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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-12-27
A WOMAN'S PRISON.
The Discipline in the London Prison
for Women.

IOT w OiHcHs
Some ten thousand women pass into
this little reception room every year,
some in finery, some in rags; some tear
full and detected, others callous and SEEM
inglv Indifferent; and few obstreper-
GUS and violent. Whatever they may
be, however, or whether easily man
aged or not, they all have in their turn
to 60 and take bath and dress in pris-
on garb, which outwardly consists of a
dingv blue cotton dress and a small
white cap. A woman in gaol does not
of course have her hair cut as man
would, unless-as now and then occurs
| the cleanliness of prison cells demands
it to some extent. They all have bath,
| however, and don the prison uniform,
| their own clothes beng put up IN neat
| bundle, registered and numbered, and
| slowed away in an apartment fitted up
| with racks for the purpose, ready for re-
| sumption when the sentence expires.
/ Every prisoner is next weighed and
measured and the results entered on
| the prison books as means OF testing,
| by comparison With similar measure
/ ments of weight and height, when they
.,eave, the effect of prison fare and prison
| life upon them. Some of the women
| offer a good deal of resistance to this
proceeding, and now and then first
experience of prison residence has In
consequence to be made inside one OF
| the punishment cells. One or two OF
/ these are on the top of the building,
and violent culprits are not easily gotup
TO them, and when they are up are sci
placed for making themselves beard far
and wide, and, as may be supposed,
thew often indulge in torrents of the
fuulest language. This is a great mis-
take in the planning of Westminster
prison. There are, however, some pun
ishment cells in the basement, and these
are certainly fearful looking places.
They are merely brick vaults, With
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-12-27
A Deserted CITY,

It is not often that an American town
doomed to defamation, but Virginia
City, Nevada, affords one instance at
least. Eight years ago Virginia City
and Gold till, adjoining each other and
practically one town, had 5000 popula-
ton. 1t was the largest community be-
tween Denver and San Francisco.
There were merchants doug busint SIS
with a million capital. There were pri-
vate houses that cost $4,000 to bnild
and furnish. There were stamp mills
and mining structures that cost $500, 900
each. There were three daily newspa-
pers, and hotel that cost $4,000 1t
was a teeming, busy and money making
population, and among the people were
, score or more men worth from $50
90 TO So, 0OD, 900. Mackey and Fair
both lived there. There were three
banks, a gas company, q splendid thea
tire and costly courthouse.
Eight wears have passed and the town
is u wreck. The 81, 900 people have
dwindled to 5000. The banks have re-
tired from business. The merchants
have closed up and left; the hotel Is
abandoned; the gas company is bank
rupt, ana scores of costly residences
have either been take3 TO pieces or
moved away or given away for taxes.
Nothing can be sold that will cost liz
worth 10 move away. The rich men
have all gone. Those who remain are
the miners, their superintendent and
the saloon men and gamblers. The lat
ter are usually the fist 10 come to a
mining town and the last TO leave.
The capse OF this decadence. which
has swallowed up millions Of capital and
wrecked the worldly ambition of thou
sands OF persons, is the failure OF the
Comstock mines TO turn out additional
wealth.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-12-27

doors a small square of semi. opaque
glass in the back end. They are white
washed, but have no furniture of any
kind. Four-and-twentv hours is the
maximum period for which incarcera-
ton here may be awarded at one time,
and it is usually sufficient to reduce
exuberance of spirits within manageable
limits, though not always. Now and
then a woman will be found to rave, and
sing, and shout pretty sturdily though
her imprisonment in one of these dark
and lonely cells, and come up as fresh
as daisy, and as abusive and defiant as
ever. 1t rarely happens, however.
Perhaps fifty times in the course of a
year these punishment cells have to be
resorted to, and in most of these cases
this close confinement in darkness and
solitude with bread and water for food
have the desired effect. If not, there
are solitary confinement cells which are
light and spacious, and in which a prison
CIR may be confined in absolute solitude
for month. speaking to nobody and
seeing nobody but the warder bringing
the roeals.-London Daily News.
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The Washington Monument.

Correspondence of the B l5imore Sun.
The monument last Monday reached
a height of 4l0 feet. With all its enor-
nous weight it is but the one-sixty-
fourth of an inch-the thickness of a
sheet of stout writing paper out of
plumb, Our party went up in eight
minutes from the base to the top in
an Otis elevator, taking up two of Hugh
Sisson's marble blocks for the last
course OF stone laid this season. 1t was
a tremulous ascent up the dark marble
alley with those heavy stones, the eleya
tor quivering as it went alOn2, and as 1T
reached sunlight at the top, audible
breathing ind Gated that relief from the
suspense was boon to most of the par
ty. The ascent could have been made
bv stairs which are constructed along
the inner walls to the top.
Around the monument at the present
height are swung excellently contrived
hempen hammocks from all four sides,
so in case of fall no danger would en-.
sue TO the workmen. These tumb es are
not dreaded, and are said to be frequent.
A week since Baltimore beauty so
dazed a workman that III lifting his cap
and stepping back to let her pass he tell
over, aud in the hammock 40Dfeet above
terra trma continued HIS adnllrlng gaze
with his cap still in hand. The superin-
tendent says that in five years the most
serious accident has not been more thar
mashed finger among his masons and
laborers. The height now is l45 feet.
The base of the upper platfoi n will coma
mpnce when 50U.feet is reached. This will
be as high as the visitor can 90 The inte-
rior of the monument is twenty-five feet
square, which continues to a height of
$50 ieet Its dimensions are then in
creased to q 5-l2 feet by the width of
the walls oeing reduced; from that point
to the top the inner walls are perpen-
dicular. The outer face OF the has a
batter or slope of one-fourt inch
to the foot until they will reach
500 feet.
As before said, the ascent is made by
an elevator. one of the Otis patent. 1t
has carrying strength of seventy-fivo
tons, and The wire cables would break
ONLY at test of $50 tons. Even with a
break the safeguards are such as would
prevent Iall of oyer ten inches. Yet
the superIn endent says he has fire.
quently had to stop, return and put men
off, whose fears were such as to compel
relief. He added he never knew lacy
to be unnerved in that direction.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-12-27
Wedding .InuPnRNS.

The my terry attending wedding jour
neys nowadays is new invention in So
eial etiquette. In old times it was the
custom for the bridal excursion to be
undertaken with much preparation aud
fuss. The happy pair drove to the
steamer or the train that was to bear
them away from their old homes amid
showers of rice, old slippers, and other
heathenish tokens ofgOod luck and good
wishes. Aud the destination of the we'd
dug journeyers was duly printe in the
newspapers with the pomp Of an adver-
tisement. New society would be shocked
with so l.uch publicity. The reception
and ceremony over, the newly married
couple dart into a coach, and, after the
bridegroom has ostentatious'y ordered
the driver TO drive to the New York
Central station, for exam pie, the cay fu-
gAtives Zee TO some city hotel, and, next
Jay euding the social police sent on THEN
track, fit of into the mysterious IN
known where they have secretly decid-
ed to spend their honeymoon. So long
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CapeI On French and English
Marriages.

Monsignor Capel in recent lecture
said: 81 have travelled much, and lived
in many countries. 1 have lived for
wears in France The French system OF
contracting marriage ignores entirely
the wishes and prejudices ofthe girl, ana
regards only the convenience ofthe par
ties. From such system one natural
ly supposes unhappy unions would
emanate, but on the contrary, | must
bear witness that for the most part the
marriage relation in France is very hap
py. saw more happy marriages IN
France than in any other country. No
where is love of children SO deep and
strong as in France. On the other hand,
in England the making of maria con-
tracts is entirely matter OF love. This
love idea is carried to a preposter Gus
extent. Nowhere else dq
we see dukes and marquises
marrying their servants, ladies marry.
ing their coachmen and old women of
three score and ten marrying youths
scarcely %. The system ripeus out in
to divorces, until to-day the courts can
not do the work they are called upon 10
do, think, however. that young women
in marrying should be consulted, but
should not be allowed to exercise their
preferences to the exclusion of reas N,
expediency and propriety. Social sur
roundings, family station and religions
convictions should figure largely in the
choice. Yet we see parents who would
not consider their Is year old daughter
competent to form an opinion on any
other serious subject, allowing her &c
choose her future life. think the par
ent should always insist upon deciding
this matter. No person should marry
ont of his own faith or social station
and here. even, where you boast that al
men are equal. these remarksapply. VIII
enuaI force, because social station is a
imoortant here as in England"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-12-27
An Honest Restaurant.

Many of the restaurants of Paris are
simply robhing- pens through politeness
and false pretenses. A correspondence
describes the programme at one OF an
honest class: at is the establishments
de bouillon. The founder was butch
er named Duval, and now Paris is foil
of them. The exteriors are ali painted
chocolate color, with gold. When you
enter you are handed a menu, which is
stamped with number, and the prices
of everything ere opposite the name of
the dish-a thing very rare in Paris. A
charity girl. dressed in cap and apron,
takes your order, and serves you very
neatly. The portions are OILY large
enough for one person, and the prices
remarkably cheap. They charge five
confines IA cent? for your napkin, ana
a small amount-two or three cents for
service. When you have finished, the
waitress takes your menu card, and
makes Tradition on it. You take this
card to the cashier. She receipts it,
stamps it again; and, on leaving the res.
taurant, you hand it to the girl sitting at
the door, who gave it to you first. 1t is
remarkable W lat cheap meal you can
m Ike at one of these restaurants, and
the excellence of the food"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-12-27
Mastered Him.

Physical strength was formerly neces-
sary requisite in the man who kept
school," He was not called 1.-The teach
| err" he was "the master" and if he did
not make that title good, there were
many schools that he could not teach.
| In these days we demand something be-
sides muscle in teacher, but occasion
ally it happens thst muscle is needed
among big boys even now, and the gym
nasium and boat-race training of coll
| lege graduate comes in play alongside
tb more intellectual work of education.
A recent case is reported of college
| boy who proved himself master of the
| situation, though it must be said that
circumstances helped him considerably
at the finish.
The town of Sharon (Massl had win
ter school where for several years the
| big boys had their own way, thrashiug
and turning out ofdoors the teachers, I'M
| til the committee engaged John Sykes,
an under-sized graduate of Harvard, but
diversified in muscle and energy far be-
yond what his appearance indicated.
| He opened school with conciliatory adj
dress, asking the cooperation ofthe pu-
pills, but ending with firm expression
of his intentions and expectations.
Very soon after which Bill Gates, a "six-
footer." commenced the usual rebellion
and tried to trip up Sykes, who instant
ly collarsd, foored and put his foot on
the rebel, and kept it there, until Bill
promised to abide by the rules of the
school in general, and to submit to the
application of the big fiat ruler of the
teacher in particular.
But when the latter went for this in
strument Of authority, Bill went for a
window, out of which he had got his
head and shoulders, when down came
the sash on his back, and held him fast
The teacher appreciated the advantage
the situation conferred, and applied so
vigorc us a castigation that it went to the
very roots of the resistance. After that
order reIgned in that particular school'us
while j. S. was in charge
s. f. Gazette.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-12-27
Funny Nerdicts.

A Kansas jury gave the following yer.
dict in a case where man died in q
state Of intoxication: death by hang
ing-r0und a rum shop
An Indian jury recently returned a
written verdict OF "Blode to peces bi
the bier Dustin"
Jury" said western judge, "you
Kin 90 out and ind verdict. IL YOU
can't find one of your own, get the one
the last jury used The jury returned
with a verdict of suicide in the ninth
degree"
4 Rhode Island jury were FIVE days
debating on a hog case involving 81, and
then came in. found the hog not guilty,
and recommended both plaintiff and de-
iendaut 10 the mercy OF the court.
A Pekin, H., coroners jury rendered
a very singular verdict, that man
whose body was found IL the river came
to his death by blow on the head ;
(which was gwen before or after drown
ing"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-12-27

as the wedding journeyers fancy them
selves secure from intrusion, and dis.
guised as cold married folks they are
happy, and nobody need know where
they are. When Blair ScrIhner. no
bic Young fellow, who d;ed in the flush
and beauty of his useful life, went on
his wedding journey, remember that
he datet. the only letter that his family
had from him during his absence, some
where in paradise" Happy he whose
paradise long oullasts the wedding ex-
cnrsion and its seclusion.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-12-27
SpEAA iii(aItpUP.

You ask q thoroughbred, tu1l blooded
urabuz what he thinks CT Dr.. THoMAs
EeLECrEIc CT and he " II invariably tel you
,nat /, is the worst thin; he ever saw.
You ask en- honest man (Sho has used =
or his estimate OF On THOMAS ECLECTEIc On
and he will repy tnat tnsre may Oa a 3et'e
internal and external medicine, but h'
doesn't know of it,
10 tfi0k there is nothing like THOMAS
ECLECrRIc OIL. For cold or hoaTsene=s
vVrAs fl5e charm. Mrs. NJ. ]. Fellows
Burr OAK st. Joseph County, Mich.
rneuInati,m nothing gave me reh
quicker than THOMAS EcLEcTBIc OIL r. G.
liner, OF Allen T. O., hnlsdale County
Mich.
Worth five times its price. s B. Du fey,
second mate steamer Arizona, on the grea
lakes, cured OF Da IN on foot.
AS remedy for catArrh 1t stands at the t. p
L iward S. R)wley, 222 W. Twelfth sTe4t,
Davenport, lows.
Is the best srtici g in the world for asthma
C bronch It's. L L. Meader, Dsia ware, Iowa
As general family Medicine never saw
lnythit G so good. George Dodge, Empo
ium, Pa.
In cases of Group it never failed to cure on
feiieve. C. r. Hall, GRANVILLE, Ill.
tell you it is grand tAing. Rev. E. +
Crane, Dnnkirk N. Y
DR. THOMAS EcLECTRTC On is sold by ev
ry diugeIs,. Fus,er. Mllburn & Co., Pro pS,
buffalo, N Y
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-12-27
Snow as a Protection.
From the Scientific American.

From the Scientific American.
The numerous experiments which it
was necessary to make to obtain a pre-
else answer in this question were carried
on last winter in the Jardin des Plantes
The aim of these was to ascertain-hrst,
to what extentthe temperature of the
air, both under bare ground and in sod
ded soil with and without snow also to as
certain what depth the temperature OF
the air was able to make its influence
felt. In these complicated investiaa-
tons the electric thermometer invented
by Becquerel was employed. Simultan-
eous observations were made of the
temperature of the air at the height OF
SO l.3 feet and 66 3 feet, and of the
soil at the depths OF 2 inches, inches,
s inches, II inches and % inches. They
we're made under soil and bare ground.
On November % dry frost began,
which lasted without interruption till
December 3. At this date the air had
a temperature of Z deg. Fahrenheit,
and a heavy fall of snow began that COW
cred the ground to the depth OF ten
inches. From the 9th to the 10Th of
December the cold steadily moderated,
until on the morning OF the
18th and goth it was above 80 deg.
Variable cold weather followed, and
the snow sank to less than eight inches.
Observations showed that both before
and after the snow fell the temperature
of the soil, where it was covered with
sod, remained above the freezing point
even on the coolest day. On Nov. rs. at
the depth of two inches, the tempera-
ture was 40 deg. Fahrenheit. From this
time it sank continuously until Dec. IA,
- "A h hnf
but it never tell below this minimum.
The results were quite different in soil
not covered with grass sod. On Nov.
%, when the dry frost began, tenn
peratnre at depth of two inches fell
below 80 deg. Fahrenheit; on Nov. % it
stood at IL | 4 Fahrenheit, and on Dec.
., before the snowfall, it was % deg.
Fahrenheit. During he whole time
when its surface was covered with snow
from eight to ten inches deep the tenn
perature never rose above e deg, but
only varied, at depth oftwo inches, be-
tween % deg. te 81 deg. Fahrenheit. 1t
thus proved that changes in he tempera-
ture of the air make themselves felt TO
certain distance in the earth even when
the surface is thickly covered with snow.
Hence the generallyreceived opinion
that.a mantle of snow Peeps the earth
warm is in general erroneous. Snow
does not protect the soil and seed at all
from freezing, but only binders to GER
tain degree the too extensive radiation
of heat from the soil, and is converted
into water at 80 deg, which sinks into
the nth and somewhat rises its temper
AZURE. These experiments also prove
that the best protection for the soil is
heavy sod, which does more to raise its
than ever so thick layer
of snow The matted roots of the sod
form q SOFT of 'elted covering which not
on.y excludes the cold in high degree,
but also draws the moisture from the
lower strata towards the surface.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-12-27
Sketch Of SOiOurner Truth.

The parents of Soiourner Truth were
brought in a SLAYER from the coast of
Guinea to this country. Her real name
or that which had been given to her
by her first master-was Isabella Har-
denburg, but, becoming dissatisfied
with it, it is said that she went out into
the wilderness and prayed to the Lord
to give her an appropriate name. Alter
praying for some time she heard, she
said, the name 'Sojourner" whispered
to her, as she was to travel up and
town." and afterHard "Truth" was
cdded to it to signify that she should
preach nothing but the truth to all men,
SOi1urner had tall. looking
fyure--she was almost six feet high
and talked in deep, gutteral, powerful
voice that made many people who heard
her think that she was man, and was
imposing upon them by masquerade as
woman. On her lecturing tours
she took with her
mess affairs. Soiourner knew many
prominent 10 en-her favorte statesman
being Abraham Lincoln-and her nara
ives and descriptions of those whom
She had known showed that she had
ldged their characters exceedingly
we'll. During her later life, or for the
past ten years, her avowed object in
ravellng around was to obtain names
20 q. petition which she intended pre-
senting to the Government, asking that
I portion of the pu Jllc lands the West
70 set apart for the establishment of a
negro colony, where she proposed that
The negro youth should be educated.
She owned a comfortable home at Battle
Gree k, Mich, and valuable farm a
short distance from the town. Two years
100 she made her will, beoucathing
everything to her three daughters, who
lived with her.
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Twentx.Four O,Clock Watch.

F.C. Mason, of Cleveland, Ohio, has
in his possession watch on whose dial
twenty-four hours are marked, instead
of the usual twelve. And The Leader of
that city gives the 70 owing interesting
account of its origin: "Mr. Mason's
uncle, Colonel G. W. Mason, was in con:
mand of regiment of soldiers stationed
at Harpsr's Ferry in 1858. The com
handing general ordered him to move
at o'clock on certain day and attack
the enemy. The order simply said
O'clock. and Colonel Mason, thinking il
meant o'clock in the afternoon, march
ed forward at that hour and began kill
ing off the rebels. The Union soldiers,
however, were defeated. and the com
aauding officer was court-martialIed for
no: ordering Mason and his men to tn 3
FIR mt at an earlier hour. Mason said
the order read 4 o'clock and he moved
accordingly. The commanding office
said he meant 4. III. instead OF p. M.
and th4re being clear misundersta nd
ing, the charge was Withdrawn. Col
onei Mason af.erward sent to an Eastern
factory and had made a twenty four
o'clock watch, which he said would d.
away with all mistakes. and which he
carried during the remainder of the
war"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-12-27
Looked at Russia from an agricultural

Looked at Russia from an agricultural
standpoint, its future is most un-
promising. Little more tsan ten years
ago the granary OF the world, she now
exports less wheat to Europe than does
the United States, aud has formidable
rival in Eastern India. The want of a
market is impoverishing the farmers
and diminishing the number of vessels
visiting Russian ports, and both are hav-
ing, as consequence, most disastrous
effect upon the trade of villages and
towns
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Mrs. Harri"t Cummings of Cincinnati
10, write: L My LAST winter my daughter
was attacked with severe cold which set
Il ed on her lungs. We tried several medi-
cines none Of which seemed TO do her any
good, bat she continued to get worse, suc
finally raised large amounts of blood fron
her lungs. We called i. q family physician
but he failed to do her any good, We then
called in phYsician-a mcst skiIful pro
fessor in one OF our coileaes-he said thai
she could not get we'll. AT this time tTieoe
who had been cured by DR.. VIM. HI 4
lsam For The Lungs, advised me 20 Civ
Il trial. We then got bottle, and before
she had used it all up she began to improve
and by the use OF three bottles was entir ~
cured
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The reason why SO many die with con-
sumption, is because they neglect to use the
proper remedy in season. When the system
is first attacked With cough, oppression @
the chest, or seated pains in the breast. AL
lens Lung B alsam Will c.u5e the phlegm to
raise hea! the irritated parts, aad restore tht
system to health
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Counterfeits

Aliens "Iron Tonic bifters" have proved a
grand success for the cure of Liver Com
Plants, Dyspepsia and Blood Disorders, and
hence the country is footed with base inits.
tons Begare Augenuine bear the sigma
turaof T y Al an e. psDl M;rp