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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-05-15
Private Life of Emperor william

The private life of the Emperor Will
liam flows along very simply. When in
Berlin he occupies a comparatively
small palace on the corner of Inter den
Linden and the Opera place, his pres
ence being made known to the Ber
liners by the red flag with the Landwehr
cross, which is then hoisted over the
roof. The window of his study ON the
ground floor looks out upon that point
in Inter den Linden where Rauchs
statue OF Frederick the Great stands.
Ordinarily the Emperor rises between
6 and 7 o'clock in the morning. He
dresses at once completely for the day
the convenience of dressing gown and
slippers is unknown to him The room
to which, after slight breakfast, he
goes for work is rather plainly furnished.
There is a mahogany writing table
covered with writing materials of every
kind, packages of letters, small presents
from members of his family,
and mementoes of battles IN
the form of paper weights. Smoking
implements fail, for the Emperor is no
friend of tobacco On along and broad
table near by lie books, maps, bundles
of documents, and papers of various
kinds. The Emperor sits at his work
on an ordinary chair covered with leath
er, and receives personally all COM
munications, opens them himself writes
his decision on the margin, and hands
them to his secretary to be disposed of.
One of his peculiarities is his economy
in the use of paper and envelopes. In
Versailles one evening he announced
new victory of the Germans to the
Chancellor ON a piece of paper which
had been torn from letter, In Berlin
the envelopes which reach him with re-
ports from the Foreign Office addressed,
ITO his Majesty the Emperor go back
with the ito" erased and from sub
stituted, so that the envelope reads,
From his Majesty the Emperor, with
'"To the Chancellor" written brneath.
The Emperor's extraordinary capacity
for work makes it possible for him to
dispose, as a rule, personally of the
affairs connected with his office, or at
least to direct their disposition in his
own way.-Dr. Moritz Busch, in Har-
per's Magazine
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-05-15
Love Making In Mexico.

Love making in Mexico is desperate
passion it is no trifling bit of senti
ment. The Mexican is an animal of
rude instincts in this matter. In fact
Mexicans-I mean the ruling class, the
men with white blood in their veins do
not trust each other. As rule not one
of them will trust any other moment
alone either with his wife or daughter.
Before marriage the girl is kept I'M
der constant vigilance, not permitted
to speak to her lover till he has courted
her for months from his perch on horse
back, or to be in his presence alone I'M
~ after marriage. At marriage the
father hands over the keys to
his daughters husband and the
imprisonment is even more rigorous.
For a married woman to receive any
man alone in her parlor, even once, Is
enough to enrage her husband and com
promise her reputation. For the Mex
lean and Spaniard assume that men
and women are always vicious if they
have an opportunity. know
of a lady at the Hotel Anglais here who
stays in her room constantly as con-
stantly as if the door were locked.
Her meals are sent to her and she does
not cross the threshold of her room
from one week to another, excepting to
mass on Sunday. Ii a Spaniard should
call upon her and succeed in getting in
to her room, even to inquire about her
husband, it might seriously damage her
good name.
In sonme cities of the Republic a
curious habit prevails of compliment
ing unknown ladies on the street. OF
course the lady is accompanied by ia
ther, brother, or duenna' and it is con-
sidered by all parties quite proper for
the passing admirer to say: How pref
ty she is !" What dainty hand!" or
"What fine eyes" or "What lovely
footp Then the object of admiration
turns and says to the str anger with her
sweetest smile: Mile gracias, Senorl"
"a thousand thanksD / know gentle
men who have tried this with distin-
guished success. / have never per
formed the feat myself, for | am nat
urally nervous. Correspondence New
York Graphic.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-05-15
How to Be A Good Wife.

Marriage with worthy man is wo-
mans privilege, and her best and highest
development, mental and physical. can
be attained in this state. Men and wo-
men were made for each other, and
very. old, but nevertheless true tru-
ism, is, that happy marriage is the
very garden of Eden. An unhappy
marriage is the reverse, and the greatest
of all calamaties that can befall pure,
affectionate, and noble woman. Faith
in God, and a strong resolve to do
every duty, can alone keep such one
from absolute despair. Miss "Braddon"
saws, "a good women who does not love
her husband makes the best
wife If this is true, it is
because she is controlled by duty,
instead of the changing caprices of effec-
ton. "Troublein the flesh" will come to
every married couple. Why not ex-
pect it? The most wretched married
people have ever known, were always
quite willing, and even eager, to see their
children settled for life in marriage,
knowing that they would find shelter
and protection thereby, if not in the af-
lection at least by the law, which com
pels the husband to support the wife
a support perhaps meagre enough and
grudginglv bestowed. Look around on
all your friends, married or single, and
ask yourselves the question, which is
the preferable lot? If you are strong
enough to fight alone the battle of life,
to earn your own bread and butter, you
are Just in the condition to gain the re-
spect at least of husband, and having
hearty genuine respect, admiration
and love are not far distant. The truth
is, dear girls, too many enter this holy
condition hoping to find in it only ease,
aduiation and pleasure. Such per-
sons will find the reverse of what they
seek. Read Tennyson's Princes.
Had not he the true conception of hap
piness in this condition?
A man must be bad, indeed, that can
treat with disrespect a woman who re-
spects herself! As rule good wo-
man will make a good home-we know
exceptions to this, however But if
YOU have made up Your minds to follow
the bent of your own wills, and pave
way for yourselves, Won may do we'll
but to those who intend to enter the
married state, should good opportu-
nifty come to them, have only to say.
see to it that You individually under
stand what is required of you as wife.
BE willing to make concession at any
time if in the wrong, and, above all
things, don't find fault with your hus-
band before others.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-05-15
Plantation Philos ophy.

The result Of good deal Of observ
ing and maditating may be found in
these bits of plantation Philosophy,
published in the Arkansas Traveller;
De reason dat We thinks dat our mud
ders could beat anybody cookin' is be-
cause we KANT carry de boys appetite
inter ole age.
De baby is more ap'ter die den de
man de little apple is more ap'ter fall
den de well-grone one; de ole man is
more ap'ter die den de young man, fur
de ripe apple is al'ers ready ter drap.
1t is a good thing ter be 'dustrious,
but too much stirrin' roun' amt good
fur yer. De pateridge is more ap'ter
be seed by de hawk when he's fyin'
about den when he's restin' under de
bush.
Once a man tole me dat he didn't
want de office what he had been NOM
mated fur, an dat he wan agwine ter
AK no man ter vote fur him, bnt when
he foun' dat had voted agin him he
come aroun' an raised row Wild me-
Now. when candidate tells me dat
lie doan want de Office, / may not say
nuthin', but has strong 'spieion dat
he's a liar.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-05-15

the shore. The water was as clear as
crystal, you could see every pebble on
the bottom. This was about the first of
Agassiz's acquaintance with corals, and
as he observed the delicate growths,
he exclaimed in rapt admiration. "Oh,
what beautiful specimens When the
boat was in about fourteen feet of wa
ter, he saw fine lot of coral, and inn
mediately sprang overheard, clothes
and all. OF course, he went down, haT-
ing miscalculated the depth, but he soon
came up putting, and grasped the gun'ls.
He wouldn't re-enter the boat, but re-
tanned his hold until his feet touched
botton-then he Immediately made for
more specimens. | remember he was
stung in the palm of the hand, by some
unknown specimen of insect that had
been liberated from large mass. He
had finished his superficial examination
and was about to throw it into the alco-
hol, when it turned upon him. He fell
instantly to the floor. When he recov-
cred, he said, II wouldn't take 81, 900
for that axDerience
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-05-15
Chances of Generals.

Sheridan was always in the front of
the fight, vet never received a scratch.
Joe Hooker never sought shelter, vet
was never more than scratched. Kill
patrick and Custer went through the
war with only slight wound, although
invariably in the heaviest of the leaden
showers. Skobelef who many time
went at it with his own good sword, and
in his white coat and on his white
charger, headed every charge with a
recklessness that men call madness, had
rs complete an immunity as if he car
ried the charmed life that his soldiers
ascribed, and was wounded only iu the
quiet trenches by chance bullet fired
into the air a mile away Wellington
was but once hit the bullet that carried
away his boot-heel scarce gave him a
confusion. Grant was never struck; no
more was Napoleon. BaZaine was man
to whom fortune was not stingy in the
matter of wounds.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-05-15
The Grand Lodge A. o. u. W.

The grand Lodge of the Ancient Order of
United Workmen convened at Workmen halb
st Paul, on Tuesday, the 9th There were
$50 present, representing 81 different lodges.
The jurisdiction OF the grand lodge camprises
Minnesota, Dakota and Manitoba. OF the rep
resentatiyes eight were from Dakota, one
from Manitoba and the balance from
Minnesota. The business of the day
was the consideration of reports
presented by the grand medical director grand
master workman, grand recorder, grand re-
ceiver and representative from the supreme
lodge There were at the last meeting of this
lodge 3,039 members, out of which number
twenty have died. There has been $4,000 in
surance paid during the year The expense of
collecting and disbursing this money $1,000,
and the expense for the year to each member,
sl5.
An appropriation was made for deputy to
visit lodges In the jurisdiction for the purpose
of increasing the membership. No special eff
fort viii be made the ensuing year TO increase
the number of lodges. il being considered adj
visable to concentrate all efforts to increase the
membership in the established ones. IL was
decided that under the constitution members
over fifty years old cannot be received
into this, from another jurisdictions
Grand lodges of other Jurisdictions have de-
cided this point adversely. The grand repre-
sentatiyes to the supreme lodge were instructed
to urge a graded assessment according to age.
An effort was made to make graded initiatory
fee, ranging from SO to $25, according to age,
but this failed The capitation tax for the ex-
penses of the grand lodge was fixed for the en-
suing year at 81 for each member The ex-
penses of this session was S911.
Following is the list of grand officers elected
for the ensuing year:
Grand Master Workman, d. E. Vance OF Wi
mona; grand foreman L. H. Stevens, st. Paul;
grand overseer, A. J. Blesser of Milbanl, Oak !;
grand recorder, William Cheney, Minneapolis;
grand receiver, J. J. McCardy Of St Paul grand
guide, H. J. Birch of Wadena grand Waterman,
J. j. Giddings of Anoka grand trustee, j. Toun
of Minneapolis; past master workman, G. III.
Roberts of Rochester; representatives to SUI
preme lodge, c. H. Roberts of Rochester, A. l.
Levi of Minneapolis, J. NJ. Nye of Wells; medi-
cal director, Talbot Jones of ST. Paul; finance
committee, d. Ramaly, Monroe Sheire, G. w,
Thayer, Lake City; Judiciary committee L. Van
6lvko of Hastings, A. H. Taisey of Donnely, f.
r Wilde of st Paul
The lodge adjourned to meet again at the
same place on the first Tuesday i'll May, 1885,
at 10 O'clock a. m,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-05-15
"rhe old Minnesota First. .

H. L. Gordon president of the First Regi-
nent Minnesota Volunteer association, has is
sued the following call, which will interest all
the surviving members Of that famous organi-
cation.
The next annual reunion of comrades of the
old First Minnesota will be held at Minneapo-
lis on Tuesday, July % 1884. The grand en-
campment of the Grand Army Of the Republic
will begin at Minneapolis on that day, and the
G. A r., will parade on that day. The old
First, as an organized body, will join in the
parade All old comrades are
urgently requested TO be pres
ent and to appear, il practicable, in dark suits
and hats. Notice of the place of rendezvous
will DO announced hereafter. All comrades
who read this notice will please send to me inn
mediately their names and postoffice address,
and also the names and address Of other com
rades known to them. We desire to have every
soldier of the old First Minnesota attend the re
union. In order to reach, if possible, every
surviving veteran of the First, request the edi-
tors of all newspapers in Minnesota, Dakota,
Montana, Northern Wisconsin and Northern
Iowa to publish this notice without charge.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-05-15
Garfeld's Diet.

A Washington letter to the Cleye-
land Leader says: president Gar
field" said Steward Crump, twas very
plain in his diet. He came into the
White House with dyspepsia and he
was doctoring all the time up until he
was shot. He ate no rich food and was
particular about his hours. He had
breakfast at s 80 in the morning when
he would eat good beefsteak and some
baked potatoes, with cream poured over
them. This was a favorite dish of
Grfelds, and it was one which he ate
when he could eat nothing else. It is
delicious, and far surpasses baked po-
tatoes and good butter. Then Garfield
was also fond of a little nice bacon
fried to crisp, and this, with few side
dishes, made up his breakfast Dinner
he ate at 2. NJ, and this meal was
much the same as his breakfast He
always had his breakfast, and neither
he nor Mrs. Garfield was big eater.
About 7o'clock we had tea, and this was
a very light meal also. There was gen
orally some one present to dine with the
family, but there was no wine in the
White House during the Garfield admin
istration"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-05-15
A shrewd Move.

Mmks-Yes my boy. l am going to
Salt Lake City to live.
Finks-but you don't expect to be
come a Mormon. do Won?
Certainly not: but don't tell
Mrs. Minks l said so. You see | have a
special object in settling where maal
can have as many wives as he wants,
though, of course, l will never have but
one.
Finks-A special obieet2
Minks-Yes; l never can get Mrs.
Minks to keep my buttons sewed on.
but 1 think there viii be no trouble
about that after we settle In Salt Lake
City.
Finks-why not?
Minks-when the buttons are OF I
will just gently hint TO Mrs Minks that
she needs more help, and they viii SO
on in jitfy.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-05-15
Bull Run Russell Robbed.

Societyin London is somewhat amused
and very much scandalized at the
daring robbery of Doctor Bull Run
RusselTs wedding presents, Every one
knows that the celebrated war-corres-
pondent was married some weeks ago,
in Paris, to charming Italian lady.
Presents poured in on the popular couple
on the suspicious occasion. These we'd
ding gifts, of value of at least five thou
sand dollars, were left during the honey
moon in the safe-keeping of a friend re-
siding in Easton Square, London. One
day, shortly after, porter, wearing
the badges of his respectable trade up
on cap and collar, rolled a cart to this
lady's door, and explained that he was
sent by Doctor and Mrs. Russell for the
boxes in her charge. Alas, for unsus-
pected womanhood The lady gave up
every bit of property entrusted to her
bv the bride and bridegroom. A day
or two elapsed without message. Rea-
son of silence they had not reached
England. The plausible porter was 3
thief.
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methoas Of watermelon culture.

Either of the following methods seem
to promise a good supply Of melons for
home consumption:
A correspondent of the Rural New
Yorker describes the following method
by which an extraordinary crop of water
melons was raised: Holes were dug ten
feet apart each way, eighteen inches
square and fifteen inches deep. These
holes were filled with well rotted man
ure, which as thoroughly incorporated
with the soil A low, flat hill was then
made and seed planted. When the
vines were large enough to run the
whole surface was covered to the depth
of foot or fifteen inches with wheat
straw The straw was placed close up
around the vines. No cultivation what
ever was given afterward; no weeds or
grass grew. The vines spread over the
straw, and the melons matured clean
and nice The yield was abundant
and the experiment an entire success
The editor of the Journal of Agricul
ture says:
We have plan practiced in our own
garden, but only for the purpose ofpro-
ducing some very fine specimens for our
own use. A barrel, old and leaIy, was
set on the ground, bank thrown up
around it to within foot of the top and
extending out say eight feet from it. In
this bank, two feet from the barrel, was
placed sufficient number of seeds.
The barrel was filled with well rotted
manure, not so old of course as to have
lost It's strength About every second
day few buckets of water, or as much
as the barrel would hold, were thrown
in on the manure, from which it would
seep out through the cracks into the
bank, and any person can imagine the
effect We had crop of magnificent
melons. Lest the watering might be-
neglected the barrel should pc placed
close to pond or other water supply.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-05-15
Hardwood Floors.

The Decorator and Furnisher makes
very sensible protest against the use
of very hard drying yarnish for hard
wood floors. Such fine hard finish
must and viii scretsil up with the nails
in boots, every nark being permanent
at least it stays until the floor is
again vanished. which those who have
had experience know to be quite job
Therefore the finish must be something
that is soft without being sticky. so
that whatever marks occur on the sur
face can easily be rem 3yed with brush
or cloth something. in fact, that
Will work ike the fashioned
beeswax. With at the excess
size work necessa " to apply and polish
it. aud yet be frsc from the sickness
attending the use q that article. There
is wax finish which is said to answer
these conditions. With a new floor
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Seasonable Smiles.

A girl has been arrested in New York
while disguised as an old woman The
old woman disguised as girl is still at
large.
Ignorant said the drummer of his
rival, "why, he's totally uneducated
He dosen't even know the monkey and
parrot story. Boston Globe.
"No, Laura, no. They do not open
the campaign with a can-opener. They
do it with corkscrew. How little,
alas, do women know about politics -
Burlington Hawkeye.
A racy story is told of an old lady
who refused to be comforted by her pas
tors assurance that when he left she
would have better pastor as his sue
cessor. INA, nap she said, al have
seen fourteen changes in the ministers
since / attended the kirk, and every ane
has been waur than anither. Toronto
Globe,
A poet sends contribution entitled
"Why do l live?" This is easy to an
swer. 1t is because he sends his contri-
buttons to this office instead of bring
ing them in person. Evansville Argus.
Elizabeth is Buffalo girl about s
years old. When asked how far she
had got in her geography lessons, the
little woman said Eve are in the Alps
now. And what do You think? The
girls there wear short red skirts and a
sort of green jacket laced in front and
behind, with pulled sleeves | don't
just remember what kind of stockings
they wear, but / think they are blue.
"Well!" exclaimed the paralyzed parent
when she could recover breath, "but
where are theAlps, child?" II don't
know" was the artless response. SIT
does't say ANYTHING about that
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Death of Judah P. BENJAMIN.

Judah z Benjamin, the distinguished law
ger and advocate and member of the gov
eminent of the southern confederacy, is dead
He died in his apartments, Avenue jena, Paris
He had been in failing health ever since he
fell while descending from tfamway car sew
eral wears ago. The death of Mr..
Benjamin in exile removes one of the ablest
lawyers and brightest men that America ever
produced At this late day, when the passions
and prejudices engendered by the civil war are
fast dying out, the people of the United States
will not fail to acknowledge his true worth and
greatness. To the legal profession both of
this country and England the news of his
death will hs read with profound regret
Judah Peter Benjamin was born in Hayti
in 1872 He practiced law in New Or
leans, was elected United States senator from
Louisiana in 1852 and reelected in 1859 He
acted with the democrats and became a seces-
sionist. He was secretary of state of the con
fedeTate states from February 1862, till the
collapse Of the government in 1863 He then
went to London, where he pracHiced law until
February, 1889 when he retired having made a
fortune Mr.. Benjamin was Of the jew
Jewish race, and possessed to a marked degree
the tireless energy of that people. He showed
himself TO be a man of great resource, and was
one of the most vigorous characters connected
with the defunct confedeTacy
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A Rantist nrinister,s Experienoe.

am a Baptist Minister and before l even
thought of being a clergyman | graduated in
medicine but left lucrative practice for my
present profession 40 years ago, l was for
many wears a sufferer from Quinsy, 'Thomas
Eclectric Oil cured me-" ] was also troubled
with Hoarseness and Thomas Eclectric Oil al
ways relieved me. My wife aud child had
Diphtheria, and Thomas Eclectric Oil cured
them. and if taken in time it win cure seven
times out of ten, am confident it is cure for
the most obstinate Cold, or Cough and if any one
will take small teaspoon andhalf fill it with the
Oil and then place the end of the spoon in
one nostrl and draw the Oil out of the spoon in
to the head by shifting as hard as they can until
the Oil falls over into the throat and practice thai
twice a week don't care how offensive their
head may be, it will clean it out and cure their
Catarrh For deafness and Earache it has done
wonders to my certain knowledge. tits the only
medicine dubbed patent medicine that have
ever felt like recommending and am very anx-
ious to see it in every place, for tell you that
would not be Without it i'll my house for any con
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Rheumatism in my right limb and nothing re-
lieyes me like Thomas Eclectric Oil
DR. L. F. CRANE.
Dunkirk NJ "