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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-06-21
AFather's Wanderings .

The story ofJohn Henuse, who turned
up in Reading day or two ago after an
absence of twenty-five years, is in many
respects remarkable When he disap-
peared, Henuse had wife end several
children, the youngest of whom, Mary,
then three months of age. is now mar
ried Mrs. Henuse heard nothing of
her husband until soon after the late
war had begun, when she received let
ter announcing that he had been con-
scripted into the rebel army. Nothing
more WAS heard from him and he was
mourned as dead.
On Tuesday bronzed and weather.
beaten man OF sixty-fiye years register
ed at the Berks County House. lie
wore long bair that fell upon his shout
GERS in curls and his ears were adorned
with gold rings. 1t was the same John
who disappeared a quarter of a century
ago, seized with d longing to once more
see his wife and children. He learned
that they we're still living. The meet
ing was not q gushing one. There were
no tears of joy and no clinging in fond
embrace, but nevertheless the prodigal
husband was cordially greeted when he
had established his identity.
Then he visited his youngest daughter,
Mrs. ROLAND. That lady was engaged
at her household duties yesterday
when she was suddenly confronted by a
strange man.
"Your name is Mary" said Ire,
breaking short silence and advancing
step or two.
"Yes, that is my name," answered
Mrs. ROLAND, cycling her strange visitor
suspiciously ''What can ] do for your"
II am your farther, Mary, who left
you when you were babe three
months old. Am quite forgotten?"
And tears came to the old mans eyes
as he leaned against the counter and
gazed at his daughter. Mrs. Rolland's
first impulse was to summon assistance,
for she feared the man was demented,
but he stopped her and soon convinced
her that his story was true, and then re-
lated to her his past life.
To correspondent of the Times Hen
use told his story. He said when he
left Reading, he went to Virginia. Here
when the war broke out. he was forced
into the rebel army, and when on the
march to Gettysburg he escaped, but,
was recaptured and placed on board
war vessel. He again escaped, and
then made his way westward, only to be
captured by hostile Indians. For time
he was kept close prisoner, but event
ually he adopted their habits and mode
of life, and was looked upon as a mem
Der of the tribe lie lived with his red
brethren fifteen years, and during that
time learned several dialects. Then
came yearning for the home of his
youth. He babe his savage friends fare
well, went to France, and after a brief
sojourn there, returned to America by
way of Cuba. "Then i came 10 Read
ing" sorrowfully concluded the jagged
adventurer, "and l will leave again as
quietly as came. The city is strange
to nc, the people are all strange, and
even my own family do not seem TO -
ognize me. will leave for the south; |
have friends there" And he kept his
word, for he left as suddenly as he came
not even bidding his wife and children
farewell Philadelphia Times.
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FIELD AND FARM.
Cooking Recipes.

CUCUMBER SALAD.-Peel and slice GU
cumbers. mix with salt and let stand
half an hour; mix two tablespooniuls
sweet oil, ham gravy or melted butter,
with as much vinegar and teaspoonful
of sugar; add the cucumbers, which
should be drained a little; add pepper
to taste and sliced onions If their flavor
is liked. Stir well together and serve.
Stewed veal need not be the tasteless
dish it often is. Cook it in as little water
as will possibly answer, and with it stew
a few thin slices of ham or bacon. Nicely
cured bacon is one of the luxurles OF
modern civilization. Science has con-
ferred lasting benefit upon the world
by teaching the farmer to feed his pigs
in such a way that the result may be
traced in slices of fine-grained fat with
little strips of lean. This Is the kind of
bacon one should look for when mar
keting.
CREAM SAUcE.-Heat one tablespoonful
of butter, in skillet, add teaspoonful
of flour and stir until perfectly smooth;
then add gradually one cupful of cold
milk, let it boil up at once, season to
taste with salt and pepper and serve.
WAFER observation-disclosures cupful of
butter. two cupfuls of light brown sugar,
one cupful of milk, four cupfuls of -four,
one teaspoonful of ground ginger; warm
the butter and sugar slight y and rub
them together to cream; add the milk,
ginger and flour 1t makes q paste like
very thick cream. Spread thin coating
of butter on the baking pans, let it get
quite cold and set, then spread the paste
on it no thicker than visiting card.
barely covering the pan from sight
Bake in a slack oven, and when done
cut the sheets Immediately into the
shape and size of common cards. This
is also known as euchre gingerbread, is
served in packs and eaten between
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Intellect VS. Family and Income

Last year when Barrett's season was
over he found that young man had
been paying his addresses to his daugh-
ter, who is most estimable young lady.
INQUIRY in the proper quarters resulted
in 1.-THE information that the young
man was of excellent family and good
character, and that his financial pros
poets were very good indeed. Meeting
him on the street, Barrett said: ''Sir,
my name is Barrett-and | understand
that in my absence you have been pay.
ing your addresses to my daughter"
The young man confessed that the al
legation was true. "You are q member
of such and such family?", queried the
tragedian. II am" "And your yearly
income is so much?' at is" "Humpl
Young man, who was Cicero's father%
IL don't know, sir" was the re-
Spouse. "Then you are not an intellec-
tual match for my daughter, and pray
you discontinue your visits" said the
erudite disciple ofThespis, and he strobe
away, leaving the young man stupefed
with wonder
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Fruit in California.

The amount of fruit produced in Cali
fornia is so enormous that it can no
longer be disposed of at remunerative
prices in its natural state, and producers
are now seeking the best methods of
canning, drying, and putting the sur
plus into marketable shape. Many kinds
o fruit are now produced in great album,
dance in California that cannot be raised
Chez ply in the Atlantic States-such as
apricots, nectarines, and plums-and
large quantities of these may be disposed
of in the East, when put up in cans or
dried. The time may come when these
fruits will fail to be remunerative to the
raiser in California, as they have in our
older States, through the depredatlons
of insects; and while we hope the day is
far distant, we nevertheless think 1t will
come sooner or later. The demand for
California fruit is increasing every year,
also the amount produced; but it is to be
feared the profits to the raiser are de
creaSlng.
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Heaithin Mexico.

Distance lends enchantment to the eli
mate of Mexico. People sicken and die
about as commonly as elsewhere. Ac-
cording to one of the leading doctors
the prevailing diseases among foreign
residents are intermittent fevers, pneu'
monia, and kindred troubles. Those
who are Confined by their occupations
to Central Mexico are particularly sub
iect to typhus fevers. The rareiied air
also effects nervous people unfavorably
aegravating their complaints. Sufferers
from tubercular consumption on the
other hand, are often greatly benefited
here. Almost every visitor suffers
more or less on his arrival, from indi-
gestlon, headache, lassitude and the
like, but in most cases these disagree e.
able sensations wear off, although some
persons find the climate too trying.
Those who attempt to do an energetic
days work on the high plateaus soon
find out their mistake. Neither mind
nor body can be forced With safety, as
numbers of Americans have learned
to their neutrality-suspicious. New
York Sun.
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plant is getting root. The growth OF
plants is thus retarded, and many of
them lost. 1t is good plan to set plants
lust before a rain, but as we cannot al
ways have a rain-storm just when we
would like it. the next best plan is to
set plants IN the evening. If plants
have been properly grown, and care is
exercised in setting those which are
stoeky and vigorous, there Is little
danger in transplanting.
The early kinds may be set in rows
two feet apart and eighteen inches apart
in the rows The large varieties should
be set in rows at least three feet apart
and two feet apart in the row. In any
case it would pay 10 have the rows far
enough apart SO that they could be Gull
tiyated with a horse. From the ii ne
the cabbages are set out until they COW
er the ground, all weeds should be care
fully kept under. After the cabbage has
reached size that prevents cultivation
or hoeing, all weeds should be pulled by
hand Such a course will add much to
the ease of cultivation in futur1 years.
One of the evils which cabbage growers
must contend with is club'foot. This is
not serious enough toalarm any but pro-
fessional marker gardeners. And yet |
have had to reset almost an entire plat
of cabbage from this cause alone. An
other evil is the cabbage worm," pro-
duced by the white bui terfly. Every
season is prolific in new remedies for
this nuisance A fertile soil and early,
close heading varieties of cab lage seem
to me to be sufficient to overcome the
evil
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A Water-Proof Cellar.

"Please give me plain directions for
making a waterproof cellar, where the
water rises in the soil during the winter
nearly to the surface of the ground"
If we had to build a cellar in such a
situation as you describe we would put
it entirely above the surrounding ground
and then bank up or haul earth from a
distance to fill in about the wall. If this
is impracticable, or you think it would
be too expensive, then lay up wall
with stone or brick, using cement for
mortar instead of quicklime. ANY mason
who knows how to lay brick or stone
will know how to mix and use cement.
When the wall is finished lay floor Of
broken stones, six inches thick, and fill
in with gravel and cement. When this
has set and become hard, plaster it all
over and up the sides with cement and
sand. In this way you can exclude the
the water even ii 1t does rise to within a
few inches of the top of your cellar wall.
Cement co, is a little more than ordinary
lime, but it is preferable for laying
cellar walls in any tenacious, wet SOIL
New York sun.
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UNAPPRECTaTE ORAToRY.
An Orator Who Wanted to Crate at
the Bridge Opening

According to the Brooklyn Eagle the
Mayor of that place is not having soft
time of 1t.
"Great bridget observed a frightfully
dilapidated individual, forcing his way
into the Mayors sanctum, and penetra-
ing that official with fiery glance. "In
my judgment, sir, the bridge could
never have been possible under any
other than one headed government.
What nation has ever put up bridge Of
that magnitude? None, sir! What
state? What other city has done it?
still reply none, sir! Rising from the
water like Amphitrite, it pierces the air
like the eagle. defying both elements,
and records with its shadows the time
when one headedness took its birth to
make an era in the tide of municipal
governments. How does that strike
your"
at strikes me as nonsense" retorted
the mayor. "What do you want any
way?"
81 want to make speech at the cell
ebIation. Ii you don't like the style,
look at this: Beneath its span the rip
ping years ofthe ages will sweep, while
from its frowning towers smile the well
comes of epochs yet to come. The
crown of eternity rests upon its head, a
fit diadem in the wreath that glorities
the grandest enterprise ever intrusted
to the intellect of man. Can you suggest
any improvement on that?"
"Its all boshl' exclaimed the mayor.
awe have madeall our arrangements for
speakers and we don't want any more
'But suppose SOME of Yonr talent
y r..I Il w
had better have me there in case you
run short. 1t doesn't cost anything to
have me on hand, and you can't tell
what may happen. Give me front seat
at the table, and command me at any
moment"
Don't want you at any price"
growled The mayor. "You can't get in
and you'd better get out"
NDo | understand that YOU intend to
sully your one head administration by
refusing to make this bridge celebration
a SUGGEST" howled the enraged tramp.
"Are you going back on the people of
Brooklyn to such an extent as that? |
think not. am sure not. Just say you
will hand me sandwich and glass of
beer through the window, and I'll give
you an hour and a half of the purest elo-
Quence you ever listened to-"
want to work and i haven't any time to
fool with you. Go away!'
"I'll make it two hours for sandwich
ana two glasses OF peer handed me out
of the window and won't say word
about coming inside"
"Put that man out!" roared the may
or. "Come in here, somebody, and take
| him awayp
"I'll knock off the sandwich per-
sisted the seedy man. make it two
| glasses of beer Tor two hours speech!"
A policeman took him by the neck
| and led him to the door.
"That comes of a one headed govern
ment," muttered the tramp, as the po-
!icemm hustled him along. "Look
| herew he shouted, as he made stand on
the met "I'll tell you what I'll do. Make
it one glass of beer, payable now, in adj
vance, and I'll give you two hours and
| half even"
But Brooks is not short of oratorical
| talent when there is beer on hand, and
| the last and most generous offer of all
was declined without the slight formal
| ity of rendering thanks
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MEN UNDER THE RAZOR.
Types of Men Found i'm Barber
Shops.

OF all the types seen in BARRIERS shops,
says the New York Times, probably the
man in hurry is the most mutitudi-
nious. He tears open the door, gares
wildly around the room at the comforta-
bly, filed chairs, mutters gentle impre-
cation, and, with a despairing look, fires
himself out into the street again. Or if
he is not in quite so much of a hurry,
he hastily examines the stage at which
each patron has arrived in the tonsoral
process, compares his time with his
plans. asks when his turn will come, as
If he didn't know that would be as 500 n
as the chair was empty, and finally,
after fidgeting around and making
everybody miserable, ne leaves the shop
inst before "next" is called. The thin
skinned man is tender little body and
wants the barber to be ooh, so careful, /"
and TO play lightly over his cuticle or he
NAV break through. And the barber
selects a delicate weapon, goes only
''once o7er" his victim, and when he
swabs him with a towel drenched in
bav rum, the thin skinned man starts.
and shrinks like one who is dosed with
a strong hair tonic on a shampooed
scalp. The n-with-a-Tough-Shin rare
ly deigns to reply TO the inquiry: Does
the razor suit you?" He wants to be
shaved as close as Shylock, right up to
the roots" and his stubby beard yields
slowly to the best steel and with disas-
trous effect upon its edge. Hs is dread
ed hv the most artistic shave 5, but he
does not belong to a small contingent
and has to be put up with. The bald
headed man does not cost an establish
ment much for hair oil, but the muscu-
lar energy expended in making the
top of the Uranium shine like
billiard ball takes off all the profits. The
HIGHEST degree of polish is attained by
rotary motion of the right hand, wrap
ped in q towel. while the left holds Ids II the
ber's chair is the favorite habit of
apoplectic individuals who are not afraid
of losing flesh or blood while the tom
serial artists scrape the soap of their
faces. They will nod until there is i'm
minent danger of casual ear disap-
nearing in their bliss al ignorance of
their environment, and yet the papers
have not recently reported any cases of
fat men getting their Threats cut in re-
spectable BARRIERS shops. There may
have been such cases that have escaped
the vigilance of the reporters, but prob
ably they were few in number. A spec
ial providence seems to wait on fat
men in BARRIERS shops when they sleep
ilv shake their heads at the agile razor
az it plays around their expansive coun.
taRances.
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Death They We're Not Divided.

Somewhat more than year ago Ell
win A. Hoff, then young man of Toledo
was married to young lady of that vi
entity. They were young with seeming
" promise of long and happy life
before them. A few months after he
was stricken with consumption. Faith
fully the wife attended the bedside of
her husband until her strength gave
way and she too became victim OF the
same disease. Everything that kind
friends and medical skill could accom-
plish was done for them. At last it be-
care evident that only few days more
remained to either of them, and they
decided to say final farewell to each
other and Join their respective friends.
She was taken to Coldwater, Mich,
on her bed, from which she was %
feeble to be removed. He was brought
by his brother to Union Springs. The
SEQUEL is told in the following notice:
"Died, at Coldwater, Mich, Saturday.
Nav 10, 1888, Ella, wife of Edwin Adel-
bert Hcff, aged about twenty five years.
In Union Springs, Wednesday, May y,
1888. Elwln Adelbert Hof, aged twenty
five wears two months and twenty-one
days Union Springs On. " Adyer'
tiser,
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Cicero Not Engagcd.

Cicero Davis, an applicant for por-
,er's position, was not engaged. The
reason why his services were declined
we're brought out in the Georgia Majors
report of mis- endorsement as 10 homes
Old 81 was asked by one of our mer-
chants, ''Si, do yon know a darkey by
the name of Davis?'
s'Sissero Davis, wild de red eye dat
got burned in the powder sploshin?'
Eyes. he's the man."
"Well | kno's him."
as he reliable?''
Gin ull, but it 'pends moughty on de
bizzness dat he's engaged in at de time. y
What business would he best suit in
as a poTterP"
well, ter tell yer de fat-footed I'M
sophisticated trufe, dar's one place
whar dat niger could wuck an be ez
homes ez de day; an OATS ez porter in
er real state store, In dat case de o'ner
ud' be lab ter fire de propurty allus
jess whar he left hitr'
The gentleman named Davis was not
engaged
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shepherd business was carried trlfie
too far, as when, one day, a flock of real
sheep was led into one of the most mag
nificent rooms in the palace, and an old
ram. tax NO offense at his reflected inn
age in a mirror which reached TO the
floor, sprang at his imaginary enemy, an
had demolished many thousand francs
worth of glass before his mad career
could be checked.
The palace was called the Hotel
Evreux until after the death of Madam 9
de Ponipadour. who had willed it to the
king. It was for some time thereafter a
residence for ambassadors extraordinary
and then became the storehouse for
crown furniture. The king seemed
anxious to have it forgotten; conscious
that he was in some measure respon-
sible for the follies which had been COM
mitted there. In 1878 the ElYsee was
convicted by the financier Beaujou, who
had amassed princely fortune, and he
begged the king to sell it to him, and the
king did not wait to be asked twice.
Beaujou was delighted, and spent even
more money than the Pompadour had
lavished on the edifice and the
beautiful grounds-surrounding it.
An odd thing about the palace is that
it has never passed directly as an inner
itance from father to son. John Ben
jon died just as the Revolution was
breaking out, the Duchess de Bourbon
purchased the palace, and, for short
time, it was called the Elysee-Bourbon.
During the revolution it became nation
al property by virtue Of confiscation.
Under the consulate many splendid
fetes were given there, and later the il.
lustrious soldier Murat occupied the
mansion II was in the ElvSeA that Ma
poleon theiFirst signed his second apdi-
cation. A few weeks before the Duke
of Wellington and the Emperor of Aus
tria had their headquarters there. I'm
der the Restoration the Duke de Berry
had the palace, but from 1880 to 1913 it
remained vacant and deserted. Then it
became the presidential residence, and
since then its history is we'll enough
known. Marshal Mcmahon was not
over fond of the place. and used now
and then to grumble at its narrow cor
ridors. The marshal is a soldier, and
likes plenty Of room to move about in.
Edward King
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oT Want nv NEotler,O

Among all the death-scenes of our
Civil War there were no sadder ones
than those of sacrificed boyhood. Pre-
mature patriotism, or perhaps mere pas
sion for adventure, led many lads to run
away from home to join the volunteer
service, whom the better judgment of
regimental or company commanders
have sent back. The frequent sorrow
full result i'll such cases is truly pictured
in touching story printed in the Phila-
delphia Times In 1868, Mrs Mary Cad
well Fisher, the wife of Judge FISHER,
left New York City for Gettysburg, to
succor the wounded, of whom twenty
thousand had been left within sight of
Round Top. After nearly twenty years
have passed Mrs. Fisher recalls a scene
that was deeply impressed upon her
mind during the week spent among the
sufferers of Gettysburg:
One beautiful evening, after long
days hard work, one of my boys came
to me and said, There is little chap
out there who heard there was woman
from his home, and he wants to see you"
found him at the furthest extrem-
ity of the hospital, with q half-dozen
other hopeless cases. He was a lovely
bov. scarcely more than child, who
had run away from his home IN ProV;
dence, r. l. to join the drum corps.
He was great pet among the soldiers,
who nursed him as tenderly as possible,
bnt could poorly supply mothers low
ing care. How he longed for one more
look at her dear face! He was so frail
and slight it was marvel how he could
have endured the fatigue and privat1ons
so long.
He was not disfgured by wounds, but
constant marches ana insufficient food
had exhausted his strength, and he had
no vitality to resist the sharp attack of
fever. He was perfectly conscious, but
too weak to say much.
| asked the poor child what could
do for him.
"Oh, l want my motherw
| sat down on the ground and taking
him in my arms tried to comfort him.
He turned his face to me, saying, 81 am
so tiredr" laid his head against me and
appeared to sleep.
The last rays of the sun tou ched the
lovely features of the dying boy. The
shadows vanished in the gathering dar k
ness Silence, unbrok en- save by the
moan of some poor victim, succeeded the
hum of the busy day.
Fainter and fainter grew the breath,
and more feeble the clasp of the little
hand, when suddenly rouslng he opened
his eyes, and looking long and earnestly
in my face, said,-
kiss me, lady, before ! dielD
Clinging still closer to the stranger,
who could family represent the FOND
mothers tenderness, he craved, he
dropped his heavy lids and slept away
his brief life as peacefully as child goes
to sleep in its mothers arms.
gently laid the lifelese form on the
hard earth and left him to a soldiers
burial and a nameless grave. Poor fell
low, what an atom he seemed TO be in
all that mass of wretched, suffering, dy-
ing humanity Yet he was all the word
to the heart of that mother who wept
and prayed for her darling's safe return
to the distant home that never again
would echo his boyish step or ringing
laugh.