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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-05-31
gemal Christian, whose courtesy shall

GENIAL Christian, whose courtesy / shall
forget.
Matthew Arnold, a man not over fifty,
] should think, is rather slender IN ply
sique, has dark hair, 4 scholarly face, and
easy, natural manners tie Is one Ofthe
best thinkers and elearest writer's in
England, one of her majeStv's school in
spectors, and hard worker. lie has
done more than any other man to show
England that aNshou9h she Is great and
powerful, she an learn much from
others Seeing that her pima ny
schools were behind the age, he
studied carefully the educatiOn-
al systems of Germany, France and iiol-
land, and became one of the greatest
aiIs in England's wonderful progress IN
school matters in the last decade. 1t Is
greatly to be hoped that he will come to
America. His poetry is granite daintily
chiseled His "Thvris," monodY on
Arthur Hugh Clough' has depth of feel
lnb scarcely expected IN man so prac.
teal His "Heine's Grave" is at once
touching and powerful.
George Macdonald has poetic face,
whose every hneament shows refine
ment and efficacy. He has light hair
parted i'll the middle, as is the English,
fashion, and full beard. | saw him play
at his own home, Saakspeare's Twelfth
Night" his wife and his Twelve children
taking their parts admirably. His man
ner is most gentle, the mark of q true
gentleman, He occasionally breaches
at London, having cntrred the ministry
after leaving Aberdeen university. His
health is not good, but he is a constant
writer, his books numbering nearly
thirty already. In ISL he began to re-
ceive $500 pension in consideration of
his contributions to literature, sum
rich merited by tie gifted poet and
novel; It.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-05-31

erty | had won her from Irlch rival who
was backed by pleading brother. My
CUP Of JOY wss full
The foregoing stars are supposed 20
represent an interval of time. In this
case they covered a period of three
months, during which time we were
married and were on our wedding tour
through Europe.
"It's not right, dear" said my wife to
me one day, 'for married people to
have any secrets from each other, is it,"
"No, indeed" replied earnestly,
swell, then, have a dreadful con-
fession to make, dear"
go on" said l, as carelessly as posi-
Bile.
~ don't like to spoil so fine romance
as ours, but as it is not right to keep
secrets from each other, must tell you
that | was never deceived as to your
identity when you were first intro
duced."
THE devil you say"
mo. dear; could not be mistaken. |
had already learned to look upon you as
my future husband, and when | saw you
| could not possibly forget your features
so soon"
"You wouldn't have married me,
then, if had been as poor as l repre-
sented?"
"No, indeed! Such things are only
done in novels. | am flesh and blood
woman-with an appetite"
| was shocked for while at he sud
den demolition of my romance; but
since / come to think of it / feel that
my wife is as sensible as she is good and
beautiful.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-05-31
HOUSE AND FARM.
Cooking Recipes.

To Cook RHUBARB.-Peel, cut into
half-inch lengths and put into an earth
en- Jar. Add as much sugar as you think
it will require; cover and place in
moderately hot oven. Try with fork
or broom wisp. This method is much
superior to the usual way of cooking.
No water isadded, and each piece should
retain its shape.
Prunes are ve4y nice cooked in the
same way, with the exception that water
should be added and less sugar.
SUMNER SQUAsH.-Boil whole in as
little watcr-as possible for. one-half or
three-quarters of an hour, drain well,
remove the skin and seeds, mash well
and set on the back of the range to dry
out for fifteen minutes, stirring OCCASION
ally; then season with butter, pepper,
salt and little cream. If they are old,
peel and cut up first, taking out the
seeds, and then boil and season as above.
STUFFED TOMATOES Cut off traverse
slice from the stem end of the tomato;
scrape out the inside pulp and mix with
it bread crumbs; season with salt pepper
and butter; fill TIE empty shells and re-
place the covers; bake for half or three
quarters of an hour, and serve.
GREEN Corn PUDDING.-Draw sharp
knife through each row of corn length
wise, then scrape out the pulp; to one
pint of corn add one quart of milk,
three eggs, little suet. sugar to taste,
and lump of butter; stir it occasional
" until thick and bake about two hours.
STRING BEANS OR SNAPs.-String, snap
and wash two quarts of beans boil in
plenty of water for fifteen minutes,
drain and put down again in about two
quarts of boiling water; boil an hour
and half, add salt and pepper just be-
fore taken up, stirring in one and half
tablespoonfulls of butter rubbed into
two tablespoonfu!s of dour and half
pint of sweet cream.
AsPARAGUs.-Washw well, put in boil
ing water and boil five minutes; pour off
the water and add more boiling hot wa
ter; boil ten or fifteen minutes, then
put in butter, salt and pepper. Toast
two or three thin slices of bread, butter
them, lay the asparagus on them; boil
down the gravy, and thicken with flour
rubbed up with butter; pour this over
the asparagus, and serve.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-05-31
Poultry Notes.

On the 2lst day, when the chickens
are coming out, leave the hen to her.
self until all are released. Then wait 20
hours yet for the little ones 10 get upon
their feet before you feed them.
Ii hen lays soft-snelIed eggs, give
her plenty of gravel, oyster shells and
crushed bones (Which material she
needs to make hard egg-shells of and
this evil will oftentimes be corrected.
AS soon as chickens are large enough
to eat corn, do not restrict them to that
alone, but still feed them, once day at
least, with soft food, This will aid
growth and keep them in health. Hot
weather is hard on them, and it is nee
essary to feed hem well.
Have a tight roof to your chicken
coop. Cold rains are destructive. Shut
the chicks in when it rains and keep
them out of the dewy grass.
Poultry at liberty should be
allowed access to a plot kept closely
shaven, for the grass in an ordinary
meadow soon grows TO rank for them.
A dust bath is necessity; be sure
YOU have q good one and keep it filled
with fresh clean earth.
The best way to break up broody
hen is to imprison her along with a
rooster for two or three days and feed
her all she will eat of the good things
she likes, meat particularly.
When the eggs don't hatch well it is
safe to conclude that the owner needs a
change of ROSTERS. There may be too
many or too few, or they may be too old
or too clumsy. Something is wrong at
any rate.
Scatter powdered sulphur through the
hens under feathers during the period
of sitting. She must be kept free from
| lice. This mode Of treatment is good
| one for her comfort, as well as that of
| the chickens.
| To throw meal dough, mashed potatoes
or any moist feed u2on the ground, or
Upon a board, where the feet of the
fowls can trample ii, j. not economical,
/ Enough is saved by the use of feed
trough to pay fol it in little while.
The comb Of fowls is a true index to
the workings of treir systems. 1t may
| be in iu-heaith. the camb will lose color
and become far less firm in texture; as
the malady increases thScolor decrea es
till very SICK bird will shew comb al
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-05-31
Censns of Trees.

A curious census of the trees in Wash
ington has just been completed. 1t
shows there are to-day in the capital of
the republic nearly one hundred and
twenty miles of trees, of which about
one-half are naples. The remainder in
cludes poplars, box elders, elms. lin
dens, 1uttonwoods, willows and frs. Of
naples of every variety there are q 100;
popiars, 500; box elders, 4,745; Gins,
1870; lindens, 5,675; buttonwoods, $40;
American ash, 1881; catalpa, 529; horse
chestnut, III; miscellaneous varieties,
about 1000. These include only the
work of the Parking Commission and
represent the fruits of about ten years
labor. The young trees thrive well and
give promise of making the city more
and more attractive as yearly they in
crease in size. The stately giants in the
public parks, also numbered by thous,,
ands, are not included in this grand
army of natures ornaments under the
charge of the Park Commission
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-05-31
Brains in Farming

An eminent painter, in reply to amin
pertinent visitor, who asked him what
he mixed his colors with to make them
so clear and permanent, answ red curt
ly. "With brains, SIR A similar mix
ture should be used by those busy appll-
cations to the soil, for the chief reason of
failure in farming and gardenin., as ia
painting, is lack of brains.
Aa English paper calls attention to the
importance of specially eiucating Eng
lish farmers, if they are expected to hold
their own against the competition of the
cheap products of American soil. The
editor asserts that the trouble is with
the farmers rather than With the farms.
They are ignorant of the best methods
of farming. The Dutch farmers, he says,
who pay high rent per acre, often ac-
quire large wealth.
There is great force IN his suggestion.
The manufacturers of European coun-
tries have learned the worth of techni-
cal education for their workm II, to en-
able them to make better and cheaper
goods. IF English farmers are to find q
profit from their lands, they must raise
larger crops at less expense. Brains will
be needed TO find ont the way, and will
do as good service on the farm as in the
factory.
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The Newspaper as a Counter
Agent of the Dime Novel
From the Harvard Courant.

The newspapers this spring have
brought remarkable number of rum
away boys who had been fired by yell
low covered novels with desire to see
the James boys and 60 them somewhat
better, so to speak. 1t is the same re-
port every time The boy reads these
books on the sly, steals what he can from
his parents, and leaves home to take
chance in the great world where he soon
learns what it is to be homeless. AS a
rule no sight of his life is more welcome
than that of a policeman who soon
or late arrives on the scene and carries
him back in disgrace, to be sure, but, at
ter all, rescued.
People talk, ana rightly Of the perni-
cious influence of yellow covered litera-
ture upon the boys. 1t leads to all this
runaway nonsense, tothe buying OF Dis
tolls, the theits of money, and the delu-
sions of highway heroism that end IN
trampism But it is in the yellow COW
cred dime novel prints that the boys get
these false ideas; ard fortunately there
! is also in print and cheaper than the
dime novel, very powerful counter
agent TO all this misleading fOOlshness.
| That counter agent Is the newspaper 1t
is in its pages that the boy reads the fate
of these absurd expeditions. There day
after day he will find the story of the
| foolish, broken down fellow, who mas
| been led away by the dime novel and
| led home again boy the poll eman. Such
| cold truth chitls the romantic spiritas no
| mere reasoning and no arbitrary punish
ment could chilli it, Ii IS a warning of
/ the utmost significance.
Judging by the extent to which these
runaway expeditions are now being
| frustrated. we take II that a great many
| bows are growing up without reading the
! daily newspapers. they read the week
| lv story papers. the demorasIzlng and
absurd rona0ccs. bat they do not read
| the daily newspaper. They should be
made to- 1t Is marvellous educator:
So much information and so much useful
| suggestion are found nowhere else, and
sound lessons of life lie back of many Of
the items of news that are rot in them
selves choice reading. But the news
paper Itself, for its presentation OF cur
rent history, its pictures of the life of the
day, its lessons fhIstorv aud geography,
and ali its vast fund OF Information is an
uneQualed instructor. Sci your boy to
reading that every day, and If Il, has the
misfortune afterwards TO take up the
flash stories, he will have read enough
sense to realize that the nonsense of the
yellow covers will not do for him to car
~ into life. He may pine for scaips and
buffaloes. but he viii take it out in PIN
ing, and vail he found at home and reg
ular in his attendance al the three meals
of the day
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-05-31

DIV Roussot the sentence of death; then he
passed his finger quickly across tue as
sassin's neck, st tBe same time makinga
grating noise with his llps-as il imltat-
ing the cutting Of the guiiiotine knife
through the criminals caItliages. This
brutal trick had an unexpected effect.
Roussot uttered loud scream ard fell
forward on his face as if he mad really
been guiilotined; and Pianchet was ar
rested, and for contempt of court and
display of callousness was sentenced to
two years imprisonment ROussot was
taken away 10 the cells but he was found
to be quite mad He begged of the war
dens TO give him back his head, insist
ing that he could not conduct himself
properly withoutit. At first they thought
that lie feigned madness, but tle physi-
clans said no, and the case went
up 10 the emperor, VINO paruoneu nm
and had him shat up in Bicetre, and at
terward i'll Clarendon. For more than
thirty years Rossout has insisted that he
had been guillotined in the courtroom
in the palace OF justice. GU see, he
was accustomed TO say 10 visitors, they
took my head off before they had any
right to do So" Then lie would relate
the circumstances as they bad existed
for him in his diseased brain, and would
intimate the grating sound which his
persecutor Planchet had made with his
lips on the day of the sentence-the
sound which drove the wretched GRIM
inal mad. On Saturday Rossout died OF
cerebral congestion, and has br.uu is to
be examined by specialists.-Parisl letter
in Boston Journal.
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Shallow Cultivation For Fruits.

Fruit-growers must be reminded that
their hoes, cultivators and ploughs may
do more damage to plants than good if
not used with discretion. The small
fruits-berries, Currants, grapes, also
dwarf pears, ounces, etc.-root near the
surface. Here are found the best roots,
those that provide the most nourishment.
Nature designed these to be mulched, by
the dead leaves, and in our fields mulch
ing would be the best treatment, if it
were possible. As it is, the best we can
do is To give frequent but shallow cultis
walton. | have seen intelligent men
ploughing deep burrows alongside of
their raspberries, currants and grapes,
well satisfied that they were doing
thorough work that would secure
an abundant harvest. Let such men dig
up one plant before thus ploughing and
one after, and see what butchery they
baye committed. There are no tap
roots stretching far down into the sub
soil, but simply a few laterals branching
cut, say from two to four inches below
the surface, and more than half of them
have been sacrificed by the ploughshare.
When we set green hands hoeing straw
Ferries and newly set raspberries we
know what they will do if not watched.
They will destroy half these and loosen
the hold for life that the struggling peas
have been secured by chopping close
about them.-Fruit Garden.
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A Dancing Millionairess.

Miss Carrie Astor, daughter of William
B. Asior, heiress expectant to millions
1pon millions, pet in our most exquis-
tie society, las become ballot dancer.
Her debut was in the presence ola jam
med crowd of eager spectators. The
lance was a Dutch reel elaborated by
new and picturesque movements. Miss
Aston wore a correct Dutch peasant cos
mmc. consisting of a red merino skirt
and Il white muslin waist; her hair was
braided behind and banded with an or
namental gold device, while her ceo,
modelled after those worn by the girls of
the Province of Friesland. was PRETTY
coouettish. She had heavy gold brace
lets. and gold linked chain necklace, 4
diamond brooch, and diamond earrings.
She danced gracefully TO the music of
zithers, and was applauded with immense
enth ,siasm. No performance 10y the
expc,t Cavallazzi, ballet premier of
grand opera at the Academy Of Music,
ever gained half the appreciation. OF
course. Miss Aston didn't do this on the
stage, though it was part Of show at
which 81 admission fee was charged.
This happened at the Kirmess, or Dutch
festival. given for charitable object
Letter i'll the Albany Journal.
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This is a part of the farm which is too
often neglected, or left to the female
portion of the household, who have
without It more than their share OF the
labors and cares of the farm. But the
wife often labors hard to have good
garden, recollectisg the trouble she has
experienced in former years IN having
that variety on her table which all good
women love to provide for those she
loves, or for whom she has to provide.
A garden must have permanent place,
as there are many things which ought TO
have pla e, where it cannot be ploWed
up every year, ar undergo the regular
process of rotation of crops. The aspar-
agus bed, horse-radish, Strawberries,
raspberries, gooseberries, currants, black
berries, pie plant, etc. are necessarily
permanent fixtures. And yet they all
should be planted in way so they can
be plowed And for this purpose the
garden should be long instead OF square
lot
Vegetables should be planted as early
as the season admits. And then continue
to plant through this and succeeding
months so as to have a succession of
crops. While plantin, some, others
should be hoed. And it pays, land that
is what every lOWan now conslder), 10
keep the garden clean of sand grass.
1t paws to have to have it rich and mel
low. Consult about the suitable depth
to plant various kinds of seeds. Some
do best planted deep, like the pea, 9TH
ers very shallow, like the lettuce, etc.
Then the garden must be watched and
protected from bugs and worms. The
tomato and cabbage plants are especially
subject to those pests. There are various
expedients for their destruction or to
prevent their inroads. The berry bushes
are subjects of but few enemies. The
current worm comes this month, but 1t
can be killed with the dust of hellebore.
| We know of no way to get rid of the cut
worm but to hunt them early in the
morning around the plants, and des-
patch him Stiff brown paper can be
rolled up and stuck around the tomato
! plants, and the cabbage too, If the patch
| is not too extensive.
But at all hazards, and IF it requires
watchiulness and labor, have a good gar
den. 1t produces good humor all round
the house, and greatly aids to digestion.
| -Des Moines Register.
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MhyISow Clover.

In answer to this query, ]. E. Hunt,
Essex, VT, writes the following to the
Manchester IN NJ Mirror: Because
it is the cheapest manure to be had.
What we farmers want is to increase the
fertility of our soils and to do this we
have to improve every opportunity. 1
find that i'll SOW 20 pounds of clover
seed per acre with my oats in early
spring, | get good bite for the COWS,
the first fall; als) get one.third more
hay the first crop, the second year.
The next crop starts quicker, grows fas-
ter, stand drought better than timothy,
and, taking one year With another, will
get more butter from the same amount
OF land. But now the anti-clover man
says. "You are done; you must plow."
Very true; under favorable circum-
stances, there is nothing to
speak of the third year, but we are
ready, as soon as the cows have taken
the best of the second years second
crop; we commence to spread from the
wagon the summer manure, and keep
on spreading from time until corn plan
ting time, when we have a mass of ferti-
lizing material to turn under, which
will, with little good superphoso hate
in the hill, make crop of corn with few
weeds. The amount of clover roots in
the soil is enormous; they bring up plant
food from the subsoil that corn or timo-
thy would never get. have traced red
clover roots 80 inches from the main
stalk; good growth of red clover will
make hard. stiff soil into good triable
planting ground. 70 sum up we would
say, that by sowing clover we get more
COW feed, more manure, more corn and
potatoes, and get them easier, and we
think that five years is long enough to
make every acre of tillable land equal
to the best at the start"
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A Potato Test and Selection.

Three years ago | planted the EARLY
Ohio, Early Vermont, Early Rose and
Beauty of Hebron side by side and ma
nured and cultivated them in the same
way. They ripened in the order named.
The yield was first, Ohio; second, Yer
mont; third, Rose; fourth, Hebron.
Quality: First, Ohio; second, Vermont:
third, Hebron; fourth, Rose. Keeping
Hebron; third, Rose; fourth, Vermont.
| have tested nearly all the early vari-
cites of potatoes before the public; but
the Ohio as a keeper is in the front rank.
Out of 40 varieties tested last year pre-
fer for early, the Ohio: for mediu n, the
St. Patrick; for late, the Genessee Coun-
ty King.-Rurai New Yorker.
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A RecuperaUed Farm.

Mr.. Quinby, OF the Western New York
Farmers Club, as reported in the Rural
Home, many years ago bought farm on
which there was 15acre field of wheat.
The land was poor, sandy, and the wheat
yielded but seven bushels to the acre.
His neighbors laughed at him for buy
ing such poor land declared that he had
been taken in. The next year he plow-
ed the land again and sowed, broadcast,
from three to Jour bushels of corn to the
acre. The corn did not grow very rank
but when it was about five feet high in
some places, three feet in others, he
turned it carefully under and sowed to
wheat again The corn had rotted pref
ty well before seeding time and he har-
vested % bushels per acre of wheat, and
had a good catch of clover.
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Gen. Mahone's Cav and Turkey.

Letter in Phil Times.
About three bundled yards to the
rear OF our quarters, IN hill, stood a
stately mansion, the property of Mr..
Whitworth, on the g'onnds of which
were General Mahones headquarters.
Malone was noted Is an epicure, and
it was said that his larter was supplied
with the best that the lonfederacy could
afford. While in camphe kept COW in
order TO have cream for his coffee.
About the middle of January he had a
and hungry Georgian thought that he
would like turkey 50 with a baited
fishing-hook and line he strolled leisure
ly in the direction of Ahhone's quarters.
4 hundred yards distalt strutted large
gobbler. Malone withsome of his staff,
was sitting in front of las tent engaged
in pleasant conversation. The Georgian
apparently sauntered arelessly by, and
in doing so dropped the bait, which the
turkey seized. The soldier continued
his walk now in an opposite direction.
The turkey as an natural
consequence, followed. The Generals
attention was attracted The man now
broke into brisk trot with the turkey
| at his heels. General Malone was one
of the most accomplished swearers in
| the confederacy. On tAis occasion he
broke out in his peculai sharp, screech-
ing voice BOYS, looA at that id
coward running from ny TURKEYS" The
Georgian, by this time, was III full run,
forcing the turkey to flop az d jump
spasmodically as he spat on alter his
eaptor. Malone shouted; just look
at my turkey running that cowardly
loutl Look at him, bofs; Just look al
himi Come, let us follow them and see
the funw Just then tie man and tur-
KEY disappeared over he hill and es-
capped. Next day Earthquakes were
posted Offering reward Of $50 for the
apprehension of the man who. stole Ma
homes turkey. A few weeks after sim.
liar search was made In every quarter
in the camps for Mehone's COW, but not
a yestige OF hair or hide could ever be
seen. | believe the horns were found
but never the wicked thief.