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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-08-30
NEWS or THE RAILROADS.

General Manager Finney, Superintendent
Carroll and other officials OF the Wiscon-
sin Central, were in consultation recently
with the officials of the Omaha, making
arrangements for the business they have in
common. In addition to this, the contracts
existing between the two companies were
revised and what changes rendered neces-
sary for the opening of the Omaha's Chip
pewa Falls e Northern branch were made.
The Northern Pacific are having made
large placards, to be posted on the first
through freight train from st. Paul to the
Pacific. On the first fast express red pla-
cards will be posted, showing the time
made on each division and also from st.
Paul through to the end of the road
The two ends Of the Northern Pacific were
united the 22nd at the mouth of Gold
creek, ffty-fve miles west OF Helena, Mon.
Ten miles OF track were laid that Gay be.
tween and p. m, when the last spike
was driven.
The Manitoba road expects to handle Is,
100000 bushels of Red River wheat insteo d
of14, 200, coo.
The Northwestern's earnings for the
third week in August increased $40
900.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-08-30

The late Hon. jeremiah Black of Penn
sylvania was one of the most terse,
crispy and vigorous writer's in the coun-
tfy-his style, in some respects, resem-
bling shat which has made reputation
FOR Gen. Sherman. He was formerly
Chief Justice of the PENNSYLVANIA Su-
preme Court, and was the attorney gen.
eral Of President Buchanan's cabinet.
Judge Black was one of the democratic
leaders who unhesitatingly espoused the
cause Of the Union and the Government
when the South threatened secession
and finally rebelled. He was man of
ability and undoubted patriotism.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-08-30

The preliminary report of the bureau
of statistics on foreign and domestic COM
merce makes an exceedingly favorable
showing. The value CT exported mer-
chandise during the past year has ex-
ceeded that Of the imports Of 800, 6SS,.
1873, against an excess of the preceding
year Of S25, 9O2, 683.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-08-30

If, generally represented by re-
cent foreign advices, the grain crops of
England and France are short this year,
those countries will need more of our
American grain during the next twelve
months than their necessities required
during the past year.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-08-30

Minnesota, like Wisconsin and some
of the other western states, does not in
f1ict capital punishment for murder. In
her penitentiary there are now 300 pris-
oners, and Of these forty-fve are
murderers who are doing" life ZEN
lnncn
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-08-30

The English crop reports show that
the harvest will again be inadequate to
the demands of domestic consumption,
and that the people must depend very
largely upon America for their food sup
ply. This viii help business on this side,
and probably avert the threatened "dull
times" here.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-08-30

Henry w ard Beecher during his va
cation has visited va rious points in Min
nesota, Dakota and Montana, and is now
III Portland, Oregon, stopping with one
of his sons, and this week will be in Sa n
Francisco. Before returning to Brook
lyn he will make a short lecture tour of
the South, his Church having given him
an extended leave of absence. The
Beecher of to-day is not the Beecher of
ten or twenty years ago, as all admitted
who heard him then ard again on his
present tour. lie has left a trace OF
disappointment as wide as the continent
among those who expected too much of
man oyer seventy-hve years of age.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-08-30

The failure of the strike of the tele-
graphers seems to have produced no I'M
pleasant results, as nearly all have been
taken again into service by the tele
graph company, which could il-afford
to dispense with such an amount of
skilled labor. The causes of the failure
are attributed to the difficulty of max
ing a close combination of 10000 person
scattered all over the country, and to
the sympathy and aid extended to the
company by other large corporations
which felt that they were, or mightsoon
he, in the same boat. 1t is limited that
some concessions will now be made by
the COMPANY.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-08-30

Few are aware of the great reductions
IN freight charges within a few years
from the west to the seaboard. 1t cost
2I.22 to send wheat from Chicagoto Liv-
erpool in 1878, while last year it cost
80 cents per bushel, and this year
the average cost is 9.OS. The freight
charges on grain from Chicago to New
York 10y lake, canal and rail have fallen
off since 1865 on an average 60 per cent.
OF the grain received at Atlantic ports
asst year 500 per cent. came by rail and
1905 per cent. by the lakes, canals and
the Hudson river. The extortion, if it
prevails anywhere is on the local lines
and not on the great trunk lines.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-08-30

The constitutional convention of
Southern Dakota will be held at Siou x
Falls on the 4th day of September. 1t is
believed that the business will be trans
acted in few days.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-08-30


feather bed yonder twisted like rope. aud
touching its edge students lamp, with rem
the chimney intact. Down near the river
stands the large Cole mill, with cyclonic bite
taken from its western end. To the south of
| 1t is train OF eight loaded
ears turned and twisted as if of straw, while
in the race at the northern side are two more
cars blown bodily from the track AMI into the
water The owner of the mill was lifted fifty
! feet vertically aud hurled against a bank and
killed Not bone in his body was left m
brt&en. Rochester, az every one knows,
was beautiful city, and as much on ac
count Of Its trees as anything. A
core OF years will not restore its pristine
ioveliness in this direction Some Of the
| streets in the best part of the city are i'm
passable, and looking up or down them one
sees nothing but a tangled mass of
trunks aud foliage iammed across the
roadway Scarcely Iesidence--Mr. Van
Dusen's is about the only one-that has not
suffered more or less: aud in many cases
heavy chimnevs were crashed through the
roofs aud garrsts into the floors below. But
description is utterly unable to portray the re
suits OF a storm which, ia the worst Of its
path, Absolutely
SWEPT FART OF THE EARTH AWAY
leaving nothing of grass or tree, or shrub
The relief committee is doing all possible, aud
residents are subscribing all they can,
but help is needed, and speedily. Roch-
ester gave liberally 10 reIieye those
who suffered ia the July cyclone, and now
feels justified in calling for aid to meet the
horrors and alleviate the suferlngs consequent
on the wnrst calamity Minaoeota has ever
known, confined ia the same space superin-
tendent Sanholn, Of the Winona & ST.
Peter, is here and Is doing all pos
sible TO rspalr damages Passengers
transferred around the ruins of the bridge
over the zambro and the Horton elevator,
which lies bodily across the track The tele-
graphic facilities are veIy poor, No, pole in
or near the iowa was standing this morning,
and hundreds Of messages are sent in for
transmission 70 absent friends. In addition to
THE DAMAGES ~ DODGE. COUNTY
already sent are the following; Tie family Of
a Van Frank are all seriously though not
fatally hurt Tie following have had barns
and houses Ieveled to the ground:
Henry Chapman; house Of Charles Eeenton,
former proprietor OF the Hotel St Louis; L. Der
By. Frank Bey, w f. Ctamberiiu THE latter had
seven head of cs:sie Killed and the horns blown
from twenty one Others: tough. but true: Chris
an oisson. whose wife is fatally hurt, mother-fn-
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-08-30

-four miles above Winona, wss burned
recently. together with psrt of the contents.
Insurance. $1,109; contents, $500. in the
FRANKLIN o. PHILADELPHIA.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-08-30

FOREIGY NEU-S GOSSIP.
The prorogau Z OF parliament was done
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-08-30

The promptness with which the call by
Gov Hubbard for aid at Rochester was met
by contributions is a splendid indication for
Minnesota. ST. Paul starting of by
raising $1,000 minute for the first
five minutes after learning of the news, Still
water giving 81, 900, Red Wing $500 and
other cities according to their abilities and
public spirit, shows that the prosperity Of the
State has not spoiled her people.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-08-30
"a poDGE couNTY.

In Tue t0wnshIps Of vs. heId. Ashland aud
Canistee here were five dsatiss-Mr- Helm
brech, Mrs. Christian olsen and infant, a. old
lady, mother Of Mrs. Ole MuIda. ana one man
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-08-30

Mr., Cole, who was in the mill when the cy-
clone reached it. thinking his house safer
place, started for it, but had not gone twenty
feet before he was caught up by the wind
carried distance of eight or ten rods and
dashed to he earth mangled corpse The
residences south OF the railroad 70 Zumbro
street all suffered, losing roofs, windows
aud chmueys. Tho shaded residence stree g
are almost impossible from broken trees,
pieces Of roofs and debris Of all sorts.
On Broadway the tin roofs arc off from Yum
bro street north, aud much of the plate glass
is shattered The First ward suffered the
least many dwellings escaping without any
injury whatever
The Dawson journal., 1883-11-22

hair We're clean absolutely clean.
How seldom you see that. There
was no powder, no paint on the
smooth, rounded cheek or fran, dim
pied chin; none on the moist red lips /;
none on the shell-tinted, bat not too
small ears; none on the handsomely
set neck-lather broad behind, per
hips, but running mighty prettily up
into the lightly corded hair. AMI
the haig9 It was Of light chestnut
brown and giistened with Specks Of
gold rs the sun sAonr on it, aud there
was not smear Of oil or pomatum
on it, and not a pin to be seen in it.
AS the girl came in and took her
seat sue cast an easy, unembarrassed
glance around the car from we'll
opened gray eye, bright with The in
imitable light of good conditions"
such as you see in some handsome
young athletes who are Sin training"
There were no tags and ends, frin-
ges, furbelows or futtering ribbons
about her closely fitting but easy suit
of tweed, and, as she drew off one
glove to look il her purse for small
coin for fare, I noticed that the
gloves were not new, but neither
were they old; they were simply well
kept, like the owner and their own
er's hand, which was solid hand,
with plenty of muscles between the
tendons and with strong but supple
fingers. 1t would have looked equal
ly pretty tashioning pie in home
kitchen or folding bandage in a
hospital. 1t was y hand that sug-
geSted at the same time womanliness
and work, and I was sorry when it
found ty@-cent piece aud had been
regl"Ved. One foot was trust out u
little upon the Stats of the car floor
a foot in good walking boot that
might have FLASHED through a rain
storm without tie fear OF damp stock
lngs-and an eninently sensible
boot on two and one-half foot with
a nigh mslep, small round heel and
pretty broad thread.
The girl was picture from head
to foot as she sat erect, dis tanning
the support of the back of the seat.
but devoid of all appearance of slff:
ness. Perhaps the whole OUTFIT to be
seen, from hat to boots, did not cost
$40; hut | have seen plenty OF out.
fits costing more than zen times Oh
even twenty times that, which die
not look one-tenth or even one-twen
| tieth rs well
The Dawson journal., 1883-11-22

10 be readily fixed in mind, so that,
armed with these, Que need not be in
fear of laundering, provided, only,
he can keep the names of the parties
to be introduced on his tongues end
Il do dislike to introduce people
to each other said Eva to me one
day last week. why, pray?" L ask
ed; sit seems to me very simple
thing "WelI, when | have it to do.
stammer aid blush, and feel so
awkward, I never know who should
be mentioned first. and I wish my
self out Of the room.' II think can
| make it plain to you" 1 said You
invite Mabel Tompkins TO spend an
afternoon with you. She has never
been at your home before, and your
mother has never met her. Wteuev-
er you enter the sitting-room all you
have to do is to say: Mother, this is
my friend Mabel Mabel, my mother,
If yon wish to be more elaborate,
you may say to your Aunt Lucy:
Aunt Lucy, permit me to present
Miss Mabel Tomkins Miss Tomkins,
Mrs. Templeton.' But while you in
troduce Mabel to your father, or tho
minister, or an elderly gentleman,
naming the most distinguished per
sonage first, you present your brother
his chum, and your cousin Fred to
the young lady, naming her first.
Elk it in your mind that among
persons of equal station the younger
are introduced to the older, and that
interiors i'll age, position or influence
are presented to superlors. Be very
cordial, when in yourown house, you
are introduced to a guest, aud offer
your hand. If away from home, "a
bow is commonly sufficient recogni-
ton of an introduction. Please, in
performing an introduction, speak
both names with perfect distinctness. -
The Dawson journal., 1883-11-22
A Reai Nice Carl.

The Washington Capital gives us
the following as its ideal Of real
nice girl:
81 saw girl come into the street
car the other day, though who had,
Twas ready to bet, made her own
dress, and how nice she did look.
She was one of those clean, trim
girls you see now and then. She
was about Is years old, and to begin
with, looked well fed, healthy and
strong. She looked as though she
hal good sensible mother at home.
Her face and neck and cars and her
The Dawson journal., 1883-11-22
An Opinion OF Negro Education.

In a somewhat extended 90 erva-
ton OF the southern negro since his
emancipation I have failed to see one
who has been made better man or
better citizen by this higher edu-
cation. On the contrary, l know of
very many who have been morally
and socially ruined by it. These are
not isolated cases they are the rule,
not the exception. And al estima-
bic lady who is giving her life to the
work and has spent years in trying
to educate the blacks, recently told
me, almost in tears, that the majority
of her best and brightest scholars
girls whom she had carried through
the higher branches and fitted espe-
cially to be teachers-had gone to
the bad. Their education had unfit
ted them for work there was only
one vacancy where there We're fifty
teachers; even cultivated colored
girls cannot exist upon air, and more
than their white sisters are fond of
gaudy apparel. The rest is the old,
sad story. But there is a remedy
for all this, and it is very simple
one. Discontinue the effort to give
the blacks this niger education, and
appropriate the money now wasted
in sustaining advance schools among
them to founding industrial estab-
lishments, where they can learn to do
well the duties pertaining to their
station i'll life. Not one southern
black in hundred is now a good
cook, house servant, farmer or me-
chapic. Fit them to do good work
in these capacities, and the impor-
tant part of their education will be
accomplished. There are Difficult
ties IN the way, for the rising genera.
ton think labor incompatible with
freedom, and have inherited the con
tempt for it which was once felt by
their former mnsters but give them
"HObson's choice'-that education
or none-a and "what to do with the
blacks will soon cease to be the
troublesome problem it is now to all
thoughtful observers Of southern So
ciety. l am friend of the negro,
and am enough his friend to utter
all unpopular truth, in order to pre-
vent, "as far as in me lies the con
tinuance of a system that is now
working, and If persisted in will con-
tinue TO work great evil to him and
to the southern people. Like most
northern men, | have made the mis-
take of judging the black BY the stan
dard of the white A freer inter
course with him and a closer study
OF his characteristics have shown me
that he is not to be so judged, and
that the training adapted t. the
white man is not adapted to the
black. We must take him as he is;
and because we have not done this.
his freedom, which has been of ines
timable benefit to the southern white
man, has, until now, been q most
questionable blessing to the negro
Edmund Kirke in the Independent
The Dawson journal., 1883-11-22
A Merchants Story.

A member of a large mercantile firm
recently gave portion of his expe-
rience in this wise:
81 was seventeen years old when
L left the country store I had tended
for three years, and came to Boston
in search of a place. Anxious, of
course, to appear to the best advan-
tage, spent ali unusual amount of
time and sollcitude upon my toilet,
and when it was completed, l sur
veyed my reflection III the glass with
no little satisfaction, glancing lastly
aud most approvingly upon a seal
ring which embellished my little
finger, and my cane, a very fine af-
fair which l purchased with direct
reference to this occasion. My first
days experience was not encourage
ing; | traversed street after street
up one side and down the Other
without success. | fancied, towards
the last, the clerks knew my bust
meas the moment l entered the door,
and they winked ill-naturedIy at my
discontinue as 1 passed out. But
nature endowed me with good de-
gre of persistency, and the next
day started again. Towards noon
entered a store where an elderly
gentleman stood talking with a lady
by the door. | waited till the visitor
had left, aud then stated my errand.
NO, sir, was the answer, given in n
decided manner. Possibly 1 looked
the encouragement l began to feel :;
for he ad'ied, in a kindlier tone, Are
you good at taking hint? Il don't
know, answered [, while my face
flushed painfully. 'What I wish to
say is this, said he, smiling at my em-
barrassmemt; If | were in want of a
clerk, | would not engage a Young
man who came seeking employment
with fashy ring on his finger and
swinging fancy cane For a mo-
ment, mortified vanity struggled
against common sense, but sense got
the victory, aud [ rephed-with rath-
er ShanNy voice, | am atried-'I
am very much obliged to you, aud
then beat hasty retreat. As soon
as 1 got out of sight I slipped the
ring into nay pocket, ann walked
Worcester to depot. left the canein
charge OF the baggage-master until
called for. 1t is there now, for
anght know. At any rate, | never
called for it. That afternoon ob-
tanned situation with the firm of
which l am now partner How
much my unfortunate fnery injured
NY prospects the previous day L
shall never know, but / never think
OF the old gentleman aud his plain
dealings without feeling as | told
him at the time, very much obliged
to him.
The Dawson journal., 1883-11-22
Rather Mixed.

The other day woman shipped
her husbands remains and dog
over the Central. At Albany she
appeared at the door of the baggage
car to see how they were getting
along. GLOW does he seem to be
doing 2" she asked with a sniff.
"Who, the corpse?' inquired the
baggage master kindly.
"No, the dog"
"Ah, he's comfortable" replied the
the baggage master.
''Anybody been sitting down on
him ?"
'Who, the dog?"
"No, the corpse"
Certainly not,' answered the bag
gage master.
"Does it seem cool enough for
him %
"Who, the corpse -
"No, the dog"
81 don't believe it does"
You'll keep an eye on him, won't
you?' she asked, wiping away a
tear.
"On whom, the corpse %
"No, the dog"
And having secured the baggage
mans promise, she went back to her
coach apparently contented.
The Dawson journal., 1883-11-22
The Truth as to Oats.

The prosperity of agriculture very
largely depends upon the raising of
home supplies upon the plantation,
and unless the farm is self sustaining
there is not nor can there be any
success. One of the items which
goes. very far in this direction is the
raising of a sufficient quantity of
oats. The farmer with his well-hll-
ed barn Of oats is independent of
Western corn for his plow stock, and
need not pay ruinous credit prices
for such provender. We have known
mules to keep sleek and fat through
the entire plowing season when fed
on nothing else than oats. 1t serves
as long forage and corn as we'll.
Those who made good crops of oats
last spring have not forgotten how
well it helped to bridge the summer.
1t is now about time to prepare to
put them into the ground, and if the
agricultural community will devote
much OF their attention in this diree-
ton, they will not regret it when the
corn in their cribs begins to grow
low. Be sure to SOW oats.-Enqui
rer Sun.
The Dawson journal., 1883-11-22
Introducing People.

How many persons, when called
upon to introduce people to each
other, especially in company, have
not been oppressed with a sense of
the awkwardness of the situation,
and feeling that they were not just
sure how the thing ought to be done &?
To allsuch the following suggestions,
though originally made for the bene
fit Of little girl, will be found very
helpful, because they apply to all
wellbred society, and embody rules
which every polite lady and gentle
man would wish to observe.
For all ordinary occasions the rules
embodied in the last paragraph of
this article will be found sufficiently
minute, and founded on common
sense. They are short enough, too,
The Dawson journal., 1883-11-22
Experiments with Bats.

of you ever want to study hib-
ernating animal, by all means take a
bat, said the naturalist, as they are
most easily handled. [ have made
some experiments, with very interest.
ing results. Last winter I placed
one in vacuum receiver kept ii there
for half an hQur the creature not
walking upand showing that suspon-
sion of the faculties was almost ab-
solute, aud the most careful use Of
the stethosoope barely showed life,
even that sometimes failing. The
same bat, suspended in a vacuum
glass, was afterwards surrounded by
gas that if the animal was in its nor.
mai condition would be immediately
fatal, but so sound was this remarka-
bic sleep that it had no effect upon
it; even pure air that had surrounded
it for hours when carefully examined
and analyzed did not show that
it had even been breathed by the
animal. An instrument has been in
vented, however, that shows the res
piration, each delicate movement be-
ing marked by an index"
''About how much oxygen does u
bat consume in this state 2"
"Individuals differ greatly" was
the reply. zone which l examined
consumed ninety-six cubic inches in
twenty-four hours, while Others use
much less.
"The numbers of bats that hiber-
nate together" continued the speak
er, sis marvellous, aud not many
miles from Philadelphia, a mosC re-
markable instance was shown not a
long time since. A gentleman con-
nected with the Diplomatic Corps at
Washington purchased a house that
had not been occupied for many
years. On the first night in the
house, upon lighting the lamp, they
We're deluged With a swarm of bats,
that seemed to dart from every crack
and crevice of the room, to the terror
OF the entire household. The assem-
blage increased as the night wore on,
ultimately driving the inmates out Of
doors. The next day a determined
attack was commenced upon them.
The roof Of an L of the building was
broken i'll disclosing scene almost
incredible. The remains and guano
of bats were piled upon the floor of
the garret to depth Of four feet,
and out of the orihce rushed a throng
Of bats composed of thousands. In
fact, in his report to the Smithsonian,
the gentleman expressed the opinion
TINT there were at least half q mill
ion.-Philadelphia Times.