, Miss, declare
! D,ver, n.ver, c1uid get in there!"
You did" says Peep 81 didn'tl' says chip
With that he gave her horrid nip.
And Peep beg n to dance and peck,
Al q Chip stuck OUT his wings and neck.
They prancsd and struck, and caperei
about,
Their toes turned in and their wings spread
out,
AS anary as two small chicks could be,
/ II Mother Dorking turned to see.
She &C. led and ciucked, and called in vain
AT it they went With might snd main
Till, at last. the old ben used her beak,
And peep and chip, with ma y squeak,
Staggered of on either side,
Win very funny skip and stride.
with dreadful nonsense" said Mother
Hen,
When she heard the story told again;
you're bad as the two legs that don't have
wings,
Nor feathers nor combs-the wretched
thingsi
That's the way they fight and talk
For what isn't worth a mullen stalk.
What does it II after, I'd like to know,
" here you came from, or where you gof
Ke . your ten per and earn your food;
L can't scratch worms for fighting brood.
| won't have qusrres-I will have peace;
I Matched out chickens. so don't be geesel'
CHIP scratched his ear with his yellow claw,
The meekest cbicken that ever you saw;
Aud Peep in her feathers curled one leg
And said to herself: But he was an egg!"
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A Submarine Balloon.

During the forthcoming international
Exhibition at Nice the submarine OBJ
servatory Of NJ. Tosselli will be in use in
something the same way as the captive
ballo, n at the p il exhibition 0 1873.
It is made of steel and bronze to enable
it to resist the pressure of water Mt the
depth of $50 meters, nearly l60 pounds
to the square inch The vessel is divi-
ded into three compartments, the upper
for the commander to enable him to di-
rect the observatory and give explana-
tons TO the passengers, who, to the
number of eight, occupy the middle
compartment. They have under their
feet q glass plate, enabling them to see
the bottom. wi its corals, fishes, grass,
etc. The third compartment contains
the buoyGnt chamb Der and can be reguIa-
ted at vii. As the sea is dark at he
depth OF 10 meters, the observatory is to
be GIFTED by electricity and a telephone
communicates with the surface.
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RYDkOPHOBIA.
Death of a Child in Philadelphia
strange developments Ofthe Dread
full Disease.

Death of a Child in Philadelphia
full Disease.
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
Massey Alberson, aged ten, died at
his parents residence Philadelphia, of
hvdrophobia. He was badly bitten on
the hand October 18th of last year,
while playing with Spltz dog. The
wounds were promptly cauterized, the
dog was killed, and no symptoms of the
dlstemper owed themselves until
Wednesday last He became unusually
nervous and showed signs of increased
intellectual power. He was unusually
bright and laxative, and astonished his
parent by the briliancy of his remarks
and his unusual talkativeness. That
night at supper he tried to drink his tea,
but could not, and subsequently when
water was offered him he refused it. and
said he could not swallow it. Later that
night water was ofere him again, and
he tried to take it, but the effort to swal-
low threw hi n into CONFUSION, during
which he had a sharp barking cough.
The physician who was summoned pro-
nounc9d the child's distemper to be
hVdrophobla.
The child could not swallow anything,
though consumed by thirst ali day Thurs
day. Thursday night one fit succeeded
another until he died. These fits lasted
from ten TO fifteen minutes, and then a
zero of five or six minutes of compar-
a i've rest and quietude came, to be fol
owed by ano.h her spasin OF intense
agony, during which his lace was hor-
rlblv contorled, is hands tightly
clenehed and his knees drawn up. In
act, every muscle IN his body seemed
brought into violent action. In the in
tervals between the commissions he was
.ensible and able to tell his feelings.
lie said he did not dread water because
It was water, bur because he knew that
the muscles of his throat were so con-
tracted and sc sore that he could not
.wallow It without intense az 1nY.
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FIELD AND FARM.
Recies from the Cook Book.

To REMOVE "GREEN" FROM PAvEMENTs.
Scrub the pavement with strong so
luton of washing soda, hot, and then
rinse of with hot water.
RooK PIE.-Draw and skin six or
eight rocks; let them lie in cold water
one or two hours; cut out the back
bones, wash the birds, season them with
pepper and salt. and pack them closely
in pie dish; add half q pint of gravy
and lay over them half q pint OF fresh
butter; cover the dish with flour and
water paste and bake for two hours,
The next day take off this coarse
paste and cover with puff paste, and
bake till il be sufficiently done.
QuArLs ON ToAsr-Brown the birds,
either in salad oil or butter, mix a ia
blespoonful OF -four among them, and
brown that, then cover them with boil
ing water, season them highly with salt,
pepper, cloves and mace, aud stew them
fifteen minutes; melt in tablespoonful
or but er for every Two small birds and
serve on toast.
Picked OUNCES Pare, and cut a half
dozen ounces into a small pieces, and
put them, with a gallon of water, and
two pounds OF honey, into large sauce
pan; mix them together we'll, and set
them on q slow fire for halt an hour.
When quite cold. wipe the ounces pc r
fectly dry and put them into it. Cover
very close.
A GALANrINE OF CoLD MEAT.-A pretty
and very economical dish may be made
by finely mincing the remains of any
cold meat, adding to it breadcrumbs to
half its weight, and favored by herbs
and a wine-glass of strong Lebigs es-
sence or good stock. Place these ingre-
dents i'll a small mould and pour over
it sufficient dissolved gelatine to nearly
cover it, Steam for an hour; stand it to
cool, and then turn out.
Every body, probably, does not know
what very simple remedy will ex-
terminate cockroaches. as, if they did
the race would surely die out. Common
red waters, to be found at any station
ers', will answer the purpose, for the
cockrl aches, with greedy lust, will de-
YOUR them and die. Powdered borax,
too. sprinkled around the capboards
they frequent, will poison them off very
satisfactorily.
This is capital pudding: Six ounces
of grated bread, six ounces Of currants,
six ounces of finely chopped saet, six
ounces of apples finely chopped, six
ounces of lump sugar, six eggs, half q
nutmeg, one salt spoonful OF salt, two
ounces oil cxron cut small, two ounces of
candid orange peel cut small, rind of
small lemon either grated or minced;
mix well together and put into we'll
suffered basin, covtr closely with a
flannel cloth, and cook from two hours
and half to three hours. Serve with
sweet sauce.
ROAST RABBsT.-Pick out nice young
one, skin 1t, wa it nicely; then make
your stuffing, which may be sage and
onions or parsley and thyme, as you
prefer, with bread crumbs and little
bacon cut fin e, with pepper and salt to
taste. Stuff your rabbit, sew it up; then
truss it, bringing tie head on one side,
after which it is ready to bake or roast.
Your great care must be to see tilat you
have plenty of fat and to we'll haste, or
it will quickly burn. 1t will take about
one and one-half hours slow baking.
Broil piece of bacon to eat with it.
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The Formation of Ore Veins.

The formation Of ore veins, according
to the showing of DR.. Fleitmann of Ger
many, does not necessarily involve such
long periods of time as biologists have
assumed. DR.. F. states til 1t some two
years ago, nc had the bottom of a stab e
PIT filled and rammed with common clay
containing iron. The pit had served its
purpose for storing dung for about two
years, during which time, occ; sionally,
10 prevent overheating. water had been
poured over it. Lately it had become
necessary to remove the pit, when the
surprising fact was revealed that the
clay had entirely changed in character,
and had become white; It was moreover,
divided in numerous directions by fis-
sures, from 1-25th to 10th inch in width,
which were filled by contract iron pyr-
ties The explanation offered ofthis re-
markable phenomenon is that the iron
oxide of the clay was clanged by the
water. containing sulphate of ams1onia,
into sulphate of iron, and the latter had
in accordance with molecular attraction,
deposited itself IN groups or assures
the form in which it was found.
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down the back street that day will turn
round and look it, and augh to herself,
and know just as well as If she were told
that man hung out the clothes.
And Charles fingers will feel like
sticks of cordwoo to him by the time
he is done, and it will take him half a
day to thaw them out properly and get
the Jingle out of them.
But he is satisfied in spirit, for he be-
lleves that he has proved to the women
of the vicinity, and to Mary Jane in par
ticular, til II he can hang out clothes as
well as any woman in the world. Yes,
sir.
And Just as soon as dinner is out of
the way Mary Jane rigs on her leggins
and rubbers, and puts on her mittens,
and goes out and changes those shirts
and things all over and picks up the
pins out of the snow that he scattered
round, and found out about the legs of
the drawers, and saws to herself that
she'll hang the clothes out herself here
after, if she has to go over her head in
the snoWi